Chapter 24 Mermaid Attack

Wang Zeyu nodded in agreement and said, "Although they gave some reasons, I feel they are all fake. You can clearly tell they are lying!"

"They said a mermaid broke in earlier and was injured by them, and they have been held a grudge ever since!"

"That's pure nonsense! Wu Yang even stabbed one with a steel pipe before, and that mermaid was completely wrecked, yet we never saw it come back for revenge!"

To Zhou Yan's surprise, the young boy named "Li Meng" who had been standing behind everyone, weakly raised his hand at this moment.

"B-Big Brother! I have an idea..."

"Let's hear it."

Zhou Yan looked curiously at the cute little guy in front of him.

"I've talked with Wang Zeyu too. I think it must be that one of them, or some of them, are being specifically targeted by the mermaids. Because if it were just one person, they wouldn't all need to run! It's too dangerous to rashly change The Shelter at a time like this, especially since they are all girls!"

Li Meng pushed up his thick glasses and continued with a hint of certainty in his tone:

"Aside from the mermaid's true target, the others might not even know who attracted the mermaid's attack, but she wouldn't voluntarily step forward and admit it! If everyone knew, they could just throw her out, right? Look, there are Floating Bridges on both the left and right sides. It's obvious the construction was done together yesterday, but today, only the progress towards our building was accelerated, while the Floating Bridges on the other two sides were suspended yesterday at noon! So, did something big happen to our building yesterday?"

Hearing Li Meng's words, Zhou Yan's heart skipped a beat.

"Damn! It can't be that they were attracted by the gun, right?"

Zhou Yan turned his head and asked Wang Zeyu, "Do you know when they started laying the bridge towards this side?"

Wang Zeyu scratched his head.

"The other two Floating Bridges should have started construction a day ago, but they weren't coming towards our side, so I didn't pay much attention... When I woke up this morning, this bridge was already quite long!"

Zhou Yan took the binoculars out of his backpack and observed the building opposite.

He paid special attention to the 11th Floor and the floor directly opposite his own...

Indeed, in the room on the 11th Floor, there was something in the middle of the curtains, and it was facing the direction of his building...

It looked a bit like a binocular lens.

But, is it really that coincidental? Was she seen by her just when he fired the gun? It's also possible she saw it when he was disposing of the bodies...

"Yesterday... I fired my gun and took out a few people in the hallway..." Zhou Yan let out a breath and said slowly.

Li Meng frowned and gathered his thoughts: "If she happened to see you when you fired the gun, it might indeed change their evacuation plan, but then my method wouldn't be effective. It's very likely that if we go over, they will follow us back. Their target might be, no! It's your gun..."

Wang Zeyu joked, "Snatching a gun is too unrealistic. Beyond seven steps, the gun is fast! Within seven steps, the gun is both accurate and fast!"

Because Zhou Yan's firepower was constantly refreshing, the few of them weren't actually very nervous. After all, the source of fear is nothing more than insufficient firepower.

Li Meng pointed at the AR-15 in Zhou Yan's arms and said, "They probably don't know you have this kind of rifle. It's very likely they are hoping you'll use a pistol to deal with the mermaids..."

Zhou Yan understood too.

"Then there's no choice. Not a single person can be allowed over! Who knows if the one coming over is the mermaid's target!"

Wang Zeyu and Wu Yang exchanged a look. Seeing the stupidity and clarity in Wu Yang's eyes, Wang Zeyu sighed.

"That's for sure... Even if you didn't have a gun, I reckon I'd have to make a few incendiary bombs and throw them over. These aren't young girls; aren't they just pure mermaid translators?"

Zhou Yan gritted his teeth, staring at the figures of the girls working on the water. Open the ordinary blind box first! See if there's any new equipment! After opening the ordinary blind box, he'd fire a warning shot immediately. Not one could be let over!

"Let's go! Something urgent!" Zhou Yan grabbed Zhang Yajing. The first time he got a gold-tier item was when he kissed Yan Yue. Perhaps this system had a unique penchant for kissing...

Zhang Yajing was dragged along with a look of astonishment, not understanding what he was doing in such a hurry.

Zhou Yan pulled Zhang Yajing into the fire door. He wrapped his arms around Zhang Yajing's slender waist and leaned in. The moment their lips touched, Zhou Yan opened all the ordinary blind boxes in the system.

[Opening all ordinary blind boxes!] [ordinary blind box * 21] [Calculating supply details:] [Obtained: Purified Water (500ml) * 5 bottles] [Edible Rice (1kg) * 5 bags] [Benelli Shotgun Ammo (25 rounds) * 5 boxes] [AR-15 Automatic Rifle Ammo (60 rounds) * 5 boxes] [Anti-inflammatory Injection (Antibiotic Syringe) * 5 units] [Ladies' Overnight Leak-Proof Pads (12 pads) * 2 boxes] [Fresh Vegetables (5kg) * 5 boxes] [Fresh Beef (5kg) * 5 boxes] [Twenty-one consecutive draws triggered a Lucky Blind Box! Obtained: Lucky Blind Box * 2]

With his eyes closed, Zhou Yan's body gave a jolt! A Lucky Blind Box? There's such a good thing? Open!

[Obtained: Military Flamethrower (12L fuel) * 1] [Obtained: XM109 Sniper Rifle (50 rounds of 25mm caliber ammo) * 1]

"Holy crap! XM109! An upgraded version of the Barrett! This gun is awesome! One shot, and not to mention mermaids, even Aquaman couldn't take it!"

Zhang Yajing tried her best to cooperate with Zhou Yan. The man's first time being proactive made her happy, but she couldn't understand why the man holding her was holding tighter and tighter? Was he provoked just now? Who provoked him?

A moment later, the two separated. A glistening thread stretched out in the air. Zhang Yajing stroked Zhou Yan's face, gently wiping away the glistening moisture from his lips with a tender expression, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"A little impulse, but it's better now, you've relieved it..."

Just as Zhou Yan let her go, he heard a few exclamations from the room. Wang Zeyu shouted exaggeratedly, "Holy crap! Big Brother, come quick! Sharks with legs have come ashore!"

Zhou Yan was startled and quickly picked up his automatic rifle, returning with Zhang Yajing to the room where they could observe the water surface.

The "Women's Coalition" working on the construction opposite was attacked by the mermaids from underwater.

The mermaids reached out and flipped over the front planks of the Floating Bridge! A strange fish with four legs was whipping its tail, frantically chasing the women who were fleeing in panic on the Floating Bridge.

"What kind of fish is that? It looks like a catfish? Do catfish grow legs these days?" Wu Yang pointed at the strange fish that had come ashore and shouted in disbelief.

"Damn! That woman even told my partner that mermaids don't easily come out during the day! She can really BS!" Wang Zeyu looked at the scene of carnage at Building 17 in the distance and couldn't stop complaining.

"This era is too bizarre... People go into the water, fish come onto land..." Li Meng muttered to himself, clutching his glasses in disbelief as he stared at the scene outside the window.

Those mutated fish were very smart; they even knew how to attack humans more efficiently and with less effort. Unlike the tearing of a beast, those strange fish hid underwater, suddenly rushing out of the water, and their knife-sharp fins sliced directly across a girl's neck. Blood instantly gushed out, dyeing the surrounding water a deep crimson in an instant!

The girl clutched her neck in despair and fell onto the Floating Bridge, but was quickly dragged into the water by the hands of the mutated mermaids hiding under the bridge, leaving only blood foam and bubbles churning on the water's surface...

Many of the mermaids, who were once human, surrounded the strange fish, preventing those girls from escaping the encirclement!