Blue Star

Iris protected Gu Li and retreated. The narrow mine made their movements slow.

Gu Li's back was pressed against the gravel from the previous landslide, and his face was pale with a corrosive magnetic field attack.

The location they were in was a dead end, and with the debris from the landslide, there was no way back.

The mutated octopus arm was stimulated, and after entering the mine, it frantically hit the wall of the cave.The color of the skin changed rapidly within a few seconds, and the "mouth" on the suction cup opened and closed irregularly, and several sharp teeth were even broken during the twisting.

The violent impact caused a small-scale vibration in the mine, which was tantamount to worsening the situation for Gu Li who was hiding close to the collapsed rubble.The falling gravel hit his back directly, and he couldn't stand still several times and almost fell down.

The twisting wrist tip attacked Iris' chest with injuries, and even though it was cut off by the fin, he still rushed into the mine regardless.

The octopus wrist was too close to the two of them, and Gu Li couldn't continue to throw the attacking magnetic field, otherwise he and Iris would also be sucked into the storm.

Seeing that the ghost thing with the tip of his wrist cut off was about to pierce Iris' heart.In desperation, he hugged Iris from the back and folded his hands to protect his chest.

Iris reacted quickly, in order to prevent Gu Li's skin from touching the monster's ink.One hand clamped the octopus wrist that was attacking him, and the other hand covered the back of Gu Li's overlapping hands.

The expected sting did not strike.The wrist grabbed by Iris suddenly became stiff and stopped attacking, and fell limply to the ground.

One-third of the skin on the wrist was corroded by the magnetic field.For some unknown reason, the superficial skin did not heal quickly.

Bending weakly in the mine, he twitched a few times as if struggling for death, and then completely lost his vitality.

Gu Li panted and let go, and fell to sit on the collapsed rubble.

The situation just now made him think of the scene where the octopus drilled into the coral reef to hunt small fish.One more inch and he and Iris would have died in this hole.

Seeing that the octopus wrist hadn't moved, Iris picked up the tip of his shaved wrist, as if he wanted to take a bite or two.

Gu Li hurriedly stopped him: "You can't eat it, do you want to become like it? Your ancestors were human!"

Iris looked at him puzzled, but obediently dropped his wrist.The food delivered to the door could not be eaten, but the dried meat and dried fruit that Gu Li gave were really hard to satisfy.

Gu Li got up, put on his gloves, climbed to the highest point in the mine where the collapse stopped, and clasped his hands to the entrance of the cave and flipped up neatly.

He stretched out his hand to Iris, and said in a soft tone: "Come up, there is no way down here, you can't get out."

Iris didn't take his hand, looked back at his wrist on the ground, and followed up with a little reluctance.

Gu Li reluctantly withdrew his hand, looking at the wound on Iris' back and frowning.Although the wound healed quickly, the sharp teeth embedded in the muscles had to be extracted.

"There is a residence of the dwarves in front, go there, I will help you treat the wound." Worried that Iris dodged to prevent him from looking, he said again: "If you don't pull out the monster's teeth, if they are infected, you have to Stay here alone."

"..."

Iris followed behind him in a bad mood.It was funny to think that the fish was figuring out how to eat him.

The room where the dwarves rested was very small, and there was almost no extra space after he and Iris entered.

Even so, at least there is a plank bed where you can rest.It's much more comfortable to tidy up than to sleep directly on the ground.

It is unknown what kind of wood these beds are made of. After more than 200 years, they are still in the humid and hot underground, and they are not damaged at all.

Cleaned up the oxidized mattress on the bed, and said to Iris: "Get down, I will help you pull out the teeth on your back."

The exit of the abyss outside the mine cannot be left for the time being. He plans to rest here with Iris for a night, and find another way out after recharging his energy.

Seeing that Iris was short and motionless, he took the lead in sitting on the bed and comforted him: "Your body heals very quickly, and you will be fine tomorrow after treating the wound."

Iris sat down after him, but kept his back straight.It seemed to be showing the final dignity, and he was unwilling to cooperate with him to get down.

Gu Li was helpless, maybe Iris thought of the situation when he was thrown away last time.

He cleaned up the gloves briefly, and kept as far away as possible from Iris to prevent being infected.

He used a magnetic field to condense a knife, cut open the membrane on Iris' back, and let the excess blue blood inside flow out.After dealing with the blue blood, he pulled out the sharp teeth without hesitation.

Iris didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, his hands on his knees were clenched tightly, his head was against the wall beside the bed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Don't wear the clothes yet, wait until the film is ready to wear."

Gu Li took off his ring and gloves, and moved his body back with his hands on the bed.

The bed board was too short, and he and Iris couldn't lie flat and rest at his height, but it was fine as an armchair.

With his back against the wall, he looked at Iris, who was still facing away from him, and asked, "Does it hurt?" Seeing that Iris was still silent, he had to soften his tone, "Are you angry?"

It seems that next time I can no longer threaten with the words of throwing away.Since this fish understood human nature, it has a very bad temper.

Gu Li doesn't know how to comfort people, let alone how to comfort a fish, so he can only think of a topic to divert Iris' attention.

"If a human being likes another person, there are many reasons. Sometimes it is because of appearance, sometimes it is because of personality." He looked at the back of Iris' head, "What about you? Why are you willing to go ashore with me at any cost? "

He thinks that he has nothing attractive, let alone a man, even a woman is not likely to look at him like this.

