Full-time doctor [future]

A light never seen before.

Wu Chenghe "stared" at the light in the conscious world.

In the world of gray and black thin lines, that group of light is as blazing and dazzling as the sun, which is completely different from what he has observed in the human world before. Even the most powerful supernatural beings or guides, the brightness of the cloud of consciousness is far away. Can't compare to it.

It is an indescribably powerful spiritual body that does not belong to humans. Wu Chenghe can feel that it has no carrier similar to a human body in the low-dimensional world. It is illusory and realistic, and it exists in the high-dimensional world that ordinary humans cannot touch. in space.

It is extremely sensitive, and only through a slight fluctuation of consciousness, it discovered the existence of the small team, and floated over with a long light and shadow.Wu Chenghe smelled a strange smell that seemed familiar to him. It was sweet, rusty, sticky and heavy. It might be the only reflection of this kind of high-latitude creature in the three-dimensional world, which can be perceived by ordinary humans. map.

A strong sense of oppression struck instantly, and all the guide consciousness clouds in the team trembled violently. Without anyone speaking, everyone quickly built a solid barrier to envelop themselves and the supernatural being's consciousness clouds heavily.

The reaper approached them in the high-dimensional space, and the blazing light swallowed the thinking fortress built by the guide in an instant.At the moment when he was covered by the strong light, Wu Chenghe felt that his consciousness cloud was like sea water impacted by magma, violently churning, and countless tiny steams were evaporating. At the same time, his brain seemed to be covered by a hot iron The drill pierced through, sending out a burning sharp pain.

His consciousness is the strongest among the six guides, he has become like this, the pain of others can only be worse, especially the stick insect guide with relatively weak consciousness, soon after being submerged by the strong light, the barrier built Beginning to melt and disintegrate like a wall of ice exposed to the sun.

The Quantum Beasts also felt the strength of the enemy, especially the supernatural Quantum Beasts. They hid beside their masters and shivered. Except for the Icaru Phantom Nymph with the most powerful mental power——Wu Chenghe's butterfly detected it through his synaesthesia. The owner was in pain, fluttering irritably, wanting to rush over to attack the enemy, but he was worried about the jaws of the lion, and stopped on its ears and flapped its wings from time to time.

The reaper devoured the barriers built by the guides bit by bit, and Wu Chenghe's brain endured wave after wave of shocks, and the pain gradually became unbearable.He felt that the name "Reaper" was so appropriate. At this moment, his consciousness cloud was like ears of wheat growing in a wheat field, being cut out of his body bit by bit by a sharp sickle.

No, you can't go on like this, blindly defending can only wait for death!Wu Chenghe struggled to think in the gap between defenses: They are now completely exposed to the sight of the reaper. Although they can temporarily block the opponent's attack, they are destined to not last long-the three-dimensional body has a limit, and their consciousness is attached to the body. Existence, when the physical energy consumption reaches the limit, the consciousness cloud will also be exhausted.

And the harvesters are pure high-dimensional creatures, without the shackles of the body, and their mental power is endless like the vast sea. If they continue to be consumed like this, their ending can only be completely swallowed and "harvested".

Must be proactive!

Wu Chenghe decided to take the risk, he suddenly stretched out a pair of thinking tentacles, pierced through the thinking barrier he built, and stabbed at the ball of light that enveloped them!After a period of observation, he found that the light was not uniform and chaotic, but had its special structure and distribution of plates just like the consciousness cloud of a supernatural being. Some places were bright, some were dark, and some were like Twinkling like stars.

At this time, you can only try your luck, Wu Chenghe doesn't care about 21, [-], and waved his tentacles to poke at those flickering light spots!He guessed that those points were likely to be the unstable part of the reaper's consciousness, and instability meant that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it!

Sure enough, under his fierce attack, the light cluster of the reaper suddenly dimmed, and the speed of devouring the thinking barrier also slowed down. The light spots that were originally flickering lightly became brighter, as clear and vivid as stars in a clear night. distinguish.

You guessed it!Wu Chenghe was overjoyed, removed a small part of the consciousness used for the consciousness barrier, and added two thinking tentacles, stabbing at those twinkling stars.This time the Reaper's reaction was even more obvious. A faint black mist appeared in the center of its light cluster, and the force pressing on the thinking barrier was reduced a bit.At the same time, Wu Chenghe smelled the sweet smell at the end of his nose becoming more intense, as if someone knocked over a large cup of blood at his feet. It seems that this smell is not only the reflection of the reaper in the three-dimensional world, It also reflects its state after being attacked!

"Pay attention to those stars!" Wu Chenghe's eyes turned into thin vertical pupils, and whispered to the others, "Those stars seem to be its weakness. After I attacked it just now, the pressure on my consciousness has been significantly relieved. Maybe we can attack together ..."

