Soul Mechanic [Interstellar]

【A Mermaid with Difficult Life】

The singing was getting closer and closer, as if trying to attract their attention.

Mu Qiu involuntarily manipulated the jellyfish spaceship to approach the direction of the singing.

Chu Qingtian confessed, and took Aubrey and the others to put on deep-sea diving suits to protect around the spaceship.

After all, the jellyfish spacecraft focuses on sightseeing and scientific research, and its firepower equipment is its weak point. The guides on the ship are more important than their lives, so they must be safe.

In contrast, the guides were not that nervous, and they didn't feel the slightest bit of malice from the singing.

Little Gore insisted that the other party was crying, and Mu Qiu also vaguely noticed that the singing was very sad.

"Gore, can you hear what he is singing?" Mu Qiu suddenly thought of the ability of little Gore, "Close your eyes, concentrate, and try to stretch out the tentacles."

Gore obeyed obediently, opened his eyes again after a while, and said, "Brother, he said let us go with him."

"He sang so many lines, you can only recognize this one?" As a teacher, Elsa was a little strict with her students.

Simon defended the little guy, "That... person, probably a person, he sang the same sentence over and over again."

"You can hear it too?" Elsa was surprised.

"Same pronunciation." Simon said naturally.

Mu Qiu didn't join the conversation, he carefully judged the change of the voice, and found that the singing was gradually getting farther away, so he quickly gestured to Chu Qingtian, and manipulated the spaceship to follow cautiously.

There are three driving modes of the jellyfish spacecraft. When underwater, ten tentacles will protrude from the edge of the umbrella-shaped spacecraft, simulating the horizontal or vertical movement of jellyfish; when on land, the tentacle-like tentacles will become hard claws. It has a strong grip function, but the only disadvantage is that the shock absorption is not very good; when navigating in the air, the spacecraft will put away all the parts that are easy to cause resistance, and rotate like a flying saucer.

At this time, the spaceship was as transparent as a jellyfish, emitting a faint blue light, moving forward tremblingly.

The sentries are still guarding the outside of the spaceship, tacitly follow the direction of the spaceship up or down, and the formation has never changed.

The singing was high and low, and it never stopped.

The spacecraft gradually left the coral area and passed through a grove of algae. The surrounding light suddenly disappeared, and all kinds of sea creatures disappeared. The altitude displayed on the navigator was -8800 meters, and they seemed to have entered an extremely deep trench.

Mu Qiu felt a little strange. There was obviously no ocean current movement around, but the water temperature displayed on the instrument suddenly increased, even reaching 10 degrees Celsius.

Mu Qiu has investigated in advance that under normal circumstances, the water temperature of Andromeda's water system at sea level remains at around 17 degrees Celsius all year round, and the water temperature drops by 1000-1 degrees Celsius every time the altitude drops by 2 meters.It can be clearly seen from the flight records of the spacecraft that the water temperature did conform to this rule before, until the water temperature crossed the algae belt, the water temperature suddenly increased like a jumping watch.

Mu Qiu felt a little uneasy.

Through the transparent shell, Chu Qingtian looked over.

Mu Qiu quickly adjusted his mood, smiled at him, and said with his mouth: "Don't worry."

Only then did Chu Qingtian nod his head, and continued to observe his surroundings vigilantly.

Mu Qiu calmed down a little, and stretched out his tentacles again, feeling the emotional changes in front of him - indeed, there was no malice.

The singing has not stopped, and the spaceship has been diving in the direction of the sound.

When the dive was close to -10000 meters, the blue dot representing unknown intelligent life on the detector finally stopped.

Mu Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, and wanted to call Chu Qingtian and the others back - no matter how advanced the diving suit was, it would not be very comfortable in such a deep place.

However, Chu Qingtian shook his head, and the others had no intention of returning to the spaceship.

Mu Qiu didn't intend to waste time on this kind of question, so he had to speed up and lean towards the blue dot.

Turning around a protruding rock, the spaceship was blocked - straight ahead, there were two huge and hard rocks that were almost close together, leaving only a narrow gap that could allow one person to pass through, like a small the door.

