Chapter 144 Mermaid Cruise
Xu Zhiyan, lying at the bottom of the pool, was playing badly.
A dim light flickered overhead, casting some shadows of the sky.
He opened his mouth and blew out a few bubbles, and found that he seemed to be able to breathe underwater... Yeah bullshit, damn it.
It’s not worthwhile to exchange the underwater breathing skill for two legs!
Watching Bai Jin go into the water to rescue people, Xu Zhiyan sighed and spit out a few bubbles.
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and called up the safe house panel.
[Additional Task: Find a Safe House]
[Progress: 2%]
Hmm? There is progress?
Xu Zhiyan was a little confused.
On the shore and after getting on the boat, he called up the panel from time to time, and the progress display was all question marks, which means that the safe house of this copy was neither on the shore nor on the boat.
But why has it become 2% now? Could it be that the progress of the safe house this time began to show after the party appeared?
This was the first time Xu Zhiyan encountered such a situation, and he was a little curious.
It's always a good thing when the safe house progress bar appears.
“Plop!”
Ripples appeared on the water.
Xu Zhiyan turned off the panel and found Bai Jin jumping into the water.
He was quite surprised to see the boy's agile figure.
Although one of the reasons for letting go and sinking to the bottom was to see if Bai Jin could swim, according to the information he got when the fishing boat broke into pieces, the guests could not swim.
But now, as Bai Jin swam towards him, his body was sturdy, and his thin and powerful arms swung and created a current...
Well, it’s completely different from the other landlubber guests.
Xu Zhiyan stared at the boy steadily, causing his cheeks to turn red, but he was still trying to determine his identity in his mind.
According to the known information at present, he initially roughly judged that the guests had eaten the legendary mermaid to achieve immortality and eternal beauty. This made sense why the people on the ship turned into sea monsters and why he turned into a mermaid.
But just now in the casino warehouse, he asked Bai Jin whether man-eating fish could achieve immortality, and the other party's answer was no.
The main system did not impose any penalties or warnings for this issue, which means that this message is not considered advanced information for players at this time.
If Bai Jin was not lying, then his previous assumption might be overturned.
This is where things get interesting.
Looking at the young boy Bai Jin swimming quickly towards him, Xu Zhiyan narrowed his eyes, wiggled his pretty but useless tail, and opened his mouth to blew out a bubble.
Before Bai Jin swam to the bottom of the water, several rolling bubbles appeared before his eyes.
His face turned slightly red as he was stared at, and he almost couldn't hold his breath.
How could this despicable low-life become... so good-looking!
Unlike in the air, the golden-scaled fish's tail emitted a light glow underwater, fully stretched out, and extremely dazzling.
Not to mention the young man's already outstanding appearance.
The soft black hair swayed gently with the waves. The transparent scales on the sides of his eyes added a layer of seductive beauty to Xu Zhiyan, and the teardrop mole under his eyes neutralized the gorgeousness brought by the scales, making him look a little weak.
Very fragile indeed.
A mermaid who can't swim doesn't even have the possibility of escaping to the sea. She can't take care of herself on the boat and can only be carried by others wherever she wants to go.
No, can't think about it anymore!
Bai Jin shook his head. He had never realized that the distance from the water surface to the bottom was so long.
Just as he approached the golden-tailed mermaid and was about to bring her back to the shore, before he could touch her, she suddenly grabbed his neck and hugged him.
The soft arms, the chest pressed against his through a thin shirt, the tail covered with dazzling golden scales, all these made the innocent boy's heart burn with passion, and he almost couldn't control himself.
"……cough…"
But Bai Jin forgot that this was underwater.
He almost couldn't hold his breath and blew out a long string of bubbles. He thought Xu Zhiyan hugged him because he was scared. After all, it was quite scary for a healthy person to suddenly grow a fish tail.
Bai Jin hesitated and reached out his hand, gently patting the other person's back, as if to comfort him.
Xu Zhiyan rested his head on Bai Jin's shoulder. When he felt the other's comfort, he was stunned for a moment, and a trace of hesitation appeared in his eyes.
He wanted to talk to Bai Jin's secondary personality.
