In the humid and fishy laboratory,
An ancient being who needs to use the "old calendar" to calculate his life cycle suddenly feels a sense of being watched from behind.
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Stop your whiskered fingers from writing.
Turn your head.
The gills on its neck are slightly open, and through the gill gaps, one seems to be able to see an ocean world filled with strange fish.
Just as she turned around to reveal a sick face that could not be seen with the naked eye or described in words,
Phew~
Inside the experimental tank behind him, a fish eye as small as a grain of rice exploded and shattered.
The sense of voyeurism is gone.
However,
There are thousands of tiny fish eyes like this one in this tank.
She didn't take it seriously and continued to devote herself to the important data recording work.
…
Switching perspective
Listening to the epic music from the sea,
Peeping at the terrifying back that is beyond comprehension,
Yi Chen almost instantly lost control of his consciousness, and even his vision could not move... like a fish, at the mercy of others.
In the field of vision,
The unknown being who was recording the data seemed to have noticed his gaze.
Turn your head slowly
Such an ordinary behavior, however, caused an unprecedented sense of fear in Yi Chen's heart.
This most ancient and primitive emotion is like a pair of huge hands, squeezing the soul tightly and threatening to tear it apart at any time.
The process of turning your head is like a countdown to death.
Critical moment,
A familiar blend of noises came from my consciousness.
"William, wake up!"
When the sound came, it was accompanied by a strong sense of traction.
Buzz!
At this moment, Yi Chen's consciousness broke free from its restraints, pulling out of the abyss covered with fish scales and filled with a fishy smell. It shuttled through the narrow cracks of time and space and returned to the green lake.
When I opened my eyes again,
He has returned to his familiar body.
Deep in the dark lake,
The giant "watcher" eye had been completely drained, like an empty balloon, lying lifeless at the bottom of the lake.
The fully fed little grape has returned, hiding under its skin and flesh, in a rather strange state of gestation, leaving only one sentence.
"Next... I need a long rest period. Don't call me unless you are in danger of death."
The voice ends.
The connection between consciousness was weakened to 1/10, and one could only feel the fleshy ball in the abdominal cavity, undergoing subtle gestation and growth.
However,
The crisis in Green Lake Town has not been resolved.
The Giant Eye is just a "watcher".
Its death only allowed the townspeople to break free from the shackles and become freer... The townspeople infected with "ichthyosis" were not less active at all, and might even become more crazy.
At the same time,
The mermaids wandering in the green lake looked towards the strange individual at the bottom of the lake, staring at this uninfected stranger... Instinct drove them to swim over quickly.
There are so many of them that there is no room for escape!
In times of crisis,
A white shadow crashed into the lake, so fast that no creature could see it clearly.
White light flashed across the school of fish.
Two powerful claws directly dug into the flesh between Yi Chen's shoulders and got stuck in the bone gap~
Before I could feel the pain,
An unimaginable pulling force came and directly pulled him out of the bottom of the lake. The mermaids who tried to stop him along the way were torn to pieces by some hidden wind blades and could not stop him.
Wow!
The lake surface splashed with a lot of water.
Yi Chen was dragged out and flew close to the ground.
He was eventually thrown at the back door of the Green Shade Hotel.
Bang! He supported himself on the wall with both hands and barely landed.
Yi Chen looked up quickly.
Only then did he see clearly that the one who rescued him was actually a white-feathered owl.
Before I could say thank you, the other person had already flown away.
Also at this moment,
The boss opened the back door and pulled Yi Chen into the hotel.
The dim eyes on the boss's face became clear at this moment.
"You... really did it! Kadaisi, quickly take Mr. William to the basement to recover."
"knew!"
The thin sister in a white dress easily carried Yi Chen on her shoulders.
Follow the secret passage to the basement.
The younger sister brought some dry towels and wiped Yi Chen's body carefully.
Surprisingly,
After soaking in the lake for such a long time,
The clothes on my body were not soaked at all. I just needed to wipe off the remaining water stains on the surface and they looked brand new.
The only thing to note is the shoulder that was pierced by the owl, and a little lake water flowed into the wound...
