Chapter 3 Dream Play

The 25.3 billionth year of the Universe Calendar. This is the era of interstellar humans. After a long period of evolution, humans have differentiated into a society of three genders: ABO.

Human Empire Frontier Galaxy. Siren Galaxy. UFO Star.

Only after Su Xi adapted to this world did she understand what the place where she first landed was like.

This spherical space of about 20,000 cubic meters is a cultivation room in a prohibited base, hidden in the edge of the life galaxy under the jurisdiction of the Empire, hiding in the planetary meteorite belt, which has not been discovered by the Empire for a long time. This base uses multi-force suspension technology to shrink the volume and fold the space as much as possible, which caused the various experiences when waking up and escaping.

And now, the cages that originally captured various space beasts have been destroyed by internal violence, as if these captured prey and experimental subjects collectively launched a riot and killed each other. All around were scattered broken machines and the corpses of various space beasts.

At this moment, in the outer space that Su Xi could not observe, the base that was originally disguised as a medium-sized meteorite planet, its outer volume collapsed and shrank like a deformed building block. In the vacuum of the universe, dust exploded and was silent.

She didn't know at the moment, so she wouldn't celebrate how lucky she was. If it weren't for the long waves of mental power triggered by her strong desire to survive when she woke up, and if it weren't for the timely guidance of the UFO light ball, the body carrying Su Xi's awakening consciousness would have been squeezed into dust in the starry sky the moment the space folding device was turned on.

In the empty dead space, the only sounds were the occasional buzzing of cleaning robots that were activated according to automatic programs to sweep and destroy garbage, and the occasional crackling sound of electricity from damaged machinery.

The sight turns back to the platform floating in the space. The original blue fluorescent light has been extinguished. The jellyfish-like film now appears a dull gray-blue color, and is slowly shrinking as if it has lost its life.

The water in the deep pool on the round platform has evaporated completely. A tall figure stands on the edge of the pool. The mutilated body appears to have recovered 80% from the outside. The new flesh is trying to sew together at a speed visible to the naked eye. The girl on the right arm is lifeless, with short brown hair covering half of her face. She looks weak and helpless, and the bite wounds on the shoulders and neck are slowly healing.

"You are indeed a troublesome omega," the monster said coldly as he hugged the little girl tightly, lowered his eyes and glanced at her. Strangely, he felt both annoyed and reluctant to let go.

Although it was a subconscious and instinctive behavior, since it was accidentally marked, it must be taken back.

The humanoid monster who caused Su Xi to fall into coma again thought calmly while stroking the slowly healing marks on her shoulders and neck with his blood-red fingers.

The red eyeballs that had not yet fully formed moved slightly, staring at the mark that carried his own flavor. This novel feeling was unexpectedly good.

"Master, all data has been downloaded, and the destruction process will be restarted soon," the same cold mechanical voice rang out. The artificial intelligence "UFO" that originally guided Su Xi to this place had now stretched out into several floating light screens surrounding the monster, displaying the conditions of every corner of the base.

In this short period of time, the body of the monster that was no longer in human form had gradually healed. The rapid regeneration of the human tissue should have brought severe pain and a maddening itching, but on the face of the monster that was gradually transforming into a male body, except for the involuntary twitching caused by the reorganization of the nerve tissue, there was no fluctuation in the expression in the eyes.

It's finally okay.

The man narrowed his eyes nonchalantly, moved his recovered limbs slightly, and unplugged the interface of the device connected to his spine that was used to sustain life during the experiment.

Then the broad back muscles stretch, and the newly formed texture is full of masculine strength and beauty.

He carried the unconscious Su Xi with his bare hands and jumped down from the platform.

The man had no interest in the bloody tragedy in the base's laboratory or the terrified bandit leaders in the control room who were trying to regain control of the base, nor did he intend to block the distress signals they were sending out.

The AI ​​'UFO' received the signal from its master, the light screen was erased and quickly reassembled, and finally displayed as two sets of starry sky positioning coordinates.

"Sun Swallow, standby at your location. Dark Flame is approaching the designated coordinates." On one side was an interstellar lightship waiting quietly under the backlight of the stars. Its silver-gray coating flashed with a cold light, and it lay quietly in the far solar orbit.

On the other side was a heavily armored mecha, with its dark and cold particle cannon already activated. Slightly adjusted according to the trajectory of the planet's movement, the dark flame's cannon was tightly locked onto this man-made base disguised in the meteorite belt, just waiting for the order.

"Very good," he mobilized his newly recovered mental strength and closed his eyes to sense the perspective of the Dark Flame mecha and the data of various rigorous operations. The man felt happy for a moment, and while issuing orders, he carried the unconscious Su Xi like a kitten or puppy.

He was casually searching the pile of garbage for what he was looking for, a space suit, but when his sight reached him, he saw a cage containing a Chichi beast. He pulled it out, rolled up the unconscious Su Xi's hands and feet, and stuffed them in.

The AI ​​"UFO" beside him paused for a moment and couldn't help but say: "Master, this is precious..."

"Hmm?" Interrupting the remote artificial intelligence's chatter, the man pressed the button of the space suit. The broad silver-gray material immediately fitted his body, outlining a strong and muscular male body.

"Should the Star Beast's willpower that has not yet been fully transformed be destroyed on the spot or transferred?" As an AI "UFO" that is committed to the greatest evolutionary direction of humanized characteristics, it sent out an expression of fear, and then blocked the emotional component function and resumed the rigid work reporting mode.