"I, I can't do it!" The stick insect guide turned pale, leaning back on the seat, his body trembling slightly, "I don't have the extra strength to withdraw and attack, woo...my head is going to split!"

"I can't do it either." Another guide hoarsely said, "I'm almost unable to hold on anymore, its power is too strong, and my barrier is about to be swallowed!"

"It can't go on like this." A slightly older guide gritted his teeth, "We will be consumed by it sooner or later. Captain Wu is right, we must fight back."

"But I..." A young guide sitting at the back of the shuttle could barely speak, and it was his supernatural being who understood his thoughts through consciousness synaesthesia, and said for him: "He too, There is no extra force to fight back."

"I'll do it." Wu Chenghe said in a deep voice, "I'll be in charge of the attack, you guard the thought barrier and protect my supernatural beings!"

"Wow!" In the high-dimensional space, Jinxuan's Barbary lion immediately stood up, anxiously looking at the Icaru phantom nymph flying in front of it.The butterfly landed lightly on the tip of its nose, calming his irritability with mental power.Gradually, the lion calmed down. Although he was unwilling, he still lay down obediently, but his long tail swayed from side to side, showing his inner uneasiness.

Jin Xuan sat silently in the driver's seat without speaking, since he had promised to bring Wu Chenghe out, he had to treat him as a soldier and not mix too much personal feelings.Although he was also worried about Wu Chenghe's body, at this time he had to consider the entire team and the entire Federation.

So he didn't stop him, he only said [Be careful! 】

[Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion] Wu Chenghe replied simply, and then asked the other five guides: "Are you ready?"

"Okay!" The five guides said in unison.Although they couldn't devote their energy to attacking, it was still possible for five people to share one person's defense force. Besides, every time Wu Chenghe attacked, the pressure on them would be reduced by one point. This was also a complementary process.

The five guides each assigned a part of their strength to take over from Wu Chenghe. Wu Chenghe gathered all his consciousness and turned it into dozens of slender and powerful thinking tentacles. He took a deep breath and waved towards the stars in the reaper's light cluster!The pungent bloody smell spread rapidly, the reaper's light cluster began to shrink violently, the pressure on the guide group's head suddenly eased, everyone was relieved, and the old guide even spared a little energy to stretch out Send out a pair of thinking tentacles to help Wu Chenghe.

Wu Chenghe's tentacles penetrated deeply into the Reaper's consciousness cloud, and a thin electric current was sent back to Wu Chenghe's mind through the connection point like a reaction force. A bright light flashed, and there was a subtle sense of comfort.

what is that?Wu Chenghe became vigilant in his heart, blocked the elderly guide who was trying to help him, signaled him not to act rashly, and then manipulated his thinking tentacles to probe deeper into the reaper's consciousness cloud.

Just like drizzle falling into the sea, after the unbearable electric shock at the beginning passed, Wu Chenghe felt the relaxation and comfort he had never had before. It was a kind of warmth and comfort that cannot be described in words, like a mother's womb, The father's embrace filled people with a childlike sense of innocence and security.

The tentacle of thinking seemed to melt into the vast consciousness cloud of the Reaper. Wu Chenghe felt that the whole person was lazy, and the previous tension and fighting spirit slowly disappeared, replaced by a kind of return and peace of mind rising from the depths of instinct.He "sees" the souls of countless supernatural beings, their consciousness clouds and quantum beasts, floating quietly in the reaper's light cluster just like him.The ball of light seemed to become infinitely large, accommodating the souls of tens of thousands of supernatural beings, but it didn't look crowded at all.

[Seed] An unfamiliar voice echoed in Wu Chenghe's mind, it didn't belong to Jin Xuan, but it was clearer than Jin Xuan's synesthesia with him——[Powerful Seed]

【Who are you? 】Wu Chenghe was inexplicably surprised, and asked【What kind of seed? 】

[Reaper] The voice answered him intermittently, with a very strange tone and intonation, as if he was not very proficient in human language [I, we, the Reaper.The name you gave is very good and appropriate]

The Reaper... Although Wu Chenghe's heart was calm, when the name sounded in his mind, his consciousness cloud couldn't help but surge.He suddenly thought of the Beta Front, and thought of the living dead lying on the ground in the dock【Why kill them?Why take away their cloud of consciousness? 】

【Kill? 】The reaper didn't seem to understand, paused for a while, and then said 【It's not killing, it's just harvesting...the seeds are ripe, the seeds are good】

[What exactly are seeds? ] Wu Chenghe asked.

【You are all seeds】The reaper said 【You, seeds, powerful seeds...butterfly seeds, oh so beautiful】

Wu Chenghe's Icaru phantom is one with his consciousness cloud, and also appears in the reaper's light group.It fluttered around vigilantly, showing no signs of comfort, its wings flapping rapidly, obviously much more awake than its owner.

