Falling into the Abyss

Roland stood silently in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass in the Starwind lounge, looking at the seemingly unmoving starry sky through the thick nano-material.Scarlet liquid swayed in the wine glass in his hand, sometimes flowing into his mouth, staining his lips red.

This starry sky looks so peaceful, who can imagine the bloody storm that blew between the stars?

At present, a terrible plague has broken out in the Earth Alliance. In the early stage, the infected person will develop black blisters all over his body, and the whole person will become very bloodthirsty. If he wants to eat raw meat, he will actively attack all living things and even Cannibalism.In the later stage, their skin begins to melt and deform, and tentacles-like organs will grow on their bodies. From a distance, their whole person looks like a huge caterpillar crawling on the ground. In the end, most of them will explode and die. Can no longer be considered human.Anyone who is splashed with their bodily fluids will also be infected.

Infected Zero is a blond-haired guard who is one of the few survivors of the underground massacres in the Forbidden City.Before he fell ill, he said that he was caught by the "tentacle" of "monster" Ethan, and another "tentacle" poured something down his throat.Without warning, he went berserk and attacked several guards and inhumans, and those he attacked were subsequently infected.The plague first broke out in the Forbidden City, and the committee urgently dispatched troops to block the Forbidden City, but it was too late, some infected guards hid their injuries and pulled out of the Forbidden City, bringing the infectious disease to other space stations.

Blocks of isolation zones have been set up, and the Earth Alliance is now the most vulnerable moment.The Ophiuchus Alliance, which claims to be a humanitarian star country, took the opportunity to send a rescue team to join the Earth Alliance with teams from other countries.This is one of the few opportunities to fully investigate the internal situation of this closed country.

Fortunately, before the outbreak of the plague, the Earth Alliance wanted to execute Chen Zeng secretly and brought him out.It's just that they were robbed by believers who had prepared for it during the transportation.Behind all this is actually controlled by the Ophiuchus Alliance. Their informants reported confidential information such as the time and route of Chen Zeng's transfer, and they were responsible for disseminating this news to the believers of the Earth Alliance, and Provide them with weapons and equipment in the name of foreign companies.The outbreak of the Great Plague on the Earth Alliance further confirmed the so-called "Four Horsemen" in the Bible quoted by the Benevolent Society-plague, war, famine, and death.

Now the plague has begun, and war is imminent.Coupled with the fact that Ethan's mutated appearance has been spread by many survivors of the underground massacre, people are increasingly believing that the Great Evil God is indeed about to come.The number of believers in the Benefactor Church has increased sharply, and the government of the Earth Alliance has also become more and more nervous.The earth government expressly prohibits people from collecting any brochures or books about the Benevolent Society in their homes. It is not allowed to talk about Chen Zeng, the Benevolent Society, the Great Evil God or even any words about Christianity on any occasion. Anyone who is monitored will be detained. value.The moral court even encourages neighbors, friends and relatives to report each other, and each person who reports can get about five points of moral reward.

But the more something is repressed, the faster it grows.Especially the irrational and provocative ideology of religion.When people face a terrible plague, face the fear of their dearest people desperate to eat them, face the fear of seeing their children turned into a black worm, face the fear of being locked up in a quarantine area and wait to die. Fear, despair devoured them.They could not be redeemed, and their hearts were full of resentment, so they had no choice but to grab the last sliver of comfort, hoping that their sincerity could impress a certain power above everything else in the dark.

Without this hope, one would go mad.

Their informant said that currently several space stations of the Earth Alliance have been completely isolated, and people in other space stations are in panic.The earth keeps silent about the real situation of the epidemic, and just repeats in the news that "the plague is under the control of the epidemic control center, please don't panic and actively cooperate with the management", such empty words that no one will believe.Those who have connections are fleeing to other star countries, and those who have no connections have to gather in the middle of the night to pray to God and Chen Zeng's photo.Some people are even praying to an underground artist's painting of a man covered in tentacles, asking for forgiveness and absolution from the evil god.This image seems to be the representative of the Great Evil God, and the original form is obviously Ethan Eldridge.

Roland understood the importance of Ethan.And the Eve people's plan also learned a lot from Samuel.He doesn't believe in the religion of the Eve people, nor does he believe in such nonsense as the God of Entropy.But he knows that other universes do exist, especially the Second Universe, which has caused big trouble.The great plague did indeed exist, and if the informant was reliable, it would have started from Ethan.

Roland sighed.When I saw Ethan for the first time, he was wearing a clean gray suit, his hair was neatly combed, and he was wearing a pair of silver-rimmed glasses.He would never have imagined that this man would turn into a monster covered in tentacles.

I still remember the sudden change in Ethan's body after he woke up from a coma yesterday and learned that the priest named Tanisel was dead.Thinking about it now, he still breaks out in a cold sweat, and I'm afraid he will still have nightmares at night.Some black things flowed out of Ethan's eyes first, and then he howled like a wounded beast. Almost simultaneously, countless black tentacles shot out from behind him.Those things are covered with creepy barbs and flagella, and even have a huge mouth that opens and closes at the top.He and Samuel were wrapped up almost at the same time, and then thrown out of the medical room, and then the door of the medical room was closed, and no one has been able to open it until now.

All the cameras inside the medical room are broken, and the last thing the crew sees is Ethan wrapping himself in layers of those tentacles.Like a cocoon.

