Mother of Insects

Chapter 28

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Separated by a layer of plexiglass, the sand picked up by "No. 1" with its hind legs would not be scattered on Lin Xi's body. But even so, Lin Xi was still shocked. After all, Dr. Ando didn't write this in his notes. And on earth, any kind of insect is... just a bug. But star butterflies, such highly intelligent alien insects, will directly start to lose their temper when they are unhappy.

"Hey—that's not polite!"

Lin Xi bent down and knocked on the glass harder than before to show his determination. "No. 1" is cute, yes, Lin Xi will never deny this, but he has no intention of condoning this little guy's naughty behavior. However, no matter what he thought... Even Lin Xi himself didn't notice that when he spoke to "No. 1" again, his tone had become much gentler.

"Wow-"

"No. 1" responded to him even more directly - it picked up some more sand and threw it towards Lin Xi.

Lin Xi: "..."

He looked at "Number One" dumbfounded. This was the first time that Lin Xi saw such vivid and obvious emotions in a bug. Probably because of this, it was difficult for him to feel angry when he saw "No. 1" losing his temper. .

"Forget it..." He muttered quietly, and then looked at "No. 1" again, "Anyway, thank you for the gift."

He softened his voice and added to the angry little bug.

Hearing his slightly conceding response, "No. 1"'s tentacles swayed slightly above its head. For a moment, Lin Xi even thought that "No. 1" was going to reconcile with him and ask for his caress again. But when "No. 1" caught his eyes, he paused again, and then It turned its head indifferently, turned its back to Lin Xi, and then rushed directly towards the Sunu fragrant tree, which could not hide its huge size, and hid.

-Obviously, it does not intend to "forgive" Lin Xi just like this.

"All right."

Lin Xi looked at its angry back and sighed with a slight headache. However, the next second, he couldn't help but cover his face with his hands, and then showed an uncontrollable smile behind his palms (he didn't dare to laugh directly in front of "No. 1", he had a hunch that his Smiling probably makes Number One angrier).

"No. 1" will probably never be able to hide its emotions, Lin Xi thought, staring at its wings leaking out from behind the Sunu fragrant wood. Those beautiful big wings now look quite intimidating. The spots dotted on the wings are flashing desperately at this time, and the inside of the round spots shows extremely aggressive red and black, but every few seconds. After a while, those spots would change into gentle blue and green. The two different colors kept changing, perfectly exposing the complicated thoughts of "No. 1" to Lin Xi's eyes.

Lin Xi sighed. He did not continue the stalemate with the little bug. After all, this would not solve any problem. So he walked to the other side of the room, opened his personal terminal and started calling Ernie in the animal lab.

The other party quickly answered his call.

But what made Lin Xi a little puzzled was that when he saw Lin Xi, Ernie seemed to panic. Even when he talked to Lin Xi, he stuttered. But Lin Xi remembered clearly that the last time they met, Ernie was nagging in front of him complaining about this and that. This guy was not the kind of researcher who couldn't even speak clearly...

Lin Xi pretended to talk to Ernie without knowing anything, but Ernie seemed like he couldn't even look directly into Lin Xi's eyes.

Did he offend Ernie without knowing it

Lin Xi frowned secretly, but on the surface, their conversation remained calm and friendly.

"-I don't want to cause you too much trouble, but I'm sorry, but I still want to make sure that the large insect culture tank I need has been found in the warehouse? For God's sake, I really need it. That thing."

Otherwise, my room is likely to become a pile of metal sheets and foam boards that lack bolt connections and then collapse directly with the "help" of some little bug that likes to jailbreak.

Lin Xi swallowed the joke silently, because his peripheral vision happened to catch a glimpse of the petri dish in the corner.

"No. 1", who seemed so angry just a few minutes ago, came out from behind the Sunu fragrant wood again at some point. Its tentacles trembled carefully above its head, and its eyes were staring directly in the direction of Lin Xi. There was no doubt that this little bug was listening carefully to his conversation with Ernie.

