After the recent flurry of activity, the two people who returned to Yungo's rest cabin were finally free from the torment of severe nausea and finally got a chance to catch their breath after the smell in the cabin was mostly eliminated. This is because just as the two had adjusted their state, another chef knocked on Yungo's door again with dessert. Obviously, this chef had learned about the situation in Yungo's rest cabin from the previous chef. Therefore, this chef knocked on the door very cautiously, for fear of affecting Yungo and Grace's emotional communication again. After Yungo opened the door, he directly handed over all the food to Yungo, focusing on considerate service.

Although the food delivered by the chef this time was all dessert and snacks, the two people who had already formed a rejection reaction to the chef still did not hesitate to hide all the food in Grace's rest cabin after the chef left. Then, the two people returned to Yungo's rest room and sat on the ground for a while with wide eyes, and Grace finally said with difficulty: "Phew! What do we do now? We can't always deal with them like this, can we? If we do, we will be exposed sooner or later."

"That's right. Although we can now make do with this method, they will sooner or later find something wrong, right?" Yungo said, turning the declarative sentence into a question at the end, and then covering his chest to feel the possible changes in his body. Then, Yungo turned his inquiring gaze to Grace.

Grace knew that Yungo wanted to ask if she had felt any changes in her body or any discomfort? So she immediately shook her head and said, "I didn't feel anything wrong with my body either, and when the Broadsword Expeditionary Force had personnel deaths, we were all insisting on physical examinations, and we didn't find any problems, right?"

"You're right, but it's also a fact that the members of the Broadsword Expeditionary Force were taken by sudden epilepsy and died when they didn't find any problems with their bodies. So, could it be that this Virus X has the ability to evade our advanced equipment inspections?" Yungo analyzed.

"There is a possibility. Although our equipment is advanced enough, there are countless strange species in the vast world of the universe. Maybe the composition of some species will exceed our cognition and cannot be detected by our existing equipment," Grace said.

"So, is it because the members of the Broadsword Expeditionary Force were infected with this Virus X that they died in large numbers due to sudden epilepsy?? Then, will our teammates who are infected with Virus X also die from sudden epilepsy?" Thinking of this, Yungo couldn't help but feel cold all over again.

Grace thought for a while before cautiously analyzing, "Although there is this possibility, I don't think it's very likely. Or rather, things may not be as simple as they seem on the surface. Because, through Xiao Liu's conversation, it can be known that although they are infected with a virus, this virus obviously has its own consciousness. This is why Xiao Liu and the others have obviously become puppets controlled by this virus. So, rather than saying that Virus X is an unknown virus, it would be better to define it as an unknown parasitic organism."

"Moreover, they are a type of parasitic organism that pays great attention to their own health status. Otherwise, how could they so clearly define the fat on the body of the Broadsword Expeditionary Force member as junk food? From this, it is not difficult to see that they actually pay great attention to the health status of the host. So under this situation, if Virus X really infected the members of the Broadsword Expeditionary Force, how could it possibly exterminate the teammates of the Broadsword Expeditionary Force?" Perhaps because she mentioned the Broadsword Expeditionary Force member who was brutally dismembered again, which caused Grace's physical discomfort. So, after saying this, Grace couldn't help but retch again.

Seeing this, Yungo hurriedly stepped forward and patted Grace's back to help her relieve her discomfort. But if they want to figure out the situation, they cannot avoid mentioning this bloody incident. So, after Grace readjusted her mental state, Yungo once again discussed this topic: "Then is it possible that Virus X killed the members of the Broadsword Expeditionary Force to provide food for the infected crew members on the ship? Otherwise, why would their bodies appear in the cold storage room and then be processed into cooking ingredients by them?"

"Could it really be that only a part of the crew members were infected with Virus X, not all of us have been infected with Virus X?" Grace's rhetorical question once again plunged the two into silence.

Because Yungo and Grace now dare not confirm that they have not been infected with Virus X, nor dare they confirm whether there are still crew members who have not been infected with Virus X. The reason why the two of them can still remain normal may be because the degree of their infection with Virus X is not deep. Therefore, the two believe that there must be other crew members on the Express Vanguard who have not been severely infected with Virus X.

However, what Yungo and Grace can confirm is that, judging from Xiao Liu's situation, Virus X obviously has a good IQ and a cunning personality. Because it knows how to use Xiao Liu's original personality to hide itself to avoid revealing its true identity. This makes it difficult for Yungo and Grace to distinguish which crew members have not been infected with Virus X, or have not been completely controlled by Virus X? Which crew members are completely controlled by Virus X?

In addition, judging from the current situation, Yungo and Grace can also preliminarily determine that the chef team on the spaceship must have been completely controlled by Virus X. Moreover, Captain Tim must have been completely controlled by Virus X for a long time, otherwise, why would he suddenly hold a food festival on the spaceship, and at the same time, unreasonably reduce everyone's work requirements, allowing the crew members to spend almost all their time enjoying delicious food?

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Thinking of this, Yungo seemed to have figured something out again, took a breath, and said, "No! Now looking back at everyone's obsession with delicious food during this period, is there really anyone who has not been severely infected with Virus X?"

Grace seemed to understand what Yungo meant, so she also reluctantly shook her head and guessed, "Alas! It seems that everyone is not because of the Vis people's gluttonous bad habits that they can't walk after seeing that food. Could it be that the reason why everyone is so enthusiastic about that food is due to Virus X making trouble behind the scenes?"

