The research institute could only accommodate 50 merfolk, but there are 51 merfolk in the task bar.
If he guessed correctly, the extra merfolk should be the little merman from the sewer.
It was almost dawn when Bai Lixin and Xia Chi returned to the research institute. As Xia Chi bid farewell and went back to his room to rest, he was still pondering what important question he had forgotten.
He returned to his room but still couldn’t remember.
It wasn’t until he saw the rushing water during his shower that he finally recalled what he wanted to ask.
Originally, he wanted to ask his brother if he noticed his “sleepwalking,” and whether it was sleepwalking or the emergence of a new personality.
However, if it was a new personality, his brother would probably have told him, right?
His brother is meticulous, and if there was nothing strange discovered, he wouldn’t have kept it from him, right?
Forget it, it’s not a big deal anyway.
Whether it’s sleepwalking or a new personality, isn’t it developing in a positive direction?
He just needs to sleep, and the props for completing the task will be right in front of him. He’ll clear the copy in a daze, isn’t this the epitome of a winner in life?
What else is there to worry about?
Bai Lixin rested in his room for a short while and then left.
Following his usual habit, he first went to the first floor. Just as he reached the entrance of Lab 1, a voice stopped him.
Bai Lixin turned around to see Lin Xiao calling him, and his gaze fell on the long and wide glass vessel in Lin Xiao’s hands.
Bai Lixin: “…”
No one knows how Lin Xiao managed to maintain his expression, but in any case, he naturally handed the glass vessel with a long neck to Bai Lixin, “Don’t forget this.”
After Lin Xiao stuffed the glass vessel into Bai Lixin’s somewhat stiff embrace, he hesitated for two seconds, then forced a smile that looked somewhat stiff, “Good luck.”
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘Good luck my foot, can you please leave?’
————————————-
In the live broadcast room
[Strange, let me take another look.]
[What a subtle conversation.]
[The way Lin Xiao said this with such a solemn tone, I think I even saw a halo.]
[Speaking of which, who is this Lin Xiao? Do any of you know him?]
Someone asked this, and numerous barrage comments scrolled by, all saying [I don’t know] or [not familiar with him].
[Sigh, it’s normal not to recognize everyone in the horror game. There are so many people in it. If Lin Xiao didn’t act with Xia Chi and God Xin, I would’ve thought he was just a passerby.]
[Yeah, Lin Xiao feels very ordinary, with no memorable features. He looks average, the height is average, even the way he talks is uninteresting. He really doesn’t have any eye-catching points.]
[But even if he’s ordinary, someone should know him, right? Why has no one seen him before?]
[It’s not surprising. If those old players from above the 800th floor come down now, we wouldn’t recognize them either. Lin Xiao might be that type? Maybe he spent a long time in the game lobby relying on points, and when he saw the points disappear, he re-entered the copy after several years.]
[That’s quite possible.]
——————————
As if sensing Bai Lixin’s embarrassment, Lin Xiao spoke again, “Actually, there’s nothing to be shy about. In the eyes of science and medicine, there is no gender or privacy difference. Everything is the essence of life. Just consider this as a scientific experiment. It’s straightforward to conduct. Find his pleasure spot, stimulate him through language, actions, and senses, and you can quickly complete the experimental content.”
When he spoke, his tone remained steady without much fluctuation, as if reciting an emotionless elementary school text.
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘How did he speak such weird content in such a natural tone?’
“Where is Dr. Olay?” Bai Lixin couldn’t bear it any longer and finally interrupted Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao: “He said he left.”
Bai Lixin was about to say “Oh,” but then he heard Lin Xiao continue, “But in fact, he’s secretly conducting some experiment in the underground lab.”
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘Maybe I should stay silent for now and wait to see if you can say anything else?’
Sure enough, Lin Xiao continued, “Besides him, the blond doctor is also in the underground lab. This research institute has hidden secrets. The above-ground lab is just a cover, and the underground lab is their main workplace. Even if I didn’t say it, you should have noticed the existence here, right?”
Bai Lixin remembered the chance encounter at the end of the corridor that night, and at the same time remembered Lin Xiao’s ambiguous statement.
