Chapter 19: Interstellar Zerg (1)

During this period of time, Shao Ci lived a life that was completely wasteful. Every day, he had to help Yu Shao no matter what he did. Although it was a shame at the beginning, he became accustomed to it later ... The adaptability of people is really terrible .
Finally, Shao Ci's injury was almost recovering, and his strength gradually returned to his body ... but because he had been paralyzed in bed for so long, it took some time to recover before he could successfully stand up.
Not only was Yu Shao unhappy, but he was also enthusiastic to help, and he rushed several times when Shao Ci was still in bed, making Shao Ci doubt about the person who had forced himself to lie in bed before.
Originally, Shao Ci was a person with little willpower, but when I remembered how hard he had offended Yin Han last time, if Yin Han was going to kill him or something after the upgrade, he could n’t even run and could only be killed. That's too salty fish!
Although Yin Han may not necessarily kill him ... but Shao Ci thought about the problem and liked to think from the worst aspect. Immediately stimulating daily hard practice, he finally could barely support the wall or walk on crutches.
However, before Shao could run and jump, the last thing he wanted to happen happened.
It was a beautiful day, when Shao Ci was being pulled by Yu Shao to take a walk outside. Shao Ci was walking hard, step by step. He was tired and panting after a few steps, and could only rest on Yu Shao. .
Suddenly the surrounding air cooled down, and Yu Shao's expression changed, "Someone came."
Shao Ci: "Ah?"
Then black vines were drilled on the ground, and they were automatically woven into the shape of a chair. Shao Ci felt very comfortable after sitting up.
Wait, now isn't it surprising that this vine actually has such a home function, the air is getting cold, right? Isn't this unique scene before Yin Han's appearance! He hasn't recovered yet.
Later, Yin Han's figure appeared in front of the two of them. He seemed to have changed a little, but he didn't seem to.
[嘀嘀 嘀 ... A character with a higher force value is detected ... According to the rules of the system, the replacement of the Raiders is started ... The replacement is completed. The current Raiders are cold. 】
"The berth was upgraded so soon!" And the words of the system made Shao Ci tremble because of the cold or nervousness.
"It's been tossed into something like that, you haven't actually died?" Yu Shao stood in front of Shao Ci, with disapproval in his tone, and said, "It's really lucky, but this time you don't necessarily have that luck. This Even if the younger brother asks me no matter what, I won't let you go? "
"Just so, I think that too." Yin Han said lightly: "As long as you kill this monster, everything can be over."
"So calling others monsters is really excessive ... And, do you really have that strength?" Yu Shao slowly extended his hand.
Numerous black vines have been drilled from the ground. These vines do not know how many zombies have been absorbed as nourishment. They look even more embarrassing than before. They even have black barbs on them. Just look at them and know that they will be stabbed How much pain. Just a moment, these vines completely surrounded Yin Han.
Although it seems that Yu Shao has the advantage now, Shao Ci knows that the victory and defeat have already been divided when the system prompts them, and now all these are just staged according to the predetermined script.
Sure enough, the next moment, all the vines quickly climbed into a layer of frost, and then cracked as if they could not bear it, but the cold surrounding them was unscathed, and there was no opening in the clothes on them. .
Yu Shao's pupils shrank, and then he said as usual as usual: "It seems you are a lot better ... but don't think that you can the younger brother, you will always be a loser in front of me."
"It wouldn't have been this way if you hadn't inserted your leg horizontally." Yin coldly said, slowly reaching out his hand.
Countless ice cones stood up and rushed towards Yu Shao in the middle. All the mutant plants blocked by him were frozen under the attack of ice cones and then turned into crushed powder. They suddenly stabbed Yu in an unstoppable trend. Shao's body.
The moment he was stabbed by the ice cone, Yu Shao understood that now he is not Yin Han's opponent at all, and immediately changed his mind.
At the next moment, a huge mutant flower was born on the vine chair where Shao Ci was sitting. Yu Shao was going to do the same thing as when Shao Ci was taken away for the first time. As long as Shao Ci was taken away, he had his own way afterwards. Get out.
But as soon as the flowers were about to wrap Shao Ci, they were frozen by the ice, and even the vine chair where Shao Ci was sitting was frozen.
"..." Although I shouldn't feel like talking at this time, it was so cold. Shao Ci was forced to stand by the wall next to him, and then sat down again, fearing that he would be frozen and healed.
