In countless worlds, everyone is born with a different script. Everyone wants to be the dazzling protagonist, but there are always those who are dealt the hand of a tragic supporting character.
...Chapter 26 Jinjiang first release supplement update: 1 It is forbidden to be in front of children...
Mo Liang's real name is not Mo Liang. The descendants of the polluted civilization do not need to rely on names to distinguish each other. Even their original names were a string of numbers.
Mo Liang's number is CT-●●●●
Everyone's common name is a similar number, so there is a rumor that the original origin of pollution civilization was just a bacterium cultured in a biological laboratory. Later, during the era of great pollution, all species on the planet died, and only bacteria survived tenaciously and developed into a civilization from generation to generation.
At first glance, it does make sense. First of all, bacteria have a strong ability to reproduce, mainly through binary fission, where one bacterial cell divides into two basically identical daughter cells.
Secondly, bacteria have different shapes, simple structures, strong adaptability, unique quorum sensing that can quickly transmit rich information codes, and the fact that absolutely pure space is not conducive to survival. These characteristics are very similar.
Of course, this is just a rumor.
There have always been different theories about how polluting civilizations survived the Great Pollution Era and what their original origins were.
The lives of the descendants of pollution are extremely long, but their memory cycles are very short. Therefore, the same race will set up a unique anchor point and place it in the shared consciousness link, so that there will be no memory loss.
CT-●●●●but never does this,
He has always behaved differently from other members of his tribe.
Others of the same species are keen to continuously reproduce more offspring, quickly forming a huge "army", constantly spreading to the surrounding areas, launching endless wars, and enslaving the indigenous peoples. One planet is not enough, they will constantly seek new territories and invade and assimilate them...
The status of fellow tribesmen is determined by who has occupied more planets, which CT-●●● does not understand at all.
Other members of the same tribe also don’t understand why there are beings in the tribe that cannot split into offspring?
Many of his kind think that CT-●●●● is an unreasonable freak, and some even refuse to acknowledge that he is a descendant of a polluting civilization and want to kick him out of the shared consciousness.
But no matter what, CT-●●● does possess some of the notable characteristics of a polluted civilization.
Even though it is indeed different from most of its kind, and the nest it built cannot produce offspring, even though it is completely indifferent to other outsiders, and even more dismissive of its mission to spread pollution and revitalize the group.
Not only that, CT-●●●● also found that even if he replenished the same amount of energy as his fellow tribesmen, he still felt very weak.
This kind of weakness is different from the weakness caused by energy lack. It is difficult to describe, more like there is an invisible hole in the body.
It's too empty.
There is an urgent need for something to fill the gap.
So it thought that what it needed might be something else, something it had never seen before and couldn't even describe.
It's soft, warm, breathable, can touch his emotions, and is used to fill the void...
How can I find something I can't even describe? Where can I find it?
But a miracle really happened.
One day, CT-●●●● felt the breath of life from the mother nest. At that moment, he immediately knew that this was his child, a soft child.
Although he unfortunately lost his child later, he finally found him after searching for a long, long time.
As for the memories of the past...
Last time, it was Li Zhuo's eyes that helped him recover a little bit of his vague memory. This time, it was the dream Li Zhuo recounted that made something in the chaotic memory gradually clear up...
This feeling is hard to describe specifically. His memory is like a puzzle covered with thick dust. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot wipe off a single speck of dust. But his children can wipe it clean with ease.
Now the puzzle has been polished a few more pieces by his children, and this time he recalls more memories than before.
Many of the images are of his children.
His children...
Cute child...
The child was pale and thin, his shoulder blades were like the wings of a butterfly spreading out to fly, and every inch of his bones seemed to be about to penetrate the tight skin.
The child likes to curl up into a ball when sleeping, a small ball, like a forgotten shadow.
The child who likes to play hide-and-seek with him, the child who keeps running around in the city.
Oh…that’s not right!
In the quiet and peaceful bedroom, Mo Liang once again thought of what his child had just said. He said that he was very scary in his dream, that he was very terrible...
…
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In other words... he caused negative emotions in his beloved child. As a parent, how could he be so irresponsible and so... hurt his child?!
…
Like a stone dropped into calm water, sound waves of a special frequency echoed continuously over the entire Hai City. At that moment, the leaves of a row of street trees thousands of miles away trembled slightly.
Fortunately, this frequency has long been beyond the range of human hearing, otherwise Li Zhuo would have been woken up.
