mother of all races

Lin Xi stood in his room, staring at "Number One" for a long time.

After noticing Lin Xi's gaze, "Number One" behaved more and more well-behaved—or, it was trying to behave like that (but its terrifying and huge body hindered it).

"Zizi..."

The voice coming from its body became more urgent and full of flattery.

And, Lin Xi didn't know where it learned the trick - it started to approach Lin Xi slowly, and then gently rubbed Lin Xi's calf with its forehead and wings.

"call……"

Lin Xi was very sure that judging by the IQ of "No. [-]", it had already noticed something, and it was probably racking its brains to try to save the situation.

If the appearance of "No. [-]" is ignored, this scene can almost be called warm now.

"Number One" is like a large dog who accidentally knocked over a precious sculpture, while Lin Xi is a distressed owner who faces disobedient pets.

"Be obedient. 'Number One'."

Lin Xi said to it.

He hesitated for a while, then bent down slightly, and stroked the forehead of "No. [-]".

The touch of this alien bug's carapace became more and more similar to that of the Sunu sculpture in the warehouse, both of which had that subtle rough and hard feel.

After discovering that Lin Xi was willing to reach out and touch him, "No. [-]" seemed to be relieved.

Of course, the face of an insect cannot express any expression. The reason why Lin Xi can clearly point out the emotions of "Number One" is purely because of the round spots on its wings.

Almost as soon as Lin Xi's fingers touched it, those spots began to flicker happily.

A rather muted pink and pale yellow alternated inside those circular spots, a color that would presumably appeal to many young girls.

And what's more, the tentacles of "Number One" sway gently like a mammal to show its joy.This is definitely not Xingdie's own habit, and Lin Xi doesn't know where it learned it from.

But no matter what, "No. [-]" seemed to be in a much better mood under Lin Xi's touch.

But only Lin Xi knew that his heart was actually not as calm as it appeared.

His eyes stopped on "Number One"'s wormy face with red compound eyes and ferocious mouthparts.

What he could think of was the deep notch on the outer frame of the egg case incubator.

The outer frame of the incubator is metal, but the mouthparts of "No. [-]" can easily leave such deep tooth marks on the hard metal.One can imagine.The One could tear the fragile humans of the Helios to shreds with ease if it wanted to.Just like the records left in Dr. Ando's notes, a bad-tempered star butterfly can even easily destroy an entire city.

Lin Xi wondered why she didn't think of this earlier?Probably because the meekness shown by "Number One" at the beginning affected his judgment.

After all, from the beginning to the end, "Number One" never showed any aggressiveness in front of him.

It's just that what happened today made Lin Xi realize that he had to think about the future of "No. [-]".

"Hey man, let's go back to the greenhouse, that's where you're supposed to be."

Lin Xi said softly to Number One.

The movements of "No. [-]" froze slightly, and the colors on the wings changed violently a few times.

But then it continued to dawdle on Lin Xi as if nothing had happened—pretending that it didn't understand what Lin Xi said just now.

"Please, be good—I really don't want to hurt you."

Lin Xi took his hand away from "No. [-]", and then he stepped back a few steps to distance himself from the other party.

"Number One" stopped suddenly, and it kept its previous appearance of raising its forelimbs, tilting its head and looking at Lin Xi in bewilderment.

After about a few seconds, Number One seemed to figure something out.

It put down its forelimbs, and then flapped its wings and flew up.Immediately afterwards, in front of Lin Xi, it flapped its wings in a dance-like movement in the small cabin.

Lin Xi often saw the same dance when it was just hatched.It's just that it was a cute move at that time, but now it's a complete disaster. With the flapping of those two huge wings, Lin Xi's already messy cabin immediately became like a typhoon The crossing is generally miserable, and things are constantly being swept off by the tail of the wings, and then fall to the ground.

"no--"

Lin Xi supported her forehead and yelled at "No. [-]".

In fact, "No. [-]" had already discovered something was wrong. The moment the photo frame and test tube were swept to the ground and smashed to pieces, it immediately retracted its wings, then sprinted onto Lin Xi's bed and hid in the corner.

Lin Xi: "..."

Perhaps the only thing he should be thankful for is that "Number One" didn't mimic his wings as bedding on his bed in front of his face.

This weird thought crossed Lin Xi's mind, causing him to shiver involuntarily.

Lin Xi stood where she was, looking around her messy living cabin, and took several deep breaths before calming down.

"Look, that's why I told you you don't fit in my room, you've grown up, and this space isn't right for you at all."

