Above the water, the white-haired angel had a handsome face, exuding a holy aura, but his body was covered in blood, and his eyes were indifferent. Looking down at the water, his silver pupils happened to meet Ji Ning's eyes.
Seeing this perfect face that didn't look like a real person, Ji Ning immediately understood where she was.
This time, space and time disorder appeared at the same time, and he not only became a mermaid in the apocalyptic world, but also came to the world of apocalyptic novels at the same time.
The novel is called "Ark Angel". It is also in the future era. A huge, highly developed planet was destroyed by crazy wars and technology. the outer asteroid belt and split into thousands of nations.
The conditions in the asteroid belt are harsh, the weather is abnormal, and the survival resources are extremely scarce. However, the migrating humans barely survived by relying on the technology of the past. In order to adapt to the environment and launch wars, many planetary countries have entered the era of large-scale genetic modification.
In the planetary country called "Noah Star", the research institute representing the highest scientific and technological authority in the country created the "Ark Angel", which is the hero of the novel Ark.
Ark's name is "Ark", which means Ark. He is not a real human being, but a bionic man who has integrated dozens of biological genes. He is the most powerful humanoid weapon since civilization records.
At the request of the dignitaries, Ark was given an angelic appearance and the good name of "Ark Angel", symbolizing the holy angel who guided the Noahs to the light.
But on the other hand, in the apocalypse, apart from the creatures who boarded the ark, there will be no survivors in the monstrous flood, and it is Ark who is the representative who brings catastrophic disasters to other planets. Noah's army.
In the continuous wars, under the leadership of Ark, Noah's army was invincible, invaded other planetary countries, and rapidly strengthened its own strength. New ideas arose.
They want to make Ark a real "Ark Angel".
If Ark is not only a killing machine, but a symbol of Noah, representing the prosperity and future of mankind, many planetary countries will surrender to Noah on their own and form a huge federal state. Noah will be defeated without a fight. It can become the hub and core of the entire Federation.
In such a plan, Ji Ning and Alke met. As a precious mermaid pet, he was given to the "Ark Angel" by the powerful and he was given to him to raise, hoping that by this means, Alke could experience "love" , no longer so cold, only know how to obey orders and kill.
The staff of the institute were extremely dissatisfied and strongly protested against this plan. They believed that once Arke, a war machine, had feelings, it would likely cause very dire consequences.
However, Noah's dignitaries wanted to realize their ambition to establish a federation. The researchers' objection was ineffective. In the end, they had to compromise. They brought Jining into the research institute and built a huge greenhouse and pool in Ark's residence for the mermaid to live in. .
Like Ark, who is a android, the mermaid is also not a naturally occurring species, but is genetically modified.
There are two main types of mermaids, one is fighting mermaid, which can destroy the enemy's underwater forces in water battles, and the other is pet mermaid, with charming temperament and ethereal singing, gentle and soft, beautiful and kind, Ji Ning belong to the latter.
When it was given to Alke, the beautiful mermaid emerged from the water, hooked the back of the neck of the white-haired angel, raised her eyes, full of temptation, and said with a smile to the angel who seemed a little overwhelmed.
"I am yours now, noble 'Ark Angel'."
…
For Ji Ning, the process of attacking Ark was not difficult. Ark's appearance was cold and full of inhumanity. He was a killing machine that absolutely obeyed orders, but it didn't mean that he had no feelings, it was just that no one cared about him in the past. thought, and didn't really care about him.
Alke's personality was actually simple, like a clean piece of white paper. After Ji Ning arrived, he finally got a splendid color. Rather than saying that Ji Ning was his property, it was more like he was marked with Ji Ning's name. brand.
But unfortunately, the current Alke should no longer know him.
Ji Ning raised his head and blinked, and vaguely saw that the white-haired angel's wings were partially broken, and according to Huo Wuling, it was still an auction venue outside, so he could probably guess what kind of plot was going on right now.
In fact, Ji Ning and Ark met before the plot of "Angel of the Ark" officially started. After Ji Ning completed the mission and died, Ark seriously violated Noah's law and committed the death penalty, and began to be punished by several second generation "Ark Angel" hunted down.