Yungo once again nodded to agree with Grace's guess, and then said, "It seems that there must be something wrong with this food! Or rather, there must be some trick in making the members of the Broadsword Expeditionary Force into food!"

Grace once again suppressed her nausea and then analyzed, "Could it be that food is the way Virus X infects us? Assuming that the Broadsword Expeditionary Force was also infected with Virus X, using their bodies as food became a way to continue spreading Virus X. Then who allowed them to deliberately commit the crime and create conveniences for Virus X to spread to us?"

Yungo immediately answered without thinking, "Apart from Captain Tim, who else could it be? After all, what can be transported onto the ship and what cannot must be approved by Captain Tim. Although according to the situation at the time, other people also had the opportunity to smuggle these bodies onto the Express Vanguard. But considering that the food festival on the ship was ordered by Captain Tim, and to show the importance of this food festival, Captain Tim also participated in the selection process of many ingredients and supervised the production process of many foods. So I can basically determine that Captain Tim is not only inseparable from the relationship, but must have been controlled by Virus X for a long time."

Grace naturally agreed with Yungo's affirmative attitude, but at the same time, she also raised a question again: "If the way to let us be infected with Virus X is to use the bodies of the Broadsword Expeditionary Force members, then how did the Broadsword Expeditionary Force get infected with Virus X at the time? We all know that the Broadsword Expeditionary Force did not find any available ingredients on Planet E, and they naturally could not have been infected with Virus X because they ate something wrong."

"So, is it all because of the gas released during the geological disasters on Planet E? You know, even before we arrived on Planet E, the geological disasters on Planet E had already been releasing gas. Although the Broadsword Expeditionary Force had already sampled and tested those gases and determined that they were not enough to harm our bodies. But don't forget, Virus X is an existence that can evade our equipment inspection, so those viruses can naturally infect them without any precautions." Yungo speculated.

"If it's really the case, then it should be said that we were all infected without any precautions!" Grace said in the gap of Yungo's pause.

"That's right. It should be that we were all infected! Therefore, the reason why the crew members of the Express Vanguard have not yet had any death cases may be because the time we were infected with Virus X is not long?" Yungo guessed.

Grace agreed with Yungo at the same time, but also tilted her head to continue guessing, "By the way! Do you remember in the conversation between chefs Xiao Liu and the others, they mentioned evolution and looking for new carriers? Could it be that this Virus X can evolve after infecting us to make them more powerful? And the reason why the crew members of the Express Vanguard have not yet had anyone suddenly have that fatal epilepsy after being infected with Virus X is because Virus X evolved again during the process of infecting us?"

Through the back-and-forth conversation between Yungo and Grace, the two seemed to gradually figure out the context of the matter. However, given that the conclusions drawn by the two at this time were basically guesses made based on the events that had occurred during this period, they did not dare to make hasty conclusions. Therefore, in order to further clarify the truth of the whole matter, the two decided to take a risk again and go to the passage connecting the kitchen, and find an opportunity to enter other storage rooms to explore.

Yungo and Grace still planned to use the rest time after duty to sneak to the lower level of the spaceship, but unlike the last time when they were relaxed and full of anticipation for a date, the two were now filled with fear. So even if they could be sure that except for the crew members on duty in the command center, all other crew members were still gathered in the staff canteen at this time, and continued to participate in the first food festival that did not know when it would end, the two still kept their hearts in their throats during the action. Because the two could basically determine that Virus X had already used the crew members they infected to seize control of the Express Vanguard. So this spaceship is no longer a warm home that can serve as a haven for them. Instead, it is about to completely become a terrifying nest occupied by Virus X.

The two once again went around to the passage behind the kitchen from another layer of the spaceship, and then extremely cautiously approached those storage rooms to avoid being suddenly seen by the chefs coming out of the storage rooms. Fortunately, Yungo and Grace did not encounter chefs or other spaceship staff during their investigation of these storage rooms. But surprisingly, apart from the storage room where they had hidden before, the two did not find the bodies of the Broadsword Expeditionary Force members in other storage rooms.

"Strange, I thought I would find bodies in these storage rooms too! It seems that the situation may not be as bad as we thought!" After confirming that these storage rooms only stored commonly used ingredients, Yungo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Phew——! You don't really think they only moved a few bodies onto the ship, do you?" Although Grace was also relieved that no other bodies were found, she obviously did not agree with Yungo's view.

Yungo also felt that there were no bodies stored in these storage rooms, which could illustrate any problem. After all, they did not participate in the spaceship repair work throughout the process, but spent most of their time in Old Zhou's restaurant. So, they did not know how many bodies the crew members controlled by Virus X moved onto the ship during this period. However, since they have the ability to move the bodies of the Broadsword Expeditionary Force onto the spaceship and feed the crew members of the Express Vanguard with the food made from these bodies, it is certain that they did not move a few bodies onto the ship.

Therefore, after Grace's question, Yungo also put away his relaxed expression and said, "These storage rooms are only used to store commonly used ingredients to facilitate the chefs to get materials when cooking, and the rest of the ingredients are all stored in the cargo area below the spaceship. So, should we go to the cargo area to check the situation?"

"There is still time, we must go and check it out." Grace calculated the time the chef would deliver food to the two again and responded.