"Number One" was silent.

Tentacles flicked restlessly around the top of its head.

"Listen, I know you can understand what I'm saying, you've been a smart...bug, please, go back to where you belong, I really don't want to press the alarm for a biological escape , I'm sure they will treat you very violently, but you..." Lin Xi glanced at the hideous barb on the appendage of "No. If you treat those humans who want to capture you seriously, the final scene will definitely get out of hand, and that is the last thing I want to see."

There was a sense of fatigue in Lin Xi's tone.

"I just hope you... you can give me some peace of mind. After all, on this spaceship..."

Maybe it's only when I'm with you that I can relax a little bit.

Lin Xi silently put the second half of the sentence in her heart.

"Listen...listen...obedient...zizi...obedient...I...obedient..."

A muffled murmur came from Lin Xi's ear.

Lin Xi's body shook, he raised his head, and looked at "No. [-]" in shock.

"I... I am obedient..."

Although it sounds strange in terms of tone, there is no doubt that the sound came from "Number One".

"Number one?"

Lin Xi stared at "No. [-]" in disbelief.

Under his shocked gaze, Number One's parrot quickly went from jerky to proficient.

"Number one is obedient, number one is obedient, number one is good, number one is smart and obedient."

It keeps repeating.

Probably because these words were what Lin Xi said to it the most before, so it began to repeat these incoherent words in front of Lin Xi.

"Oh my god……"

Lin Xi stared at "No. [-]".

Although he knew that Star Butterfly was an alien insect that could repeat human words like a parrot, but when he heard the whisper that was the same as that of human beings coming out of the ferocious mouthparts of "No. [-]", That kind of shock is still completely indescribable in words.

"No. [-] is very good! Very good!"

Seeing that Lin Xi hadn't said anything for a long time, "No. [-]" obviously misunderstood something, and its voice became more and more urgent.

When you are in a hurry, the simulated human voice will be accidentally converted into the unique hissing sound of insects.

I have to say, probably because of the filter, when Lin Xi looked at such "No. [-]", she felt an inexplicable pity for it.

"Number One" learned the human language because of him, just to stay in this shabby living room.

This idea popped up from the bottom of Lin Xi's heart, and he knew he shouldn't—but he did feel a kind of satisfaction because of it.

"Yes, you...you are very good."

Lin Xi was stunned for at least ten seconds before he realized it. It took him a long time to squeeze out a sentence to respond to "Number One" (although this was not true at all).

After hearing Lin Xi's words, "No. [-]" began to glow pink.

It was literally, pink light.

Lin Xi stared dumbfounded as the pearly white body of "No. [-]" slowly turned into a girlish pale pink.

To be honest, this color doesn't match "Number One"'s hideous and terrifying body at all, and it even looks a little ridiculous.

"puff……"

The reality is that Lin Xi really laughed out loud at the time.

Lin Xi's laughter gave great encouragement to the alien insects in front of him, and the tips of "No. [-]"'s wings shook slightly. It was at this time that Lin Xi discovered that the wings of "No. [-]" had gradually grown. Two tail-like parts.

He stretched out his hand and touched it gently, and "Number One" immediately shyly shyly drew its wings behind its back as if it was ticklish.

"Very good—obedient—"

it yelled.

Lin Xi was slightly taken aback, then withdrew her hand.

"Okay...do you know any other words?"

Lin Xi couldn't help asking.

He actually didn't expect "Number One" to answer him, after all, according to the notes, although Xingdie could imitate human language, it was just a parrot after all.

But "Number One" once again exceeded his expectations.

"Lin—Lin Xi—"

It whispered affectionately at Lin Xi.

Lin Xi was stunned again.

The call of "Lin Xi" caused a trembling like electric current to run down his spine.

When imitating other words, the voice of "No. [-]" always seems a little weird and loud, and the accent is particularly vague.

But when Lin Xi's name was called out, the voice was almost identical to that of a real human being. If it wasn't for his eyes looking at "Number One", he would have thought it was some kind of silly prank, and there was a real human being. Humans are hiding somewhere and pretending that "Number One" is calling him.

Moreover, faintly, that gentle tone was [-]% similar to the man in Lin Xi's memory.

Seeing that Lin Xi didn't respond immediately, "No. [-]" soon began to show off his vocal ability not to be outdone.

"Lin Xi is so good...Lin Xi is obedient..."

Obviously, in the cognition of "No. [-]", these two words contain beauty and joy. It directly connected those two words with Lin Xi's name, and then said words that made people laugh.

