Suddenly, without any warning, dark clouds gathered in the sky and the surroundings became dark in an instant.
A thick fog suddenly rose and filled the entire entrance of the community.
The knife in Shui Yiyao's hand fell on the outstretched tentacle without hesitation.
Her hands are always steady when holding a knife.
She aimed at the tentacle that was reaching out, and cut off the front end that was sticking out of the car window without any deviation.
"Ah!" The octopus in the driver's seat had one claw broken. He raised his head and groaned in pain, then pushed open the car door and rushed out.
He changed from the human form of "Ao Li" to a huge octopus monster.
It rolled twice on the ground, turned over twice, leaving a pool of slime, and stared at Shui Yiyao with its big eyes.
"You—you traitor! A great traitor to the sea tribe!"
Shui Yiyao: “……?”
Traitor? Where did she even begin? What had she done?
The giant octopus roared, "Who told you to go ashore? We sea people belong in the sea!"
Shui Yiyao asked curiously, "Aren't you also on the shore?"
"The sea is so polluted, are you just waiting to die?"
She said this as she stepped back.
The electric baton was too big, and she usually didn't carry it with her unless she was staying overnight, and she didn't bring it with her today. Their community had good security, and maybe they could keep the octopus out once they got through the gate.
The giant octopus seemed not to hear Shui Yiyao's words, and kept repeating words like "traitor" and "shouldn't go ashore".
Moreover, why are the movements of this giant octopus so inexplicably slow?
Shui Yiyao frowned and kept watching the movements of the octopus in front of her. Its tentacles kept wriggling and mucus was gurgling onto the ground, but it always showed a sense of stiffness.
When Shui Yiyao was about to retreat to the front door, the giant octopus made a big move. He changed to a healthy tentacle and stretched it towards Shui Yiyao.
Blocked her at the door.
The knife in his hand was a military knife that Shui Yiyao had bought specially, and it was very sharp.
She gripped the hilt tightly, staring at the approaching tentacle, dodging its attack by moving sideways. With one swing of the knife, she cut a large gash on the tentacle.
The giant octopus was a little abnormal today. She remembered that it was quite fast when they met last time, but today it was particularly slow.
"Why did the fog suddenly appear?"
Suddenly, someone came up behind Shui Yiyao, and it sounded like an old lady's voice.
She was startled and turned around and shouted, "Go back quickly, there are robbers!"
The old lady has come out.
"What did you say? What festival?" she asked loudly.
The giant octopus's tentacles swung towards the old lady who was speaking.
The old lady was stunned.
Shui Yiyao's heart skipped a beat when she saw this. She gritted her teeth and lunged back, knocking the old lady to the ground.
The big tentacle also followed and hit over.
"What the hell!" The old lady, who was protected by Shui Yiyao, looked at the tentacles coming down, her eyes widening with panic. "This, this, this..."
Shui Yiyao rolled on the ground holding the old lady and avoided the attack of the giant octopus.
The big tentacle hit her again. Shui Yiyao had no time to get up. She hugged the old lady and tried to roll around, but she found that she was stuck by the mucus on the ground and could not roll.
It’s over. I’m probably doomed this time.
She let go of the old lady, lay on the ground, raised the knife in her hand, and faced the huge tentacles that were swinging towards her.
She stared at the huge tentacle, the blade in her hand shining coldly.
Never mind whether it moves or not, just cut it first.
Just as Shui Yiyao's knife came into direct contact with the huge tentacle, it suddenly started raining.
The rain came in torrents.
In the rainstorm, the octopus's tentacles suddenly stopped moving, as if they had been forced to pause.
Suddenly, a cage appeared on the octopus's body, a cage that looked like it was made of icicles, locking it up completely.
The sudden rain and the ice cage that locked the octopus made Shui Yiyao a little confused.
"Mr. Chengyu, you are quite skilled." Suddenly, someone appeared beside her.
Shui Yiyao looked up and saw a person beside her, Ao Li.
Ao Li lowered his eyes and looked at her, his brows slightly cold and his eyes sharp and intimidating.
From her perspective, the man looked particularly tall, and even his hair glowed coldly in the rain.
Ao Li looked down at her, then suddenly leaned down slightly and stretched out his hand towards her: "Get up."
That sense of alienation suddenly shattered completely.
The rain stopped again.