In front of the door, is that... a mermaid? !

Mu Qiu was stunned, as were the sentinel guides inside and outside the boat and Lu Xun were all stunned—the Academy of Sciences didn't make up a story, there really are mermaids in the sea!

At this time, the two mermaids formed a confrontation mode, their thin lips opened and closed, their white arms and tails of various colors were also flicked back and forth, as if they were arguing fiercely.

People inside and outside the boat couldn't hear the sound, but they were dizzy and nauseated by the shock, obviously because the frequency was unknown.

Mu Qiu turned on the frequency tuner in the spaceship, and rows of spectrums swished on the electronic screen, but within a few seconds, there was only a "beep" and a clear and pleasant tone came from the cockpit.

——I still don’t understand.

Mu Qiu stroked his forehead, he should have thought of it long ago!

Little Gore stood beside Mu Qiu and gently tugged at the corner of his clothes.

Mu Qiu lowered his head and patted the little guy's head, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Little Gore shook his head, and said with some worry: "Brother, they are arguing."

Mu Qiu was overjoyed, "You can understand."

Little Gore nodded, "That fish—" he pointed to the beautiful mermaid with blond hair and blond tail guarding the door, "blaming the one that brought us back." He pointed to another green-haired mermaid green tailed.

"Gore, listen carefully to what they are saying and translate to brother."

The little guy nodded obediently, and translated with a stern face.

"Tara, you need to learn several lessons before you can understand? Last time you brought the vile shark back, almost ate the mermaid eggs, and injured the patriarch. This time, you brought this strange big guy again. How are you doing? What heart?!"

"Iger, I told you, the patriarch asked me to go out and find helpers! This is the patriarch's order!"

"I believe you are a ghost. You must have caused some trouble again, and people came to find you! You have been a troublemaker since you were a child."

"That's not true! You didn't believe me when you were young, and you still don't believe me now. Since this is the case, I don't want to say anything to you. Get out of the way, and I will take them to see the patriarch."

"Don't even think about it! I won't allow you to make a second mistake."

"I said, it was a mistake last time! Get out of the way—"

"No!"

There was a fierce quarrel over there, while Gore dutifully translated here, and he even learned [-]% to [-]% of the expression and tone.

Suddenly, the golden mermaid looked over suddenly, as if aware of their eavesdropping behavior, opened its mouth, and a fierce sound wave attacked.

Mu Qiu was shocked, and instinctively stretched out his tentacles, passed through the spaceship, and stood in front of Chu Qingtian and the others.

At the same time, Chu Qingtian raised a mental barrier to protect the entire spaceship.

In a hurry, Mu Qiu didn't restrain himself, a huge mental wave hit the bottom of the sea, and even Chu Qingtian and the others couldn't stand and fell to the bottom of the sea, not to mention the golden mermaid who bore the brunt was directly thrown into the air.

The green mermaid was shocked when she saw her companion hit the hard rock.He rushed over quickly, hugged him tightly, then turned his head, looking in the direction of the spaceship in horror.

Mu Qiu rubbed his nose, smiled apologetically at the sentinels who were implicated, and then looked at the two mermaids in doubt—he didn't understand why the green mermaid, who was so friendly just now, suddenly became vigilant?

He spread his hands and walked to the sightseeing cabin, one step forward, and he was about to step out of the spaceship.

The two mermaids took two steps back, showing a more vigilant look.

At this moment, a tall mermaid suddenly slid out of the narrow slit, wearing a gauze white robe, with a cool temperament, and blue hair reaching the ground—the whole person is like the only luminous body in this deep seabed, so beautiful I can't move my eyes.

"&*!" The faces of the two young fish were obviously excited and worried, as if they still felt guilty.

Young Gore learned his lesson and whispered in Mu Qiu's ear, "They are calling 'patriarch'."

Mu Qiu smiled and patted the little guy's head, "Gore, will you speak their words?"

Gore shook his head, and as if he was afraid that Mu Qiu would be disappointed, he quickly said, "Brother, I don't need to talk!"

