The water was very quiet.

The entire room was the same as it was before Xie Xuan entered the water. The vast water surface, the platform by the water, and even the huge iron barrel that was tilted on it were the same as Xie Xuan remembered.

But the giant fishman that was supposed to be by the pool was gone.

Xie Xuan and Xiao Yao took a lot of effort to get rid of the fishmen who were chasing them in the water and return to the ground, but after they got ashore, none of the fishmen who could clearly breathe on the ground surfaced.

It's as if all infected organisms are confined to specific areas and can only move within a specific range.

Xie Xuan opened the cage and turned to look at the door connecting the two breeding rooms.

The door that had been a crack before was now tightly shut. Xiao Yao followed Xie Xuan's gaze and asked, "Is there something wrong with that door?"

"This door was open before I went into the water. Behind the door is another breeding room that is exactly the same as this one." Xie Xuan walked towards the door.

Xiao Yao followed him and said, "The fishmen you mentioned are also missing. Is it possible that they are all behind this door?"

"It's possible." Xie Xuan took out a dagger, "I'll just cut the door open."

Xiao Yao nodded, "I'll cover you."

A door that was more than ten meters high naturally couldn't be that thin. Xie Xuan used the same trick again to use the manipulation technique to completely cut the thick door open. With a loud bang of a heavy object falling to the ground, the scene behind the door appeared in front of Xie Xuan.

Two huge fishmen fell to the ground, and next to the fishmen stood a young man in a white coat.

The young man seemed to have heard the noise at the door a long time ago, and Xie Xuan happened to meet his gaze.

The man who suddenly appeared in the breeding room was also very handsome. If you look closely, he looked a bit like Xiao Yao, but his eyes were unfocused and it seemed as if he couldn't find the focus.

Could he be blind? Xie Xuan guessed.

When Xie Xuan was still cautious and didn't go over immediately, the young man spoke, "Brother Yao?"

Brother Yao? Xie Xuan turned to look at Xiao Yao behind him.

Xiao Yao walked past Xie Xuan and through the door with a strange look on his face. "Xiao Yu, why are you here?"

Xiao Yu smiled slightly, and his face, which looked similar to Xiao Yao, showed a completely different expression from Xiao Yao. "Brother Yao, is the person next to you your friend?"

Xiao Yao hesitated for a moment, "Now she's my colleague. Xie Xuan."

Xie Xuan wasn't very good at handling situations like this. She tentatively asked, "Hello?"

But unexpectedly, the curve of Xiao Yu's lips suddenly widened a little, and he said with a smile: "Hello."

Xie Xuan felt that the atmosphere between Xiao Yu and Xiao Yao was a little strange, "So... what's going on now?"

Xiao Yu turned around with an unfocused gaze. "As you can see, there are two infected creatures here, but they have temporarily lost their ability to move."

Xie Xuan could see all this even without Xiao Yu saying anything, but she didn't know if it was because of the presence of an outsider like her, but Xiao Yu seemed to be avoiding the questions.

Xiao Yao didn't dwell on the previous question any more. "The parasite's heart isn't in the bodies of these two infected creatures?"

Xiao Yu said blandly, "Obviously, but I think I know where the core of the infection is."

"Where is it?" Xie Xuan asked.

"Right here." Xiao Yu was still "looking" at the two huge fishmen lying flat on the ground.

Xie Xuan:……?

If she heard correctly or remembered correctly, what Xiao Yao had just asked was that the heart of the parasite was not in the bodies of the two giant fishmen, and Xiao Yu also gave a positive answer.

But now Xiao Yu said that the core of the infection is in these two fishmen.

Xie Xuan couldn't understand, but Xiao Yao had already walked to the side of the fishman.

Although the merfolk have limbs, their flat bodies mean they cannot lie flat on the ground with their bellies facing up. They lie on their sides, with their mouths, which can accommodate a person, wide open and pitch black inside.

"In here?" Xiao Yao stood in front of the fish's mouth and turned to ask Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu had already walked to Xiao Yao's side and nodded, saying, "I think it should be."

Xie Xuan walked over in confusion and turned on the terminal's lighting, but the weak light could only dispel a small area of ​​darkness, and he couldn't see what was going on inside at all.

It was truly pitch black.

Xiao Yao said without hesitation: "Let's go in and take a look."

Xiao Yu said gently, "Let Xie Xuan walk in the middle, and I'll be the rear guard."

Xie Xuan turned her head and glanced at Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu didn't seem like the type of person who could call someone's name so naturally when meeting them for the first time.

But Xiao Yu didn't seem to notice Xie Xuan's gaze. Instead, Xiao Yao said, "Okay, it's too dark inside. To avoid getting separated, let's each hold the clothes of the person in front of us. Is that okay?"

"No problem." Xie Xuan and Xiao Yu said in unison.

Xiao Yu was the first to walk into the fish's mouth. A damp and sour smell hit him in the face, and the surroundings and feet felt sticky, wet and soft, making him feel very uncomfortable.

Xie Xuan clutched the hem of Xiao Yao's clothes in front of her with one hand and held the dagger with the other.

Behind Xie Xuan, Xiao Yu also grabbed Xie Xuan's clothes, but he was calmer than Xie Xuan and Xiao Yao in the completely dark fishman's body.

Xie Xuan had actually been curious about one question since a while ago, "Captain, is he the brother you mentioned?"

Xiao Yao said "hmm".

He paused. "His eyesight is very poor. He can hardly see."

Xie Xuan asked doubtfully, "With the advanced medical technology these days, can't surgery be used to recover?"

It was Xiao Yu himself who answered Xie Xuan, "I've tried it, but it's a side effect of my ability. Current medical technology isn't advanced enough to solve this problem."

It was the first time that Xie Xuan heard that becoming a person with special abilities would cause a sharp decline in eyesight.

However, Xiao Yu did not explain any further. "But once you get used to it, it won't affect your normal life anymore. Don't worry."

Xie Xuan didn't know whether the last half of the sentence was directed at her or Xiao Yao, so she didn't respond immediately.

But Xiao Yao did not respond, instead he asked the same question again, "Why are you here?"

Xiao Yu did not avoid the question this time, but did not answer it either. "I am working for Dr. Song now."

Doctor Song? Xie Xuan felt that this name and surname sounded familiar.

Xiao Yao paused almost imperceptibly, but he didn't ask any further questions. "There's a light ahead."

The distance they walked after entering the fish's mouth was far more than the length of the fishman's body. The fishman's mouth should be similar to the entrance to another hidden space, and they need to walk through the fish's mouth to enter.

Xie Xuan tried hard to ignore the uncomfortable feeling that made her hair stand on end as if her body was covered with a layer of mucus. If Bai Ze was next to her head now, he would probably remind her that she was infected.