Edited| The Humanoid Weapon Chapter 41

Chapter 41: Betrayal

    Gu Yang was stunned, he wanted to take Lin Xi to leave but the other party had already turned around and returned to the way they came from, slowly with a cane.

    The back was hunched but he was absolutely firm.

    Gu Yang suddenly had an unknown premonition in his heart, making him feel that if Lin Xi was allowed to leave at this time, they might never have the chance to meet again from now on.

    But Lin Xi was the executioner, and he couldn’t beat him either.

    “Xiaobai!” He hurriedly shouted behind Lin Xi, “You must come out, I’ll wait for you outside!”

    Lin Xi turned back and smiled softly.

    This smile is like a white plum blossoming on dead branches in the middle of winter.

    “He is also waiting for you to come back!” Gu Yang shouted again.

    Lin Xi nodded, his figure moved forward firmly and finally disappeared at the corner of the vent.

    Gu Yang watched Lin Xi leave, then calmed himself down and jumped from the vent.

    At this time, the snow had thickly annihilated his knees. He walked with difficulty step by step until he walked for nearly a mile and finally saw several camps standing in the white world.

    There were people moving around in the barracks.

    Gu Yang stared at the patrolling soldiers and finally found a familiar figure.

    “Brother Cang!” he shouted in a trembling voice.

    “Xiaoyang?” Luo Xiaowei and Cang Jie greeted them from the tent in surprise. When the latter saw Gu Yang, he was so excited that he hurriedly stepped forward and gave the soldier a bear hug.

    But the gun and live ammunition armed with him made Gu Yang feel pain.

    “Brother Cang, Brother Xiaowei, where are you going to fight again?” he asked hurriedly.

    According to normal times, the advance army is only so prepared when the aliens are fighting.

    But this time is different.

    “We plan to go to the laboratory to save you and Xiaobai.”

    “Ah! Are you going to invade the laboratory?”

    “No, this is not a critical matter, it was our veterans who took the initiative to come here. “

    “Ah… Did something happen to the head? Why didn’t he let the advance troops move with him?” Gu Yang was stunned and asked dumbly.

    Luo Xiaowei and Cang Jie looked at each other, they both looked at the dim sky in unison.

    The snow in the sky is still in the air. It hasn’t stopped since the east city was invaded that day, leaving the whole other side lying quietly surrounded by white.

    Luo Xiaowei patted Gu Yang’s shoulder with his hand.

    “Fool, do you know what it means to attack the laboratory?”

    Gu Yang didn’t understand, he just looked at Luo Xiaowei in confusion.

    Luo Xiaowei sighed and suddenly pointed to the towering experimental tower ahead.

    “It’s a sign of the other side.” he said.

    The laboratory is the navigation mark for human beings to survive in the apocalypse. It has successfully created the second generation of mutants, leading the other side to walk out a path that can coexist between archaea and Xenogeneic species, so that human beings can survive in this apocalypse for a while.

    “If we raise troops against the laboratory, we will be the resistance army like ten years ago…even worse than the resistance army at that time.” After all, at that time, no one knew whether the laboratory was right or wrong.

    And now, the successful development of the second generation of mutants has established the status of the human evolution laboratory.

    “Whoever dares to rebel against the lab is traitor.”

    “That’s why the commander won’t let us do it.”

    They’re not East City marchers for profit, or administrators with their own schemes, they are the vanguard to protect human beings. They fight against Xenomorphs for human beings but they must not fight against the same kind when human beings are at their lowest point.

    If they betrayed, Mu Yechen would no longer be the savior.

    The soldiers he led will become the sinners of human history.

    There was a long silence in the barracks, snowflakes fell on the people present.

    “I’m not the same as the one who came here.” Luo Xiaowei laughed, “Before I met the commander, I was just a little gangster in Dongcheng, doing nothing meaningful all day long.”

    “So this time I just want to help the commander through this difficulty.”

    He said, looking at Cang Jie.

    Cang Jie had nothing to say.

    “He had the title of ‘little savior’ in the army before. But this time, the people who followed him were all the mutants of the second generation who survived.”

    There are not many people who follow Mu Yechen and almost every one is an company who has survived in the army for years.

    Gu Yang’s eyes were wet, he wiped his eyes and said in a choked voice, “Then, why did he do this?”

    Luo Xiaowei gave Gu Yang a deep look.

    “He visited the laboratory several times by himself in order to find out your whereabouts and was discovered by the leader.”

    The leader of the laboratory is the highest authority on the other side.

    The leader was furious and held Mu Yechen accountable.

    But Mu Yechen didn’t flinch.

