mother of all races

Through a layer of plexiglass, the sand picked up by "No. [-]" with its hind legs will not be scattered on Lin Xi's body.But even so, Lin Xi was still taken aback.After all, Dr. Ando didn't write this in his notes.And on Earth, any kind of insect is...just a bug.But Xingdie, an alien insect with high IQ, will directly start to throw tantrums when she is unhappy.

"Hey - that's not polite!"

Lin Xi bent down, and he knocked on the glass with a stronger force than before to show his resolute attitude. "Number One" is cute, yes, Lin Xi will never deny that, but he has no intention of condoning the mischievous behavior of this little guy.However, even though he thought about what he was thinking... even Lin Xi himself didn't notice that when he spoke to "No. [-]" again, his tone had become much gentler.

"Wow—"

"Number One" responded more directly to him - it vigorously picked up some sand and sprinkled it on Lin Xi.

Lin Xi: "..."

He looked at "No. [-]" dumbfounded.It was the first time for Lin Xi to see such vivid and obvious emotions on a bug, probably because of this, it was difficult for him to even feel angry when he saw the behavior of "No. [-]" losing his temper .

"Forget it..." He muttered in a low voice, and then looked at "No. [-]", "Anyway, thank you for giving me the gift."

He softened his voice and added something to the angry little bug.

Hearing his slightly conceded response, the tentacles of "Number One" swayed slightly above his head.For a moment, Lin Xi even thought that "No. [-]" was planning to reconcile with him and asked him to touch him as much as he could, but "No. [-]" met his gaze and paused for a moment. It turned its head indifferently, turned its back to Lin Xi, and then charged directly at the Sunu incense wood, which could not hide its huge size, and hid.

——Obviously, it didn't intend to "forgive" Lin Xi just like that.

"Ok."

Lin Xi looked at its angry back and sighed with a slight headache.However, in the next second, he still couldn't help covering his face with his hands, and then showed an uncontrollable smile behind his palms (he didn't dare to laugh directly in front of "No. [-]", he had a premonition that his Smiling probably makes Number One angrier).

"Number One" probably will never be able to hide his emotions, Lin Xi thought as he stared at its wings leaking from behind the sunuxiang wood.That pair of beautiful big wings looks quite intimidating now, the spots dotted on the wings are flickering desperately at this time, and the inside of the round spot shows a very aggressive red and black, but every few seconds After a few minutes, those spots will change into gentle blue and green again, and the two different colors are constantly changing, perfectly exposing the complicated thoughts of "No. [-]" to Lin Xi's eyes.

Lin Xi sighed, he didn't continue to stand in a stalemate with the little bug, after all, it couldn't solve any problem.So he went to the other side of the room, turned on the personal terminal and started calling Ernie at the animal lab.

The other party quickly connected his call.

What made Lin Xi a little puzzled was that when he saw Lin Xi, O'Neil became flustered, and even stuttered when he was talking to Lin Xi.But Lin Xi remembered very clearly that the last time we met, O'Neill was still complaining about this and that in front of him. This guy is not the kind of researcher who can't even speak clearly...

Lin Xi pretended to be ignorant and talked to O'Neill, but O'Neil looked like he couldn't look directly into Lin Xi's eyes.

Did I offend O'Neill without knowing it?

Lin Xi frowned secretly, but on the surface, their conversation was still calm and friendly.

"—I don't want to cause you too much trouble, but I'm sorry, but I still want to make sure that the large insect culture tank I need has been found out of the warehouse? For God's sake, I really Need that thing."

Otherwise, there's a good chance my room would, with the "help" of some jailbreak-loving bug, turn into a pile of sheet metal and foam panels that just collapse without bolts.

Lin Xi swallowed the joke silently, because he happened to glance at the petri dish in the corner from the corner of his eye.

"Number One", who was still looking angry a few minutes ago, got out from behind the Sunu incense wood at some point.Its tentacles trembled cautiously above its head, and its eyes were fixed on Lin Xi's direction. There was no doubt that this little bug was listening carefully to his conversation with O'Neill.

Lin Xi even had a strange illusion. He felt that "Number One" seemed to be carefully looking at the projection belonging to O'Neill in the communication.

On the communication terminal side, after hearing Lin Xi's question, O'Neill seemed relieved.

"God, you're talking about that..." he muttered softly, his shoulders relaxed, "everything is ready, the training tank has been set up, and I'm planning to contact you."

(You don't look like you want to contact me.)

