AWITTGABAGIWOBAFOAP Chapter 50
by VolareXie Xiaoyu’s shoulder-length hair was slightly curled and soft. He had a pair of amber blue eyes, dreamlike and illusionary, making him elusive.
It was as if one would carelessly drown in the deep sea, leaving no escape.
His tail trembled excitedly, filled with a desire for destruction.
This was the secret he had been hiding all along…
He was a fish, hiding among humans, with an ulterior motive.
Xie Xiaoyu couldn’t help but panic. Song Ningwan’s spiritual power had forced him to reveal his fish tail, making it impossible for him to maintain his human rationality.
Therefore, he chose to stay when he sensed something was wrong, otherwise his original form would be seen by the captain…
Humans always said, “If they are not of our race, their hearts must be punished.”
Xie Xiaoyu didn’t want the captain to stare at him with those eyes that looked at monsters… The world’s civilization had collapsed, and all creatures were struggling to survive.
The appearance of the fish tail would gradually turn him into an irrational beast, with only destruction and primitive desires.
He would curiously size up the prey entering his territory, mechanically preying and killing. Therefore, he could only shackle himself with chains to suppress his wildness.
But he couldn’t help but want to get closer to that magnificent spiritual power…
Inside the control room, Song Ningwan clicked a button, and blue light reflected in his eyes.
There was another reason why Song Ningwan deliberately kept him behind, because he could sense that Xie Xiaoyu was different from other species.
Not human, but what exactly was he? What was hidden in that archaeological team?
Everything was unknown.
Unexpectedly, there was a loud noise at the door. Golden light flashed, and the heat instantly melted the control room door, blasting countless fragments that splattered out.
001 was very intelligent. Sensing a dangerous intrusion, it immediately aimed the particle cannon at the broken mecha skeleton, charging the muzzle to deliver a fatal blow to Xie Xiaoyu.
Xie Xiaoyu had nowhere to escape, nor could he teleport out of the mecha. He glanced hastily and met the gaze in the firelight.
Song Ningwan saw Xie Xiaoyu’s fish tail and turned to stare at his blue eyes.
He couldn’t see through what emotions were contained in those cold, empty eyes, nor could he analyze any subtle emotions. It was as if the other party was a string of emotionless mechanical code.
Were mermaids considered infected?
[Initiate Attack!]
The mecha was shrouded in smoke from the particle cannon. Song Ningwan looked indifferent and simply instructed, “Don’t kill him, capture him alive.”
Song Ningwan slowly raised his head, following the direction of the voice.
A crystal-clear white fish tail hung in front of his eyes, the scales covered in starlight, more beautiful than a galactic vortex.
Before Song Ningwan could react, the mermaid flashed in front of him, his blue eyes full of wild infatuation and desire.
“Eat you.”
That voice was distant and ethereal, like the murmur of a god descending, permeating the ocean barrier, and drifting with the long wind.
Song Ningwan had to retreat, but the fish tail wrapped around his legs, climbing up to the root of his thighs, becoming tighter and tighter, making it hard to breathe.
? Was this right?
The mermaid’s appearance was magnificent and beautiful, his blue eyes as dreamy as the deep sea. Standing up with his fish tail, he was three meters tall and could envelop Song Ningwan in his shadow.
Song Ningwan’s body stiffened. The beautiful fish tail seemed to indicate that its owner was in a good mood, and was wantonly kneading Song Ningwan’s waist.
An involuntary tingling sensation swept through his body. Song Ningwan couldn’t believe it, the fish tail actually had toxins that numbed the nerves.
!
Xie Xiaoyu hated all humans, especially the one in front of him, who was particularly displeasing.
But Song Ningwan’s easily teased appearance made him extremely excited, and his body was unbearably hot.
He licked the human’s side neck, squinting his eyes contentedly: “Human, your blood is very dirty.”
Song Ningwan: “…”
His neck was pierced by sharp teeth, and the bone-piercing pain paralyzed his whole body, making it impossible to move.
An unknown liquid in his chest was restless, wandering through every blood vessel, as if he could feel subtle changes occurring in the protein structure space.
Song Ningwan’s consciousness had long been blurred when he leaned against the console.
“Slap!”
Song Ningwan directly slapped him, with excessive force.
With a bang, the thick fish tail was directly thrown out, contacting the ground and cracking a crevice.
Xie Xiaoyu was extremely furious at this time, wanting to smash everything around him. The moment that thought appeared, he was stunned.
