#662 - Martian Parasite, Eve's Dream
Half an hour ago.
Global Defense Force base.
The members of the Guardians were watching the alien spacecraft projected in the air.
“This is full of unknown creatures. This spaceship, which is heading towards the city, is clearly an enemy from Mars.”
Director Cecil cast a complicated gaze at the members of the Guardians.
A member who had recently joined the Guardians—the shapeshifter Smith—scratched his head and coughed, saying to everyone: “I lied when I said I was a human from Earth. What I’m about to say requires you to be mentally prepared.”
Seeing that Smith seemed to want to confess something, Black Samson looked at him unhappily.
“We all know you're a Martian, Smith. Did you think we'd let you join the Guardians without thoroughly investigating your background?”
“Uh…”
Hearing Black Samson say that he knew he was a Martian, Smith was immediately stunned.
“You… you all knew?”
“Of course.”
Director Cecil looked at him and said, “We just don’t know your purpose for coming to Earth, or how you came to Earth.”
“Alright.”
Seeing that Director Cecil knew his identity, Smith no longer concealed it.
He said to everyone, “I was a Martian from birth. On distant Mars, like all Martians, we treat Octopus Dogs as servants because they cannot penetrate our shapeshifting skin. They really like trying to penetrate our skin, and they can parasitize the brain.”
Speaking of this, a trace of nostalgia appeared on Smith's face.
“When I was little, I hated living underground. I longed for the outside world, I wanted to see the stars, so when the opportunity appeared in front of me, I seized it. I knocked out your astronaut and then impersonated him to come to Earth.”
“After I came to Earth, I was influenced by you. I wanted to do good deeds, and I got to know all of you…”
Smith was referring to the US government's Mars landing program.
Several years ago, the US government sent astronauts to Mars.
“Wait…!”
Soon, Monster Girl interrupted him, “What did you do to that astronaut?”
Smith shook his head, “I… I don’t know, but given the current situation, maybe… I mean, maybe the Octopus Dogs really found him and then parasitized him. He might have become that terrifying, peculiar host of the Octopus Dog hive mind. Sorry… I really didn’t know this would happen.”
“So, you don’t know how many of these creatures are heading towards Earth.”
Cecil walked towards Smith, “And the real astronaut—Ross Livingston—has been possessed by the Octopus Dogs, and they have the ability to possess millions of humans, and it’s all your fault.”
Seeing that Cecil's expression was a little bad, Smith quickly explained, “Sorry… I didn’t do it on purpose, or rather, it wasn’t my intention. Although I’m a Martian, I’ll stand on the side of the Earthlings. I never wanted to hurt anyone.”
“So, you left a NASA astronaut to die on Mars, is that right?”
Spawn walked over and grabbed his clothes, “Is this the good deed you did?”
Seeing that Spawn seemed to want to attack Smith, Cecil came up to stop him, “Alright, Spawn, we’ll settle accounts with him later. For now, the shapeshifter Smith is the only one who knows the situation. We still need him for the time being.”
“Now, thousands of Octopus Dogs are on spaceships and will soon launch an attack on our city. We have to stop them. Spawn, Stretch, Monster Girl, Black Samson, Bomb Rex, and the shapeshifter Smith, you will act together.”
Director Cecil hesitated for a moment and asked Spawn, “You were injured during your fight with Peter Padriac. Can you still hold on?”
Spawn nodded, “Of course, no problem. It was just a broken arm, and it’s already healed.”
Bomb Rex raised his hand and said to Director Cecil, “Director Cecil, we’ve overlooked a very important helper—Atom Eve.”
At this time, Atom Eve, who was mentioned by Bomb Rex, had entered a state of sleep while holding the sand given to her by Peter.
In her dream, Eve found herself in a laboratory.
Dr. Brandyworth, whom she had met before, was talking to her mother.
She was very sure that the lady with the big belly was her mother.
She had seen pictures of her biological mother before.
Feeling excited, she slowly walked to her mother and the doctor.
“I wonder what my child will be like in the future.”
Her mother stroked her belly and said to Dr. Brandyworth, “I only hope she will be a kind person who can bring some change to this world.”
“She will definitely become a great person who will change this world.”
