Chapter 184 Amirida
Rong Yuan did not hesitate and immediately hid in a place where he could not be easily discovered. At the same time, he took out the laser gun he exchanged from the mall and aimed at the entrance with a standard gun holding posture.
The footsteps stopped when they approached the entrance, and a timid voice came: "Rong... Rong Yuan?"
The voice was soft and subtle, as if afraid of alarming something, and it was trembling a little, and one could hear the fear in the speaker's heart. That kind of delicate feeling made Rong Yuan sure that the other party must be a woman, ordinary, fragile, and without any lethality.
Rong Yuan didn't say anything, and his eyes didn't fluctuate because the other party knew his name. The way the other party found him was shocking, but Rong Yuan would never give her a second chance.
——Perhaps his design was not as perfect as he thought, after all, he did not know what methods these aliens had; perhaps the appearance of the fake Paco was to distract his attention and let this guy find his hiding place. He thought that the fake Paco knew to use the Tai Chi diagram to attract him, but Paco accidentally leaked the information, after all, that guy did not even know his name. Now it seems that Paco is not as tight-lipped as he thought.
Rong Yuan did not blame or resent anyone, nor did he think that Paco's leaking of his name and possibly more information was a betrayal. After all, in his opinion, even if Paco claimed that they were friends, in reality they were just using each other, and he had never fully trusted the octopus alien or really considered it a friend, so betrayal was just one of the most likely developments in the future, and it was not worth getting angry or sad, and it was not worth letting your actions be dominated by emotions.
Around the invisible corner, the other party continued to whisper in a trembling voice: "I... Paco asked me to come to you... He has something for me to pass on to you... Please tell me you are there, right? I, I am a little scared..."
The cowardice and fear were so real that Rong Yuan could almost picture the other person's appearance in his mind - misty big eyes, tears seemed to be falling but not falling yet, octopus tentacles were twisted together, as if trying to bring courage by hugging himself, but in fact the weakness became more obvious.
After a long time without a response, the other party seemed to be unsure whether Rong Yuan was really here. But she had some kind of unknowable confidence in her conclusion, and seemed to grit her teeth and make up her mind, saying: "I... I'm coming out now, please don't hurt me... I promise I don't bring any weapons or other people, let's talk, okay?"
Two seconds later, the light footsteps came from the stairs again. Rong Yuan suddenly realized something he had overlooked before. The other party's footsteps were not like the "pop" sound of an octopus's tentacles alternately attaching to the ground and the wall, but alternating, brisk, and heavier than the octopus's footsteps, with a rhythm that he was familiar with...
The other person walked out from the shadow of the wall, dragging his steps and appearing very hesitant, with his shoulders hunched, his head lowered, his hands clenched in front of his chest in a praying position, his eyes blinking rapidly as he looked around, his body trembling at an imperceptible amplitude, his lips tightly pursed, and he looked so scared that he was about to cry.
This is a girl.
This is not an octopus, this is a girl in human form.
Rong Yuan had never planned to see this on an alien planet. He was so shocked that he even forgot to subdue her and confirm her threat level at the first time. Instead - he felt very stupid every time he thought about it - he couldn't help but take two steps forward, completely revealing his figure. He even put down his weapon unconsciously.
When the girl saw him, her nervous expression immediately relaxed. She let out a long breath, smiled through her tears, and said, "Great, it's really you." Then her next sentence was - "Oh my God, you're even shorter than I thought! You're still a child!"
Rong Yuan's face darkened - after being disliked for his appearance, his height was also disliked?
However, he had to admit that the girl opposite him looked still childish, but her height was the same as his. Moreover, because her limbs were slender and long, at first glance she seemed to be even half a head taller than Rong Yuan.
A closer look reveals that although she looks the same as an Earthling, there are actually many differences. To an alien being like an octopus, they probably look similar, but in each other's eyes, the difference is obvious.
The girl's eyes had vertical pupils, twice as big as Rong Yuan's, with a straight black line in the middle of her emerald green eyes; her nose was straight, her lips were light pink, her skin was extremely pale and delicate , her ears were long and pointed, and her figure was so slender that she seemed as fragile as if it would break at a touch, and her purely harmless expression accentuated this feeling.
Rong Yuan suddenly had an idea and said with certainty: "You are from Landia."
