"Number One" was unaware of the collapse of the nest at the beginning.
After all, it has only been in this world for a short time, and that special "dance" is actually quite complicated for it now.
So, completely unaware, it stretched out its enormous wings and spun around in the petri dish for a while before realizing, a beat later, that the exquisite nest it had carefully chosen was no longer there.
"Number One" even searched for a while on that fragrant wood branch before belatedly realizing the mistake it had made—which must have been a heavy blow to the insect that had just hatched.
Lin Xi could easily tell this, because “Number One”’s various reactions were very obvious – it tucked its wings behind its back and even its tentacles drooped down.
"Number One" stood blankly next to the deformed nest for several seconds, looking almost like a specimen.
Although an insect can't possibly have any expression, Lin Xi felt as if she could see shock and disbelief in those little red eyes.
"puff……"
Lin Xi had to cover her mouth with her hand to prevent herself from bursting out laughing.
He shouldn't have laughed, since it wasn't "Number One's" fault.
If the spaceship hadn't encountered an accident, rare and precious creatures like the Star Butterfly would have received meticulous care around the clock, instead of being hastily placed in his living quarters and casually raised in a plant cultivation box, as they are now.
Lin Xi was certainly aware of this, but...
Good heavens, Xingdie's actions just now were so funny that it was hard not to burst out laughing.
Considering the intelligence of the Star Butterfly, Lin Xi did not want to provoke "Number One" (after all, this was a little bug that would quarrel with him). He tried hard to suppress his laughter, but the Star Butterfly's perception was so sensitive that it still heard the breathy sound that Lin Xi accidentally made.
"Number One" immediately turned its head, staring straight in Lin Xi's direction. The brightly colored spots on its wings became somewhat dull, and the antennae on its head trembled uneasily.
Its appearance... well, how should I put it, is rather pitiful.
Lin Xi stared at "Number One," feeling as if her heart was melting at that moment.
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have laughed. It’s not your fault,” Lin Xi quickly explained to the little insect. “...I promise I will solve this problem. I have prepared a larger culture tank for you. It will be placed in my greenhouse. You can make as big a nest as you want.”
Lin Xi wasn't sure if a newly hatched star butterfly like "Number One" could really understand him, but he was certain that it could sense the gentleness in his words. With his comfort, "Number One" seemed to slowly regain some of its spirits.
Then it became busy again.
Under Lin Xi's watchful gaze, the little insect clumsily used its slender forelimbs to push the overturned nest to the side. Then, it bent down and gathered up the small stones, leaves, and metal parts that had fallen to the bottom of the petri dish in one go.
While doing all this, it kept a wary eye on its surroundings, as if Lin Xi were about to steal its treasures...
Ah, no, that's not right.
"Number One" was not wary of Lin Xi.
Lin Xi soon discovered that "Number One" had been trying to avoid the egg case from which it had been born.
The egg case was right next to "Number One".
After all, Lin Xi's cabin was for living and not for raising insects. Until a suitable incubator was found, Lin Xi could only hastily place the egg case, which had already been slightly damaged, into a temporary culture dish, and then place it side by side with the container where "Number One" was located, just as before.
"Number One" kept as far away as possible from the egg case, which was separated from it by two layers of plexiglass. It hastily dug a shallow pit in the farthest corner, then placed the "precious" leaves, stones, and metals in the pit. Next, it slowly carried the damaged nest to that corner and covered the "treasures" with it. If it were in the wild, its camouflage would be considered perfect.
After completing all of this, "Number One" finally felt a bit more relaxed.
It jumped back onto the sunu wood and began to diligently gnaw on a branch at the top of the sunu wood.
"Hey, honey, don't do that. Sunu wood isn't on your diet—"
Lin Xi was startled, thinking that "Number One" intended to eat the fragrant wood.
Sunu wood is the hardest wood that humans have ever found. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that it is a plant from a distant alien planet and that its numbers are extremely rare, people on Earth would probably prefer to use its branches instead of steel bars.
Not to mention, its tightly packed, dry branches contain a large amount of aromatic chemical components, the composition of which scientists on Earth have yet to analyze.
Considering both of these points, from any perspective, the Sunu project is not the kind of food a one-day-old infant insect should have.
Lin Xi instinctively opened the metal mesh, intending to drive the star butterfly away from the fragrant wood.
Before he could even make a move, he saw that the thin oak branch in the culture tank had already been bitten off by "Number One"! The thin branch even made a metallic sound when it fell to the bottom of the culture tank.
