mother of all races

It's a bit imprecise to use "person" to describe that thing. To be correct, it's just some kind of humanoid object.

Lin Xi blinked, his vision becoming more and more blurred.

The visitor seemed to have noticed his lack of vision, the guy let out a sneer, and then a light above Lin Xi's head flickered twice and turned on.

With the help of the dim light, Lin Xi could finally see the guy's appearance clearly.

If he was still the weak and innocent university teaching assistant who lived a happy life without realizing it, he would probably scream crazily the first time he saw him.

It clearly has the form of a human being, but its whole body is covered with a rotten, ugly and weird aura.

Lin Xi was stunned for a moment, and finally realized that he was watching an ancient bionic man expelling the shell.It's just that 300 years have already made this expensive antique look unrecognizable.It looks like it should be modeled on an adult European male, but now the simulated skin on its body surface has long been damaged, exposing the intricate and ugly pipeline underneath. It can be seen that it has tried to repair itself, but the effect is not Much scarier than normal breakage.

Lin Xi knew this kind of thing. At the end of the era of great exploration, bionics had long been regarded as ethical contraband and all production and sales were prohibited.

But even in Lin Xi's era, many people are still obsessed with this kind of human creation. After all, in the materials Lin Xi has read, each of these bionics looks extremely perfect. It is the product of superposition calculation and refinement of people's aesthetics.

They are the embodiment of beauty made by human beings themselves.

But now the expelling shell that appeared in front of Lin Xi looked like a nightmare, or in other words, it was a nightmare itself.

When Lin wished to face it, the monster made of metal, silicone, and synthetic materials smiled at him.

"You know, Dr. Lynch, I was trying to make this easier...but look around. It's sad, isn't it? There's a lot of trouble if you're willing to kill yourself sooner. It can be solved."

"Scripps..."

Lin Xi stared at the ugly and weird face for a while, and then accurately stated the identity of the other party.

However, after a short pause, Lin Xi panted and shook his head, he took a step back slowly while supporting the wall.

"No, it's not..."

Lynch repeated.

"Wrong, I was wrong...you've been lying all along, you're not Captain Scripps at all..."

Lin Xi's breathing became more and more rapid.

"You're lying, you've been lying since the beginning, the way you are now, is the real you, there was never... never was the ghost of Captain Scripps right... God, I Why are you so stupid, you are not a ghost, and you never have a ghost, you are not even human, you are just... a bionic robot..."

Lin Xi whispered as he watched the bionic man walking towards him step by step.

He staggered and tried to avoid the opponent, but his body didn't listen at all.

With massive blood loss and severe abdominal injuries, his vision became darker and his mind became more and more confused.

The dummy blinked at him.

"How should I put it? In fact, this matter is a bit complicated." Its tone is very human, but the more human it is, the more it highlights its weirdness as an artificial object.

It is even more terrifying and evil than those monsters that transform into giant bugs.

"Actually, I'm not lying... Scripps is me, and I'm Scripps too. Of course, I have another name. If you want, you can call me Hal."

Hal said to Lin Xi in a soft tone.

"Ah, sorry, I forgot."

The next second, it clapped its hands suddenly, showing an exaggerated expression similar to sorry.

"I forgot, you're going to die soon, I don't think you'll have a chance to call me Hal."

"Do not……"

Lin Xi stared at Hal with her eyes wide open.He already had a premonition of the cruel behavior the other party was about to do.

He hated exposing his vulnerability to such an ugly artifact, but he couldn't help but let out a terrified murmur.

"I promised Xavier that I would..."

"You'll go to him, I know."

Hal said to Lin Xi.

The way it tilts its head is really sympathetic, if you don't take into account its heavily corrupted artificial skin and terrifying appearance.

"According to the usual practice. Well-meaning people like me should be yours, but, huh..." Hal sighed, as if it really had the emotion of regret, "Dr. Lin Xi, I made the same mistake once , I obviously seriously injured you, do you still remember it? But it didn’t take long at all, and you came back to life alive and kicking, which is a huge hidden danger to me... I’m sorry, although I also feel that you have nothing to do with that The relationship between the king worms is indeed very touching, but..."

