Tanissell's words sent a chill down Ethan's back. He seemed to have suddenly thought of something, rushed to the medical room next door, activated the computer to call up the medical files of all the previous staff, and randomly selected a few people to open them and quickly browse. Unsurprisingly, many people complained to their psychologists about insomnia, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and hearing non-existent voices in the week before the disappearance event, and even those who did not report psychological problems had some physical symptoms. Problems, such as feeling extremely tired, headaches, dizziness and nausea, and injuries on the job have also increased significantly. The dozen or so documents he opened at random, and everyone had some problems that week.
"Ethan! What are you doing there yourself! Go!" Samuel shouted from outside. "There's not even a ghost here."
Hearing the three words "Ghost Shadow", Ethan felt more and more that his hair was standing on end.
Back in the previous lobby, the others did not search for anyone. It was already dusk, and the three moons, large and small, drew faint outlines in the indigo night sky at different distances. The strangely-shaped mountain shadows outside the horizon are confused with a gorgeous violet color, and the oblique light stretches the shadows of the conical plants not far away, and the angle always makes people feel a little inexplicable.
The mother ship ordered them to rest overnight at the base. Many of the non-humans suggested spreading out and sleeping in the bedrooms of the former pioneers, but Ethan didn't think it was a good idea. He said to Samuel in a low voice and eagerness, "Now that the mothership is resting, we'd better find the plant Tanissell speaks of as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, we are still waiting for everyone to see the video tonight to explain the situation, and then everyone will understand what happened."
Ethan immediately said eagerly, "Don't! Most of the fifty of us were forcibly pulled over. Many of them are mentally unstable. Showing them that video at this time will only cause trouble. !"
Samuel frowned and turned to face Ethan, "You mean, don't tell them, let them fend for themselves?"
Hearing the obvious displeasure in Samuel's tone, Ethan was speechless. I wondered how you, a non-human in the forbidden city, could be so sympathetic. He then persuaded in a slow tone, "There's no need to say everything clearly, right? You and nine other people are the leaders of this operation, and they will listen to whatever you ask them to do. But our action must be as soon as possible. I've seen it. The medical reports of those missing people, people were mentally unstable before that thing. If it drags on for too long, I'm worried our people will have problems too."
At this moment, there was a commotion not far away. The female Beta, who had been crying before, covered her ears with her hands, shrank back and forth in a seat in panic, and kept shouting "Stop! Stop! Shut up!!!" Almost the same male Beta tried to appease her, but she didn't stop at all, just kept shouting words like "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! I don't want to die!" Her voice was hoarse and shrill, like a cuckoo weeping blood, and it became more and more strange in the overly gorgeous twilight of the Red Earth.
Ethan walked over quickly and asked the male Beta what happened. He said she asked them who was talking to her just now, but none of us spoke to her. Then she suddenly started screaming.
Ethan's heart sank, recalling those mental state records that also claimed to hear non-existent voices speaking to them. He squatted in front of her and tried to open her hand covering her ears to communicate with her, but he couldn't call her at all.
At this time, Tanisel pushed aside the crowd and came over, and put his palm on the woman's forehead, the third eye on the forehead opened a little bit, and Ethan felt a subtle change around him in an instant. It was as if the originally chaotic air suddenly settled down, and an invisible force absorbed the palpitating scream, suppressing the inexplicable anxiety circling the hearts of everyone around. Tanissell whispered something in the Eve language, something like a prayer. The woman finally calmed down, stopped screaming, and half-turned her head madly at the priest who looked down at her with a look of pity.
Tanisel slowly closed the eyes on his forehead and stroked the woman's cheek with his white palm, his movements filled with endless pity and tenderness. Ethan looked a little dumbfounded, and suddenly hoped that it was himself who was being caressed by that hand at this moment. He was startled by the thought of his sudden intrusion, and quickly bit his tongue secretly to wake himself up.
"Tell me what you heard," Tanithel asked softly.
The woman flinched, still in shock. She wiped the tears of fear from her face with her sleeve, hesitated for a moment, and then said in a gnat-like voice, "It's so big... so big... we're all going to die... no... it's worse than death... we will Eaten by it and become a part of it...I can't see my daughter again...I haven't seen her in four years!" She burst into tears again.
"It?" asked an Alpha next to him. "What are you talking about?"
Tanissell glanced at the person who was speaking, and his eyes were extremely sharp at that moment, and the other Alpha, who was much taller and stronger than him, felt a chill. When Tanisel turned back, he had put on a gentle and compassionate expression again, and Ethan was stunned by the speed.
"It speaks to you in Earth language?"
"I don't know... I can't tell..." The woman's voice was trembling, her hands were twisting her clothes, "I've heard it since I arrived on this planet. It was blurry at first, like tinnitus, but after I got here, I could hear it. clearer."
Tanisel suddenly reached out and touched the woman's collar, and the information stored in the collar was continuously transmitted to his private information database from the place where his fingers were connected. The ten thousand breath ball swirling beside him immediately flew in front of him, projecting some materials written in the Eve language. From the scattered Earth-language words, Ethan recognized that it was a personal medical history.
