Bang!

With an earth-shattering explosion, a red fireball brighter than the sun instantly appeared in the sky, and the shock wave generated by the explosion swept across thousands of square kilometers, and flames, strong winds, earthquakes, and dust roared and raged, overwhelming countless trees, as if the end of the world.

"Ah......h

Ji Xinghuo woke up suddenly and sat up straight in the dark.

The aftermath of the big bang lingered in his mind, and the roar continued, filling his eyes with confusion and panic, and it was not until a few minutes later that he gradually regained his composure.

"It's this nightmare again, damn it!"

Ji Xinghuo cursed in his mouth, shook his head helplessly, and glanced at the glow-in-the-dark clock at the head of the bed, one o'clock in the morning.

For the past week, he's had nightmares every night, and the content is exactly the same. In the dream, his perspective is locked, appearing in outer space at first, like a meteor speeding into the Earth's atmosphere, and finally exploding over a vast forest.

Every time there was an explosion in the dream, Ji Xinghuo would be awakened, and he felt as if his brain had really exploded.

And the culprit of all this......

"Turn on the lights."

Ji Xinghuo snorted softly, and the bedroom gradually brightened.

Without waiting for his eyes to adapt to the brightness, Ji Xinghuo turned over and got out of bed, staggered into the bathroom, and saw himself in the mirror, looking haggard and tired, with a few eye-catching bloodshots at the corners of his eyes, and his mental state was very bad.

I haven't slept well for a week, and I'm going to be depressed for everyone.

"It's time to fix it."

Ji Xinghuo muttered and opened the cabinet behind the mirror, and took out a beautiful woven necklace, nylon string braided into a complex and beautiful band, and the pendant of the necklace was a gemstone, which was covered by a grid, which looked quite exquisite.

Looking at the gemstone pendant of the necklace, Ji Xinghuo's eyes were very complicated.

Ten days ago, I went on a graduation trip to the Baikal region with a few classmates, and on the last day, I bought the necklace as a souvenir for 20 Asian dollars at the stall of the local reindeer tribe.

There were hundreds of similar braided necklaces at that stall, but the pendants were different.

Ji Xinghuo didn't notice anything unusual when he picked it, so he bought it and put it on when he thought it looked good, and returned to Chang'an that night.

Then, the nightmare began.

After having the same nightmare for several days in a row, Ji Xinghuo locked the reason, which was the pendant of the necklace, the gemstone that looked like a glass marble.

The gemstone shell is transparent, and the inside is inlaid with a colorful nebula, shaped like an eye, but the center of the iris is a hollow, as if the pupil has been gouged out, and several subtle cracks spread from the middle, inexplicably a kind of mutilated beauty.

This thing is clearly not a natural gemstone, but a man-made object and is not valuable.

Out of curiosity, Ji Xinghuo did some research on it.

It turned out that the hardness of the gemstone was extremely amazing, certainly many times harder than diamond, exceeding the upper limit of the hardness tester; Its brittleness, melting point, water solubility and resistance data have not been detected, let alone its composition, which is completely beyond the scope of his own understanding.

He tossed for a long time, leaving no trace on the gemstone.

Even once, Ji Xinghuo soaked it in his own blood, but it was still fruitless.

Gemstone research yielded no results, and Ji Xinghuo turned to his nightmare to find clues.

The first thing that comes to mind is the "Tunguska explosion".

The scene of the explosion in the dream is consistent with the Tunguska explosion in many places, such as the explosion in the sky, the absence of craters and celestial debris, the extent of the explosion, the degree of destruction of the forest, etc., which can be consistent with the data of many historical surveys and studies.

However, the Tunguska explosion occurred in 1908, and now it is 2223, more than 300 years apart.

Moreover, the site of the explosion was very far from Lake Baikal, where he was playing, almost 800 kilometers.

There is distance in time and space.

Despite this, Ji Xinghuo still suspected that the gem in his hand was probably related to the Tunguska explosion, or even that it caused the mysterious explosion.

"Unfortunately, I have no evidence other than dreaming."

"Otherwise, I would have solved a mystery that was unsolved for a century more than three hundred years ago."

Ji Xinghuo laughed at himself, the question now is how not to have nightmares.

I've tried it before, whether you carry the gem with you or not, even if you put it in another city thousands of kilometers away, as long as you sleep, you will still have nightmares, as if you are bound.

He took the necklace back to the bedroom, untied the string, took the gem out of the net, and placed it in the palm of his hand to look closely.

"Is this really an xenomorph?"

It's not the first time Ji Xinghuo has come up with this idea.

In fact, at the beginning, he guessed that the gem was likely to be a xenomorph, but it did not match the xenomorph characteristics he knew, whether it was the xenomorph database of the "Astral Defense Council" (ADC) or the official website of the national "Astral Defense Council", there was no corresponding xenomorph.

The so-called "xenomorph" is a strange thing that contains "supernatural ability".

All xenomorphs on Earth come from the "astral plane".

In the year 2033, thirteen star gates will suddenly open on all continents of the world, and you can enter the astral boundary through them.

