don't talk to aliens

199X

Longjiang

At the small entrance where children and parents come and go, there are scratch-off prizes hanging. At the entrance of the childhood canteen for small snacks, there are a few schoolmates bumping heads to pick out the hero pat cards inside.

Carrying a cartoon schoolbag, the little boy kicking the roadside stones with his shoes is looking at the end with a weak face and waiting for someone to come.

But after waiting and waiting, there was still no sound of the familiar bell of the broken bicycle on the other side of the road.

His dad was late to pick him up from school again today.

Obviously, the other party is a biology teacher in a junior high school not far away.

But before he entered school, whenever his mother needed to work overtime and asked his father to pick him up, his father couldn't find anyone, and sometimes he had to wait here until it was dark, and he could only return home alone. Home.

"Son, if you are hungry today, you can have a meal at the technical school cafeteria at the back gate of the school. Dad, after work, you are going outside to save the earth. Yes, fighting aliens is very powerful..."

"Oh, it's too bad, I'll hang up first, I'll put five yuan in your schoolbag, go home and review the key points of next week's exam, and then help your mother wash the dishes at noon, you know, Chen Zhen, You are the only man in our family, you have to start taking some responsibilities, this is the son of a hero, do you understand?"

This incomparably oolong and magical answer came from the phone at the canteen.

Putting it on an ordinary child, he must feel that his father is a psychopath, plus hallucinations.

But the little Chen Zhen, with his head down and a heavy heart, did not refute, and silently spoke to his father who was going to save the earth after work through the phone.

Dad, you pay attention to safety.

So I hung up the phone obediently once, and today I went home alone with my schoolbag on my back like a deflated little balloon.

When Chen Zhen was 11 years old, she knew that her father had a secret job.

His father was born small.

Most people call him Xiao Chen when they see him.

But in fact, this day looks ordinary, but Xiao Chen, who is teaching at the school, has a special identity in private - a city hero.

In the 80s and [-]s, the National Bureau of Astronomy and Meteorology set up hero contact points in various cities to prevent an invading unknown creature.

In order not to let the existence of aliens affect the daily life of ordinary people.

The heroes began to secretly start the work of defending the country in this way.

An existence like his father was a part of the motherland at that time, in order to resist the attacks of mysterious and unknown celestial bodies, silently working for the country and ordinary people.

That year, his father, Xiao Chen, was still living with his wife and son in a public-funded unit of less than [-] square meters in Longjiang.

Chen Zhen remembered that his father would disappear for a day or two from time to time.

Sometimes in the middle of the night, I would limp home with my injuries, and after returning home, I would stuff a pile of scrap metal under the bed.

That pile of jingling bells and bangs, was disgusted by his mother and wanted to sell them directly to scrap collectors.

His father cherishes it very much, and will always tell his son solemnly that this is the legendary man-machine, a special combat tool that only combat heroes can shoulder.

It's a pity that Xiao Chen has high hopes for his son, and believes that as a hero, his son will also make great achievements in the future.

Chen Zhen has been malnourished since she was born, and she walks with asthma.

And I never liked any hero-related cartoons. I just want to study hard and be a talent who can help the construction of the motherland without fighting with others.

Chen's mother was very satisfied with this, thinking that with the ideological realm brought out of his son's womb, he would definitely be able to be admitted to a civil servant in the future, or become a glorious doctor.

His father, Xiao Chen, was very depressed.

But seeing his son really look like such a listless nerd since he was a child, he was a little bit helpless, but he didn't give up his last hope.

Because he knows he still has a chance.

That is, when Chen Zhen was in junior high school, he could take him to Qinjiang by train.

Qin Jiang, what kind of place is it?

It was many years later that Chen Zhen, who had become an adult, began to understand why a very magical city existed.

In a narrow sense, it should belong to the same province as Longjiang, and it is an ordinary industrial city in the 90s.

Most of the residents there are no different from ordinary people in the outside world.

I usually live three meals a day, nine to five.

But in a broad sense, it is the only advanced technological city in China that has a formal hero pass license and recognizes the existence of the profession of urban hero.

