"...I'm back."
No accident occurred. He lost consciousness in the pod again and woke up again in the UFO in the "secret base".
This time, Yan Jingxing opened his eyes and felt very calm.
He first checked the surrounding environment, and then used the dim light to observe the outlines of the two girls. After confirming that they were both fine, he relaxed and leaned his back against the bulkhead, and opened the small door next to him.
"How's it going? Is everyone okay?"
"It's okay." He heard Miss Xie reply inexplicably in the darkness, "However, it may take me some time to sort out my mood."
"I understand. In fact, until now, I still have an incredible feeling about what happened."
"Yes, I feel the same way."
"Aha……"
The person who yawned just now was Ji Chunzao.
"Hey, it feels like I just fell asleep and returned to Earth easily."
After picking up their luggage, they climbed out of the UFO one by one, just like passengers who had just gotten off a long-distance train. They didn't know whether it was day or night, and as soon as they stepped out, they felt like they were in another world.
Yan Jingxing was the first to get out. He stretched while breathing in the fresh air from the outside world.
"What should we do next... By the way, we have to go home quickly."
He had a trance-like feeling of "finally returning to reality."
Just now, I was experiencing thrills and excitement that ordinary people could not imagine, and I devoted myself wholeheartedly to the adventure;
After returning to earth, school, parents, unfinished homework and the test results from the day before yesterday... After uncontrollably thinking of these, he felt that he had become the ordinary junior high school student again.
"After such a long time, everyone in the family is worried. The sky is dark——"
Yan Jingxing stopped midway through his words.
He turned around and saw that the sky outside the cave was bright and beautiful. It was a beautiful summer day and there was no intention of getting dark at all.
How can it be? This...couldn't it be already the second day?
From behind, there was the sound of the eldest lady crouching in the corner, sorting things out. She didn't know what she was busy with.
After a while, she straightened up and seemed to notice the confusion on Yan Jingxing's face. Xie Yuzhi walked to him, holding an alarm clock in her hand.
"look."
She asked Yan Jingxing to look carefully at the hands on the dial.
"This is... 9:15 in the morning? It's too early. What time will it be when we go to another planet?" Yan Jingxing asked hesitantly.
Xie Yuzhi did not answer the question immediately, but turned around and went back to get another thing.
That's a video camera.
"Although I never thought that the UFO could be easily activated by us before the space transfer actually occurred inside the pod, but as a preliminary test, I still tried my best to prepare everything I could. Fortunately, I did this, so It was only when I first checked that I discovered something strange.”
Xie Yuzhi dragged Ji Chunzao over and started explaining to them both.
"First of all, it's time. It was nine and a half when we set off. In other words, according to earth's time, we stayed on the alien planet for about ten minutes."
She put down the alarm clock.
"This is obviously unreasonable, and it is far away from our somatosensory time..."
"Oh I see!"
Ji Chunzao's eyes lit up, she raised her hands as if being called upon by the teacher to answer a question in class, and spoke loudly.
"This is because the time flow rate on both sides is different! I have seen such a story in a magazine before. A spaceship traveling at the speed of light crashed midway. As a result, one of the passengers was left behind and could only stay on the local planet. Get on. When the driver went to the rescue and met the passenger again, he had become an old man."
"Is it the distortion of space and time that occurs after transcending the 'principle of constant speed of light'?"
Xie Yuzhi nodded slightly, as if in agreement. It seems that the eldest lady has also read this type of science fiction novels.
"...Since it's an alien planet, it's not so unbelievable." Yan Jingxing touched his chin and muttered, "After all, we are separated by so many light years."
"It's difficult to come up with a definite answer based on our ability, so let's put it aside for now. In addition, there is one more thing. Before leaving, I placed several cameras with timer recording functions in this cave."
Xie Yuzhi quickly turned on the camera function, and the three of them crowded their heads in front of the machine, staring at the screen with nervousness and excitement.
…
At 9:05, they got into the UFO one after another. In the next ten minutes, nothing changed. If the time on the screen wasn't still jumping, it might look like a still picture.
At 9:15, Yan Jingxing opened the hatch and stepped out of the UFO for the first time. After that came Ji Chunzao and Xie Yuzhi.
…
"..."
Yan Jingxing remained silent.
"It's not nothing!"
Ji Chunzao breathed out, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and quickly retracted his head.
In this weather, it is too hot to be close to a living person, arm to arm.
"There's nothing there, that's the problem."
Yan Jingxing did notice the trick. He shook his head and said:
"I don't know if you still have any impressions. I remember it very clearly. Before we lost consciousness, we did hear a huge roar and saw a huge light that made people blind... But these are in the video None of them appeared. Is it our hallucination?"
"Yes, I remember it too."
Xie Yuzhi nodded.
"My guess is that it is possible that all of this happened in a UFO. When those huge sounds and lights appeared, we were actually no longer on the earth."
…
The three of them excitedly exchanged their feelings about their first alien adventure and discussed various questions that were difficult to answer for the time being.
But it was getting late, the hottest time of the year was about to come, and the midday sun was quite scorching, so they planned to leave this place before then.
"I put surveillance cameras here and hung up new door locks to prevent outsiders from breaking in."
Xie Yuzhi said.
"As expected of you, you are so thoughtful. Then, let's go?"
Yan Jingxing didn't take a few steps out when he noticed that Ji Chunzao beside him would turn his head to look in the direction of the UFO from time to time, looking distracted, which was a bit funny.
"Why, you just came back and you want to go back again?"
"Woo..."
The little girl who was caught was a little embarrassed.
"You can come again next time, don't worry."
