Card Room - 304. Chapter 443-444

[Chapter 443 Mermaid Maze]

Time is very tight, Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin discussed a good countermeasure, and then returned to the Mermaid Palace.

From the outside, the mermaid palace looks like a huge “jellyfish”, with countless “small shell”-shaped buildings around, and the buildings are connected by transparent ribbons.

So far, Mo Xuemin has no idea what black technology is used in the building of the Mermaid Palace. It can float steadily in the ocean without falling or floating on the surface, just like being fixed there by a magical force. Same.

Mermaid people have lived in this sea for generations. In the first two days after entering the secret room, Gui Yuanzhang and Lao Mo were very unaccustomed to the fact that they “suddenly grow their tails”. After a few days of adaptation, they are now able to proficiently travel 200km/h in the deep sea. The extremely fast swimming.

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

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

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

In the past few days, in addition to following the “Xiao Lou” investigation, he has been walking around in the palace the rest of the time. Unfortunately, the maze is too big and he has very little time to act alone every day. At present, he only touches Cleared half of the area on the west side of the maze.

The Mermaid Labyrinth has a feature. There is a room at the end of each fork road. From the clues that Lao Mo currently has, this half of the area on the west side of the labyrinth has a total of 180 rooms, large and small.

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

Old Mo said, “We only have two hours. It would be too late to check all the rooms one by one.” He looked at Gui Yuan Zhang and said, “Should we go to Xiao Liu’s residence first? In case, she was just knocked out. , Lose 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 staying in her residence cannot be completely ruled out.

As a princess of the mermaid tribe, Liu Qiao lives in the largest palace on the west side of the palace. The shape of the palace is like a pink shell, which is very easy to recognize.

Since Lao Mo and Gui Yuanzhang often came here to look for Liu Qiao a few days ago, the two of them were familiar with the road, and soon they came to Liu Qiao’s residence based on their memory.

There were also guards at the door of the princess’s bedroom. Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin walked around to the side window and quickly turned the window in.

On the table in the living room is a plate of exquisite pastries, which is Liu Qiao’s favorite dessert.

The food of the merman tribe is mainly algae and small fishes and shrimps in the deep sea. This snack is made with seaweed as the main material. The green snacks are crystal clear and neatly placed on the plate, only the middle is missing. A piece, it should be eaten.

This snack is probably poisonous. Who brought it? Copy version Xiao Lou was here just now?

Gui Yuanzhang’s expression changed and he walked quickly to the door of the bedroom. He opened the door with his left hand and held the brush with his right hand, ready to attack the copy of Xiaolou that might appear at any time.

However, there was no one in the house, there was no trace of struggling, and even the bed was neat and tidy.

Gui Yuanzhang walked around the house and concluded: “Liu Qiao might have eaten the poisonous food brought by Xiao Lou, or maybe the other party controlled her with a method we didn’t know. Liu Qiao suddenly lost consciousness. Yes, there was no resistance at all.”

Lao Mo asked, “Does the mermaid have a place to imprison prisoners? Will Xiao Liu be locked up?”

Gui Yuanzhang shook his head: “The cell of the mermaid tribe is very far away. I remember that it was in the deepest part of the ocean. The surroundings were so dark that even a trace of light could not be seen, like hell. It would take only a few minutes for Liu Qiao to lose consciousness. She went to the deep sea to lock her up, then turned her head and stunned me. Time was too late. Liu Qiao should still be in the palace.”

Lao Mo thought about it carefully, and said: “The area on the west side of the palace is full of clansmen. After all, Liu Qiao is a mermaid princess. It is easy to be found if you take her there, so it is more likely that she will be taken. To the Eastern District?”

“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 a mermaid prince. He took his sister to his palace, even if he was seen, it would not arouse suspicion. Besides, it was his territory, he could always Watch Liu Qiao.”

Gui Yuan Zhang said, “Hurry up and look for it.”

The two quickly walked towards the prince’s palace.