The houses there are all weird.

There will be satellites for anti-space surveillance on the roof.

There is also a robot function circulation system on the road. Since the 80s, air defense systems have been stationed here one after another, and after research and development to resist unknown creatures in outer space have begun, more completely incredible technological civilizations have been born in this city.

On the electronic wall of the family planning, the words 'Less Children and Multiple Trees' written in bright red paint can refresh new workers' slogans at any time according to the program control.

Thick smoke billows above the factory, but at the same time, what is discharged is completely non-polluting, purified electronic cigarettes.

Overhead, there are second-generation aircraft flying across the sky.

Comrades, male and female workers who commute to and from get off work wear green and blue military caps and worker uniforms that were quite fashionable at that time, ride bicycles, bring big rice bowls home from work, and shuttle through this technologically advanced city of heroes.

All of this shows that this place is completely different from the normal world outside.

I heard that there is a secret air force school there, which recruits young reservists for the purpose of cultivating urban heroes.

Chen Zhen's father's idea is that if he finds a way to take Chen Zhen there once to feel the atmosphere of the birth of a hero, maybe he will really understand that passionate world.

For this reason, Chen Zhen's father, who tried to make his son rich enough to go to the Air Force Academy, worked hard to work.

I teach students twelve classes a week at school, and give gifts to the principal's sister-in-law who rides a bicycle in the middle of the night. I want to get promoted and get more subsidies.

At that time, Longjiang was an oil field city in the post-industrial era, and everyone lived a tight life. Even though the couple had an iron rice bowl from a serious school, their lives were still very poor.

But fortunately, the Chen family actually has a wealthy, kind and generous friend.

Every Chinese New Year, the two families have contacts.

Chen Zhen's parents could only give him a box or two of school-issued apple biscuits as a gift, but the other couple asked the driver to bring high-quality steaks, as well as imported milk and high-quality fruits that were very expensive in those days.

For this, the Chen family is very grateful to the other party, but also very upset.

But that's the thing about making friends sometimes.

Even though the couple refused every time, the friend and the couple still helped them sincerely, even treating Chen Zhen, the child of the friend's family, very well.

This allowed Chen Zhen's parents to survive the poorest days in Longjiang 20 years ago.

Because of this, Chen Zhen has known that really good couple and their son Fu Bailong since childhood.

Bailong is the couple's only son.

He was the proud son of heaven since he was a child, and he was also pampered and doted on by his parents growing up.

Chen Zhen remembered very clearly that when he first met each other, they were both very young.

But the other party's father bought him a very expensive astronomical telescope from abroad on his birthday. Just because his son wanted to watch the stars every night, he bought it for him and placed it on the balcony.

When he saw Bailong for the first time, he was sitting on the balcony of his house full of roses and fiddled with the telescope, wearing a small suit like a little prince.

"I know you. Your name is Chen Zhen. You are the son of my father's friend. Can you play the piano?"

"I'm sorry, I, I don't know, I can only take exams."

"Oh, I know it, and I'm good at it. Shall I play it to you now?"

The kind of pride that can't be hidden in the eyebrows.

A little naive, a little arrogant, but it also seems that this boy who looks like a little prince is quite cute.

Bailong's parents are very used to their son, they will satisfy all the requirements of seeing the stars and touching the moon.

But at the same time, their husband and wife also told him all the most true, good and beautiful truths in the world, and never told him about the outside world. Now everyone is living a hard life struggling for money.

It's just that most people in the world are very kind.

I hope that my only child will always be kind to other people in this world.

This made this young master, who grew up in a completely different environment from Chen Zhen, look naive, arrogant, and innocent.

Although sometimes he will be a little willful towards others, and he also likes to lose his temper.

But at the same time, the other party never really looked down on him. Instead, he always listened to his parents, shared everything good with Chen Zhen, and regarded him as his good friend.

This made the pure and sincere friendship between him and Fu Bailong last for many years.

They were each other's best friends in elementary school and junior high school.

Do homework together and go to cram school together.

