Isolated Island (11)

The Days I Clear Escape Games Pretending to be an NPCCh78 - Isolated Island (11)

An hour quickly passed, and the next group of night-watchmen woke up. Ren Yifei found a place, spread out the blanket he brought, covered it with a thin bed sheet and added a bath towel before falling asleep in a daze.

The heavy rain stopped at about five o'clock the next day, but the sky was still gloomy and grey. X9l1wc

"Ahhh—"

He slept lightly and immediately woke up when he heard a scream. After that, a series of screams could be heard outside, and everyone else in the room also woke up.

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"What's the matter?" He squinted. Feeling that the back of his hand was a little itchy, he used his other hand to scratch it.

En? This sensation... aomnIx

Taking a closer look, Ren Yifei couldn't help but be taken aback: Several fish scales had grown out from his hand at some point. They were peach-coloured, darker on the inside and lighter on the outside with silver edges; it was like someone had meticulously painted peach blossom Huadian.

"Round scales, one centimetre in diameter with slightly curved edges, the texture is soft yet tough," a finger poked his forehead.

Ren Yifei looked up and saw that Saman had appeared in front of him at some point, staring at his forehead with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"My forehead too?"

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"En, it's very nice," Saman said.

Ren Yifei: ...

There was screaming in the distance outside, and there was screaming from the other people in the room; only Ren Yifei and Saman were facing each other in a daze.

"You," Ren Yifei stretched out his hand to cover his forehead and asked vigilantly, "Do you like men?" BmcUnM

Saman immediately retracted his hand, "I don't like." There were also several dark blue fish scales on the back of his hand, which were also beautiful.

"Outside! Outside!" The glass door was opened, and a group of people gathered outside. All of them were scared to death as they strained their necks to look.

Ren Yifei was very curious, so he got up and stood by the door to take a look.

To his surprise, he saw a large fish lying on the steps under the eaves with its tail pointed towards him. Including its tail, the fish was about two meters long, silver-grey, had many signs of decomposition, and was emitting a foul stench. XGZsD7

"Who put the dead fish here? We can't eat it since it's not fresh anymore," Ren Yifei looked around, "Where is that 'thing' from yesterday?"

"Its head!" one of their temporary roommates shrieked.

Ren Yifei curiously moved closer and finally got a clear look at the dead fish's appearance; he was stunned.

A human head and a fish body... this, this, this is too ugly; he cannot accept this kind of mermaid! 3DpALB

"Ah!" Ren Yifei exclaimed briefly, "What is this? How did it grow..."

The chubby woman who was lying there yesterday had turned into a fish monster?

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A manor's staff in overalls came over with a small cart that already contained one of the corpses. He shouted, "Come on, throw away the pieces and burn them. Everyone calm down!"

He shouted several times, and a person with a plastic bag finally came out and dragged the fish carcass into the small cart. HGIyqT

They left, but where they went to burn the corpses was unknown.

There were only a few brave people in the crowd, and the majority of the remaining people had collapsed.

"It must be a curse," people cried as they pulled the scales on their bodies out, "Am I going to die? Because our ancestors were fishermen?"

Red translucent blood flowed out when the fish scales on their bodies were pulled out, followed by a faint fishy smell.

Pieces of fish scales were pulled out. Those people continued to desperate pull them out until there were only flesh and blood, "I don't want to die, I don't want to die."

Shua Shua, Shua Shua, the sound of fingernails scrapping against fish scales rang endlessly. Ren Yifei stared at the back of his hand where fish scales had grown and flicked it with his finger.

"Hiss," he did not think it was a very good idea, so he took out an old T-shirt in his bag and tore it into a long strip to tie the backs of both hands.

There was definitely something weird about this place. He has always had very high self-control, but he's emotions had been (relatively) high on a few occasions. 5u8Nmd

Looking at the people around him, although they were all adults, their behaviour was as uncontrolled as a child's. Fear, anger, despair... all kinds of negative emotions were amplified.

"Everyone, don't touch it. It's hard to find a doctor in the manor, and there are no antibiotics. If we were to get an infection, there would be no way to cure it," Ren Yifei advised them not to touch the fish scales on their bodies. No matter how uncomfortable it was, they had to endure it.

But if that does not work, they could just tie it up or cover it. Out of sight, out of mind. They could just pretend that it did not exist.

However, the islanders were unwilling to listen to him, and only a few stopped. Ren Yifei looked at the other two players in the crowd. They didn't escape either, but none of them touched the fish scales on their bodies. 6Cd7F9

As soon as he turned his head, he locked eyes with Saman again, and the other man smiled at him in a way that was downright creepy.

