Chapter 163 Attack
Yusuo stopped right above the abandoned spaceship, and Rong Yuan asked, "Wandou, how much merit do I have now?"
"Eighty-seven thousand five hundred and thirty-three," said Wandou. Skynet, Cotton Candy, Othello, etc. were earning merits for Rong Yuan every moment. Although Rong Yuan could only share 10% to 50% of the merits because he was not directly involved in some things, the accumulated amount was still a considerable amount. Less than a day away from being penniless, his Merit Book had more than 80,000 merits added to it.
Rong Yuan calculated the sea water pressure outside the aircraft and said, "Change into a diving suit and I'll go down and take a look." For such a simple exchange, he no longer described all the requirements to Wandou in detail. He knew that Wandou could make the best choice based on the situation.
"Yes." Pea responded, and soon he exchanged it for a dark blue diving suit worth 6,300 merits. It was more exquisite and lighter than any Rong Yuan had seen before, and it did not have a long and thin tube. The diving suit's helmet had its own air replacement system.
Rong Yuan changed his clothes and hid Pea in his chest pocket. The two of them got out of the rain shuttle. Rong Yuan immediately felt the huge pressure of the sea water, but his body could still withstand this level of pressure, and the diving suit also absorbed most of the force for him.
The current at this depth was not as gentle as the water in the wash basin, which made people feel almost no pressure. In fact, Rong Yuan felt that it was difficult to move forward, and the current seemed to make his body lose control. He adjusted for a long time before swimming towards the spaceship.
This was a very "traditional" spaceship, with a round and flat hull like a huge saucer, and observation windows all around, but they were all pitch black and more than half broken. There was a huge gap on the top, like a monster's open mouth, and it was pitch black to see what was inside, and a few fish with blue spots were swimming in and out of the gap.
Rong Yuan turned on the searchlight on his diving suit, illuminating the dark area clearly, and swam into the gap with a light stroke.
The spacecraft was obviously severely damaged during the fall, and almost all the equipment inside was intact. Rong Yuan could only pray that the star map was stronger than the operating table and slowly searched among the rubbish. There were much fewer things in the cabin than expected. It seemed that the gap not only provided Paco with an escape route, but also threw a lot of things out. Rong Yuan searched for a long time and only found some broken brackets, burnt fragments that could not be seen in their original form, seaweed, fist-sized crabs and light yellow small seahorses.
As a spaceship traveling in space, this ship is really small. Except for the main cockpit, most of the space is used to store energy and food. Places like Paco's bedroom are so small that even Rong Yuan can only squeeze in sideways. Fortunately, that guy is a mollusk and can get into even the smallest space.
After searching the entire spaceship, Rong Yuan found nothing except garbage. He thought that the star map had been lost somewhere. Although he had not held much hope, he was still inevitably disappointed. He wanted to go back to Yusuo along the original route. When he approached the gap, he found that the lights of Yusuo were almost invisible above his head. He looked up and saw a pair of bulging eyes with white pupils occupying most of the space.
Rong Yuan was startled and moved back a bit. When he looked again, the eyes were gone.
“Ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka”
The spaceship made an unpleasant squeezing sound. Looking from the outside, several gray-brown monsters were seen making strange noises, lying beside the spaceship, and they all lifted it up with force. Along with the brown-green mud on the seabed being stirred up, the spaceship, which was already in danger, slid down along the trench.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
The spaceship kept colliding with the protruding rocks at the edge of the trench. Many sea creatures living in the trench were frightened and swam out quickly. In an instant, it was as if a brilliant firework exploded. Several monsters opened their mouths wide and let out hoarse cries, bending forward and backward as if they were amused by the scene. One of the monsters even took out a tattered fishing net and quickly caught several large fish that were running around in a panic. Then he tied the net and hung all the struggling fish around his waist.
The noise in the trench gradually died down. Several monsters looked at each other, and at the same time, they stood up and swam towards the pitch-black depths of the trench as fast as an arrow.
The oblate spacecraft was indeed a spaceship capable of exploring the universe. It was almost unscathed after falling down. Instead, the burn marks were scraped off, making it look much cleaner. It was inserted diagonally into the seabed, and mud flowed in through the cracks in the observation window, making the area around it filthy. It took a long time for the impurities in the water to slowly sink.
The noise alarmed several monsters who came to check communicated with their counterparts who swam down from above in sharp voices. One of the monsters pointed at the gap in the spaceship and shouted a few words. The two monsters that came later grabbed the gap and looked inside.
A large white ball filled the gap, still a little bit elastic. The smaller monster grabbed the ball and tore off a small piece, looked at it curiously for a while, and stuffed it into his mouth. The other monsters rushed to stop him, holding his neck to make him spit it out. The little monster stared and chewed for a few times, then his eyes lit up, kicked the other monsters away, pounced on the white ball and began to chew it.
