Extraterrestrial parasite

As Dr. Bream said, the so-called origin is indeed shaped like a spindle-shaped rock block, inserted vertically in the center of the pit, standing there motionless.

Of course, if it were just an ordinary rock, there would be nothing to attract attention. The surface of this origin is not as uneven as ordinary rocks. On the contrary, the surface of this origin is as smooth as a mirror and is covered with orange-red patterns. , there is faint light flowing in these patterns. As long as you are not a fool, you can tell at a glance that this is definitely not an object that can be formed in nature.

"Do you feel it?"

The right hand asked.

"Well, the temperature here is much higher than outside."

Not only is it much higher, the river surface on the other side of the Strait Bridge has long been floating with a large layer of ice several feet thick. The depth cannot be seen clearly in some places, but it is almost completely frozen.

But when Chen Yang first arrived here, he realized something was wrong. Compared with the river downstream, the Hudson River upstream was actually not frozen. Instead, the temperature rose from more than 30 degrees below zero to three or four degrees above zero. When he finally set foot on the river, When visiting this small island, the surrounding temperature was already as high as 22 degrees.

"Is the heat source coming from that origin?"

Chen Yang took out a radiation meter and tested the ionizing radiation. The radiation dose of about 236 microsieverts was not high and would not cause much harm to the human body. Chen Yang took out a long-range infrared thermometer and aimed it at the surface of Origin. Temperature measurements were taken over long distances.

And this result was obviously beyond his expectation.

The temperature measurement range of the long-distance infrared thermometer is 0-300 degrees Celsius, the error is less than or equal to 5%, and the use distance is 10 meters to 75 meters. In other words, even if there are some errors, the surface temperature of origin is at least around 237.5 degrees.

This temperature is not too high, but too low!

To be able to increase the temperature within a radius of two kilometers by so much, the amount of energy required is by no means a small amount, judging from the surface area of ​​this spindle-shaped origin. A temperature of 250 degrees can only affect the temperature of a few dozen meters around it at most, and it will never affect the temperature two kilometers away!

"Not high enough."

The right hand suddenly said something.

"You mean... there is still part of it inserted into the bottom of the river?"

The right hand did not answer directly. "Test the ground it's in contact with."

"Um."

Turning the long-range infrared thermometer around, Chen Yang aimed it at the part of origin that was in contact with the ground.

"...Sir Screw, the temperature range of the thermometer has been exceeded."

Chen Yang raised his eyebrows in surprise. But the point of the question is not here, "Why does this origin emit such high temperatures?" However, researchers like Bream have been studying origin for at least twenty years, and they still have not fully understood the underlying principles. , then I think the reason for the matter is not that simple.

The temperature below was at least over 300 degrees. Chen Yang didn't dare to go down anymore. He stood on the edge of the pit and focused his gaze on the surface of origin.

But the right hand doesn't have as many worries as Chen Yang. It suddenly stretched out to dozens of meters, and was instantly close to Origin.

I don't know what the structure of my right hand is like. If ordinary tissue fibers touch the surface of such a high-temperature object, they will immediately degenerate and carbonize, causing severe burns. However, the right hand extended out to touch the surface of origin, but it was unscathed. It was as if he didn't feel the scorching heat.

"Not metal...not rock..."

The right hand's words were also full of doubts.

"Does it really have an impact on living things?"

"It's hard to say...there is neither radiation nor chemical materials. But the cell death rate in your body is indeed several times faster than usual."…

"That's strange..."

As if he was not talking about himself, Chen Yang said without changing his expression: "That is to say, this origin is very likely to be created by extraterrestrial civilization? And it is also a high-level civilization?"

"The size of the universe is unimaginable, let alone this parallel universe."

He retracted his right hand and said with a bit of regret: "It is difficult to detect and experiment on this thing without professional instruments."

"Professional instruments, then we..."

Before Chen Yang could finish speaking, he thought thoughtfully and said, "Are the instruments currently manufactured by technology on Earth unable to meet the experimental requirements?"

"good."

Pointing at origin with his right hand, he said: "Now it seems that unless we move it to the high-level civilization I used to live in, we will only have to spend hundreds of years to manufacture those experimental equipment."

"Hundreds of years?"

Chen Yang sighed: "This is really far away..."

"Chen Yang!"

Since he had been parasitized for more than four months, this was the first time that his right hand called out Chen Yang's name, which made Chen Yang startled and stunned on the spot.

