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【Chapter 443, Mermaid Maze】

Time was running out, so Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin discussed the countermeasures and returned to the Mermaid Palace.

From the outside, the mermaid palace looks like a huge "jellyfish", surrounded by countless "small shell" buildings, which are connected by transparent ribbons.

Mo Xuemin still doesn't understand what kind of black technology is used in the building of the Mermaid Palace, which can be stably suspended in the ocean without falling or floating on the surface of the sea, as if fixed there by a magical force Same.

Mermaids have lived in this sea area for generations. In the first two days after entering the secret room, Gui Yuanzhang and Lao Mo were not used to the fact that they "suddenly grew their tail". extremely fast swimming.

In a blink of an eye, they came to the entrance of the Mermaid Palace.

Due to the presence of the invisibility cloak, the guards at the door did not see them. Gui Yuanzhang dragged Lao Mo into the palace, and walked quickly along the long corridor.

As Lao Mo walked, he recalled the map of the palace.

In the past few days, apart from following "Xiao Lou" to investigate the case, he spent the rest of the time wandering around in the palace. Unfortunately, the maze is too big, and he has very little time to act alone every day. Currently, he only touches Cleared the west half of the maze.

There is a characteristic of the mermaid maze. There is a room at the end of each fork. According to the clues that Lao Mo has so far, there are a total of 180 rooms in the west half of the maze.

With so many rooms, where will Liu Qiao be locked up?

Old Mo said: "We only have two hours, and it will definitely be too late to check all the rooms one by one." He looked at Gui Yuanzhang and said, "Why don't we go to Xiao Liu's residence first? In case, she just got knocked out , lost consciousness, people still stay in their own room?"

Gui Yuanzhang nodded: "Let's go."

Liu Qiao should be in a coma, and the possibility of her still staying in her residence cannot be completely ruled out.

As the princess of the mermaid clan, Liu Qiao lives in the largest palace on the west side of the palace. The palace is shaped like a pink shell, which is very recognizable.

Because Lao Mo and Gui Yuanzhang often came here to look for Liu Qiao a few days ago, the two were familiar with this place, and soon, they came to Liu Qiao's residence according to their memories.

There were also guards at the entrance of the princess' bedroom, so Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin walked around to the side window and quickly jumped in.

There is a plate of delicate pastries on the table in the living room, which is Liu Qiao's favorite snack.

The food of the mermaid tribe is mainly algae, small fish, and shrimp in the deep sea. This plate of dim sum is made of seaweed as the main material. The green dim sum is crystal clear and neatly arranged on the plate. Only the middle part is missing. A piece should have been eaten.

This plate of dim sum may well be poisonous. Who brought it? The replica Xiao Lou was here just now?

Gui Yuanzhang's complexion changed, and he walked quickly to the door of the bedroom. He pushed the door open with his left hand, and held the brush tightly with his right hand, ready to attack the copy Xiao Lou who might appear at any time——

However, there was no one in the room, and there was no trace of struggle, even the bed was neatly made.

Gui Yuanzhang walked around the house and concluded: "It is possible that Liu Qiao ate the poisonous food that Xiao Lou brought, or the other party controlled her by means we do not know. Liu Qiao suddenly lost consciousness. Yes, no resistance at all."

Lao Mo asked: "Is there a place for the Mermaid to confine prisoners? Will Xiao Liu be locked up?"

Gui Yuanzhang shook his head: "The mermaid cell is far away. I remember it was in the deepest part of the ocean. It was so dark that you couldn't even see a ray of light. It was like hell. Liu Qiao lost consciousness for only a few minutes. She went to the deep sea to lock her up, and then turned around to stun me, there was no time at all. Liu Qiao should still be in the palace."

Lao Mo thought about it carefully, and said: "There are clansmen living everywhere in the area on the west side of the palace. After all, Liu Qiao is the mermaid princess, and it is easy to be found by taking her there, so it is more likely that she will be taken there. East End?"

