After saying goodbye to the killer whale, Lance and Winsor didn't dare to delay, so they kept their direction and swam towards the alliance.
In fact, just swimming in the sea for a day is not a particularly good experience.
Lance followed Winsor and swam in the direction of the Alliance for a day. At night, Lance curled up next to Winsor, and when he slept with Winsor, he felt very tired—
It seems that after running a marathon, even the tail of the fish is not my own.
"I feel tired after swimming for a while. I don't know how you swam to the surface of the sea by yourself."
At this moment, Winsor and Lance were in a cave under the sea. Winsor asked while helping Lance rub his waist.
"That's different."
Lance said.
If it wasn't because he always felt that he would turn into a human leg directly under the surface of the sea, and then he would drown, Lance especially wanted Wenser to help rub his leg (fish tail). explained very carefully:
"It was about freedom then."
"free?"
Winsor raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
Lance knew that Winsor did it on purpose, and he couldn't help but sighed when he recalled his own experience afterwards.
That’s right, when it comes to “freedom”, he was still doing it for himself at that time.
Feeling the strength on his waist, Lance couldn't help wrapping his fish tail around Wenser, and asked pitifully:
"Do you know how to massage fish tail?"
Wenser: "... fish tail, how to massage?"
The two mermaids were silent for this question.
Ah, it's so hard being a mermaid.
Seeing Lance's listlessness, Wenser had no choice but to comfort him again:
"Two more days to swim and we'll be there."
"If we had known this, we might as well have let the seagull take us by plane."
Lance said weakly,
"At least they will arrive in a day and a half."
Wenser patted Lance's head, but didn't answer.
Lance was depressed for a while, then he cheered up and asked:
"Do you know what the small northern island that the little killer whale said before?"
In Lance's eyes, Winsor is an encyclopedia in the ocean, knowing everything.
As for whether it is "Mermaid Encyclopedia"...
Forget it, Lance believed in Wenser wholeheartedly. He believed everything Wenser said because he thought Wenser was a mermaid. Now that he knew that Wenser was not a mermaid at all, he still had to explore how to become a "mermaid" Mermaid".
"If my guess is correct, it used to be an experimental base for humans."
Wenser also recalled what the little killer whale said, and he couldn't help frowning,
"But it's been abandoned there."
As for the reason why humans abandoned it, it is similar to what Lance guessed before. After the apocalypse, due to the appearance of sea monsters, humans no longer dare to stay on the sea for too long, so the experimental bases on the sea are gradually abandoned;
But from the description of the little killer whale, there are traces of human activities on the northern island, which made Wenser and Lance very curious—
Is this another human experiment, or is it Weier's instruction
"What do you think Will wants to do?"
Lance couldn't help asking.
Since Weier is the embodiment of Wenser's emotions, in this world, Wenser must be the one who can know Weier's thoughts.
"You know, my negative emotions and all kinds of desires are backlogged on him."
Recalling the first acquaintance with Will in Lance's dream, Wenser's expression was very complicated.
While Weier was trying to devour Wen Yu with his dark side, Wen Yu also faced his dark side, and glimpsed Weier's desire from it—
To like is to possess.
"He just wants to get all the things he likes."
Winsor reached out and rubbed his temples, feeling a headache.
He didn't expect that his avatar had only such a childish and boring wish.
After listening to Winsor's explanation, Lance tilted his head. He actually understood.
Back then, when he woke up, he was dragged into the coral bone by Wenser;
The kind of children's enthusiasm to "find the treasure and hide it from others" is really...
As expected of Winsor.
The only difference may be that Winsor knows how to restrain himself with reason, while Weir does not intend to restrain himself.
After chatting casually, Winsor and Lance stopped talking and lay down in the cave, ready to sleep.
However, after closing his eyes for a while, Lance couldn't help opening them. He looked at the dark cave and started blowing bubbles out of boredom.
One or two small bubbles floated up, and finally burst with a "pop".
This is Lance's entertainment right now.
Being a mermaid in the sea is really boring.
Lance thought about this while blowing bubbles.