And the victory was quickly decided over there, Yu Shao was unable to move by the surrounding ice cones, and all the mutant plants he summoned could not withstand the cold abilities, and all were frozen into scum.
After all, Yin Han is the one with the protagonist's halo in his body, and he has no one to stop at the last upgrade.
Shao Ci watched Yin Han coming towards himself, holding back the wall in a few steps in fright, but at the next moment there was a severe pain with cold in his knees, causing him to fall directly to the ground, his arms suddenly in A hole was scratched on the rough concrete floor, and the body was completely weak and could not even move it.
Footsteps were getting closer and closer to him, Shao Ci's body had stiffened, his face was covered with cold sweat, and I didn't know what was waiting for me.
Yin Han squatted down and lifted up Shao Ci, pulled his upper body into his arms, and said gently: "Why run away? Are you afraid of me?"
Shao Ci would be scared to death by Yin Han. He would rather Yin Han punch him a bit better than asking questions slowly, "I, I didn't ..."
"You lied, your body was shaking so badly." Yin Han hugged Shao Ci directly, lowered his head and printed a kiss on his forehead, looking at the wound on his arm, "Does the wound hurt? Know If it hurts, don't run away again ... but you won't have a chance to run again. "
"I'm sorry ..." In fact, under the systematic shield, Shao Ci's body was not very painful. Now his psychological pressure is much greater than the physical pain.
"Why apologize?" Yin Han said lightly: "Before I was not strong enough to protect you ... but now I am strong enough to keep you by my side. There is nothing to apologize for."
Shao Ci: "..." Alas, it's broken.
"Okay, now it's time to kill the monster that destroyed our relationship." Yin Han turned around and slowly walked to Yu Shao with Shao Ci.
Many parts of Yu Shao's body were pierced by ice cones, and blood continued to flow out. He was gritting his teeth and staring at this side, his eyes gazing at the direction of Shao Ci, and slowly extending his hand in the direction of Shao Ci. Resign brother ... "
"Shut up, can you call his name?" Yin Leng looked, and at the moment half of Yu Shao's body was covered with frost, and his hands fell back weakly.
Shao Ci gathered up the courage and said, "Can you kill him ..."
"Oh? Why?" Yin Han wasn't angry, just looked at him with a smile, "I have any reason to let him go?"
"Because ..." Shao said, "If he dies, I will ..."
"Okay." Yin Han said suddenly, took out a dagger made of ice and put it in Shao Ci's hand. "As long as you use this dagger to run through his heart, I will let him go. Very Simple, such a monster will not die even if its heart is broken. "
Shao Ci: "!" Ah Han really broke, but now I can only promise.
Shao took the dagger, walked hard, looked at Yu Shao, who was pale in front of him, and whispered: "I'm sorry ..." He raised his hand and aimed at the dagger frozen into ice with some trembling. Yu Shao's chest could not pierce for a long time.
"It's okay, I won't blame the younger brother." Yu Shao whispered, holding out the hand and holding Shao's hand, "but I hope you don't blame me ..."
Before Shao Ci understood the meaning of his last sentence, the hand holding the dagger was held down by Yu Shao and stabbed in at his heart. The dagger formed by the ice cone was extremely sharp and easily penetrated. In the flesh.
Yu Shao smiled suddenly and looked at Shao Ci, "It just won't die if it was stabbed in the heart, but compared to being killed by someone ... I still want to be killed by my brother Xiaoci, I'm so selfish Even if I die, I want to go with my little brother ... "
The voice fell, Yu Shao suddenly broke away from the ice debris on his body, bowed his head and kissed Shao Ci's lips, the next moment, a crystal nucleus was sent into Shao Ci's mouth with a breath, and quickly melted into a sweet liquid.
Wait ... where is this crystal nucleus now?
After realizing what the crystal nucleus might be, Shao Ci opened his eyes in amazement and looked at Yu Shao in disbelief.
After doing all this, Yu Shao seemed to have lost all his strength and leaned weakly on Shao Ci's body. "In this way, I will be integrated with Xiaoci's brother ... so happy ..."
Shao Ci was frightened, "!"
After difficult to say this sentence, Yu Shao never moved again. Shao Ci reached out and touched his body, and his body turned into countless pieces of withered leaves that were scattered by the wind ... I don't know if he was considered a zombie.
