He always asks me to send propositions [End Times]
Chapter 97 Zhou Xubai's Hakka World
The wine worm had always been hiding in the hibiscus tree, and when they fought against the hibiscus tree, the wine worm crawled into Zhou Xubai's body along the nerve filaments, waiting for an opportunity to move.
Originally, as long as Zhou Xubai could have some contact with Luo Qingyun, then according to Luo Qingyun's weak body at the time, it was entirely possible for her to be parasitized by wine worms.But it's a pity that after the battle, Zhou Xubai and Luo Qingyun had no chance to contact each other. In addition, Luo Qingyun later used the nutrient developed by He Yingzhi, which enhanced her resistance, so she did not meet the parasitic conditions of wine worms.
"He" can only take the next best thing and control Zhou Xubai.
Zhou Xubai ran too fast, Tan Mo and the others chased desperately.
Jiang Huaiyun's voice came from behind: "Tan Mo—must restore Zhou Xubai's mental body! The wine worm must be eliminated by his own ability!"
Luo Qingyun said coldly: "Captain Li and I are here to contain him! You do what you should do!"
Zhou Xubai flew all the way, Tan Mo didn't know where he wanted to go, but looking at the base in the distance and the aircraft taxiing, Tan Mo finally understood that Zhou Xubai wanted to leave Beichen City by aircraft!
"You can't let him go!" Luo Qingyun and Li Zhefeng exchanged glances.
After all, Zhou Xubai is a companion, even if he was controlled by "him", Li Zhefeng did not hurt him with black fire.But the matter has come to this point, for Zhou Xubai, he would rather be burned to death than be controlled by "him". If he is burned, he can recover. If the spiritual body is gone, then it is really gone.
Luo Qingyun's speed was extremely fast. When they rushed into the base, the sentry guards came out to stop them. Luo Qingyun stepped on the sentry post and turned over to block Zhou Xubai. She punched Zhou Xubai with great speed and strength. It was blown away.
Zhou Xubai landed on the ground and was about to turn over when Li Zhefeng's knee strike hit him suddenly, without any emotion.
"Well--"
Zhou Xubai's ribs were cracked by the hammer, and the black fire burst into flames. Zhou Xubai was about to turn over and get up, but he fell back again when he was burned.
Seeing that Li Zhefeng was about to lock his shoulders, Zhou Xubai released the silver shuttle to stab Li Zhefeng's face. Luo Qingyun came suddenly, grabbed the silver shuttle with his bare hands, and pulled it out of Zhou Xubai's control.
"Tan Mo! What are you waiting for!" Luo Qing Yun growled.
"I'm working hard! Why are you yelling!"
After finishing speaking, Tan Mo released Kepler's energy, wrapped Zhou Xubai up, and he once again entered Zhou Xubai's self-world.
This time was much better than last time, at least Tan Mo saw many complete memories.
Zhou Xubai's father carried him on his shoulders, and the little Zhou Xubai was holding the couplet and pasting it on the door. He looked down at his father with a smirk when he stuck it crookedly.
Tan Mo also saw that after Zhou Xubai was admitted to the Huita, he happily rushed in with his report card. His father was setting the dishes and his mother was cooking in the kitchen. A pot of fragrant boiled fish was brought and placed on the table. The old couple had known for a long time that Zhou Xubai could pass the exam.
And, that time when Tan Mo fell from a high place, shot the scorpion, the bullet was ejected, and the magic soldier fell from the sky.
Tan Mo's heart was moved, he knew that Zhou Xubai admired him very much, but he didn't expect that he had such a status in his heart.
These memories became complete, it should be that Jiang Huaiyun repaired Zhou Xubai's brain nerves with nerve haptics just now, if Tan Mo doesn't hurry up, Zhou Xubai's brain will be destroyed by the wine worm again!
Tan Mo sank into the deepest part of Zhou Xubai's memory. In the process of continuously diving, he saw many tasks that Zhou Xubai experienced after becoming a fusion person.
Explore dangerous underground mines, be overwhelmed by the dangerous Minoan swarm, fall into the worm-eaten cave, fight with half-human, half-worm monsters, stick out countless joints from the cave, pierce the body trapped in the Days and nights inside...
It's not that Zhou Xubai will be invincible after becoming a high-level fusion person, nor is it that he can run rampant in the Minoan swarm after being assimilated by the scorpion.
In fact, the Minoans are a Kepler species with a wide variety and complex abilities. They have many unexpected attack methods, and even a small insect with a small mouth that is thought to be easily crushed can be easily crushed. Unexpectedly, Zhou Xubai's life was killed.
All his knowledge of the Minoans came from the missions of fighting for life again and again.
Looking at Zhou Xubai like this, Tan Mo's heart ached.
Obviously every time he came back from a mission, this brat cleaned himself up spotlessly, and he beat Tan Mo to the point of doubting his life when he was fighting with a look of "I dragged him to the sky".Zhou Xubai never let Tan Mo know what he has experienced and what kind of injury he has suffered.
Leaving Zhou Xubai's self-world, Tan Mo came to his guest self.
That was the past that Zhou Xubai was most eager to change.Tan Mo wants to go through the guest-wo world, but he finds that this world is very heavy, and his mental body seems to be blocked, and he can't continue anymore.
This shows that there is something that has troubled Zhou Xubai for many, many years, and he can't let it go and can't avoid it.
Tan Mo's heart became heavy, he was not fully accepted by Zhou Xubai, he could only watch everything in this world like a bystander.
A communication base was attacked by a swarm of insects. The field team members stationed there evacuated to the refuge area in order to protect the base staff, and the entire army was wiped out.
Zhou Xubai led a team to rescue the staff inside, and the order from Huita was to clean up the bug swarm and keep the base as much as possible.
Zhou Xubai and his teammates sat on the aircraft. He was not in a hurry to lead the team to break in, but released Yinyueji under his control to act as a sentinel to enter the base to investigate.Tan Mo sat next to Zhou Xubai like a transparent person, looking at his profile.
After becoming the captain, Tan Mo has never seen him in the state of his mission.
Freed from childishness and dependence on Tan Mo, Zhou Xubai's side face is mature and decisive, and the slightly tight lip line gives people a sharp and cold feeling.
