mother of all races

Lin Xibi always hoped to stay by the cocoon of "No. [-]" and wait for its pupation to succeed.

He was very worried about the physical condition of the little bug, and...and he was also looking forward to seeing how it would look after pupation.

Perhaps just as Ernie and Bryce feared, he had unconsciously given too much emotion to the alien life he raised with his own hands.

Lynch admits it's not good, especially in today's circumstances.

However, when he heard the mercenary say that disgusting joke in that frivolous tone, it was difficult for him to control his emotions.

It's just that if you fight with someone in the patrol car, it will probably bring a lot of trouble to Alisa and Bryce in the future. While thinking this way, Lin Xi can't help but move his hand towards the weapon I touched it.

"Wow, look, Dr. Lin Xi, do you want to shoot me?" Lin Xi's actions fell into the eyes of the mercenary, and he flinched imperceptibly. To be honest, he was a little scared .

Although he deliberately raised his shouting voice, the mercenary knew that he was avoiding the man's eyes while speaking.

The young man named Lin Xi was very strange.

The mercenary's instinct reminded him that Lin Xi looked like the kind of scientific researcher who would sit in an office and work with a pen and paper. Of course, the mercenary knew that he was not the weak type. He was punished for several fights (and he was always the winner), but this level of hand and foot kung fu was just a house game in the eyes of the mercenaries.

Before actually meeting Lin Xi face to face, the mercenary didn't take the latter seriously.

But now... Now he can probably understand why some people hate this man named Lin Xi.

There was something very frightening in the man's eyes.

Cold, dark, ruthless...

The mercenary couldn't tell what it was, but he couldn't control the fear that gradually spread in his heart.

"Sorry, but I hope you can shut up, because you are really loud..."

Lin Xi said to the mercenary with a calm voice.

"Huh, I thought you were going to drive the bugs to shut me up—"

The mercenary responded with a sneer, but before he could finish his brave words, someone suddenly reached out and pressed his face, and then slammed his whole body into the wall of the patrol car with a "bang" .

The man's movements were as fast as a ghost, and his strikes were extremely fierce.

The mercenary with crooked features let out piercing screams in the patrol car.

"Shut up."

But the attacker seemed so indifferent before such screams.

He said slowly to the mercenary.

"Francis?! Damn, what the fuck did you do?!"

someone shouted in shock.

"He's really, really loud."

The man named Francis continued to respond with that rather weird slow voice.

He also has a tattoo on his arm that clearly represents the identity of a mercenary, and he seems to be the leader of the mercenary.

At least, after he directly attacked the other mercenary, a simple "shut up" made everyone quiet.

After a few seconds, Francis let go of the hapless mercenary under him.The latter covered his head and looked at Frans tremblingly.

"Hug, I'm sorry, I didn't...I didn't think I would disturb you..."

He seemed to want to say something, but under Francis' gaze, those voices gradually became weaker.

For a brief moment, the atmosphere in the patrol car froze to the point where the air seemed solid.

No one made a sound, and no one dared to move.

The patrol car was bumping on the unexplored alien land, and the engine was rumbling.

Immediately afterwards, Francis walked directly towards Lin Xi.

He can't be said to be the kind of big man, but he is really very strong, and every muscle seems to be hammered out of the hardest rock.

A mess of light blond hair was tied back, cheeks were slightly sunken, and there was a layer of stubble on his chin.

Lin Xi stared at the other party vigilantly, and suddenly found that this man's face looked familiar.

"Dr. Lin Xi."

The man stared at Lin Xi firmly.

At this moment, Lin Xi only felt that his hairs seemed to stand on end.

Lin Xi had no choice but to look at each other... always felt that if he avoided his gaze first, the man in front of him would rush up and tear his throat open.

Obviously it only took a moment, but Lin Xi felt that 100 years had passed.

It was at this time that he remembered that this mercenary was the one who escorted him to Shizuo Ando's confinement room—God knows what he experienced in just one night, or whether it was in a dark environment with light In short, he was completely different from when he was leading the way for Lin Xi.That was not a change in appearance, but a complete reversal of breath.

Now Francis looks cruel and dark, and you can hardly see any emotional fluctuations that humans should have in his eyes.

