The clothes that Zheng Rui had just patched up behind her back were torn again, but at this time, she had no time to care about mending her clothes.

She sat on the floor for a few seconds, catching her breath before standing up. Benna still raised her hand alertly, maintaining a posture that could shoot at any moment. And Fang Tong blocked in front of Zuo Youcheng, who couldn't move because of his leg injury, and he hadn't recovered from the panic just now.

The jasmine tea in the cup was sprinkled on the floor.

Luckily, the flashlight was still on.

Zheng Rui walked over and turned off the flashlight and put it in the warehouse. If the alien enters the kiosk again, or if something unexpected happens, she'll have to make sure the only artificial light source is safe - without a flashlight, there's almost nothing she can do in the dimly lit basement, after all, more than 80% of the environmental information that humans get comes from sight.

"Xiao Rui...... What to do? Bianna raised her arms and carefully lifted the alien corpse next to the shelves with her feet.

Zheng Rui thought that it might be the rain that caused the aliens to be more active, and he didn't know if it was to take advantage of the bad weather to hunt, or just to find a nest that could shelter from the rain. However, the three xenomorphs appear to be about the same size, and they are not supposed to be parents with offspring, suggesting that the xenomorphs are in fact social - or that they have evolved group hunting behavior.

All in all, not a good sign.

"Now we have to wait for the rain to stop." Zheng Rui paused for two seconds, and then said, "First use the alien corpse to block the door and help the handle." ”

Bian Na walked over and shoved the alien on the right to the shelf. Fang Tong also walked over and helped out.

The alien-shaped hard shell intercepts the dim and already dim light outside, but the splashing rain can still seep through the cracks. After Zheng Rui, Bian Na, and Fang Tong fixed the alien's long appendages, they took a few steps back and returned to the still dry area.

Most of the things in the commissary are not afraid of water, and the only things that need to be dried are Zheng Rui's experimental records and Bian Na's account book, and these two things should not be much of a problem when they are wrapped in plastic bags and put into a mountaineering bag.

Because the basement is so dark, the rain outside is particularly loud. Zheng Rui once used the white noise recorded by the rainstorm when she had insomnia, and at that time she felt calm when she listened to the rain in the headphones, but at this time, the rain outside made people feel uncontrollable and anxious. Because of the rain, she couldn't go out, she couldn't do anything with the light coming from outside, and she didn't know if there were already enemies approaching in the rain.

Zheng Rui climbed into the box and sat next to Zuo Youcheng.

She patted Zuo Youcheng on the shoulder, and deliberately said in a relaxed and happy tone: "Classmate, I'm idle now anyway, why don't you tell a story here?" ”

Zuo Youcheng understood what she meant, although he didn't really like to talk in a crowded environment, but now at this juncture, he must stabilize everyone's emotions - and at the same time stabilize his own emotions.

"Then I'll ...... Let's talk about "The Three-Body Problem", it just so happens that the Three-Body Man is also a kind of alien. Zuo Youcheng cleared his throat a little shyly, "Where should I talk about it...... Hey, by the way, you should all have heard of Liu Cixin, right? Ah, Sister Bian? ”

Bian Na responded, and Zuo Youcheng unconsciously pulled the topic to Liu Cixin, the author of "The Three-Body Problem".

He liked to mumble there when he was fine, and his way of speaking was very fragmented, and now he still talks about long content. Zheng Rui originally hoped that young enthusiasts would help her review the story of Erzhang Beihai, or that could be inspiring such as the Facing Wall Project and the Lightspeed Spaceship Project. However, Zuo Youcheng began to talk about the dark forest, and then talked about the sociology of the universe, which aroused Bian Na's interest. The two of them talked nonsense with questions and answers, and Zheng Rui saw that they were quite engaged, so he was embarrassed to make other requests.

While listening to Zuo Youcheng's explanation of private goods, she boredly wiped off the slime on the glaive knife that had been removed from the evolutionary alien appendage - she called this specialized-shaped claw "Glaive Knife", anyway, Zheng Rui couldn't remember what the real Glaive looked like.

When he looked up and saw Fang Tong standing next to him, he automatically made a mistake in the position, so that Fang Tong could also sit up.

Now that the floor of the kiosk is wet, it is no longer possible to sit on the ground, and normal people must go to the dry place above.

However, Fang Tong didn't get on the box, but just glanced up at Zheng Rui.

Zheng Rui thought that he didn't want to sit next to him, and felt that he was really cautious, but he still stood up and walked to the other side of Zuo Youcheng and sat down.

Zuo Youcheng argued with Bian Na until he couldn't explain clearly, raised his hand and grabbed Zheng Rui's arm to pull reinforcements and said, "Big guy, you said that the law of the jungle is not social Darwinism, right?" ”

Zheng Rui was distracted just now and didn't listen to what they discussed, and was a little confused for a while. "The Three-Body Problem" does sometimes have something to do with social Darwinism, which is also a point of criticism, but it does not affect the important position of this set of books in the history of Chinese science fiction - just like "Starship Paratrooper" is also criticized because of its **** tendency.

"I don't know exactly what the law of the jungle is, but social Darwinism is a misapplication of the logic of evolution in human society." Zheng Rui asked curiously, "What does this have to do with "The Three-Body Problem"?" ”

"So, the cosmic sociology in The Three-Body Problem is not a social Darwinian theory, right?" Instead, Zuo continued to seek approval.

"Wait a minute, why is it cosmic sociology again?" Zheng Rui understood a little, "In the original text, the law of the dark forest is just an explanation of the phenomenon of the Fermi paradox from the standpoint of a low-level civilization - the so-called theories have a scope of application - what does this have to do with the law of the jungle?" The third part has already shown that not all civilizations behave in accordance with the predictions of the laws of the dark forest. ”

Zuo Youcheng didn't really understand what she meant, but he still followed Zheng Rui's words and said to Bian Na: "Look at Sister Bian, I said that the law of the dark forest has nothing to do with social Darwinism." ”

Bian Na felt angry and funny: "That's not what you just said. ”

"No, what did I just say?" Zuo Youcheng immediately complained, "The law of the dark forest and the law of the jungle are two different things, and the law of the jungle and social Darwinism are also two different things." It's not next to each other, am I wrong? Sister Bian, you said that what I said was wrong, you have to directly point out what is wrong, right? ”

He was really angry with Bian Na, and at this time she was really a little envious of Zheng Rui's ability to talk like that. It's a pity that Bian Na has always been a quiet girl who doesn't argue with people much before, and now she can't keep up with Zuo Youcheng, so she can only talk about the contradictions in the train little by little.

Zheng Rui watched from the side and just thought it was funny. Bian Na's speed of speech couldn't keep up with this young enthusiast, which made her feel angry, but she didn't know that Zuo Youcheng was most likely panicked now, and he couldn't figure out how much he flickered and was even more anxious. This is the common problem of not being able to keep up with the theoretical level but being easy to chatter.