Lin Xi's hand froze in mid-air.
At this moment, "Number One" had already seen him. It flew up, gently rubbed against the back of Lin Xi's hand, and then hurriedly jumped down, picked up the fragrant wood branch, and went to the location where it had built the nest.
It wasn't until this point that Lin Xi realized that "Number One" didn't intend to eat the fragrant wood, but rather to use it to reinforce the location where it was building its nest.
In such a short time, it has already discovered exactly where the problem lies.
"...You really are a smart little guy."
Lin Xi quickly withdrew his hand, staring at "Number One" in shock, then sighed softly.
No matter how many times he tells himself that Star Butterfly is different, he is still amazed by the high intelligence she displays.
"I really wish I had discovered sooner that you are such interesting creatures."
Lin Xi said to "Number One".
If that were the case, he would have paid more attention in class back then.
Then, Lin Xi turned around and saw the notebook she had placed on her desk.
As Oni said, there is a lot of Professor Ando's informal information about Star Butterfly in this.
Lin Xi took the notebook with even greater eagerness than before, then dragged a chair next to the culture tank, pressed it against the petri dish containing "Number One," and began to read it carefully.
The notebook was tattered and old, and the cover felt a little sticky, which made Lin Xi feel a bit nauseous.
After turning to the title page bearing the name of Shizuo Ando, Lin Xi could tell at a glance that the notebook probably did not belong to Professor Ando—at least not solely to him.
He had seen Professor Ando's handwriting before; it was impressive: cautious and conservative, seemingly unremarkable yet neat and orderly. But on this inherently soft notebook, all the writing appeared rough and sloppy, almost like that of a primary school student who had just learned to write.
Furthermore, given that the text, riddled with errors and omissions, also contained a large amount of Sunu script, Lin Xi had good reason to believe that much of it came from Liz's notes.
Lin Xi frowned as he struggled to read the records.
Unnie said the records here are all informal... He's not wrong.
Judging from the words and phrases that Lin Xi could discern, the person who wrote these words must have been in a very relaxed state of mind at the time. The words seemed quite imaginative, and some even resembled poetry.
...The Mother of Insects will transform her billions of children who have drunk the nectar. She will nourish her children with the sacred amniotic fluid until her kingdom is re-established in the dark void.
This is one of the sentences.
The pure amniotic sac is born from the chaotic flesh, and they will have that warm and soft shell as their first meal...
This is another sentence.
Most of the following sentences are similar... they're practically nonsensical.
However, through the extremely painful reading process, Lin Xi still managed to piece together a rough and obscure myth of Sunu from these ethereal texts.
Moreover, this myth is completely different from the Sunu myth known to most people on Earth.
Before Lin Xi opened this notebook, all he knew was that the Sunu people believed that the entire universe was created by the Star God (which is the same as all religious myths on Earth). When the Star God died, the unborn insect eggs in His belly scattered across the earth and then transformed into the Sunu people. Then, the scales and shells on His wings degenerated into the various kinds of insects that swarmed on the Sunu planet.
However, the myth recorded in this notebook is a completely different version.
Lin Xi was quite surprised to discover that in the mythology here, besides the high-ranking star god, there was another goddess.
This goddess is recorded in the notes as the "Mother of All Insects".
"So even the Sunu people had an early matriarchal clan culture...?"
Lin Xi tried his best to decipher the illegible mythological story according to the laws of Earth.
In those lengthy records filled with the incomprehensible words of Sunu, the deeds of a goddess buried by history slowly come to life in the ancient script.
The "Mother of All Insects" is the mother of all living beings. She merges with the chaotic, dark, and disordered "Original" spirit in the universe, and her power is drawn from the "Original" along her spiritual veins into the universe as it exists today.
Ultimately, the first embryonic sac in the universe was born in the void.
The first worm to emerge from the amniotic sac is the queen worm—also the husband of the "mother of all worms".
The remaining worms in the amniotic sac are the remaining kings and kingdoms of the dark and vast kingdom of the worm mother.
The "Mother of Insects" will continue to multiply and multiply around her offspring until her subjects are spread throughout the entire universe.
The first insect marriage awakens the insect mother and the seed.
In the second insect marriage, the queen insect will be born from the seed, and their children will have physical bodies.
In the third insect marriage, amidst the intertwining of dreams and flesh, His people will possess life and soul...
Lin Xi's gaze swept quickly over the obscure and uninteresting words. Reading such chaotic text made him dizzy and confused, so he could only skim over it in the end.
