Chapter 1 Lost Scale Core
"I think we should just get rid of her here. After that, spray some destroyer on her body. I guarantee that no trace will be found for a hundred or eighty years."

In a secluded old alley, two burly men walked to the wall one after another and threw down objects tightly wrapped in black bags. Then a girl with obvious head injuries rolled out, fell to the ground in the corner, and fell unconscious.

"Wow, you know what, this chick is quite pretty!"

"I've been watching for a few days. I heard that this girl came from a desolate planet and finally got admitted to the military academy on the capital planet. She has a bright future."

"Tell me, Miss Gu, a daughter of a high and mighty earl, why would she want to kill this little girl?"

"Who knows? Miss Gu said it's okay as long as she's dead. Hehe, she didn't say we can't do something else to have fun before she dies, right?"

……

At this time, outside the alley, Jing Xiaoyu, who was less than three years old, was holding an ancient map in his hand and walking forward with Jing Weimian.

"Mom, Fourth Street goes this way."

Jing Weiman had just followed her little cub ashore and onto land. She was somewhat uncomfortable with the transformation of her webbed hands into slender, distinct human fingers, so she let the baby lead the way all the way.

Just as Jing Xiaoyu held her hand tightly and was about to go through the corner, Jing Weiman suddenly stopped, picked up Jing Xiaoyu with his backhand and retreated behind the wall.

She looked carefully at what was happening at the end of the alley, her eyes darkened, and a thin, cold, transparent layer of pink webs slowly formed between her fingers, and a faint violent energy condensed between her fingers.

But just as she raised her hands, Jing Xiaoyu quickly pressed down on her flippers, which could easily destroy an entire star region with a flick of her hand. Her childish face exuded a calmness and reliability that was unbelievable for someone of her age. "Mom, we're on land here. Any rash move would arouse the suspicion of the human officers in the star region."

"Then let these two pieces of ocean debris disappear—"

Before she finished speaking, Jing Xiaoyu covered Jing Weimian's mouth with her other hand, "A mother who kills people and goes to jail."

Jing Weimian: "...trouble."

He frowned reluctantly and swallowed the murderous intent.

"Let me take care of it. Mommy, don't get your hands dirty with ocean trash."

Jing Xiaoyu's chubby little face frowned slightly, and the next second, the transparent foam spit out by the little mermaid baby formed a water ring with its own vortex, which flew towards her.

"Ugh! What is that..."

The two men who were about to do something wrong felt an unknown extremely high water pressure pushing at their backs. They turned their heads in confusion, but were caught off guard and knocked unconscious by a flying transparent steel object.

Jing Weimian walked up in two or three steps and kicked the two pieces of marine garbage into the stinky ditch next to him without saying a word.

Turning her head, she saw the unconscious girl leaning against the wall with her collar torn open. She half squatted down and straightened her collar.

The cool fingers, with a faint shimmering light, covered the girl's forehead, and the wound was healed in an instant, returning to normal.

Seeing that the girl was about to wake up, Jing Weiman finally stood up and walked out of the alley with the kid. He paused and stepped behind the kid without changing his expression. "Baby, where did you say you were going?"

"This way, Mom."

Compared to Jing Weiman who knew nothing about these things, Jing Xiaoyu had made sufficient preparations before going ashore.

Not only was he well-versed in human knowledge, he also knew the road conditions on the capital planet very well, as if he was afraid that his mother would be lost without his care.

The main purpose of Jing Weiman and Xiaozai coming ashore this time was to retrieve the scale core that had been lost for three years.

Three years ago, Jing Weimian discovered that he had lost the most important scale core of the mermaid at some point.

But Jing Xiaoyu had only been born not long ago, and was still too young and too attached to her, so Jing Weiman simply couldn't leave Jing Xiaoyu and go ashore alone. Plus, she felt a vague resistance to going ashore at the time, so she kept putting it off.

After losing the scale core, Jing Weiman's memory and cognition gradually deteriorated. Recently, he has been experiencing sequelae symptoms of dizziness and heartache from time to time.

Jing Xiaoyu was so smart that after interrogating her several times, he quickly guessed that she had lost her scale core, so he insisted on dragging her ashore to find the whereabouts of the scale core.

Grandma Luo from the tribe had lived on land for a long time many years ago. When she learned that she and Jing Xiaoyu were going ashore for something, she specially drew the address where she lived back then for her so that she could have a place to stay.

Her cub was indeed recognized as the smartest fish in the Jinyalis Sea. Sure enough, it quickly found the place on the map drawn by Grandma Luo.

It is a small courtyard with a bungalow that has been abandoned for many years.

Jing Xiaoyu put all the luggage aside for the time being, and took out the necessary items for Jing Weimian and put them in her backpack. Even after she had delivered them to the door, she was still worried. "Mom, do you really not want me to go with you?"

Jing Weimian quickly took the backpack that Xiaozai brought for her and said, "Don't worry, baby, I'll be back as soon as I finish the onboarding process. It won't be long."

"Okay, Mom, remember to always keep your communicator with you. Call me if anything happens."

"Uh-huh."

Jing Weimian waved goodbye to her little Yubao and finally went out.

Living on land requires following human rules, and all resources on land, including food, must be obtained in exchange for star coins.

Before they find the scale core, she and her baby will have to live on land for a long time.

Although pearls can be exchanged for money, crying too much will cause the mermaid to lose nutrients and water over a long period of time. For a long-term solution, she had to ask her relatives disguised as humans to help her find a class.

Jing Weimian followed the easy-to-understand route map that Xiaozai had specially marked for her, reading as she walked, "East, District..."

……

"I heard that General Lu has set his sights on the East District again recently?"

"Don't you know what your brother Lu is most concerned about right now? Signs of ancient marine life have been discovered in the East District. Isn't that enough reason for your brother Lu to rush over here?"

"That's right. Ever since Brother Lu returned to the base three years ago, he's been constantly visiting the research institute every time there's a break from the fighting. Last month, when I went home, my dad asked me if General Lu was going to retire. Why is he constantly showing up at the research institute now?"

In a black armored vehicle driving on the main road.

The Admiral, who was teased by several officers, sat in the back seat, wearing a neat and formal military uniform, with his collar buttons fastened to the top, and his broad shoulders were embedded with the cool and eye-catching ship emblem epaulettes.

As the center of the topic, that sharp and deep face remained calm and composed, leaning back in his seat with his eyes closed.

The few of them were still joking when the communicator on their wrists rang.

Lu Lianbai glanced at the incoming call notification and tapped it to answer.

My mother asked worriedly on the other end of the phone, "Lian Bai, hasn't the post-war meeting at the military already ended? Why haven't you come home yet?"

Lu Lianbai placed his hands at his sides, looking down for a few seconds at the unidentified tooth marks that had been embedded in the base of his palm for years. He said in a steady voice, "Something's wrong."

"Did you go to the research institute to investigate those random things again?"

"It's been three years. Professor Xia said that you had those strange hallucinations because of post-traumatic stress after the accident at sea. It was Earl Gu's daughter, Gu Jiazhen, who actually rescued you. Why don't you believe it?"

(End of this chapter)

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