Chapter 277 Deep Virtual Reality 104
With the help of various tools, the security guards and boatmen do not have much difficulty catching these ferocious fish. Their tool for attracting schools of fish is chunks of flesh covered in blood.
Seemingly dissatisfied with not attracting enough fish, Professor Lillian's assistant brought over two experimental rabbits. The moment the rabbits were thrown into the sea with a "splash," a swarm of fish rushed in, and the sounds of intense biting and chewing filled the air. Even Chu Qing, who was recording the data, couldn't help but shudder.
He had rarely been in charge of animal experiments before, and although he had seen his fair share of bloody scenes, such a sound still sent chills down his spine.
The seawater was dyed bright red, and schools of fish gathered in the fishing nets. As the boatmen operated the nets, water splashed everywhere, and the struggling fish were squeezed into the wire mesh, unable to leave.
One of the boatmen spat and kicked the fish in the net, yelling, "You bastards, you scared me so much today I smashed my wine bottle!"
The fish trapped in the net started to snort. Xie Ning, who was observing from a short distance away, remembered the black barb in the mouth of the big fish earlier that day and quickly shouted, "Get out of the way!"
But it was too late. Everyone was caught off guard and had palm-sized black thorns pierce their bodies. Zhan Lin said coldly, "Cover them with a tarpaulin and put them in a glass tank. Send the injured to the infirmary."
Apart from the fish that were caught, the others did not stay there to feed or ram the bottom of the ship. Instead, they dived into the deep sea in groups. After all, they had only caught a portion of the fish. The sea was filled with a dense mass of dark shadows.
"That was terrifying. I'm not going to touch fish for the next few days." Annika looked shaken. Although she loves fish, she was genuinely frightened and disgusted by how ugly it looked.
"Sigh, Tiffany said she was unlucky, which is why she caught such a ferocious monster fish. But I think I'm even more unlucky. It's bad enough that I can't even catch two fish in a day, but to catch one that's so mutated... I really don't know why Professor Lillian and the others would use such a monster fish for experiments. Aren't they supposed to be researching alien creatures?"
Although the explanation given was that the fish mutated due to pollution, Xie Ning was still uneasy. Only when he heard Annika's words did he realize something.
She had learned from reading the paper that marine life mutated due to nuclear contamination. Although the paper did not mention alien creatures, it implied that they were the origin of alien creatures. In other words, that strange fish was an alien creature.
The thought of the dark shadows on the seabed sent chills down Xie Ning's spine. Although alien creatures were diverse and varied in strength, their sheer number... and this was the ocean. The smooth journey had almost made her forget that there were many alien creatures in the sea.
But now she was in the vast ocean, and even if she wanted to leave, she couldn't. She just hoped that she wouldn't encounter any more powerful alien creatures on the way. She didn't think she had much of a chance of winning in the other party's home turf.
Over the next two days, Xie Ning paid even closer attention to the situation in the sea, but unfortunately, her hopes were not fulfilled.
Chu Qing came to Xie Ning to borrow some tools as substitutes, because the laboratory on the ship was not perfect, so they could only try to find other tools to replace them.
Xie Ning didn't know what kind of experiment Chu Qing and the others were going to conduct, or whether Professor Lillian and Director Crete were together. He just took the opportunity to ask Chu Qing when he came to borrow something.
Chu Qing hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say anything, only telling her to ask Dr. Ji.
For some reason, the situation on the ship became increasingly dire, and Xie Ning even went with Dr. Ji to reinforce the various defense and attack systems.
Since they were all on the same side, Dr. Ji didn't hide too much from Xie Ning and the others. He cleared his throat and said, "There are special experiments on Sky Island, and a long time ago, radioactive material used in the experiments accidentally flowed into the sea, causing a surge in the number of alien creatures around it..."
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