Chapter 09 Chapter 9

The participating mermaids have basically arrived. The mermaids gathered together and the aquarium was quite lively.

Mu Mu entered the water, but did not join them immediately. Instead, he swam to the glass and looked for Wen Ming.

For humans, the aquarium is as high as four or five floors.

After releasing the mermaids at the entrance on the top of the aquarium, you need to go downstairs to the viewing area and admire the underwater through the glass.

Mu Mu swam straight down, faster than Wen Ming.

It turned back and forth in front of the glass and saw several familiar faces -

Qi Xuan, whose computer kept flashing colorful lights, and Wen Ming's friend Xiao Jun.

Xiao Jun was holding a little girl of four or five years old, who should be his daughter. The little tiger teeth when she smiled were just like Xiao Jun.

Mu Mu swam to the side of the little girl without looking around, then suddenly opened his mouth wide, turned his head and lay on the glass, pretending to eat the child.

The little girl's mouth was still grinning, but the smile turned into tears...

"Don't cry, Xiaoyue!"

Xiao Jun hugged Xiao Yue and patted her on the back: "This is the mermaid raised by your uncle Wen Ming. It likes to scare people. It scared me last time."

Xiao Yue's tears hung in the corners of her eyes: "Really? It won't bite me?"

"Really, it's actually very friendly. Its name is Mu Mu, say hello!"

Xiao Yue plucked up the courage and put her little hand on the glass: "Mu Mu?"

Mu Mu aimed at her hand and pressed it against her, palm to palm, as if to convey:

I'm sorry to scare you, don't be afraid, I don't eat children, I eat small fish.

Xiao Yue smiled again, and her fangs were particularly cute.

"How funny!"

Qi Xuan approached, laughing so hard that his shoulders kept shaking: "How can there be a child who is so timid that he is afraid of mermaids? Coward."

Last time, he violated the rules and used the spiritual sea, causing the aquarium to rupture and losing a lot of money. The remaining savings were used to customize a new optical computer.

Qi Xuan protected the new optical computer like an eyeball, wearing it behind his ears, and added a protective shell to prevent falling.

It looks like half of his head is big and the other half is small.

"You are stupid!" Xiao Jun protected his daughter and scolded, "The brain is deformed, and the brain is also deformed?"

Qi Xuan leaned against the glass and said disgustedly:

"The language used by the common people is really dirty, so I didn't approve of the nobles and the common people participating in the mermaid competition together..."

The common people around who were attacked indiscriminately dared not speak out, and swallowed their anger in frustration.

Qi Xuan is no longer valued by the family, but he still has the support of Qi.

Qi's company has developed to the point where it is second only to Wen's. It is not worth offending Qi Xuan for the sake of verbal pleasure.

Even Xiao Jun suppressed his temper...

"Blah--"

An undercurrent surged in the aquarium.

The blue fish tail swung quickly, drawing a wave of water, and the sharp trajectory rushed straight to Qi Xuan's face...

The surface of the plexiglass has been specially treated to leave no fingerprints or stains, ensuring the best viewing experience for humans.

It also ensures Qi Xuan's "beaten" experience.

Qi Xuan could not feel the sense of security protected by the glass. The tail was getting closer and closer, and it was about to hit him hard.

At that moment, Qi Xuan remembered the fear of being dominated by the fish tail palm.

Face hurts, ears tinnitus, computer shattered...

"Ah!" Qi Xuan was so frightened that his throat tightened, and the cool air he inhaled was like pulling an old bellows.

He covered the computer shell and rolled and crawled away.

When he looked up in shock, the blue mermaid was floating quietly in the water, harmless to humans and animals...

"Funny, too funny!"

Xiao Jun clapped his hands: "How could a coward be scared to death by a mermaid?"

"What do you know, I just have a psychological shadow!"

The people around him ignored Qi Xuan's explanation and laughed.

Qi Xuan was so embarrassed and angry that his body temperature and heart rate rose. The computer automatically sounded the alarm, and the flashing light changed from colorful to red.

He covered his proud optical computer and escaped from the crowd's sight...

Xiao Jun exhaled happily, and his clothes were pulled by his daughter:

"Dad, you are right, Mu Mu likes to scare people... but I like it."

Xiao Jun smiled, and in the afterglow, a colorful mermaid swam by.

"Hey? Huahua!"

Xiao Yue also recognized the mermaids she raised at home, and pointed at Huahua and Mu Mu excitedly: "They are friends!"

Mu Mu did not think that the other party was her friend.

This strange mermaid with a tail covered with colorful patterns swam over with a smudged face and pushed Mu Mu away from the glass:

"You are not allowed to bully my little brother!"

