Chapter 104 Her ears are so soft!

Yu Yuan casually sat on the ground, propped himself up with his hands behind him, and sighed, "My dad and older brother worked so hard to go out to sea to do business, and they only met the Dolphin Leader once, and he was extremely respectful to them."

Look at this! I'm so much worse off than Sister Ran! I knew following Sister Ran would be the way to go. I never imagined a nobody like me would actually have a day to bring glory to my family! Haha…”

Gavin leaned against a tree, watching the girls playing with dolphins in the sea. He was infected by their smiles, and the corners of his mouth curved more clearly, and his eyes also curved.

After playing around for a while, Rou Rou perched Shan Ran on her head. "Ran Ran, what problem did you call me here for? Rou Rou will definitely help you if I can!"

Shanran leaned down and lay on Rourou's body, opening her arms to hug its head, pressing her cheek against its cool skin.

"Meatball, could you help us get to a nearby island?"

Which island?

Shanran guided the way in the water, and Rou Rou led her to the vicinity of the laboratory island.

Wherever Rou Rou goes, a large group of marine creatures follow, engaging in fierce battles with the sea monsters.

The commotion in the sea naturally attracted the attention of the island's security. After observing, they found no humans, only marine life and monsters fighting for territory, so they paid no further attention.

Meanwhile, Shan Ran had already found the weak point in the island's defenses.

This is a cliff, steep and high, with a relatively smooth surface and few footholds.

In such a location, there are few marine monsters that can come ashore, and even fewer people who can come up, so the number of security personnel here is also the smallest.

"Ranran, among humans, only you can sit on my head~"

Rou Rou proudly flicked its tail.

"Where can they be?"

Yu Yuan took out a handkerchief and stuffed it into his nostrils, but it was still difficult to stop the strong smell of the sea and the stench from entering his nasal cavity.

He and the twins, Gavin and Gawain, sat together inside the mouth of the dolphin's head.

Of course, as a member of the Yu family, he expressed his gratitude repeatedly before entering, his attitude sincere and deeply thankful.

Gavin almost lost his smile. He pinched his nose, closed his eyes, and remained silent.

Gano transformed into a black snake, shrinking as much as possible, and coiled around her brother's leg like a mosquito coil, her head tucked into the gaps of the coil. Like her brother, she closed her eyes, no longer flicking her tongue.

Fortunately, the meatball was very fast, and it reached the bottom of the cliff in the blink of an eye.

Shan Ran told Yu Yuan to wait a little longer in the meaty mouth, while she and Jia Wen and Jia Nuo went up first.

Yu Yuan wanted to say something, but in the end, she kept quiet.

Upon reaching the bottom of the cliff, Yu Yuan pulled the security guards above into a dream world, Shan Ran blocked the signal in some areas, and then spread his wings to send the two invisible brothers up to the top.

The four worked together and quickly took control of the protection of this area.

Before parting, Rou Rou clung to Ran Ran with reluctance, saying, "Ran Ran, why are you always so busy?"

“Because…” Shan Ran thought for a moment, “Because humans are quite complex, there are too many forces, and human desires are also very complex. They want more than just food, they want too many other things, which leads to a lot of conflict.”

Rou Rou pouted unhappily: "I know that humans are very complex creatures. If they only had one leader, like the ocean only has me as its leader, it would be much simpler."

Shan Ran thought about the emperor in the previous world and remained noncommittal: "That wouldn't have been much simpler, after all, human nature is complex, but it would definitely have been better than it is now."

Rou Rou's eyes lit up. "Ran Ran, then you should become the leader of the humans! Once you become the leader, you can delegate all the miscellaneous tasks to your subordinates, and that way you'll have more time to play with me!"

Shan Ran: ...If I really did it your way, I would become a tyrant.

Although Rou Rou was very reluctant to part with her, she was very sensible and knew that Shan Ran had important things to do. She waved her fins and said, "Ran Ran, I'll be nearby for the next few days. Just call me and I'll be there soon. Call me if you need anything~"

Shanran took out a pile of food, looked at Rourou with affection, and fed it all to it.

After swallowing all of Rou Rou's food, Shan Ran watched Rou Rou's round body disappear into the ocean before turning around and walking away.

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"Hey, have you heard? Something happened on Crocodile Island."

"Huh? Crocodile Island? Isn't the Colosseum held on that island?"

"That's right, there's the place. Something happened. The whole place was wiped out. Everyone who came to the island is dead. Solomon and Mikhail's families lost a lot of people. And they died horribly, they were all burned to ashes!"

"Huh? The arena is gone, will our lab be affected?"

"So what? It was the Solomon family from the Second Continent who died. Their own family members are still alive. They'll definitely send someone to take over later. Our lab's technology is so amazing, why are you worried about nobody taking care of us?"

"That's right. With such a large family, how could there be a shortage of people to inherit it?"

