Card Room

Chapter 443

The time was very tight. Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin discussed the countermeasures and returned to the Mermaid Palace.

From the appearance, the shape of the mermaid palace is like a huge "jellyfish", there are countless "small shell" -shaped buildings around it, and the buildings are connected by transparent ribbons.

Mo Xuemin still cannot understand what black technology is used in the building of the Mermaid Palace. It can be suspended in the ocean steadily, will not fall, nor will it float on the surface of the sea, just like being fixed there by a magical force. same.

The mermaids live in this sea area for generations. Just two days after entering the Chamber of Secrets, Gui Yuanzhang and Lao Mo were very unaccustomed to their "suddenly growing tail". After a few days of adaptation, now they have been able to skillfully use the 200kh pole in the deep sea. Swim quickly.

All of a sudden, they came to the entrance of the Mermaid Palace.

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

While walking, Lao recalled the map of the palace.

In the past few days, in addition to following the investigation of the "Xiaolou", he spent the rest of the time walking around the palace. Unfortunately, this maze is too large, and he has little time to act alone every day. At present, he only touches Cleared half of the area west of the maze.

The mermaid maze has a characteristic. There is a room at the end of each fork. Based on the clues that Lao Mo currently has, there are 180 rooms in this half of the west side of the maze.

Where will Liu Qiao be locked in so many rooms?

Old Mo said, "We only have two hours, and it's definitely too late to check all the rooms one by one." He looked at Guiyuan Zhangdao. "Shall we go to Xiao Liu's residence first? In case, she was just knocked out and lost. Consciousness, do people still stay in their rooms? "

Gui Yuanzhang nodded, "Let's go."

Liu Qiao should be in a comatose state, and she cannot completely rule out the possibility that she will remain in her residence.

As a princess of the Mermaid, 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 easy to recognize.

Since Lao Mo and Gui Yuanzhang often came here to find Liu Qiao a few days ago, the two were familiar with the car, and soon they came to Liu Qiao's residence according to their memories.

There are also guards at the door of the princess's bedroom. Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin went around the side window and quickly turned in.

A table of delicate pastries was placed on the table in the parlor, which was Liu Qiao's favorite snack.

The food of the mermaid is mainly algae, small fish and shrimp in the deep sea. This dessert is made of seaweed as the main material. The green dessert is crystal clear and placed neatly on the plate, only the middle is missing. A piece should be eaten.

This plate of dim sum is probably poisonous. Who brought it? Xiaolou has been here just now?

Gui Yuanzhang changed his face and walked quickly to the door of the bedroom. He pushed the door open with his left hand and clasped the writing brush with his right hand, ready to attack the possible copying Xiao Lou at any time-

However, there was no one in the house and no signs of struggling, even the beds were neat.

Gui Yuanzhang circled around the house and concluded, "Liu Qiao may have eaten the poisonous food brought by that Xiao Lou, or the other party may have controlled her in a way that we did not know. Liu Qiao suddenly lost consciousness. , There is no resistance at all. "

Lao Mo asked, "Are there any places where the Mermaid imprisoned prisoners? Will Xiao Liu be locked up?"

Gui Yuanzhang shook his head. "The mermaid's cell is far away. I remember it was in the deepest part of the ocean. It was dark enough to be invisible even like a hell. Liu Qiao lost consciousness for a few minutes. Go to the deep sea to lock her up, and then turn back and stun me. It's too late for time. Liu Qiao should still be in the palace. "

Lao Mo thought carefully and said, "The area on the west side of the royal palace is populated by clan people. After all, Liu Qiao is a mermaid princess. Taking her there is easy to find, so it is more likely that she was taken. Eastern District? "

"There are more members of the royal family living in the Eastern District ..." Speaking of which, 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 a mermaid prince. He took his sister to his palace, even if it was seen, it would not cause any doubt. Moreover, that is his place, he can always Monitor Liu Qiao. "

Gui Yuanzhang said, "Go and find it."

The two quickly walked towards the prince's palace.

Although the access is complicated in the palace, Lao Mo once went to Xiaolou's bedroom two days ago to discuss the case. He has a strong sense of direction, and he will never get lost where he has been once.

