The first sentence of Lin Sisi's essay was, "Are there aliens in the universe we live in? This is the topic that our planetary observation team has been studying. "
Although science and technology had been constantly developing, and new news came in every day, compared to the vast universe, the members of the planetary observation team knew that human civilization was still in its infancy. If there were other intelligent life outside the solar system, how would they view us? Would they be kind or malicious to us?
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Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows. For a child of Lin Sisi's age, this weekly journal was surprisingly mature. Zhang Heng remembered the girl in the photo. She looked thin, with sparse bangs sticking to her forehead. She was not very conspicuous in the crowd, and it was easy to ignore her.
Therefore, very few people knew what kind of sea of stars hid behind the shy eyes of this ordinary little girl.
Zhang Heng spent five minutes reading the entire weekly journal, only to find that the content was completely different from what he had imagined.
He had once contacted Li Yan, Lin Sisi's class teacher, and it was from the latter that he learned about the existence of this essay.
However, he did not know if the other party was a little too nervous at the time, and the expression was somewhat ambiguous.
In fact, Lin Sisi's essay mentioned a total of two groups of aliens.
Or rather, according to their different attitudes towards humans, she divided the aliens into two categories. Simply put, one was willing to help humans, and the other was hostile and aggressive towards humans.
According to Lin Sisi, the latter came to Earth as early as the Cretaceous Period. They had extremely strong camouflage and learning abilities, and they were almost at the top of the food chain. However, an accident happened later, and these things were caught up in the Tertiary Extinction Event. At that time, most of the animals and plants on Earth, including dinosaurs, died in the catastrophe, and those things did not escape.
However, they did not die. As the core of reproduction, the mother escaped the disaster through a long period of self-dormancy. However, because it did not know when the disaster would end, and whether the environment after the disaster was over was suitable for survival, it hibernated for a very long time this time. It only woke up recently.
When it woke up, it found a better disguise than a dinosaur.
— Humans at the absolute top of the food chain.
"This will be the greatest disaster humanity has ever faced in history. Unfortunately, the humans who are the prey don't even realize that the battle has begun." Lin Sisi wrote at the end, "The adults are all busy with their own things, still fussing over the trivial things in life, but fortunately, the members of the planetary observation team have found a way to stop this disaster. We will fight for the fate of mankind."
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Zhang Heng put down his phone. In the eyes of ordinary people, Lin Sisi's weekly diary might be nothing more than a child's fantasy, especially at the end, where she talked about fighting for the fate of mankind. No matter how one looked at it, it sounded like a chuunibyou. Usually, those who wrote such chuunibyou comments were little boys who had nowhere to vent their energy. It was hard to believe that a quiet girl like Lin Sisi could have such a passionate side.
It was a pity that she and her planetary observation team could not stop this catastrophe that concerned the survival of mankind.
Many years later, when everyone recalled this summer, they would only remember that there were three kids who didn't listen to their parents and went to play by the river at night. In the end, they would drown. They might even use this incident to teach their children the consequences of not listening to their parents.
Zhang Heng did not know if the three of them would make the same choice if given another chance.
Unfortunately, there was no such thing as a do-over in this world.
Most of this weekly diary was about the evil "aliens" who came to this area during the Cretaceous period. Many of the contents corresponded to what Zhang Heng saw under Warehouse No. 3. It gave Zhang Heng a better understanding of those things. However, Lin Sisi did not write down the specific methods to stop the disaster in the weekly diary.
However, Zhang Heng still managed to find some clues between the lines.
He had been investigating those things all this time, but he had to admit that the other party was indeed cautious enough. Before venturing into Warehouse No. 3, even with his skills, he didn't find much. The oldest of the three members of the planetary observation team was only fourteen years old. It was impossible for them to find so much information on their own, especially when they had dug up the history of those things. They traced it all the way back to the Cretaceous Period and completely restored what happened tens of millions of years ago. This was something that even top archaeologists couldn't do.
So, they must have received some kind of help.
Combined with Lin Sisi's previous classification of aliens, Zhang Heng realized that there were likely to be two types of life that could be called aliens in this quest. In addition to those who were enemies of humans, there was another type of alien that stood on the side of humans. They might not be doing this purely to help humans, but they might have some kind of grudge against the former.
After all, this was just a quest. Zhang Heng did not care what the latter's true purpose was. As long as they had a way to destroy the strange creature under Warehouse No. 3, Zhang Heng would cooperate with them.
So the current situation was back to the original problem.
How should he proceed with the planetary observation team's investigation?
Zhang Heng was destined to lack sleep for the next few days. He was used to having 48 hours of activity time in the real world. Now that he returned to the 24-hour quest, Zhang Heng began to feel that he did not have enough time every day, especially when he had to deal with school matters. He had to keep swiping his credit card to make those aliens lower their guard.
Without any teammates to rely on, Zhang Heng could only entrust Bai Qing to investigate the planetary observation team.
He did not sleep for a few hours at all. Early in the morning, he went to the hotel where Bai Qing was staying. After the two exchanged a secret signal, Bai Qing opened the door and let Zhang Heng in.
"… You said there is another group of aliens?" After listening to Zhang Heng, Bai Qing was surprised. This was way too lively. What was this? Was this an alien fellowship?
"The other group may not be on Earth," Zhang Heng said. He analyzed the current situation. After the shadows in the fourth ventricle faked the drowning of the planetary observation team, they did not stop there. Instead, they continued to look for something.
"Our goal should be something," Zhang Heng said. "I don't know what that thing looks like, but it is obviously related to the three children. We have to think about where to start."
"The planetarium," Bai Qing suddenly said.
"Huh? You told me before that those children often leave the community in groups, and their team is called the planetary observation team. I think they went to the planetarium. "
Zhang Heng frowned. "I also considered this possibility, but the planetarium is too far away from their residence. It's almost a dozen kilometers away. Considering their age, it's impossible for them to travel that far."
"No, no, no. I'm talking about the old planetarium. My grandmother's house is also in that area. I lived there for a while when I was a child, so I know there is an old planetarium there. However, after the new planetarium opened, it was converted into a children's palace. It has been many years," Bai Qing said. "The old planetarium is very close to their community. It's only a ten-minute walk."
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