Lin Xi even had a strange illusion. He felt that "No. 1" seemed to be carefully looking at the projection belonging to Ernie in the communication.

On the communication terminal side, Ernie looked like he was relieved after hearing Lin Xi's question.

"God, what are you talking about..." He muttered quietly, his shoulders relaxing, "Everything is ready, the cultivation tank has been arranged, and I am planning to contact you."

(You don’t look like you want to contact me.)

Lin Xi cursed secretly in his heart.

"...I'll have the insect breeding tank transported over right away. The location will be in your greenhouse, right?"

Ernie said.

"Of course, I think there is only one place in the entire spacecraft that can accommodate the Star Butterfly's breeding tank."

Lin Xi said calmly.

Now that he had heard his satisfactory answer, Lin Xi had no intention of investigating the reason for Ernie's evasive appearance. Lin Xi never liked to think too much. After all, he already had enough troubles in his life now.

After hearing Ernie's assurance that the large insect breeding tank would be installed in his greenhouse this afternoon, Lin Xi cut off the conversation very bluntly.

At this time, there was a very slight rustling sound behind him, which should be the sound of "No. 1" moving quickly. When Lin Xi turned around, "No. 1" had already returned to its previous hiding position, as if it had never crawled out from behind Sunu Xiangmu and eavesdropped on the conversation between Lin Xi and Ernie.

This look made Lin Xi feel a little funny.

"You will have a new home soon. This is something to celebrate. Don't be angry anymore."

He said cheerfully to the awkward little bug.

Thinking about it afterwards, Lin Xi felt that maybe he shouldn't have said that sentence more. After all, his life had been going against his wishes ever since he landed on this damn planet.

After the insect breeding tank was installed, Lin Xi couldn't wait to take "No. 1" to its new home.

This kind of breeding tank is customized for many special insects with huge sizes on Sunu. It is much larger than Lin Xi expected. When placed in the center of Lin Xi's greenhouse, it looks almost the same as a glass cell. The house is no different.

If Lin Xi wanted to, he could even set up a hammock inside and have a good sleep. Of course, he didn't have such a strange hobby.

Lin Xi carefully inspected the installed insect culture tank, and then began his extremely busy work. He placed a large number of enrichment materials in the culture tank-shrubs, fluffy grass, thick and cool sand from Sonu.

When he finally finished the arrangement, wiping his sweat and panting, the glass tank belonging to "No. 1" was already very presentable. Those dense Sunu plants are spreading their branches and leaves lushly in the cultivation trough. "No. 1" can freely perform its interesting dances in the open space specially provided for it, and it can also get into the branches and leaves through the The plants cover their bodies perfectly.

And if it wants to build a new nest, it no longer has to worry about too thin branches making the foundation of the nest unstable and tipping it to the ground.

Of course, this was not the only thing that made Lin Xi most satisfied—he checked the ventilation system of the insect breeding tank and the rather professional sealing measures. He was quite satisfied with those facilities, because their existence meant that in the following time, Lin Xi no longer had to worry about a little thing who loved jailbreaking running back and forth in and out of the breeding tank, and demolishing something he didn't know. The metal parts of the equipment were placed in their own nests.

Even "No. 1" himself seemed very satisfied with the new residence Lin Xi prepared for it at the beginning - Lin Xi didn't notice that while he was busy, "No. 1" had been quietly hiding in that root. Sunu Xiangmu watched his every move from behind.

However, when Lin Xi completed his arrangement and then carefully coaxed "No. 1" to move to the nest, for some reason that humans could not understand, "No. 1" stubbornly ignored Lin Xi... Probably to show his anger to this human.

However, its stubbornness only lasted for a short period of time. After entering the new cultivation tank, perhaps out of nature, "No. 1" couldn't wait to dance in the more abundant space for a while.

Lin Xi brought its previous nest and tied it to the shrub in the culture tank together with the thin piece of Sunu fragrant wood. Then, he took out the previous nest of "No. 1" from his pocket. Those collections, and under the gaze of the pair of ruby-like eyes, placed the metal parts in its lair one by one.