"There is no history of schizophrenia," Tanissell put away the Ball of Breath, with a solemn expression. Ordinary human beings will have some kind of hunch before they come into contact with objects or relics related to the god of entropy, and some people who are naturally sensitive or mentally fragile are more easily affected.
Ethan leaned over to him at this time, "What did she say?"
Tanissell pondered, "Eat it... and regenerate it... It can't be her..." His eyes flickered, and there was a moment of joy, "I'm afraid we have less time than we thought."
Samuel saw this happening and knew that Ethan was right. He immediately summoned nine other people, each with about ten people, to search for the conical blue creature that Taniser said. Ethan and Taniser stayed at the base, continuing to search the computer system for the pioneering records left by the previous people. Everyone was baffled, not knowing why Samuel and the others had to go out in the middle of the night. But seeing that the nine leaders were all very nervous, they didn't dare to ask more questions and went out.
As soon as they left, Ethan asked the computer to call up a lot of data to check it out. The more he looked, the paler his face became, and he stood up suddenly and walked towards Tanisel, who was sitting comfortably on the couch in the middle of the rotunda.
Priest Eve got an unopened bottle of red wine from somewhere, poured it into a wine glass, and sipped it lightly. He adjusted the settings of the wall screen, and the snow-white walls projected the scenery around the base. The deep purple twilight has slowly unfolded on the plain, the huge three silver moons are suspended in the hollow against each other, and the red grassland is covered with a layer of silver frost and snow.
"All the plants on this planet are connected to each other!" Ethan ran in front of Tanisel and said, "The sap from the plant specimens collected by the previous people has been tested and correlated with the plants on this planet. Animal blood is a component! Those 'plants' outside are actually animals!"
Tanisel looked at Ethan who was terrified, chuckled lightly, and pointed to his side, "Sit down."
Seeing him so careless, Ethan almost went crazy. He didn't understand why Samuel and the priest were so calm, did they know that they might be facing a situation they couldn't understand right away? Ethan didn't want to die so soon. He still had so many things to do. Twenty-nine of the first thirty years of his life were boring and dead, and the last one. Years of indulgence sent him to a place like the Forbidden City.
He can't die here so soon.
"Why does the god of entropy you mentioned only appear once every three years, and where is it hiding in these three years? This planet is so strange..." Ethan paced back and forth in front of Tanisel, unable to calm down, "I was in When I was in the Energy Bureau, I went to many undeveloped primitive planets. No matter how remote and strange planets are, they are not as strange as here... Don't you think? All the 'plants' are connected together, just Even the animals here will grow thin threads connected to the roots of the ground when they sleep... The planet itself seems to be a living animal!"
"Ethan." Tanisel raised his voice slightly, and there was some undeniable majesty in his tone, "Come here, sit down."
Ethan stopped, and Tanissell's suddenly cold tone made him unable to refuse. He stood stiffly for a moment, then reluctantly walked to the other side of the sofa and sat down.
Tanissell handed him the wine glass in his hand. "This bottle of wine is hidden behind some rotting vegetables, and it doesn't look like it has been tainted by the god of entropy. Helps relieve anxiety."
Ethan took the wine glass hesitantly. The edge of the glass still had the priest's lip print, and the liquid inside was like blood, swaying and leaving a faint residual red on the wall of the glass. He frowned, "Can you priests drink alcohol?"
"No more than one cup a day," Tanissell replied comfortably. "We believe that it is best to follow our instincts and exercise proper moderation. No extreme behavior can bring us any closer to God."
"God?" Ethan said with a wry smile, "If that thing is really your entropy god, are you going to become that kind of thing after cultivating for a long time?"
"If you can transcend the constraints of the body, time, and space, what's wrong with becoming like that?" Tanisel sighed while playing with his ball of breath, "You know, we priests of Eve are also divided into two factions. Yes. Most of the priests follow the orthodox way, believe in the God of the Order, and take the teachings of the God of the Order as the guideline. And another part, such as me, we revere the mysterious power of the God of Entropy more. This is why I must participate in this time. Rescue, and privately come to the red earth with you. The temple to which I belong does not agree with my ideals."
Ethan stared at the man who was as delicate as an antique doll in front of him in amazement. He didn't expect that such a person with a whole body of light would worship monsters. Isn't this worshiping evil spirits like Satan in the eyes of earth people? Obviously it should be a belief that is incompatible with Xun Shen, why is it said by him as if it is just a different branch of a certain religion
Their Eve worldview is really special.
Ethan took a deep breath, then suddenly raised his head and took a gulp of wine. The rich aroma of wine slid down the esophagus with a hint of blood-like smell, and the spilled wine was left along the corners of his lips, winding along the outline of his jaw to his neck, as gorgeous as blood. Tanissell looked at him incredulously, rubbing his fingers on his sphere of breath calmly, and personally identifiable information about Ethan flowed into his mind.
