Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 578 [Chapter of the Game of Death] 28: The Mermaid in the Sewer ([-])

Giant beasts made of steel devastated the habitat of the mermaids, and the buildings that rose from the ground connected the sewage system to the underground waters they depended on for survival.

Some of them fled deep underground and mixed with other underground water organisms infected with the [Snake Kiss Strain], and soon became sick due to parasitism, causing countless casualties, and those who survived turned into strange monsters.

A small part of them, due to physical inconvenience or too old, did not escape in time, and were trapped in the groundwater near the surface by the foundation of the building and other human infrastructure, unable to go to deeper waters .

This small number of mermaids were trapped and died in small corners, or were riddled with diseases, gradually rotting and smelly, and a very small number of them were discovered by humans and became strange playthings.

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

What is different from other situations is that the mermaid in the underground waters of the public prison was originally forced to come here by the city of Yanan, which is building a lot of construction.

After migrating several times in the underground waters of Yanan City, they finally escaped the hunting of the strange snake group, avoided being parasitized by [Snake Kiss], and were lucky not to be used by Spyro Industries to become underwater miners. Dangerously, it was not discovered by humans during the migration.

They come to the suburbs where the public prison is located, not because it is suitable for living, but because this is the last place they can live-this is the only underground water that is still clean and free from all kinds of pollution.

After the public prison was built, the only home was also destroyed, and the dirt poured into the ground like a tide, and they had nowhere to retreat but to die.

The death this time was long, starting from the establishment of the prison, to the foundation of the building sealing off their retreat, to the waters being slowly polluted, and then to the time when they mutated after being polluted...

In the long death, fermented despair breeds curses.

They hate humans and curse all humans to become their ugly appearance after mutation.

The curse only takes effect where their bones are, but their former habitat has become the sewage place of the public prison, and humans rarely enter this place.

The first person to enter here was a blond Luke after many years.

It's Bagley.

Bagley accidentally discovered a secret passage under the bathroom at the end of the office area. He didn't intend to escape directly. He wanted to use this secret passage with his lover, Nate Jacobs, to leave the city. prison.

But Nate Jacobs was just playing with him, and when he didn't know it, he was bailed out of prison by his family, leaving him here.

Bagley was sad, desperate, and angry. He was angry at Nate Jacob's playing with his feelings, so he entered the sewer one night, and wanted to leave the prison through the sewer, and questioned Nate Jacob face to face. .

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

After long-term pollution from the sewage in the sewer, the curse on the bones has become quite unstable, but even the most shallow curse is still not something ordinary humans can bear.

Bagley was cursed and deformed in pain. He writhed in the sewage, and the bones of the mermaids pierced into his body, changing his shape 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 Bagley smiled at Chen Yan, with an ugly and crazy smile.

"You want to escape too? No way! Stay with me! Be my bride!"

Chen Yan looked at his ugly and deformed face, and said solemnly:
"Bagley, do you want revenge?"

The wild laughter 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 definitely don't think so, otherwise there would be no curse."

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

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

Chen Yan said:

"But nobody can beat Nate, don't you?"

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

"Yes . . . yes, who can compare to Nate? My Nate! Nate!"

Chen Yan said:

"I can allow you to see him again—I can bring your remains to him, and in exchange you will simply hand me your clean mouthpiece."

Bagley didn't seem to think about the "mouthpiece" at all, and was only interested in the first half of the sentence. Its voice trembled:

"Is this true?!"

Chen Yan said in a sincere tone:

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

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

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

"I understand."

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 my life here together."

"I 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'll give you a clean mouthpiece."

Chen Yan "felt" absolute sincerity.

Or maybe the rotten Bagley didn't have enough brain power to cheat.

Its voice changes, filled with angry warnings:
"But if you can't get me to Nate, come back and be my bride!"

The voice fell, and the synaesthesia ended.

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

Had the curse gone from Bagley?
At the same time, a fairly white stone fell out of its cracked head. Chen Yan took a look and realized that it was not a stone, but a polished plastic toothbrush handle.

The plastic toothbrush handle wears an ordinary plastic string. This is the token of love between Nate Jacob and Bagley, and it is also the thing that resides in Bagley's soul today.

Chen Yanti was slipping the plastic rope, and there was a vague aura emanating from the handle of the toothbrush, covering his whole body.

"You didn't cleanse the curse."

Seeing Chen Yan's state, Solal frowned again and again.

"Curse transfer is not a good way. If you can fulfill the requirements of the cursed spirit, everything is easy to say, but if you fail to complete the requirements of the cursed spirit, you will become the next person to bear the curse."

Chen Yan said:

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

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

This thing is completely different from the bloody appearance Chen Yan imagined. It is said to be a "mouthpiece", but it actually looks more like a trumpet-shaped "Morning Glory", and it feels like jade at first touch. pretty good.

Solal's voice contained deep emotion:
"The mouthpieces of mermaids are their extraordinary organs and the most important part of their bodies. Their every sound is accompanied by singing, from birth to death."

He seemed to have seen this thing before.

Solal stared at the mermaid mouthpiece in Chen Yan's hand, and said calmly:
"The mermaid's mouthpiece will not rot, and has many functions. It is very precious. Many nobles in the imperial capital used to use the mermaid's mouthpiece as a medicine. They thought it would make them have a better voice, and it is indeed the case."

"That's why the empire once launched a large-scale hunt for mermaids—in the extraordinary society, many people participated in it, and many unimaginable tragedies occurred at that time."

"Not much to say, it's time for you to set off."

Jack Baldo said nervously to Chen Yan:
"I feel that the road that was carved out is going to disappear, you better hurry up."

Chen Yan's heart trembled, and he turned his head to look, only to see that the cold fog behind him had begun to thin out, and as the wind flowed over the underground water area, the road formed by the cold fog disappeared faster.

"Talk back on the phone!"

Holding the mermaid's mouthpiece and Bagley's necklace, Chen Yan rushed towards the direction of the cold fog, but within a short while, they had already returned to the cell area.

A bonfire has been lit in the center of the cell area, and there seems to be a person on top of the bonfire. The bloody scene is too bloody to bear to look at. Fortunately, Chen Yan's current state will not be seen by mortals, so they can easily escape the eyes of most people. line of sight.

Chen Yan and the others ignited the mermaid's mouthpiece from the bonfire in the center of the cell area. They didn't care whether any prisoners saw this anomaly, and they just tried their best to rush back.

They came to the door of cell 010 and plunged in until they came to the main body. Several Chen Yan set the main body face down, and another Chen Yan put the burning mermaid mouthpiece under the main body's throat.

The moment the flame scorched his throat, Chen Yan's body suddenly opened his eyes.

(End of this chapter)