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

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

The place where Xiao Lou lives looks very magnificent. The blue palace looks like a giant 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 hurricane hit, the sea water in the palace was blown violently, and a whirlpool soon formed not far away.

The guards’ expressions changed, and the tallest captain said, “How come there are whirlpools in the deep sea? You guys come with me and take a look over there.”

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 the surrounding partial halls did not go in at that time. From the appearance of the star-shaped building, it can be inferred that the palace has a total of five partial halls. Returning to Yuan Zhang said: “Let’s look for them one by one.”

The five rooms are not much, but Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin are a little dizzy——

Because the layout of the five partial halls is exactly the same, and they are connected to each other. What’s even stranger is that this palace in Xiaolou seems to be able to rotate. Every time you enter a side hall and come out, the direction will change. It is easy for people to be confused about “Have I been here?”

Gui Yuanzhang simply took out the [four-way arrow] and made a mark at the entrance of the side hall where he had been, so as not to repeat the entry.

The two walked through the four side halls, and none of Liu Qiao was found.

At the moment of entering the fifth hall, the captain of the guard’s voice suddenly came from outside: “His Royal Highness is back.”

Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin’s heart tightened, they hurriedly put away the arrow marks at the door of the four rooms, and walked into the last side hall.

The layout here is the same as in other places. The two of them walked quickly to the bedroom and looked intently—

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

Gui Yuanzhang strode to the bedside and stretched out his hand to try Liu Qiao’s breathing.

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

Lao Mo also walked over, flipped through Liu Qiao’s pocket, touched a familiar object, and said, “The card bag is still there.”

Gui Yuanzhang hurriedly said: “Put 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 me?”

The guard said: “No… By the way, your Royal Highness, a strange whirlpool appeared over there just now, and the whirlpool disappeared again when we went to check it out. I don’t know what happened.”

Xiao Lou smiled and said: “The occasional vortex may be related to the crustal movement on the sea floor, so don’t worry about it.”

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

There was no one on the oversized shell bed nearly 3 meters wide-Liu Qiao was gone.

Xiao Lou squinted slightly, staring thoughtfully at the opened window next to him.

Gui Yuanzhang and Mo Xuemin’s hearts beat extremely fast. It was almost the moment Xiao Lou opened the door and came in. They just turned the window and went out. Mo Xuemin found the [Invisibility Cloak] card from Liu Qiao’s card bag. , Cover Liu Qiao and put it on his back. Mr. Gui swiftly drew a trace of the wind with a brush.

Inside the Mermaid Palace, all tribesmen must walk on their legs, and there are too many forks in the corridors, there are obstacles everywhere, and it is not convenient to swim quickly with their tails exposed. Fortunately, the old brush can control the wind and wind direction. With the assistance of the brush, the two quickly fled the palace with Liu Qiao on their backs.

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

The legs of Mo Xuemin and Gui Yuanzhang turned into long tails in the sea. Every time the tail swings, they can swim out for several hundred 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 several people could be seen vaguely.

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

With joy, Lao Mo quickly swam towards the broken ship with Liu Qiao on his back, and Gui Yuanzhang took out the Ye Mingzhu card to illuminate the nearby sea.

Xiao Lou saw the familiar light, and shouted, “Is it belong to the senior?”

Gui Yuan Zhang said, “Well, we left the palace with Liu Qiao, and he will soon find that Liu Qiao is missing.”

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

But time is running out, and he has no time to think about it. Shao Qingge confirmed the authenticity of Gui Lao with his heart and soul, and nodded to Xiao Lou. Only then did Xiao Lou relieved and asked, “Is Xiao Liu’s card still there?”

Gui Yuan Zhang said: “It’s all here, do you plan to dive into the deep sea now? Or discuss the future plan first?”

If you rush into the deep sea, Xiao Lou said, “No hurry, since Xiao Liu has been rescued, let’s discuss what we should do next.”

