Laws of the Other World

He took two steps, and found that the bottom of the cave, which was originally full of various creatures, seemed to be empty now.

How is this going?

Is everything I have experienced before an illusion, or is it real?

Zhou Yu's feet stepped on those branches and leaves, they were very soft, leaving footprints with every step.

Take a breath, this Elpis tree seems to be really dead?

So the creatures that depended on it all left?

Or maybe they were controlled by Erpis before, but now they are finally free?

Zhou Yu looked up, feeling his breathing and heartbeat.

He is still alive.Unbelievable, but he is still alive.

He has to go back to the base... I don't know if Wu Yun left safely!And Zhou Qing, if he doesn't go back, he will be very worried.

Zhou Yu searched for a long time, and finally found the rope that Wu Yun dropped when he left.

With this, Zhou Yu can at least go back the same way he came in.

When he finally walked out of the stone path, he saw that the ancient trees protecting Elpis were all dead.

The world is eerily quiet.

Zhou Yu walked for a long time before getting out of here.

He was hungry and tired, as if everything that had happened after falling into Elpis had drained his strength.

Suddenly, he remembered that he still had two fruits that Mo Ye had stepped on for him in his pocket. Although he didn't know if he could still eat them, but without any nutritional intake, Zhou Yu felt that he would fall to the ground immediately.

He took one out and found that it was still intact after all that it had been through, not even a sign of water loss and wrinkling.

Regardless of whether it was harmful after being soaked in Elpis' golden liquid, Zhou Yu directly threw it into his mouth.

Still so sweet.

It was as if some kind of strength had been injected into his body, and Zhou Yu felt that he was not so tired anymore.

That's right, just thinking about Zhou Qing and Wu Yun, I don't know what happened to Mo Ye.

Will it hit the glass wall foolishly again!

Waiting to bite his finger?

I hope it sees Zhou Qing, can behave a little better, and don't do stupid things.

I really miss the soft down on its back, its drooping ears, and its fluttering little wings.

Zhou Yu smiled wryly.

When he went back, he didn't know what kind of eyes Song Zhi would look at him.

The helicopter carrying the Alpha team also came to the huge hole.

When they looked down from a height, they were shocked by the scene in front of them.

It was like a huge failed flower, spread out at the bottom of the hole.

Under the setting sun, the moonlight streams into the inside, like a huge skirt, as if flowing with the moonlight, and like the annual rings of life, still turning endlessly.

Members of Alpha Team descended the helicopter's ropes to the bottom of the cave and released the flares.

Everything is as it is during the day.

They inspected it inch by inch and found Zhao Xiaoping unconscious in a corner.

They sent Zhao Xiaoping to the helicopter, but they couldn't find Zhou Yu.

One of the team members saw the clear puddle in the middle of the cave.He took some of the water with a sampler and left here too.

The Nibelungen at night is dangerous, and some nocturnal flying creatures may attack them, and they must return as soon as possible.

As they flew over the forest and saw the withered and fallen Guardians of Elpis, they all wondered what had happened.

And one of the team members suddenly pointed to the woods and shouted: "That... is there someone walking around?"

The pilot turned on the strong searchlights and shot them into the woods.

Zhou Yu, who was walking, was illuminated by the strong light, and raised his hand to cover his eyes.

"Is it Zhou Yu?"

"It seems to be! Let's go down! We must bring him back to the base!"

The helicopter hovered over Zhou Yu, and the members of the Alpha team fell down along the rope with their guns.

They didn't know what happened to Zhou Yu in that cave, and they were not sure whether he was still in a normal state, so they loaded their guns and pointed their guns at Zhou Yu.

"Are you Zhou Yu?"

"I am." Zhou Yu didn't expect that the base would send someone to find him. In their hearts, Zhou Yu should be dead.

"We were sent by Mr. Song to look for you, please follow us."

So Zhou Yu was escorted onto the helicopter.

Along the way, the two team members sitting across from him kept vigilant and pointed their guns at him. For the first time, Zhou Yu felt as if he had become some kind of dangerous creature.

After they arrived at the base, everything was the same as last time. Zhou Yu officially entered the base after going through a series of inspections such as body scans and blood tests.

Song Zhi personally supervised his inspection process.

"The blood is normal, there is no bacterial or viral infection, no parasites, but..."

