The fish scales growing directly from the flesh cannot be faked.
Lu Yan's face is quite convincing.
Xu Guanyue's eyes suddenly fill with sympathy: "Then you're even more miserable than me."
"For so many years, the boss has been wanting a real mermaid evolved from mutations."
"Now, the mermaids in the mermaid club are actually fish injected with mermaid genes..." Xu Guanyue said, "I don't know what you saw in the promotional brochure. Anyway, real mermaids don't have reproductive organs; they have a complete fish tail. Because they are pollutants, they don't need to excrete; even the reproductive organs have degenerated. Those reproductive organs, just like mermaids, are all artificial."
"The boss is a pervert, likes to call handsome and strong mermaids to come and scale them."
Xu Guanyue has worked in the mermaid club for more than thirty years, witnessing many secrets. "The reason for choosing good-looking humans as mermaid reserves is because the boss believes that a perfect appearance is closer to 'god.' Probably easier to become a real mermaid."
"He believes that real mermaids can live forever and possess great power." Xu Guanyue slowly continued, "According to the boss, he encountered a shipwreck back then and was saved by a golden mermaid. Later, the boss used his entire fortune to open the mermaid club, and it has developed to this day. He says he is waiting for that golden mermaid to return."
Of course, many people think this is a story made up by the boss to scam money.
"Now, the selected mermaids are all humans. Mermaid genes are secretly added to the water sources used in daily life. On the 15th day, mermaid genes completely take over, and 20 reserve mermaids are kept in aquariums, auctioned based on the color of the scales that grow. The boss himself also participates in the auction... and the reserve mermaids will eventually transform into real mermaids."
"These mermaids, although pollutants, often fetch a high price because of their beauty."
[They are just a group of failed mutants.] The system sneered, [Perfect evolved beings are not so easily obtained.]
There is no surveillance in the sea.
Xu Guanyue said that she still had to go to the seaside to feed the mermaids.
At night, when the boss falls asleep, the control over the mermaids weakens, making it easy for them to attack humans. After a few caretakers are killed, the daily task of feeding the mermaids falls to him and a few other rebellious fish people.
Mermaid feed comes from the slaughterhouse, minced human flesh mixed with something else.
The number of pigs slaughtered at the slaughterhouse every day is countless, and it's unclear where they found so many ingredients.
"The boss himself is just a harbinger with a psychic threshold of around 3000." Xu Guanyue said, "Therefore, he rarely leaves the 7th floor."
"Why do these mermaid pollutants listen to the boss?" Lu Yan couldn't help but ask.
Xu Guanyue shook her head: "I don't know."
The system chuckled: [I know. Because the mermaid genes are extracted from the boss himself.]
According to the system, the mermaid island is a relatively closed space, and people inside can't get out, and outsiders probably can't get in.
No signal on the phone, and surveillance everywhere outside. The boss stays on the 7th floor, there is a harbinger security team, and a pool of obedient mermaids.
We need to find a way to get rid of the boss and those security guards.
Lu Yan got lost in the sea. He followed Xu Guanyue to the bay where the mermaids rest. Dozens of mermaids lay on the sea surface like sea otters.
After smelling the bloody smell in the wind, the mermaids opened their eyes and made a completely different, beast-like roar from the daytime.
No matter how beautiful they are, they are just irrational, low-level pollutants.
"Pay attention, don't get too close," Xu Guanyue warned Lu Yan. After a while, still feeling uneasy, she asked Lu Yan to hide behind the reef.
She sprinkled the feed into the sea, and the mermaids opened their mouths, greedily feeding.
Blood threads squeezed out of the feed, flowing through their slender and fair fingers.
[For pollutants, eating humans is instinctive.] The system said, [Just like humans eating food is normal.]
"If humans don't eat, they will die. Will pollutants die if they don't eat?" Lu Yan asked, "Can advanced pollutants retain human sanity? If Tang Xunan's mutation degree exceeds 100, will he soberly eat people?"
[I think so. Not eating for a long time won't kill pollutants, but they will become weak. And hunger... is not something easy to endure.]
[But why are you suddenly asking this?]
Lu Yan hadn't figured out how to answer the system's question when a sudden flashlight caught his attention.
He dived underwater.
Two security personnel carried flashlights, casually passing by him without noticing anyone here.
"The newcomer must have been holding it in all day. Let's find a couple of mermaids to have some fun," one of them said.
"Bro, these are pollutants..."
"Don't be afraid. These pollutants have a pollution value of four or five hundred, and you, with a psychic threshold over a thousand, are afraid? Were you really rejected by the Special Operations Department only after committing a crime? No courage at all."
"I... I had a molestation charge before, got caught. Left a record. Damn, the one who reviewed my admission to the department must be a stinky woman. It's not rape. I was just on the subway, rubbed a couple of times."
Lu Yan hid underwater, following behind the two.
The two security guards saw Xu Guanyue but weren't afraid, greeted her cheerfully, and picked a blue-tailed female mermaid.