Compared to Xiao Baijin who is full of enthusiasm and love for him, although the secondary personality seems to be a pervert, he knows much more information than the little guy in front of him.
Not sure how to bring out the alternate personality, Xu Zhiyan wondered whether the alternate personality would appear when Bai Jin was in crisis.
“…”
But the actions of the young man Bai Jin made it impossible for him to do it.
In his hand he held the Ouroboros ring tightly.
A gift from the snake god, it allows humans to breathe underwater.
Although an emergency plan had been prepared, Xu Zhiyan gave up before implementing it.
Forget it, I’ll find another opportunity later.
This little slice is so good for him, he is not a stone.
Humans cannot stay underwater for long.
Feeling the little slice in his arms struggling slightly, Xu Zhiyan quickly let go of his hand, wanting to let it float up first.
“…Gurgle…Gurgle…”
Bai Jin spit out a string of bubbles. He felt that he was almost reaching his limit. He patted Xu Zhiyan's shoulder and pointed upwards.
He wanted to go up together.
He was responded with a look full of deep affection and apology...
Obviously, the oxygen in his lungs was almost used up and he was at his limit, but when Bai Jin saw the complex emotions in the young man's beautiful eyes, he slowly stopped swinging his limbs that were trying to float up.
He could feel that Xu Zhiyan's eyes were looking through him but not at him.
“…”
Who are you looking at?
Bai Jin opened his mouth and could only make mouth shapes.
Is that the voice deep in your heart?
The feeling of suffocation became stronger and stronger, and Bai Jin's thoughts began to become confused, but as soon as he saw those eyes, he realized that Xu Zhiyan was not looking for him, and his whole body seemed to have lost its strength and could not move.
That guy will show up.
He thought.
If this is what Xu Zhiyan expected...
On the other hand, although Xu Zhiyan did not have much conscience, he had accepted a lot of favors and protection from Xiaopianbi. The other party almost dug out his true heart and gave it to him. Seeing the other party almost suffocating underwater, he was a little nervous.
He refused because he was worried that he would be too heavy and become a burden, and wanted the other party to float up quickly, but the small slice actually guessed that he was looking for a secondary personality through the other party, so he stopped moving!
Xu Zhiyan was a little dazed as he watched the young man in front of him exhale all the little oxygen left in his lungs.
A strange sense of disharmony filled his thoughts.
how so?
Would anyone really give up their life just because of a look or a thought from the person they love? Even if the other person is a ghost with love added, this is a bit unreasonable!
His mind was in a mess, and he held the snake ring tightly in his palm, wanting to put it on the other person.
In the live broadcast room, the audience was stunned by what they saw.
[Is a small million so heavy? Can’t even be salvaged? ]
[Hahahahaha, is there a devil upstairs? Damn, I was so nervous watching this, but when you said that I just laughed out loud.]
[Hahahaha, sorry for saving my life, merit -1.]
[Awesome, one comment cleared everyone's merits, right? ]
[Hahahahahahaha damn, stop kidding me, is this young master really trying to catch fish but failed and is about to get himself into trouble?]
[Little Millionaire Mermaid! Big tail slurps! prprpr]
【? ? ? The above is almost done. 】
[What is Xiao Baiwan doing? Why doesn't he fight with this little ATM? Isn't the young master very nice to him? ]
After watching the live broadcast, most of the people expressed their confusion as to why Xu Zhiyan did not come up. Bai Jin was really sincere to him, giving him whatever he wanted and providing him with a lot of protection.
However, some people remembered Bai Jin's strange behavior during the cannibal banquet in the room before and made a bold guess.
[Does Xiao Baiwan want to summon another form of Xiao Shaoye? 】
[Oh my god, is it the one from the previous room? Hiss, that's possible, but the whole room was dark and I couldn't see anything. I could only hear that the sound was different.]
[Oh, now I remember. It was the one who talked nonsense at the banquet table but was discovered by Xiao Baiwan.]
[It's a bit dangerous. That guy doesn't look easy to deal with.]
[Emmm, danger and opportunity coexist. Although this young master is very good to Xiao Baiwan, he knows nothing and can do nothing. He is just a ruthless ATM. ]
[Huh? Why is the screen black? Shit, no, the image in the water is invisible!!]