The walls, ceiling, and even the bedside tables of the bedroom were corroded by dense black lines. Those fine, unidentified substances were constantly wriggling, and the bed was the place with the most and densest distribution of black tentacles.
At first glance, it seemed as if Li Zhuo was submerged by dense black unidentified objects, but in fact, it did not affect Li Zhuo who was sleeping soundly.
The black tentacles would not hurt him, they just wanted to feel his breath and body temperature more vividly.
Time passed minute by minute until it gradually brightened outside, and until it felt the changes in the boy's breathing and heartbeat on the bed, the black tentacles reluctantly drilled back into the shriveled skin.
A familiar page flashed across his retina. It was the feeding log he kept daily.
It is densely packed with data about Li Zhuo, including how much he eats every day, his mood, etc. The two most recent records are about "Eating Environment Management" and "Research on the Impact of Emotions on Eating Intake."
Supplementary update: 1. It is forbidden to show your complete form in front of children, 2. It is forbidden to chase children...
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Li Zhuo woke up.
Just like yesterday morning, when I opened my eyes, I saw Teacher Mo's gentle face. He was wearing thin-framed glasses. The eyes hidden behind the lenses were full of infinite gentleness and tolerance, like a deep lake.
"Good morning, Teacher Mo."
The man smiled gently at him: "Good morning."
Through the half-open curtains, Li Zhuo suddenly noticed that it was snowing outside! He immediately got out of bed and quickly walked out to the balcony in his slippers.
"Is it really snowing?"
As a coastal city, Haishi has a relatively high and stable temperature due to the regulation of the ocean, and it does not snow very often. As far as he can remember, this is the first time he has seen it.
"When did this fall?"
Although he didn't quite understand why a simple climate change would make his child so happy, Mo Liang, who was following behind, still gave a very precise time: "At 03:28:05."
The temperature outside dropped sharply at that time. Mo Liang was worried that his fragile child would catch a cold, so he deliberately raised his own body temperature at the same time, which prevented Li Zhuo from waking up from the cold.
Among the friends who stayed in Moliang Villa, the last one to get up found that breakfast had been neatly placed on the table by the servants.
“Oh——”
The classmate pulled out his chair with great curiosity, looked at the servants busying around him and the sumptuous breakfast on the table, and kept clicking his tongue.
"Master Zhuo truly lives up to his name! His life is truly enviable!"
Deng Yuliang, who was sitting next to Li Zhuo, first looked at Mo Liang, who was in the main seat, then at Li Zhuo. Noticing that neither of their expressions had changed, he jokingly said, "Isn't that just me having a keen eye for finding a gem? I saw it a long time ago!"
The whole morning passed so happily. They visited the villa in the morning, had lunch outside, and checked in at several scenic spots.
In the afternoon, the parents of two classmates were really worried, so Mo Liang asked someone to send them back first. In the evening, two more left, and the rest also asked to leave the next day.
Deng Yuliang was the last one to leave. When he left, he waved to Li Zhuo through the window and told him to let him know when he returned to Changyang and they could come out to play again.
Li Zhuo nodded.
"By the way, don't you like snow? It snowed in Changyang this year too, and it's much heavier than in Haishi. Let's go there and have fun." After a pause, Deng Yuliang's voice dropped a few degrees. "Actually, you don't have to prepare a special gift for me. Just tell me when it's your birthday, and I'll definitely come..."
"Okay. I got it."
On the second day after receiving birthday gifts from his classmates, Li Zhuo also gave them gifts in return. The gifts from others were the same, but Deng Yuliang had an extra layer hidden in a secret compartment. It seemed that he should have discovered it.
He had bought these gifts with his own personal stash. Even though he had told Mo Liang more than once that he was a bad person and had dark thoughts, he was actually a kind-hearted child who was grateful for what he had received.
Li Zhuo watched the vehicle disappear from his sight. Snowflakes as light as catkins fluttered in the air, landing on the roof and the carefully trimmed vegetation, but Li Zhuo was not stained at all.
He suddenly muttered to himself: "When I first transferred here, he took care of me a lot..."
Before he finished speaking, a voice came from behind him: "What about me?"
Li Zhuo knew who it was without even turning around, and couldn't help but laugh: "Of course, and Teacher Mo, you've taken care of me the most, so much so that I don't know how to repay you."
"I treat you well because I want to, not because I want you to pay me back." Mo Liang said seriously, "I just hope you live a happy and healthy life..."
Li Zhuo didn't say anything else, but just silently turned his gaze towards the "man" behind him.
