Lin Xi took a deep breath.
"Let's talk about something else, something serious." Lin Xi stared at Sorian. "I went through a lot of trouble to get here to see you, and you almost lost your life to make the so-called Captain Scripps show up. I don't want our conversation to be entangled in my... pet."
He was trying his best to make his voice sound calm and harmless, as if the "No. 1" who was snuggling up to his neck and making him sweat profusely on his back was really just an ordinary insect pet.
At the same time, he secretly prayed in his heart that "Number One" would never know the true meaning of the word "pet".
Lin Xi could feel that "Number One" seemed to look at him seriously for a second time. He kept looking straight ahead, pretending that he didn't notice the prying and curiosity of the monster beside him.
Perhaps Lin Xi's performance really gave Sorian an illusion.
He finally responded to Lin Xi's words: "So what do you mean by business? Harry will not lie. Since Captain Scripps said that you are-"
"I don't think that guy is telling the truth."
Alyssa, who had been hiding behind Lin Xi, suddenly interrupted Sorian at this time.
"He said so much - he said Lin Xi is the mother of those monsters, the one who gave birth to them. Everything we are experiencing now is because of Lin Xi."
Alyssa took two steps forward.
"What he said is completely nonsense, and he can't produce any evidence. In fact, he can't even prove that he is Scripps... But I can tell you that Taran is the culprit of all this. I saw with my own eyes the disgusting look he has now in Taran's secret warehouse, as well as his mutterings—"
Just like that, Alyssa told in a calm tone everything that she had encountered in the secret warehouse.
Perhaps because this was the second time she had spoken about the horrific incident in the warehouse in front of others, she spoke more coherently this time and recalled more details.
"Wait, you mean... Taran?"
"That's right," Alyssa pointed at herself, "Why do you think I went from being the vice captain of the Apollo to being a defector now? My electronic resume is now full of major violations, and my career is completely ruined—Taran wants to ruin me because he found out that it was me hiding there, and I would cause him trouble."
When she mentioned her resume, Alyssa’s eyes became particularly sharp.
"Besides, I believe you have already noticed something is wrong, right?"
Facing the silent Sorian, Alyssa pressed forward step by step.
She pointed to the dilapidated lighting in the hall.
"You separated this layer of systems from the main system of the Helios. This is a big project. Don't tell me you did it just for fun—you were on guard against Taran."
“… I also have my own news channels.”
Facing Alyssa, Sorian said somewhat unnaturally.
"But I never thought he would do something like this. He came all this way and gave up everything, turning an entire ship's worth of people into these monsters—just to make himself a higher-level bug? What on earth was he thinking?"
"Yes, we all can't understand that guy's thoughts, because Taran is a complete lunatic." Alyssa's tone became particularly sharp when she mentioned Taran, "But now we, including Lin Xi, standing in front of you, are completely normal people... We are completely different from Taran. But the ghost who didn't know his origin insisted that Lin Xi was the mother of the damn alien species. This is too illogical."
"Maybe we can cooperate." Bryce said at the right time, "... Taran is the one we should deal with now. After all, that guy is almost a human-shaped termite queen, and he can also drive those who have already mutated. And Lin, my brother Lin Xi, he is a completely innocent normal person-"
Having said that, Bryce couldn't help but glance at Lin Xi, and then he choked because of the "Number One" next to Lin Xi.
"Although he does have a... somewhat strange... pet..."
Bryce finished the sentence with great difficulty.
Just as Bryce finished his words, he saw "Number One" turned his head and looked at him, his eyes that looked like Savile's flashing with curiosity - Bryce suspected that his hair was about to explode.
"Pet... Pet?"
"Number One" muttered softly, like a parrot.
Lin Xi gave Bryce a glare. He already had enough troubles without adding the terrifying task of explaining to "Number One" what a pet was.
"No normal person would keep an insect as a pet on this ship... and in my impression, a star butterfly doesn't look like this."
Sorian couldn't help but mutter.
His words still showed his vigilance towards Lin Xi and the other two, but everyone could hear that his attitude had become much more relaxed.
Everything was moving in the right direction, but just when Lin Xi was secretly relieved, Harry, who had been silent all the time, suddenly stood up from the ground shakily.