He casually flipped to the back of his notes, and thankfully, there were some things that were easy to understand.
Most of the text is, of course, from Liz, but there are also some supplementary notes from Shizuo Ando.
Lin Xi then watched with great interest, and then he learned that mature star butterflies not only have a high level of intelligence and an appearance that closely resembles the legendary star gods, but also have a special vocal organ—which allows them to learn to mimic the Sunu people's speech after special training, just like some birds on Earth.
This peculiar characteristic is the fundamental reason why they are considered sacred objects.
In his notebook, Shizuo Ando left his speculation: Over the past few thousand years, there must have been many temple priests who secretly trained star butterflies to speak, then released them in front of the people to spread divine pronouncements, thereby fooling the masses and consolidating the power of the religion.
In addition to these traits, star butterflies exhibit some interesting behaviors. For instance, they have a strong interest in observing their surroundings, whether it's insects, Sunu people (or even humans). If left in a monotonous and boring environment for an extended period, their temperament can become exceptionally vicious and aggressive, even to the point of accidentally killing their mates due to excessive attachment. This is not surprising, given the star butterflies' unimaginable destructive power, and the mates they choose... are often not their own formidable counterparts.
Compared to reading Liz's writings, Ando's many records made Lin Xi's life much easier.
It should be said that Ando is indeed a qualified Sunu culture enthusiast, especially for his unparalleled obsession with the Star Butterfly.
In his description, the Star Butterfly is intelligent, lively, and affectionate—almost a near-perfect creature, provided that you ignore its fatal little flaws.
…Liz once told me that in her father's temple, there once lived a loving pair of star butterflies. The priests were delighted, hoping to obtain their eggs to breed more star butterflies. But tragedy struck. The female star butterfly was quite popular, which aroused her husband's intense jealousy. One night, the male star butterfly clung to his wife, and the sheer size difference killed the poor female. Grief-stricken, he devoured her corpse before dying himself.
However, for some reason, Ando added a small question mark next to the words "female star butterfly," which must have been added much later.
Is there a problem with the wording of this passage?
Lin Xi was a little puzzled, but he continued reading.
...Only a very small number of individuals do the Star Butterflies show tenderness and affection. Most of the time, simply entering their territory will lead to a terrible fate. Within the Star Butterfly's range, all insects become its spiritual branches...and the most terrifying thing is never being torn apart and devoured by those insects, but being transformed into...
The passage contained a few words of the word "Sunu," which Lin Xi didn't understand. However, by combining the context and guessing, he could roughly guess that those attacked by the Star Butterflies would probably suffer a terrible fate.
In many instances, Star Butterflies are incredibly cruel and ferocious even towards their own kind, making their reproduction increasingly difficult. It is said that in ancient times, their intelligence was low, and their habits were no different from ordinary insects, allowing temples to possess large numbers of Star Butterflies. However, at some point, these magnificent, enormous insects became increasingly intelligent; they could even learn to speak. But this came at the cost of a change in the Star Butterflies' behavior. They became bloodthirsty and murderous, and for a short period each year, Star Butterflies without mates would rampage across the continent, slaughtering other creatures… Yes, now, the number of temples possessing Star Butterflies is dwindling, because only when a Star Butterfly falls in love with a priest will it willingly reside within the temple's area and restrain its bloodlust. Unfortunately, every time a Star Butterfly chooses a priest it desires, it means the deaths of tens of thousands… The worst problem is that even priests who please the Star Butterfly will be abandoned after a period of time, or transformed by the Star Butterfly into…
The strange word "Sunu" appeared again. Lin Xi used the spaceship's computer to look up its meaning, but the computer returned a jumble of gibberish, clearly indicating that it was another ancient word that had not been included in the database.
Lin Xi traced the bottom of the word with his fingertip. He felt that something flashed through his mind, some small, disjointed images, but as soon as he focused on them, those fragments disappeared as quickly as swimming fish.
Lin Xi couldn't help but feel anxious, and to make matters worse, Ando then described in detail in his notes the many scenes of the Star Butterflies wreaking havoc on that planet.
He wrote in such detail that it was almost as if he himself had been there. This was completely different from his previous civilized and cautious way of speaking. And in the cruel details that filled the lines, there was no trace of sympathy or pity. On the contrary, Lin Xi could feel that the descriptions were tinged with Ando's own fanaticism and obsession.
This made Lin Xi increasingly uncomfortable, and a shiver slowly rose up, as if crawling insects were slowly and subtly climbing up his spine.
