Chapter 12
After leaving the state orphanage, Si Chen’s mood calmed down a lot.
When he said “let go”, he meant wasn’t going to visit Thirteen again in the future and would stop subsidizing the state orphanage.
The law designated twenty-five as the legal age of majority so that many of the wealthy families’ giant babies could get immunity from crime, but state support lasted only until one was sixteen years old.
Si Chen didn’t care where Thirteen would end up without his funding.
He’d been adopted at the age of 4 and returned to the orphanage at the age of 9. At the age of 12, he encountered his first High Dimensional invasion.
He did remember being possessed by a High Dimensional creature. But when that thing entered his body, it was like a drop of water melting into the sea.
That memory was hazy, like he’d lived through a dream. He remembered the warmth of his blood, the strength gushing out of his body and those cries of regret.
Only he and Thirteen survived. His internal organs had been severely damaged; he was seriously injured and fell iton unconsciousness. While Thirteen was even more seriously injured than he was.
Si Chen didn’t know where the High Dimensional creature ended up going.
Fortunately, Thirteen had lost his ability to speak. Moreover, the reason why Thirteen was able to stay in the state orphanage was because he was tagged as “mentally ill” on his file.
No one would take the words of a lunatic seriously.
The next day, Si Chen took the long-distance bus home. The bus was heavily armored and heavily armed.
The weapons were there to deal with evolutionary species in the wild. But most of the time, it ended up as a deterrent for highway robbers.
From Zhuangshan to Jiangchuan, the journey would take a total of 27 hours.
Si Chen bought several nutritional supplements and carried them with him.
He tried all sorts of foods but no matter what he ate, the Eternal Life Abyss still complained of hunger. That being the case, it was better to just take nutritional supplements which were convenient and cheap.
There are 36 Safe Zones in the world. Only residents of the Safe Zones are eligible to buy tickets to a Safe Zone. Therefore, there weren’t many passengers in the bus.
Si Chen had chosen a seat in the corner, by the window. Seeing that there was no one around — front, back, left, or right — he was very satisfied.
But unexpectedly, just before the bus was set to depart, a man covered in sweat recklessly walked up with a suitcase and sat down opposite Si Chen.
The Eternal Life Abyss, who’d been quiet in Si Chen’s body for some time, suddenly said, “Mom, hungry, eat.”
The hunger he’d suppressed for so long, raged.
Si Chen caught a whiff of a special scent. It wasn’t the smell of blood. Rather, it was like roasted lamb chops. He could smell cooking meat.
The smell was coming from the luggage the young man was carrying.
Si Chen looked at the people around him calmly. Except for him, no one seemed to notice this abnormality.
He looked at the person in front of him. The young man had neatly trimmed short hair and he wore leather gloves on both hands. It looked like he had just been exercising vigorously, a fine layer of sweat covered his wheat-colored skin.
Probably noticing Si Chen’s scrutiny, the young man smiled at him. “Hello, my name is Cheng Yan. I rushed to catch up to the bus so I ran in a hurry. I know I must look ridiculous. May I know your name?”
“Si Chen.”
Cheng Yan looked at the copy of “Gene Editing and Splicing” he had in his hand and asked with a smile, “College student?”
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Si Chen had taken this book from the hospital, thinking he might be bored on the road.
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Cheng Yan let out a hearty laugh. “I’ve graduated a long time ago. My major was in new energy manufacturing.”
“What are you doing now?” Si Chen’s tone was very curious.
Cheng Yan frowned. “I’m just a corporate drone. I go around opening up business deals.”
He was obviously unwilling to talk about it.
But the smell wafting from his luggage was becoming stronger and stronger, to the point that it was making his stomach hurt.
Si Chen looked away and turned on his phone. He was too hungry to focus on his book.
He is checking the Evolved Association’s website for information related to the Eternal Life Abyss.
Most people’s descriptions of this species were “bloody”, “savage” and “likely to turn traitor”.
Si Chen thought of this thing in his body that constantly yelled out “Mom, hungry” day in and day out. Were they talking about the same species?
But the general consensus was that the Eternal Life Abyss was quite good; it was very powerful. In the Eighth Dimension universe, the adult Eternal Life Abyss was an overbearing overlord. The only problem was that owning one meant burning money. It took a lot of resources for it to continue evolving.
It is also said that as it grows, it becomes more difficult for the host to satisfy the Eternal Life Abyss’ stomach, so the Eternal Lie Abyss might end up eating its host to ensure its own nutrition.
Curious, Si Chen searched using keywords such as “Eternal Life Abyss”, “mind” and “communication”. But no relevant results could be found.
It seemed there was no precedent for a host-parasite communication.
Si Chen got up and went to the smoking room. No one was there.
He called out to the Eternal Life Abyss in his mind, but the Eternal Life Abyss didn’t answer.
So, Si Chen called out: “…Abyss? Little Abyss?”
Eternal Life Abyss: “Squeak?”
Si Chen had never called it in this way before, so the Eternal Life Abyss was a little confused.
It seemed that he and the Eternal Life Abyss weren’t telepathically linked. The Eternal Life Abyss wass able to hear using his own ears.
Si Chen looked at the mirror in the smoking room.
He only knew that the Eternal Life Abyss was parasitic in his body, but he didn’t know where it was.
“Can you come out?” Si Chen asked.
The second after he finished saying so, Si Chen felt a slight itch from his left eye.
Half of his prosthetic eye was being squeezed out. It seemed to be about to fall out of the eye socket.
There was no blood but because the scene in front of him was too weird, Si Chen shouted, “Stop.”
The Eternal Life Abyss obediently stopped wriggling.
Because of the parasitic relationship, it couldn’t be too far away from the host. Parasites cannot survive without their host. All nutrition for their bodies is provided by the host.