"No, that's not right... You've been deceived... You must have been deceived..."
Harry muttered as he looked at Sorian.
"At first, I didn't listen to John. I thought he was just scaremongering, so I let Annie eat the food bag. I thought it was nothing... For God's sake, I was wrong, Sorian. I didn't listen to John. I ignored Captain Scripps' warnings, and look what I got in the end... My poor Annie... The reason he became like that was all because I didn't listen..."
"Harry—"
"Okay! You are a good person, I can't let you be deceived by them. You must be obedient, otherwise you will regret it - you will -"
After saying that, Harry suddenly took out a small black cube from his pocket.
"Oh my god, you're crazy!"
As soon as they saw what was in Harry's hand, everyone's expression changed instantly.
It was a beam bomb.
"You'll blow yourself up—"
Sorian yelled.
But Harry turned a deaf ear to it.
The massive blood loss and pain had made him a little dazed, and he turned his head to look at Lin Xi. As soon as he took out the beam bomb, Lin Xi, Alyssa, Bryce (and "Number One" who didn't understand what was going on but stuck to him obediently) retreated to the corner of the hall.
But except for "No. 1", the three of them knew that there was no way to escape the explosion range of the beam bomb in this range.
"demon."
At the same time, Harry, who was standing on the other side, had already murmured the last word he left in this world.
Then he threw the bomb directly in the direction of Lin Xi—
No one saw what Number One did.
When people realized it, they saw a flying finger and blood splashing on the wall. The beam bomb fell to the ground, and next to it fell the finger that should have been pressed on the ring, and a broken palm that was still twitching.
That's right, just when Harry was about to activate the beam bomb, his hand was cut off.
This avoided a devastating explosion, but the situation at the scene was no more peaceful than the explosion.
“Aaaaaaah—”
As the bomb that failed to explode fell, Harry's screams were heard.
He screamed and covered his right wrist with his left hand. His palm had been cut off from the wrist, and blood gushed out like a fountain.
The severe pain almost drove Harry crazy.
He staggered and swayed on the spot, half of his body stained red with his own blood.
"Harry—"
"'Number One'!"
The scene before them stunned everyone present.
Then Sorian rushed towards Harry, while "Number One" waved his forelimbs still stained with bright red blood and rushed back to Lin Xi.
Out of a biological instinct, it used the spikes on the top of its forelimbs to pick up Harry's severed palm.
This is its gift to Lin Xi.
"Oh my God—"
It has to be said that the scene of the blood-stained monster raising its body and rushing forward with great interest is a bit too stimulating for mentally fragile humans.
Bryce subconsciously took a few steps forward and tried to stand in front of Alyssa and Lin Xi.
"Number One" almost subconsciously raised his forelimbs towards him. Alyssa and Lin Xi screamed in fear. Lin Xi instinctively reached for his waist - he subconsciously wanted to shoot, but he quickly realized that Sorian had taken away all their weapons before that.
However... even without weapons, "Number One" slammed on the brakes and quickly stopped all his actions after seeing Lin Xi's actions.
"Lin Xi..."
It stood in front of Lin Xi in a daze, staring at Lin Xi...
"Boss, what happened—"
Almost at the same time, the mercenaries who were guarding outside the hall heard Harry's scream.
They banged open the door.
And then… they saw Number One.
At that moment, the world seemed to be quiet.
"Tick-tock..."
Blood dripped from the broken palm of the "No. 1" spike and fell onto the ground that was already covered in blood.
The huge, ferocious insect body was not so scary to the mercenaries. After all, they had seen too many similar monsters in the past period of time.
However, the pale skin covering the insect's body and the pair of human eyes that "No. 1" showed when he turned his head and looked at them, broke down the psychological defenses of these mercenaries in just a moment.
"Oh, fire—monster—"
"Shoot, quick, that guy summoned the devil—"
…
The mercenaries let out unprecedented screams of fear.
The author has something to say: Lin Xi (trembling with fear): This, this is obviously my pet...
Alyssa (trembling with fear): Yes, that’s right, this little guy is Lin Xi’s pet—
BRYCE (also trembling with fear): Yes, the pet—
"Number One" (don't know what it means but it's a good word): Pet! (#^.^#)
…
Sorian, who was fooled and half-believing, said: Ha...
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