Chen Zhen knew that Bailong, who was raised in a wealthy family, admired heroes since he was a child, and envied the heroes in the stories his father told him.

But he is a young master, and he will definitely inherit the family property in the future.

Continuing to be a carefree, simple and rich man like the beautiful life his parents had presupposed for him, so becoming a hero who saves and protects others, for the time being, can only be a distant dream for him.

"Bailong, can you tell me why you...do you want to be a hero so much?"

When she was a child, Chen Zhen clearly remembered that she had asked this question more than once.

Because his dad is a hero, but he never thinks his dad is great.

In his eyes, his father was just a short, ordinary man who didn't like to wash his feet after work, and was scolded by the principal's sister-in-law if he couldn't teach well.

"Because, by being a hero, you can protect others."

His arms and calves, which hadn't started to develop, were thin and thin, like a little girl, but the young master of the Fu family was still passionately dreaming of his own heroic dream like a child who didn't grow up.

Only when he talked about these things would he be more excited and excited, instead of deliberately putting on a young master's air with a cold face as usual, it was a kind of happiness like a child.

"I, I want to protect my father and mother, as well as the aunts at home, the teachers and classmates in the school, and you, and your parents, and our friends, these people I grew up with I will protect you from now on..."

Fu Bailong, who snapped his fingers, seemed to be counting people from all over the world.

But it is undeniable that Xiao Chen Zhen was moved by his good friend's sincere act of remembering him and putting him in the bottom third.

This made Dr. Chen, who was still very young this year and had a relatively rash mind, think of his father's work, the milk he gave, and the heroic dream that he had to pin his life and death on.

He was thinking, what if, although he really didn't want to go.

But if he was admitted to the fabled air force school, Bailong should feel happier.

It was this idea that caused Chen Zhen to rush to Qinjiang with his father instead of enrolling in their math teacher's tutoring class during the summer vacation this year.

One month before he went, his father Xiao Chen taught him the nine-section stick and mantis boxing at home in order to let him be among a group of children.

There are also several sets of military gymnastics, and a temporary special training was arranged for him.

But little Chen Zhen felt very tired, because he didn't have time to go to cram school, and he still didn't like fighting, he just wanted to study hard, so every night after practicing military gymnastics, he would be depressed before going to bed.

And seeing, the day to take the train to Qinjiang finally came.

The night before leaving, Chen Zhenyou quietly called Fu Bailong.

He said that he would go with his father to a mysterious place where only heroes can go, and take an exam. If he gets the ranking, he will be a hero in the future.

Bai Long was also very happy about this.

He usually likes to play with some mechanical handicrafts at home, because he heard that the heroes on TV always wear a mask when they appear, so he made one for Chen Zhen.

This mask is black and metal, and only half of the face is exposed.

After finishing, Fu Bailong told his good friend seriously not to wear this mask immediately, but to put it on after winning the game, which means that his career as a legendary hero will officially start in the future.

Chen Zhen also understood after hearing the words.

Hanging this hero's mask on his schoolbag, he took the nunchaku his father gave him and boarded the train to Qinjiang.

He originally thought that if he chose to enroll in the junior class, even if he didn't get selected, at least he wouldn't have to be beaten by those strangers. After all, everyone is in the junior class, so there is no one who can be particularly good.

But in the end, when he went, he was taken by his father to live in a small local guest house. He went around the tourist attractions and took some photos, and then caught up with the Air Force School, which was still open on weekends to take the registration exam.

In the first round, little Chen Zhen suffered a catastrophe.

Later, he thought with a heavy heart, why he was so unlucky that day, but he just came out of the toilet and squatted at the entrance of the examination room to tie his shoelaces.

Because at that moment, there happened to be a group of children hugging and hugging a young man with a pocket in his pocket.

But because he happened to be tying his shoelaces, he squatted in the middle of the road, and just happened to overhear the conversation between those 'shrimp soldiers and crab generals' and the man in the middle with a rebellious face.

"Master, are you coming to take the exam today too? Wow, didn't you say that you would never come..."

a child asked.

"I changed my mind, come and play casually."

The boy who couldn't see his face answered coldly.