In a daze, he seemed to be drawn into the world of the ignorant and barbaric Sunu people by Ando's words.
He witnessed a bizarre and sinister ceremony—the entire village, the whole town of Sunu, being driven into a vast stone square by arrogant monks and soldiers. During the long prayers, enormous butterfly-shaped insects slowly crawled out of the ground, their wings, trailing behind their bodies, unfurling and blotting out the sky.
The terrified, pale-skinned, and slender Sunu people screamed and huddled together. When the Star Butterflies took flight again, only countless scattered and shriveled pieces of corpses remained on the entire plaza.
Xingdie did not find a suitable partner in this "selection".
He also saw the chosen "priest," a pale and terrified Sunu man, very young and thin. He was dressed in finery and then taken deep into the temple to the nest belonging to the Star Butterflies.
In the darkness, the star butterfly's bright red eyes gleamed, and its slender, fleshy tentacles slowly extended, pulling the "priest," who was paralyzed with fear, directly into the depths of its pitch-black nest.
Then, that exceptionally wet and nauseatingly evil sound, mixed with the young Sunu's screams of extreme terror, came from the darkness.
In addition, there is an annual sacrifice to the Star Butterfly.
Human sacrifice.
The corpse.
Blood.
The shattered pieces of flesh trembled, and then, from the gaps between the blood and flesh, countless insects gradually crawled out. They fluttered in the faint morning light, quickly darting into the grass, trees, and bricks, never to be seen again.
Amidst the pungent, sticky scent of blood, the Star Butterfly suddenly unfurled its wings and transformed into another form—a form that was almost entirely terror and distortion itself…
"ah--"
The moment his eyes fell on the "Star Butterfly," Lin Xi screamed. To avoid the sight, he involuntarily fell backward. Then, his body lost its footing, and he tumbled off the stool.
"it hurts--"
Lin Xi bumped into the floor and cried out.
Amidst these cries of pain and physical agony, Lin Xi regained consciousness.
He then realized that he had actually fallen asleep while looking at those notes, and that everything he had seen was just a nightmare.
The tattered notebook also fell to the ground. When the pages were opened, Lin Xi saw the last words she had read before falling asleep.
It wasn't English that he could understand at all; it was long passages of Sunu script.
The last section of text that Lin Xi could understand contained only records of the habits of the Sunu insects, and there was no description of the terrifying and barbaric sacrifice that Lin Xi had imagined in his nightmare.
However, the record on it about Xingdie's bad temper and tendency to hurt people was at least not a hallucination in Lin Xi's nightmare, but a real thing.
Lin Xi casually flipped through the notebook. Although it contained some records about the physiological habits of the Star Butterflies, the occasional appearance of Sunu characters on the pages made Lin Xi unable to bear it any longer and closed it—perhaps it would be a better decision to study this thing more carefully later.
Lin Xi said to himself with a sense of righteous indignation.
"According to what this says, you are quite a dangerous creature."
Thinking of the words he had seen before, Lin Xi looked around involuntarily, and then said to "Number One" with a smile.
Meanwhile, "Number One" was perched on the inner wall of the petri dish, its gaze fixed intently on him. Upon hearing Lin Xi's remark, it simply shook its antennae innocently. Lin Xi strongly suspected that it had also witnessed his earlier moment of accidental dozing off.
Its focused expression was quite adorable, and considering its previous clumsy actions, Lin Xi couldn't reconcile "Number One" with the obsessive and terrifying monster described in the notes.
However, when Lin Xi's gaze fell on the clean cut at the end of the Sunu sandalwood branch, he suddenly felt that what Ando's notes said also made a lot of sense.
The Sunu wood, harder than steel, was as crunchy as ladyfingers in "Number One's" mouth, which shows just how sharp Star Butterfly's teeth are.
"But... if you think about it that way, you've actually been quite friendly to me, haven't you?"
Lin Xi thought about her previous interactions with the little insect and couldn't help but secretly wipe away a cold sweat.
He was lucky; otherwise, his fingers would probably have been bitten off by the Star Butterfly by now.
But then again, it seems he's always had a good relationship with insects...
While Lin Xi was thinking about random things, he took out the insect feed he had gotten from Oni. He scooped out some feed and placed it next to "Number One".
Seeing Lin Xi place something in its territory, "Number One" happily circled around the food, thinking it was a gift from Lin Xi—but the moment its mouthparts touched the food, it suddenly flapped its wings and jumped up angrily.
