The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

Time was very tight, so Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin discussed the countermeasures and returned to the Mermaid Palace.

From the appearance, the mermaid palace looks like a huge "jellyfish", surrounded by countless "small shell" buildings, which are connected by transparent ribbons.

Mo Xuemin still doesn't understand what kind of black technology is used in the building of the Mermaid Palace, which can be stably suspended in the ocean without falling or floating on the surface of the sea, as if fixed there by a magical force Same.

Mermaids have lived in this sea area for generations.In the first two days after entering the secret room, Gui Yuanzhang and Lao Mo were not used to the fact that they "suddenly grew a tail". extremely fast swimming.

In a blink of an eye, they came to the entrance of the Mermaid Palace.

Because of the presence of the invisibility cloak, the guards at the door did not see them.Gui Yuanzhang dragged Lao Mo into the palace, and walked quickly along the long corridor.

As Lao Mo walked, he recalled the map of the palace.

In the past few days, apart from following "Xiao Lou" to investigate the case, he spends the rest of the time wandering around the palace. Unfortunately, the maze is too big, and he has very little time to act alone every day. Cleared the west half of the maze.

There is a characteristic of the mermaid maze. There is a room at the end of each fork. According to the clues that Lao Mo currently has, there are a total of 180 rooms in the west half of the maze.

With so many rooms, where will Liu Qiao be locked up?

Old Mo said: "We only have two hours, and it will definitely be too late to check all the rooms one by one." He looked at Gui Yuanzhang and said, "Why don't we go to Xiao Liu's residence first? In case, she just got knocked out , lost consciousness, people still stay in their own room?"

Gui Yuanzhang nodded: "Let's go."

Liu Qiao should be in a coma, and the possibility of her still staying in her residence cannot be completely ruled out.

As the princess of the mermaid clan, Liu Qiao lives in the largest palace on the west side of the palace. The palace is shaped like a pink shell, which is very recognizable.

Because Lao Mo and Gui Yuanzhang often came here to look for Liu Qiao a few days ago, the two were familiar with this place, and soon, they came to Liu Qiao's residence according to their memories.

There were also guards at the entrance of the princess' bedroom, so Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin walked around to the side window and quickly jumped in.

There is a plate of delicate pastries on the table in the living room, which is Liu Qiao's favorite snack.

The food of the mermaid tribe is mainly algae, small fish, and shrimp in the deep sea. This plate of dim sum is made of seaweed as the main material. The green dim sum is crystal clear and neatly arranged on the plate. Only the middle part is missing. A piece should have been eaten.

This plate of dim sum may well be poisonous.Who brought it?The replica Xiao Lou was here just now?

Gui Yuanzhang's complexion changed, and he walked quickly to the door of the bedroom. He pushed the door open with his left hand, and held the brush tightly with his right hand, ready to attack the copy Xiao Lou who might appear at any time——

However, there was no one in the room, and there was no trace of struggle, even the bed was neatly made.

Gui Yuanzhang walked around the house and concluded: "It is possible that Liu Qiao ate the poisonous food that Xiao Lou brought, or the other party controlled her by means we do not know. Liu Qiao suddenly lost consciousness. Yes, no resistance at all."

Lao Mo asked: "Is there a place for the Mermaid to confine prisoners? Will Xiao Liu be locked up?"

Gui Yuanzhang shook his head: "The mermaid cell is far away. I remember it was in the deepest part of the ocean. It was so dark that you couldn't even see a ray of light. It was like hell. Liu Qiao lost consciousness for only a few minutes. She went to the deep sea to lock her up, and then turned around to stun me, there was no time at all. Liu Qiao should still be in the palace."

Lao Mo thought about it carefully, and said: "There are clansmen living everywhere in the area on the west side of the palace. After all, Liu Qiao is the mermaid princess, and it is easy to be found by taking her there, so it is more likely that she will be taken there. East End?"

"There are more members of the royal family living in the Eastern District..." At this point, Gui Yuanzhang suddenly paused, and frowned, "Will he bring Liu Qiao to his residence?!"

"It's possible!" Lao Mo said nervously, "This fake Xiaolou is the prince of the mermaid tribe. He brought his sister to his palace, and even if he was seen, it would not arouse suspicion. Besides, it is his territory, and he can do it at any time." Monitor Liu Qiao."

Gui Yuanzhang said: "Go and find out."

The two quickly walked towards the prince's palace.

