The merman’s eyes were filled with darkness, and the originally deep eyes now resembled a deep whirlpool, pulling in Bai Lixin.
The merman’s fingers slowly scratched Bai Lixin’s mouth, and Bai Lixin saw the visible undulation of the merman’s chest.
Seeing the merman preparing to drag him into the water again, Bai Lixin retreated, immediately freeing himself from the merman’s grasp, “Ahem, ahem.”
He looked at the merman awkwardly, “Uh, calm down a bit.”
The merman looked puzzled, then instantly recalled yesterday’s incident.
The extraordinarily handsome face instantly fell, a pair of eyes looked at the young man outside with a sense of guilt, “Yiya.”
—Sorry.
At this moment, Bai Lixin felt like he was a bad uncle bullying a child.
He quickly walked up and rubbed the merman’s damp and cold cheeks, saying soothingly, “You’re apologizing to me, right?”
“It’s okay, I know you didn’t mean it. Just remember not to drag me into the water next time. After all, I’m human, without gills like you, I can’t breathe in water like you, and it makes me very uncomfortable.”
“But if you ask me in advance, I can enter the pool, okay?”
The merman raised its head, looked at the young man across seriously, and nodded twice, “Yi ya!”
—Okay!
The two were immersed in their own world, unaware that this scene pierced someone’s heart.
The speaker in Laboratory 1 buzzed with the crackling sound of electricity, and soon, Dr. Olay’s voice came out of the speaker.
“Zero, come out.”
Bai Lixin glared fiercely at the speaker where the camera couldn’t capture.
‘Can’t people have a moment of love?
Do you know that breaking someone’s marriage is like seeking wealth and killing people?’
Bai Lixin sighed in his heart and got up to leave.
He had just turned around when a pair of cold hands suddenly grabbed his arm.
Bai Lixin turned around in confusion, only to see the merman looking somewhat flustered, the fish tail rapidly flapping behind him revealed his emotions, “Yiya.”
—When will you come back?
Bai Lixin smiled at the merman, “Are you asking when I’ll come back?”
“If it’s soon, maybe tomorrow. If it’s late…” he paused slightly before continuing, “Don’t worry; I will definitely come back.”
With these words, Bai Lixin turned and left the room.
The monitoring room was very close to Laboratory 1, and Dr. Olay was already waiting at the door.
His expression was somewhat gloomy, unable to accept the fact that the world’s most perfect merman had fallen for a human.
“Dr. Olay.” Bai Lixin smiled at him, seemingly unaware of the other party’s disgust and displeasure, “Did I perform well?”
Dr. Olay frowned, “It’s passable.”
“When can we complete the task, and when will you give me the money? You won’t default, right? Otherwise, give me some money first.” The young man across from him portrayed the demeanor of a small minded person who was only interested in money.
Dr. Olay became even more depressed.
‘Even if a perfect merman has to fall for a human, he can fall in love with a scientist with knowledge and status. Why does it have to be someone of such questionable character?
Is it just because of this face?
They all have two eyes, one nose, one mouth; what’s so attractive about a face?
I never expected that even a perfect merman would be such a superficial creature. Ah, why did he have to fall for someone so low?’
Just thinking that the exquisitely beautiful merman he treasured will now continuously engage in intimate actions with the less-than-impressive person in front of him in the days to come, made his throat feel like it had a lump of phlegm stuck in it.
A phlegm that could choke one to death.
Merfolk should mate with merfolk, only with truly beautiful creatures!
“Dr. Olay?” The young man’s call brought Dr. Olay back to reality.
He sighed heavily, “We haven’t even started, and you already want money. What if I give you the money, and you run away?”
“Well, you’ll have to give me a deposit, right?” The young man said carelessly, “I only recognize money, not people. I do things according to how much money I get. The money before was just enough for me to sell my labor. Now, if you want me to sell my body, it’s a different price.”
Dr. Olay looked at the ruffian-like appearance of the young man across and, through the glass window, at the merman eagerly waiting with a determined expression. He almost spat out blood.