Under such circumstances, Francis nodded to Lin Xi.

"Good morning."

He said to Lynch.

Lin Xi: "..."

Lin Xi admitted that he did not know how to respond to the other party.

Cold sweat gradually oozes from the palms of his hands, and the feeling of standing upside down with cold hairs on his back becomes more and more intense.

And Francis didn't seem to care about Lin Xi's silence, he only made a gesture, and the man sitting next to Lin Xi frightened and quickly changed positions while holding his equipment.

Immediately afterwards, Francis, wearing heavy weapons and equipment all over his body, sat down next to Lin Xi.

Moreover, Lin Xi didn't know if it was his illusion, the other party stuck to him very tightly.

Lin Xi's muscles tensed involuntarily, and he frowned, feeling a strong fear of Francis in his heart.

He couldn't figure out the other party's plan at all. Although Francis didn't seem to have any malice towards him in the current situation, his every move afterwards was like that...weird?Lynch wondered if she should use that word to describe Francis.

In general, Francis's current reaction made Lin Xi more nervous than outspoken malice.

Lin Xi could feel that the patrol car was paying more attention to the two of them than before.

However, when Lin Xi glanced at those people from the corner of his eye, he found that they all carefully closed their eyes and pretended not to see anything.

There is a heavy feeling in the air, and everyone seems to think that something will happen—maybe in the next second, Francis will directly stretch out his hand and inflict terror on Lin Xi just like the mercenary before. violence.

After all, since Francis sat down, he has been staring at Lin Xi unabashedly.

That's why Lin Xi was so stubborn that he kept gritting his teeth and forced himself to look calm, otherwise, he might unbearably point a gun at the forehead of the man next to him, and then ask him what is wrong with him? What are you going to do for a good time.

But in reality, Francis did nothing but stare at him until the patrol car arrived at the starting location for the foot survey.

"Group members, pay attention, we have arrived at the intended target. The patrol car door will open within 20 seconds, all members please get ready."

Soft electronic sounds sounded inside the cabin.

At the same time, the roar of the engine stopped and the patrol car stopped.

After a beep, all put on their heavy helmets.

...except Francis.

He seemed to find it funny that Lin Xi clumsily put on the helmet, so he kept staring at Lin Xi.

Lin Xi finally couldn't take it anymore.

He pointed to Francis' helmet on his lap.

"Are you planning to kill yourself in front of me?"

he said sarcastically.

Only then did Francis lower his head to look at the helmet. He twitched the corners of his mouth and put the helmet on after a half-beat.

Lin Xi really hates this kind of personality in himself-but he admits that he can't help but sweat at Francis' slow movement.

Fortunately, Francis managed to install the helmet just before the patrol car opened the door.

Almost at the moment when the green light on his neck, representing the end of airtightness, was turned on, the rear hatch at the rear of the patrol car was opened upwards, and the alien "sunlight" with a faint golden-red light instantly dispelled the traffic inside the patrol car. dark.

Lin Xi silently followed the others, and filed out of the patrol car with a little clumsiness.

They lined up, and this time the leader of the exploration team was already at the front of everyone.It was an elderly prospecting team member whose temples were slightly graying, and his name was written on the name tag on his chest, Jerry Edwin. Although Lin Xi had never met him, this name made him feel instantly relaxed.

He knew Jerry, the famous good old man on the expedition, and he was known not only for his good temper but for his professionalism.

If it weren't for his outstanding prospecting experience, it would be difficult for a person of his age to stay on the prospecting team.

It's just that looking at Jerry at this time, there is no smile on his face, his gray eyebrows are locked together from the beginning to the end, as if he has been in deep worry.

He checked everyone's nameplates before speaking weakly.

"Before we go on this mission, I need to briefly explain the situation to you-our team is now two-thirds of the rookies, and I have to admit that I don't like it. Rookies are easy to make mistakes. make mistakes, and make mistakes..."

He paused, perhaps thinking of something.

"Mistakes mean death. If you die on mission, we don't take your bodies back to the ship, and if you're too badly wounded, we don't go back and bring you back for treatment - we have to save our manpower here and equipment."

Jerry's words quickly turned the atmosphere very cold.

Lin Xi was watching him hard through the transparent cover of the helmet, and he also noticed that while talking, Jerry was also watching them.

