"Oh my god, is this a mermaid? It turns out there really is such a thing!" Yang Xueting's voice was trembling.
What was soaked in formalin in the bottle was the body of a suspected mermaid. The corpse was about two meters long from head to tail. It had long silver-white hair floating in the water. It had two large, pointed ears, a bit like the elves in the movie. There were gill slits behind the ears. Apparently able to breathe water. The cheeks are a standard oval face, with no eyebrows, and the nostrils are closed. Only the lips are purple, and the face is also duck egg blue. Not only the face, but also the entire exposed upper body is this color. I don’t know if it is because of his natural skin color or because of it. Because of the corpse.
The straight neck, slender waist, and plump breasts indicate that this mermaid is a "female", and she is also the kind of beauty with outstanding appearance and alien charm. Her human features continue to her waist. From her belly button down, she has a pure fish tail. The cyan fish scales, which are as big as a baby's palm, glow with a faint light. What is different from what people think is that there is a transparent dorsal fin behind her from the back of her neck. It extends to a position equivalent to the crook of the calf, and is as huge as a swordfish. The fish tail is wide, irregularly shaped, and looks soft, a bit like the tail of a small tropical fish called a betta.
Although from the front, this mermaid presents a fantastic and beautiful posture, the situation behind it is miserable. Large areas of skin and flesh have been neatly cut away, and even the ribs and spine have been exposed.
"This thing has no traces of artificial splicing. It should be a real thing. It must be the mermaid legendary by fishermen and sailors." Ling Hao forced himself to calm down.
"It should be so. Looking at the injury on the back, it must have been cut off with a scalpel for research, and it was cut off alive." Yang Xueting's eyelids twitched. This method of cutting off the skin and muscles together is alive. , it hurt to look at her.
Several mercenary men were mumbling in Russian, but they didn't know what they were talking about. Tian Yong translated: "They said that if they were not doing research, the meat must have been eaten by people. There is a legend in their country that the mermaids in the North Sea have The power of eternal life. If a person eats their flesh, he will live forever and will not die."
Ling Hao narrowed his eyes and remembered the story Shi Si told about Rasputin. The guy was beaten several times and shot four times. Not only was his lung pierced, but his heart and head were also shot. He was thrown into an ice cave and survived for eight minutes in the ice water. Anyone else would have died countless times. Could it be that such incredible vitality is because he has eaten the flesh of a mermaid? If mermaid flesh can really make people immortal, then why did Rasputin die in the end? Ling Hao felt something strange here.
"Look carefully at the things on the shelf. Don't touch it with your hands unless absolutely necessary. If there's anything valuable, take it out to Basharov. It's an explanation. But it's more difficult to take this mermaid out. Maybe it has rotted after being soaked for more than a hundred years and will fall apart when touched." Ling Hao ordered, and everyone else went to look at the things on the shelf. Only he was still staring at the one with his eyes closed. The mermaid corpse, her face was so peaceful, as if she had just fallen asleep.
In a daze, the mermaid's eyes suddenly opened, and a pair of blue and deep eyes stared into Ling Hao's eyes. He only felt that his consciousness was pulled out of his body in an instant, as if his soul had left his body and entered. In the eyes of the mermaid.
In a foggy polar ocean with many floating icebergs, several fishing boats were fishing with seine nets. A stray mermaid girl named Shui Lingxing was swimming around in panic in the sea, surrounded by fishing nets. She Along with many fish, there is no way out. In desperation, she chose to risk jumping out of the water, planning to jump over the fishing net to escape. However, she did not expect that the people on the fishing boat were already staring at her. They not only had fishing nets, but also rifles.
The moment she jumped out of the water, a gunshot rang out. The bullet hit her back and embedded in her shoulder blade. She fell heavily to the sea and fainted.
When Sui Lingxing woke up again, she was already in a huge pool. This was a secret residence of Rasputin. He conducted his crazy experiments here and also obtained blood by injecting the blood of many strange animals. The magical power of his imagination.