Gui Yuanzhang thought carefully, and said: “I will take you to a deserted island. That island is far away from the mermaid tribe’s residence. It was discovered by chance when I was out with several mermaid elders many years ago. It should be It’s safer. In addition, Liu Qiao’s card can be transformed once a day. You have to adapt to the mermaid’s ability as soon as possible.”

Xiao Lou nodded and said, “Okay, seniors lead the way. Let’s become mermaids first and adapt 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 in the range into a mermaid.

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

Ye Qi touched his fish’s tail and stood on the boat awkwardly. He hurriedly supported Shao Qingge’s arm: “I feel like my legs are not his own anymore. How do I walk?”

Shao Qingge turned his head, looked at Ye Qi’s cute tail, and couldn’t help but chuckle, “It’s going to be in the water.”

After that, he suddenly grabbed Ye Qi’s hand and jumped directly into the sea.

Ye Qi can’t swim, he has an inborn fear of sea water. After he got into the water, a lot of sea water poured into his lungs. He just wanted to cough, but he found out that he didn’t feel the dull feeling of choking in his chest. He was soaked. In the sea, I don’t feel uncomfortable at all, just as natural as breathing air.

Shao Qingge dragged him to swim forward, Ye Qi tried to wag his tail, and his body moved forward several meters.

He thought it was amazing and looked back at Shao Qingge and said, “It seems that this is the talent of the mermaid clan. I don’t have to learn how to swim anymore. I can learn it without a teacher!”

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

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

Ye Qi suddenly asked: “By the way, our legs have become tails. If they become humans later, will the pants still be there?”

Everyone: “…”

This guy always thinks of weird questions.

Shao Qingge couldn’t laugh or cry: “It must have been, before I became the size of a thumb, and when I changed back to an adult, the clothes were not broken. Deformation is the change of the whole appearance. What are you thinking about?”

Ye Qi’s face reddened slightly, and he waved his tail, and quickly swam forward with everyone.

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

Gui Yuan Zhang said, “Here, it’s here.”

Xiao Lou poked his head out of the water, and as expected, he found the deserted island mentioned by Gui Yuanzhang.

No traces of ships were found around, and there must be very few people here at ordinary times. Using an isolated island on the sea as a temporary base is indeed safer, Xiao Lou said: “Everyone settle down here first.”

A group of people came ashore, and Lao Mo put down Liu Qiao on his back. Xiao Lou used to hold Liu Qiao’s wrist with his fingers. The pulse beating was normal. He said, “Xiao Liu should just be stunned. No injuries.”

Yu Hanjiang frowned and looked at Liu Qiao, who was placed on a large rock by Lao Mo. She is a mermaid princess. After entering the sea, a tail appeared automatically. The silver-white tail is two meters long. It spreads out on the reef by the sea and emits a shiny luster under the moonlight, which is very beautiful.

Ye Qi sat next to Liu Qiao and said, “I don’t know what the copyist ate for Liu Qiao? How long will she be in a coma?”

Xiao Lou said: “If you just get fainted by the drugs, it won’t be too long, you should be able to wake up tomorrow.”

Everyone was concerned about when Liu Qiao would wake up, and Yu Hanjiang suddenly said, “Are you sure, this Liu Qiao saved is Liu Qiao himself?”

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[Chapter 444 Plan]

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

There is no way to distinguish the copy person from the person in appearance.

The card holder can be handed over to other people. For example, Xiao Lou had previously given his card holder to his teammates for safekeeping. If No. 5 took control of Liu Qiao, he would take down the card holder from her and put it on the cloner. ?

The identity of the card package alone cannot be determined.

If you want to determine whether Liu Qiao is himself, you must check with her some secrets that only everyone knows and will not be found by the hunters, but now Liu Qiao is unconscious, and there is no way to determine whether he 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 smooth. We went to Liu Qiao’s residence first, but did not find her. It is speculated that the copyist probably took Liu Qiao to ourselves. We went to the palace of Prince Xiaolou and found Liu Qiao who was unconscious in the fifth hall.”

