The orange glass roof under the trees shows that the sky is gradually darkening, and the earth is about to be covered in darkness again. Before the real darkness came, Jackson whistled happily as he drove his dilapidated off-road vehicle through the narrow roads between the trees.

The scenery on the road in front of you is very beautiful, the sky is not completely dark, but the stars that can be seen have already loomed, and the summer forest will not fall asleep because of the arrival of night, and the birds from the roadside forest can be heard from time to time on the way of the vehicle.

"Okay, don't be gloomy, since you're willing to come along, then don't imagine a hot banquet." Jackson looked at his nephew in the passenger seat and reached out a hand and patted him on the shoulder.

Otley didn't answer him, and looked out the window, the potholed ground would be bumpy even if the off-road vehicle drove on it, which was by no means comfortable.

"Are you sure you're on the right track?" Otley reminded him, "I didn't encounter any more cars after passing the fork in the road half an hour ago." ”

"That's right." Jackson said, "Watching meteors is where you need to be inaccessible. ”

Otley was skeptical, "I hope you're not on the wrong path, or we'll feed the wolves." ”

"There are guns and ammunition in the back of the car, and you should pray that the extinct wolves here don't show up again."

As the buggy drove out of the forest gap, they came to a field with no end in sight, but instead of a grassy field, it was a large clearing with nothing but stones and gravel.

"It's incredible, it's like two worlds here and the forest, and there's a place like this near Charlottesville." Otley said incredulously, blowing the cool breeze outside the window.

"It used to be a forest too, but unfortunately, people always like to destroy beautiful things." Jackson shrugged and said, "By the time I regret it, it's too late." ”

"But in other words, it's also a wonderful place to watch meteors, with no nasty people, no annoying noises, no light pollution, everything is perfect."

The SUV drove some distance, and then Jackson stopped the car, and the two of them got out of the car and set up the telescope and other equipment, and then the chairs and portable tables were also moved, and various beers and food were set up on the table.

"If your dad knew I was drinking with you, he would definitely kill me." Jackson had a toast with Otley.

"No, it won't."

Otley shook his head and denied Jackson's claim, "Because he can't beat you." ”

"Not necessarily, when I was a kid he always bullied me, and I tried my best to fight back but always failed."

And this kind of thing? Otley was in high spirits, his father, now wearing a pair of glasses like a college professor, and he seemed to be weak, and it was hard to imagine that he would bully such a strong man as Uncle Jackson.

"Really? But now he doesn't seem to be able to beat even a woman. ”

"Hah, you're wrong." Jackson took a big sip of his beer and burped, "You don't have to fight women, because those women will line up and go to his bed automatically." ”

It's true, his father seems to be very charismatic, there are always some women who talk to him, which is perhaps the reason why his mother and his father divorced, men don't put up with their women talking to some handsome men all day long, and women vice versa.

"By the way, that girl named Lorinda, I can see that she seems to have a crush on you, why don't you go to her birthday party?" Jackson said.

Otley didn't speak, obviously not wanting to talk about the topic, and Jackson sighed that the feelings of this generation of young people were really incomprehensible to the older generation.

"When will the meteor appear?"

"It's coming, it shouldn't be far away."

Jackson lifted the watch on his wrist and looked at it, it was nearly eight o'clock in the evening, and darkness completely covered the land.

But from where they are now, the sky is like a canopy that covers everything, so calm, so clear, without a single wrinkle, and countless stars break through the shackles of the night, like countless silver beads. With the passage of time, the starry sky shimmered, densely embedded in the deep black night, and the Milky Way was like a faintly glowing white ribbon, spanning the entire sky.

"It's beautiful." Otley exclaimed.

"yes, it's beautiful."

Jackson took a bite of the drumstick, "Just don't know how long humans can make it exist?" ”

"You think humans will make it disappear?" Otley wondered.

"Isn't it?"

"Science and technology are getting more and more advanced, but the extinction rate of species is accelerating, and the environmental pollution is becoming more and more intense, but what is the United States doing?" "Those high-ranking officials are just staring at the immediate interests, and they don't care about what will happen to the planet next. ”

"In recent years, I've traveled to India, Nepal, Tibet, Canada, the Arctic and Antarctica, and it's not optimistic." "The environment seems to be deteriorating at an accelerated rate," Jackson worried. ”

Otley disagreed, "No, uncle, you are too worried, so many scientists will not be paid for nothing, and they will solve any situation perfectly." ”

Jackson shook his head and said nothing, his nephew didn't know that when he arrived at Antarctic Pine Island the year before last, he happened to encounter a glacier break and almost lost his surname. The 18-mile-long gap in the glacier is unheard of, and everything is unusual, but the climatologists involved don't pay attention to it, and they don't even pay attention to the media news.

"Look, what's that?"

As soon as Jackson raised his head, he saw a meteor suddenly streak across the dark night sky, dragging its long tail, and quietly disappearing into the skyline. Then, as if breaking the silence, it followed the meteor, and countless meteors with white light slashed across the sky, like a sharp sword that split the night heavily, turning into a dazzling arc and leaving a thin tail against the silent and cold background.

