Mermaid Throne

Chapter 80

When they left the hotel, the two humans did not take any measures to confine Finn. Instead, the little mermaid asked the two who were about to leave with the door open, "I, can I go?"

Tao Yiran turned his head with his hands in his pockets, with a faint threat in his smile: "Sooner or later they will find you, instead of letting them track us in the opposite direction, you should go back obediently yourself, I believe, you will not betray us."

"...Why do you believe me?" Fein couldn't help being provocative.

"Because you are kind." After Tao Yiran left the hotel, Ji Yunzhi, who had been following behind, asked again: "He really won't betray us? How can you be confident that you can convince him?"

Tao Yiran suddenly grabbed his arm and turned him into a secluded alley: "I'm not confident, but I'm quite confident after hiding for 24 hours."

"Rong Xuan may not agree to let him join. His hatred for Miller...is not so easy to resolve." Ji Yunzhi frowned, remembering the bloody revenge two years ago.That was the first time Rong Xuan used his power to take revenge. A purebred mermaid who had chased him down fell into the trap he set, and was tortured to death by him.

Ji Yunzhi had never seen him look so crazy and calm, and Tao Yiran had never seen Rong Xuan like this.

Rong Xuan hid it too well, and all his behaviors seemed to be to regain glory, but that massacre made Ji Yunzhi understand that hatred is actually the only motivation for young people to grow up desperately.

Yes, the only one.

He had been so sure.Until Tao Yiran appeared.

But no matter how much influence Tao Yiran has on Rong Xuan, he still firmly believes that the belief in revenge is the darkest driving force for the growth of young people.

Unless he completed the revenge himself, Ji Yunzhi didn't believe that he would let go of his hatred.

Even if Fein was able to board the boat, the fate that greeted him would probably be no better than being imprisoned.

"Besides Miller, how many enemies does he have? Isn't it as simple as having more than one family?" Tao Yiran smiled, "Even if they are all enemies, they have to be prioritized and confront so many enemies at once. , he can't win. It's not enough to have only one purebred mermaid in his team. Except for a disliked character like Finn, which family's purebred will easily join his team now? Finn is a signal, some in the Perhaps the mermaid who is not valued in the family will choose this team after seeing what Fein has gone through."

Ji Yunzhi immediately understood what he was thinking: what he wanted was not a mixed blood, but the growth of the entire legion.

He looked at Tao Yiran in surprise, and couldn't believe that this would be an illiterate strategy. Although he admitted that Tao Yiran was very smart, his wisdom was often used in some rogue things, so that today Tao Yiran When making this decision, he didn't think about it at all.

He blushed slightly, feeling a little ashamed.

But in the next second, the young man patted his head in frustration: "I forgot to ask him about the mineral trade! If he disagrees, at least we have the information!"

Ji Yunzhi immediately put away his shame.

After leaving the hotel, the two walked around the city. Relying on past experience, Tao Yiran quickly discovered some hidden spaces.The fourth city-state had just gained independence not long ago, and most of the city was old buildings before independence. The densely packed lanes squeezed out a complicated road network, which also added a lot of cover to the hidden space.

The tension outside made the living atmosphere in the city more or less tense. All basic items were snapped up, and some people who had the means to buy supplies from surrounding cities started a black market. Tao Yiran and Ji Yunzhi were looking around. At that time, the largest black market in the city was discovered.

"You want to buy something?" Ji Yunzhi looked at the people who were trading in the dark and dilapidated space, and didn't want to step into the space full of all kinds of unpleasant smells.

"Just look around, maybe there will be something good." Growing up in this environment, Tao Yiran knows that the black market is often the most authentic face of a city.

People's greed and fear will get the most direct response here.

The few human beings guarding the black market are not evolved humans. Speaking of which, Tao Yiran has never seen evolved humans in this city, and most of the patrolling guards are mermaid species. Obviously all their armed forces are mermaids. body.

Dealing with underground forces is what Tao Yiran is best at. After receiving the banknotes that the mermaid slave almost stuffed their pockets, the highly guarded guards kept staring ahead, as if they didn't see the two men with slave tags of humans enter the dungeon.