After a brief thought, he decided to repeat that statement, “Concealing oneself can only provide a momentary disguise. It cannot hide the figure inside. Those who toy with people’s hearts are destined to suffer backlash. What does this sentence mean?”
Lin Xiao’s gaze remained unchanged. He looked at Bai Lixin quietly for a few seconds and said, “Time will give you the answer. Goodbye, I wish you a good luck in your work.”
After saying that, he turned and left, leaving Bai Lixin alone in place.
Bai Lixin was not discouraged when he didn’t get an answer. He pushed open the door of Lab 1 and, as usual, entered Dijia’s room.
It was the first time he had entered this room after the two were intimate. Thinking back to the merman’s craziness that night, Bai Lixin’s ears involuntarily turned red.
That night, they sank to the bottom of the pool, and his voice was completely absorbed by the water and the merman’s mouth.
Every time he was on the verge of suffocation and death, Dijia could always provide him with a timely breath of oxygen.
He switched between extreme pleasure and the despair of imminent death, a strange feeling he had never experienced before.
For the first time, he realized that doing something could make him experience death and rebirth so many times.
Hearing the footsteps of the young man, the merman emerged from the water, looking at the young man eagerly.
After so much time of communication, the merman had already learned how to communicate with him and had also learned many things he didn’t know before.
Thinking of that towering pillar, Bai Lixin shivered first, then placed the glass vessel aside and slowly walked to the edge of the pool.
He began to carefully inspect the merman’s body.
Although he had restrained himself two days ago, sometimes he uncontrollably wanted to relieve the pressure through other means.
Such as scratching or biting.
The scales on the merman’s body were neatly arranged, very good, clean and beautiful, with no damage.
The tight muscles on the waist, abdomen, and back were ready to burst. They were in good shape, without scars, and perfect.
The merman restrained the urge to drag the young man into the water, and sat obediently beside Bai Lixin. He rubbed his cheek against Bai Lixin’s shoulder affectionately, looking as sensible as a well-trained large breed dog.
The upper body looked very obedient, but the tail hidden in the water kept moving, and the fan-shaped large tail fin emitted rhythmic vibrations, causing ripples on the water’s surface due to the tail’s movements.
If the merman was compared to a trained dog, then the tail would be like a dog’s tail.
The more vigorously it wagged, the more it liked something.
The seemingly restrained merman had already exposed his inner thoughts through its tail.
Bai Lixin secretly glanced at the surveillance camera above, then he pulled the merman’s palm and wrote a few words in the blind spot where the camera couldn’t capture.
—Do you want to return to the ocean?
The merman looked at Bai Lixin in confusion, then shook his head.
Bai Lixin was slightly surprised and continued writing: Why? Do you want to stay here?
The merman’s large palm clasped Bai Lixin’s slender fingers in reverse.
Bai Lixin lowered his head to look at the merman’s palm. His palm was indeed very large, easily holding both of his hands in one. The somewhat rough fingertip fell onto the young man’s soft palm. With the sliding of the fingertips, a few words appeared in Bai Lixin’s hand.
—If I return to the ocean, I won’t be able to see you every day.
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘So, it was because of this.’
Bai Lixin’s index finger hooked up the merman’s middle finger, inscribing his words little by little: Don’t worry, you are my beloved. Wherever you go, I’ll be there. We’ll always be together.
The merman’s expression suddenly became excited, and he grabbed Bai Lixin’s hand eagerly: Beloved?
Bai Lixin: Yes, just like the marked contracts among you merfolk. Once a contract is made, it’s just between us. Do you want to make a contract with me?
Bai Lixin: Let’s make a merfolk contract, okay?
The merman’s deep eyes were like two pools of spring water. He stared at Bai Lixin, then slowly shook its head: No contract.
Bai Lixin: Why?
Merman: I don’t want you to accompany me to death. There are many dangers in the deep sea, and I don’t want to bind your life to mine.
Bai Lixin: “…”
He remembered the system saying that the merfolk’s contract is the highest shackle of loyalty between partners. Once a contract is made, if one dies, the other will rapidly lose life due to the loss of the beloved, and eventually follow suit.
He didn’t continue to insist. Thinking from another perspective, if he were Dijia now, he wouldn’t want to bind the life of his beloved to himself either.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Since even Dijia didn’t want it, there was no need to force it.
