I'm starting to regret being in this "science station". Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It wasn't because of what the person in front of me who called himself "Ritsuki" did to me, but I realized that the longer I stayed here and the more I knew, the more trouble I would get into.

The secret hidden here is not something that a person like me, who has no real power, no backing and no superpowers, can get involved in. Of course, I also enjoy the feeling of knowing secrets, but I don't want to be forced to become cannon fodder.

Now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, it is only necessary to take one step at a time.

After all, the other side of the unknown represents the possibility.

"Since you can name the term Prima and know the whereabouts of the surviving humans, does this mean that anyone among the Prima or other surviving humans knows about your existence?"

Li Yue raised the corners of her mouth shallowly and nodded at me, as if she was praising the teacher for the students' correct way of solving problems.

"The Puma people don't know about my existence, but there are humans in the sub-chasm who know, and you should be able to guess who these people are. I believe they won't be willing to do nothing in a different environment. ”

"The first 'immigrants'......"

"The first immigrants who didn't die, to be exact. Is this group of people now forming some kind of organization? Most of the investigation you are talking about was initiated by them, right? ”

"I'm not sure...... Maybe I'm talking too much to you......"

I took a step back to see how he responded. I'm not good at dealing with people, and I've been mentally exhausted by too many shocks these days. If this is the real lair of the alien creatures, and this person in front of me is the core brain of the invading creatures, and he can convince me through this demagogic means to obtain information about the sub-chasm, and then completely wipe out the human race, then I will become an idiot human traitor who has been infamous for thousands of years...... Such a development is not out of the question.

All along, we've been most wary of extraterrestrial creatures with hallucinogenic abilities like the Invisible Ones, and it's true that we've never seen highly intelligent alien creatures on Earth.

"Well," he shrugged, "I understand your feelings, and I'm just as wary of you. Even if you pass those data tests, I'll wonder if it's just one of your hallucinogenic abilities that makes me think I'm seeing the right data. ”

"Why did you bring me here if you didn't want to be discovered? Isn't that a wolf in the house? ”

"It was a lot of thought to bring you in, of course. I've actually been watching you for a while before I shoot, and I've had a beep from the moment you and the man flew out of the hole, but you didn't look like you knew the place from start to finish, and after the man followed the other two women, you began to immerse yourself in a feeling of self-pity......"

"Me. Not. Yes. ”

"You have. In addition, if you really want to deceive me, you can become someone I knew before, and then it will be easier for me to let down my guard. ”

"You're not the naïve type, are you?" If it's me, I will feel more suspicious when I see people I know.

"Of course not, I see acquaintances more wary, but the people who want to catch me don't think so."

"They don't know you at all, but you know them well?"

"Yes. Of course, there is also the possibility that you are a passing alien creature with hallucinogenic abilities. ”

"But why do alien creatures go to such great lengths to investigate you, and when they see you, they just eat you in one bite."

"Maybe they have some purpose I don't understand. But in that case, if you read that my gender is male, you should assume that I will be seduced by women and become a more attractive woman. ”

"Yes." Although there is a subtle expression of dislike for me in this passage, considering that he is indeed much prettier than me, it is perfectly acceptable to dislike me.

Of course, all of this may also be a change made after reading my psychology in advance, and there is no end to thinking like this. In short, I'm 80% sure of you now, and I can take the rest of the risks. ”

Eighty percent, twenty percent, I can vaguely feel that the logic of his behavior is not based on such unreliable numbers.

"Well, I've just said enough things, and I certainly want you to tell me everything you know." I tried to ask him for information, but as soon as I opened my mouth, I realized that this was too blunt.

Sure enough, he threw the question back to me.

"Until then, I'd like to have access to the distribution of your sub-chasm organization, and you can keep the information you think is inconvenient to disclose, and only give me a general framework, otherwise it will be difficult for me to decide what I know from what angle to tell you."

It's just a nuisance. Although I am not a single-celled organism, I have always hated calculations, guessing and layout, and the most labor-saving way is of course to say everything I can in one go, but the possible consequences of such behavior are far beyond my responsibility.

"Well, all I can tell you is that the first immigrants formed an organization in the Agaps, which is the leader of the Agaps and has close contacts with the Poma Stars. The detection group I mentioned earlier, although it is not directly under the organization, the core members are all from there. ”

"I see, so what is the purpose of your so-called 'return'?"

