Scientists did not give up easily. For the sake of safety, they no longer tried to drive the boat to Rimbaud. Instead, they let divers carrying oxygen cylinders and cameras enter the water from a distance, and then dived to the edge of the reef. They often interacted with marine animals. It is not difficult to deal with, even in the face of sharks, professional divers will not be afraid.
The two divers put on chain mail to protect themselves, entered the water with their cameras on their backs, and swam close.
The red tide in this sea area is more serious than imagined. Because the upper layer is full of floating algae, the lower layer of sea water does not get sunlight and oxygen is scarce. Most of the corals are bleached and dead, and fish corpses can be seen everywhere.
The divers groped forward in the dirty and smelly sea water, and the scientists on the ship gathered in front of the observation screen to watch and take notes attentively, but the screen was completely blocked by the sewage, and their vision was so dark that they could not see anything.
But a ray of light suddenly appeared in the filth, and the sea water seemed to be cut off by an invisible barrier. The outer circle was still foul-smelling and dirty, but the water in the inner circle was so clear and transparent that impurities could hardly be seen.
The divers knew that they had entered the area purified by the blue mermaid. The sea water was very clean. They were still three meters away from the reef, but they could already clearly see the tip of a small tail of the mermaid hanging in the water.
The sea area with a radius of three meters centered on the blue mermaid is completely purified. This purification is from the sea surface to the bottom. It is a cylindrical area. The area where the reef is located is about 12 meters deep. The entire 12-meter-high cylindrical sea area is as transparent as a piece of water. Blue-green glass.
The scientists held their breaths and discussed in amazement from time to time: "This is incredible, his tail is always glowing, and the bubbles created by stirring the water flow have turned into living jellyfish that can swim."
The sky was cloudy again, and the last ray of light through the clouds was also blocked, and the sky darkened.
The scientists surrounded by the observation screen broke out in shocked cheers again: "My God, there are jellyfish emitting blue light gathered on the water around him, and the reef where he is located is like a gloomy island. When he swims in the sea, he may look like A twinkling galaxy."
The scientist turned back to the reporter's camera and said: "The predecessors called him thedeepsun (deep sea sun) when they first observed him, and now it seems that the name is indeed well-deserved."
The water surface is so clear that the underwater and above-water creatures can see each other clearly. When the diver tried to get close to the mermaid, he suddenly found that the mermaid on the shore was staring at him.
Rimbaud sat on the reef boredly, and found two weak humans approaching cautiously, so he watched them tossing in the water to amuse himself.
The diver stares blankly into those stunning blue eyes for a few seconds before daring to surface and pushing the camera closer to Rimbaud.
Rimbaud looked at him, his eyes had no pupils and focal points, and the diver couldn't tell if he was really looking at him.
A slight wave pushed the two divers away, but seeing that he wasn't attacking, the divers moved the camera in a little closer for a close-up of Rimbaud's scales.
Scientists clench their fists ashore to observe the extraordinary features.
"It's strange. His upper body is wrapped in medical bandages, which was not seen in the observation video seventy years ago. He has a smooth and slender back. Maybe he was entangled in the medical waste discarded by humans? Or maybe he After picking up this bandage, I liked it very much, so I wrapped it around my body, and then I boldly guessed, would the mermaids have weaving skills? Just like the merman who can weave silk in oriental mythology."
"We dare not rescue him rashly, but hope that our divers can take some samples from the bandages on his body for our study."
The diver took out his tool scissors and approached Rimbaud carefully, trying to take a small sample from the bandage wrapped around his upper body for observation.
At the same time, Bai Chunian, who was sitting in front of the TV watching the live broadcast, stood up slowly: "??? I got the bandage from the Medical Association, why are you still ripping off your clothes! The gringos are getting more and more excessive."
Rimbaud lifted the fish's tail lightly, with a burst of waves at the end of the tail, and whispered ethereally: "goon, bigi. (Go away, human)"
The diver was shot into the water by the surging waves, and the camera shook chaotically. But they persisted in not leaving, because they saw scenes that they had never imagined in their lives.
Another mermaid alpha with a fiery red and gorgeous fish tail swam from the deep sea far away, and broke into this circle of clean water in embarrassment. The blue mermaid on the shore cannot be compared.
Followed by countless colorful mermaids, they swim from the deep sea, the turbid and rotten water becomes slightly clearer because of their arrival, hundreds of mermaids gather towards the blue mermaids on the shore, but Stopping and wandering on the border of the clear water, looking at the king on the shore, is like a sad pilgrimage.
The red-tailed mermaid alpha surfaced, half of his naked body floating on the surface of the sea, but his body was covered with crimson claw marks that had not yet healed, turned white by the sea foam, and the wounds on his body formed a distorted grimace pattern.
A scientist on the shore who has a deep understanding of mermaids explained: "This is a sign of being exiled in the mermaid group. When a mermaid arouses public anger, he will be attacked fiercely by the people. The merman's sharp claws and the special pheromone they secrete It will leave permanent scars on the outcast, and the outcast can only leave the group to fend for themselves. Most of the merfolk who leave the group will die."
Driven by hundreds of mermaids behind him, the red-tailed mermaid climbed up the rock in embarrassment, lay down close to the stone surface, and kissed the tip of Rimbaud's tail in extreme panic.
