Every time I opened my eyes, I saw the same scenery, as if the road would never end. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

I don't remember how many stories I told the clay figurine, but I thought I had been in the cave for three days. My calculations are not very reliable - as someone who has never been in the habit of napping, when I fall into a stupor unconsciously due to fatigue and wake up from a dream, it should mean that another day has passed.

Staying with such an unidentified "species", I didn't have any negative emotions, nor did I have the anxiety to rush out of the hole, we discussed the possibilities all the way, as if the body was here, but the soul wandered somewhere else. I've never had such a conversation with anyone, and it's an incredible feeling that a day is worth a year.

The sleep in the cave didn't give me the memory of my dreams, and I thought that maybe the dreams were eaten by this clay figure. He had never rested for a moment during these three days, and did not seem to feel tired, but I still felt a troubled conscience, so I redoubled my efforts to tell him stories, hoping that he would be pleasant. But I couldn't fathom his feedback, and when I looked up at his face, I could only see a sculptural but expressionless face covered in black mud, and every time I finished talking about a possibility, he would nod and say "interesting", which sounded like "interesting" to me.

I wanted to see what he looked like when he smiled.

"How many stories have I told now?"

"375."

"Oh......" That's less than I expected, and I thought I'd told thousands of stories.

"Do you want to take a break?"

"Okay. Are you tired? ”

"No, I mean you. You've barely stopped for three days, and no human I've met before has done that, and they're going to need to rest. ”

"If I were still flesh and blood, I would indeed need to rest. Normally, when I talk too much, I feel like my brain is starved of oxygen. ”

"So now it's an anomaly."

"yes, this is probably the first time I've talked so much to someone when I'm older."

"I'm honored."

"This is thanks to the Puma people, in such an extreme environment, I have the opportunity to be a 'special human' who is not bound by the body." In a sense, I'm not a human being now, I don't need to eat or drink, I don't have a hoarse voice when I keep talking, and the only thing I feel tired about is my brain.

"On my planet, flesh means 'limitation.'"

"So your true state is actually not fleshy?"

"Yes, we can break it down and combine it as needed, which is very flexible."

"If it were me, I would also like to pursue a life that is not bound by the body, but sure enough, the body still needs it."

"Why?"

"It's like home. No matter how far you go, knowing where your home is, you will feel at ease, and you will not feel that you will always be in a state of wandering and homelessness. With the physical body, the spirit has a medium that can be concentrated, so that it will not dissipate. ”

"You're quite right, and I think so too. The pursuit of evolution is sometimes close to destruction, and a little backwards may lead to a future. ”

"After being betrayed by humans, do you hate humans?"

"Theoretically, my race is emotionless, but I also want to experience what it feels like to hate."

"It occurred to me that storytelling is a game a lot like One Thousand and One Nights."

"What's that?"

"Legend has it that there was a king who was so tyrannical that he had to take a wife every day and kill him in the morning, and then he married a very clever girl, and this girl told him a story every day, and it was a wonderful part of the story until dawn, and the king, in order to hear the aftermath, let her live one more day, and let her continue the next night. In this way, the story of a thousand and one nights was told in a row. ”

"And then?"

"Then the king fell in love with her, and she didn't have to tell stories every night to keep alive."

"Love can also be generated in this way? Humans are really weird. ”

"There are many kinds of love, such as love at first sight is falling in love with each other when they meet for the first time, and it is usually based on the premise that both people are good-looking. Falling in love for a long time means being together for a long time, and slowly cultivating feelings. The latter should be the case in this story, and of course it is possible that this king likes such intelligent women. ”

"It's funny, I have the opportunity to raise a human boy and a woman together and watch how they get in love over time."

"Humans are to aliens, are they the same as cats and dogs are to humans?"

"You mean pets? There are indeed similarities. ”

"Some humans regard cats and dogs as more important than themselves, and you can do the same."

"I'd love to collect and observe such humans."

For a moment, I sympathized with him who had been betrayed by humans and wandered in the cave with a confused memory. At this moment, I just feel that I was too arrogant.

If he had feelings, how would he feel when he knew that he was being sympathized with by humans? Will it be the same as those humans who are pitied by cats and dogs?