In the water, Xu Zhiyan, who was hurriedly putting the snake ring on Bai Jin, also noticed the problem.
Before he put the ring on, he felt a black screen in front of his eyes. The water seemed to change its form and completely blinded him.
Looking up and looking around, Xu Zhiyan realized belatedly that it was not the black water that blinded him, but the power facilities on the ship had stopped working.
Originally, the Leviathan was surrounded by thick black fog and was extremely depressed. It didn't make any difference whether it was day or night, and the limited vision depended entirely on lights.
Now the lights go out and in the absence of light, the entire open-air swimming pool is plunged into darkness.
Just when he twisted his tail and realized something was wrong, the water disappeared the next second!
No...it can't be considered as disappearing.
It was he who was carried to the shore by the water.
The accident happened too suddenly, and Bai Jin had not yet been able to put on the Ouroboros ring. The cold tiles pressed against his body, and Xu Zhiyan struggled to sit up.
Damn, what is this? If Bai Jin is still in the water...
Just as he was frantically trying to jump into the water and fish out the small slices in the dark, a familiar chuckle sounded in his ears.
"Don't you want to see me?"
"Why did you regret it at the last moment?"
"Humans are always easily deceived by performance, and you can never be sure that the emotions you see are real."
"Baby, you are so beautiful, just as I thought..."
Listening to the dense words around him, Xu Zhiyan felt mixed emotions.
It was the voice of the familiar adult version of Bai Jin.
Anyway, the legs were gone and it became a fish tail. He felt the hand of this guy who was suspected to be the slicer of the secondary personality touching the tail and pressing the scales lightly. With guilt towards Xiao Baijin in his heart, he simply lay back, looking like "it doesn't matter, you can touch it as you like".
The fact that this guy can get out means that the small slice is also fine and will recover soon.
The golden scales are extremely hard.
He always felt like he was wearing a pair of diamond-studded pants. Now someone was touching his thigh through his pants. Although it was a bit perverted, it was not very harmful. They were all grown men and who was afraid of whom?
Slice noticed that the fish in his heart was in a bad mood. His hand, which had just been on the fish's tail, slid to the waist and held the mermaid who had lost her ability to move in his arms.
"Are you unhappy?"
Although he asked this, he had been suppressed for too long. He finally hugged the person he had been thinking about, and his impatient kiss fell on the edge of the ear fin.
Xu Zhiyan shuddered all over.
Damn, why is this fish fin so sensitive? Aren't there any blood vessels on it?
He pressed his elbow against the other's chest, somewhat thankful that his vision had disappeared and the live broadcast room couldn't see anything, otherwise the video of this pervert slicing and molesting a mermaid in public would be broadcasted, and he was worried that the live broadcast room would be blocked for causing trouble.
After saving his ear fins, Xu Zhiyan took out a healing item from his system backpack, intending to try to get something out of this sliced personality.
"What exactly is the purpose of the party?"
This concerns what he should do at the meeting place in three hours.
"Baby, it's already this late, I think you can ask something else, like who do you like more, me or him?"
“…”
Hearing the answer, Xu Zhiyan's dirty words slid on his tongue three times, but he finally didn't suppress them: "Are you sick?"
It’s already this time, and you’re still asking about love stuff!
Is this the fucking love-brained pervert version?
She was not angry when she was scolded and sliced. Instead, she laughed softly and hugged the beautiful mermaid again.
"I'm sick. I'm going crazy thinking about you."
Delicate kisses fell on the young man's wet neck.
Maybe it was because his skin became extra sensitive after he turned into a mermaid, but Xu Zhiyan was trembling and having trouble breathing.
Damn it, after turning into a fish tail I lost my feet. Now I can’t even do embarrassing movements like digging my toes into the ground. I can only shake my tail.
Hearing the sound, Bai Jin, who was not affected by his vision, raised his head and watched the beautiful golden fish tail flapping weakly on the shore a few times, with a kind of fragile beauty that could be slaughtered at will. He felt that these blows were like hitting his heart.
The questioning did not go smoothly, and Xu Zhiyan calmed down after realizing that this abnormal secondary personality was unlikely to be able to communicate.
