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Until the voice of the special operations captain woke up Chen Ci from his trance.

"Your Highness, how is the situation over there?"

Shaffley: "Everything is normal, there is an aquarium-like structure below, and there are many primitive organisms in it."

"Group E, where are you?"

However the other side did not answer.

"Team E, here is Group A, please answer if you hear it, please answer it if you hear it."

Calls went unanswered and no reply was received.

Are you disconnected?If they are in danger, they will definitely inform them in the communication. There shouldn't be a situation where there is no time to say a word, right?

Fu Tianhe: "Probably because the signal is no longer received over there."

They could only think so. After all, No. 12 people could not disappear quietly.

The situation suddenly became solemn, bringing Chen Ci and Chen Nian back to reality.

Yes, they are still in danger now, no one knows what will happen in the next second, there is no time to delay.

There are only a few minutes left before the end of the space-time overlap, and they must hurry up.

They quickly walked to the end of the corridor. Shaffley used his identity card to open the door. Chen Nian stepped in. The moment he saw the scene inside the door, he froze in place.

The two culture media placed five meters apart, and the console set up in front, pipes protrude from the ceiling to connect to the top of the culture media, transport nutrients, and filter metabolic waste at the same time.

Before he had time to see more details, the curve representing energy intensity on the dashboard suddenly slid down, pulling them back to the real world.

Chen Nian took a stride and rushed to the cultivation column on the left. The entire room lost its light source, and only the beams of the searchlights carried by 20 people were intertwined, but it was far from bright enough.

Unlike the large culture room seen before, the culture column here is still intact, but the surface is covered with dust, and there is nothing inside.

Even the console is there.

Chen Nian's breathing became more and more rapid. He clung to the surface of the petri dish, turned around, and seemed to have entered the inside of the transparent vessel at this moment.

Another culture column on the opposite side can be clearly seen.

The baby that was once curled up, eyes closed, floating in it was gone.

On his shoulder, there is a birthmark in the shape of a moon.

Statement: "..."

He also stepped forward and came to the culture medium on the opposite side.

Chen Ci stood still, raised his eyes, and looked at his brother who was five meters away.

Chen Nian's pupils shrank.

As if in an instant, he returned to that dream.

The alien with golden eyes shuttled around the room, busy taking care of the sleeping baby in the vessel, the four arms protruding from its shoulder stretched and contracted at will, and completed many things at the same time.

It took good care of the two babies until... the golden lines were infested with weird blue.

It is parasitic.

Chen Nian didn't understand why the alien's attitude changed 180 degrees before, but now, he knows everything.

From careful protection to severe eradication.

Chen Nian took a deep breath, and he raised his hand to grab the chest of the protective suit, as if if he didn't do so, the sadness in his heart would make him unable to breathe.

Even though the remaining memories are only some of the dreams, they still have feelings for the alien who has been taking care of them.

Would primitive beings do the same?

For those low-level ones, probably not, they only have survival instincts, and even their intelligence is very low.

But what about super primitive creatures like Neptune?

Along the way, he saw Maxine shed tears, and felt pain and anger in Midgard.

Well... so strange.

Shafele also thought of the dream that Chen Nian had told him in detail, and frowned.

It's just that he felt an indescribable strangeness in his heart. The laboratory used to breed the brothers should be in a fairly secret place. They just walked through the corridor of the aquarium and entered here.

He walked to the door on the opposite side, raised his wrist, and recognized the ID card.

There was only a light beep, and the remaining electricity made the door open with difficulty.

Then, Shaffley saw exactly the same training room.

Two columnar petri dishes no more than five meters apart, and the console in front of the center.

The laboratory where Chen Ci and Chen Nian were located was not the only one.

He took a few steps forward, and the data on the energy detector suddenly fluctuated erratically, but the waveform was completely different from the previous several space overlaps, more like it was affected by some kind of disorder.

