Chapter 36 Horror Oceanarium (12) Always by your side...
Only a name appeared in the movie, without any advertisements from various film and television studios or the names of the actors, and it went straight into the plot.
Tan Yue, who was used to getting information in advance, took out his mobile phone and searched the name of the movie title, wanting to know what kind of movie it was.
But he didn't find any introduction information on the Internet, let alone search for a plot introduction.
"Chris, go get the test tube."
What caught Tan Yue's eyes was a group portrait drama shot in one shot.
Chris, who was called, was a young white man with red hair and freckles. He had red hair and green eyes. There was a nameplate on his white coat with his position as a laboratory assistant.
Chris appeared, grunting, pushing a cart with many new glass test tubes on it. Following Chris's perspective, Tan Yue saw the other people in the laboratory.
They were a group of researchers who were working hard. Most of them were white, but there were also some yellow and black people among them.
Some were shaking test tubes in their hands to mix solutions, some were holding tweezers, holding biological slices to be observed under a microscope, and some were holding paper and pens, writing something on the paper...
But no matter what color their eyes or hair were, all the actors were new faces, and Tan Yue had never seen a familiar face. It should not be a domestic film, but an unpopular foreign film. It was normal that it could not be found on the phone.
A researcher with a hooked nose took the new test tube, dripped a green solvent into it, shook it evenly, and poured the solvent into an aquarium.
There was a pink starfish lying in the aquarium. After the solvent was dripped into it, as the green solvent slowly penetrated, the starfish, which looked leisurely, soon showed a strong reaction and finally died in the aquarium.
"Number 111 is dead, Chris, take care of the garbage..." the researcher who looked arrogant and serious gave the order. It was obvious that the death of the experimental subjects was commonplace to him and could not cause any drastic emotional fluctuations at all.
The body of the starfish was taken away and a new sea creature was thrown in, and it was the new 111.
Similar operations happened several times, and it was easy to see that this was a marine biology research institute that studied various marine life.
Tan Yue, who has taken many film and television appreciation courses, commented: "The camera sense is quite good, the actors' acting is also very smooth and very realistic, the background has a strong sense of the times, and there is nothing out of place. It's just that the subject matter is a bit strange. Dear, have you seen this film before? Do you know what type of film it is?"
He originally thought that Guan Shan wanted him to watch a romance movie with him, but after watching it for a few minutes, he felt something was wrong.
Guan Shan replied: "I haven't seen it from this perspective. It's considered a documentary."
It was the first time for him to watch a movie with someone, and he had never savored it in this way before.
Tan Yue seemed very surprised: "Documentary? Does that mean it's filming something that really happened? Was there such advanced camera technology in 1937?"
Although color movies have been around for three to five years, who would use this technology to shoot content in a laboratory in the past three to seven years?
You have to know that the cost of this new technology is extremely high when it is first introduced, and capitalists generally choose to shoot more commercial content rather than boring documentaries.
If we really want to make a documentary, it should be "The Birth of Color Film" instead of "Institute of Marine Biology"
Moreover, the clarity is too high, it doesn't seem like the technology level in 1937. Although the filter in the picture is a bit gloomy and cold, it reminds Tan Yue of the gloomy white light when he was walking in the aquarium before.
"You're talking about the pseudo-documentary shooting technique, which is used in some horror films or disaster films to create a more realistic horror atmosphere."
Guan Shan said honestly: "I didn't mean to scare you."
The gods let Tan Yue watch this movie just to do what human lovers should do - watch a movie together, alone, without anyone else.
"That's not what I meant." Tan Yue obviously misunderstood Guan Shan's meaning. He was not accusing the other party of scaring him with a horror movie.
"Let's stop talking and continue watching the plot." If my wife said it was a documentary, then so be it.
This film is indeed not very interesting, because the next few minutes are all about various biological experiments, and his eyes are full of mosquito coils.
He is not a science student but an art student. He has never intended to follow in the footsteps of his elders and pick up the scalpel for dissection. He finds this kind of content a bit boring.
After all, forensic research on human love, hate, and hatred contains a lot of gossip, such as the secrets of corpses, which are actually very interesting. However, he cannot understand the various data on marine life at all.
Tan Yue started to find a topic: "Honey, will you be unhappy watching this movie?"
"Why do you ask?" Guan Shan was not unhappy, because the act of watching a movie with Tan Yue was itself something that made the gods happy.
"Because this is a documentary about humans dissecting various marine creatures." He added silently in his mind that it was a bit boring.
But a good boyfriend certainly cannot say that the movie chosen by his wife is too boring.
"I just think you might get angry watching humans dissecting marine life, and you're a merman yourself."
