mother of all races

Lin Xi woke up covered in cold sweat.

He sat up and looked around.

The lighting facilities were turned off, only the night light at the bottom of the wall was still on, and the room was dim and dim.

The scene in front of him almost overlapped with Lin Xi's nightmare, which made Lin Xi panic for a moment.

But he soon discovered that this was really just because the lights were dimmed at night (at least according to the ship's internal schedule).

The sound of human breathing came from Lin Xi's side, and he saw Bryce on an unfolded temporary nursing bed. The latter was sleeping deeply, and his face still looked terrible under the dim light of the night light. That kind of exhaustion completely appeared after his spirit relaxed.

He was not surprised at all that he returned to the familiar medical room. Not far from Bryce was a healing device with people lying in it. Lin Xi took a look and found that one of them was the servant named Sam. soldier.

Everything looked so peaceful, but Lin Xi sat on the bed without making any sound.

The specific images in the nightmare are fading rapidly as he wakes up, but the feeling of panic remains, and...

And something is going on in this room.

Lin Xi thought irrationally.

That feeling was so weird and strong—something followed him from the nightmare to reality.

It was hiding in a corner of the medical room, staring at him quietly.

Lin Xi slowly lay back on the bed, closed his eyes, and pretended that he hadn't noticed anything.

But that gaze became more and more intense at this moment.

He didn't know what happened, but he knew that he must not act rashly now, otherwise...

otherwise……

In that great fear, Lin Xi unconsciously fell asleep again.

When Lin Xi woke up again, both the nightmare and the peeping feeling he felt when he suddenly woke up had faded away.

He just felt like his head was hurting like hell.And the two people lying in the treatment instrument not far from him made him feel extremely intrusive.

Bryce was not in the medical room—Lin Xi could imagine that her brother was probably dealing with this time.

He left a text message to Lin Xi's terminal, which recorded his physiological records last night, and the numbers marked in red on it proved the existence of that illusory nightmare, but Lin Xi took only a few glances and put The personal terminal was thrown aside.

Not long after, Alisa came in from the door.

"how do you feel?"

Alyssa asked, she looked very tired, even when she was smiling, the corners of her mouth were still drooping, and now there were several fine lines on her originally beautiful face, which was enough to show that Alyssa had been working hard these days frown.

"What Bryce sent showed that there was something wrong with my heartbeat monitored last night, but that's already my old problem."

Lin Xi shrugged and said.

He didn't notice that when he said the word old problem, Alicia looked at him with a flash of worry that flashed across his eyes.

"Given what's going on with these guys on board, I think I can be classified as very healthy."

Lin Xi deliberately pretended to be relaxed and said to Alyssa.

"That would be great, you know, Bryce and I were freaked out when we saw that scene."

Alisa said softly. "You know... the scene was really scary, so many people fell to the ground without a sound, we thought you all—"

"Think we're all dead?"

"Ah, that's right." Alisa blinked at Lin Xi, "You really should have seen Bryce's face at that time. I haven't seen his excited look for a long time."

"I think he's been agitated all the time, please don't tell him, but I worry about his blood pressure a lot of the time..."

Lin Xi muttered, he managed to find a way to relax Alisa's tense face.

However, after a few sentences of this innocuous conversation, Lin Xi still couldn't help frowning,

Of course he could see that Alisa hesitated to speak.

"So...how?"

Lin Xi suddenly asked Alisa thoughtlessly.

He knew that the other party could understand what he wanted to ask.

"What are they going to do with it?"

Alyssa obviously didn't expect Lin Xi to ask this question directly, she was momentarily stunned, and then she sighed.

"The guys in the control team decided it was a fight, and it was all the responsibility of the exploration team."

Alisa said with a blank face.

"Control team?"

Lin Xi frowned because of this new word.

"Ah, it's a boring organization like the Emergency Committee"

Noticing Lin Xi's confusion, Alisa quickly explained.

"Of course, this group of people used a more grandiose name to describe this boring bureaucratic organization, but I don't think you will care about that-it seems that some people think that I have stolen Taran's rights and used my identity in the The abuse of power aboard the Helios ultimately led to the current chaos on board."

Alisa said coldly.

Lin Xi looked at Alyssa in disbelief, he really couldn't figure out why Alyssa could be so calm.

"...Is it because of me?" He asked, and quickly changed the question into an affirmative sentence, "It's because of what happened this time."

