Chapter 11 Chapter 11

"The second stage of the Mermaid Contest has officially begun!"

The audience in the viewing area was still paying attention to the clingy blue mermaids in the last second, and the next second, their attention was attracted by the water ball.

Most of the common mermaid toys on the market were developed by Wen's.

But it was the first time that everyone saw a water ball that floats in the water:

"Translucent, elastic water ball, which company's new product is this?"

"Look, mermaids like to play with it!"

"Is there a link? I want to buy one." "

Ha!" Qi Xuan listened to the good comments from the crowd and chuckled proudly.

His external optical computer accelerated the flashing speed: "Report, the backstage sales volume of water balls has increased significantly!"

Qi Xuan said happily: "Investing in the Mermaid Contest is indeed the right choice!"

Water balls are the newly developed mermaid toys of Qi's, and it is also the project that Qi Xuan is in charge of.

Whether he can change the current situation of being short of money depends entirely on the advertising effect of this mermaid competition.

He must increase the sales of water balls to above Wen's new flavor of fish food!

Qi Xuan found the bright red mermaid in the aquarium and made a gesture to it.

The mermaid began to circle around the water ball just like it was trained.

"Oh my God, this picture is so beautiful, I want to take a picture and post it on Star Network." "

The person who invented the water ball is simply a genius!"

"I have a feeling that the water ball will impact the entire mermaid product market..."

Qi Xuan almost laughed out loud.

Among the seven mermaids he raised, the bright red one was the smartest.

Qi Xuan had no doubt that it would win the first place in the mermaid competition.

Even if it didn't win first place, it would definitely be better than the mermaid raised by Wen Ming!

...Where is the mermaid raised by Wen Ming?

Qi Xuan carefully searched for a while and finally found the gradually blue fish tail -

its upper body was in the hole of the rockery, and it didn't care about the front and the back, but its tail was exposed outside the hole, flashing blue fragments of light.

Other mermaids played water balls and shuttled through the rockery, swimming past its tail.

It flapped its tail up and down, producing a string of swaying bubbles, as if to drive away the disturbers.

"?" Qi Xuan blinked, "What is it doing in the hole?"

After the first stage, the blue mermaid raised by Wen Ming temporarily ranked first on the points list.

Qi Xuan thought it was the biggest rival of his mermaids, but now it seems...

"In the competition between company products and mermaids, I can 'kill' Wen Ming twice!"

Qi Xuan raised his chin and walked into the crowd, like a proud peacock:

"Yes, I trained the smartest red mermaid!"

"How do you know I'm the general manager of toy water balls?"

He must be the most popular person today!

"Plop!"

A person in a diving suit jumped into the aquarium.

The huge body of the diving suit scared the mermaids, and they threw away the water balls in their hands and fled in all directions.

The mermaid owners in the viewing area no longer paid attention to the water balls and watched the show.

Qi Xuan was caught off guard before he could get enough attention. He managed to utter,

"Mermaid Center, you better have something urgent..."

Inside the diving suit, the staff was worried, "Professor, I interrupted the progress of the mermaid competition. Will I really not be deducted from my salary?"

Professor Yin's gentle but unyielding voice came from the earphone:

"Dive to the rockery."

"Yes..." The staff approached the rockery and saw the blue mermaid lying upside down. "So you sent me to save this mermaid!"

He finally realized the purpose of this trip and reached out to Mu Mu's fish tail...

"Don't disturb it." Professor Yin shouted.

The staff was startled and slowed down their movements, following the orders of the other party one by one.

"Go around the rockery and find another entrance to the cave to see what the mermaid is doing."

The cave was dark, and the staff did not dare to turn on the searchlight in order not to disturb the mermaid:

"You can't see clearly. It seems to be... grabbing something?"

"It's true." The voice on the headset became excited, "Now, go take out that thing and show it to everyone in the viewing area!"

The staff was confused: "Professor, do you already know what it is?"

Professor Yin twisted the blade in his hand, with the blood stains of the small fish still on it:

"Well, it's a corpse."

"... Corpse, corpse..." The staff swallowed hard.

A pair of curious eyes outside the glass conveyed courage to him.

He approached the cave entrance and turned on his suit's searchlight.

Mu Mu was frightened and immediately left the rockery cave. The staff went inside and saw what it was playing with.

"Professor, you are right, it is really a corpse!"

Professor Yin's guess was confirmed, and his finger was hanging above the switch of the machine network, ready to catch the "mermaid" who had exposed himself.

In the corner of the rockery that he didn't pay attention to, a wounded fish was also startled by the searchlight and fled away...

"It's the 'corpse' of the water ball!"

The staff pinched the dry water ball and said, "I will show it to everyone."

So, everyone in the viewing area saw the completely damaged water ball, no, the water ball skin, from a 360-degree angle.

