Chapter 457 - MERMAID SONG (1/2)

AS that singing voice continued, a thick fog suddenly appeared and enveloped the whole ship.  But no one seemed to notice it because there were all attracted by the sound of that melodious voice.  It was so beautiful and magical that it seemed otherworldly.

The players who heard this song, slowly became dazed.  All started moving towards the same direction.  As if a road had been opened in front of them.  And this voice was seducing them to go to the end of this road.  Their mind just turned completely blank.  All they could think was how they wanted to see the owner of this voice.  And they just instinctively knew that they would be able to see them once they walked down this road.

Soon, the sound of something falling on the water sounded one after the other.

To everyone who's watching this scene – those players who bought tickets and currently watching everything in the prism building and those players simply watching the live broadcast – what they saw was players jumping on the sea on their own volition.  Despite the fog, the game made it in a way in which everything was clear to the viewers.

That's why they could see how those players seemed to lose the light in their eyes and just walked dazedly towards the edge of the ship.  And finally jumping down to the ocean.  Of course, those players never swam back up again.  Which most likely meant that they were already eliminated.

But there were still many players who were on the deck who didn't fell into whatever was happening right now.  That included the Luo brothers.

When the song started, Luo Yan had a bad hunch.  Considering how this game loved to pit their players, his brain immediately worked on overdrive just to figure out the game's next move.  He was sure that this one was another trial that they had to face before they reached Four-Seasons Island.  The ship just went through a storm.

What could possibly involve the sea, a ship, and a beautiful voice?  Only one thing came to mind.

Mermaids!

According to myths, mermaids seduced sailors with their voice and led them into their doom.

The first thing that Luo Yan did when he realized that was to take out one of his daggers and slash his palm.  He didn't even wince.  Then he pulled Luo Jin's hand and slash his brother's palm, ignoring the other's surprised expression.

”Yan, what are you—”

”Concentrate on the wound.  If it's not painful enough, pinch it.  Just make sure that you don't listen to the song,” Luo Yan said before Luo Jin could finish what he's saying.

This was the fastest way he could think of under the circ.u.mstance so that the two of them wouldn't fall under the hypnosis of the mermaids.  Pain was always a good way to help a person to not think about anything.  Although the pain a player could feel in this game was just similar to someone giving you injection, if one kept poking at the injection wound, it would still hurt.

Even if they couldn't use any potions right now, he was not too worried about their HP decreasing to the point that they would die in-game.  Because it was just a small wound that could barely make a dent on their HP bar.

Luo Jin wanted to ask his brother to make things clearer.  But when there seemed to be something whispering to his mind to go somewhere, he felt like he finally understood something.  Because this urge to go to the sea just became stronger and stronger as he listened more and more to the song that suddenly sounded out of nowhere.

So, he did what his brother asked him to.  He pinched the wound that the other slashed on his palm.  The sudden pain quickly cleared up his mind.  It was a further proof that something was truly amiss.

”What's happening?  What's wrong with that song?” he asked his brother who seemed to already figure out things.

”It's mermaids.”