"Did you see anything?" Ji Yunzhi looked around, unable to hide his nervousness. The eyes of these people reminded him of the time before he was bought by Tao Yiran.In the underground world, the one who walked in front became Tao Yiran, the young man with his hands in his pockets, blending perfectly with the surrounding atmosphere.

He clings to Tao Yiran tightly, regretting entering such a place out of order.

Although the city is not big, the supplies here are surprisingly rich.A large number of metal products and storage batteries are placed in conspicuous places, and daily necessities are also traded in large quantities in the market, which are not too special.

Tao Yiran looked around, and finally leaned lazily in front of an unremarkable booth, picking out the ordinary tools on it without interest.

His eyes were not focused on the tools, but his ears were pricked up to listen to what people were talking about.

Only these black market traders who travel between inside and outside the city understand the real situation in the periphery, and the depressive and tense atmosphere in the city has also infected them. All topics are inseparable from the war that may be detonated at any time.

Tao Yiran's ears twitched when he heard that a certain gang might have smuggled a batch of arms into the city.

arms.

What an exciting word.

He and Ji Yunzhi looked at each other, and decided to investigate in another place.

Just as they were about to leave, a dispute broke out at the stall next to them. A tall, lean man with poor clothes got entangled with the stall owner. The man shouted in despair: "It was agreed to change to ten catties of canned food! Why did you lie to me? "

The stall owner's subordinates worked together to suppress the man on the ground, and the stall owner spat: "Eight catties is not bad. Now that the price is soaring, how much do you think such a thing is worth?"

"Don't go too far!" The man's canthus cracked, and he wanted to get up several times, but he was firmly suppressed.

"Take it away if you want it, don't leave! There is really no higher price than mine here, if you don't believe me, ask?" The stall owner smiled triumphantly, shaking a long object wrapped in coarse cloth in his hand, revealing a faint darkness Reflective metal parts.

Tao Yiran half-closed his eyes, put down the items in his hand, and walked over.

The man's eye sockets were full of moisture, obviously he was driven to a desperate situation.

"I know you still have a lot of good things. Take them all out, and I'm afraid you won't be able to exchange even five catties of canned food later. How long will your little bastard live?" The stall owner groped for his merchandise, Doesn't seem to worry about the man not nodding.

The man struggled for a while, lowered his head, and when he was about to bargain for the last time, a young voice interjected: "50 in cash, can I take care of all your things?"

The stall owner was stunned for a moment and looked at the person who came. "...Yes." He was a little hesitant, because under the current situation, there are very few people who can take out so much cash at once.

But the young man in front of him is not like a son from a rich family.

"Okay," Tao Yiran squatted down next to the man, and asked, "How much can you get in exchange for the 50?"

The man stared at him blankly, unable to answer for a moment.

50, enough to live for an ordinary family for ten years in the fourth city-state.

The onlookers suddenly burst into an uproar, and the stall owner's face was ugly, and he said angrily: "Want to steal business?"

"If you can't afford the money, don't buy it. Why is this called grabbing business? Obviously you can't afford it." Tao Yiran squinted at him and smiled lazily.

The stall owner blushed with anger, and ordered his subordinates to drive out the guy who didn't understand the rules. Unexpectedly, the young man knocked everyone down with just two or three blows, and kicked the thugs on the man's body aside.

"Come on, take me to see the goods." Tao Yiran said to the man.

The man quickly got up, nodded and agreed: "Okay!"

Ji Yunzhi tugged at Tao Yiran's sleeve, signaling the crowd around him that was getting closer.

This guy is too capable of causing trouble.Unable to stop Ji Yunzhi, he could only try his best to keep the situation from getting worse.

Surrounded heavily before he walked out of the underground market, Tao Yiran glanced at the unfriendly crowd, and unhurriedly drew out the mermaid tag he had hidden in his clothes.

"...Mermaid slave!" The nearest person exclaimed.

The crowd who were about to move immediately gave way to a large circle.

The man also looked at him in horror.

As humans who accepted the protection of the mermaid, the status of the mermaid slaves was also higher than that of ordinary people like them.Beating a dog also depends on the owner. Although most people look down on them, no one dares to do it easily.