Of course, at the end, Lin Xi also added some new gadgets to "No. 1" - it was not a metal part, but a cufflink that he had left unused because it was too gorgeous. This was probably a gift given to him by a friend a long time ago. Because it didn't fit Lin Xi's aesthetics, it had been thrown away in a random corner by him. Lin Xi didn't even know why he brought it on board the Helios. But now it finally has a use.

As soon as Lin Xi saw this cuff, he felt that this kind of shiny thing inlaid with gems would probably be very popular with "No. 1". He didn't hesitate at all, he took it out and placed it under the Star Butterfly's nest.

Sure enough, as soon as he saw the cuff, "No. 1" could not control his wings and tentacles.

On the surface, it still refused to interact with Lin Xi, but its body involuntarily slowly crawled a few steps into the nest.

Then it stopped there, motionless.

Lin Xi stared at it for a moment, and then suddenly realized what was wrong.

He pursed his lips tightly (to prevent himself from actually laughing) and stepped back, pretending not to notice Number One and its precious nest.

Sure enough, once Lin Xi moved away a little, "No. 1" quickly rushed into the nest. It shook its wings, circled around the cuff several times, and then kept rubbing the shining gem on the cuff with its forelimbs. .

Whether it's the constantly shaking tentacles or the pair of rapidly flashing red eyes, it can be seen that "No. 1" is in a good mood.

Lin Xi tilted his head slightly and observed the lively appearance of "No. 1" with his peripheral vision. He finally smiled and stood looking at it quietly for a while.

In fact, if it can continue like this, the relationship between him and "No. 1" will probably be reunited soon.

But God doesn't seem to be willing to let Lin Xi live as easily as he expected -

"Dr. Lin Xi? Do you have time? If possible... can I go find you?"

Someone called Lin Xi and pressed the visit request.

Lin Xi looked at that person's ID in surprise.

"mark?"

He recognized the particularly young boy, and a flicker of doubt flashed in his heart.

Ever since that time in the medical room, in front of those team members, he forcibly killed the two team members who were parasitized by insects, the originally harmonious relationship between him and the exploration team has deteriorated sharply (of course, Lin Xi can be sure, Suo (Leanne's mean and vicious attitude also had a great influence on the group of young guys). Under such circumstances, it was indeed unusual for Mark, as an exploration team member, to come to him on his own initiative.

Lin Xi agreed to Mark's visit after a brief hesitation.

And that person quickly knocked on the door of the greenhouse, as if he had been waiting for Lin Xi's response.

Lin Xi walked out of the culture tank and locked the huge glass box. "No. 1" followed him for a short distance, and then was blocked behind the falling glass curtain wall.

It seemed a little unbelievable. It flapped its wings heavily and hovered in mid-air for a while, then landed on the glass, and the colors on its wings began to change dramatically again. However, these small actions of "No. 1" were not noticed by Lin Xi, who had his back turned to it. When Lin Xi took Mark back to the greenhouse, "No. 1" had already rushed back to the dense forest. In the bushes, the lush shade of the trees blocked his entire figure.

"Wow, this is your greenhouse. It looks really fancy—"

Mark followed Lin Xi into the greenhouse. He looked full of thoughts. His good at chatting up and glib words had now turned into dry pleasantries.

"Yes, if the Sunu special plants here can successfully reach the earth, they can directly participate in the auction. Each of them can be said to be priceless."

Lin Xi turned around and said to Mark, and then he watched with a smile as Mark quickly retracted his hand from a snake tree.

Lin Xi secretly observed the young boy: Mark, like his colleagues, had lost a lot of weight during this period, and there were also iconic dark circles around his eyes. But what made Lin Xi happy was that at least his pupils still had the look of a human being, and he looked... he seemed quite normal.

Lin Xi felt much more relaxed when she discovered that there was a normal person like Mark among the exploration team members.

The only thing that made Lin Xi feel a little concerned was the smell of alcohol on Mark's body. The smell of alcohol that could not be changed with perfume clearly told others that he drank before coming to Lin Xi.

