Lin Xi felt as if she was about to melt.
Everything was scorching, twisted, and chaotic.
He could feel Xavier's slender, sharp insect tightly encircling him. In his excessive excitement, some of the barbs inside the tibia even pierced his body, causing a slight pain that reminded Lin Xi of how fierce carnivorous insects tightly grip their prey.
Being caught or even stabbed is not a terrifying feeling.
The terrifying thing is that... this feeling of being bound doesn't bring him even the slightest fear. On the contrary, this feeling of being trapped brings Lin Xi an unprecedented sense of security.
The only thing Lin Xi needed to resist was her own descent into depravity.
He gradually realized that he was being firmly gripped by Xavier, both physically and mentally.
This is so strange, so shocking.
Lin Xi muttered to himself, clinging to the last vestiges of his reason.
Now he has grown a strange and deformed body, like an insect. Lin Xi touched that part of his mutated body with his own hands. That part felt just like a real insect, with a hard exoskeleton covering the outermost layer of his body.
But strangely, at this moment, Lin Xi found that his body had become more fragile and sensitive than when he was still human. He could fully feel Xavier's every pulse and every touch.
As time passed and their bodies intertwined, Lin Xi felt as if he was about to lose his complete form, and he was gradually penetrating into Xavier's body.
His spiritual connection with Xavier became even closer, as if an invisible hand was holding him and the monster named Xavier in its own palm, then tightly kneading them into one.
Like warm water, like flames, like magma, like a dried-up stream flowing back into clear spring water, like cracked earth slowly being covered by a lake.
Like a flower slowly rising in the wilderness.
...
Lin Xi felt the strange insect wings on his back fluttering rapidly, and a primal instinct gradually began to merge with his consciousness.
That special fragrance began to spread.
Lin Xi's vision blurred. He watched as Xavier spread his elytra, revealing the greyish-white wings beneath. Then, Xavier began to move his body in a rhythmic motion. Before this, Lin Xi had never understood the meaning behind this primal dance, but now he could clearly receive the intense love emanating from Xavier.
Deep within Lin Xi's body, the human consciousness that belonged to her trembled involuntarily under the influence of this emotion.
He stared blankly at Xavier in front of him.
Xavier was still exactly the same as before; it was still that terrifying and bizarre monster from another planet (at least that's what Lin Xi's rational mind thought). However, a terrible change had already begun deep within Lin Xi's heart.
To his dismay, he found himself actually finding Xavier's current appearance just as beautiful. Even his enormous compound eyes and prominent fangs possessed a unique and captivating allure.
He was almost losing control of his impulse...
"Click..."
Just then, the sound of a small stone being stepped on and bounced away suddenly woke Lin Xi from her reverie.
Something was rustling softly in the bushes beside him.
Lin Xi was startled and jumped up from Xavier's arms. Of course, Xavier also noticed the thing approaching at the same moment.
Xavier's tentacles immediately tensed and stood upright on his head. He suddenly turned around and raised his body high.
The next moment, Xavier hissed in the direction from which the sound came, a sound that was particularly threatening.
In this situation... the intense heat that felt like it could melt your brains and the dreamlike atmosphere vanished instantly within seconds.
Now, Xavier and Lin Xi could only face a small patch of bushes with great vigilance. The spiraling growth and brightly colored stripes on the surface of the bushes were enough to make one's eyes dizzy after looking at them for a while. Even if a small animal crawled under the bushes, it could easily be mistaken for the bushes wriggling on their own.
But both Xavier and Lin Xi could clearly identify the creature slowly moving beneath the bushes.
The creature had a deathly pale complexion, which stood out starkly against the backdrop of the vibrant, colorful planet.
There was another series of soft rustling and rubbing sounds. The other party probably realized that they had been discovered.
And so, under Xavier's exceptionally cold gaze, the white monster slowly emerged step by step from the purple and red leaves.
"Hiss..."
It tilted its head back and whispered a hoarse whisper to Lin Xi and Xavier.
