Call of the Void

On the other side, Fang Yan searched around with a flashlight but found nothing.

In the silent corridor of space, Fang Yan faintly heard three extremely subtle vibrations. Listening more closely, they faded. This was a signal from Ye Miaomiao, but not a distress signal. Fang Yan guessed that Ye Miaomiao had encountered a new situation, but one that didn't require his presence.

The door beside me suddenly opened a crack, and whispers came from inside.

"Captain Fang! It's really Captain Fang!"

"I said I saw the light! It must be the Lord and his men coming!"

"Captain Fang! Here! Turn off the lights! Don't let them find you!"

Despite lowering his voice, the person in the crack of the door could not hide his excitement, as if he had seen a life-saving straw.

Fang Yan saw clearly in the light that one of them was Dong Zhirong. The latter's face was a mixture of joy and panic, and he would look behind him from time to time - there really was something here! Fang Yan nodded slightly, immediately turned off the flashlight, and walked sideways into the door.

"Great! We're saved!"

"Is Captain Fang alone?"

Perhaps it was because of the noise, but even he didn't hear the rustling sound behind him that suddenly became louder after he turned off the flashlight.

The scene inside was even more terrifying. This room was not a makeshift lounge; it was a proper staff dormitory. To help the employees relieve their loneliness, they had spent a lot of money to build floor-to-ceiling windows.

Looking out the window, the vast universe stretches as far as the eye can see, and the scattered stars seem like a dream. If you lower your head slightly, you can see the blue planet. However, the huge circulation system of nature seems insignificant in the universe.

At this moment, a purple eye, resembling a star and a black hole, stood quietly among the stars. Waves of light emanated from its surroundings, illuminating the universe until it flickered like nothingness. Only the black tentacles extending from the center of the eye remained solid, swaying silently as if alive.

It had wisdom, an inexplicable thought rising from deep within, an inhuman, snake-like wisdom.

"My suggestion is," someone said as Fang Yan stared blankly out the window, "install some curtains. Every night when you get up to go to the bathroom and take off your pants, you see this and you'll have a heart attack sooner or later.

Others: “…” Is this the time to talk about this!

"What are they?" Fang Yan retracted his gaze and pointed outside the door - a threat that was closer.

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to the side of the room, where the young man was lying on the bed.

"It was half a man's height, completely black, with legs as long as arms, and it was like a metal knife. It was the one that hit me." The young man lifted up his trouser leg, revealing a long, bright red gash, which had only been crudely bandaged. "What exactly it was... I don't know."

The others remained silent.

"Here's what happened," Dong Zhirong interrupted. "When we came up here, we didn't see the person handing over our work, so we decided to wait in the hall. But not long after, the lights suddenly went out! We quickly grabbed our flashlights and planned to head to the work area to look for our senior colleagues."

"Halfway through the walk, he, Yuheng, accidentally fell and said something tripped him... We were so scared that we quickly found a room to hide in. Only then did we realize that Yuheng was injured."

"It was pitch black and chaotic, so no one could see what it looked like. We only heard rustling sounds."

"Rustle, rustle—"

"Yes, that's the sound."

"Rustle, rustle—"

Dong Zhirong's expression suddenly changed, and he looked at the door of the staff dormitory like a frightened bird. Outside that door, which looked sturdy, but whose interior was unknown, it seemed as if countless things were crowding in, trying to get in. Through the narrow crack of the door, dark shadows could be vaguely seen swaying.

Here they come! They come!

Everyone looked at Fang Yan for help, but no one made a fuss or complained. They were well trained and knew that there were countless unknown dangers in space, and the best thing to do was to stay calm and follow instructions.

But unexpectedly, Fang Yan only uttered one word, "Wait."

Everyone looked at each other.

"You guys wait," he briefly explained his plan with Ye Miaomiao, "These things are not easy to deal with. I'll go find Miaomiao first. Don't go there."

After saying that, he opened the door in the dark, went out, and closed the door in one go, without giving the people inside or the insects outside a chance to react.

Everyone only heard the continuous sound of knives chopping fruit outside, but after a moment, the footsteps faded away.

The group of people looked at each other in amazement.

There were still nearly twenty minutes until the agreed time to meet at the elevator, and they could only wait in fear.

But the noise outside the door soon gathered again, and it was obvious that they were being targeted.

The noise outside the door became more and more terrifying, and gradually became more and more manic. Dong Zhirong hated his imagination at this moment. He always felt that he saw the door frame shaking, and those horrible things were about to rush in at the next second.

After waiting for twenty minutes, neither Fang Yan nor Ye Miaomiao came back.

To make matters worse, Yuheng's leg, which was scratched, became more and more swollen. Even someone without any medical experience could easily tell that he was poisoned.

"Yuheng! Brother, don't close your eyes! Talk."

"What...what should I do?"

"Where are the Lord and Captain Fang?"

"We're not really going to die here, are we?"

As time passed, everyone became more and more panicked. Although they knew they were here to open up new land, out of their trust in the territory, they really didn't think of losing their lives here.

Now there is no news of the two most powerful people in the territory. They are just ordinary people. Not to mention facing the monsters outside, even if they rush out by chance, they don’t know the password of the elevator!