Lin Xi watched helplessly as it overturned the feed.
“Hey, what’s wrong? This stuff is good for you,” he said. “Besides, you haven’t eaten anything since you were born… even if it’s not to your taste, you should eat a little, shouldn’t you?”
He said to "Number One".
"Number One" looked up, and Lin Xizhen doubted what he was seeing—because "Number One" seemed to be glaring at him.
Then, Lin Xi saw it angrily burrow into the corner furthest from him, its wings tucked into a ball, hiding its body.
"Uh—okay."
It's clear that insect feed doesn't seem to suit "Number One's" taste.
Lin Xi thought regretfully.
He tried to coax "Number One" for a while, but the other didn't seem to intend to pay any attention to it.
In terms of holding grudges, "Number One" is no different from his ex-girlfriends and ex-boyfriends.
Lin Xi shrugged. Perhaps because of the nightmare, he wasn't in a good mood, so he didn't have the patience to continue coaxing the little bug.
If Bryce hadn't sent him a message and invited him to dinner, Lin Xi would have just planned to stay in bed and sleep until the sun went down.
Elisa and I both want to talk to you. —Message from: Bryce
Lin Xi glanced at the message, his gaze lingering on Elisa's name for a moment, before he casually threw on a coat and headed out the door.
After all, he did have a lot to talk about with those two people.
...
Lin Xi was startled as soon as she stepped into the restaurant of the Sun God.
He never expected to see such a scene.
It was mealtime, and there were already many crew members here. However, what made Lin Xi uneasy was that these crew members looked to be in very poor mental and physical condition.
Almost everyone looked thinner than when the spaceship was still in normal flight, and their eyes were somewhat unfocused. Lin Xi had originally thought that those deep-set eyes and heavy dark circles were only seen in overworked researchers, but now it seemed that this was standard feature of the other crew members on board.
Besides their physical exhaustion, what was even more unsettling was the strange aura emanating from these crew members. Lin Xi couldn't quite describe the aura, but he knew something was wrong with them.
Lin Xi still remembered what the ship's dining room was like: it was a place to eat as well as a social and entertainment center, so it was probably the most relaxed area on the entire ship. People would talk, drink (although they could indeed provide drinks here if there were no follow-up missions and they could afford expensive credits), flirt, make silly jokes, and occasionally even get into some heated fights.
For Lin Xi back then, such occasions were somewhat too noisy, so he always tried to avoid them. But now he misses those scenes terribly.
After all, nothing is more unsettling than a crowded but deathly silent public place.
They just sat there quietly, not interacting with their companions, like... electronic dolls with malfunctioning programs.
But at the same time, they kept holding the food bags in their hands and sipping the food in large gulps, looking quite greedy.
Among this group of people, Elisa and Bryce, sitting in the far corner of the restaurant, stood out conspicuously.
“Bryce…Elisa…”
Lin Xi walked quickly toward them and sat down beside them.
Elisa glanced at him, then tapped her personal terminal—using her vice-captain's privileges, she put on some very old disco music in the restaurant.
The loud music instantly drowned out the slurping sounds of the crew members gulping down their food bags.
This was somewhat of an abuse of power, but Elisa's actions finally put Lin Xi at ease.
"I feel like there's something strange about these people..."
Lin Xi glanced quickly at the other people in the restaurant.
Elisa's taste in music is not very good. If everything were normal, at this point some of the bolder crew members would have jokingly yelled at Elisa to change the song.
But now, they are not reacting at all.
“They’re from the exploration team, just back from outside. Maybe they got a shock during the mission. I heard there are a lot of bugs out there,” Elisa replied dryly. “There were some other people before, I mean, the more normal kind… they were here before, but they all ran away when the exploration team came—actually, I was thinking maybe we should talk somewhere else.”
“I think you’re right,” Lin Xi said to Alyssa, then turned to his brother, “Bryce, do you really think this makes sense?”
Upon hearing Elisa's reply, Lin Xi frowned and looked at Bryce.
Bryce's face was very gloomy.
“Only an idiot would think these people are okay,” he said. “In fact, the physical data of these exploration team members are all—”
Before Bryce could finish speaking, the automated robotic arm slid swiftly along the track on the ceiling, bringing a bag of silver aluminum foil-wrapped food to Lin Xi's desk.
"Please enjoy. Have a pleasant day, Dr. Lin Xi."
The generator on the robotic arm flickered and emitted a monotonous mechanical sound.
