My eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of clouds, and everything in front of me seemed to be covered with a layer of gray fog.
Her body felt cold due to the blood loss, and she felt like there were hot needles pricking her body because of the violent heat. She lay on the cold floor, but she felt it was so hot, like an iron plate.
Roasting.
She couldn't feel her fish tail anymore.
--but she can see it.
Her beautiful, pure white fish tail was right in her field of vision.
Its cross-section seems to have been roasted, revealing a pale white color of cooked meat. Only at the burnt and fallen scales can you see how it has been cut off.
She still remembered...it was a light. A light she couldn't forget.
That was not an attack aimed at Xiaoya at all. She was just an innocent person affected. When the laser reached her, it was already close to the ground. If she had stepped back another one or two meters, she might not have been injured at all.
But there is no if.
Xiaoya's fish tail was immediately cut off, and she fell to the ground in a panic. She looked like a fish being grilled on the iron plate.
But so far, she still feels that she is lucky,
——Because the owner of this store is dying in front of her.
He was a few steps further than Xiaoya, and was about to pull down the rolling shutter door. Although that would prevent them from observing the outside, and therefore they would not be able to dodge some attacks, they, civilians, did not have the strength to dodge such attacks.
In this way, at least he won't be discovered and attacked by those lunatics.
But the rolling shutter door didn't fall at all. Because before the boss could reach the door, he was affected by the same laser, and his whole body was directly cut off from the waist.
At that time, he was still not dead, or even fainted immediately. He just let out a miserable wail in pain, and the upper half of his body rolled on the ground. The skin that was instantly scorched would not allow him to bleed to death in a short period of time.
, he barely bled. But many of his internal organs were cut in half, leaving him with no way to survive.
He struggled like that for a long time, and was finally blown up by the drone until he fainted.
Now...that old gentleman is probably dead.
Am I... too fast?
She thought pessimistically and suddenly felt heat rushing to her abdomen.
Xiaoya suddenly twitched violently, and the rising heat in her body made her feel pain accumulating. She rolled like a dead fish, and then suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood.
She originally just wanted to vomit, but even she didn't expect that what she vomited was bright red blood.
The blood was so bright red - as bright as fire, like the sunset, like melted glass. It was also like a mirror, reflecting my own face.
…My blood is so beautiful.
Xiaoya's blank mind suddenly came up with this idea. After coughing up the blood, she suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. She felt that her body was no longer so hot, and it seemed that it was starting to get colder.
.
But at the same time, she also felt that her originally clear consciousness... was quickly becoming blurry.
Her sense of time began to become confused.
It felt like a long time passed, but in fact it was only a moment; she felt like it only passed a moment, but a long time passed. She seemed to be asleep between dreaming and waking up, as if she had had a long dream... again
It was like I just closed my eyes for a few seconds, but the sound of explosions was still coming from my ears.
Why, why….
Will it become like this?
At this moment, Xiaoya suddenly heard chaotic footsteps.
Her eyes suddenly gathered the light of hope.
"Help, help—"
I…..
But when she saw the faces of those people clearly, the rest of her words were stuck and swallowed.
That's Dai
Wearing wolf-headed hoods, criminals suddenly attack this neighborhood.
"There is a mermaid lady."
Someone saw her and sneered maliciously.
"Look, brothers, that cross section is so beautiful."
"Tsk, what a big tail."
"Look at that big tail...it feels like it can stew a big pot of fish soup."
"It's true. The meat on the tail looks very fat. Is that a meat-eating species?"
"It still has pure white scales... This tail should be a carp, right?" "It looks like a white koi. Platinum koi, probably. After all, I can only tell that the tail is white, or it may be another white tail.
Koi..."
Those people also saw Xiaoya's embarrassed appearance. They indeed stopped in response to her call.
But they showed no mercy to Xiaoya, not at all. Instead, they laughed at her and pointed at her.
Xiaoya only felt her heart was like an ice cave as she realized their identities.
——They will never save themselves. Because this "war" was caused by them.
Believers of "werewolves" hate the "lower people" of Fountain Island.
As a hybrid or aberrant spirit from the outer island, he was born with the characteristics of a terrestrial spirit, the so-called "Scaleless One".
They are unable to enjoy various preferential treatment, various benefits, and even cannot get a normal job. Either they are mining, cutting down trees, pumping oil, exploring... or they are just enjoying the treatment of others on the island, or they are simply expelled from the island.