"If you really want to have an endless life, then you will know that a hundred years of human life is actually very short."

"You will watch your relatives die, and you will sit back and watch the people you are familiar with slowly grow old. Do you have this determination?"

Chen Yang was stunned for a while, then suddenly smiled: "Sir, when did you become so sentimental? Of course I understand these problems...I am also mentally prepared."

"Perhaps the only thing that is relatively fair in human life is death. Everyone will experience death when they are born. This is the law of nature...so I have nothing to look at."

Turning to look at the blue sky, Chen Yang murmured to himself: "You don't have to worry that I will regret it. I just want to see what it feels like to live for hundreds or thousands of years."

A word of dialogue. Chen Yang asked back: "Sir Screw, why are you asking this question now?"

The right hand did not answer Chen Yang's question, but waved his hand. Said: "Let's go back."

"go back?"

Chen Yang was stunned: "Why did you go back?"

"Yes, go back."

"But you won't continue to look for clues?"

After spending so much effort to get here, wouldn't it be a waste of time and energy to simply go back?

"There is no use in staying here anymore. This thing cannot be explored without suitable equipment. There is no way we can do more if we stay here."

"Is it."

Chen Yang took one more look at Origin in the pothole with a little regret. As the right hand said, there is really nothing they can do now. Staying here longer is a waste of time.

So, when they came here this time, apart from letting their right hand personally verify the authenticity of the origin, they had nothing else to gain.

"You have to be careful."

The right hand said: "We are still unable to control the cube. There is no way to turn off the light film. From a certain perspective, our connection with this world is completely mandatory. This time we destroyed those human helicopters and caused them huge losses. I'm afraid I won't give up just yet."

"Ok, I know."

Chen Yang nodded: "The Provisional Government of the Southern United States will definitely launch a large-scale search in New York again. If Bream is not found, it will never give up."

"Then for a while. I will try to avoid walking around in this world."

After Chen Yang said this, he jumped into the water and ran towards the shore. After a while, we crossed the river and returned to the parking lot.

After finding the supplies he had put down, Chen Yang packed up everything and started to return along the route he came from.

Maintaining the second overclocking state, his eyes kept scanning back and forth, and his ears were always attentive to the movements around him. Chen Yang did not find anyone when he came. When I went back, I still found nothing, so it was almost certain. The entire New York City is, as Bream said, deserted.

This is a completely deserted city. There are no people or creatures. It is simply more silent and empty than hell... Wait!

Chen Yang stopped walking, his brows filled with confusion.

If there is no one in this city and it has been abandoned for a long time, then what happened to the five little girls?

Why do you live alone in this city?

Where did they come from?

Why here?

It's a pity that the little blond girl doesn't seem to have the ability to talk and can only simply pronounce some onomatopoeia, otherwise Chen Yang would be able to know and ask some questions.

Now I don't know where those five little girls have gone...should I say, dead or alive?

In such low temperature conditions, Chen Yang was not optimistic that the children could survive.

"Bang!"

Arriving at a building, Chen Yang kicked open the basement door and walked in.

"PhD!"

After shouting, he didn't hear an answer. He was probably still in a coma. Chen Yang turned on the flashlight and shined it without thinking - Brim was indeed lying motionless on the ground, unresponsive to the outside world.

Crouching down, Chen Yang was about to wake him up when his right hand suddenly said: "He is dead."

"died?"

Chen Yang was in disbelief and hurriedly checked Bream's breathing and felt his heartbeat. It was exactly as what his right hand said, there was no breathing, no heartbeat, and even the pupils were dilated. This showed that the brain nerves The reflex disappears and the sphincter cannot be controlled.

"He's actually dead...how is that possible?"

Chen Yang touched the back of his head. He couldn't really have beaten him to death six times, right?

Is he really that serious?

His right hand suddenly transformed into several tentacles that inserted into Bream's body and began to squirm and explore.

"It is closed intra-abdominal bleeding caused by organ rupture."

"Internal bleeding?"

Chen Yang muttered: "I was careless. I should have been injured by the rocket at that time."

His speed was fast enough, but he still didn't have time to avoid the impact of the explosion. As long as it was not the core of the explosion, he didn't care. However, Brim is just an ordinary human being, and it is common for him not to be able to withstand the impact of the explosion. of.

He had seen that Bream was dizzy but could still speak, so he thought it was not a big problem, but it turned out that he was really careless. or