Panic spread on the ship, and people believed that the "Great Evil God" was in their ship.Roland didn't expect that the belief of the Benefactor's Association planned by their secret service had already begun to spread in the Ophiuchus Alliance, so he couldn't help but laugh.However, he didn't know whether Ethan had the plague-carrying virus on his body, and the situation was beyond his control now, so he ordered the Starwind to return to the Ophiuchus Alliance immediately.

Originally, he did not believe in the so-called great evil god, but he also began to waver.

If there really exists in other universes a super civilization far surpassing any civilization in the Milky Way, I am afraid that all star countries will face a catastrophe.They must put aside their historical conflicts and ideological antagonisms to guard against possible alien invasions.

And Ethan...should we get rid of him?

Roland has undergone all kinds of terrifying spy training since he was a child, and his heart has long been as cold as a rock.But pushing this man into the fire pit again and again made him a little unbearable and guilty.But he is just a weapon after all, and the final decision on how to deal with Ethan is up to the superiors.

"Report sir, our spaceship will enter the port in another hour. The headquarters requires us to go through quarantine procedures, and we may be quarantined for a few days." A beautiful female Omega officer reported to him.

Roland nodded and smiled charmingly at her, "I see."

However, she did not leave immediately, as if hesitating to ask something.Roland signaled her to speak with his eyes.

"Sir...the...thing in the medical room...everyone is scared...Should we use robot No. 3 to go in and disinfect it?"

Roland shook his head. "No, that person is very important. Keep the medical warehouse locked down. Someone will take care of it when the spaceship arrives."

At this time, Samuel, who had been quietly hiding around the corner since just now, heard their conversation.He frowned, turned around and left gently.

He didn't know about the past entanglements between Roland and Ethan, he just thought that the Ophiuchus people just like to pretend to be friendly, but in fact they are no different from the Earth Alliance.

There were two Ophiuchus soldiers guarding the door of the medical room where Ethan was. Samuel approached quietly and knocked one down with a punch. He snatched the gun and knocked it out with the butt.Samuel took out a Wanxi ball from his arms, which was the one that Tanisel gave him before.

He quickly got in touch with someone.

The face of Derek, the genius boy who has been quietly helping the Earth Alliance government despite being imprisoned in the Forbidden City, appeared in mid-air, looking at him indifferently, "Where are you now?"

"It's still the Ophiuchus Starwind, we are about to enter the port."

Originally, it was impossible to realize real-time communication based on the distance between them, but fortunately, the advanced spacecraft of the Star Wind was equipped with a curvature information transmitter, and he only needed to find a way to remotely Just plug into the teleporter's network.

Yes, on Eve Star, he has already used the Wanxi Ball to get in touch with the Earth Alliance.And the reason why he was able to break into the basement of Tanisel's house was because of Derek's help.

This time it went very smoothly, and the only risk was that it might be discovered by Ophiuchus.So call quickly.

"Derek, I need the password for this door, which is the medical cabin, the one on the second floor of the Starwind."

"Give me five minutes."

The call was cut off, and Samuel waited on guard for a while, and sure enough, he heard the door click, indicating that the fingerprint recognition lock had been opened.He pushed the door hard, but found that it couldn't be pushed at all.

what happened?Isn't the door lock already hacked?

The siren sounded suddenly, and the mastermind was instructing someone to try to break into the quarantine area.Samuel knew that things had been uncovered, but he wasn't about to give up.He pushed the door with all his strength, but it remained motionless as if sealed.Soldiers rushed over from both sides of the corridor, and Samuel turned around and punched one, knocking down one in two or three, turning around and kicking the other flying away.Roland rushed over, and as soon as the two of them fought, they knew they had met their opponents.Samuel's fists were fierce and full of evil spirits, while Roland was cautious and calm, showing no flaws.As soon as the two of them fought, no one dared to get close to them at will, and they didn't dare to shoot rashly, otherwise they might accidentally injure their chief.

"Samuel! If you have something to say, speak up!" Roland shouted while defending.

Samuel sneered, "What do you want to do to Ethan?"

"It's just that the government wants to check him, it's a routine thing!"

"Check? Did you dissect it with a knife and check slowly? You hypocrites!"

Just as the two of them grabbed each other's wrists and were in a stalemate, suddenly the door of the medical room opened.

Everyone froze in place, and the faces of the soldiers showed panic and terror.

A slender hand stretched out from the crack of the door first, and pushed the door wider, and then Ethan slowly walked out from the darkness.He was wearing a simple robe in the medical room, revealing a large area of ​​rosy skin, and the rose-colored emblem was still faintly visible on his chest, but his originally thin figure seemed to have been reborn, and he had returned to the shape he had before entering the Forbidden City. A well-proportioned and compact body, full of muscles dormant under the white skin, no longer sickly gray.His appearance has not changed, but his dark brown hair is neatly combed and shiny, his lips are more rosy, and his green pupils are as quiet as emeralds, and the slender pupils inside add a touch of enchantment.

He was still Ethan, but it felt different.He became unexpectedly good-looking, and his whole body seemed to glow with a new light, and Roland and Samuel were also a little stunned.

The best look Ethan could possibly have, and that's what he looks like now.After the cocooning period, the Tianzheng Stars will have a short period of the most beautiful time, probably now.

But he didn't laugh, cry, or show any expression, he just watched the chaotic scene calmly.Ethan felt his body was full of vitality, full of new life, never before felt full of strength and potential.But his heart was still dead silent.

"Samuel, stop beating." He said in a flat voice, "They want to check, let them check."