Yuan Tong
Chapter 577 To the Ocean
Although Shakira was a little out of touch with the world, she still had basic vigilance and logic. She didn't think that the group of people she had just met for less than half a day had the ability to solve the problems of the deep-sea city. If this was the kind of large shelter she had lived in before, such as the werewolf family's castle or the vampire family's manor, a large family would be somewhat trustworthy. But Hao Ren's suburban old house of several hundred square meters was obviously not a family residence…
Hao Ren himself was also quite depressed. He thought to himself that he was now a man of great wealth and power, how could he still encounter such a problem—couldn't Shakira see any aura of a divine savior on his face?
But looking at the former Great Demon King who was holding a newspaper next to him, teaching his daughter to recognize Chinese characters, he felt calm: aura was unreliable.
Shakira was an outsider, so she couldn't be allowed to see too much of the inspectors' confidential powers, but apart from those confidential powers, Hao Ren still had enough to show. He pointed to Izhaks beside him: "This is a high-level demon, whose combat power is equivalent to an entire legion. If you don't believe me, I can find a place for him to transform and show you."
Izhaks was teaching Elizabeth to recognize characters. Hearing this, he smiled and looked up: "Are you selling me out again?"
Shakira was stunned. Seeing Hao Ren speaking with such confidence, she really started to believe it a little. But she still shook her head: "That's in the deep sea. The power of demons probably won't be of much use there."
"Then how about this one," Hao Ren pointed to Vivian again, "The oldest vampire in the world, known as the Countess Who Summons the Red Moon, both the heterodox and the demon hunters have to give her some face. She's well-connected in both the underworld and the overworld, and she's a walking billboard wherever she goes…"
Vivian looked at Hao Ren bragging in a daze: "Why does it sound so weird to me?"
Hao Ren pointed at Vivian: "It won't be weird if you take off your apron."
Shakira frowned and thought: "I seem to have heard of this name… but I don't remember who it is?"
Everyone: "…"
Lily laughed like a dog on the spot, poking Vivian's back and laughing: "Bat, your name is finally useless sometimes, hahaha…"
Hao Ren was also choked for a moment. He originally thought that Vivian's name should be the most appealing thing in the heterodox world, but he didn't expect it to be ineffective only in front of the siren. It's a wonder that Shakira has been on the surface for a hundred years. If it were those sirens in the deep sea, they probably wouldn't even have heard of the name "oldest vampire." Shakira looked at the reactions of the people in front of her and had some self-awareness. She was a little embarrassed: "Sorry, sirens are not very sensitive to things on the surface. And the development of things on the surface is too fast. When I secretly sneaked up to play for the first time when I was a child, humans were still using bows and arrows to fight. When I came up the second time, they had already built cannons. I can't keep up with that."
At this time, Lily suddenly remembered something: "Speaking of which, why have we been thinking about combat power? Are you all planning to fight all the way into the siren city? Shouldn't we sneak in quietly to scout information?"
Everyone fell silent again. After a long time, Nangong Wuyue looked at the ceiling and sighed: "We are not as good as a husky."
Shakira also blinked and thought. In fact, she was also particularly concerned about what happened in the deep-sea city. As a siren, it was impossible for her not to care about the changes in her hometown. She herself was planning to go back and see the situation if she had the opportunity, but her natural timidity made her unable to make up her mind for a long time. At this time, looking at this group of energetic weirdos, she finally made up her mind after struggling: "Alright, I'll take you in."
Everyone was overjoyed. Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief. A problem that had been bothering him for a long time was finally about to be solved. He quickly asked Vivian to cook two good dishes to prepare for a celebration at noon, and then picked up Doudou, who was swimming in the washbasin next to him: "Daughter, the time has come for you to see the world!"
Shakira had been busy answering everyone's questions just now, and only then did she see that there was actually a foot-long mermaid on the scene, and she was shocked: "Is this siren so hungry? Don't you feed her?"
Doudou immediately waved her small arms: "Doudou doesn't lack food! There is food everywhere at home!"
