mother of all races

"chip?"

Sith froze for a moment, then he reached out and stroked behind his ear.

He vaguely remembered the pain in that position not long ago, as if it was about to burn, but now that pain has faded away.However, he could still feel the hot and swollen skin attached to the chip, which seemed to be inflamed.

Sith didn't understand why the topic suddenly turned to the chip behind his ear, but considering what he had done before, he was now acting very guilty in front of Lin Xi and the other three, and he just answered honestly road:

"...The human brain's computing power is too weak. Under normal circumstances, almost everyone in our industry has installed this kind of device on themselves. Some people even directly install that kind of more professional chip in their brains, But my mom said it's not a good idea to put things in your head."

"Don't try to be opportunistic, you little bastard. Those people did the same thing 300 years ago. God gave them perfect bodies, but some people ignored God's gift and boldly transformed their bodies. Become that kind of...what...cyberman...you know that kind of thing. They simply installed a whole set of intelligent systems in their bodies, naively thinking that they could become a more perfect new species, but, It's terrible to think what happened to them...that's God's warning to those arrogant people."

Until now, Sith still remembered how his mother was noisy, crying and shouting to make him cancel the implantation of the intracranial chip.He eventually had to give in, even though he thought in his heart that his mother had just watched too many horror movies about the Age of Discovery.Of course, the more important reason is that Sith can't afford the high cost of implanting the intracranial chip. (Although in the end, he sneaked himself an external chip without telling the old woman).

"This chip of mine is second-hand...so sometimes it's not very sensitive..."

Sith shrank his neck and said cautiously.

He was still very weak, and the massive blood loss and the fear and suffering he had experienced before made him wish he could just pass out.

However, when facing Lin Xi, he didn't even dare to faint.

In fact... Sith almost peed his pants in fright in front of Lin Xi.He didn't understand what happened. The former friend obviously still maintained the human form, but the weird aura emanating from him made Sith numb from head to toe.

"You should be thankful that this thing is second-hand, otherwise you would have died by this time, and then that 300-year-old ghost would take advantage of it and turn you into a walking dead."

Lin Xi said coldly.

It wasn't that he was trying to comfort Sith, or to excuse what the man had done before.

He and Xavier had already sneaked into the bridge when the Sith was talking to Taran.Of course, he didn't miss the vicious bewitching words that came out of Sith's mouth... Lin Xi was sure that those were not words that Sith could say, this man was once his friend.

In the face of emergencies, it may be difficult for Sith to be a hero or a good person, but he is not the kind of out-and-out villain. At least in Lin Xi's opinion, if it is a normal Sith, he will definitely do it. There is no such thing as betraying Alisa and Bryce to Taran.

What's more, when Sith and Taran talked, Lin Xi was familiar with the old-fashioned way of speaking, after all, he had heard the same words in several people's bodies.That damned Scripps is affecting the mind of Sith through an external chip.

Lin Xi can be very sure of this.

And it was precisely because of this that even though Sith had done that kind of thing, he and Bryce were still willing to stretch out their hands to forcibly pull this man back from the death line.

"However, just in case, I still have to take some precautions for you."

Lin Xi briefly explained the connection between the body-installed chip and the 300-year-old ghost captain Scripps, and then he said to Sith.

"Precautions mean...?"

Sith heard such a sentence before he even recovered from the explosive news he had just received. He swallowed dryly and suddenly had a bad feeling.

And in the next second, his premonition came true.

Lin Xi approached him suddenly, before Sith could even react, he felt Lin Xi's cold fingers firmly clamping his jaw.

Is he wrong?Why did he see with his own eyes that curved nails grew on Lin Xi's fingers.

In panic, Sith thought desperately.

Immediately afterwards, he felt a sharp pain behind his ear...

The pitch-black nails growing from Lin Xi's fingertips easily scratched his skin.

Without any hesitation, Lin Xi directly pulled out the external chip on Sith's neck. Although at this time, there were obviously many cables connecting Sith's nerves and blood vessels, but Lin Xi didn't care about it at all.