‘Take a good look at what you’re interested in.
You treat him as true love, but he sees you as a money tree!’
Dr. Olay took several deep breaths to regain his composure, “I’ll give you 10 million now, and the remaining 90 after the task is done.”
Come to think of it, a person with this kind of personality is good. His eyes are only on money as long as the money is there. No need to worry about him suddenly developing a conscience or running away without taking the money and instead taking the merman.
He’s just an auxiliary tool for sperm extraction, why bother caring about this janitor?
He’s just a passerby, after everything is over, the merman remains a merman.
“Follow me.” Dr. Olay thought this way, and his anger suddenly subsided.
He led Bai Lixin to his third-floor office, took out a bank card from the drawer, and threw it in front of Bai Lixin, “There’s ten million in it. Take it now, and I’ll give you the remaining ninety million after the task is done.”
The young man’s eyes immediately went wide. He quickly stuffed the bank card into his arms, afraid the other party might snatch it away, “What about the password?”
Dr. Olay: “The password is on the back of the bank card.”
The young man pressed the location of the bank card through his clothes, and asked, “Is there really ten million in it?”
Dr. Olay: “Why would I lie to you? You can check for yourself if you don’t believe.”
“Hehe, no need to check, no need to check. I trust you.” The young man looked at the opposite side with bright eyes, “Do I only need to collect sperm from the merman? No need to sacrifice myself or anything? Otherwise, I’d better let the merman to really do it, or else I won’t feel at ease with this money.”
“No need!” Dr. Olay shouted through gritted teeth, veins popping on his forehead, “Get out! Get out! Roll! If I see you again, I’ll kill you!”
The young man pouted and reluctantly stood up from the chair, muttering, “If it wasn’t because I saw that you were giving a lot, I wouldn’t have mentioned it voluntarily. You really don’t know how to appreciate kindness. Didn’t even bother to inquire. People who want to sleep with me line up from the east to the west of the city but I didn’t agree to any, hmph.”
The door slammed shut.
Dr. Olay stared at the door frame, feeling the urge to kill Bai Lixin.
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In the live broadcast room
[Hahaha, God Xin is going to drive this bullshit doctor to his death.]
[I think he’s doing it on purpose.]
[Hahaha, I also think so. God Xin probably saw at a glance what kind of person Dr. Olay hates, and deliberately annoyed him, hahaha.]
[God Xin is mischievous this time.]
[Who asked them to lock the big boss in the pool and plan to electrocute him? God Xin looks all smiles now, but who knows if there’s a fire burning inside him.]
[ “Fire Out of the Circle”]
[…Brother, your joke is really cold.]
—————————-
Not long after leaving the office, Bai Lixin received a private message from Xia Chi.
[Brother, are you still in solitary confinement? How are things now? Are you okay? Hungry? Shall I bring you food?]
Bai Lixin: [I’ve already come out. I’m fine, what about you?]
Xia Chi: [Sigh, don’t mention it. It turns out our identity is just intern scientists. We need to pass an assessment to stay. The assessment lasts for three days, and it’s already the second day. Those who fail the assessment will be thrown out, never allowed back into the lab.]
[If we don’t enter the lab, won’t we be unable to complete the task? That won’t work.]
Bai Lixin: [What kind of assessment is it?]
Xia Chi: [It’s to see how much we understand about merfolk. They gave each of us a set of papers, asking us to complete and submit them within three days. If we consult the NPCs around us, it’s considered cheating, and they’ll throw us out. Listen to what kind of questions these are, who the hell knows.]
[Listen to this, how many teeth do merfolk have in total? How would I know how many teeth merfolk have? If there were models of merfolk here, I could open their mouths and check, but I…]
Bai Lixin: [32 teeth.]
Xia Chi: [Huh?]
Bai Lixin: [Merfolk have 32 teeth.]
Xia Chi: [Uh, how do you know that, bro?]
Bai Lixin: [I just counted them.]
