Mermaids (6)
But in the blink of an eye, No. 2 seemed to have been reborn. Although he was wearing flat shoes, he was still half a head taller than Shi Jianxia.
The color of her hair was slightly different from what she remembered. It must be a disguise now. This was not her real face.
Shi Jianxia felt the pressure from her height and bit her teeth lightly.
She really shouldn't have had hope in Zhuang Mingyue. The person she regarded as her confidant turned out to be an undercover agent from the Zerg Investigation Department!
Or should she praise Number Two for his good disguise, for having become the confidant of the core figure in the enemy camp?
After a moment of shock and anger, Shi Jianxia quickly calmed down and said in his usual calm tone, "Doctor, why did you come here in person?"
The doctor always sits back and lets his men do the fighting, but this time he came in person, which is totally inconsistent with his style of hiding behind the scenes and stirring up trouble.
Is there a reason why I have to come?
The doctor didn't answer Shi Jianxia's question, but instead looked down at Wen Qiuqiu, who was lying on the ground. "Why did you bring her here?"
"Useless little grasshopper." He commented in a light tone, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.
Shi Jianxia's heart, which had been sinking to the bottom due to the sudden change at this time, moved slightly after hearing his words.
Number Two is the Doctor's insider planted in the Special Operations Group of the Zerg Investigation Bureau. Zhuang Mingyue, as her confidant, has entrusted her with the task of secretly sending her to Tianchen Star to resolve the deep-sea worm vortex.
If Number Two is loyal to the Doctor, she should tell him everything about her betrayal of Higanbana and her collaboration with the Zerg Investigations Agency.
And Wen Qiuqiu, who was saved from being killed by Number Nine because of her efforts, should be a worthless traitor who needs to be dealt with in the doctor's eyes. Given his personality, he would directly let Number Two or her kill Wen Qiuqiu. Why did he react like this?
Could it be that... Number Two hadn't been completely honest with the Doctor?
As more and more memory fragments emerged, Shi Jianxia gradually had a general impression of the people and things he had seen in the red spider lily.
This No. 2 is very mysterious. When she was brought back to Higanbana by the Doctor, she was already the holder of the No. 2 Jade Card.
Number Two was on missions outside all year round, and she had only seen her from behind by chance a few years ago. It was the vague memory that emerged when she received the information about the mermaids.
So, why did Number Two just call her "Little Qiqi" in such a cheesy way, like they knew each other? They'd clearly never met face to face.
Is it personality, or...
Shi Jianxia glanced at No. 2 beside her, and happened to see her raise her hand to hold her shoulder. A faint scent of perfume hit her face, and there was a subtle sense of familiarity.
It seemed like someone she had met before also liked to wear perfume.
She said in a relaxed tone, "Doctor, you didn't let her bring the dog, and you didn't let me tell her in advance that I was happily working undercover in the Zerg Investigation Bureau. She has to find a helper, right?"
Dog?
Are you talking about number nine?
The tone she used when speaking to the Doctor was too casual, with no respect at all that a subordinate should have for their superior. The Doctor was obviously used to it.
And this tone of voice... is also very familiar.
In a flash, four words flashed through Shi Jianxia's mind.
Cross-dressing guy!
Her heart skipped a beat.
Number Two is a cross-dresser?!
If she hadn't still been thinking about the trick that the cross-dressing man had plotted against her in front of Zhuang Mingyue, she would have almost forgotten about this guy.
Every time he appears, he is mysterious and well-informed, and his level of information is no less than that of Higanbana and the Zerg Investigation Office. He can always get involved in anything that Higanbana is involved in, and he always goes along for the ride.
Suddenly, Shi Jianxia felt that the force of No. 2 pressing on her shoulders increased slightly.
She immediately reacted and said to the doctor calmly, "Why did you bring Jiuhan here?"
It was also an irrelevant answer, which was consistent with her usual style.
The doctor glanced at Number Two who was huddled together with her, and without mentioning Wen Qiuqiu again, he pushed Jiang Jiuhan towards her. "After Jiuhan woke up, he said he wanted to see you, so I brought him here."
