parasitic son

Liu Xingquan dreamed of Yan Zhen again.

He remembered that afternoon.There was a dull smell of dust in the air.It was a sweltering Sunday afternoon, the door in the corridor was closed, it was quiet and terrifying.

The two of them walked down the long, dark staircase.This is a very old public housing building with dim lights and mottled stains on the walls.The window sills of the corners between floors were covered with dust.Yan Zhen walked in front, making light footsteps with pa, pa.He followed cautiously.

In the process of going upstairs, he wanted to tell Yan Zhen more than once, let's go back.But Yan Zhen walked firmly in front of him and never looked back.This seemed to be a silent agreement, and before Yan Zhen retreated, he would never leave.

Liu Xingquan swallowed a mouthful of saliva.He looked at the back of Yan Zhenwuliang's head, and quickened his pace to shorten the distance between them.His palms were filled with sweat.They reached the fourth floor, and Yan Zhen stood in front of the door.He didn't speak, just watched Yan Zhen staring at the door.

It was too late when he rang.He said to himself, but in the end he didn't say a word.

Yan Zhen reached for the door, and knocked on it with his hand.

Liu Xingquan stood behind him.He clenched his sweaty hands.

I want to protect him.

I want to protect my friend.

he said to himself.

……

He opened his eyes.Above was the gray cabin ceiling.

He is still on this ship heading for Hope Township, as a low-level stowaway.

Today is still as busy as ever.Liu Xingquan knelt on the ground and pried out the oily clay balls one by one. The knife presented by Yan Zhen was very useful. With a light pry, the oily clay balls jumped up automatically.He gathered the clay balls one by one, put them into the oil cleaning machine, and pressed the timer button.

Today's kitchen is like an enemy, with handymen running around and people coming and going.Robots are also busier than usual.Liu Xingquan didn't know what they were busy with.He was helping Spider Chef Ricko, and the smell of meat wafted from the kitchen, and his stomach started to growl.The spider's many legs rolled several grills at the same time, spraying seasoning methodically.The saliva of Feitu spider can emit a wonderful fragrance at a specific high temperature, which is highly praised by the majority of alien diners.

He was eager to taste it.But these delicacies were not for him.

When the baking tray came off, he was busy picking up the baking tray and sending it to the cleaning area, and then he carried the lunch box back and forth to deliver the food.In the past two days, there was a banquet in the big restaurant on the ship, and there was not enough manpower for robots, so Liu Xingquan, a handyman who was helping in the kitchen, was filled in.

For most of the day, he had to run back and forth with the heavy lunch box in his hands.Just be a little slower, and the patrolling robot will smash the electric baton on his back.Apart from the restaurant, the place where the most food boxes are delivered is the fighting arena on the middle floor, where it is noisy every day, and the guests who are full of guests are yelling and throwing a lot of money at the fighting competition.Every time Liu Xingquan just delivered it to the door, a little robot flying with flapping wings would take his lunch box, and he never actually stepped into it.Sometimes he would bump into a few alien guests walking out of the cabin on the road, and most of them were dressed in exquisite and beautiful clothes.They whispered and strolled on the deck.An alien in a blue cloak and decorated with bluestones and another green-skinned alien were discussing a war in the distance. When Liu Xingquan passed by them, the vague word Yizel fell into his mind. in the ears.These alien guests most often discuss some interstellar news, the struggle between the Parliament faction and the Legion faction, the governor of a certain star area cannot be re-elected this time, the inspector of a certain planet was assassinated, and there was no trace of an assassin. arrive.

An automatic natural day and night system is set up in the cabin, and artificial lights are used to simulate sunset and sunrise.That evening, when Liu Xingquan walked down the stairs from the lower floor, his hands were blistered and his legs were shaking.At the end of the day, he didn't get any pellets.His stomach throbbed with hunger.I can rest when I go back to the kitchen to pick up two boxes of instant lunch boxes, he thought.

A group of people walked up the stairs.Liu Xingquan hurriedly stepped aside.This is a group of aliens with serious expressions.The uniform of an alien at the head appeared to be more gorgeous than the others, wearing a turquoise mask, and the gold silk belt around his waist exuded light.A ruby ​​in the shape of an eye adorns his collar.Following him was a vigorous and beautiful alien woman. Liu Xingquan thought it was "her" because she walked gracefully.There are a pair of cyan horns on her head and a slender tail behind her. Her appearance is not human, her complexion is light pink, and an epee decorated with lapis lazuli is inserted obliquely at her waist.

There was a sudden silence among the guests on deck as the party passed by.Everyone was silent, and even glanced in other directions on purpose.They all moved out of the way respectfully and silently.

Liu Xingquan watched intently, and then suddenly someone grabbed him from behind and pulled him into the dark corner of the deck.

He knew who was pulling him, it was little Rose, his three fingers were rough and strong, and the scales on his arms scratched his skin a little painfully.

"You are so brave to stare at them." Little Rose whispered.

"Who are they? The team just now." Liu Xingquan asked.

