Chapter Twenty-Three: I See the Future
Helenko thought he must be crazy because he was driving to Fuxi Forest Park. The time is 9:40 p.m. The appointment he was about to go to was really weird and inexplicable. Communicating with aliens? It reminded him of the little boy in Super 8 β it's ridiculous. But the thought of Lupin's crazy and serious look made him feel less ridiculous.
Before going out, Helenko hesitated for a long time. At one point, he wanted to call Lupin and tell him that he had changed his mind and didn't want to do the stupid thing. But he estimated that Lupin would come straight to his home and would not give up.
From the perspective of safety, Helenke also thought about finding someone to accompany him - such as Lu Jinpeng (male No. 5 ability "power"). However, he vaguely felt that it was better not to let too many people know about this matter, and finally chose to go alone.
When I was thinking about it, the taxi had already driven to its destination and stopped at the 'gate' of Fuxi Forest Park. Helenko paid for the car, and when he got out of the car, he found that Lupin was already waiting there.
"You're here." Lupin walked over.
"Hmm." Helenko looked around. This is a relatively remote scenic spot, and at night, there is no one left, even the street lights are broken, and it is pitch black all around. Meeting here is like a spy doing something underground.
In other words, if you kill someone here, no one will know who did it.
Helenko suddenly suspected Lupin's motivesβcould he have found an excuse to trick me here, and then ......
Lupin did not perceive Helenko's thoughts, and said excitedly: "I feel very strongly tonight! Let's go, let's go inside. β
Helenko did not move, and said in a warning tone: "I have come here to meet you tonightβI have told others about this. β
Lupin was stunned for a moment, and it took a while to hear the overtone of Helenko's words. He said, "What are you worried about, I won't hurt you!" If I had this mind, I wouldn't have rescued you when I was in another dimension. β
Indeed it is. Helenko recalled that his big 'leg' was seriously injured at that time, and it was Lupin who carried him to escape from the other dimension. From this point of view, Lupin should not be a person with bad intentions. And because of this incident, I still owe him a favor. Thinking of this, Helenko said: "Well, it's me who is too careful. Let's go. β
The forest park is not open at night, and there is no staff at the entrance for a fee. Lupin and Helenko easily climbed over the telescopic iron 'door', which was just over a meter high, and entered the interior. At night, the forest park is cold and silent, and the cold wind resounded through the forest, blowing the shadows of the trees, causing people to have endless reverie.
The two men walked for a while until they came to an open place. This is the park's 'dew' day parking lot, and there are several mountain roads leading to different attractions on each side. As it was night, there was not a single car in the parking lot. "Let's do it here," Lupin said. β
Helenko originally felt that this matter was unreliable, and he didn't have too many opinions, everything was based on Lupin's "feeling". He nodded.
Lupin raised his head and looked up at the starry sky, concentrating his 'spirit' on trying to contact the aliens. Helenko secretly enhanced his superpowers.
The weather tonight was fine, the night sky was full of stars, and the constellations and cloud maps were clearly displayed in front of them. But Lupin and Helenko didn't have time to appreciate it. Lupin, in particular, could feel the summoning message he had sent out with his superpowers piercing through the clouds and spreading in all directions......
After more than half an hour, Lupin's neck was so sore that he used his superpowers to exhaust his physical strength. Helenko couldn't continue, and the two sat down on the grass tiredly.
After resting for a while, Helenko said, "It doesn't seem to work." β
"How so?" Lupin said in frustration, "I feel like I've got the message out there." β
"Maybe the alien wasn't at home and didn't receive it."
Helenko found that Lupin was looking at him, he put away his joking tone and said seriously: "No matter how powerful our superpowers are, they are always within the scope of the earth. What you are going to do now involves the vastness of the universe, how can it be so easy to do? Aliens aren't your relatives, and they're just a phone call or a text message? β
"No, you don't understand." "When I was only level 1 β that is, without your help β I summoned the saucer once. β
"What?" Helenko looked at him in disbelief.
"What I said is true, on the roof of my house. It's just that I'm not strong enough to summon it in front of me, and the saucer is fleeting - but I'm sure even that fleeting moment is because of my superpowers. β
Helenko did not speak, and was very suspicious in his heart.
Lupin looked at Helenko and said, "Do you think 'they' are far away from us?" No, they're here, all the time. They hide in the shadows, silently watching our every move. Observing us humans from the perspective of a bystander. I can feel them, you know? β
Helenko leaned back a little. "You...... It kind of scared me. β
Lupin sighed, "I know you won't understand. β
Helenko didn't want to have a deep discussion with him on the matter, thinking that it was pointless. He glanced at his watch and said, "It's eleven o'clock, let's go back." β
"I want to try again." Lupin said.
"We've just run out of energy. Are you going to be tired and paralyzed here? β
"Please, let's rest for a while and try again."
Helenko got up from the grass, he really didn't want to play with Lupin anymore. "Try it yourself, I'm going back."
Lupin also stood up and said anxiously, "How can I do it on my own?" β
"Didn't you say that when you were alone, you also summoned flying saucers?"
"yes, but it didn't come to me."
"We just put so much effort into it, and it's not like it hasn't appeared."
"As you say, maybe it's not that easy. It takes a few more tries before it ......"
"Please don't force me, okay, Lupin?"
"I'm not reluctantly, I'm pleaing. Why don't we try again tomorrow night? β
"What? You want me to accompany you every night to do this boring ......."
In the middle of his words, Helenko suddenly froze. He looked diagonally upwards in a daze, trembling and said, "That...... What is that? β
Lupin was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned around.
Their eyes widened to see a saucer-shaped flying object glowing green approaching them at an alarming speed in the night sky not far away. In just a second or two, the green 'colored' disc flew almost above their heads. Then, it retracted its green light and slowly landed in the dense forest one or two hundred meters ahead.