When they first met Iris, they didn't know each other at all.He couldn't understand why Iris always paid for people like him at all costs.

"You are a spouse." Iris said in a muffled voice.

Gu Li knows that in the sea, biological courtship is not as complicated as that of human beings, and they can mate if they fit each other physically.After completing the heavy task of reproduction, the male will leave the female, and then look for the next female who can reproduce.

Although there is also the phenomenon of monogamy, most creatures follow their nature more.

"Did you have another spouse before me?"

Iris looked back at him and said affirmatively, "Only you."

Gu Li rarely felt embarrassed, looked away, and asked again: "If I am a female, after mating with me, will you go to other fish to mate?"

Iris frowned, and then nodded unexpectedly.

A male mermaid can have several female mermaids at the same time, and sometimes even fight to get more mates to occupy territory and fight.

Gu Li looked at him with cold eyes, and his tone couldn't tell the emotion, "Even if I agree to be your spouse, will you continue to find more female mermaids? Will you work hard for them? Protect them like you protect me?"

Iris didn't dare to answer, he felt that Gu Li was angry.

Gu Li sneered, he should have guessed it earlier.Biological nature, even if Iris has human genes in his body.

"Gu Li..."

Iris went to pull Gu Li's hand, but was opened angrily.

"Iris, I am a man just like you. Strictly speaking, I will never be your spouse." He said angrily: "We are all the same, and one day we need to reproduce with the right person. If You only came ashore with me for your so-called spouse, sorry, you don’t need to make such a big sacrifice for me.”

Iris understood, and his expression gradually became fierce after he understood.He pushed Gu Li down hard, gritted his teeth and glared at the mate of this mad fish.

The back of Gu Li's head hit the bed board with such force that it almost knocked him unconscious.

"you are mine."

Iris felt aggrieved, he had already accepted that Gu Li couldn't give him small fish, yet Gu Li actually wanted to have other fish!

Gu Li, who was pressed on the bed, couldn't resist, and Iris' strength was so strong that he could crush his bones.

But just when he thought Iris would kill him, the fish suddenly buried his head in his arms and said in a muffled voice, "Gu Li, the wound hurts."

Gu Li was helpless, most of the anger that had just ignited was immediately doused.Iris learned the tricks of both soft and hard.

Although he was depressed, he still said, "Get up, let me see."

Hearing Gu Li's caring words, Iris lost the viciousness he had just now, and yelled a few times in pain after changing his previous toughness.

Gu Li took Iris' coat and touched the wound on the fish's back through the fabric.He is recovering well and the cut membrane has healed.

"Where does it hurt?" Could it be tricking him into sympathy?

"..."

Iris was aggrieved and refused to answer, so Gu Li had no choice but to surrender, "I don't have a spouse, I didn't have one before you, and I won't have one after you."

He was the one who refused to let Iris go, and now he has to find loyalty from a fish again, because he is greedy.

"Iris, accompany me to finish this journey. If I am still alive in the end, I will let you go back to the sea." He said selfishly: "But before that, you cannot have another spouse."

Iris' arms holding Gu Li tightened even more, and he always felt that Gu Li would not want him in the end.If that time really comes, he will completely regard Gu Li as food.

The two were not short in stature. When Gu Li tried to sit up, Iris raised his head and bumped into the already loose wooden plank of the upper bunk.

Dust fell all over his face, Gu Li raised his hand and waved it away.The palm hit the wooden board, and a rusty iron box suddenly fell from the upper bunk.

Iris reached out to catch it without letting the iron box hit Gu Li's face.

"Ahem... it seems that there are patterns of infected bodies." Gu Li took the iron box and checked it.

The lid does have the same symbol engraved on Zack's medical kit, a magnified piece of infected body.

It's just that the sealing structure of this iron box is relatively simpler, and its size is no more than the size of a palm, as if it is used to store goods.

Open the lid, and there are several sheets of paper stacked inside.The first one on the unfolded surface was actually the road map of the underground mine.In addition, there are also a few sketches of unknown equipment.

The raw materials needed for operation are marked next to the equipment.One of them, the most used, is the ferrofluid found in caves.

The overall shape of the instrument is a bit like a huge egg, with many long lines connected around it.It can be opened from the middle, and a tall adult man can lie down inside.And this "egg" is actually embedded with crystal ores of various uses.

The bottom right corner of the sketch is filled with equations.He couldn't read it, and couldn't judge what the equipment in the picture was used for for a while.

The back of the drawing is printed with the same pattern as on the box cover.Not just the instrument drawings, but all the paper in the box.

He turned his eyes to the other utensils in the room.

He didn't find out until now.Rusty mining pick handles, the bottom of an empty glass bottle without medicine, and even the severely deformed military canteen all have similar patterns of infected bodies.

It was not the first time he had seen this pattern, and it was also marked on the map with the hospital drawn on it.

Infection is far from as simple as he guessed.Zack's laboratory only shows that the ancestors are trying their best to study the antidote, but it does not clearly explain the origin of the infection.

Mermaid experimental body, temperature controller, Perlman mutant gene body, crystal magnetic field that will disappear with lightning, and the city of dawn mentioned by Zach.

All the answers, I am afraid, can only be revealed after arriving at the hospital.

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Yu Ling:

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