Chapter 106 Beforehand
"You brought the person here," he said. Even though he was on the holographic screen, Inspector Projection could still seem to feel the moisture in the air.
Inspector Sheying lowered his head and knelt on one knee as a sign of respect and courtesy to his superior, until the adult on the holographic screen ordered him to stand up.
"Get up." A harsh and vague voice came from the holographic screen, mixed with chaotic noises, low and cold, just like him. He is the boss of Inspector Projection, and he is also one of the highest judges of the Security Committee of this star region. He is Director Kamudanti.
Sheying straightened up, and Director Kamudanti on the screen said, "You are doubting."
"Yes, sir." Detective Projection whispered, "I do have my doubts. She is just an ordinary human underage female."
On the screen, Director Kamudanti's huge fins trembled slightly, and his tentacles sprayed water vapor. "She is indeed just an ordinary human. But our arrest is necessary, projection."
"It was just an accident."
"Everyone knows that this is just an accident. But the Heracles are extremely important." Director Kamudanti moved his huge scaly body, and his harsh voice echoed in the room along with the buzzing noise. "The situation has reached a critical juncture. Answer me, Sheying, have you met anyone from the Eye of Supervision?"
"Yes, the agents of the Eye of Overwatch also wanted to take the human girl away. But they were really... too unprofessional." Inspector Sheying thought about his words, "Whether it was the action or anything else, they were even messed up by a group of slender-legged crabs."
"That's the rubbish of the Eye of Supervision who brought disgrace upon themselves." A disdainful laugh came from the screen, if that rumble was the laughter of Director Kamudanti's race. "They thought the other party was an ordinary human girl, so they were so careless."
"Sir," Inspector Sheying asked sincerely, "I have a question."
"Go ahead."
"Are the Heraks really that important?"
“Yes,” Director Kamudanti replied.
"Just because of their mysterious technology? The Council even promised them a seat. This is very unusual."
"Your race is always too curious."
“Curiosity is one of the driving forces of evolution in all civilized species.”
The screen was filled with dry information noises, and the room fell into silence for a moment. Inspector Sheying couldn't help but regret his rude words. Director Kamudanti was not a good-tempered boss. It had been circulated in the Ninth Department that Director Kamudanti bit off half of his secretary's head in a rage. Although this was just a rumor that made Kamudanti laugh, Inspector Sheying was always careful every time he faced Director Kamudanti, for fear of angering this adult, even though he and Director Kamudanti were now separated by a vast sea of stars and were only communicating through the communication channel.
After a silence that made Inspector Projection feel very stressed, the huge alien on the screen spoke. "Do you know the ancient Esati civilization?"
"Yes." There are many legends about the galactic civilization, one of which is that the Aissati are the oldest race known to the galactic civilization. They have extremely high intelligence. Even hundreds of thousands of years ago, they dominated the entire galaxy. Of course, these are just legends that are regarded as jokes by official scholars of the Federation.
"The Herak are related to the civilization left behind by the Esati."
“……”Inspector Sheying was surprised.
"The Atla Cube you handled earlier is also related to the relics of the Esati civilization," Director Kamudanti said. "You understand what this means."
…
Inspector Sheying walked out of the interview room.
He was still immersed in the shock of the information just now.
"Inspector, are you worried?" The speaker was a tall Homo sapiens named Cao Yu, a young man with short brown hair. Another robot next to him said, "I think you were scolded by Director Kamudanti again."
The metal gears on its body creaked, and there was an electronic hum in its speech. It had four silver metal arms and wore a red and gold coat with an electronic circuit board pattern on it, indicating that it was a member of the Robot Harmful Association. It was called UN852-R3. UN852-R3 and Cao Yu were both subordinates of the Projection Inspector.
Inspector Sheying said: "The Herak people are indeed related to the Esati people."
UN852-R3 said: "The Esati civilization, the terrifying race that is said to have developed to the point where it can distort time and space and manipulate dimensions?"
"No matter how terrible it is, it has already perished." Cao Yu said nonchalantly.
"Everyone, the problem is to keep an eye on that human girl." Inspector Sheying said, "People from the Eye of Supervision may come to our door at any time."
Teacher Li placed a bouquet of flowers in front of the photo frame .
Today is his wife's birthday.
He closed his eyes.
She is a long-winded wife. During the dating, Mr. Li never felt that she was long-winded. He was always a taciturn weirdo, and his blind dates were always rejected within 5 minutes. But she was able to chat with him for 3 hours on their first meeting. In fact, she was the one who was talking most of the time, and he just nodded silently, listened, nodded, and listened.
So they met a second time, a third time, and then more.
Later they naturally got married.
In the years after his marriage, Mr. Li gradually realized how nagging his wife was. If he put his toothbrush cup in the wrong place, she would nag him. If he hung his clothes in the wrong place, she would nag him. If his socks were not in the right place, she would nag him ten times in anger.
He didn't know why there were so many things worth nagging about in a simple life. In his wife's eyes, it seemed that all the housework and furnishings that were not arranged according to her laws were unforgivable crimes that could make her jump three meters high and nag for an hour. His wife was really nagging.
