Group Attacker
The cruel truth that had been vaguely guessed for a long time finally became a reality. Xu Cheng stared at the old money bag with empty eyes for a while. No one could guess what he was thinking at this moment.
Finally, he hugged the diary and the New Year's wallet in his arms, pressed them tightly against his chest, and then burst into tears.
Fortunately, no one was awake at this moment, so he was the only one who could hear his crying and see his rare vulnerability.
He cried until he was completely exhausted. When he finally regained some strength, he stood up and tried to identify which bones came from his mother.
But he was clearly unrecognizable.
As the flesh decayed and bones emerged, the unique features of each person were smoothed out by the passage of time, and he could not even recognize the expressions and states of these people when they died.
They died suddenly at the same moment.
It could be an attack, it could come from outside or from within.
But this at least shows that they may not have felt intense pain when they died.
At this moment, Xu Cheng suddenly noticed that on the collar of the white coat covered by each skeleton, there was a line of small words embroidered.
As soon as he saw the words, his heart began to beat violently.
That was actually a name.
Maybe it was to prevent the researchers from mixing up their clothes, or maybe it was for something else, but it doesn’t matter! What matters is…
Xu Cheng shuttled among the piles of bones, observing the names embroidered on the collars of each person.
no!
no!
Still not!
Repeated disappointment is followed by renewed hope, but the ultimate result of renewed hope is also disappointment.
Xu Cheng searched them one by one, and the despair in his heart grew deeper and deeper.
The research center has more than one floor, and his mother may not be here.
What's more, she might not even have been in the building when the accident occurred.
Maybe she went to eat, maybe she went to the infirmary, maybe she went to do something else...
There are thousands of possibilities for her whereabouts, but as long as one of them comes true——
He wouldn't even be able to find her body.
Xu Cheng turned his head. Behind him were several people he had already confirmed, and in front of him was the last skeleton that had not been verified.
This skeleton was not doing research or participating in heated debates like her colleagues. She was leaning against the wall, holding a phone to her ear.
She's on the phone.
As soon as Xu Cheng lowered his head, he saw the words embroidered on the collar of her white coat -
Xu Lan.
Xu Cheng's originally quiet heart suddenly began to waver.
He suddenly remembered a memory that he had long lost.
He knew why she was on the phone.
Ever since she told him a bedtime story and left in a hurry that day, Xiao Xu Cheng never saw his mother again. He only knew that she was very busy. An ultimate villain called "work" made her so tired that she didn't even have time to visit him.
Until a month later it was Xiao Xucheng’s eighth birthday.
Xu Lan planned to bring him to the base and let him celebrate his birthday happily here.
When Xiao Xucheng was about to arrive, he received a call from his mother.
"Hey, son, where are you now?"
"It seems to be at a crossroads! It was green just now, but now it's red!"
Xu Lan's voice came: "...Is Aunt Song with you?"
Aunt Song is the housekeeper, responsible for taking care of Xu Cheng when Xu Lan is not around. Little Xu Cheng tugged at Aunt Song's hand and said happily, "I'm here!"
"That's good. No matter which traffic light you are at now, just tell Aunt Song to drop you off at the security room at the door. I'll go out and pick you up right away. Otherwise, you won't be able to get in."
"Yes, Mom!"
But little Xu Cheng did not hear Xu Lan's response.
Ten minutes later, he finally arrived at the security room, waiting expectantly for his mother to pick him up and give him a big hug. He had already thought of countless plans for this birthday, how much delicious food he would eat, what gifts he would want, and most importantly, he would compete with his mother to get back the New Year's money!
However, what awaits him is...
The air was filled with the sound of sirens, police cars occupying the entire street, and uniformed police officers running in the chaos.
In a hurry, he was knocked to the ground by a uniformed policeman.
"Why is there a child here? Whose child is this? Take him home quickly, why is he making trouble here?"
Aunt Song quickly explained: "This child originally came to see his mother, but now he is... Well, I will take him back now."
Little Xu Cheng didn't understand a word, but his young heart was suddenly shrouded in an unprecedented fear, which made him suddenly break away from Aunt Song's hand: "I won't leave!"
He rolled and crawled towards the gate of Aksai, crying out in agony, "Mom!"
But how could his tiny legs outrun a strong adult? Soon he was grabbed into someone's arms and forcibly taken away in the opposite direction.
Xiao Xucheng was tired of crying and struggling. He turned his head on someone else's shoulder.
That day, the red and blue lights on the police car flashed repeatedly, reflected in his clear eyes; that day, the scene of the uniformed policeman rushing in and then hesitating to retract was reflected on his retina.
He thought, if it were me wearing that uniform, I could rush in instead of being pulled out by force.
These words repeated themselves in countless nights, as he grew into a boy, a young man, and then a strong adult. These words were always firmly engraved in his heart.