He deliberately slowed down his tone, like a gentle and tolerant elder, but more like bait to lure prey into a trap.
Shi Jianxia knew with her knees that this was not the real reason, but Jiang Jiuhan probably really wanted to see her.
Jiang Jiuhan.
During the time when she lost her memory, she had once called Number Nine like this.
On Xiaohan Star, Number Nine asked her if she was going to betray the Doctor.
She called him Jiang Jiuhan loudly at that time.
But he is not Jiang Jiuhan, but an experimental subject like No. 77, and he doesn't even have his own name.
In his eyes, Jiang Yingdu is not his brother. The person Jiang Yingdu loves and protects is a man named Jiang Jiuhan.
He returned to the Jiang family to be an unknown substitute, just like No. 77 had lived in Shuiyuan Star instead of her.
Therefore, he did not covet Jiang Yingdu's attention and favor, because he knew clearly that those did not belong to him.
Number Five mocked him as a fake, and he remembered it, and they became irreconcilable from then on.
After she called him Jiang Jiuhan, he did not turn around and leave. Instead, he acted as if nothing had happened and swam around her like a pufferfish.
Shi Jianxia thought worriedly, could Bai Xiaojiu's limited little brain realize that she had lost her memory at that time, instead of mistaking him for Jiang Jiuhan's substitute?
If you can't figure it out, are you secretly stabbing her in your heart?
He rolled into the sleeping bag and didn't talk to her. Was he angry that she didn't want to kill Gongye Jiwang, or was he using this as an excuse to feel secretly sad?
Shi Jianxia pursed her lips slightly, forcibly suppressing the thoughts that were about to continue to wander.
If she could leave Tianchen Star, she would go find Bai Xiaojiu and tell him that she had always known that he and Jiang Jiuhan were two completely different people. She made a deal with the doctor to save him just because she wanted to save him, for no other reason.
She lowered her eyes and looked at Jiang Jiuhan, who had been sitting quietly in a wheelchair with his head down, thinking about something since she let go of his hand. She sighed slightly in her heart and half-knelt down to catch his gaze.
Jiang Jiuhan noticed her movements and was stunned for a moment. After reacting, he immediately raised his hand to help her, "Xia Xia?"
His voice was very soft, like a bubble that would burst if blown by the wind, but his brows, which had just drooped, immediately returned to their previous state after seeing her.
So good.
Although I was still feeling lost, I quietly hid my emotions.
His personality is completely different from Number Nine's.
Jiang Jiuhan was her childhood playmate.
When she was only six or seven years old, her father took her to meet Marshal Jiang Wenzhan, and Jiang Jiuhan and Jiang Xinyuan were also present.
Jiang Jiuhan is cute and well-behaved, completely different from his extroverted twin sister Jiang Xinyuan. He speaks softly, always sits up straight, and reads the text loudly. He is a well-behaved child who is loved by teachers and parents.
Naturally, she became playmates with the little snowball Jiang Jiuhan and the noisy Jiang Xinyuan, and they even attended the same primary school.
Jiang Jiuhan was too well-behaved and was once bullied by the naughty kids in the same class. She and Jiang Xinyuan clenched their fists and beat up the bully, and then their parents were called to the hospital together.
They were young and innocent. After she and Jiang Xinyuan were scolded by their parents, they stood outside the principal's office to reflect on their mistakes. Jiang Jiuhan, who was as cute as a snowball, secretly came to find them and brought some cookies.
They stood outside the principal's office and started crunching on the biscuits, then were discovered by their parents and almost had to eat a meal of stir-fried bamboo shoots with pork.
Fortunately, her father never used violence to educate her, but patiently reasoned with her. However, Jiang Xinyuan and Jiang Jiuhan were beaten by their father and cried loudly.
Later, her father did not return from his mission and she was taken away by the doctor.
When an insect plague broke out on Jiangyuan Star, she happened to be in the secret laboratory of Higanbana on Jiangyuan Star. When she was being escorted away by bodyguards, she met Jiang Jiuhan who was lying on the ice and floating along the ocean current.