Saviel slowly raised his insect limbs without making a sound. Although his movements were very quiet, Lin Xi still keenly sensed Saviel's intention.
He suddenly reached out and placed his hand on Xavier's arm, seemingly unintentionally.
"It wasn't intentional."
Lin Xi said it.
Lin Xi was caught off guard when she saw the white mutant just as she regained consciousness.
At the time, Lin Xi only felt that it was so strange and terrifying—he was even so frightened that he fainted—but now, seeing this white monster again…
Well, compared to Xavier's strong, muscular, and tall body, this white worm looked utterly pathetic.
It was so weak, a complete failure in both color and size—this was what Lin Xi's instincts as a monster told him.
Under normal circumstances, such a failed product should be killed and eaten without mercy.
Lin Xi was somewhat dazed; he felt as if he had done something similar before…
But after regaining her senses, Lin Xi quickly erased the murderous intent in her heart.
He remembered that when he was unconscious and desperately needed food, it was this failed experiment that carefully protected him and provided him with all sorts of energy. (Although even now, the thought of those "broths" made from the melting of corpses still makes Lin Xi feel a little nauseous.)
Under such circumstances, it was hard for Lin Xi not to feel a sense of pity and gratitude towards it.
However, at this moment, the mental connection between Lin Xi and Xavier is tightly bound together, so tightly that every subtle emotion of Lin Xi is accurately transmitted to Xavier. In the past hundreds of millions of years, this has been the greatest reliance of the Queen Insect to survive under the fangs and mouthparts of the Mother of Aliens. But now, an awkward side effect has appeared—the moment Lin Xi feels pity for this white alien, Xavier's murderous intent towards it begins to multiply.
Lin Xi actually... Lin Xi actually developed such intimate feelings for another alien species?
Xavier felt flames burning inside his body.
Its body became exceptionally taut under Lin Xi's palm, and the thorns on its back stood upright, even involuntarily oozing some venom.
Its mouthparts protruded directly outside its lips, its teeth clicked, and it drooled saliva containing strong acid.
Lin Xi turned her head and glanced at Xavier...
Well, just a few minutes ago, he even found the monster beside him quite attractive. But now, seeing Xavier's new appearance, Lin Xi felt that the complete lack of fear and screams was the greatest tolerance and affection he could show Xavier.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Xi realized with a great headache that the more she wanted to protect the white monster in front of them, the more Xavier would feel extremely angry and jealous.
Lin Xi had to start trying to distance herself from Xavier.
“I am yours…your little bug.”
Xavier turned his head and said to Lin Xi menacingly.
“I know, but it helped me, you could even say it saved me…!”
Lin Xi tried her best to calm Xavier down.
Even so, under Xavier's extremely outward emotional storm, the poor white monster was still terrified.
Its deformed body curled up, and now it could only tilt its head back and cautiously observe Xavier and Lin Xi, letting out a muffled whimper.
It was clear that he was terrified of Xavier, but out of his attachment to the Mother of the Others, he couldn't help but follow.
This is an instinct that this creature cannot avoid.
Thinking of this, Lin Xi couldn't help but sigh softly.
This white alien was docile and obedient, and had been of great help to him. Not to mention, if it hadn't been for its appearance, he and Xavier might have already merged into one in that intense physical urge earlier...
Oh my god, don't think too much. Lin Xi suddenly shivered because of the scene in his mind, and then he slapped his forehead hard.
Although his body has already undergone tremendous changes, Lin Xi still doesn't want to challenge the ethics and morality he has established as a human being so soon.
"When I was unconscious, the only living being I remembered was you."
After thinking for a moment, Lin Xi suddenly turned his head, looked directly at Xavier, and then solemnly said, word by word.
"just me?"
Sure enough, the moment Lin Xi finished speaking, Xavier's entire attention was focused on her words. She tilted her head, and her tentacles slowly rose up on her head, the tips of which trembled slightly.
"Yes, it's only you."
Lin Xi said earnestly.
...
Finally, with Lin Xi's comforting words, the possessive and easily overthinking big bug next to him slowly let go of some of its murderous intent towards the white monster.
