Advent

Allen didn't know how long he had walked—in Raymond's arms, the journey was not particularly difficult for him.

But Raphael clearly had a pretty rough time.After crossing a corridor that was almost completely in ruins, even the last emergency lights had completely disappeared.The temperature began to drop sharply, which means that even the basic life support system here has been offline.

Panting heavily, Rafael took out a lighting stick from his work bag and waved it in mid-air, the faint green light illuminated everything around him.

Allen jumped out of Raymond's arms, looked around, and found that they had come to an area they had never been before.

It looks a bit like a working platform, an octagonal irregular square leading to different corridors and elevators.

Even considering that this place was once affected by an explosion and everything around it became fragmented, judging from the remaining equipment wreckage, this place still looks a bit too dilapidated.

With mottled and rusted metal panels and exceptionally old-fashioned equipment, this area seems to have traveled directly from the past century.

However, old is old, Allen can still feel that Rafael seems to be relieved after coming here, and he doesn't seem so urgent anymore.

The young Beta raised his wrist and looked at the bracelet again, as if he was confirming his position.

"So, now can you tell me what happened..."

Allen took an opportunity to ask softly.

"It's complicated, and it won't be clear for a while. The only thing that is certain is that someone wants to make Colonel Raymond Morecambe disappear completely. And we don't want to see that Things happen, after all Raymond Morecambe has forgotten a lot of things, but it is very important to us."

Raphael explained to Allen a little bluntly.

While saying these words, his gaze stayed on Raymond's body "...but, we have no better way to protect him now. The only solution is to find a way to temporarily avoid the attack of those people Hunt down. Once the warp stabilizer is repaired, we will send someone to pick you up and escort you back to Earth."

"'We'." Allen couldn't help repeating, and then he looked straight at the other party, "Raphael, who are you?"

Allen couldn't help asking.

Raphael's eyes flickered for a moment.

"Alan... I... listen, no matter what happens, we... I don't mean any harm. I don't want you to get hurt. I will tell you if the conditions allow, but for now, I can only Again, I'm here to help you..."

He is obviously not the type who is good at lying, and he has been stammering a bit when he said this, and even a little annoyed.

"I don't know if it would be the right thing to let you go with Raymond, but now—you have been dragged into the water. What I have to say next is very important, and you must listen carefully."

Under Rafael's explanation, Allen realized just how dangerous the place he was going to was - the Tianmao human military base is a man-made space station, and the "Ring Zone" is the most important base that Allen knows area.

The vast majority of human soldiers in the entire military base work, train and live in the ring zone.But in fact, in order to maintain the operation of such a huge space station.The comfortable, warm, and pleasant circular area is only a small part of the military base, and most of the area is ignored by human soldiers.

That's the working area of ​​the military base, where the warehouses, fuel lines, and hyperdrives are located, and it's like an awl that goes straight through the doughnut-like ring.

"...We call this area the 'Central Axis Area'. There are basically not many Earthlings here, and it is difficult for Earthlings to adapt to the environment there. Basically, we rely on robots and recruited outsiders to take care of the environment there. Thing. The Naga focused on this area before, so your place is now severely damaged, and even the main mother system is temporarily offline from this area-bad for the military base, but for us now Say, perfect."

Raphael clicked on the projection on the bracelet and quickly explained.

"The conditions there are terrible, but at least, in this place, there will be no people or machines trying to cut off Raymond's head. That's the only safe place...for now."

And now, the place where Rafael leads Allen and Raymond is the passage from the circular area to the central axis area.

"But it's been out of use for decades... so the guys at the base didn't even bother to fix it."

Raphael muttered.

Alan walked towards the window of the hall amidst Raphael's voice. Through the dim polymer glass, he could already see the dim and pitch-black spun-conical metal body in the central axis area.Countless slender pipes are connected from the circular base platform to the central axis area like spider threads. Those slender pipes are the elevator rooms, but in Allen's view, most of those elevator rooms are very dim, and only one The few ones that can be counted by hand are still shining with the halo when the electricity is running.

Is this what the Virgo military base was like before?Allen couldn't help asking himself in his heart.

Why... From what he sees now, he even faintly feels that the whole base is so lifeless?