Mu Qiu didn't know why.

"I don't need to say it, I can... say it." The little guy has poor vocabulary, so he can only stretch out his tentacles, using expressions and movements to let Mu Qiu understand what he means.

Mu Qiu did understand that Gore could use the spirit wave to communicate with the other party.

But, is there any danger?Mu Qiu hesitated.

As if to prove himself, little Gore did not wait for Mu Qiu to speak, and directly stretched out his tentacles in front of the mermaid patriarch, and began to "speak" solemnly.

Fortunately, the other party did not make unnecessary movements, but was "listening" earnestly. Finally, the light-colored lips opened and closed, and a clear and pleasant tone like the sound of heaven sounded in the cabin-but he couldn't understand it.

"Brother, he asked what we are here for."

"Because I heard someone singing, so I followed to have a look."

Gore Jr. conveyed this meaning.

The patriarch turned his head and glanced at the green mermaid next to him, obviously expressionless, but made the other party wrinkle his delicate little face in fear.

The golden mermaid spoke, as if defending her partner.

The mermaid patriarch didn't say anything, and looked in Mu Qiu's direction again, his lips parted.

"Brother, he said let's leave as soon as possible."

Mu Qiu nodded, signaled to Chu Qingtian and others, then started the spaceship, and slowly backed away.

Before they could go far, another mermaid suddenly appeared from the narrow gap. The expression on his face seemed to be very anxious, and intermittent voices came from the cabin.

The mermaid patriarch frowned, flicked the fish's tail, and turned into the narrow gap. The two young mermaids paled in shock and hurriedly followed behind the patriarch. The mermaid who sent the message looked at the direction of the spaceship curiously, and also followed.

Without waiting for Mu Qiu to ask, Little Gore took the initiative to translate: "Just now that person said that 'Evil Shark' is here again—brother, what is 'Evil Shark'?"

"The villain among the sharks?" After Mu Qiu finished speaking, he laughed first. Even Little Gore couldn't be fooled by this kind of explanation.

Sure enough, the little guy wrinkled his nose, obviously not believing it.

At this time, the spacecraft turned around the largest reef and was about to enter the open land.

Mu Qiu turned on the sound transmission device of the spaceship, and said to the sentries outside: "Do you want to come in? Let's go back to the coral area early."

Chu Qingtian nodded, and waved to Clairvoyance to let him go first.

Mu Qiu opened the external hatch, and the sea water poured in instantly.The sentries entered one by one, and Chu Qingtian came up last.

Mu Qiu closed the cabin door and pressed the pumping device, there was a "squeak" sound, and the compartment between the outer door and the inner door became dry instantly, with only the warm wind blowing.

The sentries took off their heavy diving suits one after another, with relaxed smiles on their faces.

Chu Qingtian opened the inner door, and several people entered in a file.

Mu Qiu walked over and took the initiative to send a big hug, "Thank you for your hard work."

Chu Qingtian hooked his lips and kissed the guide's soft lips, "I didn't do anything."

Mu Qiu rolled his eyes at him, "Isn't it okay that nothing happened?"

As soon as the words fell, the spacecraft suddenly vibrated, and the surrounding sea water was stirred by something, causing a huge vortex.

Chu Qingtian's complexion changed, and he immediately pulled Mu Qiu to the console.

Clairvoyance and Shunfenger were already sitting in the driver's chair, reporting the situation concisely, "A group of man-eating sharks came out at three o'clock, a total of twelve sharks, moving at a speed of 50 meters per second, and it is estimated that they will arrive at the position of the spaceship in one minute. .Do you want to turn on the sonar to drive away?"

"No!" Mu Qiu said first, "The mermaid's lair is not far away, and the sonar will affect them first."

Qian Liyan nodded, and didn't think there was anything wrong with Mu Qiu speaking instead of Chu Qingtian.

Shunfeng Er, who had been observing the situation, suddenly said: "The man-eating shark has adjusted its direction, and the target seems to be the group of mermaids!" He projected the electronic screen on the wall so that everyone could see it clearly.