Dr. Brandyworth walked over and unlocked the electronic lock on her mother’s body, “But you shouldn’t live this kind of life. You’re not an experimental subject to be studied. You will have your own future.”
Dr. Brandyworth pulled Eve’s mother and walked out, “I’ll take you away from here.”
Seeing Dr. Brandyworth taking her away from the base, Eve’s mother’s face was full of shock.
“No! You can’t! I’ll hurt you.”
She knew that as the head of the experimental research, Dr. Brandyworth would definitely suffer a terrible fate if he took her away from here.
“This is my choice. I won’t let you continue to be studied here as an experimental subject. You will give birth to your child and have a wonderful life.”
As he spoke, he prepared to take Eve’s mother away from this place.
But soon, Eve’s mother noticed discomfort in her body.
She clutched her belly in pain and fell to the ground.
Seeing her painful expression, Dr. Brandyworth realized that her child might be about to be born.
“No, no! Hold on!”
Dr. Brandyworth wanted to help her to the bed, but unexpectedly, the objects in the room seemed to be controlled by an invisible force, and they fell to the ground in a mess.
Invisible energy burst out from Eve’s mother’s belly, impacting the instruments in the room and causing a deafening explosion.
Smoke and dust quickly filled the laboratory, and the burst of energy knocked the unprepared Dr. Brandyworth out.
When everything calmed down, Dr. Brandyworth staggered to his feet and looked at Eve’s mother, only to find that she had fallen in a pool of blood.
“No, no, no.”
Dr. Brandyworth painfully hugged Eve’s mother and cried out.
“My child… take care of her…”
Eve’s mother, who was on the verge of death, whispered to the doctor.
The doctor lowered his head, saw Eve’s mother, who had already lost her life, in his arms, gritted his teeth, picked her up, and placed her on the bed.
He decided to perform a cesarean section to remove the baby from her mother’s belly.
Eve, as a bystander in the dream, watched this scene and couldn’t help but shed tears.
She had heard Dr. Brandyworth tell this story, and she had dreamed countless times about the fact that her birth had killed her mother.
But she had never experienced such a real dream.
It was as if these were bloody and real scenes happening before her eyes.
“Mom…”
With tears in her eyes, Eve stretched out her hand towards her mother lying in the pool of blood.
But the next second, the scene in front of her suddenly changed!
The laboratory impacted by the explosion, the mother in the pool of blood, the crying Dr. Brandyworth, everything disappeared, and the scene in front of her became the familiar, cold bedroom.
Wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, Eve sat up and found that the silver sand grain slowly floated into the air.
Eve’s eyes were fixed on the floating sand grain.
Finally, the sand grain landed on the photo frame on the table.
In the faint silver glow, Eve seemed to see her mother in the photo smiling at her.
Eve walked to the table and gently took the photo frame in her hand.
Her finger swiped towards the photo frame. As her ability was activated (changing the material composition at the subatomic level), the calm mother in the photo turned into the smiling appearance in the dream.
Eve, whose mood was suddenly relieved for a moment, took a deep breath.
“Thank you, thank you Mom for giving me life. I won’t let you down.”
Eve hugged the photo frame in her arms and murmured.
“Hey, Eve!”
The sudden sound from outside the window startled Eve.
She quickly put away the photo frame and looked outside, seeing Bomb Rex appearing outside the window.
“Rex?”
“Sorry to bother you again. We’re in trouble now. The Octopus Dogs have arrived on Earth using spaceships. Once that kind of parasitic creature spreads, it will infect and parasitize thousands of people. We have to stop them.”
Rex said to her, “The Guardians have already set off. They need you, Eve.”
Eve was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, “I’ll get dressed and go over right away.”
When Rex and Atom Eve arrived at the landing site of the spaceship, the Octopus Dogs had already begun to attack the city.
The members of the Guardians, as well as Mark Grayson, had already engaged in combat with the Octopus Dogs.
On the other side.
Clark, holding the unconscious astronaut, was shocked to see the parasitized crowd below.
Unexpectedly, the small Octopus Dog that crawled out of the astronaut's brain pounced towards Clark.
Faced with the sudden attack of the Octopus Dog, Clark reacted quickly and grabbed it.
The pink Octopus Dog with an external brain, held in his hand, kept wriggling, wanting to burrow into his skin.
