The Ancient Mermaid Transmigrated to the Interstellar

This missing chapter 51

When he came to the mecha hall with Lin Nan and Zhuang Zhiye in the afternoon, Ji Mingjiang was still a bit distracted.

At noon, Clarice refused his spiritual counseling again on the grounds that the people he had seen in the morning had not shown any signs of abnormality. He needed to go to the office again in the afternoon to see if Menguse Hollimawi would do anything else afterwards.

Ji Mingjiang felt that it was a bit too difficult for Clarice to be the emperor. He then forcefully demanded that a small group of extremely low-activity mental powers be stuffed into this person’s spiritual sea.

That group of mental powers can be remotely controlled by him, and it will play its own role when it detects that Clarice’s spiritual sea has gone manic. Simply put, it will paste onto the face of the Black Dragon that is starting to cause damage and then activate the forced sleep mode.

At that time, after listening to Clarice’s arrangement, he had already blurted out this request. It took him a few seconds to realize with bewilderment that letting other people’s mental power stay in one’s own spiritual sea for a long time is a very dangerous behavior.

Obviously, after hearing his words, Clarice also froze for a moment.

But before Ji Mingjiang could dismiss this sentence with some remorse, the other party inexplicably chuckled and agreed to his request ahead of him.

“Really? Didn’t you suspect that I was a spy for the Federation at the beginning? Isn’t it a bit too hasty to agree so easily…”

Confusion, doubt, hatred for iron not becoming steel, and a little happiness intertwined on Ji Mingjiang’s face. Fortunately, the wide hood and the shadow it cast almost covered his entire face. The small part of his chin was exposed, which didn’t make the two people walking beside him notice that something was wrong.

Zhuang Zhiye noticed that Ji Mingjiang spoke a little less today. However, upon closer reflection, he realized that among the three of them, only Lin Nan would keep talking all the time without letting others initiate the conversation. Perhaps he was thinking too much.

Lin Nan, on the other hand, was still immersed in his own world, walking in the middle with a look of shock and accusation, talking about his bizarre experience this morning.

“Are you two paying attention to what I’m saying?! A mermaid! Such a beautiful little mermaid is so violent when playing games, and there’s no room for me to butt in at all!”

“Although the game mode is different, the fighting style of that little mermaid is really similar to that of Yu Quanquan!” Seeing that Ji Mingjiang ignored him, Lin Nan had a flash of inspiration and quickly recalled what he had said when he had just finished playing those two games. He fiercely hooked his arm around the other party’s neck and said with gritted teeth, “Tell me honestly, did you teach that little mermaid!”

One second before Lin Nan’s arm was put on him, Ji Mingjiang was still thinking about whether there would be any accidents with Clarice this afternoon. The speed of his brain’s transmission of instructions slowed down a little by a second, and then he was staggered by the other party.

Without answering his question, Ji Mingjiang lowered his head, and his first reaction was, “Lin Nan, why are you still standing on tiptoe?”

“hahahahahahahaha.”

When Zhuang Zhiye’s unscrupulous laughter reached his ears, Ji Mingjiang blinked and looked at Lin Nan, who was flushed with anger.

“Yu Quanquan! You’re dead. I will smash your mecha today!!!”

Watching Lin Nan’s angry figure gradually go away, Ji Mingjiang had an innocent look on his face.

The truth is, he really didn’t react just now and didn’t mean to poke the kid’s sore spot.

“I’m dying of laughter. We usually joke about his height. You’re stepping on the right toe.”

After Zhuang Zhiye finished laughing and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, he patted Ji Mingjiang on the shoulder and asked with a straight face, “Have you encountered any troubles? If so, you can speak up. Although Lin Nan and I are only students now, we can still help if it’s some harmless little problem.”

At first, he really thought that the other party was just being his taciturn self. It wasn’t until Lin Nan grabbed the man’s neck just now that Zhuang Zhiye realized that Yu Quanquan’s mood today seemed off.

Based on his usual reaction speed in the simulated mecha battle, it’s abnormal for him to not avoid Lin Nan in time.

Not expecting Zhuang Zhiye to say this, Ji Mingjiang gave him a somewhat surprised look, then shook his head and said, “It’s my …… friend who encountered some problems, but it’s not serious. I’m just a little worried.”

After frankly expressing his worries about Clarice, Ji Mingjiang coughed lightly and changed the subject to: “He should be able to handle it. Let’s go to Lin Nan first. I feel like he’s getting antsy. ”

Seeing that he didn’t want to talk more, Zhuang Zhiye didn’t ask any more questions. They walked into the mech hall quickly and chose the mech they were familiar with.

