"Those runaway Riel ...... How was it dealt with in the end? Things have developed to this point, and Xiao Ash's voice is also a little nervous, "You know, I'm from the cooking class, and I don't have the authority to know about this." ”

Xiao Yao pointed out the window with his thumb: "I didn't ask the captain, but I guess they were thrown out directly...... I have to admit that Captain Salatir was still very reliable when it came to a critical moment, and he didn't even hesitate for a moment to make this decision. If it had been an indecisive Riel, perhaps that plague-like cursed state would have killed all the creatures here. ”

"Cursed...... Yes, the mutation brought about by the flesh and blood of the old gods can no longer be explained by any theory, and can only be called a curse. Ash looked out the window at the starry sky, but she knew very well - the starship was actually returning with the pieces of flesh that belonged to the gods at a breakneck speed.

"Heh, this kind of thing in the old days is really not something that mortals can set foot in...... Xiao Yao shook his head slightly, "I'll go and say hello to the captain, there are some things I want to confirm." ”

The return journey is almost over, but the nightmare has never gone away. At this time, except for more than a dozen Riel who are still awake and maintaining the normal operation of the starship, the rest of Riel are still asleep in the dormant chamber, maintaining a state similar to "hibernation".

According to calculations, the return journey will take about forty years, during which time the rest of the riel rotate on duty, except for a few riels. And when Xiao Yao and Xiao Ash woke up, they were already the last round of duty officers, and it would only take about five years to end this long and desperate journey, and the starship would return to the planet Kolo.

It's just that Xiao Yao keenly noticed that less than 300 of the original more than 500 dormant warehouses are still dormant, and there are less than 20 people in Riel who are still active in the starship at this time.

Xiao Yao had found many unplanned hatch openings in his logbook, and he didn't want to know what had happened to the missing people.

Captain Salatier has always been awake, Riel's lifespan is hundreds of years, and a few decades would not have changed the appearance of a Riel, but when Xiao Yao saw her, this lively and cheerful and adventurous Riel was covered in every single one

Exhaustion and fear seem to be written in every cell.

Xiao Yao couldn't imagine how many tragedies had been caused by the influence of the Nameless Mist during the time he was dormant - he still didn't think it was a good thing to bring back those corpses of the Nameless Mist.

But there is no way around it, the Rare are too stubborn to know what a failure is, what they believe will be done, and the corpses of these old gods are what they want to get at all costs - they all believe that no matter how weird things are, they can be thoroughly studied by Rare's scientists.

So sometimes, it's really not a good thing to be too proud.

Intelligent beings are always using known knowledge to explain and guess the unknown, but there will always be some unknown existence in the world...... It can never be recognized by known knowledge.

A person who is young and frivolous may have a chance to turn back, but what about a civilization?

The price, I'm afraid, no living thing can bear.

……

"Captain, long time no see...... I should say that although I met when I woke up just now, I didn't have time to speak. Xiao Yao said to Salatir in a pretending relaxed tone.

"Hello...... I remember you, you are from the research group. Salatier replied with a stiff expression.

Xiao Yao sighed: "Captain, it seems that a lot of things happened when I was asleep. ”

“…… Yes. ”

"I just noticed that the hatch opened again a few hours ago, and then Rare, who was in charge of the warehouse, disappeared...... I don't want to ask what's going on, anyway, there's a shortage of people in the warehouse right now, right? ”

"No way!" Salatir almost reflexively said, "No one is needed there in the warehouse!" ”

This attitude...... It's kind of unexpected.

Xiao Yao stretched out his hand and patted Saratil's shoulder: "I know what you're afraid of, but you can rest assured that there will always be one or two special individuals in this world - I won't be polluted." ”

Because, I'm almost equal to pollution itself.

Saratil's expression, stiff as a corpse, finally changed, cloudy and uncertain

Looking at Xiao Yao, at this moment, she had countless guesses about Xiao Yao's identity - the spokesperson of a certain behind-the-scenes organization, the believer of a certain cult, and the messenger of an alien civilization...... But she can also feel that none of these speculations can come close to the truth.

After a long time, she sighed and casually pressed a few buttons on her bracelet: "You go, I have assigned you the authority to open the warehouse door...... Anyway, it couldn't have been any worse. ”

Xiao Yao didn't go to the warehouse immediately, he stared at the captain in front of him, who was already exhausted from mental to physical exhaustion, and asked softly in a voice that no one else could hear: "At this point today, do you think...... Is it really necessary to bring back those old pieces of meat? ”

"I ......" Saratyr's lips moved, she had wanted to be sure, after all, this was an order, the best hope for the progress of the entire Rare civilization, however...... The horrible things that had happened these days had almost destroyed her sanity, bringing that supernatural weirdness back to Chlo...... Is it really sensible?

It seems that even if he is as conceited as Riel, he will still be afraid in the face of the breath of the old days.

Xiao Yao chuckled and turned to leave.

……

The door opened slowly, making a screeching sound as if it were rusting. The hatch, which could have opened automatically, was moving inch by inch as if it was suffering from tremendous resistance. The power to open the door is suffering from the resistance of some unknown source.

It's as if there is something behind the door, unwilling to let the door open.

Xiao Yao understood why Salatir was reluctant to send a new Riel to take care of the warehouse almost the moment he saw it clearly.

The pieces of flesh in the glassware, which had already died, were all wriggling at the moment, like earthworms in the dirt, like animal hearts that had been dug out. The hypertrophic blood vessels spread through the clear glass, which was covered with cracks, as if the glass were part of the flesh of the tissue. There are even blood vessels and tissues that extend out of the glassware, growing on the solid metal floor like the roots of plants.

The whole warehouse was like the belly of a giant creature, and the glassware was the entrails of the behemoth, and it ...... Or He, who is alive.