books44 Chapter 311 The 70s (9)
Chapter 311 The 70s (9)
"It's all because you have such a sharp tongue, girl. I'm just keeping things quiet for you," General He said with a smile.
"I don't have a bad mouth, do I? Don't slander me!"
"You have a sharp tongue, but you'll slack off whenever you can!" General He chuckled. "Come on, follow me, I'll take you to see the original."
After General He spoke, no one else offered any further opinions, and they silently followed behind the two men.
Wangyou never expected that a base would be built beneath this island. Looking at the ranks of the people behind her, well, they were all high enough, they must be core members of the island. Si Ran was even among them.
After passing through several doors and completing the identity verification, we soon arrived at the door of a house.
Wangyou had been observing the base closely. It seemed that she had thoroughly studied the materials she had sent out over the years, and the current level of development was probably around the 1990s.
Although this security door looks impressive, there are many things inside that scientists haven't fully figured out yet. Wangyou could dismantle a hundred of them in a minute without any trouble.
Upon opening the door, Wangyou first saw a crystal coffin. The coffin was upright, and inside lay a creature with a human head and a fish tail, whose features were quite handsome.
"Did you capture this merman?"
"The ship that went out to sea hit a reef, and someone fell in. They found a huge seashell underneath, and when they opened it, they found this merman and this information."
"Someone wants to use the merfolk's desire for immortality and wants to drag me into this, right?" Wangyou said expressionlessly, looking at the person behind her.
They all fell silent, unable to refute the claim that, despite the pretense of researching unnatural phenomena, everyone knew the truth.
"Legend has it that eating mermaid flesh can grant immortality, but who knows that everything comes at a price?" Wangyou circled the mermaid for a while, noticing a piece of flesh missing from its fishtail. "Who ate its flesh?"
“Nobody ate it; they just cut off a small piece for research,” one of the researchers said.
"So what have you figured out?"
There are no results yet.
"Uncle He, I won't beat around the bush. The curse of the merfolk is extremely powerful. I don't care whether that piece of flesh was used for experiments or eaten by someone, within half a month, these people will grow fish scales on their bodies and eventually become monsters that are neither human nor ghost." Wangyou's tone became much colder.
She knew there were many dark places in the world, but she never imagined that one day she would be involved in them.
"Don't exaggerate!" the researcher said, his tone blustering but his voice betraying his fear.
“You’ll experience a reaction within three days of eating mermaid flesh. Your reaction isn’t from eating it, is it?” Wangyou suddenly leaned closer and said.
"Forget-Me-Not, is that curse you mentioned real?"
"Of course it's true. It's recorded on these silk ribbons, and it's not dead yet!" Wangyou put down the documents in her hand and suddenly looked at the mermaid in the crystal coffin. The mermaid's eyes didn't even have time to close.
"What about our bodies?" an old man couldn't help but ask.
“You are protected by the nation’s destiny, and since you haven’t had close contact with them, you’re fine. But these researchers are the ones who are unlucky.” Wangyou got up and prepared to leave.
"Save me!" the merman cried out. Wangyou paused for a moment, then went out anyway. "General He, if possible, please deal with this as quickly as possible. That merman is no ordinary merman."
How do you know so much?
"Read more books when you have free time. Besides, I have a third eye, which, from a feudal superstition perspective, means I have the ability to see ghosts." Wangyou wasn't afraid of anything happening.
"Don't leave the island for now. I'll report what's going on here as soon as possible. Let's sign a confidentiality agreement first!" After everyone signed the confidentiality agreement, General He quickly left.
They are being too attached to appearances, always wanting that person to live a little longer. But if that person becomes neither human nor ghost, it would be a desecration of that person, and they would be sinners against the Dragon Kingdom.
Wangyou didn't get involved in what happened after that, and she didn't inquire about what happened to the merman in the end, pretending not to know anything about it.
Before, Wangyou would play with her little niece, nephew, and other children in the village. But now that she's on the island, she plays with Qingyang and Qingyu.
Qingyang and Qingyu's wooden guns and airplanes were very popular among the children, and the two of them successfully became the kings and queens of the neighborhood. Wangyou, the older child, was especially loved by a group of children.
Wangyou also likes to play with children, as long as they aren't unruly kids.
After confirming with Qian Xiaohua that she indeed had no plans to take the college entrance examination, Wangyou stopped asking.
Seeing the children looking at the brothers' guns and airplanes with envy, Wangyou thought that since he had nothing better to do, he might as well teach them how to make wooden airplanes.
The version taught by Wangyou was definitely not the refined version taught by Qingyang and Qingyu, but a simplified version. However, the children were still very happy with the simplified version.
Since not everyone is good at handling wood, Wangyou saw that there were many useless old newspapers at home, so she simply taught them how to make paper airplanes and paper guns.
When she gets into the mood, she'll explain the principles behind it to them, but the kids probably won't understand; they'll just think, "Wow, this pretty lady knows so much!"
"Ever since Aunt Qian Xiaohua came, my kids have become so much cleaner!" the military wives said with a smile as they watched Wangyou playing enthusiastically with her children.
"That's right. Before, getting my son to wash his feet was like a battle. Now I don't even have to urge him. He washes them every day, and after he's done, he even asks me if they smell nice!"
“My son Hu Zi is even more so. He said he couldn’t let Qingyang and the others’ great-aunts down.”
"I heard it's because of the wooden gun and the wooden airplane. The gun looks just like the real thing, and the wooden airplane can even fly in the sky. Not to mention my child, I want to see it every day."
"Look, isn't that plane taking off again?" As soon as she said that, the aunties and sisters-in-law chatting in the family compound stopped gossiping and started staring at the plane. They had never seen a really big one before, but they were happy to look at the smaller ones.
Soon, the residential compound was filled with the cheers and laughter of children.
After that, Qingyang demonstrated how to use his small wooden gun, killing a bird with it.
The children jumped for joy, but the aunties chatting were stunned. Wasn't this a block of wood? He actually killed a bird just like that. Although it was an accident, there was no denying that it was a living creature!
"We're not mistaken, so are you sure it's made of wood and not real?"
"I'm not sure anymore. I wonder if Xiangyang left the gun at home and the kids secretly took it out!"
"Is it true? I even heard a gunshot!"
Upon hearing this, the gossipers couldn't continue their gossip. They sent a representative to report to the military region, while the others carefully surrounded the children, preparing to seize the guns when they weren't paying attention.
"What are you ladies up to?" Wangyou asked, glancing at the suspicious-looking crowd.