mother of all races

Lin Xi didn't know what kind of algorithm these ghost mechanical warriors produced by Del Company used to process things 300 years ago. According to the law at that time, they were strictly prohibited from using any belts when manufacturing such high-power killing machines. Chips or rules with artificial intelligence, they can only be mechanical instruction products, but even so...

When dealing with the enemy, they still showed a collective intelligence like a swarm.

It didn't take Lin Xi long to realize what those red lights represented.

It was mentioned in the memories that Scripps passed on to him that these killing machines would give priority to the people who are most infected with the xenogeneic gene (maybe because as the mutation of the xenogeneic gene deepens, human beings will transform into the kind of people who can't be killed). The greater the chance of a horrible monster).

And without a doubt, on the Helios, Xavier and Lin Xi were their priority targets.

Lin Xi had to admit that even though he had mutated into a rather powerful existence, he still felt a little powerless in the face of this group of "ghost" mechanical warriors.

Did those Martian leeches who were completely extinct because of the "ghost" mechanical warriors ever feel the same fear?

Staring at those perfect killing machines, Lin Xi couldn't help but think this way.

These mechanical monsters have ghostly dexterity and powerful lethality that doesn't match their slender body.

Lin Xi's senses have been raised to the most acute level, but when fighting them, she will still be shot by the bullets fired from inside their bodies.

Those pulse rays shining with azure light left many wounds on Lin Xi's body. For a moment or two, Lin Xi was almost cut off half of his head by those metal tentacles.The situation of Xavier is not much better. If there is a comparison between Xavier and Lin Xi, the former may be even more tragic.After all, under the judgment of this group of mechanical warriors, Xavier, who has been a complete heterogeneity since birth, naturally far surpasses Lin Xi in the degree of mutation.

This can be seen from the head displays of those mechanical warriors.

From time to time, Xavier would find the right opportunity, quickly swipe to the blind spots of those mechanical soldiers, and then directly stab his hard claws into the roots of those metal tentacles, and then tear them into metal fragments shining with electric sparks.

Lin Xi caught a glimpse of their display screens, and the information on them that belonged to him and Xavier was completely marked in red.

[Priority target unknown infection level: 100%]

[...Secondary Priority Target Unknown Infection Level: 41%]

It must be said that Lin Xi was a little surprised when he found out that his infection rate was only 40.00%. After all, he has grown mouthparts and nails that are completely different from ordinary people. A special ability unique to monsters.He never thought that he would accidentally know the degree of his infection on such an occasion.

Lin Xi vaguely felt that there seemed to be something wrong with this value, but it was a pity that he and Xavier were facing a situation that could not be considered seriously.

"Crack..."

Another mechanical warrior turned into ruins.

As soon as Lin Xi raised his eyes, he could see how Xavier who stood in front of him easily turned those mechanical warriors into pieces.

That scene was even bloody...

But these completely artificial products will not feel any pain or fear, and the scene of their companions being directly torn into pieces in front of them will not cause any deterrence to them.They have no sense of retreating at all, and what's worse, there are as many of them as cockroaches.

Lin Xi could keenly feel that under a certain special connection method, more and more mechanical warriors directly put down the prey they were torturing in their hands, and began to gather in their direction.

"No, we can't go on like this."

Lin Xi murmured.

Another mechanical warrior waved its metal tentacles and rushed towards Lin Xi. Lin Xi fired at the thing, and his bullets caused some tiny turtles on the circular shell of the mechanical warrior. cracked, but did not impede its movement.

Lin Xi's face remained unchanged, he simply dropped the gun in his hand, and he took a step sideways, he jumped up, the mechanical warrior tried to stop, but it still slid directly to Lin Xi's due to inertia. feet.Lin Xi fell steadily, and pressed the metal monster with teeth and claws firmly under his feet. He could feel a long and sharp black spike seemed to have evolved on his calf.

Now, it was this sharp thorn that directly penetrated the hard top of the mechanical soldier's head where it was cracked by the bullet before, nailing it firmly to the ground like a nail.

Amid the flying sparks and electric arcs, the mechanical warrior still hadn't lost its ability to move. Its metal tentacles slapped frantically on the surrounding ground, and they flailed tirelessly in Lin Xi's direction.

