Falling into the Abyss

The Ophiuchus Alliance is a large country composed of two nearby galaxies. More than 60% of the population are terrestrial people. The ancestors escaped from the long nuclear war that almost destroyed the earth before the establishment of the Earth Alliance. After hundreds of years, descendants settled in distant galaxies. Since they were sailing in the direction of Alpha Ophiuchus at that time, they also called the two galaxies they chose to settle down as the Ophiuchus Alliance. Probably those ancestors would not have thought that one day their descendants would actually regard the earth as an enemy.

Star Wind is anchored in the space port near Dominica V, which is the most suitable for human survival in the Dominica galaxy. Everyone is required to isolate protective clothing on board and fly to the largest part of the northern hemisphere in a short-distance spacecraft. A city on the mainland near the ocean. There is the heart of the entire galaxy-Lan Hu, the seat of the Ophiuchus Alliance Presidential Palace and major government agencies.

Ethan was completely quarantined and taken into an empty room. First, he went through a series of disinfection procedures, put on the simple white shirt and black trousers they gave, and he had all the medical treatments tightly wrapped. The staff drew his blood, measured his blood pressure and pulse, and even took him into a room for an X-ray. Now he was sitting in that room alone, surrounded by concrete walls and ceilings, except that there was a chair in front of him that was the same as he was sitting. He sat very straight, with his hands on his knees, his eyes looked at the space in front of him, as if he hadn't seen anything.

The door in the room that was so simple that it almost blended with the wall opened, and a middle-aged male Beta in a suit came in. He smiled friendly at Ethan, and then sat down on the chair opposite him. Ethan noticed a small pin on the collar of his suit, and a round shape in his ear, which was probably a headset.

It seems that someone is watching them outside this room. Although I don't know where the camera is hidden, or these walls are actually single-sided glass with projection function.

The man holds a small piece of folded paper in his hand, and it turns out to be a thin transparent board after unfolding it-this is the personal information storage tool of the Ophiuchus Alliance, and it shows some blue light on it. Text. He said to Ethan, "Hello, Mr. Eldridge, I'm Vincent Ballander, Special Operations Commissioner of the Ophiuchus Alliance."

Ethan said, "Just call me Ethan."

"Ethan, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting here for so long. It's just that now the Earth Alliance's epidemic is serious and we have to take more precautions."

Ethan nodded, saying nothing.

"We learned from Commissioner Sean Di Canio that you had some accidents on the spacecraft?" Berland seemed to be looking at the information in his hand, but actually raised his eyes to see Ethan's reaction.

Sean Di Canio... It took a few seconds for Ethan to remember that it seemed to be Roland's real name... He remembered that he heard that female agent called Roland "Sean" on Faun.

Ethan shrugged and said, "It's not an accident, it's just that I am in the cocooning period."

"Cocooning period?"

"I have the pedigree of the Celestial Star, and your Ophiuchus's intelligence is so advanced, have you never heard of the physical characteristics of the Celestial Star?

Ballander smiled sincerely, "We know that the development of the Celestials is a little different from that of ordinary people, and they will age rapidly after entering adulthood. But we don't know the details so clearly. After all, the Celestials are very rare. Moreover, it is very secretive about one's own physiological changes, and it is difficult to find written records."

"Most people do get old, but I might not." Ethan said.

Bland looked at him unexpectedly, "Why?"

"I already have enough things in my body to keep me alive." Ethan said, suddenly curling his mouth slightly, "Don't you have my blood? Can't you find out what's in it?"

Of course they have got the result. It's just that the result is a bit unbelievable.

The plague of the Earth Alliance is not a virus, but a kind of strange parasitic eggs. Like fungi, these eggs will multiply in the human body quickly, turning people into something like cordyceps. It's just that Cordyceps is a plant, and those who are infected become a kind of insect.

There is no such worm egg in Ethan's blood, but his genetic composition is surprisingly similar to that of the worm, which means it is not a human genetic sequence at all. At the same time, they found that the gene sequence contained in Ethan’s blood is not even stable, and mutations may occur in every copy. It stands to reason that such a person should have cancer all over his body long ago. I am afraid that even at the current medical level. Can't save him.

But he was sitting here, looking like a normal person. His body scan did not find any shadow areas, he was healthier than the average person, and he couldn't find a scar on his body.

The rumor seems likely to be true, and Ethan is the creator of the disease. It now appears that he may not belong to this universe at all.

So far, Ethan has not acted aggressively, but the tragedy in the Forbidden City still makes the senior officials of the Special Office very nervous. They have made dozens of robots called "Killing Machines" No. 3 robots surround Ethan's room layer by layer. If there is any abnormality, they will open fire at the same time, by then the entire room will not be left in ashes. In order not to arouse his aggressiveness, they originally wanted to find Omega who volunteered to go in and talk to him, but no one wanted to lose their lives even if the bonus was generous. In the end, Bland, who is a Beta, voluntarily entered. The condition is that the government must be responsible for providing sufficient medical expenses for his bedridden mother all the year round, and invite expert care, subsidize his children to enter the highest institutions, and guarantee him All family members have no worries about food and clothing for life.

Ballander smiled embarrassedly, "We do have your blood sample, but we are not sure how to interpret it."

"Which part do not know how to interpret?"

"According to the information, you are born on Earth, your father is Adrian Eldridge, and your mother is Liliana Shael’zas, and your previous blood test results are normal."