I counted them one by one by opening the mouth and touching. There’s absolutely no chance for error, hmph.’
Xia Chi: [Brother, you’re awesome. By the way, our condition to stay is to pass the assessment. What about yours? How do you know so much about merfolk anatomy? Is your task to observe merfolk?]
Bai Lixin: [Not exactly.]
Xia Chi: [Then what is it?]
The young man remained silent for two seconds, then slowly typed: [Adult matters, little children shouldn’t bother. Go write your assessment.]
‘Believe it or not, this time I got the script for “Public-Funded Love”.’
Xia Chi: [???]
After a moment, Xia Chi’s private message came again, [Brother, for this question, how many fingers do merfolk have? Do they have webbing on their palms?]
Bai Lixin: [Just like us, they have five fingers, they have webbing, but it’s not very large, only near the gaps between their fingers close to the palm.]
Xia Chi: [Oh, got it, got it. Also, for this question, what is the body temperature of merfolk?]
Bai Lixin: [Approximately 16-18 degrees.]
The 2-degree difference is because he felt the other’s body temperature rise a bit when the merman blushed.
Xia Chi: [Brother, you’re my god! What about this question, how many “**” do merfolk have?]
Bai Lixin: [??? Wait a minute, are you sure this is one of your assessment questions? Are you messing with me?]
Xia Chi: [No, it’s really asked. Where are you now? If you don’t believe me, I’ll bring it over for you to see.]
Bai Lixin: [Oh, there’s no need to bring it over. I don’t know the answer to this question right now.]
‘Doesn’t mean I won’t know later!
I will find out the answer!’
Later on, Xia Chi asked several more questions, Bai Lixin knew some, and didn’t know others. After going back and forth, Xia Chi only had the last few questions left unanswered.
Xia Chi: [Great, I thought I was done for. This is really a turn of events. As long as I figure out the remaining questions before submitting them tomorrow, it’s fine. Thank you, brother.]
Bai Lixin: [You’re welcome. I’ll go around for a bit, we’ll see each other later.]
[Oh, wait,] Xia Chi hastily asked, [where are you now, brother? I’ll come find you.]
Bai Lixin looked around and realized he had unknowingly returned to the entrance of Lab 1: [I’m at the entrance of Lab 1. Come find me.]
Xia Chi: [Okay, three minutes.]
While waiting for Xia Chi, Bai Lixin stood at the entrance of Lab 1, gazing inside.
The merman had disappeared from the water surface. He was not in the glass container, nor did he emerge.
When there’s no one around, he seems to like to curl up in the water.
He had seen reports about animals in the zoo before; could the merman be depressed from being kept for too long, resulting in stereotypical behavior?
He had to cheer up his lover.
Oh, so in this copy, he not only got the script for “Public-Funded Love” but also the script for “Redemption”?
As Bai Lixin pondered, someone in the corridor called out to him, “Brother.”
He raised his head and saw Xia Chi standing in the corridor, curiously looking in his direction. Xia Chi lowered his voice, speaking mysteriously, “Are you secretly watching brother in law here? If they see you like this, will they lock you up again?”
Bai Lixin smiled but didn’t say anything.
‘Xiao Xia Chi, you didn’t expect this, did you? Not only won’t I be locked up, but now the lab people are begging me to come in.’
However, it’s better not to tell this to the simple-minded Xiao Xia Chi, after all, he just came of age.
He also needs to take care of Tan Yue’s feelings, ahem.
“Where should we start?” Xia Chi looked at Bai Lixin beside him. It had only been a day, but he always felt that his Brother had many secrets. “When you were locked up yesterday, I already circled around the lab. The lab isn’t big, just three floors. By the way, you can also go outside the lab. Do you want to take a look?”
Bai Lixin halted in his steps, glancing upstairs, “What’s upstairs?”
Xia Chi: “Upstairs are all labs for keeping merfolk and some data rooms for processing data. But because we are interns, many places won’t let me in.”
