Mermaid Effect

Vol1

The sun gradually sank towards the horizon without knowing it, and the blood-like brilliance shone on the clouds, as if the entire sky was bleeding.

The air outside was hot as hell after a day of sunshine, and Munster let out a faint groan from the back of the carriage.

This made Rand's mental state immediately better.

"Munster? Are you better?"

From time to time, he turned his head and looked back. Under the faint bumps of the car, the body of his little monster shook slightly.

"..."

In the suffocating silence, Rand continued to speak with a trembling voice: "... Well, I hope you are better, do you feel hot? I will turn on the air conditioner, if you need anything, try to signal to me , I will pay attention to your situation."

Of course, in reality, Rand had no hope of Munster's response at all.

He just wanted to try to talk and pretend that everything was getting better... Only in this way, he would not completely collapse in this despair.

Rand tried to turn on the air conditioner in the car, but he was almost dizzy by the complicated button board in front of the car. The front of the car looked like the cockpit of some airplane. Instinctively pressed a few times on those black or blue and red buttons.

The first time he opened a three-dimensional map, it took him a little effort to turn it off, and the second time he opened the internal communication of "Poseidon", a cold voice echoed in the weird smell Inside the compartment.

"...The coordinates of the target location have been sent. Reminder 7371: The Alpha team has lost contact. It is preliminarily determined that the captured target Rand Sievers has a 'siren' mutation. Reminder [-]: Experimental subject [-] has lost the ability to resist..."

Rand slammed the button and turned off the communication device.

His heart was pounding, and it took him a long time to fundamentally realize that he had now become the so-called arrest target, and if he guessed right, the experimental subject 7371 they mentioned in the communication probably referred to Is it Munster?

Rand's mind suddenly recalled the night when Vincent rushed him to Kansas... Vincent told him it was a chemical leak, but was it true?

On that coast, he picked up Munster.Then the army blocked the coast...

Rand couldn't help connecting some details to everything, his world suddenly became so absurd and crazy, he didn't even know what attitude he should face.

At the same time, in the other party's words, the description of him also made Rand feel very uneasy. What is "sirenization mutation"?Rand unconsciously touched the back of his ear, where a few deep cheek marks clearly reminded him that there was something completely different about him from humans.

In fact, after the physical mutation occurred, Rand once tried it in his own bathtub, and then he found that he could stay in the water for a long time. After entering the bottom of the water, those cheek marks would automatically disappear. He could clearly feel the process of absorbing oxygen from the water, and after the first uncomfortable choking, he was able to breathe through his gills proficiently at the bottom of the water...

So, does "Siren" refer to this?

With doubts and worries that almost made his body explode, Rand drove the black van on the straight and lonely road.

It was getting dark, but out of an instinct, Rand didn't even want to turn on the headlights.Of course, his eyes can clearly see everything in the shadows without the aid of any lights. (After realizing this, Rand felt doubled panic)

If someone saw the speed at which he was driving in the dark, they might be shocked, but in fact, the location Rogers chose was indeed too remote. In the gradually falling night, the entire road was empty.

The darkness and silence descended like an invisible and thick blanket, pressing heavily on Rand in the car until he was almost suffocated.

He didn't know how long he had been driving, but when he finally came to his senses, he found that he had parked the car in a familiar place.

Rogers' farm.

When the shabby barn converted into a hut appeared in his vision, Rand didn't know why he almost burst into tears.

When he left here today, he was still an ordinary human being. Although life was still full of difficulties, at least he had a good friend, a lively and ignorant little monster.

And when he came back here again, everything he owned was like a glass bottle falling from a high altitude and shattered into fragments, and those fragments cut him deeply.

In fact, Rand thought he was really crying, but when he touched his face, he found that there was nothing on his fingertips except the dried blood.

The creaking of car tires on the rough rammed earth in front of the barn was eerie on such a quiet night.

Rand sat in the seat with a blank mind for a few seconds, then he gritted his teeth, opened the car door, and climbed out of the car with difficulty.

At this time, he found that his calf seemed to be better than before. Although the pain was still unbearable, if he could hold it back, he could stand for a while.

Rand reached out and pinched his leg bones. The bones that were obviously broken a few hours ago have grown back together strangely at this time, but there is a very obvious bulge at the interface, and the position of the leg bones is difficult. Neglected skew.

"God..."

Rand murmured, he didn't even have time to dwell on this issue, but came to the back of the carriage in fear, observing Munster's situation by the moonlight.

The membrane on the little monster's head became thicker, and the collapsed and shattered skull was supported by something, and the regular rhythm continued.

Munster's situation is probably the only good news Rand can have now, he thought.

Vol2

Rand limped through Rogers' garage.

