Dimly lit hotel.

A ray of morning light filtered through the half-closed curtains.

Opening his eyes, Lao Bai found that he was covered with a quilt. He shook his groggy head and woke up from his sleep.

"You slept really well."

Hearing the sound coming from the side, Lao Bai turned his head and saw Chen Yutong sitting on the sofa not far away. There was a blanket on her knees, her calves were curled up in the blanket, and she was still wearing yesterday's clothes.

A piece of clothing. It is already October, and the temperature in the Valley Province has turned cooler. According to tradition, this year should be a mild winter, but it will snow in early December at the latest.

Thinking that he actually let her sleep on the sofa all night, Lao Bai was a little embarrassed, coughed lightly and said, "Sorry, I drank too much last night...'

There was no way, not only the little girl named Lisa, but also all the drinkers in the Highway Town Hotel were waiting for his story.

In order to make the story look like that, and to cover up the pangolin's true identity as a spy, he had no choice but to put the stories of many players on the pangolin's head.

As a result, the rookie killer who killed many people on position G537 became a warrior on high ground 330.

If someone went to the Lion Kingdom hundreds of kilometers away, they would probably hear completely opposite rumors from the locals, and they would not be able to figure out why the pangolin was on the Alliance's side one moment, and then helping the Legion fight against the Alliance's people the other.

But it doesn't matter.

This also fits the guy's status as a double agent.

In the wasteland, anyone with a mouth can brag, but no one has the ability to verify which rumor is true.

Anyway, in the future there will be people who are free to compile a logical and self-consistent version based on their own understanding. However, what makes Lao Bai wonder is why he is here.

As we all know, this game can block some feelings that may cause players discomfort. Although this improves the gameplay, it also makes it difficult for players to judge their own situation through early warnings from the nervous system.

The most direct result is that once you are drunk, you will basically become fragmented, and it will be impossible to connect life and death.

Usually when a player gets drunk, Old Hook or other players will help them move their game characters to the guest room to rest.

But this time, I don’t know why. He was actually moved to the NPC’s room.

"It's okay. I'm not picky about where I sleep. I travel all year round and often sit in the car for a night. This

The sofa is quite comfortable to sleep on...is the material made of exotic fur?"

With that said, Chen Yutong pressed the soft armrest of the sofa.

Looking at her innocent expression, Lao Bai suddenly remembered that she drank a lot last night and couldn't help but ask. "Maybe it's the skin of a monster... Speaking of which, don't you feel drunk?" Chen Yutong

He was slightly stunned.

"Me? I don't feel anything. Bionic science means that the liver has enough alcohol dehydrogenase to metabolize alcohol and does not activate the CYP2E1 enzyme to generate reactive oxygen species. Basically, I don't feel anything..."

Oops. My head starts to hurt again. I should have chosen the physical system...

Looking at Lao Bai holding his eyebrows, Chen Yutong couldn't help but smile and said jokingly.

"It's quite difficult to get me drunk." Lao Bai coughed quickly and explained. "I haven't thought about it." "It's just a joke, don't take it seriously," Chen Yutong curled the corners of his mouth and continued, "Yes.

Yes... that drink is really interesting. Although I don’t feel the drunken feeling you mentioned, it has another wonderful feeling for me, thank you."

"You're welcome, I told you to buy you a drink."

It was embarrassing to always lie on someone else's bed. Lao Bai sat up from the bed with his hands on his back, shook his head, picked up the VM on the bedside table, and put it on his muscular arm.

After the short reading is completed, light blue fluorescence quickly appears on the screen.

However, what surprised Lao Bai was that a brand new little red dot actually appeared on the icon on the taskbar when he started up this time.

[New mission: Take the latest flight to the front line to report.] His eyebrows were raised slightly, and his eyes flashed with excitement. Noticing the change in his expression, Chen Yutong asked curiously. "What's wrong?"

"The vacation ended early, and the manager called me to go to the front line." Lao Bai grinned and continued, "It seems that I am needed there again.

The target of the next operation is the royal palace in Falcon City.

The Goblin Corps has organized hundreds of W-2 attack aircraft to coordinate their operations.

Cooperating with them will be the Stormtroopers, who will board the Heart of Steel to break through directly to the Legion's rear of Oasis Defense Line 2.

This will be a strategic adventure.

If it goes well, it will be the Battle of Crete, if it goes wrong, it will be Operation Garden Market. It seems that the command is planning to do something big this time.

With boiling fighting spirit burning in his eyes, Lao Bai lifted up the quilt and got out of bed, grabbed the coat hanging next to him and put it on himself.

Guessing something from the expression on his face, Chen Yutong said nothing, let alone worried. He just curled the corners of his mouth and said in a normal tone.

"Be safe, I'll treat you to a drink next time you come back." Lao Bai stopped at the door with a smile and gestured. "Then I'll remember it."

