Chapter 125

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"An ability belonging to the Zerg?" The voice laughed very sharply, "So what?"

The sticky substance had gathered into a semi-solidified state, with a dark red color and a sweet and greasy aroma. The thick and sticky tentacles did not directly touch Su Xi, but surrounded her, circling around.

When it approached Su Xi, it obviously smelled a different smell, a smell from the source. This surprised it!

It thought to itself: "As a clone of 'Naya A30', this omega who named himself 'Su Xi' is at most in the middle and lower reaches of the 'Gene Tree' sequence... How is it possible... to trace back to the highest 'origin'?"

But now was obviously not the time to explore this question. The owner of this voice had his own plans. So, it continued to speak slowly and in a guiding tone:

"Hehe, you who have come back from the 'origin' of the original gene——"

"Don't you know yet?"

"The O-type 'Original Gene' is originally a substitute for the A-type 'Original Gene'! It is... a gene fragment donated by the original human who was infected by the genes of the first generation Zerg Queen!"

Su Xi lowered her eyes. She knew that what the spirit that had invaded her memory said was correct.

The 'Su Xi' at the 'Origin Point' was one of the few ancient humans who survived the tragic era when humans encountered the Zerg and saw the dawn of the 'New Era'.

In the complete memory fragments of 'Old Su Xi', she saw the courage and extremely tragic confrontation displayed by the respectable human admiral when facing the first generation of Zerg Queen...

And what she learned from the fragments of memory, the people and events of that era, all made her admire them immensely.

However, she does not think that the 'Su Xi' in the 'genetic memory' has any direct connection with her.

'This Su Xi' and 'that Su Xi' had different outcomes from the car accident involving their parents in childhood, and they parted ways at the fork in time and space that resulted, leading different lives and developing different personalities.

They are two completely different people, each existing independently in different parallel universes that will never be connected again.

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At this moment, in this illusory space built by the branches in the middle and lower reaches of the 'Gene Tree', pink mist is still surging.

The countdown on Su Xi's arm has turned gray, and she has completely lost contact with Xi Guang.

"As for the A-type 'Origin Gene'——"

The sticky alien form that was gradually solidifying into a female shape still stretched out its tentacles from behind and squirmed around Su Xi. It seemed that it had an irresistible desire to confide in her rather than immediately attacking the prey in its net.

"Unlike the origin of the O-type 'Original Gene', the A-type 'Original Gene' of humans appeared earlier. Before the integration of the Zerg genes, it had already undergone the transformation of the 'Golden Age' dominated by the Orcs, and had undergone genetic engineering corrections that lasted for more than half a cosmic century..."

Su Xi's brows twitched slightly. Although she had obtained some basic information about the origin of Type A 'Original Gene' at the origin point of the 'Tree of Genes', it was not as clear as what the sticky humanoid figure in front of her could explain.

"The orcs' genes have allowed humans who came from the Great Drift Era to initially acquire strong physiques. But--" The voice laughed strangely, and the originally sticky alien form gradually became solid and condensed as it spoke, and the facial features gradually emerged from the blurry head.

"But? What happened next?" Su Xi's face was slightly moved, and there was a barely detectable urgency in her tone, as if she was deeply attracted by her topic.

Such information does not exist in the official textbooks that advocate "natural rights" as the foundation of rule. It is a historical truth that only the royal family and the long-standing noble families can know.

Therefore, it was not surprising that Su Xi was attracted and moved by such a topic, and it was proud that it had chosen the right entry point.

"No matter how strong the orc genes are, they can't fight against the rare but most powerful 'psychic' race in this universe. How can humans be satisfied?"

“After all, resources are limited, aren’t they?”

"Only after combining with the genes of the Zerg did human pheromones come into being, and only then did the alpha gender, the 'superhuman', emerge, and only then did they have the individual capabilities to fight against the Zerg..."

"That was the most important turning point in the history of mankind's conquest of the stars—"

"Gerald's plan."

Su Xi frowned slightly. Yes, she did not deny this fact. She witnessed the occurrence of that important experiment in the memory recall of the O-type 'original gene'.

And that 'old Su Xi' is an important supporter of the 'Gerald Plan'.

"But do you know what the biggest weakness of the 'Gerard Gene' design is?"

Seeing that Su Xi was deeply attracted by the topic, 'it' or 'she' was secretly delighted and paused meaningfully: "Do you know that according to the original design standard of 'Gerald Bloodline', the current Prince is just a defective product..."

Su Xi's breath was slightly caught, and she knew that the key she wanted to understand had come.

This subtle expression was completely captured by the other party. The plump and graceful female figure that had already solidified into a curve had now left the center of the fragments and was slowly approaching Su Xi.