On the screen, the green dots represent our own people, the blue dots represent other humans or intelligent life near humans, and the red dots represent threatening life forms.

At this time, twelve densely packed red dots were passing by from the front left, approaching to the right.

"Could it be that there is another entrance there?" Mu Qiu guessed.

Chu Qingtian nodded, "It should be like this. This group of man-eating sharks went straight to the target, presumably they are regular customers."

"The mermaid Jiao Didi, I'm afraid she will be wiped out by the regiment?" Qianliyan couldn't help feeling sorry for the fragrance.

Shunfeng ear knocked him on the head, "Jiao Didi, you are so big! If you want to die, you should die early, why wait until now?"

Lu Xun also nodded and said: "It should be evenly matched, no one can take advantage."

Mu Qiu suddenly thought of the "evil sharks" mentioned when the two mermaids quarreled, could it be this group of man-eating sharks?Also, the mermaid patriarch seems to be injured, and with the tense expressions of the mermaids just now, Mu Qiu guessed that man-eating sharks should be quite difficult for mermaids.

"Shall we help?" Mu Qiu looked at Chu Qingtian worriedly.

Chu Qingtian looked at his guide helplessly, "If it was on land, one man of your family could kill ten sharks like this, but now in the water..."

Mu Qiu showed a disappointed look.

Chu Qingtian changed his voice, "You can try."

Instead, Mu Qiu shook his head, "No, I can't take the risk. There are three torpedoes in the weapon room, which may come in handy."

"If you don't try, you have to try." Lu Xun looked at the virtual screen with a very calm voice, "We have been discovered."

Hearing this, Mu Qiu looked at the screen and found that four red dots had left the team and were rapidly approaching the spaceship.

"Clairvoyance, prepare torpedoes—" Chu Qing ordered decisively.

Clairvoyance put his hand on the operating table and looked for it along a row of buttons.

"The red one in the top right row." Mu Qiu quickly reminded.

Clairvoyance smiled at him gratefully.

Mu Qiu smiled back.

Chu Qingtian frowned, "I didn't familiarize myself with the console in advance, my vigilance is too low, I copied the manual 50 times!"

Qianliyan instantly grimaced, poked the person next to him complainingly, and said in a low voice, "You didn't remind me, I will give you 25 times."

Shunfeng Er glanced at him, he didn't know how he died, he deserved to be punished!

"emission!"

With a sound of "Boom--", a huge vortex was set off on the bottom of the sea, sand and stones were splashed suddenly, and thick blood mist spread around.

"YES!" Clairvoyance revived with full blood, and gestured excitedly, "It hits the target, and all four are destroyed."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Mu Qiu raised two fingers and said nervously, "There are two more, eight sharks."

Chu Qingtian pinched the guide's ear and said indifferently: "It's okay, I'm here."

Mu Qiu inexplicably relaxed.

The remaining eight red dots on the screen have stopped moving forward, gathered somewhere in a circle, presumably they have reached the mermaid's lair——in the encirclement, sixteen bright and dim blue light dots remain motionless.

They also seemed to be affected by the torpedo explosion, and the originally neat formation suddenly became panicked.

At this moment, one of the most eye-catching blue spots of light suddenly moved, rushing towards the man-eating shark at an extremely fast speed.

"Is it the mermaid patriarch?" Mu Qiu asked in a low voice.

Chu Qingtian nodded, "It should be."

The other blue light spots also moved, two besieged one, it seemed that it had been planned long ago.

In the cabin, everyone held their breath unconsciously, quietly watching this self-defense counterattack in this special way.

After an unknown amount of time, the four red dots dimmed and disappeared one after another, while the other four struggled to escape.

The blue dots did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but instead converged towards a certain point—probably the point representing the patriarch, which became dim—just now, this blue dot fought two sharks alone, leaving more for others. chance to win.

It's hard to imagine what would have been the outcome of today's war if Mu Qiu and the others hadn't happened to be here, if they hadn't blown up and killed four man-eating sharks in advance.

"The mermaid patriarch seems to be injured." Lin Qing was obviously worried.