Shui Yiyao: “…”
She supported herself on the ground with both hands, struggling to break free from the slime and climb up: "You help the old lady first, I can do it myself!"
As she crawled, she cursed, "This dog thing is too dirty!"
Ao Li: “…”
He closed his eyes and took a breath, then opened his eyes and saw that Shui Yiyao was about to get up. He then grabbed the old lady who was still in a daze next to him and pulled her up from the ground.
The old lady took several deep breaths, came to her senses, and thanked the two of them repeatedly.
"Knock, knock, knock--" The sound of the sirens came from far away and stopped just in front. The police lights emitted strong red and blue light, piercing through the thick fog.
Shui Yiyao stood up, brushed off the dirt on her body, and looked at the flashing police lights: "Are the police here?"
Ao Li: "I called the police."
"Can this also be called to the police?" She was a little surprised. As far as she knew, the human race in this world did not know the existence of the sea people.
"As long as it's within our Chinese territory, any injustice can be reported to the police."
Two men in police uniforms came from the direction of the police lights, making loud noises.
Shui Yiyao looked over and saw that the uniforms of these two people looked a little different from ordinary police uniforms, but she couldn't tell what the difference was.
They looked at Octopus with normal expressions. He must be a police officer who was in charge of special matters.
"Dean Ao. Thank you so much. If you weren't here, it would be difficult to catch this thing." They looked at the octopus trapped in the ice cage, turned around and thanked Ao Li.
Ao Li nodded: "It's hard work."
"It's my duty."
"And ma'am, your certificate of bravery will be delivered tomorrow."
Shui Yiyao: "You still know that I was brave enough to do something righteous?"
When she bravely stepped forward to help others, the police hadn't arrived yet.
The police officer said, "We also have our own surveillance."
"I'm so sorry for being late."
Shui Yiyao waved her hands: "It's okay, it's okay. This happened quite suddenly."
Police: “Thank you for your understanding.”
The police used a strange chain to handcuff the octopus and before leaving, they said to Ao Li, "Dean Ao, send the arrest warrant for this thing to the Sea Clan tomorrow."
"No rush."
The police left and took the old lady away before leaving. It seemed that they wanted to clear her memory.
After they left, the fog cleared.
Shui Yiyao looked at the dirt on her body, frowned, and said with disgust: "I'll have to use two big bags of laundry detergent when I get home."
Ao Li looked at her shabby clothes and said, "You can still choose to throw them away."
Shui Yiyao nodded: "Good idea."
She looked up again: "By the way, Mr. Ao, how did you get here so suddenly?"
Ao Li: "I came here after receiving a call from the mermaid volunteers."
If the volunteer calls the police, he will go to the scene in person to check it out.
Shui Yiyao's brows tightened: "Did something happen to her?"
Ao Li: "It's safe now."
He took off his suit jacket and handed it to Shui Yiyao: "Wear this when you go back."
Shui Yiyao looked at her clothes. The situation was really too bad. If she really went back like this, she would definitely get a lot of attention. She looked at the suit that Ao Li handed her. It was obviously a high-end custom-made suit. Once she put it on, it would definitely be too dirty to wear again.
She hesitated for a moment and said, "Thank you for your kindness. It won't take me long to go back here. Forget it, no need."
Ao Li put the clothes on her and said, "It's already wet. I won't wear it again. You can take it. You don't have to return it."
Ao Li's clothes fit him well, but they were too big for Shui Yiyao, covering her entire upper body and covering her dirty clothes.
Shui Yiyao: "Thank you, Mr. Ao."
Ao Li: "Both police will investigate today's incident and will give you feedback. Don't worry."
Shui Yiyao: "Yeah, okay."
Ao Li: "Go back. If you have any more problems, come to me directly."
Shui Yiyao: "That would be too troublesome."
"It's my duty." Ao Li said, and suddenly chuckled and said, "It's my duty."
·
Ao Li watched Shui Yiyao enter the community gate and left only after confirming that she was safe.
After Shui Yiyao returned home, she first asked about Xiaobei's situation.
Ao Li said that he came here because Xiao Bei called the police first.
"Princess, you don't know this. A fake you came here once before. I asked for the secret code, but she couldn't tell me. I panicked and subconsciously pressed the alarm button on the monitor."
Xiao Bei's voice trembled as he spoke: "That's terrible! If you hadn't said we needed a secret signal, I would have opened the door to the fake you."