"Siren, bolieakelaknoliyaniy (I'm really sorry about the past)."
"kimogoonmoyabolieaglarbo (Your departure made us miserable)"
"iefnonkimobuligi, bolieachangmilayer (We can't live without your nurturing (literally we are forever babies))"
“CabeanSemuansi. (Caribbean has been completely ruined)”
"bolieanowaabandakimo. (We shouldn't have banished you)"
"fanlibkimo, bolieayouyi. (I'm guilty of betraying you)"
The scientists on board were stunned, although among them were linguists who studied mermaids, they could only understand part of what he meant.
The British scientist sighed: "He is waiting for his subjects to pick him up, proud king."
Rimbaud looked at the nails casually, and asked softly: "Athie? (What do they say)"
When the underwater mermaids heard the king's question, they all swam towards the shallow sea and surrounded the reef where Rimbaud was lying. Each mermaid, dragging a shimmering light of different colors, gathered in front of Rimbaud and kissed him reverently. tail tip.
"Siren," they called him, "bolieafanloth. (We were deceived)"
Among the mermaids was an omega holding a baby swaddled in wide kelp with decorative seashells stitched with jellyfish tentacles that looked like lace trim.
The baby's bright brown eyes flickered and blinked, and it shook its short, thick gray fishtail and stretched out its little hand to Rimbaud for a hug.
Rimbaud raised one hand and gently covered the baby's eyes with the palm.
At the same time, his fish tail tightly wrapped around the neck of the pleading red-tailed mermaid, and the tip of the electrified tail tightened ruthlessly. The red-tailed mermaid struggled desperately while grabbing the fish tail wrapped around its neck, but could not make a sound.
Rimbaud raised his powerful long tail, and the mermaid was cruelly suspended in the air by him, and the fish tail flicked around, splashing a large amount of water.
Rimbaud hung him in front of him, suddenly his sharp claws stretched out his fingertips, and the sharp claws tore a blood-red wound on his chest, and the white bones and flesh were broken together.
But he wasn't dead yet, and Rimbaud hadn't broken his vitals.
With the next blow, Rimbaud cut off half of his fish tail.
The sea water around the reef was stained red by the blood of the mermaid, and the body of the red-tailed mermaid was torn into pieces and thrown into the water, slowly sinking to the seabed.
The bandage wrapped around Rimbaud's body was stained red, and the blood mixed with the sea water flowed down his fingertips into the crevices of the reef. All the mermaids around only dared to bow their heads and remain silent.
Rimbaud removed his hand from the baby's eyes.
When he moved his palm away, the baby's reopened eyes turned a bright golden orange, and the pupils seemed to be filled with broken stars. Its small fish tail was about a foot longer than before, and its scales changed from ordinary gray to It was golden, and the drooping fins were like misty gold yarns.
"goon. (Let's go)" Rimbaud said indifferently—
Take me to meet your current king and see how he manages this country like this.
With a leap, he drew a blue light and shadow from the air, lightly entering the water, followed by a large group of mermaids.
The waters that Rimbaud passed became clear to the naked eye, the algae disappeared, and the floating corpses sank to the seabed.
His fish tail stirred quickly, and bubbles appeared as he swam, thousands of blue jellyfish floated in it, and the jellyfish rubbed against the body of his followers, the dull color of those mermaids gradually became extremely gorgeous, and at the same time the sea area they passed It has also been purified to the same cleanliness.
The diver froze, forgetting that he was still in the water, and the scientists on board completely forgot what they were supposed to do.
An old scientist sat down on the ground in a daze, tearing up, took off his glasses and began to cry: "I have never seen such a magnificent sight in my life."
The live news broadcast ended here, and Bai Chunian in front of the TV couldn't break away from those scenes for a long time.
"Siren." Bai Chunian stretched out his fingertips to spell on the ground, "Is this his original name?"
Han Xingqian also gained a lot during this period. He closed his notepad and pen, and stated some of his conclusions: "It seems that not all mermaids have a strong purification ability. This ability is probably bestowed on them by Rimbaud."
"I'm speculating about their leader election system, whether mermaids born with special abilities will be elected as leaders, or whether a leader will be elected before he will be given the ability."
"He must be very tired." Bai Chunian sat on the floor with his hands on his knees, and said flatly, "He doesn't look like this when he's with me."
"Okay, you don't need to emphasize it anymore." Han Xingqian raised his eyebrows, "You must not dress like this to show off your mark, I know it."
"I'll apply for an overseas mission with the president to see if there is anything I need to do. South America is fine, North America is fine too. No salary, overtime is free." Bai Chunian began to edit the application.
Suddenly, Bai Chunian received a communication alarm.
The detection station sent an alarm, reporting that an unknown helicopter was found approaching 30 kilometers away from Aphid Island.
Bai Chunian became vigilant, picked up the communicator and explained: "Level 3 alert, anti-aircraft missiles are in place, security personnel are in place, I will be there soon."
"receive."
Bai Chunian arrived at the detection station in time, and the detection personnel showed him real-time air defense detection video.
A white helicopter appeared in the cloudless sky. The helicopter was painted as a cute rabbit head, and its two ears were made into propellers. It looked like a rabbit flying over with its hands waving.
Bai Chunian: "?"