pure white believer

Boss Li raised his hands above his head and walked in the front.You Zhu bit her lip, followed his footsteps, pushing the water tank behind Nan Ting.Tears fell silently from the corners of his eyes.

Nan Ting tilted his head slightly.

The lacrimal glands of mermaids are indeed more developed than those of humans, and he has a deep understanding of this.But he still didn't understand why the other party was crying all the time.

"What are you crying for?" he asked. "Come out with me, and you'll be home soon."

Youzhu shook his head, but didn't speak.

Nan Ting quietly took note of the way when he was dragged from the deck.His memory and sense of space are very good, and he can roughly calculate the way back to the deck from here.

"Go to the door on the right." He ordered, seeing Boss Li dawdling without moving, he raised his voice again, "Hurry up."

Chen Fei, who had left, might return to the room at any time and find their traces.If he catches up with him, he will never be able to escape again.

Boss Li had no choice but to go to the door on the right.

"Go and see if anyone is outside."

Boss Li opened the door.After a while, he turned back: "No."

"Keep going."

They went into another room.

"Go through the door on the left."

"Go and see outside."

……

After repeating this four times and going down another half floor, Nan Ting heard a burst of heavy and chaotic footsteps upstairs.

His heart sank, knowing that Chen Fei was probably back, so he urged: "The door on the right. Go faster."

"and many more."

Youzhu, who had been crying silently behind the water tank, suddenly spoke.

His voice was trembling: "The door on the right... After entering, there is a warehouse inside."

"storehouse?"

"Well... Warehouse, Warehouse." Youzhu said, "Storage... Warehouse for things they want to auction."

A warehouse for storing anomalous items.

Nan Ting thought of the human who lost his head.

But at the same time, the footsteps upstairs were getting louder and heavier.Chen Fei seemed to have brought more people, and they were searching for him.

There was no time left for him to think about it.He said, "Open the door."

Boss Li's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

"But……"

Nanting lightly tapped on the glass of the water tank.The gun was aimed straight at him.

Boss Li had no choice but to bite the bullet and take a step forward, shivering and pushing open the warehouse door.

The door was unlocked and opened with a creak.

The warehouse is obviously much more spacious than other rooms on this ship, the lights are extremely dim, and some locked cabinets can be vaguely seen around.Nan Ting estimated the direction and directed Boss Li to walk in the right direction.

Boss Li's legs were shaking, like walking on eggshells.He involuntarily lowered his hand a little, and put it in front of his neck, as if something would reach out in the darkness at any time and pinch his neck.

Nan Ting didn't have much thought.After all, he didn't think there was anything here that could really hurt him.

As for Boss Li, if he died, it would be the best thing. He just wiped out a "witness" for himself, which is perfect.

At the end of their goal is another room.

Boss Li pushed open the door with trembling hands.

The lights were on in the room, and the inside was much more empty than the outside, with only a table and a birdcage.There are three things on the table, a glass bottle containing a capsule, a pen, and a small round ball, all of which seem to be abnormal items that will be auctioned.

There was no living thing in the birdcage either—the bird inside kept its wings outstretched, with gorgeous feathers and colorful colors, but its movements were stiff, obviously it had been made into a stuffed animal.

Boss Li suddenly yelled uncontrollably.

He pointed to the birdcage on the table: "Bird of Paradise!!"

Nan Ting: "Huh?"

"This... this is the one lost in the museum..."

As soon as he mentioned the museum, Nan Ting remembered: three days ago, when he was just picked up by Wen Zhen, a case of the theft of a rare bird specimen was being broadcast on TV.

Ordinary bird specimens are not that valuable, and 1300 million is just a cover to cover up the fact that it is actually an abnormal item.

Even, it may be an abnormal item with danger.

This is one of the common methods used by the Aliens Association, after all, they need to control the public's emotions.There are so many ordinary human beings in this world, and dangerous goods wandering outside can easily cause public panic, and such panic will not help them in any way.