"?" Mu Mu smelled the smell on it and said, "Are you the mermaid raised by Xiao Jun?"

"Xiao Jun? Who is it?" The human language was converted into mermaid language, which was like listening to a foreign language to the mermaid.

Huahua pointed at Xiaojun and Xiaoyue outside the glass: "These two with legs are my little brothers. They pay me the fish food protection fee on time every day."

It asked Mumu with its hands on its waist: "I saw you trying to bite my little brother!"

"..." Mumu said patiently, "You misunderstood. I helped them drive away the bad guys."

Huahua was confused: "What does 'bad guys' mean?"

Mermaids are not intelligent species.

They can only understand the simplest logic and vocabulary. Mermaids like Huahua who misunderstood that Xiaojun feeding fish food was paying protection fees are already smart.

"Bad guys are..." Mu Mu stuttered as he changed his words, "Those who want to bite your little brother, with legs."

Hua Hua suddenly realized, grabbed Mu Mu's arm, and said gratefully:

"So you are a good fish, next time I get the protection fee, I will share some with you!"

Mu Mu smiled perfunctorily. With the forgetfulness of mermaids, he would definitely not be able to eat the fish food promised by Hua Hua...

"What protection fee?" A bright red mermaid passed by, "That's the one with legs feeding food."

Mu Mu's ears stood up: There's a smart mermaid! ?

The red mermaid swung her tail swaggeringly: "The one with legs has a low IQ. I turned a circle according to his gestures, and he took the initiative to offer more food. It's so funny, it's so deceptive!"

Another one also came over: "My one with legs is weird and talks a lot to me before giving food. It's scary!"

The mermaids came over one after another, talking about their masters.

"What about you?" Huahua patted Mu Mu, "How is your one with legs?"

Everyone cast a curious look at him.

"Well, my master's words..." Mu Mu scratched his head and thought for a while, "He is very simple."

"What does 'simple' mean?"

"He is frugal, never absent from work, and wears the same clothes every day."

Mu Mu pulled his scales and said with heartache: "He changes his clothes less frequently than we change our scales!"

Outside the aquarium, the elevator to the viewing area opened with a "ding".

Wen Mingshanshan was late and stepped out of the elevator.

His eyes were cold and solemn, and the crowd quickly made way for him. The crowd was talking in a flurry:

"Hiss, why did Admiral Wen participate in such an event? No one dared to speak loudly..."

"This casual suit of his is very flattering and pleasing to the eyes!"

"It must be made by hand..."

In the interstellar era, all industrial chains were highly perfected, and machines became the mainstream production force.

How expensive a piece of clothing is is not determined by the brand or material, but by how many handworks it has undergone.

"I heard that all the clothes in his closet are handmade."

"More than that, I know a master who can embroider, and she said the admiral ordered a batch of small blankets at a high price..."

"What will be embroidered on the blankets?"

"Embroidered shells and the names of the mermaids he raises."

Someone was shocked: "Embroidered all the clothes for mermaids? Is this what a rich man does..."

Wen Ming rarely appears in non-commercial activities, and his cold and stern aura that keeps strangers away scares many people.

Including Xiao Jun's daughter.

Children are more sensitive to the perception of the spiritual sea. When Xiao Jun waved at Wen Ming, Xiao Yue timidly shrank beside Xiao Jun.

Wen Ming's spiritual sea was filled with the destruction after the smoke of war. Every step he took, Xiao Yue's face turned paler.

Seeing this, Wen Ming nodded his chin towards Xiao Jun, turned his feet and found a quiet place.

Around him, there was a "vacuum area"...

"Master!"

Mu Mu found Wen Ming and rushed to the glass, shaking the tip of his tail.

Wen Ming saw it and tapped the corners of his mouth with his fingers.

Mu Mu understood this secret signal that even humans find difficult to guess, instantly:

"Aoao!" I didn't eat anything in here randomly!

Realizing that humans outside the tank cannot hear the mermaid's cries in the water, Mu Mu opened his mouth wide to show Wen Ming his mouth from various angles:

"Ah-"

Look, there is nothing in his mouth.

Am I the most obedient mermaid!

"Wow, what's the blue one doing?"

"It looks like it's trying to eat the glass, hhh, confusing mermaid behavior +1."

Mu Mu snorted, believing that Wen Ming would definitely understand what he was saying.

"Ding Dong, all participating mermaids are in place, the mermaid competition begins now!"

There was also a broadcasting device in the aquarium, and Mu Mu could hear it clearly.

"This competition adopts a points system, the mermaids' scores in each stage are added up, and the one with the highest total score wins.