Although the personal fighting ability of the second-generation angels is far inferior to that of the first-generation Ark, their numbers have an advantage and they cooperate with each other in a tacit understanding. In the end, they hit Ark by sneak attack, destroying most of Ark's body and seriously injuring the dying Ark. Falls on a desolate asteroid and is picked up by the second male.
This is where the plot of the whole book begins. The second male is a mercenary who is both righteous and evil. He picks up the severely damaged Ark. He wants to completely disassemble the android, but unexpectedly finds that Ark is not dead.
Although the second male did not know that this was the famous "Ark Angel", he was keenly aware that Ark seemed to be very powerful, so he rescued him and brought him home.
As a android, Ark's self-healing ability is very powerful. Even if he loses most of his body, he can slowly heal himself, but because he has lost part of his brain, his memory storage is damaged, he has lost all his memories, and he doesn't know that he is " Ark Angel," and did not remember why he was attacked.
The second male is unruly by nature. He doesn't care about Ark's past, but only about money. When Aerke's injury is more than half healed, he will let the powerful Ark follow him as a mercenary, take on various tasks, and let Aerke This is to pay off the debt during the recuperation period.
This world is relatively close to the present. Ji Ning had read the original book and vaguely remembered that they had an auction mission.
This was an underground black market auction, and none of the people who came here were good people. The second male partner came here with Alke and swept all the auction items. As a type of auction items, it seemed that Ji Ning should be counted as them. trophy.
After a while, another head emerged from the water. It was a handsome man with red hair, and it was the second male Fuggie.
After vaguely seeing the mermaid underwater, the red-haired man raised his eyebrows, patted Alke's shoulder with a smile, and said, "The news is right, there is indeed a mermaid, this time we can make a lot of money. sent."
After speaking, the man left for a while, and after a while, another corpse was dragged out and thrown into the water body, making the water smell fishy.
Pet mermaids are delicate and have extremely high requirements for water quality. They never want to stay in water that has been polluted by corpses. They put corpses in just to force the underwater mermaid to surface, so that they can take him away.
Ji Ning was also a little dizzy because of the fishy smell. He moved up unconsciously. Huo Wuling grabbed his wrist and asked with a smile, "Do you want me to kill them?"
"No." Ji Ning shook his head slightly and said, "I know one of them. We used to be friends. Although he has lost his memory and doesn't know me anymore, he shouldn't hurt me."
After all, the pet mermaid is docile, not aggressive, and can sell for a good price, so they have no reason to hurt him.
As for the eventuality of being sold, Ji Ning is not worried. Anyway, he will definitely be able to return to Gu Chen's world, and Huo Wuling is still there. Now that the situation is special, Huo Wuling will definitely not let others hurt him. .
"This place doesn't seem to be the original world, but you say that you have your friends. Is this the world you have been to before?"
Huo Wuling showed a half-smile but pinched his jaw: "Are you really just friends?"
"Whatever you think." Ji Ning pushed his hand away, swung the fish tail and swam straight up.
"You used to be so obedient, but now you're not obedient at all. You really have nothing to fear."
The beautiful black-haired man raised his eyebrows, but he wasn't really angry, he followed behind Ji Ning leisurely: "What is your purpose in this world, to see your friends? Or do you have something new? Task?"
"It was sent over by accident. I didn't expect this to happen." Ning said, "As for why you want to swim up, it's just that I don't want to stay here."
Huo Wuling shrugged slightly, shook his head with a smile, and said nothing.
Ji Ning swam to the surface, and as soon as he emerged from the water, he was quickly put on a metal collar, and the slender chain was pulled into the red-haired man's hand.
"Hey, little mermaid, although the situation is a little sudden, it's okay, you just need to understand one thing: now the two of us are your new masters."
The red-haired man dressed as a mercenary wrapped around Ji Ning's neck. After seeing Ji Ning's face clearly, he raised his eyebrows and let out a frivolous whistle. Beauty. Alke, what do you think, isn't he beautiful?"
He raised his elbow and poked at the arm of the white-haired angel. The angel's originally indifferent gaze swept across Ji Ning's face, and he was stunned.
"Hey… "
Without getting a response from his companions, the red-haired man was very dissatisfied, and turned his head a little unhappily, but the next moment, a look of consternation appeared on his face, and he looked at the white-haired angel in shock.
Alke's expression didn't change. He looked at the mermaid quietly. Tears flowed from his cold silver pupils, and dripped down to the ground along his white jaw.
