Chapter 4 Four o'clock, early in the morning
"M6, you're doing a great job. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ info" M6-2 complimented, and M6 curled the corners of her mouth in exhaustion.
"How's it going, are you alright?" M6-2 came over and helped me into my chair. My legs seemed to be temporarily detached from my body because of the fright, and I couldn't stand up at all, and I could only be dragged and moved by her like she was pulling a big bag of garbage.
"Where is this?" Looking out through the "window" of the shuttle, there is no one in this unpleasant street, no, let alone people, maybe not even a small flying insect. The billboards between the abandoned buildings were rotten and crumbling, and I could only make out the bits and pieces of letters. Near the middle of the road, something I don't know if it was wood or glass, and the ash on it was thick enough to paint.
Did you fall into the set of some disaster movie?
I looked in the other direction, and there were two cars parked in the middle of the road, and the driver's seat of the car had a thick bulging white object, which looked like someone had mischievously placed a gray quilt there.
"It's a cocoon." M6-2 seems to have spotted the thing as well, and apparently she can see it better than I do, "But why is there a cocoon in this place?" β
"Such a big cocoon?" I think it's incredible. Now I have completely lost the interest in distinguishing the truth of the whole thing, and I am completely resigned to fate.
M6 approached the edge of the shuttle, closed his eyes, folded his hands on his forehead, and instantly took her as the center of the circle, and several identical doppelgangers appeared in the air, each in a different direction, and flew straight out of the shuttle. After a while, the clones returned to M6's body one after another, and she didn't say anything, just bit her lip.
"Judging from the feedback information, there are no active humans in this area, and all humans are in a state of being wrapped in some kind of creature, but their vital signs have not disappeared." M6 was observed, but it was M6-2 who explained to me, "Is this 'forced hibernation'?" However, there are other active biological signals......"
"Why is this happening, what went wrong?" The M6 hammered the shuttle's floor-to-ceiling window with his hand and looked very frustrated.
"And Ayarei, you should continue to sit there and don't act rashly." M6-2 said to me.
I nodded. It's not hard for me, and while my brain is barely functioning, my body has completely raised the white flag to this eerie environment, and now I'm more happy to sit.
"We're new to this Earth, we have to analyze it first...... M6-2 raised her hand to her eyes, scrutinizing her own hand as if she were observing some kind of novelty, "the shuttle is malfunctioning, it can't start, and no R5 has been detected...... Wait, there's something 'creature' approaching here. β
I don't have any stats to look at, but I can hear the sound of something big coming towards it, and the steps of the thing are so heavy that the garbage on the street floor shakes with each step.
"This ...... Be? β
Following the sound of the M6, I looked to the right, where a five-story "thing" appeared at the end of the street. I say it's a "thing" because I can't see it clearly, I just feel like it's a big "outline" that is moving wrapped in clouds.
"Oh my God, that's disgusting." M6 sighed.
Disgusting? Why does she feel disgusted? I tried to stare at it for a while, but I still found it vague.
"Don't look at it," M6 said to me, "it's carrying something that doesn't exist on Earth, and you humans can't recognize it with your naked eye. β
"How did the Kutradamer appear on Earth?" M6-2 also seems to be in doubt.
"I don't know, but if it's going to attack us, we'll have to kill it...... I remember that the Kuqudang Scorn is a race that has been blacklisted in the universe, haven't they been locked up? Who brought it here? β
"What kind of star is Kuqu?" I asked.
"Translated as a synonym of Earth, it is a race of saboteurs, sadistic lovers, and cosmic wanted criminals who have destroyed the civilizations of six planets. They have a high risk factor, but they are very mentally low......"
"βwait, it's ahead...... There's one more thing moving! "Maybe it's because I can't see this behemoth clearly, but the running figure in front of it stands out to me.
"Something moving?" M6-2 looked at me suspiciously.
"It's like a personal ......"