They dragged the mermaid to a nearby small grove. One held down the mermaid, and the other began to undo his pants.
This time, Lu Yan didn't bring a knife.
Fortunately, after several evolutions, his body strength is much higher than that of an average harbinger. Not to mention that during the training at the headquarters training center, Lu Yan learned many ways to kill without using knives.
The two security guards didn't even have a chance to make a loud noise before Lu Yan broke their necks.
The blue-tailed mermaid, freed from restraint, did not launch an attack on the only living person present throughout.
She looked at Lu Yan with her sky-blue eyes, tears welling up quickly, falling to the ground and turning into pearls.
As if venting, she let out a mournful scream and pounced on the two security guards' corpses, angrily biting them.
The faces of the two security guards were quickly bitten, blood dripping.
Lu Yan was not afraid, but rather thought that the blue-tailed mermaid's blood-stained face was quite beautiful.
The mermaid dragged the two corpses back to the bay. Throughout, she never attacked Lu Yan.
Lu Yan said to the system, "Sometimes, I feel that humans are scarier than pollutants."
Western sea area. A frigate sails on the vast sea.
The sea breeze today is a bit noisy, and the sunlight is intense
.
Bai Qiu Shi squints his eyes, watching the unmanned drones fly in and out of the frigate.
"Still can't find that island?" he asked.
Behind him, the logistics director of the s city's prevention and control center's forehead is covered in fine sweat.
"Before, Mr. Lu reported to us that he went to the mermaid island for tourism. According to the positioning display, he disappeared at the junction of the O Nan archipelago and the open sea."
"We retrieved satellite images and expanded the search range," the director continued, "Helicopters have been dispatched to search nearby islands, but there is still no trace of Mr. Lu."
Bai Qiu Shi's brows furrowed unhappily.
His household registration is in s city. After graduating from the headquarters training center, he smoothly joined the Special Operations Department of s city. Area code 2. After working for many years, he is now the leader of the 2nd team in the Special Operations Department.
Bai Qiu Shi is usually responsible for solving pollution incidents in the area with code starting with 2. Occasionally, he is called by the headquarters to work elsewhere, solving pollution cases that are difficult to handle locally.
For example, the parasitic fish pollution in k city was also handled by Bai Qiu Shi before.
"What about the information on the mermaid club?"
The director took out a document, saying, "It's been sorted out. The Mermaid Club was founded by a wealthy foreign businessman, registered in Onan, and is a private club recruiting tourists from the mainland. It's located on an island."
"The membership fee is one million. In the business district, the membership of this club seems to be highly sought after... Many bosses use it for favors."
Bai Qiu Shi interjected, "So, what you're saying is that a problematic club related to pollution has been operating in the West Sea area for forty-seven years. It departs from the port of City S every month, right under our noses. Yet, we have no idea what's going on? We don't even have specific information?"
The director's head lowered even further.
Bai Qiu Shi patted the director's shoulder, smiling, "Forget it. How can we blame you? It's all because the pollutants are too strong. Moreover, it seems that the Mermaid Club is clearly isolated; otherwise, we wouldn't have taken days to find it."
"I heard that the director invested in the stock market and recently made a fortune. Bought a large flat in Jing'an District. Truly enviable. It seems your son had a finger chopped off a few years ago because of gambling in Onan, right?"
"No, it's my negligence..." For some reason, the director's cold sweat increased.
On the morning of the 15th, Lu Yan sent a message saying he was going to the Mermaid Club, and that's when he sensed something was wrong.
Unfortunately, by that time, Lu Yan had already boarded the cruise ship to Mermaid Island.
The director had tried his best to suppress the news, praying every day that Lu Yan would return safely after 15 days.
The boss assured him that returning tourists would have their memories blurred by the Siren's song, only remembering the enjoyable holiday on the island. Through years of observation, the director found it to be true and had let go of his hanging heart.
But he never expected that just the day after Lu Yan went missing, Bai Qiu Shi arrived at the Contamination Disease Prevention and Control Center. He took control of everyone, starting with the director, for interrogation.
"I'm well aware. As a logistics director, you always harbored a sense of luck and didn't know exactly what you were dealing with. After all, high-end clubs, with a little help from pollutants, are quite common. And when it caused a fatality for the first time, you knew there was no turning back."
"To be honest, if it weren't for my colleague in Yanjing asking me to check why Mr. Lu wasn't answering his phone, I wouldn't have known he was no longer in City S." Bai Qiu Shi's silver eyes darted around, looking exceptionally enchanting.
A smile appeared on his face, "You better pray that Lu Yan is okay. Otherwise, I'm genuinely worried about your family. Or do you think sending your wife and son abroad guarantees safety?"
"I won't resort to violence. You're just an ordinary person, and I possess powers far beyond yours. I'll control my emotions and not let my abilities override the law." He wasn't very tall, so he tiptoed, patting the director's head, "But turning into a pollutant shouldn't be a problem, right?"
The director's knees gave way, and he knelt on the deck of the ship.
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