don't talk to aliens

I have to say that the timing of Li Xie's return tonight is really a coincidence.

Almost, this is a natural horoscope disagreement, the two people who have nothing good to do every time they bump into each other just passed by today.

But just after [-]:[-], when he was returning home from outside, he turned in from the alley alone, just in time to catch up with Fu Bailong and failed to leave.

Originally, he had the 'serious work' left to him by the Capital Space Administration for the past two days.

In addition, during this period of time, Lu Yiming was looking for him, and he didn't have time to return, so he didn't plan to go home so early at the beginning of this evening.

After the secret remote contact last time, the mission contact person in the capital left some information about Zhang and the Atomic Research Institute to him.

Li Xie originally wanted to complete this temporary task, so he naturally thought that it would be best to catch them as soon as possible, so he didn't treat them politely, and used all his brains.

In order to find out the rogue 'Wang Qiang' who had mutated his body that night, he has used some safety information networks left to him by the space agency these days.

It just so happened that the 'Fang Er' who had been in touch with him was a network security major in college.

So Li Xie asked him to go back and forth with himself to search all the surveillance videos in the ground living area of ​​Longjiang City that night. After a lot of tossing, he really found some clues.

It turned out that after robbing and wounding people outside the old city that day, the "target" Wang Qiang who caused the catastrophe once haunted a small barber shop called Axiang Hair Salon alone in a panic at about 9:45 p.m.

This remote hair salon is a certain distance from the first place where the incident happened. The registration information of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau that can be found on the Internet for the time being is a foreign woman named Chen Axiang.

She and Wang Qiang have always been in an illegal cohabitation relationship, and Wang Qiang, the "target" who was desperate that night, also went to find her immediately.

It was also for this reason that a disused and multi-purpose surveillance camera facing the road happened to record this scene, and captured Wang Qiang's strange appearance that was close to being "inhuman" at a certain moment when he fled in a panic.

Through the fuzzy late-night light image cut out by the surveillance camera, it can be vaguely seen that the humanoid upright creature in the lens is more inclined to alien visitors in some kind of science fiction movie.

The body of 'it' is a strange gray color, with no strands on its body, the skull and bones are swollen, and a kind of mucus similar to that naturally produced in the mother's womb is constantly flowing down the limbs.

'It' is very similar to a human, but no matter how you look at it, this weird appearance is not human.

But including Li Xie's own heart, he knew very clearly that this might be the real reason why that 'Wang Qiang' was able to erupt abnormal human genetics overnight.

"This is the 'subspecies' under the current official definition. Just half a month ago, there was such an incident in the capital. A college student named Zhao Xiaopeng disappeared in the mountains. A strange flying object passed by. At that time, the voice of hope of college students and the TV station were helping to find the person, but the search personnel couldn't find it no matter how hard they went in. Later, we let us find it in a natural stalactite cave in the mountain."

"..."

"When we found it, the college student was similar to the 'Wang Qiang' in the photo, and his appearance became very strange, like an alien in a movie. We took him back to the military hospital for secret treatment, but he kept dying miserably. He cried and wanted to leave, and said that he would go back to the cave in the mountain immediately, and wait for the god to come back to pick him up when he lands next time, otherwise he will die on the earth."

"..."

"We didn't believe it at first, and no one could take responsibility for letting him go back, but two days later, the subspecies Zhao Xiaopeng really had difficulty breathing in the early morning of a certain day, and the rescue failed within 2 minutes. There was a possible way to treat him, but at that time his body could no longer be said to be human, and the medicines almost failed him. Afterwards, we arranged for a doctor to conduct an investigation of the cause of death after seeking the consent of his family, and found that a genetic mutation occurred in his gene. Strange changes, nearly 40.00% were transformed overnight, and only 60.00% are still similar to humans."

"..."

"By the way, he also called those gods, atatal, saying that he is one of the descendants of the seven gods."

Atatal, the word immediately awakened some dusty memories in Li Xie's mind.

For a moment, he looked up at the mutated 'Wang Qiang' in the gray monitor. His eyes were really heavy, as if he remembered a lot through this picture, but after a while, he continued to investigate for days without saying a word. work, said nothing.

Now that there is just a little clue, the most important thing is to take advantage of the victory and pursue it.