"Okay, let's get down to business, about the story you said, I'll think about other possibilities."

"It's okay, we can talk about something else, you've already given me a lot of information."

"Okay," I was a little tired of for the time being, "I don't know if everyone else is out of the cave safely, especially my son, as a 'mother', it seems that he should be concerned about his safety." ”

"Oh, the son from the future you mentioned in your hallucinations when we first met?"

"Yes, but there is a bioacara, and it can't die anyway, so there's nothing to worry about. But now that my communication system is broken, and the force return button is also out of order, maybe someone else is worried about me? ”

"Don't worry, we'll be there soon."

Hearing his words, I suddenly realized that I hadn't asked this question once in the past two days.

Is it because the answer to this question represents the end? Is it because I want to walk with him a little longer?

Maybe I'm not as repulsive as I thought I was. After all, I couldn't see what he looked like, but if he was a gorilla, I would probably rather go to the manure tank myself than have him carry me for three days.

"Do you feel sick when you've been walking around this place for so long?"

"Luckily, I've gotten used to it, and there's actually no smell here."

"Nothing to taste? Why do I still smell the stench? ”

"I think it's psychological. This path is the confluence of all the biological droppings throughout the cave, see these holes on both sides of the cave? All feces flow from various places after natural digestion, and in the process of collecting, the feces of different components meet to produce a neutralization reaction, and the result of mixing multiple odors like this together should not smell any obvious odor. ”

The words of the mud monster were like a spell, and the smell that was still around them just now really disappeared all at once.

Could it be that all the scents I have been smelling come from psychological suggestion?

"There's an exit ahead."

I turned my head and saw a faint light shining in a short distance ahead.

"Where is it when you get out here?" I felt the terrain gradually start to rise.

"It's a relatively safe open space. However, you will need a flying machine to move on it. ”

"Will you go out with me?"

"You need me to go out with you?" He asked me rhetorically.

"No...... No, I'm just asking...... You can stay here all the time. ”

"I don't know. I don't know where I should go. ”

"Is there anything you'd like to do right now? Or rather, is there any goal? ”

"Target?" He thought for a moment, "I don't know, it doesn't seem to be very important." ”

"Do you want to go back to your own planet? There is a space transit station between the sub-gaps, which should solve your problem. And there are a lot of humans out there who can continue to play that game with you. I think it's better than staying in a cave...... Of course, this is just my personal opinion, maybe you prefer the following. ”

"Sub-Gap...... Are the people there all like pieces of iron? ”

What does the iron look like? Why is the state of human beings on Earth described as "iron lumps" after being cocooned?

"Of course it's human."

"The exit is here."

The depth of the thick cloudy slurry under his feet receded from his knees to his ankles, and his steps quickened. The end of the cave, as he said, could not directly "walk" outside, but approached the huge underground space at the entrance of the cave, and I was used to the darkness, and I felt dazzling in the face of the tiny light source here.

There was no red dot on the Life Probe's screen for a while, and I motioned for him to let me down, then drew my sword and walked out cautiously. It's much smaller than the underground space where the task force set off, and you can see the panorama at a glance. Aside from the entrance we came to, the only way out of the entire space was a small hole at the top, and directly across from the hole was a small pool, which seemed to have been formed by rainwater flowing through the hole. I carefully inserted the ion knife into it, and the pool was just as deep as the sword, and there seemed to be nothing in the water.

"What are you doing?" He walked over and asked.

"Eliminate potential threats." I pulled the knife back, walked over to him, and used the knife to cut a small corner from his "skirt" and immersed it in the water, and no corrosion occurred. Looks like I could clean up my clogged flying machine with this water.

I looked up at the bright exit. What awaits me there? Could it be that this is actually a trap, and I was led to the enemy's base camp by this clay figure? No, I don't have any value in me that needs to be lured by such a big deal, and I want him to be someone to be trusted.

"You can fly up from here." He pointed up.

"I know, but the air outlet of my aircraft is blocked, after all, it is known as waterproof and fireproof, and it has never said that it is anti-feces." I sat on the edge of the pool and put my feet in the water, hoping that the water would soften what was stuck to the aircraft, and if there was no water I could barely use something else, but that would be time-consuming and cumbersome. "Why don't you come and wash up?"