The blood in Lupin's whole body surged up, and the 'hair' pores on his body contracted one after another, and his whole body was numb with nervousness and excitement. He squeezed Helenko's arm and said incoherently, "Cheng...... It worked! We really called it over...... Flying saucer! β
Helenko was completely stunned, Lupin clung to his arm, but he forgot about the pain, he didn't feel it at all. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it all. But the green 'colored' flying object I saw just now doesn't make people understand it from any angle - it's really a flying saucer!
When he realized this, a deep fear gripped Helenko. Will aliens appear in front of us? What will "they" do?
Lupin, however, did not seem to have such worries and precruples at all, and he was carried away by the excitement and euphoria. He walked briskly in the direction of the saucer. Helenko grabbed him and said, "Do you want to go over?" β
"Of course!" Lupin said, "I've worked so hard to summon the flying saucer in front of me, can I just take a look and leave?" β
"Do you know what you're up against?" Helenko felt that Lupin's mind was no longer clear. "You're not worried about what aliens will do to you...... Something unexpected? β
"I think 'they' should be friendly, otherwise they would have attacked the Earth a long time ago. I believe that 'they' have sensed my calling to tell me an important message! Lupin excitedly said, "If you're afraid, stay where you are, Helenko." Thank you so much for helping me! β
With that, he ran towards the woods in front of him, and in a few moments disappeared into the shadows of the trees. Helenko was left standing in the same place in a daze.
I...... Should I go over too? Helenko pondered anxiously and ambivalently. Being able to see aliens and flying saucers with your own eyes is not an opportunity for everyone. But will these guys really be as friendly as Lupin envisions? Maybe it's just Lupin's wishful thinking?
Suddenly, he realized something. Lupin says that aliens have actually been hiding somewhere on Earth. If only these aliens were that kind. So why have they been reluctant to 'show up'? Maybe "they" have some kind of secret that cannot be discovered by earthlings? If that's the case, will "they" let those who have seen them live?
Thinking of this, Helenko's heart felt a chill. He definitely didn't dare to get close to the past, and even wanted to turn around and run away. He mustered up the courage to keep himself standing still, anxiously waiting for the outcome of the matter.
Time passed minute by minute, and Helenko felt like years. He glanced at his watch, and Lupin had been in the past for more than ten minutes.
He should have seen the aliens a long time ago.
What are they doing? Why is there no movement at all?
The doubts made Helenko more and more uneasy. Just when he was about to take it anymore, suddenly, a green light flashed in the forest, and then a flying saucer with a dazzling green light rose up, "whoosh" into the night sky at a speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye, and disappeared into the clouds.
Aliens left? Helenko thought in horror. In that case, why hasn't Lupin come out of the forest yet?
He couldn't help it, he wanted to see what was going on, and quickly ran towards the place where the flying saucer had just landed.
Helenko pushed aside the branches and shrubs, restraining his panic and fear. His heart was pounding, and an ominous premonition was coming out.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he saw someone lying on the ground - it was Lupin. Helenko hurriedly ran forward, squatted in front of Lupin, and asked, "What's wrong with you!" Lupin? β
No one knows what Lupin had been through before. But his expression now was enough to send chills to anyone who felt the heart palpitate - his eyes widened, his mouth wide open, his facial muscles contorted with spasms. His eyes were bloodshot, and tears poured out of his eyesβit seemed as if in the last ten minutes he had experienced the most horrible and sad thing in the world. When Helenko saw his 'touch' look, he was speechless in horror. However, Lupin grabbed his hand at once, his lips opened and closed, and after a while, he finally said a sentence:
"Future...... I see the future......"
After saying this, his stiff head drooped to the side, his expression froze, his breathing stopped, and he died.
Helenko's scalp exploded. Although it was not the first time he had seen someone die in front of him, this horrific and inexplicable way of dying made people feel infinitely frightened. And Lupin's last words made him even more flustered and shuddering. At this moment, he had no time to speculate on the meaning of this sentence, and he just wanted to get out of here quickly.
Helenko struggled to break the stiff hand that Lupin was holding him, not daring to look at his horrific death. However, a force inexplicably surged through his body. Khrenko was taken aback - what was going on? Did I upgrade? But...... How so? I didn't kill Lupin.
Suddenly, it occurred to him that the Old Gods had said that in this competition, the winner would have 50 times more power. 50 people, all indispensable. Helenko understood. If someone dies for some other reason, will his or her abilities be transferred to the person closest to him or her, or to the person that the person wishes to inherit?
Just as he was secretly guessing, something shocking and unusual happenedβa fire suddenly broke out in the forest park! It's not just around him β as far as the eye can see, the entire forest park is on fire!
There is no doubt that this is no ordinary fire β no arsonist can set thousands of hectares of forest on fire in an instant. Helenko realized to his horror that it was the aliens on the green UFO who had done this!
Damn it! They killed Lupin, and they're going to kill me? These guys have already spotted me and know that I'm hiding nearby? But if it's to kill me, is it necessary to set the whole forest on fire?
In any case, Helenko clearly knew that his own time of death had come. He was surrounded by raging fire, and there was no way for him to escape. If you force your way through, you'll be burned alive halfway through.
At the moment, it's too late to regret it. In the midst of this competition, death is not a surprise. It's just that he didn't expect that he would die in such a strange and inexplicable way, and it was extremely tragic. But is this a choice for yourself? He closed his eyes in despair.
However, to his surprise, a powerful suction force sucked him into another space like it had done in classroom 113 a few days ago. Before he could react to what was going on, he had already disappeared from the real world......
(Male No. 7 Lupin's ability to "communicate" - death)