If it hadn't been for the accident on the spaceship, just drinking would have been enough to kill Mark with gold coins. This was a serious violation.

However, today is different from the past. As Tallan's illness and the time the spacecraft was stranded increased, especially after the crazy insect attack, the order on the ship had been subtly loosened and changed.

Especially considering the tremendous pressure that the exploration team members suffered during this period, most people turned a blind eye to such violations, as long as they did not make themselves into drunk dogs when going on missions, then this kind of thing It’s nothing.

Lin Xi thought for a moment and then felt relieved.

"So, what's the matter?" He asked Mark straight to the point. "If it weren't for some special circumstances, I don't think your companions would want to see you come to me."

"Ah I… "

Mark opened his mouth and looked at Lin Xi blankly. It was obvious that the effect of alcohol made him much slower than usual.

"I just wanted to remind you."

After a long time, Mark said to Lin Xi as if he finally found his tongue.

"remind?"

"Yes, actually I shouldn't have come, but I know you are a good person, and you should know..."

Mark kept mumbling vaguely, and Lin Xi could see that he was still hesitating about what he was going to say next.

"what do you know?"

Lin Xi crossed his arms and continued to ask as calmly as possible.

"That's not very good news." Mark's eyes flickered, and his attitude became more and more secretive.

Lin Xi raised his eyebrows. Mark's attitude seemed a bit familiar - ah, by the way, just this morning, when he was talking to Ernie on the phone, the latter seemed to be evading in the same way.

"You can just say, I guess I'm not fragile enough to just pass out when I hear bad news."

Lin Xi's face gradually became more gloomy. Reminiscent of Ernie's similar abnormal behavior before, Lin Xi already had some bad premonitions in his heart, and Mark's attitude in front of him made him feel a little irritable.

"It's about the death of John Bronson." Finally, Mark said with difficulty to Lin Xi, "I came to you just to say...that...actually a rational person, or someone who saw the scene We all know that it is definitely not something that humans can do. I really don’t understand why some people think that you did it..." In the middle of the sentence, Mark's voice suddenly stopped.

Lin Xi could feel his searching eyes falling on her face.

Then that incredible emotion flashed across Mark's eyes.

"Wait, you didn't know?"

he looked unusually surprised and then asked.

Lin Xi was already numb at this time.

"You mean I didn't know John Bronson was dead, or do you mean someone thought I was responsible for his death?" he asked. "By the way, yes, I don't even know."

Now that things have happened, using shock to describe Lin Xi's mood seems to have become a bit cliché. But when he learned that the madman who attacked him with an ax died in his solitary room overnight, he still felt an almost illusory sense of absurdity.

He licked his lips, but found that his tongue was extremely dry.

John Bronson is dead

You know, he originally planned to find a time to meet John Bronson, and he was eager to have a good talk with that man.

The words John Bronson shouted when he attacked him were probably just random crazy words to Bryce or Alyssa, but to him, they were full of troubles and doubts. .

Lin Xi wanted to know more than anyone else why the old man knew the word "Mother of All Insects", and even more wanted to know why the old man thought he was that person.

This really doesn't make sense. After all, in mythology, the "Mother of All Insects" is an out-and-out goddess. According to records, this can be proven by the "billions of offspring" she gave birth to.

"This matter has spread everywhere..." Mark murmured.

He began to explain to Lin Xi.

"They brought food to the poor old gentleman this morning, but when they opened the door to the solitary room, everyone was shocked. John died miserably, and... now some people think this may have something to do with you. And, because John has been nagging among those people before, he said what kind of bug you are... "

"The mother of all insects."

Lin Xi corrected.

"Ah, yes, that's the 'Mother of All Insects'." Mark frowned and muttered, "Some people are full of prejudice against you. They think there may be something wrong with you. After all, Liz Chen also The death was very strange, and Professor Ando's madness was a bit scary. Sorian said that before their accident, you were the only one who visited them. Oh, by the way, there was also the time when Joe and the others were attacked by alien bugs. In the treatment device, everyone thought they were just bitten. Only you claimed that there were bugs in their bodies, but the bugs hadn't even come out of their bodies at that time. How did you know..."

