port.
On the mainland, everyone is busy trying to survive.
However, even in the last days, when most people are worrying about whether they will have a bite to eat tomorrow, there will always be a group of people who claim to be at the top, spend their days and nights with very little resources, and get drunk today.
Therefore, business in the black market at the port is particularly good.
In the depths of the black market, the most famous one is the auction house inside.
It is said that everything in the auction house can be bought and sold, even things that are prohibited in the "Convention of Civilization" can be bought and sold.
As long as you can afford it.
But now, the auction house was bustling with people. On the ground floor of the auction house, a figure stood in front of a transparent box.
This man was leaning on a cane, with one hand attached to the transparent special box, and he watched the sleeping white mermaid inside the box for a moment, showing an obsessive expression:
"He's really beautiful, isn't he?"
Wiping the cold sweat off his forehead with his hands, he lowered his head, not daring to look at the man's face, but responded obediently:
"Yes."
The man with the cane is the owner of the black market. No one knows who he is, but it is undeniable that he shaped the black market single-handedly. He is the most powerful person here, and everyone respectfully calls him "Count Vere".
It's funny, isn't it
In the doomsday, the so-called royal families of various countries have long been abandoned by their people, but this person stubbornly believes in his blood, and because of his blond hair and blue eyes, he proclaimed himself the "Earl".
"He is really as beautiful as in a fairy tale."
Earl Weier sighed, and he looked at the white mermaid with affectionate eyes.
Then he withdrew his gaze and looked at his subordinates. His blue eyes were instantly as cold as ice edges in the cold winter:
"What about the loss?"
The sweat on the forehead of the subordinate is even more:
"Three boats were lost, and there were many casualties. Only ten people came back alive, and three of them were seriously injured and had serious internal bleeding, so they may not be able to be rescued."
This mermaid was almost caught with human life.
Hearing such a serious loss, Earl Weir was not angry at all. On the contrary, he was very happy. He patted his cane and laughed loudly:
"Really? It's really great. It turns out that my mermaid is so powerful. It's really a perfect creature."
Mu Qiang is the common point of human beings in the doomsday. Compared with the delicate daughter of the sea who blows away like a bubble, Earl Ville prefers the fierce and wild daughter.
animal-like creature.
Conquer them, there will be a different kind of pleasure.
"Then, over there in the lab?"
The subordinate asked weakly.
The sweat on his forehead had flowed into his eyes, but he didn't dare to wipe it at all.
"what are you saying?"
Earl Weir smiled, "We just caught a small white fish, why did we tell the laboratory?"
His subordinates trembled for a while and dared not speak.
Earl Weier turned his head. He stared fixedly at the white mermaid inside the box, and couldn't help sighing again:
"It's really beautiful."
As far as he knew, the white mermaid in front of him was ferocious when he was awake, and his speed and ferocity were comparable to small sharks.
In addition to having sharp teeth and claws, the mermaid seems to be able to secrete venom and send out sound waves that shatter human internal organs.
If it wasn't for the fact that the mermaid was not familiar with the newly developed black-tech hunting net at the beginning, and they bumped into it by themselves, they would probably be daydreaming if they wanted to catch the mermaid.
"You have really cost me a lot."
Even though he knew that the white mermaid was still in a coma and couldn't hear anything, Earl Weier still stood outside the box and complained to the mermaid inside,
"You said, how much do I have to sell you to make up for my loss?"
A businessman will always be a businessman. For such a little profit, he can not worry about anything.
Earl Weir is the leader of the black market and a shrewd businessman.
He likes his own products, and the love he expresses is to sell the products he likes at a higher price.
In this way, the value of the commodity can be realized, isn't it
…
Lance woke up.
"yi—"
Lance swam forward in a daze, only to hit a transparent wall.
He pawed at the transparent wall with his webbed claws, only then did he realize one thing in a daze—
He was caught.
The moment before he passed out, Lance knew that he had been captured by humans. Apart from despair, he was more sad.
He didn't know what would happen to Wenser, he broke his promise to Wenser...Will Wenser be caught by humans in the future
Sure enough, whether it is in fairy tales or in the real world, when the mermaid reaches the surface of the sea, nothing good will happen.