Moreover, he and Dijia didn’t need these so-called shackles.
Thirty thousand years of daily companionship, a hundred billion years of wandering around together— any contract and language seemed pale in comparison.
Bai Lixin: Alright, let’s not make the contract.
The merman’s slightly tense expression relaxed: If you want to rescue all the merfolk, I can help you.
Bai Lixin: How can you help me?
The merman touched the metal bracelet on his wrist: This metal bracelet restricts the merfolk’s power. It’s not difficult to leave here; just help me remove the metal bracelet, and I can rescue all the merfolk.
Bai Lixin didn’t know how Dijia planned to rescue the merfolk, but he still nodded: Okay, leave the task of removing the metal bracelet to me, I’ll figure out a way.
The merman shook his head again: I know how to remove the metal bracelet. After I was drugged, I was taken to the underground lab. They thought I was asleep, but I was actually conscious at the time, I was just unable to move my body.
Merman: I saw the process of putting the metal bracelet. You also need to be in that room to remove the metal bracelet.
The merman’s slender fingers paused slightly: Can you handle it?
Bai Lixin: Of course, go on.
After some consideration, the merman continued: If the metal bracelet is forcibly removed, the merfolk will suffer a strong backlash. For mild cases, the whole body will be paralyzed and convulse. In severe cases, it will lead to death. Several threads inside the metal bracelet are connected to the nerves, and the program controlling the bracelet is in a separate room. Unlocking that program will temporarily disable the attacking effect of the bracelet. At that time, I can remove the bracelet.
The merman’s calloused fingertip slid little by little in Bai Lixin’s palm, gliding over the gaps between his fingers.
In order not to hurt Bai Lixin with his sharp nails, the merman kept his hand flat. When writing, his cold arm would inadvertently brush against the young man’s arm. The arm covered with scales had a contradictory touch between roughness and smoothness.
Cold and hot exploded on Bai Lixin’s skin simultaneously, causing him to subconsciously shrink his shoulders.
The merman sensed Bai Lixin’s movement. The originally deep gaze suddenly became dark, and his throat rolled involuntarily.
With a slight turn of his fingertip, the merman wrote a sentence: You looked beautiful that day.
Bai Lixin’s shoulder twitched suddenly, and his ears instantly turned red.
Merman: But I have a regret. I really want to hear your moving singing; it must be very beautiful.
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘Ah, this shameless man.
You’re confined in this tiny space every day. Where did you learn so many sweet words?
Could it be that guy from the 999th floor remotely transmitted some resource package?
If not, could this shameless thing be naturally gifted?! Born with the ability to speak sweet words?!’
———————————-
In the live broadcast room.
[Tsk tsk, did you notice that God Xin’s ears turned red?]
[Through my observations these past few days, I know that God Xin and the big boss have their unique way of communication. I’ve given this method a very artistic name, called ‘Flirting Glances and Playful Gestures.’]
[…Damn, what kind of playful gestures?]
[God Xin’s face so red, could it be that the big boss secretly did something?]
[I find God Xin’s personality cute. When he’s awesome, he’s really awesome. He fears nothing, and is ruthless when he fights. When facing the big boss, if the big boss is weak, he’s strong, if the big boss Is strong, he suddenly takes a step back.]
[Isn’t this a tiger acting like a sick cat, and the great sage becoming the king?]
[Nonsense, the great sage has always been the king, okay?]
[Is it possible that it’s just a husband-and-husband role-playing game of resisting but winning?]
[Actually, I’ve always been puzzled. God Xin is so strong, why not be the gong?]
[…It’s 9099 already, and you still have the concept that the stronger one must be the gong? Wake up! If in your mind, the strong one is always the gong, and the weak one must submit, then you fundamentally don’t understand this kind of love.]
[Do you think the weaker party has to submit under the stronger one? In your subconscious, you feel that the shou should be lower than the gong. But in reality, being the gong or shou is just a choice. If you want to be the shou, then be it; why so many whys.]
[Uh, sorry.]
—————————–
Bai Lixin left the laboratory two hours later.