And at this moment, Allen was taken aback suddenly—from his angle, he seemed to see something thick and soft flashing through the metal transmission port on the surface of the circular area of ​​the base in the distance .

"Ellen?"

Rafael seemed to have noticed Alan's stiffness just now.

"Did something happen?"

After hesitating for a while, Allen returned to the middle of the hall.

"It's nothing, I'm a little dazzled."

He said.

Rafael stared at Alan's pale face and frowned.

According to Rafael's selfishness, even if there is a [-]/[-] possibility to guarantee Alan's safety, he doesn't want Alan to follow Raymond to such a dangerous area as the central axis area.

But now, he didn't have any choice, his bracelet was vibrating constantly.His body trembled, and he unnaturally erased those crazily bouncing communication requests.

"Although it is said that as long as the main mother system is not online, you don't have to worry about the robots chasing and killing there, and the elevator is now seriously damaged, and it is difficult to send a large number of soldiers down in the ring area... But it is not absolutely safe there. Well-known outsiders It’s unimaginable to get along with her weird personality. Before, the order in the area could only be maintained by relying on the mistress system to strictly control them, but now...no one knows what the hell is going on there now.”

Rafael sighed and said, then he took out two bracelets from his arms and quickly stuffed them to Allen.

Along with the bracelet, there was also a strange overalls.

"You are the supervisors and assistants sent from the circular area. You are here to urge the repair work of the central axis area. According to the work log, you have arrived at the central axis area two days ago, but after you inspected the work in the western area , I came to the more severely damaged Eastern District for a routine inspection... Put on your uniform, and then you must remember your identity!"

Allen and Raymond were driven to the corner of the hall under Raphael's instructions to put on the uniforms of their new identities.

Rafael was very conscious, and while Alan was changing his clothes, he quickly turned his back... He also forcibly pulled away Raymond who was staring blankly at Alan with his eyes straightened.

But even so, Allen still felt a little uncomfortable when changing clothes.

When he took off his pajamas, he always felt that there seemed to be something staring at him in the darkness...

This strange delusion became more intense after Allen changed into the inspector's uniform.

The inspector's uniform is completely different from the clothes Allen usually wears, and it is very close to the style of military uniforms.And it was probably designed to show the sense of superiority of the earthlings in front of the people outside the region, so it was designed to be extraordinarily gorgeous, even to the point of being too exaggerated.

The dark and tight-fitting fabric directly stuck to Allen's skin after the vacuum button was fastened, bringing a special sense of tightness.From a practical point of view, there are some extra shoulder straps, decorative double-breasted buttons, and boots, but from an aesthetic point of view, they can get full marks. The whole dress perfectly outlines the Allen's slender figure.

And the slightly ferocious pitch-black mask concealed Alan's overly soft and wonderful face.

When Alan changed his clothes uncomfortably and came out of the hiding place, Raphael could only stare at him, speechless for a while.

On the contrary, Raymond looked much calmer, and his eyes were a little slack-maybe because his current mind is not enough for him to appreciate the sense of abstinence displayed by Allen at this moment.

And the strong attraction brought by this sense of abstinence...

"Tick...tick..."

From the corner of the hall came the continuous sound of water droplets.

However, because such broken pipelines and seepage are very common in military bases nowadays, neither Alan nor Rafael realized that there was something wrong with the sound of water droplets.

Compared with Alan, the style of work clothes on Raymond is much more normal. He is only a junior assistant of the Supervising Officer.The rough, baggy, industrial-style jumpsuit perfectly concealed his slightly unusual tall figure.

However, even with such a simple one-piece suit, Raymond was still clumsy enough to wear it well.

Alan approached him a little bit, and he could see the zippers and buttons on Raymond's body that were forcibly pulled together.

"Alan, this dress is so uncomfortable..."

Noticing that Allen was looking at the messy zippers on his body, Raymond immediately began to act softly.

Raphael glanced at him, hesitant to speak, but before he could speak, Allen had raised his hand and rearranged the buttons and zippers on the overalls for Raymond.

"Eh?"

However, just as Allen buttoned the last button, there was a sudden warmth on his wrist.It was a kiss that Raymond suddenly turned around and dropped on the back of Allen's hand while Rafael was not paying attention.

"Alan, you are so kind."