He methodically assigns tasks to each teammate and comforts the staff trapped in the base. Tan Mo feels that such Zhou Xubai makes people feel trustworthy.
"Xiaobai, what is it that keeps you thinking?" Tan Mo looked at Zhou Xubai, and suddenly realized that he knew what Zhou Xubai liked to eat, what kind of routines he used when playing cards, whether he was good at knee strikes or elbow strikes in close combat, but he didn't know. I don't know the fear and regret deep in his heart.
As an extension of Zhou Xubai's five senses, Yinyueji flew into the communication base, and then he discovered that the main body of this insect swarm was a kind of deformed arthropod creature "Manqi", which could penetrate into the bodies of other creatures, suck flesh and blood, And lay eggs, but for him, the danger level of this creature is only medium, and the team is all good at expelling insects, so they entered the base with their equipment.
They skillfully brought medicine tanks to carry out insect repellent in the base, and released the medicine in the ventilation system. In less than a minute, the whole base was filled with the mist of the medicine. Man Qi couldn't resist the insect repellent medicine, and a large number of people died. .Zhou Xubai also found some Man Qi living in the corpses.
Zhou Xubai could no longer feel the existence of Kepler's creatures in the base, and the team members rested here with peace of mind.
The surviving personnel stepped up to restore the operation of the communication base.
This was originally an ordinary task of expelling insects, but it must not be an ordinary task that made Zhou Xubai still persistent and refused to give up when he was the weakest.
That night, the teammates were looking forward to taking a hot bath after completing various missions. The supply of hot water was limited, and the staff at the base specifically asked them to turn off the water when it was not necessary, so as not to waste .
In the beginning, two or three teammates came into the cubicle with toiletries, joking with each other, and the atmosphere was very cheerful.
Gradually, the voice of speaking disappeared.
Before Zhou Xubai and the vice-captain Li Jia went in, the two of them were still joking with no nutrition, especially Li Jia always used Tan Mo to tease Zhou Xubai to make fun of him.What about "cute face, fierce fighting power", "Grey Tower King Kong Barbie", "this big white rabbit toffee is very iron" and so on.
The two chatted for a while, and only heard the sound of water running in the bathroom, but did not hear other sounds from the teammates who were taking a shower.
"Have they been washing for a long time? The water resources in the base are very precious, and these guys are too wasteful, right?" Li Jia looked at Zhou Xubai.
Zhou Xubai listened carefully with his face sideways, he didn't hear any breathing and heartbeat except for the two of them, and the water fell directly on the ground, as if there was no one in the compartment.
"Could it be that the water supply system is broken? People are gone and the water is still flowing?" Li Jia asked.
Zhou Xubai didn't take off his clothes, he shouted loudly: "Who is taking a bath inside?"
No one answered.
Tan Mo's eyelids twitched, this situation is not good, something must have happened.
Zhou Xubai walked over and found that the three compartments were all locked from the inside, and they couldn't be opened at all.
In other words, logically, people should be inside, but Zhou Xubai called for a long time but didn't answer.
This is definitely an accident!
Zhou Xubai kicked the door of the cubicle open, the water was rushing, the towel fell on the ground, and a pair of slippers, people disappeared like evaporation!
Li Jia also kicked open the other two compartments. There was no one inside, but all the belongings and slippers were still there.
How is this going?
Not only Zhou Xubai and Li Jia were surprised, but even Tan Mo also observed together.
Zhou Xubai stretched out his hand, and the water flowed through his fingertips, it was ordinary hot water.
Turning on the faucet, Zhou Xubai picked up the things that fell on the ground and observed carefully, there was nothing abnormal.
Neither on the walls of the cubicle nor on the ground can there be any traces of fighting.
"What about people? How could they disappear out of thin air?" Li Jia next door asked puzzled.
"The cracks above and below the compartment are very narrow, not enough for a large living person to get out." Zhou Xubai frowned, watching the water slowly disappear from the drain, "And if they encounter something, or are killed by something The creature attacked, how could there be no trace at all?"
Vice captain Li Jia also felt creepy.
At this time, other team members came in and were about to take a bath. Seeing Zhou Xubai and Li Jia's faces so ugly, they realized that something had happened.
"I won't take this bath for now, everyone gathers to see who is missing." Zhou Xubai said.
The team members were notified and came to the restaurant of the base to gather, but there were three people missing.
And they searched the entire base. The things of the three people are still there, but no one can find them.
At this time, the engineer from the base also came to find Zhou Xubai, and he said that two of his communication technicians had also disappeared.
Zhou Xubai's expression turned cold.
"Everyone is on alert. There must be some Kepler creature in this base that is hunting us. Li Jia, you should contact the Gray Tower, report the situation, and see if there are any creatures that meet the following characteristics. First, they can change at will. Second, when hunting quietly, the prey cannot detect it; third, it can completely disappear the prey; fourth, it is not a large Kepler creature, and is good at hiding." Facing such a situation, Zhou Xubai remained calm, "Other Three people form a group, including the staff of the base, no matter whether it is going to the toilet or sleeping, you are not allowed to be left alone! The team members searched the base again with me!"
They conducted a comprehensive search of the entire base, including the electromechanical room and various warehouses, but found nothing.
Li Jia received a reply from the Gray Tower. Zhou Xubai had imagined all the creatures in the database, and they didn't match the situation they encountered.
"Is that thing hidden in the ventilation duct?" Li Jia raised her head and asked.
"In order to kill Man Qi, we sterilized the ventilation ducts with chemical aerosol. Can that guy stay in the ventilation ducts?" Zhou Xubai shook his head.
Based on past experience, Tan Mo also knew that the disappearance of the three team members was more or less auspicious, but Zhou Xubai, the captain, could not give up on them easily anyway.
Tan Mo also followed them around the base, thinking with Zhou Xubai, where would that thing be hidden?
Wait, maybe there's one more place I haven't checked!Tan Mo raised his head and looked at the ceiling.
Not only Tan Mo, Zhou Xubai also thought of something, "Let's go! Let's go to the top floor of the base!"
"What are you doing upstairs?"
"Water tower!" Zhou Xubai replied.
Tan Mo smiled, it really seems like a hero who sees the same thing.The three team members disappeared while taking a shower. Where did the water come from? Of course it was a water tower!There is so much space in the water tower that a Kepler creature can hide inside.