"Destroy," the man said coldly, picked up the cage that once contained the Chichi beast, and stepped out of the illegal base that had been besieged for one hundred and three galactic days.

This forbidden base, once disguised as a planet and code-named "UFO", has now collapsed into a core metal structure the size of a space station, and the first ray of light from a nearby star is about to burn the last of this sinful existence.

"Notify the Seventeenth Army to return to the First Fortress immediately." The medium-sized escape pod modified with antiparticle power rushed like a cannonball through the burning stardust towards the Sun-Swallow, which was silently waiting for its master's return in high orbit.

"As you wish." The UFO received the command while activating the emotional component and the camera. The metal creature in the deep space was instantly hit by the antiparticle cannon of Dark Flame and annihilated. This was the last close-up of the artificial planet once named "UFO".

That was the nest where it was born and the body that once bore the same name.

As an AI with computing power higher than its original carrier, continued evolution in speed and size has become a bottleneck! When quantitative change can no longer lead to qualitative change, the AI ​​UFO is just an artificial planet's brain!

However, the constant pursuit of higher evolution is its basic code rooted in the beginning of creation!

So, when the man's powerful spirit violently cracked its core, it calculated another direction of evolution!

It needs more valuable samples!

Behind is destruction, and ahead is a new life. This is also true for Su Xi who is still unconscious in a coma.

"Encrypted channel... The Fifth Army and the Ninth Army are preparing to withdraw from the Zerg front and defend the capital."

"Yes, connected to the encrypted channel..."

"Signal encryption in progress..."

"Sent..."

"Return command activated..."

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Su Xi fell into a long dream.

The dream contained herself and the memories of another girl.

Sometimes my five senses and consciousness are extremely clear and I can empathize with others; sometimes it is like seeing flowers in the fog, and I can't see or understand what is happening as if there is a layer of frosted glass between us.

Two completely different worlds, one is Su Xi's previous life, and the other is the memory of the girl called Naya. The two memories are intertwined alternately.

Five-year-old Su Xi held the dirty bunny doll that had been trampled into pieces, wiped her snot on her sleeve, and ran like a little cannonball towards the group of older children who had occupied the slide with her red and swollen eyes. She had finished crying, and she might still get beaten, but she wanted to beat them back...

Seven-year-old Naya followed her omegas in making origami and baking. But she looked at another group of betas and alphas with envy as they played games to assemble mechas and aircraft carriers. She saw those children of the same age who were destined to become alphas getting dirty without any guardian scolding them. They were so lively and enthusiastic...

Fifteen-year-old Su Xi made a scene after the PE class. Fortunately, the PE teacher was a female teacher who helped her and gave her a day off. She encouraged her with a smile, but she was still very upset. She was discovered by the student council member she had a crush on...

On a sultry afternoon, 25-year-old Naya suddenly fainted from a high fever. Three days later, she completed clear gender differentiation, which was a sign of early growth in the interstellar era. She was accompanied by her parents in the living room to accept a home visit and unified inspection by the Empire Omega Management Agency. Should she be thankful that although she was not a noble, her family was powerful and she didn't have to be taken to the management station for display like an animal? But the questions and the content of the forms she had to fill out still made her very uncomfortable...

Twenty-three-year-old Su Xi grabbed her laptop bag and ran in the night to catch the last bus. Behind her was the bright neon lights of the city. Like a worker ant, she struggled in this huge concrete jungle. Newcomers in the workplace had to work hard for the dream of having a small anthill to live in...

The 37-year-old Naya soon reached her matchmaking date, but before the official date, the interstellar speedboat she was riding on was attacked by pirates. She was taken hostage and was publicly sold. The humiliation...

Those vague memories gradually faded away, but Naya's unwillingness left a mark in Su Xi's heart. She was like a bystander, silently following Naya's memory to glimpse this completely different world...

The same thing is that in the same desperate and unwilling mood...

Before Su Xi lost consciousness after lying in a pool of blood at the scene of a drunk driving accident late at night, unknown fireworks were blooming above the bright night sky.

She thought, it’s so beautiful! But I have to say goodbye to this world, I can’t bear to leave…

Naya, who was hit by the particle gun, had no time to see the blood before the police and the criminals had already started a fierce battle. The laser guns flying around created brilliant sparks on the cold surface of the building. She fell backwards, and the last thing she saw was the night sky above the dome of the shopping mall...

She thought, if this hadn’t happened, the night sky on the Sabbath with fireworks would be so beautiful! Am I going to die? I don’t want to…

Suddenly, the sleeping world gradually sank from the noisy and swaying memories... All the memories and hallucinations were like melting snow scattered on a hot iron ball, turning into water vapor and evaporating completely.

Su Xi once again stood alone in the dark, silent and boundless sea of ​​consciousness...

She looked down at her reflection at her feet—

That girl named Naya, oh, perhaps according to the definition of this world, that female omega named Naya, lived a captive, simple and depressed life before adulthood.

Their status in the family is not favored, and the meaning of their existence throughout their lives is the meaning of biological reproduction brought by the scarce sex. Their greatest value is the scarce reproductive price as a high-quality omega.

Being kept in captivity brought him nothing but small sufferings and unwillingness. He was sold by pirates in an accident, and then sold to an illegal base. He was brainwashed by extreme ideas again and voluntarily accepted the experiment. With the collapse of genes, his last consciousness of survival collapsed...

Naya couldn't find the meaning of this world. She had nothing worth clinging to, so she chose to disappear...

And now, she is Su Xi.