The cool breeze couldn’t take away the heat, and the blood was scalding, as if magma was surging and burning his skin. He was exhausted from trying to control himself, and vaguely saw Song Ningwan’s veins bulging.
The whole fish was groggy and dumbfounded.
A palm print was imprinted on his beautiful face, and a pearl hung on his long eyelashes, making him look pitiful.
Song Ningwan couldn’t see the mermaid up close, he could only feel that the originally strong spiritual attack had now turned into a spring breeze, softly merging with him.
Infatuated, he fell into the deep sea, unable to extricate himself.
He only felt his eyelids heavy and his skin so hot that it was about to evaporate his blood.
The atmosphere of lingering affection shattered in an instant. Xie Xiaoyu’s sharp fingers pinched Song Ningwan’s neck, as if to pierce through his flesh and blood.
The gasps in his ears opened the transparent merman ear fins. Xie Xiaoyu lifted the human in his hands, staring at the “fragile flower,” as if it would wither and fall if he used a little force.
“Eat you.”
Song Ningwan finally understood the mermaid’s predation plan: first attract and confuse people, and then start tasting the food.
The mental barrier was like a spiderweb, overwhelmingly suppressing the mermaid.
Xie Xiaoyu’s face was pale, unable to mobilize any abilities. Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in his brain. He subconsciously let go of Song Ningwan, dragging his sweaty fish tail and weakly hitting the ground.
“Are you a variant?” Song Ningwan said indifferently. He had been bitten on the neck, which was a little painful, but he could still bear it.
“Do you want me to tell your captain about this?” As soon as Song Ningwan finished speaking, the fish didn’t speak, but hummed and whined, dropping small pearls.
? Was he crying?
Where had that ferocity gone?
Song Ningwan tried to meet the mermaid’s eyes, but he heard Xie Xiaoyu’s inner voice.
[Hungry hungry hungry hungry hungry hungry hungry!!! Eat eat, little fish wants to eat, hungry hungry!]
?
Song Ningwan poured himself a glass of nutrient solution to moisten his throat.
He should rest for the night before setting off.
Looking at the little fish bubbling in the pool, its pure white fish tail curling up waves, Song Ningwan couldn’t help but ask: “What do fish eat?”
[Humans can eat dried fish, but fish cannot eat dried humans]
“Forget it, I’ll go wash off the bloody smell first. You watch him.” Song Ningwan walked into another room. The wastelands world didn’t have water resources, so he used compressed molecular dry cleaning.
Xie Xiaoyu’s sense of smell was extremely sensitive, and he could distinguish the taste of the substance itself. Through the frosted glass door, he vaguely saw the lithe body showering in the misty water vapor, the inside blurry.
At this time, Song Ningwan came out wrapped in a bath towel, his slender but well-proportioned muscles even, and the curve of his mermaid line was very beautiful. Wet, broken hair covered his eyes. The already unapproachable Song Ningwan now seemed to be covered in a layer of frost, illusory and cold.
Fortunately, he had washed away the bloody smell.
Song Ningwan frowned and walked into the bedroom, looking at the fish’s staring gaze. When he raised his eyes, he happened to see the metal heart placed on the bedside table, the surface covered with patterns that glowed in the night.
Ka’lier, were you watching?
Song Ningwan tapped the surface of the heart with his finger. It was a hollow sound.
Song Ningwan stared at the metal heart for a long time. He even almost forgot that he needed to rest for a moment.
Until night fell in the wastelands world, the sky was still shrouded in black mist.
The only light source in the entire bedroom was even more dazzling, and the light was unexpectedly gentle. Song Ningwan felt tired.
He chose to go to sleep.
Above the wastelands, the mutated pollutants were still restless, like the panting of beasts. At night, they were all busy on the ruins, living numbly.
Song Ningwan vaguely felt a tightness in his chest, and even his breathing was a little heavy. But he had turned on the self-sleep system, and he would not be forcibly awakened until the scheduled time.
The next morning.
He opened his eyes for a moment, and even the unflappable Song Ningwan couldn’t help but be surprised. To be precise, he was bound, with incredible strength that made his internal organs swell.
Covered in hard white scales, a thick fish tail, as thick as an arm, was wrapped around Song Ningwan’s waist five times. When he turned his head, he met blue eyes, the warm breath making his body stiffen.