The little guy was quite sensible.
Hao Ren explained to Shakira with a face full of cold sweat: "This is not a siren, it's a mermaid. She was born this big… but it is said that she will grow up in the future."
Shakira looked at Doudou in surprise, and after a long time, she nodded thoughtfully: "This world is really big. It seems that there are many things I don't know."
Nangong Wuyue looked at Shakira and then at the others. She was very eager to go to the siren city: "Well, when are we leaving?"
"Wait two days, let Shakira recover her strength. The hibernation pod can only heal injuries, not replenish MP," Hao Ren told the siren girl to be patient, "Also, see if you can find any clothes she can wear. You can't always let her coil up in the living room like that. The two of you combined take up enough space for seven or eight people to sit."
When Shakira heard this, she quickly waved her hand: "It's okay, it's okay, I can transform into a mantis shrimp, it doesn't take up much space…"
The others sprayed on the spot, Hao Ren looked at Nangong Wuyue dumbfounded: "So this is not your patent—are sirens all like this?"
Nangong Wuyue: "How would I know? I didn't know any other sirens before. But speaking of which, turning into a mantis shrimp is really good. It's small, has high defense, is agile, and has some combat power. Landlord, you just…"
Hao Ren shook his head firmly: "You should still find her some clothes. Eating at the same table with a giant mantis shrimp is too much of a worldview destroyer."
Wuyue had an inexplicable obsession with the mantis shrimp form: "But we can still keep our faces unchanged!"
Hao Ren was in tears: "Then it's even more unwatchable, okay? Go back and continue to be your beautiful girl!"
Hao Ren's attitude was firm, so the two beautiful girls had to crawl back to the room to change clothes.
Because the bearded man had temporarily returned to his hometown, Shakira's room problem was easily solved, and she stayed on the second floor to recover her strength, and stayed for a few days.
During this period, Vivian was worried that the "Queen's Guard" who were chasing Shakira would follow some kind of clan attraction to this place, so she filled the entire southern suburbs with her bat clones, plus Lily's dog army (those lackeys) and Nangong Sanba's runes that were scattered everywhere. The entire southern suburbs were turned into a watertight surveillance network. But after three days, they didn't find anything, and the tap water in the southern suburbs returned to normal, and there were no more supernatural phenomena: it seemed that Shakira had completely shaken off those trackers.
In this way, Shakira spent a few days of peaceful recuperation, and then on a sunny day, the group drove to the seaside.
This time, Hao Ren also brought "Gun": he was worried that this cat would run around, so it was better to keep it with him to be at ease.
The Siren City is a mysterious city located at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. There are currently no observation records—whether alien or human—that have discovered any clues about this city. Hao Ren and his party planned to first drive to an undeveloped barren coast, and then, under Shakira's guidance, go from the shallow sea to a small island in the center of the Pacific Ocean, and then dive straight down to a certain "hidden barrier." The location for going to the sea had been surveyed by the data terminal in advance to ensure that there would be no personnel interference nearby, and the small island in the Pacific Ocean was not an ordinary natural island. It was the Siren's "beacon" when they occasionally surfaced, and it had been a lighthouse-like place for thousands of years.
Originally, Hao Ren had planned to let the data terminal teleport everyone directly to the center of the Pacific Ocean, but this suggestion was rejected by Shakira. The mysterious island was shrouded in a special power, and it was impossible to find its exact coordinates unless it was approached in a specific way of sailing.
And Lily was very much looking forward to a normal drive and boat trip, so Hao Ren decided to follow the Husky girl's suggestion.
On the way, Lily curiously inquired about the deep-sea city: "Shakira, tell us about the Siren City. Is it said to be invisible?"
Shakira was studying in amazement how such a small Big Dipper could comfortably seat a large group of people. Hearing Lily's voice, she came back to her senses and began to explain the situation of the mysterious city with a serious face:
"Our city is called Nazzatoen. It is not invisible, but it is sunk in a space crevice…"