Chapter 578 [Chapter of the Fatal Game] Twenty-Eight: Mermaid in the Sewer (2)

The behemoth made of steel destroyed the habitat of the mermaids, and the buildings rising from the ground connected the sewage system to the underground water areas on which they depended for their livelihood.

Some of them escaped deep underground and mixed with other underground water creatures infected with the "Snake-nosed Strain". They soon became sick due to parasitism, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries, and those who survived turned into grotesque monsters.

A small part of them, due to physical inconvenience or too old age, did not escape in time and were trapped in underground water bodies closer to the surface by building foundations and other human infrastructure, unable to go to deeper waters.

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This small number of mermaids were trapped and died in a small corner, or were suffering from diseases, gradually rotting and smelling. A very few were discovered by humans and became curious playthings.

The public prison far away from the urban area of ​​Yanan City was also established at this time.

What is different from other situations is that the mermaids in the underground water of the public prison were originally forced to come here by Yanan City, which was undergoing major construction projects.

They migrated several times in the underground waters of Yanan City, and finally escaped being hunted by the strange snake group, avoiding being parasitized by the [Snake-nosed Strain], and luckily not being exploited by Spyro Industries to become underwater miners, which was even more dangerous and dangerous.

It is dangerous not to be discovered by humans during migration.

They came to the suburbs where the public prison is located, not because it is a suitable place to live, but because this is the last place they can live - it is the only groundwater that is clean and free from all kinds of pollution.

Until the public prison was built, their only home was destroyed, and filth poured into the ground like a tide. They had nowhere to retreat and could only wait to die.

This death is a long one, starting from the establishment of the prison, to the foundation of the building blocking their retreat, to the water slowly being polluted, to the mutating of them after being polluted...

In the long death, the fermenting despair gave birth to the curse.

They resent humans and curse all humans to become the ugly form they mutated.

The curse only takes effect where their bones are located, but their former habitat has become a sewage dump for public prisons, and humans rarely enter this place.

The first person to enter here was a blond Rook man many years later.

It's Bagley.

Bagley accidentally discovered a secret passage under the bathroom at the end of the office area. He originally did not want to escape from prison directly. He wanted to use this secret passage to leave this house with his lover, Nate Jacobs.

prison.

But Nate Jacobs was just playing with him, and unbeknownst to him, his family bailed him out of jail, leaving him here.

Bagley was heartbroken, desperate, and furious. He was angry at Nate Jacobs for playing with his feelings, so he entered the sewer one night, wanted to escape from the prison through the sewers, and questioned Nate Jacobs face to face.

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Chen Yan watched him step into the water step by step, watching him accidentally touch the cursed skeleton of the mermaid.

After a long period of contamination by sewage in the sewers, the curse on the bones has become quite unstable, but even the most superficial curse is still not something ordinary humans can bear.

Baglay was cursed and deformed in pain. He rolled in pain in the sewage, and the bones of the mermaids penetrated his body, changing his appearance and becoming a part of him.

After an unknown amount of time, he finally turned into the monster Chen Yan had seen before.

"hey-hey."

In synaesthesia, the monster-like Baglay smiled at Chen Yan, his smile was ugly and crazy.

"You want to run away too? You can't! Stay with me! Be my bride!"

Chen Yan looked at his ugly, deformed face and said solemnly:

"Baglay, do you want revenge?"

The wild smile on Bagley's face suddenly disappeared and turned into a melancholy and sad cry:

"But... Nate has already left. Even if I leave the prison, I can't be with him. What's the point of seeking revenge from him?"

Chen Yan said:

"You must not think so, otherwise there would be no curse."

The sadness on Bagley's face disappeared in an instant, and he laughed loudly:

"Yes! Without Nate, there are still so many prisoners in the prison! They can all be my brides!"

Chen Yan said:

"But no one can compare to Nate, right?"

The smile on Bagley's face gradually twisted into pain:

"Yeah...yeah, who can be better than Nate? My Nate! Nate!"

Chen Yan said:

"I can let you see him again - I can bring your remains to him. In exchange, you only need to give me the clean mouthpiece."

Bagley seemed not to have considered the "mouthpiece" at all, and was only interested in the first half of the sentence. His voice trembled:

"Is this true?!"

