mother of all races

Lin Xi remained silent.He didn't say anything, because he didn't intend to put more pressure on Bryce and Alyssa in this special period-he looked at his brother and Alyssa, and was a little surprised to find that the two of them looked at each other. It turned out to be so fragile and panic-stricken.

This made Lin Xi feel a subtle distress.

He finally discovered that before this incident, he had been relying on the two of them unconsciously. In his subconscious, both Bryce and Alisa were omnipotent and invincible.

Alisa can always handle everything on the spaceship with ease, and Bryce can keep his face unchanged even in the face of the most difficult and terrible wounds.But this stubborn impression is shattered at this moment.

He saw with his own eyes Alisa's almost incoherent speech, and he also saw Bryce's face was pale but still gritted his teeth to protect others.

This made Lin Xi feel shaken.

He wanted to protect these two, he had to.

Just like they did when they protected themselves before...

Moreover, in the deepest part of her heart, Lin Xi still had a strange feeling.

Although it is the same fear, the same fear-he seems to be much more insensitive than Bryce and Alisa.

The mutation of these people on board and this series of weird things...

Lin Xi had thought countless times that he would go crazy from fright, but in the end, he resisted.

What does this mean?

Maybe, as the crew kept yelling, there was something sinister about him?

"Let's go."

Lin Xi suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his heart, turned around, and intentionally or unintentionally stood between Robert's body and Bryce.

"Regardless of who it is... man, and what he intends to do, we'd better get out of here." Lin Xi said, he paused, and then added, "'he' may still be here to linger and linger , and I would never want to meet such a monster."

"Just don't care about anything? We don't know what that guy wants to do..."

Bryce began to worry and worry out of habit.

Alicia reached out and pressed the back of his hand.

Then, the vice-captain, who had somewhat regained his status, shook his head at his lover: "Lin Xi is right, let's leave here first, and we'll talk about the rest... later."

Convinced by Alyssa, Bryce took one last look at Robert's body, shuddering at the insect structure revealed beneath the human skin.

"God, he's really disgusting," Bryce muttered, and then accidentally, he said his own voice, "But, look at him now. I don't know whether to be grateful or afraid— — There are still ghosts that can do such things in this ship. If Robert is a monster, the thing that killed him might be a visitor from hell."

Lin Xi nodded at Bryce.

He was about to say something to express his agreement, but there was a tremor like electric shock from the back of his neck.

"Ok?"

It was that strange but familiar feeling of peeping, Lin Xi suddenly raised his head and looked at the top of the corridor.

He always felt that there was something in there—

But there was nothing there except bright lights and the metal walls of the corridor.

Lin Xi frowned.

He couldn't remember how many times he had felt the same feeling. If it was normal, he might call it nervousness, but in front of Robert's body, he couldn't continue to be so calm.

Lin Xi raised his gun and fired several times at the direction where he felt the sense of peeping before.

——At the moment when the trigger was pulled, Lin Xi didn't know why she suddenly felt nervous.

But as the pulse bullet left several black scorched marks on the metal wall, nothing happened in that area.

"what happened?"

Bryce was taken aback by Lin Xi's sudden move.

"No, nothing."

Lin Xi shook her head and said softly, "It's just... I want to confirm something... But maybe I'm too sensitive, I feel like something crawled through just now."

he muttered vaguely.

"Maybe it's a bug."

Alyssa said.

"I saw a lot of bugs in Robert's office before, and I don't know where they came from. Maybe they slipped in from outside the protective cover, or maybe Taran hatched something for his weird religious beliefs."

After hearing the word "hatch", Lin Xi's eyelids twitched.

The image of Number One, and the ugly chrysalis in which it now resided, passed quickly through his mind.

Oh hell, why would he think of Number One again at such an inopportune time.

Lin Xi forced back the unease in her heart.

Then he turned to Bryce. "What do we do next?"

"We have to go to floor b-1."

Bryce thought for a while, then said firmly.

"Floor b-1? Why are we going there?"

Bryce's answer somewhat surprised Lin Xi. He thought they would find a way to escape to the bridge and ask others for help.

"Because Thorian is there."

Bryce replied.

And at the moment when his voice fell, Lin Xi couldn't help showing a bored expression.

"Wait, why are we looking for that guy..."

"The first is of course because he is a mercenary, and he is the most powerful mercenary on the ship. He and his men now have the most weapons on the ship. If we really want to deal with these monsters in the Helios, we must Get his help. As for the second..."