I don't know whether it is a psychological effect or the effect of the anesthetic left in the body. Lance feels that his body and soul are separated. All senses seem to be covered with a thick layer of white film, unresponsive, as if sleepwalking , even attention
Can't concentrate.
Lance leaned against the transparent wall for a long time before his wandering mind found the focus. He finally concentrated his attention and began to think about what was going on with him now.
Lance opened his eyes with all his strength, only to find that he was locked in a huge glass box, and he was leaning against the glass wall.
There is a light at the bottom of the glass box, so the inside is very brightly lit, and everything can be seen clearly.
Lance moved his eyes away from his fishtail. He looked into the distance, trying to see where he was through the glass, but when he looked up, he saw a man on crutches standing in front of the glass box, smiling look at him.
Lance was so frightened by this man that he coughed a few times and spit out a few small bubbles.
I don't know how long the man watched in front of the glass box.
With the vision of a mermaid, Lance passed the man directly, and he could clearly see that the place he was in should be a basement or warehouse.
The space here is very empty and pitch black, the only light sources are the glass box where I am, and a lamp above my head.
There is only one door in the distance that should be used for entry and exit. There are two strong men standing at the door, and there is no possibility of escape.
Lance was thinking about the escape route drowsily. He even forgot that he was a merman and had no legs. He thought he was a human being who could jump out of this strange glass box and escape into the distance.
Now he doesn't even have the strength to wag his tail or stand upright, so he can only lean weakly against the glass, looking at the people outside in confusion and blankly.
"Hello."
The blond man with the cane tapped on the glass case and asked, "Pretty little fish, can you understand me?"
Lance rolled his eyes at the man angrily and said nothing.
For Lance's non-violent non-cooperation, the blond man was not angry at all, he "giggled" a few times and didn't care at all.
In fact, based on Lance's actions when he woke up and his current reaction, he already guessed that the IQ of the mermaid in front of him was much higher than he imagined, and he might even understand human speech.
As a seasoned businessman, he could tell.
After laughing enough, the blond man put his hands on the glass and introduced himself affectionately to Lance:
"You can call me 'Count Vere', I am the master here."
Lance tilted his head in doubt, and made a soft voice:
"ka—"
"This is the auction house."
Earl Vere looked at him tenderly, as if in
Look at my most beautiful lover, but the words that come out of his mouth are indeed cruel and terrible,
"I will sell you, I believe in you, you can definitely sell for a sky-high price."
Lance:? ? ?
In Lance's shocked expression, Earl Vill became more and more happy. His originally handsome facial features were so excited that they were distorted. It took a few seconds before he tried to control his facial features and returned to the calm and elegant man at the beginning.
He sighed:
"You really understand what I'm saying."
"..."
Lance didn't know how to react.
It should be said, is it true that there is no business and no evil
"Ah, what a wonderful creature, it really deserves to be studied carefully."
Earl Weir sighed.
Research? What research
A scene instantly popped up in Lance's mind—
He was tied up on the operating table and surrounded by white coats. These white coats held a scalpel in each hand, thinking about where to cut it.
Um.
Damn, he must be sent to the research institute to be chopped up!
"What is the little fish thinking?"
The panic shown by Lance was noticed by Earl Vere, who comforted him with a smile, "I won't hurt you."
Who would believe it, Lance's face turned black.
If it weren't for his body still numb, he would definitely think of a way to break the glass and give this person a bite.
"Don't think about breaking the glass."
Earl Weir chuckled under Lance's glaring gaze, and tapped the glass box with his cane, "This is made of bulletproof glass, the kind that can't be broken by a single bullet."
Lance ignored him.
But I couldn't help but mutter in my heart, does this man have mind reading skills? Why is he wondering what the person opposite can know? It was almost as if he could communicate with that man without barriers.
Thinking about this, Lance took his eyes off the man, trying to play dumb.
According to that man's thinking, a mermaid with a high IQ would definitely be more valuable than one with a low IQ, and he was not stupid, so there was no need to respond to that man and put himself in more danger.
Seeing that the white mermaid ignored him, Earl Will was not angry either. He still turned to Lance and said:
"Well, I think it's best to tell you about the next thing."
