Ye Qi suddenly thought of a more terrifying result. He looked at Xiao Lou and said: "Professor Xiao, if it is as you said, the mermaid tribe is still researching clones. Since they can get cells from Brother Jiu and Mr. Tang,
, and let the cells grow into adults in a short period of time, then they can also copy Liu Qiao, return to seniors and Lao Mo!"
Xiao Lou also thought of this and his face became even more ugly: "You are right. After all, Xiao Liu, Lao Mo and Senior Gui are all in the mermaid tribe. It is not difficult to take their cells and make copies."
Tang Ci frowned and asked: "Who among our team has not been copied?"
Yu Hanjiang said: "My memories from childhood to adulthood are very clear. Except for the time when I was admitted to the military academy at the age of eighteen, I have never left the capital planet at other times, and I have never been to the hospital for examination. Theoretically, they should not be able to get me
cells."
Lu Jiuchuan said: "There is also Huaying. She has been a star thief since she was a child, and has been wandering around the universe with the Dark Night starship. She has never landed on any human planet, so it is difficult to be copied."
Xiao Loudao: "Long Sen and Qu Wanyue stayed in the capital planet since they were young. Their parents are very ordinary people and have nothing to do with the Noah's Ark project. They should not be copied."
Shao Qingge joked: "There are 12 people in our team, only 4 of them have not been copied, and the remaining 8 may have pirated copies, so this secret room is actually a 'fight against piracy game', right?"
"
Everyone: “…………”
At this time, Mr. Shao still has time to joke, and everyone believes that this is definitely the genuine Mr. Shao.
Xiao Lou opened the contract, checked the names of his teammates again, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Fortunately, the names of all 12 people are in the contract. Regardless of whether they have been copied or not, at least everyone is alive."
Yu Hanjiang frowned and said: "Long Sen and Qu Wanyue are safe for the time being. Hua Ying is the leader of the Star Thieves, so nothing will happen to him. The ones who are worrying are Liu Qiao, Senior Gui and Lao Mo. Liu Qiao has lost consciousness. We
You must confirm your identity with Senior Gui as soon as possible, as well as your next plan."
Lu Jiuchuan thought for a while and suddenly said: "Yes, the hunters can check our information, but they can't know what we talked about in private. The only way to make Lao Gui believe us is to say that only we know
, but it’s a secret that cannot be found out through any channels.”
Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci looked at each other and quickly reached a tacit understanding.
Tang Ci came to Shao Qingge, leaned over and whispered to Mr. Shao: "Once when we were trapped in a maze and chatting, Gui Lao told me and Jiu Ge that he was a calligrapher in name, but in private he was more patriotic about Chinese painting.
, in the third grade of elementary school, he earned 400 yuan from selling the paintings he practiced on the Internet, which was the first income in his life. The painting was an ink-style painting of plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums."
Shao Qingge used the telepathic channel to say to Mr. Gui: "Senior Gui, Tang Ci told me that the painting you practiced in the third grade of elementary school was sold online for 300 yuan. Do you still remember what you painted at that time?"
Gui Yuanzhang's deep voice sounded in his mind: "It's 400 yuan, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum."
Shao Qingge nodded to Tang Ci: "That's right."
Tang Ci breathed a sigh of relief: "It's true, even his parents don't know about this."
Gui Yuanzhang was confused: "Is Tang Ci next to you? What about what I saw today?"
Shao Qingge said: "The Ninth Brother, Tang Ci, Xiao Lou, Shao Qingge, and Ye Qi you met are all clones cultured from cells. Didn't Senior Gui notice that something was wrong?"
Gui Yuanzhang thought about it carefully and said: "Professor Xiao said from the beginning that his card pack was stolen. Mr. Shao and Ye Qi also cannot use cards, and Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci are still lying in the treatment room, unconscious.
Not awake. Xiao Lou explained that the S-class secret room is very difficult, and this must be the arrangement of the gatekeepers."
Shao Qingge frowned and relayed Gui Lao's words to Xiao Lou.
Xiao Lou said helplessly: "This clone is very smart. We had a teammate who was unconscious for several days in the tenth level. He used the 'keeper's arrangement' to explain that the card pack was stolen and the teammate was unconscious. It is indeed easy for people to believe.
.”
In the tenth level, Shao Qingge fell into a coma and did not wake up until the third day. There are also some secret rooms with forbidden cards. If all this is understood as "a plot deliberately set by the gatekeepers to increase the difficulty", if you have no idea about "copying"
Under the premise that "human beings exist", what reason do the teammates have to doubt?
