The atmosphere in the room was quite warm.

Young people are reading intently, thinking hard, and discussing vigorously.

"Judging by the diary, this so-called 'prophet' ...... Seems to have the power to manipulate people's spirits? ”

Except for the "Lao Zhang" in the diary, who was awake, the rest of the people, including the owner of the diary, the entire expedition became the followers of the prophet and was in her hands.

Yan Jingxing secretly raised his head and glanced at Ji Chunzao, who was lowering his head.

If in the alien language, "prophet" and "sacrifice" refer to the same kind of person, then it means that the woman in the diary has the same identity as Haruzao.

On the other hand, will Haruza one day get the same ability to "grasp people's hearts"......?

"I don't have that strange ability."

Ji Chunzao seemed to be able to guess his thoughts, suddenly raised his head, and said with a smile.

I haven't said anything yet......

Yan Jingxing was a little helpless.

I didn't think you did, but now I'm a little skeptical.

"Brainwashing is not something that only superpowers can do—a sufficiently oppressive external environment, a strict internal hierarchy, and a leader who is good at observing the mental state and speech of others can also rely on these. The essence of brainwashing is to keep repeating the same lie so that it is enough for the human brain to remember, so as to have the deranged effect of substituting the false for the true. ”

Xie Yuzhi analyzed calmly.

"With the ability, the effect can be faster and more significant; But if this woman is clever enough, it is not impossible to achieve a similar effect in a certain time. Don't forget, there is still a gap in the diary, and this is the key to the change of attitude of the diary owner and the expedition team. ”

…… That's right, the diary owner began to call the boss who hired him "prophet" after that time.

"Also, although the movements of this group of people are generally the same as ours, I still found a few differences."

Xie Yuzhi took a pen and drew horizontal lines on the photocopy paper, marking the key points.

"For example, at the beginning of the exploration phase of the underground palace. I noticed that the diary mentions 'a few rooms that can't be opened'. According to my speculation, the room we went to for organ transplants was probably one of them. ”

"Why?"

"As the centerpiece of the succession ceremony, the status of the operating room is crucial throughout the palace. If they did find out, there was no reason not to mention such an important matter, and the diary stated that he was 'apprehensive because he had not gained', which meant that they had never made it to the core room. ”

"Makes sense."

Yan Jingxing nodded in agreement.

In other words, until the moment they left the palace, no one like them was born in the expedition.

However, the reason for this discrepancy, the room that several junior high school students can open, why an expedition team of professionals can't do it, is unknown.

“…… One more thing. ”

Yan Jingxing's eyes fell on the conversation between Lao Zhang and the explorer at the end of the diary.

"Only the real 'warriors' will be chosen...... Right? ”

"Hmm. If our understanding is correct, the warrior here is probably not a simple noun, but a symbol of an identity with special abilities. ”

—that is...... I? ”

"That's you, Jing Xing."

The eldest lady looked at his face, as if she had found an interesting expression, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.

"You seem to be happy."

“……”

To say that he is not agitated right now, it is impossible.

"What kind of 'overlord' or something, we still don't understand what it means. But if I understand correctly, this so-called 'element' is a weapon made by an alien civilization, and it is specially provided to 'warriors', isn't it? ”

"Quite possibly."

Xie Yuzhi replied with a smile.

"Actually, I've always had a guess. After you became a warrior, there was no qualitative change in the physical level - I was a little worried about this, after all, you were implanted with the spine, which is the place that supports the movement of the human body. If an organ transplant would cause bad sequelae, the worst case for me and Haruza would be being blind in one eye, but for you, it's likely that you'll be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of your life. ”

“……”

Yan Jingxing's face lost a smile.

"Don't, don't worry, isn't this happening yet!"

Ji Chunzao comforted him in a panic beside him.

"What do you mean by 'yet'......" he couldn't help but complain.

"It's okay, even if you are really paralyzed, I, as a friend, will find a way to take care of you!"

- Are you going to take care of me for the rest of your life? Yan Jingxing didn't say this sentence because he was hanging.

