Please charm this NPC

After a good night's sleep, the investigators were all in high spirits the next morning, eager to find the sea monster's lair.And Abler listened to the investigators' discussion yesterday. Although some content was blocked by KP, he still understood a big difference, and said that he would also go together-after all, this should be the first time they have confronted the sea monster. Yes, it is indeed a bit dangerous, and Abler's strength alone can at least match three weak investigators.

Naturally, the investigators would not refuse Abler's assistance, and immediately accompanied him to "ask for leave" from Li Yunfei.

And hearing that the investigators had already met someone suspected of being Ronghua and needed to temporarily borrow Abel's help, Li Yunfei naturally agreed without hesitation.Even, he not only agreed to Abler's help, but also insisted on going together regardless of his own weakness.

The investigators tried to dissuade him again and again, and finally calmed him down with some good words, and swore to God that he would definitely let him meet Ronghua.

Of course, although he couldn't go to the scene in person, Li Yunfei directly asked the yacht to go to the reef beach and parked a few meters away from the reef group, reporting the idea that the closer to Ronghua the better.And this location is also convenient for investigators to move their diving equipment to their destinations.

As soon as he arrived at the place marked by X on the map, Kang Jian raised his hand and pointed to the largest reef protruding from the sea: "That's right there. Yesterday, that'person' was sitting at that position."

Ran Wenyu observed the surrounding environment and found that this place is indeed very conducive to hiding: not far away is a towering cliff, the cliff is almost straight up and down, and it is extremely steep. This reef beach is probably formed by the accumulation of stones that fell when the cliff was formed. become.The waves kept beating on the cliffs and reefs, white foam appeared, and the current was fast and chaotic.

"Is such a place really suitable for diving? I always feel that it is more dangerous than imagined." Ran Wenyu frowned and asked worriedly.

"It stands to reason that such an environment is not suitable for diving, but now there is no other way but to try." Yang Hongliang replied helplessly while putting on the diving suit with the help of Kang Jian.

"Be careful." Ran Wenyu couldn't help, so he could only cheer up verbally, "There is a locator and an emergency call button on the diving suit. If you are in danger, press it immediately, and we will try our best to rescue you. And , The diving suit is equipped with a communicator, remember to report the situation to us regularly."

"Okay." Yang Hongliang smiled, and finally put on the diving helmet.

KP: [Diving skill test: Yang Hongliang, 55/31, successful. 】

Accompanied by KP's voice, Yang Hongliang successfully entered the water and dived down. The investigators stood on the shore, watching the sea surface anxiously and worriedly, but they couldn't see any trace at all.

After diving into the bottom, KP and Yang Hongliang's verification process was turned into a private chat channel, completely isolated from the other three investigators. Fortunately, the communicator would send back brief reports such as "everything is normal" and "no discovery" from time to time. Broaden everyone's hearts.

Kang Jian always pays attention to the position of the light spots displayed on the locator in his hand, for fear of any abnormality; Yue Dongmei sits on the beach, staring at the sea in a daze; topic of.

Suddenly, KP's voice rang in Ran Wenyu's ear: [Now, please have an inspiration. 】

Ran Wenyu paused, raised his head suddenly, and looked around.

At this time, the time had been suspended, and Abler was not aware of Ran Wenyu's strangeness, but Yue Dongmei and Kang Jian noticed, and looked at him one after another: "What's wrong?"

"Just now, KP suddenly asked me to have an inspiration, and I always feel that something is wrong." Ran Wenyu replied, stretching out his hand to turn the dial nervously.

KP: [Inspiration check: Ran Wenyu, 75/28, successful.You suddenly have a feeling that you are being watched by something. This kind of sight is very strange, cold and sticky, making you tremble all over. 】

Following KP's description, Ran Wenyu immediately had the same feeling. He didn't have time to describe what happened to his teammates, but instinctively followed the line of sight that fell on him, turned his head and looked over—and then faced the previous pair of hidden Eyes in the shadow of the reef.

The eyes were wide open, lidless, unblinking, glassy, ​​but cold and evil.It stared straight at Ran Wenyu, as if peeping at some mouth-watering food, focused and greedy.

Fortunately, those eyes did not look at Ran Wenyu for a long time, and soon disappeared, and it is unknown whether they were hidden behind the reef or sank to the bottom of the water.

Ran Wenyu was stunned for a while, and then he recovered from the weird and cold feeling, and then he was hit by KP soon.

KP: 【For you to be terrified of being peeped by this pair of eyes, please pass a sanity check with a penalty of 0 on success and 1D3 on failure. 】

Ran Wenyu took a deep breath, calmed down, and then turned the dial again.