Even though he already knew that Mo Liang was not human, he was wearing a human skin and was so kind to him that Li Zhuo often forgot his non-human identity.
The child's gaze made Mo Liang feel good.
My child... is watching me...
【cute…】
【like…】
【like…】
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Li Zhuo came to Hai City this time just to attend the coming-of-age ceremony he had been longing for. Later, when that incident happened, Mo Liang held a new one for him.
The day after he sent his classmates away one by one, which was also the sixth day after the farce, when Li Zhuo was planning to return to Changyang, he received a call from Lu Fei again and met with him.
This was the first and last time the mother and son met since the incident.
There were great changes in Lu Fei and Li Zhuo's memories of her that time. It was the first time she saw her with her loose curly hair tied up, revealing her forehead neatly.
Her first question wasn't about where Li Zhuo was living recently or how his life was going. She first asked him why his phone had been out of service for a long time. Without waiting for Li Zhuo to answer, she rattled off a bunch of information about the Li family, like taking out the trash.
She first laughed at his father for letting a wolf into the house, and then used a contemptuous tone to laugh at Li Huachuan for being stupid. Did he really think she didn't know that she already knew that Li Xuan was actually his father's illegitimate child outside...
"ah???"
In Li Zhuo's memory, Lv Fei had always been gentle and kind, always putting her husband first. In the past, whenever Li Zhuo complained, Lv Fei would always speak up for Li Huachuan. Why did she suddenly...
Li Zhuo was shocked by Lu Fei's change, and then when he heard that Li Xuan was Li Huachuan's illegitimate son, his mind became even more confused. So in the end, is Li Xuan still his half-brother?
“…”
"None of this matters now..."
The woman went on to say that it was fortunate that she had made plans early on and started transferring her property, otherwise she wouldn't know if she would have any way out now.
She said she had a lover outside, a British man, and she was already preparing to go abroad. She didn't have to be so anxious, but she was worried about that heartless bastard Li Xuan, so she wanted to go out first and slowly entrust a lawyer with the divorce procedures.
"Anyway, these years are enough..."
She spoke faster and faster, saying she was finally free. When she talked about her future plans, her eyes sparkled, and her expression and speech were full of excitement.
Even though he knew the answer, Li Zhuo still asked softly without holding out hope: "What about me?"
The spirited woman was stunned for a second, then she regained her composure: "Xiao Zhuo, you're grown up now, please be more considerate of your mother. It's not easy for your mother..."
She said she knew Li Zhuo hated her.
Li Zhuoyin clenched his hands tightly under the table, his clear vision blurring for a moment. He said, "I don't hate you, I'm just a little sad."
She also said that she still loved him very much.
If the previous Li Zhuo had heard this, he would have been moved to tears, but at this moment, he pursed his lips tightly and said, "No, you don't love me."
The woman's expression cracked for a moment, and she almost blurted out: "How is this possible? What nonsense are you talking about? I'm your biological mother, how can I not love you!"
Li Zhuo continued softly, "Before, I didn't dare to admit this fact, so I tried my best to convince myself, looking for all kinds of evidence to prove that you actually loved me, but were just too busy to answer my calls, and that you sent me away because I didn't meet your expectations..."
"Every time you sent me living expenses, I wasn't happy about the money, but the message that came with it. I thought there was still love, right? But recently I suddenly woke up and realized that everything was fake..."
"When you first met me at the airport that year and hugged me, were the tears you shed because you really missed me, or were you just acting for the camera?"
"When I explained to you that I no longer spoke ill of my brother behind his back, you must have known it. Why did you still tell me to correct it in the future?"
…
Lu Fei's expression changed from anger and rage at the beginning to guilt, but she still forced herself to explain, saying things that she had said to him countless times before.
"You know your grandparents, those two old people, they've never really liked me. Your grandfather passed away early, and your grandmother has always been in poor health. She always favored her other son. Not to mention your father, Li Huachuan, he's also very cunning. And you know your brother, he's even more cunning. What can I do?"
She said that only by playing the role of a yes-man who obeys her husband's every command could she numb her closest partner and secretly transfer some of her property.
As for not taking him with her, he is already so old, and it is not certain whether her current boyfriend will accept it.
"Besides, living in a foreign country isn't that easy. You'll definitely not be used to it. I'm thinking about you."
Li Zhuo didn't say anything, just looked at her, as if asking her if it was true? Under such a clear gaze, the woman evaded and turned away her eyes.
"You still hate me."
"No, it's not hatred, it's sadness."
