"According to your observations, Teacher Gao and her previous victims were controlled by leeches. Their size is equivalent to that of small mammals and their destructive power is not strong. Even so, because they cannot be observed by ordinary people, they are also difficult to With the ability to withstand damage, these monsters can prey on humans as food..."
"So, what can the huge monster in the sky we saw just now do? Just imagining it like this makes people feel breathless."
"In addition, the characteristics of leeches are obviously different from any biological group on the earth. They come from another world that is completely different from the real earth - a new and unknown planet. How did they get to the earth? ? How much does the planet itself mean? Does the planet host a civilization that is composed of intelligent life like humans? "
Miss Xie put her hand on the table, and her five slender fingers slowly closed together and clenched into a fist, as if she wanted to hold something firmly in her palm.
"I want answers to these questions. To do that, I need the help of two of you."
"...I always feel that what you are talking about is not something that junior high school students should consider."
At this time, Ji Chunzao, who had not spoken since just now, said in a weak tone.
"You don't understand this, right? It's just because we are still in junior high school that we think about this."
Yan Jingxing coughed dryly and said that he understood it very well.
"Huh? Has Jing Xing thought about it too?"
"Of course I've thought about it. It's rare to even meet aliens. I will definitely want more, such as super powers and so on."
After hesitating for a moment, Ji Chunzao nodded slightly.
"Well, it would indeed be a good thing if there was a way to deal with those alien monsters. ...But, Yuzhi, you haven't seen with your own eyes how spiritual leeches attack people, right? That's really dangerous."
"I understand, but danger and opportunity always coexist. And it is precisely because I know that this unknown threat is imminent that I feel the need to act as soon as possible."
"Actually, even if we don't do anything, won't danger come to us? I don't know what the situation is in other places, but in this Baiyue Town, at least since Chun Zao's parents disappeared, It’s no longer safe, right?”
Compared to having my brain eaten by alien bugs unknowingly and turning into a pitiful madman, I would rather face danger, even if I feel scared and intimidated. When saying this, Xie Yuzhi's tone was very firm.
Yan Jingxing and Ji Chunzao looked at each other.
"I agree with what you said. So what are you going to do next?"
"Chun Zao told me that our most important goal right now is to find the 'astronaut'. I think this idea is fine."
"Now I can use my ability to 'call aliens,'" Ji Chunzao whispered, "but the astronaut did not appear, what appeared was the monster floating in the sky."
"That means this method won't work for the time being, but I still feel that your goal is correct."
Miss Xie is very confident.
"Don't worry, now that I've joined, things will of course be different." Her eyes fell on the boy, "Jing Xing, let me ask you, you said he is an astronaut, what kind of space suit is he wearing? "
Yan Jingxing was stunned.
"……good question."
"That's a good question, right?" The girl smiled slightly, "This is the only clue that can be used right now. Is there any way you can draw it?"
"But I don't remember very well," he shook his head, "and I can't draw at all."
"It doesn't matter. I will collect all the styles of astronauts in the world in the form of pictures, and let you look at them one by one to confirm the country and age of the spacesuit you see."
Xie Yuzhi said.
"If they don't look like it, then they might be aliens - I mean, real aliens. They have a... civilization that is different from humans, and they have even developed corresponding space navigation technology. The spacesuits are all very similar."
Astronauts are the crystallization of human technological civilization. If other civilizations create similar things and can travel to other planets, it will undoubtedly prove that they are ahead of mankind.
…
The heavy rain outside the window has no intention of stopping yet.
Heavy water drops slapped on the glass, making a "crackling" sound. Occasionally, there would be muffled thunder, and the shining electric light illuminated the entire room as brightly as day.
The night was already dark, and sleepiness was gradually creeping into my heart.
Seeing that Ji Chunzao was already yawning next to him, Xie Yuzhi asked them to go back to the room to rest, promising that his work of collecting spacesuit intelligence would be completed in these two days.
When the little girl staggered out of the room, Yan Jingxing followed her and opened the door to the corridor.
At this moment, Miss Xie's voice sounded from behind.
"Wait, I have something to tell you."
He turned his head and saw the girl sitting on the sofa drinking tea. Her face was calm and graceful after she put down the tea cup.
"When you went to the bathroom just now, I apologized to Ji Chunzao again."
she said softly.
"Harumo probably won't care."
"She really doesn't care, but I can't help but care." Xie Yuzhi sighed, "In my opinion, she is really too generous. If anyone questions my opinion of my parents without permission, I will never think about it for the rest of my life. Look at him with a straight eye."
"Just be nice to her..." Yan Jingxing thought for a while, "Aren't you two roommates?"
Xie Yuzhi shook his head, as if he had other plans.
"Yan Jingxing, I also have something to say to you."
"Um?"
"Concerning that 'seeing the future' dream you just shared with me, I'm grateful to you."
"You've said it before."
"Yes, I did. But you probably can't understand my feelings..."
At this point, she seemed to want to explain her thoughts, and her voice dropped slightly; but at this moment, there was thunder outside the window, and the noise drowned out all the sounds in the room.