Half of them knew nothing but were extremely well-behaved, and the other half seemed to know everything but refused to cooperate? Tsk, this combination was enough for him to scold Party A for three days when he returned.
Based on past experience, Xiao Baijin will replace this guy soon.
Just as Xu Zhiyan was spitting at the slices behind him, the man holding him pinched his waist and whispered, "I have to leave for a while. You hide at the bottom of the pool and don't come out. The monsters and guests on the boat can't swim now."
"Why can't I swim?" Xu Zhiyan pricked up his ears. After turning into a mermaid, his ears could actually move.
Bai Jin was touched by the ears that stood up, and couldn't help but lower his head and gently bite the ear fin that stood up instantly. The tone of his explanation was quite cold.
"They made a mistake and this is punishment."
"What's wrong? Tell me in detail?" Xu Zhiyan endured the discomfort in his ears and began to ask questions.
But who would have known that this slice and the well-behaved Bai Jin were completely two extremes. He easily changed the topic with explosive content, leaving Xu Zhiyan no time to ask other questions.
"If you get caught by them, you'll be sent to the party."
"The party is full of bad guys. Even though they don't have enough time to train for a performance, they will strip you naked and admire your body. They might even lift up your scales to see what's underneath. Tsk, they're all perverts."
"After everyone has finished watching, pretty little fish like you will be used to make wine, and then made into Poseidon's Brew, which will be distributed to the bad guys to drink."
"Of course it's just a soak in wine. You won't die after soaking. After all, things are different now than they were in the past. You are the only mermaid."
"They will place you on a giant dinner plate, pluck your scales with pliers, and cut off your tail with a knife, even though they know that this will not change their bodies in any way..."
By the pitch-dark pool, the man held a beautiful golden-tailed mermaid in his arms and described the cruel party schedule in a relaxed tone.
“…”
The corners of Xu Zhiyan's mouth twitched. He was indeed a chatterbox. This slice of flesh had a talent for storytelling.
However, according to the information discovered during this period, these things are most likely true. When players attend the party after the mutation, they will most likely follow this process.
Bai Jin hadn't finished speaking. Although he was in a hurry, it was rare for him to come out, so he always wanted to hug the other person for a while longer.
"They know a lot. They know how to turn your beautiful tail into fish bones without letting you die. You will bleed a lot, but after eating sashimi, you, a beautiful little fish, can still breathe."
"But your life has come to an end."
"Because next, as the human with the highest degree of mutation in this journey, you will be sacrificed to the Sea God."
Speaking of this, Bai Jin's tone was full of sarcasm.
"Using the strongest luck to suppress the Sea God, it's amazing that these idiots could come up with this idea."
Xu Zhiyan listened quietly. When he heard the word luck, he frowned and said, "I am the luckiest?"
? ?
He has been an unlucky guy for more than 20 years, and nothing good has ever happened to him related to luck.
Bai Jin was silent for a long time and shook his head in denial.
"You are not. Your mutation is due to other reasons... But they will not think so. They will only think that your mutation is a hope to suppress the Sea God."
"Then what will happen if I am really sacrificed to the sea god?"
“You’ll die.”
The man who was telling a story in a coaxing manner just now changed his teasing tone and lowered his voice a few notches.
Xu Zhiyan swung his tail and asked, "I'm not talking about me. I will definitely die if they do this. What I mean is that I'm not the lucky person they are looking for. If they use me to sacrifice to the Sea God, what will the Sea God do?"
The Sea God who was suppressed by the powerful destiny...
This time, Xu Zhiyan didn't get an answer.
The man just tightened his grip on his waist.
"Hide well under the water, and he will take you away when the party is over."
Although it was not stated explicitly, both of them knew who 'he' was referring to.
After saying that, Slice, who was talkative and a bit perverted and liked to touch the tail, sighed and pushed the mermaid in his arms into the pool.
Before Xu Zhiyan could react, he immediately sank to the bottom.
“…Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle…!”
Damn, how come this guy speaks and does things so quickly? He hasn’t even finished asking his questions!
A string of bubbles popped up, the lights on the Leviathan flashed twice, the entire ship lit up, and power returned to normal.