"Also, if I'm going to follow you to the sub-gap, it might be better to be cleaner." He also learned from me to put my feet into the pool, and the pool became dark all at once.

"That's amazing......" I couldn't help but sigh.

"It doesn't seem to work." He lifted his foot to show me, it was still black, with a thick layer of flesh and blood accumulated on it, and something like teeth and eyeballs embedded in it, which could not be washed clean with a few washes.

"I don't seem to have solved the problem, you wash your hands and face first, and I'll do my feet." I got up and sat down on his lap and pulled a knife from my waist.

"Are you going to cut off my feet?"

"How is it possible, shut up and wash your face."

I estimated the thickness of the excrement on his legs, and then scraped the excrement down with a knife like an apple along his legs. The stuff hit the ground and piled up sticky, then limped and collapsed, and it became more disgusting. The project was more time-consuming than I had imagined, and I had to scrape back and forth three times to get rid of the dirt on his feet, and then let him soak his feet in the pool water to finally wash them relatively clean. If this guy is human, looks like him, and at the speed at which I usually fall in love, I will definitely like him next.

No, maybe it's already ......

"It's a strange feeling." He commented on the sidelines.

"What did you say?"

"Being washed like this."

"You have to be grateful to me, you're the first to be treated like this."

After cleaning the sludge, his legs became very white, and he looked like a mud man, so it was like wearing a pair of white over-the-knee socks, which made me laugh out loud. However, his legs have no hair or pores, so smooth that they can't even see the texture, like handicrafts carved from white jade. Look at my skin next to his legs, it was still white compared to ordinary people, but when I put it next to him, it looks sallow and dull. This guy feels more intimate when he is still in the state of a clay figure.

"Okay, I'll help you deal with your legs and feet, I've paid back part of this favor, and you'll just have to wash yourself in the water, and you'll finish washing your upper body-"

I looked up at his washed face, and suddenly forgot what to say next. I did vaguely realize that his facial features should be quite upright all the way in the darkness just now, but I didn't expect this appearance to be so deceptive that it was like a toxin injected into the heart. Although the arrangement of his facial features is exactly the same as that of a human, this is indeed a face that does not belong to a human being, but the face of a god.

I felt embarrassed and embarrassed, and I probably didn't know how to talk to him in the first place.

"What's wrong with you?" He asked me. Although he was asking me, there was no "doubt" on his face, and his diamond-like eyes shone with an inorganic light.

"You haven't washed your hair yet." I tried to keep my composure.

"That ......"

"Forget it, don't wash it, let's go out."

I stood up, desperate to get out of here.

"Okay." He also stood up, standing there like a marble statue, and the light shining through the hole on him made him even more dazzling.

No, do I really want to get out of here? The room for me to pat at him just now has completely disappeared. I only feel that any emotions, extravagances, and fantasies about him that arise in my heart at this moment are insignificant.

"Are you leaving?" He asked again.

"Ahh Can you fly? ”

"No, you can't. It used to seem like it was okay, but now it's not possible for the time being. ”

"That ......"

"With the help of your flying machine." He pointed to my feet, "This time I need you to pull me up." ”

"Okay, that'......"

I held out my hand to him, and I could feel it trembling.

"It might be hard to pull it, so let's do it." He walked up without changing his face, put his hands around my waist, and put his hands around my back.

This guy, if it's a woman, is definitely a vixen who is good at playing with people's hearts.

I started the craft and wrapped my arms around his neck, hoping he wouldn't hear my heart exploding.

The moment I flew out of the hole, I was dizzy by the light outside. The sun fell on us, and for a moment I felt like Icarus flying too high.

After a while, the vision became clearer again, or the explanation was too clear, and everything seemed to hit me directly in the eye—it was a university outside.

We were on the side of the university playground, and the sculptures that had been standing here had been smashed into pieces by unknown creatures, and the cocoons that wrapped the students were piled up on the side of the road like sandbags.

It was already dusk, and the setting sun had dyed the brick-red school buildings around them with a layer of rose gold, and the bell of the school building was ringing, but no one was coming out of the building anymore.