Although Dr. Olay gave him the task of collecting sperm, he wouldn’t actually do it.
To appease Dr. Olay and make it look like he was putting in effort, he would act affectionate with Dijia in front of the camera every few days.
But most of the time, there was nothing inappropriate between them.
He wasn’t promiscuous, and Dijia wasn’t a stallion with only sex on his mind.
Bai Lixin paused, “…”
Well, Dijia wasn’t.
He was just a bit greasy sometimes.
Heaven knows why he’s like that.
The glass vessel came out of the laboratory in the same condition it was taken in. In these two hours, he roughly learned the location of that room from the information provided by Dijia. Now, he needed to find that room and shut down the equipment.
But according to Dijia, there were always patrolling personnel around the equipment. Inside the equipment, there was also an anti-control program. The equipment could only be shut down for a few seconds; once it exceeded that time, the equipment would restart and enter the lock mode. At that point, unless someone with the key unlocked it again, the bracelet could not be removed.
Infiltrating that room wasn’t difficult, and shutting down the equipment wasn’t either.
The difficulty lay in how to let the merfolk remove the bracelets simultaneously.
After pondering, Bai Lixin returned to the third-floor dormitory.
He changed his clothes and cleaned all the labs he was responsible for.
After a few days of working in this mode, he was now proficient in the current tasks. He could manage his time just right, like now. When he finished cleaning the last lab, it happened to be mealtime.
Ever since he discovered that he was the plastic surgery template for merfolk, his feelings when facing the merfolk’s admiring gazes were always complicated.
After cleaning the last lab, Bai Lixin, like an emotionless machine, ignored the merfolk’s eager looks. He picked up his cleaning tools and left the laboratory.
As a plastic surgery template, he just wanted to say, “Don’t get close to me!”
During lunch, Bai Lixin found that there seemed to be fewer people in the cafeteria than the previous two days.
Before, Xia Chi would have been waiting in the cafeteria. But today, there were only Glasses and Lin Xiao sitting at the table, he couldn’t see Xia Chi anywhere.
As soon as he entered the cafeteria, Glasses spotted him and raised his hand, greeting him timidly.
The research institute could only accommodate 50 merfolk, but there are 51 merfolk in the task bar.
If he guessed correctly, the extra merfolk should be the little merman from the sewer.
It was almost dawn when Bai Lixin and Xia Chi returned to the research institute. As Xia Chi bid farewell and went back to his room to rest, he was still pondering what important question he had forgotten.
He returned to his room but still couldn’t remember.
It wasn’t until he saw the rushing water during his shower that he finally recalled what he wanted to ask.
Originally, he wanted to ask his brother if he noticed his “sleepwalking,” and whether it was sleepwalking or the emergence of a new personality.
However, if it was a new personality, his brother would probably have told him, right?
His brother is meticulous, and if there was nothing strange discovered, he wouldn’t have kept it from him, right?
Forget it, it’s not a big deal anyway.
Whether it’s sleepwalking or a new personality, isn’t it developing in a positive direction?
He just needs to sleep, and the props for completing the task will be right in front of him. He’ll clear the copy in a daze, isn’t this the epitome of a winner in life?
What else is there to worry about?
Bai Lixin rested in his room for a short while and then left.
Following his usual habit, he first went to the first floor. Just as he reached the entrance of Lab 1, a voice stopped him.
Bai Lixin turned around to see Lin Xiao calling him, and his gaze fell on the long and wide glass vessel in Lin Xiao’s hands.
Bai Lixin: “…”
No one knows how Lin Xiao managed to maintain his expression, but in any case, he naturally handed the glass vessel with a long neck to Bai Lixin, “Don’t forget this.”
After Lin Xiao stuffed the glass vessel into Bai Lixin’s somewhat stiff embrace, he hesitated for two seconds, then forced a smile that looked somewhat stiff, “Good luck.”
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘Good luck my foot, can you please leave?’
————————————-
In the live broadcast room
[Strange, let me take another look.]
[What a subtle conversation.]
[The way Lin Xiao said this with such a solemn tone, I think I even saw a halo.]
[Speaking of which, who is this Lin Xiao? Do any of you know him?]
Someone asked this, and numerous barrage comments scrolled by, all saying [I don’t know] or [not familiar with him].
