Lin Xi smelled a familiar smell, which was moist, with a faint fishy smell and the smell of blood.
Along with the smell, there was also an extremely viscous liquid that poured into the elevator box - like something's saliva, dripping down along the gap in the partition above the elevator.
Lin Xi frowned and avoided the mucus. Just as he thought, when the slime landed on the metal, white smoke came out with a hiss.
Just like the acid that Xavier secreted before, these mucus are also highly corrosive.
"All right… "
Lin Xi murmured softly, and then he raised his head and looked above himself. There are many electronic pipelines and metal plates separated above the elevator car.
Human eyes can't see the scene outside the elevator, but it's different for aliens. That special perception allowed Lin Xi to easily outline the scene in the long, dark elevator shaft.
The broken emergency devices had long since fallen apart, and the severely aged cables were hanging loosely with some metal parts hanging back and forth in the elevator shaft.
What grabbed the elevator were several thick and thick white objects. They were very malleable and seemed to have been stretched to the limit. The surface was also covered with a large amount of translucent mucus.
The moment she recognized the thing, Lin Xi's pupils shrank slightly.
He would never forget that it was some mutated nematodes that looked like mantises that blocked Noah's footsteps at the last moment, and the "spider silk" shot out from the abdomen of those nematodes made even monsters like Noah unable to Break free.
But now, it is the same thing that is holding them back.
Thinking of this, Lin Xi felt her heart suddenly tremble.
Noah—
He repeated this simple name in his mind.
Although he knew it was dangerous, he still stretched out his spirit uncontrollably. Then, he tentatively touched the big ball of stuff in the elevator shaft.
In the alien's vision, the thing was secreting mucus and "spider silk" continuously.
However, as soon as he encountered something that looked like Noah, the mutant nematode's chaotic and dark thoughts immediately came to him...
Lin Xi suddenly withdrew his mental net, and the last glimmer of hope in his eyes was instantly extinguished.
"It's that thing."
Xavier also followed Lin Xi, raised his head and looked upward.
Just like Lin Xi, as a king insect, he easily recognized what was in the elevator shaft.
Xavier didn't even want to call out that name, because in its mind, Noah was a complete failure, and that guy didn't deserve a name at all.
But even as a failure, Noah is stronger than he thought. Judging from the current situation, Noah seems to have solved those mantis-like mutated nematode mimics faster than they thought...
Just when Lin Xi and Xavier looked up and "looked" at Noah quietly in the elevator shaft, the elevator car that had been stationary began to slide downwards unsteadily. This was not because the damn mechanical device had finally restarted, but because Noah, who had held them, was slowly lowering the thin and compact metal box.
"Well?"
Noah's move made Lin Xi, who was originally expressionless, slightly raise his eyebrows. He let out a surprised sigh, and then fell silent again.
Xavier, who was standing near Lin Xi, became even more tense, and his gaze upwards became more alert.
This is normal, because even Xavier can feel that Noah's spirit and consciousness are still distorted and chaotic at this time, but judging from Noah's current behavior, the contaminated descendant seems to have returned. It has returned to some normality - it has reason and wisdom, and can even predict the thoughts of Lin Xi and Xavier, otherwise it would not slowly lower the elevator down.
But the combination of these two contradictory points made Noah even more fearful than before.
Especially considering that those nematodes are biological weapons specially cultivated by the Providence to target alien species, neither Lin Xi nor Xavier can determine whether the rationality shown by Noah is a conspiracy.
No matter what it is, just kill it before it causes trouble—
Xavier raised his hand impatiently, but before it could make a move, Lin Xi suddenly grabbed its wrist.
"No, Xavier... I want to see again..."
Lin Xi said dryly to Xavier.
"But-"
Xavier's tentacles swayed, but as Lin Xi's voice fell, it finally became quiet.
In a short period of uncomfortable silence, the elevator arrived at the place where Xavier and Lin Xi originally wanted to go.
This was already the middle deck of the Providence, and it was also an important transportation hub, at least until the ship was completely destroyed.
Lin Xi and Xavier walked out of the elevator slowly, and then looked around. There were nearly hundreds of elevators lined up in the circular hall, each elevator leading to a different area.