It's just that Zhou Xubai can't detect it, this thing must be very good at hiding its energy.
Zhou Xubai and Li Jia arrived at the top of the building, it was night now, without the lights of tall buildings and cities, the moonlight was exceptionally clear.
Li Jia opened the entrance of the water tower, and the moon shone in brightly. The water here was purified very well, and the bottom of the water tower could be seen directly.
Zhou Xubai came over and turned on the Kepler energy scanning function in the communicator, which showed that there was nothing in the water tower.
Li Jia looked back at Zhou Xubai, "Captain Zhou, there is nothing in this water tower except water. If there is really a Kepler creature in the base, where would it be?"
Now not only Zhou Xubai, but even Tan Mo who was watching felt strange.
Could it be that this thing is invisible?
Zhou Xubai narrowed his eyes, lost in thought.
At this time, the voices of other teammates came from the communicator, "Boss! Something happened! Xiao Yao is gone!"
Zhou Xubai's eyes darkened, and he said coldly, "Didn't you tell you to stay together? Why didn't Xiao Yao disappear?"
"He needs to go to the bathroom!"
"Didn't you also ask you to go to the bathroom together? What's the matter with you?" Zhou Xubai yelled.
"I... I was just guarding outside the door! Xiao Yao squatted in a large room, the door was not locked, and he just kept it ajar. He said that I kept watching him, but he couldn't get out, so we decided to settle for the next best thing. Who knows, after a while, Xiao Yao stopped talking, and I opened the door when I heard the sound of pants falling down! But Xiao Yao just... disappeared out of thin air! Only his clothes and shoes were left!"
Zhou Xubai froze there, and four of them disappeared from their team.
Li Jia looked at Zhou Xubai, "What's going on? Is there a supernatural event?"
"Go, go back!"
Zhou Xubai and Li Jia came to the cubicle where Xiao Yao disappeared, and the scene was very strange. Xiao Yao's pants were hanging on the toilet, while his jacket was floating on the water, and his shoes were also in place.
The other staff members at the base were terrified when they found out about the incident. They came to watch and understand the situation, but they didn't dare to get close.
Zhou Xubai looked at them coldly: "Everyone understands, we have to do everything together! Including going to the bathroom!"
Li Jia squatted by the toilet and touched Xiao Yao's pants.
"Hey Team Zhou! Xiao Yao's pants are wet!"
Logically speaking, the part of the trousers that did not fall into the water should be dry, but Xiao Yao's trousers felt wet. Although they were not completely soaked, it still felt like something had slipped into his trousers.
"It's water. That thing does move through water."
As soon as Zhou Xubai's voice fell, everyone looked at the water pipes and sewers in the base in horror. If the thing was really in the water, it could go anywhere in the base through the pipes.
"But what is this? We have never heard of it, and it is not in the database of the Gray Tower." Li Jia said.
The staff panicked even more.
"We can't stay here anymore! Let's leave quickly!" The communication engineer at the base looked at Zhou Xubai pleadingly.
Although Zhou Xubai also wanted to find out what happened, if the disappearing teammates were really killed, he also wanted to avenge them.But he has no right to ask the staff to stay and take risks as well.
"Li Jia, report the current situation to the Gray Tower, at least... let the staff evacuate." Zhou Xubai said.
Looking at this scene, Tan Mo couldn't help thinking, could this be the legendary Kepler creature "green clam"?
Although the green clam is also classified under the category of Minos, it is really very different from most Minos.The difference is not just that it lives in water and needs to rely on water for activities, but its special life form.
In the records of the gray tower, the green scorpion only appeared twice, and both times caused great losses to the field team.
As for the first time... Tan Mo recalled the Gray Tower broadcast, and suddenly realized that this so-called "first discovery" was actually bumped into by Zhou Xubai?
Why didn't I hear Zhou Xubai mention it?
But if it is really a green clam, at least at this moment Zhou Xubai should know nothing about this Kepler creature.
Tan Mo broke into a cold sweat at Zhou Xubai's situation, because he was unknown, so he didn't know how to fight, especially when he didn't know what his opponent was and how to attack him.They are in the light, and the green clam is in the dark.They are the living prey, while the green clam is the hunter waiting for the opportunity.
While waiting for the order, in order not to have an accident, Zhou Xubai took the rest of the team members and staff to stay in the restaurant together.Finally, Huita's order came, asking Zhou Xubai to shut down the water supply facilities and send the staff back first.
This order is much more humane than Tan Mo imagined.
A group of people quickly boarded the aircraft and returned to Yinwan.But the expression on Zhou Xubai's face was always serious, because those four teammates just disappeared, but he didn't know what they did. This would become a nightmare that haunted Zhou Xubai's life.
But if this is the reason why Zhou Xubai can't get through, in the "guest and me" world, he should choose to stay and continue to investigate.
Unless something happens on the way back.
The aircraft carried the communication staff and field team members and left the communication base.
Before leaving, Zhou Xubai implemented an ecological isolation for the communication base according to the instructions of the gray tower. The air coagulant was poured down from the vents. Within three to five minutes, all the spaces in the communication base would be solidified by this agent.
Zhou Xubai lowered his eyes and looked at the communication base that was getting farther and farther away. The waves deep in his heart did not show the slightest sign on his face.
The communications staff breathed a sigh of relief. To them, being able to leave that ghostly place meant they had escaped.
All the field team members were silent, Li Jia came to Zhou Xubai's side and handed him a cigarette.
Zhou Xubai shook his head silently, Li Jia sighed and put the cigarette back into the cigarette case, "I know... smoking is prohibited in the cabin."
The relaxed communication staff began to chat in low voices, talking about missing their family members and leaving the asylum in the central city to such an independent communication base. Every day, they are suffering from the panic of being buried in the Kepler ecological zone at any time.
Their chatting became louder and louder, and the field team next to them coughed, but they continued to chat without any response.
Zhou Xubai's brows finally frowned, and his fists were clenched tightly, making a slight clucking sound.
Tan Mo knows that Zhou Xubai has a seemingly good-tempered face and is usually very patient, but it does not mean that he can tolerate his teammates being buried in the communication base, and these survivors are still discussing here in front of the field team members A better life in the future.