Rasputin was a lunatic who would do whatever it took to gain power. He even believed that water would wash away his magic power, so if he didn't take a shower for a long time, he would smell like an old goat. He cut off the skin and flesh from the water spirit star and cooked it or ate it raw. In order to gain the power of immortality, he also had to keep the mermaid girl alive, because he felt that eating the flesh of a dead mermaid would be ineffective. In order to ensure his so-called effect , when cutting the flesh of Shui Lingxing, he did not use any anesthesia.
Shui Lingxing was angry. She cursed and cursed him in Hebrew, ancient Chinese, ancient Greek, ancient Latin, Sumerian, and ancient Sanskrit... For the long life of the mermaid, although she was just She was a young girl, but she lived for nearly three hundred years, enough time for her to learn many human languages. It’s not that mermaids don’t interact with humans. In the history of every ancient civilization, there are records of mermaids. Mermaids were once sacred in the eyes of humans, so the two sides have always maintained a very good relationship. The ancient human tribes would treat mermaids Mermaids perform sacrifices and they also guide ships lost in the sea. But with the development of human civilization, greed has replaced simplicity, and too many people are trying to make a fortune by catching mermaids, so mermaids gradually no longer appear in human vision and become a legend. However, the mermaid tribe also learns ancient human languages, and understanding the history of ancient human civilizations may just be to understand dangerous enemies.
Rasputin couldn't understand Shui Lingxing's curses, so he still cut the meat on her back and ate it again and again. Is it effective? The answer is yes. Rasputin's body functions have become stronger than ordinary people and his cell activity is higher. This makes him gradually become younger. But if he wants to live forever, he uses the wrong method. What really makes him immortal is not the mermaid's body, but his soul.
In the end, Sui Lingxing's heart was taken out and eaten, and she died physically in resentment. Rasputin believed that he had obtained immortality, so he soaked the mermaid's body in formalin to embalm. This behavior destroyed Sui Lingxing's soul. Confined within her body, the only thing she could do was to curse Rasputin while nurturing her soul, hoping that one day her soul would be able to break through the shackles and be freed.
Those who do evil will inevitably die. Rasputin died a good death due to the curse of the mermaid, and more than a hundred years later, a group of people woke up the sleeping soul of Water Spirit Star. This is a good opportunity to be free. After more than a hundred years, her soul has been strong enough to break out of this damn bottle. All she needs is a body that can carry her soul.
With a "click", a crack appeared in the huge glass bottle. Ling Hao was shocked and his consciousness returned to reality, as if it was just a dream. He suddenly jumped away, the big bottle shattered, and the formalin splashed all over the floor, covering everyone's shoes. As expected, the mermaid's body was as soft as tofu and scattered on the ground.
Yang Xueting and Tian Yong both looked at Ling Hao, who shrugged: "I didn't do anything. I don't know why this bottle broke by itself."
"The smell of formalin is too strong." Xueting raised her feet and rubbed her shoes on the shelf, even to the top of her feet. She felt sick when she thought that these liquids had soaked a corpse that was more than a hundred years old.
"Huh? The water level has actually dropped?" The moment Yang Xueting put her foot down, she realized something was wrong.
Ling Hao snapped his fingers and said: "I understand, there must be a cellar. Let me just say, there is no need to build such a mysterious cave for the sake of these things in the room."
A group of people stuck their butts out and searched all over the ground, and finally found an iron plate cover under a wooden trellis. Suddenly everyone was in a mood. Two big Russian men moved the shelf and lifted the lid. Ling Hao's eyelids jumped. These guys are big-hearted. They have an example in front of them. How dare they do it? So reckless. Shaking his head helplessly, he took out the "air quality detector" and looked into the hole. After confirming that the problem was not serious, he threw two cold fireworks in. It looked like the depth was only 4-5 meters.
"There seem to be a lot of boxes down there! We found the treasure!" A strong man howled with excitement, as if these treasures belonged to him.
Tian Yong unwrapped a roll of rope and tied it around his waist, and then said to another big man: "Come down with me."
Ling Hao also took out a roll of rope and tied it to a bulge on the stone wall, and told Tian Yong: "One rope is used to transport things, and the other rope is used to protect one's life. Remember, no matter how precious the treasure is, it is not as valuable as your own life. Listen. Do you understand?" Tian Yong felt warm in his heart and nodded vigorously. Ling Hao continued to instruct: "If you see artworks such as oil paintings, remember to put them in waterproof bags first. Jewelry is more valuable than gold and silver. Don't get it wrong."