It managed to draw Lin Xi's attention back with its own muttering.

"Well, well... maybe you're right?"

Lin Xi looked at "No. [-]" with a wry smile.

The behavior of this alien bug is both surprising and touching.

If it is said that the only purpose of imitating human speech in an emergency is to spend the night in Lin Xi's room, then No. [-] has finally achieved its purpose.

Lin Xi allowed No. [-] to stay in his cabin that night.

One looked contented.He shared the small and extremely uncomfortable bed with Lin Xi.

"No. [-]" is very happy with the outcome of his struggle.

However, Lin Xi felt very uncomfortable - he doubted that if the scene of sleeping with "No. [-]" was recorded and brought back to Earth, it might be edited into some kind of experimental horror movie for sale.

And whenever he felt that "Number One" was fast asleep, he couldn't help but want to turn his head to look at the bug beside him.

The living cabins in the spaceship are very small, and Lin Xi's bed is naturally extremely cramped.

When he was lying on the mattress with "No. [-]", "No. [-]" had to lay most of his body on Lin Xi's shoulders and arms.

Its wings did not shrink when it was sleeping, but spread out slightly.

Lin Xi cautiously reached out and touched its wings. The feeling reminded Lin Xi of those expensive ostrich leather bags of his ex-girlfriend. There were countless densely packed small bumps on the cold and smooth surface of the wings.

"..."

Suddenly, Lin Xi felt the gaze.

He turned his head and found that "Number One" was staring straight at him.

It is not a pleasant thing to look at each other with the compound eyes of insects at such a close distance, Lin Xi quickly withdrew her hand.

"Lin Xi."

"Number One" whispered warmly in his ear.

"Lin Xi."

……

Lin Xi had a sleepless night.

The next day, according to the agreement between them, "Number One" returned to the large insect glass tank in the greenhouse.Lynch managed to replace the original seal with a makeshift metal mesh.

Then, Lin Xi sneaked out of the greenhouse. After ensuring that "Number One" could neither see nor hear him, he pressed the communicator and found O'Neill.

Ernie, who appeared on the communication projection, was even more haggard than the last time Lin Xi saw him. He looked like a vampire that only appeared in ancient movies, his skin was thin and pale, even through the The camera can also see the light blue blood vessels that look like branches under his skin.

His eyeballs were embedded in extremely sunken eye sockets, and when he was speaking, his eyeballs would tremble abnormally - Lin Xi very much suspected that it was the sequelae of fatigue and excessive mental stress.

"Oh, hello... Dr. Lin Xi..."

O'Neill looked a little stiff when he saw Lin Xi, probably because he had already heard about the previous attack.

After a brief hesitation, Ernie added curtly, "...I heard about the accident. Glad to see you are doing well, Doctor."

Lin Xi shrugged: "Thank you for your concern."

He didn't want to continue this annoying topic, so he quickly cut straight to the point.

"There are some things I want to talk to you about Xingdie."

Lin Xi noticed that after hearing the word "Star Butterfly", Ernie wrinkled his face uncontrollably, showing a disgusted expression.

"Xingdie? Is there something wrong with the body? Well... However, it is natural for it to have problems. After all, the star butterfly is almost extinct in Sunu. It is a miracle that we can hatch it. They look like Very powerful, but the vitality has always been weak, so there will always be problems of one kind or another. I have very little information about Star Butterfly here, but if you have anything you need to know, you can give me a list, and I will sort out the information, and then Send it to your personal terminal—"

Lin Xi has no doubts that O'Neill is more chatty than ever because of his nervousness.

"No, no, what I need this time is not information." Lin Xi shook his head, interrupted him and said.

"I need you to come to the greenhouse, you have to see it with your own eyes. The next thing we will discuss is related to its subsequent feeding and living environment."

Ernie looked distressed, his eyes gurgling.

"Is something wrong? Actually... Actually I've never been very good at dealing with bugs..."

he stammered.

(You are quite obvious about this) —— Lin Xi thought in her heart.

"Then I'll wait for you at the door of your office. Then we head to the greenhouse together, where Star Butterfly is. I think we can continue talking about some issues only after you see it."

Lin Xi pretended that he hadn't noticed O'Neill's resistance, and he cut off the communication without giving the poor guy time to find another excuse.

An hour later, Lin Xi really waited for Ernie, who was dawdling and full of embarrassment.

He looked like he really wanted to miss the appointment, but since Lin Xi had already guarded the door of the office, it was impossible for him not to do his own work anyway—in the end, he could only be accepted slowly with a bitter face. Lin Xi took it to the greenhouse.