"There are more members of the royal family living in the Eastern District..." At this point, Gui Yuanzhang suddenly paused, and frowned, "Will he bring Liu Qiao to his residence?!"

"It's possible!" Lao Mo said nervously, "This fake Xiaolou is the prince of the mermaid tribe. He brought his sister to his palace, and even if he was seen, it would not arouse suspicion. Besides, it is his territory, and he can do it at any time." Monitor Liu Qiao."

Gui Yuanzhang said: "Go and find out."

The two quickly walked towards the prince's palace.

Although the passages in the palace are complicated, Lao Mo once went to Xiao Lou's bedroom two days ago to discuss the case. He has a strong sense of direction, and he will never get lost in a place he has been to once.

With Lao Mo as the guide, Gui Yuanzhang followed him, and within ten minutes he arrived at the entrance of the blue palace on the east side.

The place where Xiao Lou lives looks very grand. The blue palace looks like a huge starfish. There are a lot of guards at the gate of the palace, standing in a row.

Gui Yuanzhang waved the brush in his hand, a gust of wind hit, the sea water in the palace was violently shaken, and soon formed a vortex not far away.

The faces of the guards changed, and the tallest captain said, "Why is there a vortex in the deep sea? You guys come with me and go over there to have a look."

He took a few people to the whirlpool to check, and Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin took the opportunity to sneak into the palace.

A few days ago, everyone gathered here to analyze the case, but they did not enter the surrounding side halls at that time. From the appearance of the starfish-shaped building, it can be inferred that there are a total of five side halls in the palace. Gui Yuanzhang said: "Let's look for them one by one."

Five rooms are not too many, but it made Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin a little dizzy——

Because the layout of these five side halls is exactly the same, and they are also connected to each other. What's even more strange is that the palace in Xiaolou seems to be able to rotate, and every time you enter a side hall and then come out, the direction will change, which can easily make people confused "Have I ever been here before?"

Gui Yuanzhang simply took out the [four-way arrow] and marked the entrance of the side hall that he had been to, so as not to enter repeatedly.

The two walked through the four side halls, but did not find Liu Qiao.

At the moment of entering the fifth side hall, the voice of the captain of the guard suddenly came from outside: "His Royal Highness is back."

Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin's hearts tightened, they hurriedly put away the arrow marks on the doorways of the four rooms, and walked into the last side hall.

The layout here is the same as other places, the two walked quickly to the bedroom, and took a closer look——

On the wide shell bed, Liu Qiao was lying there quietly, his face was as pale as paper, and his eyes were closed.

Gui Yuanzhang strode to the bedside, and stretched out his hand to test Liu Qiao's breathing.

Breathing is normal, it seems that he just lost consciousness.

Lao Mo also came over, rummaged through Liu Qiao's pocket, found something familiar, and said, "The card bag is still there."

Gui Yuanzhang hurriedly said: "Carry her on your back and go!"

Outside the door, Xiao Lou's voice said with a smile: "I just went out, has anyone come to look for me?"

The guard said: "No... By the way, Your Highness, a strange vortex appeared over there just now. When we went to check, the vortex disappeared again. I don't know what happened."

Xiao Lou said with a smile: "The occasional vortex may be related to the crustal movement of the seabed, so don't worry about it."

He pushed the door open and went straight to the No. 5 side hall.

The nearly 3-meter-wide oversized shell bed was empty—Liu Qiao was gone.

Xiao Lou narrowed his eyes slightly, staring thoughtfully at the opened window next to him.

Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin's hearts were beating extremely fast, almost at the moment Xiao Lou pushed the door in, they just opened the window and went out, and Mo Xuemin found the [Invisibility Cloak] card from Liu Qiao's card bag , Cover Liu Qiao and carry it on his back. Mr. Gui Lao quickly drew a trail of wind with a brush.

