"Lin Xi..."
A hoarse and strange whisper echoed incessantly in the dark cave.
The menacing figure that appeared here was none other than Xavier.
What was originally just a ventilation opening was dug into a tunnel, and with the falling of a large amount of soil and gravel, the tunnel that the white shadow had carefully dug was now a mess.
Xavier landed on the ground and gently shook its front paws. The carapace on its paws was badly worn from digging at high speed, and the rather sharp and pointed thorns had long since broken off during the digging process... but Xavier didn't care about any of that.
At this moment, all its attention was focused on the very center of the cave. Xavier stared with extreme disgust at the junk pile that its fellow creature had built from ordinary scrap metal, and then it looked at the soft, limp gray flesh membrane piled up with the junk.
The odor that Xavier was concerned about was emanating from those fleshy membranes.
Xavier rushed there without hesitation. The torn membrane had begun to dehydrate and emitted a strange smell—the smell of proteins beginning to rot—but these strong odors could not mask another subtle odor.
Xavier paused slightly, staring blankly at the fleshy membrane in front of him with its red eyes—Lin Xi had lost his memory and did not know that what he had broken free from was actually his own pupa shell.
It was at this moment that Xavier finally realized why the scents he had previously smelled that belonged to Lin Xi seemed so strange.
That was... the unique aura of the Mother of the Alien Species.
Yes, that was the Mother of the Alien, not Lin Xi, whom Xavier loved and cherished...
Or rather, at this moment, "He" had merged with Lin Xi's own scent, to the point that even Xavier himself could not distinguish whether it was Lin Xi or "He" who had appeared here.
Is that the reason?
A chilling fear overwhelmed Xavier at that moment, causing its ferocious, hard body to tremble slightly.
It's because Lin Xi has transformed into... Him...
Is that why he didn't come looking for him?
Xavier was practically driven mad by his own inner speculation.
No, if Lin Xi had already become "He," then "He" should have summoned himself as the Queen Insect long ago...
Or is it...?
Xavier extended its tentacles, which trembled rapidly in the air at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, carefully discerning the now-thinned particles of scent in the air. In the utter darkness of the cave, its eyes and the elytra on its back began to emit a hazy fluorescent light.
"Lin Xi... Lin Xi..."
Xavier kept repeating the name—although he had been trying hard to restrain his longing and love for Lin Xi, at this moment, Xavier couldn't help but use Lin Xi's name to soothe his surging emotions.
As it carefully discerned the atmosphere, an undeniable scent caused Xavier to abruptly freeze in his tracks.
This smell...
Xavier's tentacles stretched taut behind his head.
It vaguely remembered this taste; it was the taste of the alien species that Lin Xi had released back then.
Perhaps due to underdevelopment, its smell is so faint that it is almost imperceptible.
Why is there another alien scent next to Lin Xi?
The ever-changing, magnificent colors on Xavier's wings vanished instantly, and its body turned grayish-white in a flash.
...
"Um?"
Inside the tunnel connecting the Earth and the Sun God, Lin Xi suddenly shivered.
He frowned, and subconsciously turned around to look at the road he had come from.
Of course, describing this narrow and rugged passage as a "road" seems a bit too formal. In Lin Xi's view, what he and the monster had passed through was just a winding tunnel full of ravines.
Most of these areas are natural fissures created by the movement of rocks underground on this planet. Between these fissures, man-made muddy tunnels connect to form a complete passageway.
Lin Xi had no idea how long she had been walking here.
At this moment, he was even somewhat grateful for his mutated body that could drive him mad.
If he hadn't already transformed half of his body into an insect-like form, he certainly wouldn't have made it this far. After all, the road was far too narrow, dark, and intricate, full of forks in the path.
It would be highly unlikely that an ordinary human could walk freely in such a treacherous passage.
After becoming a monster, his body seemed to have been enhanced to some extent. At least Lin Xi had not felt tired yet—he just felt bored. The primal desire in his heart was still clamoring, trying to make him return to the cave he had been in before.
Lin Xi —
Lin Xi couldn't help but shiver again.
He turned around and looked behind him once again.
Was it because he was too stressed? Why did he feel that someone was calling him from the other end of the tunnel, on the road he came from?
Lin Xi frowned, a thin layer of goosebumps rising on her arms because of the thoughts in her mind.
Deep within the dark cave, something unknown was calling his name… It was like something out of a horror movie.
Lin Xi was somewhat unsettled, so he didn't notice that the white monster leading the way seemed to tremble slightly at that hallucinatory call.
After a considerable amount of time, Lin Xi finally followed the white monster to the end of the passage.
The white monster raised its forelimbs and forcefully moved a thick steel plate away from the cave entrance.
...There was neither light nor sound.
There was no movement.
For a moment, Lin Xi almost thought she was still in that long tunnel.
It wasn't until he calmed down and looked around clearly that he understood everything.