Lin Xi secretly slandered in her heart.

"...I'll have someone transport that insect breeding tank right away, and it will be placed in your greenhouse, right?"

Ernie said.

"Of course, I think there is only one place in the entire spaceship that can hold star butterfly breeding tanks."

Lin Xi said calmly.

Now that she has heard a satisfactory answer from herself, Lin Xi has no intention of investigating the reason for O'Neill's evasive appearance.Lin Xi never likes to think too much, after all, there are enough troubles in his current life.

After hearing that O'Neill assured that the large insect breeding tank could be installed in his greenhouse this afternoon, Lin Xi cut off the conversation quite bluntly.

At this moment, there was a very slight rustling sound behind him, which should be the sound of "Number One" moving quickly.And when Lin Xi turned around, "Number One" had already returned to its previous hiding position, as if it had never crawled out from behind Sunu Xiangmu and eavesdropped on the conversation between Lin Xi and O'Neill.

Its appearance made Lin Xi feel a little funny.

"You're about to have a new home, and that's something to celebrate, don't be mad about it."

He said to the awkward little bug with great interest.

Thinking about it afterwards, Lin Xi felt that maybe he shouldn't have said that sentence more. After all, since he landed on this damned planet, his life has always been counterproductive.

……

After the insect breeding tank was installed, Lin Xi couldn't wait to bring "No. [-]" to its new home.

This kind of breeding tank is customized for many huge special insects on Sunu planet. It is much larger than Lin Xi expected. It is placed in the center of Lin Xi's greenhouse and looks almost like a glass small The house is no different.

If Lin Xi wanted to, he could even put a hammock inside and have a good sleep. Of course, he didn't have such a strange hobby.

Lin Xi carefully inspected the installed insect culture tank, and then started her extremely busy work.He placed a lot of enrichment materials in the cultivation tank - shrubs, grasses, thick and cool sand from Sunu.

When he finally completed the arrangement while wiping sweat and panting, the glass tank belonging to "No. [-]" was already quite presentable.The dense Sunu plants stretch out their branches and leaves lushly in the cultivation tank, and "No. [-]" can freely perform its interesting dances in the deliberately flowed open space, and can also drill between the branches and leaves to borrow Plants cover their bodies perfectly.

And if it wants to rebuild the nest, it no longer has to worry about the too slender branches making the foundation of the nest unstable and fall directly to the ground.

Of course, these are not the only things that satisfied Lin Xi the most—he checked the ventilation system of the insect breeding tank, as well as the quite professional sealing measures.He is quite satisfied with those facilities, because their existence means that in the next time, Lin Xi no longer has to worry about a little thing that loves to escape running back and forth in and out of the breeding tank, and dismantles a certain animal that he doesn't know. The metal parts of the equipment were left in their lairs.

Even "No. [-]" himself seemed very satisfied with the new residence that Lin Xi had prepared for it at the very beginning—Lin Xi didn't notice that "No. [-]" had been hiding there quietly while he was busy. Gensu Nu Xiangmu watched his every move from behind.

However, when Lin Xi finished her arrangement and then carefully coaxed "No. [-]" to move the nest, for some reason beyond human understanding, "No. [-]" stubbornly ignored Lin Xi... ...presumably to show his anger to the human.

However, its stubbornness only lasted for a short period of time. After entering the new training tank, perhaps out of nature, "No. [-]" couldn't wait to dance in the more ample space for a long time.

Lin Xi brought its previous nest, and tied it to the shrubs in the cultivation tank together with the thin Sunuxiang wood before. Then, he took out the previous nest of "No. [-]" from his pocket. Those collectibles, and under the gaze of the pair of ruby-like peas, put those metal parts one by one in its nest.

Of course, at the end, Lin Xi also added some new little things to "No. [-]"—it wasn't a metal part, but a cufflink that he didn't use because it was too gorgeous.This was probably a gift given to him by a friend a long time ago, because it didn't fit Lin Xi's aesthetics, he had been randomly throwing it in a corner. Lin Xi didn't know why he brought it aboard the Helios, But now it finally has a role to play.

As soon as Lin Xi saw this cuff, she felt that this kind of gem-studded and shiny thing would probably please "No. [-]" very much.He didn't hesitate at all, just took it out and placed it under the star butterfly's nest.

Sure enough, as soon as he saw the cuff, "Number One" couldn't help shaking his wings and tentacles.