As long as they don't reveal too many flaws, Liu Qiao and the others will soon follow their lead. Trust them.
Xiao Lou said: "Ask the seniors, what have they been doing these days?"
Shao Qingge asked in his mind: "Senior, what were you doing these past few days when you entered the secret room? Apart from Brother Jiu and Tang Ci being comatose, is there nothing abnormal about Xiao Lou, Shao Qingge, and Ye Qi?"
Gui Yuanzhang said: "On the surface, there is nothing unusual. We have been investigating the human bones on the sunken ship. Xiao Lou used his knowledge of forensic medicine to deduce that the human bones were 8 men and 2 women. They died 20 years ago and the cause of death was drowning in the shipwreck.
Since this ship is a military spacecraft, and the pattern printed on it does not look like the insignia of the Azure Empire, we have currently concluded that this ship comes from other countries, and other clues are being investigated."
Shao Qingge glanced at Xiao Lou with a complicated expression and whispered: "That clone of yours actually knows the knowledge of forensic anatomy. No wonder Liu Qiao and the others trust that Xiao Lou so much."
Xiao Lou: "..."
Just imagine, a person whose appearance, voice, expression, and movements are 99% similar to Xiao Lou can quickly analyze the characteristics of human bones and the cause of death as before when leading everyone to investigate the case, and even deduce the origin of the sunken ship...
He said that the card pack was stolen, would his teammates still be suspicious?
However, Yu Hanjiang keenly sensed something was wrong and said: "This Xiao Lou may not necessarily know forensic anatomy. It is more likely that he knows these people on the sunken ship. He knows how these people died. Of course he can tell the gender of these people.
The cause of death, time of death and the origin of the shipwreck also made Liu Qiao and others trust his ability to investigate the case, and mistakenly thought that he was Xiao Lou."
Xiao Lou also suddenly reacted: "The Gu raising plan 20 years ago caused most of the cloned children to die, and the few who survived were elites. No. 4 Xiao Lou has not been seen by anyone, maybe there was someone to take care of him at that time
He escaped from the palace and fled to the blue planet? The shipwreck encountered an accident in the sea, everyone else died, but the clone survived? "
Shao Qingge said: "Humans are afraid of water, but Zerg are not afraid of water. The clones have Zerg genes, and maybe they have inherited this advantage? They can stay on the seabed for a long time without breathing."
This sentence shocked Xiao Lou: "So the three clones of Xiao Lou, Shao Qingge, and Ye Qi can always stay on the bottom of the sea!"
Yu Hanjiang carefully thought through his thoughts and said: "Suppose that someone from the military department secretly took Xiao Lou No. 4 out of the palace, and took Shao Qingge and Ye Qi's clones with them to escape to the blue planet. The spaceship they drove accidentally came.
We encountered a whirlpool at sea here. The spacecraft crashed into the deep sea and the others drowned, but Xiao Lou, Shao Qingge and Ye Qi, who had Zerg genes in their bodies, survived."
Xiao Lou added: "This group of people took away all the information related to the clones when they fled. The shipwreck happened to allow the Zerg to obtain information about the Noah's Ark project and continue to conduct research in the deep sea?"
If this conjecture is true, all current clues can be connected in series.
The sunken ships and human bones in the deep sea that Gui Lao and the others encountered were the remains of the scientific researchers of the Luoke Empire and some military officials who had escaped with the clones. Those people fled the empire in a hurry, probably because they realized that His Majesty's plan was too great.
If they were too crazy, they would definitely be killed and silenced, so they took a few clones and all the information and escaped...
As a result, they encountered a whirlpool in the sea and all humans died, but three clones survived.
At that time, Xiao Lou, Shao Qingge and Ye Qi theoretically all had the body of a 5-year-old and the IQ of a baby. The Mermaid Tribe may have taken a fancy to the clone information they brought and were very interested in this plan, so they combined the three
The clones were raised to adulthood. Otherwise, how could the three outsiders have been living in the deep-sea territory of the mermaid tribe?
Xiao Lou looked at Shao Qingge: "Ask the seniors about their status in the mermaid tribe."
Shao Qingge immediately asked: "Senior, what identities are assigned to the teammates you met?"
Guiyuan Zhang said: "Xiao Lou is the prince of the mermaid tribe, and Liu Qiao is his sister, the mermaid princess; Shao Qingge and Ye Qi are Xiao Lou's friends. Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci were rescued by Xiao Lou when he went out half a year ago.