After Song Ningwan spent a few seconds fully absorbing all the information, he grabbed the “thing” wrapped around him and pulled it down. Perhaps he had pinched the other party’s throat, and his thumb brushed against the reverse scales, causing the originally quiet Xie Xiaoyu to move around.
The blue pupils, which clearly looked harmless, inadvertently gave people a sense of oppression. The cruel and indifferent pupils of the beast did not blink.
Song Ningwan followed the lithe body with his gaze all the way down. The fish tail was thick and powerful, as if running through the waves, breaking through the sea surface, and being able to glimpse the light of day.
The soft white scales on the abdomen were very smooth. Connected to the root of the tail was a transparent substance similar to crystal, emitting white light, eerie and terrifying.
Song Ningwan carefully sized up “this fish” for a moment, and the other party also blinked his eyes, his eyes clear and exploratory.
One fish and one person, facing each other.
The little fish seemed unable to resist its strong curiosity, tilted its head and “ummed” softly, carefully probing its tail into the man’s back, the crystal substance lightly brushing against his skin, with a bit of itch.
Song Ningwan’s tense face collapsed. His right hand held the fish’s neck, and his left hand wrapped around his back to hold the restless tail in his hand. He frowned slightly, the atmosphere silent.
The originally quiet little fish became restless, twisting its body, and its gaze became fierce in that instant, without any scruples, locking onto the person in front of it.
[Master… It demolished the bathroom, I’m sorry, I’ve tried my best.]
The fish demolished the house?
Song Ningwan was stunned for a moment when he heard 001’s words. His entire arm and even his upper body were numb.
The fish tail seemed to be able to emit some kind of nerve-paralyzing toxin, especially the place where his back had been touched. His muscles and bones were melting with pain.
After Song Ningwan felt a little helpless, he let go and threw the fish onto the bed.
This fish still wanted to eat him. Song Ningwan looked at the dense bite marks on his arm and was speechless.
Xie Xiaoyu twisted his body, and the tip of his tail swayed, flashing with light.
It shook its head stupidly, raised its tail, and tentatively attacked Song Ningwan, then retracted it.
Xie Xiaoyu seemed to find it interesting, leaned down to sniff, glanced at Song Ningwan, and howled.
Perhaps it was because he was not clear-headed, it didn’t sound fierce, just silly.
Song Ningwan read his mind again.
[Hungry hungry! Eat eat! Human, delicious! Delicious! Fishy wants to eat…]
“…” Song Ningwan supported his forehead in pain, his gaze shifted to the hot heart on the bedside table. Just as he was about to move, the fish cub quickly turned around, jumped into the air, and thought he could swim freely in the sea, but unexpectedly, his center of gravity suddenly dropped down and banged! He made intimate contact with the ground.
“Woo…” He called softly, pitifully, and small pearls secreted from the corners of his eyes.
However, “softness” was fake, after all, mermaids were ferocious. Xie Xiaoyu got up immediately, without dragging his feet, and crawled forward to the man’s feet, flicking the tip of his tail on the other’s leg.
Song Ningwan took a step back, seemingly not wanting to have much contact with this fish.
Seeing that Song Ningwan didn’t intend to pay attention to it, the little fish jumped up without saying a word… wanting to jump on Song Ningwan’s head.
Song Ningwan’s expression was a little cold, he raised his hand to pull Xie Xiaoyu away, and he threw the little fish to the ground without any pity, seemingly using force.
“Don’t get too close to me.” Song Ningwan said coldly.
Xie Xiaoyu rolled around a few times before getting up from the ground, his blue eyes even darker, and his fish tail swaying from side to side. At that moment, the light was brilliant.
Just as Song Ningwan was about to turn his head, the solemn and powerful chant, mixed with anger, reverberated.
The fish tail attacked with lightning speed, and the light flowed wherever it passed, tearing through the space, and the temperature dropped sharply.
Song Ningwan dodged the black shadow that was attacking through the air, and the claws were as sharp as knives, cutting iron like mud. The surrounding walls and wardrobes were all victimized, leaving claw marks with grooves several meters long, which were extremely terrifying.
The flow rate of the temperature increased, and the wind floated his hair. Song Ningwan seemed to think of something, and hurriedly protected the metal heart placed on the bedside table.
When the fish shadow swept past, Song Ningwan’s forehead oozed thin sweat, and the 30cm-long scar on his back had torn flesh, revealing bone, and blood beads flowed to the ground.
Drip.
Drip.
The wind speed gradually slowed down, and blood flowed all over the floor.
