Advent

If Allen hadn't been so upset, he would have noticed something was wrong long before Raphael knocked on the door.

Rafael has never revealed his real military rank to him, but it can be seen from various details along the way that he is not an ordinary person...

At least, a person like him should theoretically not be as concerned about Alan's life affairs as the lowest-level logistics staff, and even personally deliver Alan's daily necessities.

But Allen's attention at this moment was on the jacket on the ground and the slime that appeared inexplicably. He opened the door unpreparedly, and then raised his eyes to meet Rafael's weird face .

"Mr. Raphael?"

Allen frowned.

The man standing at the door had a bad expression on his face.

Obviously, he and Allen were only separated for a few hours, but when they met again, he looked much more depressed.Rafael didn't wear the uniform he should wear, but a somewhat sloppy daily clothes. According to regulations, this kind of daily clothes can only be worn in the living cabin, but Rafael wore it loudly through the After covering most of the living area, he came directly to Alan's side.

Alan took the package of daily necessities in Rafael's hand full of confusion, and the feel of the package when he took it made Alan slightly startled.

This doesn't look like a grocery bag rationed on a military base...

Married only for a short time to Raymond Morecambe, Allen knew exactly what the groceries were rationed at the space base.

Not to mention, the military base of Virgo was originally located in the extremely distant frontier of the universe.Allen didn't think that the people here could be so extravagant as to equip ordinary people with such luxurious high-end daily necessities.

Allen couldn't help but looked at Rafael suspiciously: "Is this for me?"

he asked.

"Yes... Alan... is..."

Raphael nodded dully, and his tone of voice also seemed languid when he spoke, with each syllable being stretched very long.

A strange smell emanated when he repeated those few words slowly - Allen didn't know why he cared so much about the taste of another person's mouth, it was a bit disgusting, but he couldn't help but smell it carefully I always feel that the smell is somewhat similar to the one in my room.

Of course, at this moment, whether it's the smell or the strange appearance that Rafael showed, they are just some small abnormalities. What really puzzles Alan the most is actually Rafael's eyes.

From the moment Allen opened the door, the man kept his eyes wide open, staring straight at Allen. His eyes were so focused, but there was a trace of power in his scorching gaze that made Allen feel An uncomfortable hollowness.

Allen only in certain

"Mr. Rafael?"

Allen took a step back indiscriminately, and he looked at Rafael warily.

"Is something not right?"

he asks.

While speaking, Allen's gaze stopped at Rafael's temples and neckline, and the vague feeling of discomfort became stronger in an instant: Allen saw something very strange on Rafael's skin. Light ring spots.Those markings suddenly looked like normal indentations left by buttons or other metal parts, but...

But the moment Allen saw those ring spots, he thought of the strange rust marks all over the rescue capsule.

Of course, Allen could also think of those strange circular markings as some kind of rash, just like the slime-covered coat that is now lying on his floor.

But no matter how he explained himself, Alan suddenly felt his throat dry.

"Thank you for sending me these daily necessities, you are so considerate."

He said to Rafael dryly.

Immediately afterwards, he wanted to close the hatch, but Rafael suddenly reached out and grabbed Alan's wrist.

"Ellen..."

Rafael stared at Allen obsessively, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat at some point, combined with his pale face, his face looked more and more distorted and strange.

"I've been very...I've been..."

He obviously wanted to say something, but he looked like a drunk and couldn't convey the meaning of the words and could only repeat a few monotonous syllables over and over again.And his hands didn't know when they became wet and cold, and the sweat on his palms became sticky, as if it could seep into Allen's skin in the next second.

"Mr. Rafael?!"

Allen was taken aback. He raised his voice and screamed, then withdrew his hand unceremoniously, and took several steps back.

Rafael also seemed to be startled by Allen's scream.

While Allen retreated, he visibly trembled several times.

"Alan? I... wait... sorry, I must be dizzy from the leap, I..."

A few seconds later, Rafael seemed to have just woken up from a dream, his eyes gradually changed from empty to clear.

He looked down at his clothes in shock, as well as his hand still raised in mid-air, and then looked up at Allen.

His eyes were full of panic.

"I, I don't mean to offend you, I—I don't know what's wrong with me—"

Rafael explained incoherently.

He did not lose his memory. He still remembered how he returned to his own cabin after he separated from Alan, and how he kept thinking about everything about Alan in that indescribable emotion, and finally Unable to hold back the strong love that engulfed him like a tsunami, he lost his composure and returned to Alan's door.

Oh, of course, Rafael is indeed a fan of "Kraken", and he has collected quite a few works and derivatives on Alan Bracewell.