"Master, why are you going out with a mask again? Don't you want people to stare at your face all the time, but if the general sees you later, he will definitely say you again..."

"He just said, I have chickenpox, okay?"

"Uh, but you don't have chickenpox either..."

"none of your business."

"..."

"I think that's all. Who has the ability to control me."

His tone was very aggressive, completely different from that of a young master like Bai Long, who was a living bully and stopped suddenly after speaking.

Chen Zhen, who was squatting in the middle of the road, raised his head in bewilderment, and saw that he was being stared at coldly by a boy of the same age who was wearing a mask and covering his face with a hoodie.

This made him startled, and subconsciously hugged his schoolbag that still contained snacks.

But then, he saw that the other party was ignoring him as if he couldn't see him, and pointed at him with the mask made for him by the white dragon, and said ferociously,

"That thing, bring it."

"..."

"Don't understand people's words, four eyes, bring me the one you wrapped."

Little Chen Zhen: "..."

Thinking about it later, this was really the first time in his life that he faced such an impolite and terrifying bully.

But unfortunately, he didn't have the ability to resist at that time, and the wicked young man waved his hand, causing the two furry children to reach out and snatch the mask on the bag and give it to each other like dogs.

Little Chen Zhen was a little impatient, but he was timid.

So seeing that the other party didn't hit him, he just took away the gift that Bailong gave him on the schoolbag coldly, and looked at the sun with a fondness for it, but he didn't dare to say anything.

"You did this?"

"No, no, it's my best friend...sent me."

"Oh, that's mine now."

"Why, why? This, this is my thing..."

Xiao Chen Zhen was even more dumbfounded.

"This is not yours. Didn't you see that it said it was given to the most powerful hero, so, this is mine."

The words from this guy with his nose facing the sky really sounded like he deserved a beating.

But I have to say, it immediately pierced the heart of the young Dr. Chen who was still thinking about whether he should skip the exam and sneak away in the toilet just now.

And someone who is stinky and annoying, said that he will return you with other things later, and then entered the examination room without turning his head.

But after Xiao Chen Zhen was unwilling to chase after him, he finally knew who this person was, and why he had the ability to say such arrogant things to him just now.

The only son of Qin Jiang's number one hero.

At the age of 11, he has already shown his dazzling driving and combat talents like a genius.

His general father heard that he was very strict with him, and his discipline was also very strict.

But for two consecutive years, he deliberately did not come to take the Air Force Academy exam. This year he came only once, and as expected, he attracted everyone's attention as soon as he came on stage.

Because for a kid like Chen Zhen.

It is almost as difficult as those complicated and cumbersome re-study combat exams for landing on the moon.

For this second-year-old guy who wants to grab a mask halfway to play because he doesn't want to be stared at by others, the ease is as simple as eating and sleeping.

In less than half an hour, a complete victory record.

Not only amazed everyone present.

The system procedure of the Air Force Academy also directly judged that he was the only one selected this year.

The other kids who lost to him could only wait for the next round or come back next year.

Regarding this, Chen Zhen, who was also thrown out of the examination venue by this person in the sixth round like picking up miscellaneous fish, didn't really want to comment, but he was exhausted and panting, and his face was pale with fright. He really had to admit .

Being a hero is really tiring.

He was more tired than taking the Mathematical Olympiad for three consecutive days. He really wanted to go home with his father quickly.

But just when he thought that the bully young master who made a big splash today should be able to happily bring his spoils home, he never expected that an adult who heard that he was coming would follow him But it appeared.

He was a man who was hard to forget after seeing him once.

In fact, it's different from his father Xiao Chen.

The other party was tall and thin, with rare long hair.

Not only that, this man in military uniform with a handsome air force uniform on his shoulders, his face and temperament can only be praised as a handsome man, has a unique charm that belongs to a hero.

Because as long as anyone has seen such a remarkable man, it is hard to say that he is unwilling to follow him, worship him, and be attracted by the light on him.

But the first thing this handsome adult general did was to slap that young man in front of everyone.

He obviously knew that his son was in trouble again today.

