Lao Gong is a deep sea mermaid

"I didn't come out to avoid you."

Ming Yuan's voice rang in Gu Zhou's ears.

In fact, without Ming Yuan's explanation, Gu Zhou also understood why he ran to the beach after work.

A picture similar to a holographic projection appeared in front of Gu Zhou's eyes.

But the picture is not clear in some places.

"Xia Ye's luck is not good." Ming Yuan frowned, not very satisfied with his results, "It didn't rain on the day he disappeared."

In Gu Zhou's eyes, the closer to the ocean, the clearer the picture on the beach, and the blurrier the closer to the shore.

He heard Ming Yuan explain: "The air near the coast is more humid. My ability comes from the ocean, and I can remember what happened on the beach through the water. However, if the air is too dry, the picture will be very blurred."

It is impossible to be completely free of water vapor in the air, but the pictures that are too thin to remember are bound to be incomplete.

Only the part of the coast near the high tide line has features that can be barely discerned, and further down the land, the picture is so blurred that it is almost impossible to make out anything.

"It's already very good." Gu Zhou looked at Ming Yuan and said, "But in this way, I'm afraid we won't be able to notify the police of the things we investigate."

Originally, Gu Zhou still couldn't figure out how his ability could help the case, thinking that the police were the main force in investigating the case.

But it now appears that this is not the case.

After all, Ming Yuan can find things that are not even captured by surveillance cameras through supernatural abilities...

It is impossible for Gu Zhou to disclose such unclear things to the police.

Gu Zhou and Ming Yuan began to look for Xia Ye along the frozen picture on the coast.

There is a picture taken from the surveillance video on Gu Zhou's mobile phone, which shows Xia Ye's clothes that day.

"He was wearing a pair of canvas shoes that day. With Xia Ye's character, he probably wouldn't walk near the beach."

Xia Ye has always been a very sensible child, unwilling to cause trouble to others.

He ran out to look for Gu Zhou alone, of course he didn't want to make himself sloppy and cause trouble to Gu Zhou.

But this matter is not considered a good thing now.

Because Ming Yuan can only restore the part of the picture near the sea.

If Xia Ye had been hijacked before even getting close to the coastline, then it would be impossible for Gu Zhou to discover anything from these pictures.

The images were switched frame by frame, until Gu Zhou suddenly called a stop.

"Wait a moment!"

Xia Ye's figure did not appear in the restored screen, but a robot that should not appear here appeared.

The position of the robot is actually very close to the monitoring range of the observatory, but it is just a little bit short, and the monitoring of the observatory still failed to capture any abnormal pictures.

Gu Zhou ran to the robot's projection and observed around it.

"This is not a domestic robot."

Although the robot only left a small half of the incomplete picture, Gu Zhou can still recognize the general function of the robot.

This is his specialty.

In the following screen, Xia Ye still did not appear.

The only clue left for Gu Zhou is the half robot figure.

"This robot must not be taking the normal route." Gu Zhou thought about it and asked, "If it leaves the water, you should be able to find it?"

Ming Yuan nodded.

"Moreover, in order not to be caught by surveillance, if the robot wants to leave the water, it can only jump into the sea here."

The current robots do not have their own thoughts. The "thinking" that Gu Zhou refers to naturally refers to the person who remotely controls the robot.

In any case, in the monitoring provided by the police before, Gu Zhou did not find such a robot.

This shows that the robot is likely to arrive here by flying, just like the drone.

Now that technology is so advanced, occasionally electronic fans who like this kind of products will run around with remote control robots and drones. Tourists often look up and see these things in the sky, and they are often surprised.

But it is absolutely impossible for the robot to carry Xia Ye away with its mechanical arm.

Because no matter how familiar, people will not ignore a person flying in mid-air.

"There should be room for a child inside the robot."

Gu Zhou stood near the projection of the robot, not missing any detail.

"01X..."

In the blurry picture near the shore, he recognized the last few digits of the robot model.

Above the model, there is also an incomplete trademark.

"It's a robot from Zhixing Electronics."

Zhixing Electronics is one of the largest electronics companies in the world that mainly sell robots.

Unlike other companies, Zhixing Electronics only develops high-end robots, and their target customers are public institutions rather than individuals.

Therefore, the robots of Zhixing Electronics have one characteristic, that is, they are expensive.

And it is more expensive than ordinary people imagine.

While browsing the products of Zhixing Electronics flagship store, Gu Zhou explained to Ming Yuan, "The robots of Zhixing Electronics start at least 1000 million yuan, and the material of this robot does not look like the old model of promotion, and the price should be Even more expensive. Even if the Wang family wanted to take revenge on Xia Ye, they probably wouldn't spend such a large amount of money."