"But what?" Song Zhi signaled the other party to continue.

The research institute pointed to Zhou Yu's brain on the monitor: "The scan shows that his brain activity is much higher than before."

"So..." Song Zhi narrowed his eyes and began to think.

When Zhou Yu walked out of the quarantine area, the first thing he saw was Wu Yun and Zhou Qing.

Wu Yun's eyes were red, seeing Zhou Yu again was completely unexpected.Zhou Qing's expression was much calmer than Zhou Yu imagined, as if his safe return was within his expectations.

"How many times do you want to perform resurrection?" Wu Yun's voice was trembling, "Do you know how many times I wanted to kill myself since I left that cave?"

Zhou Yu smiled lightly, and punched Wu Yun tacitly: "Fortunately, you didn't really do that."

Wu Yun shook his head helplessly, then hugged Zhou Yu tightly: "You have to tell me how you survived."

"Of course." Zhou Yu also patted Wu Yun, his eyes fell on Zhou Qing's face.

"Brother... as long as you are safe and sound. Don't make such a dangerous decision in the future."

"I will be cautious." Zhou Yu nodded.

"Go and see Mo Ye. It won't be good if it doesn't see you after waking up."

Zhou Yu's heartstrings were twitched severely: "Not good? Is it trying to break through the glass wall again?"

That little fool!

"No. It huddled there, and even if I went inside to accompany it, it didn't seem to respond. Bio-scans showed that its body temperature was dropping, its heart rate was slow, and it hadn't eaten anything."

"Did Carlos feed it anything?"

"The specially prepared nutrient solution looks like human blood. I don't know if it was Mo Ye who recognized that it was not blood or if Mo Ye just wanted to see you. Once Mo Ye refused in his heart, his body would follow suit. The injection went in, and he wouldn't eat anything."

"I'll go see it!"

Looking at Zhou Yu's back, Zhou Qing slowly clenched his fists. What he held in his palm was the Elpis fruit that the S-level creature had given him.

Zhou Yu strode towards the area where Mo Ye was, and the first thing he saw was Mo Ye curled up in a corner.

So small, so lonely.

Zhou Yu felt distressed inexplicably.

Carlos, who was in charge of taking care of Mo Ye, came to Zhou Yu and said with a headache: "Since you left, this little guy has been like this. He didn't respond to anything. I was so anxious! I heard that something happened to you before." , I'm still thinking if you don't come back, is it going to starve itself to death!"

"If it doesn't eat for a few days, it shouldn't starve to death." Zhou Yu tapped the glass with his finger, "Mo Ye."

Mo Ye didn't respond, not even lifting his drooping ears.

"Look..." Carlos showed a worried look.

"I'll go in and accompany it."

Carlos opened the second door for Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu strolled to Mo Ye's side and sat down.

He put his hand on its back, and his fingers gently embedded in the soft down on Mo Ye's back. Mo Ye's body temperature was really low.

He didn't speak, he picked it up, imitated how it acted like a baby before, and rubbed its face.

But Mo Ye still closed his eyes, moved his head slightly, and didn't even look at Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu laughed in his heart, this little thing was clearly throwing a tantrum.

"Mo Ye, I went to carry out a very dangerous mission, so I didn't stay by your side for the time being. But Zhou Qing said that he was here to accompany you, but you ignored him. You are really not good. Zhou Qing is My most important person, don't you know?" Zhou Yu's voice was soft.

Except for Zhou Qing who was bullied by his classmates at school when he was a child, Zhou Yu hadn't coaxed anyone like this for a long time.

"Hmm..." At this moment, Mo Ye slightly raised his left ear and pressed it against Zhou Yu's chest, as if he was listening to his heartbeat.

"I almost died. Do you know what it means to die? It means that you will never see me again, and I will disappear forever." Zhou Yu rubbed his chin against Mo Ye's head.

"Huh?" Mo Ye suddenly opened his eyes, looked up at Zhou Yu with his small head up, seemed very nervous, and even raised the little wings on his back.

"Compared to the creatures of the Nibelung... no... even compared to you, the length of my life is not worth mentioning."

The Eidolon will live forever if he is not mortally wounded.

"Hmm—" Mo Ye's voice was drawn out, then he shook his head, stretched out his front paw, pressed it on Zhou Yu's forehead, and then retracted it.