"When is the next time? Tomorrow?"
She raised her little face, full of expectation.
"Well……"
Yan Jingxing felt a little uncomfortable looking at Chun Zao's big, sparkling eyes.
"We must wait until everything is ready. For example, with this experience, we at least know how to bring items to another planet..."
"I think it's better to do it later."
Miss Xie showed a serious expression.
"Even if we go back, will we be able to pass through that forest? If not, we will still be trapped in the underground palace. When there is no 'predator king', those strange trees may not let us pass easily ."
Trees with lines on their bodies that resemble human faces—according to Ji Chunzao, they also emit "electric waves", indicating that each tree is a weird creature like the Hairless One.
Although their presence is weak, their numbers are too large after all. If they are harmful to humans, they will undoubtedly be a terrible threat to the three junior high school students.
"Though the fate of those trees was miserable and they looked defenseless, they were trying to avoid the predators in the sky. If we tried to get past them, we might be treated as prey by them."
The main reason is that this kind of tree looks really scary, and it doesn't look like a good tree.
The sap flowing in their branches is scarlet, like human blood. At the most outrageous moment, they even scream. Faced with the predators of monsters, thousands of ghost-faced trees screamed together. The scene was really...
impressive.
"By the way, Chun Zao, do you know the name of this tree?"
Yan Jingxing suddenly remembered that not all of them knew anything about that planet.
Ji Chunzao inherited the ability of sacrifice, which is equivalent to possessing the knowledge of alien civilizations. He can understand the words they left behind, and he also understands the "common sense" of this world to a certain extent.
At least when she saw the Hairless Man and the Predator King, she did call out their names immediately.
"Well, I saw it, but I didn't react at the time."
Ji Chunzao nodded honestly.
"Because in my eyes, they are called 'trees'."
"..."
Yan Jingxing was a little speechless.
"Does this mean that this kind of tree is very common in the eyes of aliens? Just like the camphor and willow trees seen on Earth?"
What kind of planet do they live on?
At this time, Yan Jingxing suddenly discovered a problem:
Strangely enough, they did find a palace built by an alien civilization, but they did not find any aliens inside, and there was no trace of their life anywhere.
It is obviously a long-abandoned ruins, and now the magpie nests are occupied by hairless doves; and judging from the murals, the palace is a very important place for this civilized ethnic group. When it comes to the inheritance of rituals, it should I won't give up casually...
"——In short, I think it would be better to improve our overall strength first and be fully prepared before taking on the challenge."
Xie Yuzhi brought the topic back.
"Don't forget, we also have a piece of information found in the secret base. Since someone has activated this instrument, it means that the other party has probably been to alien planets like us, and has a high probability of knowing more information than us. Maybe You can find a way out of the forest."
"Besides, I have one more thing..."
Miss Xie was halfway through her words. It seemed that she had not organized her words well. After a pause, she subconsciously softened her voice.
"Both of you have found your own abilities. It only takes a while to adapt. In this regard, I may... need help from others... maybe."
This was the first time I saw her coy and embarrassed attitude.
...how strange.
From the corner of his eye, he subconsciously glanced at Ji Chunzao beside him and found that she had a strange smile on her face for some reason.
Well, Yan Jingxing knew it, and his current expression must be exactly the same as hers.
The two people with ill intentions exchanged glances and said in unison:
"I don't seem to understand very well. Can you say it again?"
"Can you speak more clearly? I didn't hear you just now."
"..."
Xie Yuzhi held her forehead, feeling a little helpless.
With the experience of getting along with each other during this period of time, she did not think that the two people's reactions were so slow.
Miss Xie trusted her eyes. Although this statement always sounds annoying, she has always been willing to communicate seriously with people she can like, and such people are definitely not stupid.
Yan Jingxing has an ordinary side, but he also has a calmer and braver side than other boys of the same age she has seen;
Even Ji Chunzao, who often behaves recklessly, is actually very smart and has won an award in the city's model airplane competition. This is not something that ordinary students can do in their spare time, but this girl is always easily led by whimsical thoughts——
How could they not guess what they were thinking?
"I mean, please guys... do me a favor."
An eye-catching blush appeared on her pretty face, and the eldest lady was clearly feeling shy. However, she finally managed to get her words out.
"I also hope to awaken my own superpowers like you."
What really surprised Xie Yuzhi was her own reaction. She would actually bow her head to others, and they were two peers.
Perhaps because this was not the first time she said "I hope you can help me" to them, Xie Yuzhi found that in front of these two people, her past self-admiration and self-admiration had disappeared without realizing it.
"Oh~ So that's what happened. You should have told me earlier."
Ji Chunzao deliberately showed an expression of realization. She smiled and stretched out her hand and took her arm.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it! Yuzhi, you are the 'King', right? It sounds amazing, and you will definitely awaken powerful abilities. Ah, but you are a girl, so maybe you shouldn't be called 'King', but... …”
"—Queen! We should call her Her Majesty."
Yan Jingxing tried his best to keep his face straight and added helpfully.
"Yes, that's right, it's Her Majesty the Queen! Her Majesty the Queen from Baiyue Town Experimental Middle School!"
Ji Chunzao immediately raised his hands and cheered.
Xie Yuzhi was made angry and funny by these two people.
"Okay, then since I am the queen, you all have to listen to me. Now, Her Majesty the Queen is going to issue the first order."
She poked Ji Chunzao's soft face and found that it felt really good.
"Both of you will meet at my house tomorrow. You are not allowed to take leave even on the weekend. Do you hear me? Remember to get up in the morning. I will send a car to pick you up."
