Mermaid Effect

Location: Secret Nursing Ward of Shenbai Biotechnology Headquarters in Washington, USA Time: 07:25 AM This ward on the secret floor is filled with the peculiar smell of disinfectant, and the incandescent lamp emits a soft light on the ceiling, beating faintly. Numerous tubes protruded from the machine with green letters and were connected to the man on the hospital bed through protective tape.

"Body temperature and blood pressure are normal..."

Simon looked over Ryan's data and said.

He looked a little smaller than before - the words crossed Simon's head.

Compared with Simon, who has regained his mobility (although still very weak), Ryan's situation is indeed not optimistic.

After all, his guts were nearly shattered in that horrific accident.Although Shen Bai later transplanted artificial organs to him, he still suffered from peritonitis and septic shock.If it hadn't been for the deep white's upper management to finally realize at this stage that if Ryan died under deep white's internal care, it might arouse the Pentagon's greater suspicion of the SIREN-∏ floating island laboratory accident, Simon believes that what he is facing today is absolutely Not just a seriously ill patient who was extremely thin due to muscle atrophy, but a cold tombstone.

Thinking of this, Simon felt a tightness in his stomach, and then he untied the lab coat on himself.

The other two CIAs in the ward became tense for a moment. They walked towards Simon and grabbed his hand tightly.

"What do you want to do?"

A CIA, whom Simon believes should be Ryan's friend because his emotions are so revealing, he whispers to Simon.

Simon blinked, and slowly withdrew his arm from the CIA's grip.

"You should be careful."

He said that in front of the CIA, he pulled out the test tube that was smuggled in under his sleeve.

"what is this?"

The other party stared at Simon sternly. Even if he thought with the head of a mouse, he could know that the front-line personnel of the government had completely lost their trust in Shenbai Biotechnology.

Simon knew this, so for the first time, he didn't make any sarcasm but explained it carefully-after all, he knew clearly that if he didn't explain clearly to these neurotic people in black what this thing was, They will never allow Simon to use it on Ryan.

Considering the effort it took Simon to get this thing out of the laboratory and the risks he would have to take later, Simon would never allow that to happen.

"This is one of the best wound healing preparations you can find in the world. In ancient legends, we call it the 'Fountain of Youth'."

The corner of the CIA's mouth twitched into a sneer of disdain.

"'Fountain of Youth'? Are you kidding? Or did you watch too much of that shitty Pirates of the Caribbean last night..."

"No, of course not," Simon took a deep breath to keep the preparation calm, "but some key points in the legend are not wrong, the mermaid and the fountain of youth—in fact, the so-called 'fountain of youth' refers to It is a special liquid secreted by mermaids. It has extremely strong bioactive ingredients to help heal wounds, and there are some special ingredients in it that can suppress almost all infections. It can stimulate the body's own cell vitality, According to some experiments we have conducted, it can absolutely treat all diseases known to humans, including advanced cancer, AIDS, and even rabies—it is exactly what Ryan needs now."

"need?"

A smile spread across the CAI's face, he looked at Simon, and repeated the word.

In the next second, he abruptly lifted Simon out of the wheelchair. He grabbed Simon by the collar and pushed him against the wall heavily. He approached Simon and whispered to him word by word.

"Do you think I will believe your nonsense? If there is such a so-called magical thing, why did you take it out at this time? Besides, it is you? Don't think that if you hook up with us, we will believe it You—who knows if you are sent by Shenbai, you all want Ryan to die, everyone knows this, because Ryan knows your dirty little secrets..."

"Why I didn't take out the 'Fountain of Youth' until this moment is because we didn't get enough doses until early yesterday morning," Simon frowned slightly because of the snort that the CIA sprayed on his face, but his voice was abnormal Calm down, "Do you think it is aspirin produced in unlimited quantities? In the mermaid group, generally only the red scales, the main body of the group, can secrete this liquid. Fortunately, a batch of our experimental subjects was released yesterday Some changes have begun to take place, and the secretion of the 'Fountain of Youth' has entered a vigorous period..."

This special liquid of the mermaid, or in other words, the "fountain of youth", can be said to be some kind of gift in the world of sirens.