To be honest, looking at O'Neill's appearance, Lin Xi couldn't hide his doubts in his heart. He really didn't understand why O'Neill had such a strong resistance.

In his profession, this really shouldn't be.

"Oh, there is nothing wrong with the other Sunu species, I actually quite like studying them—" Facing Lin Xi's half-joking and half-serious question, O'Neill murmured with drooping shoulders, "But Star Butterfly... Well, you know, I just can't do anything with that stuff, it's just horrible."

Hearing O'Neill's words, Lin Xi couldn't help but also smiled wryly.

Well, he can more or less understand, after all, not everyone can accept such a huge alien bug as Star Butterfly.

"Oh, the character of 'Number One' is actually very docile. I think it has something to do with the fact that the first thing it sees after being hatched is a human being. It's just a little bigger, but once you get used to its appearance, you I found it to be quite cute.”

Lin Xi said.

"Yes, cute?"

O'Neill frowned, and he glanced at Lin Xi in amazement.

He murmured and repeated, as if Lin Xi had really said something incredible.

"It has nothing to do with volume and shape..."

His lips moved together, as if he wanted to say something more, but in the end he just squeezed out such a sentence dryly.

While talking, Lin Xi and O'Neill had arrived at the greenhouse.

Lin Xi pressed her fingerprint on the access control system, and the door of the greenhouse slowly slid open, revealing the large insect culture tank in the center of the greenhouse.

"Number One" was lying contentedly on a thick comb, slowly rearranging its wrinkled wings alternately with its hind legs.

After a night in Lynch's bedroom, the gigantic alien bug seemed content and in a good mood.

Hearing the movement from the door, "Number One" slowly raised his head and looked in that direction.

It is no longer the little bug that sprinted into the leaves when it heard any movement to try to hide itself, but when it saw that there was another human being behind Lin Xi, it shook its tail slightly , and then slowly stood up his body.

"This is 'Number One' now, and since it hatched it's grown at—"

Lin Xi was about to introduce some basic data about "No. [-]" to O'Neill when he heard O'Neill's rapid breathing coming from his side.

"Ernie?"

When Lin Xi tilted her head, she could see O'Neill's bloodless face.

The youngest person in charge of the scientific research office doesn't seem to have any style now. He stood there, holding Lin Xi's arm vigorously with one hand, his eyes were straight, and his lips were pale.

"For God's sake—for God's sake—"

Lin Xi heard Ernie let out a dry whisper, and then Ernie staggered a few steps and backed away.

O'Neill looked quite frightened by "Number One", while Lin Xi was taken aback by O'Neill's appearance.

"Ernie? What happened?"

"I'm sorry, Dr. Lynch...I...I think I might...need to go somewhere else and talk to you about it."

O'Neill looked as if he had exhausted all his self-control to not run away on the spot. He looked at Lin Xi's face in pain, his expression twisted.

Although he couldn't understand, Lin Xi quickly helped him out of the greenhouse.It's just that Ernie didn't seem to recover a little until he was far away from the greenhouse.

But his face still looked terrible.

"I really admire you guys..." O'Neill said to Lin Xi tremblingly, "I don't think I'll ever be able to get used to this—Star Butterfly looks really scary, oh my god, those stripes— vomit--"

Lin Xi looked at O'Neill with a headache. The young man looked like he was about to pass out.

He couldn't resist even suggesting that he go to the medical room, but Ernie shook his head.

"I don't really like the atmosphere there..."

He flinched and muttered under his breath.

"That place just gave me the creeps, sometimes you feel like someone is watching you...but when you turn around, there's nothing behind you."

Lin Xi couldn't help being taken aback when he heard O'Neill's words, and certain scenes of waking up in the medical room before flashed through his mind.

But then, Lin Xi heard Ernie continue to say: "What's more, in almost all space horror novels, the person who died in the medical room is the worst. Omi was ripped open by the leech in his stomach in the medical room..."

Lin Xi: "..."

He suddenly felt that his previous nervousness seemed a little redundant.

But no matter what, Lin Xi still respected O'Neill's feelings in the end, and the two of them had to go back to the office of the biology team and tried to discuss the formula there.

When passing by the biological laboratory, Lin Xi glanced at the catastrophic scene there, and could somewhat understand why Ernie was so haggard.

When Lin Xi came here before, the place was just messy, and because warnings sounded from time to time, the air was filled with the tension that everything was about to go out of order.