Chen Yan spoke in a sincere tone:

"You can trust me completely, I will definitely do this."

When he finished speaking this sentence, the "feeling" of "firmness" seemed to extend from his will and touch Bagley's spirit.

Bagley opened his mouth wide, feeling this incredible "firmness". After a long time, he looked at Chen Yan and nodded.

"I see."

Its voice has calmed down.

"The curse of the mermaid binds me. I can't leave this water for too long. When you take me out and find Nate, I will bring him back and spend the rest of our lives together here."

"I will wear the token of love he once gave me around my neck. You will see that thing, and my soul will temporarily reside on it."

"In exchange, I will give you a clean mouthpiece."

Chen Yan "felt" absolute sincerity.

Or perhaps the corrupted Baglay no longer has enough brain power to deceive.

Its voice changes, filled with resentful warnings:

"But if you can't lead me to Nate, you can come back and be my bride!"

As soon as the words fell, the synaesthesia ended.

A thick yellow fog gathered in front of him, and when the fog dissipated, Chen Yan opened his eyes and saw that the deformed head on the black sword in Jack Baldo's hand was cracking inch by inch until only the mouthpiece remained.

Has the curse disappeared from Bagley?

At the same time, a relatively white stone fell out of its cracked head. Chen Yan took it and took a look, only to realize that it was not a stone, but a polished plastic toothbrush handle.

There is an ordinary plastic rope on the plastic toothbrush handle. This is the token of love between Nate Jacobs and Bagley, and it is also the thing that now resides in Bagley's soul.

As Chen Yanti slid the plastic rope, a vague aura emanated from the toothbrush handle and enveloped his whole body.

"You have not purified the curse."

Solar frowned repeatedly as he looked at Chen Yan's condition.

"Transferring a curse is not a good idea. If you can fulfill the requirements of the cursed spirit, everything will be fine. But if you fail to fulfill the requirements of the cursed spirit, you will become the next person to bear the curse."

Chen Yan said:

"There is no other way. I can't wait any longer."

He reached out his hand and took the [Mermaid's Mouthpiece] hanging on the deformed head that had become a skeleton.

This thing is completely different from the bloody appearance that Chen Yan imagined. It is said to be a "mouthpiece", but in fact it looks more like some kind of trumpet-shaped "morning glory", and it feels like jade texture at first glance.

Pretty good.

Solar's voice contained deep emotion:

"The mouthpiece of a mermaid is their extraordinary organ and the most important part of their body. Their every sound is accompanied by singing, from birth to death."

He seemed to have seen this thing before.

Solar looked at the mermaid mouthpiece in Chen Yan's hand and said calmly:

"The mermaid's mouthpiece will not rot, has many functions, and is very precious. There used to be many nobles in the imperial capital who liked to use the mermaid's mouthpiece as a medicine. They thought it would allow them to have a more beautiful voice, and it was indeed the case."

"So, the empire once launched a large-scale hunting campaign for mermaids - in the society on the extraordinary side, many people participated in it, and many unimaginable tragedies occurred at that time."

"Without further ado, it's time for you to set off."

Jack Baldo nervously said to Chen Yan:

"I sense that the blazed trail is about to disappear. You'd better hurry up."

Chen Yan felt a chill in his heart. He turned around and saw that the cold mist behind him had begun to thin. As the wind flowed above the underground water area, the road formed by the cold mist disappeared faster.

“Call back and talk!”

Chen Yan and others took the mermaid's mouthpiece and Baglay's necklace and rushed towards Leng Wu's direction, but within a moment, they had returned to the cell area.

A bonfire has been lit in the center of the cell area, and there seems to be someone standing on top of the bonfire. The scene is bloody and unbearable to look at. Fortunately, Chen Yan's current state will not be seen by mortals, so they can easily avoid most people.

sight.

Chen Yan and others lit the mermaid's mouthpiece from the bonfire in the center of the cell area. They no longer cared about whether any prisoners saw such anomalies, and just tried their best to rush back.

They came to the door of Cell No. 010 and plunged in until they came to the main body. Several Chen Yans raised the main body face down, and another Chen Yan put a burning mermaid mouthpiece under the main body's throat.

The moment the flames scorched his throat, Chen Yan's eyes suddenly opened.
Chapter completed!