"We may be getting close to the source of energy." Shafele said, he opened the communication channel and reported to the special operations captain on the other side: "There may be a hidden source of energy fluctuations here. How is the situation on your side?"

"We sent detection robots and found many traces left by humans, and many of them are very fresh." The voice of the special operations leader was not clear, probably because energy fluctuations interfered with the signal channel.

Shaffley thought for a while, and said: "Wait for us at the same place first, next time the space overlaps, we will meet with you, and we will search for traces of survivors together first."

"receive."

This is the most appropriate decision at the moment.

More than 120 people have been divided into three waves. The Davis team lost contact and their whereabouts are unknown.

As they get deeper into the core area, they can no longer disperse, otherwise once the signal interference occurs again, it will be difficult to rejoin.

Moreover, it is also very important to keep the energy source and maintain regular space overlap, otherwise there are many damaged roads in reality that cannot pass smoothly.

Fu Tianhe came to Shafelai's side, the two looked at the training room in front of them, neither of them spoke.

After a long time, Shaffley looked at Fu Tianhe, and asked in a low voice that only two people could hear: "Are you worried?"

Fu Tianhe: "What are you worried about?"

Shaffley: "Report."

"Well, nothing to worry about?"

Fu Tianhe scratched his head: "Can he still turn into an octopus monster in front of me? And it doesn't matter even if he changes, as long as the soul is still the one he is familiar with, it seems quite fashionable to play outsiders."

Shaffley couldn't help laughing.

Yeah, nothing to worry about.

The two brothers at this moment must be more troubled than they are, so they should not show it and increase the psychological burden on the brothers.

"Let's go, let's meet and see."

The systems in this area maintain a low energy consumption state and can support the most basic operations, including temperature adjustment. Compared with the freezing weather outside of minus ten degrees, it is indeed much warmer.

After opening seven or eight doors in a row, they all had the exact same room layout, and it was unclear which room the two brothers were brought up in.

Were fetuses like them soaked in these empty culture columns?

Where are they all now?

This is a question that cannot be considered carefully, because no matter what the result is, it is so cruel.

Seeing that the energy was about to rise again, Fu Tianhe hugged Chen Ci's shoulders and said, "Let's go, let's go back and join the main force."

Chen Ci nodded silently.

He turned around and took a last look at the training room. Ever since Chen Nian had that dream, he had been very concerned about it, wondering if he could recall some related pictures.

But no.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember anything.

Chen Ci's earliest memory was when he was five years old, when Shaffley took him away from the White Tower secretly. He remembered the boy poking his head, watching carefully, and avoiding everyone.

Oh, and in the end when they were caught, Shaffley was wronged and cried, with snot and tears all over his face.

Thinking about it now, maybe it was too well protected in the past, and there is no memory deep enough to be remembered.

If only I could remember a little bit like Chen Nian.

It was the first time for Chen Ci to fall into such a situation, no matter how hard he tried, it was useless. He has always done everything very well since he was a child.

Is the emotion that lingers in my heart called frustration?

But it doesn't matter, what my brother can do, what he can't do, shouldn't be a reason for trouble.

There is no need to compare between them.

When the overlapping of spaces happened again, the team of 20 people set foot on the elevator again. After undergoing heavy disinfection, they passed through the cleaning area and entered the area where other people were above.

The army is waiting.

The team members sat on the ground and took the time to prepare. Many people leaned against the wall and took a nap to recuperate.

The special operations captain also rarely showed fatigue, but still did not rest, staring at the picture captured on the virtual screen.

"How is it?" Shaffley asked.

The captain didn't answer directly, he pointed to the screen and motioned Shaffley to look at it.

Because of the poor light, the picture taken by the detection robot is not very clear.But it can be seen that the entire facility presents a circular shape like an ancient Roman arena, with layers of stairs going up, connected by ring-shaped corridors, and several thick doors are inlaid on the walls.

And in the center of the circle, lies a huge lion's mane jellyfish.