The Life Probe has not been able to retrieve the surrounding biological reactions for the time being. I often think that cocooning may be a protective measure for human beings, because human beings have been "cocooned" to avoid the possibility of being washed in the blood of extraterrestrial creatures. According to the experience accumulated by the exploration team, these alien creatures have no interest in cocooned humans for some reason, and tend to prefer places where humans are less inhabited.

[The return to home function has been restored, and you can return to the sub-gap.] Again, the RTH function has been restored. 】

It was dawn and it was all over.

"When I get to the Achasm, can I still go to you?" He asked.

"Of course."

If you remember me then.

"Stop, you can let go." I pushed him away, frantically pretending to straighten my helmet, "Uh...... I'm ready to go back, and I'm trying to figure out how to get you back. ”

"Brother!"

Suddenly, two green dots appeared on the screen that were approaching at a rapid pace, and before I could turn my head to confirm the direction, I heard an excited girl's voice.

"Brother! Brother has finally found you!

The ones who came were the two Brahmans in the gap between the Ajasms. M6 rushed over to the person next to me and was a flying hug, and M6-2 just stood quietly next to her when she arrived, and although her emotions were not as outward as M6's, she was also very happy.

"Brother...... "I finally remembered something.

"Ning 08, it's great that you're safe," M6-2 nodded politely to me, "Let me introduce you, this is our older brother, R5." ”

Known as R5, he looked at M6 with a blank face, then at me, as if he didn't remember having a sister.

Just the name R5......

Ah, is that so?

It turned out to be him?

Could it be him?

I was a little happy in my heart, but more helpless.

Between me and him, there is only the possibility of unrequited love, how can I have the opportunity to fall in love? It's a complete alien.

"Rescuers haven't been here yet, have they?" M6-2 asked me.

"Rescue? No...... Sure enough, I was the only one who didn't go back? ”

"It's not ...... You'll find out the details when you go back. Has your RTH signal been restored? ”

"Just now the system prompted that it was restored, but I haven't tried to use it yet."

"Then it should be fine. I've already told the Einsatzgruppen about discovering you, and the rendezvous will take a long time, so you might as well go straight back to the subgap. ”

"Okay, then you ......"

"We came by spaceship through the transit station, so we won't go with you, you pay attention to safety." M6-2 said, leaning into my ear and whispering, "Do you remember what you said to Ayarei?" The ones related to R5. ”

My heart sank. "Yes."

"You don't want him to disappear, do you? I think you should understand the need to keep your distance from R5. ”

"Okay...... I'll take notice. ”

"Alright, brother, M6-2, let's go." M6 was anxiously urging.

"Where to go?" R5 asked.

"Between the sub-gaps."

"Aren't you going along?" R5 asked me.

"When...... Yes, but we go back in a different way, so you can follow them first. ”

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the subgap."

Hearing this, I clearly felt that the faces of M6 and M6-2 had changed.

"Then we're gone, goodbye." M6 hurriedly escorted R5 in the other direction, and M6-2 winked at me.

"I'm sorry, I hope you can wait a few minutes before going back, is that okay?"

I didn't understand her intentions, but I nodded.

"Then let's go first, goodbye."

"Well, ...... again"

Before he could finish speaking, the three of them had disappeared, and I was left staring blankly at where they had just stood.

He said he would wait for me, and I was still very happy, although after a little thought, it would be clear that he just wanted to ask me to continue telling him stories.

It would be a blessing if I had really fallen in love with him in another world, as I had said with Ayarei.

The afterglow sprinkled gently on my face, just a casual encounter, even if it ended before it began, and it didn't seem appropriate to use any emotion to deal with.

Forget it, I'll worry about these problems later, and now, I want to rest.

I took off my helmet and planned to sit quietly among the ruins for a while.

"Bang!"

The sand dunes at your feet were blasted into a bullet-sized crater...... No, that's a bullet.

My heart tightened, this is not the way alien creatures attack, but the humans in the sub-gap are not very likely to use such ordinary pistols.

"If you're human, raise your hands."

This is clearly not the way my "teammates" communicate with each other.

Following the sound, I saw a slender figure on the triangular spire of the mottled auditorium next to me, the setting sun slowly sinking over his head.

Could it be......

Mankind?