[Sigh, it’s normal not to recognize everyone in the horror game. There are so many people in it. If Lin Xiao didn’t act with Xia Chi and God Xin, I would’ve thought he was just a passerby.]
[Yeah, Lin Xiao feels very ordinary, with no memorable features. He looks average, the height is average, even the way he talks is uninteresting. He really doesn’t have any eye-catching points.]
[But even if he’s ordinary, someone should know him, right? Why has no one seen him before?]
[It’s not surprising. If those old players from above the 800th floor come down now, we wouldn’t recognize them either. Lin Xiao might be that type? Maybe he spent a long time in the game lobby relying on points, and when he saw the points disappear, he re-entered the copy after several years.]
[That’s quite possible.]
——————————
As if sensing Bai Lixin’s embarrassment, Lin Xiao spoke again, “Actually, there’s nothing to be shy about. In the eyes of science and medicine, there is no gender or privacy difference. Everything is the essence of life. Just consider this as a scientific experiment. It’s straightforward to conduct. Find his pleasure spot, stimulate him through language, actions, and senses, and you can quickly complete the experimental content.”
When he spoke, his tone remained steady without much fluctuation, as if reciting an emotionless elementary school text.
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘How did he speak such weird content in such a natural tone?’
“Where is Dr. Olay?” Bai Lixin couldn’t bear it any longer and finally interrupted Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao: “He said he left.”
Bai Lixin was about to say “Oh,” but then he heard Lin Xiao continue, “But in fact, he’s secretly conducting some experiment in the underground lab.”
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘Maybe I should stay silent for now and wait to see if you can say anything else?’
Sure enough, Lin Xiao continued, “Besides him, the blond doctor is also in the underground lab. This research institute has hidden secrets. The above-ground lab is just a cover, and the underground lab is their main workplace. Even if I didn’t say it, you should have noticed the existence here, right?”
Bai Lixin remembered the chance encounter at the end of the corridor that night, and at the same time remembered Lin Xiao’s ambiguous statement.
After a brief thought, he decided to repeat that statement, “Concealing oneself can only provide a momentary disguise. It cannot hide the figure inside. Those who toy with people’s hearts are destined to suffer backlash. What does this sentence mean?”
Lin Xiao’s gaze remained unchanged. He looked at Bai Lixin quietly for a few seconds and said, “Time will give you the answer. Goodbye, I wish you a good luck in your work.”
After saying that, he turned and left, leaving Bai Lixin alone in place.
Bai Lixin was not discouraged when he didn’t get an answer. He pushed open the door of Lab 1 and, as usual, entered Dijia’s room.
It was the first time he had entered this room after the two were intimate. Thinking back to the merman’s craziness that night, Bai Lixin’s ears involuntarily turned red.
That night, they sank to the bottom of the pool, and his voice was completely absorbed by the water and the merman’s mouth.
Every time he was on the verge of suffocation and death, Dijia could always provide him with a timely breath of oxygen.
He switched between extreme pleasure and the despair of imminent death, a strange feeling he had never experienced before.
For the first time, he realized that doing something could make him experience death and rebirth so many times.
Hearing the footsteps of the young man, the merman emerged from the water, looking at the young man eagerly.
After so much time of communication, the merman had already learned how to communicate with him and had also learned many things he didn’t know before.
Thinking of that towering pillar, Bai Lixin shivered first, then placed the glass vessel aside and slowly walked to the edge of the pool.
He began to carefully inspect the merman’s body.
Although he had restrained himself two days ago, sometimes he uncontrollably wanted to relieve the pressure through other means.
Such as scratching or biting.
The scales on the merman’s body were neatly arranged, very good, clean and beautiful, with no damage.
The tight muscles on the waist, abdomen, and back were ready to burst. They were in good shape, without scars, and perfect.
The merman restrained the urge to drag the young man into the water, and sat obediently beside Bai Lixin. He rubbed his cheek against Bai Lixin’s shoulder affectionately, looking as sensible as a well-trained large breed dog.
The upper body looked very obedient, but the tail hidden in the water kept moving, and the fan-shaped large tail fin emitted rhythmic vibrations, causing ripples on the water’s surface due to the tail’s movements.
