our secret base

Chapter 82
"Wait a minute, I don't understand what you mean."

Xie Yuzhi frowned slightly.

"What does this mean?"

"After I woke up, I couldn't control my body for a while."

"Ah, I have an impression of this!"

Ji Chunzao said that she kicked Yan Jingxing's knee with her wobbling restless foot under the table, and when he turned his gaze to her, he saw the little girl smirked at him.

"I thought it was because Jing Xing didn't know us anymore and didn't want to talk to us."

"……Unable to control?"

"Yes. How should I put it, this feeling is very complicated, as if another consciousness resides on the pixel body, which seems to be left behind by the previous host."

"You're saying that the vitrine retains the host's... er, 'soul'?"

Xie Yuzhi frowned even deeper.

"No, whether human beings have a so-called soul is another matter, let's talk about memory. Have you seen the memory of the previous host?"

"Memory...not really. All I can touch is an emotion. For example, I only know that my predecessor was a foreigner who spoke English, and that he was very angry."

Yan Jingxing stared at his alienated and swollen arm, recalling the feeling at that time.

"Moreover, this kind of consciousness and emotion is also very illusory in itself, more like some kind of 'image' left over. The body moves according to the inertia left over from before, but it can't really be controlled. As long as the incumbent If I am the manipulator, I can easily erase this influence."

"However, there is a kind of change that is permanently left behind. This is what I call 'inheritance', which is the special ability possessed by the body."

Yan Jingxing said "Release" silently in his heart, and the spiral gun that bloomed like a flower withered and returned to the "bud" posture. The thick bone armor dissipated, leaving only his arms still steaming, and the compassionate shirt on his arms The fabric is evaporated away.

"The method of making and using the spiral gun is not invented by me, nor is it inherent in the body, but the ability developed by the previous generation of hosts relying on their own experience and instinct."

"...The body is like a rough diamond, does it mean that it needs to be carved carefully?"

"It's more like plasticine, with endless possibilities and freedom. Everyone can develop different skills through fierce battles or training."

Hearing this, Xie Yuzhi couldn't help being a little confused.

"'Everyone'? How can you be so sure?"

"—Because, I have already noticed that there was more than one host's conscious body in the body." Yan Jingxing replied in a deep voice, "Some hosts... are not even human beings."

"You mean aliens?"

"I'm afraid so."

Ever since he realized that there are residual consciousnesses of other hosts on the body, he has been trying to get answers from it.

As a result, he did touch the second consciousness, but the other party spoke an incomprehensible language, and Yan Jingxing instinctively felt that it was not the language of any country on earth——

Because it sounds more like the buzzing of mosquitoes, human vocal organs can't do it at all.

……

The room fell silent for a moment.

Compared with special abilities, they are more likely to think of another thing.

More than one host's consciousness remains, what exactly does this mean?
In the end, it was Ji Chunzao's words that broke the silence:
"In other words, all the people who fused with the body... are all dead now?"

"You."

Xie Yuzhi couldn't help shaking her head.

"Sorry……"

Ji Chunzao shrank her head, the liveliness and excitement on her face just now disappeared.

"No, that's what I think."

Yan Jingxing sighed.

"At present, the body is an excellent weapon tailor-made for the 'warrior' of the alien planet. It is powerful and controllable. There are no other restrictions except that the adaptability of the 'warrior' to superpowers determines the length of the fusion duration. But if that's the case, why—"

Why are so many hosts dying?
Is it all because of being with a strong enemy?Like a battle between Overlords?

He thinks it is not surprising that aliens have such a mission, but the problem is that there are people on Earth among the dead hosts, which means that from beginning to end, the successive deaths of the body manipulators are not accidental, but some kind of necessity.

In other words, even if they all died in the battle with the overlord, it is very likely that it will be the fate that Yan Jingxing must face in the future.

"Do you have an idea?"

"...I do have a guess. Remember what I said just now, there is a huge amount of heat inside the body, right?"