Guan Shan asked Tan Yue in return: "If you saw a terrestrial biology research institute and a mermaid researcher studying mice, frogs, and bats... would you be angry?"
Tan Yue shook his head: "I won't be angry."
To be hypocritical, humans will feel empathy, fear and anger when they see that the subjects of research are their own kind.
But in human common sense, it is normal to use mice, frogs, rabbits and the like in experiments.
A large number of small animals are part of the human food chain. There is actually no difference between humans killing various small animals in pursuit of deliciousness and using them for experiments and research.
The former is to fill human stomachs and for the development of food, while the latter is for the development of science, especially medicine.
However, Tan Yue would never watch this kind of film that sounds very bizarre. He would watch it for two minutes at most and then click X.
Guan Shan and Tan Yue agreed on their views: "Let's continue watching."
Tan Yue saw no progress in the content, so he turned to look at his wife, occasionally glancing at the screen.
I don't know if it was because the movie noticed his boredom, but the plot was now advancing rapidly. Chris was getting older, and the aquarium was getting bigger and bigger, with more marine life.
The institute has attracted a lot of investment and even has high-tech new computers. But with no research results, the laboratory may face closure.
Tan Yue suddenly had an idea: "Could it be that the laboratory closed down and changed its business, and then became an oceanarium?"
But the plot obviously did not move so fast. Chris went from a small assistant to a senior researcher. He devoted a lot of time to his research career and naturally did not want the laboratory to go bankrupt.
If there is no progress in major projects, capitalists are unwilling to invest money.
So the lab started to change its business: "If legal experiments can't make money, then do illegal experiments!"
The ocean is a magical world with all kinds of marine life. However, if there is no major development if we only study marine life, then we can just do splicing!
There are marine creatures with high IQs and those with low IQs. Many marine creatures with low IQs react entirely based on instinct, have no sense of pain, and don't have any brains.
But marine creatures with brains would suffer more.
Tan Yue couldn't help but complain: "What kind of brain circuits are these crazy researchers using?"
In the human world, even when doing normal experiments on mice, according to laboratory rules, we try our best to give the animals a quick death, do not kill them cruelly, and properly handle the experimental subjects.
But the research institute in front of him was obviously too outrageous. Seeing those strange creatures, Tan Yue felt a little physically uncomfortable.
He rubbed his arms and expressed his thoughts honestly: "Honey, I don't like watching this kind of movie, how about we not watch it?"
Guan Shan did not agree to his request, but said: "The Inner World Oceanarium was originally called the 'Institute of Marine Biology' and was first established in 1937."
Tan Yue sat up straighter and stared at the screen with a serious face: "Look, then keep watching!"
Since it was something that had happened before, it was really necessary for him to understand it.
The timeline continued to move forward, and it was around 1973. The chaotic experiments still did not make any progress, and the institute was about to go bankrupt, but the investor behind it sent a new product.
"Our partner has captured a big guy. This project has a new and generous fund. If we can figure out his secrets, we will be rich!"
Tan Yue suddenly had a bad premonition, and he nervously held Guan Shan's hand.
Yes, that mysterious big guy is a mermaid!
When he saw the mermaid turn around, Tan Yue breathed a sigh of relief. It was a beautiful mermaid, but she looked completely different from Guan Shan.
That's right, his lover is alive and well, and has opened a special oceanarium in a busy human city. She is definitely not the unlucky mermaid who was being studied.
But the mermaid is most likely related to Guanshan. After all, it happened eighty or ninety years ago, and it is probably Guanshan’s relative.
"Ashan, there are good and bad people in the world. Please don't take your anger out on all of humanity because of these crazy researchers, okay?"
Calling them crazy researchers is because these researchers will do whatever it takes for their research projects, easily transcending human nature and violating moral ethics.
In many related horror films, such as the Resident Evil, it is about a laboratory leak, and crazy researchers break the bottom line, which brings not only money but also a disaster to ordinary humans.
He held Guan Shan's hand tightly and expressed his position to him: "No matter what, I will always stand on your side!"
Guan Shan asked: "What if I stand on the other side of all mankind? Will you still stand on my side?"
Tan Yue's expression became tangled: "It depends on who is right and who is wrong. If humans have done something wrong to you, then I will catch the culprit and get rid of him. After I have avenged you, I will persuade you to return to the sea and have nothing to do with you."
"In fact, everyone is an independent individual, but there are also many people who don't have their own opinions and completely follow the arrangements of others. However, there are so many people, and I believe that the vast majority of people are ordinary, timid and innocent people."
Kindness and evil are the two basic sides of human nature. Even a kind person can do very vicious things. Moreover, there is a saying that those who are not of my kind must be killed.