Under such circumstances, Lin Xi could only tear those metal tentacles out of the arc-shaped head with a strange force that he had never thought of before, while sighing to Xavier and said:

"We have to get out of here..."

While Lin Xi was speaking, countless tiny insects rustled out from every corner of the spaceship.

Fragile and small compared to their strong and resilient brethren, some of the insects came from the interior of the Helios - a 300-year-old ship like the Helios. There are a lot of cockroaches breeding, of course, more bugs from this planet.

This group of mechanical warriors destroyed the covenant shield used to prevent the invasion of foreign objects, and now Lin Xi can freely summon those ignorant but numerous alien insects.

These bugs were like black tides, covering the silver-white ground and walls in an instant.

Under Lin Xi's control, they flooded the group of mechanical warriors violently.In the way of dealing with these mechanical warriors, their small size gave them another convenience. They used their bodies and the acid in their bodies to corrode the tiny parts of the mechanical warriors.

The group of mechanical warriors froze for a while, but soon, they found a way to deal with these little bugs.

A burst of blue electric arc ran along the arc generator at the tip of the metal tentacles, all the way towards their bodies, and the swarms of squirming insects that were all over their bodies before the arc passed, like countless tiny stones, from the bodies of the mechanical soldiers. Various parts fell down with a crackling sound.

The ground was soon covered with a thick carpet of insect corpses.

But the sacrifice of these little bugs was not for nothing.

Because at the moment when the group of mechanical warriors froze because of these little bugs, Lin Xi and Xavier had seized the opportunity, sneaked into a hidden corner and slipped away quickly.

……

Inside the pitch-black opening of the main ventilation duct—

"Go to the left, there are 10 robot warriors 12 meters above the pipe."

Lin Xi let out a slight hiss, and he said this to Xavier who was clinging to him.

He could feel that Xavier chose the left at the fork after a slight pause.

At this moment, Lin Xi was tightly hugged by Xavier on the chest covered with a thick breastplate with the clinging feet at the base of his wings, and the remaining few slender and sharp insect limbs were inserted into the smooth metal pipe. On the metal inner wall, it moved forward slowly in an almost silent manner.

And whenever they felt faint vibrations coming from the distance of the pipeline, they would immediately stop all movements.

Lin Xi blinked his eyes, but he didn't realize that his eyes were shining with off-white light in the darkness. At this moment, his spirit was constantly shuttling through the minds of the bugs in every corner of the spaceship. .

He observed the environment of the entire spaceship through the eyes of those family members who had not yet died.It was precisely because of this that he easily realized that those ghost mechanical warriors were searching for him and Xavier wholeheartedly.

In fact, it was for this reason that he and Xavier took such an intimate approach going forward.

After all, Lin Xi's body still looked completely human. It was difficult for him to move forward in such a harsh environment without disturbing the mechanical warriors with keen senses.

This is very troublesome, but there is no way to do it. What Lin Xi lacks most now may be time.

He couldn't forget that Alyssa and Bryce were busy near the lifeboat almost defenseless...

Lin Xi had to go back as soon as possible no matter what.

Fortunately, there was no other trouble on the road leading to the engine.

They soon came to the end of the ventilation duct, where there was a very narrow space.To the right is a small staircase leading to the equipment level, while to the left is a small narrow door.The small door is somewhat different from the rusted old metal panels around it. It is smooth, bright and strong. It is a test port for maintenance personnel to check and repair.Completely different from the dark environment in the ventilation duct, there is finally some faint light here. Although the light is probably very dim for human beings, it is enough to illuminate everything around for Lin Xi and Xavier today. .

Lin Xi and Xavier stopped on the narrow platform.

As long as the door is pushed open, they can reach the heart of the engine.

They need some time to disassemble the ionizer and rush it back.

"You are hurt."

The light here naturally also illuminated the wounds on Lin Xi's body.

Somewhat different from Xavier, Lin Xi, as the mother of a heterogeneous species, seems to have a physique closer to that of a human being...

Take Zai's healing ability for example. After such a journey, those wounds on Xavier's body that were far more serious than Lin Xi's were covered with thick mucus. You can tell without looking that its body is under the mucus. Actively repair the superficial wound

But Lin Xi's wound still looked hideous and terrifying.