Professor Yin was shocked, frowning: "How could it be..."

"How could it be broken!?"

In the viewing area, Qi Xuan covered his head and shouted: "Impossible! We carefully selected the materials of the water ball!"

The others were speechless, covering their mouths and commenting:

"Alas, the toy is of poor quality, and he still refuses to admit it."

"Yes, the facts are right in front of us. The mermaid broke after playing for a while. You know, mermaids' nails can scratch even water plants..."

"Now I just hope that the liquid leaking from the water ball does not pose a health risk."

"In the future, I will choose Wen's mermaid products for peace of mind. Fortunately, I didn't place an order."

Qi Xuan almost shouted and explained: "No, the quality of the water ball is really..."

Mu Mu can testify that the quality of the water ball is very good.

When it couldn't control the transformation into the hunting form, its instinct drove it to swing its tail, and the poor injured fish was sucked into a hole in the rockery.

Mu Mu rushed in closely after the "prey", and all the changes in his body were hidden in the hole...

The fish was dizzy in the hole, and Mu Mu, who had improved his vision, could also distinguish the specific location of the target in the dark.

Its claws reached out, and the water ball in its hand was washed away by a stream of water and suddenly hit its face...

After being pierced by its claws, the water ball had leaked out the filling liquid, leaving only a soft ball skin.

It tightly covered Mu Mu's facial features.

When underwater, Mu Mu's gills are responsible for absorbing oxygen, and his nose is responsible for smell.

Thanks to the water ball, its sense of smell was sealed.

The predatory instinct stimulated by the blood gradually cooled down, and Mu Mu returned to the appearance of an ordinary mermaid...

It continued to cover its nose with the water ball and observed the fainted fish -

the wound of the fish was no longer bleeding.

Mu Mu tilted his head, hesitated again and again, and carefully carried the fish out of the cave.

Can't eat!

If someone finds the fish bone, won't it be accused of eating its "colleague"?

The aquarium's circulation system constantly cleans the water, and the smell of blood becomes weaker and weaker.

Mu Mu took off the water ball, feeling a little worried:

"The toy is broken, what can I interact with..."

It tried to blow air into the water ball and pinch the hole.

It patched it up, but it got worse and worse.

A beam of light interrupted Mu Mu's useless efforts.

It hurriedly exited the fake cave and saw a human crawling in, taking the broken water ball, and showing it outside the glass like a baby.

Mu Mu:?

"Huh?" Maybe breaking toys can also add points?

Qi Xuan outside the glass explained frantically, his voice loud enough for Mu Mu to hear:

"Qi's toy water balls are of absolutely qualified quality! They were just torn by the rockery, or... someone deliberately broke them!"

Mu Mu's worries came to his mind, and he swam in front of Wen Ming and blew a string of bubbles:

"Gululu..." They won't let their owner pay for it, right?

The family's financial conditions can't stand any more hardships.

Wen Ming looked Mu Mu up and down, and the mermaid's body changes just now seemed like an illusion...

His gaze finally stopped on Mu Mu's eyes -

a pair of eyes that trusted Wen Ming wholeheartedly.

"It's them..." Qi Xuan suddenly pointed at Wen Ming and Mu Mu who were looking at each other, "The water ball threatened the status of the Wen family, and he manipulated the mermaid to deliberately frame me!"

The viewing area suddenly became quiet...

and Wen Ming did not respond.

The person closest to him whispered: "Admiral Wen... someone is talking to you."

Wen Ming then took action and looked over.

"..." Qi Xuan regretted it instantly.

Last time, he just said that the mermaid was ugly, and he was almost crushed by Wen Ming's jaw.

There is no good end to angering the former battlefield master.

"Well, what I mean is..." Qi Xuan said, "Although you and I are competitors, the means of competition cannot be too despicable."

"My mermaid has been looking forward to this competition."

Wen Ming said lightly, but the people around him held their breath involuntarily:

"No matter what you have to do, don't disturb the competition."

"Why are you talking about mermaids at this time?" Qi Xuan retorted, "My business is much more important than the mermaid's business!"

Wen Ming then gave him a look.

Qi Xuan only read "doubt" in those eyes.

It was like asking: How could you have something more important than my mermaid?

The proud peacock was "humiliated" and was furious: "If I find evidence, I will definitely take you to the interstellar court!"

In the air, there were faint energy particles, looking down at everyone like a giant beast.

Qi Xuan stiffened his neck, his back was cold, and he turned around and fled from the viewing area after shouting...

Mu Mu only heard this sentence:! ?

A mermaid toy was poked and it took the interstellar court?

"Dear mermaid owners."

The announcer broke the farce: "I regret to inform you that a thunderstorm is coming. To prevent the airship from being affected by the heavy rain, please take the mermaid home as soon as possible.

The mermaid competition ends early."