Li Jia saw that the captain of the family was about to get angry, and said first: "You all have families, and if you want to live a stable life, it doesn't mean we don't want to either."
After the voice fell, the staff finally realized and shut up immediately.
A few minutes later, one of the staff wiped his sweat and whispered, "Why do I feel so hot?"
"That's right, Xiao Zhao, look at you sweating a lot!" The colleague next to him handed him a napkin to wipe off, "Look at you, your collar and back are all wet!"
"I'd better go wash my face." Xiao Zhao said.
Zhou Xubai stood up suddenly, grabbed Xiao Zhao's hand, and pulled him up from the seat, "Don't go anywhere, just sit here."
After finishing speaking, Zhou Xubai put his palm on top of his head, sensing the existence of Kepler's energy, but found nothing.
Tan Mo, who was on the sidelines, basically guessed what would happen next, but he was not invited by Zhou Xubai to enter the guest-wo world, so there was no way to change anything like in Luo Qingyun's guest-wo world.Even if he opened his mouth to remind Zhou Xubai everything, there was no way for Zhou Xubai in this world to hear him.
The green clam is a Kepler creature that can dissolve in water. When it only exists in water, it can still be perceived by the fusion person. The water content in the adult body reaches 50.00% to 60.00%. Once the green clam enters the human body You can hide your own Kepler energy, because it is not hidden in a certain organ, nor is it hidden in a certain part, but is combined with the cells of the human body to achieve true parasitism.
Zhou Xubai forced Xiao Zhao back to his seat abruptly, and his body was sweating more and more. Other colleagues also saw that he might have a problem, and they all stayed away from him.
"I'm hot and I want to drink water...give me water..."
Zhou Xubai was sitting next to him, holding his shoulders to keep him from moving.
But Xiao Zhao's struggle became more and more serious, he kept pushing Zhou Xubai's arm, and even shouted: "I said I want to drink water - why don't you give me water! What right do you have to prevent me from drinking water?" ! The field captain is amazing!"
He tried to stand up, and kicked Zhou Xubai when he couldn't stand up, but Zhou Xubai's expression was always cold.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Zhao seemed to be out of breath, his breathing became rapid, and the words in his mouth were still: "Water...water..."
Li Jia and two other field team members in the cabin pointed guns at Xiao Zhao, and the atmosphere in the cabin became tense.
The other staff members didn't dare to move, they wanted to stay away, but the cabin was only that big.
Xiao Zhao was sweating more and more. He looked at his colleague with a desperate expression: "I... just want to drink water... why are you doing this to me?"
An old engineer couldn't bear it, and pleaded: "Captain Zhou, why don't you let him drink water? What if he just got sick and wants to drink water? He wants to drink water and sweats easily... How can this be related to the disappearance of the team members?"
Xiao Zhao's shoulders were trembling, and he was getting weaker and weaker.
But Zhou Xubai was unmoved, he still firmly held Xiao Zhao's shoulder.
"Yes, if there is a Kepler creature in his body, aren't you the captain? You can't feel it? And there is no response from the scanning instrument before entering the cabin?"
Zhou Xubai sneered, turned his face to look at Xiao Zhao and said, "Aren't you coming out yet?"
I only heard the sound of "gurgling" like water flowing, Zhou Xubai's hand suddenly pressed empty, and Xiao Zhao's clothes shrank, making the sound of "gurgling" and turning into a pool of transparent flowing liquid.
"Ahhhh-"
"Little Zhao—"
All the staff members who were still very dissatisfied with Zhou Xubai wanted to retreat, and they felt that they were not far enough back even though they were already against the wall of the aircraft.
The field team members shot immediately, and the dart bombs hit the pool of liquid, and instantly solidified into a thin layer on the ground.
Zhou Xubai shot at Xiao Zhao's clothes very vigilantly.
When the gunfire stopped, the cabin was still in shock.
"Captain Zhou...what the hell is this..." the old engineer asked.
Zhou Xubai squatted down in front of the solidified liquid, Li Jia handed him the sampler, and he carefully peeled off that layer and put it into the sampler.
"We don't know what it is. It may be a new Kepler species." Zhou Xubai replied.
"New Kepler species?"
"Can it actually melt the human body into water? This...isn't this too scary?"
"Such creatures can't be detected at all, and it will be easy to invade our city in the future!"
The staff who thought they could return to normal human life after returning to Yinwan City began to panic again.
Zhou Xubai said: "It should not melt the human body into water, but it can melt into the human body and absorb the nutrients of the human body. When all the nutrients are absorbed, the host will assimilate with it and become the same form as it. It becomes liquid like water."
Li Jia's throat moved, and the eyes of other field team members turned red.
"So, Xiao Yao and the others...were eaten by it like this, right?"
Zhou Xubai didn't nod or shake his head, silence is the most heart-wrenching answer.
At this moment, the old engineer suddenly covered his chest, his lips turned white, "Quick...quick...my heart..."
"Oops! Meng Gong has a heart attack! Give him medicine! Give him medicine!"
Everyone quickly supported the old engineer to sit down, helped find his medicine bottle, and opened Meng Gong's thermos to feed him water.
"I've been terrified these past few days, Meng Gong's heart has suffered!"
"Just now I was scared enough by Xiao Zhao again."
"Meng Gong, slow down, you slow down."
Zhou Xubai narrowed his eyes, because it is reasonable for the old engineer to take one or two sips of medicine, and he is not too thirsty when he is old, so he does not need to drink water in such a hurry.
"Go away! Stay away from Meng Gong!"
Zhou Xubai and Li Jia pulled all the staff away, and saw Meng Gong sitting on the seat holding his chest, breathing hard.
Zhou Xubai pressed on the side of Meng Gong's neck, his pulse was a little fast, probably caused by a heart attack just now, but he didn't sweat all over his body.
At this moment, the staff who fed Meng Gong didn't stand still, and the cup in his hand fell to the ground, and the water started to flow on the ground.
"Well……"
Zhou Xubai was startled when he heard a dull and short whimper coming from behind him. He turned around and saw the field team members looking at him with surprised and panicked eyes, and the gun in his hand fell off with a "click". On the ground, he clutched his throat and stepped back step by step.