Xavier's wings suddenly turned into panicked lavender.

"Lin Xi, you said... your injury is not serious."

It stretched out its hand, as if it wanted to touch the wound on Lin Xi's body, but before that, Xavier carefully retracted his hand.

This monster, which could easily tear the killing machines produced by Del Company into pieces, seemed extremely frightened at this moment.

Compared to Xavier's panic, Lin Xi himself was extremely calm. He didn't take the wounds on his body seriously at all, even though those wounds were damn painful.

"It's okay... I avoided the vitals, these are just flesh wounds."

Lin Xi said calmly.

"..."

But when he looked up, he saw Xavier crying.

"I didn't protect Lin Xi well."

Xavier murmured.

Its pain was so stark it even reached Lin Xi directly through the connection between the two of them.

Lin Xi raised his hand subconsciously, he instinctively wanted to appease Xavier.

However, just the movement of raising his hand immediately involved a deep scar on his arm, and a lot of blood gurgled out.

The strong smell of blood diffused along the ventilation ducts when they came, towards every corner of the spaceship.

Lin Xi snorted, even in a trance, his spirit was drawn into the field of vision of another family member, and then he clearly saw the machine warriors produced by Del Company as if they had noticed something, and suddenly looked up. He raised his ugly curved helmet and looked at the vents.

"Damn."

Lin Xi almost wanted to curse the damn designer 300 years ago. What kind of mood did he have to install a smell analyzer on the robot?

As the mother of heterogeneous species, his blood contains a large amount of pheromone, which has a distinct identification mark compared to other heterogeneous species.

"Got to get rid of the blood, or those sons of a bitch Del's monsters will come smelling it soon."

Lin Xi frowned and said in a low voice.

And at the moment when his voice fell, he suddenly felt a wet feeling on his arm.

Lin Xi's body shook suddenly, he raised his head suddenly, and then watched Xavier grinning.

The face that once belonged to Saville has completely changed now, I am afraid that Saville himself has not noticed that its mimicry is showing signs of collapse.

The straight jaw like a marble sculpture is directly split from the middle, slender and bright, with finely serrated fangs protruding from the bottom of the lip, and then the protruding mouthparts, a long and thin tongue-like thing Protruded from the depths of Xavier's throat, wrapped around Lin Xi's arm.

Lin Xi's breathing was slightly stagnant, and he almost screamed and pulled back his arm, but he still didn't move in the end, he just looked at Xavier with lowered eyes, and cleanly blew Lin Xi's wound. The blood that comes out is sucked clean.

As a monster, it has amazing proficiency in handling blood.

And the wings hanging behind it are like breathing lights, flashing pink and light blue alternately and regularly.

After processing the blood, Xavier's mouthparts secreted a cloud of translucent liquid-it looked almost like saliva.

Of course, Lin Xi knew that it was probably not saliva, but so what?He didn't want to go any further.

Xavier's "saliva" soon covered Lin Xi's wound with a film.

It wasn't until this time that Lin Xi subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, only a short time had passed since Xavier grinned and the wound was treated, but inexplicably, Lin Xi felt that the time seemed to be stretched.

At that moment just now, there seemed to be...a strange atmosphere between him and Xavier.

Some are too intimate.

Lin Xi couldn't help thinking.

He was at a loss for Xavier's natural intimacy.

"In this case... Lin Xi won't be in pain.

As if aware of Lin Xi's gaze, Xavier raised his head. It simply looked at Lin Xi, and then said flatteringly.

"Thank you."

Lin Xi said dryly.

Lin Xi's thanks made Xavier look a little happier, and he even eagerly proposed to treat some of the remaining wounds for Lin Xi. Of course, Lin Xi accepted some of its saliva, but rejected its tongue.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Xi took a deep breath after quickly treating the wound on his body. He must calm himself down as soon as possible. After all, the situation is urgent now, and he should not waste his energy on emotional issues anyway.

Lin Xi warned himself from the bottom of his heart, and then he pushed open the small door forcefully.

The engine core of the ship looked like the rest.It’s just that this area is much brighter than other areas. After all, the Helios has rarely been fully renovated in the past 300 years, but the engine of the spacecraft will be replaced with new equipment that meets the trend of the times as much as possible after each change of hands.

