mother of all races

John Bronson's "forced out" (an understatement of the word, but who cares) was an invisible signal that the emergency meeting, which hadn't made much progress, was finally coming to an end.

The condition of the crew is not very good, John's yelling is just some crazy words, but it still affects everyone present.

disturbed.

Hesitant.

apprehensive.

at a loss.

Lin Xi could almost see those words directly on the faces of those who silently left the meeting room.Among these people, Alisa's complexion was particularly bad. Her pretty face was now covered with greasy cold sweat, her lips were pale and dry, and her hair was messed up like a mess of straw.

"Hey Alisa, are you okay?"

Lin Xi had never seen Alisa in such a mess before, which made him feel a little worried.

Hearing his whispered inquiry, Alisa trembled suddenly, and then turned her head to look at him.

Lin Xi felt that his question just now seemed to scare Alisa, which made him feel very surprised.

Alisa is not the kind of delicate and weak woman. It can even be said that her willpower and adaptability are much stronger than many people-she is the kind of person who is really suitable to be the captain of a spaceship.

An accident like a failed warp is really bad, but it shouldn't make Alyssa like this.

"I... I... I think I'm just a little too tired."

Alyssa stared straight at Lin Xi, her gaze lost for a moment, and then quickly returned to normal.

She came back to her senses, and then answered Lin Xi dryly.

"You know, it's a bad situation. Everywhere."

she says.

"You don't look well right now...I think you really need a professional doctor and a considerate lover by your side."

Lin Xi tried his best to look relaxed, and he spoke softly to Alisa: "However, I'm so lucky, if I remember correctly, there happened to be a man named Bryce on board who met this requirement—I sent You go to his place, I think he is also very happy to see you."

Alisa's eyes trembled slightly. After mentioning Bryce, her gray and hard face, which was as gray as concrete, finally loosened a little.

But at this moment, Taran's ghostly voice sounded behind him.

"Dr. Lin Xi. Allow me to remind you that there is still a task briefing between me and you that has not been completed."

Lin Xi rolled her eyes with her back to Taran.

For heaven's sake--

He whispered silently to Alisa with his lips.

It's already this time, why does Taran still think of him?

Lin Xi originally thought that she could fish in troubled waters and hand in a written briefing, and then slip away with the excuse of being busy.

"I'll check with Bryce, don't worry about me." Alyssa looked at Lin Xi being stopped by Talan, she seemed to cheer up a bit, forced an ugly smile and said to him, "... …By the way, good luck."

With that, she cast a quick glance at Taran before leaving the conference room.

The metal hatch creaked and closed in front of Lin Xi.

At this moment, only Lin Xi and Taran were left in the huge conference room—this fact alone was tragic enough.

Thinking of Alisa's tired and sympathetic eyes before leaving, Lin Xi took a deep breath, then turned around, and met the gloomy captain.

"I've sent all mission logs to your personal terminal, sir."

Lin Xi said immediately.

Whatever his personal sensibilities toward Taran, at least on the surface, he was trying to appear submissive and friendly.

After such a meeting, and John Bronson's sudden madness, you can tell with your toes, Taran must be in a bad mood now, and Lin Xi doesn't intend to cause too much trouble for herself.

Taran sneered.

"Oh, you mean a mission report? Ah, I'm sorry, I thought it was someone who sent me a middle school essay by mistake... Did you write essays like this in Union University before?"

The contempt in Taran's tone made no secret.

(Oh hold on.)

Lin Xi looked at Ta Lan, and he said to himself in his heart.

(It's not the first day you know this guy is a total jerk.)

The little angel named "Sense" in his heart tried hard to convince himself.

"Well, in fact, my papers have been published in many well-known journals. Maybe those professional and top editors have different ideas about my words."

Lin Xi took a step forward so that she could confront Taran directly.

It's just that he quickly moved his eyes away from Talan's face, probably because of the strong dislike for Talan in his heart, he always felt that there seemed to be some subtle changes in Talan's face.The deeply sunken eye sockets, the excessively thin cheeks and the lavender blood vessels protruding from under the pale skin, matched with those nervous eyes that always tremble slightly—Talan was already ugly enough, but Lin Xi felt that this man didn't look so disgusting before he entered the sleeping cabin.

Lin Xi couldn't even face him calmly, even if she kept reminding herself not to cause trouble in her heart.

After hearing Lin Xi's response, Taran's facial muscles twitched again.He seemed to want to say something, but Lin Xi interrupted him first.

"Oh, by the way, I actually want to remind you of one more thing, my respected Mr. Captain—in a strict sense, I am just an 'auxiliary' assigned to do some simple professional work, not your crew. In the agreement I signed before boarding the ship, my scope of work does not include this kind of exploration work and the repair work inside the spacecraft. If you really have any dissatisfaction with my previous missions, I have a better suggestion— —Send someone more professional down there to take a look.”

Lin Xi smiled, and then spoke all the words in one breath.

(Whoa, plan failed.)

The voice in his heart whistled.

He really didn't want to make trouble for himself, but... You see, things are so strange, sometimes it's hard to control your emotions just by seeing Taran's nervous face.

What's more, Lin Xi swore that there was nothing false or exaggerated in what she said.