At that moment, Zhou Yu seemed to understand what it was saying: I am with you.If you are gone, I will not exist either.

"Fool." Zhou Yu hugged it tightly.

Carlos, who was monitoring them, let out a breath.

It was the first time for him to see any human beings in such intimate contact with Nibelungen creatures. He didn't know what Zhou Yu had experienced, but he was glad that Zhou Yu came back alive.

Zhou Yu tapped his finger on its nose: "Are you hungry?"

Mo Ye's big amber eyes narrowed, looking very happy, he stretched out the tip of his tongue and licked Zhou Yu's fingertips.

Zhou Yu thought it would bite him immediately, but unexpectedly, it stretched out its claws and kept Zhou Yu's finger.

It seems to say: I will protect you.

Don't give me any more warmth.

I'm afraid that one day, when I can leave here, I won't be able to let you go.

Mo Ye let go of his claws, carefully held Zhou Yu's fingers in his mouth, and bit down lightly, as if he was afraid that Zhou Yu would hurt.

Such a subtle feeling poured into his blood again, like countless slender and warm streams, penetrating into the gaps in every cell of Zhou Yu, filling him up and being with him.

Mo Ye closed his eyes and made a gurgling sound.

It's really hungry.

Zhou Yu could feel that Mo Ye's body temperature was rising.

Not knowing if it was because it was sucking his own blood, Zhou Yu had the illusion that Mo Ye's heartbeat was in sync with his own.

After he was full, Mo Ye still didn't let go of Zhou Yu's fingers.

It turned over slightly, exposing its belly.

Zhou Yu hilariously put his other hand on it and rubbed it.

Mo Ye immediately groaned comfortably.

Zhou Yu turned his fingers to the left, and Mo Ye's head turned to the left.Zhou Yu moved his fingers to the right, and Mo Ye's head followed suit.

As if knowing that Zhou Yu was teasing him, Mo Ye bit Zhou Yu lightly dissatisfied, but he didn't feel any pain.

He sat with Mo Ye in his arms for more than an hour, and Mo Ye snored softly, as if falling asleep again.

Probably because Zhou Yu was back, Mo Ye could finally feel at ease.

As soon as Zhou Yu raised his head, he saw Song Zhi looking at them thoughtfully on the opposite side of the glass wall.

Song Zhi made a "come out" gesture towards Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu knew that he had to tell Song Zhi everything he had experienced in the cave of Erpis.

"Carlos, if Mo Ye wakes up and loses his temper again, just tell it that I will come to accompany it in a while."

"Does it understand?" Carlos asked blankly.

"What do you think?"

Zhou Yu left with a smile, and followed Song Zhi to Song Zhi's office.

"People from the Alpha team obtained some liquid samples from Elpis' cave." Song Zhi always cut to the chase.

Human time is very short for the Nibelungs, so they should do as much research as possible within the limited time and not waste time on nonsense.

"There are research results so soon?" Zhou Yu asked.

Song Zhi shook his head: "It's just water. But... it's very pure water without any microorganisms and impurities."

"Oh……"

"It's as if Elpis exhausted all his nutrients overnight." Song Zhi looked into Zhou Yu's eyes, "When Wu Yun came back, he reported to me that Elpis used their thinking to control life."

"Yes. It controls researcher Zhao Xiaoping."

"Zhao Xiaoping is back. But he hasn't woken up yet. It is detected that his brain activity is almost non-existent. Dr. Daniel suspects that he will die if he continues. This may be the aftereffect of being controlled by Elpis."

Zhou Yu didn't agree with this point of view. So many creatures in the cave were controlled by Elpis, and after Elpis was exhausted, those creatures left.

"We brought all the remains of Elpis in the cave back to the base."

Zhou Yu was very surprised: "The wreckage is huge..."

"Yes. The scientific research team is dissecting it. Although it is in the form of a plant, the complexity of Elpis' neural structure far exceeds that of humans. You said when you sacrificed yourself to save Wu Yun, Elpis The target is you. If it wants to treat you as nourishment, what is the reason for you to come back alive?"

"The reason is simple... Elpis didn't regard me as food or nutrition, but..." Zhou Yu was thinking about how to describe his relationship with Elpis.

"But what?"