A guide, Lao Mo, Gui Yuanzhang followed him, and came to the gate of the blue palace on the east side in less than ten minutes.

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

Gui Yuanzhang waved the brush in his hand. When a hurricane hit, the sea water in the palace was blown violently and quickly formed a vortex not far away.

The guards changed their faces, and the tallest captain said, "How can there be a vortex in the deep sea? A few of you came with me and went over there to see."

He took several people to the whirlpool to check, 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 the surrounding partial halls did not go in at that time. From the starfish-shaped building appearance, it can be speculated that this palace has a total of five partial halls. Gui Yuanzhang Road "We are looking for each."

The five rooms did n’t say much, but they made Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin feel dizzy—

Because the layout of these five partial halls is exactly the same, and they are also interconnected. Even more strange is that the palace of Xiaolou seems to be able to rotate. Every time it enters a side hall and then comes out, the direction will change. It is easy to cause confusion about whether I have been here.

Gui Yuanzhang simply took out the four-way arrow and marked it at the entrance of the departed hall to avoid repeated entry.

The two walked through the four side halls and found no trace of Liu Qiao.

At the moment of entering the fifth partial hall, the voice of the captain of the guard came out suddenly, "Your Highness is back."

Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin's heart tightened, hurriedly put away the arrow marks at the entrance of the four rooms, and flashed into the last partial hall.

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

I saw Liu Qiao lying quietly on the wide shell bed, his face pale as paper, and his eyes closed tightly.

Gui Yuanzhang came to the bed with an arrow and reached out to try Liu Qiao's breath.

The breath is normal, it seems that I just lost consciousness.

Lao Mo also came over, flipped Liu Qiao's pocket, touched a familiar thing, and said, "The card bag is still there."

Gui Yuanzhang hurriedly said, "Carry her, go!"

Outside the door, Xiao Lou's voice said with a smile, "I just went out, has anyone come to 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 smiled and said, "The accidental vortex may be related to the crustal movement of the seabed, don't care."

He pushed the door in and walked to the No. 5 side hall.

Nearly 3 meters wide, an oversized bed of shells was empty-Liu Qiao was gone.

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

Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin's heart was beating very fast. It was almost the moment Xiao Lou pushed the door in. They just turned out the window and Mo Xuemin found the card of the invisible cloak from the Liu Qiao card bag Liu Qiao covered it and carried it on his back. Mr. Gui Lao quickly drew a wind trace with a brush.

Inside the Mermaid Palace, all tribes must walk on their legs, and there are too many crossroads in the corridor, obstacles everywhere, and it is not convenient to expose the tail and swim quickly. Fortunately, the old brush can control the wind and wind direction. With the help of the brush, the two quickly escaped from the palace carrying Liu Qiao.

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

Mo Xuemin and Gui Yuanzhang's legs turned into long tails in the sea, and each time the tail swayed, they could swim out hundreds of meters in an instant.

In less than 10 minutes, the two swam to the sea.

A broken boat in the distance was lit with soft light, and several figures could be seen faintly.

The two recognized at a glance, that was the glow of the night pearl.

The old Mo was very happy, carrying Liu Qiao to swim towards the broken ship quickly, Gui Yuanzhang took out the night pearl card, illuminating the nearby sea area.

Xiao Lou saw the familiar light and shouted, "Does it belong to seniors?"

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

Xiao Lou had some accidents-would it be too smooth to rescue Liu Qiao so quickly?

But time is running short, and he has no time to think about it. Shao Qingge attentively confirmed the authenticity of the old senior, and nodded toward Xiao Lou. Xiao Lou then calmed down and asked, "Is Xiao Liu's card still there?"

Guiyuan Zhangdao said, "All here, do you plan to dive into the deep sea now? Or discuss the plan afterwards first?"

Hurrying into the deep sea does not necessarily have good fruit to eat, Xiao Loudao "don't worry, since Xiao Liu has been rescued, let's discuss what to do next."