Bryce clicked on his personal terminal while talking.

"Remember those medical examination materials? We didn't get the list of everyone, but at least we knew about Sorian. He injured his brain in an accident when he was a child, and then he had an intracranial electronic assist chip implanted... he They may be the first batch of people in country A to receive this treatment."

"Oh, for God's sake, isn't it..."

Before that, Lin Xi never thought that the "psychic medium" she was looking for would be that tricky guy.

"Then we have to pray that Sorian is not bewitched into a bug by Talan at this time."

Lin Xi said dryly.

The three quickly left the blood-soaked corridor.

And it wasn't until the sound of their footsteps gradually disappeared that the metal wall next to Robert's body gradually faded away.

"Number One" flapped its wings slowly and climbed down from the wall.

There are some inconspicuous black scorching marks on the edge of its wings, which were caused by Lin Xi's previous shooting - but Lin Xi only had a vague feeling after all, and there was some deviation in the position of his shooting.

Although it was still attacked by Lin Xi without hesitation this time, "No. [-]" at this moment felt that his mood was much calmer than before.

It was a little used to Lin Xi's cold attitude towards it, not to mention Lin Xi didn't even hit its body this time.

"Number One" used its hind limbs to push the charred edges of its wings in front of itself, and carefully gnawed off the parts hit by the pulse gun with its teeth.

It's just that after doing this, "Number One" couldn't help staring at the pitted wings for a while.

Some are not so pretty.

It thought vaguely.

"nice".

"ugly".

"nausea".

These are the new vocabulary learned by "No. [-]" during this period.

Although, as a newborn bug, it is difficult for "No. [-]" to accurately summarize the meaning of these words, but after so much experience, it still has some hazy concepts.

For example, its current appearance is "disgusting" in Lin Xi's eyes.

Its previous juvenile state was "good-looking".

And its current wings... should be... "ugly".

While thinking this way, his chest felt empty, as if the discomfort from being hungry for a long time attacked "Number One" again.

Its long tentacles hung down to its back, and the ends of its wings retracted involuntarily.

The wing it is using now is newly grown.The previous wings have become tattered, so they have already fallen off from its body.When regrowing its wings, "No. [-]" deliberately imitated its previous appearance.

And before it had the courage to show Lin Xi, it was broken again.

"Number One" rubbed his forelegs anxiously.

It turned its head and looked at the pieces of meat that had been carefully split and arranged by itself.

The color of the body gradually began to become dull.

It originally thought that Lin Xi would be happy if that annoying guy disappeared.However, in the end, "No. [-]" could only feel full of vigilance from Lin Xi.

However, it protected Lin Xi no matter what.

With the gradual growth of intelligence, "No. [-]" has gradually developed the idea of ​​self-comfort.

However, some subtle and distant vibrations interrupted the thinking of "No. [-]" in an instant.

"rustle……"

"rustle……"

……

"Number One" smelled that disgusting smell again, which was the bitter taste in those brains that were pierced by it before.

But this time, the taste became extra strong.

The wings of "Number One" tightened all of a sudden, and the ever-changing colors solidified to be filled with red and black representing warning.

It suddenly raised its body, hooking its forelimbs tightly to its chest.Its tentacles stood up, and the feathery receptors at the top of the tentacles continuously analyzed the strange breath in the air.

"Lin Xi."

"Number One" said nervously to himself.

"Lin Xi, I want to protect."

At the same time that the weird voice fell, the body of "No. [-]" was no longer in place - it chased towards the direction where Lin Xi and others left at a frightening speed.

……

On the other side of the Helios.

Taran was wriggling his deformed body, moving to the center of the bridge bit by bit.

The bridge is the central area of ​​the Helios. In the past 300 years of service, only authorized senior crew members are eligible to enter and exit here.

It's just that now, the place is somewhat overcrowded.

Exploration team members wearing orange survey suits, maintenance personnel in charge of basic repairs inside the spaceship, mercenaries attracted to this mission by money, low-level crew members who are usually inconspicuous...

They staggered and crowded around Taran, the man's ugly body reflected in their empty eyes.

Taran gazed at the men contentedly.

Oh, these will be his people.

he thought happily.

If all goes well...these people will establish the most original kingdom of God for him.

Thinking of the things recorded in the classics he read since he was a child, Talan would tremble with joy involuntarily... Even the extreme pain caused by the alienation of the body was behind his mind.