Lao Mo added: “At that time, the’Xiao Lou’ happened to come back, and there was a voice outside the door of him talking to the guard. I was short of time with Gui Lao, and I didn’t think too much, so I ran away from the palace with Liu Qiao behind his back.”

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

Yu Hanjiang asked: “Senior Gui and Mr. Shao were connected just now. Mr. Shao said that the copyist went to your residence to look for you, and he took you away after being stunned, didn’t he?”

Gui Yuanzhang nodded: “Yes, what he took away was the dummy I painted with the magic pen Ma Liang’s skills.”

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other, and they always felt that there were some problems-why did the 5th take Liu Qiao to his palace? Or is it that this Liu Qiao is actually a copy made a long time ago, and has been left in his palace?

Before Liu Qiao wakes up, nothing can be concluded.

Xiao Lou suggested: “Be more cautious, and control Xiao Liu first. In case she is a clone or a hunter, we can take precautions in advance while everyone is asleep in the middle of the night.”

Shao Qingge suggested: “After 8 of spades I was infected by the Zerg, didn’t you make me the size of a thumb and put it in a mineral water bottle? I think this method can be used to make Liu Qiao smaller. Put it in a bottle and let her out after she wakes up to check her identity. This is safer for us, and Xiao Liu should understand it.”

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

At the size of a thumb, she has no offensive 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 poured a bottle of sea water to the beach, and put Liu Qiao in it.

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

Everyone looked at the small fish in the bottle with complex expressions.

The identities of the others have been checked. Xiao Lou found a stone and sat down, put the blue fish’s tail in the way next to him, and said, “Let’s think about the next plan. It’s my senior, and give me Liu Qiao’s card. have a look.”

Gui Yuanzhang handed Liu Qiao’s card package to Xiao Lou. Xiao Lou discovered 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 peacetime, and the current length is full, and the duration is as long as 8 hours.”

Ye Qi wondered: “When did she use it? I haven’t seen her become a mermaid.”

Lao Mo said: “The girl Liu Qiao is very careful. She probably found that this card lasted too short, so she used it a few times to reach the card level. We haven’t seen her use it, because she used it several times later. Without this card, I guess, she may have been experimenting with a mermaid in the bathtub in private…”

Thinking that Liu Qiao had even changed into a shark at the time of the cruise ship Zhou Chang, Ye Qi also felt that this possibility was very high. Liu Qiao was a girl who likes to take risks. She was boring to become a mermaid by herself, which was quite in line with her personality.

It is precisely because of this that her full-level card provides great convenience to everyone. Otherwise, if the card is still in its initial state, becoming a 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. Can we sneak into the Mermaid Palace every night for investigation, and leave before dawn?”

Gui Yuanzhang shook his head and said, “The mermaid will be active after dark, and be more energetic at night, and sleep during the day. It should be the other way around.”

Xiao Lou was clear: “Then wait until dawn before diving into the deep sea. Go to senior, Lao Mo, you can first introduce the situation of the mermaid clan.”

Gui Yuanzhang sat next to him and said in a low voice, “The system of the Mermaid tribe is very simple. Usually, the king decides some small matters, and the big things must be agreed upon by the elders in a meeting. With me, there are currently 7 elders in the Mermaid tribe. Because mermaids live in the deep sea and don’t interact with other races, the tribes get along more like family members. Taking a closer look, the mermaid tribe has a lot of close relatives, and all tribes have kinship.”

Mo Xuemin added: “The mermaid palace is actually a large maze. I have only figured out half of the area in the past few days. The large area on the east hasn’t been explored yet, but from the outside, there are a few large. Palace, there may be a clone laboratory in it?”

Gui Yuanzhang asked, “Is the key to the investigation of the secret room this time being the copying person?”

Xiao Lou nodded: “Yes, we escaped from the capital star of the Loco Empire to the Azure Empire, step by step to find out, the root of all this is the Noah’s Ark plan more than 20 years ago. Judging from clues from all aspects, Only when the clone program is completely terminated can we pass the customs.”

