The physiological structure of sirens determines that their emotions are fundamentally different from those of humans. Once they form an emotional bond with an object, their pituitary gland secretes special hormones that stimulate the nerves in the brain, resulting in changes in neural structure. Once this kind of change is formed, it cannot be undone, so the love of the Kraken is more loyal and strong than the love of human beings. It can be said that it is a mixture of love, loyalty, family affection and friendship. It is not difficult for the Kraken to be one person for the rest of their lives, and there is nothing worthy of praise, just because for them, this kind of relationship is like this. According to statistics released by the third base Kraken Research Center in 2500, after the death of a partner, about 46% of the Krakens lost their will to live, of which 35% entered a coma and gradually died, and 12% took the initiative to commit suicide. , 30% died of illness because of long-term depression. That is to say, once the will to survive is lost, the death rate of the Kraken is as high as 80%. —Summary of Kraken’s Physiological and Psychological Characteristics Volume 3 On that day, Tsuruta Craftsman mentioned to him the topic of “losing the will to survive”. Tsuruta said that as long as Mercury didn’t recognize that he was not Tang Ya, it shouldn’t be that dangerous. situation. So after Hetian left, Tang Yi immediately called up the projection computer in the Mercury Ward, connected to his personal folder, dug out the books on Kraken studies that Qu Lan had passed to him before, and found this passage.
He read it over and over and slumped back in his chair. Thinking of Mercury's lifeless sleeping face, he knew that what he was most worried about had happened.
He suddenly stood up from the chair and wanted to report to Qu Lan that the mission failed, so that they could come to rescue the mercury. But as soon as he reached the door of the room, he stopped. If the Ministry of Security knew that Mercury had lost the will to live, what would they do
There are only two endings - send him to the convalescent hall to die, or... Tang Yi couldn't think of the second possibility, but he instinctively felt that the Ministry of Security had a very special attitude towards mercury. If Mercury loses the will to live, will it be sent to some strange research institute for dissection or something...
Thinking of this, Tang Yi fought a cold war and withdrew his footsteps.
He wandered around the room for a while, then connected to the Internet, entered "sea monster" and "lost will to survive" in the search box, downloaded all the files he searched, and turned them one by one. He was fascinated, when suddenly the screen on the head of the service robot in the room lit up, and it turned out to be Qu Lan.
"All members of the 15th Division of the Kraken Squadron, please have a meeting in the conference room on the 50th floor of the Security Military Region Hospital in half an hour."
Tang Yi was even more troubled. This interrogation was inevitable, and he had to think of a way to deal with it...
An hour later, Tang Yi came out of the elevator wearing a straight military uniform and happened to bump into Nolan and Rose. Neither of them seemed injured. Nolan called him affectionately, and patted him on the shoulder vigorously as soon as he reached out, "Yo! How's the hole in your stomach?"
Tang Yi pulled out a smile, "Occasionally I feel a little leaky."
Rose giggled.
"Hey! Golden Retriever Gorilla!" Lin Maochen, who ran over quickly, jumped on Nolan's back as dexterously as a monkey. Nolan roared angrily and turned around trying to throw Lin Maochen off, but the other's legs were still tightly clamped. Lan Huang rubbed his temples like he had a headache, "Little minister, little ancestor, you just ordered, can you stop making trouble..."
Seeing everyone's relaxed and happy faces, Tang Yi felt like a dead weight was pressed against his heart, and he could only barely pull out a smile.
"are you OK?"
Tang Yi turned around abruptly, but what he saw was a pair of dark blue magic eyes. Peacock looked at him with a bit of concern, and the blue-green hair was swept lightly across his cheeks by the wind.
Tang Yi pretended to be relaxed, "I'm fine."
Peacock looked at him quietly, and suddenly leaned down slightly close to his cheek. Tang Yi just felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to step back a little, when the wet breath slipped into his ear canal, "Did he see through your identity?"
It was obvious who he was referring to.
Tang Yi's body froze, just about to refute. Peacock pulled a little distance away and stared into his eyes, those blurred eyes that seemed to swallow people's hearts reflected the panic in Tang Yi's eyes.
"No need to explain, I'm a Kraken, and I know that he will see through you. But that doesn't mean you don't have a chance, and it's not that there are no Krakens who have lost their will to survive and come back to life."