Tan Mo was also stunned. Just like Zhou Xubai, his attention was attracted by Meng Gong who had a heart attack, and he didn't notice what was behind him at all!
Originally, as long as Zhou Xubai could have some contact with Luo Qingyun, then according to Luo Qingyun's weak body at the time, it was entirely possible for her to be parasitized by wine worms.But it's a pity that after the battle, Zhou Xubai and Luo Qingyun had no chance to contact each other. In addition, Luo Qingyun later used the nutrient developed by He Yingzhi, which enhanced her resistance, so she did not meet the parasitic conditions of wine worms.
"He" can only take the next best thing and control Zhou Xubai.
Zhou Xubai ran too fast, Tan Mo and the others chased desperately.
Jiang Huaiyun's voice came from behind: "Tan Mo—must restore Zhou Xubai's mental body! The wine worm must be eliminated by his own ability!"
Luo Qingyun said coldly: "Captain Li and I are here to contain him! You do what you should do!"
Zhou Xubai flew all the way, Tan Mo didn't know where he wanted to go, but looking at the base in the distance and the aircraft taxiing, Tan Mo finally understood that Zhou Xubai wanted to leave Beichen City by aircraft!
"You can't let him go!" Luo Qingyun and Li Zhefeng exchanged glances.
After all, Zhou Xubai is a companion, even if he was controlled by "him", Li Zhefeng did not hurt him with black fire.But the matter has come to this point, for Zhou Xubai, he would rather be burned to death than be controlled by "him". If he is burned, he can recover. If the spiritual body is gone, then it is really gone.
Luo Qingyun's speed was extremely fast. When they rushed into the base, the sentry guards came out to stop them. Luo Qingyun stepped on the sentry post and turned over to block Zhou Xubai. She punched Zhou Xubai with great speed and strength. It was blown away.
Zhou Xubai landed on the ground and was about to turn over when Li Zhefeng's knee strike hit him suddenly, without any emotion.
"Well--"
Zhou Xubai's ribs were cracked by the hammer, and the black fire burst into flames. Zhou Xubai was about to turn over and get up, but he fell back again when he was burned.
Seeing that Li Zhefeng was about to lock his shoulders, Zhou Xubai released the silver shuttle to stab Li Zhefeng's face. Luo Qingyun came suddenly, grabbed the silver shuttle with his bare hands, and pulled it out of Zhou Xubai's control.
"Tan Mo! What are you waiting for!" Luo Qing Yun growled.
"I'm working hard! Why are you yelling!"
After finishing speaking, Tan Mo released Kepler's energy, wrapped Zhou Xubai up, and he once again entered Zhou Xubai's self-world.
This time was much better than last time, at least Tan Mo saw many complete memories.
Zhou Xubai's father carried him on his shoulders, and the little Zhou Xubai was holding the couplet and pasting it on the door. He looked down at his father with a smirk when he stuck it crookedly.
Tan Mo also saw that after Zhou Xubai was admitted to the Huita, he happily rushed in with his report card. His father was setting the dishes and his mother was cooking in the kitchen. A pot of fragrant boiled fish was brought and placed on the table. The old couple had known for a long time that Zhou Xubai could pass the exam.
And, that time when Tan Mo fell from a high place, shot the scorpion, the bullet was ejected, and the magic soldier fell from the sky.
Tan Mo's heart was moved, he knew that Zhou Xubai admired him very much, but he didn't expect that he had such a status in his heart.
These memories became complete, it should be that Jiang Huaiyun repaired Zhou Xubai's brain nerves with nerve haptics just now, if Tan Mo doesn't hurry up, Zhou Xubai's brain will be destroyed by the wine worm again!
Tan Mo sank into the deepest part of Zhou Xubai's memory. In the process of continuously diving, he saw many tasks that Zhou Xubai experienced after becoming a fusion person.
Explore dangerous underground mines, be overwhelmed by the dangerous Minoan swarm, fall into the worm-eaten cave, fight with half-human, half-worm monsters, stick out countless joints from the cave, pierce the body trapped in the Days and nights inside...
It's not that Zhou Xubai will be invincible after becoming a high-level fusion person, nor is it that he can run rampant in the Minoan swarm after being assimilated by the scorpion.
In fact, the Minoans are a Kepler species with a wide variety and complex abilities. They have many unexpected attack methods, and even a small insect with a small mouth that is thought to be easily crushed can be easily crushed. Unexpectedly, Zhou Xubai's life was killed.
All his knowledge of the Minoans came from the missions of fighting for life again and again.
Looking at Zhou Xubai like this, Tan Mo's heart ached.
Obviously every time he came back from a mission, this brat cleaned himself up spotlessly, and he beat Tan Mo to the point of doubting his life when he was fighting with a look of "I dragged him to the sky".Zhou Xubai never let Tan Mo know what he has experienced and what kind of injury he has suffered.
Leaving Zhou Xubai's self-world, Tan Mo came to his guest self.
That was the past that Zhou Xubai was most eager to change.Tan Mo wants to go through the guest-wo world, but he finds that this world is very heavy, and his mental body seems to be blocked, and he can't continue anymore.
This shows that there is something that has troubled Zhou Xubai for many, many years, and he can't let it go and can't avoid it.
Tan Mo's heart became heavy, he was not fully accepted by Zhou Xubai, he could only watch everything in this world like a bystander.
A communication base was attacked by a swarm of insects. The field team members stationed there evacuated to the refuge area in order to protect the base staff, and the entire army was wiped out.
Zhou Xubai led a team to rescue the staff inside, and the order from Huita was to clean up the bug swarm and keep the base as much as possible.
Zhou Xubai and his teammates sat on the aircraft. He was not in a hurry to lead the team to break in, but released Yinyueji under his control to act as a sentinel to enter the base to investigate.Tan Mo sat next to Zhou Xubai like a transparent person, looking at his profile.
After becoming the captain, Tan Mo has never seen him in the state of his mission.
Freed from childishness and dependence on Tan Mo, Zhou Xubai's side face is mature and decisive, and the slightly tight lip line gives people a sharp and cold feeling.
He methodically assigns tasks to each teammate and comforts the staff trapped in the base. Tan Mo feels that such Zhou Xubai makes people feel trustworthy.