Bai Lixin: “If you all can’t go in, I feel like I probably can’t either. Did you find anything when you investigated yesterday?”
Xia Chi: “No, I feel like there’s nothing to find.”
After pondering for two seconds, Bai Lixin said, “Then let’s go out for a stroll first.”
Xia Chi is very lucky, the kind of person who can pick up prop cards just by walking, and he also easily gets task clues. If he hasn’t found anything, there might really be nothing to find.
While walking, Bai Lixin opened the task bar.
[Task One: Survive for seven days and nights. (six days and six nights remaining)]
[Task Two: Assist the laboratory in studying the habits of merfolk. (Progress: 0%)]
[Task Three: Find out the merfolk’ faith. (Progress: 0%)]
[Task Four: (To be released)]
He understood Tasks 1 and 2, but what about Task 3?
Find out the merfolk’s faith? How do you find that?
What is the merfolk’s faith?
Is it a kind of spirituality? Or a specific merfolk?
After thinking for a while without figuring it out, Bai Lixin temporarily put the task aside and followed Xia Chi to the entrance.
The main entrance has facial recognition, requiring them to scan their faces to enter and exit.
The instruments on the door quickly identified the facial features of the two, opened the door, and let them out.
This heavy iron door was not transparent; when inside, Bai Lixin had no idea what was outside.
Now that the door was open, Bai Lixin could finally see the scenery outside.
The lab’s main gate faced an endless sea.
It is said to be facing, but there’s still quite a distance; it looked like it was very close, but Bai Lixin knew it would take a long time to walk there.
He looked around, and realized the lab was built on a large island. This island was large, surrounded by lush trees, and the lab was situated on a cliff on the island.
The cliff resembled a sharp blade, directly plunging into the sea. The cliff is smooth so it’s almost impossible to climb up from above.
The island was surrounded by the sea, but the ocean seemed so close and yet so out of reach.
If the merfolk locked in the lab knew their homes were right in front of them but couldn’t return, how sad would they be?
The merman’s eyes were filled with darkness, and the originally deep eyes now resembled a deep whirlpool, pulling in Bai Lixin.
The merman’s fingers slowly scratched Bai Lixin’s mouth, and Bai Lixin saw the visible undulation of the merman’s chest.
Seeing the merman preparing to drag him into the water again, Bai Lixin retreated, immediately freeing himself from the merman’s grasp, “Ahem, ahem.”
He looked at the merman awkwardly, “Uh, calm down a bit.”
The merman looked puzzled, then instantly recalled yesterday’s incident.
The extraordinarily handsome face instantly fell, a pair of eyes looked at the young man outside with a sense of guilt, “Yiya.”
—Sorry.
At this moment, Bai Lixin felt like he was a bad uncle bullying a child.
He quickly walked up and rubbed the merman’s damp and cold cheeks, saying soothingly, “You’re apologizing to me, right?”
“It’s okay, I know you didn’t mean it. Just remember not to drag me into the water next time. After all, I’m human, without gills like you, I can’t breathe in water like you, and it makes me very uncomfortable.”
“But if you ask me in advance, I can enter the pool, okay?”
The merman raised its head, looked at the young man across seriously, and nodded twice, “Yi ya!”
—Okay!
The two were immersed in their own world, unaware that this scene pierced someone’s heart.
The speaker in Laboratory 1 buzzed with the crackling sound of electricity, and soon, Dr. Olay’s voice came out of the speaker.
“Zero, come out.”
Bai Lixin glared fiercely at the speaker where the camera couldn’t capture.
‘Can’t people have a moment of love?
Do you know that breaking someone’s marriage is like seeking wealth and killing people?’
Bai Lixin sighed in his heart and got up to leave.
He had just turned around when a pair of cold hands suddenly grabbed his arm.
Bai Lixin turned around in confusion, only to see the merman looking somewhat flustered, the fish tail rapidly flapping behind him revealed his emotions, “Yiya.”
—When will you come back?
