Yan Jingxing, like Xie Yuzhi, opened his mouth in shock.
Unlike his fellow captain, he believed Ji Chunzao's words; and like her, he had never seen it before... or even imagined that he would see such an astonishing sight.
In the gray sky above, a huge dark shadow loomed in the dense clouds. It had an overwhelmingly huge body, and its octopus-like tentacle-like limbs were swaying wantonly like living tall buildings.
He couldn't see the full picture of the monster in the cloud, and could only see its shadow spreading across the undulating sea.
Yan Jingxing stared blankly, feeling an unprecedented sense of oppression gripping his body and mind. He could only hear the "pounding" heartbeat coming from deep in his eardrums, but his body was frozen and unable to move.
Will it eat people? Will it use those huge tentacles to roll people up and carry them to the sky? He didn't know, and he felt that even if it was true, he couldn't resist. He could only watch the monster in the cloud leisurely curl up its tentacles, or lower them, and brush them on the water...
He turned his head with difficulty, and his gaze passed over the face of Xie Yuzhi, who was also shocked and speechless, and landed on Ji Chunzao's side cheek.
"This...this is what you said that day..."
"Um!"
Ji Chunzao opened her eyes, turned her face, and showed an unbelievably bright smile.
"It's an alien creature I summoned. How about it, super big?"
...It's too big.
What about others? Can others see it?
Yan Jingxing couldn't help but look at the sea in the distance, then turned to look at the road surrounding the mountains.
There were no boats passing by, no cars passing by on the road, and no villages gathering on the mountain. This place can be said to be inaccessible.
Even so, there is no guarantee that no one except the three of them will witness this scene.
...Or do other people regard the appearance of the monster in the cloud as some kind of abnormal celestial phenomenon? If it weren't for the fact that he was observing from a close distance and could only choose to believe his own eyes, he might have subconsciously regarded it as an illusion or the phenomenon of clouds gathering before a storm.
But precisely because he is standing on this rock now, he can be sure that it is really a living creature!
"Summon this kind of thing..."
Yan Jingxing's tone was harsh.
"You, aren't you afraid of something happening?"
"Hey, something happened?" Ji Chunzao's eyes widened with surprise on his face, "Isn't nothing happening now?"
"...No, but aren't you scared when you see something like this?"
"Afraid? It's not that serious, but I was still a little surprised when I saw it for the first time. How should I put it..."
Ji Chunzao raised his head and stared at the giant shadow hovering in the sky before the storm.
Judging from the outline, it looks like a king squid floating in the deep sea, but it is larger than the largest creature on earth today.
Even after witnessing such a horrific scene, her tone was still light:
"I'll explain in advance that this is just a feeling, but I don't think this big guy floating in the sky will hurt us."
"Is it a friendly alien creature?"
"No, my idea is that the other party may not take us to heart at all."
This is true.
Yan Jingxing kept raising his neck, trying to see clearly the overall appearance of the monster hidden in the dark clouds. As he looked at it, he felt his neck begin to feel sore.
To "it", the three of them were no more than little ants passing by, and they might not be visible at all.
...No, that's not right.
He almost forgot one thing: he and Xie Yuzhi might be little ants, but Ji Chunzao was the one who summoned them -
While he was thinking about it, Yan Jingxing suddenly felt a pain in his waist. It turned out to be Ji Chunzao who was secretly poking him with his elbow.
"……What's wrong?"
He asked in a lowered voice, somewhat surprised.
The little girl snickered proudly and quietly nuzzled her lips in the direction of the captain and classmate.
"Did you see Xie Yuzhi's expression? How about it? My plan must have succeeded this time, right?"
Therefore, Yan Jingxing focused his attention on Xie Yuzhi again.
She seemed to have regained her composure. The shocked look with her slightly open mouth just now must be a rare gaffe for this girl.
Now, Xie Yuzhi, like them, is raising his head and looking up at the monster hiding in the clouds, trying to see what's going on.
This attitude meant that she must have seen it.
He remembered Ji Chunzao's words.
As long as the scale reaches a "certain level", even ordinary people can see it...?
"Jing Xing, what do you think?"
"Yes." Yan Jingxing came to his senses and nodded, "She did see aliens like us. Now she must believe it."
"I'll just say it!"
Ji Chunzao smiled so hard that his eyebrows curled up and he poked his waist with his elbow.
"Quick, hurry up and remind her, let her quickly admit that aliens exist. In this way, I will win!"
Yan Jingxing was speechless and glared at her.
"Why don't you tell yourself?"
"I……"
The little girl's expression suddenly froze.
"I, I have other ideas, and this time my words have come true. I didn't lie. I have always been serious. I shouldn't be the one to take the initiative..."
Yan Jingxing saw that she didn't mean what she said.
In fact, there was no special reason. It was simply because Ji Chuncao had a strange and complicated feeling of "awe" for the captain and classmate who had helped him. Just like a naughty child who sees his serious-looking mother, he can't help but shrink his neck...
"Fine."
He scratched his hair and was about to speak to Xie Yuzhi——
"hehe."
He heard the crisp laughter and was stunned for a moment.
The laughter came from among the three of them.
Xie Yuzhi in front of her covered her cherry-colored lips with her hands, but she couldn't stop the upward curve.
He was already used to Ji Chunzao's smile, but this was the first time he heard and saw the captain's smile.
"Hehehe... Huhu... Huhahaha..."