Just after the two of them installed the neural connector, a team invitation popped up in front of them. Ji Mingjiang glanced at the type of session and raised his eyebrows with interest.

Although Lin Nan was shouting that he was going to teach them a lesson when he threw them off, he probably felt that it was too boring to PK with low-intelligence disruptors or get hammered by Ji Mingjiang. Aggrieved, Lin Nan chose the 3v3 mode this time, and the three of them challenged other teams as teammates.

Although the results in this team formation mode will not be included in the ranking of the Thousand Player List, Ji Mingjiang does not need to rely on his ranking to gain entrance to the military headquarters, and his interest in the new mode undoubtedly outweighs the idea of ranking.

Without too much hesitation, Ji Mingjiang quickly clicked the [Accept Invitation] button.

The scene changed and turned into the familiar and disgusting rainforest map. The difference from last time was that today the three of them were not sent to the corners of the map but appeared together beside a lake.

“careful!”

Just as Ji Mingjiang’s mental power was probing out, the next second he sensed movement from the lake.

As soon as he finished speaking, as if knowing its existence had been detected, a giant dark green crocodile suddenly jumped out of the lake, aiming to bite Ji Mingjiang, who had just issued an early warning.

“…” Lin Nan and Zhuang Zhiye, who were about to avoid it, stopped in their tracks and looked indifferently at the ferocious crocodile being hammered into the wet ground by the silver-white mecha.

“Let’s go.” Realizing that this thing was coming for himself, Ji Mingjiang’s tension dissipated. After casually solving the crisis, he enlarged the map on the screen in front of him, observed the three red dots that were almost diagonally positioned with them, and took the lead in leaving this lake.

“It’s exactly the same, Zhuang Zhiye!” After silently watching the whole process, Lin Nan remembered his own conspiracy and became more convinced that Cub Jiang and Yu Quanquan must know each other on the ground that “Yu Quanquan avoided the question he raised”.

“… Have you ever thought about a question?” Seeing Lin Nan’s indignant expression, Zhuang Zhiye couldn’t help but say.

“In current time, once the mermaids in the Empire are discovered, they will be sent to the foster center for care and social education. After Cub Jiang’s first live broadcast, the foster center put some of his information on the official website for reference. In the record, it’s clearly stated that Ji Mingjiang went through a period of transition in the foster center after being discovered and was then directly matched with His Majesty.”

Hearing Lin Nan’s sudden stagnant breathing in the loudspeaker, Zhuang Zhiye continued coldly: “The foster center is certainly not a place that teaches Cub Jiang to develop this kind of fighting style, so are you sure you still want to question him non-stop?”

“But, His Majesty, he shouldn’t be so idle…” Lin Nan’s voice became lower the more he talked, and he finally slapped himself silently in Zhuang Zhiye’s silent reply.

“I won’t ask anymore; I don’t know anything, and I haven’t found anything!”

This 3v3 game ended without any suspense with the victory of Ji Mingjiang’s side. Because he was worried about Clarice’s situation, although the little water ball currently placed in the other party’s mental sea didn’t show any abnormalities, Ji Mingjiang still had no intention of continuing to play.

After talking to the two, he clicked the button to exit the game. Ji Mingjiang jumped directly from the mecha cabin suspended in midair to the ground.

Lin Nan, who also opened the hatch and was setting up the ladder, had a flash of surprise in his eyes when he saw this scene, and then his breath stopped again.

“Why didn’t the two of you come out?” Ji Mingjiang pulled his hat brim back and asked with some confusion when he heard two breaths coming from behind.

Lin Nan leaned half of his body on Zhuang Zhiye’s body listlessly and replied, “I suddenly remembered that there’s still homework to be done. We plan to go back and make up for our homework.”

After finishing speaking, under the obstruction of Zhuang Zhiye, who silently poked his waist with his fingers, Lin Nan still yelled in his usual normal tone: “By the way, Yu Quanquan, you haven’t told us your name yet, and we don’t even know what you look like; it’s too unfair!”

One second, Ji Mingjiang was still wondering why Lin Nan looked sluggish even after winning the game, and the next second, he choked on his question.

After pondering for a while, Ji Mingjiang decided to tell the truth.

“It’s because I’m worried that if you know my name and appearance, you’ll be afraid to play with me in the future.” Ji Mingjiang relaxed his shoulders, and a strand of dyed black hair slipped out of the hood that lifted upward with his movements.

This is indeed a point of concern for him.

Although students are always more rebellious than adults, under the influence of mainstream social ideology, the embarrassment of knowing his identity as a mermaid is one aspect. If Lin Nan and Zhuang Zhiye dare not pull him to play these fighting games, where can he go to cry for injustice?

