PART 2
Before he could think it over, Xia Yi was dragged away by Xiao Ya, running through the alleys and streets, breathless from being dragged.
“You, you let go of me!”
Xia Yi didn’t want to run with Xiao Ya.
Xiao Ya was very anxious: “Don’t stay here, the people here are very scary. You should return to the sea as soon as possible, that’s the safest place!”
“I don’t want to go back to the sea!”
Xia Yi glared at the person in front of him.
“I want to find Ouyang and ask him to come back.” Xia Yi walked in another direction, muttering: “…I don’t want to stay with you.”
Xiao Ya’s heart was a little panicked.
Because he found that many people on the streets of the underground city were looking over, with a hint of scrutiny. He immediately pulled the little mermaid into an alley.
Xia Yi was a little angry.
“Don’t pull me.”
On the other hand, Ouyang Xiaoli didn’t know that Keda and Xia Yi had both run out because of him. He took his tools and went with Tang Si and the others.
When they arrived at the Silver Sea Empire, they found something wrong. The security above had suddenly become very tight.
Tang Si was a little uneasy: “Boss, we don’t need to rush. We were just here yesterday, and coming today will probably be discovered.”
Xiao Mo also frowned beside him: “I heard that Song Chengbing suddenly demanded increased security these two days.”
Ouyang Xiaoli: “We’re not going to break into the laboratory this time. We’ll go to other places to find out some information.”
Tang Si and Xiao Mo both breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, infiltrating the research laboratory before had always been risky. One was a lookout, one was a technical unlocker, and another identified traps. Zuo Yinwan was the one who identified the traps. It was said that Zuo Yinwan had learned from an old master and knew a little bit.
Ouyang Xiaoli was omnipotent. He was proficient in all of these, but having more people would provide more security.
Tang Si asked: “Go to the mermaid market?”
The mermaid market was in the black market. There were often unknown transactions there. As long as you had money, there was nothing you couldn’t get.
You just needed to offer a reward.
Hearing the word “mermaid,” Ouyang Xiaoli stopped and looked at Tang Si: “Yes, we’re going. You help me find out some information about the starship.”
Tang Si nodded: “Okay.”
Ouyang Xiaoli instructed Xiao Mo: “Xiao Mo, go and find out what happened in the Silver Sea Empire. The more details the better.”
Xiao Mo: “Don’t worry.”
The three of them parted ways. Ouyang Xiaoli watched Tang Si and Xiao Mo disappear into the crowd before withdrawing his gaze and heading to the mermaid market.
Ten minutes later.
The huge mermaid market.
A tall and handsome man stood straight in front of a transparent aquarium. He slightly raised his head. Two mermaids in the aquarium were fiercely fighting.
“I’ll bite you to death, you bad fish!”
“Ya ya ya ya ya You’re no better! I’ll tear your tail off!”
“You stole my food, you have to be prepared! I’ll chase you to the ends of the earth!”
“It’s so disgusting!”
“AAAAH Give me back my little silver fish!”
In front of the aquarium, besides Ouyang Xiaoli, there were other spectators watching the show, and a staff member was enthusiastically explaining knowledge to them.
“Mermaids have a bad temper and are very protective of their food, so don’t tease them with food. They will get angry and may even ignore you.”
Ouyang Xiaoli moved.
He thought of the little mermaid at home. This time he was angry with him because he didn’t get to eat potato soup, and even talked back to him for the first time.
The staff member continued: “Mermaids have mental power and healing abilities, we all know that, but the ability is so small it can be ignored…”
A faint sense of pride arose in Ouyang Xiaoli’s heart. His little mermaid could bring people back to life, unlike these ordinary mermaids.
“Then, to the point everyone is most concerned about, the reproductive ability of mermaids. That’s right, the reproductive ability of mermaids is very strong. You may not know, natural mermaids, because of their rarity and preciousness, often have more than one mate. They have many…”
Ouyang Xiaoli pursed his lips.