Sith immediately screamed in pain.

A lot of blood spewed out, coupled with the bloody external chip on Lin Xi's fingertips, the scene looked like the shooting scene of a second-rate horror movie.

"Oh, my God."

Ellie saw at a glance the white, red and red things connected to the chip on Lin Xi's fingertips, which were as soft as blood vessels and plastic pipes. She suddenly covered her mouth and let out a groan.

Even Bryce, the man who hated Sith so much before, had a look of unbearable expression on his face after seeing Sith writhing in pain and screaming until his throat became hoarse.

He was silent for a while, and finally rushed forward, applying anti-bleeding foam to Sith and giving him a shot of painkiller.

This is Bryce, his tenderness is always so subtle.

Lin Xi glanced at Bryce's movements from the corner of her eye, thinking calmly in her heart.

This is completely different from him.

Lin Xi knew that she did it on purpose.

If he wanted to, he could remove the chip for the Sith in an easier and less painful way, but he wasn't happy about it.

Even if a part of his body still misses his previous friendship with Sith, but more parts... those parts that have been alienated, have become extraordinarily ruthless.

In fact, it seems that except for Bryce Alisa, no one can touch the part of him that belongs to human emotions.

Maybe this is what it feels like to be different.

Lin Xi thought to herself.

"Lin Xi..."

Someone touched his arm lightly.

Lin Xi turned her head, and was not surprised to find that it was Xavier who was waiting by her side.

The pair of eyes staring at him have changed from the original red compound eyes to bright and gentle blue.

Lin Xi felt a fleeting daze - if it was Xavier, it seemed that red was more suitable.

The thought flashed through his mind.

Seeing Xavier's worried look, Lin Xi knew that the slight change in her mood had not escaped the keen perception of this alien bug.

"do not be sad."

Xavier said softly to Lin Xi.

However, while comforting Lin Xi not to be sad, Xavier himself looked depressed and melancholy.The important thing is that Xavier has not learned to disguise his emotions until now, and its sadness is more obvious to Lin Xi.

One of Xavier's hands was still holding the tips of his own wings. The color of the wings was now gray without any markings or colors, and his tentacles were limp and drooping behind his head.

Lin Xi couldn't help but take another look at its wings, and then found a small piece of damage there.

That was the part that Xavier didn't realize was touched by Taran before.

Because he hated the ugly and deformed Familia too much, Savile nervously took advantage of Lin Xi's inattention and tore off the small piece of his wing that was touched by Taran.

But it soon discovered that the torn wings looked uglier than before-this was a bolt from the blue for a bug that loved its wings so much.

For a moment, Xavier's mood was extremely low, but even so, he still tried his best to comfort Lin Xi with a smile.

I don't know why, but such a silly Xavier suddenly softened Lin Xi's mood.

"I am fine."

He said softly to Xavier, and after a pause he added something. "Your wings will grow back later."

He ignored Xavier's eyes that became extremely bright in the next second, but turned back to look at Bryce and Sith.

After receiving Bryce's second treatment, Sith's neck was covered with hemostatic foam, and his face was even more ugly, as if he could burp directly in the next second.

But Lin Xi didn't have the intention to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, he stepped forward to push Sisi, and then said.

"Let's go. We have to hurry up."

"Where are you going?"

Now Sith felt a reflexive neck pain whenever he saw Lin Xi, he struggled to get up, and then asked tremblingly.

Lin Xi stood where he was, his eyes swept around.

Taran's body was still lying on the ground, and there were bugs around them eager to eat fresh meat. There was an unpleasant and dizzying smell floating in the air, but that smell was gradually fading away.

However, perhaps because of the existence of Lin Xi and Xavier, even those alien races could not help showing their mouthparts and rubbing their wings and making a small insect sound from time to time, none of them dared to go first hands on.

"Go to the lifeboat."

Lin Xi looked away from the "docile" aliens in the bridge, and then said.