Although the passages in the palace are complicated, Lao Mo once went to Xiao Lou's bedroom two days ago to discuss the case.He has a strong sense of direction, and he will never get lost in a place he has been to once.

With Lao Mo as the guide, Gui Yuanzhang followed him, and arrived at the entrance of the blue palace on the east side within 10 minutes.

The place where Xiao Lou lives looks very grand. The blue palace looks like a huge starfish. There are a lot of guards at the gate of the palace, standing in a row.

Gui Yuanzhang waved the brush in his hand, a gust of wind hit, the sea water in the palace was violently shaken, and soon formed a vortex not far away.

The faces of the guards changed, and the tallest captain said, "Why is there a vortex in the deep sea? You guys come with me and go over there to have a look."

He took a few people to the whirlpool to check, and Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin took the opportunity to sneak into the palace.

A few days ago, everyone gathered here to analyze the case, but they did not enter the surrounding side halls at that time. From the starfish-shaped building appearance, it can be inferred that there are a total of five side halls in the palace. Gui Yuanzhang said: "Let's look for them one by one."

Five rooms are not too many, but it made Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin a little dizzy——

Because the layout of these five side halls is exactly the same, and they are also connected to each other.What's even more strange is that the palace in Xiaolou seems to be able to rotate, and every time you enter a side hall and then come out, the direction will change, which can easily make people confused "Have I ever been here before?"

Gui Yuanzhang simply took out the [four-way arrow] and marked the entrance of the side hall that he had been to, so as not to enter repeatedly.

The two walked through the four side halls, but did not find Liu Qiao.

At the moment of entering the fifth side hall, the voice of the captain of the guard suddenly came from outside: "His Royal Highness is back."

Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin's hearts tightened, they hurriedly put away the arrow marks on the doorways of the four rooms, and walked into the last side hall.

The layout here is the same as other places, the two walked quickly to the bedroom, and took a closer look——

On the wide shell bed, Liu Qiao was lying there quietly, his face was as pale as paper, and his eyes were closed.

Gui Yuanzhang strode to the bedside, and stretched out his hand to test Liu Qiao's breathing.

Breathing is normal, it seems that he just lost consciousness.

Lao Mo also came over, rummaged through Liu Qiao's pocket, found something familiar, and said, "The card bag is still there."

Gui Yuanzhang hurriedly said: "Carry her on your back and go!"

Outside the door, Xiao Lou's voice said with a smile: "I just went out, has anyone come to look for me?"

The guard said: "No... By the way, Your Highness, a strange vortex appeared over there just now. When we went to check, the vortex disappeared again. I don't know what happened."

Xiao Lou said with a smile: "The occasional vortex may be related to the crustal movement of the seabed, so don't worry about it."

He pushed the door open and went straight to the No. 5 side hall.

The nearly 3-meter-wide oversized shell bed was empty—Liu Qiao was gone.

Xiao Lou narrowed his eyes slightly, staring thoughtfully at the opened window next to him.

Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin's hearts were beating extremely fast, almost at the moment Xiao Lou pushed the door in, they just opened the window and went out, and Mo Xuemin found the [Invisibility Cloak] card from Liu Qiao's card bag , Cover Liu Qiao and carry it on his back.Mr. Gui Lao quickly drew a trail of wind with a brush.

Inside the Mermaid Palace, all the clansmen had to walk with their legs, and there were too many forks in the corridors, obstacles everywhere, and it was not convenient to swim quickly with their tails exposed.Fortunately, Gui Lao's brush can control the wind force and direction. With the help of the brush, the two quickly escaped from the palace with Liu Qiao on their backs.

In the vast sea outside the palace, the mermaids can swim freely.

The legs of Mo Xuemin and Gui Yuanzhang turned into long tails in the sea. Every time the tail swung, they could swim hundreds of meters in an instant.

Within 10 minutes, the two swam to the surface of the sea.

There was a soft light on a broken ship in the distance, and a few figures could be vaguely seen.

The two recognized at a glance that it was the light from the Ye Mingzhu.

Old Mo was overjoyed, and swam quickly towards the broken ship with Liu Qiao on his back. Gui Yuanzhang took out the Ye Mingzhu card and illuminated the nearby sea area.

Seeing the familiar light, Xiao Lou shouted, "Is it Senior?"

Gui Yuanzhang said: "Well, we left the palace with Liu Qiao, and he will soon find out that Liu Qiao is gone."