Mark's voice gradually became smaller under Lin Xi's gaze, and soon, a suffocating silence slowly fell between the two of them.

Although Mark has been trying to emphasize that the exploration team's speculations about him are nothing but nonsense, just listening to the questions he kept talking about can be heard. In fact, Mark himself believed it to some extent.

But Lin Xi certainly wouldn't blame him for his unscrupulous words. After all, Mark looked drunk, and he kept rubbing his temples. For a few seconds, his eyes looked like those of his companions who had begun to feel something wrong, dark and unfocused.

Lin Xi couldn't help but tense up.

Alcohol, it was just the alcohol that made Mark so weird.

The little person in his heart who wanted to escape from all this was trying to calm his emotions.

"Ah, yes, I'm sorry!"

After a long time like this, Mark suddenly reacted and raised his voice in a panic.

"I did not mean that-"

"I know."

Lin Xi interrupted him, but soon he realized that his voice was very cold.

"Sorry, I didn't mean anything else, I was just a little confused. Anyway, thank you for telling me about it."

he said to Mark.

Then he forced a stiff smile at Mark.

"No, you're welcome. I hope I can clarify something for you, but no one is willing to listen to me, so I... I can only remind you that if you meet those exploration team members during this period, it is best to avoid being alone with them No one knows what they heard from those two people..."

At the beginning of this conversation, the young man seemed normal, but gradually, his eyes became distracted.

"I know you, you are obviously a very good person... You... you smell so good, doctor... did you use some special perfume? This smell is so charming."

"mark?"

When Lin Xi came back from his thoughts, he realized that Mark was almost pressed against his body.

Moreover, the latter's eyes were intoxicated, his breathing was very heavy, and there was an abnormal flush on his unusually thin face.

"mark!"

Lin Xi was startled. When did Mark come over? Why didn't he make a sound

"I have never smelled such a wonderful smell... This smell... Huh... Huh..."

Mark kept mumbling repetitive sentences, and Lin Xi doubted whether he could really hear himself yelling.

He glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye. Thankfully, it wasn't far from the tool table in the greenhouse.

"You'd better stay away from me!"

Lin Xi yelled at Mark, and at the same time, he instinctively wanted to retreat and hide away from this wrong man. But Mark showed a speed that was so weird that it was inhuman.

Just as Lin Xi was about to step back, he suddenly stretched out his hands and grabbed Lin Xi's shoulders. Not only that, he simply pressed his entire face towards Lin Xi's neck.

"I don't want to offend you... this smell is really... crazy..."

Mark's breathing became heavier and thicker, and Lin Xi could even smell the smell coming out of his mouth.

It wasn't just the wine stink.

But hidden under the smell of wine, there is another strange smell, a mixture of weird sweetness and fishy smell. That smell makes Lin Xi feel a little familiar, but when he thinks about it carefully, he can't figure out what this familiarity is. Where does it come from.

"I'm warning you one last time, Mark, you better get your fucking hands off me."

Lin Xi's body tensed up and her voice became extremely cold.

His hands reached behind him, and there were scissors for planting plants on the tool table. There are also pesticides that he has not used before, and Lin Xi can guarantee that no matter which one they are, they can teach Mark enough lessons.

However, just when Lin Xi was ready for the worst, Mark suddenly screamed.

He suddenly jumped away from Lin Xi—

"It hurts-"

He twirled his fingers and cried out in pain.

An insect that crawled onto his hand out of nowhere bit him hard, and now most of Mark's palm was swollen.

This is tragic, but also very lucky.

Because after crying out in pain, Mark seemed to have returned to normal.

"I'm sorry... I'm really sorry... I drank a little too much today. After all, everyone is having a hard time during this period. I couldn't control it, and that kind of wine has too much stamina."

After a while, Mark, who had regained his consciousness, said to Lin Xi while gasping for air.

His apology seemed very sincere.

Lin Xi kept a certain distance from him and threw a box of medical foam from a distance.

