23 The Devil in the Night (2)
As I get older, the city grows faster and faster, and the light pollution in the night sky becomes more and more serious, and at most I can only see a few of the brightest stars on a moonless night.
He Jun's attention was suddenly taken away by the starry sky, but before he could see the stars in the sky clearly, the window glass made another muffled sound.
Qiqi, who was snuggling up to He Jun tightly, shrank obviously.
He Jun found that a starry sky about the size of a fist was blocked by something, and quickly patted her on the back: "It's okay, it's okay, let's see what it is!" ”
"Don't, don't!" Kiki closed her eyes tightly, and arched her head hard towards He Jun.
He Jun smiled dumbly, and didn't care whether Qiqi looked at it or not, he took out his mobile phone by himself, swiped his fingers, and turned on the flashlight function.
A bright light instantly illuminated the window pane, and there was a continuous crashing sound on the glass immediately, He Jun finally saw what was outside, and he was so frightened that his feet slipped, not that Qiqi always held him, and he had to capsize in the gutter and fall headlong.
"Uncle, what's wrong with you?" Qiqi sensed He Jun's abnormality, and couldn't care about being scared anymore, so she quickly opened her eyes to check He Jun's condition.
"I'm fine!" He Jun subconsciously hid his mobile phone.
Ke Qiqi had already seen something outside the window, so frightened that she took two steps back in an exclamation, sat on the coffee table before stopping, and held He Jun's big hand in horror: "Uncle, what is that?" ”
The things outside the window are large flying insects the size of a fist, with a thin face, sharp and slender mouthparts, and high-speed waves of membranous wings behind them!
"What else could it be?" He Jun quickly closed the window and said helplessly, "Mosquitoes!" ”
Eighty percent of the oversized mosquitoes outside were attracted by the candlelight.
"How can there be such a big mosquito?" Kiki didn't believe it at all.
The insects outside are several circles bigger than sparrows, how can they be mosquitoes?
He Jun squatted down, gently hugged Qiqi into his arms, patted her on the back and said, "There is no modern one, but there is one in ancient times!" ”
"Ancient?" Kiki subconsciously repeated, raising her eyes to look out, but she couldn't see anything clearly.
"Yes, ancient." He Jun in the dark was like a dream, "The biggest dragonfly in the age of dinosaurs is much bigger than my uncle, think about it, how big a mosquito should such a big dragonfly eat?" ”
"It's so big out there!" Kiki finally understood, "Uncle, if you let this mosquito bite, how big will it be to have a mosquito bag?" ”
He Jun comforted: "Don't worry, uncle won't let you be bitten." "If you really let such a big mosquito bite, wouldn't you suck up 100cc of blood in one bite? If you encounter ten or eight at once, you have to suck people into a person!
Fortunately, he only opened the kitchen window, and closed the invisible screen - although the mosquitoes outside are big, they are still insects, and the screen is not strong, it is also a synthetic material produced by modern industry, and it cannot be broken by a few mosquitoes.
"Hmm!" Qiqi obediently agreed, leaning against He Jun tightly.
He Jun picked up the little girl and put it on the sofa, deliberately diverting the child's attention: "Qiqi, look, there are a lot of stars in the sky. When I was younger, there were so many stars in the sky. ”
"So much?" Kiki was surprised, "Dad said, I'm an Aries, uncle, do you know where Aries is?" ”
He Jun smiled suddenly: "Of course I know, because my uncle is also an Aries!" ”
Kiki immediately became happy: "Uncle, tell me quickly, which one is Aries, okay?" ”
"Of course no problem!" He Jun had a big package, but when he raised his head, he was immediately dumbfounded.
He didn't have time to carefully observe the stars in the sky just now, but now that he had time, he found that the sky was full of stars, and he couldn't find any familiar constellations!
Although he is not an astronomy enthusiast who studies the stars, nor is he an enthusiast of the 12 Western constellations, he still recognizes at least the most conspicuous stars in the sky, the Big Dipper, Orion, and the Zodiac!
If it is said that Orion is not visible in the middle of summer; If you can't see the Big Dipper in the wrong location, you won't be able to see none of the twelve zodiac signs, right?
It was only at this time that he faintly remembered where he had seen it, the stars in the sky were not fixed, but stars that were always in motion, and the Big Dipper 100,000 years ago, the modern Big Dipper and the Big Dipper 100,000 years later were arranged in completely different shapes!
Although he has been actively preparing for survival before, deep down in his heart there is still a bit of luck in modern times, but when he saw the completely unfamiliar starry sky, the last trace of luck was wiped out, and his heart completely accepted the reality of traveling through the prehistoric era.
"Uncle, what's wrong with you?" Kiki sensitively noticed that He Jun's situation was abnormal, and asked cautiously and quietly.
"Uncle, uncle is fine." He Jun choked up and said, "Child, we will never, never go back home, never go back......"
Tears welled up from his tear ducts and soaked his eye sockets.
"Uncle......" Qiqi instinctively wanted to comfort He Jun a few words, but she didn't know what to say at all, so she could only hug He Jun tightly.
"Uncle is fine!" He Jun quickly adjusted his emotions and wiped his tears under the cover of darkness, "Uncle is really fine." ”
"Does Uncle miss Dad as much as Kiki?" Kiki said in a low mood.
He Jun's breath was suffocated, and he said blankly: "Yes, like Qiqi, I miss my father." ”
His father, who was a soldier from the army, was very strict with him from childhood to adulthood, and he missed his kind mother even more.
It's just that if you say that, you should never mention it in front of a child who doesn't have a mother.
The two comforted each other for a while, and He Jun remembered the unfinished scabbard, so he said, "Qiqi, it's not too early, you go to bed first, and I'll do something else." ”
"Uncle, I'm not sleepy." Kiki, who had slept all afternoon, did not feel sleepy in the slightest.
"Then stay with my uncle." He Jun said happily.
He Jun got up and drew the curtains, blocking the little light and the full sky from Building 13.
Although mosquitoes can't break the glass, the prehistoric era is the era of giant insects, in case it attracts other giant insects, or even some kind of nocturnal dinosaurs, tempered glass may not be able to stop it.
The heavy curtains prevent the leakage of candlelight, indirectly preventing the invasion of unknown creatures, and even if there are really any dangerous creatures coming over, they will run to the candlelight window first.
Re-lit the candle, the faint light once again dispelled the darkness, He Jun found the needle and thread that had been idle for an unknown amount of time, picked up the scabbard that was still half-finished, and sewed the remaining scraps of the DIY scabbard on the scabbard with crooked stitches one by one.
Kiki sat with her chin on her chin as the night grew darker, and she fell asleep in a daze.