Chapter 1745: Mermaid Rearing Guide 17

"Lin, Lin?"

Edmond dubiously patted Lin Juan's shoulder, "How are you?"

"It's fine," Lin Juan came to his senses, "Please continue."

"So, for the experiment to proceed smoothly, Lin, you need to start the surgery ahead of time."

Edmond said, "You are the disciple I brought out; you are the lead surgeon, I feel reassured."

"……."

Lin Juan reluctantly agreed, the pen in his palm already snapped.

"I will carry out the surgery preparations according to the original plan."

You Zhuoran watched them discuss what high‑grade animal to select for matching, only feeling his hairs stand on end.

No matter how long he stayed here, he still felt that in the researchers' eyes, high‑intelligence animals were never regarded as living Blue Star beings, but as objects to be toyed with under the scalpel.

And in Lin Juan's heart, it seemed as if all his past numbness had been for this very pain.

Having come this far, after tonight all his disguises must end.

But really, is it just a disguise?

Night fell again.

Lin Juan agreed to accompany Jin Chen to sleep tonight.

On the not‑spacious bed, the cool tail fin wrapped tightly around the human's lean, pale waist, and the thighs were squeezed into soft flesh, leaving almost no room to struggle.

Lin Juan should have felt cold, but instead he only felt the temperature rising relentlessly, unable to tell whether it was the hazy lack of oxygen or the tail fin constricting his breath.

Jin Chen buried himself in his embrace, his sharp teeth gently nibbling the tender flesh on the side of his neck, his silver hair falling like a waterfall to cover Lin Juan's chest.

"Wife……"

The low, hoarse voice exploded in his ear; Lin Juan instinctively jerked, grabbing Jin Chen's shoulder, his voice also out of tune: "Don't shout randomly, sleep…… sleep, don't cling."

"I can't sleep."

Jin Chen lifted his head to capture Lin Juan's lips, his fingers brushing his slightly warm face; after a while he heard a soft hum, then he reluctantly pulled back, satisfied.

"Wife, the scales are hot." Jin Chen cooed, at a loss, "Touch them."

Lin Juan's skin wasn't that thick, yet when Jin Chen grabbed his hand he couldn't pull away; his fingertips trembled as they touched the scales.

The tail fin coiled around the waist, waves lashed.

When another undercurrent surged onto the shore, the human had nowhere to flee, arching his thin back as if unable to breathe, and helplessly soothing the culprit that stirred the waves.

Clearly he should have withdrawn, yet he let himself sink.

In a daze, the human heard a tender confession, laced with desire yet unusually pure.

It was the mermaid saying "I love you."

In response, it was a kiss as light as a feather falling onto his forehead.

【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +10, total 50!】

【Detected Villain Blackening Value -3, total 87!】

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When Jin Chen woke again, he found himself trapped in the Breeding Chamber.

The reason he was said to be confined was that when Jin Chen instinctively went to look for his own wife, he discovered the hatch that had never been closed was locked tight, and even reinforced from the outside, so that he would have no chance to repeat his previous frenzy.

Jin Chen tried pushing the hatch, tested its sturdiness, then returned to the Shell Bed to continue lying down.

Last night……

Jin Chen sighed; it was really not right that his wife still had the strength to give him a shot at the end.

He touched the back of his neck; it didn't hurt, and he had no memory of losing consciousness.

【Host, your experiment has begun; beware of those nasty outsiders.】 Ling Gun Gun warned.

Jin Chen was genuinely curious about what the experiment was; he waved a hand to open the Shell Bed, his azure eyes gazing at the opened office main door.

Four fully armed experimenters pushed in an iron cage covered with damp cloth.

They were especially wary of this mermaid said to be a descendant of the sea god, yet they steeled themselves to push the iron cage to the side of the Breeding Chamber, opening the hatch to reveal a slit through which an arm could extend.

Afterwards, the four of them jointly lifted the water‑proof cloth.

Jin Chen glanced curiously into the iron cage, raising his eyebrows in surprise.

Another mermaid!

【You said this world only had one mermaid!】

【You are a natural mermaid; the one in the cage is merely a human‑longtail fish hybrid created by gene modification.】

Jin Chen startled and poked his head out to look.

Most of the humans who received gene modification are Blue Star warriors; the youth before him should be one as well, though he appears androgynous and quite handsome.

But Jin Chen couldn't tell whether he was born like that, or whether the doctors' perverse taste thought this suited a mermaid's aesthetic.

Looking further down, the tail fin wasn't as naturally beautiful as his; it looked like a red fish tail forcibly grafted onto the waist.

"Number Four Mermaid Warrior Hong Li is the most successful case after the Rabbit Person Warriors researched by headquarters; his lethality is extremely strong, and he is also handsome."

Outside the main control room's monitor, Edmond sat in the swivel chair, very confident: "Hong Li and Number Seventeen will surely get along well; as long as they undergo one interventional mating, the subsequent secondary gene fusion experiment will proceed very smoothly."

Lin Juan stood behind him, his eyes icy as frost, silently staring at the monitor without a word.

Somewhere inside, it felt as if a piece had been torn apart raw, leaving an empty, bloody ache.

"Number Seventeen, from now on he'll live with you." Experimenter Number One said, then casually opened the iron cage.

Hong Li, who had been injected with the special drug, was involuntarily drawn to Jin Chen.

But on the other hand, perhaps due to the fish genes, he felt an innate fear of Jin Chen.

Wanting to draw near, yet afraid.

Hong Li swam to the entrance of the Breeding Chamber, and seeing Jin Chen notice her, the tip of her tail tensed up and curled shyly.

"Don't come in."

Jin Chen gave the order coldly.

Hong Li actually obeyed and stayed still, crouching close beside the Breeding Chamber.

"Jun, where are you?" Jin Chen asked the experimenter, his long tail fins swaying lightly in the water as he looked down at them.

His aura was mighty.

The four experimenters exchanged glances, and Number One said, "Your keeper is carrying out a new mission; that is his intention, Number Seventeen—please do not defy your keeper."