bookrebus Chapter 26: The paranoid mermaid loves me (26)
Chapter 26: The paranoid mermaid loves me (26)
"If that's the case, why don't you stay here? Why go out and look for territory?" Tang Cuo was a little puzzled.
"It's a rule left over from tens of thousands of years ago that once a mermaid is born, she cannot stay in the Mermaid Sea. She has to find a new territory. This is also a test for the Mermaid Lord." Sals straightened his expression.
“King… I know that as a human being, I shouldn’t know too much about you, but I still want to know… Is the person in the Soul Locking Cave also a member of the mermaid tribe?” Tang Cuo’s voice softened a bit, “If it’s inconvenient, it doesn’t matter…”
"It's okay, you are mine, there is nothing you can't know." Sals raised his hand to summon a chair, then gently hugged Tangcuo to his side, "The one in the Soul Locking Cave is indeed a member of the Mermaid Tribe.
His name is Solor, and his ability is to control the seawater, just like the tsunamis and high tides that humans experience, he can control them all. "
When his name was mentioned, Sals straightened his expression.
“He and I were once the two most popular heirs because we both had pure bloodlines and were extremely talented. However, when fighting for the throne, he started a war and split the mermaid tribe into two factions.
It caused countless casualties to various species, and later, he lost the qualification to compete for the throne, and was sealed in the Soul Locking Cave by me."
Tangcuo listened to his explanation with great interest, "Then why don't you just kill him?"
"It's also because his and my bloodline is the purest. According to your human seniority, he is my younger brother. That's why I didn't kill him, but locked him up instead."
So this is ah……
[Congratulations to the host, the Soul Locking Cave Truth side quest has been completed by 80%, and the favorability has risen to 77%. After all the quests are completed, you will receive a reward of points]
80%? Why not 100%?
Am I still involved with him?
Listening to the prompt in his mind, Tang Cuo hesitated, but he didn't think too much about it. After all, there was a more difficult object in front of him.
"Are you going to keep him locked up for life?"
"If he knows how to repent, maybe I can release him after a few hundred years." Sals explained patiently.
"Yeah." Tang Cuo put this task aside temporarily. He did not ask any more questions, but quietly traced Sals's eyebrows and eyes.
Looking at the schools of fish swimming around, Tang Cuo leaned on him cautiously, feeling his solid embrace.
at the same time……
The Lingxi Research Institute on the shore also welcomed an uninvited guest.
"What did you say? You said octopuses can talk?"
"No, do we look like fools? He does, but I don't..."
"yes……"
Several noisy voices came together, creating a sense of chaos.
"I'm not lying to you. It's right in front of the institute. It's a red spotted octopus. Go find the doctor. Maybe you can use it for experiments..."
A few minutes later……
A large group of students gathered at the entrance of the institute, looking around at the talking octopus.
Everyone surrounded Hongluo tightly in the center and then started whispering.
"Is this the talking octopus?"
"It doesn't look special, does it?"
"Yeah, except for the brighter colors, there's no difference at all..."
Hong Luo listened to their endless chatter and a hint of coldness flashed in her eyes: Damn it, if I wasn’t going to cooperate with you, I would definitely hang you all on the bottom of the sea to feed the sharks.
After a while, the people around consciously made way for a path.
Hong Luo turned around and looked at the three people coming towards her, and asked in a cold voice, "Are you the owners of this research institute?"
"Wow, there really is a talking octopus..." The students around couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Quiet." Mu Rong waved his hand to the side, then raised his eyes to look at the red-striped octopus in front of him and smiled gently, "Senior, if you have anything to say, please come over here and discuss it with us in detail."
"Well, that's fine." Hong Luo waved her tentacles and followed closely behind Mu Rong.
"Since everything is fine, you can all go." He Zhao looked at the students gathered together and spoke.
Hearing his words, the students immediately dispersed.
Only after the crowd disappeared did He Zhao turn around and follow them.
In the conference room...
Hong Luo looked at the people in front of her with a bit of disdain in her eyes.
"Excuse me, senior, are you from the red-striped octopus clan?" Mu Rong raised his eyes and looked at him with a kind tone.
"Oh, I didn't expect that you, a human, know so much." Hong Luo narrowed her eyes, "In that case, I won't say any more nonsense. Someone wants to discuss cooperation with your institute."
"cooperate?"
"Cooperation?" Several people raised questions to varying degrees.
"I wonder... who it is?"
Hearing his question, Hong Luo directly extended her tentacles to the center of the conference table and said, "Solol, you speak."
Several people stared at her dancing tentacles in a daze, and then they heard a hoarse voice, "Hello everyone, I am Solor, the future leader of the mermaid tribe."
"Mermaid tribe?"
"Mermaids?" Mu Rong frowned and turned his head to look at Mo Wen. "The Mermaids want to discuss cooperation with us? Don't you know who we are?"
"Of course I know, but I'm not Sals, and I don't have that much hatred towards you humans." Solor chuckled.
"Sals." Hearing this name, Mo Wen clenched his palms tightly, his eyes filled with flames burning with desire.
"What kind of cooperation do you want to discuss with us?" Mu Rong tapped the table lightly, signaling Mo Wen to calm down.
"As you all know, the leader of the mermaid tribe is a mermaid named Sals. I want you to help me get rid of him and help me become the leader of the mermaid tribe."
"What good will it do us if you become the leader?"
"Don't you all want to study the special abilities of the mermaids? Sals and I are both the most talented mermaid heirs. If you help me, I will hand over Sals to you for you to dissect."
"How do we know whether what you said is true or false?" Mo Wen narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he did not believe what he said.
"My hatred for Sals exceeds all of you. He locked me in a dark cave for hundreds of years. This hatred is irreconcilable."
Listening to his narration, Mu Rong lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then slowly said, "You can cooperate, but the conditions you set are not enough."
"The conditions are not enough?" Solor's voice was full of doubt, "Then what else do you want?"
"If we help you become the leader of the mermaid tribe, I want you to contribute an adult mermaid every month for our experiments." A trace of greed flashed in Mu Rong's eyes.
"Every month?" Solor's tone became heavier. "Do you know how many people there are in our mermaid tribe? This condition seems too much."
"Don't be angry. We know that the number of mermaids is small, but only if you allow us to conduct research can we find a way to help your mermaids reproduce..."
"You want to help us reproduce?"
"That's right. A species as miraculous as the mermaids should not become extinct in this world. Only we can come up with a foolproof method to ensure that the mermaids can continue to thrive..."