This Game is Too Real

  ・・・Xiaoyu?

   The warehouse on the B3 floor of the Refuge, looking at Xiao Yu, whose volume had expanded more than a circle in front of her, Luo Yu was stunned on the spot.

what's going on? ! "Boiled!"

   Seeing Luo Yu appearing at the door, Xiao Yu called out excitedly. Although his voice was still weak, Chu Guang could clearly feel that the little guy had regained some energy.

   "It was said that you should not learn that strange cry... What is your situation?"

  Luoyu walked forward, ignoring the tentacles floating beside her, and reached out to touch Xiaoyu's smooth and delicate head.

  It's so hot!

   This guy's body temperature is as low as sixty or seventy degrees.

   "Yiu..." Xiaoyu let out a weak cry, and her pitiful appearance made people feel distressed.

  Chu Guang looked at Heya.

   "Tell him about the situation."

  Heya nodded, looked at Luo Yu who looked anxious, and repeated to him what he had just said to Chu Guang.

   Especially about those two options.

  "・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・

   And after success, there is a high probability that you will lose your current memory. The latter has the risk of being swallowed in turn, but if the evolution is successful, the results will be relatively controlled, and there is a high probability that it can retain its current self. "

   After listening to Heya's narration, Luo Yu fell into silence and said after a while.

  "...Does it have to evolve?"

   he suddenly felt.

   Actually, it doesn't have to be that strong.

   For him, Xiaoyu has become his partner, and even saved him on the battlefield before.

  If the price of becoming stronger is to sacrifice those irreplaceable memories, he would rather it be as stupid as the past.

   Looking at Luo Yu, Heya nodded seriously.

   "Yes, just like human birth, old age, sickness and death, this is something that must happen in its life cycle... Even if you leave it alone, it will eventually come to that point."

  Luo Yu lowered his head slightly in remorse.

   "Is it because I took it to hunt xenomorphs and fruiting bodies?" "Yes, and no."

  Luoyu raised his head in confusion. "What do you mean?" Hea said.

"The Mutant slime mold...is a very special kind of creature, and your little feather is the most special kind of it. It does not rely on spores to transmit information, but uses vocal cords to communicate like humans. The genetic material is only a small part of its evolutionary path, more... I think it could be memory."

"memory?"

"Well," Heya nodded, "the creature's habits, experience, knowledge, etc., together constitute its understanding of evolution and the next stage of self. When these memories are accumulated to a certain extent, the memory from the depths of life Instinct tells it to be

  It's time...it will naturally go to the next stage of life. "

   "That's its mission."

  Luoyu was silent for a while, then looked up at Chu Guang, "I want to talk to it."

  Heya also looked at Chu Guang.

   "My suggestion is that it's better for its owner to communicate with it... But we'd better make a choice within an hour, I'm not sure how long it can maintain its self-awareness."…

  Chu Guang nodded and looked at Luo Yu.

   "You heard, you have an hour." Luo Yu nodded.

   "It won't take that long...Ten minutes, no, five minutes is enough."

  Chu Guang waved at the guards, then took Heya and his party out of the warehouse and came to the outside of the B3 floor.

   He thought it would be better for Xiaoyu and Luoyu to be alone for a while.

  Anyway, Xiaoqi can monitor every corner of the shelter, and even if an accident happens, he can control the situation immediately.

  While waiting, Heya looked at Chu Guang.

   "Is it okay to leave it to him to choose?"

   "No problem, I believe he has his own judgment." Chu Guang answered simply.

   There is no option for the best of both worlds in this world, not to mention that the problems with Xiao Yu are unprecedented on this planet.

  Since it is all gambling, it is better to leave it to the parties to make a decision.

The    Alliance has not been able to get to where it is today, and it was not entirely dependent on him to do the multiple-choice questions.

   One person and one mother exchanged for a while. The time was shorter than Chu Guang expected. After only three minutes, Luo Yu walked out of the room.

   "I've decided." Staring at Chu Guang intently, Luo Yu said in a serious tone, "The second one... Let it devour the mother nest on the B6 floor."

