Chapter 108
As the white shadow passed through the sky along with the fishing rod, the next moment, before Ye Bai turned his head, he heard a voice, and it was a very obvious, crisp and tender girl's voice.
“Hungry, hungry, hungry—!”
Ye Bai, who was confused, quickly turned his head to look in the direction where the fishing line flew, and then saw a small figure sitting on the ground behind him.
After seeing the true face of that figure, Ye Bai couldn't help but be stunned: So, so cute...
What is this, the baby version of The Little Mermaid!
Lying on the ground was a little girl who looked no more than three or four years old. Her round face was inlaid with a pair of big green eyes, which made her look delicate and cute. However, the most noticeable thing about her at first sight was her long red hair that almost covered most of her body and stuck to her body like seaweed.
At this moment, as Ye Bai turned around, the little girl's eyes lit up when she saw her. She stretched out her short limbs, which looked very soft, and danced excitedly, crawling towards her.
As he crawled, his expression was as eager as a child who had found his family, but all he said was:
"Hungry! Hungry, hungry, hungry..."
"...Huh?" Ye Bai was completely confused by this scene. What was going on?
There is no doubt that the little girl in front of him must be a deep-sea tribe member - similar to the setting of mermaids, after the deep-sea tribe members come ashore, they will lose their fish characteristics, and naturally grow hands and feet, and look no different from ordinary land humans.
Of course, at the same time, their attributes will be weakened by 20%, and their strength cannot be fully exerted, especially in deep-sea magic.
But Ye Bai was fishing with a fishing rod, how could he catch a child from the deep sea tribe?
This feeling of being out of tune with the surroundings brought Ye Bai the same surprise as when he had previously discovered the magical three-piece fishing gear set in the center of the island. Ye Bai subconsciously complained in his heart: Could it be that she really caught the Kraken, the god of the sea, this time?
Thinking of this, Ye Bai used an insight on the deep-sea cub that was crawling towards him:
Level: 1
No other attributes are displayed, only one level 1.
This situation was obviously unusual. If it was really an ordinary level 1 NPC, more detailed attribute information should not be hidden from Ye Bai. Moreover, even if the level was higher than her, a string of question marks would be displayed instead of not displaying it directly like now.
Ye Bai had only seen the same situation with some special characters, such as Ottophis and the paper man.
Speaking of special people... the thought that had flashed through Ye Bai's mind before popped up again: It's impossible that the sea god Kraken is such a little girl, right?
The "small" here does not mean that she is small in age, but in size.
The deep-sea creatures, or all deep-sea creatures, have a distinctive characteristic, which is that their strength is proportional to their size. The bigger they are, the stronger they are, and the stronger they are, the bigger they will grow.
Ye Bai turned his head and looked at Ottophis and the paper man. Both of them were confused about the appearance of the little girl, and the paper man's information vision did not obtain any more information.
Ye Bai immediately looked at the devil Asilio who was used as bait: "What did you see underwater?"
"Ha! I don't know anything," Alicio said, crossing his arms. "I'm just an ordinary bait."
Seeing that Alisio was unwilling to answer how he fished out the little girl, Ye Bai did not continue to ask. If he asked, the devil would also put forward conditions for the answer, and the answer he got might not be true.
At this time, the little girl had already crawled all the way to a place only five or six meters away from Ye Bai.
Then she stopped.
It wasn't that she wanted to stop, but the fishhook behind her was pulling her.
Ye Bai, who was still holding the fishing rod in his hand, noticed that the other end of the fishing rod was connected to the fish hook by the fishing line, and the anesthetic fish hook was now hooked on the "clothes" of the little girl.
That's right, before this, it was mostly obscured by the little girl's eye-catching red hair. Only then did Ye Bai see that she was actually wearing a vest dress that seemed to be made of kelp and seaweed. Upon closer inspection, the workmanship was very rough, and he didn't know who made it.
The case of how a deep-sea creature was caught was solved. It turned out that the little girl was not caught by biting the bait like a fish, but was caught by her clothes on the hook.
So... could it be that the previous situation was that Alisio discovered the deep-sea people underwater and then lured their children?
Ye Bai glanced at Alisio with suspicion, feeling that he had probably guessed what had happened underwater before, which made the other party confused.
"Wow, I'm hungry! Hungry, hungry, wuwuwu..."
At this time, the little girl's clear cry interrupted Ye Bai's thoughts.
The deep-sea creatures were also recognized as "fish" by the system, and the fishing rods could not be damaged. Therefore, as long as Ye Bai did not remove the fishing rod from the equipment bar, no matter how the little girl struggled, she would not be able to break free from the restraints.
Seeing that she couldn't struggle free, the little girl suddenly burst into tears.
The tears on her face were normal tears. Although the deep-sea people followed the settings of mermaids in many aspects, they did not have the ability to turn their tears into pearls. This was because Ye Bai considered that the real 'final devil' of the game was the players. If there was such a setting of tears turning into pearls, it was very likely that the deep-sea people would be kept in captivity to raise pearls after their levels were upgraded.