Fortunately, Ka’lier was fine, Song Ningwan moved his dry lips: “Do you want to die?”
Xie Xiaoyu tilted his head, his pupils dilated, as if he didn’t understand the other party’s behavior.
Song Ningwan sighed, and an abnormality came from behind.
For no other reason than Xie Xiaoyu’s soft, gentle tongue stroking the wound.
Mermaids can heal wounds.
It was as if the withered ten thousand miles of wasteland had bloomed with flowers after being illuminated by the holy light. The long wind inadvertently brushed over the ten thousand miles, and the fragrance of the flowers that remained drifted for ten miles. At that moment, the abyss where he was located was full of flowers.
Song Ningwan’s face was even paler. He didn’t care about himself, but instead stroked the metal heart again and again.
Fortunately, this metal heart was not injured, otherwise…
Song Ningwan asked in a hoarse voice: “What are you doing?”
Xie Xiaoyu didn’t speak, shrinking on the head of the bed.
[Master, I have already found a place where a body can be forged for Lord Ka’lier—it is called Landis.]
After hearing Landis, Xie Xiaoyu raised his eyes, his pupils full of joy.
Song Ningwan was stunned: “Is Landis the sea?”
[No, master. To be precise, it is a cursed source of pollution, and mermaids are a derivative product.]
Song Ningwan suddenly thought of something: “What is there?”
[The Landis pollution source hides Merman Pearls, which are the best purified materials in the wasteland world, and only Merman Pearls can revive Mr. Ka’lier.]
Song Ningwan always felt that everything that had happened recently was very coincidental, as if there was an invisible hand pushing him forward.
Landis, was it?
The metal heart in Song Ningwan’s hand became hotter and hotter. He looked at Xie Xiaoyu, “Is there any way to turn him into a human and restore his sanity?”
[Master can try giving him spiritual power, he seems to like you very much]
Confirmed?
The little fish’s inner voice was very small: [So fierce, annoying, annoying, annoying.]
Song Ningwan didn’t delve into it and tried to release his spiritual sea to appease Xie Xiaoyu.
[Delicious! Eat eat eat! Like it! Like it!]
Even the unflappable Song Ningwan couldn’t help but be surprised. This fish changed its face so quickly.
“Have you eaten enough?” Song Ningwan asked.
Xie Xiaoyu looked content and hiccupped before falling asleep in a daze.
…
At night, Song Ningwan piloted the mecha to fly over the wasteland. On the way, he passed through the flatulent swamp. 001 automatically activated the protective shield and rushed over with increased firepower.
[Master, Landis has arrived, just in the area below.]
The mecha fell on its own, and when it touched the ground, dust flew everywhere.
Song Ningwan put on the protective suit that had been made in a short time and prepared to enter the Landis pollution source to find the Merman Pearls.
The door of the control room suddenly opened, and Xie Xiaoyu slowly walked in, looking ashamed.
[So embarrassing… What should I do, why was I laughed at in that situation! When I lost my mind, he must have looked like a monster, no one likes aliens…]
Song Ningwan acted as if nothing had happened and threw a set of protective clothing to Xie Xiaoyu.
Xie Xiaoyu subconsciously caught it, somewhat blankly, and stammered, “You, what are you doing?”
Song Ningwan said bluntly: “I’m going to enter Landis to get the Merman Pearls, and you’re going with me.”
“Landis? You! What are you going to do with the Merman Pearls?” As long as Xie Xiaoyu thought about what happened after becoming a fish, he didn’t dare to look at Song Ningwan.
Song Ningwan didn’t explain too much. After Xie Xiaoyu put on his protective suit, the two of them were tightly wrapped and walked out of the mecha.
001 entered sleep mode.
The goggles could perfectly isolate the problem of the eyes being exposed to the air.
“This is Landis, do you know where there are Merman Pearls?” Song Ningwan tilted his head and asked.
“How would I kn…” Xie Xiaoyu, who subconsciously choked, instantly died down and pouted: “Merman Pearls grow in the bodies of Mermen.”
“You, don’t look at me like that, I don’t have Merman Pearls.” Xie Xiaoyu’s voice became lower and lower, seemingly containing sadness.
To purify the polluted land, you must find the source.
Song Ningwan released his spiritual power, probing every inch of the Landis land.
A scorched forest surrounded the black sea, and viscous objects surged from the thick sea surface.
This place had long been polluted by toxins. As long as Song Ningwan dared to take off his protective clothing, he would immediately be corroded into blood mud.
