Lizard Keeping Diary

Shatz used the stove in the palace to make a cup of sandworm soup, which was only experimental, and he couldn't bear to taste it.But the crab outside the door salivated after smelling the smell, and greeted him with its big claws, attracting him to bring the sandworm soup, and just took a sip.

"It's not bad, not bad for a novice." Crab smacked his lips, "But there is still a long way to go. Believe me, I am a well-known gourmet."

"Oh, dear gourmet, please give me your advice. ’ Schatz wrote hypocritically.

The crab pointed out in a proud manner, "First of all, yours is a bit too rotten. This is not acceptable." The pair of big pincers shook, "What is the most important thing in making soup? It is fresh! You have to boil the water first. Open, put some live snail slices in, add a few drops of high-fat whale milk, then pour the sandworms into the boiling pot, wait until the stew is almost done, then sprinkle a handful of algae, that taste, tsk tsk.”

Schatz carefully made small notes, and when he looked up again, there were more crabs in front of him, and one of them said to the other, "I'm going to take a bath, and the next duty will be handed over to you. I haven't touched it for several hours. Water, it’s really sad.”

Another crab took the guard's place, watching Schatz blankly until the latter retreated into the room.

If he wants to go somewhere, he must obtain the consent of the crab before he can go under the company of the crab.

If he had asked why, the crab would have said, because the Chief had ordered him to be kept safe.

It was as if he was not imprisoned here by Anatis.

Schatz rolled his eyes and slid into the shell like an invertebrate.

In the past two days after he recovered from his leg injury, he touched the crabs from time to time, trying to narrow the distance between them.But this task is actually very difficult to complete.There are eight different crabs on shift each day, and he has no idea who's who.

In contrast, female officers are much easier to deal with.Just pretend to be cute, let them play with his hair, and then praise their craftsmanship in the mirror, and you can get a series of laughter. Face pinched dozens of times.

From the ladies, Schatz learned some customs of mermaids, such as when they are most active and how often they go to the water.This information can help him formulate an escape plan.

He even understood that pearl was one of the most commonly used words here, and could be used for everything.

Each mermaid has its own pearls, more or less in stock.In the sea where there is no currency, pearls are sometimes their tokens, and the finer and larger the more popular they are.

Regarding the situation in the palace, the female officials would avoid talking about it, unless he wanted to know about Anatis.

According to them, getting acquainted with their husband in advance will enable him to serve the current chief better in the future.

Shatz didn't forget the issue of "transformation", which was closely related to him, so the ladies generously explained it to him.

The so-called transformation refers to the process of transforming land dwellers into sea dwellers.More specifically, it is the process of giving up the legs.

During the transformation ceremony, he had to drink a secret potion and be pushed into the deep sea.If he can grow fish organs, it means he has successfully completed the transformation.If not, he would be drowned.

Shatz opened his mouth wide when he heard this, and couldn't believe that "transformation" is so simple and rude, but the female officials all swear by it and told him that their uncle's aunt's grandfather's aunt's nephew had witnessed with their own eyes that a lander came Go to the ocean to accept the scene of the transformation ceremony.

"So did the landman end up with fish organs? ' Schatz asked.

"No," they replied, "he was headed off by a passing shark and died a terrible death."

"..."

Schatz began to feel the urgency of his escape schedule.

Unfortunately, since he bumped into Annalize in the botanical garden, the secret passage has been locked.

Annalize had probably realized that it was him who was behind her that day, and investigated how he got in.

In short, he lacked a way out, but that didn't mean he was at the end of his rope.If anything he knew about himself, it was that he would do stupid things, over and over, until he killed himself.

But as long as he doesn't die, he will succeed.

Schatz took one last look at the record on the slate, encrypted in a way only he could understand, and it contained a rough timetable of the creatures in the palace.After some crabs change shifts, they will start to doze off at a certain time, and he needs to sneak out for a while while the crab retracts his eyes, and then come back before the crab wakes up.

The plan went off without a hitch.The crab hugged the fork, completely unaware of Shatz's departure.

Shatz didn't come out with a bag on his back, but took a slate and a pen, so as not to be misunderstood that he was running away when he was discovered.

Of course he would run away, but not now.It's like a maze here, it's too easy to get caught, you have to memorize the whole map.

Schatz ran forward without turning, trying to figure out where the end point was.

He didn't find the end point, but he heard the laughter of the female officers, so he quickly dodged and hid in the corridor next to him. Unexpectedly, at this time, someone in the corridor ran towards him, and the two of them collided into a ball, and each fell on the ground. on the ground.

Although Shatz was in pain, he couldn't make a sound, while the other party snorted, restraining himself from making a sound.

When Schatz turned his face to the side and found that the other party was Jielin, he was extremely surprised.

"Shatz." Jielin leaned against him, and waited for the female officers to pass by before saying in a soft voice, "Do you know the way here?"

Schatz shook his head, took out a slate and a scale pen, and wrote, "How did you get out?Didn't they lock you up? 』

"How is that possible. I escaped just now because the crab guarding me was sleeping late." Jielin whispered, "What about you? How is your condition these days? Is your throat still not healed?"

"Pretty much same as you. ’ Schatz wrote, ‘I was told it might be all right tomorrow. 』

"That's not bad. I was told I might die tomorrow."