Then... Lin Xi stared in shock at the dilapidated spaceship in front of her, now completely ruined. For a long time, her mind went blank.
This place has been completely destroyed.
Lin Xi could draw a conclusion with just one glance.
Of course, in reality, he still hasn't given up.
He walked slowly forward, exploring his surroundings.
He had never wished he was in a nightmare as much as he was now, because if it was a dream, at least he would have a chance to wake up.
The once pristine and bright main passageway now lies crookedly at Lin Xi's feet, and the metal walls, which should have been very sturdy, look as messy as crumpled tin foil.
The broken lighting fixtures, with their thin wires dangling weakly from behind the shattered light-transmitting screen, hung listlessly on both sides of the corridor.
Lin Xi passed by the restaurant and the entertainment room from his memories. In his remaining recollections, there were always many people here, lively and noisy, but full of laughter. But now all those people were gone, and these places had become a desolate metal ruin.
Lin Xi ran his finger lightly across the severely damaged metal wall and felt a thick layer of soot.
"There might even be a fire here," Lin Xi thought.
As he moved forward inside the wrecked spaceship, some images vaguely flashed through his mind.
He recalled the sight of the ship when the warning lights came on.
The red light was like bloodstains smeared on every corner of my memory.
And then there's that maddening, ear-piercing alarm.
The sirens kept repeating the same thing:
"Damn it—"
Another wave of dizziness and headache hit him. Lin Xi suddenly lowered his head and pressed his temples hard to make himself feel better.
But it took him a long time to calm himself down—he felt his mind was unusually heavy, and countless bloody or non-bloody images overlapped, making it impossible for him to discern what had actually happened in his forgotten past.
Even so, Lin Xi still didn't want to give up. He continued forward, and with each step, the once solid ground of the spaceship emitted a sharp, piercing screeching sound, like the ghost of the spaceship itself was howling.
ghost……
The thought of that word suddenly made Lin Xi feel nauseous.
Everything around him made him feel mentally deranged.
In contrast to his clumsiness and stiffness, the white monster leading the way seemed remarkably familiar with the ruins, moving with practiced ease through the gaps between countless exposed and twisted metal supports and broken synthetic panels.
Every now and then, she would help Lin Xi clear out a better path for her to walk on...
Lin Xi was initially surprised by the white monster's familiarity with the place, but soon he saw things he didn't want to see in some of the more secluded spots.
They were clumps of monster corpses, suspended high in the air, wrapped in a thin white membrane.
Lin Xi recalled the terrifying images he had previously remembered, as well as the corpse that the white monster had thrown at him, and his face paled slightly.
—The white monster in front of him may have collected all the monster wreckage from the entire spaceship and made it into food for Lin Xi.
Lin Xi couldn't feel any gratitude for this.
Before long, led by the white monster, Lin Xi arrived at an upward-sloping passage. After sneaking around in the darkness for so long, even the slightest light and air currents became exceptionally noticeable.
Lin Xi unconsciously quickened his pace, and before long, he stood on the fractured surface of the Sun God ship exposed after the explosion.
It was... an explosion.
High-energy bombs.
Looking at the obvious marks on the ground, Lin Xi easily deduced why the spaceship had become a ruin.
The situation here is terrible. Lin Xi is currently located on what was originally the upper deck—everything in sight is melted and shattered. Lin Xi can only barely stand by relying on her mutated body.
He moved to the edge and slowly looked down. The epicenter of the explosion should be on the lower deck. If the place where Lin Xi was now was in ruins, then the part of the lower deck that he could see had completely disappeared.
Now, all that remains there is a huge black void.
"Hmm..."
Lin Xi didn't know why she felt a chill run down her spine after seeing the epicenter of the explosion.
Even he himself didn't realize that he had unconsciously pressed his abdomen.
He felt as if he had remembered something—
pain.
But what saddened Lin Xi even more than the pain was the overwhelming despair and guilt in his memories.
At that time, what I was afraid of was not death, but what?
Lin Xi frowned and retreated from the epicenter of the explosion.
Although he still couldn't remember anything, at least... at least he knew what exactly was wrong with the Sun God.
Based on his observations of the outside world, it seemed that they had crashed on some alien planet (Lin Xi's intuition told him that he seemed to have known this all along).
Immediately afterwards, Lin Xi quickly located Bryce's medical room and bedroom according to her memory...
But he found nothing in the already damaged and abandoned medical room and chambers.
Lin Xi found herself not surprised by this.
"Bryce has left... right?"
He turned to look at the white monster guarding him.
However, the monster just tilted its head and looked at him in confusion.
"Well, okay, you don't know."
Lin Xi muttered to herself.
He pressed his temples, pondered for a moment, and then began to walk toward his former living quarters on the Sun God.
Perhaps he'll find more clues there...
He thought.
Lin Xi finally managed to find a gap among the melted and broken scrap metal to return to his previous living quarters.
However, the moment she opened the door, Lin Xi stared in astonishment at what she saw before her.
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