The Ophiuchus Confederation is a large nation of two adjacent galaxies. More than 60% of the population are earth people. Their ancestors escaped from the long nuclear war that almost destroyed the earth before the establishment of the earth alliance. Hundreds of years later, descendants have settled in distant galaxies. Since they were sailing in the direction of Alpha Ophiuchus at that time, they also called the two galaxies they chose to live in as the Ophiuchus Alliance. Probably those ancestors would not have thought that one day their descendants would treat the earth as an enemy.
Starwind is anchored in the space port near Dominica V, the most suitable environment for human survival in the Dominica galaxy. Everyone is required to isolate protective clothing on board, and is supervised by a special person to take a short-distance spacecraft to fly to the largest piece in the northern hemisphere of Star V. A city on the mainland near the ocean. There is the heart of the entire galaxy - the seat of the Ophiuchus Alliance Presidential Palace and major government agencies - Lan Dendrobium.
Ethan was completely isolated and brought into an empty room. First, he went through a series of disinfection procedures and put on the simple white shirt and black trousers they gave him. Officers drew his blood, measured his blood pressure and pulse, and even took him into a room for X-rays. Now he sits alone in that room, surrounded by concrete walls and ceilings, except for the same chair in front of him. He sat up straight, with his hands on his knees, his eyes staring into the space in front of him, as if he saw nothing.
The door in the room that was so simple that it almost merged with the wall opened, and a middle-aged man named Beta in a suit came in. He gave Ethan a friendly smile and sat down in the chair across from him. Ethan noticed a small collar pin on the collar of his suit, and a round thing that was probably a headphone tucked into his ear.
It appears that outside the room, someone is watching them. Although I don't know where the camera is hidden, or these walls are actually single-sided glass with projection function.
The man held a small piece of folded paper-like thing in his hand, which turned out to be a thin transparent board after unfolding it—this is the personal information storage tool of the Ophiuchus Alliance, and it shows some blue light. Word. He said to Ethan, "Hello, Mr. Eldridge, this is Vincent Burland, commissioner of the Ophiuchus Alliance Special Operations Division."
Ethan said, "Just call me Ethan."
"Ethan, I'm sorry for making you wait here for so long. It's just that the epidemic in the Earth Alliance is serious now, and we have to take more precautions."
Ethan nodded and said nothing.
"We learned from Commissioner Sean DiCanio that you had some accidents on the spacecraft?" Boland seemed to be looking at the information in his hand, but actually raised his eyes to see Ethan's reaction.
Sean Di Canio... It took Ethan a few seconds to remember that it seemed to be Roland's real name... He remembered that he heard the female agent call Roland "Sean" on Muscle.
Ethan shrugged and said, "It wasn't an accident, it was just me cocooning."
"Cocoonization period?"
"I have the ancestral lineage of the celestial star. Your Ophiuchus information is so developed. Haven't you heard of the physical characteristics of the celestial constellation?"
Bolland smiled sincerely, "We know that the development of the celestial people is a little different from that of ordinary people, and they will age rapidly after entering adulthood. But the details are not so clear. After all, the celestial people are already very rare, Moreover, he is very secretive about his physiological changes, and it is difficult to find written records."
"The average person does age, but I probably don't," Eason said.
Bolland looked at him in surprise, "Why?"
"I already have enough things in my body to keep me alive." Ethan said, and suddenly the corners of his mouth curved slightly, "Don't you have my blood? Can't you find out what's in it?"
Of course they've got results. It's just that the results are a little unbelievable.
The plague of the Earth Alliance is not a virus, but some kind of strange parasite eggs. Like fungi, these eggs will quickly multiply in the human body, turning people into something like Cordyceps sinensis. It's just that Cordyceps sinensis is a plant, and those who are infected become a bug.
There was no such worm eggs in Ethan's blood, but his genetic makeup was strikingly similar to that worm, which meant that it was not a human genetic sequence at all. At the same time, they found that the gene sequence contained in Ethan's blood is not even stable, and there may be mutations in each copy. It stands to reason that such a person should have cancer all over his body. I am afraid that even the current medical level will not Can't save him.
But he sat here well, looking like a normal person. His body scan didn't reveal any shadowy areas, he was healthier than the average person, and he couldn't find a single scar on his body.
The rumor seems likely to be true that Ethan is the maker of the disease. It now seems likely that he does not belong to this universe at all.
At present, Ethan does not have any aggressive behavior, but the tragic incident in the forbidden city still makes the senior officials of the special department very nervous. They have already had dozens of No. 3 robots known as "Killing Machines" surround the room where Ethan is located. If there is any abnormality, they will fire at the same time, and there will be no ashes left in the entire room. In order not to provoke his aggression, they originally wanted to find an Omega who volunteered to go in and talk to him, but no one wanted to lose their life even if the bonus was huge. In the end, Berland, who was Beta, volunteered to enter, on the condition that the government be responsible for providing adequate medical bills for his bedridden mother, asking for expert care, subsidizing his children to enter the highest schools, and guaranteeing him All family members have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.
Balland smiled embarrassedly, "We do have your blood sample, but we're not sure how to interpret it."
"Which part does not know how to interpret?"
"The information says that you are born on Earth, your father is Adrian Eldridge, and your mother is Liliana Shael'zas, and your previous blood test results were normal."
