When Lin Xi returned to the upper floor, he was already a little exhausted.
Lin Xi thought that being scared half to death by a Sunu fossil sculpture in the warehouse area was bad enough, but when he finally crawled back to area F where the crew worked and lived, he found that the situation here was not much better than that in the warehouse.
For a moment, Lin Xi was not even sure which one was more frightening, the weird fossil sculpture in the warehouse in Area B or the crazy Bryce.
When Lin Xi popped his head out of the passage, what he saw was Bryce trying to squeeze himself into another light mining robot.
He didn't expect to see Bryce. After all, according to the current situation, Bryce should be busy and dizzy in the medical room at this time.
Another familiar man was standing next to Bryce, trying to persuade him with something.
The man had curly brown hair and dark circles under his eyes. Lin Xi only needed a glance to recognize that guy as their technician Sis Lime.
By the way, Sith Lyme is also a senior member of the "Daily Curse and Humiliation of Taran Organization" on the Apollo, and his relationship with the Bryce brothers can be said to be quite good.
However, at this moment, he should have been standing in front of the electronic screen desperately comparing the star maps, instead of trying in vain to pull Bryce out of the mining robot with a tired look on his face.
The scene of the two men pulling each other was not a pretty sight.
Fortunately, the noise Lin Xi made when he came up was loud enough, and when the two people heard the sound coming from the entrance, they immediately noticed him.
Bryce's legs were still in that ridiculous orange jumpsuit, but his body had already turned around. He looked at Lin Xi and his eyes suddenly widened.
Then the big guy immediately started yelling at Lin Xi.
"Oh my God, it's you, isn't it? It's you!"
"Damn it, I told you you shouldn't go alone, Jesus, are you hurt? What the hell is down there—"
"Well, the warehouse area isn't a big problem except that it's a bit dark... I... I think so..."
Lin Xi was frightened by Bryce's terrible expression, as if he was about to collapse in the next second.
He jumped out of the Slavic light mecha in a panic, took off his helmet and tucked it under his armpit, and answered Bryce's question in a daze.
"The crying and the screaming—"
The next second, Bryce rushed over while shouting words that Lin Xi was completely confused about.
He nearly tripped over his jumpsuit, but he didn't seem to care.
Before Lin Xi could react, Bryce grabbed his shoulders tightly. The man's body trembled slightly, and he carefully checked everything about Lin Xi, like a single mother with a nervous breakdown.
"Hey, hey, hey, calm down, what's going on?"
Lin Xi took a step back and asked with a frown.
He was sure that if he were a cat, he would have raised his tail and grinned at this moment.
"For God's sake, Bryce, get a grip on yourself, you're scaring him..."
Thank God, Sis followed Bryce and rushed to Lin Xi's side.
Then it was he who rescued Lin Xi from Bryce's clutches.
Sis pulled Lin Xi over and asked him to stay behind him. He used his body to block Lin Xi and Bryce.
"Bryce, come back to reality and look at your brother. He is more than three years old. There is no need to make such a fuss."
Sith said to Bryce helplessly.
"If you were a woman, I swear I would propose to you!"
Lin Xi hid behind Sis's thin body, which was as thin as a bean sprout, and whispered to him with great gratitude.
Sith Lime turned his head slightly, and from Lin Xi's perspective, he could just see the bitter smile on his face.
"Oh, please don't, don't you think your reputation is bad enough? By the way, your good brother is just a little scared. His nervousness is understandable under the current damn situation..." He paused, then turned around and stretched out his hand to Lin Xi, "Can you show me your helmet? I want to check your communicator-"
"Hmm? A helmet?"
Lin Xi blinked and immediately handed the heavy, worn, scratched helmet of the Slavic light mecha to Sis.
"Your communicator is off?"
Sith asked.
Lin Xi was slightly stunned and then nodded: "Ah, yes, the damn communication was interrupted after a while, so I turned it off - oh, God, I'm so stupid, I should have turned it on after the system restarted." While speaking, Lin Xi noticed the expressions of Sith and Bryce, "Wait, what happened?"
"Well..."
Sith rubbed his nose and stretched out his voice.
If it weren't for Sis's explanation, Lin Xi suspected that he might need to fight with Bryce before he could figure out the whole story of this misunderstanding.