Why spend tens of millions to buy a robot to take revenge when you can obviously hire a few desperadoes?

Unless the Wang family has brain problems.

"You see, this type of robot is mainly used in observation stations, such as seabed observation, meteorological observation, astronomical observation, etc. They have a common feature, that is, their appearance is cumbersome, because observation stations usually do not change addresses, and robots do not. You don't have to move it often."

Gu Zhou didn't know that when he started to focus on one thing, his nature hidden under his cold appearance would be exposed.

Aside from the part that Ming Yuan didn't know about, Gu Zhou's nature still hides the man he was before the age of ?, smart and strong in action.

"This one is different. They are medium-sized and are usually used by medical institutions, and many of them have internal cabins..."

On the quiet beach at night, there are only the sound of waves and Gu Zhou's voice.

"It should be this robot."

Ming Yuan leaned over and saw the picture of the product Gu Zhou was pointing at.

"But this is different from the picture just now." Ming Yuan looked at the appearance of the robot on the product page and said.

"Of course there will be differences. The robot has been modified by people." Gu Zhou said: "This robot was newly launched last month, and it is mainly aimed at children's hospitals, so the inner cabin of the robot is usually used as a Healing pod. It's easy to add a flying machine to this robot, just in-"

In the middle of Gu Zhou's speech, he found that Ming Yuan was staring at him with a very serious look, and he couldn't help being a little embarrassed.

"I mean... this kind of modification is much easier than making a robot yourself. It's getting late, let's go back to the observation station first!"

Gu Zhou put away his mobile phone, and returned to the observation station with Ming Yuan.

"What are you going to do next?" Ming Yuan asked before leaving.

"At present, we have no other clues except the model of the robot. If we want to find the person who kidnapped Xia Ye, we must first find all the buyers of this robot." Gu Zhou's expression was serious.

Although Zhixing Electronics' robots are expensive, tens of millions is not too much for public institutions.

After all, the annual scientific research funding of many scientific research institutions is tens of billions, and some are astronomical figures that ordinary people can't imagine. Buying a few robots is not a big deal for such an institution.

But for Gu Zhou, it is not an easy task to find out which organizations have purchased this type of robot.

After all, Zhixing Electronics started out as an electronic product. It is almost impossible to hack into their system and get a list of buyers.

Although Gu Zhou has good grades in college, he is not a professional hacker. Letting him steal the customer information of Zhixing Electronics without leaving a trace is equivalent to letting Gu Zhou fight against a system created by thousands of programmers in a company alone. .

This is very risky. If he is not careful, Gu Zhou himself may be involved in lawsuits.

At this time, there was a sound of opening the door in the corridor, and Cao Jun came out carrying a garbage bag.

"You...haven't slept yet!" Since the fight in the corridor last time, Cao Jun didn't have a good face when facing Ming Yuan.

The reason why he opened his mouth to say hello was entirely because of Gu Zhou's presence.

"Well, I'm going to go back to sleep soon."

After Gu Zhou nodded, Cao Jun walked to the other end of the corridor, apparently to throw out the trash.

Looking at his back, Gu Zhou suddenly remembered something.

He subconsciously glanced in Ming Yuan's direction.

Gu Zhou remembered that on the day Ming Yuan and Cao Jun had a conflict, his memory was completely blank for a few minutes.

It's like being hypnotized.

Ming Yuan sensed her partner's gaze, "What's wrong?"

"Did you...did you hypnotize me that day?"

Gu Zhou's words made Ming Yuan feel guilty for a moment.

Ming Yuan remembered what Xiao Lin had told him, when couples fall in love, they seem to like to turn over old scores.

But Ming Yuan never expected that his partner would turn over the old accounts from three months ago.

"Ah."

Ming Yuan's reply was extremely concise.

"Is it—" Gu Zhou looked back at the corridor full of doubts, and finally opened his door, "Go in and talk."

Another thought flashed in Ming Yuan's mind.

Are you going to kneel on the washboard?

Gu Zhou didn't know that a certain Mr. Mermaid's thoughts had completely gone astray, so he walked into the room on his own, and sat on the sofa first.

Let the situation become more and more like settling accounts after autumn.

"Why are you standing there? Why don't you come and sit?" After the door was closed, Gu Zhou couldn't help being a little surprised to see Ming Yuan standing at the door.

"I'll stand for a while."

Sitting doesn't prolong kneeling on the washboard, does it?

Ming Yuan knew that it was wrong to treat his partner with deceptive spells, but after so long, he almost forgot about it.

Unexpectedly, Gu Zhou still remembered.