The mysterious and vast astral plane has shocked the world, and its appearance has turned scientists' cognition upside down and violated the known laws of physics. The astral plane connects the entire galaxy, and with the astral plane as a bridge, it is able to travel to every planet in the galaxy, and even every space coordinate in the stars!

The astral plane is not as empty and lonely as space, it is a living world.

There are countless species in the vast astral boundary, and the number and variety are far greater than any ecological planet, and the earth is only a drop in the ocean. The evolution of astral species is millions of times faster and more intense than that of Earth's biosphere!

There are also a large number of intelligent races in the astral plane, and many civilizations have been born that are far more powerful than Earth.

The opening of the stargate has brought unprecedented catastrophe to unprepared mankind, alien invasions, nuclear wars, the Third and Fourth World Wars, and nearly two centuries of global turmoil and extinction crises, completely rewriting the fate of all mankind and the direction of civilization.

In the 23rd century, the earth has reshaped its order and pattern.

Human beings have long adapted to the existence of the astral plane, and have made use of the unique resources produced by the astral plane to promote the rapid development of science and technology and greatly increase productivity.

However, the greatest impact on humanity is the supernatural abilities from the astral plane.

People are used to calling it "abilities".

In the astral plane, whether it is an intelligent civilization race or a lower creature like a beast, individuals with great power will be born.

Their abilities are different, controlling thunder and lightning, infinite power, body changes, stealth leaps, etc., these are just the most common abilities, and there are many magical and weird abilities, the farther you go on the road of life evolution, the stronger the ability, and even the lifespan will increase!

Kill astral creatures for a chance to get their abilities.

And it's Xenos who carry the ability!

Humans are born with no supernatural abilities, but they can also master abilities by fusing xenomorphs, allowing them to evolve their lives.

In the "Stargate Age", the reason why human beings were able to repel the invasion of the alien races in the astral realm was not only because they did not hesitate to die with nuclear weapons, but also because there were forerunners who mastered the ability, evolved life step by step, and had the power to compete with the powerhouses of the alien races in the astral realm.

Today, there are more than 40 billion people in the world, and there are more than 2 billion "aliens" who have mastered magical abilities.

Ji Xinghuo is not an alien, but he knows a lot about aliens.

In this century, everyone has learned more or less about xenomorphism and has been exposed to xenomorphism in reality.

Xenomorphs are not only born in the bodies of astral creatures, but also form xenomorphs in the natural environment of the astral plane, with different forms, some like plant fruits, rhizomes, some like mineral gems, some are energy crystals, and there are many strange xenomorphs, which are difficult to identify.

The "Astral Defense Council", which has branches in various countries around the world, has created the largest xenomorph database on Earth.

Ji Xinghuo carefully looked through the more than 12,000 xenomorphs in the database, especially compared with the hundreds of gem-form xenomorphs.

However, none of them matched the gems in their hands. Not only does the appearance match, but the general characteristics of gemstones and xenomorphs are also very different.

All xenomorphs exhibit "activity".

Ji Xinghuo has been in contact with xenomorphs a few times, no matter what form of xenomorphs he holds in his hand, he can easily feel its "activity", like an egg that is about to break out of his shell, and he can clearly feel the abundant vitality without special identification.

And he didn't feel any activity on the gem, which was clearly a dead thing.

So the speculation that it was a heterogeneous was dismissed at the beginning.

But now......

"There are no absolutes." Now Ji Xinghuo felt that he might be wrong, his eyes were firmly fixed on the gem on his palm, "Maybe it's a one-in-a-million exception, it looks like a dead thing, but it's actually an extremely rare xenomorph." ”

Since it's a different species, it can be fused.

There is no clear standard for whether a human can fuse with different species. Overall, the better the physical fitness, the higher the success rate of fusing xenomorphs.

Ji Xinghuo stood up.

Looking at the training room connected to the bedroom, the mirror on the opposite wall reflected me.

It is exactly one meter eight tall, not tall or short among adult men, only two or three centimeters more than the average height, but the body is well-proportioned and slender, the upper body and the lower body are close to the golden ratio, the shoulders are broad, the arm span is stretched out nearly two meters, the hands are long and the legs are long, and the muscles of a body contain good explosiveness.

This is the result of years of training.

In order to pursue strength and become an inhuman, everyone on Earth is fit.

In particular, young people who are full of expectations for the future are full of energy, and many of them have been soaking in the gym every day since their teens, doing various physical training to prepare for the fusion of different species.

The same goes for Ji Xinghuo.

I started exercising at the age of fifteen and has almost never let up, and it has been seven years now.

Although he has not yet become an alien, Ji Xinghuo has a strong confidence, as long as the level of the alien he fuses is not particularly high, or the ability is extremely peculiar, the success rate of fusion is at least 80%.

"I wanted to continue exercising for a year or two after the graduation trip, and then go to the physical fitness test and apply for an oversized xenomorph."

"Now we have to fuse an unknown xenomorph ......"

Ji Xinghuo showed a little hesitation on his face.