The machine net entered the aquarium and caught the mermaids one by one.

The mermaids had no ability to resist. They were transferred to the top of the aquarium in a daze and squeezed into a pool, waiting for their owners to come up and pick them up.

Mu Mu also pretended to have no ability to resist and took the initiative to get into the machine net.

The frightened mermaids fluttered around: "The ones with legs are teasing us! We were caught without even being given food!"

"Don't worry." Mu Mu, the only one who understood the broadcast, explained, "We will be taken home soon and have a full stomach."

The mermaids calmed down and leaned against the pool to wait for someone to pick them up.

"Huh? The mermaids are so well-behaved today?" the staff member said in surprise.

He took off his diving suit and looked around:

Where is Professor Yin?

The door opened and closed, and the mermaid owners reached the top floor one after another and took their mermaids away in mermaid cages.

The number of mermaids around Mu Mu decreased one by one.

"He hasn't come yet..."

The longer he waited, the more uneasy Mu Mu felt, and his tail swayed unconsciously in the water.

"You told us not to worry." The mermaid Hua Hua swam over, "What are you worried about?"

"...What if he doesn't come to pick me up and leaves me here?"

Hua Hua didn't understand much: "Leave me here?"

Mu Mu kept scratching the wall of the pool, and spoke faster and faster in anxiety:

"I have poor counseling ability, and everything I eat and use costs star coins. This mermaid competition also ended early and there was no prize money..."

Hua Hua's eyes widened: "You, you are not worried about being abandoned, are you?"

Mu Mu pursed his lips and half of his face sank into the water.

Huahua shook its shoulders vigorously: "Is your head sick? What's there to worry about?"

It snorted and laughed twice: "My little brother has to pay the protection fee every day, how dare you abandon me?"

"But, I have been abandoned."

Mu Mu gently pinched Huahua's ignorant face and added: "More than once."

"Huahua--"

The girl pushed the mermaid cage and ran over here.

"They are here to pick you up." Mu Mu recognized Xiao Jun and his daughter.

Huahua slapped her hands heavily on the water, and the water splashed on the little girl's face:

"Aohou!" Little brother, you dare to let me hungry! ?

"Okay, okay~" Xiao Yue smiled and wiped the water off her cheeks, took out the snacks, and presented them with both hands in a very ceremonial manner, "Let's go home, Huahua!"

"Humph!" That's right, the protection fee was paid a little late today, it won't be allowed next time!

Huahua held the small fish and chewed it, while using her tail to jump into the mermaid cage.

"Huahua is such a good mermaid!"

"Yes." Xiao Jun responded to his daughter and closed the buckle of the mermaid cage.

"Woohoo..." The blue mermaid climbed half of its body onto the shore, stretched out its arms, and tried to grab Xiao Jun's trouser legs.

"Mumu?" Xiao Jun noticed, "You're wrong, I'm not your master."

Mumu groaned even louder.

The staff hurried over, pushed it back into the pool with a tool bar, and criticized it harshly: "You can't pick on people!"

"It doesn't matter, we know this mermaid." Xiao Jun said.

Xiao Yue nodded repeatedly: "Yes! Don't be fierce to it, it's just saying hello to us, right, Mumu?"

Mumu closed his mouth and put his hands into the water, hiding all the parts of the mermaid that might hurt people.

"Mu Mu is also a good mermaid!" Xiao Yue suggested, "Dad, let's take Mu Mu home with us!"

"No, it's Uncle Wen Ming's mermaid."

Hearing the name "Wen Ming", Mu Mu started to call again, looking at Xiao Jun eagerly.

Xiao Jun couldn't help but explain to it: "Wen Ming's mental sea is uncomfortable when it rains, he should be injected with sedatives, and he will come in a while."

"Is that so." The staff thought he was talking to himself, "I will accompany it and wait for the owner to come."

Xiao Jun shook his head: "...Then trouble you, we will leave first."

Xiao Yue waved to the mermaid: "Mu Mu, goodbye!"

Mu Mu looked at the direction they left, folded his arms on the edge of the pool, and put his chin on it.

Will the owner also come in through that door...

Soon, Mu Mu was the only mermaid left in the pool.

The staff member glanced at the sky outside the window: "This thunderstorm came too suddenly. Lightning can disrupt the energy field. People with unstable spiritual sea may become agitated today.

However, your master's condition is far more complicated than agitation."

He turned to Mu Mu and rubbed his arms: "I heard that your master's spiritual sea almost rioted on the battlefield. Tsk, thunderstorms are his disaster..."

Before he finished speaking, the mermaid suddenly tensed up his body alertly.

Mu Mu stared at the door. If it had an antenna, it would be shaking violently now.

Mermaids are very sensitive to energy.

