8 Insurance

Although human beings do not exist without a soul, it is indeed possible to be "born again" in another form in others. In human cloning experiments on Earth, there have been examples of a single clone possessing two human genes at the same time. If I'm not mistaken, the purpose of this so-called "reincarnation spell stone" is to copy the genes of the deceased person to a neighboring human - usually a relative or comrade-in-arms, or an enemy, then these people will have both their own genes and those of the deceased, and they will also have a small or partial memory of the deceased, and under the influence of superstition, people will mistakenly think that this is the "reincarnation" of the deceased.

I accepted this "Reincarnation Mantra Stone", which may be an unexpected foreshadowing, because I know that one day I will somehow say goodbye to this world, and if my deeds can be passed down, even if it is notorious, it can be regarded as a stirring up in a piece of history, and it may also gather thousands of controversies - such a life is not something that can be harvested casually!

After that, I checked all the room furnishings again as if I were inspecting, and the machine that Mike had built, the books, shotguns, and PDAs in the secret room were all in the same good condition as the last time I came, and it seemed that I could leave with peace of mind.

After a few months, I taught Dao Yan all the knowledge I had left, and as for how much he could digest, it depended on his ability. Before parting, I gave Dao Yan some books again, including various encyclopedic books, and of course the production of weapons and ammunition. Considering that most of them will not come here again in the future, I instructed Hao Daoyan to take good care of this place and choose someone who is absolutely trustworthy to become the "hermit" to succeed - after all, this place gives me the feeling of home.

After saying goodbye, I crossed the desert to the interior with the help of the "anti-jammer", and some well-meaning travelers saw me coming out of the desert, thinking that I was a long-lost refugee, and gave me food and water, but I rejected them one by one, and the favors of these "guinea pigs" are not uncommon to me. They thought I was crazy and told me today's date so that I could "wake up" - this day is August 3, 1217 according to the calendar of Planet 11.

Probably coincidentally, six years later, in 1223, also on August 3, I used the "capsule" to return to the "capsule system" that reached low earth orbit. With the help of the hibernation module in the cruising spacecraft, I survived the space journey for more than three months, and by the time I was awakened by the hibernation module, the "capsule system" had already docked with the Watcher, and it was time to return to the Watcher and enter the survival module.

"Sevia, quickly come out of the cruising ship and report on your situation!" This sentence on the radio hit me like thunder - this is Wang Chen's voice!

Wrong! I clearly set their hibernation module for 100,000 years, and if it weren't for the attack or severe damage to the space station, they wouldn't have been forced to wake up! Could it be that I'm missing something important?

Quickly searching for his memory, he suddenly remembered Daoyan's words: "This 'insurance' can be used as a last resort...... can also forcibly wake up ......" instantly, remorse welled up in my heart, and I didn't listen to this sentence at that time...... But doesn't this mean that Dao Yan has activated the "insurance"? What happened to him?

No, no, no, you still have to worry about yourself at this time! If Wang Chen found out that they were trapped in my hibernation pod, then they must have lifted all control of me by now...... That's right, I can't operate the holographic palette anymore, I'm a lamb to the slaughter now!

No, I'll see what I can do on my side...... Great, I have a dagger on my body, it's not sharp but it's enough, and ...... Okay, it's too early to give up, since you have your insurance, then I have mine too!

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Let's unify the time here so that we can connect with the previous story.

In the year 1220 on Planet 11, Dao Yan, the "teacher" in our previous story, was defeated by his students and activated the "insurance" hidden in the "operation device of fog and dark shadows" at the last moment, allowing the quicksand to engulf the desert basin. At the same moment, the device also transmits the "safe" activation signal to the Overwatch and forcibly wakes up the occupants in the hibernation pod—a feature that Mike incorporated when designing the device. Because the default user of this device is Sevia, this function is also to monitor Sevia's life safety.

When Wang Chen and Mike woke up from the hibernation capsule, we can imagine how shocked they were—they found that they had slept for more than 46,000 years! In a panic, the two looked up the history left by the AI, and soon found out that it was Sevia who had modified their hibernation duration without authorization. However, the two did not rashly conclude that Sevia had betrayed them, because other than that, all of the AI's records showed that Sevia showed no signs of rebellion, and he was always doing his duty to do every job on the space station and planet. It's a pity that the AI didn't leave a record of the deletion of the N particle control instructions, otherwise it would have found the problem with Saivia.

After reading these records, the two were torn and began to speculate about Saivia's motives for modifying the hibernation duration, such as the space station malfunctioning or encountering a meteorite shower, Saivia's desire to protect them, and the generation of space-time turbulence by N particles, etc., all of which were listed, but none of them had direct evidence, at least not found in the records left by the AI. Wang Chen also speculated that Saivia was disguising himself to evade the supervision of the AI by "performing his duties", but in any case, Saivia did not directly do anything like hurting the two or destroying the space station.