Yongquan Island will not directly persecute them, nor will it actively enslave them. If they are willing to leave, they can even arrange for them to study and work on other empty islands.
——But everyone knows that Yongquan Island is the island with the best treatment.
As the only sky island with a giant dragon personally taking care of it, other sky islands have to give Yongquan Island some face.
If other sky islands are just "city-states", then they are "empires". And they are empires ruled by wise kings.
At least for aquatic species, Yongquan Island is indeed a stress-free paradise. Even though everyone knows that this kind of generous treatment is actually obtained by squeezing the "Scaleless", "Baby" and other Sky Islands.
It was obtained by ordinary people, but those "scaled people" lived an extremely happy life.
There are only six hours of work per day and only four days of work per week, and there is no pressure for employment - you can even find a good job after graduating from high school, and the work is not difficult. There are subsidies for education, medical care, pension, entertainment, and marriage.
, full of smiles from birth to death. They were born noble and are undoubtedly a nobler race. They don’t have to worry about poverty and hunger, and can develop various hobbies they like.
——So, what’s the price?
The price of all this will be paid by other spiritual relatives.
These scaleless people live a life like slaves. Their status is even lower than that of slaves.
On Yongquan Island, the poor people with scales do not hate the rich, and the rich do not discriminate against the poor - they unite together to discriminate against those "scaleless people who come from backward and degraded places."
They have very few spiritual relatives who can touch the ocean, and they are also the only island in the sky that understands the knowledge that "more than 70% of the world's area is ocean."
Now that the land is polluted, they naturally feel proud.
Because their ancestors were sinless and did not have the blood of their compatriots on their hands. Their ancestors did not directly participate in the religious wars, nor did they live a life of cannibalism in the chaotic end of the world. Because they originally
They live on the seaside and isolated islands and make a living by fishing. Whatever happens on the land has nothing to do with them.
Certain knowledge that is considered taboo on other islands is taught openly here because they are deliberately cultivating this innate pride.
And among these aquatic species, a brand new concept emerged.
--nationality.
While the society of the scaled people has become extremely united and friendly, those without scales have also become extremely united and friendly.
I felt equal discrimination and alienation.
Although he was born on the developed and civilized Yongquan Island, who would be willing to be driven to other twisted, busy, dangerous and depraved empty islands?
Obviously everyone was born on Yongquan Island, why is it more noble to have scales?
Before the appearance of "werewolves", people just felt aggrieved for this. Even if they lived a hard life on Yongquan Island, even if they spent their lives mining and cutting down trees on land, it was still better than being driven away.
But now, the situation is different.
Since Yongquan Island doesn't want them...
——Then let Yongquan Island be as distorted and chaotic as other empty islands. Anyway, no matter how bad their situation is, it will not be worse than it is now.
In this way, they can also be balanced.
The attack they are launching now... is not so much that they have no regard for civilians, but rather that their goal is to attack the "scaled ones".
Those with fish heads are the first group to be attacked - because this is a special aesthetic that only people with scales can understand, and it is a special aesthetic that is contrary to human aesthetics. Among people with scales, they are also among the "bloodline types."
"Pure" type, the offspring are more likely to have scales.
And those with human heads and faces... are more likely to be forgiven.
Because of this, after they laughed at Xiaoya, they still chose to "feel pity."
But that is definitely not treating her, nor is it just leaving her -
A man with a younger voice took out a pistol.
"Forget it, seriously, brothers... She looked quite miserable. He sighed, "This child is quite cute. She must not be very old yet."
"You came out to buy cakes."
Another person saw the strawberry cake on the counter and said casually: "Then let her be relieved. Let's eat the cake and then prepare to run away."
"Hey, are you planning to run away?"
"The next battle has nothing to do with us... How about we destroy this store? The old man who owns the store is also a fish head."
"It's not impossible."
The man loaded his pistol and walked over.
"No, don't..."
Xiaoya sobbed and begged: "No... I don't want to die... The cake, the cake is for you... Please, don't kill me..."
The man wearing a werewolf hood said warmly: "Don't be afraid, Miss Mermaid. No one will come to save you. It will be easier to die this way. If you don't hide, it won't hurt."
"— But you should be very painful in a while."
A low and hoarse sound came from behind them.
With the large shadow of the blockbuster, the man suddenly became nervous, and his body looked back.
But I saw that one of my companions flew over out of thin air, as if losing gravity and smashed it to myself!