In the main ship's command room, Helian Jue was sitting in his office chair, listening to Lin Zhong and the others' report.
"Your Highness, after testing, it was found that the Alliance warships were equipped with substances that can damage a person's mental power, and can enter the mental sea through the senses of smell, sight, and hearing," Ye Xin reported. "We cannot find a solution in a short time."
Helian Jue nodded slightly, signaling Cui Jing to continue.
"Your Highness, I have collected all the wreckage of the Alliance warship, conducted tests, and discovered some suspicious items." After saying this, he sent the test report to the people present via his personal terminal.
Helian Jue opened the test report, his brows furrowing deeply. "Besides human matter, there are other biological substances, such as lizards and mermaids..."
Lin Zhong, Wei Yin, Ye Xin and the others were all on edge. How could there be substances from other living beings?
“In the past few years, the Alliance has introduced many excellent policies, which have attracted many other creatures to migrate to the planets under the Alliance’s jurisdiction.” Lin Zhong’s mind worked quickly, and he immediately thought of the Alliance’s policies.
In the interstellar era, only humans have a clear distinction between empires and alliances; other creatures are free to choose which side to belong to.
Because of their benefits in treating mental damage, the Merfolk have become a coveted species for both the Empire and the Alliance.
Therefore, both the Empire and the Alliance have introduced many policies that favor the Merfolk, and there are also relevant policies for other species such as snakes and birds.
Snakes and birds are also beneficial for healing mental energy, but less so compared to the merfolk.
Warriors and nobles often choose merfolk as their spirit pets, while ordinary people tend to choose birds and snakes.
While birds and snakes have a weaker ability to heal the mind, they are much less expensive to raise, making them the best choice for the average person.
At this point, Wayne added, "But these policies have always existed."
Silence fell over the command center.
"Keep a close eye on this, and send someone to investigate this line," Helian Jue instructed, as they currently had too little information.
The biggest problem facing the Expeditionary Fleet right now is how to avoid damaging the morale of its soldiers during normal battles.
This time, he was fortunate to have Xiaoyu, otherwise he would have been in deep trouble too.
The group discussed the matter in the command room for more than three hours without finding a good solution. Helian Jue glanced at the time on his personal terminal, stood up, and said, "The entire army should rest and recuperate for the next few days. We will discuss this matter again tomorrow."
After saying that, he strode out of the command room and headed towards the rest room.
Ye Xin and Cui Jing headed to the testing room together, while Lin Zhong led Wayne and the others to inspect the various combat ships.
Qiao You played with the scales for a while in a bad mood, but still didn't forget to get down to business. He took out some spiritual spring water and gave some to his brother to drink.
Thinking of the spiritual spring water inevitably brings to mind how he fed his brother the spiritual spring water mouth-to-mouth.
"Hmm... Brother's lips are thin, but so soft," Qiao You muttered, unconsciously touching his lips.
Just as I touched my lips, I heard a knock on the door.
Qiao You was startled and asked in a low voice, "Is that your brother?"
The next second, Helian Jue opened the door and came in, "afraid that opening the door suddenly would scare Xiaoyu."
Qiao You smiled brightly, "I won't be scared at all, I'm very brave!"
Helian Jue walked in with a smile, "Why are you sitting on the ground..."
"Little fish, your leg?"
Qiao You noticed the worry in Helian Jue's eyes and quickly explained, "I can also use my legs."
"Brother, don't worry."
Hearing Qiao You say this, Helian Jue felt relieved and sat down next to Qiao You.
Qiao You excitedly pulled Helian Jue's hand, "Brother, touch my tail!"
Helian Jue's hand was pulled by Qiao You and stroked the fish tail.
The enlarged fish tail was harder than the small one, and the texture was rougher to the touch. This gave Helian Jue a real sense of it. The tail of an adult merman was incredibly powerful; one tail could fling something weighing 200 kilograms away.
According to historical records, mermaids are far more capable than merfolk in all aspects, so the power of their tails would only be greater than that of merfolk.
Mermaids no longer exist in the interstellar era, so Helian Jue certainly wouldn't know. Thus, Qiao You chattered away, explaining, "Brother, my tail is amazing!"
"I didn't agree when Xiaohu tried to touch my tail before."
"From now on, if anyone bullies my brother, I'll whack them with my tail!"
But right after he made those harsh words, he suddenly remembered that his identity outside was just that of a little mermaid, and a little mermaid's tail didn't have that much power.
So he glanced guiltily at Helian Jue and said apologetically, "A little tail can't protect its brother."
Helian Jue understood what Qiao You meant: "The big tail protects the older brother, and the older brother protects the little tail."
Qiao You's eyes lit up. Hey! The big tail is him, and the little tail is him too.
I will protect my brother, and my brother will protect me!
Helian Jue knew why Xiaoyu was suddenly so happy, and his mood became more and more relaxed. Whenever he was with Xiaoyu, the smile on his face never disappeared.
In the short moment of distraction, Qiao You had already taken Helian Jue's hand and touched the softened scales.
"Brother, my scales are about to fall off," Qiao You said.
Helian Jue immediately tensed up, "I'll go find a doctor to take a look."
As he was about to get up, Qiao You looked bewildered and quickly grabbed Helian Jue, saying, "No need for a doctor."
"Mother said this is normal. When the first scale of our mermaid clan falls off, it signifies that we have come of age." Qiao You explained to Helian Jue the difference between the mermaid clan's age of time and the age of their scales.
So, whether from a time perspective or a physiological perspective, his little fish is still a truly small "little fish".
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