In fact, not only the mermaid patriarch, but also the other blue dots have dimmed more or less, which is a sign of a decline in vital signs.

Mu Qiu grabbed Chu Qingtian's hand and looked at him anxiously.

Chu Qingtian sighed helplessly with an expression of "I knew it", and ordered: "Drive the spaceship over."

No one hesitated or questioned. In fact, even if there was no request from the guide today, they would not refuse to save them.Moreover, if there is no guide on the spacecraft, they will be more free.

-

The spaceship turned out from behind the reef, and appeared brightly in front of a crowd of mermaids.

The mermaids of different colors showed vigilant expressions at the same time—except for the mermaid patriarch who was covered in ice blue blood and fell into a coma.

Mu Qiu led Little Gore to the sightseeing cabin, followed by a group of people.

Little Gore stretched out his tentacles as before, waving them up and down, conveying Mu Qiu's words.

"You are injured, we have a doctor here - a doctor is someone who can heal an injury, why don't we try it, maybe we can cure you."

"We have no malicious intentions." Mu Qiu added another sentence.

The mermaids who had just experienced a fierce battle were obviously not so easily persuaded, and they did not let down their vigilance in the slightest.

Mu Qiu sighed, "Your patriarch is seriously injured, if it drags on... it will be bad." Mu Qiu paused and chose a more euphemistic word.

Little Gore felt that the mermaids might not understand the meaning of "not very good", so he directly translated it into "If you drag it on, you will die".

The mermaids suddenly became angry, and even stretched out their sharp nails in an attacking pose.

"Wait! Don't attack!" The green mermaid screamed. Although the sound was still inaudible to humans, her brain was shocked for a while.

The mermen looked at the green mermaid with disapproval, and even showed resentment—he recruited the evil shark, and so did these strange guys!

The golden mermaid stood in front of the green mermaid, staring back viciously one by one.

The green mermaid covered the wound on her shoulder, and said her reasons very fast, "They bring cubs, they must not be bad people! Didn't the patriarch say, 'When the end of the road, there will be a son of God to rescue'— — Isn’t it the end of the road now, isn’t someone showing up now? Why don’t we try?!”

When the mermaids heard the words, they all showed shocked expressions, and then looked at Mu Qiu and the others suspiciously.

Young Gore translated the words "with cubs, not bad people", and said with some embarrassment: "Brother, there is another sentence, I don't understand."

Mu Qiu touched his head and encouraged him: "It's okay, Gore is already great. You tell them, I'm the only one going out, let them—"

"No!" Before Mu Qiu finished speaking, Chu Qingtian interrupted, "Gore, tell them that we are only going out two people, and we don't bring any weapons."

Little Gore did not hesitate, and conveyed exactly what Chu Qingtian wanted.

Mu Qiu looked at his sentinel with a guilty conscience.

Chu Qingtian took a punitive bite on his partner's neck.

Mu Qiu gave a small "huh" with a pitiful expression.

Knowing that he was faking it, Chu Qingtian couldn't help feeling distressed, and kissed him soothingly.

Mu Qiu pretended to be in pain, and secretly laughed in his heart—this is what his sentinel eats!

After a heated discussion, the mermaid agreed to Mu Qiu's proposal.

The green mermaid was very happy and nodded gratefully to Mu Qiu.

Mu Qiu stretched out his spiritual tentacles, expressing his kindness.

The mermaid felt his meaning keenly, and then relaxed a little.

Chu Qingtian put on the heavy diving suit, while Mu Qiu was still competing there—really, it was so heavy!

The green mermaid looked at him, laughed "hee hee", pulled a grass from the door of the nest, and threw it to Mu Qiu.

Mu Qiu didn't know why.

The green mermaid pulled out another one and threw it into her mouth.

Mu Qiu picked up the grass and put it to his mouth.

The green mermaid nodded.The other mermaids looked at him with expressions of disapproval.

Chu Qingtian also grabbed Mu Qiu's hand to prevent him from eating.

Mu Qiu smiled, and joked: "It's okay, I'm immune to all poisons." — Anyway, there are hundreds of antidote potions in the pumpkin.