It ignored the white monster and the next second, it hugged Lin Xi tightly in its arms. Then, its elytra unfurled, and Xavier flew into the air with Lin Xi in his arms.
"Xavier?!"
Lin Xi was startled, and he instinctively hugged Xavier tightly.
The alien landscape beneath him rushed past.
That's right, Xavier used the most shameless method. She drove straight towards her former residence with Lin Xi in her back, while the white brother she loathed was left far away in the bushes.
Under Xavier's plan, the white shadow quickly turned into a lonely little white dot on a vibrant canvas, disappearing from his and Lin Xi's world.
"Hiss... hiss hiss hiss?"
Meanwhile, the white monster, still lying on the ground, uneasily straightened up. It took it a while to realize that its beloved Mother of the Alien and the Ohmu had already left.
The white monster's head tentacles began to shake violently, and it let out a low sob.
Although its intelligence level was far lower than that of its siblings due to stunted growth, this did not prevent it from clearly sensing the resentment and murderous intent emanating from the Queen Insect. The white monster involuntarily rubbed its underdeveloped forelimbs.
It felt somewhat frustrated, but then it remembered the gentleness Lin Xi had shown it after she came over...
After pausing for a few seconds, the white monster regained its spirits.
As a proper member of the clan, it certainly couldn't allow Lin Xi to stay alone with the Ohmu like that.
It needed to stay by the king's side. With that thought, it quickly rallied and sniffed the faint clues in the air, intending to chase after Lin Xi and Xavier in the direction they had left.
But just as it was about to leave, it suddenly paused slightly.
"Hiss... hiss..."
It let out a low call, then its head turned back in a bizarre way.
Its tentacles stood up alertly, tilting slightly forward, carefully collecting the sounds coming from afar.
It was a strange metallic sound coming from several kilometers away.
Although the sound had attenuated considerably over such a long distance, it remained remarkably clear to the alien species, as if it were ringing right next to its ear.
To be honest, the sound made the white alien feel a little uncomfortable.
It recalled that on one or two occasions, when it was scavenging the corpses of other alien species and monsters on the Sun God for the sake of the Alien Mother, it had also picked up similar metal scraps.
When you move them, their slender metal tentacles also make a similar friction sound.
However, all the metal debris that the white alien species came into contact with was severely damaged. They just stayed there motionless, and no matter how they were handled, they wouldn't budge.
But now the sound sounds like those metal scraps moving spontaneously.
Little White's tentacles trembled slightly.
A strong instinct caused it to involuntarily develop a strong sense of crisis.
Without hesitation, it tensed its body, then suddenly lowered itself to conceal its presence, and ran in the direction where Xavier and Lin Xi had left—this time, its movements were much faster than before.
This white mutant was exceptionally weak, making it an anomaly among mutants. In a way, it was indeed a very lucky insect, as its unique wavelength allowed it to perfectly avoid the search of those "metal scraps" this time.
You see, if it hadn't been so lucky and had been on the Sun God, it would probably have been directly confronted by the metal junk in its eyes. Yes, right now, inside the Sun God, countless mechanical warriors with huge, rounded heads and slender metal tentacles are moving nimbly.
Meanwhile, the radar inside their heads is constantly scanning all the creatures in the surrounding area.
At the same moment, underground, extremely far from the ruins of the Apollo.
On the quiet, pitch-black Providence, which resembled the decaying corpse of a giant whale, the android that had once brought Lin Xi a great nightmare was quietly connecting its body to a complex network of pipes. It was remotely controlling the mechanical warriors to conduct another inspection of the Apollo.
"Beep beep beep beep beep..."
After an unknown amount of time, amidst a series of urgent alarms, all the pipelines automatically detached. Hal, the android whose artificial skin had long since decayed and whose appearance was utterly terrifying, calmly opened his eyes.
Although it doesn't actually need to use such a primitive method to perceive everything around it, its life experience with another person many years ago has made it accustomed to completely disguising itself as a real human.