"Yes, it doesn't matter to me to have someone at home anyway...... Ahem, that's not what I meant. ”

Xie Yuzhi shook his head after coming back to his senses, realizing that the topic had gone a little off-track.

"I mean, my fears at the time were probably pointless. Now it seems that in the eyes of alien civilizations, a true warrior is another definition - the instinct of a warrior, which exists only to take up arms, and to use them better. ”

"In my opinion, Jing Xing, your current ability is just the beginning, a foundation, a prerequisite for you to use the weapons made by the aliens."

After a moment of silence, Yan Jingxing finally said what he was thinking at the moment:

“…… Well, I want to get it. ”

He placed his hands on the table and clenched them into fists.

"Only then can I be called a complete 'warrior', right?"

"Of course, that's what I thought."

Xie Yuzhi looked happy and nodded slightly.

"The diary also mentions the 'Predator King', which the Prophet called the Overlord, and the 'Element' is used against the Overlord. If we get this weapon, we can have the power to fight the big monster flying in the air - even if it's just a possibility, it's already something we have to get. ”

She looked at Ji Chunzao again.

The moment the eyes of the two girls met, there was a tacit understanding that there was no need to communicate through words. They realize that they have the same ideas and want to help the boy achieve his wishes.

"Me and Haruma...... We'll do our best to help you. Xie Yuzhi turned his head and said to Yan Jingxing, "At present, you can put this matter in the first place. If you have great power, our exploration of aliens will be much smoother. ”

“…… Well. ”

He nodded unconsciously. But deep in Yan Jingxing's heart, there is actually still a little uneasy emotion lingering.

There is no clear evidence of this, but since they discovered the UFO and moved to another planet, the fear has lingered in his mind.

"I don't know if you've noticed, but by now, I always feel like everything is going by coincidence."

Yan Jingxing muttered, he didn't mean to hide this worry from his partners.

"Do you mean that our experience is not like a coincidence, but the result of being arranged?"

Xie Yuzhi continued with his words.

"Do you think the same way?"

Yan Jingxing scratched his hair, a little distressed.

"All of our current encounters are inseparable from the guidance of the 'astronaut' that only I saw. It seems to me that since we are ignorant of the existence of this person, we should not accept it in its entirety with trust. ”

"I don't deny the possibility you raised. Judging from the diary, it is clear that we have nothing to do with this expedition, but the experience is always subtle: for example, the migratory predator king once again passed through the palace on the ground. In addition, the fact that astronauts can only be observed by Jing Xing is also amazing. But my thoughts are...... So what? ”

Xie Yuzhi's tone was very serious, and a sentence of classical Chinese suddenly popped out of her mouth.

"Heaven and Buddha take it, but suffer from it; When it doesn't work, it suffers. ”

“……”

“……”

Yan Jingxing and Ji Chunzao looked at each other.

They have begun to get used to communicating with Miss Xie, and occasionally they will not understand her words.

The meaning of this statement is that if Heaven puts an opportunity in front of us, if we do not take advantage of it, we will suffer disaster.

Reasonable. Yan Jingxing thought to himself, no matter what, it was always right to increase his strength.

"Alright."

Xie Yuzhi clapped her hands.

"There's one last part of the diary, so let's see the whereabouts of the 'Prime'."

*

"March 23rd. We've finally found the body. It was hidden in a mass of flesh-like reishi mushrooms, which the followers called the 'pod', and we dug it up. ”

The Prophet seemed pleased, for for she had done all the work, and that it was for her purpose that she had spent all her energy organizing this exploration. The Prophet stood in front of the pod and said to his followers, 'You have done a good job, this is the 'Element', which the aliens call a 'weapon of genocide'...... It's actually the first time I've seen it in person, and I'm looking forward to seeing it one day. ’”

"I was confused and a little disappointed. Because this pod is not as big as I imagined, but it is two or three meters high, like a coffin. Is it really packed with weapons that can make people fight the overlord? ”

"The Prophet seemed to understand my confusion, and she smiled and said to me, 'As far as I know, the aliens have not really completed all the 'bodies', otherwise the world would not be ruled by the biosphere overlords, and the aliens would not be able to do anything. They just created a prototype, a possibility, but they didn't give them enough time to incubate and grow.' ”

