Falling into the Abyss

After asking these words, Ethan felt like a heart was tied up with a thin silk thread and lifted in mid-air.Sensitive flesh and nerves were tightly strangled, unable to beat.He was a little dreading the answers he might hear, but there was no way not to ask.

Although he has nothing left, he is still afraid of history repeating itself.Such outstanding Alphas like Roland and Tanithel suddenly favor him, which is an ordinary Beta, will always make him feel flattered like in a dream, but it often means that this favor may not be because he is a talented person himself. charismatic person.He also held the delusion of belonging to young people, comforting himself that there must be an Alpha who likes Beta like him, and believed that he himself was the lucky exception.

Then reality slapped him hard, opened its black mouth, and swallowed his entire life.

Tanisel took out a bottle of whiskey from the freezer hidden in the wall, and two glasses that were automatically filled with ice cubes. The amber liquid rushed to make the ice cubes in the glasses squeak.He said as he poured the wine, "Because you mean a lot to me. I said when I helped you and Samuel that one day I would need you to do me a big favor. That's not empty words. Now I Helping you is just like borrowing money, and one day you will pay it back to me."

Ethan frowned and shook his head, "But I'm just a non-human, and I don't have any special skills. I'm not as good as Derek in terms of brain power, and I'm not as good as Samuel in terms of reaching out. I can't think of what I can do for you."

The priest handed a wine glass to Ethan, and the latter couldn't refuse with his calm gesture.

"Project Zero, it must be a name you will never forget for the rest of your life, right?"

Ethan's hand holding the wine glass trembled, and his lips moved slightly in confusion.

Mass production of antimatter has always been the dream of every star country in the galaxy, but has always been strongly opposed to it.A small cup of antimatter releases enough energy to surpass the most powerful nuclear weapons in existence, and use it as a raw material to create weapons that can destroy stars in an instant.And its use is not limited to the military. With antimatter, people can break through the current speed limit of curvature navigation, rush out of the galaxy and expand into the deeper universe.It can replace nuclear energy, and only a little bit is enough to maintain the energy consumption of a star country for a year, greatly alleviating the energy crisis.It's a pity that the process of extracting antimatter is too complicated and expensive, and the efficiency is extremely low, so even though the research on antimatter began in ancient times, there has been no progress until now.

Every country is actually secretly looking for a breakthrough.The southern star country headed by the Ophiuchus Alliance advertises in media advertisements that antimatter weapons are evil and world-destroying things that should never be developed.In fact, they just don't want others to develop it.It's just that they are now one of the most powerful star nations in the galaxy, with many alliances, so no one dares to question them.

However, the Earth Alliance has never bought the account of the Ophiuchus Alliance.There is no good or evil in matter itself, and it is human behavior that gives them moral meaning. If such a terrible weapon is mastered by the enemy one day, it will be the real doomsday.Therefore, under the order of the State Council, the Energy Bureau submitted a plan to develop antimatter and its applications to President Ibia in the form of a five-level secret. After approval, it named it Project Zero and began to build an experimental base inside Mars.

Any information related to Project Zero, including such details as the names of the cleaning personnel in the experimental base, is an absolute state secret.After all, if the Ophiuchus Alliance has any real evidence that the Earth Alliance is secretly manufacturing anti-matter weapons, it has reason to ask the Galactic Arbitration Tribunal to intervene, and to cooperate with the southern star countries to put pressure on the Earth Alliance and even impose political, economic or military sanctions.What's more dangerous is that if the experimental results are stolen, the other party may even be the first to create an antimatter weapon.

This is the plan that the Energy Bureau has paid the most attention to in the past five years. However, under strict confidentiality measures, except for the president himself, ten members of the State Council, researchers on Mars, first-level officials of the Energy Bureau, and senior officials like Ethan Secretary, no one knows the existence of Project Zero.

However, the wind still leaked out.Ethan still doesn't know how the Ophiuchus sensed the Earth Alliance's intentions, and quietly sent a top spy they had planted in the Third Reich for many years to the Earth Alliance as a third empire ore researcher. A possible weak link was found in the meticulous chain of secrecy - Ethan Eldridge.

Ethan's wariness suddenly rose, and his knuckles holding the wine glass turned white.He muttered, "Why do the Eves know about Project Zero?"

"It's very simple, you people on Earth told me." Tanisel took a sip of the cold wine, and made a gesture of switching the projection.As a result, the nebula image originally projected on the wall changed into a real scene around the building—the criss-crossing castles in the sky of the tenth space station, and the dreamlike blue planet that occupied half of the sky.

Tanithel continued, "Eve's relationship with the Earth Alliance has always been close, probably because our governance methods are very similar? The Ophiuchus Alliance has obtained all the important information of the Zero Plan. The current situation is, either Turn off Project and wait for the Ophiuchus Alliance to develop an antimatter weapon, or hold on to it and break through the research bottleneck in the shortest possible time. Obviously, you chose the latter and chose to cooperate with Eve. Probably because of you The head of the guard reported the egg of the preface to an important person. In short, they hope that Eve can rent the egg of the preface. The reward is to share the research results with us. And I am here to ensure that the transaction is carried out smoothly and fairly. messenger."