As a citizen of the "United Community of Asia-Pacific Peoples", if you take four physical fitness tests as an adult, as long as you meet one of the standards, you can get a different species for free and try to merge into an alien.

This is the welfare of every APAC citizen, and the state gives everyone a fair chance.

If the integration fails, not only do you not need any compensation, but you can go to the best public hospital to receive free convalescent medical care.

If it succeeds, there are obligations.

In the future, when necessary, the Inhumans must unconditionally respond to the government's call once and serve the country until the end of their service.

Ji Xinghuo was sure to pass the physical fitness test when he was eighteen years old, but he never participated in it in order to get a higher score in the test.

The higher the rating, the more abilities you can choose from, and the better the quality.

The abilities provided by the country from lowest to highest are: Basic, Premium, Excellent, and Overrun.

The vast majority of citizens who pass the test will only be able to choose their abilities in the first three levels.

Citizens who pass all four tests of strength, speed, stamina, and will, and get a high score, and then pass multiple rounds of evaluation by the "Ministry of Astrals" before they can apply for the highest level of overlimit, enter the queue, and obtain the ability in chronological order.

Ji Xinghuo's original goal was an over-limit ability, and he was about 30% sure.

But now it's different.

"If this really is a xenomorph." Ji Xinghuo whispered to himself: "With the hardness of the gem and the special phenomenon that gives me nightmares, the ability it contains is at least over-limiting. And it's likely to be higher than Overlimit, at the quality of the 'Starfall' ability! ”

Starfall!

Ji Xinghuo's heart beat a few beats.

Abilities of this level are incredibly powerful, their value is hard to measure in money, and the few starfall abilities that have been made public in history have not been sold, but exchanged.

"A chance to get a starfall-level ability, even if the fusion fails, it's worth it!"

"It's a big deal to try again after recovery, and it's just a few months to delay."

Ji Xinghuo no longer hesitated.

However, there is a question now, how do you integrate it?

There are two most common methods of xenofusion.

The first is to swallow and digest the xenomorph directly into the stomach.

The second is injection, in which the xenomorph is dissolved into a prepared drug, and then injected into the body's blood vessels to absorb it.

There are also some less common fusion methods: such as converting xenomorphs into gas and inhaling them; I resonate with the different spirits and integrate into the brain; There are also rare xenomorphs that can penetrate directly into the skin and enter the body.

The most troublesome method of fusion is implantation, which is generally suitable for organ morphology removed from the body of a living organism, which is implanted into one's own body as if it were surgery.

If he had a choice, Ji Xinghuo would of course most like to fuse through "swallowing".

The size of the gemstone is small, about the size of a human eyeball, and it can be swallowed in the stomach in one bite. However, he doubted that with the hardness of the gemstone, he would be able to digest it himself.

I am most afraid of "implantation" in order to fuse.

Heterogeneous implantation is not just a matter of stuffing it into any part of the body, it must be studied in advance, and rejection reactions must be taken into account, sometimes medication is needed to eliminate rejection, wound suturing, postoperative recovery, etc., all of which must be operated by professional surgeons.

Most crucially, the heterogeneous entry point is usually in the part of the body where it is working.

For example, in the "Thunder Hand", the xenomorph form is a tendon that can be discharged, and it must be implanted in the palm of the hand and connected to one's own tendon in order to master this ability.

Ji Xinghuo looked at the eye-shaped nebula inside the gem.

"Eyes!"

"Do you want to put it in my eye socket?"

Ji Xinghuo couldn't help but feel numb on his scalp, the orbital space was limited, and he couldn't accommodate two eyeballs, so he had to remove one of his eyeballs before implantation.

The price would be too great.

In case of failure......

Although it is not difficult to re-implant the eyeball with today's medical technology, and it is possible to regain sight quickly, the pain and psychological impact during surgery is by no means tolerable to ordinary people.

Ji Xinghuo held the gem and gestured on his eyelids.

"This gem really resembles an eyeball!"

Suddenly, an idea popped into his mind, and without giving it much thought, he tried to touch the gem lightly with his right eye.

The eyeball is the most sensitive organ in the human body, and suddenly, Ji Xinghuo felt a slight tingling pain, and subconsciously closed his eyes.

However, the stinging became more and more intense, as if mixed with sand, and tears flowed out.

Not only in the right eye, but also in both eyes.

"What's going on?"

Ji Xinghuo endured the pain and opened his eyes, his vision was blurry, and his eyes seemed to be marked with a thick mosaic, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

He touched his cheek, and his hand was warm and sticky, faintly red.

"Bleeding eyes......"

Ji Xinghuo's heart tightened, and then he reacted: "What about the gems?" ”

The gem that he had originally held in his hand disappeared at some point, and before he could be happy that this method was really useful, there was a sudden sharp pain in his brain, as if an awl was wringing his brain, and he fell to the ground with a cry of pain, and blood flowed out of his seven orifices.

Bang!

Ji Xinghuo's dark eyes saw the scene of the big explosion again, like a scene in a dream. Before his consciousness plunged into darkness, a thought flashed:

"My head isn't going to blow up this time, is it?"