At least three hours have passed since Tang Yi was taken away. Luo Wei slightly adjusted his body posture and moved his somewhat numb wrist behind him. He raised his eyes and saw the few rebel soldiers who were smoking, chatting and laughing at the door of the barn. They were dressed casually, and their clothes even looked worn, but the weapons in their hands were state-of-the-art firearms.
This is the first time Luo Wei has followed the team to perform a mission, and it is also the first time he has seen the rebels. He had heard a lot about the rebels in training camp, and the instructors told them that these rebels were uneducated outlaws who were ruthless and would do anything for their own benefit, including massacres of civilians. Now that he has fallen into the hands of these desperados, it is false to say that he is not afraid.
But he is more worried about Tang Yi now.
The soldiers guarding them looked at him and Tsuruta Takumi from time to time and laughed contemptuously, as if they were looking at something stupid and pitiful. This caused a bit of burning anger in his stomach.
He couldn't hear what the soldiers were talking about, but he heard a few words faintly, "Sraken... purple-haired..."
Luo Wei felt his nerves tense instantly.
He and Tsuruta felt the attack of the Kraken just now, but it stopped after a while. He thought it was the sirens who retreated temporarily. Could it be that... Zi Xi, this idiot, was caught
Luo Wei swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and forgot about Hetian with some worry. The latter shook his head at him, meaning not to act rashly.
Luo Wei doesn't like Zixi. Which Kraken is bound to is determined by the super-intelligent computer in the sword. He thought that as long as he worked hard, he would eventually fall in love with the Kraken bound to him. But no matter how much training he has undergone in the training camp, no matter how much he has forced himself to have a relationship with Purple Breath, he still doesn't have much special feelings for that siren. Maybe it would be easier if they were just friends.
But Zixi likes him so much, as long as he sees him, he will smile so happily, like a blooming cornflower, and the corners of his brows and eyes are full of sunshine.
This smile often made Luo Wei feel a little guilty.
The more guilt builds up, the more it turns into impatience.
Later, he figured out that the binding was originally one-sided, and if he couldn't respond to the Kraken, there was nothing he could do. In the training camp, the instructors have warned them more than once that they must know how to control their emotions, and they can respond to the siren to a certain extent, but they cannot be too invested. Emotional binding is a double-edged sword. The owner of the Kraken must maintain absolute sobriety and self-control, otherwise the weapon that controls the Kraken may eventually become an abyss of self-destruction. Before he graduated from the team, Yin Chengmin told him the story of Nolan and Rose. He still remembered that the instructor patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly, "You have to remember that the Kraken's feelings for you are not their own choice, nor are they true. They are just weapons that can think and talk, don't Allow yourself to be weaponized, even destroyed."
Luo Wei has always been an excellent student, and he has long kept this in mind. However, at this time, he couldn't help but worry.
"Hello." Luo Wei finally spoke, "Where's the Kraken who attacked the submarine just now?"
The three rebels chatting at first ignored him. After he repeated the question three times, they finally looked at him with some interest.
"Caught," said one of the Asians.
Another tall, brown-haired European paced up to him, held the cigarette butt beside him, and crushed it with his foot. The man looked at him with great interest, "You are still a child, and you are already bound to the siren?"
Luo Wei looked at him, "Where are they?"
"I heard that the males of the Kraken are also fertile." The man ignored Luo Wei's question and asked with a somewhat wretched expression, "Have you ever done it with your Kraken? You are so young, shouldn't you? Could it be the one who was pressed?"
Luo Wei held back his anger and stared at him blankly.
"Do you mind if I go to play with your siren?" The frivolous laughter recalled, and the other two rebel soldiers also laughed and whistled.
Just as Luo Wei was about to break out, Tsuruta Takumi sneered and said quietly, "You know how the Kraken kills people, not just the sound."
The European man's threatening gaze turned to Tsuruta, and the latter's calm and stern face had a hint of coldness, but the other rebel soldiers with guns in their hands shuddered.
That was the danger and murderous intent that belonged to the samurai.