There would be nothing worse than the feeling at this moment. Lin Xi felt that her internal organs seemed to have turned into lead, sinking coldly and heavily into her body.

"Oh, of course not!" Alisa shook her head immediately. "...In fact, a large part of the reason is the 'covenant'. Those men think that I am too afraid of bugs to make such a fuss. Opening the protective cover burned a lot of fuel, which made them feel very uneasy. They don't know , if I hadn't opened the 'covenant', what happened would only be worse—it's just that my little hunch, even if I said it, no one would take it seriously."

Alisa said coldly: "I hope more than anyone else to get rid of this mess on my shoulders as soon as possible, but you know, those people don't understand how serious the current situation is at all."

Perhaps because of the series of accidents that happened in the spacecraft during this period, Alisa's face became more and more ugly.

"Unless we can find our own coordinates in a short period of time, and then jump back to the normal route, otherwise...the situation will only become more and more chaotic. We have already explained the food bags to those people a few days ago Potential problems. But they seem to think it’s just me and Bryce trying to bolster our authority by scaremongering.”

Alicia groaned bitterly.

"These idiots—"

Lin Xi couldn't help but said.

"Yes, our spaceship is either crazy or a bunch of idiots. And those idiots think that those people from the exploration team were drunk when they attacked you. Yes, they can't escape this responsibility, but...you No life was harmed, but the group of scumbags in the exploration team fell into a coma due to internal fighting. The most serious unlucky ghosts were brain injuries, and it was impossible for us to wake up before we returned to Earth. And the culprit The culprit..."

Speaking of which, Alisa turned her head and looked to the side. From this angle, Alisa and Lin Xi could clearly see the man lying in the treatment apparatus next to him.

There was a little disgust and a little bit of fear on Alisa's face.

Of course, she concealed the emotion behind it very well.

After the incident, Alisa checked the records immediately (the exploration team seemed to have completely forgotten that there will be uninterrupted video recordings at the door of all storage rooms), but after reading those records, what made Alisa finally What Lisa felt horrified was not the fact that Lin Xi was attacked, but... but the fact that the man named Sam suddenly acted strangely and aimed his fist at his compatriots.

Sam's madness and tyranny at the time even made Alisa feel physically uncomfortable.

"The guy is still in a coma, and the scans show what appears to be a tumor in his brain, which is probably why he changed his temper and acted so crazy before. Well, now the tumor is a great excuse for those guys ...In short, in some people's eyes, you are almost unscathed, but the exploration team suffered heavy losses. So now they have issued a ban on the exploration team as punishment, um..." Lisa suddenly stopped talking, as if the next What she had to say made her feel a little embarrassed.

"They are now strictly prohibiting the members of the exploration team from drinking alcohol in the spaceship."

She finally forced herself to speak.

Although he didn't expect other people on the Helios to make a fair decision on this blatant attack, after hearing the so-called punishment ban, Lin Xi still felt a little inconceivable.

"Wait... If I remember correctly, according to the ship's regulations, those guys shouldn't be drinking in the first place—whether it's inside the spaceship or outside the execution."

Lin Xi said in astonishment.

Alisa smiled wryly at Lin Xi.

She shrugged and made a look that you know.

"That's right...that's why Bryce isn't in the medical room, you know he, he'd probably be by your bedside 24 hours a day if he could. And right now, he's in the conference room talking to those bastards quarrel."

"With Sorian?"

Lynch asked.

"Who else could it be?"

"Damn it……"

"You're not in danger, and neither are those guys. I think the people up there are just trying to get this thing out of the way. Pretend the boat is calm and there's nothing wrong with it. Even without the control team, that's what those guys always do Isn't it the way to do it?"

Alisa said softly.

After exchanging some information with each other, Alisa seemed to be in a very bad mood, and of course Lin Xi was also in a bad mood.

Soon, both of them fell into silence, and the atmosphere between the two of them became extremely heavy.Not long after, Alisa's personal terminal rang. She looked down and raised her eyebrows.

"Ah, I think I have to go. When you are in a better mood and body, I will come back and ask you about the attack yesterday. For example, why did that guy named Sam suddenly quarrel with his accomplices? stand up."

"I--"

Just as Lin Xi was about to speak, Alisa suddenly stretched out her hand and rubbed his head.

Lin Xi's movements froze all of a sudden, except for his mother, no one has ever done this kind of movement to him since he was an adult.

"Everything will be fine, right?"