Xu Zhiyan looked at his newly restored vision and the empty edge of the pool, then he gave the rippling water surface his middle finger in hatred.
In the live broadcast room, the field of vision was finally restored, but the audience was still a little uncomfortable.
[…Hiss, this innocent young master turned out to be a chatterbox man, there is something special about him. I thought he was a bit greasy at first, but after listening to the rest of the story, I found him a bit provocative.]
【? ? Upstairs, wake up a little, you should divert your attention now, Dad is very worried that you are gay. 】
[Stop being sarcastic. Is there anyone who can analyze this information? This story about this bastard man should be true.]
[No wonder he hid the small million in the pool. This is really hard to bear.]
[Wait, but if there is no big fish like Xiao Baiwan, what are these guests going to do? Just wait? ]
[I know the answer to this question! I just came out of the E'ling live broadcast room. She and Chu Qingzang just entered a guest's room. The guest happened to be a camera person, and there were many black and white photos hanging in the darkroom of the room.]
[If there are no mermaids, they will capture the person with the biggest mutation and go through the process. It's pretty damn scary anyway, so they will just cut the meat directly. If the mutation is not prominent, they will capture a few more. ]
[Oh, then Chen Zhen should be grateful to the mathematician. She is the one who has changed the fastest and the most. ]
[Yes, Xiao Baiwan's change made a lot of noise, and he won a lot of money in the casino, so he was already in the spotlight, and the guests were looking for him.]
The audience exchanged effective information and the atmosphere was harmonious.
But the Xu Zhiyan that everyone was talking about was sinking to the bottom of the pool. He was struggling to twist his big tail, trying to learn how to swim with his tail, but failed again.
In a dark room not far away, Lu Yaoling and Chu Qing encountered some troubles.
Perhaps it was because of the same fate, and Chu Qing, as a veterinarian, had a kind heart. Seeing that Lu Yaoling's leg injury had not healed and he was limping along with one leg, she took the initiative to walk with him.
The vacuum time that Xu Zhiyan found by exploiting a bug benefits all players.
The two also successfully found two simple side quests and received some rewards.
Originally, seeing that the time was almost up, they were debating whether or not to search for other branches on the deck, but in the blink of an eye, both of them suddenly felt pain and something strange happened.
Chu Qing was the first to wake up.
They were lucky because some of the guests had left for the banquet and were hanging out in the various entertainment facilities on the ship, so there were not many mutated crew members near the upper class cabin where they were.
Unlike Jiang Huaiqie and Jin Sheng's decorative mutations, Chu Qing's mutation is unexpectedly somewhat useful - a hard turtle shell, but a bit heavy.
But she is strong, so it is not a problem for her to carry her on her back.
Lu Yaoling was in a more miserable state in comparison. The bones in her hands had disappeared and turned into soft, translucent tentacles, somewhat like jellyfish, but she had no strength and couldn't even hold props and weapons.
A small crew doesn't mean there is none.
The two had not yet fully recovered, and just as the ten-minute limit was over, they were found by the monster crew.
Chu Qing can still handle one or two.
But her speed in killing monsters could not keep up with the speed at which the monster crew poured out.
Soon, more and more crew members appeared.
It was not until Lu Yaoling noticed that the crew members walked more slowly towards the door of the first-class cabin that she realized that although these monster crew members were eyeing them covetously, they were still afraid of the guests deep in their hearts.
She decisively called Chu Qing, and the two of them climbed through the window and entered a superior guest room.
The most distinguished guests on the entire ship all lived nearby, and their rooms were not far from each other, so after opening several doors in succession, they finally got rid of the monster crew members whose pace was getting slower and slower.
Unlike Enli Chenzhen's short-term mutation, the long-term mutation plus running away consumes a lot of energy.
In the dimly lit luxurious room, the two men sat on the floor to recover their strength.
Chu Qing had little money and no supplies, and Lu Yaoling was about the same. They both thought of the gangster Xu Zhiyan in the dungeon, looked at each other, and simply followed suit, searching the room for edible food.
Kicking open a few cupboards, Lu Yaoling squatted down and looked at the high-end food inside with a serious expression.
