mother of all races

"I used to think that it was because I had transformed from a human into a heterogeneous species that I felt you were so weak. However, when I saw the materials left by those people in the quarantine area, I realized... maybe not not like this."

Lin Xi took a step forward.

Hal involuntarily took a step back, his thigh touched the life support device behind him, making a crisp crashing sound.

The body of this bionic human was damaged so badly that it should have been retired a long time ago.

Lin Xi stared at Hal like this, but what emerged in his mind was the large number of documents he saw in the quarantine area.

The people on the Providence knew a lot more about alien species than he thought-of course, in hindsight, this is almost a matter of course.

You know, they can even use Scripps' children as a blueprint to make biological weapons.

The white nematodes that Lin Xi had encountered, as well as the deformed cultures they saw in the biological testing ground, were nothing but shoddy and shoddy products.

In the lower deck of the Providence, there are a large number of weapons in a dormant state: biological weapons manufactured by people in the later stage, fully automatic killing robots, and a full range of attack machinery specially designed by Del Corporation for alien planet transformation...

That was the killer weapon created by the researchers who isolated the inside of the spaceship with painstaking efforts and blocked it all their lives.

Lin Xi had to admit that when he saw the information about those things, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

If a worm mother like him who has not had time to reproduce enough offspring is confronted with those eradicating machines specially developed for alien species, I am afraid... will die.

Whether it is him, Xavier, Arthur or Noah, they will all die.

"...But from the beginning to the end, you didn't use those weapons. You just sent out waves of extremely fragile basic mechanical warriors, weakly blocking me like a joke."

"..."

Hal stared at Lin Xi silently, but did not refute.

Lin Xi waited for a moment, then slowly continued to speak.

"The worm mother is not invincible, and neither is the alien species. Actually, you know it, right? It seems that you once easily controlled Captain Scripps... The most terrifying thing about the alien species is not the worm mother itself or A single heterogeneous individual, but a huge group of heterogeneous creatures that continue to reproduce and increase in value. After Captain Scripps transformed into the mother of heterogeneous species, he was completely controlled by you before he had time to reproduce enough offspring That's what you should have done to me."

While speaking, Lin Xi suddenly let out a long sigh.

Then he reached out and waved lightly in mid-air.

Beside him, Xavier Noah and Arthur moved slightly at the same time, and then quickly swept to a specific corner of the control room.

If only relying on the human naked eye, it is almost difficult to capture their extremely fast movements.

Several crisp metallic sounds suddenly sounded.

Accompanied by the movements of the three alien species, the laser gun that was slowly poking out of the shooting port in the dark was directly pulled out by them, and then it was crushed into a piece of scrap iron and fell to the ground with a clanging sound.

Hal's electronic eyes flashed.

"Stop engaging in this senseless...confrontation."

Lin Xi didn't seem to see those guns, he said calmly to Hal.

At the same time, Xavier quietly slipped back to Lin Xi's side.

The young, handsome, strong man with a beauty beyond the scope of human aesthetics turned his head sideways, staring intently at Lin Xi with scarlet eyes.

Lin Xi's appearance at this moment was so calm and cold, it almost made Xavier's heart beat so fast that it was about to burst out of his chest.

Whether it's lines or expressions, Lin Xi's current appearance is very similar to Xavier's favorite movie villain.

Thinking of this, Xavier felt that he had a heavy task, and he couldn't help tensing his body, trying to show an extremely fierce appearance in front of Hal.

"If it weren't for capturing Scripps' electronic consciousness, I would never allow something like you to roam around my ship."

Hal glanced at Xavier in disgust, then silently turned his gaze back to Lin Xi's face.

Although the current situation is very bad, Hal still looks peaceful.

However, just after Hal said this, Lin Xi's eyes became even weirder.

Behind him, the three alien species also looked at the bionic man in front of them with the same gaze.

Being looked at with strange eyes by four different species at the same time, even Hal could vaguely sense that something was wrong.

It's just that its hardware is too damaged now, and considering all the current conditions, it has no way to figure out the reason why the alien in front of it behaves so strangely.

Until Lin Xi spoke again.

"Scripps is dead, he's already dead."

Lin Xi said.

Before Hal could open his mouth to refute, he continued talking.