Lance twitched his tail.
"It's like this. Although I am an auction house, I am also responsible for after-sales service. So, you will have a minor operation later."
Earl Weir continued to smile, smiling on the surface, but in fact he said the most cruel words
if,
"This small operation will make you harmless and a little painful, but don't struggle."
Lance turned his head back in an instant, and he was in a hurry.
That's right, even if humans catch cats, they will cut off the cat's nails to prevent being scratched by the cat. If they are placed on him, they will naturally lose their sharp claws and fangs.
"ya—yi—"
Lance couldn't bear it anymore, he hissed frantically towards the glass box, trying to shatter the glass with sound waves.
But I don't know what this glass is made of. Under Lance's crazy neighing, the glass installed in the entire glass box vibrated crazily, and even the water inside began to boil, but the entire glass box was unscathed.
Lance was stunned, lying on the bottom of the water, at a loss.
"Oh, it's really scary."
Earl Will waited for Lance to finish his neighing, then he tapped the glass wall with his cane, his blue eyes were unfathomable, "Fortunately, I gave you anesthesia and installed this high-strength glass."
After sighing, Earl Vile did something on the top of the box, only to hear a light "click". Lance looked up and saw a small hole on the top of the glass box.
Then something like an injection head was inserted into the water where Lance was, and a blue liquid was slowly released from the injection head.
The water was starting to taste bitter, and the mermaid's keen senses told Lance that the injection head inserted was releasing a drug, but there was nowhere for him to escape—
His senses became dull again, and just before Lance fell into a coma, he struggled to look at Earl Weir who was standing outside.
I saw Earl Vere beckon to two strong men standing in the distance to come over and lift up the glass box, while he himself walked to the side, limping with a cane.
…
"Heartbeat...too fast..."
"Oh my god... this is... this..."
"Pacemaker... dead..."
…
By the time Lance regained consciousness, it was already several hours later.
He is in a much larger glass box than before, the top part is almost close to the ceiling, making it look like the entire wall is his fish tank.
After the effect of the medicine on his body wore off, Lance found that his throat was extremely sore, and his mouth smelled of blood. He could only make a slight sound now, and the sharp nails on his hands were also cut off.
Fortunately, the mermaid's self-healing ability is strong, and the wounds on its body have turned into pink tender flesh, and it seems that there will be no scars left.
The operation just now directly removed all weapons that could harm humans from Lance.
Sharp teeth, nails, throat, and the poison sac hidden in the body.
After Lance woke up, his body was still sluggish due to the anesthesia. He turned his head slowly, trying to see where he was. Only then did he realize that he was not in the dim place at the beginning. He was in a room in.
Lamps, sofas, curtains, the glass box where he was sitting was directly opposite to a balcony, outside the balcony was a clear sky and the sound of waves.
the sea
Lance couldn't help but raise his tail, and looked at the balcony eagerly.
Since he is so close to the balcony, does this mean that he can come out of this glass box, “break out” again, roll down from the balcony, and enter the sea again
Really, why do you always think about "prison break" after becoming a mermaid
Lance looked at the sea outside, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. He had nowhere to vent his anger, so he used his short nails to scratch the glass box in front of him, making harsh scratches. Voice.
"Little fish is awake?"
The blond man who called himself Earl of Vile walked in. This time, he was only wearing a simple bathrobe, holding a bag in his hand, which was full of various small silver fish.
As soon as he came in, he saw Lance scratching the wall, and the blond man showed a doting expression:
"Don't scratch, be careful, don't split your nails."
Lance was directly in the water, rolling his eyes at the blond man.
The author has something to say: About the last chapter, let’s popularize it:
Like killer whales (although they are called whales, they are not actually whales). If a large whale is stranded, ordinary humans can only do two things:
One is to find a way to use large tools to lift stranded killer whales or whales, and then put them back into the sea.
This kind of large whale cannot be pushed on the beach. Firstly, human beings do not have the strength. Secondly, due to the tonnage, if they are pushed like this, they will suffer secondary injuries and their belly will be worn out.
The second is to find a way to help them moisturize, cover them with soaked clothes, pour water, etc., and then help send the whales back after the tide rises.