Gui Yuanzhang thought carefully and said, "I will take you to a desert island. The island is far away from the residence of the Mermaid. I discovered it by accident many years ago when I went out with several elders of the Mermaid. It should be compared. Safety. In addition, Liu Qiao's card can be transformed once a day, and you have to adapt to the ability of the Mermaid as soon as possible. "

Xiao Lou nodded and said, "Okay, let's lead the way. Let's turn into a mermaid and adapt to the environment in the sea."

Gui Yuanzhang took the daughter of the card sea from the Liuqiao card pack and used the skill "Mermaid Princess". This skill can turn teammates in the range into a mermaid.

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

Ye Qi touched his fish tail and stood on the ship, and he staggered. He hurriedly supported Shao Qingge's arm. "I feel that my legs are not my own. How do I walk?"

Shao Qingge turned his head and looked at Ye Qi ’s cute tail.

Having said that, he suddenly took Ye Qi's hand and jumped directly into the sea.

Ye Qi couldn't swim. He had an innate fear of the sea water. After the water was launched, a lot of sea water poured into his lungs. He just wanted to cough, and he found that-there was no dull feeling in the chest. In the sea water, it doesn't feel uncomfortable at all, just like the normal breathing of air.

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

He felt very magical and looked back to Shao Qingge. "It seems that this is the talent of the mermaid. I don't have to learn how to swim. I don't know how to swim!"

At the next moment, Lu Jiuchuan, Tang Ci, Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou successively jumped into the sea.

There is no obvious change in the upper body, but everyone collectively grows the tail of the mermaid, which is pretty good.

Ye Qi suddenly asked, "Yes, our legs have become tails. Will the pants still be there if they return to humans?"

Everyone "............"

This guy always thinks of strange questions.

Shao Qingge couldn't help crying. "It must have been that before I became the size of a thumb, and when I returned to an adult, the clothes were not broken. The deformation is a change in the overall shape. What are you thinking about?

Ye Qi's face turned slightly red, and she flicked her tail, quickly following everyone to swim forward.

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

Guiyuan Zhangdao said, "It's here."

Xiao Lou dived his head out of the water and found the desert island mentioned by Gui Yuanzhang.

There are no traces of ships around, and there are definitely few people here. Using the island on the sea as a temporary base is indeed safer. Xiao Lou said, "Everyone will settle down here first."

A group of people landed on the shore, and Lao Mo lowered Liu Qiao on his back. Xiao Lou used to hold Liu Qiao's wrist with his fingers. His pulse beat was normal. Injured. "

Yu Hanjiang frowned at Liu Qiao, who was placed on a large stone by Lao Mo. She is a mermaid princess. When she enters the sea, a tail automatically appears. The silver-white tail is two meters long. It is spread on the reef on the seashore. It shines with luster under the moonlight, and it is very beautiful.

Ye Qi sat beside Liu Qiao and said, "I don't know what the replicator ate for Liu Qiao? How long will she be in a coma?"

Xiao Loudao "If you are just fainted by drugs, the time will not be too long, you should be able to wake up tomorrow."

Everyone is concerned about when Liu Qiao will wake up. Yu Hanjiang suddenly said, "Are you sure, the Liu Qiao rescued is Liu Qiao himself?"

Chapter 444

Yu Hanjiang's words made the teammates stunned for a moment, and a chill came up at the same time.

There is no way to distinguish between the copying person and himself.

The card package can be handed over to other people. For example, Xiao Lou had given his card package to his teammates for safekeeping. In case Liu Qiao took control of Liu Qiao, the card package on her body was taken down and placed on the copy person. ?

With the card package alone, the identity cannot be determined.

If you want to determine whether Liu Qiao is yourself, you must check with her some secrets that only everyone knows and will not be found by the hunters, but now Liu Qiao is in a coma, and there is no way to determine whether he is himself.

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

Recalling his previous experience at the Mermaid Palace, Gui Yuanzhang frowned, "The process of rescuing Liu Qiao was indeed relatively smooth. We went to Liu Qiao's residence first, and we did not find her. I speculated that the copying person might have taken Liu Qiao to his For the palace, we went to Prince Xiaolou ’s palace and found the unconscious Liu Qiao in the fifth hall. "

Lao Mo added, "The" Xiao Lou "happened to be back at the time. There was a voice talking to the guards outside the door. I was pressed for time and I didn't think too much. I fled the palace directly with Liu Qiao behind him."