Bai Lixin smiled at the merman, “Are you asking when I’ll come back?”
“If it’s soon, maybe tomorrow. If it’s late…” he paused slightly before continuing, “Don’t worry; I will definitely come back.”
With these words, Bai Lixin turned and left the room.
The monitoring room was very close to Laboratory 1, and Dr. Olay was already waiting at the door.
His expression was somewhat gloomy, unable to accept the fact that the world’s most perfect merman had fallen for a human.
“Dr. Olay.” Bai Lixin smiled at him, seemingly unaware of the other party’s disgust and displeasure, “Did I perform well?”
Dr. Olay frowned, “It’s passable.”
“When can we complete the task, and when will you give me the money? You won’t default, right? Otherwise, give me some money first.” The young man across from him portrayed the demeanor of a small minded person who was only interested in money.
Dr. Olay became even more depressed.
‘Even if a perfect merman has to fall for a human, he can fall in love with a scientist with knowledge and status. Why does it have to be someone of such questionable character?
Is it just because of this face?
They all have two eyes, one nose, one mouth; what’s so attractive about a face?
I never expected that even a perfect merman would be such a superficial creature. Ah, why did he have to fall for someone so low?’
Just thinking that the exquisitely beautiful merman he treasured will now continuously engage in intimate actions with the less-than-impressive person in front of him in the days to come, made his throat feel like it had a lump of phlegm stuck in it.
A phlegm that could choke one to death.
Merfolk should mate with merfolk, only with truly beautiful creatures!
“Dr. Olay?” The young man’s call brought Dr. Olay back to reality.
He sighed heavily, “We haven’t even started, and you already want money. What if I give you the money, and you run away?”
“Well, you’ll have to give me a deposit, right?” The young man said carelessly, “I only recognize money, not people. I do things according to how much money I get. The money before was just enough for me to sell my labor. Now, if you want me to sell my body, it’s a different price.”
Dr. Olay looked at the ruffian-like appearance of the young man across and, through the glass window, at the merman eagerly waiting with a determined expression. He almost spat out blood.
‘Take a good look at what you’re interested in.
You treat him as true love, but he sees you as a money tree!’
Dr. Olay took several deep breaths to regain his composure, “I’ll give you 10 million now, and the remaining 90 after the task is done.”
Come to think of it, a person with this kind of personality is good. His eyes are only on money as long as the money is there. No need to worry about him suddenly developing a conscience or running away without taking the money and instead taking the merman.
He’s just an auxiliary tool for sperm extraction, why bother caring about this janitor?
He’s just a passerby, after everything is over, the merman remains a merman.
“Follow me.” Dr. Olay thought this way, and his anger suddenly subsided.
He led Bai Lixin to his third-floor office, took out a bank card from the drawer, and threw it in front of Bai Lixin, “There’s ten million in it. Take it now, and I’ll give you the remaining ninety million after the task is done.”
The young man’s eyes immediately went wide. He quickly stuffed the bank card into his arms, afraid the other party might snatch it away, “What about the password?”
Dr. Olay: “The password is on the back of the bank card.”
The young man pressed the location of the bank card through his clothes, and asked, “Is there really ten million in it?”
Dr. Olay: “Why would I lie to you? You can check for yourself if you don’t believe.”
“Hehe, no need to check, no need to check. I trust you.” The young man looked at the opposite side with bright eyes, “Do I only need to collect sperm from the merman? No need to sacrifice myself or anything? Otherwise, I’d better let the merman to really do it, or else I won’t feel at ease with this money.”
“No need!” Dr. Olay shouted through gritted teeth, veins popping on his forehead, “Get out! Get out! Roll! If I see you again, I’ll kill you!”
The young man pouted and reluctantly stood up from the chair, muttering, “If it wasn’t because I saw that you were giving a lot, I wouldn’t have mentioned it voluntarily. You really don’t know how to appreciate kindness. Didn’t even bother to inquire. People who want to sleep with me line up from the east to the west of the city but I didn’t agree to any, hmph.”