On the surface, it still tried its best not to interact with Lin Xi, but its body could not help but slowly crawled a few steps into the nest.

Then it stopped there, motionless.

Lin Xi looked at it for a moment, and then suddenly realized that something went wrong.

He pressed his lips together tightly (to keep from actually laughing) and took a step back, pretending not to notice Number One and its precious lair at all.

Sure enough, as soon as Lin Xi moved away, "Number One" quickly rushed into the nest. It flapped its wings, circled around the cuff several times, and then rubbed the shiny gemstone on the cuff with its forelegs. .

Whether it's the constantly shaking tentacles or the pair of rapidly blinking red eyes, it can be seen that "Number One" is in a good mood.

Lin Xi turned her head slightly, observing the lively appearance of "No. [-]" from the corner of her eye.He smiled after all, and stood there quietly looking at it for a while.

In fact, if it can continue like this, the relationship between him and "No. [-]" will probably be reunited soon.

But God doesn't seem to be happy to let Lin Xi live as easily as he expected——

"Dr. Lin Xi? Do you have time? If I can...can I go to you?"

Someone called Lin Xi and pressed the call request.

Lin Xi looked at the person's ID in great surprise.

"mark?"

He recognized the exceptionally young boy, and a ray of doubt flashed in his heart.

Ever since he forcibly killed the two parasitized team members in front of those team members in the medical room, the original harmonious relationship between him and the exploration team has taken a turn for the worse (of course, Lin Xi is sure, so Ryan's mean and vicious attitude also had a great influence on the group of young boys), under such circumstances, it is indeed very unusual for Mark, as a prospecting team member, to come to him on his own initiative.

Lin Xi agreed to Mark's visit after a brief hesitation.

And that person quickly knocked on the door of the greenhouse, as if he had been waiting for Lin Xi's response.

Lin Xi walked out of the cultivation tank and locked the huge glass box. "No. [-]" followed him for a short distance, and was blocked behind the falling glass curtain wall.

It seemed a little unbelievable. It flapped its wings and hovered in mid-air for a while, then landed on the glass, and the colors on the wings began to change sharply again.However, these small actions of "No. [-]" were not noticed by Lin Xi, whose back was turned to it. When Lin Xi took Mark back to the greenhouse, "No. [-]" had already rushed back to the dense greenery. In the bushes, let the lush shade of the trees block his entire figure.

"Wow, this is your greenhouse. It looks really high-"

Mark followed Lin Xi into the greenhouse. He seemed to be full of thoughts. The strike-up and glib talk that he was quite good at had now turned into dry greetings.

"That's right, if the Sunu special plants here can reach the earth smoothly, they can directly participate in the auction, and each of them can be said to be invaluable."

Lin Xi turned his head and said to Mark, and then he watched Mark with a smile quickly withdraw his hand from a snake tree.

Lin Xi secretly observed the young boy: Just like his colleagues, Mark also lost a lot of weight during this period, and his eyes were also inlaid with iconic dark circles.But to Lin Xi's relief, at least there is still a human look in his pupils, and it looks... It seems quite normal.

Lin Xi felt a lot more relaxed when he found out that there was a normal person like Mark in the prospecting team.

The only thing that made Lin Xi feel a little concerned was the smell of alcohol on Mark's body. The smell of alcohol that could not be overcome by perfume clearly told others that he drank alcohol before coming to Lin Xi.

If it wasn't for an accident on the spaceship, the drinking alone would be enough to make Mark die in gold coins, which is a serious violation.

However, today is different. With Talan's illness and the length of time the spaceship was stranded, especially after that crazy bug attack, all the orders on the ship have been subtly loosened and changed.

Especially considering the tremendous pressure that the prospecting team has suffered during this period, most of them turn a blind eye to this kind of violation. It's nothing.

Lin Xi thought for a while, and then felt relieved.

"So, what's the matter?" He asked Mark straight to the point, "If there were no special circumstances, I don't think your companions would want to see you come to me."

"Ah I……"

Mark opened his mouth, and he stared at Lin Xi blankly. Obviously, the effect of alcohol made him much more sluggish than usual.

"I just wanted to remind you."

After a long time, Mark finally said to Lin Xi as if he had finally found his tongue.

"remind?"

"Yes, I shouldn't have come, but I know you are a good person, you should know..."

Mark mumbled non-stop, and Lin Xi could see that he was still hesitating about what he was going to say next.

"what do you know?"

Lin Xi crossed her arms and continued to ask as calmly as possible.