Even though his mother's face gradually became blurred in his memory, and even though every bit of memory of their time together disappeared, he still remembered these words clearly.
Later, when he took the oath of office as a police officer, his superior said that he was the most determined among his peers and asked him why he was so determined.
Xu Cheng thought for a long time and replied, "I don't know. Maybe I just want to stand up for myself when others are hurt."
Xu Cheng stretched out his hand and wanted to touch his mother's face, but his fingers finally stopped one centimeter away from her cheek.
He was afraid that if he used too little force, he would not be able to feel his mother's warmth. He was afraid that if he used too much force, he would break his mother's body.
Finally, his arms dropped.
He carefully tucked the New Year's money between the front page of his diary.
He was about to open the diary when he suddenly heard a slight sound.
He turned around and saw Luo Tan rubbing his eyes and waking up.
At the same time, this is her voice:
[What a damn alarm! It disturbs my sleep! Let me see what happened. If it's nothing important, I will definitely lose my temper! ]
A few seconds later.
[Ahhh, why are there so many people outside? And they all look so strange and fierce, and they are heading straight towards us!]
What?
A lot of people?
At first Xu Cheng thought that the people guarding them outside thought they were in trouble and came in directly, but when he checked the time, he found that it was far from the agreed time.
While Luo Tan walked to the window and looked out, Xu Cheng also pretended to look out without knowing what was going on. This glance made him frown deeply.
As Luo Chen said, there were many people running towards this side in the distance. They were wearing police uniforms or firefighter uniforms and holding guns and other weapons in their hands.
But there was no anxiety or panic on their faces, instead, they looked just as crazy as the previous attackers!
Xu Cheng immediately said: "Quick! We have to leave!"
Luo Chen: "But Andrei hasn't woken up yet..."
The next second, a hardcover book was stuffed into her hand.
Luo Tan: ???
"What is this?"
Xu Cheng: "I'll explain it to you later, just hold it for me first."
Immediately afterwards, Xu Cheng picked up Andre, who was still lying on the ground without knowing what day it was, and rushed towards the door with Luo Tan.
However, the people outside moved very quickly and arrived at the entrance of the research center in a blink of an eye.
If they go out now, they will definitely run into them!
Luo Tan turned around and went upstairs with Xu Cheng.
…
"Bang!"
On the third floor, a door was suddenly pushed open and then closed in an instant.
Xu Cheng adjusted his breathing, leaned against the door panel, and listened to the sounds outside.
As they expected, a huge crowd rushed into the research center in an instant, surrounding it completely.
He just took a quick glance and felt that there were at least a hundred people rushing in.
But what exactly is their purpose?
Want to cover up the truth, or...
At this moment, the door that Xu Cheng was leaning against was suddenly shaken from the outside.
At the same time, several footsteps approached.
Xu Cheng suddenly became alert.
Fortunately, he closed the door with great force just now, so the door was not so easy to push open.
The people outside the door pushed a few times and then gave up, but they did not leave. Xu Cheng heard the sound of them trying to push open other doors.
Luo Tan whispered, "Are they looking for us?"
Xu Cheng: "It seems so."
But he couldn't figure it out.
Although the last attacker also attacked them, his real purpose was obviously to destroy the data.
Why did they become their target after such a short period of time?
Luo Tan: "Could it be because..." She pursed her lips and pointed at the diary in Xu Cheng's hand.
Xu Cheng suddenly realized.
He originally wanted to find a stable environment and slowly read his mother's diary. However, in his current situation, he had to get the information in the diary as soon as possible to ensure that his mother's efforts would not be in vain.
Xu Cheng took a deep breath and opened the first page of the diary.
Luo Tan also looked over curiously.
Date: July 1, 2480.
Today, we sent the signal for the last time.
In the past two years, we have been trying to send signals to other planets in the universe, but have not received any response. This seems to really echo the conclusions of many scholars, who believe that there are no other intelligent civilizations in the universe, and that the birth and development of human beings is a miracle in probability theory, the only result of the combination of time, place and people.
Although I don't think humans are the only ones in the vast universe, after these long two years, the journey of interstellar discovery should have come to an end.
Although nothing has been achieved in the past two years, it seems to me that it is much more reassuring to admit that aliens do not exist.
The past two years have been boring. All the researchers have been sending signals at different frequency bands and wavelengths every day, and then waiting for replies. It's really boring.
So I didn’t write a single page in my diary.
Although the whole process is not worth recording, I have a strong urge to record its ending moment today.
It's a pity for this notebook. It has to retire with honor after only one day's work.
The diary turns a page.
Compared to the neat handwriting on the previous page, the handwriting on the new page is very messy. Although it is all the same font, it can be seen that the notes on the new page must have been written stroke by stroke when the writer was excited.
Date: July 3, 2084.
We actually received a reply!!!
Although it is a string of unrecognizable gibberish.
What does this mean?
Do aliens really exist?