Gossiu felt that he had a long dream.
very bad.
Every scattered piece has the sour smell of a nightmare, but no matter how you can piece together a complete picture, only the cold and suffocating feeling still stays in the gap between his bones when he wakes up, as if it had long been deeply Imprinted deep in his body.
He was awakened by childish music.
Loud and joyful electronic music dragged his sanity back from the hazy chaos back to reality.
Ge Xiu blinked, staring dumbfoundedly at the beating little people on the screen not far away, jumping over the pillars blocking his eyes one by one, cleverly avoiding one trap after another, and avoiding every attack from the boss. , fired bullets without hindrance, as if he had experienced it a thousand times before, with dexterity and smooth movements—the boss fell.
"Dangdangdangdang~"
The boss's body vanishes and disappears.
Symbolic and celebratory cannon salutes sounded, colorful bunting fluttered on the screen, little people jumped up and down happily, and huge words took over the screen:
YOU WIN!
Ge Xiu rubbed his eyes and turned his head to look beside him.
Lovett was wearing a dark and straight hunting suit, but he sat on the ground indifferently, holding the game controller in his slender palm, and his thumb had just moved away from the attack button.
I don't know how long he's been here.
Ge Xiu blinked his misty blue-purple eyes, and he was a little surprised in addition to the drowsiness that didn't fade away. He didn't expect that he could sleep so soundly, but he didn't wake up for so long. Could it be that he was in the abyss from the previous world. Struggling to survive too long, has your vigilance dropped
The interface on the screen gradually faded and returned to the initial interface. The only two accounts were arranged together, and the first score was a lot higher than the second.
Lovett put down the handle and turned his head to look over.
His expression is quite peaceful, the cold and sharp facial features are softened by the sunlight, and the indistinguishable violence from before has been diluted a lot, and there is a kind of approachable sloppy.
Lovett threw the handle to Gosho, then picked up the other handle on the side and shook it:
"A round?"
The metal shell of the handle still has the temperature left by human beings, and it feels warm and delicate, like pebbles baked by the sun.
Gossiu shrugged, holding the handle and straightening his back.
Games start.
Two villains scramble to jump and run across the screen to avoid traps.
One of them jumped gradually, deftly dodging all attacks, and quickly left the other behind - a few minutes later, a victory salute and music played on the screen, a little man jumped up and down with joy, and another A little man was lying on the gray ground in frustration.
"You lack practice."
Lovett put down the handle and commented objectively.
-Is not this nonsensical
It's his first time playing!
Ge Xiu rolled his eyes angrily. He dropped the handle, turned around, and plunged into the water. The huge splash of water he made deliberately splashed in Lovett's direction. If he didn't take a step back quickly, he would have been caught Get soaked.
Lovett was stunned for a second, then looked up, and saw the figure of the mermaid in the water like an arrow breaking through the sparkling pool water, quickly swimming away...
As if pranking.
He lowered his head and glanced at his half-drenched hunting suit and wet boots. The corners of his well-cut jet-black clothes were still dripping with water.
- His Majesty the Emperor has rarely had such an embarrassing experience.
The curvature of Lovett's lips rose uncontrollably, and his dark eyes flashed with an almost pleasant light under the high eyebrows.
He slowly wiped the water droplets off his face, and brushed the wet hair on his forehead to the back of his head, revealing a smooth forehead. The deep-defined facial features became more dangerous, sharp, and extremely aggressive.
He narrowed his eyes and beckoned to the guards who were standing outside, asking them to call someone to clean up the water stains on the ground, and then turned around and left in a hurry.
The guard who had witnessed everything from start to finish did not dare to utter a word, his lowered eyes were full of shock and trance, and he could hardly believe that what he had just witnessed was actually happening—
Since he ascended the throne, his majesty, the resolute and violent-tempered emperor, actually played video games for two hours in a glass room, and... After being drenched in water by a lowly merman, he was completely lifeless, as if Are you happy
how is this possible? !
The guard was so shocked that his pupils shrank, and he felt that his worldview was impacted.
He cautiously raised his head and glanced at the sparkling pool not far away. The sunlight shining in from the glass room covered the water surface.
That mermaid is definitely not easy. The guard made a firm conclusion in his heart.
- So absolutely can not provoke casually.
·
Ge Xiu slowly sank into the water.
The ice-cold water slid against his body, and the sound of changing the water came from far away through the water layer, as if being covered with a layer of cloth.
He stretched out his ten fingers and found that his nails had completely fallen off at some point. The new nails were growing much faster than he had imagined, but in just half a day, they had already grown by half, and the pale pink nails had grown. The face reflected a faint shimmer in the water, and it looked like some kind of shiny shells. Only when you touched it could you realize how hard they were.
Ge Xiu licked the place where his teeth fell. The two molars fell off, and the tips of the new teeth were emerging from the gums.
The cold water slid across his skin, and a few unknowing little silverfish swam beside him.
and many more…
Ge Xiu was suddenly stunned, raised his hand and stroked the water around him twice, the webs between his fingers brought a slight resistance, allowing him to feel the temperature of the water around him more clearly.
This was the first time he felt that the water around him was cold.
This time, the skin of his body was cold, which was almost the same as the water flow around him. In addition, he had found a constant temperature facility in the pool before to ensure that the water temperature was always maintained at the most suitable temperature for mermaid life.
Feeling the drop in water temperature can only prove one thing…
That's why he's hot.
Ge Xiu raised his hand and touched his cheek, sure enough, it was warm.
Although it is still lower than the human body temperature, it is definitely not the temperature that a mermaid should have.
Could it have something to do with the replacement of his nails and teeth now
Ge Xiu slowly swam to the edge of the rock where he was resting, staring thoughtfully at the two molars lying in the palm of his hand.
