Chapter 42: Eternal Daylight (Part 6) I also want to...eat her. ...
The morning light shines through the gauze of the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting hazy spots of light on the dark blue velvet curtains.
Wen Yin slowly opened her eyes, and her consciousness finally broke free from the dream in which she could not wake up.
She propped herself up and sat up, looking around the room illuminated by the morning light. From this perspective, it seemed no different from when she went to bed.
[028, Was there any movement last night?]
[No, host, everything was peaceful last night.]
The children's voice of 028 sounded.
[The noise next door stopped at midnight, and the entire cruise ship fell into a deep silence.]
[The mermaid's vital signs in the bathroom were also stable, and there were no abnormal energy fluctuations or signs of external intrusion in the entire room.]
Wen Yin glanced towards the bathroom. There was silence behind the frosted glass, and only a vague blue shadow could be seen.
Wen Yin stood up and stepped barefoot on the cold ground. The hem of her blue skirt spread out at her feet, covering her white and round toes.
She stopped at the bathroom door and gently pushed open the frosted glass.
In the huge bathtub, the blue figure was still curled up at the edge of the corner.
He seemed to be frightened by Wen Yin's sudden opening of the door, and his whole tail suddenly stiffened.
He slowly raised his head, his wet sea-blue hair draped freely over his shoulders, revealing his face which was still pale and charming, and indistinguishable from the gender of a human creature.
The dark blue pupils still held the familiar fear of Wen Yin, but it also seemed to be mixed with a very faint trace of...trust.
Just when Wen Yin thought he would shrink back into the water like he did last night, a blue tail fin gradually emerged from the water and swayed slightly as Wen Yin watched.
Like some kind of dog, it wagged its tail fin to gain the affection of its owner.
"you……"
Wen Yin cried out in surprise, but was afraid that she had misunderstood. Mermaids... can also wag their tails?
She stepped into the bathroom and was less than two steps away from the bathtub. She carefully looked at the male merman who was still looking up at her.
The wound on Cangli's shoulder blade, deep enough to see the bone, was far from healed, but after a night's rest, the edges of the rolled-up flesh no longer bled.
Instead, it was covered by a thin layer of translucent gel-like substance. Light golden blood vessels flowed slowly under the gel as if they had life, as if accelerating the repair.
Other minor wounds presented similar conditions.
Although the scarred dark blue scaly tail was still dull, the edges of the broken scales seemed smoother and no longer so hideous.
At this time, the small tail fin exposed above the water was still trembling and shivering, swaying towards Wen Yin.
Cangli opened his pale, thin lips and uttered two syllables that Wen Yin could not understand.
“%&…”
"Are you hungry?"
Wen Yin couldn't understand the strange, sticky, whispering words, so she could only try to speak.
Cangli's body under the water seemed to pause for a moment, and then he immediately shook his head vigorously, with a large amplitude, as if he was afraid that he could not express himself clearly.
The long sea-blue hair floated in the water, bringing up a string of tiny bubbles.
Seeing that Wen Yin was still frowning at him, the huge dark blue scaly tail swayed and rose up from the water very slowly.
The tail fin with water droplets poked out of the water, and the dark and deep blue looked particularly elegant and gorgeous in the morning light and water vapor.
Next is the tail trunk covered with scales. Although it is still full of cracks and missing parts, under the moistening of the water, it actually reveals a fragile luster as if it has survived a disaster.
Wen Yin's eyes were attracted by the slowly rising tail, and she forgot to speak for a moment.
The tail was exploring cautiously, like a newly born vine touching the unknown world. With the cool touch of water vapor, it wrapped around Wen Yin's calves exposed outside her skirt very gently, in circles.
!
Wen Yin's body stiffened instantly.
It feels cool and smooth, with the unique texture of deep-sea creatures. Even if the edges of the scales are broken, you can still feel their inherent hardness.
The blue scaly tail almost merged with her dark blue skirt, forming a strange yet inexplicably fitting picture in the misty water vapor.
The fragile combination of human slenderness and the mermaid's inhuman strength carries a morbid beauty that transcends species.
Cangli's head also slightly emerged from the water, and his dark blue eyes looked up at Wen Yin nervously without blinking.
That look was extremely complicated.
There is fear that goes deep into the bones, there is cautious flattery, there is a desperate temptation, and there is also a kind of... huge shrinking as if waiting for the final verdict.
He wrapped his tail around her calf with extremely light force, even with an imperceptible tremor.
