parasitic son

Under the infiltration of early morning moisture, Liu Xingquan walked out of Ross's hut.

The vast land is bathed in a purple mist, and two bright suns are rising.Everything is quiet, and a few red clouds are slowly walking among the distant mountains.Even in his dreams, he yearns to go home from time to time, Liu Xingquan will still be moved by this beautiful scenery of another world.

The hot wind from the wasteland was blowing head-on, and Liu Xingquan sniffed the dry air.Since the heavy rain that he and the crustacean monsters encountered that day, it hasn't rained here again.Liu Xingquan is very curious about the geographical location here. Is there a sea near here?If there is a sea, then the sea breeze can bring moist rain, and the presence of rain means that there are conditions that nourish life and thrive.

Ross looks like a farmer from another world. This is Liu Xingquan's inference based on the large area of ​​reclaimed land near Ross's hut, but he doesn't know what he is planting.Received the favor of Ross, Liu Xingquan really wanted to do something for him.He has always been a conscious and sensitive boy.He always felt uneasy about being in debt to others.After eating that day, he wanted to help Ross wash the dishes, but he took the bowls into the kitchen, and he couldn't find half of the faucet outlet.A little robot bounced in and stuffed all the bowls into its body, and when it was taken out again, the bowls were already brand new.

Liu Xingquan tried his best to look calm, he didn't want Ross to think that he was an ignorant barbarian.In the next few days, Liu Xingquan tried to learn and research the language of Roth Roth. If he wants to call for help and return home, communication is the first priority.He thinks he has some language talent, and he has always been very easy to learn English in the past.But after two days of hard work, his Ross Ross language progress is: zero.

No matter what Ros Ros says, the sound is like a vague "Ross Ros".Liu Xingquan believes that the Ros language may express the difference in semantics through the change of tones, and he tries to imitate certain tones of Ros to confirm the meaning of certain items.But after some practice, he found that just the teacup on the table, the intonation of "Ross Ros" that Ros Ros said was different every time he pointed to it.This shows that intonation is not the breaking point of Ross Ross.

Liu Xingquan found out in despair that the same sentence of Ros Ros, whose tone was completely unchanged, had different meanings in reality.Based on the tone of voice, he is completely unable to speculate on the grammatical logic of Roth Roth.

Maybe the Ros language is not the "Ross" that Liu Xingquan heard?He is keenly aware that the physiological structure of Ros Ros, a different world, is very different from that of traditional humans, so the voice he receives as a human is likely to be completely different from the sound Ros Ros makes.For example, the sound frequency that bats can hear is 1000 Hz to 120000 Hz, which is far beyond the range that humans can receive. The sound world in bat ears is completely different from that of humans.Then there's a good chance that Ross Roth is too.Liu Xingquan made an inference, maybe in the wide-area language sound range of Ross, poor human beings can only receive the pronunciation of "Ross".

After realizing this reality, Liu Xingquan was depressed for a long time, but soon he cheered up.He tore off his workbook and drew the sun, the earth, and the moon on it.Since voice cannot communicate, he can use images to express himself.

Ros Ros is a friendly intelligent creature.Facing the painting that Liu Xingquan handed him, he would send out a series of soft "Ross Roses".But judging from Ross's demeanor and posture, he probably didn't know where the planet Liu Xingquan painted was.

On the third day, Ross brought back a new family member. He was one size smaller than Ross, and his face looked like a little Ross.Liu Xingquan called him Little Rose.Little Ross is as friendly and enthusiastic as Ross Ross, he should be the youth version of this intelligent creature.Little Rose was full of curiosity about Liu Xingquan. He stroked Liu Xingquan's hair carefully, sniffed his smooth skin, and then took Liu Xingquan to play with him outside the house.

Only then did Liu Xingquan discover that there are actually many wonderful things in this different world.In the wasteland behind Ross's house, little Ross could dig out a kind of rhizome, put the rhizome into the charcoal fire, and these rhizomes gave out the voice of a female singer. the tune.This reminded Liu Xingquan of the legendary mandrake.After burning for a while, Little Rose pulled out the burnt black roots with utensils and motioned Liu Xingquan to eat.

Liu Xingquan carefully looked at the black stem, but did not dare to touch it.Little Rose picked up a piece and clicked it down.

Liu Xingquan said: "It's screaming!!" Different from the tone in the fire, the black stem made a deep cry from Little Rose's mouth.Little Rose ignored the cries of the black stalk, and ate it with gusto.He made a vague sound to ask Liu Xingquan to eat too.Faced with Little Rose's kindness, Liu Xingquan had no choice but to pick up a jet-black shard, and carefully took a bite.

So sweet.