In contrast, there are a large number of elevators and closed passages. Countless pipelines and cables are gathered above the hall. Each pipeline is connected to an electronic screen, like an upside-down Christmas tree from the ceiling. It fell to the ground, which made this space look particularly messy... But that was what happened before. At this moment, everything here is so quiet and dead.
The hall also became extremely empty.
Lin Xi stood quietly in the center of the hall, and then he turned back and looked at the elevator where he came from.
The elevator door did not close as expected. On the contrary, after Lin Xi left, there was a harsh metal sound.
Wrinkles appeared on the smooth metal plate, some cables were torn off, and golden-red sparks emitted... Then, the small metal box began to twist and deform at a speed visible to the naked eye, making constant clicking noises. Then, it was suddenly crushed and thin, just like a can that had been stepped on.
A large amount of mucus came out, and a large ball of soft stuff suddenly fell straight down from the elevator shaft, pressing on top of the twisted and deformed elevator car, and then squeezed out from the narrow elevator door, clattering. Bleeded all over the floor.
That was Noah.
Everything seemed to be a repeat of the past.
The white worms crackled out of the soft and deformed body. Noah's body seemed to be a little more solid than before, but only a little. Under its translucent skin, you can vaguely see some hideous-looking insect organs, which obviously come from those unlucky nematode mimics.
It is conceivable that after eliminating those mantis nematodes, Noah obtained the function of them secreting spider silk, and their vagina became Noah's own nutrition.
It can be said that Noah has become more difficult to deal with than before just in terms of appearance.
The semi-digested nematodes that kept coming out of his body made Xavier even more nervous.
Seeing those disgusting white things seeming to be rushing towards Lin Xi, Xavier let out an unprecedented cry.
The special frequency makes this cry full of intimidation, full of intimidation and threats that only aliens can understand.
Of course, this threat can only be targeted at creatures with basic intelligence and reason. Nematodes with only instinct will not...
The moment Lin Xi thought this, something completely unexpected happened. He looked at Noah in disbelief, and the latter shook his deformed body heavily. Then, like an ebbing tide, Noah's semi-liquid flesh receded several steps.
Then a small low cry emerged from the mouthparts embedded in the flesh.
It was an obvious cry for mercy.
Even Xavier was startled this time.
It stopped involuntarily, not even having time to retract the mouthparts protruding from its throat.
Immediately afterwards, something even more surprising happened. Noah's body began to change.
The scarlet flesh and blood began to cohere and piece together, and then came together. Under extremely difficult circumstances, it pieced together a human body.
If you don't look at those white nematodes that are constantly surging, it looks quite realistic...
Noah is using the nematode's mimicry ability to mimic humans.
It had done something similar before, and it seemed more skillful this time.
Even its face—
With Xavier's increasingly sharp and evil eyes, Noah then carefully changed his face.
A face that looked exactly like Xavier, but looked much more childish and young, slowly appeared in front of Lin Xi.
Lin Xi looked at Noah in shock and couldn't even speak for a while.
In some parts, it still looks very scary, but if those details can be ignored, the promise now looks like a human child, or in other words, a young version of Savile. The only difference is that even when he was the youngest, Savile did not have such long silver hair.
Of course those long silver hair are actually...
Lin Xi's eyes quickly glanced at Noah's long hair, and then looked away.
His heart was beating fast, because judging from the current situation, Noah did not look like the kind of monster that completely collapsed due to deterioration in any aspect.
In fact, it even looks smarter and more sane than before.
"Noah, is that you?"
Lin Xi couldn't help but asked tentatively.
"No... Noa... Noah..."
Noah pitifully repeated Lin Xi's question, his red eyes were wet, as if crystal tears were about to flow out in the next second.
Then, it slowly took a small step forward.
With a crackle, the undigested nematodes fell out of its body again, but this time, Noah did not let the nematodes interfere with him.
After being stunned for a moment, it squatted down in great panic, opened its immature hands, and tried hard to stuff the nematodes into its hair.
Some mucus is secreted from the surface of the "hair", and then it quickly wraps up the undigested gadgets.
"Noah...Noah..."
As if he was emphasizing something, Noah quickly ate back all the worms that fell out.