[Why are we called seeds? 】Wu Chenghe asked【What is the reaper?Where are you from? 】

[Mother universe, there is a special channel leading to all universes] The reaper tried to explain it to him in human language, but obviously the vocabulary he mastered is not enough [We sow, cruise, harvest seeds, and take you back to the mother universe]

Wu Chenghe couldn't understand what it was talking about at all.The reaper also seemed to notice his confusion, and let out a vivid sigh, saying [Oh, come with me]

The thinking world changed suddenly, the light cluster, the soul of the supernatural being, the voice of the reaper... everything disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by a dark chaos.Wu Chenghe's consciousness cloud floated in the absolutely dark space, and gradually "saw" a bright light erupting from the center of the darkness, and then, the light rapidly expanded and exploded, forming more light spots, and then countless stars.

Even though he only had a half-knowledge of cosmology, Wu Chenghe understood what was going on in front of him—the Reaper was describing the formation of the universe to him with the illusion of consciousness.

[Mother universe] The voice of the reaper appeared again [Parallel universe, you and me, our mother universe]

Wu Chenghe knew that they came from another parallel universe, their mother universe.But why does it say "we"?

The illusion of consciousness is still going on, the wild universe is changing and maturing rapidly, more and more intelligent creatures are beginning to appear on the stars, that is a life completely different from human beings, there is no physical body in the three-dimensional world, only the "soul" in the high-latitude world ".

【Reaper】The hollow voice began to explain 【Early, vital, Reaper】

What's the meaning?Wu Chenghe tried to extract some useful information from its words, but the other party's vocabulary was too poor, and he really couldn't understand the profound meaning behind its words.The Reapers seem to be aware of this and speed up the progress of the phantom—there are more and more points of light living in the mother universe, and as they continue to "evolve", their structures begin to change, forming different "races", and each "race" has formed a different "belief".

Like the human world, they began to delineate their respective spheres of influence, defend and attack each other, and tried to eliminate races different from themselves, using a unified "bloodline" to make the entire mother universe more standardized and harmonious.

Then there was a race that made it.

The entire mother universe is unified by them. In order to prevent new divisions, they have created a method to completely cut off the part of themselves that may cause changes—let’s call it the “evolutionary gene” for now.

All the light groups accepted this kind of cutting, but the ideal harmony and peace did not last long, and soon they found that the reproduction of the entire race had problems.Due to the loss of "evolutionary genes", their bodies (that is, those light clusters in the high-dimensional space) become very passive, and they are unwilling to give birth to new offspring. Even if they are born, they have no "evolutionary genes" like them, so they mature more reluctant to reproduce.

This is a terrible vicious circle, but they can't do anything about it, because it's the instinct of the body - if they lose the ability to evolve, their bodies will default that they can't evolve, so they should be eliminated and should not exist any more.

When they realized this, it was too late, the "excision" was irreversible, and it was impossible for their bodies to regenerate evolutionary genes.Fortunately, their lives are very long. Before the entire genus becomes extinct, there are still a few hundred thousand years to find a way out for themselves.So a certain race leader formulated a "seeding plan", sending almost half of the race to travel through various parallel universes through a special "channel" to plant their "seeds"—which can be understood as a cross-dimensional, cross-race Mosaic genetic fragments - sowed in other universes by some special means.

It is very unfortunate that the universe that human beings live in now is the "experimental field" they visited tens of thousands of years ago, and the alien scorpions who once lived on the planet Ida on a large scale are their "seeding" objects.Later, in order to destroy human beings, the alien scorpions embedded their gene fragments into the human gene chain, creating "mutant" spies and releasing them into the human world.Later, humans and mutants teamed up to defeat the Alien Scorpion, and the races merged, producing supernatural beings and guides.

After countless miraculous coincidences, and through human beings' smart gene fusion, a miracle appeared. The "evolutionary genes" of the reapers who had been castrated for hundreds of thousands of years actually appeared in the supernatural beings and guides, in their consciousness clouds .And because human beings use a large number of animal genes in gene fusion, these "evolutionary genes" are very diverse, and their vitality far exceeds that inherent in the reaper itself, which surprises them inexplicably!

[Wanderer, Reaper, Us] The illusion of consciousness continued to develop and evolve, and the voice of the Reaper reappeared in Wu Chenghe's mind [Seed, you] paused, and added another sentence [will evolve, the same kind]

The shock in Wu Chenghe's heart is indescribable. No wonder he felt a sense of return and identity when he entered the Reaper's consciousness cloud. It turns out that he and the Reaper are of the same kind from a certain subtle gene fragment!

