In a bedroom that was so huge that it looked like a princess living in a castle, the boys and girls were sitting on the sofa. On the coffee table were the steaming black tea and desserts that someone had just brought in.
"First of all, let me explain that according to inspection, this material may be more than ten years old, so the information above may not necessarily be in line with the current situation."
"I understand. Besides, this looks like..." Yan Jingxing read a few lines of words and then turned over the material in his hand to check it strangely, "A diary?"
"Hey, it turns out there are adults who can write diaries."
Ji Chunzao said with emotion.
"I thought only elementary school students were forced by their Chinese teachers to write diaries every day."
"Ordinary people don't have this habit, but this person is obviously extraordinary."
Xie Yuzhi sat on the sofa, holding the information in her hand without raising her head. She elegantly picked up the tea cup with her other hand and took a sip.
"This is not so much a diary as it is a manual. In this world, some people record their experiences in detail out of professional needs, such as sailors, detectives, and...explorers."
"Explorer..."
Although no one would introduce himself in the diary, judging from the details revealed between the lines, he recognized Xie Yuzhi's judgment.
Yan Jingxing continued reading:
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"December 4th. I found that there were not many coins left in my pocket. There was a hole and all the coins leaked out."
"December 5th. No money, drink."
"December 8th. I failed to borrow money from a friend. This guy actually didn't answer my call. When I came to find him, I found that he had taken his whole family back to the countryside to visit relatives. It was definitely intentional, just to avoid me. Is it necessary? The old friendship in the past is really worthless."
"December 11th. I've searched for everyone I can. No one wants to see me again, even if I have saved his life before. Alas..."
"December 12th. No money, drinking."
"December 13th. No money, drinking."
"December 14th. I wanted to drink, but the owner of the shop downstairs refused to let me pay on credit. He also said that he would call the police if I didn't pay back the money. Alas, I don't steal or rob, and the police didn't even bother with this little money. I will file a case...but these days, where can I find a second boss willing to pay on credit?"
"December 17th. The landlord came to press for rent, and I finally sent him away."
"December 21st. The weather is a bit cold, and I don't have money to pay the heating bill. How should I spend this winter?"
"December 23rd. Drink."
"December 24th. Drinking. I remember today is a foreign festival? There are young people on the street. When I see them, I think of myself in the past... No matter what, drink."
"December 27th. The landlord brought a new tenant over to view the house. He told me to pack my things and get out within three days. Really, he used the word "get out"! I was the only one who said this to others before. Where is the turn? Come and tell others what to do to me! What a bastard who looks down on others."
"December 28th. I have to consider going to the streets to fight for territory with homeless people and beggars."
"January 1st. New year, new beginning, drinking."
"January 3rd. New year and new atmosphere. I received a commission from a regular customer I haven't contacted in more than ten years. I suddenly felt that this might be my last chance to turn around in my life."
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Judging from the beginning of the diary, it seems that its owner is a middle-aged man who has been miserable after being reduced to the bottom of society. He has no job and family, and has a bad habit of drinking. He is rejected and alienated by his former friends and acquaintances.
But on the other hand, you can see between the lines that this guy was a person with a story in the past. Finally one day, he waited for a turning point in his fate.
Yan Jingxing never thought that his curiosity would be aroused by a rambling diary. It was like reading a novel and he couldn't help but flip through it.
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"February 11th. With the first deposit transferred, I finally packed up my previous affairs and prepared to go. This month, I haven't had any alcohol, and I feel as if there are ants crawling on my body. I know I have to endure it. The regular customer said that he was working for others this time and told me to behave well."
"On February 13, when I arrived at my destination, I was really shocked. There were several old acquaintances among them, as well as the national mountaineering team, members of the former Antarctic scientific expedition team, wilderness survival experts, retired special forces... With such a group of guys gathered together, I really don’t know who the boss is this time.”
"In the evening, the boss met with me alone. What surprised me a little was that the boss was a woman, and she was also a good-looking woman. But I couldn't tell her age. She might be in her twenties, thirties, or thirty or four years old. 10. In addition, the clothes she wore were very strange. It was a large black robe with gold edging on the sleeves. The robe was long enough to cover her whole body. It looked like some kind of ethnic or religious costume, but I think Not famous."
"The boss could tell at a glance that I was an alcoholic. Was it because I still smelled of alcohol? I thought I was going to get kicked out, but she didn't seem to worry about me messing up. She just told me to do my job well. My All wishes will come true.”
"...'Wish'? What this woman said is really weird. What kind of wish can I have? To finish this job well and get the promised reward is my biggest wish right now. I heard someone in the camp call her ' 'Prophet'. Well, what's a weirder way to call it? I decided not to care about other people's petty things. All I need is money."
"February 14th. The boss and the few people around her all looked mysterious, so that no one else in the camp knew that she had organized such a professional team composed of explorers, scientists and soldiers. The team is going to explore somewhere on the earth. The equipment delivered to the camp in the past two days is used for mountain climbing and diving, which is really confusing."
"Old Zhangtou was joking that he was going to rob a tomb, right? If the boss hadn't promised not to do anything illegal, he might have backed down. After all, he was a soldier before. But in my opinion, even if it was really a tomb robbery, it wouldn't be such a crime. With great fanfare. That woman must have her own ulterior motives, and her plans are very big, I can see that."