"Uh... stop crying, stop crying."
Seeing this, Ye Bai paused, then let go of the fishing rod and put it into his backpack.
With this release, the little girl was finally freed from the constraints of the system rules on the fishing rod, and the fishhook that was originally hooked on her kelp vest also disappeared.
"Stop crying, what's your name..."
Ye Bai was about to ask a question when the little girl suddenly burst out at an extremely fast speed and rushed towards her like a small cannonball.
"Um?!"
Ye Bai was startled and regretful. He was careless! He shouldn't have let himself be paralyzed by cuteness and lost his guard.
The next moment——
“Bah…”
The little girl hugged her legs faster than Ye Bai could react.
Just like the sound, Ye Bai felt a soft, wet ball hugging his legs.
Ye Bai was caught off guard and looked down, and the little girl also raised her head from her legs.
When their eyes met, Ye Bai was met with a pair of large eyes as clear as emeralds, full of innocence and expectation, with traces of tears in the corners of the eyes.
"hiss……"
So, so cute!
It’s no wonder that Ye Bai was careless just now. No one could have handled this!
Ye Bai hesitated and said again: "You..."
“Hungry!”
The little girl shouted again in a clear voice, with tears even flowing from the corner of her mouth.
After saying this, Ye Bai saw the little girl's eyes suddenly light up, and she turned her head to the side, staring at an object not far behind her.
Then the little girl opened Ye Bai's legs and slid down.
Ye Bai was not exaggerating, she really felt the little girl sliding down her legs. Her body was wet and surprisingly soft, as if there were no bones in her body.
After landing, the little girl once again burst out with the amazing speed she had just used to rush towards Ye Bai, and ran towards the direction she had just looked at using her hands and feet.
Ye Bai looked over and saw a small afterimage passing by, and in a breath it rushed into the place not far behind her——
Fish basket.
"thump!"
The little girl disappeared into the fish basket.
Ye Bai's pupils shrank, and he had a bad premonition.
She walked quickly towards the fish basket, and before she touched this magical prop, she saw a little red head popping out of the fish basket.
The little girl grabbed the edge of the fish basket with both hands, licked her lips, and looked at Ye Bai. Her big green eyes showed the same innocent expression as before.
Not so fast...
When Ye Bai saw this lip-licking action, he felt an even stronger sense of foreboding.
Then, Ye Bai touched the fish basket——
An independent grid page appeared. The three rare sea fish that were supposed to weigh more than 100 kilograms each had disappeared without a trace. Now, there was only one "fish" in the entire fish basket with unlimited capacity.
The image was the little red-haired girl in front of him who was smiling at Ye Bai.
Seeing Ye Bai coming over, the little girl stretched out her hands that were beside the fish basket and raised them towards Ye Bai. It was obvious that she wanted a hug, but the words she uttered were:
“Hungry!”
Ye Bai: “…”
My goodness, the fish that would take her a whole day to eat non-stop was gone in a flash!
This is definitely not the behavior of deep-sea people. They can eat so much, but they can't see any information. Could it be...
Even though she was really cute, Ye Bai still didn't pick her up as she wished.
The little girl was trapped in the fish basket. It was definitely not because she didn't want to come out, but because she was also an aquatic creature and was restricted by the magical fish basket. Even though she was different from other fish in the fish basket and could even stick out half of her head, she still couldn't get out.
While the fish basket was trapping the little girl, Ye Bai's face turned serious and he asked earnestly, "Who are you?"
Seeing Ye Bai's solemn expression, the little girl tilted her head in confusion, still looking confused: "Hungry?"
The corner of Ye Bai's mouth twitched: "..."
Is it possible that the only word this little guy can say is 'hungry'?
"May I have your name?"
Ye Bai asked again slowly.
The little girl seemed not to understand and lowered her long red eyelashes in a somewhat aggrieved manner, casting a shadow under her eyelids.
“Hungry…”
Ye Bai scratched his head, feeling like he was bullying a child.
What should I do if the only word I can say is "hungry"?
After a pause, Ye Bai's eyes moved, and then she took out a piece of previously grilled fish from her backpack - when she lit the bonfire before, she grilled a lot at once and put it in her backpack.
When the little girl saw the grilled fish, her eyes immediately lit up and her lips were sparkling again.
This big foodie's attributes...
He handed a skewer of grilled fish to the little girl, and the next moment, the fish meat and the fish bones disappeared into Ye Bai's hands.
“…” Even Ottophis knows not to eat bones!
"Can you tell me who you are?"
The little girl who ate the grilled fish blinked her green eyes, and a little starlight lit up, as if she finally understood what Ye Bai meant at this moment.
"Hungry...Kraken!"
Ye Bai: “Huh???”
Just admit it so easily?!
Although this guess had been popping up in his mind just now, now that it was confirmed, Ye Bai was at a loss.
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