Although he had to pretend that he didn't know the customary thing when he talked: on a spaceship, the captain has the right to order and control everyone on board, whether he is a crew member or not.

"..."

Hearing Lin Xi's unkind words, Taran's expression quickly twisted.

He took a deep breath and seemed to be about to say something.

Lin Xi secretly clenched his fists and made preparations. He was sure that what Talan would say next would not be pleasant, and he might really fight the bastard in front of him.

but……

The changes that happened to Taran in the next moment made Lin Xi feel a little at a loss.

Just after taking a deep breath, Taran's body suddenly shook violently.

Lin Xi had been on guard against Taran, so he noticed the obvious changes on the guy's face very clearly: the man's nose contracted, his lips trembled unnaturally, and the pair of small eyes embedded in the deep sockets suddenly opened. Big, so big that it seems that the eyeballs can roll out of the eye sockets, but his pupils are very small.

"Ho-"

An odd mumble rolled out of Taran's throat.

But that was just a simple syllable, and in the next second, Taran's throat choked up, and he stood there straight as if he had been struck by lightning, without making any sound for a long time.

Lin Xi looked at him in surprise, and he accidentally looked at Talan again.

He swore he had never seen Taran look like this before, and the latter looked at him with an extremely strange emotion.

It was as if he was no longer him, but suddenly turned into a panda or an elephant on the spot...

Lin Xi felt that Talan might as well follow the familiar routine, but now his appearance made Lin Xi feel scared.

A coolness kept sliding down his neck.

"Do you... have any orders, Captain Taran?"

Lin Xi and Taran stared straight at each other for a few seconds.

Those were literally the longest seconds of his life.

In the end, Lin Xi was the first to lose, his attitude softened, and he asked tentatively.

The battered air unit in the conference room was still running, creaking and gasping for breath, and the noise mingled with Taran's increasingly heavy breathing.

Lin Xi himself admired his overly strong willpower - if it weren't for this willpower, he would have probably run away.

The way Taran looked now, and his gaze...

Lin Xi couldn't find any words to describe his weirdness, that sticky and hot gaze was more terrifying than any horror movie.

"Get out of here—go—"

Just when Lin Xi thought that Talan would faint in front of him because of an epileptic seizure or something, Talan suddenly spoke again.

He staggered back a few steps, then yelled at Lin Xi.

He was still arrogant and rude as usual, but Lin Xi would not miss the trouble and panic in his voice.

……In the end what happened?

Lin Xi recalled the previous conversation between him and Taran.

He could not see why Taran had suddenly become so strange.

However, even though he was confused and confused, since Talan asked him to leave so bluntly, Lin Xi still wished he could quickly walk out of the meeting room.

However, just as the metal hatch of the conference room closed behind him, he clearly heard a loud noise coming from behind the door.

Obviously, Taran seemed to have lost something on the hatch—Lin Xi guessed that it should be the chair he had in hand.

And he was sure that he was the one Taran really wanted to smash.

"Well……"

Lin Xi's confusion swelled like never before, almost arousing his curiosity about Taran Ida, a scumbag.

But thank God, the distaste for the guy eventually outweighed the curiosity.

"Who knows if that guy is also insane?"

Lin Xi muttered.

On the way to find Bryce and Alyssa, Lin Xi looked at the scene outside the viewfinder window.

What filled the view outside the window were those strange creatures with bright colors that seemed to be false (if this is really the as192 planet according to the meeting, then that thing can be called a plant), they are so tight Earth clustered beside the Helios, swaying slowly like a living creature under the hazy unknown fog.

For some reason, Lin Xi felt uncomfortable just looking at the scene outside the window.

This is a maddening planet.

This idea appeared in his mind for no reason, and he couldn't get rid of it.

As he gazed at the limbs of plants as limp as sea anemones, it was the faces of the crew that kept haunting his mind.

Bryce, John, Alisa...even Taran.

They are all completely different from before.

Although they could use the pressure brought about by the failed leap to explain their disorder, deep down, Lin Xi couldn't deceive himself.

No matter how dull he is, he should be able to faintly feel that vague and unknown aura spreading in this spaceship.Thinking of this, Lin Xi shivered involuntarily, as if a hairy spider had crawled over his feet.

Of course, if Lin Xi could see the scene behind that metal hatch, he might not just be fighting cold wars.

Taran was alone in the conference room.This closed cabin became empty due to the departure of other people.

The air purification system was still running crazily, humming, mixed with the indistinct sound of metal breaking.

However, not only did the breath-taking atmosphere not fade away with Lin Xi's departure, but it became more and more intense.

At least that's how it was for Taran.

After completely locking the memory room, he no longer had to care about his appearance in front of others.

He fell to the ground, his body huddled tightly and twitching non-stop.

His heart was beating violently, there was pain in his chest, and an intense itching spread beneath his skin.

Taran's nails dug deep into his skin, and he scratched until they were filled with his own blood and skin flakes.

It was hellish pain, but even at this time, Talan couldn't help himself, sucking in his breath like a drowning man desperate for his last breath.

He greedily absorbed the smell.

There was a faint smell coming from Lin Xi's body.

"Ho-ho-ho-"

Taran's throat started to growl again, his jaw was so wet he knew he was drooling.

But he couldn't care less about it at all.

He passed out.