mother of all races

The Sunu people are different from humans in many ways (although they are too similar to humans by the definition of aliens-so far, many people on earth still believe that they immigrated to aliens before the extinction of the dinosaurs Descendants of Atlantis), they are more sensitive than humans in hearing and smell, but their vision is more degraded...

Lin Xi also knew a lot of little knowledge about the Sunu people, but he didn't intend to continue discussing this topic with Shizuo Ando, ​​after all, he was not a Sunu lover like Ando.

"Ah, of course, I can understand. After all, Liz is in a special period now."

He interrupted Ando.

But in the next second, he regretted it a little, because Ando sat there with his hands and feet bound, and a thin layer of cold sweat could be seen faintly on his forehead.He looked very stiff, and Lin Xi could tell that Ando Shizuo was born with the kind of person who would never ask others for help.

And he was always a little soft-hearted towards this kind of person.Especially thinking of the scene yesterday when Ando suddenly opened his mouth to rescue him, Lin Xi's heart suddenly became clear.Obviously, the idea of ​​finding someone else to take care of Xingdie instead of him has probably been circling in Ando's mind for a long time.

And Lin Xi, who is also a researcher, seems to be the most suitable candidate.

"I don't care."

Lin Xi scratched the back of his head and whispered.

Although he doesn't like bugs very much, but...

In Bryce's medical room, he saw Liz's situation with his own eyes, and naturally knew that Ando made this choice out of necessity.

"...It's just that Captain Talan may be a little troublesome." Lin Xi shrugged at Ando, ​​"You know, he has always disliked me. I don't think he will agree to let me take care of Xingdie. "

Ando scratched the back of his hand uneasily: "It's okay, we don't have to tell him just now that this is not a formal handover—once Liz's condition improves, I will bring the egg case back to my experiment as quickly as possible." room."

I'm afraid that even Ando himself didn't notice that even when he was trying to persuade Lin Xi to take care of Xingdie's egg case instead, he still had an unconcealable desire to monopolize that egg case, and he still subconsciously tried to Retains his control of the star butterfly egg case.

Lin Xi frowned.

"Since you say so..."

Of course Lin Xi could perceive the risks hidden in this kind of behavior - most of them belonged to Ando.To be honest, this method has no benefit except to avoid trouble from Taran.

However, just when he was about to continue talking, he raised his head and saw Ando's face, it was a tired and haggard face-Ando was not as calm as he showed in the medical room yesterday, and he was completely He didn't ignore Liz's strangeness, he just covered up all the pain and worries very well.

"Okay, I'll take care of the bug egg, although I don't have much experience in this area."

Lin Xi changed his tune.

With Lin Xi's promise, Ando soon brought the egg case of the star butterfly to Lin Xi's room.

At that time, Lin Xi hadn't even woken up yet.

Lin Xi rubbed her eyes and opened the hatch to let Shizuo Ando enter her room.

The man's hands tightly held the egg case of Star Butterfly, as if it were some kind of rare treasure.

And that thing, as Lin Xi saw before, looks like a huge pod, quietly suspended in a special cultivation device (the device looks quite advanced, Lin Xi dare Bet it was a machine prepared by Ando himself.

"I thought... I just need to put it in the plant laboratory."

After seeing Shizuo Ando put the retainer on his bedside table, and placed the egg case connected to the life support device directly there, Lin Xi woke up from the chaos that had just woken up.

He stared at Shizuo Ando and asked in astonishment.

When agreeing to Ando's request, Lin Xike never expected that the so-called "care" of the star butterfly egg case would mean putting it directly in her room.

Judging from the installation location chosen by Shizuo Ando, ​​the matter is probably not just letting the bug eggs stay in his cabin.

"No—how can you do that—"

Ando looked back at Lin Xi in shock, as if Lin Xi had said something incredible just now.

"This egg case is still dormant, which means that its activity is still very weak. What we need to do is to activate it as much as possible, otherwise it may die directly in such a long dormancy. Sunu Star Butterfly Extinct like this! In order to avoid this situation, we need to change the nutrient solution for it every once in a while, adjust the temperature, and provide some sound and light stimulation, not too strong but must be there, this time to help it perceive the outside world In short, it needs to be taken care of carefully, if you just leave it in your laboratory and ignore it, it will die soon—" Shizuo Ando opened his eyes wide and said seriously Lin Mao said.

After a while, he noticed Lin Xi's face, and then he seemed to realize something belatedly.