But now, this place is much more empty than when Lin Xi came here before. The special terrariums and metal cages placed on the wall are empty, and some of the surviving ones don't seem to be normal.

And Lin Xi can be sure that there is something wrong with the ventilation system here. As soon as she stepped in, Lin Xi frowned slightly because of the damp and stale smell.

A faint rancid smell was trapped under the musty smell. If they were not living inside the spaceship, Lin Xi would have thought that there were mice or birds dying in the intricate pipes above their heads.

There are various reagents and medicines on the test bench, and several young assistants with equally gloomy faces are clumsily dissecting small animals.

"Head."

Hearing someone entering the laboratory, they feebly raised their heads and greeted O'Neill and Lin Xi.

"...A few more snake-scaled sparrows died."

One of them said calmly.

It's as if this thing has become commonplace.

"Oh fine."

O'Neill rubbed his temples and replied, his attitude was also unusually calm, so calm that Lin Xi couldn't help but look at him more.

Lin Xi vaguely remembered that the number of special Sunu creatures was rare and their research value was extremely high. Before everything was messed up, Dr. Ando took care of them to the extreme.

But now, their deaths seem to have had no effect on the people in the lab at all.

"Still haven't found the reason?"

Ernie asked.

"Yes, just like its other partners."

The assistant said in a bored and tired voice.

"it's a pity……"

Ernie finished the conversation and took Lin Xi to his office.

Noticing Lin Xi's strange gaze, O'Neill pursed his lips, and he explained in a low voice: "...As you can see, the little guys are all dead now. I don't know if it has something to do with being stranded, But the current environment on the spacecraft is really not suitable for the survival of Sunu creatures. Sometimes they were fine the day before, but the next day...they just died like that. The damn Sunu disease made these little creatures The guts and muscles of the guy became slimy and turned into a meat paste."

Hearing his last words, Lin Xi felt a little disgusted, Ernie saw his expression, and grinned.

Sunu disease is actually a general term for some specific diseases-this disease will only occur on Sunu people or animals, and their internal tissues will melt into viscous liquid after the onset.Many Sunu escaped madness, murdered by their neighbors and friends, only to end up often dying of this bizarre disease.

To make matters worse, until now, people on earth still know nothing about the pathogenesis of Sunu disease.

"Sometimes I really envy Dr. Ando..." O'Neill said to Lin Xi, "He went crazy before everything became so crazy, and then left this terrible thing to me. Alas, during this time I think I'm going crazy, you know, I even had hallucinations a few days ago, I saw a few snake-scaled finches grow spider legs and run out of the air vent quickly with a rustling... ..."

Immediately afterwards, Ernie began to talk to Lin Xi vividly about the various hallucinations he had before, and Lin Xi finally had to interrupt the other party unbearably, and kindly suggested that Ernie read less horror novels.

They settled themselves in a corner of Ernie's office.

Ernie was wrapped in an old blanket, holding a calming gel stick in his hand and chewing in small bites. He finally stopped talking nonsense like that.

Lin Xi sighed.

"I'm sorry," he said to O'Neill, "I didn't expect you to have such a big reaction to Xingdie. I just thought... Maybe you can help me evaluate the living environment of 'No. [-]', and then we Then discuss a follow-up breeding plan."

"Follow-up feeding plan?"

O'Neill's expression became even uglier.

He stared at Lin Xi: "You mean, you plan to keep raising it?"

"Of course." Lin Xi said. "...It has already been hatched. If we don't continue to raise it, what else can we do? It is impossible to freeze it. There are too few live samples of 'Star Butterfly', and we lack the parameters to set freezing... "

"Maybe we can try it?"

What Lin Xi didn't expect was that O'Neill actually said this to him.

"To be honest, I think it's the best choice to put it into a state of frozen dormancy. You have also seen the situation on my side... Well, I know, bugs are immune to Sunu disease, but who knows What will happen? If things get worse, we might not even be able to get their feed together."

Lin Xi's face changed: "If you freeze without the correct parameters, the lethal rate—"

O'Neill silently took a mouthful of the calming gel stick, and said in a nonchalant tone: "So what, anyway, don't you still have several unhatched star butterfly eggs? If your 'number one' really Something went wrong, you still have second and third options..." At this point, O'Neill paused, and then he suddenly showed a strange smile at Lin Xi, "What's more, we are going to die anyway , the life and death of these alien bugs is actually not a big deal, is it?"