At that time, he was completely parasitized by the Ice Sea Angel. Even though she asked the researchers in the laboratory to rescue him in time, his consciousness had already fallen into a chaotic state.
The doctor agreed to save him, and those messy experiments did have a certain therapeutic effect on him.
She could occasionally communicate with his consciousness projected into the virtual world, but he would soon fall into a coma again, almost indistinguishable from those half-parasites that were parasitized by the Zerg but not dead.
The doctor also extracted Jiang Jiuhan's genetic information without her knowledge and created Number Nine.
And because of that look of compassion, she made a deal with the doctor and kept Number Nine.
trade--
She agreed to become the doctor's experimental subject and awakened the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" as a mimicry.
But the process did not go smoothly.
Mimicry is, to a certain extent, related to the cognition of the person with the ability.
Humans cannot imagine what they have never seen.
Although she is the bloodline inheritor of the mimicry of "Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Classic of Mountains and Seas" had long lost all its content in the process of human civilization, leaving only a bare name.
If she was not a time traveler who traveled to the interstellar age and happened to have read the entire "Classic of Mountains and Seas", even if the doctor's technology of artificially awakening mimicry was more mature, it would be impossible to make things forgotten by time reappear.
Even so, it was only after she underwent nearly eight years of mimicry transformation that she awakened to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
Her memory was interrupted again when she walked out of the experimental cabin.
Shi Jianxia held Jiang Jiuhan's slightly cool fingertips with her backhand, passing the warmth to him, and whispered, "You want to see me?"
Jiang Jiuhan didn't know she had thought so much in just a few seconds, so he nodded obediently, "The doctor said you have a very important mission to carry out, and your life will be in danger. I... my mimicry can help you."
His consciousness is always in a drowsy state, and his world is moving forward in a pause. For him, now is not the time nearly ten years later, and his understanding of Shi Jianxia and the outside world is still at the time when he was still a child.
Hearing his answer, Shi Jianxia frowned.
The doctor just said that Jiang Jiuhan is fully awake and has awakened to mimicry.
Is this because his semi-parasitic body revival experiment was successful, and combined with artificial awakening mimicry technology, it awakened mimicry for him?
How can the newly awakened mimicry help?
"Xia Xia?" Jiang Jiuhan called her hesitantly.
Shi Jianxia came back to his senses, faced the gazes of the Doctor and No. 2, and asked, "What mimicry have you awakened?"
This is almost a nonsense question.
Jiang Jiuhan was parasitized by the Ice Sea Angel, so he could only awaken the Ice Sea Angel as a mimic. He answered honestly, "It's the Ice Sea Angel, it can be divided..."
"Okay, if you have anything to say, let's talk outside. This is not the place to talk." The doctor suddenly spoke, interrupting Jiang Jiuhan and pushing the wheelchair out.
Shi Jianxia was pushed aside and almost fell down, and Jiang Jiuhan's hand was forcibly pulled out of her palm.
Number Two's eyes flickered slightly as he helped her up and picked up the unconscious Wen Qiuqiu. He said casually, "If the dog saw you so reluctant to leave him, he would rush over with a hundred-meter-long sword."
Shi Jianxia looked up at her and stared at her for several seconds, which made No. 2 very uncomfortable. He wanted to ask her what she was looking at, but then he saw her turn around and look at the doctor's back as he quickly pushed Jiang Jiuhan out.
Before she could think about what Xia was planning, she suddenly saw her coming towards her at lightning speed.
The heavy touch was wonderful. Number Two's eyes widened and he opened his mouth and said, "Fuck!"
Fake!
Shi Jianxia narrowed her eyes, and before she could say anything, she was glared at by Number Two, who gritted his teeth and said, "Don't you have breasts yourself?"
Number Two grabbed her wrist and slammed it aside.
The force was brutal.
While the doctor, who had already pushed Jiang Jiuhan a long distance, didn't notice the little movements between them, Shi Jianxia snatched Wen Qiuqiu from No. 2's hands, stepped on his instep before leaving, and crushed it hard with all his strength.
