"According to your observations, both Teacher Gao and her previous victims were controlled by leeches. They are the size of small mammals and are not very destructive. Even so, due to their unobservable and invulnerable properties, these monsters are able to prey on humans as food......"

"So, how far can the huge monster in the sky we saw just now go? Just imagining it makes you feel like it's hard to breathe. ”

"In addition to this, the characteristics of the leeches are clearly different from any other biological race on Earth, and they come from another world completely different from the real Earth - a new and unknown planet. How did they get to Earth? And how many things does the planet itself mean? On the planet, is there a civilization composed of intelligent life like humans? ”

Miss Xie's hand rested on the table, and her five slender fingers slowly closed together, clenching into a fist, as if she wanted to hold something firmly in the palm of her hand.

"I want answers to these questions. To do this, I need the help of both of you. ”

“…… I always feel that what you say doesn't seem like something that junior high school students should think about. ”

At this time, Ji Chunzao, who hadn't opened his mouth since just now, said in a weak tone.

"You don't understand this, just because we're still in junior high school, that's why we think about this."

Yan Jingxing coughed dryly, indicating that he understood very well.

"Huh? Have Jing Xing thought about it too? ”

"Of course I thought about it. It's rare that even aliens have met, and they will definitely want more, such as superpowers or something. ”

After hesitating for a moment, Ji Chunzao nodded slightly.

"Well, if there was a way to deal with those alien monsters, it would be a good thing. …… However, Yuzhi shouldn't have seen the appearance of spirit leeches attacking people with your own eyes, right? That's really dangerous. ”

"I understand, but there is always danger and opportunity. And, knowing that this unknown threat was imminent, I felt compelled to act as soon as possible. ”

"In fact, even if we don't do anything, won't danger come to our door? I don't know what the situation is elsewhere, but in this Hakutsuki town, at least since the disappearance of Haruzo's parents, it has become no longer safe, right? ”

Rather than being unwittingly eaten by alien bugs and becoming a pathetic madman, I would rather face danger, even if I feel scared and fearful - Xie Yuzhi's tone was very resolute when he said this.

Yan Jingxing and Ji Chunzao glanced at each other.

"I agree with you. So what are you going to do next? ”

"Haruzamo told me that the most important goal for you right now is to find that 'astronaut,' and I think that's okay."

"Now I can use the ability to 'call aliens'," Ji Chunzao whispered, "but the astronaut didn't appear, it was the monster floating in the air." ”

"That's what it means that it won't work for the time being, but I still think you're aiming for the right thing."

Miss Xie is very confident.

"Rest assured, of course things will be different now that I'm on board." Her gaze fell on the boy's body, "Jing Xing, let me ask you, you said that he is an astronaut, what is the style of the spacesuit on his body?" ”

Yan Jingxing was stunned.

“…… Good question. ”

"That's a good question, isn't it?" The girl smiled slightly, "This is the only clue that can be used right now." Do you have a way to draw it? ”

"But I don't remember very well," he shook his head, "and I don't know how to draw at all." ”

"It doesn't matter. I will collect all the styles of astronauts in the world in the form of pictures, so that you can look at them one by one and confirm the country and age of the spacesuit you see. ”

Xie Yuzhi said.

"If it's not like it, then it's probably aliens — I mean, real aliens, they have a ...... that's different from humans Civilization has even developed the corresponding technology for space navigation, and even spacesuits are very similar. ”

Astronauts are the crystallization of human technological civilization, and if other civilizations create similar things and can travel to other planets, it will undoubtedly prove that they are ahead of humans.

……

The pouring rain outside the window has not yet stopped.

Heavy droplets of water slapped against the glass, making a "crackling" sound, and occasionally thunder rolling, and the glittering electric light illuminated the whole room as if it were day.

The night was dark, and sleepiness gradually came to my heart.

Seeing that Ji Chunzao on the side had already begun to yawn, Xie Yuzhi asked the two of them to go back to the room to rest, saying that he promised that his work of collecting spacesuit intelligence would be completed in these two days.

When the little girl staggered out of the room, Yan Jingxing followed her pace and pushed the door to the corridor.

At this moment, Miss Xie's voice sounded behind her.

"Wait, I have something to say to you."

He turned his head and saw the girl sitting on the couch drinking tea, and her face was calm and graceful when she put the teacup down.

"When you went to the bathroom just now, I apologized to Ji Chunzao again."

She whispered.

"Haruzao probably won't care."

"She really doesn't care, but I can't." Xie Yuzhi sighed, "In my opinion, she is really too generous. If someone questioned my opinion of my parents, I would never want to look at him in the face for the rest of my life. ”

"Wouldn't you just be nice to her......" Yan Jingxing thought for a moment, "Aren't you two roommates?" ”

Xie Yuzhi shook his head, as if he had other plans.

"Yan Jingxing, I also have something I want to say to you."

"Huh?"

"I'm so grateful to you for that dream of 'seeing the future' that you just shared with me."

"You've said that before."

"Well, yes. But you can't understand my feelings......"

At this, she seemed to want to explain her thoughts, and her voice was slightly low; And just then, there was a thunderclap outside the window, noisily drowning out all the sounds in the room.