The door slammed shut.
Dr. Olay stared at the door frame, feeling the urge to kill Bai Lixin.
————————————
In the live broadcast room
[Hahaha, God Xin is going to drive this bullshit doctor to his death.]
[I think he’s doing it on purpose.]
[Hahaha, I also think so. God Xin probably saw at a glance what kind of person Dr. Olay hates, and deliberately annoyed him, hahaha.]
[God Xin is mischievous this time.]
[Who asked them to lock the big boss in the pool and plan to electrocute him? God Xin looks all smiles now, but who knows if there’s a fire burning inside him.]
[ “Fire Out of the Circle”]
[…Brother, your joke is really cold.]
—————————-
Not long after leaving the office, Bai Lixin received a private message from Xia Chi.
[Brother, are you still in solitary confinement? How are things now? Are you okay? Hungry? Shall I bring you food?]
Bai Lixin: [I’ve already come out. I’m fine, what about you?]
Xia Chi: [Sigh, don’t mention it. It turns out our identity is just intern scientists. We need to pass an assessment to stay. The assessment lasts for three days, and it’s already the second day. Those who fail the assessment will be thrown out, never allowed back into the lab.]
[If we don’t enter the lab, won’t we be unable to complete the task? That won’t work.]
Bai Lixin: [What kind of assessment is it?]
Xia Chi: [It’s to see how much we understand about merfolk. They gave each of us a set of papers, asking us to complete and submit them within three days. If we consult the NPCs around us, it’s considered cheating, and they’ll throw us out. Listen to what kind of questions these are, who the hell knows.]
[Listen to this, how many teeth do merfolk have in total? How would I know how many teeth merfolk have? If there were models of merfolk here, I could open their mouths and check, but I…]
Bai Lixin: [32 teeth.]
Xia Chi: [Huh?]
Bai Lixin: [Merfolk have 32 teeth.]
Xia Chi: [Uh, how do you know that, bro?]
Bai Lixin: [I just counted them.]
I counted them one by one by opening the mouth and touching. There’s absolutely no chance for error, hmph.’
Xia Chi: [Brother, you’re awesome. By the way, our condition to stay is to pass the assessment. What about yours? How do you know so much about merfolk anatomy? Is your task to observe merfolk?]
Bai Lixin: [Not exactly.]
Xia Chi: [Then what is it?]
The young man remained silent for two seconds, then slowly typed: [Adult matters, little children shouldn’t bother. Go write your assessment.]
‘Believe it or not, this time I got the script for “Public-Funded Love”.’
Xia Chi: [???]
After a moment, Xia Chi’s private message came again, [Brother, for this question, how many fingers do merfolk have? Do they have webbing on their palms?]
Bai Lixin: [Just like us, they have five fingers, they have webbing, but it’s not very large, only near the gaps between their fingers close to the palm.]
Xia Chi: [Oh, got it, got it. Also, for this question, what is the body temperature of merfolk?]
Bai Lixin: [Approximately 16-18 degrees.]
The 2-degree difference is because he felt the other’s body temperature rise a bit when the merman blushed.
Xia Chi: [Brother, you’re my god! What about this question, how many “**” do merfolk have?]
Bai Lixin: [??? Wait a minute, are you sure this is one of your assessment questions? Are you messing with me?]
Xia Chi: [No, it’s really asked. Where are you now? If you don’t believe me, I’ll bring it over for you to see.]
Bai Lixin: [Oh, there’s no need to bring it over. I don’t know the answer to this question right now.]
‘Doesn’t mean I won’t know later!
I will find out the answer!’
Later on, Xia Chi asked several more questions, Bai Lixin knew some, and didn’t know others. After going back and forth, Xia Chi only had the last few questions left unanswered.
Xia Chi: [Great, I thought I was done for. This is really a turn of events. As long as I figure out the remaining questions before submitting them tomorrow, it’s fine. Thank you, brother.]
