'Chuck' felt his head buzzing.
Ever since he had reported to the military, boarded the warship, and headed to the front line of the Fifth Star Cluster, he had been in a dazed state.
It was as if he were a marionette, being led along by someone else.
By the time he came to his senses, he was already inside a hibernation pod, traveling through a black hole tunnel toward the Black Demon Starfield of the Fifth Star Cluster.
Now, it was too late for him to regret it.
What the hell happened?
The more 'Chuck' thought about it, the more absurd it seemed. He tried to recall how he had ended up walking down this road of no return.
The earliest, earliest memory he had was of seeking someone out to demand an explanation--
That strange, noisy sound rang out again. One face after another, all of them his own, appeared on the viewing windows of the hibernation pod. Their mouths opened and closed, as if they were trying to say something. Outside the windows, the scenery wailed and shrieked miserably, while limb after limb seemed about to pierce the windows and stab inside. The sound of ding, ding, ding felt as if it were poking directly at his chest.
"Son, why did you betray your own bloodline?"
'Chuck' abruptly turned around and saw a grim, severe face. Its hair hung loose, and its spiderlike form was hidden in the darkness. Only its constantly waving limbs could be vaguely seen. Countless densely packed 'brothers and sisters' fell from her ovary and pounced at him.
Under the influence of this, the parts of his arms, armpits, wrists, and elsewhere where the 'seams' had already disappeared suddenly tore open. Black limbs stabbed out one after another, his abdomen began to swell,