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

Yu Hanjiang asked, "Recently, Senior Senior and President Shao had a heart-to-heart relationship. President Shao said that the replicator had also found you at your residence, and he took you away after being stunned, right?"

Gui Yuanzhang nodded. "Yes, he took away the dummy that I painted with the magical skills of Ma Liang."

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang glanced at each other, and they always felt that there were some problems-why did Liu Qiao take Liuqiao to his palace? Or is it that Liu Bridge is actually a long-replicated copy, and has always been in his palace?

Before Liu Qiao woke up, nothing could be concluded.

Xiao Lou suggested that "be more cautious, or control Xiao Liu first. If she is a copy or a hunter, we can prevent it in the middle of the night while everyone falls asleep."

Shao Qingge suggested, "After Spade 8 was infected by the Zerg, did n’t you make me the size of a thumb and put it in a bottle of mineral water? I think it ’s possible to use this method. Enter the bottle and wait until she wakes up to verify her identity before releasing her. It is safer for us, and Xiao Liu should understand. "

After Spade 8 Shao was infected by the Zerg, everyone worried that he would attack his teammates before putting him into a bottle. Today, the situation is similar. Once Liu Qiao is a copy or hunter, he is likely to hurt his teammates behind his back.

When she became the size of her thumb, she had little attack power, which was safer for her and her teammates.

Gui Yuanzhang took the Thumbelina card from Liu Qiao's card case and made her smaller. So, Liu Qiao, the mermaid princess lying on the reef, became a thumb-sized fish.

Ye Qi took out the material supply card, dumped the water in a bottle of mineral water, then poured a bottle of sea water to the beach, and put Liu Qiao in.

Liu Qiao quickly sank to the bottom of the mineral water bottle because he was in a coma.

Everyone looked at the little fish in the bottle with a complex look.

The identities of other people have been checked. Xiao Lou found a stone to sit down and put the troubled blue fish tail to the side and said, "We think about the next plan. Return to the seniors and show me Liu Qiao's card." Look."

Gui Yuanzhang handed Liu Qiao ’s card package to Xiao Lou. Xiao Lou found that the duration of the Mermaid Princess skill on this card changed from the initial 2 hours to 8 hours. He said, "This Mermaid Princess card, Liu Xiaoping It may have been used several times, and the current length is already full, and the duration is up to 8 hours. "

Ye Qi wondered, "When did she use it? I haven't seen her become a mermaid."

Old Mo said, "The girl 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 practice the card level. We haven't seen her use it because the next few copies don't use it. On this card, I guess, she may have experimented with her being a private mermaid in the bathtub ... "

Thinking of the cruise ship Zhou Chang Liu Qiao even became a shark at the time, Ye Qi also felt that this possibility is very high. Liu Qiao is a girl who likes to take risks, and it is quite in line with her personality to be a boring person to become a mermaid.

It is for this reason that her full-level card has provided great convenience for everyone. Otherwise, if the card is still in its 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, "Every transformation lasts 8 hours, we can dive into the Mermaid Palace every night to investigate, and leave before dawn?"

Gui Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "The mermaid is active after dark, more energetic at night, and sleeps during the day, which should be reversed."

Xiao Lou knows, "Then wait till dawn to dive into the deep sea. Return to the seniors, Lao Mo, you first tell everyone about the situation of the mermaid."

Gui Yuanzhang sat next to him and whispered, "The system of the Mermaid is very simple. Usually, some small things are decided by the King, and the major things must be agreed by the elders. Including me, there are currently 7 elders in the Mermaid. Because The mermaid lives in the deep sea, and does not interact with other races. The clan people are more like family members. It is calculated that there are many close relatives of the mermaid clan, and all clan people have a close relationship. "

Mo Xuemin added, "The mermaid's palace is actually a large labyrinth. I have only figured out half of the area in recent days. The large area on the east has not yet been explored, but from the appearance, there are a few large Palace, in which there may be replicator laboratories? "

Gui Yuanzhang asked, "Is the key to the secret room investigation this time to copy people?"