"...But the good news is that our exploration mission this time is not heavy. With the Helios as a circle, the area within 26 kilometers from the spacecraft is evenly divided into [-] blocks, and the letters a to z Make a distinction. What we need to explore this time is zone z, which is an area that has been roughly explored."

While explaining the mission, Jerry also sent maps and information to everyone's personal terminals.

Lin Xi clicked on the small three-dimensional map, and could clearly see that in the fan-shaped map marked with the z mark, there were several light spots densely gathered together.

Those light spots represent him and his group of companions—of course, his companions may also become his enemies.

Lin Xi took a quick look around while reading the information, and he could see that there were one or two people in the exploration team and the mercenaries who seemed to be a little bit malicious. When Lin Xi observed them, they were also Peeping at Lin Xi from time to time.

It's just that they all seem to be afraid of the unexpected people around Lin Xi, and all their small movements are controlled by their eyes rather than actual actions, even the mercenary who was the first to provoke him before.

As for the one next to him...

Lin Xi glanced at Francis, and tried to figure out his intentions by turning his brain desperately.

In the patrol car, he could use the narrow space to explain his behavior of being close to him, but now that he has left the patrol car, Francis is still close to Lin Xi.

Even through the thick exploration suit, Lin Xi still had the illusion that she could feel the man's body temperature.

Because of this, Lin Xi's hand was firmly attached to the switch of the weapon. The mission hadn't started yet, but his fingers were already a little stiff.

"...The terrain here is relatively flat. According to the information we have searched before, there is only a dense forest that we need to pay attention to—we are very clear now that the most abundant in these dense forests are not alien animals but alien bugs. There is a lot of interest, so we must remember to turn on the insect repellent device before entering the dense forest. Our task is very simple, to record the terrain, atmosphere, soil and air composition here in as much detail as possible.”

Hearing Jerry's feeble task prompt, Lin Xi couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

He has every reason to believe that this mission may be a preliminary investigation for living outside the cabin.

He thought of those rumors again and again. The people on the Helios have lost hope of returning to Earth. The only thing people can hope for now is the seemingly friendly environment of this unknown planet, and human beings...they The survivors on the Helios will establish a human settlement far away from the earth here.

Thinking of this, Lin Xi not only did not have the slightest expectation, but involuntarily felt chills all over her body.

I am the captain of the Providence...

In the confinement room before, what Shizuo Ando said to him with his empty eyes opened made Lin Xi feel very ominous.

300 years ago, the Providence carrying 10,000+ people quietly disappeared into space. At the beginning, the purpose of the mission was to establish a new human settlement on a foreign planet that is no different from the earth. .

Even the "Second Garden of Eden" mentioned in the rumors on the Helios is one of the planned mission names of the Providence.

No—he had to stop these wild thoughts—

Lin Xi said to herself from the bottom of her heart.

At least, while he was still on this damn exploration mission, he needed to focus more on reality.

"...does anyone have any questions?"

During this time, Jerry had already finished the introduction before the mission, and he asked others.

No one said a word.

"Then, let's set off now. I'll take the front... Albert, Dolan, and Francis, you are responsible for guarding the sides and the rear respectively, and we will advance in file."

He pointed out Fransey and two other experienced exploration team members.

The other two responded immediately, but Francis took half a beat.

Lin Xi couldn't help but look at Fransey again.

He always felt that the other party had a sense of incongruity.

As a result, with such a tilt of his head, he met the man's gaze - Lin Xi almost wondered if the man had been staring at him all the time.

Otherwise, why would he make eye contact with people every time he looked at Fransey?

What was even more frightening was that the moment they met their eyes, the man actually spoke again.

"Dr. Lin Xi."

He said.

Lin Xi held her breath and waited for his next words, but apart from staring at herself obsessively, Fransey didn't make any other sound until the team started to move forward.

At this time, the temperature outside the cabin is nearly one hundred degrees Fahrenheit, and as time goes by, the "sun" of the alien star rises, and the temperature will gradually rise.

This is definitely not a friendly temperature for humans wearing old exploration suits, not to mention that as the temperature rises, the milky white mist slowly rises from the deep purple soil under their feet.