"..." The red-haired man said with a complicated expression, "So you cry too? Do you have any impression of him?"
"I have no idea."
Alke raised his hand, wiped his tears with the back of his hand, and looked down for a few seconds.
He didn't understand why he was crying, but he couldn't stop the beating of his heart.
The white-haired angel looked at the mermaid, opened his lips, and asked, "Did we... know each other before?"
The merman smiled at him and replied, "Maybe."
"Maybe?" Alke was startled and asked, "Why maybe? Instead of 'yes' or 'no'?"
"Because you don't remember anything, it's pointless to ask about the past."
Huo Wuling's translucent figure suddenly appeared in the air, raising the corners of his lips and said.
Ark and the red-haired man reacted very quickly, suddenly aware of the dangerous aura on him, and aimed the muzzle at him and fired a few shots, but Huo Wuling didn't even dodge, letting the bullet pass through his body , still intact.
"In this state, your weapons are useless to me."
The black-haired man smiled, spread his hands and said, "I have no intention of being your enemy. I am not the person at this auction, and I am not interested in what you are doing."
His eyes swept across the corpses on the ground under the auction platform, and his expression was indifferent, but suddenly he stretched out his finger and gently hooked it. The metal collar on Ji Ning's neck snapped off and fell into the water with a "pop". .
"But I don't like how you treat him like that."
Huo Wuling's illusory figure flickered and fell to Ji Ning's side, hugging his shoulders, a bit of coldness in his smile.
"I'll take out all the bones in your body if I pretend to be his master again. Why, do you want to try the mollusk way of life?"
"Sorry, we didn't know you were the owner of this mermaid."
The red-haired man didn't know Huo Wuling's identity and origin, but when he saw that he was in a ghost-like state, and the methods he used were unheard of, he knew that this was definitely not something to be easily provoked, so he smiled and waved his hands to retreat.
"In order to apologize, we are willing to share the spoils of the auction with you equally. As for this mermaid, you can naturally take it away at will, and we will definitely keep it secret for you."
While he was talking, he was about to step down from the auction table, but he suddenly found that Ark was motionless and was still standing there looking at the mermaid in the water.
"Alke," he said in a low voice, "it's time to get out of here, that merman doesn't belong to us."
"I want him."
But contrary to everyone's expectations, Ark made a surprising speech, raised his eyes to the ghost floating in the air, and asked calmly, "I can pay you as much as you want, please transfer him to me."
"Alke!"
The red-haired man's face changed slightly, and he called him immediately. Don't say whether the strange man is willing to sell the mermaid, Ark alone is very problematic. No matter how much money you can pay in business, isn't this waiting to be slaughtered!
"He's not for sale." Huo Wuling smiled.
Alke pursed his lips and said, "If his value cannot be measured in money, then I can be hired by you to do anything for you until you think it is equal to his value."
"..." The red-haired man covered his face and was about to faint.
He didn't understand why his companion was so powerful, but he could be so simple—well, he was also a beneficiary. If Alke had such a personality, he wouldn't have joined him in such a high-risk occupation as a mercenary. But now they are accomplices, and this man is not. The nature of the two is fundamentally different.
The red-haired man couldn't listen anymore. He cleared his throat and was about to negotiate with Huo Wuling on behalf of his companions when he heard the mermaid speaking to Alke in his gentle and beautiful voice.
"It's okay, you can take me with you."
"Ningning," Huo Wuling stared at him for a while, then said, "Do you know what you're talking about?"
Ji Ning glanced at him: "You are not my master."
"Is he not your master?"
The red-haired man showed a strange look, and looked at Huo Wuling together, not understanding why this man just assumed the stance of a possessor.
"I'm not?" Huo Wuling squinted her beautiful eyes, chuckled, and said, "Ning Ning, don't forget, who has personally fed you with blood for three years."
"At least not now," Ji Ning said. "It's better to say that Ark might actually be my master."
"Do you really know me?" the white-haired angel asked, looking straight at him.
"perhaps."
Ji Ning still answered him the same way.
…
Alke picked up the merman from the water, carefully put him into the water tank they had prepared in advance, and then entered the old small aircraft, and the red-haired man left the auction venue with the merman and other spoils.
