I always thought of myself as a tough guy, or at least I always acted like one. After all, my parents died when I was young, so there was no one to act coquettishly, so I naturally became strong.
However, the metal ball that could instantly turn my hand into a roasted pig's trotter still made me unable to help but scream.
I was confident that if this scream rang out in the middle of the night, it would definitely wake up half of Jiang Jin's people and become a new urban legend.
Everyone has a way to protect themselves. For example, if there is a sharp object in front of your eyes, you will subconsciously close your eyes. When a person touches something scalding hot, they will instinctively withdraw their hand.
I naturally had this subconscious action, but what shocked me was that my hand seemed to be stuck to the metal ball, and I couldn't pull it off!
Not good, my hand wouldn't have been scalded and stuck to the ball, right?
This wasn't something worth joking about. I used more strength to pull, but I still couldn't pull my hand off the metal ball.
But fortunately, I don't know if it was due to the pain, but the pain in my hand didn't seem to be as intense as before.
I didn't have time to hesitate, so I simply took the ball and climbed out of the crater, planning to leave this place.
Fortunately, the metal ball seemed to be hollow, and wasn't as heavy as it looked. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to bring it out of the crater.
However, the fire around the crater had already reached an astonishing degree, it wasn't easy to rush out without going into shock due to carbon monoxide poisoning or suffocation.
At this time, the metal ball suddenly fell from my hand, and fell next to my feet.
I wanted to take this opportunity to check the extent of the burn on my hand, but I found that my palm was undamaged, and there were no signs of burns.
But that heart-wrenching pain wasn't an illusion, I could still clearly recall the scalding sensation.
Wait, could it be that the reason the ball stuck to my hand wasn't because it scalded my palm, but because it was treating my burn?
* Cough cough … * The smoke began to cloud my vision.
If I continued to hesitate, I would probably die from the smoke before I could rush out. There was no time to hesitate.
I took a deep breath, and prepared to break out.
But at this moment, I was a bit hesitant.
Whether it was the metal ball or the telescope, they were either heavy or not easy to carry. If I wanted to escape, I could only take one of them and give up the other.
"…"
As I said earlier, I didn't have much time to hesitate. I made my decision almost instantly: I would take the metal ball and give up on the binoculars.
Indeed, a telescope was very expensive, and it was closely related to my dream. However, judging from the previous behavior of this metal ball, it should be some sort of life form. Even if I wasn't sure if this thing would die in the fire, compared to a telescope, a living life was much more worth saving.
"Although I don't know if you understand … but now, you better stay still and not move … I'm going to charge!"
Hugging it tightly in my arms, I rushed towards the place where the fire was the weakest.
The flames danced around me, and the high temperature made my skin hurt. My hair was curled up by the flames, and the heat made it difficult for me to breathe.
The surrounding scenery seemed to have begun to distort, but this was not the most troublesome part.
"Sh * t … is this a dead end …"
The originally familiar terrain became as complicated as a labyrinth due to the broken charred wood everywhere, to the point that I started to get lost.
After much difficulty, I finally found a path to the bottom of the mountain, but the raging flames blocked my path, blocking the path. Although I might be able to reach a safer place after passing through this, but looking at the momentum of the flames, it would not be possible to pass through it just by burning a few strands of hair.
Just as I was at my wits' end, the metal ball in my hands suddenly moved.
It was like the Fifth Apostle, Thunder Angel, in the movie E010. It suddenly spread out into many polygons, and like a Manhua mirror, it joined together into a huge bowl shape, covering half of my body inside.
That itchy feeling in my heart came again.
"You want me to charge out with this?" I looked at what the metal ball had turned into. It was probably a protective shield, and I made up my mind: "Forget it, if I die, then I die!"
Gritting my teeth, I charged out with it!
As expected, when I charged through the wall of fire, I only felt a slight heat, and did not feel too anxious.
After charging out of the wall of fire, the opposite side was a forest that had not been burned. In the middle, there was an isolated area with almost no trees. I did not know if it was designed like this from the start, or if it was purely a coincidence.
No matter what, this feeling of escaping from death made my legs go soft, and I sat down on the grass.
The bowl-shaped protective shield shrank back, turning back into the shape of the metal ball.
This made me feel that this thing was quite powerful.
After resting for who knows how long, I vaguely heard the siren of the fire engine. I felt that my legs had regained their strength, so I did not stay here for long. I took the metal ball and left the mountain behind the school. After half an hour, I returned to my home.
After my mother passed away, apart from the occasional volunteer and the astronaut uncles, there was no one else at home most of the time. Thus, I did not need to worry about the metal ball being discovered.
"So tired …"
Half a night of experience made me exhausted. The first half of my life had never been so magnificent.
Moreover, this metal ball was most likely some kind of alien. If I found it and hid it, I would not be able to have a peaceful life for the rest of my life.
After lying on the sofa for a while, I regained some of my energy. The metal ball was motionless on the table like a piece of art. It no longer used the telepathic power to communicate with me.
After observing it for a while, I decided to take a bath and sleep.
I soaked the metal ball in the bath water and helped to wipe off the dirt on its surface. It now had a beautiful color that was between metal and pearl. When I thought about the magical transformation it had undergone in the fire, I felt that it had a touch of science fiction.
After the bath, I carried it to the bedroom and put it on the computer chair not far from the bed. Then, I went to bed.
Perhaps it was because I had experienced too many things today, and I was too tired. Not long after, I fell asleep. However, I vaguely felt that someone had turned on the computer on my desk …
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