The Riddler Get Out of Terra

'A long time ago, there were many monsters in Ursus... Some of them were good at taking the lives of others to extend their own vitality, some were good at possessing people to kill, and some could drain the inside of the human body, leaving only a human body. Skin……

It is said that there is such a creature in the tundra night.

They will look for those who have been injured and use a strange kind of meat to treat the wounds. Even broken hands and feet can be healed. However, this is not a free gift...'

When Tallulah mentioned this legend, her expression was serious, her eyes were solemn, and her heroic face was filled with convincing honesty. She whispered the story to Alina late at night, making the little deer tremble with fear:

'The victim will be ecstatic at first, surprised by the recovery of his hands and feet, but this is actually an appearance. Under this layer of skin, there are masses of hyphae that are similar to flesh and blood.

They disguise themselves as the flesh and blood of their victims, seemingly without any

There are differences, but under the skin, these hyphae eat the flesh and blood of the host bit by bit!

They will even tear open the victim's brain and lay the fungus seeds inside - these fungus seeds will continue to grow and eventually eat the host's brain completely~

This is a short process, and often before the joy of the victims is over, they will be horrified to find that there seems to be another voice talking in the body, which is evidence that the hyphae have invaded the brain...'

'Then, one day on a winter night...'

'Wow! '

At that time, Tallulah let out a scream, and Alina was so frightened that she hid herself tightly in her slightly heaving chest, trembling with fear.

Then Tallulah would giggle and tease Alina that everything she said was false and she was just making it up.

But these things in front of me...

The fawn gingerly raised its small, crystal-clear right hand and stared at its white, seemingly transparent skin with trembling eyes. Under this thin layer of skin, light cyan blood vessels emerged.

But in Alina's eyes, which were blurry with tears at this moment, these veins and blood vessels were proof that hyphae had invaded the blood!

The deer put down its flexible arms in despair, and tears fell down tremblingly. Worry, fear, nausea, anxiety... The speculation that she had just emerged from the tiger's den and entered the wolf's den made Alina break her guard again, and she couldn't help but let out a whimper. of crying.

[Little girl, you... are not very capable, but your thoughts are beautiful. 】

“Oyster, oyster!!!”

The sudden voice in her head confirmed Alina's judgment. The deer let out a miserable scream, rolled his eyes and fainted.

"..."

Qiao Lun, who was inspecting the agricultural base, froze, and the crop leaves in his hand flew out:

Is this Miss Elafia that timid?

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When Alina woke up again, she was disheartened.

Tallulah would occasionally tell horror legends about Ursus that were true or false at night, scaring Alina so much that she would always run into her arms.

Occasionally, Xiaolu would wonder if Tallulah was lying. She didn't have to believe it - but on a cloudy and snowy day, Alina really saw Tallulah in the snow with four people wearing clothes. Dialogue with the guy in strange armor.

Xiao Lu just glanced over curiously, and two of them realized something was wrong. The black armor on the left immediately looked over.

His armor covered his face tightly, and Alina couldn't tell whether he was looking at it or not, but the horror that frightened Xiaolu was unmistakable. It was just a glance. At that time, Alina's legs He softened and froze beside the paper window with fear.

Tallulah told a legend that night about the "Black-armored Monster of Ursus."

Since then, Xiaolu has been suspicious of Tallulah's story...

So have I already been tricked?

Alina's right hand, which had regained movement, was about to cry without tears.

"Don't listen to her nonsense. They are not black-armored monsters at all - they are the internal guards of Emperor Ursus, the products of scientific experiments. They are not as scary as you think."

It's over, I started to hallucinate - my brain must have been replaced next, right?

The girl closed her eyes in despair, waiting for death to come again.

boom--!

"what!!!!"

Alina screamed, but this time it was not death. The little deer curled up and rolled around on the bed. With his left and right hands, he covered his painful forehead that looked like it was about to split. He couldn't help but start to well up from the corners of his eyes. Tears.

It wasn't until the pain subsided that Alina rolled back to where she was, looking at the culprit with tears in her eyes. She rubbed her forehead with her little hands, trying to further alleviate the severe pain.

When she saw the face of the visitor...

"Eh?! Tallulah?!"

The little deer screamed, not even bothering to rub the wound for a moment, and stared blankly at her best friend who was sitting by the bed and smiling helplessly at her, her eyes full of surprise:

"It turns out you saved me, Tallulah! That's great! I thought I would never see you again!"

The little deer couldn't help but get close to "Tallulah", wanting to bury all the fear and despair of these days in his heart through a hug.

