Chapter 64 Chapter 64 (Updated)
After making sure 074 had left, the little mermaid came out from the backyard.
Looking at his father walking towards him, he clenched his hands at his sides and tried hard to convince himself: It's okay, Dad won't mind.
Even though he knew that he was once a test subject, his father would not find him troublesome and would continue to protect him as always.
So he wanted to tell his father everything and let his father be careful.
He didn't know why 074 appeared here, but he was afraid that 074 would hurt its father and other cubs who were unaware of the situation.
He would never allow what happened in the laboratory to happen to his father and Herri.
Ruan Shiqing walked up to the little mermaid and saw him pursed his lips and gave her a pale, shallow smile.
The little mermaid was obviously not in a good mood today, and Ruan Shiqing knew that he must be hiding something. He bent down slightly and rubbed the top of the little mermaid's head: "Does Yuebai want to talk to Dad?"
The little mermaid nodded heavily and followed Ruan Shiqing into the workshop.
Rong Heng was lying on the windowsill of the workshop basking in the sun. When he saw two people coming in, he turned his head curiously.
Ruan Shiqing was about to ask him to go out first, but the little mermaid grabbed his sleeve and shook his head to indicate that she didn't care.
He lowered his head, called up the virtual screen, and typed one by one: [Dad, be careful of the guest with blue hair.]
Looking at the words on the screen, Ruan Shiqing's expression became serious: "Do you know him?"
He immediately thought of what happened before he picked up the little mermaid. He gently touched the scar on the little mermaid's cheek and asked, "Does the scar on her face have anything to do with him?"
[It has nothing to do with him, he is from the laboratory.]
The little mermaid shook her head and thought for a while before telling him what happened in the laboratory as briefly as possible through text: [074 is not a bad person, but he is not a good person either. I don’t know what he is doing here, but Dad, be careful.]
After telling everything, the little mermaid let out a breath, folded her ear fins a little, and didn't even dare to look her father in the eye.
His hands grasped the edge of the cart subconsciously, with such force that his knuckles turned white.
"I said Yuebai is a brave little mermaid." Ruan Shiqing unfolded his clenched fingers one by one and wrapped them with his palms, thereby giving him strength and courage.
He neither expressed sympathy for that dark experience nor showed any concern about the existence of 074. He was still as calm and powerful as every time before, and gently praised the mermaid who was in a depressed mood, and then told him: "It's okay, don't be afraid, Dad will solve everything."
The little mermaid suddenly raised his head and looked at his father with wide eyes. He wanted to smile as brightly as before, but tears fell from his eyes.
Ruan Shiqing hugged him gently and wiped the water stains off his face.
Even Snowball, who was lying on the balcony, came over and nudged the little mermaid's palm with his wet nose.
The little mermaid, who had been in a panic and anxiety for days, suddenly relaxed. He wiped his tears and hugged Snowball in his arms.
When she came out of the workshop, the little mermaid was once again a little cub with a cheerful smile without any gloom.
He held the snowball, pursed his lips and smiled slightly, his blue eyes seemed to be filled with the sunshine of the entire spring day.
After the little mermaid left, Ruan Shiqing calmed down and called up the anti-reconnaissance system of the B3024 planet. After calculating and searching according to the time, he found the exact arrival time of the blue-haired young man.
——Just three days ago, the blue-haired young man and Wright drove a shuttle and arrived in the inner city late at night.
According to the little mermaid, the blue-haired young man should be the saint of the mermaids, and the accompanying Light is most likely also a mermaid, and judging by his clothes, his status should be not low.
Two mermaids of noble status drove a shuttle to an unknown garbage planet late at night, and their purpose was obviously not simple.
But Ruan Shiqing didn't think that the other party was coming for the little mermaid.
According to the laws of the Galactic Empire, human experimentation is illegal, and this experiment must have been conducted in secret.
Among all the experimental subjects, only 074 was finally qualified and survived the screening. The other experimental subjects were likely "failures". In order to erase the traces of the experiment, these "unqualified" experimental subjects would be disposed of. The little mermaid was also one of the experimental subjects to be disposed of, but his will to survive was too strong. Even though his throat was cut, he survived tenaciously. Until later, he fell on the B3024 planet halfway and was accidentally brought home by him.
With so many bodies of experimental subjects on the transport ship, it is not common sense that anyone would notice that one was missing. So it is unlikely that the other party came for the little mermaid. It is more likely that they came to B3024 for some purpose, and 074, the blue-haired young man, accidentally discovered the existence of the little mermaid.
Ruan Shiqing thought about it and thought that the only existences on the planet B3024 that could attract the merpeople were the Zerg that had appeared strangely recently and were killed by him.
The Inner City must have received the news of the Zerg in the Outer City. Ruan Shiqing didn't know how the Inner City handled it, but the Mermaids landed in the Inner City when they arrived late at night, which was enough to show that they had contact with the Inner City. So it was very likely that they got the news of the Zerg from the Inner City, so they came to investigate.
And this investigation was not an official government action, but a private investigation by the mermaid tribe.
The inner city most likely reported the incident after discovering the Zerg, but the higher-level government probably didn't care about the small garbage planet, and might even have issued a gag order to reduce panic and adverse effects - otherwise, after these days, the news of the Zerg appearing in the Central Region would have spread on the holographic network.
The government didn't care about it, but the mermaid saint suddenly led people to secretly appear on the B3024 planet and conduct an investigation in secret. The whole thing is very intriguing.