The same is true for Wen Zhen's handling methods.They claimed in public announcements that he was a thief who had been stealing for many years.But ordinary people don't remember a thief, so when Wen Zhen was mentioned just now, Boss Li was at a loss.

Seeing the loss of the specimen at that time, Nan Ting thought it was another good thing done by the big collector at home, so he looked into his cabinet a few more times.

Did not expect to blame him.

Nan Ting didn't respond, but Boss Li at the side seemed extremely frightened.

"Listen to me, listen to me!" He backed away in fright from the birdcage, saw Nan Ting aiming at him again, and shouted again, "Listen to me! This thing is dangerous! We need to Get out of here quickly!! Otherwise we will all die!!"

Nan Ting didn't move, but looked at the birdcage thoughtfully.

Boss Li's voice changed: "I said little mermaid, please don't shoot, please, listen to me! I know, I know someone from the Control Bureau, you know the Control Bureau? He is from the Control Bureau Captain! I'm in charge of the Bird of Paradise case!"

"I just met him last week, and he said that he was in charge of dangerous cases!" He said incoherently, "Those are things with supernatural powers! The gun in your hand is useless to them!! It will put We all killed!!"

After he finished speaking in one breath, Nan Ting said, "I know."

He looked at the stuffed bird in the cage with a stiff posture, and thought of some past events for no reason.

The bird of paradise, like the mermaid, also belongs to the category of "spiritual creatures".

There are some wonderful legends about spirits.For example, some people say that in addition to the ability to match the genetic level, spirit creatures also have a second racial ability, but this ability is usually not obvious.

When Nan Ting was a child, he heard some human folk stories. In the story, it was written that "the second ability of mermaids is 'charm'. Their voices have the ability to charm people's hearts, making passing ships lose their way."

Since he was unable to make a sound, he was full of beautiful yearning for "Magic Whisper" at that time.In the end, I asked Chi later, and Chi said that there was no such thing at all, and they were all used to deceive children.

In the story of the birds of paradise, they are born without feet, fly all their lives, never fall, until they die.Legend has it that it came from the Garden of Eden, a perfect place that exists only in heaven.

Legend has it that they also received their own abilities, "prophets", from heaven.

The stuffed bird of paradise stands quietly in the cage.Its body is gorgeous gold and red, much like the sunset glow in the sky at this moment.The long tail feathers are white and flutter gently in the breeze.

Nan Ting glanced around again.

There are no windows at all in this room.

He suddenly had an idea.

Nan Ting moved his body slightly.

"Hello." He said towards the direction of the birdcage.

"What are you doing?" Boss Li became alert all of a sudden, and the hairs all over his body stood on end.He couldn't care less about Nan Ting still holding a weapon in his hand, and his legs retreated uncontrollably.

Nan Ting ignored him.

He tentatively said again: "Hello?"

Boss Li was almost screaming: "What are you doing? It's a specimen, what are you talking to it?!"

Squeak.

As if in response to his words, the wooden support in the birdcage suddenly rang.

Then, in the dim light, the long-dead stuffed bird of paradise slowly turned its head towards them.

Its dark eyes turned around among the three people a few times, and finally stopped on Nan Ting who was in the front.

"Hello, little mermaid." The Bird of Paradise's voice was thick and hoarse, with a strange intonation, which was somewhat different from the human pronunciation, but seemed to be singing.

Boss Li beside him was already completely paralyzed on the ground, gritting his teeth, his chest heaving violently.You Zhu was too frightened to speak.The two of them were almost shaking.

Only Nan Ting remained in place.

"Hello," he said to the Bird of Paradise, "I heard that you are prophets?"

"Prophet?" The bird of paradise's voice was vague and light, as if it came from another world, "That's just an excuse for humans to hunt and kill us."

"You can't foresee the future?"

"I only have a vague sense of the imminent danger." The Bird of Paradise said in a bad tone, "In human legends, mermaids are depicted as charming monsters. When you speak, who can you meet who can really be charmed by you? ?"