The first time Yan Jingxing fused with the body, he was able to display its strength, which showed that it was indeed manufactured as a weapon;

But he can still recall that when the battle was about to end, the surge of heat accumulated to the extreme, and the whole body would burn up, and the huge horror of self-immolation was really not impressive.

The power of the ferrite will continuously break through and increase along with the accumulation of heat. There is no upper limit to this process. He can't understand the source of this heat at all. The endless light and heat are like a raging fire sealed inside the ferrite. Like a burning sun.

As soon as Yan Jingxing thought of this, he had a feeling: all the previous hosts probably died in this kind of "heat" that could be increased without limit.

It's like a certain kind of life form endlessly evolves toward the highest self-evolution, but the result is self-destruction instead.

He couldn't help thinking of the special ability of the body: the ability to manufacture a weapon like a spiral gun in a short period of time also relies on unimaginable self-division and reproduction; and once the lifespan of the cells reaches the limit, the weapon will wither.

Perhaps, this kind of self-burning rapid development is the characteristic of ferrite cells.

……

After listening to his narration, Ji Chunzao and Xie Yuzhi looked at each other, and both saw the worry on each other's faces.

"This is really..."

"Then, why don't you use it in the future?"

The curly-haired girl stretched out her hand, tugged at his sleeve, and whispered.

Yan Jingxing was taken aback for a moment.

Now Chunzao has forgotten the words that "as long as Jing Xing is by our side, no matter where we go, we will be safe", she raised her face, and watched with a gaze that concealed cautious emotions. Own.

The little girl still can't forget the alien adventure a few weeks ago.Because chasing information and traces of aliens is the driving force of her life, since her parents disappeared, finding the truth has become what she has been doing.

But even so, for Ji Chunzao now, there is already something more important than all the above in this world——

"You don't have to worry."

Seeing the delicate atmosphere, it was Yan Jingxing who laughed first.

"The accumulation of heat is also a process. As long as you end the fusion before this, or find a way to release the heat, it is nothing more than a time limit for the battle."

"Let's think about the good! The ability of the body has been developed in more than one kind. What I have now is all the special abilities accumulated by the hosts of the past generations. They are all sleeping in my body, waiting for me to discover."

"..."

Miss Xie just looked at him silently and didn't speak.

"Maybe there will be a very cool nirvana in it! By the way, we can also name these abilities one by one, anyway, they are all dead... Uh, this move is called the spiral gun for the time being, in my heart Already called it that."

Neither of the two girls had any intention of speaking, and he was the only one trying to liven up the atmosphere.In the end, Yan Jingxing could only sigh and said:

"Aren't you going to let me use it?"

"No, you misunderstood, Jing Xing. The body belongs to you, how to use it is up to you, no one can force you to make a decision."

"You really don't call it coercion... But if you keep looking at me like this, I still feel embarrassed."

"Ha ha."

Hearing this, Xie Yuzhi's originally tense expression suddenly relaxed, her brows that had been frowning all along relaxed, and a smile bloomed on her pretty face.

"In other words, you are easily influenced by us."

"It's not of course."

"Then, all I can answer you is one sentence."

The girl said softly.

"You never know what the future holds, and whatever you choose, I'll support you. So go ahead and do it."

"Me, me too!"

Before Yan Jingxing could react, Ji Chunzao next to him raised his hand.

"I think if the three of us have the same ideas, there is no need to worry about going the wrong way...Compared with possible threats in the future, it is better to think about the problems that actually exist now and need to be solved urgently."

"Eh? What do you mean?"

Yan Jingxing was taken aback for a moment.

"Of course I'm talking about your clothes after the transformation."

Miss Xie showed a narrow smile, and poked the muscles on his arm with the tip of her nails.

"When you were unconscious before, you were naked from top to bottom. This time I saw the process of your fusion with the body with my own eyes. I can be sure that every time the transformation ends, the clothes on your body will be burned. Get naked, right?"

"what……"

Yan Jingxing suddenly realized that he hadn't noticed this.

This...is really a problem.

(End of this chapter)