Chapter 37 Brain?

The first to exclaim after hearing Shakira's description was Hao Ren: "A brain?!"

Shakira shuddered, startled by the exclamation, her tail tangling with Nangong Wuyue's, causing the latter to yelp. She quickly released her tail and looked at Hao Ren in surprise, "What about a brain? Do you know something?"

Hao Ren rattled off a string of questions, "How big is the brain exactly? What are the tentacles like? What phenomena occur when you fight it? How did you..."

Before he could finish, Shakira was already dizzy from the barrage of questions. She waved her hands frantically, telling Hao Ren to slow down, "Stop, stop… I can't keep up. Have you seen that kind of sea monster before? Do you know where it came from?"

Hao Ren nodded solemnly, "Not only have I seen it, but I've also personally killed one… well, I should say killed a clone. But theoretically, that thing shouldn't appear on Earth."

Seeing the serious expressions on everyone's faces, Shakira knew this was important, so she quickly described the appearance of the sea monster in detail, mentioning the process of capturing it at the time: "That monster suddenly fell from the water canopy, crashing into the center of the city. No one had ever seen anything like it. People around the sea monster would become disoriented, and it could also use its tentacles for magical attacks, causing a lot of damage at the time. But later, Her Majesty the Queen personally led the guards to capture the monster and locked it in prison—but after that, Her Majesty the Queen's behavior began to be problematic."

"Your queen led people to capture that sea monster?" Vivian asked seriously, "How did she capture it?"

Shakira shook her head, "I don't know. All the news came from the soldiers who were there at the time. It was said that the queen personally used magic to trap the brain. I wasn't there at the time."

Hao Ren sensed something was off from these words, and the more he thought about it, the more suspicious the whole thing seemed.

Let alone whether ordinary sirens who are not good at fighting have the ability to capture that kind of strange giant brain—let’s assume the queen's guards are the rare fighting elites among the sirens, and they have the ability to deal with that kind of monster—the key is why, after the giant brain was defeated, did the siren queen start acting abnormally?

Hao Ren had dealt with that kind of "brain monster" before. He knew that although that monster had strong mental attack abilities, this attack ability was not long-lasting. As long as you left a certain range or eliminated the brain monster itself, the mental attack would stop. But the siren queen continued to become strange after defeating the brain monster, and even made the bizarre decision to capture her own messengers a hundred years later. There was probably only one possibility:

She was still being affected by that brain monster to this day, and it was getting worse.

"You didn't eliminate that sea monster, right?" Vivian also thought of this, and asked before Hao Ren could speak.

Shakira shook her head, "No, at least the brain monster was still alive when I left more than a hundred years ago. The queen ordered the sea monster to be locked in the dungeon at the bottom of the city, supposedly to study the monster."

Vivian winked at Hao Ren, and the two of them went to the balcony together.

"The siren queen is probably being controlled," Hao Ren said solemnly, "The so-called prophecy of the Day of Return is not a siren prophecy at all, it's the rumor released by the giant brain."

Vivian nodded slightly, "And if I'm not mistaken… the Day of Return currently circulating on the surface is a kind of misunderstanding. The real 'Return' is not what other alien races think it is at all. Think about the Return Church in Holletta—that's probably what the real 'Return' means."

"Returning one's own flesh and blood, returning life to the goddess, and turning all living beings in the world back into a pot of mixed soup, in order to erase the 'sins of life'," Hao Ren recalled the crazy doctrines he had seen in the "Original Text" of the Return Church, "Whether it's the Return Church or the siren queen, behind them is that kind of giant brain… It seems that the goal of those big brains is to make all life created by the Creation Goddess return to chaos. But why?"

"Who knows, they have such big heads, maybe they have too many nerves that are all twisted together," Vivian pouted, "But there are still many things that can't be explained—why was the 'prophecy of return' first spread by the siren queen so vague? After hearing this prophecy, the alien races unanimously chose to pack up and prepare to return to their old homes, which is completely different from the original meaning of 'return of flesh and blood'. And how did that giant brain come to Earth? Why did it choose a reclusive siren as its spokesperson, instead of choosing a group of more influential guys? No matter what it wants to do to the alien races on this planet, starting on the surface would be easier than messing around in the sea. Look at how many of those sirens who came ashore back then were reliable…"

Putting aside everything else, Hao Ren wholeheartedly agreed with the last sentence. Those harmless water snake girls can do anything, but they can't do conspiracies. Look at how many of the sirens who came ashore more than a hundred years ago messed up all at once. Occasionally, the one who didn't mess up was someone like Shakira…

Hao Ren stroked his chin and thought silently, "The prophecy may be vague because the queen was not completely controlled at the time, or it may be that the 'brain monster' wanted to play a long game, just like in Holletta, subtly establishing a Return Church on the surface—it just underestimated the boundless imagination of the Earth's alien races and overestimated the ability of those sirens who came ashore to handle affairs. As for how it came to Earth…"

He paused, his eyes becoming serious, "I'm afraid there are other gates to the Dream Plane on Earth, in the deep sea."

Of course, Hao Ren couldn't explain why the brain monster would choose the siren as its spokesperson, because he couldn't even figure out why Raven 12345 would choose a goofball like himself as a spokesperson…

After discussing for a while, the two returned to the living room. Shakira was playing with Nangong Wuyue, their tails entangled with each other. Hao Ren couldn't help but think of snake sex when he saw this situation, and quickly coughed to divert their attention, "Ahem, Shakira, I want to discuss something with you—can you take us to the deep sea?"

Shakira didn't react for a moment, "To the deep sea?"

"The Siren City," Hao Ren folded his hands in a sincere manner, "Don't rush to object, listen to me: The giant brain you mentioned is a very dangerous creature. It will systematically destroy all life, so I'm worried that the Siren City is in great danger. I've dealt with that kind of monster before and know its characteristics. That guy may have already controlled your queen, so you must take us to see, maybe everything can be saved."

Shakira was stunned by Hao Ren's words, but his expression told her that this was probably not a joke. Thinking about the truly bizarre things she had experienced, she hesitated.

Nangong Wuyue gently wrapped the tip of Shakira's tail with her own, "Trust me, we won't hurt you. And I also want to go back to my hometown… When my mother was still alive, she always told me to stay away from the deep sea. She was one of the sirens who came ashore with you. She probably realized that there was a problem with the queen, so she told me not to leave the land casually."

Hao Ren remembered this when Nangong Wuyue said this, and the thought of "something happening in the deep sea" became even more firm. He looked into Shakira's eyes, "I know sirens don't like outsiders to disturb them, but the situation is special now. You've already been chased once. If you don't solve the root of the problem, are you just going to keep hiding like this?"

The others immediately followed suit to persuade her, and even Izhaks said earnestly, "Girl, listen to my advice, you have to liberate your mind and seek truth from facts, you can't limit yourself to dogma…"

A great demon holding the People's Daily and talking about ideological line issues to a siren, the picture was so beautiful that it seemed to come straight out of the news broadcast.

Shakira hugged her arms and struggled for a long time, finally exhaling a long breath, "What you said makes sense, and it doesn't seem too serious to occasionally make an exception and bring a few outsiders in. But I have a question: just you few… can you really handle it?"

It seemed that the biggest trouble was not the Siren City's rules and regulations, but that Shakira couldn't believe that the people in front of her could really help. She didn't doubt the guess that something had happened in the Deep Sea City, after all, she knew the unusual situation in her hometown best, and she was willing to believe that these people had no malice, after all, they had just helped her heal her injuries—she just didn't believe that a few people could solve the problems of the entire city.