"But the entire Crocodile Island is completely deserted. Not a single person is left, not even members of the extended family, staff, or guests who were invited to the island. It's truly cruel. Who could have done this?"

"I bet it was those polluters who did it. They're like zombies, and there are so many of them. I've always felt unsafe. See? Sure enough, something happened. If there's just one opening and they manage to escape, we're doomed."

"But I heard that the bridge was blown up, which is why no one ran out. The polluters couldn't possibly blow up the bridge again, could they?"

"Hiss, blowing up the bridge? That's hard to say. Dezi, what do you think is going on?"

When called upon, Gavin slowly turned his head and said in a completely calm tone, "Could it be that the performers successfully resisted and broke through, and then blew up the bridge? They wanted to take everyone on the island down with them?"

The people chatting nearby suddenly realized what was going on, and the sudden discovery gave them a lot to talk about.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Shan Ran took out a few good cigarettes to divert the others' attention.

Jiawen adjusted his tactical mask, stood up, made an excuse to leave, and Shanran and the others followed him.

Every building entrance on the island has an infrared sensor that can detect even if someone is invisible, so Gavincano had to disguise himself as a security guard to sneak in.

The four of them each chose someone of similar build, replaced themselves, and blended in.

In the dream, Yu Yuan obtained a lot of information about the laboratory and also learned about the people they were impersonating, which made it easier for them to impersonate others.

Not long after they arrived, it was time for the shift change, and Shanran and the others could have gone to rest. However, when the person taking over the shift came over, they pulled them aside to smoke and chat.

The other party kept talking, but fortunately they also knew that Crocodile Island had been completely wiped out. They were at a loss and somewhat uneasy, so they didn't notice the strangeness of Shan Ran and the others.

So a few cigarettes were enough to get rid of him.

After their shift ended, the group returned to the lounge.

The lounge is an eight-person room with bunk beds, individual wardrobes, and a fairly large area with a private bathroom.

However, Shanran did not know exactly which bed she was in.

Yu Yuan asked quite detailed questions in the dream, but he didn't expect their dormitory to be structured like that, so he overlooked it.

At this moment, besides Shan Ran, there were four other women in the room. Two of them were sitting on the lower bed near the bathroom, and the other two were sitting on chairs next to them. It seemed that they were chatting before Shan Ran returned.

They had all come back from the night shift; the day shift workers had already left.

Upon seeing Shan Ran enter, the four of them tacitly fell silent.

This scenario is similar to when someone in class is isolated, or a small group is seen talking badly about someone, and they pretend to keep quiet, but actually, this is just to let others know what they are doing.

The two people sitting on the lower bed looked at each other, exchanged a few glances, and then revealed knowing smiles.

The two people sitting in the chairs stared at Shan Ran, looking like they were watching a good show.

Shan Ran looked around the room and guessed which bed the original owner had.

The lower bed on the right, near the door, had its blankets and sheets soaked with water and covered with an unidentified, sticky substance that smelled foul.

This is a water source that has been thoroughly polluted.

Water sources on land are polluted, so people near bases or other settlements purify the water, making the water quality slightly better.

It's quite an achievement that this small island could find such a heavily polluted water source.

It seems that the original body that Shanran is impersonating is being ostracized by her roommates.

Shan Ran walked to the bedside, turned her back to the others, looked at the dirt on the sheets, and remained silent.

Seeing that she didn't react, the others couldn't sit still any longer.

"Oh, you're finally back. I thought you'd be hiding out until the afternoon again."

"Have you found another backer? Wait, your previous backer just died, and you've already found a new one? Who is it? Old Tan or Old Lu? They're the ones who killed your former backer, you wouldn't be so heartless, would you? Hahahaha..."

"Why aren't you saying anything? Weren't you very arrogant? It was one thing to be arrogant when you had backers, but now that your backers have fallen, what are you still doing there?"

The group chattered on and on until their mouths were dry, but the other person didn't react at all. The girl was still standing by the bed with her back to them, staring blankly at the sheets.

When this person had powerful backers, she could boss them around and act like a tyrant in the dormitory. Now that her backers have fallen, they're bound to retaliate!

The woman sitting in the chair was the first to stand up, and the two of them walked to Shan Ran's side, surrounding her from the left and right.

The man on her left punched her hard in the back and said viciously, "Why aren't you saying anything? What are you pretending to be so high and mighty for? I can't stand your behavior!"

The person on her right had one hand on her shoulder and patted her cheek with the back of his hand, speaking in a very flippant tone.

"The current team leaders are all sworn enemies of your former backer. Unless you can climb to a higher position, we'll repay you tenfold or a hundredfold for your current bad attitude towards us. I advise you to behave yourself, do whatever we tell you to do, and just bear with it. Do you understand?"