The two didn't have time to talk, so they hurriedly grabbed binoculars and other equipment to look at the meteors in the distance, and let out a sound of praise from time to time. After a while, the strange scenery caused by the meteor shower gradually dissipated, and if you want to see such a beautiful scenery again, you can only hope that there will be such luck next time.

"Oh, that's a shame."

"What a pity?" Jackson put down the binoculars and said.

"It's a pity that the meteor is running too fast, and I can only watch it for a while." Otley was a little disappointed.

"Be content, such a meteor shower is not something you can see at any time, maybe you won't be able to meet it in a year or two." Jackson swallowed a glass of beer and nibbled on a chicken leg in a few bites.

"Uncle, when you are adventuring around the world, such beautiful scenery should not be uncommon, right?"

"What is an adventure? That's an expedition! ”

Jackson straightened his shirt, "Of course, beautiful scenery must be uncommon, the vastness and beauty of the world are beyond your imagination, and when you graduate, you can also go to the world with me to see it." ”

"No, no, I don't want to go with you, it's too dangerous, Mattia (a dog) needs my care for the rest of her life."

"Mattia? The fat dog? No, my nephew, you should have thrown it away a long time ago, that fat dog would just run next door to seek mating, it had no other use, God, it springs all year round, what an incredible dog. ”

Otley listened very uncomfortable, but he couldn't refute it, Mattia was indeed a little "impatient", and many people suggested that he should send Mattia to the pet hospital to be castrated, but this was too cruel for him to accept.

Fortunately, something quickly diverted their attention.

"Look there!" Otley shouted, pointing to the sky behind Jackson.

Jackson turned around, and a meteor that emitted a violent red light fell from the sky because of the friction of the air, and kept disintegrating in mid-air, brilliant and poignant, and quickly smashed into the sky.

Meteorite? Jackson was stunned for a moment, and then a muffled sound came from the sky, and his ears were a little numb.

"Quick, get in the car!"

Jackson hurriedly threw the telescope and other equipment into the car, left the tables and chairs alone, and beckoned his nephew to get in the car quickly. Otley also reacted quickly, and without his uncle urging him a second time, he stepped up to sit in the passenger seat and fasten his seat belt.

The buggy let out a loud roar, and the car jerked off into the distance, Jackson figured the direction, turned the steering wheel to point at the place where the meteorite landed, and shouted, "Otley, take out the flashlight, yes, there it is." ”

Otley took out the wolf's eye flashlight from under his seat, his heart was full of excitement, he had never seen the same event happen in his life, a meteor, in front of them, fell in the distance, most likely no more than two or three miles away. If they could get to the scene now, they might have dug up a meteorite, oh my God, what a cool thing.

Compared with Otley's excitement, Jackson was not much inferior, he whistled, increased the throttle, and drove the off-road vehicle under his seat like a mad cow, rushing forward desperately. If it weren't for the darkness of the night, the dust and sand would have been visible from afar.

The desolate wilderness was not clogged with the rest of the vehicles, and the off-road vehicle soon crossed two or three miles to the place where the meteor fell, a deep crater at least seven meters in diameter.

The pit was still steaming and the earth was shaped like charcoal, as if a disaster had befallen it. Jackson asked Otley to hold the flashlight, he pulled out his own thick canvas gloves and a shovel, and the two cautiously walked into the crater.

"My God, what is this?"

The strong light of the flashlight shone through, but the information brought by the reflected light made the two stunned, and in the center of the crater, in addition to some meteorite fragments, there was a cube with a silver metal appearance suspended in the air about ten centimeters above the ground. There is no support, no external force, just suspended in the air as a matter of course, this scene that violates the common sense of physics completely stunned the two for a while.

No, what is even more strange should be how a meteorite could have become this thing? Jackson's mind was in turmoil, but when he saw that Otley was about to touch the mysterious thing with his hand, he hurriedly shouted, "Stop." ”

"Don't touch it." Jackson pulled Otley back out of the crater, and stood outside shining a flashlight directly, "This thing may have a radial surname, we can't risk it, we must get out quickly." ”

"No, uncle." Although Otley was almost nineteen years old, he was as excited as a child at this time, "Maybe this is left by aliens." ”

"Aliens?" Jackson shook his head in disapproval, "It's more likely that it's the parts left over from the fall of the satellite." Even he didn't believe it, not to mention that there were any satellite parts that could be suspended in the air, but also to say that the meteorite fragments around that thing also told him that there would be no satellites that used stones as their appearance.

The two argued, one said he wanted to leave, the other said he wanted to stay, and in the end, Otley could not argue with his uncle, so he had no choice but to give up his thoughts.

Jackson took one last look at the mysterious suspended object at the bottom of the crater, sighed, and prepared to get in the car and drive away, he is a climatologist, but not a heavenly home, these mysterious things should be left to others.

"Woo Woo ......"

A roaring and slightly dull voice suddenly came from a distance, and Jackson stopped in his footsteps, feeling that something was wrong, "What is this sound?" ”

He didn't have time to think about it anymore, three strands of searchlights appeared from a distance, and the distinctive roar of a helicopter revealed the identities of the three black shadows in mid-air.

"What happened?." That was Jackson's last thought at this time.

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