But the food it needed was obviously different from that of humans’.
So the Eternal Life Abyss really was hungry.
Its voice was even aggrieved, “Mom, hungry, hungry.”
It originally thought that Si Chen was asking it to come out to eat.
Si Chen pushed his eye back to its original position. “Do you know what’s in that luggage?”
“Food.”
Si Chen asked, “What kind of food?”
He didn’t even realize that he had already switched to using a tone as though he were coaxing a child.
This time, the Eternal Life Abyss thought for a long time.
“Bug. White, big bug.”
Si Chen returned to his seat. Cheng Yan had already closed his eyes and had begun to doze off.
He was breathing evenly, his gloved hands laying over his luggage. It appeared he had fallen into a deep sleep.
The Eternal Life Abyss would only respond to High Dimensional creatures. Obviously, Cheng Yan’s box contained a High Dimensional creature.
Si Chen originally wanted to contact Ji Chuyao. In his contacts list, Ji Chuyao was probably the only one who could come in handy.
Unfortunately, as soon as they reached the outskirts of town, his mobile phone had lost signal.
In this world, no one was willing to spend a lot of money to build signal base stations in between cities. The bus perhaps could use satellite signals to call for help.
Si Chen thought for a moment. He then wrote a message on a piece of paper: There is a High Dimensional creature in the luggage of the passenger opposite me.
Cheng Yan wasn’t at all wary of him. He didn’t even open his eyes.
Si Chen raised his hand and called over the attendant.
Because there weren’t many people and it was an ordinary passenger bus, there was only one attendant on duty.
The young and beautiful attendant came over with a smile on her face. As she passed by Cheng Yan, she pushed his arm hard.
“Sir, shall I get you a blanket?”
Si Chen observed the annoyed expression on Cheng Yan’s face and deduced one thing: the two knew each other.
For a moment, his heartbeat ran fast.
The bus attendant looked at him and asked, “May I help you?”
Si Chen put the note into his pocket. He then smiled, “Jiejie, I just want to ask if there’s hot water.”
The sky outside gradually darkened. In the outskirts, night was especially dangerous.
The bus was driving along the road but there are no lights on either side. Even if there were any road signs, it would be all too easy to get lost.
Inside the driver’s compartment, the driver lit a cigarette to refresh himself. He’s been driving this route for more than thirty years.
The driver was equipped with a robotic arm and whenever he went out, he always took a gun with him. But because it wasn’t an Evolutionary, he had no energy core.
His combat ability was useful to deter ordinary people but if he encounters an Evolutionary, it would be quite troublesome.
For some reason, the driver felt restless today.
The next second, there was a loud noise from the window.
A gigantic moth had hit the window.
Because the passenger bus was going too fast, the moth’s green blood smeared against the glass.
The driver turned on the water spray.
His tone was a little irritated. “Is this because of that Space Fold that just ended in Zhuangshan District two days ago? I heard it was an insect civilization. Recently, Zhuangshan District’s been teeming with bugs. We’re so far away from Zhuangshan already but there are still so many bugs. What the hell is the Safety Management Bureau doing?”
Within a Space Fold, the Blue Star’s native species may also evolve.
Because these species belong to the Fourth Dimension universe, after evolution, they won’t disappear with the end of the Space Fold.
Although these special creatures weren’t difficult to deal with, they were numerous. And they could create quite a bit of trouble. Moreover, after evolving, these species begin to display aggression towards humans.
At first it was one moth. But soon, many more appeared. It wasn’t only the driver’s compartment being attacked. The carriage where the passengers were was also being bombarded.
“What’s going on?!” There were sporadic exclamations in the carriage.
Cheng Yan also woke up from his doze. He looked at the moths that kept hitting the window and frowned deeply.
These moths were huge, each was as big as a palm. Si Chen turned his head and found that the moths were black as a whole with red spots on their wings. It had the sharp mouthparts that only carnivorous insects have.
The moth slammed into the carriage one after another, making extremely sharp and high-pitched cries.
Green juice trickled down the windows of the bus.
Some of the more timid passengers were already screaming. “What’s going on?! Why are there so many bugs!”
“Are the windows closed tightly! Where’s the attendant! Call the Safety Management Bureau for help!”
The pattern of these moths’ wings was very familiar. It was exactly the same as that of the mothman that Si Chen had seen in the Space Fold.
More and more moths gathered, hitting the windows harder and harder. Si Chen could even feel the windows’ violent vibrations.
If the bus hadn’t been equipped with bulletproof glass, the horde of moths would have already flooded in like a tide.
The driver’s broadcast resounded inside the carriage. “To all our passengers, please do not panic. The Zhuangshan District has recently experienced a High Dimensional invasion from an insect civilization and that is why the nearby insects have been greatly affected. The lights of the bus are attracting these mutated moths. All lights will be turned off in the carriage and travel will be suspended.”
Over the loudspeaker, the driver’s voice was still unfazed. “Our arrival will be delayed. We hope for your kind understanding. The bus will be sending a distress signal to the Safety Management Bureau…”
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the lights in the car went out.
The driver’s body froze instantly.
A knife was on his neck.
“Keep driving.” Someone said coldly.
! exciting
Probably stupid to be sitting ducks…keep moving! Hahahahaha! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
If they don’t keep driving, what are they gonna do? Wait for a bigger insect to prey on them??
Also, what’s with all these strangers just going around with “hello I’m X and you are?”. Don’t you know how suspicious that is!! Never heard of stranger danger?! I swear, for me the humans are much scarier than the high dimensional creatures.
Thank you for the chapter.
Yeah, it’s hard life of young mother
Thank you for your translation 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