"Hey, I have bad news and good news. Which do you want to hear first?"

The system suddenly became mysterious, and Xiang Wan closed her eyes and fell asleep without thinking.

No matter what the message was, she wasn't in the mood to listen; she just wanted to sleep. Screaming was also quite tiring, and rather than being fooled by the system, she'd rather use the time to recover.

That's why people say that a system is determined by its host, though Xiang Wan herself refuses to admit it.

The system was originally eager to fool Xiang Wan, but the person in question ignored it, and it got stuck in its throat, so it simply went into hibernation as well.

After this setback, Xiang Wan planned to rest for the night before trying again. However, while still asleep, she felt the water level rapidly decreasing.

A group of people wearing masks came over, lifted Xiang Wan onto a wheeled bed, and pushed her to another laboratory.

As soon as she was pushed out, she heard a commotion outside. Looking up, she saw the people in charge of her lab being held back by a group of security guards, including the second person in the white coat. Their words seemed to express dissatisfaction with her being moved, and also criticism of the new professor, accusing him of stealing her experimental subjects and being unruly.

Xiang Wan didn't hear what was said next because she was far away, but she felt a surge of excitement. Could the new professor be him?

"Xiao Qi, what you were going to say last night was that Fang Zheng had stayed behind, right?"

"You didn't want to hear it? Then guess for yourself if you dare!"

"I guess part of it is because of me, and another part is because I had to stay. So, whether it's good news or bad news, it's all the same to me."

"You...you...you..."

"Normally speaking, if he hadn't chosen to stay, you, Xiao Qi, would have been restless long ago. Aren't I clever, host?"

System: I initially thought the host's IQ had improved, but that last sentence really revealed the truth. Sigh!

Amidst the system's internal grumbling, Xiang Wan arrived at a separate laboratory. It contained only a fish tank and a workbench that were not much different from the previous one, along with a bookshelf and various research equipment and reagents, and a computer placed in the corner.

"Hurry up and clean up. We were told that it must be spotless."

"Tell me, who is this person? Why is the higher-ups paying so much attention to him?"

"We're just responsible for doing the work; don't worry about anything else."

"OK!"

Watching them clean, Xiang Wan felt sleepy again.

Even in a new environment, she still has to stay in the water; there's no difference.

I closed my eyes and focused on my cultivation, taking a short nap as well. I only opened my eyes when my stomach started growling.

A pair of inquisitive eyes were staring intently at her. Xiang Wan was startled and instinctively took a step back, only to realize that she had no legs. She bumped into the glass and quickly grabbed the glass to steady herself.

Upon waking up, she saw a white figure staring intently at her. Anyone would be startled, let alone a baby mermaid.

After regaining her balance, Xiang Wan could finally see the person in front of her clearly. He had a very refined appearance and a scholarly air about him. He was tall and slender with neatly trimmed hair. Her intuition told her that this person must be Fang Zheng, the one Xiao Qi had mentioned.

On their first meeting, Xiang Wan decided to make a good impression on him. So, she waved to him and smiled. It was a normal way of communicating; he shouldn't refuse, right?

Unfortunately, the idea was nice, but reality slapped them in the face.

"The upper body is human-shaped, the lower body is a fish tail. It has the initial ability to imitate humans. It seems to dream when it sleeps. It has a startle reaction. It can observe and try to please. Its intelligence level needs to be observed."

Fang Zheng took out a voice recorder from his pocket and watched as Xiang Wan recorded his words. Xiang Wan's expression froze instantly, and she stopped waving her hands and turned to swim to the side.

What a waste of her emotions! She thought this person was different from others, but it turns out that a mad scientist is just a mad scientist; he only treats her as a research subject. If she were a normal person, she probably wouldn't have received any expressions unrelated to the research topic. What a miscalculation!

Xiang Wan was exasperated, pretending Fang Zheng didn't exist, but the hunger in her stomach reminded her that she needed to solve the problem of food and clothing as soon as possible.

She swam one lap, then another, but Fang Zheng remained standing still. Xiang Wan had no choice but to slowly stop, walk up to him, and gesture with her mouth, asking for food.

"It looks like a two- or three-year-old child, they'll want to eat it. You can try the fish and shrimp you prepared."

Fang Zheng put the recorder into his pocket and turned to get the fish and shrimp he had prepared in the basket.

Xiang Wan pounded on the glass wall. Wasn't this person going to hand over the duties to Number Two? Poor little brother, all the effort she had put into training him, was he just going to be wasted like this?

Damn it, why isn't Fang Zheng turning around? Her hands are practically falling apart from slapping the water, is he deaf? In a fit of anger, Xiang Wan slapped the water's surface with her tail, but she still didn't see him turn around even once.

"Xiao Qi, is he deaf? Grandma's been hitting him so hard, why isn't he reacting at all?"

The system watched with amusement, only lacking a bag of sunflower seeds. Seeing that Xiang Wan seemed to be getting irritable, it unusually comforted her, "Scientist, how could you be deaf? Maybe you didn't make a loud enough sound. Why don't you try again?"

Try it again, or she'll get hypoglycemia. She hasn't had a drop of water, no, not a drop of rice, since she woke up. How can she have the energy to do anything?

Xiang Wan surfaced and tried to speak. She'd made sounds before, so saying something shouldn't be surprising.

"Woof~~"

Xiang Wan quickly shut up. She wanted to call out to Fang Zheng, but her throat gave out and she ended up barking like a dog. Who could understand her irritable mood at that moment!

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