"The biological energy of the Kraken can erupt from anywhere on the body when life is threatened. Even the biological energy of an underage Kraken's one-time burst has at least 5 tons of TNT equivalent and can last for tens of seconds, which is equivalent to being killed by Repeated lightning strikes will instantly carbonize your skin and cook your brain. You might still smell your roasted meat when you die. That's why the Kraken is kept in a deep sleep until it's bound. status."
The tone of voice is gentle, but the coldness in the other words is even worse. The smiles of the rebels froze on their faces, and the Europeans reluctantly replied viciously, "You think this can scare me?!"
Tsuruta's sharp gaze pierced his eyes, and the corners of his mouth seemed to lift up, "You can try."
Although he was a prisoner, Tsuruta Takumi's aura suppressed the three soldiers abruptly. The Europeans scolded a few ugly words and left on the pretext of going to the toilet.
Luo Wei glanced at Hetian gratefully, but the latter gave him a cold look and warned in a low voice, "Stop talking nonsense. We are not their target, as long as we keep quiet, neither Peacock nor Zixi will something."
Luo Wei frowned, "Then Big Brother Tang..."
"I don't know if he has anything to do with him, but... Mercury is probably their target." He looked solemn, as if he was worried, "They have already tried to catch Mercury before. This time, Tang Yi has given up Mercury. delivered."
"... Brother Tang didn't mean it. He just wanted to save a few more people."
"Hmph, it's even more stupid to do evil unintentionally." Tsuruta's eyes showed a bit of disgust, leaning back against the wall. Many years ago, the smart computer chose to bind Mercury to him. As the player with the highest loyalty value in the training camp at that time, he had obtained the detailed information of Mercury.
The reproduction of the siren mainly relies on artificial insemination, both in vivo and in vitro. The birth of mercury, however, was not one of them. He is the only success among countless failures, and the blooming hope among countless impossible probabilities.
That's why Quicksilver is different from other Krakens. Why is the third base unwilling to sacrifice mercury easily.
He's not just a weapon, he's a relic.
Remnants of the dead.
Ogubugu's gigantic figure traverses the impenetrable darkness of the deep sea, the Mariana Trench: beneath it the deepest scar on earth silently opens its hollow mouth, the faint sound of human undetectable breath surging with the tide . This trench is alive, it has its own will, with empty eyes, it quietly stares at the changes of the vicissitudes of life on this fragile blue planet. It is the abyss, it is eternity, it is loneliness, it is death. In that 10,000-meter-deep darkness, the gates of hell are opening their arms in a dead silence.
The submarine began to sink.
Against the background of the huge ocean trench, Ogubugu seemed to be just a small insect, staggeringly sinking in the darkness. A few dull-colored fish passed by occasionally, and the rolling ravines of the distant mountains gradually blurred, and the light did not shine on anything in the darkness.
Water pressure enough to flatten the tank acts on the hull of the submarine, the only boundary between life and death.
Mozart's Requiem suddenly sounded in Lee's room. The long-lost Latin was sad and strong, with a bit of horror and shock in the darkness of the deep sea. Lee has ordered his couch to be swung back into place, slumped comfortably in his armchair, closing his eyelids with a smile of enjoyment in his eyes. And the medicinal effect on Tang Yi gradually passed away. He twisted his body and sat up on his knees, while Mercury turned his head to look at him. Although he was silent, Tang Yi felt a trace of peace.
It's just that this stability is mixed with a little bit of fear. The scene I saw in the illusion just now is not impossible. If Mercury knew the dark thoughts in his heart and knew that he was not even qualified to be Tang Ya's stand-in, would he still care about him
But these are not important now, the most important thing is what the pervert Lee intends to do to Mercury.
At the moment when the two people's eyes crossed, a cold shudder passed through Tang Yi's body like an electric current. He couldn't help but froze, and when he saw Mercury's eyes widened slightly, his body trembled obviously.