If the merman was compared to a trained dog, then the tail would be like a dog’s tail.
The more vigorously it wagged, the more it liked something.
The seemingly restrained merman had already exposed his inner thoughts through its tail.
Bai Lixin secretly glanced at the surveillance camera above, then he pulled the merman’s palm and wrote a few words in the blind spot where the camera couldn’t capture.
—Do you want to return to the ocean?
The merman looked at Bai Lixin in confusion, then shook his head.
Bai Lixin was slightly surprised and continued writing: Why? Do you want to stay here?
The merman’s large palm clasped Bai Lixin’s slender fingers in reverse.
Bai Lixin lowered his head to look at the merman’s palm. His palm was indeed very large, easily holding both of his hands in one. The somewhat rough fingertip fell onto the young man’s soft palm. With the sliding of the fingertips, a few words appeared in Bai Lixin’s hand.
—If I return to the ocean, I won’t be able to see you every day.
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘So, it was because of this.’
Bai Lixin’s index finger hooked up the merman’s middle finger, inscribing his words little by little: Don’t worry, you are my beloved. Wherever you go, I’ll be there. We’ll always be together.
The merman’s expression suddenly became excited, and he grabbed Bai Lixin’s hand eagerly: Beloved?
Bai Lixin: Yes, just like the marked contracts among you merfolk. Once a contract is made, it’s just between us. Do you want to make a contract with me?
Bai Lixin: Let’s make a merfolk contract, okay?
The merman’s deep eyes were like two pools of spring water. He stared at Bai Lixin, then slowly shook its head: No contract.
Bai Lixin: Why?
Merman: I don’t want you to accompany me to death. There are many dangers in the deep sea, and I don’t want to bind your life to mine.
Bai Lixin: “…”
He remembered the system saying that the merfolk’s contract is the highest shackle of loyalty between partners. Once a contract is made, if one dies, the other will rapidly lose life due to the loss of the beloved, and eventually follow suit.
He didn’t continue to insist. Thinking from another perspective, if he were Dijia now, he wouldn’t want to bind the life of his beloved to himself either.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Since even Dijia didn’t want it, there was no need to force it.
Moreover, he and Dijia didn’t need these so-called shackles.
Thirty thousand years of daily companionship, a hundred billion years of wandering around together— any contract and language seemed pale in comparison.
Bai Lixin: Alright, let’s not make the contract.
The merman’s slightly tense expression relaxed: If you want to rescue all the merfolk, I can help you.
Bai Lixin: How can you help me?
The merman touched the metal bracelet on his wrist: This metal bracelet restricts the merfolk’s power. It’s not difficult to leave here; just help me remove the metal bracelet, and I can rescue all the merfolk.
Bai Lixin didn’t know how Dijia planned to rescue the merfolk, but he still nodded: Okay, leave the task of removing the metal bracelet to me, I’ll figure out a way.
The merman shook his head again: I know how to remove the metal bracelet. After I was drugged, I was taken to the underground lab. They thought I was asleep, but I was actually conscious at the time, I was just unable to move my body.
Merman: I saw the process of putting the metal bracelet. You also need to be in that room to remove the metal bracelet.
The merman’s slender fingers paused slightly: Can you handle it?
Bai Lixin: Of course, go on.
After some consideration, the merman continued: If the metal bracelet is forcibly removed, the merfolk will suffer a strong backlash. For mild cases, the whole body will be paralyzed and convulse. In severe cases, it will lead to death. Several threads inside the metal bracelet are connected to the nerves, and the program controlling the bracelet is in a separate room. Unlocking that program will temporarily disable the attacking effect of the bracelet. At that time, I can remove the bracelet.
The merman’s calloused fingertip slid little by little in Bai Lixin’s palm, gliding over the gaps between his fingers.
In order not to hurt Bai Lixin with his sharp nails, the merman kept his hand flat. When writing, his cold arm would inadvertently brush against the young man’s arm. The arm covered with scales had a contradictory touch between roughness and smoothness.
Cold and hot exploded on Bai Lixin’s skin simultaneously, causing him to subconsciously shrink his shoulders.