Huo Wuling sat on the transparent water tank and looked at the mermaid below him. Although he habitually curled the corners of his lips, his expression was rarely gloomy, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
The handsome angel was half-squatting in front of the water tank, her white hair like snow fell down, her arms were on her knees, and half her face was buried in her arms.
The man in front of the flying machine always glanced back from time to time, afraid that the strange black-haired man would fight with Alke, but he soon gave up this move, because Alke looked at the mermaid with really screaming eyes. He got goosebumps all over.
In fact, for ordinary people, it's not a big mood swing, and it's even relatively mild. However, after getting along with this indifferent android for a long time, the red-haired man had never seen his second expression before. But today, seeing Alke's tears and joyful eyes one after another, the impact on the man is really not small.
How can I describe this feeling...
After thinking for a while, the red-haired man finally came up with a more suitable metaphor. It was like looking at a cold doll and suddenly laughing, making people wonder if it was haunted - and there really is a ghost here. .
"you… "
After a moment of silence, Alke put his finger on the glass of the water tank and asked the mermaid inside: "Are you hungry? What do you want to eat?"
"I'm not hungry." Ning smiled, "Thank you, Ark."
"… "
The angel lowered his head, the damaged white wings behind him trembled slightly, showing a little unease in his heart, as if he was trying very hard to think about what topic to discuss with the mermaid.
"You said your name was Ji Ning." He looked up at the mermaid, "It's a very nice name."
Ji Ning laughed again and said thank you to Alke. Although Alke had no memory, his personality was still the same as before.
When the two of them met for the first time, Ji Ning put his hand around Ark's neck and gave him a warm hug. At that time, Ark was also at a loss and said the exact same words to him now.
"I'm tired of hearing nonsense greetings."
Huo Wuling lay down on the top of the water tank, looked at Ji Ning and Ark below, and said lightly, "Ning Ning, don't you find it boring to be with such boring people?"
It's thrilling to be with you, just worry that I might die at any time...
Ji Ning glanced at Huo Wuling and muttered in his heart.
"You seem to be very dissatisfied with me." Huo Wuling saw the look in his eyes, reached out and knocked on the glass cover of the water tank, with a dangerous smell in his smile, "I'm getting more and more courageous, I really thought I couldn't do anything about you. already?"
"You can't kill me now."
Ji Ning said, and Huo Wuling can't use Herinos as a means of threat, because of the existence of a blood pact, if Herinos dies, he is likely to die, and Huo Wuling will disappear with him. .
"I can't kill you," Huo Wuling raised his lips, "but—"
He suddenly sank his entire body into the water tank, grabbed Ji Ning's wrist, pressed his back against the glass of the water tank, and kissed him fiercely, until Ji Ning couldn't breathe, and began to push him desperately. , Huo Wuling stepped back and asked him with a smile, "Do you still think I can't do anything about you?"
"… "
Ji Ning waved the fish tail and stepped back a little uncomfortably, but Huo Wuling bullied him, grabbed his light blue tail, and said with a smile, "Where do you want to go?"
"Boom."
Suddenly, a sound came from above them. The white-haired angel flapped his wings and floated slightly in the air. He took off the glass cover of the water tank, and got into the water tank. Regardless of the wet feathers, he picked up the mermaid and held it in his arms. Both of their shoulders were exposed above the water.
His expression was frosty, he raised his hand to wipe Ji Ning's lips, and said coldly, "Don't touch him."
Huo Wuling raised her eyebrows and grabbed Ji Ning's tail, "Who do you think you are talking to?"
"boom!"
The aircraft suddenly jolted violently, and the red-haired man sitting in front slammed on the brakes, looked back in astonishment, and was stunned by the mess behind him.
Ji Ning held her fish tail and sat in the water tank with a blank expression.
The water tank was not damaged in any way, but in addition, the inner wall of the aircraft had been severely deformed, and most of the spoils obtained tonight were destroyed, exuding black smoke.
"It's a pity it didn't hit me."
Huo Wuling floated in the air and said with a smile, while the fingertips of the white-haired angel had gathered a dazzling light again, brewing a terrifying power of destruction, and was about to launch it again—
"You all stop me!!"
The red-haired man screamed blood and ran towards the back.
… the ominous premonition is growing.
Ji Ning looked outside, hugged her tail tightly, curled up in the water tank, motionless.