However, her friend rejected her hug.

Tallulah glanced at her coldly, as if she had thought of something. She rolled her bright red eyes, and soon put a delicate little hand on her delicate chin, as if she was thinking about something.

!

Alina suddenly realized something was wrong:

Tallulah's eyes are obviously the same iron-grey color as her hair!

Why did her eyes become like this?

Alina looked over carefully again, and Xiaolu captured a lot of details that were completely different from her best friend:

Tallulah, who has been living in the rough, does not have such crystal clear skin, nor does she have such a wise and confident demeanor, and even her feminine power seems not as high as that of "Tallulah" who has not spoken until now...

Well, although it is a bit strange to compare a passionate best friend with the cold "Tallulah" in front of her, but at the first sight of Tallulah, Alina would think that she is a young warrior with ideals in mind, and she looks a bit naive.

But the "Tallulah" in front of her was the charming and charming pearl at the Ursus banquet, with bright and soft eyebrows. Even though she was sitting in a simple wooden house, wearing even simpler clothes than Tallulah, her face was still cold. Like a stranger, when she saw her for the first time, Alina couldn't help but think of how beautiful "Tallulah's" smile was.

and so……

[So I am not Tallulah at all, I just look somewhat similar. 】

The sound she heard when she woke up for the first time sounded in Alina's mind again.

The gray-haired beauty in front of her smiled at Alina.

Chapter 1: Be my substitute, Alina

Qiao Lun continued to write on the empty square table. He had to draw the water and electricity circuit diagrams of other bases. Many bases will start excavation next week.

The lights were shining in front of the window of this wooden house, making the night outside more and more intense. But in this darkness, there was always a warm light source. Under the light source, Tartarus, who was writing at his desk, was always there. exist.

This is the first thing many infected people see when they move around at night disguised as ordinary miners on the surface of the base.

The strange thing is that as long as this group of light exists, no one will be lost or confused. When they look at Tartarus working at his desk, it is like seeing hope itself.

There will always be infected people who secretly watch the Tata leader at work in the night, watching him dip his quill in ink under the light and carefully compose the picture.

The paper with the picture and text on it may be turned into a construction road map by the person in charge of another base tomorrow, or it may appear on the first page that determines the base's agricultural cultivation goals for the next week. Of course, it may also be an infection of personal enrichment. A severe punishment.

No matter what words Tartarus wrote, no matter what emotions he mixed in his words, when watching a leader working sleeplessly for the base under the night, there was always someone who secretly wanted to complete tomorrow's work quota.

But Tartarus would not agree, as he promised, he was willing to give the infected enough leave to live the life they wanted.

Tonight, Tartarus was as usual. He was scribbling with a quill, and a structural diagram of the base's hydropower construction marked in red and blue came from fantasy to reality bit by bit.

It's just that there are two people who can't sleep tonight. Behind the figure of Tartarus who stayed up late and worked overtime, Alina, who was lying in the dark shadow of him blocking the light, could not sleep with her eyes open. The little deer looked at Tartarus one after another, thinking in his mind Ri chewed over the two choices Tartarus had given him in the afternoon.

[You would have died in the snow, but I saved you, Alina. 】

[When I found you, all your internal organs were decayed, your limbs were completely lifeless, and even your brain didn’t have much vitality left. 】

[I gave you my blood - this is related to another secret, I can't tell you, but this blood does have the ability to save you, so you can lie on the bed and open your eyes now. 】

[But, Alina, the magic and miracles in this world are not free. For every unknown gift, fate will put a price on it. As the price of saving you, Alina, your thinking will be the same as I am connected, but I can sever my connection - in other words, your mind will be one-way transparent to me. 】

[At the same time, as the price for completely repairing your [-]% broken body, more than half of the flesh and blood in your body comes from me. This will certainly bring you strength, but it also means that I can use my will as long as I want. projected onto you. 】

[Your freedom, your thinking, your flesh and blood, all became mine with this sad disaster - I don't like to deceive others for no reason, so I told you everything about you. Encounters and costs. 】

[So, here comes the question, Alina, what is your choice?Should I decide to give up this resurrection and throw myself into the arms of death again, or should I put the future and destiny under my control? 】

[You have one night to think about it, I respect your choice. 】

Xiaolu felt very uncomfortable in her heart. She escaped from the shadow of death and entered another cage in an instant. But there was nothing in the world and she had no choice. Either give up life for freedom, or give up freedom for life.

The sound of Tartarus rubbing the pen tip against the paper stopped for a moment, and he quickly reached out and took out a small ink bottle. After opening it, Alina smelled the faint stench of industrial ink.