Raymond turned his head and glanced at Rafael cautiously. After realizing that Rafael hadn't seen the kiss just now, he pursed his lips and said sweetly to Allen.

Allen couldn't help being taken aback, and only then did he notice that Raymond was a little restrained in front of Rafael, and even a little scared...

Raphael is by no means a bad guy, but he does get a little harsh on Raymond.

And Raymond obviously also noticed this, so he tried his best to appear as mature as possible in front of Raphael.

But when Raymond is in front of Allen, he can't help but become naive and clingy.

"Raymond—"

Allen withdrew the hand that Raymond had kissed, and touched the back of his hand uncomfortably.

It's strange that the feeling of being kissed lightly can last for so long.

Allen thought inadvertently in his heart.

In fact, Raymond's current actions are somewhat inappropriate. They are not living leisurely in a comfortable ward, but are in the middle of intense pursuit, but...

Allen sighed silently.

Perhaps it is inevitable to accompany Raymond to the central axis area.

With Raymond's current state, how could he live smoothly in an unfamiliar environment alone.

Allen quickly sorted out all the details on Raymond's clothes, and then turned around to face Rafael with cold eyes and tense cheeks.

"Almost forgot the most important thing—"

Raphael took Alan's hand, not knowing what he did.

The bracelet that was previously bound to Allen made a fragile warning sound, then loosened and fell directly from Allen's wrist.

"Raphael..."

Seeing Rafael's behavior, Alan's eyes widened in shock.At this moment, he realized more clearly than ever that Rafael was indeed not an ordinary person. After all, the bracelet was directly bound to him personally. Unless it was a special person, no one could take the bracelet away. Down.

"Just in case."

Rafael smiled at Allen, then he looked at Raymond intentionally or unintentionally, and raised his foot to completely crush the bracelet into pieces.

Next, he replaced the bracelet with Raymond in the same way.

"That's all I can do."

Rafael looked at Allen, he almost seemed to have a thousand words to say, but in the end, he just left such an order dryly.

"Colonel Raymond Morecambe, would you come over for a moment? I would like to speak to you alone."

At the last moment, Raphael suddenly turned to Raymond.

Raymond's eyes were slightly cold, but he did not resist.

He let Raphael pull himself aside.

At a corner, avoiding Allen's sight—Raphael took a sudden step forward, and pressed Raymond heavily against the wall. He tightly grabbed Raymond's collar with both fists , gritted his teeth in the dark and growled at Raymond, "

"I don't know if you're still pretending to be crazy, Colonel Raymond, and I don't know what exactly you remember...but that doesn't matter anymore, promise me you'll protect Alan—you will, Is it right?"

Raphael said fiercely.

The darkness concealed the cold light in Raymond's eyes now.

He stared at Raphael indifferently, and for a moment, Raymond almost couldn't control his tentacles - just a little bit, he was about to break Rafael's neck.

What qualifications does a low-level, clumsy human male have to say to him to protect Alan?

He protects loved ones better than anyone else - He never had to promise that to anyone.

It's just that if Raphael is killed here, I'm afraid the next thing will become a little troublesome.

At the moment when Raymond's thoughts were condensed, Raphael's bracelet made another piercing sound.

That voice directly interrupted the confrontation between Rafael and Raymond.

"Damn-"

Rafael didn't bother with so many memories anymore, he let go of Raymond, and then ruthlessly connected the communication on the bracelet.

"..."

He didn't even respond to what was said on the other side of the comm, and quickly hung up on that call after two seconds.

No matter what was said on the other side, the news brought was probably very bad, because Rafael immediately dragged Raymond back to Allen, and then pushed the two into the elevator forcefully.

"Alan... Take care!"

Through the slammed elevator door, Raphael tremblingly said to Allen, and then he took out his work card and inserted it into the control panel next to the elevator that seemed to have lost its effectiveness.

An abnormally activated yellow light flashed on the control panel, but after a few disturbing screams, the elevator slowly started to move.

Then--

"Crack-"

Before Allen could react, he felt his body sink, and the elevator had already carried him straight to the central axis area.

Allen was very uncomfortable with this rough elevator, and this elevator obviously did not consider any comfort at the beginning of its design.

Without artificial gravity, Allen felt nothing but nausea.Fortunately, Raymond hugged Alan tightly before he felt unbearable.

