Chapter 7 Chapter 6: What happened back then was a complete surprise

I froze for a moment, and suddenly felt that there was a hand covering my eyes, which came very suddenly, even though I immediately knew that the hand covering my eyes must be his after hearing Zheng Baoyun's exclamation, and He didn't want me to open my eyes, which was naturally a good intention.But in such a sudden situation, I still opened my eyes. I covered my eyes with one hand, and when I opened my eyes, I could only see through the fingers. For a split second, I really didn't know what I saw. Anyone might as well cover their eyes with their hands, and then open them and look at things through their fingers--that would make people see clearly, if they don't know what they see, Of course it's harder to tell what that is.

That was my situation at the time. However, although I can't say what I saw, I always saw some scenes, and it's always okay to describe that scene. What I saw were some objects that were as red as blood. What was the overall shape of that object? I could see it through my fingers, but I couldn’t see it completely. What I saw was only a part. Shaking, slightly humanoid, one of them has shiny dots on the top part; one, with the same bright red strip, is twisting and dancing, which seems strange and inexplicable; and one, dancing On the strip, there is a round thing, that thing... well... that thing is not unfamiliar to me at all, and it will definitely not be unfamiliar to any earthling.

It was a human head with complete eyes, ears, mouth, nose and seven orifices. But that human head was on the strip, wobbling, not falling off, and not growing on the neck it should have grown. I don't know what purpose it has, nor what it wants to do. And that human head, when I looked at it through my fingers, the pair of eyes on the head were actually looking at me. ("A pair of eyes on the head" is really not a very elegant sentence. Of course, the eyes are on the head, which has become a cumbersome nonsense. But the scene at that time was too weird and terrifying, so when I mentioned the pair When it comes to the eyes, it is impossible to express how special that head is without using such a sentence.)

Its eyes were burning, and it looked at me for a very short time, about no more than one tenth of a second, but that was enough to make the blood in my whole body coagulate, and my whole body seemed to explode with a "boom" ——The sound of "boom" is a real feeling. I really heard a loud noise from within my body. In addition, there was a loud shout, from beside me, it was Zheng Baoyun's voice: "Close your eyes!" My whole body was stiff, and I wanted to close my eyes very much, but in fact I couldn't.I just felt that all of a sudden, my eyes turned black, and I don't know what was covering it, so I couldn't see anything.

Then, I heard another indescribable sound, as if many objects were moving rapidly.Then, I felt Zheng Baoyun's hand move away, and the clothes (I guess) were still covering my face. After a while, my whole body gradually regained consciousness from the extreme numbness. Stiff limbs regain consciousness under moderate temperature. It wasn't until then that my whole body shook. That shock, it was supposed to happen as soon as he saw a terrifying and strange scene through his fingers, but at that time, he was so frightened that his whole body was so stiff that he couldn't shake until now. , as one can imagine.

At this moment, the clothes covering my face were removed, and I saw that the blood-red object in the room was gone, only Zheng Baoyun was in front of my eyes, looking at me steadily. Mulai, Zheng Baoyun, who had mysteriously disappeared for many days, suddenly appeared in front of him, which was already surprising. But after seeing the horrible scene just now, let alone Zheng Baoyun appearing at this time, even if Zheng Tianlu appeared, or both of them had horns on their heads, I wouldn't think it was weird anymore. I opened my mouth wide, and there was an uncontrollable strange "cluck" sound from my throat—it was the sound made by the spasm of the throat (or trachea), which is the same principle as the sound made by frogs when they court.At the same time, I clearly felt saliva dripping from the corner of my mouth, but due to the stiffness of my muscles, I couldn't control it.I also know that my eyeballs must be rolling upwards.

I am no stranger to this look, I have seen it before when Ferrer fainted from fright.I also knew that I was sane and that the stiffness was only temporary, that I wasn't like Feller or the servant. But at this time, my appearance looked the same as theirs. Of course Zheng Baoyun didn't know that I was sane and didn't faint from fright, so he looked extremely horrified and said in a voiceless voice: "God, Wesley, you see—" He only said half a sentence, and my situation has improved a lot. First, I exhaled suddenly, and he immediately stopped talking. After exhaling a breath, the stiff jaw can move. Although there is still a burst of soreness during the movement, it is finally able to close the mouth, so as not to salivate like an idiot. Naturally, if you want to speak, you have to wait. some time.Zheng Baoyun looked happy: "You didn't faint from fright."

