mother of all races

Alyssa complained in a private message that the meeting organized in response to the crisis was a disaster.

When Lin Xi received Taran's urging and had to bite the bullet and step into that ghostly place, he realized that Alisa's words were not credible at all—that girl was about to become a saint in essence Well, she really over-beautified the place she stayed in before.

After hours of swearing and bickering with no progress, all senior members are exhausted, the air purification system has been turned on to the maximum gear, and the old air unit sounds like it will explode in a second up.The smell of human sweat, smoke, and alcohol are mixed together, and the air is very turbid, but what really makes people breathless is not the bad air, but the tension, anger, and anger floating in the air. Fear and restlessness.

It was precisely because of this that Lin Xi's arrival didn't even attract anyone's attention.

"...This is the place, everyone can see it! There is no need to compare the damned star map. Everyone knows that the orbit of as192 is completely unstable, and its operation is completely irregular. Compare the star map It's meaningless at all! Ladies and gentlemen, open your eyes and look at those things outside the spaceship! Those disgusting things are exactly the same as those in the original exploration log! And that son of a bitch as192 will have this That shit, we gotta figure something out, or we're all going to die here—”

When the door that was no longer shiny because of its age was slowly moved away, the first thing Lin Mao heard was a high-pitched scream, the voice was rapid and hoarse.

Lin Xi looked towards the person who was speaking. It was John Bronson. At this time, he was waving his arms, dancing, and yelling loudly at others.

He is the second-oldest member of the crew and the voyage is said to be his last before retiring.

From this point of view, it is somewhat understandable why he was so excited.

Anyone who suffers from this kind of accident on their last job before retirement will feel very bad.

However, as192?John said that the planet they are now forced to land on is the as192 star?

Lin Xi blinked.

Almost subconsciously, he felt that John might have lost his mind—after all, AS192 was so famous for its extraordinarily legendary and mysterious history.

It used to be the dreamland of all people on earth, and it was the fire that opened the era of great exploration.

It is said that it is almost the twin brother of the earth in the vast universe. Its density, atmosphere, gravity, and even its revolution and rotation orbit are almost exactly the same as the earth. It is a vibrant planet, like the first planet specially created by God for mankind. Two homes.

And, best of all, it's right next to an ancient jump point.

It is so perfect and wonderful, and probably because of this, it turns out to be just an illusory dream in the end.

300 years ago, the Providence carrying 25 people slowly flew to the planet as192, and the transition point that disappeared mysteriously broke this dream with unprecedented cruelty and pain.The 25 people and the most expensive spaceship in human history have never been heard from again after they sailed into the universe.The once most powerful country on earth has also completely fallen apart because of that huge planetary immigration plan, and the aftermath and wars have lasted for decades.

And almost all history books have a common conclusion, that is, the failure of human beings on planet as192 officially ended the era of great exploration that was once in full swing.

Of course, 300 years is enough to heal all scars, and the pain caused by as192 eventually evolved into the place where the breath-taking mysterious background and fantasy stories in horror movies and various dark novels take place.

At least, for Lin Xi, it is too far away from reality.

"...John, this statement is too absurd. After the transition failed, we crash-landed directly on a planet that cannot be found on the star map, and this planet happens to be as192? This possibility is really too small gone."

Another crew member spoke up.

What he said was almost exactly what Lin Xi thought, but after stepping into the cabin, Lin Xi had been observing these tired and anxious crew members, and he did not miss the expressions of these people.

Likewise, he wouldn't admit his mistake—the crew didn't seem so determined when they refuted John's words.

"However, the data sent back by the exploration robots we released these days," sure enough, someone stuttered and spoke weakly after a while, "I mean, those values... After comparison, they are indeed It is in perfect agreement with the data of as192 retained in the records."

All eyes were on that person in unison.

The young crew member had cold sweat on his forehead.

"Of course, there are still some details that don't match up..."

he added quietly.

Did something go wrong...

Lin Xi whispered in disbelief in her heart.

John may be talking nonsense because his retirement life has been ruined, but the data clerk who added it later is very reliable-Lin Xi has never liked the kind of complete nerd, but he has to admit that those people No lies could be squeezed out of Mu Leng Leng's mind.

……

"I still think it's absurd, it's very unlikely but who knows if it's just a coincidence?"

"Who knows if there is something wrong with your robots, I heard that they were almost broken when they were forced to land..."

"Even the data can hardly prove that this is the planet, it has disappeared for so long, and the transition point is-"

In the midst of a renewed quarrel, someone inadvertently mentioned the transition point.

Then, without any warning, everyone fell silent.

They looked at each other with unnatural expressions.

Oh yes, of course, it's very unscientific, but that idea came to everyone's mind almost automatically.

transition point.