He put one hand on the back of Alan's head so that Alan could press his face tightly against his chest.

Through his firm and cool chest, Allen could hear a steady and powerful heartbeat coming from Raymond's chest. The sound had a wonderful rhythm, and for some reason it made the nervous Allen gradually calm down... .

As the elevator descended, Allen quickly glanced at the resume on his wrist.

His new name now is Neil Corson.

This is an ordinary name, and his resume is the same as his name, there is nothing outstanding-he made a small mistake a few days ago, so he was relegated to the central axis as an inspector, and Ray Mond is his assistant.

It seemed that the bracelets of the two of them, as well as their identities, were almost perfect, and it was hard to imagine that they were improvised disguises.

No matter what Rafael's real identity is, but to be able to cover them so perfectly, Rafael must have paid a lot.

Thinking of this, Alan once again thought of Rafael's ugly face before he left.

He couldn't help biting his lip, worry about Rafael welling up in his heart.

He could see that Raphael was trying to downplay the troubles they were facing, perhaps to prevent Alan from panicking too much...or it might be that he had no idea how to report the violation without revealing information about the violation. They explain everything.

What exactly did Raymond Morecambe do?How could it attract such a harsh pursuit?

Thinking of this, Alan's heart was raised again.

He sighed involuntarily.

"Alan, what are you worried about?"

Immediately afterwards, Allen heard Raymond asking cautiously beside him.

In contrast, Raymond, who is really in danger of life, looks very calm, but this once vicious and stupid Alpha now has something similar to a pure heart.He seemed more worried about Alan's emotions than his own life.

Allen froze for a moment, then nodded with a wry smile.

"You really can't remember anything? Why did those people chase you down?"

Knowing that he shouldn't force Raymond, Allen still couldn't help asking.

"I can't remember anything..."

Raymond immediately drooped his shoulders sadly, and said to Allen pitifully.

But it didn't take long for him to cheer up again. He grabbed Alan's hand and put it on his lips. He kissed Alan's fingertips a few times, and then stared at Alan closely. Lun said slowly word by word.

"...No matter what happens, Alan, don't worry. I will definitely protect Alan."

Such naive and innocent words, spoken under such circumstances... If the speaker is not Raymond, it will probably only make people feel ridiculous.

But when Raymond said these words, there was an inexplicably reassuring feeling.

Allen looked deeply at such Raymond and nodded.

"it is good."

He said.

I will protect you too.

Allen whispered to Raymond from the bottom of his heart.

While talking, the elevator has gradually slowed down.

Allen had been very worried that the elevator would break down during its descent, but fortunately, the elevator seemed to feel that it could support itself a little longer.

【Arrival at destination】

Big bright red characters appeared above the elevator car, and then the elevator door slowly opened amidst creaking and ear-piercing friction sounds.

Allen looked around vigilantly, and then walked out very carefully...

Just like the elevator hall before, the central axis area looked extremely dilapidated. Even the lighting here seemed very dim, and the air was filled with a stench of engine oil.

The oxygen content is very low, and it can only barely survive the basics of human beings.

When he was in the ring area before, Allen never felt how comfortable and luxurious the Tianmao human military base is, but if you compare it with this, the ring area is indeed like heaven.

Allen frowned to confirm his position, then resisted the discomfort caused by the environment and slowly walked towards their intended destination.

They have to find the regional office, register themselves, and...

Just as they crossed the third corridor, a thin figure suddenly entered Allen's eyes.

A man was standing at the other end of the corridor, and he was obviously taken aback when he saw Allen coming.

However, after seeing the almost exaggerated inspector uniform on Allen, he obviously relaxed his figure again.

He shuffled slowly and walked towards Allen. Compared with his leisurely complacency, Raymond suddenly became extremely vigilant.

Fortunately, that guy introduced his identity before Raymond violently hurt others.

"Oh, Mr. Neil, are you right? Welcome to the West Region. I am the human supervisor here. The human beings with special rights who are in charge of managing this area, oh, by the way, are the people from outside the territory that your superiors mentioned..."

While speaking, the human grinned and squeezed out a smile.

He has the flattery and weakness of a down and out person, but he doesn't have any sense of threat.

But the moment he raised his head to look at Raymond, a look of surprise flashed across his eyes.