Shao Ci just reacted, and the dagger in his hand suddenly fell to the ground. At the next moment there was a sharp pain in the waist and abdomen, as if something had taken root and sprouted in it ... Because of the system's pain-shielding effect, Shao Ci was not very painful, but the body still curled up subconsciously, and the blood in the mouth could not be controlled Constantly pouring out.
After Yu Shao's death, no one can control the seeds of the vine. Although Shao Ci was able to heal himself with healing powers, this only made the painful time last longer, and it didn't make any sense at all.
"Small remarks?" Yin Han's voice came, and then Shao Ci was held tightly in his arms by Yin Han. The strength of his body was flowing away quickly. Opening his eyes hard, he could vaguely see Yin Han's constant Saying something, but he couldn't hear it at all, and didn't have the strength to say another half a word.
The next moment, the liquid was sent into the mouth, and Shao Ci, who was going to sleep like this, suddenly sobered up, and suddenly found that Yin Han had cut his wrist and sent blood into his mouth.
"As long as you keep on, you will be fine ... It's so hard now, how can I let you die."
The power of the psionicist can indeed save people to a certain extent, but the psionicist itself is also extremely harmful.
Shao Ci opened his eyes in shock, and never expected that Yin Han could do this for himself, but the seeds in his body grew faster after absorbing the blood of the power maker. It was only a moment when Shao Ci coughed. As more blood emerged, the consciousness gradually drifted away in the cold voice.
[Mission completion meets the eligibility criteria. It is detected that the host's body can no longer hold on, and the transmission channel is opened for the next world. 】
The final thought of Shao Ci is that I hope that the next world will not encounter so many guys.

This is a mine star quite far from the capital star.
Therefore, the black lacquer produced here will cause the machine to malfunction, and high-tech mining cannot be used, so only manual labor can be used.
And Shao Ci, now digging mechanically in the mine with a pickaxe, this is the second month that he has been sent to this broken place. I don't know which day is the end.
To talk about what is going on, we have to start from a year ago.
At that time, Shao Ci, whose soul was severely damaged, was sent to another world of this article. That's the X-dot text called "The Lower Zerg's Counterattack". Just listening to the name shows that this text has something to do with the rotten Zerg in the interstellar text. Click in to see if even the protagonist is a Zerg.
In the settings of this book, after years of evolution, the Zerg can now maintain a human form as soon as they are born. Except for settings such as estrus, others are not much different from humans. Far better than humans.
But even though it looks similar to humans, the hierarchy within the Zerg is still very strict. The most noble is the royal family. They are inherently better than other Zerg, both in strength and appearance. Then came the nobles and civilians, as well as the lower zerg from artificial insemination.
This lower Zerg is average in all respects and was born to be enslaved. It has no human rights at all. The first Zerg to be killed on the battlefield are all lower Zerg. Anyway, it takes only three years for the Zerg to grow up. It is enough to produce as many as you want.
In addition, the consciousness of the lower Zerg has fear of the higher Zerg, and there will never be any idea of ​​resistance. Basically, they have worked hard all their lives. Only the protagonist has the halo counterattack, and also opened a harem to marry several Zerg princesses or something.
Shao Ci was unfortunately dressed as a low-level Zerg. Because there were no parents, the names were randomly derived from the name database. As a result, the two words Shao Ci were randomized, and he said he didn't believe the system.
The low-level Zerg had already been in juvenile size when they hatched, and then they would be sent to study intensively for a few years. After they came out, they would start hard work or go to the battlefield as a cannon fodder. They could not even find an object.
Because the value of the people around them is all too low, the system has given Shao Ci a five-year protection period. During these five years, the target of the raiders can be unbound.
Shao Ci thought he was going to stay in this broken place for five years. I didn't expect the system to say "four and a half years" directly, and it was really four and a half years later ... Why not mine him so powerfully? My miserable life is fast forward!
In short, there is only one month left in the five-year period.
After leaving the low-level Zerg formation base, Shao Ci was sent to this miner, and he was mining hard from morning to night every day. The food can only eat the most common nutrients, and there is no rest day, otherwise Because the Zerg is physically stronger than humans, I am afraid that Shao Ci was exhausted. Although terrible, it is a lot better than the cannon fodder on the battlefield.