KP: [Sanity check: Ran Wenyu, 51/83, failed, sanity reduced by 1D3=2. 】

Rubbing his face, Ran Wenyu handed over his sanity points, and immediately pointed to the rock where his eyes appeared just now: "There, there was a sea monster looking at me just now!"

As soon as this remark came out, both the investigator and Abler had a serious look on their faces, and hurriedly looked over.However, they could only see a group of reefs and the waves constantly beating on the reefs.

"It looked at me, then disappeared." Ran Wenyu breathed out, and finally completed the second half of the sentence.

"I'll ask Brother Yang to check that area immediately!" Kang Jian said, briefly explaining the situation to the communicator, and there was an immediate response from the other side.At the same time, the light spot on the locator also changed direction rapidly.

The sudden appearance of the sea monster revived Kang Jian and Yue Dongmei, who had been bored just now, and stood up one after another, walking along the shore, carefully observing the shadows of every reef.And Abler stretched out his hand, took Ran Wenyu into his arms, and comforted his frightened lover.

Ran Wenyu didn't struggle, nor did he reject Abler's kindness.He obediently leaned on Abler's solid chest, his eyes kept scanning the sea, but his expression was somewhat absent-minded.

——He always felt that those eyes were very familiar, and they were exactly the same as the sea monster lying outside the window and staring at him the night Ronghua disappeared.

Of course, this is also likely to be just his illusion. After all, with Ran Wenyu's human aesthetics, it is really impossible to distinguish these sea monsters that are similar in appearance with a pair of eyes, just like most humans can only distinguish cats. cats of the same species, but can’t recognize cats of the same species one by one—except for the shit shovel officers who get along with their cat owners day and night.

However, having said that, Ran Wenyu has always had a lingering sense of uneasiness in his heart. This seems to be an innate intuition that made him inexplicably connect these eyes today with the eyes outside the window that night. Together.

Suddenly, Ran Wenyu thought of KP's two secret shots after he and the monster looked at each other.

At that time, nothing happened after the secret cast, and everything went smoothly afterwards, so Ran Wenyu had already forgotten the secret cast that startled him.But at this moment, Ran Wenyu suddenly felt that KP's secret cast might come true here: After all, there were four people on the beach, why did it just stare at him?

——I have to say, compared to my companions who have been in the module for a long time but have never had any direct contact with sea monsters, the frequency of these monsters appearing in front of me is obviously too high to be normal.

Ran Wenyu felt uneasy, but he did not express his doubts.And soon, Yang Hongliang's investigation reply came from the communicator.

As expected, Yang Hongliang searched carefully among the reefs indicated by Ran Wenyu, but found nothing unusual, let alone sea monsters, not even a sea monster hair.If Ran Wenyu read it correctly, the sea monster must have left quickly before Yang Hongliang arrived.

If we say yesterday, the investigators were complacent and excited about the information they obtained, thinking that they would soon be able to touch the sea monster's lair and face Ronghua face to face.Well, when the sun gradually set today, they became one after another frustrated and defeated roosters.

On this day, Yang Hongliang entered the water again and again and almost turned the entire reef upside down, but he didn't find any sea monster at all, and the sea monster lair they imagined was completely non-existent.

It seems that the reef beach is indeed a frequent haunt of sea monsters. No matter today or yesterday, they have seen creatures suspected of sea monsters, but their lairs are not here, but hidden in a more hidden place.

"What should we do? What should we do next?" Yue Dongmei looked tired, "Besides this rocky beach, it seems that we have no other place to investigate, right?"

"Why don't we just bring Li Yunfei here and let him come forward to attract Ronghua to show up?" Kang Jian suggested.

"I think that if Li Yunfei comes, Ronghua will not dare to show up." Yue Dongmei sighed, "However, if there is no other way, you can try it. Although Ronghua dare not meet Li Yunfei, he should also I will miss him a little bit, and I hope I can take a sneak peek, right? At that time, we can ask Brother Yang to dive again and catch him, maybe it is a way?"

"Catch sea monsters in the sea? I don't think I have the ability..." Yang Hongliang smiled wryly.

The investigators walked back while discussing, and chatted all the way, but they still couldn't think of a better way, so they could only decide to try it out.

When they got back to the yacht, as soon as they boarded the boat, they met Li Yunfei who heard the news and came to meet them in a hurry.

Looking at Li Yunfei's anxious and expectant eyes, the investigators couldn't help feeling apologetic and sad, and avoided his sight.Yue Dongmei took a deep breath, took a step forward, and lowered her head slightly: "Sorry, Mr. Li."