There is a small equipment room here, which is full of tools for maintenance. Through the equipment room is a narrow and straight corridor. Lin Xi glanced at the spaceship map next to the corridor while checking the environment. A corridor can lead directly to other locations of the spacecraft.

Lin Xi raised her eyebrows. If there were no crazy mechanical warriors, if they walked directly through this corridor...they could return to the hangar very quickly.

As for the core area of ​​the engine area itself, it is a circular room—the ion generator is placed in the very center of the room.

That thing was placed in a collector box similar to a glass cover, with various pipes and cables all over the side.

On the face of the Collector, a display panel floats with ever-changing graphs of data.

Lin Xi walked over, and then began to disassemble the thing silently.

Things were basically going well so far, but not long after, Lin Xi involuntarily let out a muffled groan, and his body trembled suddenly.

"Lin Xi?"

Xavier immediately sensed that something was wrong with the lingering breath on Lin Xi's body, and it immediately called out his name nervously.

"..."

Lin Xi's lips parted slightly, and he raised his head from behind the ion generator to look at Xavier in fear.

Things are gradually turning into the situation he least wants to see——

Just now, Lin Xi felt the death of the family members.

That's what... those mechanical warriors did.

It seemed that they were just beginning to sweep every deck according to their previous habits, and they were getting closer to the deck where the lifeboat was located.

Lin Xi pushed as many monsters as possible to block the path of those mechanical warriors, but compared with those monsters, these monsters transformed from acquired mutations seemed so weak

"We need to hurry - Alyssa and Bryce are in danger!"

Lin Xi's face suddenly became very ugly.

He tried hard to calm himself down, but from time to time, he let his thoughts sneak into the minds of those monsters... He almost saw with his own eyes how the group of mechanical warriors approached the warehouse step by step.

This made Lin Xi unable to calm down no matter how hard he tried.

The next series of work was really frightening, but he still worked hard to knock off the strong and terrible energy collection cover, and took out the ion generator.

That thing is even smaller than Lin Xi thought—it is that the energy emitted by this thing can actually drive a huge spaceship like the Helios...

With an incredible mood, Lin Xi tightly tied the ion generator to her chest with a restraint belt.

They originally planned to return the same way, but at the moment when Lin Xi bent down and was about to climb into the metal ventilation duct, he suddenly stopped.

It was the kind of extremely subtle vibration, which came from the far side of the ventilation duct

"Those monsters have found us."

Lin Xi said with a livid face, he made a decisive decision and immediately left the ventilation duct.Before being discovered by the mechanical warriors, the ventilation duct is an excellent passage, but if there is a fight with the mechanical warriors there, it is completely courting death.

Now, it seems that the only way left for Lin Xi is the corridor that was originally used to connect with the spaceship - after all, in the spacious corridor, at least he still has room to avoid those metal tentacles

Lin Xi didn't have a choice, they could only walk through the equipment room and directly set foot on the corridor.

And just as expected, it didn't take long for Lin Xi to see the familiar black figure, those inorganic arc-shaped hemispherical heads and the waving metal tentacles.

It can be seen that before arriving here, the group of Del monsters also experienced a hard battle. The original clean and flawless outer cover was now covered with gray black or bright red various mucus and minced meat. The smooth surface of human metal tentacles is also full of corrosion marks caused by acid.

The moment he saw Lin Xi, just like before, the blue light spots in the masks of this group of mechanical warriors also turned red.

And almost at the same time, Xavier had already passed by Lin Xi's side, and rushed straight at those terrifying mechanical monsters.

The sound of metal rubbing and the sound of ion gun firing seemed to tear the entire space apart.

Xavier's figure was as fast as a phantom, and every time it destroyed a mechanical monster, Lin Xi would seize the opportunity to rush forward quickly through the gap with the ion generator on his chest.

He had no way to continue fighting with this group of damned monsters here - borrowing the eyes of those monsters he had placed near the warehouse before, he had clearly seen another small group of mechanical monsters approaching the warehouse.

Lin Xi had a strange feeling that this group of mechanical warriors did not look like command robots without intelligence at all.

They... seem to know something.