Mermaid Effect

As Simon faces the greatest crisis of his life, Munster leads Rand through the interior of the destroyer.It's not an easy task, it's one thing for an invasion destroyer to wreck its interior and eliminate its crew, it's quite another to maneuver inside a full ship's hold and hide two people.What's more, Rand is now getting closer and closer to ordinary humans. His amazing climbing ability and mobility are close to nothing as the wounds on his body heal, which makes the whole stealth more difficult.

Perhaps it was because the secret experiment that took place in Alaska was too unimaginable and shocking, and the personnel organization structure inside the entire destroyer was much stricter than that of a normal navy.There are three shifts of special agents and special forces patrolling the ship 24 hours a day. They carefully and closely monitor another group of people on board...those who may be transformed into siren test subjects.

Rand doesn't want to have too much contact with Simon, he needs a quieter and more secluded space to think and examine everything the man said - he has to stay on this ship with Munster for about half a month , the selection criteria for the location of the temporary residence has therefore become extremely stringent.

Thankfully, while Rand was in distress, Munster quickly found a good location (in fact, it seemed to be born to be good at this)-a gap between the destroyer's mess hall freezer and air-conditioning opening.

Munster used his own saliva to corrode the structure of the air conditioner, and then crawled into the slightly narrow space with Rand in his arms.

Compared with other areas densely covered with monitors, the air-conditioning outlet of a cold storage is definitely not a place that anyone will pay attention to. After all, the temperature here is low enough, even if someone really wants to stay here, the next day It would also be a hard sculpture - like those racks of lamb shanks and cold-roasted prime beef (the latter usually found only on high-ranking officers' dinner plates).

However, as long as the unfavorable factor of temperature is excluded, you will find that this is an excellent location.

It is very quiet here, the air is clean, and the chefs will only come in and out at a fixed time... Compared to the trained soldiers, this group of chefs is not vigilant about their surroundings at all. According to Rand's observation, what they really care about is stealing. Possession of marijuana and alcoholic beverages on board.

After confirming that they will spend the remaining half a month in the cold storage, Munster told Rand with a kind of enthusiasm that is incomprehensible to humans, that it will build a nest for him here.

After such a long time, Rand finally saw Munster's amazing way of nesting again.

Munsters began to secrete a very special kind of mucus. At the beginning they were translucent jelly-like, but shortly after exposure to air they hardened into a light gray substance. Judging from the color, it The color of the inner material of the air-conditioning duct is exactly the same, the texture is a bit like resin but the surface layer is slightly elastic.Its shaping ability is very good, and Rand was very surprised to find that after the outer layer was fixed, Munster began to build a smaller cocoon-shaped nest on the inner layer.Different from the gray outer layer, the inner cocoon shell is translucent pale white, with a volume of 1.7X2.5M, which is larger than Rand imagined, but...

Rand squatted down and carefully inspected the lair, then frowned slightly and looked at Munster's huge, muscular body.

It is conceivable that when the two of them enter this place together, the whole space will be very crowded... Rand is not sure if Munster did this on purpose, it should be able to be made more spacious.

"You, do you like it?"

At the moment when Rand was a little hesitant, Munster rushed from his side into the new lair of the two of them, and then only showed one head, looking at Rand with shining eyes and said.

The scales on its tail stood up slightly, and it swung quickly inside the nest, grinding the inside of the nest with the sharp edges of the scales.

When Rand went in again, he found that the entire interior of the lair had become very smooth and comfortable... But on the ceiling, there were still many strange objects inlaid, for example, the back of a spoon that was polished brightly, Glass marbles, and some Christmas tree ornaments that appear to be made in China—the little monster aesthetic still stubbornly plays a role in this small world.

The top of the outer shell and the inner shell are glued together and fixed above the pipe, while there is a hollow layer of about ten centimeters between the two smooth ellipsoids below - Munster is like a coral grove The clownfish that come in and out usually spend a whole night sneaking back and forth between indoors and outdoors. Rand really doesn't know where it got so many suspicious bird feathers, insulation foam fragments from the insulation layer, and other things. stuffing.These thermal insulation materials are carefully stuffed into the hollow layer of the nest.In general, this "nesting" is no different from "nesting" in the true sense-the kind you will see on the "Discovery" program, where small animals choose a certain place during the breeding season. place, and then worked hard to build a "nest" behavior with various materials.It's just that in the Discovery show, it's small birds, some tropical fish, and some reptiles that build the nests.The nest-building behavior before Rand's eyes was completed by a monster with strong muscles and a body length of nearly three meters.

By the way, the monster also vomited its own mucus as a natural building material...