What is the purpose of the inspection? I've thought about this question many times, but in the end I can only come up with one answer: there is no purpose.

Wandering aimlessly on the earth, analyzing alien biological data, analyzing the ecological changes of the earth's flora and fauna, and finding clues to return to the earth to lift the cocoon of human beings. To be honest, for me, it's like going back to Earth to see an exhibition of extraterrestrial creatures, and from time to time it becomes an immersive action game.

But such words obviously can't be told directly to Liyue.

"The purpose is ...... Find out why this group of alien creatures appeared, find a way to lift the human cocoon, find any samples of animals and plants on Earth that are still active, and find new alien species...... Stuff like that. "I remembered the contents of the newcomer's manual written by Fa 01 at that time, and it turned out that the only newcomer who came in after the manual was written was Aya 17, which was also a little funny.

"Is this the goal that the leadership organization has set for you? Is there any precedence? ”

"They didn't emphasize ......"

"Will they return with you? Will you do the same thing? ”

"No, they usually act separately, so we generally don't know what they're doing."

"Oh...... Then it looks like I'm going to say something you don't want to hear again. ”

He seemed to be intending to add a little sympathy to his tone, but there was not the slightest emotional fluctuation in his voice or expression.

I waved at him to give him a good time.

"Of the purposes you just mentioned, many of the first few immigrants knew the answer, and the last one to find a new alien species may be purely to appease your emotions and give you something to do, which is actually meaningless.

I'm not sure how much you can accept and understand what I'm going to say next, but you can try to understand it first.

There are a number of planets with special functions in the universe, and their existence is for higher beings to imprison dangerous creatures between the planets, which we humans call 'Torture Stars'. Because there are many planets in the universe, the composition and natural conditions of each planet are different, and the living methods, shapes, and living conditions of the creatures inside the planets are also different. Therefore, the Exile Star is often the most compatible planet, it has the conditions that can accommodate all kinds of life, to find a planet that meets such a requirement, it should be close to a miracle, but because of the ethereal and complex universe, the so-called miracle is equivalent to necessity, 0.1% probability and 100% possibility, in the face of the universe'infinity', is equivalent.

In fact, not only does such a planet exist, but there is more than one, and the higher beings of the universe have classified these planets that meet the conditions to become 'exile stars', and specially imprisoned the corresponding creatures. You can think of it as a prison on Earth, just like a prison is dedicated to male prisoners who are more than 1.8 meters tall, and a prison is dedicated to female prisoners who are less than 1.6 meters tall. It's just that there are more types of Torture Stars, and they are more finely divided. To summarize, each Torture Star is imprisoned by creatures that can adapt to its own conditions in terms of size, ecological habits, etc. Of course, if the Wandering Star has to adapt to the survival of so many creatures, it must be equivalent to not being able to 'perfectly' adapt to the survival of any kind of creature, and if it is just a change of place to settle down, it cannot be regarded as 'exile'. For these exiled creatures, the Exile Star can only be regarded as a place where they can survive, but it is by no means a suitable place to survive and live comfortably, so what will happen next is evolution. These organisms evolve to adapt to their environment, and the environment changes under the influence of these organisms. ”

I opened my mouth to talk to him about the idea that humans were the descendants of an aggressive alien race that had been circulating on Earth before, but he didn't give me a chance to speak.

"As for what kind of creatures should be sent to the Torture Star, there are many races that serve as 'judges', and the Puma Star people are the oldest and most professional among them, and they are even so professional that they have lived on the way to hunt, supervise and transport the prisoners of the Torture Star for generations, so they do not live on the planet as their homeland, but in the large mobile space that you call the 'Subgap'. The Puma people are equivalent to wanderers in the universe, they have visited too many planets and come into contact with too many civilizations, and to a certain extent, it can be said that they have relatively advanced technology in the entire universe. With their technology, it is not impossible to recycle the entire human body into the sub-chamber and keep it alive - the problem is that they have no reason to do so. The Puma people treat all living things as equals, even those who may poke out the cosmic basket, they rarely think about completely exterminating a certain race, at most they are only sent to the Exile Star. The way they are dealing with you at the moment, from their standpoint, is the most appropriate way to deal with you.