Really sweet.In terms of taste, it is like sweet dark chocolate, a little bit astringent, but it doesn't taste too harsh.Ignore the strange squawk of the jet-black stalk fragments in your mouth, this is a delicious little snack.Liu Xingquan, as a teenager with a great appetite during his developmental period, of course he would not refuse such delicious snacks.He and Little Rose ate up the black rhizome fragments with a click and a click.

After eating the black lumps, little Rose took Liu Xingquan to a small stream, and kept beating the water of the small stream with a stick.At first Liu Xingquan thought he was fishing, but after beating for a while, half-permeable bubbles rose from the water, flying unsteadily in the air.When he looked closer, he saw a jellyfish-like creature inside the transparent bubble, shaking its translucent tentacles.The crystal water bubbles were floating in the air with the wind, and Little Rose laughed and pushed them around.Sometimes two bubbles will collide, the two bubbles will fuse to form a larger bubble, and the two jellyfish-like creatures will become entangled and fight.

Some blisters will burst and the jellyfish organisms will fall to the ground.Without exception, they will crawl back to the creek.While tracking a jellyfish creature crawling back, Liu Xingquan accidentally saw a creature he was familiar with.Those were the crustaceans who accompanied him in this world in the first place.But they are very small, not even as big as Liu Xingquan's hand.Their carapaces are light in color and their legs are slender.Liu Xingquan picked up one and looked at it in his hand. This little crustacean looked very clumsy. Its feet touched Liu Xingquan's palm lightly, feeling a little itchy.

Is this your child?Liu Xingquan said in his heart, they are really small.

He bent down and put the little crustacean on the ground, and it crawled into the cave and disappeared in an instant.

……

That night, Ross Ross brought back a goggle-like device.He tested the goggles for a long time at the workbench with various tools.Ross looked very serious, and little Ross stood aside seriously and handed tools to help with debugging, and the robot chirped and exchanged various data of electronic tone debugging.Liu Xingquan watched them work curiously, not daring to disturb them from above.Finally, a smile appeared on Ross's face, and he picked up the goggles and gestured for Liu Xingquan to put them on.

As soon as he put on the goggles, Liu Xingquan felt his head was stabbed hard by a needle, and the sharp pain made him let out an ouch.

"Your nerves might hurt at first, but you get used to it," says Ross, who is adjusting his goggles.

Liu Xingquan was surprised and said, "I can understand you now!!"

"I bought it from the market. It has an intelligent language library that can translate most languages ​​of the galaxy, but the function of the goggles itself has been broken." Ross pushed the goggles onto Liu Xingquan's forehead, "You wear it like this , you can talk to us."

"Thank you!!! Ross Ross!!!" Liu Xingquan shouted excitedly.

"What is Ross?" Ross asked suspiciously.

Ross Ross is of course not called Ross Ross, and neither is Little Ross.But the real names of these two people sound a bit long to Liu Xingquan, and it is inconvenient to call them, so they simply call them Uncle Ross and Little Ross.

After being able to communicate, Liu Xingquan immediately told Uncle Ross about his background.He introduced his own world, his home planet Earth.Uncle Ross replied that he had never heard of this planet.

"What about the solar system? Have you heard of it?"

"No."

Liu Xingquan asked Uncle Ross if he could ask the local government for help.

"Do you have a Starnet account and a pass?"

"what is that?"

Uncle Ross looked troubled.He told Liu Xingquan that a person like him who does not have a Starnet account and a permit will be identified as a black household by the local law enforcement agencies.Black households who cannot prove their identity are very likely to be sent to refugee camps.

"A refugee camp?"

"Once you're in a refugee camp, it's hard to get out," said Uncle Ross. "You're too young to go to a place like that."

"..." Liu Xingquan fell into silence, so what should he do?Could it be that he is going to stay on this wasteland planet for the rest of his life?Thinking of this, he couldn't help falling into a complete panic.What should his mother do?He has missed classes for several weeks, and if this continues, he will not even be able to take the final exam, and he will not even be able to pass the future high school and college entrance examinations, let alone go to college.I will be completely abandoned by society.He howled in despair.

Little Rose suddenly said, "He can go with me! Uncle, let me take him on board."

Uncle Ross seemed a little hesitant.

"Where are you going?" Liu Xingquan asked.

"Everyone calls it Hope Township, and it is a city of dreams full of opportunities." Little Rose said, "When I came to my uncle, I was going to take a boat to Hope Township."

"But you only set one spot."

"I've already made arrangements, and uncle, you are familiar with Mu Ke, so it's okay to have another partner." Little Rose turned to Liu Xingquan and said, "Now there is a boat going to Hope Township. Hope Township is famous Galaxy business center, there are business travelers from all over the galaxy, maybe you can find out the direction of your hometown there, maybe you can get a replacement pass."

"There are many..." Liu Xingquan gestured, "People like you?"

