Falling into the Abyss

"That's... what is that..." Ethan didn't realize that his voice was much weaker than before.A coldness ran from his heels to his spine.

For some reason, the video he saw just now made him feel hopeless and terrifying as if he was leaning over an abyss and peering down.

Tanithel took back the Wanxi ball and played it between his fingers, "You can feel it too, the trembling of seeing extreme evil and chaos. You are only a human being, and what we Eve perceive is yours. Several times, when I first saw this video, many priests were so frightened that they lost sleep for a month. We have never seen such pure horror."

"You don't know what it is?" Ethan felt the muscles in his chest tense, so that he was panting slightly, "So you plan to use non-humans for experiments?"

"Don't count us Eve people into 'you', this is the decision of the Earth Alliance." Tanithel's understated tone made Ethan even more horrified and angry.Through the lens, his fiery eyes stared at the priest's ice-carved jade face, his cheeks flushed from the suffocation, his fists clenched tightly, and his body, which was taller than other Betas, trembled slightly.In the eyes of the priest, it looks a bit like a rabbit about to be cornered.

Rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry. I wonder what this gentle man will look like when he bites people?Tanithel thought with great interest.

But after a while, the man who seemed to be on the verge of panic and collapse in front of him gradually relaxed his body, and his fists loosened a little bit.Ethan took a step back, took a deep breath, and regained his composure when he looked up at the priest again.

Or pretend to be calm.

"You took the initiative to show us your favor and told me these secrets. It seems that you don't want us, at least you don't want Samuel to die, right? What do you want us to do?" Ethan asked.

Tanithel bent his eyes and smiled brightly, "I do have a guess, if you are willing to cooperate and try, you might be able to survive."

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It was already the end of the day when Samuel woke up, and the surroundings were dark, and the sweet smell that originated from himself had not dissipated, and he felt sick when he smelled it.A heavy, dull pain kept hammering at one side of his temple, making him wish he could stay in the lethargy he had been in before.

Ethan fell asleep leaning against the box on the other side of the small space, his whole body curled up, his glasses tilted to one side.There are two obvious bruises under the eyes, I think I have been exhausted from taking care of him for more than two days.Samuel sat up, groped for a bottle of water in the dark and drank it clean.He vaguely remembered seeing a blond-haired Eve, and the alluring Alpha scent on that person still lingered in his mind to this day.

It was a completely different scent from the Forbidden City and other Alphas on Earth, not as aggressive, but still full of power and authority.

He checked his whole body and confirmed that he did not have sex with that Alpha.In that state, he didn't take the initiative to throw himself into his arms, and the strong omega fragrance he had accumulated for three years didn't make the Alpha lose his mind, it was simply a miracle.

It's just...why is that Eve person here?When he discovered his identity, he didn't know what would happen.

He looked at Ethan thoughtfully. He brought the Eve man?What is this kid doing?

Probably hearing his noise, Ethan also opened his eyes.Seeing Samuel's calm eyes, coupled with the gradually dissipating smell, he finally heaved a sigh of relief and slumped back, "Ancestor, you are finally normal. Even my mother's menopause is not as difficult as you do..."

Samuel was very dissatisfied with this kind of analogy, not to mention the Alpha that popped up out of nowhere before, so he leaned in front of Ethan, so close that the latter tilted his neck back slightly uncomfortably.Samuel's voice was hoarse, and it sounded full of menace, "Did you find that Eve Alpha before?"

Ethan swallowed, and said hesitantly, "Yes..." Immediately afterwards, he explained, "But don't worry, he won't reveal your affairs!"

"Really? You know him very well?" The tone became more and more dangerous, and the tip of their noses almost touched.Ethan shook his head hastily, "Not familiar! Not familiar! I just met him!"

"How dare you trust him if you don't know him?! Maybe now the entire ship's non-humans know that there is an Omega on board this time!"

This tone of accusation made Ethan feel uncomfortable, thinking that I have been taking care of you day and night, but as soon as I woke up, I was domineering, do you have any conscience?Then he closed his eyes and shouted, "Otherwise, what the hell should I do! At that time, a non-human smelled you on me, and almost marked me as an Omega. If he hadn't saved me, I probably would have died. I can’t come back! Besides, I’m a dignified priest, is it worth disturbing the boat full of peace because of you? I’m kind enough to help you, can you stop being paranoid all day long!” The small medicine bottle was stuffed into Samuel's hand, and he said angrily, "They also brought you medicine to treat side effects, whether you like it or not."

Samuel had never heard the secretary speak so loudly before, and he was so startled that he couldn't find a word to reply for a few seconds.

Ethan turned around and started tidying up the sleeping bags scattered all over the ground, "If I were to say that I was the one who was afraid, that bearded man would definitely say that I am an Omega all over the world when he goes back. What if someone sexually harassed me in the future?"