Inside the Mermaid Palace, all the clansmen had to walk with their legs, and there were too many forks in the corridors, obstacles everywhere, and it was not convenient to swim quickly with their tails exposed. Fortunately, Gui Lao's brush can control the wind force and direction. With the help of the brush, the two quickly escaped from the palace with Liu Qiao on their backs.

In the vast sea outside the palace, the mermaids can swim freely.

The legs of Mo Xuemin and Gui Yuanzhang turned into long tails in the sea. Every time the tail swung, they could swim hundreds of meters in an instant.

Within 10 minutes, the two swam to the surface of the sea.

There was a soft light on a broken ship in the distance, and a few figures could be vaguely seen.

The two recognized at a glance that it was the light from the Ye Mingzhu.

Old Mo was overjoyed, and swam quickly towards the broken ship with Liu Qiao on his back. Gui Yuanzhang took out the Ye Mingzhu card and illuminated the nearby sea area.

Seeing the familiar light, Xiao Lou shouted, "Is it Senior?"

Gui Yuanzhang said: "Well, we left the palace with Liu Qiao, and he will soon find out that Liu Qiao is gone."

Xiao Lou was a little surprised—was it too smooth to rescue Liu Qiao so quickly?

But time was running out, and he didn't have time to think about it. Shao Qingge confirmed the authenticity of Senior Gui with a tacit understanding, and nodded towards Xiao Lou. Xiao Lou was relieved and asked, "Is Xiao Liu's card still there?"

Gui Yuanzhang said: "They are all here, are you planning to dive into the deep sea now? Or should we discuss the future plan first?"

Rushing into the deep sea may not bring good results, Xiao Lou said: "No hurry, since Xiao Liu has been rescued, let's discuss what to do next."

Gui Yuanzhang thought about it carefully, and said: "I'll take you to a deserted island, that island is far away from the residence of the mermaid tribe, I found it by accident when I went out with several elders of the mermaid tribe many years ago, it should be It's safer. In addition, Liu Qiao's card can transform once a day, so you have to adapt to the mermaid ability as soon as possible."

Xiao Lou nodded and said, "Okay, let's lead the way, senior. Let's become mermaids first to get used to the environment in the sea."

Gui Yuanzhang took out the card [Daughter of the Sea] from Liu Qiao's card bag and used the skill "Mermaid Princess". This skill can turn teammates within the range into mermaids.

The moment the card was used, everyone's legs turned into long tails.

Ye Qi touched his fish tail, standing on the boat stumbling, he hurriedly supported Shao Qingge's arm: "I feel like my legs don't belong to me anymore, how do I walk here?"

Shao Qingge turned his head back, looked at Ye Qi's cute tail, and couldn't help but chuckled, "You'll just get into the water."

After finishing speaking, he suddenly grabbed Ye Qi's hand and jumped into the sea.

Ye Qi doesn't know how to swim, and he has an innate fear of sea water. After entering the water, a large amount of sea water poured into his lungs. He just wanted to cough, but found that he didn't have the dull feeling of being choked by water in his chest. In the sea, I don't feel uncomfortable at all, just as natural as breathing air.

Shao Qingge dragged him forward, Ye Qi tried to wag his tail, and his body really advanced a few meters.

He thought it was amazing, looked back at Shao Qingge and said: "It seems that this is the talent of the mermaid race, I don't even need to learn how to swim, I can learn it without a teacher!"

The next moment, Lu Jiuchuan, Tang Ci, Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou also jumped into the sea one after another.

There is no obvious change in the upper body, but everyone has collectively grown a mermaid tail, which is quite beautiful.

Ye Qi suddenly asked: "By the way, our legs have turned into tails. If we turn back into humans later, are the pants still there?"

Everyone: "..."

This guy is always thinking of weird questions.

Shao Qingge didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It must be. I became the size of a thumb before, and when I turned back into an adult, my clothes didn't get torn. The deformation is the change of the whole appearance. What are you thinking?"

Ye Qi blushed slightly, wagged his tail, and quickly followed everyone to swim forward.

