Chapter 136 A Difficult Decision
"Midoline."
The clear and melodious moans of pity echoed faintly in the moonlight and could be heard clearly.
But after hearing such voices and looking at the scene in front of him, Su Ming was unable to come back to his senses for a long time, with surprise and confusion on his face.
"What's going on?"
Su Ming pointed at the beautiful figure on the ice stage and asked Xu Qianqian in confusion.
Xu Qianqian didn't think Su Ming had lost his composure.
After all, when they first saw this scene, Xu Qianqian's performance was not much better than Su Ming's.
Xu Qianqian then said something to Su Ming.
"Don't you think this kid looks familiar?"
Xu Qianqian couldn't help but use some more intimate words and called the mermaid lying on the ice platform "child".
no way.
Although the mermaid lying on the ice platform was very beautiful, she looked very childish, like a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old.
However, this little girl is really too beautiful. Her skin is as white, smooth and delicate as pearls, and her face is incredibly exquisite. She cannot be described as a "beauty in the making" at all. Instead, she should be regarded as "beauty" itself.
At least, Su Ming was thinking, this girl is so beautiful at such a young age, if this child grows up, what a disaster she will bring to the country and the people.
If a little girl like this were a human being, she would most likely become a princess in everyone's eyes. She would either be spoiled to the sky or people would develop evil thoughts.
What is certain is that if she were a human, she would become the center of all whirlpools, being sought after and coveted by countless people.
Unfortunately, she is clearly not human.
It is impossible for humans to have a fish tail, nor is it possible for them to have such a dreamy beauty like this child, so dreamy that it is completely unreal and exists only in fantasy.
This child's beauty has transcended the scope of life and does not seem to exist in this world.
Even if you search all over the world for the most exquisite and beautiful works of art, I'm afraid they can't be compared with this child.
Su Ming is a man who has seen many beautiful women, whether it's Xu Qianqian, An Zijin, Yun Langyue, or even Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei, they are all rare beauties. Out of a full score of 100, they can all score at least 90 points.
Especially for Xu Qianqian, An Zijin and Yun Langyue, it is not an exaggeration to give them a score of 99.
As for full marks, it doesn't exist at all for Su Ming.
Because that represents perfection and flawlessness. In Su Ming's opinion, such a woman simply does not exist in this world.
But even such a person as Su Ming could not help but be shocked the moment he saw this child.
To the extent that Su Ming felt that if there really was such a thing as perfection and flawlessness in this world, it would probably be this child.
However, this still cannot avoid a problem.
That is, this child is not human.
She is undoubtedly a phantom demon.
Moreover, according to Xu Qianqian, it seemed that she had encountered this phantom demon before.
Su Ming began to rack his brains to recall.
As a result, Su Ming remembered many things without much effort.
For example, the light mist surrounding this mermaid.
For example, the familiar-looking scales on the mermaid's tail.
Another example is the pitiful yet pleasant-sounding cry.
These are what Su Ming knows.
I still remember that on the night of the fierce battle with the underground mercenary group in Warehouse Street, I vaguely heard the cry of "Mi Ling".
When Yi Junchuan fought back madly before his death and saved Su Ming and Xu Qianqian, his body was surrounded by thick water mist.
Su Ming had found and held the beautiful, mirror-smooth scales himself, and later gave them to Xu Qianqian, asking her to find someone to identify them.
All these features, when combined together, ultimately point to only one object.
"Is this child the phantom demon cub that the high-ranking officials of Base City and the underground mercenary group have been hunting down?"
Su Ming finally recognized the identity of the mermaid in front of him.
"You think so too, right?" Xu Qianqian nodded and said, "That proves that I was not wrong."
That night on Warehouse Street, Xu Qianqian also saw the phantom demon cub surrounded by mist, which released an ice spear and saved her and Su Ming.
So, after some effort, Xu Qianqian recognized the identity of the mermaid and knew her origins.
The question is , "Why is she here?" Su Ming asked in confusion, "Logically speaking, shouldn't she have escaped back to the Spirit Demon Prison?"
As a descendant of a dangerous species with a high probability of evolving into a nightmare species, and a phantom demon cub carrying the blood of a superior phantom demon, this mermaid girl has been hunted down by professionals with ulterior motives, and has been busy all the time.
This time, the entrance to the Spirit Demon Prison happened to appear in the Huaming District, in Longyao City where it was located. In order to protect itself, the cub had already shown signs of escaping back to the Spirit Demon Prison.
Su Ming had always believed that after that night on Warehouse Street, the cub that escaped should have fled back to the Spirit Demon Prison and should no longer be in the world.
Who would have thought that when the entrance to the Demonic Prison was sealed and the war was about to end, this cub would appear here.
What on earth is going on? Su Ming frowned.