"'That's enough for us, though. After all, we're not from this planet, we're earthlings - you know what I mean? It's not our responsibility to fight the monsters on this planet. ’”

"I understand, I certainly understand, that the Prophet is for us to bring the body back to Earth. She wanted to ...... What exactly does she want to do? ”

"I don't understand it again. I know I shouldn't have doubted the Prophet's words, but those nonsense thoughts, and what Lao Zhang said, made my head foggy, and I ...... now Just want to rest. ”

"I want to go back to Earth."

……

"On the morning of March 24th, the Prophet announced to us that she was going to test the warrior's abilities, and she chose one of the first followers to follow her, and he would use it."

But at this moment, Lao Zhang suddenly attacked, he shot and forced everyone back, and untied his clothes, shouting that he had a bomb tied to his body, and if he dared to come, everyone would die together...... It was an industrial explosive used for blasting, and I thought that the camp would be gone after it was destroyed, but I didn't expect him to hide it close to himself all the time. ”

The Prophet chose to back down. Lao Zhang asked me to go with him, and the two of them moved the body back first. Lao Zhang said that if her words were true, then she would never give such a dangerous thing to this woman. ”

……

"March 27th. Before that, we had walked for three days and three nights, trekking through dangerous forests everywhere. ”

"Lao Zhang tried several times on the way to use the body, but he didn't pay attention to it, maybe he needed to go through some kind of special procedure that we knew. Lao Zhang said that as long as he can bring it back to the earth, he will definitely find someone to crack the mystery. ”

"Since yesterday, food and water have been eaten and drunk. We didn't dare to stop, and when we were thirsty, we had to drink our own urine. But we finally made it to the palace with difficulty. ”

"Even without a map, I still remember the way back, and that's what I'm capable of as an explorer. Before returning to the device on Earth, Lao Zhang thanked me with a smile, saying that fortunately you were the one who was sober, and I would definitely feel hopeless without you as a companion. I will be lost on this planet and die in a corner that no one knows. ”

"When Lao Zhang tried to move the body into the device, I was standing behind me and shot him in the head."

“…… The Prophet finally arrived. She smiled and complimented me, stroked my head, and said I was doing a good job. ”

"Actually, when I was resting these nights, although I didn't have time to write a diary, I could see the Prophet every time I dreamed, and she would talk to me a lot and talk to me......"

"The transfer began. The Prophet told me and another follower to return to Earth with the Body. ”

And then, I really came back, back to the Earth I had been dreaming about. I found it hard to believe it myself. ”

"But there is one thing that I have not even told the prophets. In fact, before leaving, I quietly lit the time-lapse fuse of the explosives on Lao Zhang's corpse. ”

"Maybe even the device over there will blow up. But it doesn't matter anymore, because after killing the guy who came back with me, the 'body' is now in my hands. ”

"I have to thank Lao Zhang, otherwise I would have really been ...... What a joke, that woman really thinks she can control me?! ”

……

"April 5th. The notebook is full, and I'm going to get a new one tomorrow. ”

"Recently I've noticed that my mind is getting more and more foggy, my memory is very poor, I sometimes remember things from a long time ago, but I can't remember what happened yesterday, and I always have nightmares."

"I dreamed again of the woman who claimed to be a prophet. It's ridiculous, I know she's blown up on another planet by me. Even if you want to become a ghost and ask for your life, you can't run to Earth, right? What the hell can be so powerful. ”

"Luckily, I've always had a diary record. So I have to go through my previous diary every day to remind myself of what I have to do. ”

"The body is still in my hand, and I've tried a lot of things but I haven't been able to activate it. I don't know what exactly is meant by "real warrior"? Could it be that the woman is talking nonsense? ”

"I really can't do it, maybe I have to find a way to get rid of it...... No one jumped out of the cracks in the stones, and it was impossible for that woman to be the only one in this world who knew about another planet. ”

"I thought, I'm going to have to go find my old friend, the old customer who introduced me to the job."