For Lin Xi, it was just a simple matter that he suddenly lost communication with Bryce and others, but he really didn't care too much about it. Just like he had complained before, these Slavic light mechas were old things left over from the era of great exploration. It was normal for such old and dilapidated things to have communication failures.
But for Bryce and others in area F, the situation is not that simple.
"… Our communication here has been online, but suddenly, your voice disappeared, and then another voice appeared." Sis explained calmly, "and the voice sounded a little strange."
He paused, looked at Lin Xi's expression, and then continued: "... It's like someone is hiding in your helmet, whimpering, screaming, and gasping."
Lin Xi made an exaggerated face.
"Well, this sounds really horrible." But there was no trace of solemnity on his face. "It's probably still a problem with that damn communicator. The message was sent out but was blocked by the barrier facilities, and finally formed electronic pulses. What you heard was probably just the noise caused by those pulses."
Sith shrugged with an expression as if he hadn't woken up yet: "Yes, I thought so too."
After he finished speaking, Sis looked at Bryce, who was standing aside with a grim face.
"I told you a long time ago that those strange noises are just simple noises."
He yawned.
Of course, Sith did not describe in detail the sounds they heard - even from a technician's perspective, Sith had to admit that the sounds did sound weird and disgusting.
It was for this reason that when Bryce lost his mind and dragged him from the star map room here to check the data of the mecha where Lin Xi was, he resisted the urge to lose his temper with his long-time friend.
"No-"
Bryce muttered, still looking at Lin Xi.
"… I swear to you that, aside from the communications issue, my job down there is going fine. I haven't been infected by any weird alien virus, or bitten by any monster that crawls out of the darkness. I am fully intact and alive and kicking, I am sure of that."
After listening to Sis's statement, Lin Xi rubbed the bridge of his nose, and then said to Bryce with a headache.
After his repeated emphasis, Bryce finally calmed down.
"Sorry, I was just a little scared. After all, that sound was really... unusual."
Bryce wiped his face somewhat embarrassedly, then he forced a smile and explained to Lin Xi and Sis.
"I've flown on so many ships for so many years and I've never heard such a creepy noise."
He said.
Lin Xi shrugged.
"This accident has caused you too much psychological pressure." Lin Xi excused his brother, and then he smiled bitterly and waved his hand at Bryce, "If you don't mind, I think I need to change my clothes. Damn, the Slavic series of light mechas are simply inhumane to operate... Then I have to report the mission to Taran, and that guy won't like what I see down there..."
The more Lin Xi talked, the more severe his headache became.
"If possible, I really hope you can squeeze out a painkiller for me before I go to see Taran, my dear Bryce."
He said it casually.
But before Bryce could answer him, Sith spoke first.
"If I were you, I wouldn't go looking for that bastard at this time, especially if the situation is not good..."
He gave Lin Xi a look.
"You can go and rest for a while. I think you are very tired."
Bryce then said.
"Wow... It sounds like our Captain is looking for trouble again."
Lin Xi immediately understood what the two meant.
His guess was not wrong at all.
Just as he was checking the goods in the warehouse alone, a temporary emergency meeting to deal with the warp accident began.
However, the central control room is now in complete chaos.
Taran's condition had become so bad that he had no way of controlling the situation. The verbal abuse, quarrels, and mutual accusations turned the entire meeting into a complete disaster.
I think Taran has completely lost his mind. Damn, everything is so bad. I really want to blow up this damn conference room. —Message sender: Alyssa
Alyssa, who had to participate in the meeting as the deputy captain, even began to complain in her private communication.
As a person who has always been introverted, she rarely shows such strong emotions, which is enough to show that Taran and everything in that room are terrifying.
My deepest sympathy to you - Message sent by: Lin Xi
Lin Xi returned to her room as Bryce and Sis suggested. Looking at Alyssa's complaints on the communicator and thinking about her meeting with Taran later, she felt particularly bad.
"Poor Elisa... Poor me..."
Lin Xi grumbled in pain, then opened the bathroom door and moved in with difficulty.
The first thing to do is to change his clothes.
His body felt heavy and his head ached, and his jumpsuit, soaked with sweat and having spent hours in the Slavic light armor, was beginning to stink.
However, when taking off the jumpsuit, Lin Xi's movements paused slightly.
He pulled his hand out of the glove and looked at it carefully in front of his eyes.
…Some wet and sticky milky white liquid that shouldn’t have been there was sticking to his fingers.