Xu Qianqian had already thought about this question and came up with an answer.
"I guess it's not that she didn't escape back to the Spirit Demon Prison, but that she tried to escape but failed?"
Xu Qianqian said so.
"Trying to escape but failing?"
Su Ming was slightly startled, then he reacted.
A closer look revealed that the condition of this phantom demon cub was obviously abnormal and it seemed to have suffered quite serious injuries.
The bloodstained appearance not only did not destroy her beauty, but instead added a sense of desolate fragility and a pitiful atmosphere to her.
"Although I don't know what happened, it's clear that this child encountered a strong enemy before escaping back to the Demon Prison." Xu Qianqian stared at the mermaid on the ice platform and analyzed calmly: "I roughly checked and found that the injuries on her body did not seem to be caused by phantom demons, but by alchemical weapons."
In other words, before escaping back to the Demon Prison, this phantom demon cub encountered an enemy using alchemical weapons.
Who else could be the enemy who could use alchemical weapons, other than human professionals? "Is it someone from the upper echelons of the base city? Or someone from the underground mercenary organization 'Sin'?"
Su Ming's frown deepened.
"It may not be these two." Xu Qianqian shook her head and said, "It could also be caused by an unrelated professional."
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It's not impossible.
Huaming District has become a battlefield between humans and demons. Even a large number of high-level professionals have gathered on the front line, and there are also many strong people holding alchemical weapons.
They may not have recognized the origin and identity of the mermaid, but just because they encountered a phantom demon, they chose to kill her.
If it were Su Ming, without knowing anything, and suddenly encountered a phantom demon in the wild, he would most likely choose to kill it.
Under such circumstances, the people who attacked this phantom demon cub were not necessarily those with ulterior motives.
Rather, knowing the cub's origin, those people would not want to kill her, so as not to damage the cub's blood and affect the extraction.
Since the cub was so badly injured, it was more likely that someone without knowledge of the situation had done the deed.
"Of course, it doesn't matter who did it. What matters is how to deal with this child."
Xu Qianqian turned to Su Ming with a questioning look in her eyes.
"You throw this question to me?"
Su Ming suddenly felt numb.
Su Ming knew Xu Qianqian's intention.
He also knew that Xu Qianqian was feeling embarrassed.
Logically speaking, the opponent is a phantom demon, a monster that feeds on humans. As a professional among humans, the most appropriate thing to do at this time is to destroy this phantom demon.
At worst, they have to capture the other party and extract his blood to create a hunter with high-level blood, or even to create a family that can be passed down.
Especially since this cub has a high probability of evolving into a nightmare species, even Xu Qianqian had some thoughts about its bloodline before.
From this we can see how to deal with this cub.
The problem is, neither Su Ming nor Xu Qianqian would be able to do it right now.
The reason is simple.
It was not only because the cub looked so adorable that people couldn't bear to kill it, but also because the cub saved them both that night on Warehouse Street.
If it weren't for the mermaid girl who gave Yi Junchuan the final blow, Su Ming might have survived, but Xu Qianqian, who sacrificed herself to save Su Ming, might not have survived.
In this way, even Xu Qianqian, who is usually ruthless and taciturn, would find it difficult to attack this phantom demon cub.
Not to mention Su Ming, he is not the kind of person who repays kindness with enmity. If he can still do it after seeing the true face of the cub, he must be a heartless person.
So Su Ming was in a dilemma.
How about pretending that I didn't see it? Su Ming had this thought.
But Xu Qianqian seemed to see through Su Ming's thoughts and said something coldly.
"This child can no longer return to the Spirit Demon Prison. If we pretend that we didn't see him and wait for the professionals in Longyao City to find him, it will most likely cause a huge chaos and disturbance, just as we thought before."
Xu Qianqian had obviously thought about the same thing.
"Then we rescue her?"
Su Ming spoke hesitantly.
"Are you sure?" Xu Qianqian looked at him and said, "She is an illusionary demon after all. What if she suddenly attacks and hurts people after we save her?"
Hearing this, Su Ming scratched his head.
Indeed, it is still uncertain whether this child is a friend or an enemy.
Even though the cub had saved her and Xu Qianqian that night on Warehouse Street, who could be sure that she had come to save them on purpose? Perhaps, she just saw that Yi Junchuan, her enemy who was chasing her, was about to die, so she couldn't help but run out and put an end to him with her own hands.
Considering this, it may be more reliable than the statement that the other party came specifically to rescue Su Ming and Xu Qianqian.
Just like Xu Qianqian said, phantom demons are phantom demons after all. They feed on blood, and it is hard to believe that they would save two humans.
Thinking of this, Su Ming made a decision.
"I can use the [Demon Binding] technique to control her first."
This is the most appropriate approach at this time.
(End of this chapter)