It seemed as if it was ready to immediately release and retract at the slightest sign of displeasure or disgust, burying itself back into the safe zone under the water.
Wen Yin lowered her head, her gaze falling on the blue scaly tail that blended with the color of her skirt. The air seemed to freeze, with only the faint sound of water droplets dripping from the entangled tail back into the bathtub.
[Host, there are extremely subtle fluctuations in the strange energy on the cruise ship.]
028 A sudden prompt sound rang in my mind, with a hint of confusion.
[Just now, but it only lasted half a second before disappearing...]
Wen Yin frowned and wanted to ask 028 something else, but she felt the tail wrapped around her calf suddenly loosen and retract as if she had been electrocuted, so fast that it splashed a large amount of water.
Cangli sank to the bottom of the water in an instant, leaving only a string of panicked bubbles on the surface.
After a few seconds, he struggled to float up a little bit, and only a pair of blue eyes appeared from the water, looking at Wen Yin nervously.
[It seems to think that you, the host, are frowning because you are dissatisfied with its actions?]
028 watched from the side, and from Cangli's perspective, saw Wen Yin standing in front of the bathtub, with a large area of her skirt wet and a frown on her face.
Wen Yin's expression immediately relaxed, and she lowered her eyes to look into those blue eyes.
"It's okay, I won't be angry."
"I'm going out for a while. You...stay here for a while."
She felt that Cangli could understand human language, he just couldn't speak.
After a long while, the long and thick eyelashes blinked, and Cangli nodded gently in the water.
Wen Yin did not stay any longer and turned to leave the bathroom, leaving Cangli still staring at her back in a daze.
Wen Yin changed into a simple set of clothes, put on a mask and left the suite, only to find that there were already many tourists on the cruise ship.
The sunlight on the sea shone freely, coating everyone's figure with a layer of dazzling golden light.
However, when Wen Yin's gaze swept over the masked figures, a strange feeling uncontrollably surged into her heart.
Something is wrong.
When she boarded the ship yesterday, she remembered the slightly plump middle-aged man next to her. He had obvious white hair at his temples and wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were clearly visible.
At this moment, he walked briskly, the gray hair on his temples had faded a lot, his skin seemed a little tighter, and his whole body exuded an unnatural vitality.
There was another lady holding his arm. Yesterday, Wen Yin noticed a few obvious age spots on the back of her hand, but today they were almost invisible, and her skin was smooth and rosy.
Wen Yin instantly thought of the tragic scenes she saw last night and the "appetizers" that were brought into the room in silver goblets.
Also, the blood of the mermaids...
She calmly approached a young woman who was admiring the sea view and looked very healthy, with a proper social smile on her face.
"Good morning. The air here is so fresh. I feel refreshed."
She deliberately touched her cheek and acted intoxicated.
The lady turned her head, her eyes behind the mask showing a satisfied smile, and her voice was light and cheerful.
"That's right! This trip was definitely worth it! I feel like I'm twenty years old again!"
She lowered her voice and boasted, "Thanks to the generosity of the ship owner, this is a hundred times more effective than top-tier beauty injections! A drop of blood is worth a thousand gold! Not to mention the powder made from the ground scales..."
Another man passing by heard it and came over, with a look of obscene excitement in his eyes beneath the mask.
"Hehe, blood and scales are secondary. That feeling...tsk, tsk, docile and beautiful, more exciting than any beauty on the shore! This is the true 'unforgettable'!"
He licked his lips, looking unsatisfied.
The young lady was eager to try it out. "Really? I'll have to try it tonight."
Wen Yin suppressed her discomfort and maintained a smile while agreeing.
"Yeah, it's really... a magical species. But do I need to feed them? I'm afraid I'll kill them."
"Feed?"
The lady looked as if she had heard some joke.
"No, the boat owner said these things contain powerful life energy. We can be fine without food or water for a month."
"Feeding them would only arouse their wildness, making them difficult to control. It's so much better now, quietly and peacefully...devoting ourselves."
She said the last two words as a matter of course, with a chilling indifference.
Wen Yin got the key information, smiled and said a few perfunctory words, then left with an excuse.
[028, Have you found any trace of the ship owner on the cruise ship?]
Wen Yin walked onto the deck, letting the salty sea breeze blow on her face.
[Host, no, and I found this cruise ship very strange. Although it is filled with extremely strong strange energy everywhere, I can't find any obvious flaws when I search carefully.]
028's tone was filled with doubt.