The lion's mane jellyfish is one of the largest jellyfish in the world, with tentacles up to 35 meters in length.

However, as a primitive creature, it can be more than ten times larger than its normal size.

The umbrella-shaped body alone is 30 meters long, and the layers are like piled fabrics, which are peeled due to dehydration.

The eight groups of tentacles below are even more frightening, there are about 400 of them, reaching a terrifying kilometer length, like countless orange vines clinging to the wall, scattered in the circular corridor.

Rather than an experimental site, it looks more like a tomb specially built for the lion's mane jellyfish.

Each of its tentacles is covered with spikes and sacs filled with venom, which can shoot out toxins and paralyze the whole body of the creature to death.

And under the canopy of the jellyfish, there are countless orange bulbs.

"Wow, are these jellyfish eggs?" Chen Nian couldn't help getting closer.

Although he has only studied systematically for a few months, he is also engaged in natural history, and he knows quite a few species.

During the breeding season, lion's mane jellyfish will gather together and release a large number of sperm eggs. Some sperm will swim into the jellyfish to develop, and more will grow in the seawater in the form of fertilized eggs.

"These things should be fertilized eggs that have been developed for a few days." Chen Nianzhuo said, "I don't know if they are still active. If they are like the blue insect nest we saw before, it will be troublesome."

The special operations captain said: "Originally there were more of these fertilized eggs, but many of them were removed."

"Moved?"

"Well, if the detection is good, this should be a refuge, and there are many humans living in the facility."

Shaffley: "Let's take a break for a while. After everyone recovers and adjusts their state, we will go to investigate again. It won't be a while."

"it is good."

The special operations captain stood up and organized everyone to set up a barrier. Behind them was the cleaning area. Once something came over, they had to go through the gates, so it was very safe.

The other side is connected to a circular place, and there are robots to detect, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being.

By opening the powerful energy barrier, they can withstand many attacks and at the same time hide their body shape and smell.

The four of them found an open space and sat down against the wall. The special forces team members worked very hard, but they were not idle all the time, and even took on a lot of special tasks.

Finally relaxing, Chen Nian realized how tired he was.

"Maybe I can lose three or four catties after I go back." He muttered in a low voice, leaning his head on Shaffley's shoulder, his eyelids dropped uncontrollably.

Chen Ci was directly pillowed on Fu Tianhe's lap. On the way, he had been using his mental power to break through the restriction of the original stone. After a long time, his forehead felt aching.

The protective clothing is well sealed and has a built-in temperature regulation system. Chen Ci can't feel Fu Tianhe's body temperature when lying on it, and it's not soft enough.

Now is not the time to be picky.

Chen Ci frowned slightly, closed his eyes, and fell drowsy quickly. In his drowsiness, he felt that the mask was gently taken off, and his brows were smoothed with calloused fingers.

It was a dark night's sleep.

The statement couldn't even open his eyelids. This is a normal situation in a dream. After all, it is a picture created in the subconscious mind, and it is definitely not as good as what he saw with his own eyes in reality.

The surroundings were very blurry, but he could instinctively realize what they were all about.

He walks on the deserted street, the walls are blue, the bottom is white, the sky is blue, the ground is white, the street lights are blue, the lights are white, the tires are blue, The car is white.

A deep, mottled, flowing blue that seems to reflect the sun.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, he finally saw another figure walking towards him from the opposite side of the street.

Although the facial features are not very clear, Chen Ci knows that it is exactly the same face as his.

They walked towards each other, as if a mirror had been inserted horizontally between them.

The two continued to move forward until they were face to face, then turned around together, and walked into the villa on the street side by side.

When you open the door, you will see a bright living room.

Strange, why does he think it is a family door?The only villa he lived in was the one on the top floor of Cinnabar, but the structure was obviously different from this one.

But without thinking about it, there was a gentle voice: "I'm back, please sit down and prepare to eat."

Chen Ci and Chen Nian pulled away the chairs at the dining table and sat side by side at the table.