Tan Yue was talking about cowardly and innocent, meaning that these people were too timid to do anything bloody and violent.
If there is a grudge to be taken, and if there is someone who is extremely malicious towards you, then it is okay to resolve the hidden danger in advance when the other party has the idea, and not harming the innocent is Tan Yue's simple value.
"If I can't stop you from hurting ordinary people, I might try to stop you. If I can't stop you, I'll try to die in your hands."
The god asked him, "Are you threatening me with your life?"
Tan Yue shook his head and said this in a relaxed tone: "No, it's because if it really comes to that, I will definitely feel very painful. The pain between my love for you and my bottom line as a human being is wrong for me, so I can only escape. Escaping is shameful, but it is very useful."
Guan Shan was silent for a moment and said, "That day will never happen."
To the God who is above all else, there is actually no essential difference between the residents of the other world and the residents of the human world.
He promised Tan Yue: "I will never let you fall to the point where you can only escape death."
Even though He was never good at creation but death and destruction, it would be a waste to force human lovers to make a choice.
Tan Yue had no idea how important God's promise was, but he was still very touched by such affectionate words: "I know that we can be together forever and grow old together. As long as you don't despise me when I'm old, that's all."
Tan Yue originally wanted to say he wished them a long life, but then he remembered that mermaids might be immortal and would live for hundreds of years. For them, a long life would not be a blessing but a curse.
Even if he leaves this world, Guan Shan, a mermaid, can live well alone. This is Tan Yue's blessing and expectation for his lover.
There was no way for the gods to read his mind, otherwise they would definitely tell him: "You think too much, He will not let you die so early."
The story in the film continues. After the mermaid was moved into the laboratory, the biological research institute had a steady stream of funds again.
Because compared to other strange-looking marine creatures, mermaids are obviously much more powerful.
Researchers are trying to make mermaids cry, because throughout history, both in China and abroad, the tears of mermaids have turned into very beautiful pearls.
Not to mention the value of other flesh and blood, if pearls can be produced continuously, this mermaid will also be a cash cow.
Tan Yue subconsciously glanced at Guan Shan: "Brother, when you cry, do your tears turn into pearls?"
Guan Shan shook his head: "No."
Gods don't shed tears, and their tears don't turn into pearls.
But the captured mermaid will, her tears are pearls, and her blood is also pearls, provided that the blood and tears are not in the sea, but fall into the outside world.
At that time, artificial pearl breeding technology had already been developed, and even natural pearls were not particularly valuable. In particular, researchers soon discovered that the tears and blood of mermaids were actually poisonous, killing several staff members at once.
Then once it turns into a pearl, it cannot be sold for money and can only be used as poison/medicine.
The mermaid is not as weak and pitiful as described in fairy tales. At least in this documentary, it always has a very strong sense of resistance. Several keepers who fed it at close range were killed, so the laboratory staff could only use equipment to feed this sea beast remotely.
"It would be nice if it had the ability to return to the sea as soon as you enter the water."
Mermaids are so much like humans, they are smart, intelligent, and have a high ability to learn.
The various research experiments conducted on this humanoid creature can actually make the audience empathize with the situation. Even when the researchers were ruthlessly killed by the mermaids, Tan Yue felt that they deserved it.
In addition, the mermaid has a special ability. His singing can hypnotize people, and he almost escaped several times.
But the lab staff also have another ability - money ability.
The investment group behind them, after receiving reports of the mermaids' brutality, provided additional assistance and sent powerful external weapons such as high-voltage electric current.
The mermaid was trapped by the electric current. He began to go on a hunger strike, and then all his vital signs dropped sharply until he became dying.
Even so, the researchers absolutely could not let this mysterious species go. They made full use of it and began to draw a lot of blood and cut the flesh of the personnel, observing their recovery ability, and began to cultivate their own flesh and blood and then inject it into other creatures.
As technology continues to advance, researchers in the laboratory are becoming more and more crazy. They have created all kinds of marine creatures, monsters pieced together one by one.
Thousands of experimental subjects were eliminated, and those who survived were also violent and crazy, and in great pain.
Among marine creatures, although many animals do not have brains, there are many animals with high IQs. For example, the octopus, which is famous for holding grudges, is said to have nine brains and three hearts.
The documentary only records facts and does not have any objective performances, but through those cold shots, Tan Yue, who is sitting outside the screen, can still feel the pain of these marine creatures.
His expression was serious, his thin lips were pursed into a line, and he held Guan Shan's hand even tighter than before.
"Brother, this research institute will definitely be destroyed soon." In human history books, justice always triumphs over evil, but this justice may come very late.