"What are you doing?"
Hearing the crackling sound of bubbles bursting in his ears, Wenser finally couldn't bear it any longer. He patted Lance's waist as dissatisfaction.
Lance didn't feel much of the slap on his waist. He raised his head, looked at the top of the cave, and muttered to himself:
"I want to play games, and I want to eat fried chicken and beer."
Winsor: "..."
"Humans must not be sleeping at this time."
Lance was a little melancholy,
"It's better to be a human. Things invented by humans can make the night not boring."
Regarding this statement, Wenser hesitated for a moment.
As Wenser has been sleeping on the bottom of the sea for these years, Wenser didn't have any special feelings about the development of human science and technology. A creature that cares deeply about enjoyment and entertainment.
"So, Winsor, don't let humans go extinct, okay?"
Seeing that Winsor's expression was a little loose, Lance saw every stitch,
"If human beings become extinct, how boring the world will be in the future."
"... You are actually pleading for human beings."
Wenser gradually came to his senses, and he looked at Lance with a black line on his face.
His little fish, from grilling fish at the beginning to being unable to sleep now, always finds ways to talk about the benefits of human beings.
"Yup."
Lance admitted it very readily. He turned his head, looked at Wenser, and said seriously,
"Winser, let me just say that, if human extinction is necessary, I hope that there is no reason for you to do it."
After a long silence, Wenser sighed in the darkness:
"Okay, as you wish."
This request is not excessive.
…
After sleeping and waking up, the two mermaids continued on their way.
Since he slept too late last night, Lance has been listless, following Wenser listlessly, not even willing to say anything.
This led to a very quiet journey, so quiet that Wenser stopped from time to time, looking back to see if Lance was following him.
Without the noisy little fish, the journey was strange.
thought Winsor.
"cheer up."
Wenser grabbed Lance's face, trying to use the pain to bring Lance back to his senses,
"We've reached the vicinity of the island, don't touch anything you shouldn't touch."
"Um?"
Only then did Lance regain some energy, he asked,
"Shall we go to that island and have a look?"
"It's not impossible."
Winsor gave an ambiguous answer, saying,
"Look around now."
He raised his head and looked ahead, showing a worried expression:
"The changes here are quite big... Humans seem to have moved the reefs and sand under the sea surface, and there are more eddies. Be careful."
Hearing this, Lance cheered up, imitating Wenser, and looked into the distance—
Total darkness.
According to Wenser, there are more eddies here, causing the undercurrent to surge under the sea surface, and he himself can't tell the direction, so the two mermaids can only slow down their speed and swim slowly below the sea surface. When the water flow changes, immediately turn around.
Lance stuck tightly behind Winsor, he knew that his experience in the sea was too little;
In this case, it would have been a great help if he didn't add trouble to Wenser.
After the two mermaids swam for a short time, they found that there were almost no living things in this sea area, and there was even a faint smell of rust in the sea water.
"It's polluted here."
Winsor said.
Lance pursed his lips, even breathing in the sea water became much lighter.
The further north you swim, the stronger the rust smell in the water, and the lower the visibility in the sea. Lance felt his breath thicken, and he felt a little uncomfortable.
He wanted to get out of here quickly.
[Oops.]
At this time, Lance's tail seemed to hit something.
Lance looked back suspiciously.
His tail is too long, and the yarn-like tail fin is also very large when it floats in the water, so at the beginning, Lance didn't see anything. He thought he was hallucinating, so he was about to leave, but unexpectedly, As soon as Lance turned around, a fish came to him and shouted:
[Don't you know how to apologize for bumping into a fish? !]
Lance took a closer look and saw that the fish was orange-red.
Oh hoo, it's a clownfish.
[sorry.]
Lance apologized subconsciously, and then said in surprise,
[Why are you here?]
According to Lance's ocean knowledge, clownfish are usually associated with sea anemones, and they usually don't stay away from sea anemones and come out alone.
[you know me?]
the clownfish asked,
[Oh, by the way, have you seen my friend, its body is blue, its tail is yellow and flat.]