[I've checked all the rooms on the cruise ship and haven't found anyone who fits the profile of a 'ship owner'. They all look like tourists.]
After listening to this, Wen Yin silently straightened her clothes.
Suddenly, she sniffed and smelled the sweet and rotten smell that she had smelled when she boarded the ship.
She pretended to stroll along the ship's side casually, her eyes casually scanning every corner.
It was not until he passed through a narrow passage leading to the lower cabin, where few people usually walked, that he smelled an increasingly strong smell of decay coming from the passage.
Wen Yin subconsciously covered her mouth and nose. There was no one around, her eyes flashed, and she turned into the passage calmly.
The light dimmed instantly, the air became damp and heavy, and the smell of decay grew stronger.
She followed the sickening smell deeper and saw a horrifying pile of something in a dark corner filled with cables and discarded oil drums.
It was a mass of dark red, sticky substance that looked like a giant rotting jellyfish, still wriggling very weakly.
It looked like a pile of rotten meat that had been separated and then pieced together, covered with slippery mucus and broken, octopus-like remains.
Several of its tentacles had neatly cut surfaces, and next to the wriggling pool of rotten flesh, there were a few pieces of cloth scattered around that looked particularly familiar to Wen Yin.
The interwoven patterns of white, blue and black are the uniform of the waiters on the cruise ship.
[Host, there is a metal plate behind the piece of meat in the upper right corner.]
028 prompted.
Wen Yin picked up a discarded tool and picked at the squirming rotten flesh. She actually picked out a silver metal plate.
It's a small piece with a pin on the back and the name and number on the front vaguely visible.
VIP restaurant attendant: Lin x
[This is the name badge of the waiter who delivered the "appetizers" to the host yesterday.]
028 Remember everything you see and remind yourself immediately.
[Host, could it be that he...]
[He is most likely the 'giant octopus' that attacked me.]
Wen Yin's tone was calm, as if she had instantly accepted the result that the servant had turned into an octopus.
Since this cruise ship is filled with high concentrations of strange power everywhere, it doesn't seem surprising that some strange things have emerged.
But what Wen Yin was more curious about at this moment were the few words that the servant uttered when he attacked her.
"Boat owner", "rules", and "can't help it".
At this moment, an extremely slight "rustling" sound, like a wet object rubbing against metal, came from the entrance of the passage.
As 028 prompted "Someone is coming", a cold and familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind her.
"My dear lady, this is not a tourist area."
Wen Yin turned around suddenly, her heart almost jumping out of her throat.
The servant who had accompanied her to select the mermaid in the Moonlight Hall last night was standing silently at the entrance of the passage like a ghost, facing the backlight and unable to see his expression.
His gaze penetrated the mask and fell on Wen Yin's face with a scrutinizing look.
"Ah, you're here just in time. My bracelet just fell off accidentally. Can you help me find it?"
Wen Yin quickly suppressed her shock, and a perfect expression of surprise and a hint of pride appeared on her face.
“That’s my favorite bracelet!”
The other party did not speak, but just stood high up and looked at her quietly.
The gaze was cold and sticky, as if it were substantial, causing Wen Yin to feel an indescribable, suffocating pressure.
After a few seconds of suffocating silence, he slightly turned sideways to make way for the exit of the passage, and his voice showed no emotion.
"Please go back first, ma'am. The smell here...is not suitable for a distinguished guest like you."
"I'll arrange for someone to help you find your bracelet."
"Well, there does smell something strange in here!"
Wen Yin frowned, covered her nose and walked quickly past the servant.
It was not until she walked a long way and felt the sunshine and sea breeze on the deck again that Wen Yin felt the cold and oppressive feeling subside slightly.
She looked back and saw that the other party did not follow her out.
In the dim passage, the servant slowly walked to the pool of dark red rotten flesh that was still weakly wriggling.
He squatted down, stretched out his white-gloved fingers, and gently touched the slippery and cold surface with extreme disgust and a hint of strange pity.
The rotten flesh twitched violently and emitted a faint hissing sound like a leaking air.
"idiot……"
The attendant's voice was low and distorted, no longer the cold and magnetic one he had when facing guests, but with an inhuman hoarseness.
"Can't help it? Hmm? She smells... really fragrant..."
He raised his head and looked in the direction where Wen Yin left. There seemed to be a trace of her scent still lingering in the air there.
His Adam's apple rolled, and the fingers under the white gloves curled up unconsciously, and his voice was filled with irrepressible, primitive desire.
"I want to...eat her, too."
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