Nan Ting: "I can't speak."

"I know you can't speak." The Bird of Paradise said, "Then let me tell you by the way, your 'Magic Whisper' is only effective when you are in bed."

Nan Ting: "..."

He was a little disappointed for a while.It turned out that Chi was not trying to play tricks on him, the stories of "Magic Whisper" and "Prophet" were all fake.

But soon, he became aware of the problem again: "You know I can't speak?"

The bird of paradise let out a rough and ugly "quack".

It said: "Little Mermaid, I know you."

Nan Ting: "Huh?"

"I recognized you when you came in." The stuffed bird of paradise turned its head in a strange posture, and glanced at Nan Ting sideways, "I am very impressed with you, because you, like me, were also taken away by God legs."

Nan Ting: "Take it away?"

He keenly remembered that Wen Zhen had said something similar.

What Wen Zhen said at the time was, do you want to get your voice back?

The Bird of Paradise continued to talk on its own, as if it didn't hear him. "God cut off my legs so cruelly that I couldn't get off the ground for the rest of my life. I hated him so I got my revenge by trying to cut off his legs too."

"But I failed. He turned me into what I am now, locked me in a birdcage forever, made me want to live or die, and kept me trapped here for the rest of my life!"

There was a tooth-piercing crunching sound.The bird of paradise started to turn its head again, making it completely face Nan Ting, and then asked, "Don't you hate him?"

"If I were you, I would take revenge on him severely." Its voice gradually became sharp, like countless fingernails scratching on a steel plate, and the ethereal spirit disappeared, "It's a pity that he is very powerful, and I can't be his opponent .but now I have a better idea—”

"I will punish his followers!"

"what--!!"

Boss Li behind him suddenly yelled.He trembled, looking at the creepy bird of paradise specimen: "Don't kill me, don't kill me, please, don't kill me..."

Turning to Nan Ting again: "Little mermaid, little mermaid! Don't talk to it! Let's go out, let's go out!!"

Nan Ting turned around: "Quiet."

Boss Li saw the gun in his hand again, and he didn't dare to speak any more. He could only curl up in a ball at the corner of the wall, and then moved towards the door little by little.

The bird of paradise didn't even look that way.

"And you, the little mermaid." It still looked at Nan Ting, and its tone had returned to calm, "You will be the only one who survived tonight, because we share the same illness."

Nan Ting gradually realized that the "God" in its mouth seemed to refer to one person in particular.

"Your leg was chopped off?" he asked.

"Otherwise?" The Bird of Paradise said coldly, "Do you really believe in the legend of the Bird of Paradise? Do you believe that I was born without legs?"

Nan Ting was a little surprised.After a while, he asked again, "Who is God?"

The Bird of Paradise originally wanted to say something, but upon hearing that, it stopped talking.

After a while, it giggled: "So you are more pitiful than me! You don't even know who he is!"

"He made you like this, and you don't know who he is?"

Nan Ting was very calm: "I can't differentiate because of a genetic defect."

"Then why is your gene defective?" Bird of Paradise said sharply, "He is right beside you, but you don't know who he is?"

Nan Ting was slightly taken aback and opened his eyes wide.

Bird of Paradise asked the third rhetorical question: "You just left his side, but you don't know who he is?"

Nan Ting finally froze.

It is saying - Wen Zhen!

How does it know...? !

He tightly pinched the glass wall of the water tank, completely forgetting that he was still avoiding the search of Chen Fei and his group.

If this is in normal training, he will be punished.Because he didn't devote himself fully to his task.

But what the bird of paradise said made him unable to divert his attention for a while.

Seeing the strange expression on his face, the Bird of Paradise laughed again.

Nan Ting's heart beat fast: "Who are you talking about?"

"You know who I'm talking about." Bird of Paradise hoarsely said, "Except for that guy named Wen, who else can make me hate him so much?"

The author has something to say:

However, at this time, Mr. Wen didn't know what terrible things had happened. For example, the little mermaid at home had very bad thoughts about him.

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