The girl turned to look at the person on her right. The corners of her mouth under the mask turned up as if she were smiling, but her eyes were cold and piercing, with a hint of ambiguous mockery.

"You....." You are not her!

The person on the right was about to cry out in surprise when a strong sense of weightlessness washed over her, and the next second, she saw her own feet.

Her last awareness was that her head had fallen to the ground.

The other three people in the room never expected that the person who had just been teasing and mocking them would suddenly turn on them.

No, that skill, that speed...

Yes, it's an enemy attack!

Before they could react, they were all dead.

To minimize the disturbance, Shanran only used the agility-based technique to speed up, and with one sword per person, they finished off the entire group in two breaths.

There are no surveillance cameras inside the staff dormitory; Shanran checked the room before entering.

The noise was minimal, so there was no need to worry about others hearing it, but the method was too bloody, and Shan Ran was covered in blood.

The entire room was covered in blood.

Shan Ran first carried the four corpses to the bathroom, stacked them in the bathtub, and then used her water-based supernatural power to envelop the blood, which all flowed into the drainpipe.

Finally, clean yourself thoroughly.

Only then did he open the door and go out to find Gavin Gaño.

When we arrived at their dormitory, the door opened before we even knocked.

Jia Wen smiled faintly: "Sister, come in."

The fact that they were able to let Shan Ran in so openly suggests that only the two of them are still alive inside.

Sure enough, the people lying on the ground all had purplish-red faces, clearly having died of suffocation.

The black snakes of Gano are venomous and can paralyze people and slow their movements. First, poison them, and then kill them one by one.

A cool hand touched Shanran's ear, its fingers gently caressing the tip of her ear.

Shanran frowned, and just as she was about to dodge, she heard Jiawen say in her ear, "Sister, there are bloodstains, they haven't been washed clean."

When she cleaned herself, she easily overlooked these areas, so she left them alone and let Jiawen wipe them.

His body temperature was noticeably higher than his younger brother's. The thin calluses on his fingers brushed against the back of his ear like feathers, bringing a tingling sensation that made Shanran involuntarily shrink his shoulders.

My fingers paused for a moment, then I rubbed my ears with more force, and finally they weren't so itchy anymore.

Given Shan Ran's current physical condition, she is more afraid of itching than pain.

If you apply more pressure, she will feel more comfortable.

Shan Ran didn't notice that although Jia Wen was smiling, his eyes were dark, and there was a madness he was trying to suppress in his eyes.

So soft! How can she be so soft? So incredibly soft! It's completely different from her usual strong and assertive demeanor.

Her ears are so soft.

He pressed his fingers hard against the tip of Shanran's ear, making it red and hot, before leaving her body.

He was reluctant to leave, but he had to go.

However, seeing the marks he had left on the girl's body, Jiawen laughed even more happily.

Shan Ran turned her head and noticed Jia Wen's smile, but didn't think much of it.

He always laughs, whether he's happy or angry.

That's weird.

But you get used to it after a while.

Along the way, the three of them had figured out the distribution of the staff dormitories in this area.

This building houses the employees; the first floor is the canteen, and the second to fourth floors are dormitories. There are no surveillance cameras in the dormitories; we just need to control the signal to prevent them from sending messages before they die.

The island operates on a three-shift system, so nearly two-thirds of the security personnel are currently resting in this building.

According to the surveillance footage, Shan Ran entered the boys' dormitory and never left again; no one in the monitoring room cared about the whereabouts of a lowly employee.

Unseen by surveillance cameras, a covert purge is underway.

In the morning, someone in the dormitory was still in bed when they died in their sleep.

They were chatting in a dormitory when suddenly a person dressed exactly like them appeared out of nowhere, and without saying a word, started killing.

The group of people had just returned from the cafeteria after eating. Not long after they sat down, they felt numbness in their bodies and dizziness in their heads. At first, they thought they had fainted from carbon monoxide poisoning, but when they felt their necks being choked and they couldn't breathe, they realized that someone was trying to kill them.

After arriving at the dormitory, Yu Yuan found an empty bed and lay down without saying a word.

He was exhausted from driving all night and then trying to create dreams early in the morning.

Someone called him from behind, saying he was sleeping in the wrong bed. He mumbled a couple of things, "I'm too sleepy, let me sleep for a bit first. Tie Niu, Lao Yan, keep your voices down!"

Yu Yuan's character has a rather domineering personality, so it's not surprising that he said such things, and it didn't arouse any suspicion.

He originally intended to use this to avoid too much contact with others, but unexpectedly he actually fell asleep while lying down.

In a daze, something cold slid across the back of his neck, causing a shiver to run through him, and his entire body, from the back of his head to his lower back, began to tremble with an itch.

Yu Yuan leaped off the bed with a somersault, but because the movement was so big, he accidentally bumped into the upper bed.

"Ouch..." he cried out, clutching his head. "Who the hell messed with me?"