"Yes." The girl nodded as a matter of course and said, "That's why Paco asked me to deliver the letter. He knows that we in Landia will always help each other, and he said you are also from Landia." The girl looked at Rong Yuan with some doubts, and it was obvious that she noticed something unusual in Rong Yuan's appearance.
Rong Yuan always refused to explain. Different people are born with different kinds of rice. Without knowing whether all the Landians grew up like girls or if there were exceptions, he would make more mistakes if he explained rashly. But in front of the merits of 733, he decided to trust the girl temporarily, so he asked, "I'm Rong Yuan, what's your name?"
He had a lot more important questions to ask her than this, but exchanging names was an effective way to eliminate the unfamiliarity between each other. It was necessary to establish a proper mutual understanding and trust before talking.
"Emilida." The girl answered him without hesitation, "Emilida Fantum." Her frank and natural attitude proved two things: first, this was her real name; second, for some reason (most likely Paco), she believed Rong Yuan.
"Well, Emilida, how did you find me?" Rong Yuan asked calmly. He found that when he did this, he effectively relieved the tension on the girl's face. Then he said, "Does anyone else know that I'm here?"
"No, no one else could know." Emilida said, "Paco told me a lot about you. I... I used an algorithm based on your information to build a model and calculated where you might be. Then I came to find you... I didn't tell anyone else because Paco is my friend, and they would hurt you if they knew."
Rong Yuan was shocked.
In the process of getting along with Paco, because he didn't understand him and in order to protect himself, he always limited the amount of information that the other party could get from him, and many of his words were specious. However, in order to get Paco's mouth, he would inevitably reveal a part of his true self, but he never thought that he had revealed enough for the other party to calculate his behavior pattern. What's more, Emilida only heard Paco's retelling and had never seen him in person before.
Rong Yuan can't do this kind of thing, and neither can the intelligent computer Noah.
If what she said was true, if her algorithm was really that effective... then the other party's sharpness and wisdom were unimaginable, and the information leaked by Rong Yuan's gestures might be enough to kill him dozens of times. This girl was a terrible threat to him.
Emilida had no idea what she saw on Rongyuan's expressionless face. She took two steps back in fear with her arms folded, and said incoherently, "No! Don't hurt me! Paco, Paco said you are a good person. Let me, let me believe you..."
Rong Yuan looked at her expression, confirming that there was no disguise in it. He couldn't believe it in his heart - someone who possessed this ability actually had such a hamster-like personality. It was as if she was used to enduring hurt. Not to mention resisting, she even lacked the courage to protect herself.
Intellectually, he knew that he should be wary of and in awe of Emilida's ability and eliminate this hidden danger. But in reality, when the other party almost cried and handed the initiative to him, Rong Yuan's eyes softened slightly, and the malice in his heart gradually dissipated. In addition to threats, he saw more opportunities.
There was a long distance between the two of them, but Rong Yuan did not continue to move forward to provoke the frightened Emilida. He asked: "What else did Paco say to you?"
Mentioning Paco seemed to give Emilida more courage. Perhaps it was the false sense of security that leaning against the wall gave her, so she relaxed a little. She secretly looked at Rong Yuan, and after confirming that he would not hurt her now, she mustered up the courage to say, "He also said that you are the bravest person he has ever seen, and asked me to give this thing to you, saying that it will definitely help you."
Amirida pulled out a thin silver chain from her neck, then took off the pendant from the chain, held it in her palm and handed it to Rong Yuan.
It was a round, black, metal ball the size of a suction cup on Paco's tentacle.
It was also what the fake Paco tried every means to defraud from him, and he had no idea it existed at the time.
Rong Yuan stepped forward and took the metal ball. His approach made Emilida very nervous. If she had a tail, it would have stood up long ago. However, she did not run away or have any extreme reactions. Instead, she tried to stick to the wall, as if this would protect herself. Rong Yuan even saw her pupils shrink into a very thin line, and a beast-like golden color spread in the emerald green, but her expression was still so submissive.
Rong Yuan held the metal ball in his hand. Nothing happened at first. As he was observing the fine metal patterns on the surface of the sphere, the metal ball suddenly heated up and then opened up like a petal without warning, revealing a piece of golden foil only one-third the size of a fingernail hidden inside.
"Ah!" Emilida couldn't help but let out a low cry.
Rong Yuan immediately looked at her and asked, "Do you know what this is?"