The real-life aquarium replaced the research institute, which means that the research institute must have disappeared, and the dead animals and the researchers inside were destroyed.
According to the timeline, Chris was already a young man in his 20s in 1937. Now that so many years have passed, Chris should have died long ago, and the researchers inside have been replaced.
Guan Shan responded: "Yeah."
Tan Yue breathed a sigh of relief and continued watching the "movie".
After draining the mermaid of its blood and flesh, the researchers determined that the dying mermaid was "about to die" and said, "Open the lid and deal with it."
Perhaps because the weak mermaid had not struggled during this period, the relevant researchers lowered their guard and did not apply any high voltage current. After all, if they did, the already weak mermaid would probably turn directly into a piece of charcoal that is of no research value.
But no one in the research institute expected that this would be the mermaid's desperate fight.
The mermaid who had been studied for many years had long lost the confidence to leave here and return to the sea. He used his remaining strength and pretended to be no longer aggressive. He found the best opportunity and used himself as a fuse to directly detonate the entire research institute.
All the strange-looking marine creatures studied have "escaped" from the broken glass
Out of hatred for the researchers, the bizarre-looking octopus accurately tied the researchers' heads with its tentacles and crushed their necks. The starfish pounced on the researchers' faces, blocking their mouths and noses, suffocating them.
This time it was the collective revenge of the marine creatures and the painful experimental subjects under the command of the mermaids.
Explosion, a grand explosion, all the experimental subjects and researchers in the institute were destroyed, and the mermaid's flesh and blood were all blown into pieces.
No life survived, all sins were annihilated and turned into ashes, and the screen that was originally lit fell into darkness.
After reading this story, Tan Yue felt a little depressed: "Why didn't the mermaid escape?"
He doesn't like reading such sad stories, as he feels depressed after reading them.
He asked Guan Shan: "Ashan, is that mermaid your relative?"
Otherwise, why would Guanshan choose to open an aquarium in this place?
Guan Shan shook his head, indicating that he had no blood relationship with the mermaid.
Tan Yue felt a little better. After all, the death of a stranger who had nothing to do with him had a different significance than the death of a related person.
"Let's not watch the movie anymore. Let's go out. I want to see the kids."
Seeing the fresh new life will make him feel better than this terrible movie.
Guan Shan nodded and agreed.
After the two people walked out of the "cinema", the originally black screen began to light up again and played the Easter eggs of the "movie".
The resentful research institute was transformed into a strange area of the other world. An invisible protective shield enveloped the entire area of the research institute.
The dead white-coated researchers on the screen came back to life in the form of ghosts.
The "Institute of Marine Biology" reappeared on the ruins.
Those men in white coats were transformed into new “human” fish, with human souls and fish bodies. They were stuffed into various marine creatures and became the objects of research and torture.
The status of the test subject and the researcher have been swapped. The difference is that the test subject has become a non-human creature and will not die so easily, so he will continue to suffer torture to quell the resentment shrouding the strange domain.
Until the appearance of the devil, he transformed the research institute into the "Inside World Oceanarium"
By now, the World Oceanarium has harvested almost everything, and it’s time to put an end to it.
When Tan Yue and Guan Shan came out of the movie, the little mermaids had already eaten all the "ornamental animals" in the aquarium.
"Dad, dad."
The little mermaids grew bigger. A thousand of them lay on the glass, surrounding Tan Yue from all sides. To be honest, even through the glass, the scene was still a bit scary.
Guan Shan snapped his fingers, and the mermaids began to gather. One mermaid overlapped on another mermaid, their shadows overlapped, and then they became a new mermaid.
Soon, 1,000 posts became 500, then 250, then 125…
In the end, there were four mermaids.
Blonde with blue eyes, black hair and black eyes, blonde with black eyes, black hair and blue eyes, but the faces are exactly the same adult mermaids.
The little mermaid looked very similar to Guan Shan and Tan Yue when she was just born, and you could tell at first glance that she was their child.
However, as the children grew older, the faces of these children also underwent subtle changes during the overlap process.
In the end, the little mermaid's face didn't look much like Guan Shan or Tan Yue, but it looked quite similar to the unlucky mermaid in the movie.
The quadruplet mermaids only have one image like the two of them, that is, the arrangement and combination of hair and eyes, but they are 80% like the unlucky mermaid.
Tan Yue looked at Guan Shan and said, "Brother, tell me, are you really not related to that mermaid by blood?"
It's normal for children to look like their uncles/grandparents.
Although he believed in Guan Shan intellectually and emotionally, when he looked at that face, he inexplicably felt his head suddenly turn green.
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