"Xiaobai, what is it that keeps you thinking?" Tan Mo looked at Zhou Xubai, and suddenly realized that he knew what Zhou Xubai liked to eat, what kind of routines he used when playing cards, whether he was good at knee strikes or elbow strikes in close combat, but he didn't know. I don't know the fear and regret deep in his heart.
As an extension of Zhou Xubai's five senses, Yinyueji flew into the communication base, and then he discovered that the main body of this insect swarm was a kind of deformed arthropod creature "Manqi", which could penetrate into the bodies of other creatures, suck flesh and blood, And lay eggs, but for him, the danger level of this creature is only medium, and the team is all good at expelling insects, so they entered the base with their equipment.
They skillfully brought medicine tanks to carry out insect repellent in the base, and released the medicine in the ventilation system. In less than a minute, the whole base was filled with the mist of the medicine. Man Qi couldn't resist the insect repellent medicine, and a large number of people died. .Zhou Xubai also found some Man Qi living in the corpses.
Zhou Xubai could no longer feel the existence of Kepler's creatures in the base, and the team members rested here with peace of mind.
The surviving personnel stepped up to restore the operation of the communication base.
This was originally an ordinary task of expelling insects, but it must not be an ordinary task that made Zhou Xubai still persistent and refused to give up when he was the weakest.
That night, the teammates were looking forward to taking a hot bath after completing various missions. The supply of hot water was limited, and the staff at the base specifically asked them to turn off the water when it was not necessary, so as not to waste .
In the beginning, two or three teammates came into the cubicle with toiletries, joking with each other, and the atmosphere was very cheerful.
Gradually, the voice of speaking disappeared.
Before Zhou Xubai and the vice-captain Li Jia went in, the two of them were still joking with no nutrition, especially Li Jia always used Tan Mo to tease Zhou Xubai to make fun of him.What about "cute face, fierce fighting power", "Grey Tower King Kong Barbie", "this big white rabbit toffee is very iron" and so on.
The two chatted for a while, and only heard the sound of water running in the bathroom, but did not hear other sounds from the teammates who were taking a shower.
"Have they been washing for a long time? The water resources in the base are very precious, and these guys are too wasteful, right?" Li Jia looked at Zhou Xubai.
Zhou Xubai listened carefully with his face sideways, he didn't hear any breathing and heartbeat except for the two of them, and the water fell directly on the ground, as if there was no one in the compartment.
"Could it be that the water supply system is broken? People are gone and the water is still flowing?" Li Jia asked.
Zhou Xubai didn't take off his clothes, he shouted loudly: "Who is taking a bath inside?"
No one answered.
Tan Mo's eyelids twitched, this situation is not good, something must have happened.
Zhou Xubai walked over and found that the three compartments were all locked from the inside, and they couldn't be opened at all.
In other words, logically, people should be inside, but Zhou Xubai called for a long time but didn't answer.
This is definitely an accident!
Zhou Xubai kicked the door of the cubicle open, the water was rushing, the towel fell on the ground, and a pair of slippers, people disappeared like evaporation!
Li Jia also kicked open the other two compartments. There was no one inside, but all the belongings and slippers were still there.
How is this going?
Not only Zhou Xubai and Li Jia were surprised, but even Tan Mo also observed together.
Zhou Xubai stretched out his hand, and the water flowed through his fingertips, it was ordinary hot water.
Turning on the faucet, Zhou Xubai picked up the things that fell on the ground and observed carefully, there was nothing abnormal.
Neither on the walls of the cubicle nor on the ground can there be any traces of fighting.
"What about people? How could they disappear out of thin air?" Li Jia next door asked puzzled.
"The cracks above and below the compartment are very narrow, not enough for a large living person to get out." Zhou Xubai frowned, watching the water slowly disappear from the drain, "And if they encounter something, or are killed by something The creature attacked, how could there be no trace at all?"
Vice captain Li Jia also felt creepy.
At this time, other team members came in and were about to take a bath. Seeing Zhou Xubai and Li Jia's faces so ugly, they realized that something had happened.
"I won't take this bath for now, everyone gathers to see who is missing." Zhou Xubai said.
The team members were notified and came to the restaurant of the base to gather, but there were three people missing.
And they searched the entire base. The things of the three people are still there, but no one can find them.
At this time, the engineer from the base also came to find Zhou Xubai, and he said that two of his communication technicians had also disappeared.
Zhou Xubai's expression turned cold.
"Everyone is on alert. There must be some Kepler creature in this base that is hunting us. Li Jia, you should contact the Gray Tower, report the situation, and see if there are any creatures that meet the following characteristics. First, they can change at will. Second, when hunting quietly, the prey cannot detect it; third, it can completely disappear the prey; fourth, it is not a large Kepler creature, and is good at hiding." Facing such a situation, Zhou Xubai remained calm, "Other Three people form a group, including the staff of the base, no matter whether it is going to the toilet or sleeping, you are not allowed to be left alone! The team members searched the base again with me!"
They conducted a comprehensive search of the entire base, including the electromechanical room and various warehouses, but found nothing.
Li Jia received a reply from the Gray Tower. Zhou Xubai had imagined all the creatures in the database, and they didn't match the situation they encountered.
"Is that thing hidden in the ventilation duct?" Li Jia raised her head and asked.
"In order to kill Man Qi, we sterilized the ventilation ducts with chemical aerosol. Can that guy stay in the ventilation ducts?" Zhou Xubai shook his head.
Based on past experience, Tan Mo also knew that the disappearance of the three team members was more or less auspicious, but Zhou Xubai, the captain, could not give up on them easily anyway.
Tan Mo also followed them around the base, thinking with Zhou Xubai, where would that thing be hidden?
Wait, maybe there's one more place I haven't checked!Tan Mo raised his head and looked at the ceiling.
Not only Tan Mo, Zhou Xubai also thought of something, "Let's go! Let's go to the top floor of the base!"
"What are you doing upstairs?"
"Water tower!" Zhou Xubai replied.
Tan Mo smiled, it really seems like a hero who sees the same thing.The three team members disappeared while taking a shower. Where did the water come from? Of course it was a water tower!There is so much space in the water tower that a Kepler creature can hide inside.
It's just that Zhou Xubai can't detect it, this thing must be very good at hiding its energy.