Oh hey, this is still a little sea monster!
Lance's mind was frantically associating—
Clownfish alone... blue body, yellow tail... flattened body...
Lance's eyes lit up, and he shouted to Wenser who was not far away:
"Winser, I saw the prototype of Finding Nemo!"
Winsor:? ? ?
According to the clownfish, it lost its memory.
It doesn't know why it appears here, and when it becomes conscious, it just remembers that it seems to be doing something, and it should have a friend.
Lance's eyes lit up, and when the clownfish was speaking, he looked as if he was moved to tears by the clownfish.
[you know me?]
The clownfish is puzzled by Lance's performance.
[I once watched a particularly touching cartoon.]
Thinking of that cartoon, Lance was sobbing. He didn't know if it was because of the plot development in it, or because he missed his carefree childhood. He said,
[In that cartoon, the clownfish father left the sea anemone and crossed the ocean just to save his son, and he also met a friend on the way, and that friend was called 'Dolly'.]
Lance looked at the clownfish and said seriously:
[Maybe you left the lair and came here just to find your son.]
He also imagined a plot that was not in the cartoon:
[You must have lost your memory because you were too sad to lose Dolly.]
Clownfish: […]
Winsor patted Lance expressionlessly, and then explained to the clownfish:
[The reason for your amnesia is probably because you suddenly evolved into a sea monster and your body changed. Don't listen to his nonsense.]
After listening to Wenser's explanation, the clownfish breathed a sigh of relief:
[Thank God, I don't want to have a bunch of extra sons.]
[But you are the only fish here, which is really abnormal.]
Winsor said.
Clownfish like to live in coral areas and like to live in groups. Generally, dozens of fish form a family and live in symbiosis with large sea anemones or small coral tops.
There is only one clownfish left. It is indeed so strange.
[Hey, why bother so much?]
The character of this clownfish is very bold, it is not like the timid look of ordinary clownfish at all, carefree,
[How did you get in? Do you want to go out? Can you take me?]
The clownfish complained to Lance and the others:
[I'm lost here, and I can't get out no matter what.]
Hearing this, Lance and Wenser looked at each other, and they also noticed it.
Because there are too many eddies in the dark place on the bottom of the sea and the visibility is too low, they wandered in the sea for a long time, but they were not far from the starting point, as if they had encountered a ghost hitting a wall.
[Oh, by the way, black water often floats over in this sea area, and the smell is so bad.]
The clownfish pointed in the direction of Lance with its fin and said,
[I swam in the direction of the black water to have a look, there seems to be a small island there.]
[Uh, you are too courageous.]
Lance felt that his perception of clownfish had gone wrong.
To be precise, the character of the clownfish is different from what he recognized in the cartoon, more like an ooc.
Didn't it mean that clownfish are timid and afraid of getting into trouble, and hide from sea anemones whenever something happens
Why is this so adventurous
[What do you know?]
The clownfish gave Lance a disdainful look, it held its chest up and said,
[My dream is to conquer this sea of stars.]
Two mermaids: […]
Always feel weird.
Seeing that Lance was struggling again, Wenser suppressed a smile and made a suggestion:
[Since everyone wants to leave this sea area, and it is not easy to go under the sea...]
[Walk from above the sea?]
Lance felt blessed for a moment, and took Wenser's words.
[Walk on the sea?]
The clownfish thought for a while and asked,
[Can you leave the water?]
[Of course!]
Lance said he tried petting the clownfish,
[It looks like I need you to lead the way, take us to the island! Let's go, single dad!]
The clownfish didn't agree, it seemed that it was very hesitant.
[There is no 'Dolly' you mentioned in this sea area.]
Seeing the clownfish hesitate, Lance thought the clownfish was worried about his friend in this sea area, he comforted,
[We've been here for a long time, and we haven't seen any other fish except you.]
[No, no, I'm not entangled in this issue.]
The clownfish said, it thought about it, and then it said to Lance seriously,
[Although I have lost my memory, I must be an unmarried person and have no children.]
Lance: […]
What a cool clownfish.