Chapter 9:

When Ruan Bai woke up again, she could clearly feel that her body was damp, as if she was soaked in water, and the slightest chill almost penetrated her skin and penetrated into her bones.
She bit the tip of her tongue, and the sharp pain made her confused brain instantly wake up.
She dared not lose consciousness in a strange place, let alone the current situation, very bad.
The only thought she had before she fell into a coma was that Wang Wenwen estimated that she had cooperated with an adult man in the village.
And since she is still alive, it means that her idea is not wrong, otherwise she should have lost her legs and died tragically in the wilderness.
She was negligent.
In the escape game, how can the danger only come from ghosts, and NPC is also a threat.
Those adult men whose whereabouts are unknown are really weird.
Ruan Bai frowned and reluctantly sat up from the ground.
At this moment, she was being with her hands and feet and thrown into a place similar to a pool. The water around her could fill her belly.
There was a damp and cold darkness everywhere, almost no light could penetrate, and I didn't know where there was a way out.
The only better thing is that the villagers didn't hurt her for some reason, but just threw her here.
Perhaps it was because she was small, or because she felt that she would not be able to escape tonight. The rope was so loose that Ruan Bai didn't lose much energy and broke free.
Next to her, it happened to be a female white-collar worker who was also tied up.
After being awakened by Ruan Bai’s movement, the female white-collar worker tore the kindly disguise on her face, revealing a look of resentment and fear: "I actually lost to a sixteen-year-old... I was actually deceived by her. ..."
"Would you like to go out?"
Before she finished speaking, a woman's hoarse voice suddenly sounded around.
Ruan Bai took a breath.
This is... the voice of the third person.
It is night, and night, it happens to be the peak of danger.
Maybe it was too angry. The female white-collar worker didn't notice that something was wrong, but scolded back in angrily: "Otherwise? Of course I have to go out, dare to lie to me, I must make her look good-"
"That's great, I want to go out too."
The female voice smiled faintly.
Her voice became distorted in an instant with extreme excitement: "But I'm not a normal person, I don't have legs... Will you give me your legs?"
As the female voice fell, the female white-collar's voice of resentment stopped abruptly.
Ruan Bai stiffened his body and looked around with his eyes, only to see that the expression on the female white-collar's face was frozen.
Her body seemed to be split into two by an invisible knife, and her lower/half/body disappeared without a trace.
She is dead.
The strong smell of blood spread along the female white-collar's wound, toward the pool water, and the dark blood stains merged into the water flow, as if there was still a warm breath.
In a daze, Ruan Bai seemed to understand why the villagers let them go.
Because they knew that she couldn't survive tonight.
After taking away the two legs of the female white-collar worker, the "third party" began to move.
As she moved slowly, the originally silent water in the pool began to wave layer after layer.
The blood filled Ruan Bai's side. She didn't dare to move or react. She could only grit her teeth and pray that the other party would not find herself.
However, it didn’t take long before she felt something stroke her feet—
Cold, smooth, as sticky as the surface of a fish scale...
In the next second, a soft, cheerful voice came from behind Ruan Bai's ear.
"caught you."
She found herself!
At the same time, the system's prompt sound came over: [D! Please pay attention to the host, random tasks are released-please use the white lotus love and kindness to impress the enemy and get rid of the crisis of death! 】【In addition, due to the dangerous situation, the points reward is doubled, and you can get 1000 points for successfully completing the task! ] Ruan Bai: "..."
Is the system crazy to want her to impress this terrifying mermaid?
She can kill people!
However, even if his heart broke down again, Ruan Bai took a deep breath and calmly analyzed the current situation.
First of all, this mermaid should be able to communicate.
Through the conversation between her and the female white-collar worker just now, and then thinking about how she was obviously irritated by Gu San last night, Ruan Bai discovered that not only can she understand human words, but her brain is capable of logical thinking.
What she has to do is to hold the other side first.
She doesn't know the role of the mermaid bell, it's not good to take it out, or else, just mention someone related to the mermaid...
Thinking of this, she didn't hesitate, and immediately said: "I am a researcher, and I came to this village to investigate!"
The mermaid's movements suddenly stopped.
After feeling the slight change in the cold breath behind her, Ruan Bai's fingers trembled slightly.
She knew she was right.
It's just that although the mermaid didn't move temporarily, the killing intent against Ruan Bai still did not dissipate.
She has to say what makes people interesting and can completely give up killing her, and the premise of all this is that she must make people believe her origin.
Without a moment's hesitation, Ruan Bai continued his efforts and quickly continued: "...Our subject is human genetic diseases. Human genes bring different traits to the human body, and many genetic diseases are related to inbreeding. ..."
This village is so small that she would not believe it without intermarriage.
No matter what, she will blindly snipe, betting that the mermaid appeared because of inbreeding.
This village looks very remote and closed. Some people don't even know the words, let alone hereditary traits and other terms. When the researcher came, they must have hidden their identity.
Researchers usually have some occupational diseases. If the mermaid has a good relationship with him, he might have heard similar words from researchers.
"...Du Wenxue did tell me this before, are you his colleague?"
After a long time, the mermaid's voice came faintly.
The plan is successful!
Ruan Bai breathed a sigh of relief, but he still had a flustered look on his face: "I did have a senior who came here. Five years ago, he sent a message to our research institute, telling us that there is a village here, but then he Something went wrong and never sent us a message again..."
Du Wenshu should be the researcher's name.
However, Ruan Bai didn't know anything about this person. For fear that the mermaid would reveal something when asked about it, he simply pretended to be unfamiliar with him.
However, to Ruan Bai's surprise, after listening to her, the mermaid's voice suddenly spoke and interrupted her.
"He's dead?" she asked.
Perhaps out of shock, the mermaid's voice was raised three times: "Why did he die... How did he die?"
"He died five years ago," Ruan Bai sensed something from the mermaid's frenzied reaction, and said quickly, "His grave is just outside the village to the west."
"I can't get out of the village." After a long while, the mermaid said.
The mermaid's hand crawled to Ruan Bai's neck at some point. In the silence, her voice was extremely cold: "I will not kill you tonight, but tomorrow, you must bring his bones to me."
After that, Ruan Bai felt a sting in his throat.
And the figure of the mermaid disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Ruan Bai collapsed on the ground and wiped the cold sweat from his head.
She knew that tonight, she was not in danger of death.
Just the same origin can't prevent the mermaid from killing herself, but fortunately, she still has that little use.
Just waiting until tomorrow, her survival will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the villagers who sent her.
And whether or not she can get out from here is another matter. At that time, she can't bring Du Wenwen's bones, and she will still die in the hands of the mermaid.
The task released by the system has not been completed. She is not completely safe now.