我在無限遊戲裡封神 (Eng)

3. Siren Town

Chapter 9: Siren Town

The car fell silent and everyone's expressions became strange. Lucy laughed awkwardly and Andre sneered. The two of them obviously didn't believe it. Jeff looked down and only Bai Liu remained calm.

The driver drove calmly and steadily to a building. "This is the museum. Get out of the car." Once everyone got off, the driver said, "You can visit first. Call me in the evening and I will pick you up to go see the merfolk fishing activity."

He drove away after speaking.

Bai Liu looked at the surrounding environment after getting out of the car. The building in front of him was so high that he needed to tilt his head to see the top. There were several English letters at the top which made the English name of this place, 'Siren Museum'.

[Scene unlocked - Siren Museum.]

The entire museum was painted a sea-like dark color and it was supported by a few thick granite columns. Standing at the door, Bai Liu could see the outline of many merfolk statues inside.

The decorations of Siren Museum looked new but the exterior walls were a bit worn. It was a type of red brick wall and there were many old newspaper clippings of missing people posted on it. The wind blew one onto Bai Liu's face.

Bai Liu took the old newspaper off his face and saw a notice printed in bold writing: [Police Notice - 12 people have gone missing in Siren Town this month. If you have seen the missing people published in the following photos then please report it to the police. In addition, please pay attention to your safety when visiting Siren Town. Don't play with large fish and beware of falling into the water.]

There were 12 black and white photos posted below the notice. The people all had joyful smiles from visiting Siren Tower. However, the smiles in the yellowed, outdated newspaper gave off an indescribably strange feeling when they fell into Bai Liu's eyes.

After carefully reading, Bai Liu planned to put it away in his bag. He folded it twice only to suddenly feel that the folding wasn't right. It was a bit too hard. It was a newspaper. Even if it became dry and brittle due to the sea breeze, it shouldn't have such a hard texture... it was like it wasn't just a sheet of paper.

Bai Liu looked at the cross section of the newspaper. The cross section did look thick but there were no traces of multiple sheets. The main reason was that the newspaper was very solid. Even if there were multiple sheets, it couldn't be easily seen. Bai Liu frowned and put the newspaper away. He decided to find some warm water to soak it in after entering the museum to see if the newspaper had multiple layers and could be separated.

[The side task has been triggered: Find the hot water pool in the museum and separate the newspapers stuck together. 10 points will be rewarded.]

The keeper of Siren Museum was an old man with cataracts. His eyes were cloudy and white but he seemed to have no big problem seeing people. The moment Bai Liu and the others walked in, the old man quickly turned his head toward them. The keeper's eyes were blank but his face had a polite smile. The way he quickly moved to their side made Lucy exclaim in a low voice.

The keeper of the museum looked strange as he sighed. "It has been a long time since someone came here... since the incident last month, no tourists have come to Siren Museum. No new merfolk statues have entered the museum for a long time."

Bai Liu heard this and hurriedly asked, "Why haven't there been any new merfolk statues entering the museum for a long time? Does it have anything to do with the absence of tourists?"

"Of course." The keeper's tone became excited and he waved his stiff arms. "Without tourists, we rarely do large-scale activities like merfolk fishing since it is time consuming and laborious. Without merfolk fishing, we can't make merfolk statues to place in the museum."