How diverse are the races on Terra?The racial abilities are even more varied. The days spent with her best friend Tallulah allowed Alina to clearly realize the huge physical gap between the red dragon and the fawn.

And now that she could ask about the smell of ink in the bottle, why didn't Tartarus care?

Qiao Lun did not frown. The body often provided him with a wealth of experience during the initial stage of awakening. To him, the odor was just a variant of smell. It was nothing more than the chemical formula of gas molecules recorded in his mind. What's more, what was in front of him was Drawings are much more important than a subtle flavor.

The trembling sound of the pen cutting across the paper soon continued, and the quill filled with ink continued its moving dance tonight. Compared with the useless words that the nobles carefully decorated and pretentious, every quill drawn by Tartarus now The lines all mean another enrichment of the base’s supplies.

No one would doubt Tartarus' ambitions, just as they had accepted Tartarus's statement that "infected people are indeed patients, and they must be treated separately from normal people until a cure is available."

This man is determined, talented, knowledgeable, and has a powerful personality. He will talk to every infected person as if he is their relative. He will handle every document as if nothing in this world can trouble him. .

The infected people living in the base will doubt his words when faced with Emperor Ursus, but in the face of

Tartarus, even though it's ridiculous, people's first thought will be "Is the leader a little tired?"

Although Tartarus is always sane.

The red dragon's pause affected Alina's thinking. She couldn't help but listen quietly to the very regular friction sound. After understanding the significance of the documents drawn by Tartarus, this quite regular sound It added a heavy meaning to Alina's ears.

[You and Tallulah will indeed meet, but not now - just like the Ursus myth she told you, the immortal black snake has its eyes on her body, and I also want to take a look at her Can you protect yourself from the erosion of the black snake? 】

[So, wait and hope. 】

The voice of Tartarus when he told her the big news that was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky sounded in her mind again. Alina tucked up her quilt to comfort her soul, which was repeatedly tortured by the cold wind blowing from the window and the cold facts.

What exactly should I do?

The newborn hands and feet were still so natural, as if they were completely Alina's own, but Xiaolu remembered clearly that not long ago, in order to demonstrate to her the power of this kind of control, Tartarus controlled a hand in front of her. Make the move with one foot.

If it were Tallulah, what would she do?

Xiaolu couldn't help but think of his friend, but he was soon distracted by this matter:

What would Tallulah think about her being gone for so long?Did she think she died in the ice and snow?Will you become disheartened?Can she still hold on to her ideals?

Alina's mood suddenly stabilized from worrying about gains and losses.

Chapter 1: Be my substitute, Alina

"Leave here to see Tallulah?" Qiao Lun glanced at Alina in surprise: "If this is your wish, please forgive me for not being able to do anything."

"May I ask why this is?"

Alina, who had already agreed to his conditions, asked with trembling lips.

She was under great psychological pressure. She had just made a deal to sell herself for the sake of her friends and future, but when she turned around she found that she couldn't even see her friends. No wonder she felt uneasy.

"Do you understand our situation?" Qiao Lun asked.

Alina nodded.

"Once Tallulah is possessed by the immortals native to Ursus, their situation will be the same as ours."

Qiao Lun used Alina's current situation to explain Tallulah's relationship with the strange rope very heart-wrenchingly. Alina's breath was suffocated, and her attention was attracted by Tallulah's experience:

"Immortal? How could Tallulah be targeted by such a person?"

"Immortals are how I classify them, but if you name them according to the impact that best describes them on ordinary people... you can also use another word to describe them."

"'god'."

"!"

Alina was so shocked that she covered her mouth - she really couldn't imagine what kind of creature could be called a god!

"To be more specific," Qiao Lun quickly explained: "In the legend of Ursus, the opponent is immortal and continues to live by constantly occupying other people's bodies. The forces in Ursus are intricately connected and can control the war situation."

?

Uh... can we only go here?

Alina is a little confused: With only this ability, can she be called a god?

Or is there something wrong with the introduction of Tartarus?

Tartarus, who could detect her thoughts, sighed: "This is not difficult to guess, Alina. When a being has an extremely long life and existed before Ursus overthrew the Hippogriff Empire, Feng knows a lot. He always has a way to control people's emotions towards him."

"The simplest example, cultivating an empire - as far as I know, Ursus in history successfully rebelled against Hippogriff. The Immortal played a very disgraceful role, but it also brought him sufficient investment. Profit - the senior officials of Ursus who are aware of his existence are naturally in the same camp as him."