While speaking, Hal had already come to Lin Xi, and it stretched out its hand forward and grabbed Lin Xi's neck forcefully.

Lin Xi only felt as if a corpse that had just crawled out of the grave touched her.

"Ho ho..."

He struggled hard, but it didn't take long for him to realize that his struggle was completely meaningless in front of Hal who had a body of steel.

Maintaining the pinched angle, Lin Xi could already clearly see the opponent's pair of electronic eyes flashing fluorescent green light, as well as a small piece of electronic laser mark imprinted on its chest.

A line of words can be vaguely seen on it.

Scripps...Cyber...External Shell...

That line of writing is very blurry due to the damage of the skin, so it needs to be carefully deciphered.

But at this moment, Lin Xi could no longer observe carefully.

"Poor Dr. Lynch... I should thank Xavier, it's a great fortune to keep you here, and I regret that I can't convey this sincerity to you. You know, if it weren't for you This bond with it keeps you here..."

Hal suddenly leaned forward, and then he seemed to hug Lin Xi tightly.

"How should I kill you?"

Hal whispered sweetly.

Lin Xi groaned in its arms.

When Hal let go of him, Lin Xi fell limply to the ground—just now, Hal had broken his cervical spine neatly.

Immediately afterwards, Hal leaned forward slightly.

Lynch felt Hal place something in the gash in his stomach.

The overly powerful vitality of the alien species has become a curse at this time——Lin Xi still hasn't lost consciousness in such hellish pain, and he can even feel Hal's cold fingers squeezing his internal organs a feeling of.

What was housed inside his body was heavy, hard, and full of electronic components.

But Lin Xi couldn't move, she could only stare at Hal with wide eyes.

"It's because of a cluster pulse bomb."

Noticing Lin Xi's gaze, Hal turned his head, and then it explained kindly.

"This is an old thing left over from the beginning... This bomb can ensure that every cell in your body will be reduced to ashes. It is very useful, very efficient, very reassuring, you know, only in this way I don't have to worry Your resurrection again."

Hal said.

"Xavier..."

Lin Xi's eyes had become as dull as a stone, and his lips moved together, making an intermittent breathy sound, and only he himself knew that at the last moment of his life, he was chanting that name.

sorry……

he said silently.

"Well, it's so pitiful, I can't bear to watch it anymore."

Hal frowned, leaned over, and closed Lin Xi's eyes.

"Who told me to have someone I want to protect."

Hal grumbled softly.

Then, he activated the pulse bomb.

Seeing that the bomb was about to explode, the red light lit up regularly.

Hal set the countdown time, and then quickly walked towards the other side of the spaceship.

After Bryce and Alisa left, there were no survivors on the entire Helios.This means that the expelling shell it is using now is very important.And Hal didn't plan to lose his few shells in this explosion.

After dozens of seconds, Hal suddenly stopped in the dark spaceship corridor.It looked around, then quickly opened a hatch and hid in.

It found the farthest corner of the room and curled up in a defensive position.

A few mechanical warriors sneaked in from the darkness, and silently blocked its surroundings.

At the moment when the last mechanical warrior was in place.

boom -

A violent explosion sounded loudly.

The metal plate of the hatch, as well as various parts and instruments, all turned into countless metal fragments, which were scattered in all directions under the impact of the explosion.

The sky was shaking, the smoke was filling, the world seemed to be smashed and stirred at this moment, and then after a long time, it was slowly reassembled by one hand.

After the explosion is complete.The cabin where Hal was originally in was already a mess.

The two mechanical warriors who had stood in front of Hal had turned into a pile of scrap iron.But Hal didn't seem to care very much, he slowly stood up from the pile of scrap iron, and then pushed the wreckage of the completely useless mechanical warrior aside.

"boom--"

Those twisted metals just fell to the ground with a slam, and Hal walked to the hatch with light steps, and then kicked open the already deformed hatch.

Abnormally bright light instantly flooded its viewfinder.

The ever-changing and dazzlingly bright colors and the distorted trees on the alien star are right in front of it.

There is still some smoke and dust produced after the explosion in the air, and small explosions and fires are also very frequent.Just now, the entire Helios was split in two from the middle in the explosion.