The 'nets' and thick tentacles that were originally entangled with Su Xi were instantly and cleanly retracted into her body.

The pink smoke that filled the surroundings at this moment gradually sank at Su Xi's feet as their conversation continued.

"Although 'Gerald' is the suffix of his real name, Fitz himself—"

"But there is a fatal flaw..."

The last few words were muffled by the other party with a chuckle. Su Xi frowned, with an anxious look on her face, as if she was hesitating whether to open her mouth to ask further questions.

At this moment, 'she' was only an arm's length away from Su Xi. She asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you know all this?"

"Has the alpha you fell in love with confessed everything to you?"

'She' came closer, with a height of nearly two meters, leaning over and looking at Su Xi with an oppressive attitude.

On her face, the hollow features twitched and squirmed slightly, as if undergoing the final simulation and solidification, and her weird laughter gradually turned into a hoarse and charming female voice.

"Love means complete 'honesty'. How much did he confess?"

"And you," the hoarse and charming female voice laughed sarcastically, "how much do you know?"

Su Xi's expression slightly changed, and her eyes could not help but wander. Yes, he was indeed not honest enough. But she had only one emotion about his concealment.

That is extreme anxiety and heartache.

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First fortress. Medical Department.

This is the most heavily guarded genetic experiment area at the bottom. Its alert level is almost the same as the "worm core defense fortifications" of the first fortress.

The red warning light outside the laboratory kept flashing.

Chris, who was waiting outside, was pacing back and forth a little impatiently, and Albert, who was always smiling, was sitting in a corner with a serious look on his face. The atmosphere was solemn and heavy.

After a long time.

Albert said, "Don't walk around! I feel dizzy! All the arrangements and alerts in the fortress are fine, so please worry less, okay?"

"Floating Island, what's the situation there?"

Chris paused and said, "Something unexpected happened on the floating island. When I arranged for people to go there, the floating island's own defense system identified it as an 'invasion'. Now we can only stay outside and wait for those fools to fall into our trap!"

"But the situation inside is too pessimistic." She glanced at the display screen with worry. The core of the experimental area was empty, the solution in the repair pool was churning, and there was a huge black shadow lurking at the bottom of the pool, patiently and motionlessly. Chris murmured, "Although I may not be able to help, I can't leave."

"Can Su Xi be contacted?" Albert frowned. Although he had only met Su Xi two or three times and did not have many conversations with her, he knew very well the significance of the omega on the floating island to Fitzgerald.

Therefore, we dare not be careless.

However, the changes in the periphery tonight were themselves a mutual test separated by a thin layer of window paper.

Now they are all prey in a cage, and hunters with their guns hidden. Tonight is the night to solve the key problem without large-scale bloodshed. Fitzgerald uses himself as bait, intending to solve the chaos in Yindu without bloodshed.

Because of the information Korot had sent from the "Giant Whale" recently, the scientific research team wandering in the Tomb of the Universe had obtained evidence of the collapse of the universe. They also learned that the law of the collapse of the universe is not only unpredictable, but the most terrifying thing is that once it explodes, everything in the universe will be annihilated at a speed faster than the speed of light.

No pause.

There is no chance of survival.

Therefore, the chaos in Yindu must be resolved as quickly as possible, and the First Fortress must concentrate all the resources and capabilities of the Human Empire at the lowest cost to fight for a chance to survive.

Therefore, now, both he and Chris are key parts of the plan and cannot leave easily.

"I can't get in touch with her. The AI ​​Xiguang that she carried with her recently hacked into the database of the Medical Department. Fortunately, it only obtained some information from the outside... However, I guess she has guessed something about the situation of Her Highness..."

"Why is this happening? How could she--" Albert asked, "How much does she know?"

"I was tricked into telling her something while we were chatting!" Chris said in frustration, "and then she investigated on her own! Your Highness kept it a secret from her... But I think hiding something this big will only lead to misunderstandings!"

"Your Highness is right. Not only do we have to keep it a secret, but we have to keep it a secret on both sides tonight," Albert said to Chris affirmatively, "At least until everything tonight is over!"

"The situation here cannot be told to the Floating Island without Fitz's permission. And he must not be told anything about Su Xi's current misfortune!"

"I know," Chris silently stroked his hair and said in a low voice, "It's the only way."

"No matter what, we must get through tonight's incident!"

After a while, the red light on the medical area warning went out.

Medical staff in white coats came out one by one, followed by a silver-haired alpha dressed as a mercenary.

The leading genetic engineer stepped forward and reported the situation to Chris in a low voice.

"…The situation has stabilized for now…but it's not optimistic…there are already signs of deterioration…and deliberately taking a catalyst…it's too risky…"

"Is the new stabilizer effective?" Chris frowned as he looked at the data in the medical report. "Apart from increasing the dosage of anesthesia, is there no other way?"