"Those are not very good news." Mark's eyes flickered, and his attitude became more and more secretive.

Lin Xi raised his brows, Mark's attitude seemed a little familiar-ah, by the way, just this morning, when he was talking to Ernie, the latter seemed to have the same dodge.

"You can just say, I don't think I'm vulnerable enough to just pass out when I hear bad news."

Lin Xi's face gradually became more gloomy. Thinking of O'Neill's previous abnormality, Lin Xi already had some bad premonitions in his heart, and he began to feel a little irritated by Mark's attitude in front of him.

"It's about John Bronson's death." Finally, Mark said to Lin Xi with difficulty, "I came to you just to say... that... the person who actually had reason, or who saw the scene Everyone knows that is definitely not something that humans can do. I really don't understand why some people think that you did it..." Halfway through the speech, Mark's voice suddenly stopped.

Lin Xi could feel his searching gaze on her face.

Then that incredible emotion flashed through Mark's eyes.

"Wait, you don't know?"

he looked very surprised and asked.

Lin Xi was numb at this moment.

"Do you mean I didn't know John Bronson was dead, or do you mean someone thinks I did his death?" he asked. "By the way, yes, I don't even know."

Now that things have happened, it seems a little clichéd to describe Lin Xi's mood as shock.But when he learned that the lunatic who hacked at him with an ax died overnight in his confinement room, he still felt an almost illusory sense of absurdity.

He licked his lips, but found that his tongue was extremely dry.

John Bronson is dead?

You know, he had planned to see John Bronson sometime, and he was eager to have a good talk with the man.

The words that John Bronson yelled out when he attacked him were probably just wild and crazy words to Bryce or Alisa, but to him, they were full of troubles and doubts .

More than anyone else, Lin Xi wanted to know why the old man knew the word "mother of all bugs", and even more wanted to know why the latter thought he was that person.

This is really unreasonable. After all, in the myths, the "mother of all insects" is an out-and-out goddess. In the records, she "bred hundreds of millions of offspring" to prove this point.

"This matter has been spread all over..." Mark murmured.

He began to explain to Lin Xi.

"They delivered the poor old gentleman's food this morning, and when they opened the door to the brig, everyone was petrified. John died a terrible death, and... now some people think it may have something to do with you. And, Because John has been nagging among those people before, he said you are that bug..."

"Mother of all insects."

Lynch corrected.

"Ah, yes, that's the one, what's the 'mother of all bugs'." Mark frowned and muttered, "Some people are full of prejudice against you, and they think there may be something wrong with you, after all, Liz Chen also The death is very strange, and Professor Ando's madness is also...a bit scary. Sorian said, before they had an accident, only you visited them. Oh, yes, and the attack by alien bugs, Joe and the others Lying in a healing machine where everyone thinks they've just been bitten and only you yelling that they have bugs on their bodies, but the bugs haven't even come out of their bodies at the time, how do you know... ..."

Mark's voice gradually became smaller under Lin Xi's gaze, and soon, a suffocating silence slowly fell between the two.

Although Mark has been trying his best to emphasize that the exploration team's speculation about him is nothing but nonsense, but just by listening to the questions he uttered, it can be heard that Mark himself believes a little bit in his heart.

But of course Lin Xi would not blame him for his indiscretion.Mark looked drunk after all, and he kept rubbing his temples.For a few seconds, his eyes looked like those of his companions who had begun to feel wrong, dark and unfocused.

Lin Xi couldn't help tensing her nerves.

Alcohol, that's just the alcohol that makes Mark so weird.

The villain in him who wants to escape from all this is trying to calm his emotions.

"Ah, yes, sorry!"

After a long while like this, Mark suddenly realized that he raised his voice in a panic.

"I did not mean that--"

"I know."

Lin Xi interrupted him, but soon he realized that his voice was very cold.

"Sorry, I don't mean anything else, I'm just a little confused, anyway, thank you for telling me about it."

He said to Mark.

Then he forced a stiff smile at Mark.

"No, you're welcome. I hope I can clarify things for you, but no one wants to listen to me, so I... I can only remind you that if you encounter those exploration team members during this period, it is best to avoid talking to them." Being alone, no one knows what they heard from those two people..."

At the beginning of this passage, the young man still looked normal, but gradually, gradually his gaze became loose.

"I know you, you are obviously a very good person...you...you smell good, doctor...did you use some special perfume? This smell is simply too charming."

"mark?"

