Mermaid Effect

Everything in front of him reminded Rand of absurd fiction.

The image of Experimental Subject 7371 reminds people of the pagan gods worshiped by some ethnic minorities. Just like what we have emphasized before, its face is terribly beautiful, and its long hair shines like silver threads under the cold light. The scales on its tail are as bright red as the finest pigeon blood ruby. The largest scale is as big as an adult's palm, while the smallest is only the size of a fingernail. Those scales cover its body, as exquisite as It's some kind of work of art, and it's now about two meters long... In fact, Rand thinks it's even three meters long.

Different from the malnourished state when he was with him, Deep White provided it with enough feed, which allowed it to fully develop...

A thought quickly slipped through Rand's mind, but he soon felt some doubts about it-when was it with him?

Rand's memory of the past is still hazy.

But soon he had more things to worry about, for example, the metal gate of the cage where Experimental Subject 7371 was imprisoned opened silently.

The two pigs started howling, and the ear-piercing sound echoed in the wide room, while the huge body of Experimental Subject 7371 was slowly sliding out of the cage.Rand immediately felt the tension on the operator's body, and the fully armed human slowly took a step back.

"The content of our experiment today..."

Listening to someone else's mind is a wonderful experience, and Rand realized that the operator's voice was becoming sharp and harsh because of the tension, and what made it even more tense was that he hadn't even been able to After finishing speaking, Experimental Subject 7371 opened his mouth very rarely and interrupted him with a sound.

"Rand..."

The name came out clearly from the mouth of the long-tailed monster.

Its eyes fixed on "him", and Rand keenly noticed that the tip of its tail was flapping on the ground... This meant that Experimental Subject 7371 was in a state of extreme excitement—but then again , why would he know this?

That wonderful feeling of attachment and loathing fermented in Rand's soul again.And the obvious ailments in Experimental Subject 7371 (strong joyful response, happiness, attachment, and clear communication with humans...) made the operator simply do not know what to do.

"Hey, if you can successfully complete today's task, I think you will see Rand Sievers soon."

Rand heard "myself" comforting the monster.

"Rand...I... miss you so much..."

But the other party seemed to be unable to listen to any other human words at all. Its eyes were focused, staring deeply at the operator...or, staring at Rand, who had a taste of the depths of the operator's mind, his expression became a little bit Trance.

When the operator retreated, it moved forward, trying to get close to the operator - the next second, the pulse guns on the roof were all aimed at it.

As long as Experimental Subject 7371 shows the slightest possibility of attempting to "harm" the human operator, it will receive a cannonball as punishment.Of course, its powerful self-healing ability will guarantee its survival, but the intense pain caused by the attack is still unavoidable. In addition, even after enduring the attack, it is still impossible for it to actually touch the operator. Shenbai's employee contracts have emphasized the safety of employees, and they will try to avoid this.

In Rand's view, an intelligent biophysician like Subject 7371 should know how to choose.

However, to his complete surprise, the other party seemed to be completely unaware of the pulse guns, and it rushed towards him resolutely, with a huge enthusiasm that Rand could not understand.

"Do not--"

Rand couldn't help shouting, and at the same time, he found himself reflexively trying to get close to the monster that made him feel terrified and terrified.

The next second, the dazzling light exploded in front of his eyes, and Rand could feel the body he was in staggered and fell to the ground. He closed his eyes, but soon he smelled the smell of burnt protein. The smell...then the smell of blood.

When Rand opened his eyes again, Experimental Subject 7371 fell into a pool of blood as he had expected, oh, to be precise, in the remains of carbonized blood. For those fresh ones, the blood flowing out from the wound on its body is bright red, exuding a more intense bloody smell than human blood.

The monster's tail had been chopped off in half, but the expression on its face was unusually calm.Rand saw that its body was shaking physiologically in pain, and it lay on the ground like a protagonist in some kind of horror movie, crawling towards Rand with long bloodstains.

