Her Tentacles 71

Chapter 71: The Sacrifice

When Shu Yao woke up the next day, the little octopus was nowhere to be seen in the bed.

After opening the door, the living room outside was still clean and tidy. The few pots of flowers on the balcony, which didn’t need much care and were still full of life, were also dewy. There was even a plate of sandwiches on the dining table, and a glass of milk.

Seeing that she had just woken up, the little octopus, holding the square milk carton, turned around and asked, 【Yaoyao, do you want the milk hot?】

What a beautiful and warm scene.

However, Shu Yao’s mind was only filled with one thing.

—How overboard did Lin Ran go that day to be so guilty?

Not only did she not dare to sneak in at night anymore, but she was also up early in the morning, trying to please her.

Shu Yao looked at the little octopus’s round, black eyes, and her mind was filled with the image of it standing alone in a puddle by the bushes, drenched in the rain last night. Then, it changed to the image of it on the raft, in the form of a young girl, pitifully asking if she didn’t want her anymore.

She really couldn’t clench her fists.

She could only put on a cold face and bossily tell it to heat the milk, and at the same time, she glanced outside and told it to stop the rain first.

Firstly, it was daytime now. Even if the moon had an influence, it should be limited. It was a good time for the members of the special department to conduct celestial research and try to find a solution. Secondly, if the little octopus always used this power, the [Martyrs] would eventually find it, which was not conducive to it hiding itself.

Confirming that Shu Yao was not only not going to settle the score with her, but was also considering her in this way, the little octopus, which had just entered the kitchen, its ears twitched.

A more obvious smile appeared in its black eyes.

…

Because of the report Shu Yao had submitted last night, she soon received a notice that the leader wanted to see her.

Before she left.

The little octopus eagerly wriggled into the heart-shaped glass bottle that she usually carried, and even put some colorful little daisies that it had plucked from the flowerpots on the balcony into the bottle.

White, blue, and golden blooming flowers and stems were intertwined in the center, with a little octopus of the same bright color lying there. When this glass bottle was hung on the shoulder buckle of Shu Yao’s combat suit as usual, she was thinking about whether Lin Ran, who used to dress so beautifully, originally had this kind of stinky, peacock-like instinct.

The heart-shaped bottle hidden under her clothes was like a heart filled with blooming flowers and the joy of spring.

The little octopus did not know her thoughts, but as she walked, under the cover of her coat, it smelled her familiar scent and gently swayed in the bottle with the rhythm of her steps.

Even though Shu Yao was afraid that too much contact with it would cause another uncontrollable mutation, the fact that she was still willing to keep it by her side was enough to show her undiminished love.

It still did not intend to change its previous idea.

As long as it could continue to stay by this person’s side, even if it could only exist in this mimicked disguise in the future, it would be happy to do so.

The rain that had covered Nancheng all night had indeed stopped.

By the time Shu Yao came out of the leader’s office of the special department, she heard many colleagues in the office discussing that the technical department had already discovered the online public opinion. From last night, many people had been taking pictures of the moon and posting them online.

And in other cities, there had been a phenomenon of [Parasite] riots since last night. There had been many cases of [Parasites] suddenly revealing their identities in the crowd and launching indiscriminate attacks on the surrounding ordinary people.

The special department stationed in Nancheng now knew that the lucky rain that had fallen last night had given them time to react and prepare, but this city could not be lucky forever.

They would still have to be involved in this turmoil in the end.

If one were to open the news at this moment, one would see many even worse reports about foreign port cities. The phenomenon of monsters, which had previously been half-hidden from the ordinary people and could be concealed, had now finally torn through the last layer of thin gauze.

The true face of the monsters was completely revealed to the public.

Besides the [Parasites], there were also transparent, fine threads that had unknowingly stretched over from the moon, approaching these cities from mid-air. And the instruments used by the special department to detect the degree of [Parasite] pollution would directly emit a sharp, explosive sound when they got close to where these fine threads were, and then they would explode and be destroyed.

This fine thread could not be touched by humans and could only be observed through special instruments. And even if the researchers observed it through the instruments, they would develop various mental problems after a long time.