    He questioned the leader and wanted the laboratory to hand over Lin Xi’s whereabouts.

    But the answer is what made his world forever separated.

    “The head told the commander that the lifespan of the executioner will not last until the snow melts this year.”

    The melting of ice and snow should have been the time for all things to revive and regain their vitality.

    But the one alone is an exception.

    Mu Yechen would never see Xiaobai standing in the tent again, showing him a cautious smile.

    “Boom—”

    There was another explosion from the bottom of the tower of the laboratory, which shook the entire snow surface in turmoil. The soldiers of the advance army saw the gunpowder smoke on the experimental tower and showed a determined look.

    As if they had received a signal from Mu Yechen, they quickly checked the equipment and started to head towards the bottom of the majestic experimental tower.

    In the experimental tower…

    The lab’s circuits were destroyed by a character of unknown origin, only to switch to a makeshift backup circuit.

    The whole building which is covered with white porcelain, seems to be extremely holy and covered with a gray tone.

    Lin Xi leaned on a cane and passed by the fleeing laboratory staff. He only felt an illusion in front of him, as if the scene here had returned to the besieged city that day.

    He followed Mu Yechen’s father alone and cross the familiar covered bridge ahead.

    “Doctor, where are you taking me?” he heard him ask worriedly.

    The long road in front of him… just like the place where people in the laboratory dragged Mu Yechen after he was shot a few years ago.

    And at the end of the front is the door for memory cleaning.

    He suddenly stopped and looked at the stalwart man in front of him alertly.

    The man turned around slowly.

    “Lin Xi.” He let out a long sigh, “What do you think of Mu Yechen?”

    Lin Xi was stunned, he tightened his back vigilantly and his face changed several times.

    “Why did you ask him, Doctor? He is my surveillance officer and the ‘little savior’ in the military camp. He is very welcome wherever he is.”

    He replied cautiously but in exchange for Dr. Mu’s long silence.

    After a while, Dr. Mu turned around slowly: “He must be popular. He is not only my son but also the savior I have carefully nurtured. Yu Qing should take on his heavy responsibility and Yu Li should have inherit my position.”

    A shadow fell from his tall body, shrouding Lin Xi inside.

    Lin Xi raised her eyes in fear.

    He saw Dr. Mu facing the light, his voice was like the winter solstice.

    “Lin Xi, what do you think of human beings right now?”

    Lin Xi was speechless. 

   In response to Dr. Mu, only the fins of the Kun whales outside the horizon made the air vibrating sound of

    “Ouuu–“

    “Ouuu–“

     Every vibration caused the ground of the experimental tower to shake with it.    

    Dr. Mu sneered, his words resounding continuously from the top of Lin Xi’s head.    
   “The human genetic modification program has always had major flaws. Although we have opened the magic box of mutants, there is no way for women to be successfully transformed into anti-archaeal organisms because of the special nature of a mother.”

     “This means that once the human defense is lost and if women are infected and eaten, the human population will drop sharply on a large scale with the large-scale invasion of Xenogeneic species.” 

   Accompanied by his voice, the whale’s vibration became clearer each time, and it was also more than a time to criticize people.

   Dr. Mu suddenly followed the sound and looked at the rolling dark cloud of the beast cluster outside the experimental tower. 

   “But I will never let this happen,” he said firmly. 

    “The emergence of human beings is a great miracle in this world. We stand out from all animals in the evolution probability of one in ten million. We have survived the ice age, we have a prosperous social civilization, and we have created a prosperous steam age.”

    “Humans also build a nuclear empire with prosperous communications and rule the world for nearly three million years. No biological race on earth is better than humans. How can such intelligent creatures be turned into fossils in the future earth? These prosperity are buried in such an era!”

    “The probability of human evolution is one in ten million. What I have done is to explore this one in ten million fork in the road and none of them can be wrong.”

    “And Mu Yechen is in my plan. His future is destined to lead mankind to fight against alien species and he is destined to lead mankind to break out of the predicament of racial annihilation. He cannot be troubled by one person nor can he be troubled by someone whose blood is not pure.”

    Dr. Mu’s words resounded generously on the corridor…

    But Dr. Mu’s eyes were fixed on him.

    “So Lin Xi, do you think the laboratory will let you and Mu Yechen leave the other side?”

    Lin Xi was shocked.

    He suddenly thought that before returning to the other side this time, he and Mu Yechen crossed the river and sea to that uninhabited island and agreed that when the other side’s affairs were over, they would make an appointment to come to this island again and spend the rest of the time together.

    But on the way back, they encountered an unprecedented wave of beasts.

    They hurried back to the other side as quickly as possible. Mu Yechen said to go back, report the situation to Dr. Mu and let him wait in the laboratory.