Ethan said, "Yes, I have been infected, no, I should be said to have been'purified'. The goddess purified my body under the order of power and gave me new life."

He lacked emotion when he said this, and even had a hint of mockery in his tone.

"What is your so-called genital goddess?"

"Sabu Nicholas."

"Is that the faith of the Eve people?"

"It's not just Eve's. Many planets have worshipped her. There have been beliefs about her on Earth, but we have forgotten."

Ballander didn't show believing or not, but nodded thoughtfully. He asked again seemingly, "After you have been purified... have you been asked to do anything?"

Ethan suddenly smiled, "You want to ask, did I do the plague of the Earth Alliance?"

Ballander was surprised, "Do you know the plague of the Earth Alliance?"

According to Sean, Roland's intelligence, Ethan was taken to Eve before the plague began, and even if he escaped, he remained dormant until he was intercepted by the Starwind two months later. How did he know the plague of the Earth Alliance?

Ethan said, "I felt a lot of things during the cocoon period. Plus, I remember that I did something to a guard on Earth... I was not sure what I did, but now I understood."

"So... you admit it is you?"

Ethan kept smiling and said calmly, "It's me."

At this moment, beads of sweat appeared on Ballander's forehead. He knew that as soon as such an answer came out, someone might order the destruction of this room at any time, and even him himself would be burned to the dust.

However, he must ask this question.

No one spoke in the room for a few seconds, and the suffocating silence enveloped everything. Ballander realized that he was still alive, and it was obvious that the upper echelons were still waiting.

He cleared his throat and continued to ask, "How did you do it?"

Ethan tilted his head slightly and asked, "What you want to ask is, am I going to do this in the Ophiuchus alliance, right?"

This sentence is obviously more threatening than the sentence "It's me" just now, and Ballander feels cold sweat has soaked his back.

"Don't worry, I have no such plans." Ethan said, "I want to go to a place. If you can help me, I will be very grateful."

"Where to go?"

"On the border of the Third Reich, a certain asteroid. Your Commissioner Sean should know where I want to go."

Boland naturally has this information in his hands. Obviously, this Ethan Eldridge has a close relationship with the special priest Tanithel of Eve Star, who has repeatedly intervened to rescue Ethan, who was previously an inhumane in the Forbidden City. According to Sean Di Canio’s report, Ethan and the other Omega named Joe Samuel were rescued by them from an Eve spacecraft that was badly damaged and on the verge of a crash. They were only from Joe. Samus knew that there was another person in the boat, which was Tanithel. But at that time, the spacecraft had fallen into the atmosphere of a desolate planet named "Hermon Star" on the border of the Third Reich, and it was almost impossible to live.

"Are you talking about Star Black Gate? The place where the ship you were on crashed?"

"Not bad."

"You should know that the person you are looking for is probably already..."

"Even if there is only a corpse, I have to find him." Ethan's tone didn't have any room for change, but soon, he smiled again. The smile seemed a little cold, "Of course, I know you won't let me go easily. And now your president may be ordering to end me."

"You worry too much..."

Ethan interrupted the poor negotiator opposite, stood up slowly, slowly opened his arms to someone who was peeping in the void, and said, "Come on, fire on."

Berland stood up suddenly, his face pale, "Mr. Eldridge, please calm down, we are not planning to end you!"

Ethan glanced at him nonchalantly, and said to him, "Don't be afraid, you won't die."

The people who were observing them seemed to hesitate. Ethan smiled and said, "If I want to leave, you can't stop me." After speaking, he stretched out his hand, and a long line spread out from his fingertips. , Black tentacles...

Suddenly, hot flames blasted from all directions, soaring flames ignited, the center of the room was as high as 3,000 degrees Celsius, and the temperature of the center of the atomic bomb explosion was no more than that, and any living thing would instantly vaporize.

From a distance, a terrible explosion occurred on the wasteland where this room was located. Smoke and dust rose into the sky, covering the sky, as if the end of the world was coming.

After the smoke dissipated, the people behind the scenes immediately dispatched drones to check, but what they saw surprised them.

A large crater has been blown out on the surface where the room was originally located, just like a crater on the moon. But in the middle of the big pit, there was a black ball.

If you get closer, you will find that it is not a "round ball", but something woven from many large and terrible black tentacles with barbs dripping with mucus. They are woven so tightly and tightly, no gaps can be seen, but some exposed mouth-like organs and eye-like organs are still turning and opening and closing slightly, spitting out streams of mucus and air bubbles, which make people see the stomach. Churn.

The Union President, who was sitting in front of the screen with other senior officials, was also stunned, and muttered, "What is that?"

No one can answer him, because neither the Minister of Defense nor the Director of Special Operations are equally speechless.

Those filthy and terrifying compound eyes seemed to see the approaching drone. The next moment, the ball suddenly loosened, countless tentacles rose into the air, and then all retracted behind one person.

Ethan still stood on the spot, with no dust on his body, looked at them with a little disappointment and sighed, as if regretting that they could not kill him. At his feet, Ballander was already limp on the ground, a piece of pants wet. Even the two chairs remained unharmed.

"Look, I said, you can't stop me." Ethan looked at the still squirming tentacles of his fingertips and muttered to himself, not knowing who he was talking to.

The author has something to say:

The life of the tentacles being blackened and hung up...

Modified a detail that forgotten to explain