He looked at Alicia in surprise, who gave him a gentle smile.

Although both of them knew very well that this was just a wish with little hope, Lin Xi couldn't help but nodded.

"Yes, Alisa, I will."

He said.

Not long after Alisa left, Lin Xi received a warning message on her personal terminal.

The source of the news is coming from his greenhouse.

Lin Xi clicked on the message, and then felt the feeling that her heartbeat almost stopped.

Just now... "No. [-]" suddenly thought of a way to break the sealing measures of the large insect cultivation tank and escaped.

Lin Xi: "..."

He's almost out of breath—for a second he's almost on the verge of pressing the alarm.

After all, according to the normal process, once a large alien creature escapes, he has to do so.

Just thinking of the IQ of "No. [-]" and its previous temper, Lin Xi moved his finger away after a short hesitation.

However, he still left a brief message for Ernie.

Then he jumped down decisively from the hospital bed.Put on your clothes and go straight outside.

When passing by the two therapeutic devices, he gave the two guys a thumbs up.

Ten minutes later, Lin Xi had already stood in her cabin.

He looked at his room calmly with cold eyes.

Suddenly it looked like his living quarters were exactly the same as when he left.His personal belongings were still so disorganized, scattered in every corner of the room.

His personal schedule was dancing on the display screen on the wall, and the unread messages on the personal terminal were transferred to the memo in his room.A large amount of unfinished data work was piled up on the small writing table, and the position of the closet had long been transformed into a storage platform, where two petri dishes were originally placed, but since "No. [-]" got a new house, , there is only the unhatched egg case left.

Lin Xi originally thought that after "No. [-]" successfully hatched, the remaining eggs in the egg case would also hatch soon, but then he realized that he might be too optimistic.

After "No. [-]" had grown into a giant insect approaching one meter, the eggs were still curled up in the thick shell of the egg case without moving.Lin Xi tried to make an incubator and put the remaining eggs in it, but as time went by, the activity of the eggs was still slowly decreasing.

But no matter what, Lin Xi still hopes to save their lives as much as possible, so he pays special attention to the incubator and those eggs——

It is at this point that "No. [-]" showed its feet.

As soon as Lin Xi saw the incubator, she knew that it had been touched by people...by insects.

He went over to inspect the incubator and found several deep scratches on the surface of the hard metal device.

Lin Xi's face became more and more gloomy because of this.

"Number one—"

He yelled at the seemingly empty cabin.

"You better get out of here."

Nothing happened, except for the old air filter rattling behind the wall.

But Lin Xi had no doubts about her judgment.

Maybe this is the so-called intuition—he knew why "Number One" had gone so hard to escape from his breeding tank.

Just to come back here.

Come back to his cabin.

The only thing that went beyond Lin Xi's expectations was probably the fact that "No. [-]" tried to slap the egg case and the incubator.

"I know you're here. I'm in a very bad mood today. You'd better not let me take the initiative to find you out."

Lin Xi took several deep breaths, and said in a low voice.

Perhaps it was because the cold breath in his tone was too strong, finally, after his warning this time, there was a rustling sound somewhere in the cabin.

The walls of Lin Xi's cabin moved—yes, it was his "walls" that moved.

For a long time, the mottled smudges on the metal wall and the constantly flickering electronic screen that Lin Xi has long been accustomed to have gradually disappeared, the colors have gradually faded, and the metal lines have disappeared...

Soon, the walls were replaced by "Number One"'s magnificently colored wings covered with large and small spots.

The body of the worm finally completed the color change. It changed from the old silver-gray peculiar to the metal cabin back to its original color. The two light bulbs that Lin Xi thought were nightlights recovered, and they turned out to be " One" eyes.

It was at this moment that Lin Xi felt very clearly that "No. [-]" had indeed grown very large, and its wings were stretched out, even covering the entire cabin wall.

"..."

Lin Xi took a deep breath.He had to admit he didn't expect this.He thought that "Number One" would crawl out from a certain corner - just like some kind of extremely disgusting insects on the earth, the body structure of insects allows them to easily get stuck in the gaps that humans can't imagine .

The only thing Lin Xi can be sure of is that "Number One" must be in his room, but he never imagined that from the beginning to the end, that huge alien bug was right in front of him, spreading its huge wings , and the pair of red eyes have been watching him.The most incredible thing is that when Lin Xi walked into the cabin, he clearly looked at the wall, and he even glanced at the electronic screen.