"...Don't you really want to go home? Well, now, it's time to go home."

He glanced at the star map that was still slowly rotating above everyone, and his eyes stayed on the floating icon of the "Earth" that dazzled everyone, with a strange look on his face.

"..."

Sith opened his eyes wide in disbelief, until this time he looked like he had just woken up from a dream.

Seeing Sith suddenly froze after hearing his words, Lin Xi couldn't help frowning. He felt a little anxious, and his tone became more and more harsh.

"Don't tell me that the plan you told Rice and the others before was also false."

Lin Xi asked unusually coldly.

"No, of course not, I've deduced that plan many times." Sith said quickly, clutching his neck. "I just didn't think, can we really go back... Oh, yes, yes, we can go back, we have got the star map, and Taran has unlocked all the permissions."

Sith said in a trance, Lin Xi rubbed his eyebrows, and then gave Bryce and Alisa a look.

"Okay, we have to act, the theory is the theory, but in practice, there are still a lot of difficulties to go home, not to mention that now we can only rely on ourselves, our reliable crew members are now... ..."

Alisa spoke first, and when she said the last sentence, she looked around her with a look of regret.

Her former colleagues are now grotesque insect monsters drooling at her.

"Actually, the overall operation is not very difficult—"

As soon as he heard Alisa's voice, Sith immediately became nervous, and he quickly began to explain his plan, but this time his plan was far more frank and manipulative than last time.

In the process, Lin Xi had already turned around first, and walked towards the door.Bryce looked at Alisa, then at Lin Xi, and finally he chose to follow Lin Xi... However, Lin Xi's pace was too fast, and he almost couldn't keep up with Lin Xi.

"Lin Xi, is there a problem?"

Bryce ran out of breath for a short distance before getting close to Lin Xi, and he asked in a low voice.

As Lin Xi's older brother, he certainly didn't ignore Lin Xi's obvious impatience.

Lin Xi just looked at Bryce and pursed his lips.

How should he tell the man in front of him?Those doubts hidden in his heart.

Just before, being dragged into that mysterious situation by some kind of wonderful force, he directly heard a certain "monster" promise to Sith in the form of a spiritual body: once this motherboard is opened, it is very likely that it will trigger Come to those ghost killing machines, it's a hunt for all xenomorphs.

If he hadn't remembered the taste of those vaccines he took orally when he was a child, he probably wouldn't be as flustered and irritable as he is now, but...

Those familiar oral vaccines with a clear milky taste made Lin Xi completely unable to calm down: Maybe the entire earth people have been gradually infected with the stuff that makes Sulu people crazy many years ago.

"I don't know what to tell you, I don't have proof... But, Bryce, I have a very bad hunch, my gut tells me that if we want to get out of this damn place, then our You just have to move a little faster, and then a little faster."

Better get this all sorted out before those bloody Del Corp. killing machines arrive.

Lin Xi hesitated and didn't mention those scary robots in front of Bryce.

Fortunately, there is a tacit understanding between him and Bryce.

Although he clearly knew that Lin Xi still had many unspoken secrets, Bryce didn't ask any more questions. He quickly turned around and returned to Alisa.

At this moment, Alisa was trying her best to support the Sith who couldn't even walk.

But these three people are actually very weak, their speed is very slow, after walking a few steps, Lin Xi had to stop, he sighed a long time, then he turned his head and looked at the sand beside him ville.

"Sorry, but I thought... I might need your help," he said to Xavier.

"Ok!"

Xavier was still depressed because of the cut in his wing, but that dejected look disappeared instantly.

Hearing Lin Xi's order, Xavier seemed to be resurrected suddenly. Its tentacles stood up behind its head and dangled like a puppy.

Lin Xi rubbed his fingertips unconsciously, just now, he suddenly had a strange desire, he wanted to reach out and rub Xavier's head lightly.

Fortunately, at the last moment, he quickly dismissed his weird idea.

In fact, according to Lin Xi's original intention, he only planned to ask Xavier to help take Sith for a ride. After all, the guy seemed to be dying after suffering two consecutive injuries.

