The inexplicable feeling of being watched that had always made Lin Xi very uncomfortable had disappeared, which meant that Hal was in trouble.
This is a good thing, but Lin Xi is not in the mood to attend to it right now.
With Xavier and Noah in tow, he stepped over the broken metal wall, stood in the very center of the biological experimental field, and then stopped.
He stood there surrounded by monsters, bathed in their dark, fanatical gaze.
"Lin Xi... hiss... Lin Xi... hiss... whew..."
A low hiss came from the monsters' throats.
Because the vast majority of individuals used as biological weapons suffer from developmental abnormalities, their calls are incredibly strange. Soon, the repetitive calls transformed from human language into another kind of obscure, long chant...
It sounds... almost like a sacrificial hymn sung by humans to the gods in ancient times...
The terrifying and pathetic appearance of these artificial monsters, combined with the song, gradually imbued it with a maddening quality. Lin Xi listened quietly to the overlapping cries, her face growing paler by the minute.
"Forest……"
Xavier seemed to be grabbing him tightly, trying to take him away from there.
But Lin Xi shook her head at Xavier in a daze.
Something... is... taking shape...
Lin Xi felt her instincts whispering deep within her body.
The emotions, as chaotic and fragile as those of a single-celled organism, gradually thickened and became turbid. The spirits of the artificial monsters expanded, extending to the entire Providence... and even to the entire planet...
Lin Xi could even clearly feel the few insect eggs that he had left in the cave on the cliff.
Without a mother insect to hatch, they fell into a deep hibernation, but their fragile vitality in the darkness was as tenacious as subterranean fire... unbroken and continuous...
He could also sense that in the most barren and coldest corners of this enormous metal labyrinth, the alien species that barely survived by feeding on human corpses were stirring restlessly amidst the songs.
In the core area of the Providence, tens of thousands of bio-weapons were sealed in cryogenic fluid, their heartbeats and vital signs gradually strengthening...
Finally, countless deformed or complete alien consciousnesses linked together with unparalleled tightness, transforming into a torrent of consciousness that swept everything away, roaring in...
Arthur was the first to fall for it.
In the first few seconds, it seemed to retain its original consciousness.
The moment it saw Lin Xi, it was still able to manage to utter a few words of its own.
"Lin Xi, I..."
But then, its eyes gradually became vacant.
"Lin Xi... hiss... Lin Xi... hiss... hiss..."
The chirping of insects became hoarse and harsh.
That was the most primal call, the boundless reverence and fervor of the clans for their mother from another species.
It is the desire to kill.
It was an overwhelming surge of fear, despair, and greed…
"Waaaaah...waaaah..."
Noah then entered a state of frenzy.
Suddenly, it convulsed in agony, and the white nematodes that had reached a balance within its body began to writhe and multiply wildly. In just a few seconds, Noah's body began to swell rapidly as if it had been injected with water, its volume increasing several times over in a short period of time. Its semi-liquid body was so bloated that it seemed as if it would burst at any moment.
In the end, even Xavier, who was in the most stable condition, showed some unusual behavior. He spread his arms to protect Lin Xi's side and then issued a threatening warning to the monsters that were gradually approaching.
The claws, limbs, and thorns that had been incorporated into its body emerged, and a pair of scarlet wings emerged from under the skin on its back and slowly stretched out.
...
Compared to the other mutants, Lin Xi was the most normal one.
He was just a little... bewildered.
He stared blankly at everything happening before him, his face expressionless.
The only change was probably in his eyes; the human pupils had disappeared, and his pupils were now filled with the scarlet compound eyes of insects.
The consciousness of the kin eventually enveloped Lin Xi. Based on her previous experience dealing with those white nematodes, Lin Xi knew she should feel extremely confused, even in pain...
But strangely enough, at this moment, Lin Xi felt that she had become calmer and more clear-headed than ever before.
He felt as if his soul had completely detached from his weak and limited body, transforming into something else invisible, enveloping all the members of his clan.
Everything was under his control; everything was within his grasp.
These are his family members...
Lin Xi thought to herself.
His instincts as the mother of the alien species had completely taken over his mind.
But he can still use his human soul to think and observe all the changes happening to him.
He knew exactly what was going on—
It is a clustering effect.
In normal environments, most of the alien species' colonies are like termites or ants, with a clear division of labor and each performing its own duties within the nest.
However, in certain special circumstances, such as when the Mother of the Xenomorph is in a vulnerable state, or when the entire group is under attack from other species, the entire group will quickly switch to a state of stress...
The spirits of all the clans will be interconnected, and the Mother of the Others will no longer be a separate individual; she will be united with the entire race, and her will will become the collective will of all the races…
Then……
Countless ancient memories slowly seeped into Lin Xi's mind from the depths of the clan's collective consciousness.