"That's why you suddenly appeared in the Earth Alliance...but what are you doing in the Forbidden City? What does this have to do with me?"

"You are the only earthling other than the Eves who has not died or mutated due to excessive radiation after direct contact with the eggs of the Prologue. Even we Eves have to be trained to know how to control the eggs Egg, when you can touch it and when you can’t, otherwise it will be life-threatening. But you don’t seem to be affected by it much, and the entropy power doesn’t affect you much, even if ordinary people touch it The blood of the descendants of the entropy god will be infected and mutated at a little bit, and you are not the same.

Maybe it's because you have the ancestral lineage in your body. Some ancient books record that although the celestial beings look thin and weak among the interstellar races, they are very resistant to various viruses and bacteria.The Sirian people's aging method is completely different from that of ordinary interstellar humans. Their growth is staged rather than linear. Compared with mammals, they are more like insects such as silk moths. As long as they do not develop into the final "adult" stage , like never getting old.But once they are adults, they will age quickly and become fragile, and even a small disease like cancer can kill them.Sorry, I seem to be rambling, but anyway, you are a very useful existence.From your blood, we may be able to extract ingredients that prevent human mutations. "

Indeed, like a mother.Ethan's mother in his memory has always been the same beautiful look since he was a child, with green eyes and long dark brown curly hair, walking confidently with his music theory books in the aisle of the beautiful ginkgo forest in the Fifth Space Station University.She is always full of energy, she is already in her 50s, but she still looks like she is in her 30s and [-]s, wearing the latest dresses and bright lipsticks.

But one day a year ago, my mother suddenly locked herself in the room like a different person. She didn't even drink water or eat food. She slept for a week.During that time, he repeatedly tried to call his mother out, and even thought about forcefully prying open the door, but was stopped by his father.He will always remember his father's sad eyes at that time, and he didn't even know that his father could show such a fragile look.

"Your mother is going to enter the next stage of her life, don't disturb her." His voice trembled imperceptibly, almost talking to himself, "I just didn't expect it to come so soon."

When she woke up again, she changed her appearance.Overnight, she seemed to have suddenly aged ten years, her skin became dull, with a certain blue-gray color, her green eyes were also cloudy, and fine lines even appeared at the corners of her eyes.She no longer laughed brightly, swayed to the music, or even played her cello.Her eyes became glazed, her movements sluggish, and her hair became dry and gray, as if all life force had been drained.

He no longer dared to look her directly in the eyes because he was afraid.He was afraid that he himself, who had a quarter of his blood, would also enter this last, withered, and terrifying "adulthood" at an unknown day.

Ethan listened to the other party's narration, and it seemed that there was a good reason, but he always felt that something was missing, "The last time you went to the Forbidden City to make sure I'm still alive?"

"You can put it this way." Tanithel walked into him slowly, walking very close, so close that Ethan even felt a certain sense of oppression before stopping.He lowered his beautiful eyes, and said in a slightly hoarse low voice, "There is a little bit of selfishness, after all, the night on the Magic Flute was rare even for me... It was enjoyable. "

Ethan could smell the very faint sandalwood scent emanating from him, and felt that his shadow, breath, and light were continuously pouring down towards him, making his whole body feel like it was burning.The priest's neckline was half open, revealing a large piece of smooth and warm skin like milk. His jawline is so beautiful that people want to kiss it gently...

However, Ethan tried his best to control himself, who was easily confused by beauty, but refused to meet the priest's eyes, "So... I'm just a blood bag?"

"To me, your value is far more than that, but I can only tell you so much at the moment."

"..."

"You don't have to think too much, and you don't even have to believe me. The relationship between us is just to take advantage of the relationship." The words that should be unfeeling, but spit out from those plump lips somehow turned into some kind of weird and twisted love words , hovering over the edge of his ear like a feather, "Anyway, you have nothing to lose, as long as you remember that I am using you, and you can use me to protect you at any time, you won't feel hurt."

Ethan chewed his magical words blankly, feeling the bright heat that permeated his body.He raised his head and looked at the confusing eyes.

"Just taking advantage of the relationship..." He muttered to himself, as if he was hypnotized, and smiled bitterly, "That's right, it's simple, without so many entanglements. More Besides, I have no choice."

The selected words were swallowed by Tanithel's soft lips, and the priest raised his face with one hand, plundering his lips domineeringly.The smell of strong wine permeated this devouring long kiss, and he heard the priest's voice resounding in his mind like chanting a spell, permeating behind his tightly closed eyelids.

Sacrifice yourself to me, and I will control your body, conquer your will, take you beyond temporary pain and happiness, and lead you to see eternity.