At the same time, the lights in the whole room flickered a few times, and the music was intermittent, twisted into a demonic cry. Tang Yi heard some kind of uncomfortable hissing sound similar to an animal coming from somewhere in the submarine, most likely it was the little cute monster that Lee called it before.
What was it just now? Tang Yi is somewhat familiar with that feeling... just like what happened last time with Mercury in the trench...
As if... they were wearing something...
But there was clearly nothing in the air. The lights came on again, the music returned to its former impassioned enthusiasm, and nothing seemed to have changed. But when Tang Yi heard it, something was different.
The infrasound... became so quiet.
Even the roar of the submarine itself was absorbed by something, and the surrounding darkness solidified into a dead silence.
But it wasn't complete silence, there were some ethereal, somewhat singing-like voices, vague and indistinct, lingering at the end of his hearing. It was like a lingering sigh, a wisp of smoke that was about to dissipate.
Mercury's eyes widened slightly.
That's the sound.
All he had been hearing lately was the lingering cry that dissolved between every molecule of water, between every blade of seaweed, and between every crevice of reef.
Lee opened his eyes and smiled with teeth that were so white that they were a little stern, "Looks like it's coming soon."
The first thing to appear is light.
At a depth of nearly 10,000 meters under the sea, light suddenly appeared.
Those lights spread on the cliffs in the west and the east that seemed to reach the sky. If you look closely, you will find that there are countless night pearls emitting a faint blue light embedded on the cliff, like stars and fireflies tearing the ancient darkness. Then, among those blade-like protruding rocks, the shadow of the building appeared.
It is like a ghost hidden in the darkness, almost integrated with the mountains, but even so far away, it can still be seen clearly, showing the huge size of the building. Those unique cornices and pillars are scattered, countless beehive-like openings are scattered all over the body, and vaguely recognizable road branches generally shuttle on the cliffs.
Once upon a time, people lived here.
This realization made Tang Yi feel a little cold in his heart. Even a siren can't survive 10,000 meters underground, right? In this place, even the bones are crushed into powder.
And what are those beads that glow by themselves
The scene in front of him is too magical, and there is absolutely no way to explain it with common sense.
But what's even weirder is yet to come. In the middle of the abyss, they saw a giant tree.
It is not a tree to be precise, but a giant coral that has been dead for countless years. Algae and dust thickly covered the polyp skeletons, which were larger than fossilized dinosaurs, and the intricate branches spread out like trees in all directions. On those branches, something similar to a building hung, and Tang Yi thought of the glass tree in the abandoned Kraken sanatorium.
Could it be that... the sanatorium was built like that, and it has its original shape
Around the huge coral tree, there are also some giant black buildings in the shape of umbrellas. The simple and fluent lines are full of incredible modernity, and countless neatly arranged windows can be vaguely seen above. There are many soft "streamers" dragging under these buildings, like the tentacles of jellyfish. A series of delicate orbs hang from the streamers. They are suspended around the coral tree like guards, quietly swinging the streamers, as strange as a charm.
Tang Yi's mouth opened slightly, he never imagined that such a thing could be seen in such a deep place.
Impossible... Even if it was the remains of the Kraken, they had already been slaughtered by humans, how could they still be able to create such a thing? It is more convincing to say that it is a secret stronghold of aliens.
However, Mercury stood in front of the wall as if he had lost his soul, staring blankly at the magnificent yet extremely terrifying deep sea scene in front of him. A civilization that was left in the gap of time, quietly buried in the center of the earth and waited for an unknown number of years. Now it has finally been seen again.
Mercury stretched out his hand absentmindedly, to touch the image on the wall. When his fingers touched the top of one of the "jellyfish" buildings, it seemed to sense his touch, and lights suddenly spread across the body of the building.
Those white lights were transmitted through the dense windows, and spread along the "streamers", lighting up all the balls on the streamers. Immediately after, another jellyfish building lit up in the same way. The light spread quickly like bacteria, and Tang Yi heard the sound of something starting in the dark.
"Welcome to the Kraken's last sanctuary and tomb - Return to the Ruins." Lee's voice spread like a nightmare in the ripples of the water.