I tried my best to nod my head, and at the same time, rolled my eyes to show that my sanity was gone, but my body muscles and nerves could not bear the extreme panic and showed abnormal reactions, and became disobedient to commands. But no matter how much I winked, I couldn't express my gratitude to him, because if he hadn't stretched out his hand to cover my eyes, and what I saw was not part of it, but the whole thing, what would I have become? So, I really dare not even think about it. Zheng Baoyun reached out and patted my face a few times, then turned and walked away.At this time, I really need someone to accompany me, even if it is half of the earth people like Zheng Baoyun.

But still I couldn't speak, I just let out a louder "cluck".Zheng Baoyun seemed to understand what I meant, and made a gesture to me. He hurried away, I closed my eyes, fearing that there would be another vision, after a while, after a burst of footsteps, I smelled the aroma of wine, opened my eyes, Zheng Baoyun came to me with a glass of wine , held up my head, put the wine in front of my lips, my mouth was slightly open, at the beginning, the wine flowed into my mouth automatically, and I could not drink until I imported some wine again, and the alcohol quickly worked in the blood the rest of the wine.

Then, he took another long breath, cleared his throat, and finally said one word: "God." Zheng Baoyun had a sad face, took a step back and sat down: "You... still saw it?" I nodded, my neck still stiff: "I saw a little bit. They...they..." I originally wanted to say "they are your race", but immediately remembered the terrible scene I saw just now. Zheng Baoyun was right in front of me. It was a "change" of him, and it was difficult to put it in the same category as what I saw just now, so I stopped talking in the middle of my sentence. From my expression, Zheng Baoyun saw what I wanted to say but didn't say, he suddenly screamed: "Where did you think, those monsters...of course they are not my kind, I... I and that A bunch of monsters...it doesn't matter at all."