  Chu Guang looked at him and reminded him in a calm tone.

   "Have you figured it out? It's not easy for a baby who has just learned to walk to defeat an old monster who has lived for more than a hundred years, even if the guy is already very weak."

   "Hmm..." Luo Yu nodded and glanced at Xiao Yu who was behind him, "It's not just my idea... It's also its decision."

   Instead of losing all memories and turning into a new life, it is better to take a gamble and pass on the memory with a brand new body.

   As he said, this was not his decision alone.

   After listening to his confession, Xiao Yu took the initiative to choose option B... He also didn't want to give up those precious memories.

  Chu Guang nodded.

"I respect your choice."

  As Luo Yu made the final decision, the operation to transfer Xiao Yu to the B6 floor began soon, and it was still the same team as last time.

   A group of fully armed players, led by Lao Bai, took the elevator down to the B6 floor, and soon formed a queue outside the buffer workshop.

   "Team with me! Team B's fire cover!" "Target server room! Action!" "Ouch!"

   accompanied by a neat burst

   Ka Ka sound, one by one LD-47 rifles and LD-47j light machine guns were loaded, and the team of twenty people quickly rushed into the corridor.

   The dozen or so gnaws that were killed before have been recycled by the mother nest to re-synthesize new fruiting bodies.

   However, the general fruiting body is not the opponent of the players at all. In a burst of fire, it was quickly eliminated by three and five.

   Under the leadership of Lao Bai, the top players of the Burning Corps quickly reached the door of the server room and controlled the entrance.

  There is no reactor on the B6 floor.

  The mother nest is hosted on the server of the biological laboratory, and each tentacle replaces the wiring and cooling pipes connected to the chassis.

   "Give me the inhibitor."…

   "Ooke." Quit smoking took out a can-sized metal tube from his backpack, and threw it to the old white who was wearing power armor and opened the way in front.

   caught the metal round tube, Lao Bai skillfully pulled out the fuse, and threw it inside the moment he opened the movable door of the computer room.

The moment the metal round tube touched the creeping creep, it was quickly swallowed up by the creep indiscriminately, but it didn't take long for the hive to realize that it had eaten dirty things that shouldn't have been eaten, and it was like an electric shock. Like a tremor, he spit it out reflexively.

   But it's too late.

  A white mist was sprayed from the metal tube, and the moment the mist came into contact with the mother nest, the mother nest became sluggish at a speed visible to the naked eye.

   This concentrated biopheromone is like anesthesia for S. mutans.

   However, the mother nest is different from the general fruiting body after all, and the anesthesia time may not last long.

   tapped his index finger on the helmet, Lao Bai said calmly. "The mother nest has been controlled...Luoyu, how are you doing?" "...I just got off the elevator and will be there soon."

   "Okay, better hurry up."

The sound of the elevator door came from the    communication channel. I don't know if it was his delusion.

   At the moment Xiaoyu arrived on the B6 floor, Lao Bai could clearly feel that the mother nest in front of him seemed to become more violent. {

soon.

   Xiaoyu, who occupied half of the corridor, appeared in everyone's sight, and the tentacles flying behind its head were like pythons.

   Looking at that guy, Ye Shi couldn't help but whispered. "I gio... this guy looks more and more like a tentacle monster."

   There was no Ye Shi's complaints, Luo Yu's attention at the moment was completely focused on the mother nest in the computer room.

   Judging from the size, it is obvious that Xiaoyu is much weaker than it.

  Luoyu couldn't help but have a hint of worry in his eyes, but at this moment, a tentacle landed on his shoulder.

   "Yum."

   stunned for a moment, Luo Yu looked at Xiao Yu who was watching him.

   "You meant to say...let me not worry, right?"

   "Yeah!"

   Xiaoyu nodded.

The    abstract outline could not tell its expression at the moment, but Luo Yu could feel the unshakable confidence in its heart.

  Do not want to live up to

   That courage, he took a deep breath, his face also showed a serious expression.

"come on!"

  Oba nodded happily. "Boiled!"