A few people had already started moving things to block the door, but the others knew it was useless. This was space! They had no way out except through this door. Dong Zhirong felt his heart pounding, and for a moment, even the past began to flash back.

Just as everyone was panicking, there were suddenly several crackling sounds coming from the ceiling.

"Ahem." A clear female voice came from the loudspeaker.

"Lord!" "Yes, Lord!" Suddenly someone became excited.

He tapped the microphone rhythmically with his fingers, and after confirming everything was correct, the person inside asked inexplicably, "Three longs and three shorts?"

Everyone: “?”

Fang Yan, who was looking for someone somewhere far away: "..."

"Ahem," Ye Miaomiao coughed lightly, actually just to test the signal, "I have entered the elevator code. Captain Fang, if you find someone, take them down first."

Everyone: "!" We're saved! Yay!

The voice continued without pause: "These bugs are afraid of light. Just make sure you are in a light source and they can't harm you."

The people in the room were excited, and some immediately picked up the flashlights that were casually thrown around, as if they had found a treasure. Fang Yan, who was afraid of being discovered and had been diligently searching in the dark and had suffered some injuries as a result, said: "..." So he is a fool?

"I've already reached the lowest level of the station, restarted the energy stone base station, and turned on the backup power. But it's best not to turn on the lights. Although these bugs are afraid of light, they are very united and will seek out the easiest light sources to break through. Unattended lights will be quickly destroyed."

Everyone looked silently at Yu Heng, who was drowsy, dying and looked like a pretty boy. No wonder he was the only one who got tripped among so many strong men. The lord was really wise.

"If you have flashlights, my suggestion is that you form a circle, shine each other's light and leave safely. Captain Fang will go down and lead the team up..." The voice paused for a moment, a little helpless -

"Save me."

Fang Yan suddenly looked up at the horn, turned on the flashlight, and walked back the way he came without any hesitation.

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At this moment, Ye Miaomiao was not as dangerous as Fang Yan had imagined. She was sitting on a chair with her legs crossed. The chair, which was balanced on only one leg, was shaking as she moved it.

In front of her was a huge fan-shaped window, and the vast operating console was the control center of the entire space station. Behind her, countless insects trapped Ye Miaomiao inside, making a rustling noise and constantly shouting.

There were too many bugs, and Ye Miaomiao was so stupid that she rushed out alone.

She opened the light screen when she had time and slowly checked the side quests -

[Congratulations on obtaining the side quest - Majestic Fortress

Mission content: This moment is your dawn. However, your ambitious neighbor sees you as a terrible threat, "This is not a place for you to expand! Weak life form! Get out of here!"

Please clear your territory of all Tager Rock Zerg.

Mission Reward: Coordinates of this galaxy and summary of common resources]

[Congratulations on obtaining the side quest - Call of the Void

Content, rewards: unknown]

Obviously, these annoying bugs are the neighbors from the mission [Majestic Fortress]. The reward for clearing them out is pretty good -

Thinking of this, Ye Miaomiao mentally corrected herself. It was a lovable bug. From the start of the game until now, she had never had such a warm-hearted, kind, and genuinely friendly neighbor. Not only was he covered in treasures, but he even offered her a galaxy map out of friendship.

While the galaxy map is small, it's not useless. As the saying goes, rabbits don't eat grass near their burrows, but what if the grass were a galaxy-sized patch? Ye Miaomiao is ambitiously preparing to stockpile all the "grass" near her home, becoming a leading stockpiler.

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard a sound that sounded like the crying of humans and the roar of wild beasts, as if countless races were mixed together, calling out in a heavy and obscure way -

[Human.]

Ye Miaomiao felt as if her head was hit hard: "!" She looked up and was horrified to see that the purple eye was flashing at her.

Ye Miaomiao: “?” Not sure? Take another look?

She was about to say something when she suddenly felt her soul tremble. Everything in front of her became distorted and weird, as if everything became something familiar to her but incomprehensible, mixed together, making her feel crazy for a moment.

Ye Miaomiao struggled to open her eyes, trying to see everything clearly. Her mind was sometimes fast, sometimes slow, and she seemed to remember something. Ye Miaomiao took out a golden SSR out of thin air, with the words "Call of the Void" written on it.

Under the shining golden light of the SSR, Ye Miaomiao finally regained consciousness: "..."

If I'm not mistaken, this purple eye belongs to the Void race.

She still remembered this card because she had drawn it after the comic "Human Civilization" was released, when she, as the human protagonist, gained the favor of the Void race. At that time, Ye Miaomiao had searched through "The First Solution to the Universe" and couldn't find the Void race, so she thought it was a scam - who would like paper people in comics?

With the purple eye in front of him, he is definitely a two-dimensional creature.

Just as she was about to regain her composure after thinking this, Ye Miaomiao heard the words "Humanity" again.

It was not good, she cried out in her heart, and before she could muster up the courage to resist, she felt as if the world had turned upside down and the whole world had changed.

Before going completely insane, Ye Miaomiao was about to chew the handle on the operating table. She used her last bit of willpower to tie herself to the chair with ropes to prevent herself from doing something more horrible, such as touching Zerg feces.

Faintly, Ye Miaomiao saw the SSR transform into an ancient contract and fall into her light screen.