Tian Yong curled his lips unconvinced: "Do you really think I'm a country bumpkin? My favorite thing to watch is the treasure appraisal show, you know?" After saying that, he led a big Russian man down the rope.
Next, boxes of jewelry and art were moved out, including gilt wall clocks, white jade statues, enamelware, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, diamonds, emeralds, gold pocket watches, jade bottles, raw agate stones, boxes of of pearls, and soon more than a dozen boxes were carried up. Fortunately, these boxes were not big, about the size of a microwave oven, so it was not a big problem for one person to carry two.
"Come up and rest for a while. It's easy to vomit blood in this excited state. We are moving things for others, which is not fundamentally different from moving bricks. Don't be too desperate." Ling Hao shouted towards the cave, no After a while, Tian Yong and the mercenary climbed up sweating profusely, and a group of people went outside to eat something where they could not smell the smell of formalin.
Tian Yong started to get mad again. He snapped his fingers at the two mercenary men and said in Russian: "You guys have good physical strength. Let's transport these boxes to the water outlet first. It's only a few hundred meters away anyway. It's a long journey back and forth." There’s no need to decompress, our boss has triggered all the traps on the road, so it’s absolutely safe.”
The two mercenaries looked at each other, with obvious reluctance on their faces. Tian Yong immediately opened his eyes: "What, you are not happy? You can't walk in front, and you are not willing to work hard. What's the use of you? Are you just waiting to get paid? Go as soon as possible if you are asked to go, otherwise when you go out Let’s tell Basharov that you are a burden along the way, maybe you will run away in vain this time!”
When they became mercenaries, they only wanted money. After hearing what Tian Yong said, the two big men had no choice but to walk out carrying a box each. Seeing them going out, Yang Xueting muttered: "Aren't you afraid that they will just run away with the box?"
Ling Hao smiled and said: "Where to run? Even if they hijacked the Stone Crab, the water outlet is only the one next to the ship. We have been down for so long, and the channel when the work ship came over was also frozen. They If you have any wrong thoughts, you are not far from being shot."
The two big men ran three times with humming sounds. They had almost finished transporting the boxes from the cellar. After resting for a while, Tian Yong took another big man down to the cellar to move the boxes. Ling Hao and Xueting Responsible for pulling the rope at the entrance of the cellar to lift boxes of treasures up.
Ling Hao felt that he was in a trance. Subconsciously, there seemed to be a pair of blue eyes looking at him, and a slightly hoarse female voice spoke to him in his mind. Although the voice was not pleasant, it was not old, a bit like That kind of "tomboy" "smoking and drinking voice". "Run quickly. Those things are coming out soon. If you don't run away, they will be eaten clean."
"Who are you?" Ling Hao couldn't help but asked, which startled Xueting. Ling Hao quickly said that he was talking to himself to cover it up.
"I am Shui Lingxing, don't you remember it so soon? I am in your mind now." said the "smoking and drinking voice".
"Fuck!" Ling Hao almost jumped up, it was the dead mermaid! Wasn't the scene in my mind just a dream? I was possessed by a "mermaid ghost"? Cold sweat immediately poured down from Ling Hao's forehead.
"Don't be afraid, I won't harm you. I want you to take my soul out and let me return to the embrace of the sea. In order to express my gratitude to you, I can provide you with something you can't imagine. With help. Now you have to listen to me and leave here quickly, those things will come out soon, and you will all die if they block them." Shui Lingxing said anxiously.
Ling Hao hesitated a little. He looked down the cellar. So far, only one-third of the boxes had been moved up. Are you going to give up just like that?
At this moment, Tian Yong's arrogant "fuck" was heard in the cellar, followed by the "life-saving rope" being tightened. It was obvious that he was desperately trying to climb up. Ling Hao hurriedly stepped forward together with another mercenary man, and hurriedly pulled him up. At this time, the mercenary who was still in the cellar let out a hoarse scream. The scream was as painful as it was. It's so miserable that it makes your scalp numb and your hair standing on end.