When Chu Qing saw that she had found something, she squatted down too.
The cupboard was indeed filled with food, but they did not dare to take it rashly.
“Is this… edible?”
Chu Qing took out a black jar, unscrewed it and found that it was full of black balls, some of which looked like pearls in milk tea.
"It seems not possible. These black things are moving, like fish eggs."
Lu Yaoling stared at the jar, her brows almost furrowed.
Hearing something moving inside, Chu Qing immediately covered the jar and put it back, shaking her head and sighing, "These days, even robbing in a dungeon depends on talent."
Although there will be various supplies left in the NPCs' rooms, whether to take them or not, and whether you can take them, all depends on the player's own judgment.
Before Xu Zhiyan became famous, because too many people mistakenly took unusable supplies and failed, most players rarely raided the NPC's room unless they were 100% sure.
Seeing Lu Yaoling stand up cautiously, preferring to starve rather than take risks, Chu Qing smiled bitterly and closed the cabinet door.
"Not everyone can be a gangster."
Suddenly, she remembered that there was still bread in her bag that Xu Zhiyan had delivered to the steam turbine before.
That person is elusive, but he always helps his teammates at the first opportunity. It would be a lie to say that I don't envy Jin Sheng and Jiang Huaique.
The bread had been sitting for a few days and was cold and hard.
She broke off half and gave it to the silent deer Yao Ling: "This should be safe."
Holding the bread, Chu Qing thought of the strange change in Lu Yaoling's hands, which made it impossible for her to take things. She hesitated whether to stuff the bread directly into her mouth.
The next second, a tentacle rested on the bread, instantly fusing half of the bread with the tentacle.
"!"
Chu Qing was startled and jumped half a meter away.
She stood there in a daze, watching the thin, translucent tentacle gradually merge with the bread, absorbing the power within.
After finishing the meal, Lu Yaoling lowered her head and thanked Chu Qing in a low voice, not minding Chu Qing's shock at all.
Ever since the fact that she could merge with the human body to absorb power was exposed, everyone looked at her with fear, and almost no one was willing to stand close to her.
Even though my mental strength was damaged and my consciousness was not clear at that time, my memory was still there.
She was already very grateful to someone like Chu Qing who was simple-minded and even forgot her skills from time to time to help her.
Lu Yaoling was too calm, which made Chu Qing, who suddenly jumped out half a meter, feel a little embarrassed.
She scratched her hair and pointed at the room: "Let's look for other useful clues. Anyway, there are still three hours before the party."
The two of them thought of the same thing.
Then continue to explore this luxurious room.
Soon, they found a lot of information about the guests in this room.
The guest staying in this bedroom is a photography enthusiast. Even on the boat, there is a special room for storing various equipment.
Various tripod cameras filled the small warehouse.
And at the end of the warehouse, there is actually a door.
The two looked at each other, and Lu Yaoling took the lead to step forward and put his mutated tentacles on the door.
“Click—”
The door is unlocked.
Chu Qing pointed at the half door handle fused to the other party's tentacle, and hesitantly said a word after a long while.
"You...you...you can even fuse door handles."
"Yeah." Lu Yaoling lowered her eyes and answered in a low voice.
She never thought there was anything wrong with her skills, and was even keen on practicing and integrating various things.
It was not until later, when she was watching the replay of her live broadcast, that she discovered the comment of a big shot - the characteristics were very strong, but unfortunately it went astray.
It was then that Lu Yaoling understood that the truly powerful fusion feature was not that everything could be integrated, but that one should focus on integrating items with certain attributes to strengthen oneself and enter the fusion evolution mode.
But Chu Qing doesn't need to know these things.
She collected her thoughts, kicked open the door, and walked into the darkroom. Chu Qing also came to her senses and hurriedly followed.
This is a small room used for developing photos.
But compared to the films hanging everywhere and the bottles and jars on the table, the two people's attention was immediately attracted by the photo wall in the corner.
The entire wall is covered with photos.
Each palm-sized photo was marked with the year, time, and location. All the photos were taken in the party hall of the Leviathan.
Chu Qing took a few glances and just felt a little disgusted.
Lu Yaoling glanced at him coldly and remained silent.