Noticing Lin Nan’s trance-like eyes and thinking that he was sad because he didn’t know the true identity of his friend or doubting their friendship, Ji Mingjiang pulled his hat, adjusted his wording slightly, and said, “Don’t worry, I won’t keep hiding it. I should be able to tell you my name soon.”

He has no interest in being a delicate and weak mermaid for more than ten years.

“Oh, ok…” Lin Nan nodded slowly; his mind completely stopped. After Ji Mingjiang’s figure suddenly disappeared, he grabbed Zhuang Zhiye’s arm as if waking up from a dream. His five fingers forcefully left a few wrinkles on his clothes, and he said with a dazed face, “This…Is this true? Are we playing games with His Majesty every day? I even hooked His Majesty’s neck and yelled that I was going to hammer him???”

“Am I finished…”

Looking at Lin Nan, whose voice was getting higher and higher, and the crowd who heard the sound in the distance, Zhuang Zhiye raised his hand, which was also somewhat weak, and covered his mouth fiercely, saying, “Shut up; if you want to talk, wait til we get back to the dormitory!”

After exiting the holographic mode, he perceived some of Clarice’s mental power that still remained in the bedroom. Feeling the familiar atmosphere, Ji Mingjiang’s nerves, which had just been relaxed because of the game, tensed up again, and at the same time he was very irritable.

Although the game was 40 minutes long, Clarice has just left for a short time, and he definitely hasn’t finished his work yet…

Although the little water ball he put in Clarice’s spiritual sea still didn’t show any abnormalities or convey any anxious emotions to him…

Although with his hearing and probing mental power, he hasn’t detected the different personnel deployments in the palace…

But!

Ji Mingjiang’s tail lightly and heavily tapped on the water, and his fingers unconsciously caressed the case of the light brain. He was still so worried!

Don’t let the fish worry, Clarice!

When this guy comes back, he must use his mental power to severely beat the black dragon in his spiritual sea, who likes to make trouble!

Even though he was thinking so in his heart, Ji Mingjiang’s anger was still directed towards Menguse Hollimawi and the instigator behind him.

Although he knew that Clarice had more reliable sources of information than netizens, Ji Mingjiang couldn’t help but turn on his light brain and search for the government employee’s identity information.

He entered the keywords in the search engine and looked for comments about this person on Starnet. Afterwards, he searched through Starnet forums and various other game forums.

When the sky was gradually getting dark, Ji Mingjiang raised his head from the light brain, rolled up a handful of cool water with his tail fin, and poured it on his head. The more sober Ji Mingjiang lowered his eyes and looked at the network of relationships he had discovered this afternoon after peeling the cocoons.

His slender fingers pointed at the name Menguse Hollimawi and then traced it all the way, from the interview he had when he was first admitted to the government to this interviewer and then to the Minister of Finance. Then, following this minister’s network of connections and the list of names that had appeared…

Finally, his finger was hanging on the name Larina Feder.

And Ji Mingjiang happened to be quite familiar with this name. It was the one he had seen on those two pages of the Orfield family when Clarice had asked him to familiarize himself with those five noble families before.

The location is below Bisna Orfield, and the identity is Bisna Orfield’s lover.

“What kind of bullshit aristocrats? They have a lot of small tricks up their sleeves. Not even a bit of self-restraint.”

Ji Mingjiang sneered. He had experienced a basket of intrigues and conflicts in his previous life, none of which had as much underlying scheme as the Orfield family.

Just as he was planning to tell Clarice about this speculation when he returned, the water ball, which hadn’t had any movement until now, suddenly trembled violently.

After Ji Mingjiang manipulated the water ball to burst and tried to use the splash of mental power to appease the frantic black dragon, the split mental power completely cut off contact with him.

“!”

The forcible cutting off of his mental power still affected him to a certain extent. After the sudden shock, Ji Mingjiang pressed his swollen temples. No one responded to the message he sent. He glanced at the pitch-black sky behind him and stood up directly from the water.

The drops of water soaked in the night slid across his muscular calves and fell silently on the plush carpet. Ji Mingjiang strode to Clarice’s wardrobe and pulled out a set of clothes that seemed to have not been worn before putting them on.

In the hasty movement, his eyes were extraordinarily clear.

The guards who appear to have received strict training outside have not yet been transferred, and Rowlett hasn’t sent him a message using the excuse of “busy work” like last time to deceive him or remind him to pay attention to safety. This indicates that Clarice’s problem shouldn’t be serious, at least not to the extent of a mental breakdown.

“…Clarice, you must not die outside.”

After taking out a cloak with a hat from the wardrobe again, Ji Mingjiang carefully tucked in his hair and looked at himself wrapped tightly in the mirror, muttering.