Number Two almost cried out in pain, but was afraid that the Doctor would notice, so he gritted his teeth and barely suppressed the trembling sound that rose in his throat.
He grabbed Shi Jianxia, who was about to run away, and pulled her back by the shoulders, growling in a low voice: "Do you really want me to amputate my limbs?"
Shi Jianxia pulled the corner of his mouth with a forced smile, "I want your life."
After saying that, she shook off Number Two's hand and strode out.
Now, she can be sure, certain and determined that No. 2 is the cross-dressing man who appeared and disappeared several times before.
Number two is a cross-dressing guy, and he is a member of the fusion faction.
No wonder he was very familiar with the situation of the holder of the Jade Card. It turned out that this guy was also an undercover agent, and not just an undercover agent of one party. He was doing very well in the Zerg Investigation Department and even became Zhuang Mingyue's confidant, playing everyone around.
He clearly knew that she was number seven, but he deliberately sent the video of her revealing that she was number nine to Zhuang Mingyue. What was his intention?
Do you want to force her to completely betray Higanbana and seek cooperation from the Zerg Investigation Bureau? Or switch to the Fusion Faction?
But now she didn't even know what the fusionists were. The doctor kept silent about it again and again. She only heard him mention it once when her father brought her back to Bianhua.
Or it was because the doctor noticed the presence of the cross-dressing man and the freckled young man and deliberately warned her.
Does the Doctor know that Number Two is the cross-dressing man who once appeared in King's Landing?
No, that's unlikely.
Given his level of caution, he would never put himself in danger unless he was absolutely sure that he could escape unscathed after obtaining the fifth star core.
And his plan was indeed flawless. Number Two was his undercover agent planted in the special operations team of the Zerg Investigation Bureau, monitoring the actions of the special operations team at any time. Naturally, he completed the transplantation and successfully entered the territory of the mermaids as a "friendly supporter".
The mermaids must be extremely worried by the sudden appearance of the vortex. Even if they know that someone is coveting the star core, between the star core and the life and death of the entire race, they will value the latter more and be less vigilant against the star core.
The doctor could take this opportunity to seize the star core and put the blame on the Zerg Investigation Office.
This plan is exactly the same as what she had planned before she came here.
But hidden in this perfect plan are multiple spies with unknown purposes.
Shi Jianxia glanced at the cross-dressing man who was catching up with him quickly. He really wanted to catch him in a deserted corner and force him to tell him what his intentions were and whether he was interested in killing the doctor together.
If he agreed, she would put aside their previous disagreements and cooperate with him.
But the doctor was right in front of them, so the two of them had no chance to talk.
The cross-dressing man might not answer her questions seriously.
But it is certain that the cross-dressing guy and the doctor are not on the same page.
As the number two, he obeyed the doctor's orders and plotted against Zhuang Mingyue. He might also turn the tables and reveal the matter to Zhuang Mingyue, catching the doctor in a trap and sending him to the gallows.
Thinking of this, Shi Jianxia slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
The cross-dressing man saw the tense lines in her shoulders relax slightly, and he tutted unhappily, as if he was thinking about how to get back at the fatal kick he had received for no reason.
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At the exit of the special passage of the interstellar port, the doctor handed Jiang Jiuhan, who was wearing a baseball cap, to a young man in black who had been waiting there and was also wearing a baseball cap.
Shi Jianxia saw him from a distance of several meters and immediately recognized that it was Number Four.
Number Four took the wheelchair and pushed Jiang Jiuhan out.
Shi Jianxia quickly asked the cross-dressing man to support Wen Qiuqiu, and quickly walked over to grab the armrest of the wheelchair. He didn't care about Number Four's expression at all, and frowned and asked the doctor, "Where are you taking him?"
Jiang Jiuhan pinched the corner of her clothes somewhat helplessly, obviously not wanting to be taken away by No. 4.
The doctor had taken off the mask on his face at some point, revealing an unremarkable face. Apart from his gentle and elegant temperament, he looked like an ordinary person who could not be found in a crowd.