Then its mechanical fingers released, and the food bag fell in front of Lin Xi.
Lin Xi instinctively reached for the food bag, but Elisa and Bryce shouted in unison, "Don't touch it!"
"Don't touch it—"
Lin Xi froze instantly.
The robotic arm seemed oblivious to the change on the table; it quickly moved away and slid onto another table.
"Your seventh bag of food has been delivered. Enjoy! Have a wonderful day, Captain Dark."
From afar, the synthesized voice of the robotic arm came through the gaps in the noisy music.
Lin Xi stiffly withdrew her hand amidst the horrified gazes of the other two.
"Is there something wrong with this thing?"
He pointed to the food bag and asked cautiously in a low voice.
Bryce nodded to him.
“There’s no evidence yet…” Elisa said softly, “but… Bryce suggested we avoid eating food bags for a while.”
"I think there's something fishy about some of the ingredients in the food bag."
Bryce said, following behind Elisa.
Then he sighed, "Let's go... to the medical room. I came here to show you the evidence, but clearly this isn't a good place to talk."
He stood up, intending to leave with Elisa and Lin Xi.
However, at that moment, Lin Xi suddenly felt a gust of wind rushing towards the back of his neck.
A sense of danger exploded within him instantly. In that brief moment, Lin Xi suddenly jumped up, his body nimbly tilting to one side.
"Bang--"
Almost at the same moment he fell to the other side, an axe grazed his shoulder and slammed down on the dining table.
"Lin Xi?!"
"Danger--"
When Bryce turned around, he saw a scene that made him grind his teeth in fury.
The man who attacked Lin Xi looked like a ghost; he was hunched over, his hair was disheveled, and his hands were tightly gripping the handle of the axe.
If he hadn't suddenly spoken, Bryce would never have recognized that the monstrous man in front of him was John Brunson, who had recently served as the head chef of the Sun God.
"You should die—monster—you should die, or we'll all die—"
John Bronson looked up and stared intently at Lin Xi, his eyes flashing with a menacing light.
The next second, he raised the axe and swung it at Lin Xi again.
To be honest, even if a frail old man like him had a weapon, it would be difficult for him to cause much harm to Lin Xi. But this time, if Bryce hadn't pulled Lin Xi back in time, Lin Xi would probably have been seriously slashed by that old man.
It wasn't that Lin Xi was too slow-witted, but rather that the words John Bronson uttered made him momentarily dazed.
"All insects...Mother of all insects...you won't use our bodies as incubators! Die, you damned insect mother—"
Mother insect?
The mother of all insects?
Why would John Brunson know this name?
If the situation hadn't prevented it, Lin Xi would have loved to ask directly.
After missing twice, John still wanted to continue chasing and slashing at Lin Xi, so he simply dropped the cumbersome axe and lunged directly at Lin Xi with bared teeth and claws.
His fingernails were aimed at Lin Xi's eyes, and his lips were turned up to reveal yellow teeth, as if he intended to bite open Lin Xi's artery with his own teeth.
He looked far more terrifying than when he was chopping people with an axe.
Bryce lunged forward to stop him, but John Bronson hadn't bathed in ages; he was greasy and slippery like some kind of catfish. It wouldn't be long before Bryce learned that the old man had escaped through some special conduit; he was covered in engine oil, and unless someone was prepared, no one could catch him.
But that was a later matter. At this moment, all Bryce knew was that the mad old man slipped from his grasp and pounced on his terrified brother.
"Lin Xi—"
Bryce roared.
John almost ran into Lin Xi, if he hadn't suddenly gone mad.
Ah, of course, he was already crazy enough, but at this moment, his spirit seemed to be completely destroyed.
Lin Xi swore he hadn't done anything; he had simply made eye contact with the old man by chance.
Through the old man's bloodshot, swollen eyes, he could even see his own panicked face.
And then the next second...
"Aaaaaaahh ...
John, who had been as excited and agile as a mad dog, suddenly burst into a scream.
He staggered back several steps, his body trembling uncontrollably.
"No...no no..."
A muffled, fearful whisper, mixed with saliva, trickled down the corner of his mouth.
Then he turned around, trying to run away, but ended up falling to the ground.
"you--"
Lin Xi stepped forward, looking at John, who was suddenly so frightened, completely at a loss.
But even with such a small step, John struggled frantically like a fish that had been pulled ashore.
A foul odor wafted out, and his pants were soaked in a large patch...
Lin Xi stared in disbelief
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