A mutant with arms transformed into clams was soaked in a huge distillation vessel, struggling desperately, surrounded by guests with interesting expressions; a creature with the upper body of a fish and the lower body of a human was put on a long table for display, with many scars and knife wounds on its body, obviously injured by the onlookers; a mutant with a semi-transparent brain exposed after the entire skull melted was lying on a metal disc with a painful expression, and his body was made into 'sashimi', and the guests tasted it with picky faces...
In addition to these bloody photos, there are a large number of photos taken on the deck.
The dying mutated creatures were tied up, hung by several crew members, and thrown into the sea from the bow. The guests raised their hands, with crazy expressions, and shouted something with their mouths wide open.
Chu Qing swallowed, turned away, and couldn't help but curse the main system.
"It seems that our next party mission is to escape these party procedures... But the guests are protected by the main system and cannot be attacked. It's really abominable."
Lu Yaoling didn't say anything and looked at the photos on the wall carefully again.
She discovered that in addition to the persecuted mutated humans, some of the crew members who were helping around them also had varying degrees of mutations, just like the monster crew members chasing them, but with a lower degree of mutation.
"We should be able to disguise it."
If the degree of mutation is low, maybe we can get away with it.
Chu Qing looked at the photo and realized this problem, and said in surprise.
"Yes! No wonder the system gives players three hours after the mutation, it turns out it's because of this!"
During these three hours, players not only have to avoid being hunted by the monster crew, but also have to look for party clues so that they can survive the next mission.
But before the two of them could rejoice that they had found a solution, a strange voice was heard at the door.
"Haha, this lowly person has mutated so well, it's now a tortoise shell! Looks like I'm going to win first place in this hunting competition!"
A guest with a moustache stood at the door, looking at the two people in the darkroom with excitement on his face.
Behind him stood two mutated crew members.
"I knew it! It's the right thing to follow these stinking low-class people~"
After saying that, two crew members who were still conscious rushed into the darkroom with fishing nets in their hands.
Chu Qing frowned, and the moment the two crew members rushed over, she overturned the table, pulled up Lu Yaoling and ran out.
There was no point in fighting as they could not harm the guests. As long as they were alive and could call for help, they would encounter endless monsters. It was better to evacuate decisively.
But when the two came out of the darkroom, they found that in addition to the guest with the mustache, there were other guests who also came here after hearing the noise.
The upper class cabin is no different from other places, and it definitely has the largest number of passengers.
"there!"
Lu Yaoling spoke out to remind them that she also knew that there were more and more guests here and it was not a good time to launch an attack.
The two climbed over the window and kept moving around the upper class cabin.
In the pool, Xu Zhiyan clung to the cracks in the brick wall at the edge. Although he did not learn to swim, his nails, which had become much sharper, did allow him to learn to climb walls.
“…Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle!”
As expected, even with the blood vessels implanted, it is still impossible to learn the skills that were difficult to learn in the past when I was physically exhausted!
The worst part is that wearing the snake ring won't help him learn to swim...
Xu Zhiyan closed his eyes, looking angry.
Why? Snakes don’t have legs. Why did the swimming skill given to him by the snake ring just give up his tail and he died immediately?
Just as he was trying to climb to the surface of the water, noisy sounds were heard around him.
Someone is coming.
After a chase and fight, Chu Qing and Lu Yaoling inevitably ran all over the upper class cabin and came to the one at the top of the center.
During the escape, they also obtained some new information.
The guests felt that the selections in previous years were too boring and unexciting, so they developed a new way to play - hunting.
Whoever captures the most mutated human will take first place.
Chu Qing's tortoise shell was too big and too conspicuous, and she was running wildly in the upper class cabin, so she was inevitably noticed.
She asked Lu Yaoling to run away from her several times, but she just shook her head in silence, using her abilities to open windows and destroy doors...
Friendship cannot save them.
It didn't take long before the two were surrounded on the observation deck of the top room. There was only a deep pool next to them and there was no way to retreat.
Seven or eight guests came up breathlessly, and seeing that the two men had no way to retreat, and that if they jumped down they would be surrounded by a large number of crew members, they were not in a hurry and stood at the door chatting.