He said slowly, "Xiaohan just woke up and is still very weak. He also took a few hours on the interstellar spacecraft and needs a good rest. It's not suitable for him to follow us around."
He is not suitable for traveling around, but you still bring him to Tianchen Star?
Shi Jianxia thought his words were ridiculous, but the doctor obviously didn't care whether she believed him or not, and made a gesture to Number Four.
Number Four's gloomy gaze fell on Shi Jianxia, "Number Seven, please let go."
Shi Jianxia gritted his teeth, summoned 朏朏 from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and put it into Jiang Jiuhan's arms. Ignoring the doctor's frown, he tidied up the few strands of hair that fell on his forehead as he usually did when coaxing his children.
"Take it with you, it will protect you."
朏朏 squatted on Jiang Jiuhan's legs covered with a thin blanket, looking at him curiously with her big black eyes, as if wondering why another pufferfish came?
But soon, it discovered that Jiang Jiuhan was not a pufferfish, but a non-aggressive T-hamster, very timid and with a gentle personality.
The big fat cub swung its tail and stretched out its front legs to Jiang Jiuhan.
Jiang Jiuhan looked at the white ball in front of him with some surprise, and carefully touched the small pad with his finger. Seeing that it did not shrink back, he tentatively held the small pad, shook it up and down, and made a hello gesture.
朏朏 became happy and lay down on his knees with her front legs as pads, wagging her big tail, looking very leisurely and comfortable.
The doctor stared at Xixi for a few seconds, then looked away and said coldly, "Okay, stop dilly-dallying."
Shi Jianxia knew that he could do nothing now, so he took a step back and let No. 4 push Jiang Jiuhan away.
Jiang Jiuhan seemed to sense the emotions hidden beneath her calm face that were like a storm at sea. He turned around and smiled gently at her.
Xia's five fingers hanging by his side were slightly bent, and then quickly released.
She suddenly felt uncertain whether her decision to let the doctor conduct mimicry transformation experiments on Jiang Jiuhan without consulting him in order to save his life was correct.
When he and Number Four completely disappeared, the cross-dressing lady came over. She had returned to her gentle and soft appearance as Dr. Jiang, and even her height had returned to normal. No one knew how she did it.
He whispered to the doctor, "The person responsible for the Zerg Investigation Department has arrived. What you mean is..."
Shi Jianxia noticed that Wen Qiuqiu was missing, and immediately turned around to look for her. In the opposite direction of where No. 4 had left, he saw the back of No. 13 and a half, supporting her as she left.
The Doctor noticed her actions and looked away nonchalantly.
Number 7 is good in every way, except that he is too soft-hearted and wants everything.
How could such a cheap thing exist in this world? If you want everything, you will get nothing.
The cross-dressing man seemed to have noticed nothing and walked in front. Shi Jianxia and Dr. followed behind her. There were three of them when they boarded the interstellar spaceship and there were also three of them when they left the interstellar port.
With 'Dr. Jiang' in charge of face recognition, the doctor with an ordinary face got on the hovercraft heading to the mermaid territory without any hindrance.
The person who was in charge of picking them up didn't know what Shi Jianxia and the others were here for, he was only responsible for sending them to where they should be.
Along the way, the car remained silent. The contact person looked at the doctor, whose appearance was very mismatched with Shi Jianxia and the cross-dressing man, but did not ask anything.
Shi Jianxia thought to himself that Zhuang Mingyue had really trained a bunch of idiots.
At the same time, at a private interstellar port somewhere on Tianchen Star, Ji Yang and Pei Qin got off the interstellar spaceship. Senior investigators from the Zerg Investigation Bureau's special operations team and the leader's personal guards stood alternately on both sides.
Zhuang Mingyue, who had been waiting here for a long time, was about to greet him, but she felt an itch on the tip of her nose, so she quickly turned her head and sneezed violently.
The investigators and guards standing on both sides had tense expressions. Seeing this rather funny situation, they didn't even frown, which showed that they were very well-trained.
Ji Yang chuckled and said, "It must be classmate Xia Xia who is scolding you."