    He waited.

    But it was Dr. Mu who was waiting in front of him.

    “But Doctor, we never thought about betraying the other side…”

    “Lin Xi, I put a tracker in your body and it always shows that you are not within the tracking range of the mission.”

    “Doctor, it turns out that you never trusted me.”

    “The laboratory will never allow any errors.”

    Dr. Mu’s words were high and Lin Xi did not allow any refutation.

    “Lin Xi, I know there is an affair between you and Mu Yechen but what does Mu Yechen like about you? He likes you because you’re beautiful? He likes you because you’re a human alien? No, he is just very kind, he will lend a helping hand to anyone who is in trouble.”

    “I taught him to have compassion for all living beings and all you have seen are just the characteristics I taught him, that’s all.”

    “The savior can’t save you alone.”

    He said, waving his hand and the laboratory staff who were waiting nearby gathered around again.

    They blocked Lin Xi’s body.

    “What are you going to do!” Lin Xi shouted defensively, as if seeing the scene from a few years ago replaying before him.

    Dr. Mu’s voice remained calm.

    “Lin Xi, go to the cleaning room. I can pretend that nothing happened between you and Mu Yechen.”

    “What about Mu Yechen, If I forget about him, what should he do?”

    “Don’t worry, he will also be cleaned, Even if you meet again, no one will remember each other.”

    No, he doesn’t want such a result.

    Lin Xi shook his head angrily but the surrounding lab staff understood his habits and already taken out the most powerful anesthetic.

    “Zii-” Lin Xi held down his neck and tore off an anesthesia needle in desperation.

    There are countless injections being shot at him, the laboratory is using all means to restrain his behavior.

    Lin Xi felt countless white shadows rushing towards him, he was pressed to the ground and finally roared at the critical point.

    “Go away! Go away! I don’t want to be clean it up! What does the extinction of mankind have to do with me! Whether you are dead or alive has nothing to do with me! I only want Mu Yechen, I just want to be with him!”

    He resisted hysterically and suddenly countless huge vines protruded from behind. They rudely hit the struggling ground and angrily threw the humans in the laboratory.

    Human screams and the sound of the ground crashing came from the laboratory.

    Lin Xi raised her head with red eyes.

    He saw Dr. Mu who was cornered by the vines.

    Under his feet was the cracked floor.

    Before the floor collapsed, Dr. Mu suddenly glanced at Lin Xi again.

    “Lin Xi, even if I die, you can’t change Mu Yechen’s path.”

    “The beast swarm is about to come, if you killed his father, do you think Mu Yechen will chose you?”

    “Lin Xi, Mu Yechen will eventually walk on the path I chose for him.”

    The covered bridge collapsed and Dr. Mu’s figure was engulfed by the huge dust.

    He was smashed to pieces, his limbs twisted and his body was lying under the covered bridge.

    Five years later, the covered bridge was rebuilt and stood in the white tower.

    Lin Xi retracted his gaze and continued to walk forward until the sound of communication came from the protective suit.

    “Ameka, where have you been!” The head machine’s questioning voice came from the communicator.

    Lin Xi didn’t reply, he looked at the command room at the top of the tower not far away.

    “Ameka, hurry back to the command room, Mu Yechen has already sneaked in from the south area of ​​the second floor on the ground, be sure to capture him before he finds Lin Xi.”

    Seemingly in the chaos, a noisy guard suddenly came from the experimental tower on the ground floor.

    Lin Xi listened for a long time, until the leader repeated the warning angrily and then he whispered, imitating Ameka’s tone and voice.

    “Head, he is the savior, are you sure you want to arrest him?”

    “He has already betrayed me, the laboratory, and the entire human race. There is no need to keep a savior who betrayed the faith in the laboratory.”

    The voice of the leader was firm. He was still saying: “Also, the fourth generation of mutants will soon wake up. We can continue to cultivate them to become the new savior and replace Mu Yechen…”

    The voice in the communicator was still remembering but Lin Xi could no longer pretend.

    He held his cane and looked at the building in front of him.

    “Master, Ameka is dead.” He removed his disguise.

    The communicator sounded as if the pause button was pressed.

    Lin Xi paused, then suddenly smiled again.

    “Dr. Mu, I haven’t called you that for a long time. Your words just reminded me of a lot of things. I want to talk to you again this time.”

    There was still no answer from the communicator only a sound of circuit disorder.

    But Lin Xi knew that the head was listening.

    He slowly fumbled for the gun from behind him, checking the bullets and loading them one by one.

    “Dr. Mu, open the door, I’m right outside your door.”

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Edited: 7/22/22