Originally, most of his attention was on Samuel, but this Beta's intuition was a bit unexpected. His interest in Ethan also increased.
"It turned out to be treason, I really can't see it..."
Ethan was defenseless, choked on the liquor, coughed with his sleeve over his mouth, and stammered, "You... what did you say?"
Tanisel tilted his head slightly, looking very innocent, "It's nothing, I'm just curious."
The atmosphere between the two became a little awkward. To be precise, Ethan felt embarrassed and embarrassed unilaterally. His anger and anxiety were smoldering in his heart. Seeing that he avoided his gaze, but the knuckles of the cup were a little pale, Tanisel said with an apologetic and sincere smile, "Sorry, I read your personal information without your consent."
In fact, Ethan knew in his heart that non-humans have no privacy at all, and it is understandable for the other party to view his own information. He had just entered the Forbidden City, and he was not used to the feeling of being seen through. At this moment, the other party apologized so solemnly, and he also knew that he had no qualifications to be angry, so he slowly let out a sullen breath, adjusted his emotions, and wanted to reply "it's okay". However, before he could speak, he noticed that there was a thin and short line on the white ground that was approaching in a roundabout way, which seemed to be a bug.
But isn't this base completely sealed? Why are there bugs
Ethan narrowed his eyes and stared carefully at the line segment that was hesitantly approaching and gradually enlarged with the change of perspective. However, when he really saw the bug, the instinctual fear made his hair stand on end.
It was a bug about twenty centimeters long, with a cylindrical body, thicker than a normal centipede, but no obvious legs were visible. The gray-black body does not have the carapace that ordinary insects have, but it is a bit like the skin of a snail without a shell. Some black blood vessels inside the body are vaguely visible as the body twists flexibly. However, what is really frightening is that its front end is uneven, with a vague face.
A face with human features.
Ethan stood up suddenly and wanted to step back, but he forgot that there was a sofa behind him, and fell on the cushion. He turned his head to look at Tanisel in horror, but saw that the other party was also slightly surprised, but he was not afraid, and even had a bit of novelty. The priest stood up, walked to a place only one or two away from the bug, and crouched down.
The worm seemed to sense that his gaze stopped wriggling, and suddenly curled up into a spiral, staying motionless in place. From a distance away, Ethan couldn't see whether there was any expression on its face, and he didn't know if the thing was conscious. He sat stiffly on the sofa, and most of the wine in his hand had spilled, soiling the white leather sofa.
Tanithel quietly confronted the monster. The weird front end was wrinkled and undulating, vaguely stacking the shape of human facial features, but it was slightly distorted, bloated and ugly. The eyes were probably closed into two lines of different lengths, but a round hole was formed in the mouth, and a tuft of strange black fluff protruded from it, still twisting faintly. And in its soft, jelly-like body, there is also something flowing and meandering.
What a disgusting thing.
Tanisel turned around and took the glass from Ethan's hand, spilled the wine on the ground, and slammed it upside down on the bug. The worm was suddenly locked in the transparent cell, but it didn't move, as if it were dead.
Ethan dared to take a few steps closer, his face wrinkled with disgust, "What is this? How did you get in here? This place should have been sealed by Gina?"
Tanisel was still staring at the monster, and after a while, the eyes on his forehead opened slightly.
This time the eyes opened wider than the previous two, and Ethan could see clearly that the third eye seemed to have no pupils, only a blank piece of silver. I saw that Tanisel's expression suddenly changed, he opened his eyes suddenly, the originally gray iris turned blank, and the originally delicate face suddenly became strange and awe-inspiring.
Ethan couldn't help but take a half step back, not knowing what to do for a while. He had heard that the Eves could see the "truth" of the world with all three eyes open, but no one could say what the truth was. But he never knew that the Eve with all three eyes was so supernatural.
This state only lasted for a moment, and Tanisel suddenly closed his three eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, his original gray eyes were restored. Often he sighed and stood up.
Ethan asked immediately, "What did you see? What is it? Is it native here? How did it get in?"
Tanisel glanced at him and shook his head, "You wouldn't want to know."
Ethan was almost mad when he heard such an answer. He hated the most when someone didn't say the whole thing. But the people around him still like to play tricks, especially this somewhat abnormal priest.
This kind of communication like guessing is not efficient at all. Why do many Alphas and Omegas just don't understand
"So it has something to do with your entropy god? Then should we step on it quickly?" Ethan wanted to do it, but was stopped by Tanisel, "No. I'm going to keep it for a while to observe. .Wait until the others come back and don't let them touch him."
Ethan was a little discouraged, but seeing Tanisel's unquestionable face, he couldn't say anything else, so he could only respond.
It's just that Taniser used "he" instead of "it" just now
Is it wrong
Note: "he", "she" and "it" are spelled differently in Earth language.
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Thank you to the old comrades who have been chasing after the first few chapters~~~ I was moved to tears~~