"I knew you hated me."
"It's not hatred, it's sadness." Li Zhuo stubbornly corrected again and again, "I really don't hate you."
Lu Fei finally stopped talking.
Li Zhuo didn't know what to say for a moment.
In this dead silence, Li Zhuo felt a tightness in his chest. The next second, he clearly noticed that the air around him suddenly became clearer.
Although he was in a closed room, he seemed to smell the fragrance of grass with a hint of dew, mixed with the scent of flowers.
He knew who it was, and this discovery made his originally gloomy mood a little brighter.
"Just pretend that you didn't receive that call that year, and Director Guan didn't find me."
“…”
"Even if it was just a little bit, you did care about me. Thank you, thank you."
The woman's expression was indescribably complicated and melancholy. Finally, she put on her sunglasses again and said, "Okay."
But when getting up to leave, Lu Fei suddenly said a few incoherent words, the gist of which was that the Mo family was more complicated, and that they were just playing around with the novelty after all, that feelings were the most unreliable, and that making more money was the most practical thing.
"ah?"
After turning those words over in his mind twice, Li Zhuo finally understood that Lu Fei probably thought he was Mo Liang's kept lover.
"You misunderstood. Actually, Mr. Mo..."
At this time, Lu Fei received a phone call. Judging from the foreign language and expression of the person on the other end, it should be her boyfriend.
The call lasted for a long time. Lü Fei left while talking on the phone, leaving Li Zhuo in the private room. She said silently, "Goodbye, Mom."
Before Li Zhuo's depressed mood could brew, a tall figure appeared silently at the door. The man's lips did not move, but a gentle smile hung on his lips and he held a drink in his hand.
What Li Zhuo heard was: "You've been talking for so long, you must be thirsty, right?"
He nodded.
The meeting place was chosen by Lu Fei, and the coffee on the table was also ordered by Lu Fei. As Li Zhuo's biological mother, she actually didn't understand Li Zhuo's taste.
But it's normal. After all, to her, Li Zhuo is just a strange son who left at the age of one, came back at the age of fifteen, and she hasn't spent much time with him until now.
On the contrary, Mo Liang, the inhuman creature, would record every tiny expression of Li Zhuo, including his taste preferences, which would be calculated using precise percentages.
8,276 micro-expression models of Li Zhuo have been backed up, and 387 eyelashes and 1,825 hairs that Li Zhuo has lost have been collected, each with information such as time and place.
The air humidity is constant at 58%, which is the most suitable range for human relaxation.
Even when he just saw him chatting and laughing with his classmates while eating, Mo Liang would think that sudden laughter might cause the risk of foreign objects in the trachea, so he came up with several first aid plans in advance that have not been used yet.
During the exam period, he will be given additional omega-3 fatty acid supplements and undergo bone density scans three times a day.
There is a detailed table that records the foods that Li Zhuo likes and dislikes, among which bitter melon ranks at the top with 99%.
He is allergic to dust mites, allergic to peach fuzz, and is intolerant to caffeine and never drinks coffee.
Therefore, Li Zhuo did not drink a single sip of the bitter black coffee that Lu Fei ordered for him, and the woman did not seem to notice, or she did not care.
Mo Liang, who was hiding in the dark, paid close attention to the wetness of Li Zhuo's lips. Through the monitoring data, he saw the number representing the wetness of the lips drop little by little, and the frequency of his unconscious licking of his lips also increased.
He knew that his child was actually thirsty, so he secretly replaced the coffee in the cup, but Li Zhuo was completely unaware of it, he only knew that the air had changed.
"When did you prepare it?"
"Just now."
Li Zhuo and Mo Liang walked side by side, unaware that there was a higher-frequency, more obscure sound wave. By encoding and converting the signal, they could obtain the following message:
My child...
My poor child.
Don’t be sad…
I will definitely learn to be the best and most qualified caregiver and become your new mother... I will cherish and care for you, love and protect you, and be your only support... Ahhh... How can such a happy thing happen...
【Happiness...Warmth...】
【happy…】
[I love him so much, I love him so much, I love him so much that I want to eat him up in one bite and give birth to a new love. He needs me and I need him...]
[Never separate…never separate…never separate…never separate…never separate…never separate…never separate…never separate…never separate…never separate…never separate…never separate…never separate…never separate…]
【……】
After receiving the above information without any obstacles, the light on its body dimmed significantly. It was really... so noisy. If it knew that Mo Liang's fellow tribesmen had said the same thing, it would immediately add: I understand!
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