The mermaid owner who ranks first will receive a prize of 100,000 star coins, and the second place..."

The mermaids didn't understand anything and swam around aimlessly.

Only Mu Mu was as excited as a bullfighting bull that saw a red cloth, and he was getting 100,000 star coins with his eyes open or closed.

"The first round is a mermaid agility contest.

Food will be randomly placed in the aquarium, and each time a food is successfully snatched, one point will be accumulated.

After the first round, the mermaid judges will select a mermaid with the best overall performance and give her an additional five points."

Mu Mu's face was full of confidence, and he stretched the fish's tail:

here we are, the foodie's home turf!

"Are you okay?" Hua Hua swam over, "Does your tail cramp?"

Mu Mu smiled mysteriously: "Next, we'll be opponents..."

"What?"

While Hua Hua was puzzled, the blue mermaid in front of him had disappeared.

The first frozen food was thrown into the water tank. As the other mermaids started to sniff it, Mu Mu took the lead and grabbed the frozen food...

The announcer gave a passionate commentary: "Incredible reaction speed!

It was like a blue lightning. It grabbed the food before we could see the type of frozen food. Let us congratulate this blue mermaid for winning a point...

No, although it grabbed the food, it didn't eat it?"

In the puzzled eyes of the crowd, the blue mermaid avoided the smell of the surrounding mermaids, protected the frozen food, and didn't eat it...

In the entire viewing area, only one person's eyes successfully met that mermaid's.

"You can eat it." Wen Ming nodded and said in a whisper.

"Finally ate it!" The announcer explained in real time, "This mermaid named 'Mumu' got the first point of this game!"

Mumu chewed the frozen food happily, rubbing his hands.

When the next sound of entering the water appeared, it once again became the mermaid with the fastest reaction, grabbing the food thrown in and preparing to stuff it into its mouth.

The water waves around it gave it a gentle force, which meant that the other mermaids did not swim quickly.

It was not the fastest to react, but the only one to react...

Mu Mu's mind suddenly cooled down, and he moved the object near his mouth further away -

it was a fish struggling violently...

Interstellar common sense: Mermen don't eat fish, nor can they catch fish.

The mermaids, except Mu Mu, looked uninterested.

The humans outside the glass burst into surprise, and many of them turned on their computers to record the spectacle of "merman catching fish".

Mu Mu swallowed his dry throat, pretended to slip his hand, let go of the fish, and then swam away with his back to the fish.

People turned off their laptops one after another:

"I thought I could record something amazing..."

"It seems like a blind cat has caught a dead rat."

Mu Mu covered his chest with his hands, his heart beating wildly: he

was almost exposed...

Frozen food and "fish" are both within his hunting instinct, but he absolutely cannot show this instinct.

In the following food grabbing, Mu Mu became restrained.

He had to confirm what was thrown in before deciding whether to chase it.

With this delay, the other mermaids had already pocketed the points...

The 100,000 star coin grand prize grew a pair of wings and gradually flew away from Mu Mu.

"I can't go on like this!"

Mu Mu frowned, thinking back to the rules of the competition:

'After the first round, the mermaid judges will select a mermaid with the best overall performance and give her an additional five points. '

There is also a chance to turn the tables.

Since the theme of the competition is agility, it's okay to show how agile you are... right?

Mu Mu took out his best tricks.

Front flip, back flip, side flip, flip with the tail curled up, flip with the tail bent, flip with the tail straight...

There are only moves that humans can't think of, but there are no moves that it can't do.

It has turned the mermaid competition into a big stage for it to perform.

Announcer: "Well, this mermaid, probably, is trying to grab food in its own unique way...

but it didn't get to eat much, and it even had to pay for calories."

"?" Mu Mu didn't know whether the broadcast was praising or criticizing it.

It paused its performance, stuck to the edge of the glass, and listened carefully to the humans' conversation outside:

"It's so funny, it's something a low-IQ species would do!"

"Can mermaids also have ADHD?"

"What a slut~"

Mu Mu was so angry that his fists clenched: Tasteless humans!

"Whose mermaid is it?"

The person answering suddenly dropped his voice to an extremely low level, pointing to a certain "vacuum zone": "That one..."

The expression of the person asking the question changed instantly:

"People with defective spiritual seas can only provide low-level counseling, so it's understandable that the mermaids they raise have low IQs..."

Mu Mu's fins exploded, and flames of dissatisfaction shot out.

Its gentle, kind, hardworking and simple master is only called "a person with a defective spiritual sea" by them.

They all stand so far away from their master, they isolate their master!

Tasteless human beings!!!

Mu Mu quickly swam towards Wen Ming...