Little Rose said with a smile: "It's a large urban planet, and there are many people from other alien races. It's much better than the remote countryside here. Come with me, someone will definitely know your planet."

As long as it gets me home.Liu Xingquan nodded vigorously to Little Rose.

……

On the second day, Uncle Ross drove the two of them to the port on a suspended motorcycle.

The people they joined were of the same race as Uncle Ross, but they were completely different from the friendly Uncle Ross. He was mean from head to toe, and Little Rose called him Muck.

"Why is there an extra Homo sapiens? This is different from what was agreed!" Mu Ke stared at Liu Xingquan and said coldly.

Uncle Ross stepped forward and stuffed something for Muke, and said something respectfully.

"Okay, where are you picking up these refugees." Mook muttered, his expression softened a little.

Uncle Ross turned to Liu Xingquan and said, "The road will be very difficult. That kid is always worrying, so I'll leave him to you."

"What are you talking about! I'm an adult, and I'll take good care of this Homo sapiens boy." Little Rose said loudly.

Under the relentless gaze of Uncle Ross, Little Rose's originally excited face also showed the sadness of parting.Until the end, Liu Xingquan could only say goodbye to this friendly uncle with a simple thank you.

Goodbye, Uncle Ross, I will always remember your kindness.

The two of them followed Mook into the port.

As soon as they entered the port, they saw the magnificent and gorgeous starship.Liu Xingquan couldn't help but widen his eyes.It was an indescribably colossal monster, standing proudly under the sky, like a shining giant white bird.When approaching it, Liu Xingquan felt that he was just a tiny ant with its endless and vast hull, who could only lie down in the dust and praise the magnificence and extraordinaryness of the starship.

This is a boat.

This is a beautiful starship.

No matter how many science fiction novels he has read in the past, Liu Xingquan can't imagine that one day he will be able to witness a genuine interstellar ship swimming in the Milky Way, and now he can personally set foot on this spaceship and sail with it.This is a dream, Liu Xingquan thought, a dream that was too crazy and happy.

"It's really big," said little Rose.

Liu Xingquan saw the shock on Little Rose's face, and his excitement was no less than his own.

"If it hadn't been temporarily docked for supplies, you might not have seen such a ship in this rural area for decades." Muke said proudly, "Hurry up, all of you."

They climbed a narrow escalator.When stepping into the ship, Liu Xingquan couldn't help taking a deep breath.The sky above the grand interior of the ship is a blue and clear simulated sky, and the ground is a bright and wide avenue.All the decorations are extremely luxurious, as if he is in a magnificent palace.Some gorgeously dressed aliens were laughing and talking on the side of the road.Liu Xingquan looked at them curiously, he wanted to see if there were Homo sapiens among them.

"Don't dawdle! This is not the place for you!"

Afterwards, Muke led them into a dark and narrow path, and entered a creaking elevator. After sinking down an unknown number of floors, the elevator door opened.They walked on the path for a while, and at last Mucka opened a door.It was a small, dingy, dingy space with a few filthy rugs on the floor.A few aliens sat listlessly on the floor.On a small table were two jugs.It's hardly a room, just a stuffy, dark cell.

"You two are right here."

Little Rose shouted: "This is different from what was promised! It was clearly promised to be a double room! I paid for it!"

Muke sneered and said: "There is no room for you to choose on this ship. If you don't want to, you can get off the ship now. If the ship leaves, you will regret it. Stowaways like you who don't have a pass and can't afford a ticket are waiting. The boat police will send you to prison."

Little Rose held back his anger and said, "But I gave the money."

"Do you know how many rednecks without a pass want your chance? They'll break their heads for this floor berth. You brought an extra Homo sapiens up here, and I think I'm being polite to you for your uncle's sake. .”

Muck slammed the door shut.Little Rose found an empty bunk and sat down.Liu Xingquan also sat down.He opened the schoolbag and found that there was a bag of things in the schoolbag at some point.He took it out and saw that it was the dried viscera of a crustacean.He broke off a piece and popped it into his mouth, eating it like he was biting into jerky.Very fragrant and crisp.This is a farewell gift from Uncle Ross.He grabbed a few pieces of dried offal and handed them to little Rose.

"Thank you." Little Rose said, biting his internal organs, "Don't worry, everything will be fine when we get to Hope Township."

In our state, we should be similar to the kind of stowaways on the earth. Muke is the head of the snake, Liu Xingquan thought to himself.

The cabin they were in had no windows and was always in a state of groggy darkness.The ventilation system in the room will only be turned on briefly once in a while.Liu Xingquan was sitting against the wall, the stuffy air was filled with buzzing electronic sounds from nowhere, and the alien lying next to him snored strangely from time to time.

He closed his eyes and unconsciously fell asleep.

When he woke up, he found a new message in a bottle from his pen pal.