The leading doctor shook his head slightly. He glanced at the silver-haired alpha who had walked to the corner to ask Albert for a cigarette, and said in a very low voice: "There is no other way. Fortunately, Professor Holderman arrived in time, so we were able to control the sudden rampage during the transformation process..."

Chris was about to say something, but was interrupted by a nonchalant joke, "Hey! I say, little rabbit Chris——"

"You have to understand that Fitz's current problem is not at the genetic level that can be solved by medical treatment—"

Chris glared back at her, and this action completely amused the silver-haired, blue-eyed alpha. He walked over and was about to pat her shoulder to tease her, but his hand was caught by a hand from behind.

"My respected mentor Holderman!" Albert said politely while gently pulling his hand away. The blond adjutant said in a serious and businesslike manner: "This is a critical moment. The First Fortress seems to be calm, but changes are coming soon."

"Since you have come to help me, please do not disgrace your reputation as a 6S all-rounder."

"After all, His Royal Highness Fitzgerald is not here now, so everything depends on you!"

Holderman glanced between Albert and Chris and laughed, "Interesting! Haha!"

"Not here?" He chuckled and pointed towards the infirmary: "What's that 'thing' in there?"

"Do you know what I saw in his spiritual realm when I was counseling him?" Holdman said in a complicated tone and with a contemptuous look, "He's just an omega. It's not a big deal. Is it worth it for you to become like this?"

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While Holderman and Chris were talking.

Floating island. The brown-haired omega in the repair cabin looked increasingly sad, while the humanoid Xiguang next to him slowly shifted his gaze. The fighting outside Youhuang Residence had already begun.

Xiguang set a countdown, preparing to forcefully wake her up within two minutes.

It retracted the boundaries of its defense and allowed the outside world to become chaotic, just to ensure the absolute safety of this small area. The other carbon-based life on the island, or other rare alien species... to its calculation logic, they were just data that could be replaced at any time.

Only the one in the repair cabin was worthy of maintaining its ‘uniqueness’. She had to be alive, and it was ready to wake her up, but it speculated that if the floating island became more chaotic, it would be forced into hibernation by the other party, and even the original rare five-year human-machine binding period would be modified.

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At this moment, in Su Xi's 'dream', no matter the current situation of the First Fortress or the decision made by Youhuangjuzhong Xiguang.

She had lost touch with reality and was completely unaware.

What she is facing now is the deliberate inducement of a 'consciousness'.

"I don't know," Su Xi sighed, interrupting the other party's deliberate show-off, "I don't know at all. He——"

"That was a good secret."

There was a pause on her face, and then she laughed crazily, with a kind of madness that was hard to tell whether it was pride, pity, or glee.

"But I know the trick you're playing now."

Su Xi spoke lightly, and just as she finished the last word, with her current standing position as the center, the pale pink mental power surged, completely driving away all the pink mist in this memory space!

At the same time, the dark insect armor also appeared out of thin air in Su Xi's palm. Under the instant absolute defense, the swamp in the state of "absolute devouring" that had been formed under Su Xi's feet was instantly completely reversely absorbed by the excited and trembling insect armor substance.

All the changes were merely a matter of Su Xi's words. The pollution caused by the pink smoke on the lower branches of the 'Gene Tree' was completely cleared.

However, the human figure that had already solidified into a concrete female body let out a shrill scream, and then the solid solid body that had solidified into a human figure instantly collapsed into the smoke state that appeared at the beginning.

Su Xi stretched out her hand and used her mental power to grasp its neck in her hand.

The human body in the smoke, after being strangled, switched between haziness and clarity unsteadily. The originally blurred facial features, however, revealed their true appearance in this switching.

That was the appearance of the current third empress of the empire, 'Marena'!

But no matter whether 'Marena' tried to escape in the form of smoke, or took the form of a human and tried to fight back, she was completely defeated under the restraint of the dark beetle.

Su Xi could let it go and let this consciousness return to its original form, but for some inexplicable reason, Su Xi did not do so.

"Instead of discussing Fitz's 'genetic defect', why not talk about your own?"

Su Xi snorted and threw 'her' out, and the black insect armor that was ready to move nearby instantly formed a web, tightly binding the changing scarlet smoke.

Now, the roles of prey and predator are completely reversed.

"Although I don't know the specific circumstances, you must have been desperate, so you tried to create chaos in the First Fortress and profit from it."

"Am I right?" Su Xi looked at the 'consciousness' that had returned to a puff of smoke under the restraints of the dark insect armor, and asked coldly: "Should I call you Her Majesty Marena? Or Laya?"