As we got closer, I could see that it was a man in full armor like a soldier, who was running in our direction with a gun in his hand, as if he was dodging the man behind him. The big guy didn't move fast, but one step was worth the distance he could run several steps.
"Save him?" I asked M6. M6 looked like it didn't know why, and then vanished out of thin air from the shuttle.
"What about the M6?"
"She's out," M6-2 explains, "because she's in a state right now, so you can't see her." β
She pointed in the direction of the Kuqudang Scorn, who was still running, but the Cuckudan Scorn stopped still. Then, at the top of the cloud where the Kuqudangmo sneered at the top, burst into black debris that was carried away by the wind, like black smoke from the chimneys of a chemical plant decades ago. As the black smoke drifted farther and farther away, the cloud where the Kuqudang Sneer was became thinner and thinner. In the end, it disappeared completely.
"It's disgusting." The M6 returned to the shuttle at some point.
"What did you do to it?"
"Crushed." She said lightly, "This is such a hellish place." β
"By the way, what about that person? The one in front, do you want to take him...... Uh, bring it in? β
"People? There's only one piece of iron in front of it. M6 and M6-2 looked at each other in confusion.
"No, it's there......" I turned to point out the man's location, only to find that he was gone.
"M6, there's a communication request from an unknown source." M6-2 interrupts me.
"Take it in."
After a "tick", a weird, inaudible, emotionless voice appeared inside the shuttle.
"Two Van Xi Star lifeforms and one Earth human have been detected, please quickly explain the purpose and position of your coming here."
Because there was no console in the shuttle at this time, I couldn't tell where the sound was coming from, I just felt that it was everywhere. My gut told me it wasn't in Chinese, but I didn't have any barriers to comprehension.
"We have no duty or obligation to tell you this, you should first make your identity clear." M6 replied stiffly, in the same language from beyond Earth that I could understand.
"I'm a Puma star, and my name is Qing Shaodu according to the general call of the earth, and I have already sent my identity to the past just now."
A dense row of wriggling data appeared in the place of the floor-to-ceiling window, and both M6 and M6-2 watched intently. And I, of course, can't understand it.
"The Earth has been invaded and is being managed and protected by us for the time being. Of course, we are not invaders. The invaders are a variety of creatures wanted by the Alliance of Scattered Systems.
"What is the Galactic Alliance?" I whispered M6-2.
"It is an alliance of some of the more intelligent life systems in the universe. The way we divide the universe is different from that of you earthlings, and the way we name it is also different, and this exclusive noun may sound strange to humans when it is converted into a common language, similar to the 'transliteration' that occurs when different languages on your earth translate to each other. β
"What is a common language?"
"Let's just understand it as a universal language, a communication method that is more commonly used in the universe and can be understood by all creatures with a certain level of knowledge."
"I'm done with my statement, please answer my question." Qing Shaodu's voice sounded again.
"We didn't come here voluntarily, we deviated from our original orbit for some unknown reason during a space-time jump, and we fell here. Can you help? β
"What kind of help do you need? If it is a flight tool maintenance, I am afraid that the technical structure of our two life forms is different, and we will not be able to complete such help. β
"Is this really the Earth? Man, I mean, where have all the humans gone? I couldn't help but interject.
"Yes, this is the Earth, and all of humanity has been cocooned as you can see."
"All? Not a single left? β
"If you're talking about the people who are still on Earth, that's true."
"But I saw a man just now." I don't want to suddenly go back more than a decade and find myself the "last earthling".
"What you see are the refugees we moved to the inter-Asian space. Due to constraints, we have only moved a small percentage of humanity to the sub-chasm for temporary settlement. Our Poma people are not physically suitable for movement on Earth, so we will provide technical support to the inter-chasm Earth refugees to help them return to Earth and find clues to save the Earth. β
"How did you know that Earth had fallen? And why help the planet? M6-2 asked.