The younger brother seemed to be as puzzled as he was, looking around constantly, trying to find some unusual clues, including who the person who had just spoken was.

They waited for less than a minute when someone came over and put two plates in front of them.

"Eat."

The smell of stench and decay hits the face.

Chen Ci narrowed his eyes, trying to see what was on the plate, but he could only see a shadow.

The man sat across from them, his voice was as soft as ever, and he repeated: "Eat."

"What is this?" Chen Ci heard Chen Nian asking beside him.

"Food."

"I mean, what's this meat?"

silence.

An eerie silence.

The rancid smell seemed to be getting stronger and stronger, penetrating into the nostrils and pores, trying to marinate into the bone marrow.

The person on the other side sighed softly.

Chen Ci raised his head, and saw a pair of shallow golden eyes in a blurred shadow.

"Of course—your mother."

Lizard-like creatures with eyes all over their bodies swam across the room, bull sharks sprinted, serval polyps waving like fine fluff, tentacles of lion's mane jellyfish fluttered like seaweed, and the edges of the orange canopy swayed like skirts.

The blue sea water is floating around, the sun is projected from above, and the water that spreads in is slightly cool, and the fish are shuttled between the fingers.

The huge body came from below, wrapping around the entire house, blocking every inch of the gap.

Cast heavy, black shadows on the three of them.

Chen Ci finally saw clearly the beautiful face of the woman opposite him, as well as the rotten meat and rusted metal on his and Chen Nian's plates.

"Eat."

"Ho-"

Chen Ci gasped suddenly, woke up from the dream, and immediately frowned at the rancid smell.

For a moment, he thought he was still in a dream.

Immediately, he realized that his mask was not worn properly, and he could smell the smell in the air.

Fu Tianhe leaned against the wall, sleeping unconscious, surrounded by special forces members who were resting.

Chen Ci lifted his mask, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and sat up as quietly as possible.

He rarely had dreams, let alone nightmares.

He raised his hand and looked at the time. Although it was only two hours, it felt like a long time had passed.

Chen Nian, who was leaning on Shaffley's shoulder, moved his legs slowly, apparently also awake.

He opened his eyes, with lingering fear still in his eyes, and met Chen Ci's eyes.

It took only a split second for the brothers to tell from each other's eyes that they were living through the same dream.

Chen Nian crawled to Chen Ci's side with hands and feet. There is no doubt that the food they got in the dream was the remnant of a primitive creature.

The woman with golden eyes who gave them food was Moonlight.

It is so suggestive that there is no need to explain too much.

It's also really strange.

When he was a child, Chen Nian always thought that the person who appeared in his dream had the same dream as him.

Well, I guess every child will feel this way. It is not until he is eight or nine years old that he understands that dreams are private products. The characters in his dreams are all from his own imagination. As for those people themselves, maybe they are in their dreams. meet people.

Maybe it's because of the same origin between him and Chen Ci, since entering the interior of Moonlight, the twins have become more and more sensitive, as if they have returned to the moment when they were just born more than ten years ago.

They are one.

"Can't you dream about something useful?" Chen Nian murmured in a low voice, "At least I should also dream about the exact location of the survivors and how to obtain the antidote."

Who said no?Chen Ci sighed silently.

Statement: "Did you see the last thing clearly?"

"Is it a monster like a sea snake?" Chen Nian frowned and thought for a while, "It's not very clear, but it feels like its body is covered with metal scales, and it's impossible to tell how thick it is. It should be the same as Maxinemede's." Like Gad, he is also a sea emperor."

"Jormungandr, the legendary giant monster of the North Sea, is a gigantic snake. It is trapped in the endless deep sea that surrounds the human world. Because it is so huge, it can touch its own tail at the other end and surround the whole world. stand up."

Chen Ci breathed out softly: "The sea turtle also mentioned this name."

Chen Nianzhuo said: "But no matter how you do it, there can only be one biological mother, just like cloning technology, only the one who provides egg cells is the real mother."