"We've come up empty-handed again this time. How awful, isn't it?"
Hal slowly emerged from the pipeline, muttering to itself in the darkness.
A killing machine from 300 years ago is, in the end, just a killing machine.
After witnessing their immense destructive power on Mars, humanity began to consciously or unconsciously curb their capabilities. People reduced the additional functions of the mechanical warriors as much as possible. From the perspective of engineers at the time, this change was likely intended to transform these mechanical warriors from the then-popular robots with a degree of intelligence into simple machines that obeyed commands.
Of course, the painstaking arrangements people made back then were soon wasted due to the ban on these mechanical warriors, but 300 years later, these designs inadvertently brought Hal a considerable trouble.
After all, there were no living beings left on the Sun God now, and the mechanical warriors' outdated detection systems left them practically blind standing in the ruins. They couldn't even properly examine the remains of the alien species abandoned inside the ship.
For the past period of time, Hal had not paid much attention to the ruins of the Apollo, but now, the situation has become somewhat tricky...
Hal walked expressionlessly on the pitch-black Providence, and soon arrived at the center of the ship.
A row of screens stood side by side, emitting a faint blue light, on which countless complex numbers were constantly flashing.
Hal examined the numbers once, and if it were a living, breathing human being with real flesh and blood, its expression would probably be quite grim—all the numbers were terrible.
"Your health seems to be getting worse again, which is not a good thing."
Hal let out a long, human-like sigh, then turned to look at the young man behind the screen.
Over the past period of time, Lin Xi had dreamed of this man countless times.
Countless thin tubes were wrapped around the man who looked like a corpse.
The man's emaciated body, which reeked of decay, showed absolutely no reaction to Hal's mutterings.
In fact, he looked more like a dead man than a dead man, and even the limb of the King Worm that was directly implanted into his body did not move at all.
A strong stench filled the air. Most of the insect eggs clinging to the walls were swollen and a repulsive bluish-gray. Some had even ruptured, their completely rotten embryos slowly dripping down a thick, foul-smelling liquid.
Now, there are almost no insect eggs left to develop here.
Hal removed the rotting insect eggs. Its electronic eyes flickered faintly in the dim light. If interpreted in human terms, it was a look of sadness.
"Perhaps I should go there and check it out myself..."
Even though it knew that the man beside it would never give it any response or information again, Hal still spoke softly and gently to him, just like three hundred years ago, about its next plans.
The man remained silent.
"The egg has completely lost its activity. If this continues, where will you get nutrients from?"
Hal muttered sadly.
"But I really don't want to leave you at a time like this. After all, your health needs the most careful care... You always deserve the most careful care."
Thanks to geothermal energy, the Providence's energy supply did not suffer significant depletion over 300 years.
However, lacking human care and maintenance, the various facilities on the spaceship inevitably began to wear out. Not to mention, not long ago, in order to kill the newly born, incomplete insect queen, Hal had desperately sent out all of his mechanical warriors...
The battle was so fierce that even though Hal was the ultimate victor, it still had to face the reality of heavy losses.
Those insect-like alien species are even more formidable than the recorded Martian leeches.
"...But no matter how much it costs, I will save you, my dear. I will never give up...You will live forever."
Hal bent down once more and kissed the man's dry, inelastic cheek, reaching out his hand to gently stroke it.
At this moment, it resembled a real human being more than ever before.
...
Kill me...please, kill me...
Accompanied by the murmurs of the skeletal man from her nightmare, Lin Xi suddenly opened her eyes.
He jumped out of bed immediately, covered in cold sweat and breathing rapidly.
Lin Xi had lost count of how many times she had dreamed of that man, a man who looked more like a dead man than a dead man himself, with a emaciated body and eyes filled with despair and sorrow.
Perhaps because she dreamed about him so many times, Lin Xi gradually began to remember him.
In all those nightmares, the man's plea never changed; he kept begging Lin Xi, but watching Lin Xi kill him felt like…
It was as if it truly existed in some corner of this world, and could communicate with Lin Xi through dreams...
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