As if she had heard a very funny joke, Xie Yuzhi kept laughing. All the serious and serious impressions she had left on people in the past disappeared in this laughter.
The harder she laughed, the more she couldn't stop laughing. In the end, she even covered her abdomen with her hands and arched her body slightly, because she was laughing so hard that even crystal tears overflowed from the corners of her eyes.
What was it that she found so funny?
Ji Chunzao was obviously stunned by the abnormal behavior of his classmate, the team leader. He couldn't help but move closer to Yan Jingxing and asked in a low voice with some fear.
"She...could she have been frightened? Has her brain become abnormal?"
It seemed that even for her roommate, it was the first time she had seen Xie Yuzhi smiling so wildly.
After a while, she finally regained her composure and wiped away her tears.
"I'm sorry... I just heard the conversation between you two. Chun Zao is right. It's my turn to take the initiative this time."
Miss Xie bowed her head and apologized to them both.
"I'm sorry, I'm a frog in the well. All my previous judgments were based on past common sense, but they were all wrong."
Seeing her admitting her mistakes so frankly, Yan Jingxing and Ji Chunzao didn't know what to say. They looked at each other, and finally Yan Jingxing spoke first:
"After all, everyone has accepted this common sense. It's normal to not believe in aliens when you can't see them. I was the same at the beginning... I think it's quite impressive that you can accept the facts so quickly."
"I consider myself a realist. Now that I have seen with my own eyes the existence beyond imagination, it is unquestionable 'reality' for me. The only choice is to accept it. Also, why do you think I am so Do you hate Chunzao that she always talks about aliens?"
"Because you think they don't exist?"
She nodded, then shook her head,
"Because I had hoped for their existence countless times in the past, but as I grew up, the knowledge and rationality I learned told me that this was not the case. Until just now, I felt like a 'dream was lost and found again'. It turned out that what really went wrong Exactly everything I’ve learned…is there any better news than this?”
"You wish there were aliens in this world?"
Yan Jingxing felt that he couldn't understand her words again.
"That's pretty much it. If there are no aliens, it's okay if there are ghosts and things like that." She said.
"No, we have to be scientific, there are no ghosts in this world."
Ji Chunzao on the side couldn't help but interrupt.
Xie Yuzhi's eyes immediately turned to her, and the corners of his mouth rose again. Ji Chunzao was a little embarrassed by the sight, and subconsciously wanted to hide behind Yan Jingxing.
But before that, her hand had been grabbed in advance.
"Chun Zao, have you always been looking for traces of aliens? Since you were in elementary school?"
"Well, yes, yes..."
"Now we include Yan Jingxing, right?"
Xie Yuzhi's eyes were blazing and he showed quite amazing enthusiasm.
"——Then, can you add me?"
"..."
After Ji Chunzao looked at the other party for a while, she no longer flinched, but replied with a serious expression:
"Actually, I've always wanted you to say that."
"...That's it, that's great. Thank you. And, I'm sorry."
"No need to apologize."
Yan Jingxing relaxed, folded his arms and looked at them with a smile.
"It's incredible. How many monsters like that are there in this world...?"
Xie Yuzhi sighed and turned to look up at the sky. She suddenly made a sound of surprise.
"Wait a minute, look, is it going to disappear?"
Yan Jingxing and Ji Chunzao raised their heads at the same time. The huge outline in the clouds and mist gradually became illusory, and the mountain-like tentacles hanging from the sky slowly disappeared from the field of vision.
"——!"
At the moment when the monster in the cloud was about to disappear, they seemed to hear something like the sound of huge mechanical gears meshing and rubbing against each other, echoing in their hearts.
"Boom!"
At the same time, there was a startling thunder in the sky, and the flash of thunder illuminated the rolling waves undulating in the darkness.
The sky was already as dark as late at night. Not long after, a stream of fresh water vapor brewed in the air, blowing on the faces of the boys and girls, giving them a cool feeling.
"Really missing..."
Ji Chunzao whispered regretfully.
"It's hard to say whether we can summon it next time."
"After all, your goal has been achieved, hasn't it?"
Yan Jingxing said with a smile.
"By the way, do you two have anything else to do, or are you just going to go home?"
Xie Yuzhi asked, and the light of lightning bloomed again, illuminating the faces of the three people on the rock.
"It's going to rain soon. I think I have to go back."
"Yes, me too."
"——So, do you want to come to my house?"
Xie Yuzhi reached out to the two of them and made an invitation. "Papa", a drop of rain fell on her palm at this moment, and the cold water droplets slid down her hair and face.
"I don't plan to go back to school today. I'm very surprised now. I want to find a place to calm down, and I also want to chat with you two for a while. If you are free, do you want to come to my house as a guest?"
…
The rain soon became heavier, and countless raindrops fell down, splashing countless dense sprays on the rocks and the sea.
The boys and girls jumped off the rocks and ran towards where the car stopped.
The strong wind roared, causing pain in the cheeks and ears, and ruthlessly carried the chill and moisture into the children's collars and cuffs.
Dust flew away beneath their feet, and the soft soil quickly became wet and muddy.
On the way, they happened to bump into the driver of Xie Yuzhi's family, holding an umbrella and looking for them anxiously. Finally, the three of them, soaked in water, squeezed into the car together.
The engine started, the headlights came on, and the bright beams of light penetrated the darkness shrouding the mountain road, illuminating the dense white mist.
The car broke through the torrential rain and rushed towards the dim lights at the bottom of the mountain...