"You should have known this long ago...Scripps is a Cyberman. A Cyberman is just an artifact, a hybrid of a human and a machine. A machine will always be a machine, and the human part will always be a machine. It's human. Scripps is only a human, and humans will never have the so-called electronic consciousness, nor can he become a ghost to sneak into the computer system..."

"Only a machine can do that. That's you, Hal, and only you, from beginning to end."

Lin Xi said to Hal word by word.

"That's Scripps."

"I know it's him—I know—I've always known—

"That's—Scripps."

"That's-Sk-ri-pus-"...

Halder replied, gradually becoming staccato, with unnecessary repetitions and stutters.

It sensed that its logic program was beginning to malfunction.

On the one hand, it is because Lin Xi has destroyed most of its services, and on the other hand, because, in order to refute Lin Xi, a large number of error reports appeared in Hal's system again.

Lin Xi couldn't help but sighed again.

He stared at Hal with a pathetic and strange look.

This extremely ugly emulator used to make him feel fear and hatred, but now, he felt that Hal in front of him was a little pathetic.

"...you have been avoiding this fact, which has directly led to the accumulation of your system errors."

Lin Xi said calmly, then he raised his hand, revealing a gadget in his palm.

It was a small holographic projector. He found it in the research center in the isolation area. It was of a very old style, but thanks to the industrial technology of the Great Exploration Age, this thing can still be used until now.

And Lin Xi brought it out during the very critical explosion.

Perhaps, at that time, Lin Xi had already guessed in his heart that he might use it.

Lin Xi turned on the holographic projector in front of Hal——

Accompanied by a faint blue light, the images from hundreds of years light up again.

[My dear crew members, I am the current highest officer of the Providence, Captain Scripps, and I will give you the last report of this plan...]

Hal's body shook heavily, and he turned his head dully, looking at the projection in Lin Xi's hand.

The voice belonging to Scripps was strangely calm.

It was so peaceful...it was hard to connect what he said with his tone.

Yes, this is the last decision Scripps makes.

He will install a miniature bomb inside his brain, and the set detonation time is exactly 0.1 seconds after his body is completely transformed into a different species.

All this is to ensure the safety of human beings.

The micro-bomb will destroy his brain, and then, the follow-up is handed over to other senior researchers.

The group of researchers who managed to survive on the Providence, their last and highest mission in this life is to maintain the life of Captain Scripps who is the worm mother...

"In the same universe, there is only one mother of different species, no matter whether that mother is seriously ill, weak, or old, or... a vegetative person who is ignorant and has only physical stock."

Lin Xi said.

As long as the researchers on the Providence can maintain the basic vital signs of Scripps himself in the spacecraft, it means that there will be no second mother of alien species in this universe.

In the same way, that also means that on the far side of the earth, there is no need to worry that their homeland will be invaded by another alien monster with a terrifying appearance...

"Scripps must have instructed you to do the same before making this decision."

Lin Xi stared at the motionless Hal behind the translucent projection.

His voice is a little hoarse.

In fact, even he couldn't describe his feelings at this time. After learning all the truth, his feelings about Scripps became extremely complicated.

That young man is not a product of nature and love, he is purely a tool, created by humans in the laboratory for the Providence project...

Scripps can't even be called a real human being, but it was he who sacrificed the entire crew of the Providence on a distant uninhabited planet, and made everything he had The sacrificial offering... guards the human race.

Protecting the unknown human beings in the distant universe.

If the information obtained in the quarantine area only made Lin Xi vaguely get some guesses, then when Lin Xi turned on Hal's core processor under the guidance of "Scripps", when Hal Everything that was forcibly sealed in the fault handling library allowed Lin Xi to fully understand the tragedy that happened on this ship.

Ordinary crew members infected in surface space were eliminated and executed by Scripps.

But he left a large number of scientific researchers with high authority.

Those guys stuck around for a long time.

"...but they died in the end, and no one can live long in a place like this, except you.

You were left behind, Hal.Only you have remained fully conscious..."

Lin Xi's voice gradually became weaker.

He tried to see a hint of expression on the body of Hal's bionic man.

It's ridiculous, considering it's an android, but maybe it's because Hal has been acting so human all this time.So much so that sometimes Lin Xi couldn't even control herself.He subconsciously wanted to know what Harbin was thinking.