Lin Xi looked at O'Neill in astonishment. He originally thought that O'Neill was more or less sane just like himself, but at this moment, he suddenly discovered that under O'Neill's rambunctious disguise, there was a hidden deep deep despair.

"It's not really that—"

Lin Xi spoke dryly, trying to squeeze out some comforting words, but those words were quickly interrupted by the shrill siren.

Team members, please note that the Helios is about to enter a state of emergency after this announcement, and non-A-level crew members in important positions should immediately stop all tasks in hand, enter the nearest cabin and lock it until the alarm is lifted——

Accompanied by a dull electronic female voice, the ship's lighting facilities have changed from bright white light to an ominous scarlet.

"what happened?"

Lin Xi stood up strangely. He looked at the flashing signs on the personal terminal in bewilderment, feeling extremely confused.

Until the information that Bryce illegally sent to his personal terminal through private channels unfolded, Lin Xi finally realized the horror of the matter.

The very violent (or rather, mad) Sam woke up.

Sam killed someone... and this crazy murderer is now wandering in the cabin.

A few 10 minutes ago——

Medical interior.

Sam opened his cloudy eyes in the healing device.

"Ho ho-"

He let out a hoarse whisper, then looked around himself, and then struggled indiscriminately.

The therapy device bounced up automatically after sensing the patient's struggle, and the man rolled and fell out of the device.

He gasped for a long time in that position before slowly getting up from the ground.

He felt that his head was hurting, his vision was blurred, and his throat was so thirsty that it seemed like a fire was burning.

All these discomforts came from the small tumor in his brain, but Sam didn't know it at this time, and he didn't have time to pay attention to it.

His mind is still in an extremely chaotic state, the only thing that is distinct is the kind of hunger that makes his bone marrow boil.

aroma.

Sam held on to the therapy device and stood still, his body shaking from side to side due to muscle spasms.

The time of his waking up can be said to be very unlucky, or very coincidental - Bryce is not in the medical room now, and the person in charge of duty is a young medical technician.

After hearing the movement of the healing device, he hurriedly wiped off the drool left by dozing off, and ran towards Sam sleepily.

This was a very big mistake. If he could be more sober, or more experienced, he would definitely be able to spot Sam's strangeness.

Unfortunately, he didn't notice Sam's bloodshot eyes, nor did he see the blue blood vessels protruding like earthworms under his skin.

He didn't even hear the particularly vague whisper in Sam's mouth.

"Smell... so fragrant..."

Sam grumbled.

"God, Mr. Sam, wake up—"

The medical technician had already run to Sam's side, and he was very surprised, because of what Sam had done before, the drug pump had been continuously injecting a high concentration of tranquilizers into the body of this tyrannical mercenary.

Sam shouldn't have woken up at all.

But now, he was standing there with his face contorted and saliva flowing.

The medical technician's voice stopped abruptly, replaced by a terrified scream.

Sam grabbed him straight away, then leaned down and gnawed the young man's neck open.

Blood poured into Sam's throat in an instant, which somewhat moistened his thirsty throat, but...

"No...it's not...it's not that kind of aroma..."

Sam dropped the dead body on the ground.

He wiped the blood that was continuously flowing from his chin, and then muttered irrationally.

Before he fell into a coma, the aroma filling his nasal cavity completely occupied his mind.

"Lin... Dr. Lin Xi..."

He finally remembered some fragments, a bloody and greedy smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he picked up the medical technician's body to the door, and opened the metal door with the poor man's warm palm print, then, he Slowly walked towards the door of the medical room.

The scent still lingers in the corridor.

Sam didn't know that it was impossible for normal human beings to smell the kind of breath he smelled, but this didn't stop him from walking in the direction of Lin Xi following the scent.

He also encounters several other crew members during this time, whom he seems to have killed... Maybe, Sam can't remember.

All he knew was that he needed to return to that scent, and he needed to find that man named Lin Xi...

Since the Helios turned on the covenant shield, the fuel has become tense.

In order to save energy, all lighting and communication facilities have been cut off in many areas that are not in daily use.

The dazed Sam just followed the most basic instinct, moving forward——

When he faintly felt that something was wrong, several long tentacles stretched out from the darkness.

Sam stopped blankly.

He stared at the darkness in front of him, no, no, it wasn't darkness.

He saw many, many round blobs, squirming in the shadows.

A chill slowly crept up his spine.

That emotion is called fear, and extreme fear can sometimes even awaken a person's mind.

At least Sam did... He stared at the blotches, slowly regaining consciousness.

But sometimes, keep