But he's never been one of those crazy-too-reasoning fans.

This is simply too abnormal.

Raphael is not even an Alpha, he is the most typical Bata, but just today, when he faced Alan, he felt that he had completely lost his mind...

Now, he doesn't know what to do.

He could only stand at the door, maintaining the previous posture, and then looked at the guarded Allen in the living cabin, wanting to cry without tears.

"I think I can explain."

Rafael said to Allen very stiffly——

Although in his heart he knew very well that he didn't know how to explain it at all.

He took a step forward in a panic.

Allen subconsciously took a few steps back.

"Ellen..."

"boom--"

The accident also happened at this time.

The lighting facility on the top of Allen and Rafael suddenly let out a violent roar, and the originally soft light became hot and dazzling like the sun in an instant, and then flashed suddenly——

The darkness came at the same time accompanied by the rapid siren.

It took at least a few seconds for Allen to realize that where he is now, the human space military base stationed in Virgo, has ushered in an unexpected power outage.

All lights went out.

Even the emergency lights, which were supposed to maintain their energy supply no matter what, were completely engulfed in darkness at this moment.

This is just like an absurd joke. You know, as a space military base, even in the living area, there should be more than three completely independent energy supply systems driven by different energy sources, but now, these systems are completely lost at the same time. played a role.

"what happened……"

"Damn, what's going on?"

"Have you been attacked?"

"On alert! On alert—"

……

There were some people's movements and mutterings not far from the living area, and the scene was a bit chaotic. Obviously, the people in the base never thought that they would be in such a situation.

There is no light, no energy, no illumination.

To make matters worse, Allen soon heard some explosions with his amazing hearing-the explosion should have occurred in other areas of the base, very far away from the living area where he is now.

In addition, Allen could hear some other voices.

【"Hiss... zi... hiss..."】

Someone is swearing, someone is yelling.

Someone was yelling for someone to reset the backup power, followed by even more exasperated expletives in response - "This thing's not fucking responding at all!"

【"Zizi..."】

Allen didn't know why he could hear such a distant sound... If the power was restarted as a basis, those who made the sound were at least several kilometers away at the equipment level.

What made Allen even more dizzy was the melody mixed with human breathing, heartbeat, and abuse.

The melody in the auditory hallucination clearly seemed to be dancing on his eardrums.

【"Hiss... hiss..."】

It has been a long time since Allen received various auditory hallucination healing projects that he has not heard such a clear and loud magical melody.

Those voices made Allen bow down in pain, and then he reached out and covered his ears vigorously.

He tried to block out the voice, but it didn't work - it seemed to be embedded deep in his skull.

【"Hiss... hiss... Allen... Allen...my... Ai..."】

In the darkness, the sound is so light, beautiful, and long...

"Ellen."

Someone called him out of the darkness.

Allen gave a jolt, and then recovered from the deafening tinnitus with great difficulty.

He trembled and raised his head to look in the direction of the sound, but it was too dark here, and Allen tried hard to open his eyes but couldn't see anything.

"Rafael?"

He called Rafael, trying to determine the location of the other party through the sound.

In a panic, he staggered a few steps, stretched out his hands and tentatively moved forward.Although not long ago Rafael seemed so weird and weird, but in this sudden extreme darkness, Allen found that he needed Rafael's company more than ever.

It was a fear that was irrational and unexplainable.

Allen remembered the nightmare he had before—there was also such a thick, filthy darkness in the nightmare, and that darkness would completely trap him, and then swallow him.

But now, everything is so like a nightmare come true.

Just as Allen was trudging through the darkness trying to catch Rafael, his feet suddenly softened.

He didn't know what he stepped on—maybe it was the slimy coat—the next second, Allen lost his balance, and he fell heavily to the ground.

Then he was held firmly by someone.

"Ai... Allen..."

This time, the whisper was very close at hand.

"Thank you, Rafael."

Discovering the existence of others, Allen immediately relaxed from the previous tension.Excessive tension brought a sense of powerlessness like collapse, and Allen subconsciously snuggled into the man's arms, and then let out a long sigh of relief.

He collected himself, and thanked him a little embarrassedly.

But Rafael didn't say anything.

He just squeezed... hugged Alan tighter.

"Thank you Raphael, I think I'm much better now."

Allen frowned in pain in Rafael's arms, then he spoke cautiously.

He's a little uncomfortable because...

Because every inch of Rafael's skin looked cold and damp, as if wrapped in thick mucus.

The author has something to say: Emperor Bai: flushed with excitement.

Allen: Pale with fright.