"Rand, don't you remember me? Rand..."

It howled sadly with some loss.

Of course, only Rand could understand it.

Its voice is higher than the human ear can receive, and ordinary humans cannot hear it.

It knows me?

Rand was so troubled that he had no doubt that even though it was lurking in other people's thoughts, the monster could still accurately detect his presence, and it acted... very intimate with Rand.

Was there any connection between him and the monster during the time he lost his memory?

Rand thought.

He was not able to control his thoughts well. After seeing the current condition of Experimental Subject 7371, Rand felt that his heart became very painful and cold as if it had been frozen.

heartache...

If he had to describe the feeling, he would use this word.

He felt very heartbroken for Experimental Subject 7371, those wounds, oh my god, those wounds!For a moment, Rand even wished those wounds were on his body.At the same time he felt a great rage that shook his heart and soul.

"What are you doing?!"

He turned around and screamed at the console uncontrollably, the strange voice belonging to other people lingered in the laboratory, "Don't you know how much pain this will cause it? It just wants to Just getting closer?! Just..."

"Rod?"

Someone's confused voice came from the earphones.

"It's just a prescribed safety procedure, what's wrong with you, Rhodes?"

The other party seemed to have some friendship with this operator named Rhodes, and his tone was full of doubts.

Rand snapped back to his senses.

God, what the hell did he do...

Rand felt his vision begin to blur as he realized that he had once again begun manipulating others.He was about to be ejected from Rhodes' mind.

But on the other hand, Experimental Subject 7371 was approaching. It kept raising its head, staring at Rand painfully and longingly. That gaze even surpassed Rhode's body and landed directly on Rand's soul.

"Rand, I'm in so much pain..."

Experiment 7371 stopped suddenly, he withdrew his hand hesitantly, and then yelled at Rand in Rhode's body.

……

Rand felt something in his soul...he didn't know what it was but he felt that he heard the sound of the thing breaking very clearly.Then, Rand completely ignored the warning sound that sounded in the earphone, he rushed towards Experimental Subject 7371, and then he held the other's head in his arms.

"God, why, how could they do this to you...how could they..."

He felt like he was crying, but when he touched his face with his hands, it felt like he was touching something through a layer of wood.Knowing that he was about to leave completely, Rand struggled to lower his head and looked at Experimental Subject 7371.

"I'll come to you, I...I will...wait for me..."

Rand said incoherently.

Even he himself didn't know what he was talking about, but there was a voice screaming in his heart, that voice forced Rand to say this to Subject 7371 (even this weird number made Rand feel a little dissatisfied, in his In my mind, Experimental Subject 7371 should have another name).

As if a small spark was burning, Experiment 7371, Rand's little monster Munster looked at "Rand" happily.

He was obviously handsome like a god, but in Rand's arms, he was full of attachment to his master like a newly weaned puppy, and he nodded with a mumble.

"I'm waiting for you, I know you will come."

it says.

Rand didn't have time to respond to it...his vision went black.

When Rand opened his eyes, what appeared in front of him was the unchanging white walls, white lights and the group of researchers behind the observation film who had become accustomed to his daze.

only……

Rand touched his cheek unconsciously.

After regaining consciousness, he found that his body was also crying.

In the short moment of contact with Experimental Subject 7371 just now, a large number of emotional and memory fragments surged from the other person's body.

That emotion was pure, intense love and attachment, and fragments of memory...

Rand saw himself.

It’s just completely different from the self Rand saw in the mirror. In the memory fragments of Experimental Subject 7371, his face is very beautiful, his expression is peaceful, and most importantly, his body is like a saint, exuding With a hazy golden radiance.

God, even the worst romance novels don't bother to use such rhetorical devices now—Rand said to himself in his heart, he tried to calm himself down—but he couldn't.

In the monster's memory, every frame of Rand's image glowed.

He was like the light of life of that monster...

This was what Rand was told by the emotion that remained in the monster's mind.