He screamed angrily, and I couldn't help being stunned. Could it be that my assumption was not the truth? And in the extreme confusion of thoughts, I suddenly felt that he used the word "heap" to call "that pile of monsters", which is really not appropriate, because the bright red objects I saw were quite large in number. There is really a feeling of clusters and piles. Zheng Baoyun stood up, jumped, waved his hands, and stared at me: "Look clearly, I...Although I have completely accepted the inheritance of paternal blood..." His hands, naturally, crossed to protect his abdomen, and continued He wrote: "But the appearance is the same as... Matrilineally inherited, so no one can tell the truth." He took a few breaths and repeated again: "If you don't tell the truth, no one will be able to tell." I can see that he is very concerned about this, and his sudden appearance is the best guarantee for me to clear away all the fog. I am really afraid that he will disappear suddenly, so I nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I can't see it at all." Zheng Baoyun looked at me suspiciously, and suddenly said: "Since you can't see it at all, why is the way you look at me so weird?" I hurriedly said, "Is it weird? No, it's... because I was scared just now, so I couldn't help but feel a little strange." I hurriedly explained, but Zheng Baoyun didn't say anything more, he sighed, covered his face with his hands for a moment, opened the bottle of wine he took from the study, and took a big gulp from the mouth of the bottle. At that time, I had completely recovered from the extreme panic. If I wanted to ask questions, I believed that the speaking speed could reach twelve characters per second, but I had too many questions to ask. Not knowing how to ask, I just held out my hand to him: "Old friend, congratulations on waking up from your illness." I have tried my best to speak in gentle words that avoid irritating him, but he is so sensitive, he glared at me: "What are you doing? You want to see what kind of monster I am? I don't have anything to blame, just shake hands, Who is afraid of you?" He stretched out his hand after he had said a long list of words, so I didn't know whether to shake his hand or not.But he held my hand tightly and shook it vigorously. Then, he looked at me sadly and called my name: "Wesley, I... can't think of... the inheritance of paternal blood..." Zheng Baoyun smiled wryly, let go of his hand, and slapped his stomach hard a few times. The sound he made when he slapped his stomach was completely the sound of slapping on a hard object. It moved me so much that he did this. He is an alien mixed race, with half alien blood. That is the most taboo thing in his heart. Not only is he afraid that people will know, he is afraid that people will mention it, but he is afraid that he will not even dare to think about it. The lunatic who was rescued by medicine is still sensitive and nervous about this point. But he did that in front of me—he didn't have to do that at all, no matter how strong my curiosity was, I wouldn't be so stupid as to touch his belly.But he did that, which shows his great trust in me, shows my status as a friend in his heart, and shows that there will never be any secrets between him and me. I was so excited that I didn't know what to say, Zheng Baoyun looked at me and said again: "The change is done unconsciously." I nodded: "Yes, your blood also bears the inheritance of paternal blood. If people on earth had as many white blood cells as you, they would have died long ago, but in your body, you can almost resist the attack of any kind of bacteria." Zheng Baoyun didn't seem to be happy about being "above others", he raised his hands: "We are friends." I immediately said: "Of course, as soon as I heard that you want to see me, I will come immediately. Why are you acting so mysteriously?" Zheng Baoyun let out a long sigh: "It's a long story—it's in the hands of a young doctor named Fei Le." I was very surprised: "Him?" Zheng Baoyun frowned: "Perhaps he can't be blamed, but if he didn't think he was smart enough to not go to you, but hired three people to pretend to be you, and delayed for a month, everything might be different." I was baffled by what he said, because I didn't know anything about the ins and outs, and naturally I couldn't understand why he said that.He sighed again: "I...after reading the records in that little book...became a lunatic, at that time..." I hurriedly said, "Yes, I was there at that time." I haven't understood the whole thing since he read the little book and swallowed it and went mad.Originally, there were so many things to know and he didn't know where to start. Since he was willing to start with the little book his father left behind, naturally there was nothing better.Because Zheng Tianlu is an alien, only the records in that little book can provide conclusive evidence. Zheng Baoyun lowered his head for a while: "Wesley, I'm sorry, at that time, I didn't let you read the content recorded in the notebook together." He spoke very solemnly. In order to make the atmosphere more relaxed, I deliberately said: "Yes, you went crazy again later. This mystery is stuck in my heart. It has made me feel uncomfortable eating and sleeping all these years." Zheng Baoyun laughed: "Stop talking nonsense, you can also know that my father is an alien based on your judgment." I shrugged noncommittally.Although he expressed his extreme trust in me, which moved me very much, it is better for him to talk about such sensitive topics by himself. Zheng Baoyun subconsciously raised his head and glanced at the sky: "He comes from a fourth-class star in the constellation Draco, which is between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, north of Hercules, and west of Celestia—" I hurriedly said, "There's no need to study its correct position, what's the point?" For me, no matter what star in any constellation, they are all the same, so I naturally interrupted Zheng Baoyun when he was talking in such detail. But I overlooked one point. Zheng Baoyun looked at me with a look of astonishment: "What is the meaning? It is of great significance. Where did my father come from? This... this... I am also from there, and that star that... has no meaning to you, It is my root, the source of my life." He was getting more and more excited, and I took a deep breath: "I'm sorry, I