Bai Liu was sleeping on his side in the last row of a van. The back seat was so crowded and narrow that it was difficult for him to even turn over. As soon as he moved, he saw a necklace fell out of his shirt.

The clothes he was wearing now were no different from those before he entered the game, a white shirt and black pants, typical daily attire for an office worker, with only this necklace as an extra item.

The pendant of the necklace was a coin with a hole in it. After Bai Liu put his hand on it, he saw the game panel pop up. The panel was the same as the one Bai Liu had seen before, without any additional information.

This should be something like a game manager.

Bai Liu put the necklace into his clothes. He didn't like to see such damaged coins.

Bai Liu poked his head out from the back seat of the car. This was a seven-seater van. In addition to Bai Liu lying in the back seat, there were four other people in the front. As soon as he poked his head out, someone looked at him in surprise: "Bai Liu, hey, my sweetheart, you're finally awake!"

Except for Bai Liu, the other six people all looked like foreigners. The one who called Bai Liu "sweetheart" was a girl with big brown curly hair, red lips and brown eyes, wearing hot pants and suspenders. The moment Bai Liu saw this person, the coin on her chest popped up a panel with the character information written on it:

[NPC name: Lucy]

[Character Profile: Your classmate likes boys like you, but you are too shy in front of Lucy, who is ten centimeters taller than you and more passionate and bold.]

Bai Liu's gaze paused subtly on "Too Embarrassing" for two seconds, and he quickly retracted his gaze and fell into thought.

It seems that in order to trigger the NPC panel information in this game, the player needs to see it himself, just like playing an online game where you need to put the mouse on it for the information to pop up. The player's eyes are now equivalent to the player's mouse and game controller.

He thought to himself that it seemed that in this game, at least one could not lose his eyesight.

Lucy winked at Bai Liu and said, "Hey, baby, did I make you tired? You've been sleeping since you got on the bus."

Bai Liu, who has been single all her life, feels a little complicated: "…"

Ended single life painlessly.

He changed the subject in time. Bai Liu looked out the window at the increasingly remote and desolate scenery and asked, "Where are we going? Why does it look so remote?"

"Looks like the brave brat wants to escape again." A sarcastic male voice came from the front, and a tall man in tight jeans and a sports T-shirt crossed his arms and looked at Bai Liu with disdain. This man was too muscular, and his shirt was about to burst, looking like a rugby player.

He looked down at Bai Liu with his arms folded, sneering, "It's too late, Bai Liu. Even if you are a coward and want to escape, it's too late. We are already on the way to Siren Town."

Panel pop-up:

[NPC name: Andre]

[Character Profile: Your love rival, who likes Lucy but was rejected by her, is very hostile to you. Before, you made a bet with him to protect Lucy in the most dangerous place in the world to prove your love for her, so you drove to Siren Town. You regretted before getting in the car and cried a lot. Andre forced you to get in the car.]

Bai Liu had seen the name "Siren Town" twice in a row. He ignored Andre's ridicule and asked, "Siren Town, what place is it?"

Andre snorted again and was about to open his mouth to continue his ridicule when he was interrupted by a continuous whisper:

"Siren Town is the only seaside town in history where the remains of sirens have been found. In history, many people claimed that they had seen the figures of sirens here, or heard the beautiful singing of sirens and mermaids in the waves, and also saw these weird-looking mermaids feasting on human corpses on the dark reefs..."

"Jeff! Those are just stories made up by Siren Town to trick tourists into visiting!" Andre interrupted the other party impatiently, but even so, a trace of imperceptible fear flashed across his face.

A short boy wearing glasses covered with thick beer bottles shrank back while hugging a book in front of his chest. He seemed a little afraid of Andre, but he still mustered up the courage to retort in a low voice: "Then how do you explain the mysterious disappearance of tourists who came to Siren Town! Last month, twelve tourists completely disappeared in Siren Town! The police searched everywhere but to no avail, and no one has seen them leave Siren Town..."

Bai Liu looked at the panel.

[NPC name: Jelf]

[Character Profile: A strong lover of unnatural creatures such as mermaids and sea monsters. After learning that Lucy and her group were going to Siren Town, she took the initiative to ask to go with them. She is very familiar with the legend of Siren Town.]

Andre retorted: "Most of these people fell into the water and drowned. It's normal for people to drown at the seaside."

But Jeff was not convinced: "The police have been organizing a recovery operation for a month, but have not recovered any bodies. Even if they really fell into the sea, this is not normal..." As he spoke, his tone became low and dark, with a hint of excitement, "Unless their bodies were eaten by sirens, in which case it is also possible that the police could not recover them..."

