CH 6

"Oh, damn—"

Lin Xi's brows were tightly furrowed.

He grabbed the jumpsuit and inspected the glove area carefully, he quickly discovered the problem.

This smelly one-piece sealing suit should've completely isolated him from the outside world, but now, there was an obvious tear at the fingertips and palm.

Well, damn this light mecha, damn this old antique, considering that the sealing suit matched with the light mecha was probably older than Lin Xi himself, it didn't seem unlikely to have a crack in the part with the most stimulation, the problem with the gloves weren't a strange thing.

In addition to a whole day's work, Lin Xi did a lot of heavy physical labor in the dark warehouse area. Perhaps when carrying certain things, the aging outer membrane ruptured. However, he was sweating a lot and didn't find anything wrong. And those strange liquids seemed to have seeped into the interior through this gap.

At this moment, Lin Xi didn't even know who to curse

"God, I promised Bryce before that I was fine..."

He whispered painfully.

It's imperative to determine the composition of those liquids.

The liquid sticking to Lin Xi's hand looked thinner than glue, but very viscous. It looked like an ordinary translucent milky white, but if you looked closely, you could see some opal-like, semi-white on the surface of the liquid, and faint refraction.

From this point of view of texture, Lin Xi doubted that the mucus was the ground milk that the people of Earth dreamed of.

He could even identify the source of this ground milk, that strange fossil sculpture.

Lin Xi squeezed the thing a lot while stuffing it into the container.

However, everyone knows that the ground milk of the Sunu people smells like a thing from hell. The weird stench could even make the weak faint directly. Even with the stink, this thing became a priceless "elixir" that people on Earth accepted. Even the spaceship used to transport ground milk had to be specially customized, otherwise the terrible smell would've been enough to make the crew file a work-related injury claim with the Union...

But the mucus on Lin Xi's hand smelled different from the rumors. It smelled the opposite.

It actually smells good... rich, sweet, sensual, almost like diluted masculine cologne.

Although the smell was quite weak, Lin Xi felt that if there was a perfume of the same smell, he would buy it.

There's a very high-end component analyzer in Bryce's medical room, but Lin Xi dared not provoke his overly worried brother now.

Fortunately, Lin Xi, as the only botanist on board, also has an analyzer in his room— its main purpose is to analyze the fertilizer liquid used to fertilize plants. Functionally, even though it's very basic, it's more than to determine the ingredients of the weird slime.

Lin Xi scraped the mucus off his hands and stuffed it into the analyzer.

He originally planned to stay in front of the analyzer and wait until the print came out, but he just stood there for a while, and then couldn't stand anymore.

Maybe it was an illusion or maybe he's allergic to this old seal suit that's been worn why who knows how many.

He felt like his skin was itchy, as if there were invisible bugs crawling on his back.

When the hot water came down on his body under the beautiful artificial gravity, Lin Xi let out a long sigh of relief. Ever since he had been forcibly dragged from the sleeping cabin by Bryce, stupid fucking things have come one after another. Even though Lin Xi had never been the delicate type, he still felt physically and mentally exhausted.

However, with the impact of the water, the accumulated pressure also seemed to be slowly washed away.

That fragrant smell that made Lin Xi feel good before became much stronger in the completely enclosed space, like it could almost turn into substance and permeate his hair and skin.

But the smell wasn't annoying. On the contrary, the pleasant aroma combined with the hot water made Lin Xi feel very comfortable.

Without further investigating it, Lin Xi's consciousness became relaxed and slack, his body was a little heavy and limp, and he felt like he was sinking.

This feeling's a bit like being tipsy, and also something like the half-dream and half-awake chaos in the transition between some beautiful dreams.

Lin Xi yawned. He felt very sleepy, so sleepy that he didn't even have the energy to take care of the gaze behind him.

However, there was really no way for him to safely ignore that sticky sight.

What a stare that was.

Burning, scalding, focused, without a shred of reason, just a burning desire.

That sight was almost like an unusually sharp and thick weapon directly piercing his flesh, bones, and organs—

And then, there was that strange rustling sound.

Or is it a rubbing sound? Something like high-frequency hissing.