The    voice fell, and the creep on the floor squirmed forward, dragging the body that had swelled more than once and moved forward.

  Devouring the brood that has completed its transformation before entering the dormant period is the only way for it to retain self-consciousness in the process of transitioning to the next stage of life.

   Each tentacle shot into the open door like lightning, and got into the sea of ​​slime molds rolling like waves.

The process of    intrusion was smooth.

   Just when Xiao Yu felt that he was slowly devouring the huge collection of consciousness, the majestic information suddenly rushed like an ocean wave.

   "Yi Wu Yi"

  A trace of pain appeared in the abstract facial features, and the tentacles that penetrated into the door shook violently like an electric shock. …

   Luo Yu, who was watching from the side, felt her heart tighten for a moment, and her heart raised in her throat.

The connection on the    bloodline allows him to feel its pain at the moment, but apart from watching it suffer, he can't help at all.

  The players standing aside were also sweating for it.

  This small body wants to swallow such a big mother nest, just looking at it can feel how difficult it is.

  Yeju and Gu Feng exchanged glances. "Can this guy do it?" "...I don't know."

   Gu Feng blankly looked at Xiao Yu who was struggling. No one can help with this sort of thing.

   on its own.

   Not long after, the trembling tentacles seemed to stabilize, and Xiaoyu's expression was no longer distorted, but approached a gentle state.

The fierce competition for    has come to an end temporarily.

  The two sides couldn't help each other, and the instinct of the creatures made them choose a temporary truce, and thus started a negotiation.

   Xiaoyu can feel that he has established a deeper connection with the mother nest in front of him.

   An invisible bond is being maintained between them, and it hears the call from the depths of the sea of ​​​​consciousness.

  The intermittent voice came from the depths of the sea of ​​​​knowledge.

   "Kill all...eat...give me your body...I'm going to continue the unfinished mission..."

   "Mission? What is that?"

   "Devouring, evolving, above all life, dominating the entire planet

  To make the universe...that's our mission. "

"Not to."

"why??"

   "Because...they're important too."

   The boundless darkness was silent for a long time.

   I don't know how long it took, the hoarse voice brought a hint of fatigue

   For more than two centuries, it does get tired too.

   "Looks like you found another way... Then try it." "Are you going to give it to me?"

"Yes."

   Another long silence followed.

   After an unknown amount of time, the rotten voice drifted away in the boundless darkness.

   "Anyway...it's the same."

The   brood didn't explain the meaning of the sentence, it let go of its grip on control and gave up everything of its own.

   At first, Xiao Yu suspected that this was a trap.

  It was not until it took over the body completely that it realized that the collective consciousness that had spoken to it had completely disappeared from this world.

  Like never before..."Im..."

   It suddenly felt a little lonely.

   Just now, it can kill a similar kind.

   That guy could be a predecessor, or ancestor, older than his father and mother.

   But it doesn't regret it.

  There are too many things in this world that it cannot give up, whether it is those interesting people, delicious candy, and nice voice.

  2 That is something it can never have on its own.

   So why kill them all? Why can't we be together?

   Rather than being the master over all life, it wants to accompany that person... and those people's side.

   There are those funny guys. it will never be lonely...

   Luo Yu stared straight at the computer room in front of her. …

   Just a few minutes ago, Xiao Yu walked in, and immediately merged with the slime mold that was boiling like an ocean wave.

   And then there is no then.

   He didn't even know who had won.

   But the feeling in the dark told him that Xiaoyu was still alive, and the bond between the bloodlines was not cut off.

   It's hard to describe this intuition. This is so mysterious.

   "It's over?" Staring at the mother's nest behind the door, Ye Shi blinked his eyes in confusion, his expression completely bewildered.

   "It looks like it's over." Gu Feng glanced at Luo Yu, who was standing there motionless, and asked, "Do you have any clues?"

  Luoyu shook his head.

   "I'm not too sure... I can feel it's alive, but it doesn't seem to hear what I'm saying."

   "Maybe it's entering a dormant period."

   Lao Bai patted the brother on the shoulder and comforted, "Maybe it is still adapting to its new body, give it some time."