Moreover, the blue-haired young man paid close attention to the armored walker during the two times he came to the store. He and 09 had killed the Zerg while driving the armored walker.
It is hard not to make associations with all these doubts.
Ruan Shiqing frowned and thought for a long time, then cut out a clear photo of the blue-haired young man and Wright from the surveillance video and sent it to Marin, asking him to help keep an eye on the whereabouts of the two.
But what was unexpected was that before he could find the other party, the other party came to his door again.
The blue-haired young man held the damaged blaster with a helpless look on his face: "Mr. Ruan, I'm here again. I had an argument with Wright yesterday, and he accidentally broke this gun. I want you to take a look at it."
He passed the damaged blaster.
"Let me see." Ruan Shiqing took the blaster calmly, and while checking it, he said casually, "I've been here a few times, but I still don't seem to know how to address you."
"You can just call me Lansing." The blue-haired young man smiled harmlessly. If the little mermaid had not confessed everything to him, it would have been difficult for people to be wary of the other party based on his appearance and pretended personality.
Ruan Shiqing easily replaced the deliberately mis-assembled parts inside the blaster, adjusted the gun, but did not return it immediately. Instead, he fiddled with it for a few times and pointed the muzzle at him, as if for real or fake: "The parts on this gun were actually replaced by Mr. Lansing on purpose, right? I wonder what is so attractive about my small repair shop that you would deliberately seek opportunities to visit it again and again?"
His fingers stroking the trigger of the blaster, Ruan Shiqing spoke in a relaxed tone, as if he was chatting casually.
If he hadn't been aiming his gun at Lansing.
Lan Xin was not surprised or frightened, but became more and more interested: "Mr. Ruan is indeed a smart man. Don't you think it's a waste of your talent to stay on this garbage planet?"
"Everyone has their own aspirations. I won't ask why the noble son of the mermaid clan sneaked into the B3024 planet in the middle of the night, and I hope you won't disturb our peaceful life again and again." Ruan Shiqing shrugged and returned the gun to him with a smile: "Although the small garbage planet is definitely not as rich and prosperous as the Sjarlan Planet, it is still easy to do something quietly on your own territory. Am I right?"
Lan Xin was slightly stunned when his identity was suddenly revealed, but then he quickly figured it out and smiled, "047 even told you about the mermaid saint? He trusts you quite a bit."
Ruan Shiqing was not prepared to talk to him and called 09: "See the guest off for me."
Since the other party knew the power of the armored walker, they must have seen 09 killing Zerg. Although they were speechless, they were shocked.
Lan Xin's expression changed slightly at this time, and he took off his gentle mask. He frowned and said unhappily: "Mr. Ruan, there is no need for us to be so tense. I have no ill intentions."
"Mr. Lansing, please allow me to reiterate that we have never been on the same side. We don't have to be enemies, but we can't be friends either." Ruan Shiqing said, "And there has never been 047 here. I'm afraid you have recognized the wrong person."
Having said this, there is no need to say more.
Lansing sneered and looked towards the passage: "You are such a coward. You don't even dare to face me? Are you going to be a cub who never grows up and hide under the wings of others for the rest of your life?"
Ruan Shiqing's expression darkened. He was about to ask 09 to forcibly send the guest away when he heard the sound of a cart passing by on the ground.
The little mermaid came out from the backyard, gently pulled his sleeve, lowered her head and typed: [I want to talk to him.]
Ruan Shiqing frowned slightly, not too reassured. But seeing the little mermaid's determined eyes, he decided to let him handle it first.
If the talks fail, it won't be too late for him to step in again.
"Then you talk to him." Ruan Shiqing put the micro blaster he carried with him in his hand: "Dad taught you how to use it, do you remember?"
The little mermaid nodded and put away her blaster.
Lansing looked aside with a half-smile.
Instead of talking in the front yard, the two went outside.
The little mermaid chose a location, he stopped at the edge of the garbage dump, and typed one by one: [What do you want to tell me?]
Lansing did not answer. Instead, he leaned over and squinted at the scars on his cheeks and neck. He touched them with his fingertips and asked, "Were these also made in the lab?"
The little mermaid nodded uncomfortably.
Without the disguise, the other person's aura was undoubtedly strong. The little mermaid was a little uneasy, but she still straightened her back and forced herself to look him in the eye.
[That’s fine too.]
Lansing looked at him inexplicably for a while, then sneered: "At least when I look at you, I won't be looking at myself anymore."
The other party's words are really incomprehensible.
The little mermaid pursed her lips unhappily. 074 didn't want to use the same face with him, but did he want to?
He retorted unhappily: [I am no longer 047. As long as you don’t come to find me, you will never see me again.]
"What's your name now?" Lan Xin chuckled and tapped his temple with his index finger. "Let me think, is it Ruan Yuebai? You have the same surname as your adoptive father, and he was very good to you."
Of course my father is good to me.
The little mermaid frowned and looked at him, suspecting that 074 was jealous of him for having a good father.
But just as his doubts grew, Lansing stopped talking. He suddenly stretched out his finger and touched the uneven scars on the little mermaid's face, saying in an inexplicable tone: "I know what you are thinking, but it's a pity that I like to contradict others the most. You will see me again."
He took his hand back with a happy smile on his face: "But your adoptive father is a bit fierce, so I will let you go today."
After saying this, he waved his hand and walked towards his speeder.