The other monsters looked at each other, not knowing whether they should stop it.
“Hiss——”
A small streak of lightning as thick as a toothpick suddenly flashed on the white ball. The little monster shuddered all over and involuntarily moved away from the white ball.
“Sizzle—”
An electric current as thick as an arm suddenly exploded in the water. The conductivity of the seawater played a perfect role at this time. The dense electric grid like tree branches suddenly pounced on all the monsters surrounding them. They had no time to escape and let out miserably screams. In the blink of an eye, they floated stiffly in the water, shivering uncontrollably.
Rong Yuan tore open the white ball and walked out calmly.
The marshmallow ball has good water-proof properties. During the time he was inside, he quickly took off his diving suit, put on a translation mask, exchanged for the most helpful props, and then put on his diving suit again. The peas also turned into headphones and were stuffed into his ears so that he could communicate at any time.
Rong Yuan looked at the monsters around him who were staring with their eyes wide open and unable to move. In his right hand, he held a thin rod as long as his forearm. The tip of this light red discharge rod with silver stripes painted on it was extremely thin, and tiny sparks were still flowing. It didn't look very powerful, but it knocked down all the marine creatures nearby.
The diving suit was insulated, so Rong Yuan was not afraid of the electric current. He walked up to the monster, looked at it carefully, and showed some surprise on his face.
When it fell, he thought it was some huge marine creature like a shark or a seal, but now he realized that the truth was even stranger than he expected.
"Mermaid..." Pea said softly in surprise.
This is a mermaid, but not the kind of mermaid in the legend.
Their hair is like seaweed, their skin is mainly gray-brown and earthy yellow, and they have facial features similar to humans, with bulging eyeballs and no eyelids. Where the nose used to be, there is only an inconspicuous bulge and two long and thin gaps. When they breathe, the skin on both sides of the nose is slightly undulating. The teeth in their mouths are thin and long, and the gaps between the teeth are larger than the teeth, and they are scattered and disorderly, making them look particularly hideous. The ears are close to the head, becoming thin and large, almost translucent, and swaying slightly in the sea water, just like the tail fin of a goldfish.
Their bodies were also extremely thin, and the shape of their bones could be clearly seen. Their arms seemed to be just bones covered with a layer of skin, and their ten fingers were slender, with sharp nails that were dark black. Their heads, necks, and bodies were all covered with a layer of tiny scales the size of rice grains. The scales grew larger from the chest down, and by the waist they were almost indistinguishable from carp scales.
Below the waist is a real fish tail, but it is different from the mermaids in human legends. Compared with the mermaid tails that have always been shown in movies and TV shows, which have flowing curves, gorgeous colors, and a sense of power, these mermaid tails are much more crudely made. First, they are not long, and secondly, they are thin, probably only a little thicker than the legs of people on land when they are together. The color is dull, the scales have fallen off, and the tail fin is like a rag thrown into the water.
The mermaids recovered very quickly, and soon one of them flicked its tail. Rong Yuan pressed a switch and released a strong current, which made them shiver in the water. One mermaid even started foaming at the mouth. Rong Yuan then stopped the discharge and swam towards the nearest little mermaid who had been looking at him with hatred.
"No...don't...don't hurt it..."
Rong Yuan was startled, and he withdrew his hand, looking at another mermaid next to him who seemed older. It was looking at him with pleading eyes, and it uttered these words intermittently.
To be honest, Rong Yuan heard the shouting outside when he was in the spaceship, and put on the translation mask with the thought that "maybe it would be useful", but he didn't expect that there would be a time when he would really need to communicate. The mermaid's eyes revealed a true light of wisdom.
He opened his celestial eye and saw that these mermaids actually had merit points - although they were very low. The one who spoke had a merit point of 133, the highest among them.
Rong Yuan no longer paid attention to the little mermaid. He tied up all the other mermaids and asked the mermaid who spoke, "What's your name?"
The mermaid with a wrinkled face and almost no hair said in a hoarse voice: "Your Excellency, my name is Dada, and I'm a patrolman." It gradually recovered from the second electric shock and its speech became much more fluent.
"Dada? Are you the only one who can speak? " Rong Yuan glanced at the tied-up mermaids, who were still making meaningless roars, as if they were not affected by the communication between Dada and him.
"Language is a precious gift. They have this part..." Dada pointed to his neck and said, "It's not well developed, so they can't speak."
Rong Yuan nodded and asked, "Why did you attack me?"
Dada's face turned bitter. He was about to speak, but his eyes suddenly moved to the back of Rongyuan. At the same time, Wandou shouted, "Rongyuan, be careful behind you!"
The water flow behind him was breaking through like a sharp arrow!