Humans, Lao Mo is the architect of the mermaid tribe, and I am the elder of the mermaid tribe."
Shao Qingge listened and simultaneously relayed it to his teammates.
After hearing the end, Lu Jiuchuan couldn't help but said: "So, the one who saved us on the Zerg planet was Xiao Lou's clone?"
Tang Ci nodded and said: "He has lived in the mermaid tribe for more than 20 years and has learned the mermaid song that disturbs the mind. At the same time, he also has Zerg genes in his body. He can understand the Zerg speech and can talk to the Zerg Queen?"
At that time, the Queen of the Zerg was already furious and vowed to bury all the members of the legion led by Lu Jiuchuan. If someone hadn't been able to communicate with her and eliminate her anger, how could she have let them go so easily?
Can understand mermaid songs, understand human language, and understand Zerg language...
Xiao Lou helplessly raised his forehead: "This clone is much more powerful than me."
The clone is more powerful than the original one. This is probably what His Majesty wants to see the most, right? According to the principle of survival of the fittest, this Xiao Lou is the best candidate to inherit the throne - his body will not be injured, let alone the skin, even the internal organs can automatically
Repair; he is not afraid of water and can walk on flat ground in the deep sea; he can sing mermaid songs and can confuse people's minds; he also has a very high IQ.
Ye Qi couldn't help complaining: "What this clone got is simply a sci-fi hero script. Not to mention inheriting the throne of the Luoke Empire, he can also inherit the throne of the Fish Tribe, destroy the Blue Empire, make friends with the Zerg, and unify the interstellar world.
It’s not a dream.”
Shao Qingge chuckled and touched his nose: "Unfortunately, the one who got the male protagonist's script is our mortal enemy - the Hunter."
Everyone: “…………”
This is so depressing!
How can the genuine Xiao Lou compete with this hunter who has the script for the male lead in an interstellar novel?
Xiao Lou can't swim, let alone go to the deep sea. He can drown in 5 minutes in the sea. He also has no body repair ability. Minor injuries will hurt, and serious injuries will be fatal.
Xiao Lou pressed his temples helplessly: "If we want to deal with this Xiao Lou from the mermaid clan, we must first find out who is helping him forge his identity. How can he, a clone, become the prince of the mermaid clan?"
Ye Qi asked curiously: "Does he have a mermaid tail? If he doesn't have a tail, wouldn't his secret be revealed?"
Shao Qingge simply asked Gui Lao: "Senior, do the Xiao Lou, Shao Qingge, and Ye Qi you met have tails?"
Gui Yuanzhang said: "The mermaid tribe has already evolved legs that can walk. When they are in the mermaid palace, they will walk on their legs normally like humans. But when they go out to sea, they will grow the mermaid tribe's iconic tail.
, a mermaid with a tail can swim in the sea at a speed of almost 200 kilometers an hour."
This is simply faster than a sports car!
Shao Qingge looked at everyone with a complicated expression: "Gui Lao said that Xiao, Shao and Ye all have tails."
A chill ran down Ye Qi's spine, and he couldn't help but reach out and touch the back of his tailbone... Ahem, it was hard for him to imagine what he would look like with a fish tail? He really wanted to meet the cloned mermaid.
Ye Qi.
Tang Ci thought thoughtfully: "With a tail? In other words, these are probably version 2.0 of the clones?"
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[Chapter 442, Upgraded Replicant]
Version 2.0? Tang Ci’s words made everyone stunned.
In the clone version 1.0, human cells are fused with Zerg genes, and they have acquired the ability of Zerg to rely on carpets for rapid development. The body can grow and mature in a short period of time. At the same time, they have inherited the Zerg repair ability.
Replicant version 2.0, based on 1.0, has been upgraded and integrated with the genes of the mermaid family. It can sing the confusing mermaid song and grow a mermaid tail?
Yu Hanjiang said solemnly: "What if the mermaid tribe also had a crazy mastermind like Xiao Lou's father? Twenty years ago, after the Luoke Empire's spaceship crashed into the deep sea, this man discovered three surviving replicant children and
All the information about the Noah's Ark plan, so he brought the three clones back to the mermaid tribe, upgraded and transformed them into version 2.0 based on the existing information, and then killed the true prince of the mermaid tribe, making the 2.0 version of Xiao Lou a
The successor of the mermaid clan."