Yan Jingxing saw the girl's lips moving, but couldn't hear her words.
He was startled by the sudden sound of thunder and subconsciously covered his ears. After the sound passed, he put down his hands and spoke in confusion.
"What were you talking about just now?"
Xie Yuzhi replied:
"Nothing, I just want to ask, if you want anything, I can buy it for you. My father gives me a sum of money every month, and I don't usually use much anyway."
"……ah?"
"Consider it as payment. You have helped me a lot."
Yan Jingxing immediately shook his head without thinking. He didn't feel like he really helped.
"Need not."
Next, the two of them spoke almost at the same time, their voices overlapping:
——"Really no need? Don't you have what you want?"
——"Since we are friends, there is no need to be polite to me."
"……Huh?"
Xie Yuzhi opened her eyes slightly and looked at him in surprise.
"Friend? Me? Can you?"
It's not that Yan Jingxing couldn't understand her mood, because at the beginning, he was also full of doubts about Chun Zao's words, and it was inevitable that he would reveal his doubts during the communication, so he couldn't help but feel guilty afterwards.
But the "mermaid girl" is really broad-minded, and she always acts like she doesn't care, so Yan Jingxing naturally doesn't care anymore.
"Is this okay? We are all companions who have seen alien creatures together. It is normal for us to become friends."
...No, wait a minute. Yan Jingxing murmured a little guiltily. Thinking about it carefully, it is actually not normal for boys and girls of our age to make peer-to-peer friends.
Of course, he would not say this out of his mouth.
"Really, my friend." Miss Xie put her hand to her mouth, as if to hide her expression at the moment, "You may not care, this is a big deal for me, I have to ask the chef to do it five times Layer cake tower to celebrate.”
"It's too exaggerated."
"Including spring algae, that's two."
"No, no, no, she didn't promise to be your friend."
"Eh? Ah..."
Xie Yuzhi rarely felt a little panicked.
"You mean, she might not be willing? Why?"
"Because... I lied to you, haha! She has already regarded you as a friend, can't you see?"
Yan Jingxing smiled and waved, then turned and walked to his room.
Xie Yuzhi watched his back disappear into the corridor, and then looked away.
It was still half an hour before her usual break. The girl picked up her usual pillow book and started reading. The title on the title page was "On Livy".
After flipping through a few pages, Xie Yuzhi found that the concentration she was so proud of seemed to have suddenly failed tonight.
There was thunder and rain outside the window, but these natural sounds could not affect her thinking...
The girl put down her book, and after being in a daze for a while, she suddenly smiled softly in front of the empty place.
That light laughter quickly disappeared into the air.
"...That's why I said, you can't understand my feelings."
*
After Yan Jingxing returned to his room, he lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling in a daze.
At this moment, his heart was racing and the thoughts in his mind were complicated. He felt that there were too many things to consider and he had to think carefully.
However, Simmons lying under him was too soft and comfortable, and the sound of rain outside the window had a very hypnotic effect, so he only thought for a short while and fell asleep quickly. Very heavy and fragrant.
Until a rapid knock on the door woke him up from his dream.
"Well, what's wrong..."
Yan Jingxing rubbed his eyes and stood up from the bed.
He looked out the window. The rain had stopped and the sky was indigo. The sun seems to have not yet fully risen, the light is hazy, and the color of the earth is clear and refreshing.
"Yan Jingxing, are you awake?"
The person who knocked on the door was Xie Yuzhi.
"Wake up, wait until I get dressed."
Yan Jingxing jumped out of bed, put on his pants neatly, and asked:
"Is it time for school?"
The girl outside the door replied:
"No, it's still early, but I just received a bit strange news, and I want to explain the situation to you."
He opened the door.
Xie Yuzhi was wearing light gray plush pajamas. One hand touched the outline of her chest, which was rising and falling slightly. Her breathing was rapid, as if she had been running all the way.
There was surprise in her expression, as if she had heard something incredible.
After Yan Jingxing was woken up, his head was still a little unclear and he stared at her blankly.
"Uh...so, what's going on now?"
Xie Yuzhi put down his hand, raised the photo in his other hand and handed it to him.
"Look, is this person the 'ghost astronaut' you saw?"
Yan Jingxing took the photo doubtfully. After looking at it for a moment, his eyes widened and his head suddenly came to his senses.
It really looks like...
The photo shows a man wearing a dirty spacesuit, with greasy blood on his body, lying on a beach, surrounded by rocks and tattered fishing nets.
Although the appearance of the astronaut in my memory was very vague, the remaining impression in my mind overlapped with it in an instant. He couldn't help but ask:
"What is this? Where did this photo come from? When was it taken?"
"In the early hours of today."
Xie Yuzhi took a deep breath and tried to keep her tone calm.
"Calm down and listen to me. Because of yesterday's heavy rain, the sea level rose. When fishermen went to the beach to collect their fishing nets today, they found a stranded whale on the nearby coast."
"-Then, they found a body wearing a spacesuit from the belly of the whale."
