Chapter 114 Moth (V)
Ming Zhuofeng's name came into Mingyu's mind the first time.
His palms tightened, and he felt fear for the first time in his conversation with the black tide creature.
This conjecture made Ming Yu's heart fluctuate more than the thought that Ming Zhuofeng might be his father, and it also made him feel more horrified and painful than the black tide energy that continuously pierced his spiritual realm.
No human would want a hero who once protected the star domain to become a monster that murdered innocent people.
"The Black Tide represents humanity's death and our rebirth," Albin said casually. "Low-level Black Tide creatures enter other star regions, absorbing the spiritual energy of humans, the crystal cores of star beasts, and even the energy cores of planets. This radiates more Black Tide energy, giving rise to more low-level Black Tide creatures, which in turn provide a living source for intelligent beings like me... This is our way of life."
"It's the same instinct as all living things, following the laws of life."
“When you look beyond the definition of human, you stop thinking of us as alien.”
"Of course, not everyone is worthy of being turned into our Hou Yi."
The caregiver stood aside, placing all the played chips back into their storage boxes. Moths flew out of his eyes one after another, lifting the box of chips and handing it to Albin.
Then, his body suddenly dispersed and turned into a black cloud. The scattered moths swarmed over and drilled into Albin's black eyeball.
He had died long ago, but his human body completely disappeared at this moment, turning into black tide energy and being taken back into Albin's body.
Its pupils contracted and expanded irregularly, as if a moth was about to squeeze out of it at any moment, giving off a sinister aura.
Mingyu calmed himself down and lowered his gaze to the chip box in its hand.
"I want this," the young man said, his voice steady. He took a step forward and held out his arm. "This is information about my background."
Albin looked him over and said indifferently, "Whatever you want."
It pushed forward and placed the not-too-heavy chip box into Mingyu's palm.
Albin: "After all, that person has seen it. You will see him soon."
"Let's go." He raised the muzzle of the gun and signaled Ming Yu to turn around. "Let's go to the Ming family's spare helipad while those people's attention is still focused on the banquet hall."
"I know you still use human thinking... but don't even think about running away. Part of your spiritual realm has been assimilated by the Black Tide's energy. If you don't return with me to the Black Tide and complete assimilation, you will become a creature without any reason, a carrier for moths, and my puppet, just like that caregiver and Ming Zhengen."
"Of course, you might cause some trouble." It pressed an energy gun against the back of Mingyu's head. "To prevent you from causing trouble before you are slowly assimilated and eroded and become a creature like that, I can use the energy gun to directly destroy your spiritual realm and speed up the process."
Mingyu: “…”
His mental energy was becoming more and more active, but it was still far from enough to resist Albin.
The power of this high-level Black Tide creature is unfathomable. Its original strength must have far surpassed that of the queen insect on Labyrinth Star that absorbed the Lava Giant. Even though its strength has been weakened by its distance from the Black Tide and the attack in the banquet hall... it is still not easy to deal with.
Mingyu still wanted to absorb more energy, but Albin seemed to feel that the black tide energy used to assimilate his spiritual domain had been released enough, and no longer summoned more moths.
Ming Yu didn't dare to make any big moves. He could only temporarily follow Albin out of the small building. The two of them walked through the more secluded garden at the back of the Ming family manor and came to the rarely used aircraft parking area at the back.
Sirens blared, and a red and blue laser cordon was erected above the Ming family estate. However, because the initial security team that arrived at the Ming family was only responsible for the illegal hypnosis awakening of humans, they were understaffed. Only one police starship patrolled the estate, and the subsequent reinforcements had yet to arrive.
The Ming family manor is very large, and the guards are still busy controlling the situation in the banquet hall, so it is easy for Albin to leave at this time.
Mingyu watched it open the hatch of an aircraft, and was then forced to be the first to step into the aircraft.
"Beep!" A beep sounded from the Ming Family Manor's control room as the aircraft started up. Albin's aircraft had apparently already been registered in the Ming Family Manor's database, and it took off without any obstruction.
"Beep!" The aircraft broke through the laser cordon. The team members remaining in the police starship immediately noticed it, turning the starship while holding the communicator and shouting, "Captain!"
"The Ming family has a flying vehicle taking off!"
"Stop it!" the captain of the guard was terrified. "Can you see the aircraft number?"
"Private aircraft! Identifying the number... Identification failed! Their aircraft suddenly disappeared!"
A gray arc of light flashed in the air, and the silver-gray aircraft disappeared in the void, appearing on a high-speed route far away from the Ming family manor two seconds later.
"You can use Albin's mental power." Mingyu said, "How did you do it?"
"I am Albin," it said casually. A space jump with an entire starship was somewhat laborious, so after leaving the Ming Family Manor, it stopped using Albin's mental abilities. It continued to talk to Ming Yu while setting the aircraft's flight target.
Mingyu glanced out of the corner of his eye and caught a glimpse of the words "Capital Star Public Star Port".
"I possess his memories and know the structure of his spiritual domain. I can restore the arrangement of his spiritual energy particles from his human period. There's not much difference between him and me."
Mingyu felt nervous.