The scorched soil was viscous, and one foot would sink into the pit when stepped on.
Song Ningwan could only carefully lift his feet and continue to move forward.
“It’s very dangerous inside, what exactly are you going to do with the Merman Pearls?” Xie Xiaoyu behind him called out to him.
Song Ningwan was stunned: “You can turn back.”
“I won’t! What’s there to be afraid of?” Xie Xiaoyu seemed to be angry and quickly followed.
The closer he got to the Black Sea, the greater the degree of pollution.
The originally scorched branches also turned into ashes and piled up together, forming small mountains, like a few lonely graves, desolate and silent.
Song Ningwan realized something was wrong when he raised his leg. The soil was getting softer and softer, trapping people like a swamp.
He reached out to stop Xie Xiaoyu, “Wait.”
“The ocean has already been polluted, you can’t get close at all. What’s more, Mermen can’t survive in this environment.” Xie Xiaoyu lowered his eyes, unable to see his expression.
“Someone has been here.” Song Ningwan looked at the lonely graves on the mud, the top of which was indented a little arc.
It was as if someone had jumped on it and used it to fly over the mud.
“How is that possible? Humans can’t pass through the Death Swamp at all!” Xie Xiaoyu subconsciously blurted out, realized he had slipped up, and silently shut his mouth.
Fortunately, Song Ningwan didn’t care about the other party’s strategy and carefully looked around.
It was impossible for him to be as light as the intruder, as long as he could step on the dust to pass through the mud swamp.
But when Song Ningwan was thinking, his ankle that had sunk into the mud suddenly stung, as if he had been bitten by a rodent that wouldn’t let go.
!
What was that?!
Were there piranhas in the mud?
Why were the little fishies so ferocious! One or two wanted to eat people?
Xie Xiaoyu sneezed and asked: “Why are you looking at me?”
Song Ningwan dragged his heavy steps and silently walked back.
Exiting the Death Swamp and returning to the starting point, Song Ningwan used a glow stick to illuminate his feet…
It wasn’t a piranha, it was a hunting trap.
?
Who was so talented to catch prey in the swamp.
“I originally wanted to catch fish, but I didn’t expect to catch two little handsome guys. How about going home with sister?” A chuckle came from behind, with a nonchalant teasing.
Song Ningwan turned his head and saw a woman wearing a slim-fitting protective suit, with a high ponytail left behind her helmet, walking in a heroic manner.
“Fishing?” Xie Xiaoyu sneered, not knowing what he was planning.
“Do you want me to help you treat your wound? It looks really heartbreaking.” The woman laughed, without the slightest hint of pity.
“Alas, your wound… I, I can help you,” Xie Xiaoyu said lower and lower, after all, the steps to treat the wound were a little difficult to say.
“No need.” Song Ningwan squatted down, and opened the hunting trap with a strong pull with both hands.
“What is your purpose in coming to Landis!” Xie Xiaoyu was a little embarrassed and quickly turned the topic to the strange woman.
The woman fiddled with the gun in her hand, leaned against the tree trunk, and raised her gun at Song Ningwan when she heard the words, smiled, “That’s a bit unreasonable, isn’t it? After all, I came first, you guys following a lady is not what a gentleman would do.”
Song Ningwan was not afraid of the gun pointed at him. He took a step forward, stared at the woman behind him, and said lightly: “Let your companions come out, don’t hide.”
The woman put away her nonchalant expression and tapped her finger on the trigger back and forth.
“Did you find it?” The woman didn’t seem to intend to hide it: “Come out, Lan, you were actually discovered, it seems that this tail is not easy to deal with.”
Lan?
Hearing this name, Song Ningwan’s heart stopped beating in an instant. The Death Swamp was silent, with only the sound of footsteps, one light and one heavy, falling on his head.
Song Ningwan stared at the woman. He deliberately put away his spiritual pressure, wanting to see the person hiding clearly.
Was it her?
It had been a long time.
Song Ningwan’s heart beat faster and faster. Even though the goggles blocked the hot gaze, the woman could detect something was wrong and said with a smile: “Little handsome guy, staring at my sister like this is a bit rude, isn’t it? Do you know what I usually do? I usually choose to poke out the eyes of the gangsters and make them pay for it.”
However, a girl’s usual voice joined the farce:
“I’m out, then what?”
As the voice fell, the woman pulled the trigger. With a bang, the bullet shot towards Song Ningwan’s eyes.