"The Eye of Supervision." Such a noun came out of Little Rose's mouth.There was fear in his tone.

"The eye of supervision?"

Little Rose poked his head out to confirm that the team had gone far away, and then he whispered: "Be sure to avoid them." His tone was still a little trembling.

"Are they scary?"

"If they find you suspicious or suspect that you are guilty, that is the scariest thing." Little Rose wiped his neck, "If they take you away, death will be kinder."

Liu Xingquan still doesn't know what the eyes of supervision represent.But looking at Little Rose's fearful and worried expression, he guessed that the Eye of Supervision might be a violent institution similar to the police on Earth, so he didn't ask any more questions.

The patrol robot made a warning sound, and Liu Xingquan suddenly remembered that he had left his lunch box at the stairs.After he ran back to the stairs, he was caught by the patrol robot.So the patrol robot beat him head-on with an electric baton until his body was dripping with blood.

He gritted his teeth and accepted the punishment, enduring the pain and limping back to Spider Chef's kitchen.Seeing his appearance, Riko silently stuffed two meat skewers into his instant lunch box.

He returned to his cabin, and after handing a box of lunch to little Rose, he fell down.He heard little Rose screaming in his ear, shaking him in panic.He reluctantly opened his eyes and told Little Rose that he was just a little tired and that he would be fine after a night of sleep.

Afterwards, he fell into the cabin in a daze, with little Rose's voice faintly ringing in his ears.Little Rose said that his uncle was originally a well-known forging craftsman, but he was disqualified by the Craftsman Association because he offended the powerful, and could only live by farming on Thorns.He had always hoped that he could make a name for himself and wash away his uncle's shame.

"Don't you go to work in the kitchen tomorrow," said little Rose.

"Huh?" Liu Xingquan asked in a daze.

"I've got an opportunity," said little Rose softly. "A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A big man is willing to give me this opportunity. If I succeed, I'll be paid, and you won't need to work in the kitchen anymore. These days you I'm so tired, take a good rest."

Liu Xingquan's consciousness was sinking, he only felt that Little Rose's words were floating in the air like dust, and he echoed in a low voice trying to capture these words, and then these few words dissipated like mist.

He fell into a dream.

……

"Look." Yan Zhen whispered standing on the side of the road.

He followed Yan Zhen's line of sight and saw an old woman squatting on the other side of the road, holding a dying cat in her arms.

He knew the old woman, everyone called her Granny Lin.She is a well-known voluntary rescuer of stray cats and dogs in this neighborhood.Her granddaughter disappeared in her early years, and now the old man takes in cats and dogs to relieve her loneliness.

"This cat was poisoned." Yan Zhen said in a low voice.

"..." Liu Xingquan remained silent. This is not the latest incident of poisoning cats.Just like targeting Granny Lin, several cats and dogs she rescued were poisoned.The poisoned cat was spitting yellow water on the ground, and died after a while.

Yan Zhen said he knew who was poisoning, and looked annoyed when he said so. "Who is it?" Liu Xingquan asked.

"I have no evidence." Yan Zhen said, "but I know who it is."

He said for sure.So Liu Xingquan believed him for granted.But without evidence, they can do nothing.

Then the next day, the most beautiful big white cat Granny Lin rescued was also poisoned to death.The old woman kept crying while holding the white cat.This is a very smart white cat. Every time Granny Lin goes to the park, Dabai will obediently sit with her at the gate of the park.It is Granny Lin's favorite.

Now, even it is dead.

After seeing Dabai's body, Yan Zhen ran away angrily.When Liu Xingquan found him, he was hanging out with a middle school student.The other student seemed to be fighting, but in fact he was helping his companion to restrain Yan Zhen.

Liu Xingquan recognized the middle school student who was fighting with Yan Zhen. He was the well-known gangster Fei Ge from the school next door, and he was someone that the students should never mess with.But now Yan Zhen is fighting him, and he is one-on-two.

Without any thought, Liu Xingquan rushed forward.The two of them punched and kicked and the two scuffled into a ball.The fight was very ugly.In the end, Liu Xingquan only remembered that the other party was very fierce, and Yan Zhen was pushed to the ground and kicked a few times.So he rushed up and punched the opponent on the bridge of the nose, causing the opponent's nose to bleed.There was a look of horror in their eyes.

The fight ended before the intervention of the school teacher.Brother Fei pointed at Yan Zhen and Liu Xingquan and cursed, saying he remembered them.

After the two gangsters left, Liu Xingquan asked Yan Zhen, "Did they poison you?"

Yan Zhen nodded.

"But you have no evidence." Liu Xingquan said.

Yan Zhen just patted the dust off his body, smiled and said to him, "Thank you for coming to save me."

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He opened his eyes, and in front of him was the familiar gray cabin ceiling again.

Little Rose was not in the cabin.

Liu Xingquan sat up, his head was still dizzy.He was sore all over.He remembered that he hadn't eaten yet.Just as he fumbled for the instant lunch box to eat, his roommate rushed in.