Yan Jingxing saw the girl's lips squirm, but she couldn't hear her words.

He was startled by the sudden sound of thunder, subconsciously covered his ears, and waited until the sound had passed before he put down his hand and spoke suspiciously.

"What were you talking about?"

Xie Yuzhi replied:

"Nothing, I just wanted to ask, if you have anything you want, I can buy it for you. My father would give me a sum of money every month, and I didn't usually need much anyway. ”

“…… Yes? ”

"It's a reward. You've helped me a lot. ”

Yan Jingxing immediately shook his head without much thought. He didn't think he really helped.

"No, you don't."

Next, the two spoke almost together, and their voices overlapped:

- "Really? Don't you have what you're looking for? ”

- "Since we're friends, there's no need to be polite to me. ”

“…… Hey? ”

Xie Yuzhi's eyes widened slightly, looking at him in surprise.

"Friends? Me? May I? ”

It's not that Yan Jingxing can't understand her feelings, because at the beginning, he was also full of doubts about Chunzao's words, and it was inevitable to show this doubt when communicating, so he couldn't help but feel guilty later.

But the "mermaid girl" is really broad-minded, and she always acts like she doesn't care, so Yan Jingxing naturally feels that she doesn't care.

"What's wrong with this, we've all seen alien creatures together, so it's normal to be friends."

…… No, wait a minute. Yan Jingxing muttered a little weakly, think about it carefully, it is really not normal for boys and girls of our age to make friends point-to-point.

Of course, he wouldn't say that.

"Yes, friend." Miss Xie put her hand to her mouth, as if to hide her expression at the moment, "You may not care, this is a big deal for me, and I have to ask the chef to make a five-layer cake tower to celebrate." ”

"That's an exaggeration."

"Counting the spring algae, that's two."

"No, no, no, she didn't promise to be friends with you."

"Huh? Ah......h

Xie Yuzhi was rarely a little flustered.

"You mean, she might not want to? Why? ”

"Because...... I lied to you, haha! She's been a friend for a long time, can't you tell? ”

Yan Jingxing smiled and waved his hand, turned around and walked towards his room.

Xie Yuzhi watched his back disappear into the corridor before retracting his gaze.

There was still half an hour left before her usual rest. The girl picked up the usual pillow reading material next to her and began to read, the title of which was "On Levi."

After flipping through a few pages, Xie Yuzhi found that the concentration she was proud of seemed to have suddenly failed tonight.

Outside the window, thunder rumbled and rain sounded, but these sounds of nature could not have affected her thinking......

The girl put down the book, and after a moment of froze, she suddenly smiled softly at the empty place.

The light laughter quickly disappeared into the air.

“…… That's why I said, you can't understand my feelings. ”

*

After Yan Jingxing returned to his room, he lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling in a daze.

At this moment, his heart was surging, and the thoughts in his mind were complicated, and he felt that there were too many things to consider, and he had to think about them seriously.

However, Simmons, who was lying under him, was too soft and comfortable, and the sound of rain outside the window played a good role in hypnosis, so after only thinking for a while, he soon fell asleep, and slept very deeply and soundly.

Until a sharp knock on the door woke him from his dream.

"Well, what's wrong......"

Yan Jingxing rubbed his eyes and got up from the bed.

He looked out the window, the rain had stopped, and the sky was indigo. The sun doesn't seem to have fully risen, the light is hazy, and the colors of the earth are clear and refreshing.

"Yan Jingxing, are you awake?"

The person who knocked on the door was Xie Yuzhi.

"Wake up, wait until I'm dressed."

Yan Jingxing jumped out of bed, put on his pants neatly, and asked:

"It's time for school?"

The girl outside the door replied:

"No, it's still early, but I just received a bit of a strange message and want to explain the situation to you."

He opened the door.

Xie Yuzhi was wearing light gray plush pajamas, one hand on the contour of his chest rose and fell slightly, and his breathing was rapid, as if he had run all the way.

There was surprise in her expression, as if she had heard something incredible.

After Yan Jingxing was woken up, his head was still a little unconscious, and he looked at her blankly.

"Uh...... So, what's going on now? ”

Xie Yuzhi put down his hand, raised the photo in his other hand and handed it to him.

"Look, is this the 'ghost astronaut' you saw?"

Yan Jingxing took the photo suspiciously. After a moment's scrutiny, his eyes widened, and his head suddenly cleared.

It's really like ......

The photograph shows a man in a dirty spacesuit, "he" is covered in greasy blood and lying on a sandy beach next to a reef and tattered fishing nets.

Although the appearance of the astronaut in my memory was vague, the impression that remained in my mind overlapped in an instant. He couldn't help but ask:

"What is this? Where did this photo come from? When was it filmed? ”

"It's early in the morning."

Xie Yuzhi took a deep breath and tried to keep her tone calm.

"Listen to me calmly. Because of yesterday's heavy rain, the sea level rose, and when a fisherman went to the beach to collect his nets today, he found a stranded whale on a nearby coast. ”

"—Then, from the whale's belly, they found a corpse in a spacesuit."