Today, after obtaining electronic equipment, he searched the Internet for information related to mermaids. In this world, mermaid breeding is already a very mature industry. The fishing and selling industry chain is very complete, and there are many related scientific researches. There's still no evidence that mermen go through tooth and nail replacements as they grow—
It seemed that it was only him.
Ge Xiu wasn't going to show his anomaly—especially since he didn't know what was going on in him right now.
He buried his teeth under the seagrass far away from him, curled his tail habitually, and lay down on the rock.
The elevated body temperature made his entire fish groggy.
It was like being thrown into a slowly heating pot, all the senses became dull and sluggish, as if all the sounds around him were gradually moving away, and the only thing that remained in his body was the boundless drowsiness.
He would fall asleep beside the pool before, which was probably also related to this unpredictable fever.
Ge Xiu closed his eyes tightly, his eyelashes drooped, his long blue-purple hair quietly covered his body, and his tail subconsciously curled even tighter, coiling himself into a circle.
Consciousness is gradually disappearing and slack, and is slowly pulled into the bottomless darkness.
… a familiar feeling.
At that moment, Ge Xiu clearly knew that he was about to be dragged back into the nightmare that had been haunting him since he entered this world.
The rotten and cold aura of the nightmare slowly spread up from the bottom of the abyss, wrapping him tightly like seaweed.
But he couldn't resist, he could only chaotically fall into a dark sleep.
·
The empire is in a critical period of expansion.
Although those countries have not yet fallen, most of their territories have been occupied by the empire's iron hoofs, and they can only resist stubbornly under heavy military pressure.
Lovett wasn't worried.
Since he ascended the throne, many neighboring countries have been included in his territory, and under his iron-fisted management, the army of the Empire has become the most powerful armed force in the entire world. Victory is only a matter of time.
However, the general direction of the war still requires him to adjust and grasp, so Lovett was very busy during this time.
After an afternoon of military meetings, he poured himself a glass of brandy and turned on the surveillance cameras in the glass room—it had become a habit for Lovett to watch the merman admiring himself these days, the clear pool water and The slender mermaid roaming in it always made him feel an unexpected calm.
The pool water is very quiet today.
His merman didn't swim, let alone stick his head out from the bottom of the pool—not even the candy in the candy bowl beside the pool had visibly diminished.
Lovett frowned, straightened his back slightly, and recalled the previous surveillance records.
The fast-forward button flickers on the screen, the fluctuation of the pool water on the screen is accelerating, the dark pool water is slowly lit up, the sunset is reflected on the water, the glass room is gradually brightened, and time is rapidly rewinding—
Lovett found that the merman hadn't moved since he left.
He drank the amber-colored wine in the cup in one go, his eyes deepened, and his expression slowly became solemn.
The professional merman breeder was woken up overnight by His Majesty's urgent communication, just because his merman hadn't emerged from the water all afternoon.
The mermaid breeder who had just escaped prison a few days ago replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... According to my experience, mermaids and mermaids have different personalities. Some mermaids like to be quiet, some like to move, and mermaids The mind and emotions of the merman are exactly the same as those of human beings. It is very normal to be in a bad mood and unwilling to move. Also, there should be a device in your pool to detect the mermaid's vital signs? If something happens to him, the device will warn you in advance. …”
After hanging up the communicator, Lovett moved his gaze to the screen again.
I don't know why... He still felt uneasy.
Lovett frowned, stood up, and walked quickly out of the room.
Anyway, he decided to go see his merman.
Inside the glass room.
Moonlight shone through the skylight overhead, reflecting the pool water a pale silver.
Rowett walked slowly into the pool. Every object here remained the same as when he left in the afternoon. He turned on the underwater lighting device specially installed for viewing mermaids in the early stage of the pool design. The soft light came from the pool. Several corners below light up, and the pool water seems to be a huge gem that emits a soft light in the night.
He quickly found the location of the merman.
Behind a moss-covered rock, the slender mermaid lay quietly among the aquatic plants, and the tiny silverfish lingered beside him, as if he no longer regarded him as an enemy at all.
The long blue-purple hair floated quietly with the water waves, and the fishtail of the same color was curled up, making him look more slender.
Lovett narrowed his eyes.
He forgot where he had seen it, if humans like to fall asleep in such a position, it means that they are extremely insecure - I don't know if this principle is universal to mermaids.
Lovett opened his mouth to wake him up, but was stunned before he could speak.
He didn't know the merman's name.
Usually, merman names are given by their owners, often related to their appearance or color characteristics - but Rowett has never raised a merman, and naturally never thought of giving him a name.
Suddenly, Lovett's eyes narrowed, and his eyes suddenly caught a tiny detail—
blood.
A bright red thread like silk and blood slowly floated from the direction of the mermaid. Before it was formed, it was washed away in the entire pool of water, but it was invisible under the bright and soft light.
Rowett was stunned and approached the sleeping mermaid.
As the distance shortened, the figure of the mermaid gradually became clear.
The stream of water brushed away the hair in front of his eyes, revealing a stunning face like a god-given face, but at this moment, his brows were tightly locked, his complexion was as pale as paper, and his lips were pursed into a tight straight line, as if in As if suffering from some inhuman torture, his curled body shrank from time to time in the current, his slender fingers clenched into fists, and the fingertips sank deep into his palm, causing deep wounds.
Bloodshot slowly escaped from the wound.
Lovett frowned.
- Even when he killed his thirteen brothers and sisters with his own hands, he never had such a strange mood.
The slender fingers unbuttoned the buttons one by one, revealing a well-defined collarbone and a half-strong chest.
He threw his jacket aside with a calm expression, then jumped into the water.