The car fell into silence and everyone's faces turned strange.

Lucy laughed awkwardly twice, and Andre sneered. It was obvious that the two did not believe what the driver said.

The driver laughed: "You must be joking. Why would we eat mermaids? They are just a specialty of our area."

The driver drove the car slowly and steadily to a building and said, "We've arrived at the wax museum. Get out of the car."

After everyone got off the bus, the driver said, "You guys go sightseeing first, and call me in the evening. I'll pick you up to watch the mermaid catching activity."

He said this and drove away.

Bai Liu got out of the car and looked around. In front of him was a building so tall that he had to tilt his head back to be parallel to the ground to see the top. There were a few cursive English letters on the top, which was the English name of [Siren Wax Museum].

[System prompt: Scene unlocked - Siren Wax Museum]

The painting style of the entire wax museum is as dark as the sea, and the top is supported by several thick granite columns. Standing at the door, Bai Liu can see many wax statues of mermaids with outlines, arranged in the shadows.

The decoration inside the Siren Wax Museum looks very new, but the outer wall still looks a bit shabby, with stacked red bricks.

There were a lot of old missing persons notices pasted on the wall, and the wind blew them all over Bai Liu's face.

Bai Liu took the old newspaper off his face, and what came into view was a notice in bold black font.

[Police notice: Twelve people are missing in Siren Town this month. Please report the missing persons listed in the following missing photos to the police immediately. Please pay attention to safety when visiting Siren Town, do not play with large fish, and be careful not to fall into the water]

Twelve black-and-white photos were published below the notice. The people in the photos were all smiling happily as they had just come to Siren Town for a trip. However, the smiles of the people in the newspapers were reflected in this yellowed old newspaper, and Bai Liu felt an indescribable weirdness in his eyes.

After Bai Liu finished reading the entire newspaper, he prepared to put it away in his bag. After folding it twice, Bai Liu suddenly felt that the folding felt wrong, a little too hard.

As a piece of newspaper, even if it was dried and brittle by the sea breeze, it shouldn't have such a hard texture...it's like it's not just a piece of paper.

Bai Liu looked through the cross section of the newspaper.

The cross section does look very thick, but there is no sign of multiple sheets. This is mainly because the newspaper has been blown very solid, so even if there are multiple sheets, they cannot be easily seen.

Bai Liu put the newspaper in his arms and decided to go into the wax museum and find some warm water to heat it to see if the newspaper had multiple layers and whether it could be separated.

[Trigger side quest - find a hot spring pool in the wax museum and separate the stuck newspapers. Points reward 10]

The keeper of the Siren Wax Museum is an old man with cataracts. His eyes are full of cloudy white film, but the amazing thing is that he seems to have no problem seeing people.

As soon as Bai Liu and the others walked in, the old man quickly turned his head to look over. The guard had a blank look in his eyes, but on his old face he wore a polite smile. He quickly moved over to this side, causing Lucy to exclaim in surprise.

The guard had a strange look on his face and sighed: "No one has come here for a long time...Since the accidents last month, no tourists have come to the Siren Wax Museum, and no new mermaid wax statues have been put in for a long time."

Bai Liu heard this and asked, "Why haven't there been any new wax mermaid statues in the museum for a long time? Is this related to the lack of tourists?"

"Of course." The guard's tone became excited. He even waved his stiff arms and legs. "Without tourists, we rarely do large-scale activities like mermaid catching. Without mermaid catching, we can't do it..."

He suddenly stopped talking here, and he remained silent no matter how many times he was asked this question afterwards.

"Does the Siren Wax Museum have a steady stream of wax statues of mermaids?" Bai Liu immediately changed the question, "The capacity of this wax museum is limited, right? If new wax statues are constantly being brought in, there won't be enough space."

"No!" The keeper had a strange smile on his face. His pale eyes moved around and he looked at Bai Liu with a mysterious tone, "As many new wax statues come into this wax museum, as many old wax statues leave it."

"The Siren Wax Museum is never full."

Bai Liu raised his eyebrows subtly and continued to ask: "Where do these wax statues of mermaids go after they leave the wax museum? Will they be thrown back into the sea?"

The guard stopped talking, as if he felt that he had said something he shouldn't have.

Bai Liu continued to ask sharply, "What will happen after the tourists come?"

"Nothing will happen." The guard whispered to himself, "You will spend a pleasant vacation in Siren Town and then leave here."

When asked again, the guard refused to speak again no matter what.

After Bai Liu found out where the hot water in the museum was, he gave up the roundabout way of answering questions. He took the tickets and led the group of people behind him into the Siren Wax Museum.

As soon as he entered, Bai Liu saw a golden wax statue of a majestic middle-aged man standing at the door. This was a wax statue of a human in a suit and a hat, completely different from the wax statues of mermaids Bai Liu had seen. It had no fish tail, was covered in gold, and had an official smile on its face, waving to the tourists who came in.

The lighting in the wax museum was very dim. The light that fell from the ceiling cast an unclear shadow on the face of the wax statue, making the polite smile on the wax statue look strange.

Some brief introduction about the wax statue was engraved on the black stone platform. Bai Liu went over to take a look - this was the wax statue of the mayor of Siren Town, which was completed when the Siren Wax Statue Museum was opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The stone platform also used some exaggerated tones to highly praise the mayor's contributions to Siren Town, such as the vigorous development of tourism after retrieving the mermaid skeleton, and the support for the construction of the Siren Wax Museum, which is very worthwhile for viewing, which made the entire backward coastal Siren Town prosperous.

There is also a carving on the stone platform: [Mayor Harris has unconditional love for every villager in Siren Town, just like he has for his own children].

Bai Liu was watching attentively. Jelf, who had been silent all the way, suddenly approached Bai Liu and asked in a low voice: "Do you believe in mermaids? Do you think the things mentioned above about Siren Town are true?"

Of course I don’t believe all of it.

This kind of curiosity wax museum, which was specially built to promote the development of the tourism industry, displays things that look serious, but are only about one-third true. Most of them are false information fabricated by the locals and used as a gimmick to attract tourists.

But this is a horror game.

Bai Liu: “I think it’s true.”

Andre crossed his chest and snorted loudly, as if mocking Jelf and Bai Liu who believed it without a doubt, but he didn't say anything and followed Jelf into the wax museum.

Bai Liu and Lucy were originally going to go together, but Bai Liu wanted to find the hot water room to sort out the wet newspapers, so he let Lucy go alone first.

After expressing her regret, Lucy said she would wait for Bai Liu in the exhibition hall, and then went shopping alone. Bai Liu walked towards the hot water room mentioned by the guard.