"Wow."

Hal shrugged his shoulders like a human.

"The power is terrifying. However, for the new mother of the alien species, maybe such a powerful bomb is needed."

Hal said to himself, but judging from its almost gentle attitude, it seemed to be talking to someone who didn't exist.

And at this moment, it suddenly raised its head thoughtfully and looked towards the sky.

At this time, it was still daytime on this planet, and a bright light flashed across the gorgeous sky, dazzling like a shooting star.

If Lin Xi was still alive, seeing such light, he should feel relieved.This means that the lifeboat that Alisa and Bryce took has successfully escaped the atmosphere of as192 and successfully entered space.

Of course, there was still a long and arduous voyage to meet them, but anyway, his brother and friends were on their way home.

Hal stared at the sky for a long time, his eyes flickering.

Finally, it retracted its sight.

Step by step, it quickly left the sun god, which was already in ruins, and walked towards the other end of the fog.And amidst the sound of sparse metal collisions, countless jellyfish-like mechanical warriors also slowly leaned out from the ruins of the Helios, and they followed closely like children led by a piper. Hal slowly moved forward behind him... Then, he and the terrifying man-made monster disappeared on the other side of the horizon.

It's just that neither Hal nor the mechanical warrior realized that they were on the verge of the impact of the Helios explosion.There was a bloody alien monster lying on the ground very quietly, staring at the sky motionless.

It looked as if it was dead. After all, only a small part of its body was intact, and all its physical signs were minimal.

However, even under such circumstances, it is still alive.

even……

It also possesses sanity.

That's Xavier.

The impact of the explosion threw its body out of the ship and into the alien bushes.

When Hal was staring at the sky, it was also maintaining its upward posture, staring blankly at the dazzling stream of light in the sky.

Although it doesn't understand anything, it cooperates with the previous series of things.Xavier was clearly aware of one thing.

The lifeboat took off.

The lifeboat has left the planet.

At the same time, the connection with Lin Xi in his body was completely severed.

"It's all said you'll be back."

Xavier looked at the sky for a long, long time, until the day faded and the darkness gradually descended, it wriggled its damaged mouthparts and said softly.

It waited in place for another day.

When the night fell the next day, it moved its fingertips lightly.

"fraud."

it says.

"Lin Xi is a liar."

A tear trickled down Xavier's cheek slowly.

It struggled to wipe away with its forelegs.

That was the last time it shed the mimicry... tears that belonged to humans.

……

……

……

And not far from Xavier's side, it was dark, quiet, and icy underground.

Part of the Helios' hull sunk deep into the sand as a result of the forced landing has been a major repair trouble while people were still alive.

But now, this part of the hull was lucky enough to escape the impact of the explosion because of this reason.

It's just that the long-term burial has made the place dark and wet, and the impact caused by the forced landing has also deformed all the corridors and pipes here due to extrusion.

What remains here now are only some maze-like narrow and twisted gaps.

Few creatures were willing to stay here, but at this moment, a white figure appeared... Its body was slender and misshapen, and it was as white as a ghost.

And now it's speeding along in a gap that used to be a corridor.

A broken corpse was being carried firmly on its back by it. At this moment, the corpse was dripping with blood, but, as the white figure advanced, the blood from the corpse behind it was gradually increasing. Slow down slowly...

Gradually, a thick film gradually covered those horrific wounds.

The white shadow soon came to the end of the spaceship. Here, there was a crypt that was obviously dug by man.

In order to sneak into the crypt smoothly, Shirokage changed the position of the "corpse" on his back and hugged it to his chest.

It's just that during this process, it couldn't help but stare blankly at the bloody face of the "corpse" for a long time, and its compound eyes were filled with nostalgia and love that could almost turn into substance.

It stretched out its hand, caressing the face of the "corpse" carefully, then retracted quickly as if its hand had been scalded.

After a long time, it slowly stretched out its hand again and stuck it on the face of the "corpse".

Two thin tentacles grew from the top of its head, and at this moment it swayed rapidly.

Suddenly, it seemed to have noticed something, and suddenly raised its head and looked up.

In the next second, it hugged the "corpse" tightly, and went straight into the deep, dark crypt...