When it was dark, Shao Ci sighed and returned to the extremely small room. There were five or six people in such a narrow room, and the conditions could not be worse.
"If I don't meet anyone with strong force in a month, I'll be finished ..." No one wants Zerg as a servant. "
If you can meet the original male lead, and the original male lead is still a stallion male, there is no need to worry that he will suddenly want to engage in basic problems. However, the system said that something went wrong hundreds of years ahead of time when crossing, so now the original male lead is not even an egg.
Shao was almost furious by the system.
And this time his healing power is still plugged in, but if he is used casually, he will be dissected as a monster. Lower Zerg have no human rights. Shao Ci dare not try.
But when mining the next day, the two principals chatted, and their conversation happened to be heard by Shao Ci.
"I heard about it. Recently, the Hadley family has insufficient funds to sell our mine star. The boss will change in the future."
"So what can we do, even if the boss changes, our mine star will not change."
"This is not necessarily the case. I heard that the new boss is going to come here for inspection. We can prepare well. If we can get the boss's favor, we will be able to step up to the sky. I don't want to spend all my life in this broken place."
Other low-level Zerg are working numbly, even if they heard it, they did not hear it, only Shao Ci burst into his heart.
"This is an opportunity. Rarely there will be people who sound very powerful in such a broken place." Shao Ci thought.
However, even if the other party comes to visit, they may not be able to meet, like the aristocracy or something must be dangling and left, they are quite scornful of the lower Zerg, how could they be willing to come here.
Shao Ci thought about it that way, and left the matter behind.
A few days later, the legendary new boss came to this miner.
In order to greet the new boss with the best face, even the lower Zerg have a few new clothes to wear, and the food is better every day ... from a tasteless nutrient to a little taste of nutrition Agent.
Most of the staff ran outside to greet them. Only a few people in charge who were not usually seen remained here. Several of them were full of resentment and kept complaining, saying that if they can go out, they can give it to the boss. Impressed or something.
The next moment, the head of the person's communicator suddenly rang. He impatiently picked it up and looked at the content. The next moment, he was stunned and his hands were shaking.
Several other people took a curious look at the past and opened their eyes one after another, excited and uncontrollable.
Then the men quickly arranged their clothes and ran to the door of the mine, as if they were going to meet someone.
"No," said Shao Ci, a little surprised. "Does the aristocrat really want to come over? Wait!"
Shao Ci suddenly changed his face. The Zerg aristocracy was far superior to the civilians. As long as the aristocracy came in, there would be no doubt that the system would be regarded as a new target by the system, but he could n’t stay close to each other ... Time will fall into a tragic life that cannot complete daily tasks and accept punishment every day!
After realizing this, Shao Ci's cold sweats came down, and he hid in a nearby lounge ... Anyway, now that the person in charge is gone, it doesn't matter if he is lazy.
This lounge is a place for the person in charge to rest on weekdays, but basically no one comes. Presumably the nobles also look down on such broken lounges, and there should be no problem hiding here.
At this time, several outside leaders also met their new boss.
It was a young man named Isreel. He had a very beautiful face, dark hair, light gold eyes, and a kind smile on his face, but others would not mistake him for his smile. He is a person who can be easily accessed, and it is difficult for others to breathe just because of the pressure of the gap in strength.
And his status is also very honorable. He is the next heir to the Lance family. It can be said to be the top character of the empire. He is simply the kind of person who can only be seen in the news. People of the world.
There are several heads of mine stars behind Israel, each of them looks charming. "Master Israel, why do you suddenly think of visiting the mine?"
"Aren't you nonsense, Lord Israel must have come to understand how the black lacquer ore was mined. What a dedicated person."
"It's also true that ordinary people can't do it to such an extent, Lord Israel is really admirable."
Everyone seemed to have found something. You said crazy words of praise, and you all looked forward to making a good impression in Isreel.
"Isn't it?" Israel's voice suddenly sounded. Although his voice was not loud, it was like a thunder on the ground. The people around him were quiet for a while, and they closed their mouths and couldn't wait to say anything.
"I'm here to find someone." Israel smiled slightly. "If there's nothing wrong with the investigation, that person is here now."
Everyone was extremely surprised, and then there was a burst of annoyance. Who in the end didn't even say that they knew the new boss, so that they could not tie up in advance.