Xiao Lou's head was about to explode: "So it seems that the Xiao Lou Liu Qiao and the others saw was not the No. 4 who escaped from the empire, but the upgraded No. 5? This No. 5 Xiao Lou is a fusion of humans, Zerg, and mermaids.
Not only is the gene not afraid of sea water, but it also has a mermaid tail that allows it to fly forward at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour in the deep sea?"
Everyone: “…………”
Lu Jiuchuan complained: "The clones can still be fucking upgraded, just like the mobile phone system releases version 1.0 and version 2.0! Will there be a 3.0 in the future? Is the brain of the gatekeeper a bottomless pit?"
Tang Ci said calmly: "No matter how many versions there are, at present, what Gui Lao and the others have encountered must be advanced replicants that combine the excellent genes of the three races. If we want to solve these version 2.0, we must first go to the deep sea."
Xiao Loudao: "We are all ordinary humans. We can't survive in the water for 5 minutes. If we want to go to the deep sea, we can only use Liu Qiao's [Mermaid Princess] card. But now Liu Qiao is controlled... Let Gui Lao think of a way.
"
Shao Qingge nodded and relayed all Xiao Lou's meaning to Gui Lao.
Gui Yuanzhang said: "Okay, I'll find Liu Qiao right away."
Xiao Lou and the others just relied on various card skills to escape the hurricane at sea, and found a broken wooden boat floating nearby.
At this time, six people were standing on the boat, shivering in the night wind on the sea.
This wooden boat is obviously a local fishermen's boat. It is very crude. Everyone on the boat is dead. Ye Qi was soaked by the sea water just now. When the sea breeze blew him while his whole body was soaked, it felt like wearing short-sleeved shirts in the bitter cold winter.
Just like walking on the street, he couldn't help but wrinkle his nose and sneeze a few times.
Xiao Lou was also very cold, so he summoned Bai Juyi and quickly made several temporary hand warmers with compasses.
Lu Jiuchuan took the hand warmer he handed over and sighed: "The cards can still be used like this..."
Ye Qi smiled and said: "Brother Jiu, you got used to it quickly. Our Professor Xiao always uses Bai Juyi to make fire as a heater, and also uses Bai Lingka as a parasol!"
Lu Jiuchuan gave Xiao Lou a thumbs up.
Everyone holds a hand warmer, which makes everyone feel much more comfortable. Standing on the sea and waiting can be tolerated.
Xiao Lou said: "Mr. Shao, keep in touch with Gui Lao."
Shao Qingge's face darkened: "Gui Lao said that the 5th is coming."
Xiao Lou's back suddenly tensed up: "Let Mr. Gui be careful, don't be controlled like Liu Qiao!"
At this time, inside the Mermaid Palace.
There was a knock on the door outside, but Gui Yuanzhang did not respond. He quickly drew a picture with a brush and threw it on the bed. At the same time, he put on his invisibility cloak and watched what happened.
The door was gently pushed open and Xiao Lou walked in.
The vaulted palace of the Mermaid Palace is surrounded by sea water, with many colorful fish swimming outside, just like the real-life Atlantis Undersea Hotel.
Gui Yuanzhang held his breath and saw Xiao Lou walking to the bed where he was sleeping. A silver cold light flashed on his fingertips, and the "dummy" on the bed immediately stopped moving.
Gui Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed suddenly.
His most powerful cards are pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. In fact, these four cards can be used together. For example, if pen and paper are matched, the things drawn on the paper with the brush can quickly become real objects.
Just like the legend of "Ma Liang, the magic pen", whatever you draw changes. Although it can only last for 2 hours, it is enough to make the fake look real.
Guiyuan Zhang has been a calligrapher since elementary school and is also an art master. He just drew a picture of himself with extremely fast hand speed, so what is lying on the bed at this time is actually the Guiyuan Zhang he drew.
Xiao Lou didn't know what method he used to make the person on the bed faint. Then, Gui Yuanzhang saw the old man on his back on his back, turned around and walked out quickly. The usually smiling, kind and gentle Xiao Lou, at this time
, a pair of eyes that seemed to have been tempered with ice, their gazes were terrifyingly cold, and the smile when they raised the corners of their mouths made people shudder.
It is hard to imagine that Xiao Lou would have such a terrifying expression on his face.
Gui Yuanzhang kept holding his breath. After he left, the brush in Gui Yuanzhang's hand drew a series of wind-like trajectories. He went out quickly and made several turns to reach Lao Mo's residence.