When Lin Xi recovered from his own thoughts, he realized that Mark was almost on his body.

Moreover, the latter's eyes were fascinated, his breathing was very heavy, and there was an abnormal flush of redness on that abnormally thin face.

"mark!"

Lin Xi was taken aback. When did Mark lean over?Why didn't he make a sound?

"I've never smelled such a wonderful smell... This smell... Huh... Huh..."

Mark kept muttering repetitive sentences, and Lin Xi wondered if he could really hear himself yelling.

He glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye. Thankfully, it wasn't far from the tool table in the greenhouse.

"You better stay away from me!"

Lin Xi yelled at Mark, and at the same time, he instinctively wanted to back away from this wrong man.But Mark showed a kind of swiftness that was so weird that it didn't seem human.

Just as Lin Xi was about to back away, he stretched out his hands and grabbed Lin Xi's shoulders forcefully. Not only that, he simply pressed his entire face towards Lin Xi's neck,

"I don't want to offend you... the smell is really... crazy..."

Mark's breathing became heavier and more turbid, and Lin Xi could even smell the smell coming out of his mouth.

It wasn't just the booze stink.

It is hidden under the smell of wine, another strange, strange mixture of sweet and fishy smell, which makes Lin Xi feel a little familiar, but after careful consideration, she can't figure out what this familiarity is. Where did it come from.

"I'm warning you one last time, Mark, you better get your fucking hands off me."

Lin Xi's body tensed up, and her voice became extremely cold.

His hands stretched behind him, and there were scissors for planting on the tool table.There are also pesticides that he has not used up before, and Lin Xi can guarantee that no matter which one it is, it can teach Mark enough lessons.

However, just when Lin Xi was ready for the worst, Mark suddenly screamed.

He suddenly jumped away from Lin Xi's side——

"It hurts! Ahh—"

He kept shaking his fingers and screaming out in pain.

A bug that crawled onto his hand at some point bit him hard, and now most of Mark's palm is swollen.

It was miserable, but also very lucky.

Because after screaming, Mark seemed to be back to normal.

"I'm sorry...I'm really sorry...I drank a little too much today. After all, everyone's life is difficult during this time. I couldn't control it, and that kind of wine has too much stamina."

After a while, Mark, who had recovered his sanity, said to Lin Xi while gasping for air.

The way he apologized seemed very sincere.

Lin Xi kept a certain distance from him, and threw a box of medical foam over from a distance.

"You'd better go see Bryce."

He suggested stiffly, and by the way, issued a tactful order to evict the guest.

"These bugs are not poisonous in terms of species...but your hands are a bit too swollen. I don't know if it's because they have eaten too much insecticide or they simply mutated during the transition. gone."

"I'm really sorry, doctor, I didn't mean to, I... I just didn't control it, you know, I've been to you..."

Mark looked at Lin Xi miserably, and he tried to save the situation.

"You should go, Mark."

Lin Xi said to him expressionlessly.

Mark seemed extremely frustrated, and he took an extra step in Lin Xi's direction unwillingly, as if he wanted to say something more.

But at this moment, he suddenly opened his eyes wide, and froze in place in shock.

"That, that... that... what is it..."

He raised his hand and pointed behind Lin Xi tremblingly.

Lin Xi turned around, only to realize that at some point, "No. [-]" had crawled out of the bushes where it was hiding.

At this moment, it is tightly attached to the curtain wall of the glass tank.

Its wings stretched out completely, hanging there like a tapestry, but judging from the markings on its wings, it was probably in a very bad mood at this time.

"Number One" stared straight at Mark with red eyes, showing an unusually obvious hostility.

And Lin Xi looked at it with a frown, and then looked at Mark. At first, the dislike of Mark that filled his heart was replaced by confusion at this moment.

"This is Xingdie." Lin Xi replied briefly.

Mark looked terribly afraid of Number One, but that was why Lynch was so confused.

Well, he has to admit, an angry Number One definitely doesn't look his best, but Mark acts like he's seen some freaky monster.

This made Lin Xi feel more and more unhappy.

"The people in the animal laboratory are too busy, so I will take care of it for now. By the way, although he is only a young larva now, it is probably bigger than all the plants you can see in this greenhouse." Adding it up is even more precious."

"Yes, is it... Oh, yes, Xingdie, I heard about this. Humans have found a way to hatch the sacred objects of the Sunu people."