Zhou Xubai and Li Jia arrived at the top of the building, it was night now, without the lights of tall buildings and cities, the moonlight was exceptionally clear.
Li Jia opened the entrance of the water tower, and the moon shone in brightly. The water here was purified very well, and the bottom of the water tower could be seen directly.
Zhou Xubai came over and turned on the Kepler energy scanning function in the communicator, which showed that there was nothing in the water tower.
Li Jia looked back at Zhou Xubai, "Captain Zhou, there is nothing in this water tower except water. If there is really a Kepler creature in the base, where would it be?"
Now not only Zhou Xubai, but even Tan Mo who was watching felt strange.
Could it be that this thing is invisible?
Zhou Xubai narrowed his eyes, lost in thought.
At this time, the voices of other teammates came from the communicator, "Boss! Something happened! Xiao Yao is gone!"
Zhou Xubai's eyes darkened, and he said coldly, "Didn't you tell you to stay together? Why didn't Xiao Yao disappear?"
"He needs to go to the bathroom!"
"Didn't you also ask you to go to the bathroom together? What's the matter with you?" Zhou Xubai yelled.
"I... I was just guarding outside the door! Xiao Yao squatted in a large room, the door was not locked, and he just kept it ajar. He said that I kept watching him, but he couldn't get out, so we decided to settle for the next best thing. Who knows, after a while, Xiao Yao stopped talking, and I opened the door when I heard the sound of pants falling down! But Xiao Yao just... disappeared out of thin air! Only his clothes and shoes were left!"
Zhou Xubai froze there, and four of them disappeared from their team.
Li Jia looked at Zhou Xubai, "What's going on? Is there a supernatural event?"
"Go, go back!"
Zhou Xubai and Li Jia came to the cubicle where Xiao Yao disappeared, and the scene was very strange. Xiao Yao's pants were hanging on the toilet, while his jacket was floating on the water, and his shoes were also in place.
The other staff members at the base were terrified when they found out about the incident. They came to watch and understand the situation, but they didn't dare to get close.
Zhou Xubai looked at them coldly: "Everyone understands, we have to do everything together! Including going to the bathroom!"
Li Jia squatted by the toilet and touched Xiao Yao's pants.
"Hey Team Zhou! Xiao Yao's pants are wet!"
Logically speaking, the part of the trousers that did not fall into the water should be dry, but Xiao Yao's trousers felt wet. Although they were not completely soaked, it still felt like something had slipped into his trousers.
"It's water. That thing does move through water."
As soon as Zhou Xubai's voice fell, everyone looked at the water pipes and sewers in the base in horror. If the thing was really in the water, it could go anywhere in the base through the pipes.
"But what is this? We have never heard of it, and it is not in the database of the Gray Tower." Li Jia said.
The staff panicked even more.
"We can't stay here anymore! Let's leave quickly!" The communication engineer at the base looked at Zhou Xubai pleadingly.
Although Zhou Xubai also wanted to find out what happened, if the disappearing teammates were really killed, he also wanted to avenge them.But he has no right to ask the staff to stay and take risks as well.
"Li Jia, report the current situation to the Gray Tower, at least... let the staff evacuate." Zhou Xubai said.
Looking at this scene, Tan Mo couldn't help thinking, could this be the legendary Kepler creature "green clam"?
Although the green clam is also classified under the category of Minos, it is really very different from most Minos.The difference is not just that it lives in water and needs to rely on water for activities, but its special life form.
In the records of the gray tower, the green scorpion only appeared twice, and both times caused great losses to the field team.
As for the first time... Tan Mo recalled the Gray Tower broadcast, and suddenly realized that this so-called "first discovery" was actually bumped into by Zhou Xubai?
Why didn't I hear Zhou Xubai mention it?
But if it is really a green clam, at least at this moment Zhou Xubai should know nothing about this Kepler creature.
Tan Mo broke into a cold sweat at Zhou Xubai's situation, because he was unknown, so he didn't know how to fight, especially when he didn't know what his opponent was and how to attack him.They are in the light, and the green clam is in the dark.They are the living prey, while the green clam is the hunter waiting for the opportunity.
While waiting for the order, in order not to have an accident, Zhou Xubai took the rest of the team members and staff to stay in the restaurant together.Finally, Huita's order came, asking Zhou Xubai to shut down the water supply facilities and send the staff back first.
This order is much more humane than Tan Mo imagined.
A group of people quickly boarded the aircraft and returned to Yinwan.But the expression on Zhou Xubai's face was always serious, because those four teammates just disappeared, but he didn't know what they did. This would become a nightmare that haunted Zhou Xubai's life.
But if this is the reason why Zhou Xubai can't get through, in the "guest and me" world, he should choose to stay and continue to investigate.
Unless something happens on the way back.
The aircraft carried the communication staff and field team members and left the communication base.
Before leaving, Zhou Xubai implemented an ecological isolation for the communication base according to the instructions of the gray tower. The air coagulant was poured down from the vents. Within three to five minutes, all the spaces in the communication base would be solidified by this agent.
Zhou Xubai lowered his eyes and looked at the communication base that was getting farther and farther away. The waves deep in his heart did not show the slightest sign on his face.
The communications staff breathed a sigh of relief. To them, being able to leave that ghostly place meant they had escaped.
All the field team members were silent, Li Jia came to Zhou Xubai's side and handed him a cigarette.
Zhou Xubai shook his head silently, Li Jia sighed and put the cigarette back into the cigarette case, "I know... smoking is prohibited in the cabin."
The relaxed communication staff began to chat in low voices, talking about missing their family members and leaving the asylum in the central city to such an independent communication base. Every day, they are suffering from the panic of being buried in the Kepler ecological zone at any time.
Their chatting became louder and louder, and the field team next to them coughed, but they continued to chat without any response.
Zhou Xubai's brows finally frowned, and his fists were clenched tightly, making a slight clucking sound.
Tan Mo knows that Zhou Xubai has a seemingly good-tempered face and is usually very patient, but it does not mean that he can tolerate his teammates being buried in the communication base, and these survivors are still discussing here in front of the field team members A better life in the future.
Li Jia saw that the captain of the family was about to get angry, and said first: "You all have families, and if you want to live a stable life, it doesn't mean we don't want to either."