It's just that this kind of happy mood faded away a lot in an instant after he saw the few cronies around him.

Looking at the entire bridge, there are very few people like Robert who have obviously become insects. After all, the active ground milk that Taran has is limited, and what makes him a headache is that if he does not give enough to others If there is too much ground milk, there is no way to achieve the effect of insectification.

Talan could only choose a few people he was most optimistic about and half-deceived and half-forced them to drink high-concentration ground milk. As for the others, all he could do was mix the ground milk into the raw materials of the food bag.

This did multiply the number of his subjects in a very short period of time, but trouble soon followed.

People who only have mild alienation look dumb, their minds are rigid, their IQs are lowered, and their personalities will become rough and bloodthirsty.Of course, these are not fatal problems. The fatal problem is...

Taran had no way of controlling them.

No matter how hard Taran tried, how much he tried to show the legendary "collective sensing ability", he always got nothing.

He couldn't sense anything at all...

He was still him, and the crew was still the crew.

This is completely different from the records in the classics.

Taran had to keep telling himself that the reason for this was that these people were not very alienated.

However, those people who had gradually begun to deform after that did not seem to respond to his orders.

"God's calling...God's favor is always special..."

Step by step, Taran squirmed and moved to the captain's command seat.

Well, his current body can't fit into that position, so he can barely sit next to the command seat.

During this process, the wet mucus is still secreted uncontrollably.

On the one hand, Taran was proud of the strange feeling in his body, but on the other hand, he couldn't help feeling irritated.

"Huh...huh..."

Just then, Taran heard a heavy gasp from beside him.

Taran turned his head vigilantly, just in time to see a confidant who was closest to him staring straight at him, his chaotic and dull eyes flickered slightly, revealing a look of panic.

"Ta... Taran...Captain?"

As if noticing Taran's gaze, the confidant turned his head slowly. He stared at Taran, and a vague and shocked whisper came out of his throat.

And then, he seemed to realize something, he gasped heavily, and with great difficulty raised his black bristles and thin armored hands, the muscles on his face gradually twisted.

"Is this a nightmare? Oh my god... what the hell is...how..."

Taran frowned, and he roughly tore off a pendant worn around his neck, took some powder from it and put it in his palm.

Immediately afterwards, he directly ignited the powder in his palm.

A strong smell of incense emanated from the slowly burning powder, drifting towards the faintly sober crew member.

Taran looked at the crew member coldly, his eyes gradually returned to dead silence.

In the lingering smoke of the incense, his thoughts seemed to return to the distant past.

He thought of his childhood, which was a gloomy childhood that no one could imagine.

"Mongrel."

"insect."

"Disgusting monster."

……

His neighbors, his schoolmates, his teachers, even his mother who kept crying all the time called him that.

Before he escaped from that terrible and closed town, those invectives, which contained the most viciousness, ran through his whole life.

Yes, just like the rumors secretly circulating on the Helios, Taran did indeed have the blood of the Sunu.

However, no one knows where his bloodline came from.

His father has a thin lineage of the Sunu people, so the man looks very different from the people on Earth.That man took advantage of this very cleverly. After all, at that time, the Sunu people hadn't gone crazy yet, and the earthlings were so curious and exploring about Sunu.

Almost everyone is immersed in that kind of Sunu fever, and his father cleverly disguised himself as a member of the so-called Sunu mission, and has always claimed to be a priest of the high-ranking Sunu temple-by forging With his identity and appearance different from ordinary people, his father bluffed and deceived all the way along the inland.

It is said that the man defrauded a lot of money from the conservative and remote town people, and also made many innocent and simple town girls have bulging bellies before college—that summer, almost every few family members There are several locked black boxes buried under the trees in the backyard.

Those deformed pieces of meat have become the eternal taboo of the whole town.

but……

Taran's mother was not so lucky.

Taran was born at last, as a monster.

He lived there for more than ten years, and he can't even remember how many times he woke up in the midst of his mother's wailing, and found himself sunk deep in the mattress, and his head Covered with thick pillows.

His mother's wailing turned into a terrified scream as he feebly tore the pillow away from his head.

Before he realized that he was different, Taran used to feel extremely sad for this kind of thing, and he even foolishly tried to gain the approval of his mother and others. For this, he paid a lot of nightmares.

Of course, in the end... finally he came to his senses.