Lin Xi observed the surrounding environment as he walked forward. He felt hot and tired, and his feet were as heavy as lead.

The natural environment outside the cabin is the same as what Lin Xi observed inside the Helios before, presenting rich and brilliant colors.There may be a unique biosphere here, and Lin Xi can easily speculate that there are vegetation, woods, and maybe swamps and lakes.And there are a lot of bugs here.

Lin Xi wanted to take a good record of the natural environment here, but he soon realized that it would not be easy.

No, "difficult" seems too slight to describe it, in fact, it's hard, very hard.

The ground that looks like mud when stepped on is purple, while the harder ones are dark blue.

The mushroom-shaped rocks laid on the ground are yellow and red.

Most of the plants growing on the surface are composed of several or more than a dozen colors, and each color is so bright that it seems to be able to emit fluorescence.

They swayed regularly with the breeze from a different planet, and from a distance it looked like some kind of huge animal was breathing regularly.

They have not yet entered the dense forest area that Jerry said, and it is said that this short section of road will be the easiest part of the entire exploration team.

But Lin Xi still felt unbearable——

Those plants, and the color of the earth made him feel dizzy, even a little nauseous.

Occasionally, he even experienced visual confusion a few times - he saw a shrub-like plant moving slowly in front of him, but after careful observation, he discovered that it was not the plants themselves that moved, but them The color of the surface of the body changes continuously with the wind.

These brilliant colors may be beautiful...but only in some specific works of art, not in the whole world.

At least in Lin Xi's view, everything here looks so messy, terrifying, and depressing, almost breathless.

He could even understand those excavation team members who were emotionally abnormal-if their previous missions were to move forward in such a world.

No one can stand this.

nobody.

Including Lin Xi himself.

"Don't stare at those things, the color of their surface changes with the change of air pressure, and for humans, they cause visual pollution and mental burden."

Lin Xi suddenly heard the sound of someone retching from inside the communication channel.

Only then did he realize that there were many people who had the same discomfort as him.

Soon, Jerry's voice came from the channel.

"Look at your feet and try to block the changing colors as much as possible."

Lin Xi tried to do as Jerry asked, but it was not easy.

Because the soil under his feet also has a variety of colors, and as these colors continue to change, there seem to be many small voices rustling in Lin Xi's ears.

The mother of worms and her husband were born out of chaos...

When the noisy and chaotic voices suddenly merged into a complete sentence, Lin Xi was startled suddenly, and he almost fell to the ground.

But someone pulled him hard.

"Dr. Lin Xi."

He said.

That's Francis.

Lin Xi didn't even know when he appeared beside her.

"Thank you... thank you."

Lin Xi said a little stiffly.

After he stood firm with Francis' strong arm, he realized that it wasn't the latter who came to him silently, but that he had fallen behind unknowingly and reached the end of the entire team.

"Forest……"

"I'm very good."

Lin Xi said to Francis.

If he hadn't heard the other person's words with his own ears on the way to the confinement room that day, he would almost have thought that Francis would only say "Dr. Lin Xi" in his life.

And judging from the strength of Francis' grasp, Lin Xi could still feel some kindness from this man.

Although even now, Francis still feels strange to Lin Xi.

Lin Xi glanced at the personal terminal, and in this short moment, the distance between the two of them and the main force widened again.

Lin Xi didn't know whether those people didn't realize that they were falling behind with Francis, or they were too lazy to help, but in any case, it was never a good thing to be separated from the main force.

"We have to keep up with them."

Lin Xi said.

Francis pursed his lips and silently grabbed Lin Xi's hand.

Lin Xi subconsciously tried to shake him off, but soon realized it was futile.

Francis' arm was as strong as steel, and Lin Xi couldn't get rid of him at all.

"Well...thank you for your kindness but I'm much better now and I can go on my own."

Lin Xi frowned slightly, and he whispered to Francis.

"Follow, follow them."

Francis said, after a pause, he suddenly muttered softly again: "...be obedient."

The author has something to say: If he hadn't heard the other person speak with his own ears on the way to the confinement room that day, he would almost have thought that Francis would only say "Dr. Lin Xi" in his life.

Number one: qaq

(I suffered from being uneducated)

(Actually, he will say "good boy" and "obedient")