Chapter 28: The Great Explosion of Life
  “Ah-ah–”
  On that day, the east gate of Dongcheng broked and alien species like locusts crossed the border, frantically searching and trampling on human beings.
  A group of blue wolves have also come here. They have evolved into one of the most advanced predators, their hunting methods are more cunning than any other creatures.
  It was on that day when he saw Gu Cheng killed in the mouth of a wolf with his own eyes.
  “I’m going to kill you.”
  “It’s you who left me with nothing.”
  “It’s all of you, it’s all of you aliens, I’m going to kill you!”
  A desperate voice resounded at the east gate of Dongcheng, killing each other. Entangled, almost trying to break through the shackles of memory.
  Lin Xi didn’t tell Gu Yang the truth. That night, he encountered that long, painful dream again.
  In the dream, he stopped the wolves and aliens at the east gate of Dongcheng.
  “I will kill you.”
  He heard the voice of himself determined to die.
  Holding his usual knife, he rushed up quickly, wanting to cut off the head of the wolf that ate Gu Cheng’s body.
  Suddenly, there were several wolves’ companions.
  They grabbed his shoulders in one bite and dragged him aside.
  The blade of the machete deviated from the track, pierced the wolf’s eyeball, and drew a long line of blood around the wolf’s eye.
  In the scuffle of nightmares, his hearing gradually blurred but the unforgettable preaching lingered in his ears.
  “Life is a long process of evolution. It is constantly mutated, inherited, and then developed into our current colorful and diverse ecosystem.”
  “Species can change and organisms can evolve. The reason why life grows macroscopically is inseparable from the survival of organisms themselves. It is also inseparable from the various bizarre environmental changes endowed by the Creator to nature.â€
  “500 million years ago, the Cambrian explosion of life, multicellular organisms suddenly appeared; 490 million years ago, the Ordovician volcanic movement, vertebrates began to be born”
  “202 million years ago, Triassic organisms differentiation, the rise of reptiles on the ground;
  “20 million years ago, the Neogene glacial activity, mammals entered the stage of history…
  “300 years ago, the planetary impact in the last century, the indigenous microorganisms on the planet caused the earth to change again and biology began the fusion with these microorganisms and gave birth to what we call a new type of heteroblastoid organisms – Xenogeneic species.”
  “Xenogeneic species is the symbol of this era, it can change the form of organisms, let organisms integrate and evolve with each other and cross the original biological class. This is an explosion of life comparable to the Cambrian and it may add a splendid touch to the future history of earth evolution but it is fatal to us humans.”
  “In the early centuries of the last century, it was impossible to integrate with archaea. We are once again standing at the node of evolution and extinction, just like the mass extinction of the Devonian, the dinosaurs of the Cretaceous, the mammoths of the Ice Age, the human civilization has reached the key to life and death.”
  “Nature will eliminate us, archaea will exterminate us, human evolution can only rely on our own will to survive, to explore the way to spread fire.”
  Under the white light of the laboratory, Lang’s voice washed him over and over again and Lin Xi heard his own tender inquiry.
  “Doctor, if humans can’t evolve, then what am I?”
  He couldn’t hear the answer and no one told him the answer.
  All he saw was a world full of whales.
  A world that makes him want to die.
  Under the ruins of the city wall, he stood up against the broken wall.
  “I’m going to kill you.”
  He dragged the head of the alpha wolf with countless vine branches growing on his body and face and slowly repairing the missing parts.
  He was breathing exhaustedly, looking at the wolves in front of him who were afraid of patrolling and also saw the darkness in front of him.
  “Lin Xi, Lin Xi.” In the despair of the dream, a familiar voice came again.
  Someone was calling from his side, as if a hand stretched out from the sky and grabbed his body that was stuck in the mud.
  Lin Xi opened his eyes in shock and escaped from the dream.
  He abruptly sat up from the bed, took a few sharp breaths and stared blankly around.
  His sight adjusted to the darkness, he saw the small but uncluttered room arrangement next to him.
  He is in Dongcheng but not at the city gate like in the dream.
  There is someone around him, he is not alone like in the dream.
  This time, it was Mu Yechen who was with him.
  The commander noticed that he had woken up, took out the lighter from his side and lit the grease lamp beside the bed.
  The light was on and Mu Yechen’s expression was reflected by the light of the oil lamp. In contrast, Lin Xi’s cheeks and neck were covered in cold sweat, looking pale and weak.
  “Have a nightmare?” Mu Yechen pulled out a veil next to him.
  Lin Xi was stunned for a moment and his scattered eyes focused a little.
  When Mu Yechen’s handkerchief approached, he still chose to turn his head to avoid it without saying a word.
  “Why are you here?” he asked in a low voice, a little hoarse.
  “I always feel uneasy when you go back alone.” Mu Yechen said.
  He said, paused, and added: “When I came here, I made sure that no one was here and would not be found by the laboratory.”
  “…” Lin Xi’s face was stiff and pursed his lips.
  Mu Yechen saw him bow his head, clutching the quilt in his hands, as if he was holding on to something in front of his abdomen.Â
  “Does your stomach still hurt?”
  “No.”
  “Listen to Gu Yang, you came back very late today.”
  “Something happened on the way.”
  “Are you ok?”
  Lin Xi was stunned and wanted to mention it but when the words came to his mouth, he still didn’t say anything.
  Mu Yechen didn’t insist, he sat next to Lin Xi and his eyes fell on Lin Xi’s abdomen.
  “In that day, you said you wanted to leave a descendant for yourself.” Mu Yechen thought about it and said, “I thought about it carefully… Maybe we think the same thing.”
  Lin Xi was stunned and raised his head to look at Mu Ye Chen.
  Mu Yechen laughed and pointed to Lin Xi’s stomach.
  “It’s not just your descendants here. When he is born, he has to call me father.”
  Under the warm light, Mu Yechen softened his edges and corners.
  “He shouldn’t be bound by the laboratory like you. I remember a safe place where there are no archaea, no Xenogeneic species. When you feel better, I will take you there.” He repeated, as if afraid to reach Lin Xi called the title again and added it.
  “This is not the idea of ​​a ‘savior’. In my eyes, you are you, not an executioner, not an experimental subject, not someone from the other side or a mutant, you are the one called ‘Lin Xi’.”
  Lin Xi.
  Lin Xi who must be very precious in memory.
  The dim light, the soft tone, and the familiar words, like bewitching the life in the future, shed another light that has not been seen for a long time in the dark world.
  Lin Xi was dumbfounded, his eyelashes trembled and suddenly two lines of tears came down.
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Edited: 7/21/22
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