Schatz was startled, "Why?what happened? 』

Jielin was silent for a moment, "Tomorrow their chief will meet with an important collaborator. It is said that he is a wingman. I think he should be a traitor. That guy wants my life, and now that I have fallen into the hands of the mermaid, I must be a traitor too." The party has nothing to do with it. I guess the mermaid will hand me over to the rebels in exchange for some benefits, and then the rebels will kill me."

"What? ! ’ The handwriting suddenly became scribbled, ‘Anantis is going to hand you over to the rebels?He can't do that! 』

"He is the leader of these creatures that are at odds with the land." Jielin looked at Schatz and said with a sad smile, "and I am the queen of the enemy. The reason why he tolerated my life until now is for this day, to hand me over go out."

Schatz shook his head vigorously, stood up, and took an angry step.

Jielin stopped him, "What do you want to do? Go find him?"

After getting a positive signal, Jielin stopped Schatz, "Don't do this. What can you change? If you make him angry, he might kill you or hand you over."

Schatz paused, knowing she was telling the truth.In front of Anatis, he has no bargaining chips.

The only practical solution at present is to flee, as far as possible, to a place where there is no sea.

The two decided to keep going forward, along this hard-to-find corridor, hoping to walk to the pier in memory, take that weird and huge jellyfish, leave the palace and rise up to the sea level , to bring them back to land.

At the same time, in the meeting hall of the palace, there were two mermaids staring at the water mirror in front of them.

The mirror reflected the dim corridor, and the moving shadows were Schatz and Jielin.

"Chief, they are acting together, wouldn't it be good..."

"You sound like Annalize." Anantis glanced at Merida. "Relax, I don't send soldiers to guard them because they can't do anything. There is sea water around here, they can escape Where? At most, it can run to the pier, but it is impossible to drive a Medusa."

"That's right." Merida nodded, and then puzzled, "By the way, you mentioned before that you want to arrange for your future wife to watch the meeting tomorrow. Are you sure this is a wise idea?"

Anantis usually didn't like this kind of question, but the questioner was his deputy, so he gave him a little more patience.

"Letting him watch is for his own good." Anatis said lightly, "He will finally see the truth of everything."

"With all due respect, chief, tomorrow's meeting is very critical. The queen itself is already a huge variable, if we allow a magic musician on land to influence—"

"You're thinking too much," Anantis interrupted, covering his right hand with a crystal-like mirror, "I'll make sure he can only watch."

Stretching out her five fingers, she flicked them on the mirror, and suddenly several huge plants appeared in the corridor, blocking the way of Schatz and Jielin.Anatis stared at their movements, saw them turn around and were chased back by huge plants, so he stopped.

"You will cast a spell on him?"

"Yes, I'll cast a spell on him," Anantis said. "Any questions?"

Merida heaved a sigh of relief, "No more." He chewed for a while, "You really thought very well of him. It's just...will he appreciate...or understand your thoughts?"

"It doesn't matter." Anantis replied, "I do what I have to do. He can have his own thoughts for a while, but sooner or later it will change. The important thing is that it's all in the prophecy. Only this is the best , the most natural result.”

After finishing speaking, Anatis waved his deputy back and let himself fall into meditation.

The picture in the water mirror gradually disappeared.The two had separated and returned to their respective rooms.

In fact, Merida's question is not unreasonable.For him, the red pearl is the other half of his destiny, and he just likes how God arranges it.He knows that not everyone is so lucky.

Perhaps, in the eyes of Hongzhu, he is just an acquaintance, but he has experienced so many with Hongzhu... The scenes and moments about the two of them are almost all repeated.Even saying the same sentence twice.This is the gift and curse of the seer.Outsiders will never understand.

It's just that ability occasionally makes him uneasy.It used to be okay, but now he can't do without the premonition.

When no new prospect is triggered, he will feel a little anxious. For example, at this moment, he cannot predict what will happen tomorrow.

Not only that, he also had no premonition of what would happen after tomorrow.Although his reason told him that nothing could go wrong because he was fully prepared, his heart was beating hard.

What exactly is missing?

Just as he was thinking, Anatis suddenly heard a knock on the door, and called in.

The mermaid outside the door entered in response, it was his general, his body was dripping wet, apparently he had just rushed over from the water.

"Chief." The general reported directly without much nonsense, "The fifth team just encountered a huge monster. The opponent suddenly dived into the surface light transmission zone from the sea surface, and it is judged to be the highest level of danger."

Anatis scolded, "This still needs to be reported? Just kill it!"

"Yes, chief," said the general, "but we have no chance of killing it. The behemoth disappeared."

"What does it mean to disappear?"

"I...we don't know either. One second, it just plunged into the water, and the next second it disappeared. No warrior could see its appearance clearly, only knowing that it was about that size, it should be a magical creature, and it could hide My own trace." Pause, "This subordinate thinks it might be the Winged Man's weapon."

Anatis frowned slightly. Although he had doubts in his heart, he only said on the face, "Take your team to step up the search and detect the traces of magic in the surrounding sea area. No creature can be allowed to approach the palace."

"Yes, Chief."

After the general left, Anatis stretched out his hand to cover the mirror, and said softly, "Let me see where the intruder is."

Then he put down that hand, and a new picture appeared on the water mirror, but it was full of dark blue, endless.

There is sea water everywhere, but there is nothing but sea water.

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