But today is a very different day for him, so, who was still with Fang Er trying to find that, he decided to go home first.

At the beginning, I also didn't pay attention to what day it was today.

Seeing that Li Xieren was about to leave, Fang Er, who vaguely remembered what happened to him before, looked at the time under the terminal computer in a daze, and asked a little hesitantly,

"Hey, today is 'that day', isn't it okay for you to walk alone like this?"

"...what can I do?"

Li Xie, who looked like nothing happened, replied.

"...I thought you would at least...have a certain amount of scars in your heart. After all, for any normal person, this matter is a shadow that is difficult to get out of in a lifetime. From a psychological point of view, in the face of sudden The best way to resolve such a major disaster is to vent it out in time, be it anger, violence, or crying, in short, a correct outlet is needed.”

"..."

"But I heard that since you retired with an injury five years ago, you have even refused the psychiatrist hired for you by your superiors, and you have never been to the physical rehabilitation alone. You have been trying to avoid some things like this. In fact, it is very useless to get out of that incident and really start a new life, some people and things you have to let go sooner or later."

"..."

Fang Er, who is not familiar with him, but wanted to remind him from the perspective of a colleague, said these words very carefully.

This tone of sincere advice seemed familiar to Li Xie for a while.

It seems that many years ago, in that white and miserable ward, there was also a professional person who said the same thing to him in a provocative tone in front of him.

You should find a way to vent it, you should be angry, you should shout, throw things, get angry and hit people, whatever.

You obviously lost everything, normal people would collapse, why don't you look sad now?

Even if there is a little bit, a small gap can vent for myself.

In this way, the endless pain and guilt in your heart will also be relieved, so that you can get out of the sadness as soon as possible and forget those bad things as soon as possible.

——Then, what was my answer at that time?

That sentence he hunched over and faced the wall to answer the attending doctor himself, because it was too long ago, it seems that he can't remember it now.

But he was originally withdrawn and very difficult to get along with.

Now the whole day is muddling along, so when he was on the way home, he just completely forgot Fang Er's words like a fart.

Before entering the old residential area, the small supermarket selling tobacco and alcohol at the door had already closed.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed an unfamiliar black luxury car parked there, but he didn't see the specific license plate clearly.

His first reaction at the time was to think, who carelessly parked this car here, as if he had a lot of money and had nowhere to spend it, he was not afraid of being scratched by a nearby child.

But when he thought about it, he didn't care about his own affairs. Comrade Li Xie, who was still poor and couldn't afford to eat, didn't think much about going home first.

But he didn't expect that he went upstairs from downstairs, and when he walked up the corridor where the light was broken, he saw someone standing at the door of his house from a distance.

And for a moment, his hairs stood on end, almost thinking that his landlord was blocking the door today to cut off his water and electricity.

As a hero of the city, Comrade Li Xie, who would actually be wary of the landlord, was about to think of a way to survive tonight's calamity, so he met the face of that man in the dark.

"You...why are you here today?"

The moment a certain sentence was blurted out, the air in front of the two of them seemed to freeze for a moment.

Li Xie, who was standing in the corridor, and Fu Bailong, who had been waiting for him for a long time tonight, didn't seem to react for a while, and they looked at each other with wonderful expressions.

But he was the first to come back to his senses, and quickly looked up at the house number on the wall not far away.

Li Xie, who almost thought he had gone to the wrong place, heaved a sigh of relief first, and then looked at this 'Encounter Road Narrow' who somehow found him again.

Seeing Mr. Fu, who was clearly on the verge of being irritable, he not only put a hot water bottle next to his feet, but also could vaguely see what it was from the outline of the paper bag in his hand. He immediately understood why the other party came. Silent.

"Mr. Li, may I ask... are you asking the question knowingly now?"

"..."

"Medical expenses, compensation, and your belongings. These are all things you left behind last time. I can't contact you normally after that. I heard that you are very busy recently, and even your brother can't find you, so Out of politeness and respect, I stand here wasting so much time hoping to thank my 'save, life, um, people'."

"..."

"I don't want anyone to poke me in the back with this incident in the future, or use some tricks to threaten me with so-called rewards, but please think about what you have said, and don't make silly jokes casually , and then forget it irresponsibly! This is respect for yourself and others."

"..."