Probably Lin Xi's attitude affected Mark. He looked calmer than before, but when he saw "Number One", his expression was still very ugly.

"It's amazing...it's really amazing." Mark repeated blankly, "I've seen it in the illustration book before, but I really didn't expect that Star Butterfly would actually look like this in reality. ..."

"Mark, look at your hand, I really think you should go to the medical room—" Lin Xi pointed to Mark's hand, and now the young man's palm has been completely swollen, and now his hand is like It was a shiny fuchsia pudding ball with five short sausages stuck in it.

Lin Xi didn't have the patience to continue discussing with Mark. He still remembered the abnormality that the latter showed before.

Even if Mark was already drunk as an excuse, just being in the same space with this person was enough to make Lin Xi uncomfortable.

Mark finally left Lin Xi's greenhouse quickly, leaving only a frightened figure behind.

Lin Xi frowned involuntarily as he watched his receding figure.

seem……

It seems that something is not quite right.

He couldn't help thinking.

Out of a strange sense of unease, Lin Xi still sent Bryce a text message, asking him to check Mark's physical condition.However, Bryce, who always responded quickly to messages in the past, did not respond to him after a long time this time.

Because Bryce was outside John Bronson's confinement at this moment, and the difficult situation he faced made it difficult for him to notice the message belonging to Lin Xi on the personal terminal at the first time.

As mentioned before, the confinement room at the bottom of the spaceship is actually a prison for temporarily imprisoning certain crew members who have committed major mistakes.It is close to the instrument floor, and the pipelines are also quite aging. Both the air and the noise are very bad. Except for robots and some fixed-point inspection personnel, there are almost few people here.

It's just that it can be said to be "lively" here now compared to before.

The narrow and dark corridor has been almost blocked by security personnel and restless onlookers.

Several managers stood a little farther away from the confinement room. They looked at the scene in front of them with heavy faces, and they already secretly felt something bad in their hearts.

They have been stranded on this unknown planet for too long, and the confidence of the crew members is disappearing. At this time, the Ando couple died in such a horrific manner. Now it is John Bronson's turn. On the old man who has caused a big disturbance.

Alyssa stood at the back of the crowd in her uniform, her face as pale as paper.

"Actually, I shouldn't have allowed you to come, you heard those rumors..."

She kept her gaze forward, her lips moved slightly, and she spoke to the man beside her in a voice almost lip-smacking.

Bryce's face sank, but he didn't show any panic. He took out latex gloves from his pocket and put them on his hands.

"Of course I heard those ridiculous rumors... Maybe staying under pressure and closed space for a long time will indeed reduce the IQ of human beings, otherwise such absurd rumors would not be spread. By the way, my identity on this ship , and it’s not just Lin Xi’s brother, I’m also the medical officer of the Helios.”

Bryce said nonchalantly as he walked across the crowd toward the brig, with Alyssa following behind him.

Almost as soon as Bryce appeared, all eyes fell on his face.

The probing and doubting almost materialized, but Bryce seemed unmoved.

Soon, Bryce and Alyssa are in the brig where John Bronson died.

"You can turn around."

Bryce only glanced into the confinement room, then turned around and whispered to Alisa.

"Come on, I'm not that weak."

Alisa replied.

She also looked into the confinement room, and then her face, which was already extremely pale, lost some blood in an instant.

"Oh, God……"

she murmured.

Neither Bryce nor Alyssa are flowers grown in a greenhouse.

In fact, as long as you fly in space long enough (long enough for you to be promoted to the highest medical officer and deputy captain of the spacecraft), then it is impossible for you not to see various accident scenes.

If you want to survive in space, the qualified crew must have extra strong nerves.

However, after seeing John Bronson's confinement room, both Bryce and Alyssa felt that their professional attitudes were challenged.

There is no other reason, purely because the tragedy here has surpassed the sum of the previous accident scenes.

John Bronson's body... no, fragments... almost filled the entire brig.

Blood, human secretions, fragments of internal organs, nails and hair left over from being eaten were scattered randomly on every surface of the room.

What is even more frightening is that, in addition to these corpse debris and blood stains, there are countless obvious scratch marks on the walls, floors and ceilings.

This means-

"He was even sane when he was being torn apart."

The poor old man suffered all this while he was sober.

Thinking of this, Bryce couldn't help but feel a chill down his back.

He carefully tore off a piece of minced meat from the wall with tweezers, placed it in the glass dish in his palm, and examined it carefully against the light.

And the details he observed made his complexion worse than before