Ren Yifei suspected that he was suspecting something.

Since he had only slept for a little more than four hours, Ren Yifei was still very sleepy, but he still patted his face to sober himself and packed the blanket into his bag. He then glanced at the wooden bucket next to him, with the fish tank on top and the cat sleeping underneath.

After about five or six minutes, when the crazed crowd had calmed down a little bit, he asked, "Do you want to go down and have a look?" mD82dY

But they were all immersed in their own pain and did not respond for a long time.

"I'll go take a look with you," Saman said and picked up his bag, "There are too many people here, and I'm afraid there won't be enough food on this mountain."

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Ren Yifei's hair stood on end as he held the bucket and the cat tightly, "You really don't like men?"

"..." Saman, "I don't like." drGeY1

Ren Yifei expressed his disbelief and left quickly with the wooden bucket.

Saman: ...

"It just so happens that I want to go down there and take a look too," the glasses girl pushed her glasses up and looked at Saman: Your intentions to obtain information were too obvious and scared the NPC away, tsk tsk.

In fact, the glasses girl's map had marked out the entire submerged island, but a map was just a map, so some things could not be seen. rG4pOa

The little girl did not say anything; she simply stood up silently and walked out. She had already looked at the outside world through the drone earlier that morning, but some details still had to be seen with her own eyes.

They were on the side of the mountain, which was shrouded in fog. The sky was grey, so when they looked up, they would feel that the sky was very close and that the pressure was very low, so altogether, their mood was also low.

It was said that there were several bizarre deaths in the middle of the night and that the refugees had even broken into a fight. At that time, Ren Yifei was asleep, and nothing had happened in the mushroom house, so he ignored it.

Did those who died also become fish? als6i7

The lights in several cabins in the distance were also turned on, and a lot of noise was heard. It seemed that it was also because of the fish monster and the fish scales.

Normal people would not be able to accept this.

On the other side, the lights in the Mediterranean-style dining room came on, and he saw refugees bickering inside, even fighting with the manor's staff.

What happened? Ren Yifei also walked over. cYWEaj

The conflict had ceased by the time he came in— because the table had been flipped over.

"When rescue comes, I promise we will compensate all of it— double even," the person who spoke looked very polite and had said it very nicely. But if it hadn't been for the menacing-looking people standing behind him, maybe Ren Yifei would believe it.

It was the player he had previously seen, the corporate drone, the one who had come for 'Black Rabbit'.

There was something unusual about his tone. It felt concise and powerful, like someone who was experienced in giving orders. In addition, many people were standing behind this corporate drone player, all of whom were young and strong, with ages ranging between 20 and 30, all of whom were male, and all had tools in their hands. They all appeared very aggressive. wr9BvH

To have gathered so many idle forces, the man seemed to be someone who has studied behavioural psychology and knows how to utilise the crowd's emotions and conform them.

Opposite this group of people was the owner of the manor and a few tall-looking employees beside her. However, their imposing aura could not match the large number of refugees.

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Not knowing the cause and effect, Ren Yifei stood still with his eyes turned elsewhere.

The dining room's ceiling was high, and glass was installed on all sides, so the inside should be bright, but currently, all the tables, chairs and benches are covered with a layer of grey. Qc9Dub

Ren Yifei noticed that there was a stage on one side of the dining hall. There were some musical instruments, furnishings and decorations on it, all of which were covered with white cloths.

"That's the stage where we would perform when there are guests."

Ren Yifei raised his head and found that it was the violinist from yesterday. He stretched out his hand, "Hello, you're very good at playing the violin."

"Thank you," he also stretched out his hand, which also had a few fish scales, "Aren't you with them?" dd4mVp

The violinist was referring to the aggressive group of refugees.

"Of course not," Ren Yifei immediately distanced himself from the group, "What happened here?" Everything was normal yesterday. How did a group of thugs form today?

"The edge of the island has presumably collapsed, the land was engulfed by water, and there was only a vast ocean below," the violinist bit into a dry, coarse grain steam bun and sipped some water to moisten his throat. He continued, "They can't go back before help arrives. That's why everyone's so stirred up."

Yo, what a civilised way to put it. This was more than being stirred up; this was going to be a full-blown fight. sD3OAg

The refugees yelled at the owner of the manor and her party, venting their anger, "You obviously have so much food, and yet you gave us these things to eat?"

They poured the bowl of porridge onto the ground; it was a very diluted sweet potato porridge.