"We arrived here after following the footsteps of other wanted criminals from the Scattered Galaxy, and found that this place is home to a large number of high-risk races in the universe that we know of at the moment, and many of them are even criminals who should have been imprisoned for a long time. It was our mistake to make this happen, and we think we should take that responsibility. Here is a detailed overview of the current state of the planet. β
A black, translucent ball of wool appeared out of thin air and entered the brains of M6 and M6-2, where it lingered around me for a moment before returning to its place.
It seems that the system does not support it.
"I think the two Van Xi life forms can already fully grasp the situation based on the information provided, but it may take some time for humans to understand this, and then they will bother to tell them about it."
I turned my head to look at the M6 and M6-2, after all, I couldn't call the shots on the shuttle. They ignored me.
"We don't have a way to repair the shuttle for the time being, and we need to contact other Van Xi stars to have a way to leave. Will you be able to take us together in the sub-chasm during this time? We are willing to help you find ways to restore the Earth. β
Qing Shaodu was silent for a while, and said, "However, we don't have a living space for the Van Xi people in the sub-gap for the time being, and you will only be able to live in the same living area as humans, which may cause some inconvenience to your life."
"It's okay, we don't mind."
"Okay, then thank you for your help. Please open your ship's access to the Psitronic Passage. β
"Permission is on."
"Okay, the passage is open, please get ready."
Qing Shaodu's voice disappeared for a while, and the silence around him returned.
"What is the Psionic Passage? And the sub-gap it just talked about? What are they? "I'm a person who doesn't like to ask a bunch of questions, it would make me look stupid, but now is obviously not the time to save face.
"The home planet of the Puma people has long been non-existent, and they are scattered and floating in all corners of the universe all year round. The sub-spacespace is strictly a spaceship-like thing in their civilization, but the existence of the subspace is equivalent to a small space, and it can hold more things than a normal spaceship. Spatial overlay and fabrication are the specialties of the Puma people, which are well-known throughout the Alliance. As for the psionic passage, it is a passage that people of other races must pass through when entering the sub-gap, but just as we don't know what kind of technology they use to complete the sub-gap, we don't know the composition of the psionic passage at all. β
"And Ayare, be mentally prepared, Puma Star's psionic channel is famous for its large amount of information, which may cause your brain to be overloaded." M6-2 put his hand on my shoulder and spoke earnestly.
I was in a lot of trouble before, but she never called me by name and gave me a vaccination, and now this makes me a little uneasy.
"What happens when the brain is overloaded?"
"The mild symptoms are dizziness and vomiting, the heavier ones are nervous disorders, and the more serious ones are memory loss, brain damage, and of course, some people will be directly brain dead.
"Can you send me back to where I came to be now? I don't want to do that. "Although I didn't expect them to be reasonable, I still tentatively made a request to express my attitude and position.
"Now is not the time to joke, and we can't find a way to go back ourselves. The top priority is to determine the situation here, and when it stabilizes, contact the home planet for a long-term view. β
"Since R5 is determined to grab your mother, then you are in a situation where life and death are rich and prosperous from the beginning, don't grind." The M6 nudged me very unkindly.
"M6, don't scare him now," M6-2 said in a good voice, "Ayali, since they were invited by the Puma Star people, they should reduce the amount of information in the channel, you may feel uncomfortable, but I don't think too serious a problem will happen." β
"You have a mom who can fall in love with aliens, and if it's so ordinary that it can be scrapped, then there's nothing to say." M6 screeched, "comforting" me with a voice that came out of his nose.
"Hello, the psychic passage is about to open, please prepare." This time the voice that sounded from the air seemed to belong to another person, and it sounded lighter.
My ears started ringing, and maybe this was the last time I was sane.
"It's 10 seconds before the Psitronic Passage opens."
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"Don't count, drive fast!" M6 interrupted unceremoniously.
"It's a shame, I've always wanted to try that human countdown."
The voice made a sound that sounded like a sigh, and then continued to count as if it had been interrupted.
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