"Who is Lord Isreel looking for? Just say the name, and everyone here can find out where they are." One person hurriedly said.
"But that person is just a low-level Zerg, can you find it?" Israel said.
Everyone looked at each other. The name of the lower Zerg was naturally absent. These lowest Zerg Zergs are identified by numbers here. Who would remember the name of a lower Zerg?
Not to mention the aristocracy, even the civilians do not bother to associate with the lower Zerg, what is this new boss for? Could this be a test for them?
Everyone's faces were a little pale, and they were extremely nervous, for fear that the adult was not here to find someone, but just to find a reason to rush.
"Don't worry, I'm still very satisfied with your work." Israel saw at a glance what they all thought, and said lightly: "As long as you find this person, I won't embarrass you any more. A person."
Several of the supervisors who were usually responsible for the supervision were pulled out, looking for people according to the information provided by Isreel, all of them were bitter faces. Where do they usually pay attention to what the low-level Zerg look like, and also What black hair and black eyes.
And when he was looking for someone, he couldn't let Isrell wait here. He insisted that he didn't want to go out. One person suddenly remembered that there was a place to rest, and he immediately took Isrell to the lounge.
Shao Ci stayed nervously in the lounge, and suddenly heard a voice from outside.
"Well, why do you want to come to such a shabby lounge! If I were found out, it wouldn't be complete?" Shao immediately became anxious. After looking around in the room, he found an empty cabinet and hid in. .
This cabinet is extremely narrow. Fortunately, Shao Ci's body is relatively thin. There is no problem hiding in it. It may be over for a slightly fatter one.
Although the Zerg's sense of smell is extremely sensitive, and any changes can be smelled, Shao Ci has been working in the mine for so long that he has been smelling black lacquer ore for a long time. Generally, the Zerg cannot smell it. But whether the noble can feel him or not, there is no other way.
The door opened the next moment, and the system's prompt sounded at the same time.
[嘀嘀 嘀 ... The character with the highest force value is detected ... According to the rules of the system, the selection of the Raiders is started ... After selection, the Raiders are currently the targets. 】
Shao Ci: "..." This is how to bind the Raiders casually. Why did he work hard to hide in it?
And Israel's name sounds familiar ... Wait, it's not the original villain? !!
But yes, although most of the lower Zerg can only live for several decades, the life of the higher Zerg is very long, and the royal family can live for five or six hundred years. It is not surprising that aristocrats like this have lived for two or three hundred years.
In the original plot, Isreel controls the existence of the royal family with one hand, just like the regent, even the princess prince must look at his face. It was also when he despised the original man when everyone despised the original man. Various factions have assassinated and assassinated the original man. If there was no protagonist halo, the original man would have been killed by Israel. Know how many times.
Shao Ci did not expect that he encountered such a powerful villain in the original text so quickly, or was in this rotten miner, and he could buy a lottery ticket.
Of course, the lower Zerg are not eligible for lottery ... this Zerg society _ (: 3 」∠) _
Outside, the crowd came in and surrounded Israel. After Israel, who was full of brilliance, came in, everyone suddenly felt that the lounge was not so good. Now, how shameless they are, they all looked at Israel nervously, for fear that he would be angry.
After Israel came in, he frowned slightly, looked at the direction of the cabinet, and was always shocked by the crowds who were paying attention to Israel's every move. "Master Israel, what's wrong? Is this the lounge? Doesn't it suit you? "
"No, I'm quite satisfied." Israel smiled slightly. "Maybe it's my illusion."
He said this, but slowly walked to the cabinet and looked up and down.
People around did not understand his thoughts and racked their brains to think about the topic. "This cabinet is made of local wood. It is said that it contains special elements. If you like it, we can send you a set."
"It's very good." Israel smiled even more happily. "But I care more about the people in the cabinet."
As soon as this sentence came out, everyone suddenly changed their face, and it was so easy for Lord Israel to abandon this sour lounge. As a result, there was no one in it. If anything happened, the key is that none of them found it. It's an extreme failure.
"Who is hiding inside?" "Do you want to offend Lord Israel? Hurry up!" "Damn, is it an assassin targeting Lord Israel ?!"
"Shit." Shao Ci had already heard the words of the people outside clearly, sadly feeling that his young life was about to end again.
The next moment, Shao Ci accidentally fell out because his legs were numb because he was too rigid. The cabinet door was knocked open.