Gui Yuanzhang led the way, followed by the others. With the fish tail, everyone swam faster and faster in the sea. A group of nine people swam hundreds of kilometers away in less than half an hour.

Gui Yuanzhang said: "It's here, it's here."

Xiao Lou poked his head out of the water, and sure enough, he found the deserted island Gui Yuanzhang mentioned.

There are no traces of ships around, so there must be very few people here. It would indeed be safer to use an isolated island on the sea as a temporary base, Xiao Lou said, "Everyone settle down here first."

A group of people landed on the shore, and Lao Mo put Liu Qiao on his back. Xiao Lou went over and held Liu Qiao's wrist with his fingers. His pulse was beating normally. No injuries."

Yu Hanjiang frowned and looked at Liu Qiao who was placed on a big rock by Lao Mo. She is a mermaid princess. A tail appeared automatically after entering the sea. The silvery white tail was two meters long and spread out on the reef by the sea. Under the moonlight, it exuded a lustrous luster, which was very beautiful.

Ye Qi sat next to Liu Qiao, and said, "I don't know what the clone ate for Liu Qiao? How long will she be unconscious?"

Xiao Loudao: "If you are just stunned by the drug, it won't take too long, and you should be able to wake up tomorrow."

Everyone was concerned about when Liu Qiao would wake up, but Yu Hanjiang suddenly said, "Are you sure that the rescued Liu Qiao is Liu Qiao himself?"

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【Chapter 444, Plan】

Yu Hanjiang's words stunned his teammates for a moment, and a chill rose in their hearts at the same time.

There is no way to distinguish a replicant from the real person in appearance.

The card pack can be handed over to other people. For example, Xiao Lou gave his own card pack to his teammates for safekeeping before. What if No. 5 takes control of Liu Qiao and takes the card pack from her and puts it on the replicant? ?

The card package alone cannot determine the identity.

If he wants to confirm whether Liu Qiao is himself, he must check with her some secrets that only everyone knows and will not be found out by hunters, but now that Liu Qiao is unconscious, there is no way to determine whether it is himself.

Yu Hanjiang asked: "Where did you find her?"

Recalling the experience in the Mermaid Palace just now, Gui Yuanzhang frowned: "The process of rescuing Liu Qiao was indeed relatively smooth. We went to Liu Qiao's residence first, but we didn't find her. It is speculated that the clone probably took Liu Qiao to himself. We went to the palace of Prince Xiao Lou to find him, and found the unconscious Liu Qiao in the fifth side hall."

Lao Mo added: "The 'Xiao Lou' just came back at that time, and there was the sound of him talking to the guards outside the door. Gui Lao and I were pressed for time, so we didn't think too much about it, so we fled the palace with Liu Qiao on our backs."

Although the whole process was thrilling, the two did not encounter any obstacles.

Yu Hanjiang asked: "Senior Gui and Mr. Shao had a tacit understanding just now. Mr. Shao said that the replicant went to your residence to find you, and took you away after bewildering you, didn't he?"

Gui Yuanzhang nodded: "Yes, what he took away was the dummy I drew with the magic brush Ma Liang."

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other, feeling that there was something wrong - why did No. 5 take Liu Qiao to his palace? Or is this Liu Qiao actually a replica that was made long ago and has been kept in his palace?

Nothing can be concluded until Liu Qiao wakes up.

Xiao Lou suggested: "Be more careful, let's control Xiao Liu first. In case she is a clone or a hunter, we can take precautions in advance when everyone is asleep in the middle of the night."

Shao Qingge suggested: "8 of Spades After I was infected by the Zerg, didn't you guys make me the size of a thumb and put me in a mineral water bottle? I think this method can be used, first make Liu Qiao smaller, Put it in a bottle, and release her after she wakes up and checked her identity. It's safer for us, and Xiao Liu should understand."