Gu Zhou looked Ming Yuan up and down, but didn't understand what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd.

However, Xia Ye's matter is more urgent now, Gu Zhou didn't think too much, but asked: "I want to ask you a question, do people who have been hypnotized by you not have the memory of being hypnotized? "

"Yes." Ming Yuan became more and more nervous.

"After being hypnotized by you, what do you ask that person to do, what will he do?"

"A bewitched man can only do what he can do."

Ming Yuan observed Gu Zhou's emotional arc for a long time, but did not find any anger, and finally realized that Gu Zhou was not trying to settle accounts with him.

"I thought of a way." Gu Zhou's eyes became bright because of these words.

Ming Yuan finally sat next to him.

"Tomorrow I will pretend to be unwell and ask you to take me back to my room, and we will take this opportunity to sneak out. If the plan goes well..."

……

The next day, at about half past?, Gu Zhou was lying in front of his desk, motionless.

Cao Jun realized something was wrong, poked his head out from his seat, and called Gu Zhou a few times.

"Gu Zhou? Gu Zhou? What's wrong with you?"

Gu Zhou didn't respond.

Just as Cao Jun was about to stand up, Ming Yuan walked over first and helped Gu Zhou up from his seat.

At this time, Gu Zhou looked like a boneless person, fell on Ming Yuan's arm, and spoke in a weak voice, "Take me...back to my room..."

Ming Yuan hugged Gu Zhou, turned to Cao Jun and said, "I'll send him back first."

The two specially picked this time to connect with the lunch break.

During the lunch break, everyone will go to the restaurant to eat, and I am afraid that no one will pay attention to whether Gu Zhou is in the room.

Otherwise, Gu Zhou's sudden disappearance for a few hours will inevitably arouse suspicion.

After arriving at the room, Gu Zhou hurriedly jumped out of Ming Yuan's embrace.

"Didn't yesterday's plan ask you to help me back?" Gu Zhou looked at Mr. Mermaid who was pretending to be stupid, and gritted his teeth slightly.

He walked into the bedroom, found two loose shorts that he would wear when walking by the sea, and threw one of them to Ming Yuan.

It's also fortunate that the waist of these pants is usually elastic, otherwise, given that Gu Zhou and Ming Yuan's bodies are not the same, Ming Yuan might not be able to wear Gu Zhou's clothes at all.

"It's a little small."

"Do you wear it or not?"

No matter what aspect it is, men probably don't like others to say that they are small, and of course Gu Zhou is no exception.

But when he turned his head and accidentally glanced at a slightly raised place, he blushed suddenly and said angrily, "Go back to your room and get your clothes!"

"Why did you take off your shirt..." When Ming Yuan went back to pick up his clothes a little bit aggrieved, Gu Zhou complained in a low voice by himself, "Humans are not so obvious."

As for what is so obvious, I am afraid that only Gu Zhou knows.

A few minutes later, Gu Zhou and Ming Yuan appeared on the beach dressed as tourists, each wearing a fisherman hat.

Due to the occlusion of the brim of the hat, the cameras on the commercial street could not capture the faces of the two at all.

"The size of this store is just right, and there are not many clerks. I will be in charge of distracting the clerks later. You have to hypnotize the store manager and ask him to call up the customer list when there is no one else."

After exhorting Ming Yuan in a low voice, Gu Zhou pushed open the shop door and walked in.

"Hello, sir, welcome to Zhixing store, what can I do for you?" The clerk came over with a smile on his face.

"We want to take a look at the recently launched medical robots." Gu Zhou raised his chin and said in a pretentious tone: "Let's see if the products here are as good as they say."

The looks of Gu Zhou and Ming Yuan are so confusing that people subconsciously think that they have good backgrounds.

Human beings are visual creatures and unconsciously judge people by their appearance.

The clerk thought that Gu Zhou was the young master of some rich family, and he was not to be neglected, so he took him to see the latest robot.

It's just that Gu Zhou's purpose this time is not to see some robots at all.

With his specialty, it is easy to ask a few tricky questions.

It didn't take long for the clerk who received him to be defeated and found an excuse to come to the front to rescue soldiers.

"Sister Zhou, what he asked is too professional, I can't answer it."

"I'll go take a look with you."

An older clerk was called over.

Gu Zhou glanced ahead.

The store manager and a clerk are left beside Ming Yuan.

"How to use this, can you show me?" Gu Zhou turned his target to a large robot operated by multiple people.

The last clerk was also led behind by Gu Zhou.

Ming Yuan finally walked towards the store manager.

"Hello, sir..." The manager's gaze gradually lost focus.