Liu Qiao has been controlled. The second one is him, and the third one is definitely Lao Mo!
It was already past two o'clock in the morning, and Mo Xuemin was sleeping soundly. Suddenly, the door was gently pushed open. The vigilance developed by many times in secret rooms made Mo Xuelin wake up immediately. Just as he was about to get his weapon,
I heard Senior Gui's voice ringing in my ears: "Go quickly, it's dangerous!"
Before Mo Xuemin could ask any more questions, Gui Yuanzhang dragged him and drew an arc under his feet with a brush, and the two of them flew out of their residence like the wind.
As an elder of the mermaid tribe, Gui Yuanzhang knew a secret sea area that few tribesmen went to. They walked out of the mermaid palace, and two long tails suddenly appeared behind them. The two swam to a remote place in the deep sea at extremely fast speeds.
behind the reef.
Surrounded by colorful corals, Lao Mo had no intention of admiring the beautiful scenery of the deep sea. He was frightened and said: "Senior Gui, what's going on? You suddenly pulled me out?"
Gui Yuanzhang asked: "I remember you have a daughter?"
Mo Xuemin was confused, but still replied: "My daughter has only entered middle school. This is why I must find a way to go back. Her mother passed away very early, and she only has me as a relative."
Gui Yuanzhang said: "Are all the cards there?"
Mo Xuemin: "Everyone is here...what's going on?"
Guiyuan Zhang confirmed that the Mo Xuemin in front of him was real, and then summarized what Shao Qingge had told him at a very fast speed.
Mo Xuemin's expression turned ugly: "What? A clone?!"
Gui Yuanzhang said: "The theme of this secret room is not the 'investigation of the shipwreck' that Xiao Lou told us, but gene replication. The Xiao Lou, Shao Qingge, Ye Qi, Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci we met before are all fake
Yes, the real teammates are all together now. They checked the clones and found the mermaid tribe, but they can't swim or go into the sea."
Lao Mo was confused: "Copycats? How can we be sure that they are real?"
Gui Yuanzhang said: "I told Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci some things about our childhood. Only the three of us knew about this matter. We all matched up just now. In addition, Zhen Xiaolou and Yu Hanjiang were together, and Shao Qingge just used
I have a good connection, and Xiao Lou has been communicating with him by the side, and they have confirmed each other's identities."
Thinking of getting along with Xiao Lou in the past few days, Mo Xuemin suddenly felt hairs on his spine: "No wonder! Professor Xiao said at first that the card pack was lost, and Mr. Shao and Ye Qi didn't have any cards. I was wondering at the time why my card pack was still there.
Are you here? Could it be that the gatekeepers picked people to arrange the plot? Now it seems that the three of them are fake and they made up this excuse because they didn’t have cards in their hands!"
Gui Yuanzhang said: "The fake Xiao Lou just sneaked into my bedroom and stunned the dummy I made. He will definitely go to your bedroom later. I also put a dummy on your bed, but,
The effect of my magic pen Ma Liang only lasts for 2 hours. We are pressed for time and must find Liu Qiao within 2 hours."
Mo Xuemin was shocked: "What happened to Liu Qiao?"
Gui Yuanzhang said: "Xiao Lou and the others tried to connect with Liu Qiao telepathically at first, but the fake Xiao Lou found out. He immediately controlled Liu Qiao. Liu Qiao is now unconscious. Professor Xiao asked us to find her as soon as possible and get her
[Mermaid Princess] card, only when all of them turn into mermaids can they go into the sea to investigate."
Mo Xuemin realized the seriousness of the matter, and his face became extremely serious: "The Mermaid Palace is too big, Liu Qiao is definitely not in her own residence, we have to hurry up and find it!"
Gui Yuanzhang nodded: "Well, this Mermaid Palace is actually a maze. We have discovered it in the past few days. After several days of exploring, have you figured out the route of the maze?"
Mo Xuemin smiled bitterly and said: "Senior, you think highly of me. This Mermaid Palace is the largest maze I have ever encountered. It is about five times larger than the Tomb of the Headless General last week. I have only figured out half of it so far.
.Fortunately, this maze is not a three-dimensional multi-layered structure, so finding the way will be more convenient than a three-dimensional maze."
Gui Yuanzhang said: "Without further delay, let's look for Liu Qiao while looking for the road. In 2 hours, the dummy I made will be discovered. Not only will Xiao Liu be in danger, but the two of us will not be able to escape!"