He dug through some piles of wheat stalks, and under the tarp, he found several cars of completely different styles, a brand new Ferrari, a half-worn family station wagon, an old Ford that was almost impossible to walk... A large stack of rusted license plates piled up in the corner.Obviously, these cars belonged to different people, but Rand no longer wanted to think about what happened to those people in the end.

The news he heard in the dark white vehicle made Rand very anxious. He didn't think he and Munster would end up being "captured" in the current situation (oh, please, he couldn't help but Thinking of Caroline made his heart hurt even more).

The first priority is to get out of the way without being noticed.

Rand didn't know how long it would take those so-called teams to find this place, but what was certain was that he wouldn't have much time.

With that in mind, Rand settled on a silver-gray Dodge that had no personality, a backseat roomy enough to keep Munster from curling its tail too much, and, most thankfully, a The car's previous owner put dark sunscreen on all four windows of the vehicle.This undoubtedly made Rand feel more secure.

He forcefully opened the door of the Dodge car, but unfortunately, he did not find the car key in the car.

"Damn..."

Rand cursed uncontrollably.

Although there was still silence around him, Rand always felt that there was an hour hand ticking above his head. Rand really didn't know when those weird teams would appear by his side, and then he and Mance Take away...

The image of the terrible restrainer visible in front of the stone house appeared in Rand's mind again, and he fought a cold war—Munster couldn't stand another torture anyway.

Rand slammed the door shut impatiently.

He dragged the leg that was driving him mad with pain towards the cottage they had lived in for a long time, with a very, very vague memory in his mind - he seemed to be walking from a row of low decorative cabinets against the wall. There, many strange things have been found.

Rand couldn't remember exactly what he had found before, but he had a very vague intuition that maybe he could find the car keys there.

Vol3

The dim light shines on the living room, the sofa, the carpet, the low cabinet...all the furnishings here are familiar to Rand.

There are still fairy tales he read to Munster on the coffee table, and you can also clearly see traces of milk on the kitchen floor, as well as shards of glasses.Rand was so anxious when he left, he didn't have time to tidy up the mess.The milk had started to sour in the Kansas heat, and some flies buzzed over the yellowing and thickening smudges.

Thinking that he had lived for so long in the house provided by Rogers' perverted killer, Rand felt nauseated and chilled.

He walked quickly towards the row of low cabinets in his memory, but then he found that it was locked at some point.

Rand tried to pull the door, but the cabinet door made a rattling sound, and a small piece of iron got stuck behind the cabinet door, and obviously Rand didn't have time to search for a low cabinet in the room now. the key.

"Go to hell—"

he cursed harshly.

He was both bored and frustrated.

Everything is so unsatisfactory...

In anger, he unconsciously pulled the cabinet door vigorously again.To his surprise, after two slams, the hinge of the cabinet door, which was supposed to be very hard, was pulled and deformed by him with a click, and then broke.

The door fell off the side of the low cabinet, nearly hitting Rand's foot.

The debris accumulated in the cabinet rolled to the ground like a collapsed Jenga toy.

……

Rand was stunned for a moment, and he quickly threw the twisted cabinet door aside, then concentrated on rummaging through the pair of sundries.He found the key to the car without accident, and he also found a woman's driver's license...

Kolanda Mitchell, 32 years old, Romanian, teacher.

The information on the driver's license was very clear, but Rand still recognized it at a glance. Although the woman named Kolanda on the driver's license was wearing makeup, it was still Rogers' face.

Afterwards, he found more people's IDs in the depths of the low cabinet. They were male and female, with different nationalities, ages, and occupations, but their faces all belonged to one person—Rodgers.

Obviously, as a professional killer, he has prepared a lot of identities for himself.

Rand finally found a mezzanine from the back of the low cabinet, which contained firearms and a considerable amount of cash, which were placed in a small Lv's hard leather suitcase.

Rand took a deep breath.

Everything he looked at Rogers felt physically sick and shuddering now.

If I used these things, would I be mixing with that person's dirty soul?Or, I will become like Rogers?

A ghostly voice sounded faintly in his heart.

Who knows how many innocent lives are hidden behind these perfect documents and banknotes?

"To shut up--"

Rand didn't realize that he had yelled until he heard the voice.

He touched his forehead, startled by the heat of his fingers.

He was running a high fever, and it seemed that the high fever was about to affect his sanity.

He had to take Munster out of here before he lost his mobility, the farther the better.

Rand finally took the things that Rogers had prepared for himself, and hurried towards the door.

Just before he opened the door to leave the house, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of his own face in the mirror at the door.

Bloody, dusty face.

If he appeared in the crowd with such a face, he would be like a searchlight, easily attracting everyone's attention.

"Oh no……"

Rand's hand on the doorknob instantly relaxed.

He can't just go out like this.

he thinks.