Vault 404. Medical Laboratory on Level B3.

Luo Yu, who was sitting on a folding chair, was looking worriedly at Xiao Yu, who was lying on the scanning bed, unconscious. "Is it... okay?"

Heya, who was standing next to the console, was busy recording experimental data while taking the time to reply casually. "It's so good, even stronger than before."

As the last check item ended, she pressed the blue button on the screen.

Several flexible metal pipes were pulled away from Xiaoyu's forehead, chest and skirt, and shrank into the silver-white experimental equipment on the ceiling.

The next step is to summarize the experimental data and analyze it to draw conclusions.

The research on Xiaoyu is a top priority for the Alliance Biology Research Institute. It is not only related to the Alliance's understanding of mutant slime mold, but also whether she can successfully obtain the biology laboratory on the B6 floor.

After the analysis comes to a conclusion, she still needs to organize the phased results into a report and send it to the managers who are busy with everything.

Sometimes she really admired that guy.

That guy's brain is like a multi-core threaded CPU that can handle things from many different fields such as economy, industry, military, scientific research, culture, diplomacy, etc. at the same time.

The secrets about that guy fascinate her even more than the nest in Qingquan City. Unfortunately, whenever this topic comes up, he always excuses it with a sentence that he doesn't quite understand.

Suddenly noticing the worried expressions on the faces of the residents of the shelter nearby, Heya thought of Chu Guang's instructions to her before and comforted him casually.

"Don't worry, today's research is just a routine check, your Xiaoyu will be fine."

Although he still had an uneasy expression on his face, Luo Yu's tense nerves relaxed a little after hearing the comfort from the "lead chief biologist".

Looking at Luo Yu who was relaxing, Heya paused for a moment and continued.

"However... its DNA is entering an unstable stage. It is better to take it to dangerous places as little as possible recently. Especially on the front line, without the protection of the fruiting body, the mother body alone is quite fragile.

Luo Yu nodded seriously.

But out of curiosity, he couldn't help but ask. "What is that unstable stage?" Can his Xiaoyu continue to evolve?

That's really awesome.

Looking at Luo Yu who seemed to be optimistic, Heya shook her head.

"I don't know. The research data I have is not enough to explain this situation. I can only make a rough guess based on limited clues."

Luo Yu swallowed and waited for her to continue.

After sorting out her thoughts in her mind for a moment, Heya paused for a moment before continuing.

"There is a cycle for the growth of the mother body. This cycle may be long or short. After reaching the cycle, they will become another type.

form of life, and this is what we call the mother nest... just like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, changing from a pupa to an adult."

Luo Yu immediately asked. "What is the opportunity?" Heya shook her head. "I don't know, but I guess it is the choice of the future path." "The choice..."

"That's right," Heya nodded, "Natural threats are no longer the main threat to it. Standing at the top of the food chain, it is no longer subject to general natural conditions, which means that it needs to choose its own future evolution.

The path. This is the ability given to it by nature, and it is also its mission.

"The genetic information collected from nature, the memory, experience and knowledge stored in neural tissue... these can all be used as a reference for evolution, and before that, it has completed the accumulation of these elements. Simply put, it has to decide to accept

Will it turn into a cute mushroom or a deadly piranha?'

Looking blankly at Heya and Xiao Yu who was lying on the scanning bed beside him, Luo Yu nodded in understanding. He didn't understand those complicated theories very well. He only cared about one thing -

"Then after all this is over...will you still remember me?" Heya asked without thinking.

"Of course you remember, as I said, memory is a reference for its evolution to the next stage of life, and it is a very important reference factor... But even so, you still have to be mentally prepared.

Luo Yu became nervous for a moment. "What kind of mental preparation?"

"If it becomes another life form, its blood connection with you may be interrupted. Maybe it will no longer be as close to you as it is now, and it may even regard you and other humans as prey. Even the memory is

Part of the inheritance, even if it still remembers things about you..."

Heya described it in as easy-to-understand terms as possible.

After listening, Luo Yu fell into silence, and the thoughts in his mind were like a mess of yarn, kneaded together.

He remembered everything that happened before...

Including taking it to the suburbs for leveling for the first time, including teaching it how to fight for the first time, including taking it to taste human food...

If these memories may be replaced by other things, he would rather it remain as it is now and not continue to evolve. In fact, he doesn't particularly need helpers who can fight side by side. He can fight alone.

At this time, Xiaoyu on the scanning bed had slowly woken up.

Come on, the tentacles hanging down on the scanning bed moved slightly, and they murmured unconsciously "Uh-huh" from their mouths. Maybe they sensed his presence.

The dazed Xiaoyu slowly sat up from the scanning bed.

The moment he saw Luo Yu, joy and joy bloomed on that abstract face, and he immediately slid off the scanning bed dragging his heavy body.
To be continued...