Ming Yuan leaned against the counter, pulled the brim of his hat lightly, and ordered in a low voice, "Go to the computer."

Like an obedient marionette, the store manager walked over to the computer.

"Enter the employee account number."

"password."

"Query buyer records, robot model K179..."

Since Ming Yuan came to the human world, except for the one time he faced Gu Zhou, he has almost never used this method to confuse human beings.

Because this method has a drawback, that is, the bewitched person does not have his own consciousness during this period.

The store manager's expression was dull at the moment. If there was a third person present, he might immediately find out that something was wrong.

Fortunately, there is no one else in the store at the moment.

The stores established by Zhixing Electronics are aimed at formal institutions and wealthy people. Of course, there cannot be too many customers in the stores.

Just like most ordinary people don't go to jewelry stores often, people will have concerns when they don't have enough spending power, even if they just go to luxury stores.

What's more, Zhixing's robots cost tens of millions. Of course, it is impossible for ordinary people to come in and hang out casually.

Ming Yuan's cell phone camera pointed at the store manager's computer screen, and recorded the above list.

Big companies are very strict in monitoring the files downloaded by their employees. In order not to arouse suspicion, Gu Zhou told Ming Yuan before departure that he could only record the list by himself and never leave traces of downloading.

To Ming Yuan, the habits of human beings are strange.

On the one hand, human beings attach great importance to protecting their privacy and keep everything secret.

On the other hand, human voyeurism is so strong that most people have no secrets at all.

Big data may even know exactly what kind of underwear a person likes.

After confirming the clarity of the video, Ming Yuan put away the phone, turned and walked to the back, a dark blue light flashed in his eyes, dispelling the bewitching spell.

The store manager woke up and found himself standing in front of the computer with no one around him. He had been suspicious for a long time, but couldn't remember what he had done.

"We'll have to think about it again."

Seeing Ming Yuan's success, Gu Zhou also took the opportunity to leave the store.

When the two left, a man wearing black-rimmed glasses was about to enter the store.

"Gu Zhou?"

Gu Zhou's figure froze for a moment, but he didn't turn his head back. Instead, he and Ming Yuan walked forward nonchalantly, as if they didn't hear any sound.

"Could it be a mistake?" The man with glasses muttered, "That's right, he works at the observatory, so he shouldn't be going out at this time."

The man with glasses glanced at the backs of Gu Zhou and Ming Yuan with some concern, shook his head, and walked into Zhixing's store.

On the other side, Gu Zhou and the two did not go back to the observation station immediately, but instead went to the apartment where Gu Zhou lived.

Ming Yuan asked on the road: "Who was that person just now?"

"If you hear me right, he should be a senior in the same major as I was in college." Gu Zhou said, "He is Professor Yang's most proud student, named Chu Wei, and he is now working in Zhixing."

Before they knew it, the two had reached the door of the apartment.

Gu Zhou opened the door, glanced at the shoe cabinet, and remembered that he didn't have any slippers for other people, so he said, "Just go in, the room hasn't been occupied for half a month, and the floor isn't clean."

With that said, he walked in without changing his shoes.

This is the first time that Ming Yuan saw Gu Zhou's real residence. Compared with the staff dormitory, the layout here is much warmer.

While Ming Yuan looked around curiously, Gu Zhou had already opened several windows to ventilate the room.

"There are drinks in the refrigerator, and you can watch TV too."

Gu Zhou has never entertained other people at home, and this is not the time for leisure, after greeting Ming Yuan, he got into the small studio separated from the living room.

It is a waste of time to rely solely on manpower to check the list of customers who buy robots.

Gu Zhou needs to crawl the data of social networking sites and news sites to confirm which robots have not been modified, so as to screen out the robots that may have been modified.

The best of these are public institutions.

These institutions have strict regulations when purchasing equipment. The quantity and purpose of the purchased equipment, who the purchaser is, and how much it costs are all subject to official control. It is almost impossible to modify one of them for other purposes. possible.

Gu Zhou needs to distinguish between private institutions and individuals who like to buy robots, and which ones have modified or resold the robots they bought to others.

Such information can be found in news, advertisements, tweets of bloggers, personal Weibo, etc.

Gu Zhou only needs to write a program to continuously crawl useful data and send it to his mobile phone at regular intervals, so that he can find the robot that hijacked Xia Ye while working.

After finding the number of the robot and tracing the source, it is natural to find the culprit who robbed Xia Ye.

Sitting in front of the computer, Gu Zhou concentrated on typing the code, and he didn't even notice that Ming Yuan walked into the room.

"What is this?" Ming Yuan asked curiously when he saw the complicated drawings on the wall.