Puppeteer [Interstellar]

Arnold chose to hide in a metal box.

Yes, it is the same metal box that locked A Xiao and those members of the scouting team. There are several such boxes in this warehouse, but the inside is empty, so A Nuo can just turn over and climb in, and put the metal box inside. The lid of the box is closed.

This metal box is like a coffin, and the lid is very heavy. Arnold shrank in it and tried his best to push it for a long time, and finally closed the lid. He was a little worried that he would lock himself in the box, but right now he has no way Thinking more, because the Zerg outside crawled in almost the moment Arnold closed the lid of the box.

In terms of the powerful sensory system of the Zerg, it should be able to find Arnold, but it doesn't seem to be able to. It just heard a sound inside, and when it crawled in, it found that there was nothing inside.

This kind of metal box is specially made, and it has the function of isolating the senses of the Zerg, but it is not complete, so as long as you lie in it quietly and make no sound, the Zerg will not find the humans inside, but if you make a sound, the Zerg will still Can be faintly heard.

Like the Zerg larva howling in the box, it quickly attracted the adult Zerg, probably seeing the same kind, the larva quickly became quiet, and the adult Zerg began to grow up. Tinkering with the box, trying to open it.

This kind of box is very easy for bugs to open, so after it cut off half of the box in a very violent way, it finally opened the box, and the larvae inside also crawled out with difficulty.

The larva was almost mixed with the corpses in the box and a small amount of liquid in the box. It struggled in it slimy, and it howled slightly at the adult Zerg, thinking that the adult Zerg would at least help It tried, but no, the adult Zerg sniffed the larva carefully, and for some reason, became angry.

Angrily, it suddenly slapped down with its paw, directly smashing the poor larva into minced meat.

Arnold, who was huddled in a metal box next to him, couldn't really see what the Zerg was doing outside from this angle, but he could vaguely imagine just listening to the sound. This imagination made Arnold feel horrified and Strange, why did the Zerg outside kill the precious larvae?

For the Zerg, each offspring is something they can do their best to protect. Adult Zerg will actively protect and feed the larvae. This is the instinct, habit, or social system of the Zerg, and it is how they can multiply in the universe. main reason.

So killing larvae is an unscientific behavior, but it is understandable, because the Zerg does choose to kill larvae under certain conditions.

For example, if the body is severely injured and cannot continue to protect the larvae, and if the larvae cannot survive on their own after it dies, the Zerg will choose to kill the poor larvae and eat it to supplement nutrition.

Of course, there is another situation, that is, if the Zerg larva is "crippled", the adult will also choose to kill it.

This kind of creature obeys the law of "survival of the fittest" of nature. They believe in the truth of the weak and the strong, and think that the weak have no need to exist, so if the larva is "crippled", then the mature Zerg will think it is weak and there is no need to exist. , it is better to simply die.

This may also be the reason why the Zerg outside did not hesitate to shoot the larva to death. I don't know what the reason is, anyway, it recognized the larva as a "cripple". Even if it grows up, it can't live for too long. It's better to die now, so it slapped the larva to death.

After slapping to death, in order to supplement nutrition, the Zerg pinched the corpses of the larvae and the human corpses next to them with their claws, and began to eat them with a click, while Arnold, who was shrunk in the box, listened to the Zerg corpses outside motionless and quietly. The sound of eating food.

The Zerg didn't eat all of them. It remembered the little bugs in its nest that were still waiting to be fed, so it decided to leave some food, and looked around for other food, because it found that there seemed to be hidden in these metal boxes. Something, so it tentatively opened each of these boxes one by one.

The Zerg quickly destroyed another box, and there was also an investigator inside. He was still alive at first, but died after being tossed by the Zerg a few times. Arnold heard someone's heart-piercing screams outside the box Sound, his heart was trembling, but he had to close his eyes, and couldn't help clenching his fists.

Calm down, calm down, you will die if you rush out, you might as well just stay there.

Siri will be back soon and he'll take care of that damn bug.

Arnold repeatedly told himself this in his heart.

Arno is a total nerd, and he's been that way since he was on base.

He huddled in his room every day and did not come out. Only when it was time for meals would he bubble up in the kitchen of the cafeteria. He would take the extra double servings of delicacies prepared for him by Chef Da Burt and take them back to his room to eat.

Of course, sometimes Arnold would not appear in the kitchen, but his puppet Siri would appear, and Siri would snatch a double portion of food from the uncle chef without saying a word, and would respond to Arnold's request, Force the uncle chef to add fried eggs to him.