After Mr. Shao was infected by Zerg in the 8 of Spades, everyone worried that he would attack his teammates, so they shrunk him and put him in a bottle. The situation is similar now. Once Liu Qiao is a clone or a hunter, he is likely to hurt his teammates behind his back.

When it becomes the size of a thumb, she has no attack power, which is safer for her and her teammates.

Gui Yuanzhang took out the [Thumbelina] card from Liu Qiao's card bag and made her smaller. As a result, Liu Qiao, the mermaid princess lying on the reef, turned into a small fish the size of a thumb.

Ye Qi took out the [Material Supply Card], poured out the water in a bottle of mineral water, then went to the beach to fill a bottle of sea water, and put Liu Qiao in it.

Because Liu Qiao was in a coma, he soon sank to the bottom of the mineral water bottle.

Everyone looked at the little fish in the bottle with complicated expressions.

The identities of the others have been checked, and Xiao Lou found a piece of

Shitou sat down, moved the blue fish tail that was in the way aside, and said, "Let's think about the next plan. Dear senior, show me Liu Qiao's card."

Gui Yuanzhang handed Liu Qiao's card pack to Xiao Lou. Xiao Lou found that the duration of the Mermaid Princess skill on this card had changed from the initial 2 hours to 8 hours. He said: "This Mermaid Princess card, Xiao Liu I may have used it a few times in normal times, and the growth rate has reached the full level at present, and the duration is as long as 8 hours."

Ye Qi was puzzled: "When did she use it? I haven't seen her transform into a mermaid."

Lao Mo said: "Liu Qiao is very careful. She probably found that the duration of this card is too short, so she used it a few times to level up the card. We haven't seen her use it before, because it was used in the next few dungeons. If you don't play this card, I guess, she may be experimenting with turning into a mermaid in the bathtub by herself..."

Thinking of how often Liu Qiao even transformed into a shark on the cruise ship at that time, Ye Qi also felt that this possibility was very high. Liu Qiao was a very adventurous girl, and it was quite in line with her personality to play as a mermaid when she was bored alone.

It is precisely because of this that her full-level card provides great convenience to everyone. Otherwise, if the card is still in the initial state, the mermaid can only last for 2 hours. In such a short time, they can't sneak into the palace to investigate.

Xiao Lou thought for a while and said, "Each transformation lasts for 8 hours. We can sneak into the Mermaid Palace every night to investigate and leave before dawn?"

Gui Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "The mermaids are active after dark, they are more energetic at night, and sleep during the day, it should be reversed."

Xiao Lou understood: "Then wait until dawn before diving into the deep sea. Returning to the seniors, Lao Mo, please introduce the situation of the mermaid tribe first."

Gui Yuanzhang sat next to him and said in a low voice: "The system of the Mermaid Clan is very simple. The king has the final say on small matters, and the elders must agree on major matters. Including me, the Mermaid Clan currently has 7 elders. Because the mermaids live in the deep sea and do not communicate with other races, the people of the tribe get along more harmoniously like family members. After careful calculation, there are many close relatives of the mermaid tribe, and all tribesmen have a kinship relationship."

Mo Xuemin added: "The mermaid palace is actually a large labyrinth. I have only figured out half of the area in the past few days. The large area to the east has not been explored yet, but from the appearance, there are several large labyrinths there." The palace of the palace, there may be a clone laboratory in it?"

Gui Yuanzhang asked: "Is the key to the secret room investigation this time is the clone?"

Xiao Lou nodded: "Yes, we fled from the capital star of the Luoke Empire to the Azure Empire, and found out step by step that the root of all this is the Noah's Ark plan more than 20 years ago. Judging from various clues, Only by completely terminating the replicant plan can we pass the level."

Lao Mo looked at Xiao Lou with a complicated expression: "That Xiao Lou from the mermaid clan is very powerful. He took us to investigate the shipwreck case these days, and he analyzed it very well. He is exactly the same as Professor Xiao himself..."

Yu Hanjiang asked: "Where is that sunken ship? We have to go and see."