However, this is something that will come back to you in a moment.

As you can guess, the Earth is one of the Torture Stars. And its high adaptability has also been analyzed by the Puma people as one of the most suitable planets for them to settle in the future. ”

"They want to settle down too?"

"Yes, this 'nomadic race' wants to find a place for itself to settle, and as for whether this 'settlement' is temporary or permanent, whether it is in the form of a transit station or a homeland, everything is unknown. The Poma people have mastered the means to have near-eternal life in this generation, and they have enough time to wait for a planet to evolve to the ideal state for them, so they have identified many planets as 'experimental fields'. The way they experiment is also very simple, that is, let a planet have its own civilization, and then let that civilization replanet them instead. As for the original group of exiled creatures, they were 'locked' in 'somewhere' by the Puma Star people, and this place was called 'Abyssal Gate' by the scientists of the Earth, and when the Abyss Gate was opened, a series of phenomena that appeared were called 'Gate Transformation'. As for where exactly it is locked, only a few people on Earth know, and these people are now in the freezer. My personal hypothesis is that these creatures may be confined to the Earth's mantle, but this is just a conjecture.

All in all, the fact that the creatures that were originally exiled were kept in the 'Abyss' does not mean that they will never come out. The Poma people thought that once these creatures returned to the surface, human civilization would be destroyed one day, which would delay the settlement plan of the Puma people for hundreds of millions of years, so the Poma people took many precautions. One of these measures is cocooning. The thing that cocoons all kinds of plants and animals on the earth is a kind of particles that float in the air of the earth, and once the abyss is opened, the particles will quickly cocoon all living things on the earth through chemical reactions. ”

"Isn't it understood that the earth is a game played by the Puma people, and the cocoon is the archive of the Puma people, so if you want to eliminate the cocoon, you can just ask them to re-read the file?"

"Yes, you're smarter than you seem."

"But how can they be sure that the 'cocoon' won't be destroyed by those alien creatures? Because the alien creatures imprisoned on the Exile Star are all unified? ”

"It's the same as if you know it's going to rain, so you'll go out with an umbrella instead of a newspaper."

"Okay."

"The current state of the earth, it is impossible for the Puma people to read the files, but they will not directly interfere, human beings have evolved into the ladder of intermediate intelligent life in the universe, and have the ability to solve problems independently, and the Puma people have no right or need to interfere in other people's 'family affairs', but they can cooperate or encourage human beings to make some decisions to achieve their own goals. This situation is similar to a high school student who is unhappy with a second-grade child, but first, he has no reason to do it, second, he will be said to bully the weak, and third, he is too lazy to do it himself, and then he finds that another first-grade child and the second-grade child have a dispute and want to fight, so the fifth-grade child secretly stuffed a slingshot into the first-grade child as a weapon.

However, this first-grader has other ideas of his own. Humans were unaware of the existence of the Poma Worms until a creature that called itself the Vansians appeared on Earth. ”

Van Xi Xingren ...... Is it said that R5 and M6 them?

"The Van Xi and the Puma are highly intelligent beings, and may even be more advanced, for them, the concept of old age and death does not exist, they can freely change their physical image, and they can adapt to any environment, which can be said to be a form of ultimate creatures. But they came to Earth for a very different purpose, more like an observer intent on advancing evolution. The Van Tin had been trying to convince humanity of the existence of extraterrestrial beings. His actions may not have been malicious in themselves, but he was just like a language teacher who desperately wanted to teach a bunch of illiterate people to read and write. But in the face of the conclusion provided by such a suspicious figure who has no scientific background and suddenly appeared, most people will only think that he is a fool's dream, and only one person believes him, his name is Swenson. The place you are in was once Swenson's Institute, and I am the caretaker of the Institute. ”

"When an alien meets a mad scientist, it doesn't feel like anything good is going to happen." I gradually felt like I was listening to a story that had nothing to do with me.

Liyue pulled a tablet from the table behind her and held it up to me, "Do you want to see it?" The 'precious' video of the 'historic meeting' between humans and the Purma people. ”

Today, "curiosity" has completely overwhelmed the meaning of the existence of "back road".

"Okay." I took it.