Ando coughed twice, and then added unnaturally: "Well, although the procedure seems a bit cumbersome, you will find that once you are familiar with its habits, it is not troublesome to take care of it. I designed a small A monitoring system that will tell you what to do. Of course, it may take a little more effort than a plant...but I can assure you, you'll have the fun. Sunu Star Butterfly is indeed a very attractive creature, even if it has not yet hatched."

"Is it too late for me to go back now?"

Lin Xi looked at Ando, ​​who was becoming more and more embarrassed, with a wry smile, and asked quietly.

……

Of course, the so-called "repentance" is just a joke.

Lin Xi has many shortcomings, but he is by no means the kind of person who keeps his promises - the egg case of the star butterfly was left by his bedside table after all.

And like Ando said, once you get used to it (meaning not thinking about it being a bunch of unhatched bug eggs at its core), it doesn't look so disgusting.

After seeing off the reluctant Shizuo Ando, ​​Lin Xi sat in front of the egg case and stared at it for a long time, although he didn't even know why he did it.

The life support device was running silently, and the egg cases in the light blue culture fluid were floating like jellyfish that were born in the deep sea a long time ago before humans were born.

Wait, jellyfish?

Lin Xi's eyes froze, and it was only at this time that he noticed that the egg case was not completely unchanged from what he saw at first.

Under the inflated translucent body, many very slender transparent tentacles have grown, each of which looks like the thickness of a hair, but is very long, and at this moment they are gently swinging back and forth, this appearance is really unbearable Can't help but think of jellyfish.

However, didn't Ando say that this thing is still dormant?So what are these tentacles used for?

A trace of doubt slipped through Lin Xi's heart.

But... since Ando never specifically mentioned these tentacles to him, they are probably some characteristics unique to the egg case of the star butterfly.

Lin Xi quickly put that bit of confusion behind her.

There are still many things he needs to be busy, such as dealing with Bryce's nagging, playing cards and having fun with the exploration team boys, and taking care of the plants in his spacecraft greenhouse——

That last item should have been quite a worry-free thing.

Lin Xi has an amazing talent in dealing with plants. Simply put, he has "green fingers", and this talent is as easy to use as usual even on special plants on Sunu planet.

But now, Lin Xi's talent has encountered an unprecedented predicament.

Lin Xi didn't know whether it was because of the forced landing of the spaceship or something else. In his laboratory and greenhouse, the plants that had always been lush and healthy had coincidentally suffered from pests.

Considering the cleanliness of the spacecraft's greenhouse, this can almost be said to be a fantasy accident.

But it just happened without warning.

Afterwards, Lin Xi discovered that the roots of several soil-planted plants that could not be planted in the antibacterial culture solution actually contained very small insect eggs.After hatching, they showed surprising activity and tolerance to various insecticides.

Lin Xi had gritted his teeth many times and swore that when he returned to Earth, he would definitely kill the group of idiot graduate students who were in charge of the inspection.But no matter how angry Lin Xi was, those little bugs still tenaciously endured round after round of routine disinfection and insect killing, and then, this group of tiny devils was closed, warm, without any competitors The interior of the greenhouse spread out.

"I really can't understand, the vitality of these insects almost exceeds that of water bears!?"

Lin Xi complained to Bryce and Alyssa more than once.

He has never encountered such a situation, many plants have weakened under the gnawing of insects.

The only thing that can make Lin Xi feel lucky is that Taran has become quite weak due to a severe headache, and he is exhausted from all the important tasks that he has to put on. In a short time, he has no time to come to Lin Xi Greek trouble.

While trying to save the mess in the botanical laboratory and greenhouse, Lin Xi couldn't help feeling the good luck of An Teng Jingxiong: the appearance of the insect pest happened to be the first time that the egg case of the star butterfly settled next to his bedside table. The next day, if Lin Xi had found out about this one day earlier, he would have refused Professor Ando's request without hesitation.

Although Lin Xi also admitted that taking care of Xingdie's egg case is not as cumbersome and troublesome as he imagined.

It can even be said that after returning to the cabin after a busy day, looking at the egg cases floating leisurely inside the life support system, he actually felt a vague sense of relaxation.

The tentacles creeping out from the surface of the egg case have also become more and more thicker, and they are no longer in a delicate and transparent state, but a protein color close to the egg case itself.Even if he doesn't look at the series of data fed back to him by the system, he can clearly see that this little guy is quite alive just by observing the egg case with the naked eye through the transparent glass.