“And mermaids are very vengeful. If someone angers them, even after ten or eight years, they will remember… yes, their memories are poor, so they will remind you every day.”
“Haha, they’re quite cute.”
“Although ours are all artificial mermaids, their tempers are bad, but their reproductive ability is excellent. Only those who obtain a mermaid breeding card have the right to buy a mermaid, only one, because they are too precious.”
Ouyang Xiaoli was expressionless.
After a long time, the three of them reunited. Tang Si told him the information he had found out at a parts shop, all about the starship.
Xiao Mo frowned: “It seems that the Silver Sea Empire has been invaded by Zerg.”
Ouyang Xiaoli asked: “Sure?”
“It should be a high-level Zerg. Before, a deputy general beat them so badly, but of course, he didn’t get away unscathed and was seriously injured. This time the Zerg have recovered their strength, and they are probably eager to attack.”
Ouyang Xiaoli thought for a moment: “The Zerg invasion, the underground city will not benefit either.”
Tang Si became worried: “I remember the last time the Zerg invaded, half of our underground city died. The Silver Sea Empire won’t care about us.”
Xiao Mo suggested: “Let’s stockpile some weapons.”
Ouyang Xiaoli rubbed his index finger and thumb together, nodded, and said: “That’s the only way. Remember to notify the other three cities then.”
They were resisting external enemies together. It wasn’t possible for only East City to pay the price. As long as the other three cities had brains, they would know they couldn’t stand idly by.
Tang Si suddenly said to Xiao Mo: “Hey, weren’t you going to buy a mermaid?”
Xiao Mo subconsciously looked at the boss, then turned to glare at Tang Si: “Can’t you keep quiet? I just mentioned it casually. Are you sick?”
Tang Si patted his head: “Why are you like this? Didn’t you say it yourself?”
Xiao Mo was unhappy: “I don’t have spirit stones, I’m not buying. Unless you give me one.”
Tang Si quickly said: “I don’t have one either.”
Ouyang Xiaoli looked at Xiao Mo, his expression not showing much emotion: “I have spirit stones.”
The other two didn’t say anything.
“I can understand that you don’t like the black mermaids of the underground city. The mermaids in the Silver Sea Empire have many colors and types. Which one do you like?”
His tone was calm.
Xiao Mo was silent: “Forget it.”
That night on the small boat, with a gentle breeze, the moonlight fell on the golden mermaid’s tail, shining brightly. What other mermaids could compare? After seeing the most beautiful mermaid, all others paled in comparison.
Xiao Mo ridiculed himself inwardly.
He wouldn’t compete with Ouyang Xiaoli. Actually, he wasn’t in love with that mermaid, he just thought that mermaid was too beautiful.
Beautiful things.
Who could resist taking a second look?
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Xia Yi suddenly stopped, his head tilted in confusion as he looked around. He didn’t know exactly what he was looking for, he was just following his instincts.
What was it?
Invisible and intangible, yet it had a frequency, a very familiar frequency, a frequency filled with anxiety and unease.
Xia Yi felt vaguely anxious.
“What’s wrong?”
Xiao Ya carefully asked.
Xia Yi looked at him, hesitant: “You… did you hear any strange sounds?”
Xiao Ya looked puzzled and shook his head, but suddenly a flash of inspiration came to him. He remembered a book he had stolen from the library.
A book about the Mermaid King.
Before Xiao Ya could say anything, the little mermaid suddenly turned his head towards a direction, as if something was attracting him. He stared intently, a power deep within his body subtly overflowing, spreading out in the air.
“It’s the cry for help of a mermaid.”
Xia Yi nervously tensed up.
Why were they calling for help? Did they know him?
This special frequency was a mark etched deep in his soul, ancient and mysterious. Xia Yi didn’t understand why he cared, he only knew that when he heard the cry for help, his anxiety grew.
Xiao Ya’s brow furrowed.
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