Teacher Li sat on the sofa. Because the house was neglected, there was a layer of gray dust on the coffee table, decorative cabinet, and TV cabinet. Messy clothes were thrown on the chairs and sofas. Miscellaneous items in the house were also thrown here and there. This would never have happened in the past.
His wife hated him leaving his clothes and things messy. Every weekend, she would order him to clean and wipe the floor and furniture at home. Whenever there were guests, the house was always clean and tidy, just like their peaceful life.
Teacher Li thought he was a very hateful man. In such a peaceful and quiet life, he would actually have such a heinous fantasy that if only his wife could be quiet for a few days, everything would be fine. Sometimes her nagging was so long that Teacher Li felt a little irritated. So, from time to time, he would think, if only she could be quiet for a few days, everything would be fine.
Then, his wife really became quiet. A sudden accident took her life, including the child in her belly.
Death took them away.
During that time, every time he walked into his home, he felt like he was walking into hell. His wife had unknowingly become the other half of his soul, and her nagging had become the air he breathed every day. Now, all of this has disappeared without a trace.
Even if he beat his chest and cried loudly, he would never see his wife again.
This is the punishment from the gods to me.
She is really gone.
This house is where he lived with her. For a while, he tried hard to keep the room the way it was when his wife was still there. His wife's clothes, cosmetics, skin care products, and her sundries were all neatly placed in their original places. His and his wife's towels were still hanging in the bathroom. Her slippers were also placed at the entrance, as if she would be home from get off work soon.
Later, a relative came to see him and said to him, "You can't go on like this, go get a pet."
Not long after that, when Teacher Li was browsing the Internet, he was attracted by a puppy in an adoption post, so Simba became a new puppy in his home.
It was after that that something strange happened in this family.
Teacher Li opened his eyes, took a cup, put the bouquet of flowers into the cup, and placed it next to his wife's photo frame.
The puppy Simba ran over, wagging his tail, and hugged his legs and played happily.
One evening not long ago, the puppy Simba came in through the small door in the fence, and ran to his legs to play like today, wagging his tail, but at that time he had something in his mouth. Simba put the thing he had brought at Teacher Li's feet, happily asking for credit. Teacher Li looked down and saw a squashed frog.
So he prepared to throw the flat frog into the trash can.
Is this dry garbage or wet garbage? It should be wet garbage, he thought.
But after a few seconds, the flat frog suddenly changed. It swelled up like a balloon, then suddenly split into six limbs, and then grew a body and a tail. After the mutation, it was more than 1 meter tall. Its appearance was different from any creature on this planet. Its skin was very white and smooth, with fine textures on it. Four hind legs supported its body, and it had a pair of blue eyes deeply embedded in its skull.
All of Teacher Li's consciousness came to a standstill at that moment, and he was completely unable to analyze what this thing was.
He was so frightened that he couldn't even move his legs.
This strange monster pounced towards him and opened its mouth, which contained sharp and neat teeth like blades.
Help.
Teacher Li's first reaction was to pick up a broom to resist. After a struggle, Teacher Li found that the monster was only scary in appearance, but not very strong, at least it didn't tear him apart and bite him to pieces like in the horror movies, leaving tomato juice all over the room.
With the help of his dog Simba, Mr. Li knocked the monster unconscious with a broom. He rushed to the kitchen, got a kitchen knife, and then got his cell phone and dialed 110 while approaching the monster.
"Hello, is this 110? A monster suddenly came to my house..."
"You need to describe it further. Wait a moment." Teacher Li came to the monster, and then he was stunned.
He hung up the phone.
Because the monster lying on the ground had a face exactly like his wife's.
He squatted down and looked at the monster for a long time, and he felt disgusted.
He raised the kitchen knife, took a breath, and prepared to chop it down hard. The monster twitched slightly.
He was silent for a moment, sighed deeply, and threw away the kitchen knife.
…
Today is his wife's birthday.
Teacher Li bought his wife's favorite smoked fish and planned to put a plate of it in front of his wife's photo frame.
There were banging noises again in the living room. Teacher Li pushed open the door.
As expected, the scene was full of chaos. The monster was chasing Ding Man, the hen, and the dog was barking beside him. The hen was flapping her wings and performing a flying show in the room. The monster pounced on the hen and grabbed her. When it was about to bite her, it saw Teacher Li walking towards it with a frying pan.
Teacher Li waved the pan at it.
It let go feeling wronged, and the hen ran away clucking.
Now the monster's face has returned to the way it was when I first saw him, and it is no longer his wife's face. That's good, at least it doesn't make me feel sick. Teacher Li came to the dining table, opened the plastic bag, took out the deli box, and prepared to pour out a plate of smoked fish. When the deli box was opened, Teacher Li was stunned. It was empty, without a piece of smoked fish.
Teacher Li glared at Simba. Simba immediately ran to the monster and barked at it. Teacher Li then noticed that the monster's feet were full of smoked fish bones.
Ah, I have to fight.
Teacher Li raised the frying pan again.