For a moment.

Doomsday theories were rampant among the people. Even in the official departments with many special ability users, when people passed each other, they could still see a sense of unease in their colleagues’ eyes.

…

Shu Yao suddenly became very busy.

She couldn’t even bring her very useful assistant, the flower fish, on her field missions anymore.

Because on the first night after the rain that Lin Ran had summoned had stopped, the ability it had plundered from the other [Martyrs] could no longer be used. And from that night on, the full moon in the sky, whether in the dark of night or in the daytime, was still so obvious.

The sun and the moon shone together.

In the past, this was an anomaly that would have made celestial enthusiasts take countless blockbuster photos. But for humans now, they would only think, what would happen when this terrifying full moon got infinitely close?

The higher-ups began to discuss the major matter of using special war weapons to destroy the moon, this satellite.

And for ordinary people, the number of people entering the psychiatric department of hospitals overnight due to insomnia, anxiety, depression, and other problems increased greatly. The psychiatric drugs were in short supply for a time, and the patients all said that they had varying degrees of auditory and visual hallucinations.

Then there were the [Parasites] like the flower fish. They began to be unable to control their own actions, so a special place was established in the special department for these people who had obtained special abilities from monsters, who had previously been able to suppress the monster’s consciousness with their human will, but were now deeply affected by it.

Shu Yao also took the time to call Situ Jin.

She asked her about the condition of the mermaid in her house.

Situ Jin was also in a bit of a mess, partly because of her family’s affairs, and partly because of that mermaid, Xuan Zhu. But she knew that Shu Yao would only be busier than herself at this time, so she only assured her:

“Don’t worry.”

“There’s nothing major on my side. You should be more careful. Don’t rush into every mission. Let’s just live one day at a time, okay?”

Shu Yao looked at the building in front of her, which had no one left to seal it off, and could vaguely hear screams. She even noticed a large splash of blood on the glass of a certain floor high up.

“Mmm,” she curved her lips, her palm touching the glass bottle hanging near her heart through her clothes, and her tone was gentle as she replied, “Okay.”

Shu Yao stepped into the office building where the [Parasites] were running rampant.

While cooperating with other colleagues to evacuate the ordinary people and at the same time screening for possible hidden dangerous characters, she suddenly sensed a very malicious gaze.

She pulled out her weapon from the leather holster at her waist.

And at this very moment…

One, two, three.

The [Parasites] hidden in the crowd suddenly changed their behavior, received a new command, and gathered toward where she was.

This unusual state of action quickly attracted the attention of her colleagues. In special times, special orders were executed. One after another, exploding heads caused the crowd that had not gone far to scream.

But there were still successive waves of [Parasites] coming toward her.

The bottle under her clothes began to move restlessly, but she held it down without question.

Shu Yao met their gazes calmly, feeling the countless, chaotic murmurs that had condensed together and were being transmitted into her mind through a special channel:

【Found you.】

【My sacrifice.】

【See, see, see, see… I see you—】

Along with it came that extremely penetrating gaze, which for a moment could even pull Shu Yao back to the night when the island was sinking and she had met the gaze of the overly dazzling moon in the sky.

This was not the first time she had been surrounded like this.

Even in just a few short days, the special department had already had a tactic of using her as bait to put on the street, and then, under the premise of ensuring her safety, to wipe out a large area of the attracted [Parasites].

Shu Yao was used to it. She waited for this brief dazed state to recover, and then she wanted to use her weapon to eliminate the enemy.

However, her affected state was even deeper today.

Until that [Parasite] rushed toward her, opened its mouth, revealing the chaotic, slender, poisonous fangs inside, she had not recovered her consciousness.

The enemy was infinitely close, and the next second it was almost touching her face.

A transparent tentacle appeared from under her clothes, wrapped around her wrist, and led her to aim and kill this monster at close range.

Bang!

…

【Yaoyao.】

That night, the woman, who was on forced leave due to her poor condition, was sitting in her own living room. When she came back to her senses, she saw the little octopus standing on the armrest of the sofa, looking at her angrily.