"It's the carrier of its memory, the inheritance of its thinking. Elpis will pass on what they see from generation to generation. But this Elpis has lost its own fruit, so it needs another creature Come to receive its memory."

Song Zhi's eyes lit up, and he grabbed Zhou Yu's wrist: "Erpis is an extremely long-standing creature in the Nibelungen, if it gave you its own memory, then there are many creatures here... Do you know their habits and their characteristics?"

Although Song Zhi had great strength, Zhou Yu broke free easily.

"Mr. Song, you actually believe it?"

This is nonsense to anyone.Memories inherited from other plants?

Even more fantastical than a fantasy movie.

"In Elpis' memory, is there any S-class creature whose original form is a creature with translucent silver scales..."

"Is that the S-level creature that took your wife away?" Zhou Yu interrupted Song Zhi.

"Yes. Have you got any relevant information from Elpis? Where can I find it? Is there any way to kill it?" Song Zhi's eyes fell into a state of being on the verge of madness, looking very scary.

"Mr. Song... You have to know that S-level creatures don't actually have their fixed form, because they can change their appearance, they can be anything. They can even turn into humans and mix among us."

Song Zhi showed a shocked expression, and fell back on the back of the chair.

"The creature you mentioned, I don't know what it was named by the scientific research team here. But if the translucent silver scales, slender body, and arrogant and indifferent personality you described, it should be the Nibelung from ancient times. A creature that has survived since the era, and the night spirit is its servant. Just like the sword bone disc and the blue light firefly are to Elpis. No... no, the night spirit is absolutely loyal to it. "

Song Zhi's breathing gradually calmed down. He pressed his face and said, "Do you know how many types of S-class creatures in the Nibelungen there are?"

"I know. Three categories. Water, land, and air."

"Yes, we call these three types of S-level creatures Kings of the Nibelungen. And that kind of silver-scale creature is called the King of Kings."

"There are legends that you hurt it."

"Yes, the neurotoxin you are using to make bullets now comes from its spinal cord. It lost a lot of spinal cord, but it escaped my control. I don't know where it is sleeping now. Once it recovers Come here, we will all die." Song Zhi suddenly thought of something, "You just said that the night spirit is its servant? Don't you have a night spirit? Can't you find it through that little thing?"

"Mo Ye? It's still so small! It has never grown up in its own group! It has never even seen an S-level creature!"

"But...something is in its genes. This creature must somehow keep in touch with its owner!"

"I think you're crazy, Mr. Song. The Nibelungen is as big as Mo Ye is like a baby. If it really has the ability to find its owner, if it really has any connection with that S-level creature, It will not be so persistent in entering this base to find me, but to find its owner, and that is where it belongs.”

"...it's true...it was copied directly from the genes extracted from Ye Ling's unhatched but dead eggs...maybe it doesn't have the nature of a Nibelungian creature. But one day it will... ...for that day to come, for it to be on our side..."

Song Zhi seems to be making a very important decision.

"Mr. Song?"

His paranoid expression made Zhou Yu inexplicably worried.

"I decided to let it live with you and leave the feeding area of ​​A-level creatures. I want to let it be free, and let it recover the nature of the night spirit, but it will not do anything to harm us, as long as you are here. I want to You train it, teach it, assimilate it!"

Zhou Yu opened his mouth, the development of the matter was completely beyond his expectation.

But getting Mo Ye out of there was indeed what Zhou Yu wanted, but Zhou Yu never wanted Mo Ye to become a human tool or pet.

Song Zhi contacted Carlos directly and asked him to hand over Mo Ye to Zhou Yu.

When Zhou Yu left Song Zhi's office, Song Zhi suddenly stopped him: "You haven't told me, how can you kill it?"

"As you know, it's so powerful. How did you hurt it, Mr. Song? That's probably how you killed it."

After speaking, Zhou Yu left.

Song Zhi sat alone in the empty but narrow office, with a sad expression in his eyes.

"Kill it again? That's impossible... because it won't trust me anymore."

Zhou Yu came to Carlos, and Carlos asked worriedly: "Is Mr. Song really okay? Although I don't want the little guy to stay here forever, and if he keeps it locked up, he will suffer from depression! But if we let him out like this , will it run away and disappear?"

Zhou Yu patted Carlos on the shoulder: "I will bring it regularly for you to check your heart rate and body temperature. With me here... Even if it runs away, it will come back."