The dazzling lights...
The tidy laboratory...
The pungent smell of disinfectant...
A syringe containing a green liquid appeared before Ye Nifu.
[tn: for easier reading purposes ill be giving Ye Nifu an English name.. Jennifer!]
As the pale fingers behind the syringe gently pressed, a drop of green liquid accompanied by air was expelled from the syringe.
The green liquid dripped onto the clean floor, but in an instant, it transformed into a small patch of verdant moss, spreading continuously.
Green, once Jennifer's favorite colour because her favorite animal, a little turtle, was also green...
But now, Jennifer couldn't feel any joy seeing that shade of green.
Bound to the operating table, Jennifer face was full of despair. Her mouth covered by white cloth opened and closed, but no sound came out. Her pupils were constantly contracting due to fear.
She couldn't believe that the person closest to her would use her for an experiment...
A slight pain came from her arm, followed by a dense drowsiness like creeping vines.
"Doctor, they are coming..."
"Hurry up and pack your things, let's go."
In a daze, Jennifer heard a woman's voice.
Then, not far away, there were several gunshots, and the ceiling gradually turned into a dark green colour, sprouting small mushrooms. The light also began to flicker.
Jennifer didn't know if this was a dream or reality.
But before she could figure it out, Jennifer lost consciousness.
In her dreams, she heard the sound of closing car doors, the noise of vehicles driving, and the sound of violent collisions and screams.
Jennifer didn't know what had happened, and in her semi-conscious state, she treated it all as a nightmare.
But when Jennifer opened her eyes again, she found herself in a completely unfamiliar place.
It was a swamp... Besides mud, there were only some decaying plants around Jennifer.
Jennifer tried to stand up from the ground, but found that the swamp had tightly grasped her legs, and Renata was too tired and hungry to support her body.
What's worse, because Jennifer unconsciously moved a few times after waking up, she seemed to be sinking deeper.
But Jennifer was too hungry... She had no strength...
"So hungry... Please wake up quickly..."
Thinking she was dreaming, Jennifer gradually sank, about to be swallowed by the swamp mud.
But at this moment, a green figure appeared before Jennifer's eyes.
Was it a turtle?
Jennifer was initially delighted because she liked little turtles.
But then, she couldn't resist anymore. Jennifer extended her arm, which inexplicably had a few scales, and directly grabbed the turtle that had suddenly appeared.
In an almost instantaneous instinctive action, Jennifer swallowed the turtle.
Nutrition... Energy...
After eating the turtle, Jennifer couldn't stop. She began to absorb all the nutrients and energy around her that she could see and touch—water plants, shrubs, sewage, insects...
At first, she still knew how to eat with her mouth, but gradually, she only needed to hold the food in her hand to digest it into nutrients.
Regaining strength, Jennifer also gradually regained her consciousness.
But for her, it was not a good thing...
Eight-year-old Jennifer, who had lived in the wilderness for eight years due to betrayal by her mother, the terrifying environment, and the eaten little turtle, began to cry loudly in despair...
Crying tired, she continued to eat.
Eating full, she continued to cry.
Nature never lacked food. Sometimes it was small animals outside the swamp, sometimes decaying plants in the swamp, and sometimes a group of crocodiles in the swamp.
What remained unchanged was her loneliness and guilt.
Jennifer had no friends and no little turtles because she couldn't help but eat them...
Inside Containment Site US-04-81.
Jennifer, wrapped in thick poisonous sludge and decaying plants, walked towards the woman who had hurt her the most.
But Jennifer, who had lived in the wild for eight years from when she was only eight years old, had lost many human abilities and features.
She couldn't even distinguish whether the black-haired girl in front of her was her mother or Lamiya, who told her stories.
In Jennifer's eyes, Lamiya, covered in poisonous sludge, was slowly approaching her, stepping on the poisonous mud, and holding something in her hands.
The pain made Lamiya grin unsightly with her teeth gritted, but it didn't stop her from moving forward.
Finally, Jennifer came to Lamiya, but Jennifer was and preparing to kill the woman who had hurt her the most.
But at this moment, Lamiya stretched what she was holding in front of Jennifer. It was a dark and soft...
Turtle?
No... A mud turtle?
On the turtle shell, scratched by fingers, there were also a few dried water grasses?
Jennifer was stunned.
Under the ugly mud turtle, Lamiya, with scars all over her body, showed an almost cute smile. She pinched out a voice that seemed cute, "My name is Lamiya..."
"Can we be friends?"
"This is... a gift for you..."
After saying this, Lamiya, like a deflated tire, completely wilted, and the pain almost paralyzed her nerves.
Lamiya could only say that she did her best. This was the best way she could think of within a few seconds.
If the Poison Swamp Monster still couldn't recover, then she...
Then she would die in front of Jennifer.
Isn't it just death? Who's afraid of who?
But seeing the Poison Swamp Monster remain motionless for a long time, Lamiya was a little nervous and curious, looking up.
The Poison Swamp Monster was still motionless, like a mud sculpture.
Just as Lamiya was puzzled.
Suddenly, the "body" of the Poison Swamp Monster, wrapped in toxic mud and decayed plants, melted like melted ice cream, revealing a slender and weak figure.
Successful...
Seeing this, Lamiya finally showed a joyful expression. Despite the twists and turns, the scene in front of her was extremely similar to the scene of completing the strategy in the game.
As expected...
"This... How is this possible?"
Renata widened her eyes. In the main control room, everyone was in shock as the Poison Swamp Monster "melted."
In its place was a "human" girl covered in residual plants and mud.
She had a messy head of black curly hair.
Underneath was a cute face unique to a young girl, slightly reddish and adorable.
But there was something different...
Her cheeks, shoulders, and limbs were covered with small moss-like scales.
Her eyes were amber-green vertical pupils, curiously and cautiously blinking at Lamiya.
Behind her was a tail made of constantly dancing moss, adorned with many purple flowers.
"I... My name is Jennifer..."
This time, the voice that came out of Jennifer's mouth was no longer harsh and grating, but rather clear and sweet, though it seemed a bit unfamiliar due to not being used for a long time, like a child learning to speak.
As soon as she finished speaking, perhaps because of her previous loss of control or embarrassment, or perhaps because she had never made friends and felt a bit shy, Jennifer fiddled with the mossy scales covering her fingers, blushing and lowering her head.
"Um..."
"Can we... be friends?"
After saying this, she seemed to be worried that Lamiya would regret and refuse, so she added cautiously, "It's not like... we must be friends..."
"Could we...?"
So cute...
Seeing Jennifer, who had transformed from the Poison Swamp Monster into a shy girl, Lamiya finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
But before Lamiya could respond.
Renata, with her head down, suddenly seemed to have discovered something and raised her head, emitting a shy exclamation. She directly turned around and jumped into the swamp.
"Wait! I... I'm not wearing clothes!"
Jennifer, shocked and embarrassed, submerged her body into the swamp.
...
After a long time, Jennifer, embarrassed and tangled, tentatively poked half of her head out of the swamp. She suddenly discovered that the turtle she was holding in her hand...
Had already fallen to the ground...
Is the swamp monsters name Renata or Jennifer?
ReplyDeleteIM SO SORRY 😞 the swamp monster's name is jennifer !! i just kept thinking of renata when translating and i ended up making those dumb errors .. thank you for notifying me 🫶🫶
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