As a red scale, it would secrete this liquid to share with its own tribe as a reward after some hunting, but it was still only a little bit, because only the strongest mermaid could secrete it.If there are any exceptions, it is during maturation, when a red-scaled gonad is mature and ready to seek a mate, it enters the secretory phase with its entire herd, during which time, They will secrete this liquid at all costs - the smell of the 'Fountain of Youth' can spread throughout the ocean through ocean currents, and when another red-scaled siren feels the special smell, it will follow this smell. .

If it is not a strong enough mermaid, it is difficult to support such a large amount of liquid secretion, which is the most intuitive survival of the fittest in the entire siren population.

……

For Rand Sievers, who was far away in Kansas, he seemed unable to understand the behavior of the mermaid.

In other words, he didn't even know how precious the weird liquid all over his body was, he just found it disgusting as hell.

After hearing the word "Rand" yelled by the monster behind the door, he could only give one explanation: the smell from those damn liquids completely screwed his head.

Whether it's auditory hallucinations or something else, everything is so wrong.

Rand stared at the red eyes that always existed in the hole, and his body was covered with cold sweat from fear.After a few seconds he struggled to his feet, holding on to the edge of the bathtub, and fumbling with one hand to open the bathroom transom.

It was a bit difficult but he managed it eventually, and a gust of warm fresh air wafted into the bathroom with the night wind.And Rand breathed desperately like a fish out of water.

However, the voice never disappeared. It sounded like a voice coming from the chest cavity of a person, very low.

"...Lan...De...Lan...De..."

The monster was like a learning parrot, stuttering at the beginning, but soon it seemed to have found the trick, and it began to call Rand's name one after another outside the door.

Rand felt that he was probably going crazy.

Slime dripped from his hair, dripping just above his brow, and Rand raised a trembling hand and ran his palm through his hair, but it didn't work well.

His hands were also covered in that secretion.

Maybe this is the digestive juice, Rand suddenly thought, this is a bit funny, but at this time he can't control his crazy thinking at all.

Sometimes in those monster movies, they inject digestive juices into their prey, turning them into limp balls—and then Rand realizes after a while that's not a monster movie The plot in the movie, that is something Munster has done before.

Those crows and bats that look like they're wrapped in a gelatinous secretion...

"Oh no……"

Rand felt himself overturned by a wave of dizziness, and his body became so cold that he seemed to have fallen into the ice cave of the North Pole in an instant.

Those details, the details that he ignored in his panic before, suddenly played back in his mind like a slideshow at this moment.

Pale blue scales—

Tentacles on the head—

The nest under the bed--

……

"Crack...Crack...Crack..."

Rand's spirit fell into a trance, but soon, another voice brought him back to his senses.

With a jerk, he forced himself to focus his distracted eyes, and he saw the hole in the door.

The stubble-filled edge of the hole was now larger, for the monster was chewing the wood of the door panel with its two mouthparts.It was very fast, and the wood was like fine cheese in its mouth. It didn't take long for Rand to find that he could see its face clearly.

It grinned at Rand again.

"Rand..."

it shouted.

This time, its voice didn't even sound any different from a real human being, as if Rand met a familiar person one day, and he patted Rand's shoulder lightly, and then called out the name.

However, it was this "normality" that made Rand's fear reach its peak.

He suddenly grabbed the shower gel placed on the edge of the bathtub and threw it at the monster, followed by soap and shampoo.

Each of them hit the monster's face accurately, and when it hit the shampoo, the monster's mouth snapped open.

It chewed up the plastic box.

Bright red strawberry shampoo fell from between its white teeth.

"Go away... Go away monster..."

Rand growled at it.

While the nictitating membranes did not flash across all four of its eyes simultaneously (an even more unsuccessful blink), it didn't look satisfied with the smell of strawberry shampoo...

"...Get out of the way...Mount...S...Te..."

It stared at Rand and spoke while desperately spitting out the shampoo.

He really likes the pronunciation of "Munster", which makes him very pleasant and friendly, he doesn't quite understand the meaning of "fuck off", but he is very happy to learn a new word.

"Go away from Munster..."

It repeated Rand's words, and it hoped Rand would be happy.