Li Yunfei was stunned for a moment, his bright eyes dimmed instantly, his body softened suddenly, and he almost fell to the ground. At any rate, the male assistant who had been protecting him was quick-eyed and helped him up.

Li Yunfei grabbed the male assistant's hand, gasped violently for a few times, and said in a difficult voice, "You...didn't find him?"

"Yes." Yue Dongmei nodded, "I'm sorry, we probably made a fuss yesterday."

Li Yunfei sighed: "Ah Hua is always cautious. You saw him there yesterday and recognized him. During this time, he must not dare to go there again. It's not surprising that you couldn't find him. There is no need to be depressed and blame yourself." With a forced smile, Li Yunfei seemed to be trying to convince himself, "It's okay, I will wait forever, as long as he is still here, I will definitely be able to wait for him."

Although he was almost crazy to get back Ronghua, Li Yunfei was still a business elite with a clear mind and a gentle temperament. He did not vent his negative emotions on the investigators who tried to help him, but tried his best to help him. Comfort yourself and comfort others.

Li Yunfei, who is both emotional and rational, really won the favor of the investigators.Yue Dongmei pursed her lips, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she couldn't bear to remind the other party that they were actually not sure whether the "person" they met yesterday was Ronghua or not.

"Prosperity is here" - this idea is the only pillar that Li Yunfei has insisted on until now. If the pillar collapses, Li Yunfei may not be able to bear the blow, and will fall directly.

"Today, although we didn't find Ronghua, Mr. Ran saw a creature that looks like a sea monster." Instead of mentioning the sad reality, Yue Dongmei changed the subject and tried to put things more optimistically, "We can be sure, That area is indeed a place where sea monsters are frequently active. Therefore, we want to ask Mr. Li to come with us tomorrow to show your face on the reef beach. Maybe Mr. Rong will take the initiative to come over when he hears about your appearance from other sea monsters. Secretly hide to see you. And as long as he comes, we may have a way to lure him out."

Hearing what Yue Dongmei said, Li Yunfei's eyes lit up again, and his spirit was lifted up for a second: "Yes! Yes! This is a good way!" He showed a sincere smile, his eyes were gentle and tender, "It's like I miss you Like Hua, Ah Hua must miss me very much, as long as I show up, he will definitely come to see me!"

Having said that, Li Yunfei really wished he could run to the rocky beach and call his Ah Hua.However, it was sunset now, and the sea breeze at night was extremely biting, it was really not suitable for a patient like him to go crazy.Therefore, Li Yunfei had to be persuaded by the crowd again, and reluctantly went back to his room to rest.

On this day, everyone was really exhausted, some were physically exhausted, and some were mentally depressed.After dinner, the investigators were not interested in chatting, and went back to their rooms to rest, while Ran Wenyu quietly held Able back when he was about to go out on patrol.

"What's the matter?" Abel just stood up and sat back on the bed again, looking suspiciously at his eager lover who was clutching his sleeve.

Ran Wenyu pursed his lips: "It's nothing serious..." He hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to speak, "I always feel that something will happen tonight. When you are patrolling, remember to pay attention to the situation in my room."

Hearing what Ran Wenyu said, Abler suddenly became serious: "What's going to happen? I can tell Xiao Zhang and Xiao Wang, and ask them to help me tonight, and I will stay in the room with you."

"It's not necessary." Ran Wenyu quickly waved his hands, "Maybe I'm overthinking, I don't know what will happen, you just need to pay attention."

"Okay." Abel frowned slightly and nodded solemnly.

With Able's promise, Ran Wenyu was immediately relieved. After all, as long as it is what he promised, it can be done perfectly.

After sending Able away, Ran Wenyu lay on the bed easily and fell asleep in a second, but maybe his 75 inspiration did play a role, and his premonition became a reality.

Everything was like a repeat of the night Ronghua disappeared, and Ran Wenyu was awakened from a deep sleep by KP again, asking him to cast a listen.

This time, Ran Wenyu's listening was only averagely successful, but he still heard the familiar, slippery and sticky crawling sound that heralded the arrival of sea monsters.

Although it was not a big success, the psychological shadow left by last time and the instinctive vigilance still made Ran Wenyu wake up quickly from his sleep.He sat up, and his first move was to grab the pistol left by Abler, and then look towards the dark window.

——Outside the window, a monster with a human body and a fish head was crouching quietly, staring at Ran Wenyu with gloomy eyes, greedy and urgent.

Ran Wenyu: "……………………"

—Mom, I don't think I'll ever dare to look at the window at night again! QQ