Hiss...

Hiss... Hiss...

"Who?!"

Lin Xi suddenly came to his senses. With a loud roar, he suddenly pressed the button to stop the water, then turned around and stuck himself to the corner of the bathroom.

In this position, he doesn't need to take care of his back and sides, only needing to be alert about his front.

In that short moment just now, he almost lost consciousness.

But he couldn't ignore that horrible peeping sensation.

Lin Xi glanced at his arm, which was already covered with goose bumps.

However, no one was in his room.

There were no unnecessary, strange movements.

Lin Xi listened carefully to everything around him.

The analyzer was still working, making a buzzing sound, and the exhaust system of the spaceship was as noisy as ever, but Lin Xi had long been used to the sound almost similar to white noise.

"Tick, tick... tick, tick..."

All that remained was the sound of water dripping from his still wet body.

Of course, there's also the sound of his heavy breathing.

Lin Xi kept that posture, being on guard for a while, but no matter how he observed, everything was so normal.

Strictly speaking, the strangest person in the room at this time was probably the suspicious Lin Xi himself.

Lin Xi didn't know how long it took to calm himself down.

Maybe it was the pressure or the so-called sequelae of the failed transition, or when you arrive on a new planet. The changes in air pressure and gravity could easily lead to subtle hallucinations and heightened anxiety.

Lin Xi listed all the possibilities in his heart, and then found the reason why he felt so restless at this moment.

He finished his shower curtly and left the bathroom.

... The moment he returned to the room, he saw a particularly pale man was standing in the corner and staring at him.

The man was so white he looked almost transparent, only his eyes were a deep dark blue, like the sky at the moment when night fell. He was so handsome it felt was almost evil, but his expression was as soft as the breeze blowing through the buds in spring, not even a single dewdrop could be taken away.

Lin Xi almost cried out, the moment he saw the man's face, he couldn't move an inch.

"Lin Xi..."

The man smiled and spoke.

Lin Xi rushed over in strides and then quickly turned off the projector on the table. With the dimming of the power switch on the small cube, the man disappeared from the air in an instant.

Yes, that man was just a projection.

And the old files in the projector should've been obediently staying in the depths of his bookshelf, but probably because of the bumps during the forced landing, it fell from the bookshelf, and then somehow the switch was suddenly triggered and turned on.

Lin Xi stood at the place where the man disappeared and panted for a long time before calming down, he then then rubbed his temple dejectedly.

His heart was still pounding uncontrollably, seeing that person's face again in such a sudden situation, even if it's just a projection, Lin Xi's emotions became extremely agitated.

...

"Well, Mom's right, I should've packed all my luggage before lying down in the sleeping cabin."

He said dryly.

However, no one knew whether he was speaking to himself, or to someone who's no longer by his side since a long time ago.

This little episode made Lin Xi's already bad enough mood even worse, but he had to say isn't without benefits, at least... the sense of panic and being spied on that bothered Lin Xi just now, disappeared after the fright.

Lin Xi opened the first aid box and gnawed on a gel stick with a calming effect that he'd hidden before, then he really returned to normal.

Bryce would probably nag him on and on if he knew about it, but who cares.

Not long after, the analyzer, which had been working diligently for a while, beeped at the end of the program.

Lin Xi grabbed a bath towel and wiped his hair, he then randomly turned on the electronic screen to check the results.

"Wow, it's really this thing. The girls back on the Earth would be so jealous if they know that I wiped my hands with its stock solution..."

It shouldn't be an accident—

From a composition point of view, the sticky liquid stuck to Lin Xi's hand was indeed ground milk.

Although he didn't know why the thing in Lin Xi's hand smells like this (maybe it's just related to the freshness?), but since he can be sure that it's not something like mucus secreted by a deadly creature, Lin Xi quickly forgot about it.

It's just that before Lin Xi even realized it, he had subconsciously put the hand that was soaked in milk under his nose, breathing deeply.

The scent of ground milk was very mild.

Very light.

Under the cover of the shower gel, the smell should've been so weak that humans couldn't detect it at all.

But Lin Xi felt that the smell was indeed very pleasant.

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