She came back to her senses, but picked up the remote control and drew the curtains between the living room and the balcony.

Recently, her performance had made the higher-ups understand her position. The prying eyes that had been sent to her house nearby had long since been withdrawn. In fact, she didn’t have to do this.

But Shu Yao still drew all the curtains, and then looked at the little octopus, which was angry with her because she had been working too much and was too tired during the day, and had no resistance to the [Lighthouse]’s babbling.

She answered, “Mmm?”

Lin Ran raised a tentacle and pointed to the direction of the bedroom, her tone rarely carrying a hint of seriousness: 【Go and rest. No staying up late.】

“Wait a minute,” Shu Yao casually squeezed the slender tentacle. “I’m thinking about something.”

Lin Ran, who had not been actively touched by her for a long time, was stunned.

But the tentacle was more honest than its owner. Although it didn’t understand why its owner wouldn’t let them cuddle with their girlfriend recently, they had long since missed Shu Yao’s warm, delicate skin.

At this moment, it was even very fawningly wrapping itself around her fingertips, and using its suckers to grind against her delicate and sensitive places, leaving a string of heart-shaped marks with its sticky trail.

【Kiss, Yaoyao, kiss.】

【Like, like!】

Shu Yao opened her five fingers and watched as this tentacle, like a climbing vine, wrapped around the gaps between her fingers and refused to come down. A hint of a smile appeared in her eyebrows.

At the same time.

The buzzing and unclear, soft voices that had remained in her mind, which had been affected by the [Lighthouse] through the [Parasites], also became much quieter.

Her tired expression seemed to have recovered a little because of this.

Shu Yao stared at the tentacle for two more seconds, as if she had figured something out. Then she looked up at the little octopus opposite her and suddenly said:

“Lin Ran.”

“Change back.”

The monster, which was allowed to change back to its human form, was still a little uneasy. Because it couldn’t guess what its girlfriend was thinking now, the little octopus, which had never taken up much space, became a dark-haired woman who occupied half the sofa. It even tried to curl its long legs, lest it touch her again without her consent.

She didn’t know if it was because she was lazy, or for some other reason, but she still only mimicked a white shirt.

The long, straight hem just barely covered the roots of her thighs.

Although she had such imposing eyebrows and eyes, because her gaze at this moment was focused and affectionate, paired with this harmless shirt with its buttons undone at the collarbone, it gave people the illusion that they could bully her at will.

Shu Yao leaned toward her and saw her growing unease, and even her action of trying to hide at the edge of the sofa. But her long legs had nowhere to be placed, and were even pressed down by Shu Yao’s palm.

The warm temperature of a human came over.

The ink in Lin Ran’s eyes deepened. She forcefully controlled herself not to make any other movements, but the tentacles behind her had already all come out from around the sofa, silently spreading out to surround the approaching person.ing for its prey to walk right into it.

The shadow gradually climbed up from the human’s waist.

“…Yaoyao?” Her voice was hoarse, a hoarse temptation.

Shu Yao had long since sensed the trap hidden in her innocent appearance. She caught a glimpse of the tentacles twisting restlessly nearby, and even dancing their shadows dancing across the carpet and ceramic tiles in front of the sofa.

She looked at Lin Ran’s face again, and even raised her hand to hold her chin. She didn’t quite understand why she was still bewitched by this face after seeing it so many times.

But at least—

It was much better than the lines hanging high in the city sky, the [Lighthouse] whose appearance was unknown and whose voice was unpleasant.

Originally, she had thought that as long as she kept her distance from the little octopus, she could get along with the other in this normal state that she could accept for a longer time. But she hadn’t expected life to have so many accidents. Even if it wasn’t Lin Ran, there would be new monsters who couldn’t wait to mutate her.

If this was still a choice between two, then she would still choose the one she was more familiar with. Compared to the [Lighthouse], she would rather be a believer of this little pet she had raised.

A believer is fine, and a sacrifice is also fine.

…

Thinking this.

Shu Yao let out a very light sigh, then relaxed, and said to the woman who was so close to her, “Hold me.”