Tang Yi stared blankly at the Kraken and then retreated calmly after speaking. Hetian appeared from behind him and glared at him fiercely. But Tang Yi had no intention of paying attention to his provocation at this moment.
Is what the peacock said true
After Dr. Tan also arrived, the tall carved wooden door of the conference room automatically opened to both sides. In front of a long round table in the conference room, a straight figure was sitting, his slightly tired eyes shining directly through the dim light.
It turned out to be the commander-in-chief Jiang Yanfeng.
Qu Lan stood behind Jiang Yanfeng and said loudly, "Come in."
Ten people automatically lined up in two rows, with the humans in the front and the Kraken in the back. Tang Yi stood at the end of the first line and lowered his gaze slightly.
Hetian presented the mission report to Jiang Yanfeng, Jiang Yanfeng glanced briefly, and said, "This time we have obtained a lot of intelligence loopholes, and you have done a good job. It's just..." Jiang Yanfeng suddenly became sharp and compelling. In an instant, it was fixed on Tang Yi, "What's going on with Mercury?"
Tang Yi took half a step out of the line, "Report to Captain, Mercury Bioenergy has been overused and is still in a coma."
"Bioenergy is overused? It's been four and a half days now, why haven't you regained consciousness?"
With a somewhat deterrent tone, Tang Yi pursed his lips, wanting to say that I'm not a doctor, how would I know. But obviously, he dared not say so.
"Report Captain!" Tan Mingyuan suddenly came out, "This time Tang Yi was seriously injured by the out-of-control LEV34 variant in the research institute in order to save a few of us. Mercury overdrawn his own strength in order to hold his life and entered a coma to restore his body. It is also one of the abilities of the Kraken, I am afraid it will take a few days to wake up."
Tang Yi was very grateful, but he didn't expect Dr. Tan to stand up and speak for him at this time.
Jiang Yanfeng's eyes were still glued to Tang Yi with a bit of hesitation. He stood up slowly, holding his cane, "Team 15 is on vacation for a month, during which time it is not required to return to the team to report. After a month, resume daily training. Tang Ya stays, and the others can go out."
Nolan and Tan Mingyuan glanced at Tang Yi worriedly, but still followed their words. Jiang Yanfeng turned his face to the side and said to Qu Lan, "You also go out."
Qu Lan raised his eyebrows and glanced at Tang Yi. After all, he didn't say anything. He obediently gave a military salute and passed Tang Yi. The door slowly closed behind him.
Qu Lan leaned on a cane and paced in front of Tang Yi. Those slightly drooping melancholy eyes carefully looked at Tang Yi's expression.
Jiang Yanfeng said, "You and your brother are indeed similar in appearance, but after all, a person cannot be the shadow of the other."
"… why did you suddenly say this… "
"Did Mercury detect your identity?"
"No!" Tang Yi answered decisively, "If he recognized that I was a fake, he would not have tried his best to save me!".
Jiang Yanfeng looked at him for a while with an unpredictable expression, and seemed to think that what Tang Yi said was reasonable. He continued, "As you should have guessed, Quicksilver is different from ordinary Krakens. His strength and talent are far beyond other Krakens, and there is still a lot of potential to be tapped. The Ministry of Security also attaches great importance to him. If He fell into a coma for a long time, and even entered a state of exhaustion, we have to report."
"Captain, isn't it just four days?" Tang Yi pleaded softly, "Maybe he will wake up tomorrow, so there's no need to alarm the security department for such a trivial matter?"
The shallow wrinkles between Jiang Yanfeng's brows deepened. He sighed, "I can wait a week. If he doesn't wake up in a week, I will report it to the security department."
One week... so short...
But better than nothing. Tang Yi said righteously, "Thank you, Captain!"
"Don't thank me." Jiang Yanfeng smiled wearily and turned around, "Privately, I want to remind you not to get too deep. He is already bound to others and will never respond to you. Feelings. Sometimes you think you are willing to pay unilaterally, but in fact, people always ask for something in return. A substitute is not a long-term job."
Tang Yi was stunned for a moment, looking at Jiang Yanfeng's broad shoulders, but seemed to see a hint of depression.
What nonsense is he talking about... Emotional and unfeeling... Mercury saved him, so it's fair that he saves Mercury too, isn't it
What's more, Mercury was also a very important person to my brother during his lifetime, so he could be considered as fulfilling his brother's last wish, right
Hmm... It must have nothing to do with feelings or anything, he can't fall in love with his brother's Kraken, let alone a male...