Rand didn't help much, and he was ordered to rest in Simon's room for a short time by the enthusiastic little monster.During this period, Munster was completely absorbed in the joy of nesting.

You can't really describe the joy and ecstasy of it - but you can sense that the biological nature of it is at work.Even the dull and tedious nesting process can make it happy.It was even humming uncontrollably, so that in the end, Simon couldn't bear it and gave Rand an ultimatum to tell Munster to restrain himself. You must know that because of the monster's "singing", the destroyer's radar system has appeared several times malfunctioned.

Rand felt very... delicate about this.

He didn't know how to describe how he felt—embarrassed?Oh, yes, Munster's overly animalistic nesting behavior made the "well-received" him feel a kind of embarrassment that is difficult to describe in words, but on the other hand, he felt very warm.

This word is really a bit nasty to say, but Rand has no way to avoid it.

That was, after all, where Rand and Munster were going to live next, and Munster was already intent on making him happy and comfortable (you see, it even took into account the aesthetics of the lair—for now, of course. Not to mention its own aesthetic illusion).

When Rand was taken to the ventilation duct again, he was almost amazed at the exquisite lair that appeared in front of him.

Its shell is an astonishing geometric shape, and the shell with no color difference from the ventilation duct is very confusing. Even if someone is really climbing up the pipe to peek inside, the geometric shape of the nest shell he sees is also very confusing. It just makes him think he's seeing some special artificial filter.

And inside the lair, the oval space is just enough for Rand and Munster to hug each other.

One of Simon's quilts was ruthlessly confiscated by Munster and placed in the nest.Compared with the cold and dry outside environment, the interior of this nest is as warm as spring.

"I'll get some more pillows. That way you can sleep more comfortably!" Munster slapped his tail lightly behind Rand.Rand glanced at its shiny scales with joy—Munster's current appearance inexplicably reminded Rand of some kind of bird on an archipelago whose bright red air sacs inflated its chest because of courtship—it That strange and strong sense of pride made Rand, as a human being, feel a little hot on his cheeks.

However, no matter what, when Rand crawled into the lair and lay down on the soft bedding, he couldn't help but let out a soft sigh because of the comfort.

Very comfortable.

No one can deny this.

Munster also crawled in after Rand. Because of its existence, Rand had to adjust his posture. His head rested on Munster's shoulder, and Munster's tail was caught in Rand's body. between the legs.His chest was pressed against Munster's strong, bulging chest muscles, and he snuggled up to this strong monster like a little pigeon.The two of them are now lying in this small space with their bodies intertwined like the closest lovers in the world.The dim light and the closed shell may be a little stifling to some people, but they perfectly soothed some uneasy parts of Rand's heart. The secret sense of security was as tight as Munster's warm embrace at this time. Wrapped Rand.

Munster's hair exudes a very soft and tiny light in the dark.

They are a mild pink now.

"You, do you like it?"

Its eyes were glued to Rand's face, and then it asked a little nervously.

Rand felt the temperature of his cheeks heating up.

"I... I like it very much."

He said.

Reaching out and stroking Munster's hair (where his fingers touch, the light of the hair will become stronger).

"Thank you, Munster. Thank you for everything you've done for me."

Munster's tail rubbed against his ankle with some excitement, and Rand could feel its scales open slightly.

He had expected that he would welcome Munster's usual, puppy-like affection.But after he finished saying this, Munster did not show his happiness as brazenly as before.

It just lay there, hugging Rand, and grinning silly, showing its sharp white teeth between its lips.

It's as if the overabundance of happiness has made it completely stupid.

"You, you like it, just like it."

Munster stammered.

After the words fell, a sweet, jelly-like silence fell between the two of them.

For a while, they didn't move, and then suddenly, as naturally as a drop of water fell, their lips were pressed together.It wasn't due to the internal heat of the body, or the rigid rules of the outside world... Rand just thought it was only natural that he should kiss the big stiff man on the tip of his nose.

Then he realized with great amazement that Munster's lips were as soft as some kind of pudding, and he couldn't help nibbling gently on its lower lip with his teeth.

Munster's pupils instantly shrank into a thin line.

It turned over suddenly and pressed Rand under its body. It looked as if it wanted to swallow Rand completely in its stomach, and its red eyes shone like a beast in the dark.

But when it realized its slightly rude behavior, some dark image flashed ghostly in its memory - and it froze for a moment.

It stared down at Rand, and murmured in bewilderment.

"Rand...I...I..."

After realizing its momentary stiffness, Rand immediately understood what it was worried about.

His eyes widened slightly, and after a short hesitation, he reached out and hooked Munster's neck.

They fit together very, very closely, as if there was no gap between them...