And he obviously didn't find anything unusual.

Lin Xi looked at the location of "No. [-]", and suddenly had a deeper discovery. When he threatened the cabin and forced "No. [-]" to appear, the direction he was facing happened to be that wall (although At that time, he obviously didn't find anything), and "No. [-]" is very likely, just mistakenly thought that Lin Xi had found it, so he reluctantly gave up the disguise.

And what if... What if "Number One" persisted for a while longer?If it insists on maintaining its mimicry, can Lin Xi really find it in the cabin?

Inexplicably, this kind of doubt made Lin Xi feel a subtle... sense of uneasiness.

There are many insects with similar mimicry on Earth.But no bug has ever been so perfect.

"Number One" is a star butterfly.

In the Sunu culture, star butterflies are sacred and inviolable objects. They are considered to be the projections of the star gods on the land. Their wisdom and their red eyes are listening and speaking on behalf of the star gods. Get to know his people.

Lin Xi suddenly remembered the things that Dr. Ando recorded in his notes. The longer he got along with "No. [-]", the more he realized that this kind of magical life is considered a god by the Sunu people, not a god. For no reason.

Lin Xi was a little dazed in his thoughts.

Perhaps it was Lin Xi's silence that made "No. [-]" feel uneasy.

"Number One" slowly climbed down from the wall, with a hint of reluctance in his movements.

Immediately afterwards, he timidly waved his tentacles at the human in front of him, and then retracted his wings.

"ZiZi...ZiZi..."

A soft and slightly flattering sound came from under its wings.

Its forelimbs were curled up, tightly huddled in front of its chest plate, only relying on the four legs behind it to support that hard and huge body.He tried his best to appear obedient and obedient.

Just looking at its pitiful appearance, it's hard to imagine that it broke the professional sealing facilities in the large insect culture dish.The one who sneaked back into the room and then tried to damage the egg case incubator...is just such an alien bug that was scared by humans and trembled.

Lin Xi originally had a splitting headache because of what happened yesterday, but now, looking at "No. [-]", that kind of headache has become more and more serious.

"Don't make that look, we all know what you've done - you shouldn't be sneaking out of the greenhouse, I really don't like that. You should know that worries me, by the way, your The sealing device used in the culture tank is not only professional but also expensive, and I doubt that Ernie and the others will give me a new one in the current situation."

Lin Xi sat on the bed tiredly.

As he moved, Number One turned his head.

It took a few steps in Lin Xi's direction, but after noticing Lin Xi's stern gaze, it stopped quickly, and then the whole worm lay on the ground.

Its wings had turned a grayish color.

Afterwards, Lin Xi pointed to the egg case incubator on the storage table.

"...Most importantly, I really want to know why you did that, why did you destroy the incubator? Those... those are your brothers and sisters, of course, if they can all hatch smoothly. Of course I also know things like It's bugs like you, and you don't like to interact closely with your own kind, but... who knows, if they do hatch, you might be able to find a pleasing one among them. And you in the spaceship It probably won't be so lonely."

At this point, Lin Xi's voice softened a little.

He suddenly thought that if the Helios really had no way to return to Earth, then the only thing in the whole ship that could survive was probably this little thing in front of him.

After all, judging from the current situation of this planet, insects can live quite happily here.

"ZiZi...ZiZi..."

Hearing Lin Xi mentioning the egg case, Xingdie, who had been a little sluggish before, suddenly raised its tentacles, and it let out a high-pitched cry.

Any normal person could feel the strong dislike of "Number One" for that egg case.

Seeing the obvious reaction of "No. [-]", Lin Xi could only rub her temples.

The physiological data that Bryce gave him showed that there was nothing unusual about his body, but since he woke up this morning, he found that his headache became more and more serious.

"All right……"

He sighed.

"Let's skim over this first, and I'll pretend I didn't see your teeth marks—but now you must go back to the greenhouse."

Lin Xiqiang cheered up and said to "No. [-]".

And his heart was beating secretly.

After all, today's "No. [-]" is no longer the little bug that can be packed in a glass dish and taken to the greenhouse.

If it is still unwilling to return to the original cultivation tank, then...then he will most likely have to lower the alarm and use emergency measures to drive "Number One" back forcibly.

He was pretty sure that if he did, Number One would go completely insane.

This is something he doesn't want to see anyway.

"Zizi..."

Sure enough, "No. [-]" seemed very unhappy.

Lin Xi's heart sank heavily.