Shao Ci was able to make up for the scene that he was killed by random guns, closed his eyes tightly, but fell into a soft arms.
The crowd looked at this picture in shock, almost couldn't believe their eyes, and the people who had originally screamed to grab Shao Ci closed their mouths in a familiar manner.
Lord Israel, a noble, even helped a lower Zerg? Even if Israel had asked them to look for it before, they thought it was just a plaything.
After all, some aristocrats in high society also have special hobbies, like to abuse the lower zerg and the like, anyway, the lower zerg have no human rights ... but even such nobles are disdainful to touch the lower zerg in person, they must wear it Gloves and other things, even then, throw away gloves after using them.
"???" Shao Ci also looked at Israel in shock, wondering why he did this to himself.
"I've finally found you." Israel's eyes glowed, and he held Shao Ci directly in his arms. "I still think what to do if I can't find you. This time, I will never let go again. is you……"
"Have we ever met?" Shao Ci finally asked the question everyone wanted to know.
"Of course we've seen it." Israel seemed to think of something very beautiful, and his expression was gentle for a while, but the next moment seemed to think of something, turning to look at the people standing next to him, "I'm sorry Can you please go out first? "
Even if these people want to know the gossip again, they dare not offend Israel, and they retreat out at the fastest speed, and finally bring the door.
Israel lifted up Shao Ci, then took his hand and sat on the sofa beside him. He gently looked at Shao Ci and said slowly, "Maybe you have forgotten it. That was four years ago. . "
Shao Ci: "?!" Four years ago? It wasn't long before he hatched?
"At that time, because of family grievances ... I was jealous of being the heir and was kidnapped to that remote planet." Israel said slowly, "They wanted to kill me there, but I fled. After coming out, I hid in that hatching base, but at that time I was seriously injured and fell to the ground almost waiting to die. "
"Those who passed by thought that I was a low-level Zerg and didn't see anything." With that, Israel's eyes were cold. "When I thought I was going to die in this way, You appeared, obviously you had a hard time, but you did not hesitate to save me ... I will never forget the things at that time. "
Shao Ci: "Well, you, are you the injured child?"
Israel smiled. "Do you finally remember?"
Shao Ci really remembered it. It was not long before he hatched. The staff were too lazy to take care of them, these low-level zerg. They were basically in a stocking situation, and sometimes they did not even eat.
At that time, Shao Ci encountered a seriously injured teenager in a remote place. He remembered that the teenager's skin was as white as ivory, and the look of light golden eyes with tears was almost heart-warming. .
At that time, Shao Ci also shocked the low-level Zerg who had such a beautiful appearance, and then wondered whether the child was jealous of others because he looked so good, and then he was seriously injured.
As a Yan Kong, Shao Ci had no reason to decide to help, and secretly took the teenager to a place where few people went, and brought him food every day. Fearing that his power would be discovered by the other party, he just secretly used a little power to treat the other party every day.
However, the young man disappeared after being injured. Shao Ci was still a bit sorry at the time, but soon he forgot about it ... I didn't expect that young man would be a villain, and now he still came to him, This is simply not lost to the original blood.
"At about the same time when I was hurt, my grandfather's people found me. I originally wanted to take you with me, but because I was too weak, no one listened to what I said, and my grandfather thought he was saved by the lower Zerg. It was the shame of the family that forced me to forget it. "Israel quickly explained:" Ah, I definitely have no intention of abandoning the lower Zerg. "
"Well, I believe in you." Shao Ci wouldn't say it if he didn't believe it.
"I didn't mention it after that, but I kept it in my heart." Israel said, "Until recently, I finally grew strong enough to ask you about it, I thought I came directly to you. But I was afraid that there would be any accidents after this incident was known, so I bought the planet directly. "
Although Shao Ci had already subtly understood Israel's background, he was still stunned by this suffocation. "..." The opposite party's money is definitely an amount he could not earn for hundreds of years! No, the lower Zerg do not even have a salary.
"Don't worry about it now, those who resisted me are dead." Israel said in a soft voice about very ghostly things, his head was getting closer and closer, almost hitting Shao Ci's forehead , "No one can stop me anymore, I can take you directly out of this place."
Shao Ci: "!" Is it really good to say such a terrible thing casually! All the original people set it down all at once!