He found some sealed boxes in the dusty attic, which were full of ancient books from alien stars. The sacrificial objects made of gold and precious stones were still shining brightly after so many years, exuding a charming of light.

It was on that day that Taran suddenly understood something that the whole town did not understand.

His father was not the rumored liar... His father was a high-ranking priest from that distant planet.

Otherwise, no one can explain where those unfathomable ancient books, those obscure notes, and those priceless sacrificial items come from.

And a few years later, when Talan spent countless efforts to translate the contents of those ancient books with the self-taught Sunu language.He finally saw his fate clearly.

The vicious and nihilistic god of the people on earth has never been his god...the star god is his destination, his love, and everything to him.

The blood of Sunu flowing in his body is far more noble and holy than those disgusting stupid earthlings. It is ridiculous that these lowly creatures around him still laugh at him with this.

On the night of translating the story of the Great Mother of Worms, Taran had a dream.

That was God's first call to him.

It was also the first time that Taran was showered with the favor of the star god.

In his dream, Taran experienced everything that was incomparably holy and sublime.He felt the supreme sense of control, he watched his country expand its territory in the vast and boundless universe, he stroked his children, those aliens who were considered terrible by the earth people.

That was the best dream he had ever had in his life, and it was also the perfect future he could see.

When he woke up, he knew that he was chosen.

He is the mother of all worms, the breeder of all different species, the lover of the star god, and the only king in that incomparably vast and incomparably dark kingdom...

……

From the day when he opened those dusty tomes in that dark attic, Taran spent decades of hard work, and finally came to God's side step by step.

Taran has done everything to prepare to meet his fate.

but……

Something seems to have gone wrong.

Until now, if he wants to control the family members transformed by himself, he still needs to rely on the unidentified incense that he found from the attic.

"—These are all fucking props used by your liar father to fool people! He is just a thief. If he has anything to do with that damned Sunu priest in his life, it is that he stole the money of that hapless priest. thing!"

"Talan, you are crazy, you are completely insane, there are no books at all, there are no star gods at all! That disgusting liar admitted that everything was just his deception before he died..."

……

In a trance, Taran seemed to hear the scream of the woman he should call his mother again and again.

He shivered suddenly, his expression distorted.

"Liar. Don't try to lie to me...you've been lying to me all this time..."

After many years, he still couldn't help saying to his mother in memory.

His mother had always said his father was a liar, and she had said it so convincingly, so surely, that there were times when Taran almost believed it.

Fortunately, every time, he strengthened his belief at the last moment.

Yes, luckily...

If it wasn't for his strong will, how could he come here?Come to this land of the gods...

How did he shed his ugly and evil human body and finally transform into a more holy and noble form?

However, while Taran kept persuading himself, the incense in his palm was like a cold question, constantly stinging his confidence in the star god.

Why has it come to this time... He still needs to rely on this kind of incense to drive his family?

Especially during this period of time, the alienated family members seem to have become more restless and disobedient than before.

Sudden awakenings like that of the previous confidant have become more and more frequent.

This made Taran feel extremely anxious——

If it wasn't for that, he wouldn't have made that mistake.

"Alyssa."

Taran muttered the familiar name.

He didn't dislike Alyssa, she was a good working partner, a qualified deputy.

But that's about it.

Alisa is just a lowly earthling.

She could never be Taran's companion.

What's more, she even peeked into his sacrificial ceremony...

About one-half of the people on board did not successfully transform into his family members.

And these people will become his troubles later.

Taran wasn't naive enough to think that Alyssa would keep her mouth shut after seeing all that.

Once she was allowed to stir up the remaining gang, Taran's long-standing devotion to the C'tan and his ritual progress of becoming the Mother of Worms would likely be disrupted.

That last point was impossible for Taran to accept anyway.

Not to mention... Whenever Alisa is mentioned, Talan inevitably thinks of Lin Xi.

Intense hatred instantly swelled in his chest, and his killing intent for that man even far surpassed Alisa.

……

Maybe he needs to make more sacrifices to the C'tan.

Taran thought sullenly.

"Alyssa," he relighted the incense, and the strong aroma continued to diffuse in the bridge. He muttered vaguely to the crew, "...find Alyssa and bring her to me."

"Find Lin Xi, kill him, or devour him."

"Go...my lovely family...go..."

His voice, accompanied by the fragrance, entered the mouths and noses of those dull-eyed crew members bit by bit.