Bai Lixin: [You’re welcome. I’ll go around for a bit, we’ll see each other later.]
[Oh, wait,] Xia Chi hastily asked, [where are you now, brother? I’ll come find you.]
Bai Lixin looked around and realized he had unknowingly returned to the entrance of Lab 1: [I’m at the entrance of Lab 1. Come find me.]
Xia Chi: [Okay, three minutes.]
While waiting for Xia Chi, Bai Lixin stood at the entrance of Lab 1, gazing inside.
The merman had disappeared from the water surface. He was not in the glass container, nor did he emerge.
When there’s no one around, he seems to like to curl up in the water.
He had seen reports about animals in the zoo before; could the merman be depressed from being kept for too long, resulting in stereotypical behavior?
He had to cheer up his lover.
Oh, so in this copy, he not only got the script for “Public-Funded Love” but also the script for “Redemption”?
As Bai Lixin pondered, someone in the corridor called out to him, “Brother.”
He raised his head and saw Xia Chi standing in the corridor, curiously looking in his direction. Xia Chi lowered his voice, speaking mysteriously, “Are you secretly watching brother in law here? If they see you like this, will they lock you up again?”
Bai Lixin smiled but didn’t say anything.
‘Xiao Xia Chi, you didn’t expect this, did you? Not only won’t I be locked up, but now the lab people are begging me to come in.’
However, it’s better not to tell this to the simple-minded Xiao Xia Chi, after all, he just came of age.
He also needs to take care of Tan Yue’s feelings, ahem.
“Where should we start?” Xia Chi looked at Bai Lixin beside him. It had only been a day, but he always felt that his Brother had many secrets. “When you were locked up yesterday, I already circled around the lab. The lab isn’t big, just three floors. By the way, you can also go outside the lab. Do you want to take a look?”
Bai Lixin halted in his steps, glancing upstairs, “What’s upstairs?”
Xia Chi: “Upstairs are all labs for keeping merfolk and some data rooms for processing data. But because we are interns, many places won’t let me in.”
Bai Lixin: “If you all can’t go in, I feel like I probably can’t either. Did you find anything when you investigated yesterday?”
Xia Chi: “No, I feel like there’s nothing to find.”
After pondering for two seconds, Bai Lixin said, “Then let’s go out for a stroll first.”
Xia Chi is very lucky, the kind of person who can pick up prop cards just by walking, and he also easily gets task clues. If he hasn’t found anything, there might really be nothing to find.
While walking, Bai Lixin opened the task bar.
[Task One: Survive for seven days and nights. (six days and six nights remaining)]
[Task Two: Assist the laboratory in studying the habits of merfolk. (Progress: 0%)]
[Task Three: Find out the merfolk’ faith. (Progress: 0%)]
[Task Four: (To be released)]
He understood Tasks 1 and 2, but what about Task 3?
Find out the merfolk’s faith? How do you find that?
What is the merfolk’s faith?
Is it a kind of spirituality? Or a specific merfolk?
After thinking for a while without figuring it out, Bai Lixin temporarily put the task aside and followed Xia Chi to the entrance.
The main entrance has facial recognition, requiring them to scan their faces to enter and exit.
The instruments on the door quickly identified the facial features of the two, opened the door, and let them out.
This heavy iron door was not transparent; when inside, Bai Lixin had no idea what was outside.
Now that the door was open, Bai Lixin could finally see the scenery outside.
The lab’s main gate faced an endless sea.
It is said to be facing, but there’s still quite a distance; it looked like it was very close, but Bai Lixin knew it would take a long time to walk there.
He looked around, and realized the lab was built on a large island. This island was large, surrounded by lush trees, and the lab was situated on a cliff on the island.
The cliff resembled a sharp blade, directly plunging into the sea. The cliff is smooth so it’s almost impossible to climb up from above.
The island was surrounded by the sea, but the ocean seemed so close and yet so out of reach.
If the merfolk locked in the lab knew their homes were right in front of them but couldn’t return, how sad would they be?