"No." The Chen shook his head, "To be precise, the one who provided the genetic material would be called the mother."

Chen Nian opened his mouth, but finally closed it without saying a word.

Genetic material...?

Statement: "However, under normal circumstances, the genes of different species are difficult to fuse, and it is almost impossible for the fused cells to complete normal activities, let alone develop into a complete individual."

Chen Ci had calmed down from the dream, and he even wanted to go back to sleep again, to see if he could dream of some other more useful information.

But the time is too late, the special operations captain only has three hours to arrange.

Fu Tianhe beside him was sleeping deeply, his eyes were tightly closed, and he couldn't see that there was a bright red false eye hidden under the right eyelid.

Chen Ci stretched out his hand and wiped the drool from the corner of his lower lip.

Sure enough, I am very tired.

During the rest period, they experienced a total of seven space overlaps, and no other people who passed through it have yet to be found.

Either it has been closed here, or it has not been put into use yet.

Chen Ci and Chen Nian ate something briefly, the two brothers lowered their voices and chatted casually for a while, and it was time for the end of the break.

The team members woke up one after another. Shaffley frowned for a few seconds and opened his tired eyes, obviously not getting enough sleep.

On the way to the mission, it would be nice to have some rest. After they finish handling everything and return to Chensha, they can sleep as long as they want.

After the preparations were completed, the special forces lifted the protection of the energy barrier.

Step into the area where the lion's mane jellyfish resides.

As soon as he walked out of the corridor, he saw three or four assembled robots surrounded the corner, blocking the detection instruments they released so that they could not move.

"Catch them?"

"Walk."

Several team members approached quickly without making a sound, and the robot's camera was aimed at the detector in the corner, failing to detect the danger from behind.

He just reached out his hand unpretentiously and successfully grabbed it.

Only then did the robot realize the danger, and turned its head 180 degrees to the team members. The indicator light on the head flickered a few times, and it stopped running without even struggling.

"Hey!" The team members were a little surprised, you should resist at least!

It's so easy to get it in your hand, there is no sense of accomplishment at all.

"It should be to put all the functions on exploration and collection, and completely abandon other things. Even if it is dangerously scrapped, parts and energy can be recovered again."

Fu Tianhe came over, he squatted down, trying to keep at the same level as the robot: "As you can see, we came from outside and are looking for survivors, if you want to communicate with us, please give us a signal."

Everyone held their breath and stared at the robot.

After more than ten seconds, the indicator light that went out suddenly flashed twice.

The robot, which was motionless and stopped, began to move forward.

Fu Tianhe got up and made way for it.

Sure enough, he was playing dead just now.

Everyone followed the robot and walked up the ring-shaped corridor, occasionally needing to avoid the tentacles of the lion's mane jellyfish on the ground and walls.

Although it looks like it has been dead for a long time, it is hard to say whether there is any venom stored in the poison sac. If the protective clothing is punctured, it will be a disaster.

"Could it be a trap?" A team member whispered in the communication channel.

Captain: "This possibility is not ruled out, so stay vigilant."

The robot eventually led them to a door on the third floor.

Chen Nian leaned over to observe, um, it is very thick, and the seal must be very good, which can block all interference from the outside world.

Are the survivors inside?That's really great!

A sudden electric sound made Chen Nian startled, and he quickly backed away, sticking to Shaffley's side.

"It's been 19 years, and it's the first time I've seen someone coming. It's really strange." The voice was a little true due to the electric current, "Ah, I'm going to forget what a human being should look like."

The last sentence made everyone slightly taken aback.

Shaffley: "Hello, we are special forces from Cinnabar. We explored the moonlight this time to know the truth about the collapse. Are you all survivors?"

"Survivor? That's right." The other party chuckled, "But we don't need rescue anymore."

"what?"

"We have a good time here. If there is nothing else important, please leave quickly, and don't delay our collection of supplies."