Although Arnold lived in a house, rarely appeared in front of other people in the base, and liked to pretend to be a woman and imitate female voices, but at critical moments, his impression on others was always reliable.

Yes, very reliable.

He always showed masculinity in critical periods, very wise judgment and decisive action. He clearly knew how to use his puppet to create superior conditions for himself, and knew exactly how to defeat and Kill the enemy.

His strength has allowed him to establish prestige in the Lost Army base, allowing him to have a place in the hearts of everyone in the base, allowing him to stand up and save the situation every time the base is threatened.

He is undeniably excellent, so no misjudgment will be made.

So he also clearly knows that he must not go out of this box, and he cannot think of saving the scouts outside because of a momentary impulse, even though Arnold knows the scouts, he has seen him, and he has spoken to him , know his name, even know his character.

Even though they were companions, Arnold had to abandon him at this moment.

Even if the bug outside kills all the investigators here, Arnold can't go out, and he must not act rashly until Siri returns.

Human beings are always powerless in the face of absolute power.

Even if Arnold spurned such a powerless self.

The Zerg outside found surprises. It found that every time it opened a metal box, it would see food inside, but there was also a disabled larva mixed in. The Zerg killed the disabled larva, and then strangled the humans. Thinking about how to bring the food back, it couldn't bring so much with one worm, so it decided to summon a few of its kind.

The Zerg can make a special roar, which can be captured by others of the same kind. Different sounds have different meanings. This is their unique language, but sometimes, the Zerg does not communicate through sound.

After all, they are creatures in the universe, and most of the time they need to travel through the universe, and the vacuum condition of the universe cannot transmit sound, so at this time, they can communicate in another way, but this way has not been thoroughly analyzed by humans so far.

The Zerg raised its neck and wanted to howl to attract more of its kind, but at this moment, an unexpected situation interrupted its action. It suddenly heard a sound, coming from one of the few metal boxes that hadn't been opened yet. One, there was a strange noise coming from inside.

It seemed that something was scratching, which made the Zerg not continue to choose to summon their own kind, but stretched their necks to see the metal box that made the sound.

If A Nuo could see the outside from this angle, he would definitely be able to find that the metal box that made the strange sound happened to be A Xiao locked inside.

The Zerg stooped to fiddle with the box. It wanted to open the box violently, just like what it did just now, but to its dismay, the box opened by itself before it could do it. Kick open the lid of the box from the inside!

What is even more astonishing is that a similar creature sprang out of it!

Yes, that is definitely the same kind!The Zerg was not mistaken, but this one of its kind seemed too small, about the same size as those of the food, extremely petite, with limbs, claws and wings, all felt very small.

This made the Zerg feel a little strange. Although it could perceive that this guy was of the same kind, there was a very strange message from the other party, which made the Zerg think that it was the same kind...but it didn't seem to be.

The Zerg couldn't distinguish clearly for a while, but the instinct made it perceive the danger. The so-called "similar" fell into a hysterical state as soon as it came out, and began to attack it frantically, and the Zerg also had to launch a counterattack, so a battle began. Started inside the warehouse.

Arnold, who was huddled in the box, didn't know much about the situation outside. He only heard the sound of two monsters howling, and the sound effects of biting and fighting.

Arnold hasn't figured out the situation yet, but the metal box he's in seems to have been affected by the flames of war. The big bug was knocked over, hit the wall next to it, and knocked out a torn apart depression on the wall. Then it slid down, struggled to get up, and rolled up the metal box that Arnold was hiding in with its thick tail, and threw it towards the "smaller" similar one as a throwing object!

Arnold, who was shrunk in the metal box, felt dizzy and dizzy. He felt a crisis. He knew that if he smashed the box along with him, maybe he and the box would be torn apart!

So when he realized that the whole box was flying up in mid-air, and felt that his body was suspended in the air, he grabbed the lid of the box that was also suspended in the air, tore it open, and wanted to jump out of it.

But Arnold failed to do this, because the other worm, which was recognized by the Zerg as "similar" but smaller in size, suddenly jumped up, grabbed the metal box where Arnold was shrinking, and then lightly When it landed, the box slid on the ground and even turned around with the help of the impact, and then landed safely on the ground.

The box was intact, and Arnold inside was also intact, but this sudden shock left Arnold in a state of shock.