Even when she was startled awake, Yu Yuan was mindful of who she was playing.

There was no response for a moment, so Yu Yuan turned around, paused for a moment, then forced a smile: "Oh, it's our tall and handsome little brother, Ganuo!"

Gano's expression showed a rare fluctuation; the corner of his mouth seemed to twitch slightly. The black snake beside him slithered to Yu Yuan's side, baring its teeth and flicking its tongue.

Shan Ran came out of the restroom. She had washed up and changed into a new security uniform.

Seeing Yu Yuan standing there with a fawning smile, and the little black snake glaring at him, Shan Ran asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

Yu Yuan hid behind her without saying a word, as if he had seen a savior.

His fear of snakes was something the snakes could certainly sense.

"Ran-jie, where are we going now?"

The two brothers, Gavin and Gavino, stared at Yu Yuan, one expressionless, the other smiling. The pressure was immense.

Only behind his sister Ran is there a safe haven!

"Can you enter the dreams of the key personnel in the lab and ask them about the antidote?"

Yu Yuan said somewhat embarrassedly, "This island is much bigger than Crocodile Island. The distance from the laboratory to the dormitory is already beyond the limit of my superpower. I can't do it here. I have to be closer."

Shan Ran thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the lab now, somewhere closer."

After the four of them had finished disguising themselves and getting ready, they walked outside together.

Security has been completely removed from the entire dormitory building, and the number of security personnel on the island is now only one-third of what it used to be.

Most importantly, among the dead were flight-type ability users who were transporting the medicine.

In the end, Gavin kept that person behind. After questioning him, they determined that there were only two flight students on the island, one in the dormitory and one in the laboratory.

This put Shan Ran and the others at ease.

There's no need to worry about anyone escaping by sea; all that's needed is to keep an eye on the air route.

The laboratory building is not far from the sea and covers a very large area. It is surrounded by infrared surveillance, so anyone who enters, whether it is through the front door, back door, or rooftop, will be detected.

This is also the most heavily fortified spot on the island.

To avoid alerting those inside, they had no choice but to disguise themselves as staff members and enter.

By infiltrating the monitoring system, Shan Ran gained a general understanding of the structure of the laboratory building.

But just looking at the surveillance footage, we couldn't find any clues.

After quickly scanning all the cameras inside, she discovered that many people were being held captive in the basement.

These people were all tightly bound, each in their own cell, with very strict security, much like a prison cell, clearly imprisoning people with superpowers.

They were all in very poor condition, clearly having been injected with some kind of drug. They were all drowsy and listless, some were emaciated, some had bloodshot eyes, and some were missing limbs.

Before Shan Ran could think any further, she was about to look away when she suddenly realized that one of the "cells" was holding an acquaintance.

Rong Shuyao.

She hadn't heard that name in a long time, and she hadn't thought of it for a long time either.

Although Rong Shuyao was chosen as the protagonist of the other world, Shan Ran never let her cause any trouble. Whenever the other party showed any sign of organizing powerful people, Shan Ran would ruthlessly interrupt them, and they would run away like stray dogs.

So in the end, she could only hide from Shanran and didn't send out any information. In any case, Shanran didn't see any news about her on the forum.

She developed her character in a very typical, underhanded way, to the point that she was so well hidden that even Shan Ran couldn't find her.

Unexpectedly, she was imprisoned in such a place.

Noticing that Shanran's expression was off, Jiawen stepped forward, bent down to look her in the eye, and asked with concern, "Sister, what's wrong? Are you alright? Did you find something?"

Shanran snapped out of her daze, her unfocused gaze finally returning to Jiawen's eyes.

These are very beautiful eyes, dark as ink, with long eyelashes, and the corners of his eyes turn slightly downward, like the eyes of an innocent puppy.

But my brother is usually smiling, so it wasn't obvious.

Shan Ran glanced at her younger brother beside her out of the corner of her eye. Thinking of his puppy-dog eyes, his icy face didn't seem so cold anymore.

Jiawen noticed that Shanran was distracted, so he moved even closer to make Shanran's reflection in his eyes more obvious.

"Hmm? Sister?"

The distance was too close, and Shanran subconsciously took a step back.

Her heart skipped a beat when she heard the word "sister".

Shan Ran sized up the other person. His face was so beautiful that it was hard to tell if he was male or female. Although he always had a smile on his face, Shan Ran had seen him fight before.

That skill was honed from childhood amidst killing and death; all the moves were simple and straightforward, devoid of any fancy techniques, solely for the purpose of killing the enemy.

He was still smiling as he killed. But it wasn't a smile of enjoyment; it was more like a disguise.

What are you pretending for?

Shan Ran didn't know.

I don't have time to know these things now.

“An acquaintance of mine is locked up in a lab.” She frowned subconsciously as she said this, her expression showing a hint of disgust.