Chapter 1749: Merperson Breeding Guide 21

As a base spanning the island forest, its sturdiness may not be the best on Blue Star, but it is also a protective shield replicated one-to-one from the headquarters base.

Even if the top agents arrived, it would take a long time to find a loophole; how could a group of long-imprisoned high-intelligence animals easily destroy it?

That was originally what every staff member of the base thought.

So when they learned the high-intelligence animals were rioting, their first thought wasn't to intercept but to investigate whether there was an insider; otherwise, how could the smart iron rings all fail overnight?

It was precisely because of this misjudgment that, when the hunting team requested the central control room to urgently strengthen interception, Ke Shu, who had been awakened in the middle of the night, learned that over half of the high-intelligence animals had already escaped, and they were actually cooperating with each other!

The barrier was lifted, and You Zhuoran only then received repeated request signals from the hunting team. He turned and took a deep look at Number Seventeen merperson, instantly understanding what Xu Yi hiding under the table intended to do tonight.

But he still didn't want to expose it.

When the door opened, the combat team members swarmed in, all guns aimed at the fearless Number Seventeen merperson, whom they had already identified as the source of all danger.

"Doctor Edmund, I'll first escort you upstairs to avoid danger!"

You Zhuoran drew his gun, intending to lure Doctor Edmund away, and also genuinely to ensure his safety.

"The high-intelligence animals are rioting and escaping!"

Doctor Edmund shook off You Zhuoran's hand, his fierce, cold eyes suddenly locking onto Jin Chen, bursting with an indescribable fervor.

"It's you! You're commanding them?"

Mist rose in the breeding chamber as Jin Chen sat slumped at the edge, noble and deep.

He seemed completely unfazed by the black walls of gun barrels, his tail fin swaying lightly, his eyes dark with interest.

"As you can see, humans."

"Ha... hahaha!"

Edmund didn't get angry but laughed, "Indeed, I chose well—he's far superior to any ancient species in the headquarters."

"Doctor Edmund, we should leave." The bodyguard's bulky body stood behind Edmund, blocking any possible danger, and he earnestly pleaded: "This place will be dangerous."

"No matter what you do, don't let this merperson escape! Preferably without a single scratch, send him back to headquarters safe and sound!"

Edmund turned and issued orders to the base combat team members in protective suits, his eyes merciless and cruel.

"Yes, Doctor!"

The team members responded with equal grandeur.

Jin Chen raised an eyebrow slightly; these people really are full of confidence.

"Wait."

He swayed his tail fin, an invisible force instantly shutting the main gate, and he tilted his head in confusion, "Who let you go?"

As his words fell, accompanied by the sharp sound of shattering glass, the seemingly sturdy breeding chamber burst open, seawater pouring out and rolling into a huge wave!

"Oh no!"

"Fire!"

"Protect the Doctor!"

The combat team members reacted almost instantly, raising their guns and firing repeatedly at Jin Chen; the laser bullets ignored the huge wave, precisely shooting toward the dark-blue figure in the water.

Accompanied by spraying water and deafening booms, the shockwave kicked up smoke, and everyone was dragged into the water.

Except for You Zhuoran, who had already grabbed Xu Yi and rushed out the door.

Bubbles popped as the combat team members quickly tried to discern the underwater situation, but that would inevitably waste time.

Jin Chen kicked up a larger wave, then swam toward the intact shell bed.

Lin Juan had tried many times to open it without success, listening to the growing commotion outside with mounting anxiety; with a crack, the action faster than Lin Juan's swift dash out was Jin Chen's tail fin coiling around him.

"Juan, don't go." Jin Chen wrapped him and pulled him into his embrace, the force too strong to resist.

"Damn it, let go of me!"

Lin Juan snapped coldly, nearly accusing: "What are you trying to do, kill my teacher?!"

"It's him, he wants to kill me." Jin Chen said calmly, "I'm resisting."

Lin Juan's eyes welled up, his inner turmoil nearly tearing him apart: "So we won't be on the same path—get out!"

"I won't."

Jin Chen ignored Lin Juan's struggle, holding him as they swam toward the office exit, still tryinging to persuade: "Be good, my wife, come with me..."

What interrupted Jin Chen was a dagger plunged into his shoulder, the pale gold blood instantly dissolving in the seawater.

"... It hurts." Jin Chen whispered.

Lin Juan's eyes were veined with blood, yet as cold as a spring: "Let go of me."

The two stared at each other for a few moments, their gazes locked.

Jin Chen suppressed his sense of grievance, staring at Lin Juan word by word, a hint of anger flickering in his deep-blue eyes: "I—just—won't."

He flashed his body, grabbed Lin Juan's waist and surged toward the door; just before leaving, he pressed Lin Juan against the wall and waved his hand in front of him.

The water, once bubbling densely, suddenly cleared; the combat team members protected Edmund, but everyone suspended in it couldn't move.

Edmund widened his eyes in the water, finally showing a hint of fear.

Before their eyes, a dozen or so dark-blue ice spikes formed in the water, ready to take lives at any moment.

"Come with me, and I'll let him go." Jin Chen whispered near Juan's ear, his nose lightly brushing the earlobe, his low tone no longer playful but utterly dangerous.

Lin Juan shuddered violently, his fingers grabbing Jin Chen's bleeding shoulder, his voice trembling, his chest heaving uncontrollably.

"You're forcing me to..."

Jin Chen grunted, tightening his grip on Juan's waist even more: "Silence means consent."

The ice spikes burst—anyone in front of them would die.

Lin Juan closed his eyes in pain, relaxing his struggle.

Jin Chen lowered his head to kiss Juan's brow, then turned and left, holding his human.

Edmund's eyeballs rolled; his frozen body still unable to move, he could only stare fixedly at the direction the merperson had gone, bursting with fierce anger and covetousness.

You Zhuoran stopped the riot of high-intelligence animals outside the base perimeter.

But he soon realized the high-intelligence animals appeared to be obeying some command, not initiating conflict with the hunting squad or combat team, even those that had been severely injured and used in repeated experiments.

It seemed all they wanted to do was escape.

A greater threat came from the giant octopus continually attacking the outer protective shield—the very one that had fled the base not long ago.

"Attack!"

Someone shouted, it was a combat team member.

The laser machine gun quickly aimed at the fleeing animals; each red laser beam carried enough heat to melt steel, vaporizing corpses on contact with skin.

If capture failed, they would just kill—this had always been the standard of headquarters' hunting team.

You Zhuoran wanted to speak but held back, also deeply knowing he could not stop it, his grip on Xu Yi's hand tightening.

Xu Yi felt some pain, but thinking of the impending separation, he did not really want to pull away.

"It's chaotic here; leave through this door and never come back."

Upon reaching a door in the dark, You Zhuoran released Xu Yi's hand.

"Wait!"

Xu Yi, carrying data all over his body, carefully protected it while stepping forward a few paces to grab You Zhuoran's arm again, saying, "You clearly don't want this either; why won't you go with me?"

"I have my own things to do." You Zhuoran said softly, as if also speaking to himself.

His other hand hanging at his side clenched into a fist, he tentatively and hesitantly lifted it to gently stroke Xu Yi's head, saying, "You are a very brave reporter."

Xu Yi's eyes darted, head lowered, "Thank you."

"Farewell."

Xu Yi glanced back at the departing You Zhuoran's tall silhouette, which grew more stern amid the explosion's firelight.

He dodged the clods of earth and rolling smoke kicked up by the explosion, then ran along that path.