Lao Mo said: "It is very close to the Mermaid Palace. There are 10 human bones on the sunken ship, 8 men and 2 women. The oldest is in his 50s, and the youngest is only 5 years old, a girl."

"5 years old?" Xiao Lou was stunned for a moment, and said, "The batch of replicants 20 years ago were catalyzed into 5-year-old children... Are you sure that the one who died was a 5-year-old girl?"

Gui Yuanzhang nodded: "The 'Xiao Lou' said that judging from the age of the pelvis and bones, it was a girl around 5 years old. I also checked the child's bones, and judging from the height, it also looks like a girl around 5 years old .”

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou looked at each other and thought of a name at the same time: "Lin Yan?"

Ye Qi's eyes widened: "Professor Xiao's fiancée?"

Shao Qingge narrowed his eyes and said, "Don't forget, Lin Yan's mother, Professor Zhang Shaohua, also participated in the Noah's Ark project, so it's normal for Ms. Lin to have a replica. Lin Yan's clone, or maybe they took away Lin Yan himself, and the Lin Yan who stayed in Capital Star is the clone?"

Xiao Lou's face turned pale: "If Lin Yan who stayed in the Capital Star is a clone, then it can explain why His Majesty didn't even let me attend the important engagement banquet, but asked No. 2 Xiao Lou to attend... the clone No one knows what kind of offspring you will have if you marry a replicant, but His Majesty probably wants to match those two replicants together and do another experiment?"

Ye Qi got goosebumps all over his body: "Wouldn't it be that version 3.0 and version 4.0 will appear again!"

Lao Mo was confused: "What version 3.0?"

Ye Qi simply explained: "Replicant version 1.0 is the first generation, human genes are fused with Zerg genes. Version 2.0 is based on 1.0 and merged with mermaid genes. 3.0 and 4.0 have not yet appeared!"

Lao Mo had a splitting headache: "This is to use human genes as codes to study and transform? To develop different system versions? Does the institution that studies replicants also have the technology to destroy replicants?"

Tang Ci nodded seriously: "Just like the system companies have mastered system bugs and anti-virus software, if they want to destroy the system, they must have special methods."

Lu Jiuchuan stroked his chin and concluded: "There are many replicants in this world. We want to find all the replicants and completely terminate the Noah's Ark plan. Xiao Lou is the prince, and Xiao Lou should inherit the throne of the Luoke Empire; By the way, the prince is a clone, and we need to support Liu Qiao, the mermaid princess, to take the throne. Only in this way will the world be on the right track?"

After thinking about it carefully, everyone felt that Brother Jiu's conclusion was quite correct. Eliminating the interference of cloners is everyone's goal of customs clearance.

Yu Hanjiang said: "Since you're here, let's deal with it first."

Mermaid problem. We have to find the replicator laboratory in the deep sea and find out the mastermind who has been researching replicants all these years. "

Xiao Loudao: "Everyone rest for a while, and we will go to the Mermaid Palace as soon as the sun breaks."

A group of people were sitting on a rock by the sea, their tails neatly draped beside them. The moonlight was like water, and the fish scales on our tails reflected a soft light.

Yu Hanjiang looked back at Xiao Lou's beautiful long blue tail, then at his own black tail, and asked doubtfully, "The tail color is different? Is there anything special about it?"

Gui Yuanzhang said: "Tails of different colors belong to different mermaid tribes, silver is a symbol of royal blood, blue, green and black are from the three major mermaid races."

Xiao Lou said clearly: "The symbol of different races is the tail, what is the relationship between the three major races?"

Gui Yuanzhang: "The current His Majesty the Mermaid is very prestigious. As far as I remember, the Mermaid Clan has not had a war in the past few decades."

At this moment, Liu Qiao in the bottle suddenly opened his eyes.

She looked around, swam around in the bottle, and found that she couldn't get out, so she couldn't help asking, "Professor Xiao? Why did you lock me up?"

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