Zhuang Mingyue was rarely embarrassed and quickly took out a tissue to hold her nose. "There's nothing we can do. There are too many eyes watching her. To be on the safe side, we can only keep her in the dark. After all, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we can't let any word leak out."
"However, with her intelligence, she should quickly realize that things are not that simple and cooperate with our actions in a timely manner."
Ji Yang smiled and said nothing.
Zhuang Mingyue put the tissue into the trash can and talked about another thing.
"The situation with the Mermaids is more serious than we imagined. The old patriarch is already at the end of his strength and I'm afraid he won't be able to provide us with much help. Their young patriarch is still in a deep sleep and we don't know when he will wake up."
This is indeed a bad situation.
Before Ji Yang could speak, a huge shadow suddenly fell over the horizon.
Another interstellar spaceship docked, and the location where it was docked was right next to Ji Yang's private interstellar spaceship.
A huge gust of wind rose up, making the hems of everyone's clothes rustle. Ji Yang's hair danced in the wind. She stared at the starship without any markings, her eyes slightly raised, as if she had guessed who was coming.
Pei Qin's expression changed slightly, and he decisively blocked her behind him. The senior investigators and the guards also entered a state of readiness.
The door of the starship opened, and an arrogant voice was the first to reach everyone's ears.
"I'm here! What do you want with that fish? Let him continue sleeping! It's better if he falls into a deep sleep!"
A tall and slender figure walked down the gangway quickly. He was wearing a dark red marshal's uniform with medals pinned on his chest. His long black hair was tied up high with a red and silver-rimmed headband. As he strode forward, his hair floated in the air in a flamboyant arc.
His aura was like a rainbow and his eyes were like torches, making people dare not touch him and had to retreat away.
Zhuang Mingyue's pupils shrank slightly.
Su Xunyang!
Why is he here?
Or did he come right after the Führer?
What a coincidence!
As his thoughts turned thousands of times, Zhuang Mingyue decisively took a step back and saluted the imposing man, saying respectfully, "Marshal Su!"
Ji Yang seemed completely unaffected by the arrival of this uninvited guest. He covered his lips and smiled softly, which earned him a bad look from Su Xunyang.
Pei Qin took a step forward, and the sharp edge disappeared into thin air in an instant.
Su Xunyang narrowed his eyes.
Before the two of them started fighting, Ji Yang raised his hand and shook Pei Qin's arm.
Pei Qin's aura gathered, like a cat with its fur standing on end being comforted by its owner. He retracted his claws that were about to scratch people and obediently retreated behind her.
Ji Yang smoothed his hair that was messed up by the wind and said calmly, "Why is Marshal Su here?"
The two men were not from the same camp, but Ji Yang did not treat him as sharply as he treated Wen Zekai. After all, Marshal Su was no paper tiger, so it was best not to provoke him easily.
Su Xunyang snorted with an ambiguous tone, "Of course someone offered me a price that tempted me and invited me over."
Ji Yang uttered a "oh" in a neutral tone, then pulled his tone back slightly before quickly saying, "I thought you were trying to spy on me, so you had someone grab your tail and threaten me."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Xunyang's face turned dark.
Zhuang Mingyue listened to the two people's banter in confusion, looked at Su Xunyang's expression, and thought about surveillance, and suddenly an incredible idea arose in her heart.
Marshal Su Xunyang suddenly appeared on Tianchen Star. Could it be related to Shi Jianxia?
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Just as they arrived at the sea area near Yugui Town, Jianxia sneezed loudly.
The cross-dressing guy looked over and asked, "Is it the dog that misses you? Or is it the stupid brother that misses you?"
Shi Jianxia: "..."
The dog is Bai Xiaojiu, and could the stupid brother be Jiang Jiuhan?
What's this guy's evil taste? He likes giving people nicknames?
She said expressionlessly, "It must be someone who negotiated with me but didn't gain the upper hand, and now he's scolding me."
The cross-dressing man said in a serious tone, "Who has nothing better to do than to provoke you?"
Shi Jianxia looked at him.
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