ITGR Chapter 82

It is said that before a person dies, his mind will experience a revolving lantern of life. In just a few seconds, all the unforgettable or forgotten memories will appear before his eyes.

Pan remembered the Guide nurse who took care of him before he reached school age, a female classmate who treated him well at school, and Cen Zhen, the only one who he could refer to as a friend in the White Tower. Just when he was about to think of YaoJin, the volume of the calling in his ears directly penetrated his brain and messed up the revolving lantern. 

It’s so annoying, Pan thought. Fine if he can‘t see the one he longs for in person, but even reminiscing about him isn’t allowed? 

Then, another long calling, like a sharp dagger cutting off his thoughts, the sound was beautiful and ethereal, as if it was chanted by the soul, enveloping him in all directions. 

The monitor recorded this scene perfectly, and at the same time, it also broadcast the ethereal song in real-time. ShouHe slightly widened his eyes, a little surprised and a little excited. Lian Yu on the other hand did not hide his excitement. He seemed to have forgotten that Cen Zhen was still injured. He patted Cen Zhen’s shoulders three times and asked him to open his eyes. 

The masked man was so angry he felt his lungs were about to explode. What did he see?! He saw deep-water mermaids jumping up and down on the sea surface one after another. In just a few seconds, they formed a tall tower with their bodies piling on top of each other. 

On the fish tower was a shallow-water mermaid with exceptional beauty. He was embraced by a deep-water mermaid. Pan’s falling figure reflected in his eyes, and the mermaid lowered his long and thick eyelashes, opened his lips, and sang a syllable loudly— 

Mermaids are the sea’s blessed darling. With this chant, the treacherous sea surface became calm, and the whistling sea breeze became gentle as if even time had slowed down. Like a soft feather, a member of the mermaids’ lifesavers was rescued and lifted by the mermaid tower that rose steadily from the sea surface. 

In an instant, the towering mermaid tower collapsed, and the deep-water mermaids jumped down from all sides in an organized and disciplined manner and re-entered the sea. The sea provided them with a natural barrier, and they used their bodies to cover up Pan’s entire body, allowing the bullets to hit their hard fish scales not bothered. 

Cen Zhen saw this scene from the monitoring screen. It was quite a spectacular and gorgeous scene. When the shallow-water mermaid sang, he got goosebumps all over his arms. But the only flaw was: “Deep-water-mermaids… are truly ugly.” 

The shallow-water mermaid perfectly meets the fantasy of earthlings about mermaids and even exceeds expectations. They are so beautiful, it’s breathtaking. But deep-water mermaids… rather than mermaids, Cen Zhen thinks it is more appropriate to call them fish people. The gills of the fish people are openly grown on their cheeks, opening and closing with their breathing. They have no nose, which makes their faces flat. Furthermore, their mouths are shaped like fish mouths, naturally pouting outwards, and so are their eyeballs, pouted with red blood vessels clearly visible. Their skin is covered with scales, their nails are long and black, and their hands and feet are extremely large with webbed feet.

“Hahaha.” Lian Yu laughed happily, “It’s said in their names that they live in the deep sea, and there are no other fish there, so they grow freely… although they do be growing a bit too freely.” 

“Although both are mermaids, their appearances are very different. Standing together, the contrast is even stronger.” 

“It seems to be a problem of naming. In fact, these two are completely different races. It’s just that their names are similar, which leads many people to tie them together.” 

“Cen Zhen, Lian Yu.” ShouHe turned his head and said seriously: “Don’t discriminate against races. Respect the appearance of every race.” 

“……” 

Although there was no intention of discrimination, Cen Zhen still nodded obediently, and even Lian Yu didn’t dare to quibble, he followed Cen Zhen’s lead to shut up and nod humbly… Of course, there was no respect within his actions. It’s just that this familiar serious tone reminded him of the dark history of being chased and beaten by the big brother Shou the Guardian of the Galaxy when they were in opposition, and the little Sentinel couldn’t dare to act rashly. 

There are many smart sensitive slaves. They realized the abnormality ASAP and judged that there was something wrong with the slave chip. The news spread quickly. At first, everyone was still afraid to make a move, thinking that it was their fantasy, imagining there was something wrong with the slave chip. After all, the Slave Market made a living from this thing. For many years, there has never been any problem. Are they too eager to survive and are having illusions? Yet, once the first fearless bird makes a fuss, the whole ship will fall into a terrible riot in an instant. 

Slave Arena was the first to fall into chaos. Participants here were desperado with no way out. Moreover, when selecting war slaves, the sellers and the Slave Market preferred those who couldn’t stay calm, were impulsive, and easily provoked. 

Who cares about the rules and restricted areas? Thought the war slaves. They picked up their weapons and started fighting with the masked killers. Even more of them went straight to the exit. 

The chaos outside the Slave Arena was even more terrifying. Within a few minutes, countless buyers with “honorable” identities were killed by slaves who newly acquired freedom. Some slaves were controlled by something besides the chip, and could only helplessly protect their masters in the chaos. However, they all longed for freedom and hoped this fire could completely burn the ship that had sailed for a hundred years. 

ShouHe glanced at the chaos in the Slave Arena, pointed at the masked man who could no longer care about them, and asked Lian Yu: “Where is this guy?” 

The masked man raised his head in shock and fear. His location was top secret. Even the guests who paid great money could only contact him remotely…… Would these slaves in front of him know? 

“It’s on the far left of the sixth floor, behind a hidden door. It’s a bit difficult to find, but if it’s you, just walk to the end of the hallway and lift the surrounding walls.” Lian Yu blurted out without thinking, as familiar as if he was pointing the way to the toilet in his own home. 

In an instant, the masked man cut off the video fearfully, but ShouHe had already disappeared on the spot along with the darkening screen. How could Lian Yu tolerate this? Letting this stupid masked man come and go as he pleases? Did he agree? Who does he think, the Dark Sentinel 1802, is? He immediately carried Cen Zhen on his back, jumped before the control panel, and started to operate.

Cen Zhen felt uncomfortable with his child-carrying posture and wanted to laugh at his behavior of always wanting to keep him close. He patted Lian Yu’s shoulder to signal him to put him down. As Lian Yu typed on the keyboard, he asked without looking back: “You okay?… By the way, what happened just now?”

“I saw that you didn’t ask, and thought you guessed it already…” Cen Zhen leaned against the control panel to rest. He used too much mental energy, and his head is now dizzy. “I think I gained some understanding of Zhou Qingchang’s theory… The masked killer is a cyborg, with simple thinking and easy to control. I tried to control them through their mental network just now. It is true, Zhou Qingchang has been stuck in the wrong direction. The direction he has always studied is a single-line attack. When in reality, the correct way should be web invasion. “

“You were really able to control them?? “Lian Yu paused, “I guessed this, but I still felt terrified when I heard it myself. Being able to control a person’s entire movement through thoughts, it’s scary to think about.”

“But when I know that the controller is you.” Lian Yu changed the subject, “It became so cool… Brother A-na, f— me.”

Cen Zhen automatically filtered out the last sentence of sexual harassment and shook his head: “It takes too much mental energy, and you can’t do much. It’s still a very useless skill at the moment.”

“Wait, didn’t you say that Zhou Qingchang’s theories are all gobbledygook, and you can’t understand a single word?”

“……”

Original Author’s Note: 

I know it’s short, I know, I’m working on it. QWQ.