"Um···"

  Luoyu nodded silently.

  Old Bai glanced at the mission completion sign on the V, then looked back at his teammates and waved.

   "Task completed, close the team!"

   After listening to the boss saying that the mission was over, the brothers breathed a sigh of relief, put away their weapons, and shouted a few words in a lively atmosphere.

   "Ow!" "Get off work!"

   "Damn, it's all ordered!" "Damn it! It's time to get up and work."

   "Still at work?! Didn't you earn enough from the last auction?"

  "You don't understand, this is to keep from being too far away from society.

  ・・・Stop beeping, brother, go ahead, see you on the forum! "

at the same time.

  B4 floor browsing room.

  Chu Guang, Heya, and Yin Fang who was called to join in the fun, the three witnessed the entire process of the operation through surveillance.

   "So is it a success or a failure?" Holding a cup of coffee in his hand, Yin Fang blew lightly and asked casually.

   Creatures are not his area of ​​expertise.

   Compared with the mutant slime mold, he is more concerned about the relics left by the pre-war civilization, which are really valuable things.

   Heya's voice said happily.

   "I can't be sure yet, but my gut tells me that it should be a success.

  According to various indicators, the life activity of the mother nest has weakened. If Xiaoyu was swallowed by the mother nest, the life activity of the mother nest should be enhanced.

   Of course, the most important thing is Luo Yu's reaction.

  Xiaoyu is the parent body formed on the basis of his clone.

  Although there is no reliable theory to explain this phenomenon, according to various experimental evidences, there is a special bond between them.

   Looking at the proud Heya, a trace of envy appeared in Yin Fang's eyes. "Speaking of which, the B6 floor is a biological laboratory, right?"

   "That's right, after Xiao Yu has completely assimilated the brood, the laboratory on the B6 floor can be put into use again."

  Hea had a happy expression on his face, and then added another sentence.

   "Chu Guang has already promised to give it to me, so I don't need to do research in that small room on the B3 floor."

   "That's great... Counting the biological laboratory branch of Vault 79, you have two research facilities."…

   "Hmm." Heya was in a good mood, and the corners of his mouth cocked slightly proudly.

   Seeing Yin Fang staring straight at him, Chu Guang coughed softly.

   "It's useless for you to look at me... It's not up to me to decide."

   Of course he also wanted to unlock all the floors of the sanctuary, and his intuition told him that the "answer" he wanted was hidden on a certain floor of the sanctuary.

   But this kind of thing is useless.

   All he can do is do what he is doing.

"Okay, I know it's useless to urge you... By the way, there is something I want to ask you," Yin Fang looked at Chu Guang and continued to ask curiously, "This time you have met someone from the academy. ?"

   "Well," Chu Guang nodded, "I saw two Class Bs." Yin Fang asked immediately.

   "Who?" Chu Guang thought about it and said.

   "The one who negotiated the ceasefire agreement with us was Li Ke, and the one who later explored Vault 0 was called Yang Kai... But he didn't come out of the long shuttle-shaped aircraft the whole time."

   "Those two." Yin Fang's eyes seemed to fall into memory. Chu Guang raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.

"you recognize?"

   "How can I? I'm a D-class, how can I know such a big man," Yin Fang shook his head with a smile, paused for a moment and continued, "But those two, I'm learning

When I was in the hospital, I often heard their names...especially that Yang Kai. "

"Oh?"

   "His research direction is the mutant slime mold, so he's not an expert in relics...hh, that's weird." Yin Fang scratched the back of his head suddenly.

"strangeness?"

  "Hmm..." Yin Fang nodded, looking at Chu Guang, who frowned, and continued, "I remember what you told me, before you went down, you probably didn't know there were slime molds there, right?"

(Thanks to the leader of "natural disasters and man-made disasters" for the reward! Last night, I didn't know if it was food poisoning or typhoid fever. After eating, I felt feverish and cold again, and then had a headache. , I woke up in the morning with sore joints... A few days ago it was 8K, today it's 5K words, I have to lie down for a while, I'm really sorry.)