didn't think of this for a while." Zheng Baoyun took a few breaths before he calmed down: "At that time, I became a lunatic, you must think that I knew that I had half alien blood, and I couldn't stand the stimulation?" I couldn't help being surprised, there is no doubt about it, is there any twists and turns in such a simple fact?I said: "Of course, I'm glad that you...seem...seem...don't really care about this." Zheng Baoyun laughed: "Don't beat around the bush. Even at that time, I was naturally nervous. Although I suddenly knew that half of me was an alien, it would not feel good, but I was determined not to pass out." I pointed at him, surprised and inexplicable, speechless. Zheng Baoyun said: "My father said that it would be better if I didn't know the secret of my life experience, but he knew that it was impossible—" I added: "Of course, your body structure will change, and you will know it sooner or later." Zheng Baoyun looked at me for a moment, then shook his head: "Wesley, you will not change for many years. The biggest problem is that you like to jump to conclusions all at once. Many years ago on the boat, you thought I was abusing the elderly. Now, again making unintelligible assumptions." Hearing him accuse me like this, I almost blurted out two foul words.What's wrong with saying that his body will change?His body has already changed, otherwise, why would there be bones in his stomach? Zheng Baoyun still published it in a serious manner: "And your guesses and assumptions are all self-righteous and specious. In all likelihood, they are-" I couldn't bear it anymore, and said loudly, "Didn't you become a lunatic because you were stimulated, did you become a lunatic because you were too happy?" Zheng Baoyun laughed: "Don't be angry, I chose to become a lunatic." I was taken aback for a moment, and for a moment, I couldn't even figure out what he meant by that.Zheng Baoyun became angry: "Isn't it? The truth of the facts is quite different from conjectures, so I can't blame you. You just like to make assumptions. In fact, all the assumptions in the world cannot match the facts." I was very angry and laughed back: "Okay, you are willing to be a lunatic, is there any way to say that you are crazy?" Zheng Baoyun stretched out his hand and pointed directly in front of me: "So you should make less assumptions and listen to me more." At that moment, I really had the urge to bite off his finger.But hearing what he said so confidently, I had no choice but to hold back my breath, listen to what he said, and deal with it slowly. Zheng Baoyun smiled cunningly: "In the small book, there is a message from my father. He said at the beginning that he is an alien, from... the constellation of Draco, and that he never thought that he would have a child with a woman on Earth. , although he made detailed observations when he was 'marrying a wife', he believed that my mother was the most likely to conceive, but the chance is only one in ten million." I said coldly, "Congratulations." Naturally, there was no element of respect in my tone, and Zheng Baoyun didn't care: "He said that he most hoped that I could be a safe and stable earthling for the rest of my life, but in fact it's impossible—" I moved my lips, but no sound came out. Zheng Baoyun made a gesture: "Because he—my father's identity is a bit special. He is an extremely unpopular person on his own planet. He didn't say why, but said that there are only a very few of his kind standing On his side, the rest will do everything possible to search for him in the vast universe, if they can't find him, they will also look for his descendants, so it is almost impossible for me to hide." When I heard this, I couldn't help but "ah".In normal times, I must have had assumptions and guesses again, and I would say things like: "So you pretended to be crazy and hid in the madhouse". But just now, he just robbed me like that, so I naturally wouldn't say anything, just let out a muffled snort. And for the next few minutes, I couldn't help but blush, thankful that I didn't say that, because the facts were completely beyond my imagination, and no matter what assumptions I made, they didn't match the facts. (Is that really my biggest problem? I really like making assumptions and jumping to conclusions?) He continued: "I can be an outstanding earthling, but I am far inferior to dealing with the aliens who are looking for me, so my father asked me to choose: as an earthling or as an alien." .” I picked up the wine bottle first, took three gulps, and then asked: "Please explain clearly, I don't understand." Zheng Baoyun said: "My blood, my father's line is an alien, my mother's line is an earthling, half and half." I nodded vigorously, not daring to make any assumptions.Zheng Baoyun spread his hands: "I can choose at will, continue to be completely like a human on earth, or gradually transform into an alien, the body structure, including the transformation of the brain structure." I still don't understand, Zheng Baoyun sighed: "This is a bit beyond your imagination──" I was annoyed: "Yes, I am a person without imagination, so please explain in detail." Zheng Baoyun waved his hand vigorously: "The small book records the methods that I can choose. Due to the different brain structure, if I maintain the form of a human on earth, I will never be as intelligent as the aliens, and it will be difficult for me to cope with the inevitable. The search for aliens." I opened my eyes wide: "The method is—" Zheng Baoyun nodded: "It's a good sign, you don't make assumptions any more—the method is to tear off the pages of the booklet and swallow it." I said angrily, "Are you kidding me?" Zheng Baoyun shook his head: "It's definitely not a joke, 'paper' is not ordinary paper, it's a special kind of...substance—you don't understand, after swallowing, it can reveal the potential alien blood genetics in my body and transform my whole body. The physical structure, fully completed over several years. During this process, my brain activity was temporarily suspended, and I looked like a madman." I was dumbfounded. It is really not to blame that my assumptions do not match the facts—the facts are so grotesque and unbelievable, who could have expected them? After a while, I said: "The body structure change is completed, and you wake up naturally?" I asked cautiously, for fear of being laughed at by him again.