Falling into the Abyss

Chapter 24: Back to Earth (5)

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Being awakened early is not a good experience. It is like being grasped by sharp claws and forcibly torn out of the chaos of dreams. Dreams in the moments before awakening are usually extremely terrifying, and most have themes of falling or drowning. Ethan dreamed that he was swept into the deep sea by a huge eel with a terrifying appearance and no eyes. All he inhaled was the stench of seawater, which poured into his lungs, and the alveoli burst one by one. When he woke up, he was sobbing like a man who was about to suffocate, gasping for air and looking terrified.

His body was still wet, and it was obvious that the freezing fluid had only just faded away, before they even had time to warm up their bodies and forcibly pushed them out of sleep. He looked around at a loss, and saw that Samuel next door was also gasping for breath while leaning on the edge of the sleeping compartment, with a look of shock on his face. Not far away, other non-humans woke up one after another, and there were no medical robots waiting to check their physical conditions around them.

Nope, this is definitely not a normal wake-up procedure.

Ethan also noticed that Tanisel, the other two Eves, and the chief of the guard's positions were empty. His first reaction was that Tanissell betrayed them, but then he thought that the three Eves and the chief of the guard had fallen asleep earlier than them. Impossible to wake up on your own. They also had no chance to modify the sleep routine, and Derek set up sophisticated encryption on his modified instructions and kept checking them until the last second before falling asleep.

Obviously, the non-humans are still a little confused, but Derek has already rushed out of the sleeping chamber, rushed to the door of the sleeping hall, and entered a series of instructions on the door key screen, but Diana's gentle voice sounded, "Sorry. , Mr. Derek, I can't let you out."

As soon as she said these words, all the non-humans panicked. Samuel strode over to Derek, and heard the young man say in a self-possessed voice, "Diana, I think we've reached an agreement on who you're serving."

"Indeed, in the absence of other senior commanders on Earth, you and VIP Eve are my service objects. However, the surviving Sergeant Sophia Vafa has already contacted me. She asked me to wake up the chief of guard Rafa first. Sergeant Ernest Schneider and the three distinguished guests of Eve, took them away before waking you up. Her spaceship is now aboard the Magic Flute."

If the non-people were devoured by lightning, they originally thought that the mother ship was empty because the God of Entropy had infected and absorbed everyone, but they did not expect that someone would survive.

"What?! Why didn't you report the survivors!"

"When the unknown event happened, a total of about a hundred people left in small and medium-sized spaceships, but they lacked supplies, whether they had the ability to sail with curvature, the chance of survival was very small, and there was no connection with me, so I regarded them as the others. Missing." Diana answered smoothly and briskly, but every word made Derek go crazy. He kicked the wall and scolded a series of swear words.

"Damn it! This computer is too cunning, it's overshadowed by it!"

It is not known whether it was really overshadowed by the computer, Diana's logic is not wrong, but that sweet voice always gives the illusion of cunning. Maybe it was out of fear that Derek would actually invade her central program, so it kept it.

After all, an artificial intelligence like Diana is too complicated. Even if it seems to be submissive and obedient, there is no trace of errors and no signs of losing control, but it is difficult to fully control it without the detailed original code. .

Samuel's face changed, and other non-humans rushed up, smashing the door with various heavy objects that could be picked up, and the scene was in chaos. In comparison, Ethan seemed unusually calm.

He had a hunch that they couldn't escape. Now that it has really happened, there is a kind of solidity and confusion like a stone falling to the ground.

It's just... He still has a little hope in his heart...

Will Tanithel intercede for him

Although reason told him that this was just a hope that could no longer be stupid, after all, what happened between them was nothing more than two people who had needs comforting each other, and even Tanisel comforting and taking care of him more. Who would clean up a criminal who was of no use to him just because of a one-night stand

But... always say something... For example, when asked if non-people have embarrassed him, maybe he will say something nice

Diana's voice sounded again, "Sergeant Sophia Wafa asked to speak to you."

After finishing speaking, before they could respond, a not-so-beautiful but very determined female Beta's face was projected on the circular wall. It was the commander of the special forces sent by Earth this time. She looked at them with cold and disgusting eyes, like a god looking down on sinners, "We have now regained control of the Magic Flute, and if I want, I can order Diana to re-enable the shock collars around your necks at any time. I'll call you all foaming at the mouth, and then escort you back. I advise you to surrender immediately and don't make senseless resistance. Otherwise, not only will you be punished, but your family's moral values will also be seriously affected. I give you Three minutes to think, and then I'll open the door. Anyone who resists will be shot!"

