The Record of Unusual Creatures
chapter-595

Chapter 595: Unstoppable

After hearing what Hao Ren said, the “brain monster” fluttered a bit and floated up in the air. It looked very weak. Of course, it could be that it could not adapt to this abnormal body at all. The tentacle underneath the ‘brain monster’ touched the ‘Queen of the Sirens’ a few times. Hao Ren felt that the real Queen’s must have missed her own body.

“Is there a way to reverse this process?” Vivian also asked.

Hao Ren put his hand on the tentacle underneath the gigantic brain, and he successfully read the thoughts of the brain again. He had now more or less grasped how his bizarre ‘shared mind’ ability worked; its working was not random but only effective with specific targets. The truly stable connection so far had been with this gigantic brain.

After a few moments, he let off his hand. “It’s reversible. The brain monster’s will is very weak now, and the Queen of the Sirens has roughly found a way to regain her body through years of study. Now everyone please take a step back, the process must not be interrupted.”

Everyone backed off while Shaqira and Sorma were setting up a water barrier to prevent interference from outside. Hao Ren placed the protective crystal on the open space between the Queen of the Sirens and the brain monster, and then they moved outside the barrier.

The gigantic brain reached out its tentacles and formed a fan-shaped encirclement around the Siren Queen, and a series of faint blue sparks were jumping in between those tentacles. The two minds began to trade places, back to where they were supposed to be. Shaqira was slightly worried when seeing that. “Are you sure…”

“I’m as sure as eggs that the soul inside the brain is of your queen.” Hao Ren shrugged. “I know you’re anxious, but can you please not use your tail to roll my up cat?”

Rollie could barely voice her protest. “Meow… meow, I’ll not eat dried fish again. Can you let me go?”

Meanwhile, Hasse frowned and asked, “How long does this process take?”

“I’ve no idea. I didn’t ask just yet, but it shouldn’t be long. After all, the consciousness of the brain monster no longer resists,” said Hao Ren, turning to look at his side. Nangong Wuyue was shaking her head as the girl finally awakened completely while Nangong Sanba was still unconscious. “You’re awake? How do you feel? You’ve come back?”

The confusion in Nangong Wuyue’s eyes quickly faded. However, she could still vaguely remember the state of mind during the chaos, and felt horrific. “Wait a minute! It’s all over? The queen’s been subdued? What about the brain monster?”

Hao Ren said with a smile. “It’s all over. Now they are restoring their minds.”

Nangong Wuyue had not look at what was going on between the tentacles and the queen. She grabbed Hao Ren’s arm and asked, “Wait, now I remember… I didn’t hurt anyone, did I? I didn’t fight with you people, right?”

There was a bizarre expression on Hao Ren and Lily’s face. The two were too embarrassed to tell inept siren that she was the safest one during the period of control. With her half-depleted strength, she had protected everyone. When Nangong Wuyue became more and more tense, Lily explained to her in a euphemistic way. “At that time, you were using the tip of your tail attacking us mercilessly but luckily you hadn’t even managed to cut through our clothes. Then I dragged you here.”

Hao Ren patted on the shoulders of the siren maiden to comfort her. “This is a good thing. You see how much trouble your compatriots who could fight have caused. If they were as inept as you were, you would have spared us a lot of trouble. But then, I remember that during the battle of Dragonspine Ridge, you were slapping the enemies your tail. Why were you jabbing with your tail when you fell into a state of violence?

Nangong Wuyue said, “…can you not discuss this?”

“Ahem, so how is your brother doing?” Hao Ren finally knew he was a miserable comforter; he quickly changed the subject.

“He will probably wake up in a while,” said Wuyue, glancing at her brother. “After he found himself being control, he immediately cast himself a dozen drowsiness spells and then hit his head against the pillars of the palace.”

Hasse sighed. “Although half-baked, he was at least decisive.”

Hao Ren rubbed his nose. It was somewhat dangerous just now, he thought. Many of them were down, fortunately, things had been resolved. Their bodily injuries would heal quickly; however, the trauma would linger on in their mind for a few more days.

At this time, a sudden burst of magical power came from not far away. Hao Ren looked up and saw that gigantic brain was chaotically falling on the ground, and the siren queen was struggling to stand up. Shaqira rushed to her. “Your Majesty, you are back?”

The siren queen shook her head then nodded in a state of confusion. Sorma immediately turned and called out Hao Ren. “Her Majesty the Queen has recovered! Please unlock her chain.”

“Wait a minute,” Hao Ren swam up and looked at the face of the Queen. She was a gentle woman with a graceful and elegant smile. However, there was no way to see from her appearance which soul was in her. “I need to test to see if the brain monster has completely left the body.”

The siren queen nodded silently as Hao Ren took out the MDT. “Compare the soul samples to see if it was in the same brain frequency of the brain monster.”

The MDT made two laps around the siren queen, and then emitted a buzzing sound. “Comparison is completed. The exchange is successful.”

Hao Ren released the restraint device on the queen and reached out his hand to this elegant woman. “Welcome back, Your Majesty.”

“Thank you for your help,” the siren queen nodded slightly, despite the irresistible excitement in her eyes, she still tried to remain very calm. However, when she saw the unconscious gigantic brain, she still felt emotional. “It was a dark day… I’ve never expected that I could escape from that terrible container. It feels so good to be back in my body.”

Hao Ren left the siren queen to Shaqira and Sorma, they might want to catch up with old times. Meanwhile, he went to recover the living brain monster as specimen. He took a cylindrical container out from the dimensional pocket, which specialized in storing medium-sized biological specimens. He labelled the container, and then let the autonomous robot throw the gigantic brain into it together with the protective crystal: this was to ensure that the brain would remain in deep sleep until it was sent to CARS. He let out a long sigh as he felt a sense of accomplishment. The MDT also sighed on his shoulder. “Normally the protagonist would bring back truckload of treasure and weapons as trophy after winning a war; however, you only bring back a pork belly.”

Hao Ren choked hearing that. “*Cough cough—* Can you not be so disgusting?”

“Oh, there’s still another thing.” Hao Ren suddenly smacked his head. “Bring back the siren general as well. As the brain wave of the brain monster has been isolated, those controlled sirens should’ve recovered.”

The MDT went. Others were examining their injuries and losses. As the barrier was turned off, Y’lisabet began to swirl in the water to clean herself up. Lil Pea was swimming in and out of the broken walls curiously while Rollie followed her from behind, looking after the mermaid to prevent her from getting hurt by the falling debris. There were movements all around them as a large number of sirens began to gather. Most of them were members of the Queen’s Guard. Many of the sirens who had just gotten free from control looked back and stared at the destroyed palace. Other sirens fixed their eyes on the maelstrom above the big protective wall.

“Let’s keep it to another time,” Hao Ren interrupted the conversation between the siren queen and Shaqira. “We need to figure out what this maelstrom is all about. What does it do, actually?”

The siren queen looked up at the maelstrom. “It’s a portal, leading to…”

Lily chimed in. “The Plane of Dreams?”

“What’s The Plane of Dreams?”

“It is your home, another universe,” Hao Ren waved his hand. “I’ll explain this later. I might’ve figured out the plan of the brain monster. The key now is how to turn off this maelstrom. Do you have a switch or something?”

The Queen looked at the maelstrom grimly for a long moment before she slowly shook her head. “I’m afraid I can’t turn it off. It has absorbed too much energy. Now it has become a self-growing thing. Even if we cut off the energy supply, it will continue to swell until it successfully opens the channel.”

Hao Ren: “…Holy molly!”