According to the AI's records, if nothing else, the Capsule System will return to the Watcher in three years (1223), at which point Sevia will get the answer they want. In order to prevent Sevia from being able to use the Capsule to return normally, the two decided to wait until the next time the Capsule System docked with the Warden.

Now that the "Capsule System" has returned, and it has been confirmed that Sevia is in the cruising spaceship, the doubts that plagued the two are about to be solved. Considering that Sevia does have the possibility of defection, and the two of them also know his strength, they prepared "insurance" in advance in the space station.

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The hibernation module in the cruising spacecraft has not moved.

"AI, is there an image facing the hibernation pod?" Wang Chen's eyes were red, and he had been staring at the holographic display for a long time. The AI gave him a different display.

"That's?" Mike was stunned for a moment when he saw the picture he had just cut into, "Blood? ”

"AI, bring the picture closer." Wang Chen ordered, and sure enough, when the picture zoomed in, he could see Saivia lying in the hibernation pod, his eyes were closed, his face was pale, as if he had lost consciousness, and the clothes on his left armpit were soaked in red.

"He's hurt." Mike said anxiously.

"I'll take a look!" Wang Chen immediately climbed to the upper cabin, and he picked up an iron rod as a weapon. After entering the cruising spacecraft, he saw the "unconscious" Sevia. "It really hurts!" He examined the wound and saw that it wasn't fake, but he still carefully dragged Sevia out of the ship, always on the lookout for if he would wake up suddenly. "Mike, catch him!" Wang Chen dragged Saivia's arms and smoothed his body into the lower cabin, but he didn't get a response from Mike for a long time, "Mike? Catch him! Where are you? Wang Chen, who couldn't wait, let go directly, and Saivia fell directly into the main control room. Wang Chen didn't rush down, he also had to check the inside of the cruising spacecraft to see if there was a meteorite rain that caused Saivia to be injured.

The reason why Mike didn't respond to Wang Chen was because he also thought of the meteorite rain, and when Wang Chen dragged Sevia, he ran to the window of the next cabin, where he could see the edge of the cruising spaceship. As Mike struggled to find the traces left by the meteorite rain from different angles, someone behind him was slowly approaching—

"Mike ......" voice was not very clear and did not attract Mike's attention, "Mike! This time it was so loud that Mike had to turn his head - Sevia was standing there with a dagger!" Sorry! Sevia rushed over and stabbed the dagger into Mike's chest, pressing a stone-shaped object against Mike......

The pain was so intense that Mike screamed - the last time of his life, and then he felt his body sink and lose his control, and his body temperature gradually faded...... Mixed with these desperate feelings was an experience he had never had before: his last consciousness told himself that the last energy left in his body was flowing into the "stone" that Sevia had attached to his body......

In 51116 and 99 days after passing through the wormhole, Mike Carmack was assassinated by Sevia and died.

(This memory eventually turns into a dream, which recurs in Milo's dreams.)

"I'm sorry......" Saivia said to Mike's body, this apology is sincere, compared to Wang Chen, Mike's attitude towards him has always been very friendly, although he also saw himself as a machine, but Mike still said a lot of good things for himself in many things...... Unexpectedly, it ushered in such a result. "If Wang Chen hadn't been holding an iron rod to defend himself, and he was so cautious, he should have died! Sorry, Mike ......" said as Sevia shoved the Reincarnation Spell Stone, which was clinging to Mike's body, into her pocket.

Saivia stood up with difficulty, covering his still bleeding wound - this "bitter meat trick" successfully deceived the two people in the space station, but his body was already a little overwhelmed by this, "Hurry back to the survival module, it won't take me a day to recover from my original state......" Saivia, who was thinking so, raised his head and saw Wang Chen, who was belated......

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We skipped the short confrontation between the dagger and the iron rod, and directly told you the result: the dagger had been transferred from Saivia's hand to Wang Chen's left leg, and the blood slowly flowed out from the thigh wound. The iron rods collided violently with Savia's ribs and leg bones, several of which had been broken or shattered, leaving Savia's mouth with the smell of rust.

Saivia, who wanted to mock her, no longer had enough strength to speak, and so did Wang Chen, who was full of anger. Both of them knew that the way to survive in their current state was to immediately burrow into the hibernation pod to control their injuries, and over time, the wounds would slowly heal - this would take a long time, and the hibernation should never be disturbed. Although Sevia still has a survival pod to choose from, the dilemma she faces is the same as entering the hibernation pod.

So, before entering the hibernation pod, the other party must be dealt with - this is the common goal of the two.

Saivia, who had a twisted face, finally stood up, dragging her body and approaching Wang Chen as if she was being pulled by a magnet, who was almost unable to move.

"That'...... Farewell......" Sevia is about to strike the final blow -

In an instant, Sevia was knocked into the air by a huge force and fell next to the hibernation pod! Holding back the severe pain, through the blood-stained vision, Sevia finally saw the source of the power: a huge black shadow more than two meters tall - a nanobot!

- This is Wang Chen's "insurance".