After the advanced black tide creatures assimilate the human spiritual domain... they can actually simulate the victim's spiritual domain energy.
Such a record has never appeared in human research data.
He looked at Albin and realized that this was a good opportunity to further judge the intelligence level and thinking logic of the advanced Black Tide creatures.
"What was your purpose in leaving the Black Tide Star Sea?" Ming Yu leaned back, relaxed, and asked casually, "Is it to obey... the orders of the one who gave birth to you, to seek revenge on the Ming family and find me?"
Albin smiled.
"The mother who originally wanted me to take you away."
Mingyu: “…”
"But after I killed Ming Zhengen and gained his memories, I discovered that your mother had also died long ago. So it changed its orders."
"...How did it know?" Mingyu murmured, "Is it here too?"
Albin said nothing and nodded his eyes.
The black of his eyeballs completely dissipated, and swarms of moths flew out again. But a moth that was even larger and more bizarre in appearance crawled out of his eye socket.
It was four or five times the size of an ordinary moth. As it crawled out, it pried open the officer's eye sockets, and dark red blood flowed down the corners of the officer's eyes.
The antennae at the front of the moth trembled slightly, and it flew outward, spreading its black wings.
There are two white spots with black centers on each of its left and right wings, like a pair of eyes, turning under Mingyu's gaze.
"hiss--"
The moth twitched unpleasantly, its eyeballs shifting to meet Mingyu's gaze. Its wings fluttered, making a rustling sound like laughter.
A chill ran up Mingyu's spine, and his hair stood on end.
The moth's form made Mingyu feel uncomfortable, but what was even more terrifying was the intensity of the energy it emanated...
This was only a portion of the energy of the high-level Black Tide creature suspected to be Ming Zhuofeng. But this little energy fluctuation had already set off alarm bells in Ming Yu's heart.
It was an intuition that came from the suppression of absolute power.
"This is the energy that belongs to that person." Only a narrow, irregular hole remained where Albin's eye should be. He felt no pain. After just a few seconds, new moths gathered in his eye socket, giving birth to new "eyeballs."
"It can see everything through this moth."
"It has seen you now, and it can't wait to actually see you."
The moth with eyes flapped its wings and landed on Mingyu's shoulder, rubbing its extended antennae against Mingyu's neck.
Mingyu took a deep breath, tapped his eye sockets with his hand, and said casually, "If I become a Kuroshio creature, my eyes must also become like this? Made entirely of moths? The energy it leaves on you is in the form of moths... Is it because you particularly love this kind of creature? I don't like moths very much. If I become a Kuroshio creature, can I choose another form?"
Albin scoffed.
"The moth is the form of the mother," it said. "The energy of our kind can only be manifested in the form of a moth."
Mingyu uttered an "oh" and said in surprise, "My 'father' needs to combine with 'mother' to turn you into a Black Tide creature? I thought it only required assimilation of the spiritual realm... Hmm!"
A sharp pain came from the side of his neck. The moth belonging to his "father" pierced Mingyu's skin, drilled into his flesh and blood, and turned into pure black tide energy, seeping into Mingyu's spiritual realm, just like the moth that Albin had released before.
Mingyu closed his eyes.
The energy threads in the spiritual realm rushed forward and wrapped around the stronger and more aggressive black energy.
A pain surged through his mind. The black energy belonging to this "father" was far more difficult to devour than Albin's. Mingyu's attention was completely focused on his own mind. He could feel the black energy constantly struggling, trying to break free, trying to change the wavelength structure of his mind power...
This is a silent battle in the spiritual realm.
"To become a high-level Kuroshio creature, one must enter the mother body after being assimilated and be reborn."
Mingyu's body began to tremble due to the intense struggle within his spiritual realm. Albin assumed that this was the pain of being assimilated by his "father," so he explained slowly to the young man.
The aircraft turned into the channel near the starport. The light from the holographic billboard flashed across Mingyu's face.
"Interrupt. Breaking news."
The billboard on the highway suddenly changed. The dazzling light and shadows announcing the opening of the aquarium faded, replaced by a sign with the words "Emergency Notice" printed in white on a pure blue background.
"A vicious attack has occurred near the Galaxy Manor area of the Capital Star. Residents of the Capital Star are advised to avoid the Galaxy Manor area..."
Mingyu opened his eyes, gasping for breath.
"Albin," he said, "Can I see your newly grown eyes again?" The young man hesitated, "I'm still worried...
"The human body is just a shell."
Albin leaned forward, approaching Mingyu. The two had been chatting for quite some time. Seeing that the young man was relaxed and showed no signs of trying to escape, and that he had already absorbed a lot of black tide energy, Albin relaxed a little.
It lowered the arm that had been holding the energy gun, and lowered its head to let Mingyu look into its eyes. "Don't worry too much about your organs. As long as the energy in our bodies doesn't completely dissipate, we can always replace it..."
His voice suddenly stopped.
Because a bright blue light suddenly burst out in front of Mingyu.
Dazzling blue threads of spiritual power were densely arranged, forming a film of light that appeared in the aircraft cabin in an instant, smashing down on the officer head-on!
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