Ethan said, "Yes, I was infected, no, I should have been 'purified'. The Goddess of Genitalia purified my body disguised under the Order and gave me new life."
He said this without emotion, even with a hint of imperceptible mockery in his tone.
"What is your so-called reproductive goddess?"
"Shab Nicholas."
"Is that the belief of the Eves?"
"It's not just the Eves. Many planets have worshipped her, and there have been beliefs about her on the earth, but we have all forgotten."
Balland didn't show whether he believed it or not, just nodded thoughtfully. He asked again, seemingly inadvertently, "After you've been purified... have you been asked to do anything?"
Ethan suddenly laughed, "You guys want to ask, did I do the plague of the Earth Alliance?"
Bolland was surprised, "You know about the plague of the Earth Alliance?"
According to Sean, which is Roland's intelligence, Ethan was brought to Eve before the plague began, and even after he escaped, he remained dormant until he was intercepted by the Starbreeze two months later. How did he know about the plague of the Earth Alliance
Ethan said, "I sensed a lot during my cocooning period. Plus I remember that I did something to a guard on Earth... I wasn't sure what I was doing at the time, but now I know. already."
"So... you admit it's you?"
Ethan kept a smile and said calmly, "It's me."
At this moment, beads of sweat appeared on Berland's forehead. He knew that as soon as such an answer came out, someone might order the destruction of this room at any time, and burn himself to ashes.
Yet he had to ask the question.
For a few seconds no one spoke in the room, and a suffocating silence enveloped everything. Boland realized that he was still alive, and apparently the upper echelons were still watching.
He cleared his throat and continued, "How did you do it?"
However, Ethan tilted his head slightly and asked back, "What you want to ask should be, do I plan to do such a thing in the Ophiuchus Alliance?"
This sentence is obviously more threatening than the "it's me" sentence just now, and Bolland feels that cold sweat has soaked his back.
"Don't worry, I don't have that in mind," Ethan said. "I want to go somewhere, and I'd appreciate it if you guys could help me."
"Where?"
"Third Reich frontier, an asteroid. Your Commissioner Sean should know where I want to go."
Bolland naturally also has this information in his hands. Obviously, this Ethan Eldridge had a close relationship with the special priest Tanithel of Eve, who had repeatedly intervened in the rescue of Ethan, who was formerly inhuman in the Forbidden City. According to Sean DiCanio's report, Ethan and another Omega named Joe Samuel were rescued by them from an Eve ship that was badly damaged and on the verge of crashing. Samuel knew that there was another man in the boat, that was Tanisel. But at that time, the spacecraft had already crashed into the atmosphere of a desolate planet called "Heimen" on the border of the Third Reich, and it was almost impossible to survive.
"You mean Black Gate? The place where your spaceship crashed?"
"good."
"You should know that the person you are looking for is probably already..."
"Even if there is only a corpse, I will find him." There was no room for change in Ethan's tone, but soon, he smiled again. The smile was a little cold, "Of course, I know you won't let me go easily. And, now your president may be ordering my termination."
"You worry too much..."
Ethan interrupted the poor negotiator on the opposite side, stood up slowly, slowly opened his arms to some peeping people in the void, and said, "Come on, fire."
Bolland stood up suddenly, his face pale, "Mr. Eldridge, please calm down, we have no intention of ending you!"
Ethan looked at him nonchalantly and said to him, "Don't be afraid, you won't die."
The people watching them seemed to be hesitating. Ethan smiled, "If I want to leave, you can't stop me." After speaking, he stretched out his hand, and a long line spread out from his fingertips. , black tentacles...
Suddenly, hot flames roared from all directions, and the flames soared into the sky. The center of the room was as high as 3,000 degrees Celsius. The temperature of the center of the atomic bomb explosion was only the same, and any creature would vaporize in an instant.
From a distance, there was a terrible explosion on the wasteland where this room was located, and the smoke and dust rose into the sky, covering the sky and the sun, as if the end of the world was coming.
After the smoke cleared, those behind the scenes immediately sent drones to check, but what they saw surprised them.
The surface where the room was originally located has been blasted with a large crater, just like a crater on the moon. But in the middle of the big pit, there was a black ball.
Get closer and you'll see that it's not a "sphere", but a weave of thick, monstrous, black tentacles that are barbed and dripping with mucus. They are woven so finely and tightly that there are no gaps in sight, except that some exposed mouth-like organs and eye-like organs are still turning slightly, spitting out streams of mucus and air bubbles, which are in the stomach. tossing.
The Union President, who was sitting in front of the screen with other high-ranking officials, was also stunned and murmured, "What is that?"
No one could answer him, because neither the Minister of Defense nor the Director of Special Operations could speak.
Those foul and terrifying compound eyes seemed to see the approaching drone. The next moment, the ball suddenly loosened, and countless tentacles were raised into the air, and then they all retracted behind one person.
Ethan still stood there, with no dust on his body, looked at them with some disappointment and sighed, as if regretting that they failed to kill him. At his feet, Berlander was already slumped on the ground, wet on his trousers. Even the two chairs remained unharmed.
"Look, I said, you can't stop me." Ethan looked at the tentacle that was still wriggling on his fingertips in a trance, and muttered to himself, not knowing who he was talking to.
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The life where the tentacles were blackened and hung up began...
Modified a detail that I forgot to explain