我在無限遊戲裡封神 (Eng)

5. Siren Town

Chapter 17: Siren Town

The sailors lowered their fishing nets on both sides of the boat, muttering something strangely. Bai Liu only heard things like 'Siren King's gift' and so on. Jeff stood by the side of the ship and looked down. A strange and fanatic expression was on his face. "They are praying to the Siren King for him to give them abundant merfolk."

Before Jeff's words finished, the sailors on the side of the ship pulled the edge of the net and jumped down one by one. Lucy was scared and screamed, "What are they doing?! Don't they want to catch merfolk? Why are they jumping down on their own?!"

Bai Liu's expression was casual. "They are fishing for merfolk."

A long time passed before a giant net slowly floated under the surface of the sea. Inside the giant net were fragments of limbs and fish tails. There were also a dozen merfolk trapped in the net, all in a dead state. Their tails were rotten and sticking up.

These 12 merfolk were like dolls in a garbage dump. They were twisted into a certain posture in the net and their dead eyes were staring at the people on the ship. Their faces were hideous or frightened and their bodies were all bitten. It seemed like they had been killed by some fierce, deep-sea fish and thrown in the net.

Bai Liu looked at the faces of these merfolk using the light of the searchlights and breathed slowly. The faces of these merfolk looked exactly like the 12 tourists who went missing in the newspaper.

The sailors on the ship were whispering joyfully.

"They will be made into statues and sent to the museum..."

"However, there will only be four statues coming out of the museum tonight because there are only four tourists. What about the extra merfolk?"

"Put them in the warehouse below first. You can give it to us..."

The merfolk were soon sent to the rear and it was unknown where they went.

Bai Liu and the three other tourists could eat some fresh, common fish caught with the mermaids. These sea fish were soon prepared and delivered to them. These fish also seemed tainted with the smell of the merfolk and the smell was particularly strange after they were cooked. The three people besides Bai Liu were frantically sucking their fingers as they stared at the fish that were brought out.

The fish steak was pushed to the center and the wet fish head was chewed on by Lucy. Lucy ate quickly and even the hair on her cheeks was eaten. She plucked the oily hair out of her mouth and smiled at Bai Liu. "Bai Liu, why don't you come eat? The fish tonight is really fresh."

The small white eyes of the fish head in Lucy's hand were staring at Bai Liu intently.

Andre was biting a fishtail, his teeth clicking sharply. He had become very similar to a fish. His eyes were almost invisible from the front and they were located on both sides of his face. His nose was completely flattened and too wide. Fishy liquid dripped from the corner of his mouth.

Jeff was using a fork to cut the fatty belly of the fish. It seemed that he was barely maintaining his sanity but his actions were getting faster and faster as he mechanically stuffed the fish into his mouth.

A sailor stared at Bai Liu and placed the plate full of fish in front of Bai Liu with a strange smile. "If you don't eat fresh fish then you will have come here for nothing, Mr Bai."

Bai Liu was eager to refuse but the panel in front of him gave him instructions.

[Task reminder: If you don't eat the fish presented by the sailor then the fishing activity will be regarded as a failure.]