Kadaisi wiped it with a towel first.
Suddenly pressed my cold lips against yours,
Suck hard~
The blood and the lake water mixed in it were all sucked out, and the infection was blocked.
"That should be fine. I'll go upstairs and get some good food. You wait here."
My sister left.
Yi Chen sat alone on a chair in the basement.
Although this adventure on the lake bottom did not cause any substantial harm,
But his mental state is not very good.
Constant tinnitus,
Slightly swollen cranial cavity,
And the abyss laboratory that flashes through my mind from time to time,
Unconsciously,
A trickle of blood actually flowed out of his nose, accompanied by a strong feeling of dizziness, which almost made Yi Chen fall off the chair.
“Is this the aftereffect of mental invasion
I didn't even open my eyes, but I was still hit... Later on, I relied entirely on Little Grape to finally kill the Watcher Giant Eye.
And such a giant eye that spreads ichthyosis and dominates Green Lake Town is just a small product in the laboratory.
I am too weak now.
There should be a way to grow and become stronger in this world, and perhaps such a method exists in the organization."
After experiencing life and death at the bottom of the lake,
Yi Chen was not frightened by this.
Instead, it stimulated his desire to explore the world, and he was eager to make himself stronger so as to discover more things.
At this time,
Kadaisi came to the basement with a bowl of special fish soup.
Thick,
bubble,
black,
Various fish heads that looked like they had been exposed to radiation were crowded between the soup bowls.
The smell is like a rotten fish that drowned in a footbath and no one noticed for a week.
"This is specially prepared by my brother. He said that if you can come back alive, this fish head soup will be of great help."
“Okay…Okay.”
I took the big bowl of fish soup that looked like it was for several people.
Tentatively touch the sticky surface of the soup with your fingers.
After confirming that there is no rejection of the plant in the body,
Pinch your nose with one hand.
Holding the bowl of soup in one hand, he gulped down the soup.
As my stomach began to churn, the lingering tinnitus in my ears gradually subsided, and the swelling in my skull gradually disappeared.
"nice one!"
Just as Yi Chen was marveling at the magic of this exotic delicacy,
A powerful and loud voice came from above, penetrated the building partitions of the hotel, and reached Yi Chen's ears clearly... The whole town could hear this voice.
“All examiners, please take note.
Please rush to the east exit of the town as quickly as possible. The organization's carriage will be waiting for you there. The time limit is ten minutes.
Once the time limit is exceeded, it will be regarded as a failure in the assessment. "
"Did the assessment end early?"
Yi Chen immediately became alert after hearing the news.
Return to the hotel.
The Green Shade Inn is located at the exit on the south side of the town, far away from the east exit where everyone is supposed to gather... It is very risky to travel through a town that is completely out of control and in chaos.
Not to mention, Little Grape is in a special condition and it is difficult to provide visual assistance.
“Mr. William, the east exit you want to go to either requires you to go through the city center or around the lake.
The road is dangerous, let us take you there."
"Is it too dangerous? If there are organized personnel at the east exit, they might attack you."
"As long as you don't get too close, it should be fine."
Yi Chen did not refuse, he really needed the help of his brother and sister.
Using similar means,
The disguised 'corpse' was laid flat on a wooden cart and pushed to the east entrance by the brother and sister.
Because there was a dangerous patient who had completely shed his scales in the center of the town, they chose to go around the lake... There were no obstacles along the way, and no townspeople would suspect the existence of such a high level as the brother and sister.
When they could just see the outline of the carriage, the brother and sister stopped.
On the eve of separation,
Considering that I am about to embark on the road of "curing diseases",
If we meet again in the future, our positions may be completely different.
Just gave a silent hug, without saying words like 'goodbye'.
but,
When hugging the boss, the boss gently patted Yi Chen's back and whispered in his ear:
“Please leave here quickly~ Mr. William… You are the strangest human being I have ever seen, completely different from other people. Maybe you really have a chance to heal this hopeless world.
If there is a chance to see you again,
Please do not hesitate to kill us."
Yi Chen did not reply.
He just looked at the boss for a second, then immediately turned around and ran towards the assembly point.