Just like when Wen Ming approached the mermaid, the mermaid felt his terrifying spiritual sea and would struggle and dodge.

Now, Mu Mu could sense the violent energy from a distance...

The energy was ferocious and circling irregular tracks, which was completely different from Wen Ming's usually dead energy.

But Mu Mu could recognize it - it was the master!

The master who was in urgent need of guidance!

"Hehe!"

The blue mermaid's humming sound was a bit harsh, and it grabbed the wall of the pool anxiously.

The staff covered their ears uncomfortably: "Quiet!"

The fins at the elbows of the mermaid, who had always been obedient, exploded, and she climbed up to the edge of the pool regardless...

"Go back!" The staff quickly grabbed the pole and put one end against the mermaid's shoulder, "Go back to the pool quickly!"

The mermaid continued to crawl forward, opened her mouth wide, and shouted something "Ah, ah, ah."

The staff had no choice but to hold the tool pole tightly and push hard -

"Click!"

What happened in that one second was seen in slow motion in the staff's eyes.

He had just exerted force when a hand reached out from behind him and grabbed the long pole.

There was a needle hole on his arm that had just stopped bleeding.

In an instant, the staff felt that he was not pushing a mermaid, but a mountain.

The hand on the pole tightened, and with the clear outline of the protruding joints, the pole broke with a "click"...

This pole is an "old employee" of the Mermaid Center.

The end that touches the mermaid is wrapped with sponge, which not only ensures that the mermaid is not injured, but also can effectively control it.

But today, the wooden pole with a thickness of four fingers was easily broken by one hand. The

staff member's hands were out of strength, and the tool that broke at his waist made him breathe unsmoothly:

What a terrifying force...

"What are you going to do to my mermaid?" The voice was bone-chillingly cold.

The staff looked stiffly at the newcomer, and belatedly sensed the storm-like energy in the air.

It was not difficult to see that something was wrong with Wen Ming's mental state.

In a "bloodless" state, he broke the wooden pole with his bare hands...

"I, I just want to get the mermaid back into the pool."

The clothes on the staff's back were stuck with cold sweat: "There is a sponge on the end of the pole, and it will definitely not hurt your mermaid! I promise!"

He could not see any shaking in Wen Ming's dark pupils.

"No, no..." The desire to survive prompted him to throw the broken pole away, and changed his words, "I promise not to touch your mermaid again!"

"Panglingling--"

Mu Mu shook her hair, and water droplets splashed on the legs of the two.

Wen Ming finally looked away.

The staff also found a chance to catch their breath and pushed a mermaid cage over: "Please put the mermaid in..."

Wen Ming had already leaned over and picked up the mermaid. His expensive handmade suit got wet, but he didn't even frown.

"..." The staff member pulled the mermaid cage behind him with interest.

As soon as Mu Mu came into contact with Wen Ming, he activated his drainage ability.

The spiritual sea channel that was unobstructed in the past was filled with restless energy particles, and nothing could be seen clearly.

Mu Mu headed forward and finally came to the depths of his spiritual sea...

"Come out." Wen Ming pulled its arm and pulled it back to reality, "Don't drain."

Low-level mermaids can't fight against the restless spiritual sea.

Mu Mu stretched out his hands, hugged Wen Ming tightly, and entered the channel of the spiritual sea again:

"Ouch!" Too much energy has leaked out. What should I do if the spiritual sea tree is drained! It must be channeled!

The time that Mu Mu was raised by Wen Ming was not long, and she was spoiled like a domesticated mermaid.

For example, when Hua Hua puffed out her chest to ask for "protection fees", Xiao Jun's daughter would hold up the food with both hands and cooperate with it;

Mu Mu believed that if she insisted on channeling, Wen Ming would also cooperate with her...

'Where does the energy come from? The energy particles around have materialized. What's going on? Are the Zerg coming to attack?'

'The admiral's eyes are as red as the beasts...'

'Everyone hide in the mecha, the admiral's spiritual sea is about to riot!'

'Oh my God, quickly find a senior mermaid to channel it! '

'No, the mermaid will be destroyed if it comes into contact with the rioting spiritual sea. At the very least, it will become demented or die...'

"Plop!"

Wen Ming forcibly pulled the mermaid off his body and threw it into the pool.

Mu Mu was caught off guard and his head was dazed by the water surface.

It had never been treated like this by Wen Ming before. It rushed out of the water and roared aggrievedly:

"Ahhh!" It's not my fault that I didn't win the prize! The organizer cancelled it!

Wen Ming's eyes were bloodshot and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, as if he was enduring great pain.

He pulled the mermaid cage from behind the staff and opened the cage door:

"Mu Mu, go in."

Mu Mu shook his head and looked to the side: "Hmph."

No!

The staff looked at their confrontation and his eyelids twitched:

Am I seeing this right? A human being is arguing with a mermaid?