"...Also, the most important point is that the hot water in your place stops at [-] o'clock in the evening on Thursday. If you have a little sense of public morality, you should go home early to avoid troubles for other people's hot water rooms. Next time Don't bother others."

Such an overwhelming 'storm'.

Before coming back tonight, Li Xie, who was still in a bad mood because of certain things, had a strange expression from the beginning to the end and did not dare to say anything.

He felt that Fu Bailong in front of him seemed really angry with him.

But in essence, they are not very familiar with each other. Leaving aside the relationship between Lu Yiming and himself, and the relationship between Chen Zhen and him, the two of them have crossed paths a few times.

But now, with his strange attitude of losing his temper at him for no reason and apologizing to coax him, he really feels a little guilty... What's going on?

Thinking of this, Li Xie, who was standing there without moving, suddenly began to doubt his life.

But look at the bottle of boiled water under his feet that he took a lot of trouble to make for himself, and Fu Bailong obviously waited for him for a long time, the negative emotions in his heart that would be flooded again every day seemed to suddenly dissipate up.

And when you think about it, it's nothing more than a matter of lowering your posture and coaxing. Normally, Li Xie, who would not be like this at all, simply fell silent, looked up at the opposite side and suddenly said,

"Thank you."

"..."

"I really have something to do these two days, next time you can just let Yiming give it to me, it will be convenient for you, and you don't have to go to the trouble to come in person."

"..."

"Well, and, I'm sorry, I was wrong today."

"..."

He opened his mouth so uncharacteristically, this time it was Fu Bailong who was quite angry at first to be stunned.

He thought he was in such a rush to quarrel with him.

People like Li Xie must still use all kinds of sarcasm to mock him as before. Who knows that this person would actually apologize to him today as if he was possessed by a demon.

But as the person who came here to pay the medical expenses and the thank you money, he shouldn't have quarreled with the other party in this situation.

And seeing Fu Bailong's face was choked by himself, he was speechless.

To a certain extent, Li Xie, who really met back and was arguing with him inexplicably, wanted to laugh for some reason, but after thinking about it, he still held back and consciously changed the subject because he was really not in the mood to quarrel with others today. ,

"Is your head better?"

"...Does this have anything to do with you?"

Seeing Li Xie talk to him, Fu Bailong looked at him warily.

"Just a word of concern. Anyway, we both know Chen Zhen and Yiming. It's not like you don't know the relationship between them. We are also friends in essence. The concussion was so severe and he was discharged from the hospital so soon, so he won't be taken care of anymore?"

"...Don't worry about it, I think when I leave the hospital is my own business, and they are them, it has nothing to do with me, please don't randomly identify friends."

As soon as he heard which pot he would not open and which pot to lift, he immediately remembered his love rival Lu Yiming who was his brother, and Fu Bailong also said coldly.

And looking at him, he looks like a hedgehog who gets angry immediately with just one word.

And it's the kind of hedgehog that is obviously very fragile, sensitive and emotional, but it hurts people's hands as soon as they are touched.

Li Xie, who could see everything from the beginning, didn't bother to stimulate his "meaning" towards Chen Zhen that normal people could see, so he said directly,

"Okay, it's a good thing to leave the hospital early. In a place like a hospital, most people don't have any serious illnesses and it's boring to stay there. It will suffocate people to death. Then thank you again. Congratulations on your smooth discharge from the hospital. Your body has completely recovered, Mr. Fu .”

This was the first time Li Xie called him Mr. Fu seriously.

But Fu Bailong had probably been hurt by this person several times, now he always felt that he was mocking him inside and outside the words.

And it is very clear that the two are not familiar with each other in essence, Fu Bailong came to the door tonight to settle the past grievances once and for all, so that he will not have anything to do with people like him from now on.

So Li Xie stopped teasing him at the moment, and the two of them broke up after simply saying this sentence.

After the two of them handed over the things of both parties as if they were joint, Fu Bailong quickly went downstairs with a cold face as if he was completely relieved.

Li Xie, who didn't follow him and pretended to be polite to send him off, saw the other party's back disappear.

Downstairs, the sound of the car door closing first sounded, and then all outside sounds gradually faded away.

Standing alone in the dark corridor, all the hard-fake expressions on his face faded away a little bit, and he took out the keys in his pocket expressionlessly and opened the door to go home.

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The two chapters are updated together.