The Helios landed on this planet precisely because of an unexplainable transition failure. What if it was pulled over by a previously recorded transition point during the normal transition process?Considering that the jump point that swallowed the Providence disappeared for unknown reasons, its reappearance does not seem impossible.

"There is a layer of 'ghost dust' floating in the low-earth orbit of as192. They will absorb all outgoing communication waves and interfere with the detection system of the spacecraft. The initial exploration team is equipped with a customized communication system so as not to lose contact with the earth. connect……

someone said faintly in a very uncertain voice.

"Hey, wait, we have no proof that this is the goddamn as192 at all. We don't need to start worrying about that shit ghost dust at a time like this, do we?"

"It's just a possibility..."

Small disturbances spread through the shabby cabin like dust stirred up by vibrations in a dry attic.

"Shut the fuck up—"

In the end, it was Taran's tyrannical roar that ended everything.

According to Lin Xi's understanding of this control freak, he should have raged and suppressed the unreasonable speculation fiercely, but to Lin Xi's surprise, Taran didn't really refute that statement.

"It doesn't matter if it's some unknown unknown planet or the damn as192, what we really should do is to find a way to repair the spacecraft and return to the earth with the cargo, not here Stop wasting my time."

Taran said in his characteristic weird tone, and then he turned his eyes to a bearded man in the cabin with a temperament completely different from the others.On the surface, the whiskers are just ordinary crew members on the Helios just like everyone else.

But Lin Xi knew that that guy was actually a professional mercenary sent by the government to guard the Helios.

"Sorian, I told you four hours ago that I need 'humans' to go outside and show me carefully, collect your instruments, your eyes, and your brains. all the information and give me a fucking professional report! Where is the team I need now? What is the stuff they sent back? God, look at this group of people, they are like a bunch of scared Bad chick."

Taran asked sternly.

Sorian's expression was a little ugly.

"Yes, I have already arranged the manpower, but for the outboard activities, there is a little problem here..."

"question?"

Taran narrowed his eyes dangerously.

Sorian stood up straight, and Lin Xi noticed that the man looked at John Bronson intentionally or unintentionally.

"It's just some strange rumors, boss. One or two of the young men in that group are still very young. This is the first time they have encountered such a thing on a spaceship, so they are a bit easily influenced."

The thick beard on the man's face blocked his expression, but the way he looked at John couldn't be called friendly.

"Your men have been muttering outside my crew cabins, I don't think you want to know the details."

He shrugged and whispered, with the slickness of a professional mercenary.

Without further ado, Taran immediately realized what had happened.

"Bronson?"

He looked at the excited old man.

"what did you say?"

Taran asked gloomily, his eyes terrified.

At this moment, Lin Xi was a little thankful that the person he was staring at was not herself.

"the truth."

John Bronson also flinched under such gazes, but he still muttered softly.

Taran's facial muscles twitched.

Lin Xi saw that his hands on the table were exerting force, and it was obvious that Taran's anger was gradually rising.

"What truth, what do you know?" The coldness in Taran's tone became more serious, "...you are just a cook, what can you know?" In the last sentence, Taran didn't have any to hide his contempt.

Yeah, John Bronson, the most senior chef in charge, was responsible for feeding the crew members who weren't cryogenically hibernated so they wouldn't go crazy over the nasty-tasting canned food during the two-year flight.

However, no one expected that such a rhetorical question touched John's nerves inexplicably.

"The truth—damn it—I said the truth—"

Suddenly John Bronson stood up and yelled back at Taran.

"You think you're hiding it well but I know everything, Taran Ida, you damn alien bastard, you're just as crazy as those bug aliens, you want to sacrifice us, right! You I have long known that this is as192, the cursed place, the devil's lair, you want to sacrifice us to the devil, you want to kill us all, so you brought us here—"

The old man's voice was close to a roar at the end, his face was flushed, the veins on his forehead were bulging, and his eyes were bloodshot.

He looked completely insane, or rather, insane.

And the words he yelled, although everyone could tell that they were just figments of his imagination in extreme fear or frustration, but coupled with his extremely frightened and frantic demeanor, those yells actually revealed an unbearable feeling. Describe the sense of unknown.

But Taran looked, as if unmoved.

He stared at John in disgust, his lips curled in disdain.

"Alyssa, find a way to deal with this guy."

He didn't even say a word to John but turned to look at Alisa.

Alyssa's face was stiff (even desperate), but she quickly managed to get the out-of-control old John out of the conference room first.

Of course, that "solution" was hardly friendly, given John's overly agitated mood.

"...This place will kill us, and the devil will kill us, just like they killed those 25 people. If we don't do anything, we will die too! We will die!"

After being forcibly dragged out by the armed robot, Old John's desperate cries echoed in the depths of the corridor for a long time.