Andre finally got angry. He hit Jeff hard on the head and said, "Shut up! You damn four-eyed guy! You keep talking about mermaids all the time! I think you look like a mermaid!"

Andre hit Jeff hard. Bai Liu could clearly see Jeff's head hit the edge of the seat, and then he hit Andre again. This completely angered Andre, and he slapped Jeff several times, causing one of his teeth to fly out.

Jeff lowered his head in silence and picked his teeth. Then he looked at Andre with a very obscure and secret hatred in his eyes and lip-synced something.

No one else heard it, but Bai Liu, who had always had good hearing, heard Jelf say, "The mermaid will tear you apart and swallow you, Andre."

Bai Liu raised his eyebrows slightly, but said nothing. The relationships between these NPC characters were really complicated.

It seems that Andre has been beating and scolding Jervois for more than a day or two, and Jervois seems to have already planned a revenge plan using the "mermaid".

The driver was a local from Siren Town hired by Bai Liu. From Lucy's words, Bai Liu found out that he was a rich second-generation. He paid for the food and accommodation for the group, and also hired the driver at a high price. He also asked the driver to help find a local hotel.

The car drove until late at night before arriving at the mysterious Siren Town. According to the driver's description, Siren Town was a town that made a living by fishing and helping to salvage shipwrecks. It had always been relatively remote and dilapidated until the new mayor took a different approach and used the legend of mermaids to attract tourists. Only then did Siren Town develop through tourism.

But since last month, tourists have been getting into accidents. These tourists did not fall into the water as Andre said. Some of them even disappeared in different corners of Siren Town without anyone noticing before they even had time to reach the beach. For example, there was a tourist who checked into the hotel that night, but disappeared the next morning. The door of the room was closed and no one saw him go out. The bed in the room was still warm, but the man was gone.

As a result, due to the missing tourists incident, the town of Siren became incredibly deserted during the peak tourist season, and many hotels closed due to poor management.

Siren Town was indeed very run-down, with flying fences and fishing nets everywhere, and the ground was covered with dried shells, seaweed, and mud. Only some hotels had nice decorations. It was already late at night when Bai Liu and his friends arrived, but there were still many pedestrians on the road.

These pedestrians were originally walking in unison towards the beach, but when Bai Liu and his companions drove in, these townspeople who were originally going to the beach stopped at the same time, tilted their heads, and looked straight at Bai Liu's car.

Being watched by so many people in the middle of the night, Lucy felt a little frightened. She screamed softly and shrank into Bai Liu's arms.

But she was much taller than Bai Liu, and her head was sticking out from Bai Liu's shoulders, making it look like Bai Liu was shrinking into her arms.

Bai Liu: “…”

Bai Liu turned to the driver and asked, "It's already midnight, what are these people doing at the beach?"

The driver shook his head. "Not many people are coming to visit these days. The economy is bad, so they have to rely on fishing again. If you have never fished, you don't know that many valuable fish are afraid of strong light and only come out to move at night. That's why they go to the sea at night."

The townspeople looked at Bai Liu with strange eyes. Their eyes glowed a cat-like green light in the night. They had a strange expression on their faces, as if they were smiling, but the corners of their mouths did not rise completely. Instead, they were twitching stiffly.

They were still holding fishing nets and hooks in their hands, and some of them were holding oil lamps with emulsified light. They stared at the cart carrying Bai Liu intently, their eyes moving with the cart, as if they would rush up at any time to attack the cart with the fishing gear in their hands.

"You better be careful with these guys." The driver warned, "They are short of money recently, and you are rich."

Because Bai Liu, the second-generation rich man, was generous, the driver arranged for them to stay in the best hotel in the area.

This hotel is a very modern and luxurious five-star hotel. Its luxury is somewhat out of tune with the style of the entire town. There is even a fountain at the door.

In the fountain pool there is a mermaid statue made of white wax with a limestone base.

The wax statue of a mermaid is lifelike, with her smooth skin shining with a luster almost similar to that of human skin under the dim moonlight, her long hair hanging down to cover her plump breasts, and her fish tail standing in the pool. She has her eyes downcast, with a sad expression, and is holding a water bottle in her hand. There are some fake mica pearls scattered in the water bottle, and the fountain pours out of the water bottle and falls into the pool, making a sound like the sound of sea waves.

The driver drove around the fountain at the entrance of the hotel and all the way to the main entrance of the hotel.

Jeff suddenly screamed in surprise. He pointed at the wax statue of a mermaid at the entrance of the hotel and shouted, "She was just looking at me! She just moved!"