Xiao Lou was a little surprised—was it too smooth to rescue Liu Qiao so quickly?

But time was running out, and he didn't have time to think about it.Shao Qingge confirmed the authenticity of Senior Gui with a tacit understanding, and nodded towards Xiao Lou. Xiao Lou was relieved and asked, "Is Xiao Liu's card still there?"

Gui Yuanzhang said: "They are all here, are you planning to dive into the deep sea now? Or should we discuss the future plan first?"

Rushing into the deep sea may not bring good results, Xiao Lou said: "No hurry, since Xiao Liu has been rescued, let's discuss what to do next."

Gui Yuanzhang thought about it carefully, and said: "I'll take you to a deserted island, that island is far away from the residence of the mermaid tribe, I found it by accident when I went out with several elders of the mermaid tribe many years ago, it should be It's safer. In addition, Liu Qiao's card can transform once a day, so you have to adapt to the mermaid ability as soon as possible."

Xiao Lou nodded and said, "Okay, let's lead the way, senior. Let's become mermaids first to get used to the environment in the sea."

Gui Yuanzhang took out the card [Daughter of the Sea] from Liu Qiao's card bag, and used the skill "Mermaid Princess". This skill can turn teammates within the range into mermaids.

The moment the card was used, everyone's legs turned into long tails.

Ye Qi touched his fish tail, standing on the boat stumbling, he hurriedly supported Shao Qingge's arm: "I feel like my legs don't belong to me anymore, how do I walk here?"

Shao Qingge turned his head back, looked at Ye Qi's cute tail, and couldn't help but chuckled, "You'll just get into the water."

After finishing speaking, he suddenly grabbed Ye Qi's hand and jumped into the sea.

Ye Qi doesn't know how to swim, and he has an innate fear of sea water. After entering the water, a large amount of sea water poured into his lungs. He just wanted to cough, but found that he didn't have the dull feeling of being choked by water in his chest. In the sea, I don't feel uncomfortable at all, just as natural as breathing air.

Shao Qingge dragged him forward, Ye Qi tried to wag his tail, and his body really advanced a few meters.

He thought it was amazing, looked back at Shao Qingge and said: "It seems that this is the talent of the mermaid race, I don't even need to learn how to swim, I can learn it without a teacher!"

The next moment, Lu Jiuchuan, Tang Ci, Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou also jumped into the sea one after another.

There is no obvious change in the upper body, but everyone has collectively grown a mermaid tail, which is quite beautiful.

Ye Qi suddenly asked: "By the way, our legs have turned into tails. If we turn back into humans later, are the pants still there?"

Everyone: "..."

This guy is always thinking of weird questions.

Shao Qingge didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It must be. I became the size of a thumb before, and when I turned back into an adult, my clothes didn't get torn. The deformation is the change of the whole appearance. What are you thinking?"

Ye Qi blushed slightly, wagged his tail, and quickly followed everyone to swim forward.

Gui Yuanzhang led the way, followed by the others.With the fish tail, everyone swam faster and faster in the sea. A group of nine people swam hundreds of kilometers away in less than half an hour.

Gui Yuanzhang said: "It's here, it's here."

Xiao Lou poked his head out of the water, and sure enough, he found the deserted island Gui Yuanzhang mentioned.

There are no traces of ships around, so there must be very few people here.It would indeed be safer to use an isolated island on the sea as a temporary base, Xiao Lou said, "Everyone settle down here first."

A group of people landed on the shore, and Lao Mo put Liu Qiao on his back. Xiao Lou went over and held Liu Qiao's wrist with his fingers. His pulse was beating normally. No injuries."

Yu Hanjiang frowned and looked at Liu Qiao who was placed on a big rock by Lao Mo.She is a mermaid princess. A tail appeared automatically after entering the sea. The silvery white tail was two meters long and spread out on the reef by the sea. Under the moonlight, it exuded a lustrous luster, which was very beautiful.

Ye Qi sat next to Liu Qiao, and said, "I don't know what the clone ate for Liu Qiao? How long will she be unconscious?"

Xiao Loudao: "If you are just stunned by the drug, it won't take too long, and you should be able to wake up tomorrow."

Everyone was concerned about when Liu Qiao would wake up, but Yu Hanjiang suddenly said, "Are you sure that the rescued Liu Qiao is Liu Qiao himself?"