"Let's go." Jiang Yanfeng waved his hand, "Remember, you only have one week."
After the meeting that day, Tang Yi simply packed his personal belongings in a small bag and got into the No. 2 ICU. He tried all kinds of methods, such as yelling at Mercury's ears, pinching people, pinching his face, pinching his arms, poking his stomach... but Mercury didn't respond. Just when he was sitting on Mercury's stomach and was about to slap Mercury a few times, the door of the ward opened. A watery little nurse looked at him with her mouth open, "You... Who are you! What are you doing!"
Tang Yi sighed and stood up, one jumped off the bed, rushed over and leaned against the door in three or two steps, looking down at the big-eyed girl in a pale pink nurse uniform in front of him, slightly raised the right corner of his mouth, smiling badly, " Little beauty, come to check the room?"
The little nurse holding the military uniform's face flushed red, and she lowered her voice a little bewildered, "Tan... the visiting time has passed!"
"I know~" Tang Yi tilted his head slightly, still using the "girl killer" smile he practiced in Kabukicho to slam the little nurse, "Little beauty, can you be accommodating? I'm the sea monster inside. the master."
"Master, don't mess around!"
Tang Yi suddenly stepped forward and put one hand on the wall beside the little nurse's cheek. The little nurse who was stunned by the wall couldn't react, and in front of her eyes was the graceful collarbone exposed by the neckline of Tang Yi's untied hospital gown. When she looked up, she saw Tang Yi's slightly narrowed smirk eyes, and his heart thumped. Jumping wildly.
"Little beauty, do you know what the relationship between the siren and the master is? Let's put it this way, if I die, my siren will die with love~" He whispered with a hoarse voice. In the ears of the little nurse, her body was a little puffy. She had just graduated from nursing school and was assigned to this hospital for two years. She was so busy on weekdays that her boyfriend didn't have time to talk to her. When she met Tang Yi, a master girl flirting who was also skilled in Kabukicho, of course she had to disarm and surrender. portion.
"You said, he is in a coma now, and he must want to see me beside him when he wakes up. Little beauty, you have such charming eyes, and your heart must be very gentle. Just let me accompany him? "
The little nurse has been fascinated by the hormones emanating from Tang Yi's body. She bowed her head shyly, "Then... only this night, you can't make a fuss... "
Tang Yi nodded the little nurse's nose, "I know, little beauty, I won't trouble you~ Oh, by the way, can I trouble you to go to the vending machine to buy a pack of cigarettes for me?"
"You don't have to go too far!"
Three hours later, Tang Yi was sitting on the roof of the hospital building, smoking a cigarette depressedly. The city lights were bright at night, reflecting the entire sky in a deep rose color. He bit his thumb irritably. He tried all kinds of methods, but Mercury didn't respond at all. According to the information found on the Internet, if the Kraken enters a coma because of the loss of will to survive, the probability of waking up is similar to the probability of waking up in a vegetative state.
"Got you."
Tang Yi was so frightened that he almost dropped the cigarette. When he turned his head, the gorgeous peacock blue hair and neat military uniform turned out to be a peacock.
"Why are you here?"
"I'm coming to find you."
"Find me?"
"It's hard to talk in the afternoon," Peacock walked over with graceful steps and sat beside him, "Is there any more cigarettes?"
Tang Yi raised his eyebrows, "You sirens still smoke?"
"Of course, we can do anything humans can do." Peacock skillfully lit a cigarette on Tang Yi's lighter, Ye Feng lifted his silky hair, and the neon lights illuminated his charming face. change on.
"Tell me, how did Mercury recognize you?"
Tang Yi was speechless. How did this siren say so sure? At that time, he was obviously captured by the rebels like Tsuruta, right? Could it be fishing
He remembered that Mercury and this peacock had almost fought at the base of the Eighth Division before, and he was a little worried that the peacock would inform...
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone other than me." Peacock stroked his messy hair and stared at Tang Yi with a half-smile, "Do you know why I hate mercury?"
"… do not know… "
Peacock lowered his gaze, his always proud and charming face, but with a trace of loneliness.
"You know, if Mercury didn't wake up early and wasn't found by your brother, according to the original settings, he should be bound to Jiang Zhen."