"Her smile and her eyes are very familiar to me. They are those of people who do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. I used to work with an ambitious boss and suffered a lot. I thought I would never be able to do it in my life. I don’t want to deal with this kind of person anymore… But what I know more clearly is that I have no way out.”
"February 18th. During this period, the camp has been busy communicating with personnel and purchasing equipment, and it's New Year's Eve before I know it. There is a banquet tonight. A month ago, I never thought that I would be able to eat this year. Have a warm New Year’s Eve dinner.”
"In the evening, under the encouragement of Lao Zhangtou, I broke the habit and drank a bottle of beer. Really, there was only one bottle, but I always felt that I hadn't been so drunk in a long, long time..."
"On February 19th, the first day of the Lunar New Year, we are going to start the 'first exploration'. The first expedition team consists of seven people, the leader is Lao Zhang, and the deputy team is a man with glasses who came from the scientific expedition team, and I am also One of them."
"Everyone brought their equipment and had been waiting in the tent in the center of the camp since eight o'clock in the morning; and it was not until half an hour before the operation started that the boss finally announced to us where we were going."
"'——An alien planet, this is your destination. I have discovered a way to another planet, and you will be the first group of people to land on this planet and conduct on-the-spot investigation.'"
"I will never forget the wonderful expressions on the faces of everyone in the expedition team when she said this. Everyone including me thought this woman was joking with us. If she was serious, , then she is the most insane person in the world."
"Then the boss said, 'Even if I look like a fool to you, the money you're getting is real money. I've never deceived you or treated you wrong, right?' We had a certain reaction. It was all guessed by her."
"'But if - even if there is only one chance in a billion, what I say is true, then what you can get is far more than the money I provide, but unprecedented honor and status. Humanity will regard you as heroes who pioneered history. Now, this choice is in your hands.'"
"'Think carefully about what I said. I will not force everyone to participate in this operation. You still have the opportunity to withdraw now, and I will not stop you. I will wait for the results outside the tent. In half an hour, the operation will begin. '"
"After the woman in black robe left, no one in the tent spoke again, and no one stood up to leave. In this way, the silence lasted for half an hour, until she came back again and announced that no one had withdrawn from the first exploration operation."
"Of course I find it strange. I can see the struggle and hesitation on the faces of these temporary companions, because I know that I must have the same expression on my face. I even thought: Even if what the woman said is true Yes, there are really such ridiculous things in this world, we are really about to go to an alien planet, but she must be hiding something from us."
"A few of us will become the heroes who pioneered history? Are you kidding me? How many unknown navigators died in storms and shipwrecks during the age of geographical discovery? The progress of history allows future generations to only see the glorious side. But those who can become heroes will always be the few who survive. Can anyone tell me how many dangers can be hidden on a strange planet? What can we do alone?"
"I still didn't get up in the end. I knew the reason myself, but I didn't know the reasons of others. But then I thought about it and felt that there was only one possibility: It turned out that these people were just like me, they were all desperate guys. "
"At nine-fifty, the boss took us to a weird machine and asked us to get in one by one. According to her, this is the device that will send us to another planet."
"The machine looks a lot like a UFO. I don't see any operable equipment or mechanisms, and it's full of suspicious smells. Moreover, the space inside is relatively cramped, and I can barely fit three people into it, so I include the instruments that need to be brought there. With the equipment included, we will enter in three groups.”
"But now, I can only bite the bullet. I was the second batch to enter, and it was already empty at that time. It was from this moment on that I realized that everything that happened today was very unusual. This is not magic, nor is it a trick, but a real evaporation."
"Just five minutes after entering the device, something strange happened: I heard a loud noise and lost consciousness."
“Until now, it’s hard for me to describe what it felt like. It was like being rescued from drowning. When I opened my eyes, I found myself trapped in a strange device. It was Lao Zhang and the others who entered the first batch and pulled me out."
"We found a palace, a palace built on an alien planet. Yes, at this time, whether everyone wants to believe it or not, we can only admit one fact: that is, what the boss said is true."
"After waiting in place for forty minutes, the third group of people finally arrived. According to their own statement, the third group of people entered the device immediately after we got into it and 'disappeared', with a gap of no more than five minutes; According to Lao Zhang and the others, there was also more than half an hour between the time they arrived and the time the glasses and I appeared in the device."
"'Is there a difference in the flow of time between the two planets?' We want to get the news from Glasses, because only he and Lao Zhang were called by the boss before departure to explain some things. But this guy is particularly cute When he is angry, he just talks about a lot of incomprehensible things to fool people. I don’t know if he is a special case or if all scientists are like this."
"In the end, it was Lao Zhang who gathered everyone together and told us the boss's purpose."
"'I can tell you right now that the boss has a certain understanding of things here. She has made it clear that this is an alien planet, and the people who built this palace are aliens. Yes, aliens , a genuine ET, is it hard to believe, right? I’m the same as you, but the boss talks from beginning to end, and it’s hard for me to refute her.'"
"'She even knows about this group of aliens. You should notice that the decoration style of the room here is very strange. At first glance, you might think it is alive. In fact, this is related to the civilization characteristics of the aliens. They are related to We humans are different. We have developed a very profound set of biotechnology, which has led to the formation of a unique aesthetic body worship...'"
"According to Lao Zhang, what our boss is looking for is the results closely related to this technology. The woman even knows the name, she calls it 'living machine'; and what she is looking for is this technology The highest achievement of alien technology - 'Element Body'."