The owner of the manor stood there, her hands crossed over her chest, and sneered defensively, "I said that these things have expired and cannot be eaten."

"Can't be eaten?" The refugees showed everyone the frozen ingredients in their hands: Flour, milk, cheese, white rice, Wagyu beef, tuna, foie gras, lobster and king crab... dg6SQk

"This is just a small portion of what I moved from the cold room, and the inside is still full!"

A semi-abandoned manor like this one actually hid so many fresh and expensive ingredients?

After looking at these things and then looking back at the grain porridge on the ground, even Ren Yifei was speechless.

The facts have been laid bare in front of them, and no one believed the owner of the manor anymore. cKdu61

"I could understand that you don't want us to eat these, but you don't have to say that these things are expired and inedible, right? It's not like we won't pay," the corporate drone player who was taking the lead put on a regretful expression and looked at the owner of the manor as if she was being unreasonable. It was clear that he was continuing to stir up the emotions on both sides.

The refugees were angry and felt they had found a legitimate reason to attack the owner of the manor who had taken them in.

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Ren Yifei narrowed his eyes slightly: Wait a minute, since the ingredients were in the cold room, it should be very well hidden; how could these refugees know about it?

Unless someone deliberately 'accidentally took it out'. WFeLav

Ren Yifei's eyes swept across everyone at the scene: Who could it be?

"Hey, don't go too far. She's the one who took us in. Otherwise, we'd still be out there soaking in the water!" After a moment of silence, the righteous young man, Gu Xingye, who was still confused but knew right from wrong, came forward.

The refugee he accused shrank back but tried to put up a strong front, "Kid, don't create more trouble."

The owner of the manor looked at them and frowned. It was unknown if she regretted taking these people in at this moment. MUgeAD

But it was nevertheless useless even if she had not opened the gate since the iron gate would not be able to stop them.

"Didn't your father ever teach you that taking other people's belongings by force without the owner's consent is robbery?" Ren Yifei carried a folding chair and walked between the refugees and the owner of the manor, blocking her behind him.

He had taken it from the stage after lifting the white cloth and seeing a bunch of folding chairs. He had also conveniently left the bucket and cat there as well.

"You?" The owner of the manor was a little surprised. fwkMhn

"Kid, don't meddle in our business," the refugee warned him.

"Bang," with a flick, the folding chair in his hand unfolded, and Ren Yifei boldly sat down. Although his face was flushed from the tension, he still stubbornly said, "Does me sitting here get in your way?"

The atmosphere was very tense at that moment, but no one moved since they knew that things would not end well once they started.

"This is what you want," amid the tense confrontation, the owner of the manor threw out a key, "You can move the things from the cold storage, but I hope you won't regret it." IvwYpy

After receiving the key to the warehouse, the group of refugees were ecstatic, "We have food now."

The owner of the manor stared at them coldly until the group left the dining hall.

"Um..." Ren Yifei had just opened his mouth to ask if there was hot water, but the owner of the manor walked away.

There were bits of ingredients scattered on the dining room floor, and an employee came with a broom to clean it up. They swept everything into a dustpan and threw it away. 7Bx64a

"The things really can't be eaten; they are all expired. Even those fresh-looking seafood had been kept in the freezer for two months. You'll get sick if you eat them," the violinist had stood beside him at some point.

Ren Yifei didn't know whether or not food that had been frozen for two months could be eaten, but if these people said so, he would believe them.

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"I don't want to eat. Is there any hot water here?"

"Oh, yes, there is. That's the water dispenser," the violinist said, "Sorry, our boss is in a bad mood." LCP8R0

"I understand. Thank her for me."

The violinist nodded, "Mm-hmm."

"This is a thank you gift. The others won't eat it anyway," the young woman in the chef's hat came out; Ren Yifei had met her at the fish market before. She gave him a large bag of seven or eight coarse-grained steamed buns the size of fists, but they were all cold.

He thanked her, then put one in his pocket to eat later and stored the rest in his rucksack before going to the stage to pick up the black cat. 1rx9EQ

The cat was very obedient; it just stayed in the bucket and waited for him. Ren Yifei put the folding chair back and picked up the bucket. He suddenly became curious, "What is this bulge in the middle? A rockery?"

"Just miscellaneous items and a ship model," the employee answered while cleaning.

Seeing this, Ren Yifei stopped bothering them and left the dining room.

T/N: Sneek peek at Song Wei's (Saman) character design since Fish's fins suddenly got itchy while editting~ phF0sc

"En, it's very nice," he says, hehehe~ ^^