Not only that, but he was very angry about all this, and also very helpless.

But this slap was so harsh that Xiao Chen Zhen was taken aback by the father's cruel slap just by watching the fun.

"Go home, kneel at the door and reflect on yourself."

"..."

"With your character, no matter how talented you are in this life, you will not be eligible to enter school. You take bullying others as fun, and you never sympathize with others' plight. Instead, you make fun of them at will. Do you think you are qualified to be No.1 today? ?”

These words are very hurtful.

As far as the naked eye could see, the rebellious boy who had been slapped by his own father in public, bleeding from the corner of his mouth, didn't make a sound.

The mask he snatched from Chen Zhen fell to the ground.

His slightly swollen face was also exposed due to his injury.

How should I put it, he really does look like his father.

It's like an adult version of a beautiful man and a juvenile version of a beautiful boy. They are two faces of different ages, but they are both amazing how good their genes are.

From childhood to adulthood, Chen Zhen felt that Bailong was very good-looking and would definitely be handsome in the future.

But this young man who hasn't fully grown up has a very aggressive, evil and unruly beauty, and the beauty between his brows is as eye-catching as a blade.

Little Chen Zhen even understood why he had to wear a mask to say that he had chickenpox and didn't want to be stared at.

Because now everyone is really staring at him blankly.

And it wasn't because he was making fun of him, or because he was unlucky to be beaten by his father, but because he was very good-looking, so he stared at him again.

But when he turned his head, this guy who had no good looks at all stubbornly picked up the mask on the ground and took it away.

Then he threw the No.1 medal in his hand to Chen Zhen, who was stunned off the field, and then he walked away coldly with his pockets in his pocket.

That medal and this scene became the only thing Chen Zhen gained from going to Qinjiang this time.

Afterwards, the handsome general, who was actually very kind and personable, came over to apologize to Chen Zhen.

And bought him a box of spaceship pralines that only Qin Jiang could have, and asked him to eat them together at the gate of the Air Force Academy, and told him the same thing again.

"I'm sorry, son, I hope you don't take what happened today to your heart. That kid has been like this since he was a child. You don't have to forgive him, but uncle also hopes that you won't be affected by it. In this world, fists and violence are not enough. can solve all problems.”

"What's more, if you don't like taking such an exam, you can count it out with your father. No matter what path you want to take, go bravely and frankly. Going to school to acquire knowledge is also very interesting and meaningful. thing."

"When you become a well-educated doctor in the future, even the kind of brainless kid who can only talk with his fists may like you, so you have to work hard, you know."

At the moment, the handsome general just wanted to encourage him as a joke, but he obviously didn't take it seriously at the time.

But after that, his father also seemed to realize that Chen Zhen really didn't like the profession of a hero, so he just let it go, and let Chen Zhen study hard and concentrate on taking the university entrance examination for a doctorate.

In the end, Chen Zhen gave that medal to his good friend Bai Long.

Although he said that he picked it up at the entrance of the exam, and that it might have been accidentally left behind by a kind person, Bailong was very happy to accept it.

Chen Zhen originally thought that if he told Bailong this way, maybe that scary young master would stop harassing them in the future.

Although concealing that the No. 1 medal was given by the other party is a bit bad.

But whoever makes the other party grab people's things at every turn, and still look like he is not easy to mess with, this is too much like a bully and hooligan.

But three months later, Chen Zhen, who was preparing for this year's final exam at home, almost forgot about going to Qinjiang to take the hero exam.

I almost forgot about the unforgettable middle-aged handsome man general.

When he was with his rebellious and beautiful son who was expected to fascinate countless men and women in the future, his parents received a phone call at home one day, and a bad news that was about to spread throughout the country.

April 10

00:01

Qin Jiang, Unknown celestial body intrusion source caused crustal changes.

An 8.6-magnitude earthquake occurred

More than 4 family members of civilians around the base station died in this disaster.

A nameless disaster fell on the heads of everyone without warning. In one night, Qin Jiang, who had become so remarkable through the efforts of several generations, was completely destroyed and disappeared from the world——