Something interesting?
Ruan Tian immediately perked up, curious about what Gu Yi meant by "interesting".
Anything that Gu Yi finds interesting must be genuinely interesting!
"Okay, I'll go take a look with you!"
Gu Yi immediately took Ruan Tian to the riverbank. At first, Ruan Tian didn't feel anything.
"Gu Yi, why did you bring me here? I don't see anything interesting happening here!"
Gu Yi smiled faintly, pointed to the sandy beach by the river, and continued, "Are you sure you didn't see anything interesting? Take a closer look."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Tian's eyes widened, and she began searching on the beach.
Before long, Ruan Tian actually discovered something different.
If you look closely, you can see some debris on the beach.
"Is this a fish scale? It looks so much like one, but something feels off."
These things that have fallen on the beach, if you don't look closely, you might mistake them for strangely shaped seashells.
This piqued Ruan Tian's curiosity even more, and she couldn't help but move her face closer.
After taking a closer look, I discovered something that was absolutely disgusting!
These fish scales were covered with tiny, fleshy worms, which were so disgusting that they triggered trypophobia in anyone who saw them.
Ruan Tian forcibly suppressed the urge to vomit. She took a deep breath, pushing the uncomfortable feeling in her stomach down, and then frowned as she asked:
"Gu Yi, what exactly is going on? Do you know something?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yi smiled instead. He pointed to the fish scales on the ground and said with a laugh:
"Don't you think these things on the ground are hilarious? Parasites use fish scales as a carrier to dominate their thinking. How can anyone distinguish what is the main body then?"
Ruan Tian didn't know what to say, because the ground was covered with these creatures.
When she thought back to the unique sensation of walking on sand, it really sent chills down her spine!
Ruan Tian almost vomited and couldn't help but take several steps back, keeping a safe distance from the scales.
They absolutely refuse to get even a millimeter closer!
On the contrary, Gu Yi seemed genuinely interested in the things on the ground, and squatted down to examine the fish scales that had been parasitized by insects up close.
Ruan Tian stared at Gu Yi's back, afraid that he would touch the fish scales because he was too interested, so she immediately took a few steps forward and pulled Gu Yi to her side.
"Don't get so close! What if those bugs jump up? Since they can parasitize fish scales, they can certainly parasitize humans too!"
Ruan Tian's words startled Gu Yi, and then his interest suddenly shifted to Ruan Tian.
His gaze towards Ruan Tian was so excited that it puzzled her. She couldn't help but frown and ask softly:
"What's wrong with you? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Gu Yi explained, "This is the first time someone has shown concern for me in front of me and said such things to me, so I find it very novel."
Upon hearing Gu Yi's words, Ruan Tian felt even more affection for him.
"Of course I care about you. After all, we're friends now. If I don't care about you, who else should I care about?"
To Ruan Tian's utter surprise, Gu Yi replied, "Of course you can also care about Ye Mofeng."
"..." Ruan Tian was speechless. Was it really necessary to bring up Ye Mofeng at this time?
Gu Yi's eyebrows curved into a smile, but the excitement in his eyes suddenly faded a little. He felt that saying just that wasn't enough, so he added:
"There's another possibility. Perhaps Ye Mofeng and I are just one of many. You have quite a few people to choose from. Am I wrong?"
Upon hearing Gu Yi's words, Ruan Tian instantly broke out in a cold sweat!
To everyone's surprise, Gu Yi's sense of smell was just as accurate as Ye Mofeng's, guessing so precisely!
Ruan Tian coughed; she tended to cough when she felt guilty, and she turned her face away, speaking in a barely audible voice:
"How could I possibly be that kind of person?"
"Why can't you be that kind of person? After all, in my opinion, everyone wants to have you all to themselves. Isn't that a kind of charm?"
Even someone as seemingly aloof as Ye Mofeng likes you very much.
Moreover, Gu Yi found it incredible that even he liked Ruan Tian.
Perhaps because he couldn't understand Ruan Tian's true feelings, he did indeed like her.
It wasn't just because they couldn't understand Ruan Tian's true feelings; it was more due to her own charm.
"Ruan Tian, do you dare look me in the eye and say what you just said again?"
Gu Yi's personality is different from Ye Mofeng's; he doesn't tolerate things and speaks his mind directly.
Ruan Tian silently shut her mouth, sighed, and knew she couldn't hide it from Gu Yi.
She was just about to speak when Gu Yi suddenly said:
"I was just saying it casually, I didn't mean anything by it. Just take what I said as a guess."
Gu Yigang's initial toughness was short-lived; he quickly softened again.
"Ruan Tian, have you ever heard of mermaids?"
"Huh?" Ruan Tian didn't expect Gu Yi to change the topic so quickly, but she quickly picked up on Gu Yi's words.
"I've heard of it. Is it a very beautiful mermaid?"
“Not that mermaid,” Gu Yi’s lips curled up in a strange yet intriguing smile, “It’s a mermaid with the upper body of a fish and the lower body of a human…”
Ruan Tian's eyes widened; this was a path she had never imagined.
"When City A was clearing out a large number of people, they not only blew up the bridge that connected the city, but also threw the few remaining poor people in City A into the river."
Among these poor people, some were bitten by zombies and were carrying the virus.
After they died, their bodies were eaten by fish, and strangely, these monsters were slowly born, which was both disgusting and astonishing.
"Do you remember the wounds on my body? It was from when I encountered those strange things in the water."
When Gu Yi talked about her past experiences, she showed no fear whatsoever; on the contrary, she became even more excited.
"It's very interesting, isn't it?"
Ruan Tian didn't find it amusing at all. She immediately understood Gu Yi's meaning, gasped, and said in disbelief:
"You mean... this time during the Red Moon Tide, they didn't have many more corpses to eat in the river, so they were preparing to come ashore?"
The surviving humans in City A today are essentially granted a get-out-of-jail-free card; they are very unlikely to die.
As fewer and fewer corpses were thrown into the river, the mermaids ran out of food and naturally came ashore.
"That's not the worst part. I smelled something other than blood, which proves that this Red Moon Tide..."
Not only were there these merfolk, but there were also quite a few second-tier zombies.
The level of terror has doubled!
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