But the tentacles, having stopped moving, did not lose their vitality, just like a skinned frog's leg that continues to twitch after being sprinkled with salt.

If he were to touch the fallen tentacle now, it would still react reflexively. Therefore, Bai Yi simply used his finger blade to cut off a small piece from it as a sample, placed it in a test tube, and then walked around it to leave.

Although he experienced many bizarre things along the way, he did not forget his purpose. His primary goal now was to find Dr. Max and Enol, and everything else could be put aside.

But just as Bai Yi walked to the door, accompanied by the humming sound of a motor starting up, the power was restored and the lights came on again.

A faint muttering could be heard echoing in the space. The voice sounded familiar, so Bai Yi followed the direction of the sound and found Dr. Max in a corner of the room where the light didn't reach.

He stood in the corner, his back to Bai Yi, banging his head against the wall. His head was broken, blood splattered on the wall. He was mumbling something rapidly, his voice low but fast.

"Dr. Max."

Bai Yi approached him carefully from behind. When the distance between them was within two meters, he finally heard what the other person was muttering.

"I saw... something I shouldn't have seen..."

"I shouldn't have seen it... I saw it..."

"I didn't see it... I saw it..."

"I didn't see it... I didn't see it..."

…

Bai Yi was confused by his series of mumbling. He reached out and put his hand on the doctor's shoulder from behind and turned him around.

"Dr. Max?"

The moment the doctor turned around, Bai Yi felt something was wrong. Just like the body found in the lounge, Dr. Max's hands were now tightly covering his face, and bright red blood was constantly flowing from the gaps between his fingers.

"PhD!"

He shouted loudly, but he didn't expect that the other party would shudder instantly after hearing this.

Then he loosened his hands and the pair of eyeballs, which were still connected to the nerves, fell from his palms. His two withered hands pinched Bai Yi's neck directly.

But who is Bai Yi? How could an old man like him succeed in a sneak attack?

His hands shot out like lightning, controlling the opponent's wrists on the left and right, then he put the two hands together and held them with his left hand.

The other hand went around the back of the doctor's neck.

After a slight sound of high-pressure gas being released, Dr. Max seemed to have all his strength drained away and his whole body went limp.

The powerful sedative began to take effect.

It wasn't until now that Bai Yi understood why there were tranquilizers everywhere on this ship. This was clearly a pre-planned operation, but judging by the current situation, it was clear they had underestimated what they were about to face.

Bai Yi still doesn't know what caused the mutation of these crew members. He hopes that after everything is over, Enol can give him a reasonable explanation.

Bai Yi sealed the fallen eyeball into an evidence bag and casually put it in his pocket. With today's medical technology, it would not be difficult to create a 1:1 replica of an eyeball and transplant it back.

Then he helped Max, who was completely powerless, to his feet and wrapped gauze around his head, covering his empty eye sockets and his bloody forehead.

"Okay, let's go."

Bai Yi helped him out of the engine room.

After going out, Bai Yi found that the corridor had returned to normal at some point. Bright lights illuminated the yellow-green floor, and countless pipes protruding from the wall like insect shells sparkled under the light.

"Tsk, I hate bionics."

Bai Yi was stunned. This design was quite depressing. He had no doubt that if they ever needed to film an interstellar disaster horror movie, the interior of the Apollo class would be the perfect location.

"Apollo."

He spoke to the air.

"Hello, Border Guard 9527."

"Can you locate Enol?"

"Ms. Ainol and her companions are at CIC."

CIC, Combat Intelligence Command Center, also called Combat Command Room, Combat Bridge, Second Bridge.

The combat bridge is the core command compartment of a ship, separate from the navigation bridge, also known as the first bridge. The combat bridge is usually fully enclosed, protected by the ship's armored box. In wartime or special circumstances, command personnel will transfer from the navigation bridge to the combat bridge, and all orders will be issued from here.

Bai Yi was currently located at the rear of the lower deck of the Apollo, while the battle bridge was located in the center of the ship. Fortunately, there was an elevator connecting the two, so Bai Yi no longer had to carry a 140-pound burden up and down.

While in the elevator, Dr. Max began to tremble all over, as if he was having an epileptic seizure. His brain waves began to fluctuate violently. Seeing this, Bai Yi immediately gave him another injection of sedative.

This stuff was everywhere along the way, and although some of it had been taken apart, there was still a considerable amount left.

He was more worried about whether Max would turn into the cystic monster he had encountered earlier. After all, he had never seen the other person's mutation process, and he didn't know if this sudden epilepsy was a precursor to mutation.

All he could do now was to closely observe the doctor's physical condition so that he could immediately grasp any abnormalities in him, and then...

Then he would just wait and see. After all, he was not a medical robot and did not have much medical knowledge in his head.

After exiting the elevator, there was still a short uphill walk. Halfway up the stairs, Bai Yi heard the sound of short bursts of rifle fire.

He immediately recognized that the sound was the sound of the Gauss rifle equipped by the combat robot firing.

It was at this time, perhaps because the distance was finally close enough, that the communication between Bai Yi and the combat robot finally returned to normal, and the positioning became clear.

He ran all the way to the opponent's position on the map, and soon after turning a corner, he saw four combat robots with their backs to him.

They kept firing long bursts of fire from their rifles, and their targets were some translucent floating objects.

These floating objects are ghostly in shape, and as they move they make an eerie, hollow sound, like a gust of wind passing through a hallway in the middle of the night.

This is a very wide corridor that can accommodate six or seven people side by side without feeling crowded.

Therefore, the numerical advantage of these ghosts is very obvious.

They constantly moved between the ceiling and the ground at an incredible speed. Coupled with their ethereal nature, combat robots could not lock onto them as easily as they could aim at physical targets.