"You'd better go check on Bryce."

He suggested stiffly, issuing a tactful expulsion order.

"These bugs are not poisonous in terms of species... But your hands are swollen a bit too much. I don't know if it's because they have eaten too many pesticides during this period or because they simply mutated during the jump. ”

"I'm really sorry, doctor, I didn't mean to, I... I just didn't have control, you know, I always..."

Mark looked at Lin Xi miserably as he tried to save the situation.

"You should go, Mark."

Lin Xi said to him expressionlessly.

Mark looked frustrated to the extreme. He took an extra step in Lin Xi's direction unwillingly, as if he wanted to say something more.

But at this moment, he suddenly opened his eyes wide and froze in place with horror.

"Then, that... what... is..."

He raised his hand and pointed tremblingly behind Lin Xi.

Lin Xi turned around and realized that "No. 1" had climbed out of the bush where it was hiding.

At this moment, it is tightly attached to the curtain wall of the glass trough.

Its wings were fully extended, hanging there like a tapestry. However, judging from the markings on its wings, it was probably in a very bad mood at this time.

"Number One"'s red eyes stared directly at Mark, showing unusually obvious hostility.

Lin Xi frowned and looked at it, and then at Mark. The disgust for Mark that filled his heart at first was replaced by confusion at this time.

"This is Star Butterfly." Lin Xi replied briefly.

Mark seemed very afraid of "No. 1", but that was why Lin Xi was so confused.

Okay, he had to admit that the angry "No. 1" definitely didn't look its best, but Mark acted like he had seen some extremely terrifying monster.

This made Lin Xi feel even more unhappy.

"The people in the animal laboratory are too busy, so now I take care of it. By the way, although it is only a young larva now, it is probably bigger than all the plants you can see in this greenhouse. It’s even more precious in total.”

"Yes, really... Oh, yes, Star Butterfly, I heard about this. Humans found a way to hatch the Sunu people's sacred objects."

Probably Lin Xi's attitude affected Mark. He looked calmer than before, but when he saw "No. 1", his face was still very ugly.

"This is amazing... This... is indeed amazing." Mark repeated blankly, "I have seen it in the illustrated book before, but I really didn't expect Star Butterfly to actually look like this in reality..."

"Mark, look at your hands. I really think you should go to the medical room-" Lin Xi pointed at Mark's hand. Now the young man's palm was completely swollen, and now his hand simply looked like... A shiny purple-red pudding ball holds five short sausages.

Lin Xike didn't have the patience to continue discussing with Mark. He still remembered the abnormality shown by the latter before.

Even if Mark was drunk as an excuse, just being in the same space with this person was enough to make Lin Xi uncomfortable.

Mark finally left Lin Xi's greenhouse quickly, leaving only a terrified figure behind.

Lin Xi looked at his retreating figure and frowned involuntarily.

seem…

Something doesn't seem quite right.

He couldn't help but think.

Out of a strange sense of uneasiness, Lin Xi sent a text message to Bryce and asked him to check Mark's physical condition. However, Bryce, who usually responded quickly to messages, did not respond to him for a long time this time.

Because Bryce was outside John Bronson's confinement at this moment, and the difficult situation he faced made it difficult for him to notice the message belonging to Lin Xi on his personal terminal in the first place.

As mentioned before, the confinement room located at the bottom of the spacecraft is actually a prison used to temporarily imprison certain crew members who have made major mistakes. This place is close to the instrument floor, and the pipelines are also very aged. Both the air and the noise are very bad. Except for robots and some fixed-point patrol personnel, almost no one comes here.

It's just that now it can be said to be extremely "lively" compared to before.

The narrow, dark corridor was almost clogged with security personnel and uneasy onlookers of the crew.

Several managers stood a little further away from the confinement room. They looked at the scene in front of them with heavy expressions, and they already secretly felt that something was wrong in their hearts.

They have been stranded on this unknown planet for too long, and the confidence of the crew is disappearing. At this moment, the Ando couple died tragically in such a horrific manner, and now it is John Bronson's turn. The old man who had already caused a big disturbance.