Xiao Lou nodded. "Yes, we fled from the capital of the Luo Ke Empire to the Blue Empire, and we checked it step by step. The root of all this is the Noah's Ark plan more than 20 years ago. From all aspects of clues, only Only by completely ending the copying program will we be able to clear customs. "

Lao Mo looked at Xiao Lou with a complex face. "The Xiao Lou of the Mermaid is very powerful. In the past few days, he took us to investigate the shipwreck case. The analysis was thorough, and it was exactly the same as Professor Xiao himself ..."

Yu Hanjiang asked, "Where is that sunken ship? We have to check it out."

Lao Mo said, "It's very close to the Mermaid Palace. There are 10 human bones on the shipwreck, 8 males and 2 females. The oldest is more than 50 years old and the youngest is only 5 years old. It's a girl."

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

Gui Yuanzhang nodded. "The" Xiao Lou "said that according to the pelvis and bone age, it was a girl about 5 years old. I also checked the bones of the child. From the height, it looked like a girl about 5 years old. "

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

Ye Qi's eyes widened, "Professor Xiao's fiancee?"

Shao Qingge narrowed his eyes and said, “Do n’t forget, Lin Yan ’s mother, Professor Zhang Shaohua, also participated in the Noah ’s Ark Project, so it ’s normal for Miss Lin to have a copy. The group of people who fled the capital star that year were taken away. Lin Yan's copy person, or maybe they took away Lin Yan himself, and Lin Yan who stayed in the capital star is the copy person? "

Xiao Lou's face was white. "If Lin Yan who stays in the capital star is a copy person, then he can explain why your majesty didn't let me participate in the important engagement banquet, but let Xiao Building No. 2 attend ... The copy person and What kind of descendants will be born when the replicators get married? No one knows yet. Your majesty is probably trying to match those two replicators and do another experiment? "

Goose bumps on Ye Qi's body, "Wouldn't it be another version 30, 40!"

Lao Mo was confused. "What 30 edition?"

Ye Qi briefly explained, "The 10th version of the copy man is the first generation, and the human gene is fused with the Zerg gene. The 20 version is based on the 10 and the mermaid gene is fused. 30 and 40 have not yet appeared!"

Old Mo has a headache. "This is to use human genes as codes to study and transform? Have you studied different versions of the system? Does the institution that studies replicators also have the technology to destroy replicators?"

Tang Ci nodded solemnly, "It's like a system company that has mastered system bugs and antivirus software. If they want to destroy the system, there must be a special way."

Lu Jiuchuan touched his chin and concluded, "There are many replicators in this world. We will find all the replicators and completely terminate the Noah's Ark plan. Xiao Lou is the prince, and Xiao Luo shall inherit the throne; the Mermaid side The prince is a copy, and we have to support Liu Qiao, the mermaid princess. Only in this way will the world be on track? "

Everyone thought about it carefully and thought that the thoughts summarized by Jiu Ge were quite correct. Eliminating the interference of copying people is the goal of customs clearance.

Yu Hanjiang said, "Since we are here, we must first solve the problem of the mermaid. We have to find the replicator laboratory in the deep sea, and find the hands behind the replicator who have been studying replicators for years."

Xiao Loudao "Everyone will rest for a while, and we will go to the Mermaid Palace as soon as the day lights up."

A group of people sat on the reef by the sea with their tails neatly beside them. The moonlight was like water, and the fish scales on everyone's tail reflected a soft light.

Yu Hanjiang looked back at Xiao Lou's beautiful blue long tail, and then looked at his black tail, wondering, "The colors of the tails are different? Is there anything special about it?"

Guiyuan Zhangdao said, "The tails of different colors belong to different mermaid tribes. Silver is a symbol of royal blood. Blue, green, and black come from the three major mermaid races."

Xiao Lou said clearly, "The symbol of different races is the tail. How is the relationship between the three races?"

Gui Yuanzhang, "His Majesty the Mermaid is very prestigious. In my memory, the Mermaid has not had a war in recent decades."

Just then, Liu Qiao in the bottle suddenly opened his eyes.

She looked around and swam around in the bottle and found that she couldn't get out. She couldn't help asking “Professor Xiao? Why did you shut me up?”