Samuel looked at Beta who was muttering and busying without saying a word, and he really felt a little apologetic in his always domineering heart.

It seems that this time it really hurt the secretary's face.

So he cleared his throat and pursed his lips, "Well... If you are really worried, it's okay to tell the truth. I have the ability to protect myself."

"Protect your uncle. I have worked so hard to hide your identity for you. Isn't it all in vain to say it now?" Ethan took a deep breath, turned his head to look at Samuel helplessly, and asked uncertainly, " Anyway, I insisted that you are my Alpha, seeing that you have a good relationship with Otto and the others, no one would dare to touch me, right?"

Samuel reached out and grabbed his shoulder, and squeezed it hard, "Don't worry, no one will dare to touch you with me."

Listening to his determined and deep tone, and his focused and serious eyes, he really looks like an Alpha who swore to protect his own Omega.Ethan was a little uncomfortable being watched by him, lowered his head and pushed his glasses, and sighed, "As long as you don't do this stupid thing again, I will be thankful."

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The two returned to the open space where the non-humans gathered while everyone was asleep. One or two non-humans who hadn't slept watched them come back, but didn't say much.Ethan saved all the food for Samuel, and his stomach ached from hunger.Samuel gave him the last piece of compressed bread, and comforted him in a low voice, "Be patient, I'll grab some more food for you later."

Ethan chewed the dry bread, and his mind was full of grilled steaks, escargots, seafood pasta, chocolate lava cake... the last meal he had at the Greek restaurant near his home three months ago The remaining half of the roast leg of lamb left without eating. Now that I think about it, I really regret it. Why didn’t I eat all the bones?

After finally staying up until morning, the food supply robot came down.Sure enough, Samuel didn't break his promise, and rushed towards the big boxes containing the food in a murderous spirit. No one along the way dared to stand in front of him.Holding a bag full of compressed food and squeezing it out, Otto smiled next to him, "I wondered where you went two days ago, so you went to find a place to have fun with your new love?"

Samuel glanced at him, "What nonsense are you talking about."

"Stop pretending. Scott told us when he came back yesterday that your secretary is actually an Omega? Tsk tsk tsk, it really looks like Beta, I didn't even see it."

Samuel grabbed Otto by the collar suddenly, his wolf-like eyes made the latter break out in cold sweat.

"I said, don't play with him."

Although Otto can be regarded as a prominent figure in the Forbidden City, he can be regarded as Samuel's faction no matter what.Everyone knows that you can't mess with Iron Fist Samuel, otherwise it is possible to be beaten to death.So at this moment Otto also quickly showed a weak smile, "Relax bro, I was just joking, why are you so serious?"

Samuel also suddenly smiled, let go of Otto's hand, and thoughtfully helped him smooth out the wrinkles on his collar, "I was joking with you too, why are you so serious?"

After he finished speaking, he turned and left. Otto was half relieved when he heard Samuel ask lightly, "You just said that it was Scott who tried to mark Eldridge yesterday?"

Otto shrugged, "I don't know, he told us after he ran back from somewhere in a panic."

Samuel finally walked away, Otto let out a breath, and glanced sympathetically at Scott who was sleeping soundly in the distance.

Ethan never knew that he could eat those bagged compressed foods to the point of turmoil. One time, he almost choked, and suddenly a bottle of water appeared in front of him. Looking along the water bottle, he saw Samuel using a Looking at him with amazed eyes, "Don't choke."

Only then did Ethan realize how bad his eating was, and his cheeks were a little hot.He took a few sips from the water bottle, and finally swallowed his mouthful.

"I thought you cultural people would eat more elegantly." Samuel teased.

"I thought you Omega would be gentler." Ethan sighed contentedly, and leaned back on a machine he didn't know what to do, "There are two days left before entering the orbit of the red earth. The one who helped us yesterday Priestess of Eve told me something about that planet."

"Really?" Samuel was inexplicably upset when he thought of the alien, probably because his true gender was known by an Alpha, which made him feel threatened, "He is really warm-hearted."

"Listen, this is related to whether we can return to the earth alive." Ethan said seriously, "[-] of us non-humans will be transported to the red earth, while other humans and Eve stars will stay on the mother ship , remotely commanding us to conduct a search operation. But they don't expect us to find anything at all, in fact they are just waiting for a... thing to show up."

Samuel frowned, not understanding what he meant.

"That thing seems to appear on the red earth once every three years, and every time it appears on that planet, the people will disappear. The frontier team and the search and rescue team sent before have lost contact in this way. So this time they want to To send us to the red earth as bait, while they themselves stay in the safer space for remote observation."

"So what the hell is it?"

"do not know……"

"do not know?!"

"If you know, you don't need to bring us here. But I know..." Ethan recalled the black blocky objects that covered the sky, and those flagella-like things extending from the sky, which made him feel a strong feeling Strong disgust and panic, "I know that is definitely not a good thing."