Lao Mo looked at Xiao Lou with a complex expression: “The Xiao Lou of the Mermaid tribe is quite powerful. In the past few days, we have taken us to investigate the shipwreck case, and the analysis is very accurate. It is exactly the same as Professor Xiao himself…”

Yu Hanjiang asked, “Where is the sunken ship? We have to go and see too.”

Lao Mo said: “It is very close to the Mermaid Palace. There are 10 human bones on the shipwreck, 8 males and 2 females. The oldest is over 50 years old, and the youngest is only 5 years old. It is a girl.”

“5 years old?” Xiao Lou froze for a moment, and said, “The clones 20 years ago were catalyzed into 5-year-old children…Are you sure that the 5-year-old girl died?”

Gui Yuanzhang nodded: “The’Xiao Lou’ said, judging from the pelvis and bone age, it is a girl about 5 years old. I also checked the bones of that child, and judging from the height, it looks like a girl about 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 squinted his eyes and said, “Don’t forget, Lin Yan’s mother, Professor Zhang Shaohua, also participated in the Noah’s Ark Project. Therefore, it is normal for Miss Lin to have a copy. The group of people who fled the Capital Star back then should be taken away. Lin Yan’s copy, or maybe it was Lin Yan who they took away. Lin Yan who stayed in Capital Star was the copy?”

Xiao Lou’s face turned pale: “If Lin Yan, who stayed in Capital Star, is a copy, it can explain why your Majesty did not even let me attend the important engagement banquet, but let Xiao Lou No. 2 attend… the copy… No one knows what kind of offspring will be born to marrying the clones. Your Majesty probably wants to bring the two clones together and do another experiment?”

Ye Qi lost his goose bumps: “Wouldn’t it be that version 3.0 and version 4.0 will appear again!”

Old Mo was at a loss: “What version 3.0?”

Ye Qi simply explained: “The Replicator version 1.0 is the first generation, and the human gene is fused with the Zerg gene. Version 2.0 is the mermaid gene integrated on the basis of 1.0. 3.0 and 4.0 have not yet appeared!”

Old Mo had a splitting headache: “This is to study and modify human genes as codes? Different versions of the system have been developed? Does the institution that research clones also master the technology to destroy clones?”

Tang Ci nodded solemnly: “Just like the system company has mastered system bugs and anti-virus software, if they want to destroy the system, they must have a special way.”

Lu Jiuchuan touched his chin and concluded: “There are many replicators in this world. We need to find out all the replicators and completely terminate the Noah’s Ark Project. Xiao Lou is the prince, and Xiao Lou should inherit the throne in the Luo Ke Empire; By the way, the prince is a copycat, and we need to support Liu Qiao, the mermaid princess, to the upper position. Only in this way will the world be on the right track?”

Everyone thinks about it carefully, and they all think that the idea summarized by Brother Jiu is quite correct. Eliminating the interference of the duplicators is everyone’s goal of customs clearance.

Yu Hanjiang said: “Since it’s here, we must first solve the problem of the mermaid tribe. We have to find the clone laboratory in the deep sea and find out who has been studying clones for these years.”

Xiao Lou said: “Everyone, rest for a while, and we will go to the Mermaid Palace at dawn.”

A group of people sat on the rock by the sea, their tails neatly draped beside them. The moonlight is like water, and the fish scales on everyone’s tails reflect a soft light.

Yu Hanjiang looked back at Xiao Lou’s beautiful blue long tail, then at his black tail, and said in doubt, “The tail color is different? Is there anything special about it?”

Gui Yuan Zhang said: “The tails of different colors belong to different mermaid tribes. Silver is the symbol of royal blood. Blue, green and black come from the three major mermaid races.”

Xiao Lou said clearly: “The sign of different races is the tail. What about the relationship between the three races?”

Gui Yuanzhang: “The current Mermaid is very prestigious. In my memory, the mermaid 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. She couldn’t help but asked in confusion, “Professor Xiao? Why did you lock me up?”