The merman sensed Bai Lixin’s movement. The originally deep gaze suddenly became dark, and his throat rolled involuntarily.
With a slight turn of his fingertip, the merman wrote a sentence: You looked beautiful that day.
Bai Lixin’s shoulder twitched suddenly, and his ears instantly turned red.
Merman: But I have a regret. I really want to hear your moving singing; it must be very beautiful.
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘Ah, this shameless man.
You’re confined in this tiny space every day. Where did you learn so many sweet words?
Could it be that guy from the 999th floor remotely transmitted some resource package?
If not, could this shameless thing be naturally gifted?! Born with the ability to speak sweet words?!’
———————————-
In the live broadcast room.
[Tsk tsk, did you notice that God Xin’s ears turned red?]
[Through my observations these past few days, I know that God Xin and the big boss have their unique way of communication. I’ve given this method a very artistic name, called ‘Flirting Glances and Playful Gestures.’]
[…Damn, what kind of playful gestures?]
[God Xin’s face so red, could it be that the big boss secretly did something?]
[I find God Xin’s personality cute. When he’s awesome, he’s really awesome. He fears nothing, and is ruthless when he fights. When facing the big boss, if the big boss is weak, he’s strong, if the big boss Is strong, he suddenly takes a step back.]
[Isn’t this a tiger acting like a sick cat, and the great sage becoming the king?]
[Nonsense, the great sage has always been the king, okay?]
[Is it possible that it’s just a husband-and-husband role-playing game of resisting but winning?]
[Actually, I’ve always been puzzled. God Xin is so strong, why not be the gong?]
[…It’s 9099 already, and you still have the concept that the stronger one must be the gong? Wake up! If in your mind, the strong one is always the gong, and the weak one must submit, then you fundamentally don’t understand this kind of love.]
[Do you think the weaker party has to submit under the stronger one? In your subconscious, you feel that the shou should be lower than the gong. But in reality, being the gong or shou is just a choice. If you want to be the shou, then be it; why so many whys.]
[Uh, sorry.]
—————————–
Bai Lixin left the laboratory two hours later.
Although Dr. Olay gave him the task of collecting sperm, he wouldn’t actually do it.
To appease Dr. Olay and make it look like he was putting in effort, he would act affectionate with Dijia in front of the camera every few days.
But most of the time, there was nothing inappropriate between them.
He wasn’t promiscuous, and Dijia wasn’t a stallion with only sex on his mind.
Bai Lixin paused, “…”
Well, Dijia wasn’t.
He was just a bit greasy sometimes.
Heaven knows why he’s like that.
The glass vessel came out of the laboratory in the same condition it was taken in. In these two hours, he roughly learned the location of that room from the information provided by Dijia. Now, he needed to find that room and shut down the equipment.
But according to Dijia, there were always patrolling personnel around the equipment. Inside the equipment, there was also an anti-control program. The equipment could only be shut down for a few seconds; once it exceeded that time, the equipment would restart and enter the lock mode. At that point, unless someone with the key unlocked it again, the bracelet could not be removed.
Infiltrating that room wasn’t difficult, and shutting down the equipment wasn’t either.
The difficulty lay in how to let the merfolk remove the bracelets simultaneously.
After pondering, Bai Lixin returned to the third-floor dormitory.
He changed his clothes and cleaned all the labs he was responsible for.
After a few days of working in this mode, he was now proficient in the current tasks. He could manage his time just right, like now. When he finished cleaning the last lab, it happened to be mealtime.
Ever since he discovered that he was the plastic surgery template for merfolk, his feelings when facing the merfolk’s admiring gazes were always complicated.
After cleaning the last lab, Bai Lixin, like an emotionless machine, ignored the merfolk’s eager looks. He picked up his cleaning tools and left the laboratory.
As a plastic surgery template, he just wanted to say, “Don’t get close to me!”
During lunch, Bai Lixin found that there seemed to be fewer people in the cafeteria than the previous two days.
Before, Xia Chi would have been waiting in the cafeteria. But today, there were only Glasses and Lin Xiao sitting at the table, he couldn’t see Xia Chi anywhere.
As soon as he entered the cafeteria, Glasses spotted him and raised his hand, greeting him timidly.