Before the sound like a steel ball fell, the image was extinguished. She didn't even intend to hear any response from non-people.

The tendons near Samuel's temple were visibly protruding from clenching his teeth too tightly. Jarvan had already started scolding him with a mouthful of Fuck, pacing back and forth, saying a few words to each other, some saying surrender, some saying surrender is also Sure to be killed, the two camps quarreled. Ethan only felt the buzzing noise in his ears, which shook his head.

Samuel suddenly shouted, "Shut up!"

The place was suddenly quiet.

"How many are going to surrender?" he asked in a dignified voice.

Three people raised their hands, including Ethan and Derek. Samuel glanced at Derek unexpectedly, and the teenager said, "I still have parents and a younger brother at home. I don't want my younger brother to not be able to go to a good university because of his stupid older brother."

Even Ethan is surprised now. Since this kid can do things like experiment with his own younger brother, why does he think about his younger brother's moral value at this time? "

Jarvan spat on the ground, "Hmph, a bunch of cowards!"

Ethan pushed his glasses and said hesitantly, "If we surrender, we won't necessarily be killed. After all, we are the only surviving humans who have come into contact with Shabu Nicholas on the red earth, and they need to get rid of us. Get more information. And, I'm sure the Eves will speak for us."

Samuel gave him a cold look, if his eyes could turn into knives, he might have been pierced by an arrow.

"Hmph, what are you talking about? We threatened them that if they dared to resist, they would be tied into dumplings like the chief guard, and then sold to pirates as slaves? Forget it, how could those superiors take us inhumans seriously? ? You idiots without backbones, anyway, I don't want to go back to that damn place in the Forbidden City, I'd rather be shot dead!" Jarvan retorted disdainfully.

Ethan smiled bitterly and said, "I really have no backbone, because I'm worried that my parents will suddenly be deducted 30 points of moral value by the ethics court without doing anything, and the communication system will be closely monitored and must go home and go out to eat before ten o'clock in the evening. They have to be searched. I also don't want them to be the kind of people who stare every day looking for opportunities to report other people's misconduct in order to earn moral points. It's already bad luck to have a son like me, and I don't want them out there The world lives the same life as us!"

He said this, and Jarvan was speechless for a moment. Chen Zeng smiled kindly at this moment, patted Ethan's sword on the shoulder, "Young man is right. In order not to implicate my supporters, I also agree to surrender."

Only two people, Samuel and Jarvan, have yet to make a statement. Ethan looked at Samuel and continued to persuade, "It doesn't have to be that way, we can explain that it was because the Magic Flute was empty that we tried to modify Diana's central order. We just wanted to go to the third The three empires used their wormhole messengers to send messages to the Earth Alliance. After all, it would take three years for Earth to receive the message from the mother ship. As for the chief of the guard, we can insist that it is because he has signs of infection, so we I want to isolate him. Those people have also seen the horror of Shabu Nicholas, and they may be afraid of the chief guard because of this, which is also good for us."

Three minutes later, except for Jarvan's reluctance, they reached a general consensus - surrender.

Everything after that was messy and logical. After the door opened, more than a dozen special forces soldiers with laser weapons swarmed up, holding their hands behind their backs. No one spoke to them, no one asked them anything, and they were thrown directly into the cargo hold below the mother ship, shivering in the dim, cold air for two days.

The non-people seldom talked in those two days, and a lot of chaotic thoughts flashed through Ethan's mind, and finally floated back to Shabu Nicholas. It's amazing that people on Earth have sensed the existence of these entropic gods hundreds of centuries ago, but they, advanced interstellar humans, don't know anything about it. He suddenly wondered if it would be a better choice to merge with the Mother Goddess

At least in that brief encounter, he didn't feel pain.

However, he chose to live, so he chose to experience the horror "redemption" many times from now on, and the long years in the Forbidden City.

Two days later, they were escorted into the sleeping hall again and locked in the sleeping chamber to prepare for the curvature flight. If you fall asleep this time, and wake up again, you will return to the Forbidden City.

And he never saw Tanethel again until the Magic Flute re-landed on Earth.