"Something happened to your friend!!"

Liu Xingquan looked at her blankly, and after a brief moment of blank thinking, he realized that she was talking about Little Rose.

"What's up with him?"

"He accepted the gamble and played challenges in the underground fighting arena." The roommate said anxiously, "In order to get a job, he really didn't want his life."

"What do you mean?"

"Come with me quickly."

His roommate took him to the most lively place on the Impeccable - the underground fighting arena.She happened to find a job doing odd jobs in the backstage of this non-public fighting arena, and that's how she was able to bring Liu Xingquan in.

As soon as we entered the venue, heat waves and cheers from aliens rushed over us.Every floor is crowded with alien guests, and from the third floor onwards, there are nobles in exquisite and gorgeous costumes.

Liu Xingquan followed his roommate forward, and amidst bursts of excited noise, he finally saw the situation on the field clearly.

His friend, Rose Jr., was standing on the field.

He only took a simple shield and held an axe.In front of him was an iron cage that was opening.Liu Xingquan heard some hissing sounds, which made his hairs stand on end and his heart beat like a drum.That is the instinctive reaction of living things when they face terrifying natural enemies.

"It's over, it's over." He heard his roommate whisper, "It's a spiny-tailed lizard."

"That is?"

His roommate explained to him in a low voice that this game is to randomly release wild beasts to fight.Sometimes out of the iron cages are tame and harmless birds or low-aggression beasts, but sometimes they are real beasts.This is a gamble of pure chance.If you are lucky, you will reach the sky in one step, but if you are not lucky, you will die in vain.

Now little Rose has drawn the spiny tailed lizard.It was a very dangerous beast.This creature has sharp teeth that can bite through steel, and if its tail stabs into the body of the creature, it can paralyze the opponent's whole body.Spiny-tailed lizards are beasts that are expressly forbidden to be kept due to their aggressiveness and uncontrollable danger.

"They injected it with stimulant drugs." The roommate said almost desperately, "It is extremely angry now."

The excited voice of the announcer echoed in the arena.

"Our young Ross from Star Thorns is about to challenge the Spiny-tailed Lizard from Star Rile!!"

"Lovely young Ruth wants to get a trainee job as a craftsman. Wonder if his dream will come true? Let us have the answer from our five-time winner in the arena!!!"

The audience erupted in wild cheers.

The spiny-tailed lizard rushed into the field with a hiss.

The roommate turned his head, unable to bear to look any further.

Little Rose circled the field with an axe.The spiny-tailed lizard didn't stop, and jumped at him directly.Little Rose dodged and staggered with it.There was a rip in his sleeve.His scales were scratched.The lizard's red eyes watched it, saliva dripping between its sharp teeth.

Afterwards, Little Rose continued to circle around to avoid the spiny-tailed lizard.

The audience was a little dissatisfied with the slightly dull and probing atmosphere, and kept yelling crazily: "Go!!! Kill it!! Are the cowards scared???"

Frenzied noise buzzed through the venue, and the atmosphere further irritated the Spinytail.It roared and charged towards Little Rose.This time little Rose was hit by it.After an intertwined scuffle, Rose Jr.'s ax flew across the field.Little Rose was half kneeling on the ground, his legs were bleeding profusely.His hand was on the shield, trying desperately to push the spinytail's head away.

The spiny-tailed lizard's tail flicked high, and a huge needle shot out, piercing Little Rose's back.

A howling scream sounded.

Blood water spread on the ground, mixed with the lights of the dome, and diffused into Liu Xingquan's eye sockets.

The audience clapped and cheered, and the walls shook.The roommate sat on the ground covering his face.

He blinked hard. His friend, little Rose, was there.His figure is gradually blurring.

Don't think too much about it.

He jumped onto the fence, turned over and rushed into the fighting arena.The lights in the arena are flickering.The roommate seemed to want to hold him back.His whole body was still sore, his feet were trembling, and the blisters on his hands felt a piercing pain from time to time.The air smelled of blood.

The alien's shout seemed to be chasing him like a tide.

He didn't look back.

Thank you for coming to my rescue.His voice whispered in his ear.

He stumbled towards the center of the venue.Little Rose fell to the ground, and the foul-smelling spinytail was biting him.

He drew his knife and stabbed the thorntail.

The hot wind rolled up, and the spinytail twisted its neck and hissed angrily.Its back is covered with scales.But the knife pierced in, and blue blood gushed out.He drew his knife and stabbed hard again.

This time, the knife suddenly burst into light, the blue blood turned into smoke, the wind whirled, and the knife in his hand was burning hot, bursting out with brilliant brilliance.

The spiny-tailed lizard was writhing desperately.He pounced on it, stabbing down fiercely one after another.

Light, is burning.

When he woke up, the sparks dissipated, and the spinytail was burned to ashes.

He saw the alien guests in the auditorium screaming in horror.

He clenched the knife in his hand.

Nobody can hurt my friend.

Nobody can.he thinks.