Shui Yiyao rubbed Xiaobei's head: "Isn't this all right? It's okay. Our Xiaobei is smart. He said he wouldn't open the door, so he didn't open it."
Xiao Bei dodged and said, "...Princess, go wash up quickly. You stink."
Shui Yiyao withdrew her hand and walked towards the bathroom: "Really? Compared to Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, which one stinks worse?"
Xiao Bei thought about it, frowned and said, "Then you'll smell better."
Shui Yiyao walked into the bathroom and laughed out loud.
·
Ao Li's suit and the clothes she was wearing all had to be thrown away. No one knew what the dog's mucus was made of. It couldn't be washed off and it smelled terrible.
Before she lost the clothes, she took pictures of the style and fabric of Ao Li's suit, intending to find out where the suit was custom-made and give him one as compensation. She couldn't let someone pay her for the clothes out of kindness to cover up her embarrassment.
She is not so poor now, so it is not a problem for her to compensate her with a piece of clothing.
While I was looking for information about clothes, I received a WeChat message from Bai Gege.
-Bai Gege: Yaoyao! I was recording a song during the day when I saw the news about that photo!
-Bai Gege: I originally thought it was a photo given by Uncle Ao... but it wasn’t.
-Bai Gege: The person who gave me the photo looked like Uncle Ao Er, and I was deceived.
Shui Yiyao saw the message and replied to her.
-Chengdao Jade Carving: It’s okay, we’ve called the police and they’re investigating.
-Bai Gege: If there is any need for my cooperation in investigation, I will definitely cooperate.
No wonder the original story is all about the photos given by Ao Li, because the original story is from the perspective of the heroine. In Bai Gege's eyes, the person who gave the photos was indeed Ao Li.
-Bai Gege: I don’t know who this person is, but he is so brave that he dares to pretend to be Uncle Ao. He is not afraid of being eaten.
-Chengdao Jade Carving: It is an octopus family.
-Bai Gege: Impossible! The octopus tribe isn't that brave. Uncle Ao could devour their entire tribe in one bite without even breathing.
-Chengdao Jade Carving: Today the octopuses were caught in the act.
-Bai Gege: Really?! Are you really that bold?!
Bai Gege: If it's really the octopus that was caught in the act, I'm actually more suspicious of their neighbors. Those Sea Spirits are nothing but ghouls, and they don't want us to come ashore. They wish we were all dead, so they could feed on them.
-Chengdao Jade Carving: Sea Spirit?
Bai Gege: Yeah, of all the sea creatures, only the Sea Spirits don't want to come ashore. I think it's perfectly normal for them to cause trouble.
Shui Yiyao thought about it and found some information about Hai Ling in her mind.
When a sea dweller dies, there's a chance they'll become a sea spirit, the equivalent of a ghost. Since the dead won't die again, they don't fear seawater pollution.
Moreover, part of the energy of dead creatures in the sea will be converted into nutrients for sea spirits.
Because it is something from the underworld, it seems to have some underworld abilities, such as using mental power to influence people's behavior.
Indeed, the octopus's performance today was a bit strange, a bit slow and stiff, just like a puppet in a puppet show.
-Chengdao Jade Carving: Let’s wait for the investigation.
-Bai Gege: Yeah.
-Bai Gege: By the way, I met Mr. Yuan when I was recording a song today. He said he wanted to have a meeting with you. Did he tell you?
Meeting?
Shui Yiyao was just about to say that she hadn't heard the news when she received an email and a text message.
It belongs to the elder.
Before she even opened the email, she received a call. It was also from the elder.
"Mr. Elder?"
"Teacher Shui! We have an emergency meeting at the History Research Institute tomorrow afternoon and need your help. Do you have time? It starts at 7 pm tomorrow."
"I'm a bit pressed for time here. Could you please tell me what it is and I'll see if I can help?"
"Well," the elder said, "the visiting group from Xiaoshan Country wants to exchange skills with us, and they've proposed a competition. Almost all of them are experienced jade carvers with 15 to 20 years of experience. Your experience is similar, isn't it? I'd like to recommend you to represent our country's outstanding jade carvers in the competition. Tomorrow at 7:00 PM, we'll hold a meeting to confirm the participants. Are you interested?"
"Sure." Shui Yiyao agreed immediately. "7pm tomorrow, right? Give me the location."
She is totally capable of this competition.
As for time, it's like water in a sponge, there's always some if you squeeze it.
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