But Lin Xi didn't expect Xavier to be overly active when facing his orders—Lin Xi didn't even react when he saw Xavier grab Sith and Bryce by the collars, and then He straightly pulled them up from the ground and held them in his hands.

Facing Xavier's sudden movement, Sith let out another miserable scream.

Even Bryce looked like he wanted to scream, but since Sith was already screaming so badly, Lin Xi's brother could only squeeze his lips tightly and pretended to be calm .

As for Alisa...

Alisa smiled and waved at the little bug before Xavier stretched out her sharp and barbed limbs at her.

"Oh, thank you, but no, I can go by myself."

Alicia said quickly.

"Actually, I can also..."

Brass said with a pale face.

In fact, if the situation was not so urgent, Lin Xi would probably let his brother choose a better mode of transportation, but now he is getting more and more anxious.

Small, frightened, and desperate feelings like light spots suddenly poured into his heart.

This feeling is actually a bit familiar. Lin Xi had a similar feeling the last time Alisa opened the covenant shield to wipe out the insect swarm in disregard of other people's objections.

And now that feeling came again.

"There is no time to delay any further, let's go."

Just like that, Lin Xi ignored Bryce's mumbling, but quickly walked towards the other side of the corridor.

Xavier watched him for a while, and his wings shook behind him. It was actually ready to let Lin Xi sit behind him again.

Now that Lin Xi left by herself, Xavier felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.

But even so, it still dutifully clutched the two bundles in its hands, and quickly followed Lin Xi forward.

The location of the lifeboat is located in the warehouse at the bottom of the Helios.Moreover, the internal structure of the Helios has been modified many times in the past 300 years, and there is a complicated road to go to the warehouse at the bottom.

Lin Xi walked at the front of the team. His movements were fast. Although he was still an out-and-out human being from the outside, anyone could feel his "inhumanity" when he moved.

His steps and the way he moves have an indescribable lightness, as fast as a ghost.

In the end, even Alyssa had to bite the bullet and accept Xavier's help. She was dragged by one of its worm limbs to stagger behind Lin Xi.

Otherwise, it is basically impossible for the three humans to keep up with Lin Xi.

Not far away, rustling voices came from behind a few people.

"Oh my God…"

Seeing the monsters gradually following behind him, Sith couldn't help but started screaming again.

"God, Sith, please shut up and release some energy."

Bryce next to him groaned in pain.

"But... didn't you see? Those bugs, my God, why did they follow? Are they trying to eat us? Do we have any weapons in our hands?"

Sith rapped from being overwrought.

Of course Bryce saw the bugs.

In fact, when Lin Xi found them with the terrifying alien monster, he was frightened and mentally tortured by the same sight.

It wasn't until he saw with his own eyes how Lin Xi got along with those bugs that he felt a little relieved.

"Go away."

Lin Xi muttered impatiently at the bugs.

As soon as his words fell, the densely packed bugs immediately bowed their heads and stepped aside to the two sides.

The group of them moved very quickly, especially when all the bugs were out of the way.

The only small episode was probably when they passed by an inspection window, Lin Xi suddenly stopped and looked out the window.

"Lin Xi?"

Xavier also stopped immediately.

Bryce looked at Lin Xi with a strange look on Lin Xi's expressionless face.

They followed Lin Xi's gaze and looked out of the inspection window, and in the next second he understood why Lin Xi acted so strangely.

They saw bugs.

The dense worms gathered together, and they looked closer to a mass of dark polymer.

But at this moment, these bugs are gathering not far from the Helios, their tiny bodies are constantly surging, rolling, and entangled on the surface of something.

And in the gaps between those pitch-black and thin bodies, soft and elastic black light arcs flashed one after another from time to time—they were a few metal tentacles constantly waving.

Every time they waved, a gap would be formed in the middle of the insect swarm, and those gathered small insects would be directly decomposed into gray smoke by the ion generator on the metal tentacles.