"This turtle must be the most mutated human this time! Great! I'm sure to win!"
"Shit, I found this turtle!"
"What did you find? She was hiding in my darkroom and she even overturned my table. She should belong to me!"
Several guests started arguing until Xavier showed up.
The blond man was attracted by the commotion here and thought that the human he was optimistic about had mutated.
When he arrived, he found that it was just a rare turtle mutant human, and he was a little disappointed.
The other guests stopped fighting and started to try to please him.
"Mr. Xavier, do you want to join the hunt as well?"
"Great, this mutated turtle is just right for you!"
"I'll help you catch her!"
"I'll come too. She destroyed a lot of my photos. I must break her shell bit by bit to see what's inside."
"Tsk, that's really tasteless."
Faced with these words, Xavier changed his previous respect in front of Master Bai and shook his head, saying, "You are welcome to do whatever you want. I don't need it."
As if thinking of something, he added, "This woman isn't the most mutated one, so there's no need to send her to the party. Kill her first and feed her directly to the other crew members. Don't let her run around and cause trouble."
With just a few words, he decided the fate of the two humans before him.
The other guests did not dare to refute, and some even took out rare hot weapons from their bodies and shot at the two men.
"Bang!"
The bullet hit the turtle shell.
Chu Qing's eyes widened and she took a few steps back. She understood that this meant they had failed in this escape competition.
Lu Yaoling stood in front of her, frowning, and whispered: "I will merge with the ground in a while, and you can take the opportunity to escape."
As if she knew what Chu Qing would say, she didn't wait for her to speak and explained, "My mental strength may collapse at any time. Death is only a matter of time."
She cherished Chu Qing's kindness towards her.
So she didn't want to let this player who showed her kindness die.
"We're all going to die anyway, so we might as well be more valuable."
After saying that, she showed a long-lost smile: "It's just that I owe Xu Zhiyan money, and I may not be able to pay it back."
Looking at the guests surrounding her, she knelt down slowly with the determination to die, and connected her tentacles to the ground.
One second before the skill is about to be activated.
A beautiful and ethereal sound appeared along with the water waves.
"Hey, can you please have some sense of contract? Eight thousand five, not a cent less!"
In the pool, Xu Zhiyan, who was originally exhausted from climbing the wall and about to faint, heard that Lu Yaoling's money might not be recovered. He somehow found strength to break through the water and climb to the shore.
"You two make way. Remember to help me find Jiang Huai Que and tell him that it's early."
Chu Qing and Lu Yaoling listened to Xu Zhiyan's voice, were stunned for a long time, and then moved away from both sides of the pool.
Xavier was about to leave.
He has been looking for that beautiful lowlife.
Everyone stood there in a daze, their eyes fixed on the edge of the pool.
The handsome young man, whose ears had transformed into fish fins, struggled to get out of the pool, still holding a bloody dagger in his hand.
The huge golden fish tail is magnificent, as if covered with gems, exuding an indescribable luxury and nobility.
Seeing that everyone was stunned, Xu Zhiyan glanced at his big tail covered with jewels and felt very complicated.
Although the posture of coming ashore is not very beautiful, this golden fish tail is still quite intimidating. It is a typical example of something that looks good but is useless.
Catching a glimpse of an old acquaintance in the crowd, he smiled and raised the dagger in his hand.
"Mr. Xavier, I can't wait to be sacrificed to Poseidon, but before that, can you release these two people first? I am their creditor, and they still owe me money."
Chu Qing, who was just so moved by Xu Zhiyan's rescue, was choked. She looked at Lu Yaoling, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Xavier was completely shocked by the golden fish tail. Although he wanted to ask Xu Zhiyan how much he knew, seeing that the other party was very cooperative, his eyes were full of fanaticism.
"no problem."
"All your requests will be met."
Xavier spoke in a very soft voice, as if he was afraid of scaring the beautiful mermaid in front of him.
The mermaid herself was fine though.
“I need a fish tank.”
Xu Zhiyan gestured to measure the size.
"But I'm worried that you might spill water during transportation. I think you should find at least six people to carry me." He made the request without any hesitation, relying on the rarity of the fish tail to push for more.
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