After the voice fell, the staff finally realized and shut up immediately.
A few minutes later, one of the staff wiped his sweat and whispered, "Why do I feel so hot?"
"That's right, Xiao Zhao, look at you sweating a lot!" The colleague next to him handed him a napkin to wipe off, "Look at you, your collar and back are all wet!"
"I'd better go wash my face." Xiao Zhao said.
Zhou Xubai stood up suddenly, grabbed Xiao Zhao's hand, and pulled him up from the seat, "Don't go anywhere, just sit here."
After finishing speaking, Zhou Xubai put his palm on top of his head, sensing the existence of Kepler's energy, but found nothing.
Tan Mo, who was on the sidelines, basically guessed what would happen next, but he was not invited by Zhou Xubai to enter the guest-wo world, so there was no way to change anything like in Luo Qingyun's guest-wo world.Even if he opened his mouth to remind Zhou Xubai everything, there was no way for Zhou Xubai in this world to hear him.
The green clam is a Kepler creature that can dissolve in water. When it only exists in water, it can still be perceived by the fusion person. The water content in the adult body reaches 50.00% to 60.00%. Once the green clam enters the human body You can hide your own Kepler energy, because it is not hidden in a certain organ, nor is it hidden in a certain part, but is combined with the cells of the human body to achieve true parasitism.
Zhou Xubai forced Xiao Zhao back to his seat abruptly, and his body was sweating more and more. Other colleagues also saw that he might have a problem, and they all stayed away from him.
"I'm hot and I want to drink water...give me water..."
Zhou Xubai was sitting next to him, holding his shoulders to keep him from moving.
But Xiao Zhao's struggle became more and more serious, he kept pushing Zhou Xubai's arm, and even shouted: "I said I want to drink water - why don't you give me water! What right do you have to prevent me from drinking water?" ! The field captain is amazing!"
He tried to stand up, and kicked Zhou Xubai when he couldn't stand up, but Zhou Xubai's expression was always cold.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Zhao seemed to be out of breath, his breathing became rapid, and the words in his mouth were still: "Water...water..."
Li Jia and two other field team members in the cabin pointed guns at Xiao Zhao, and the atmosphere in the cabin became tense.
The other staff members didn't dare to move, they wanted to stay away, but the cabin was only that big.
Xiao Zhao was sweating more and more. He looked at his colleague with a desperate expression: "I... just want to drink water... why are you doing this to me?"
An old engineer couldn't bear it, and pleaded: "Captain Zhou, why don't you let him drink water? What if he just got sick and wants to drink water? He wants to drink water and sweats easily... How can this be related to the disappearance of the team members?"
Xiao Zhao's shoulders were trembling, and he was getting weaker and weaker.
But Zhou Xubai was unmoved, he still firmly held Xiao Zhao's shoulder.
"Yes, if there is a Kepler creature in his body, aren't you the captain? You can't feel it? And there is no response from the scanning instrument before entering the cabin?"
Zhou Xubai sneered, turned his face to look at Xiao Zhao and said, "Aren't you coming out yet?"
I only heard the sound of "gurgling" like water flowing, Zhou Xubai's hand suddenly pressed empty, and Xiao Zhao's clothes shrank, making the sound of "gurgling" and turning into a pool of transparent flowing liquid.
"Ahhhh-"
"Little Zhao—"
All the staff members who were still very dissatisfied with Zhou Xubai wanted to retreat, and they felt that they were not far enough back even though they were already against the wall of the aircraft.
The field team members shot immediately, and the dart bombs hit the pool of liquid, and instantly solidified into a thin layer on the ground.
Zhou Xubai shot at Xiao Zhao's clothes very vigilantly.
When the gunfire stopped, the cabin was still in shock.
"Captain Zhou...what the hell is this..." the old engineer asked.
Zhou Xubai squatted down in front of the solidified liquid, Li Jia handed him the sampler, and he carefully peeled off that layer and put it into the sampler.
"We don't know what it is. It may be a new Kepler species." Zhou Xubai replied.
"New Kepler species?"
"Can it actually melt the human body into water? This...isn't this too scary?"
"Such creatures can't be detected at all, and it will be easy to invade our city in the future!"
The staff who thought they could return to normal human life after returning to Yinwan City began to panic again.
Zhou Xubai said: "It should not melt the human body into water, but it can melt into the human body and absorb the nutrients of the human body. When all the nutrients are absorbed, the host will assimilate with it and become the same form as it. It becomes liquid like water."
Li Jia's throat moved, and the eyes of other field team members turned red.
"So, Xiao Yao and the others...were eaten by it like this, right?"
Zhou Xubai didn't nod or shake his head, silence is the most heart-wrenching answer.
At this moment, the old engineer suddenly covered his chest, his lips turned white, "Quick...quick...my heart..."
"Oops! Meng Gong has a heart attack! Give him medicine! Give him medicine!"
Everyone quickly supported the old engineer to sit down, helped find his medicine bottle, and opened Meng Gong's thermos to feed him water.
"I've been terrified these past few days, Meng Gong's heart has suffered!"
"Just now I was scared enough by Xiao Zhao again."
"Meng Gong, slow down, you slow down."
Zhou Xubai narrowed his eyes, because it is reasonable for the old engineer to take one or two sips of medicine, and he is not too thirsty when he is old, so he does not need to drink water in such a hurry.
"Go away! Stay away from Meng Gong!"
Zhou Xubai and Li Jia pulled all the staff away, and saw Meng Gong sitting on the seat holding his chest, breathing hard.
Zhou Xubai pressed on the side of Meng Gong's neck, his pulse was a little fast, probably caused by a heart attack just now, but he didn't sweat all over his body.
At this moment, the staff who fed Meng Gong didn't stand still, and the cup in his hand fell to the ground, and the water started to flow on the ground.
"Well……"
Zhou Xubai was startled when he heard a dull and short whimper coming from behind him. He turned around and saw the field team members looking at him with surprised and panicked eyes, and the gun in his hand fell off with a "click". On the ground, he clutched his throat and stepped back step by step.
Tan Mo was also stunned. Just like Zhou Xubai, his attention was attracted by Meng Gong who had a heart attack, and he didn't notice what was behind him at all!
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