No, not of the same kind, just like the reaper said, they, the supernatural beings and guides, are just "seeds" that allow them to continue to evolve.

[How to use the seeds? 】Wu Chenghe asked the reaper.The reaper replied [bring back to the mother universe, extract the "evolutionary gene", and integrate]

[What about the seed's body? 】

The Reaper seems to have a poor understanding of the word "body", and searched Wu Chenghe's memory through synaesthesia, and it took a long time before he answered [Useless, discard]

【The body is a part of us, we will die after throwing it away】 Wu Chenghe said.The reaper spent a lot of time understanding the word "death" and said [No, there is no death, the seeds will not die, after fusion, new life, new us]

Wu Chenghe smacked its words carefully, and vaguely understood something - they are completely different from human beings in terms of life form and thinking mode, they have no concept of "body", as long as the spirit is alive, they are alive.They are also very indifferent to the concept of "self". They regard themselves more as a part of the race, and as the race continues, they think that their lives are continuing.

The truth of everything is already known, there is no aggression, no killing, they are another life from another universe, they just come to "harvest".

Unfortunately, what they are trying to take away is human life.

[What if I refuse to be harvested? ] Wu Chenghe asked [I refuse to return to the mother universe]

The reaper was silent, as if he couldn't understand his strange request, and said after a long time [It cannot be allowed, the race must survive, you must be harvested]

[But I don't want to] Wu Chenghe tried to make them understand what is "I" and what is "personal will" [The seed is mine, I want it to continue to survive in the original way]

[No] The Reaper responded very quickly this time [There is no "I", only race]

Wu Chenghe thought for a while, and tried to exchange for the other party's concession with a compromise [You have harvested so many seeds, enough, can the rest allow us to continue to survive in the original way? 】

[No] Reaper clearly said [Needs a lot, a lot] Paused, then said [You are beautiful, amazing, each one is different, they—] projected a large number of abilities in the illusion of consciousness The reader [elementary] projected a group of guides [better], and finally said to Wu Chenghe [you, the best, powerful, and beautiful butterflies]

At this point in the communication, Wu Chenghe has determined that the two sides cannot reach any compromise. It is impossible for human beings to exchange all the supernatural beings and guides for peace, and even if they do, this peace will be short-lived—as long as ordinary people are still alive, they will have peace. A person with supernatural powers and a guide may be born. After a few years, the reaper will inevitably come again and harvest again until there is nothing to harvest.

It is also impossible for the harvesters to give up harvesting. Through this communication, Wu Chenghe has already understood their "character". They will not lie or compromise. They have no individual wishes, only the interests of the race.

They will never give up harvesting.

[Sorry, I do not agree to be harvested by you] Wu Chenghe said firmly [I am not your kind, I am a "human", my body, my consciousness, and my quantum beast are all part of me as a "human", So I refuse to be harvested]

As he spoke, he swung his thought tentacles violently, stabbing deep into the Reaper's consciousness.The illusion of consciousness disappeared in an instant, and he returned to the light cluster again. The souls of countless supernatural beings surrounded him, and unstable stars flickered in the light cluster. not afraid.

Wu Chenghe quickly waved his thought tentacles to attack the Reaper's starlight, the surrounding space distorted, and the light cluster gradually became chaotic, surging like a mist polluted by ink.Suddenly, a bright lightning shot out from the mist, causing Wu Chenghe's brain to ache, and he almost lost consciousness instantly. The two thinking tentacles seemed to be cut off by a sharp sword, fell into the thick fog, and disappeared.

Wu Chenghe's consciousness cloud surged even more violently. He knew that he was injured, but he couldn't give up, because he had already fallen into the harvester's consciousness cloud. If he surrendered, he could only be harvested.So he concentrated all his consciousness, merged all the tentacles together, and stabbed towards the brightest starlight of the Reaper.Not to be outdone, his Icaru phantom gnat flew away with the tentacles, rushing into the starlight.

The dense fog shrank violently, as if he had received a major blow. Just as Wu Chenghe was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue him, a golden light flashed suddenly in the depths of the dense fog, and a huge dazzling lightning shot out, slashing towards his thinking tentacles!

Wu Chenghe's heart was cold, the Reaper was too powerful, it was impossible for him to defeat him...

At the very moment, a mass of soft white light suddenly floated out of his consciousness cloud, and the lightning of the reaper barely touched the tentacles of his thoughts, stopped suddenly, and then disappeared without a trace.

[New Seeds] The voice of the reaper seemed to be injured, trembling weakly, but full of joy [unprecedented...beautiful]

Wu Chenghe was still in shock, for no reason.The reaper said again [The unborn, in your "body", must be protected]

unborn?in my body?Wu Chenghe suddenly remembered the little pea in his stomach, could it be that the reaper was talking about him?