Alyssa stood at the back of the crowd in full uniform, her face as pale as paper.

"Actually, I shouldn't have allowed you to come. You heard those rumors..."

She kept looking forward, moved her lips slightly, and spoke to the man next to her in a voice that was almost lip-language.

Bryce's face was as dark as water, but he didn't show any panic. He took out latex gloves from his pocket and put them on his hands.

"Of course I heard those ridiculous rumors... Maybe staying under pressure and closed space for a long time will indeed reduce human IQ, otherwise such ridiculous rumors would not be possible. By the way, my identity on this ship, Not only is Lin Xi’s brother, I am also the medical officer of the Helios.”

Bryce said coldly. He crossed the crowd and walked toward the confinement room, and Alyssa followed him.

Almost at the same time that Bryce appeared, everyone's eyes fell on his face.

That kind of inquiry and suspicion almost turned into reality, but Bryce seemed unmoved.

Soon, Bryce and Alyssa came to the confinement room where John Bronson died.

"You can go back."

Bryce only glanced into the confinement room, then turned back and whispered to Alyssa.

"Come on, I'm not that weak."

Alyssa replied.

She also looked into the confinement room, and then her face, which was already extremely pale, instantly lost some of its color.

"Oh, God… "

she murmured.

Neither Bryce nor Alyssa grew up in a greenhouse.

In fact, as long as you have been flying in space for long enough (long enough to be promoted to the top medical officer and deputy captain of the spacecraft), then it is impossible for you not to have seen various accident scenes.

If you want to survive in space, a qualified crew must have exceptionally strong nerves.

However, after seeing John Bronson's solitary room, both Bryce and Alyssa felt that their professional attitudes had been challenged.

There is no other reason, simply because the tragedy here has exceeded the total of previous accident scenes.

John Bronson's body... no, I should say fragments... almost covered the entire confinement room.

Blood, human secretions, fragments of internal organs, leftover fingernails and hair were scattered randomly on every surface of the room.

What is even more frightening is that on the walls, floors and ceilings, in addition to the corpse fragments and blood stains, there are countless obvious scratch marks.

This means -

"He was even conscious when he was torn apart."

The poor old man suffered all this while sober.

When he thought of this, Bryce couldn't help but feel a chill in his back.

He carefully used tweezers to tear off a piece of meat from the wall, placed it in a glass dish in the palm of his hand and looked at it carefully against the light.

And the details he observed made his face look even worse than before.

Many small wounds made the cut surface of this piece of meat fragmented and mottled.

No matter what Bryce thought, he couldn't think of any weapon that could create similar marks.

unless…

Unless it's a bug bite.

There seemed to be a voice saying coldly in his heart.

Bryce shook his head, as if this could get the thought out of his mind.

John Bronson was the ship's chief cook before he went crazy. Even though he became so rickety and emaciated afterwards, he was still a big man in terms of his skeleton.

How many bugs would it take to chew someone like John into such a ghostly state overnight

This speculation is really ridiculous.

Bryce said to himself.

After collecting the required corpse samples, he quickly walked out the door.

He was so lost in his thoughts that he almost bumped into the man at the door.

That was Thorian. He had been carefully observing the inside of the confinement room at the door, and when he faced Bryce, his eyes were as sharp as daggers.

"The person who should die is obviously your brother."

Thorian whispered softly to Bryce.

As soon as he heard these words, Bryce's fists clenched at his side, and he suddenly raised his head and glared at Sorian fiercely.

For a moment, he almost lost control of his emotions and started fighting with that damn bastard.

But thinking of the increasingly tense atmosphere on the Helios, Bryce still forcibly suppressed his temper.

"I don't want to talk to a crazy person."

Bryce said.

He doesn't intend to get entangled with the other party.

Until Sorian said those words to him...

"My father took me to that exhibition when I was a kid. I later learned that John Bronson also went there... "

The author has something to say: Fixed a bug

John and Thorian are not father and son...

It's just that both of them were at the exhibition at the time.

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