Everything was so slow, yet everything was so fast.
Lin Xi blinked.
The next second, all the strange things about the members of the Familia in the real world vanished without a trace.
Noah fell silent in an instant, Xavier's limbs and wings quickly shrank back into his body, and the wounds on Arthur's body caused by the experiment were filled by rapidly proliferating flesh and blood, and his body quickly returned to its most perfect state.
"Lin Xi!"
Arthur awkwardly raised his arm and looked at his limbs, which had been restored to their original state. A surprised smile gradually appeared on his pale face.
It let out a cheer and then swooped down towards Lin Xi like a little bird.
Of course, it didn't touch Lin Xi; instead, it was grabbed by the back of the neck by the extremely nervous Xavier.
"Go stand over there—keep an eye on that guy."
Xavier tossed his two annoying little creatures together and gave the order with a serious expression.
It was only at this moment that Arthur suddenly realized and noticed Noah.
Although Arthur instantly recognized Noah as one of his own from his aura.
However, upon seeing the white nematodes on Noah's body and its incredibly soft form, Arthur involuntarily took several steps back, his wings standing on end.
"...How disgusting!"
Arthur said, sobbing.
And its replicas also made the exact same movements at the same time.
"How disgusting..."
Noah had been carefully observing the interactions between Arthur and Xavier.
It didn't quite understand what Arthur's actions at that moment meant.
However, seeing the other replicas do the same thing, it hesitated for a moment, then slowly and clumsily repeated Arthur's words, and then wriggled its body back a few steps.
"So...disgusting..."
Noah repeated the new words he had learned, word by word.
And then they heard Noah's whisper.
Arthur's eyes sharpened instantly...
...
Xavier completely ignored the sudden tension that had arisen between his theoretical first child and his theoretical brother.
It turned its head nervously to observe Lin Xi.
Unlike Noah and Arthur, who mostly lived by instinct, Xavier was different from the rest of his life.
The mental synchronization it just experienced has left it unable to fully calm down...
There was even a hint of fear.
Xavier wouldn't miss what he sensed in that moment of mental synchronization—the savage aura of the primordial insect queen emanating from Lin Xi.
It had always been terrified, even afraid that Lin Xi would become the most instinctive pet, but now…
"Lin Xi, just now..."
Xavier spoke hesitantly.
Before I could even press it, Lin Xi had already reached out and gently stroked Xavier.
"It's not what you think. You don't need to worry about me disappearing."
Lin Xi said softly.
"I just let myself go."
As she spoke, Lin Xi raised her hand and looked at her palm.
"It was Noah... Noah gave me the answer."
In fact, Lin Xi was afraid, even terrified, the moment all the alien spiritual torrents rushed towards him. After all, he had suffered greatly in his previous battles against those white nematodes.
But just as Lin Xi was about to fight against those consciousnesses, she suddenly thought of Noah...
Having been contaminated while still in the womb, Noah simply didn't possess the mental strength to fight against the nematodes.
Yes, even Lin Xi believed that Noah would eventually be assimilated into that disgusting and lowly thing due to the mutual devouring of the white nematodes...
But later, Noah proved Lin Xi wrong with its existence. Not only was it not degraded into a lower form, but it also achieved a perfect balance with the nematodes in its body…
"Actually, I've always wondered why I'm so weak..."
Lin Xi examined his human hands and murmured to himself.
"I've found the reason."
Lin Xi was always afraid of the primal instincts of the alien species within his body. After all, those instincts represented savagery, wildness, and absolute chaos, while his consciousness as a human was so weak, as if it could be devoured by the primal instincts of the insect queen at any moment.
However, when Lin Xi finally decided to learn from Noah and fully accept the primal instincts of the Insect Queen, he realized...
"This is the real me..."
“I am me, my people…my descendants…and they will become a part of me…”
All the mothers of different species have never relied on individual strength to dominate the universe.
What makes it so terrifying is that it can unite all its peoples together spiritually.
"The alien race... is actually the mother of all aliens herself. How terrifying, isn't it?"
Lin Xi murmured softly.
Xavier paused for a moment, but the next second it followed its instincts and stepped forward to hug Lin Xi tightly.
"No matter what Lin Xi becomes, I will always only love you..."
It was like a child's simple and innocent confession.
Lin Xi stiffened for a moment in Xavier's arms. He looked at Xavier with surprise, then involuntarily relaxed.
It was at this moment that he realized he wasn't as calm as he thought...
However, as long as he was nestled in Xavier's arms like this, Lin Xi felt an inexplicable calm and peace, knowing that what Xavier said was true.
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