Chapter 163 Ross Ross
The sky turned a burning blood red.
Liu Xingquan's heart seemed to be thrown into a sea of fire, and an uncontrollable feeling of anxiety overwhelmed him.
After these days of traveling with the crustacean monsters, he has become quite familiar with these strange creatures. He has figured out their daily routines and habits, tamed three crustacean mounts, and even developed a dependence on them like companions.
In this desolate alien world, apart from some flying bugs, these shell monsters are the only life that accompanies him. But now these shell monsters are leaving him.
Under the gradually darkening sky, there was a blue-purple swamp. When Liu Xingquan first arrived here, he looked at the clear and bright blue puddles and thought it was beautiful. He thought it was just like other places where the crustaceans stopped at night, and would leave after staying for a night. But after one night, all the crustaceans had changed.
When Liu Xingquan woke up from a sleep, he was surprised to find that none of the crustaceans that used to be rejuvenated in the early morning and leisurely nibbled on the desert purple grass in their habitat had woken up. They squatted silently in the wet swamp, curled up their legs, and their thick shells were motionless, as if they were still sleeping.
At first, Liu Xingquan thought he had woken up too early, but soon he felt something was wrong. All the shell monsters stopped moving, like lifeless dead things. He tried to push his mount "Yi Yi", but it didn't move at all. Liu Xingquan slapped it hard a few times, but it didn't move at all, like a sleeping rock. He ran to slap his spare mounts "Er Er" and "San San", but they also remained silent.
His "Yi Yi" is the most docile of these shell monsters and the one that likes Liu Xingquan the most. In the past, even if "Yi Yi" fell asleep, as long as Liu Xingquan patted its shell, "Yi Yi" would shake its body and stand up, rubbing against him gently. Its eating manner is also the most gentle and elegant among all the shell monsters. When Liu Xingquan cut the tenderest wasteland purple and shook it in front of its eyes, it would politely take the purple grass from Liu Xingquan's hand and then nibble it slowly, which is completely different from other shell monsters that swallowed the wasteland purple in one gulp. In Liu Xingquan's heart, his "Yi Yi" is the best shell monster and his most outstanding mount.
But now, no matter how Liu Xingquan slapped it or even kicked or pinched it, "Yi Yi" did not respond at all. The same was true for the other shell monsters.
After a moment of panic, Liu Xingquan suddenly had an idea. This swamp is poisonous! Maybe the blue swamp water is poisonous, and these crustaceans are all poisoned. They are collectively poisoned! ! As soon as this thought came out, he immediately rushed forward and pushed "Yi Yi" hard, but he couldn't make "Yi Yi" move a step even with all his strength.
"Get up!! Get out of here!" he shouted, knocking on Yi Yi's heavy shell, "Go!!! Yi Yi!! Otherwise you will die here!!" There was no sound from Yi Yi, only deathly silence.
"Yi Yi, get up!! Wake up!! You can't fall here! Go!! Go!" Liu Xingquan pulled out a knife and stabbed it hard into Yi Yi's shell.
His knife pierced into the shell with a plop, and he seemed to hear a low hum like a sigh.
"One by one?" Liu Xingquan said in a low voice.
Puff! Puff!! Puff!!
Crackling sounds rang in his ears.
A crustacean not far away cracked. The shell of the crustacean suddenly swelled up as if inflated, and then cracked. The dark film inside the shell was torn, making a crackling sound. At this time, the shells fell like broken pieces of ceramics. The crackling sound continued, like burning firewood, spreading among the crustaceans. They broke and burst one after another.
Then, it was Yi Yi's turn.
"Don't be like this..." Liu Xingquan murmured.
The mounts broke apart one by one. The shells that had once armed them now crackled and fell off.
The body inside is also dead.
They are all dead. Whether it is One, One, Two, Two, Three, or the other shell monsters, Liu Xingquan thought sadly. The shell monsters that accompanied him in this world at the beginning all suddenly exploded and died, leaving him alone again. The wandering life in the wilderness that he had been accustomed to was back to its original form.
I'm the only one left again.
He stood there in a daze.
Where should I go and who should I ask for help?
The sonata of death continued to echo in the air. Liu Xingquan stopped shouting and could only watch them shatter in silence. Facing these shell monsters that had accompanied him for several days, the only thing he could do was to watch their final moments.
At some point, sparkling snowflakes began to float in the air. Snow? Was it snowing? Liu Xingquan stretched out his hand, and a pale purple snowflake-like ball fell into his hand. He discovered that this was not frost snowflakes, which would not be so shiny. It was a solid particle with light-colored plush on the top and sparkling crystal on the bottom. It was very light. Liu Xingquan exhaled, and it flew away in the wind like catkins.
These light purple crystal particles did not fall from the sky.
These flying, shining fluffs spurted out from the ruptured body of the shelled monster.
They danced in the wind as lightly as snowflakes, scattering towards the vast wasteland and swamps.
Just like sparks floating freely under the bright sky, just like sparkling fireflies, they flashed with cold light, dancing on the remains of the crustacean monster, contrasting with the blue-purple swamp.
It's so beautiful, Liu Xingquan whispered. When the wind stopped, the crystal flying thing from the shell monster fell into the swamp puddle, emitting light at the bottom of the clear blue pool, like stars in the night sky.
He squatted on the ground, the desert purple grass penetrated the gap of his schoolbag and pierced his back, the sharp grass tip made him feel uncomfortable. This was originally a snack he specially prepared for "Yi Yi", but now it was no longer useful.
"What should I do next? Where should I go?" he said to himself.
The sudden mass death of the shell monsters seemed to have drained away all his strength. All his original plans and intentions were shattered. He hugged his knees and stared blankly, watching the glow in the sky gradually fade away. Unknowingly, he fell asleep.
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Something was flapping at him.
Liu Xingquan felt as if he was taking a nap on his desk, with Yan Zhen slapping him.
"The class bell hasn't rung yet, stop bothering me." He muttered, reaching out to push Yan Zhen. He didn't touch Yan Zhen's soft clothes, but something rough and cold, a bit like thick scales.
Liu Xingquan suddenly opened his eyes.
A creature appeared before his eyes.
It was tall and muscular, with knotty muscles. Its forehead was too protruding and tilted compared to humans, and part of its skin was covered with green scales. It had three fingers on its rough and flexible hands. Seeing such a monster approaching, Liu Xingquan's first reaction was to step back and scream.
The monster looked at him in surprise and said something. But to Liu Xingquan, it was just some strange syllables that kept repeating. Then he noticed that the creature was wearing clothes and had several tools slung across its waist.
Is this an alien? Or some strange race from this world?
The monster uttered some incomprehensible syllables again. Its voice was rough and unpleasant but its tone was soft. It stood in place, spread out its hands, showing an attitude of not making any attack.
"You, who are you?" Liu Xingquan asked.
The monster pointed at him and uttered a few repeated syllables. Liu Xingquan guessed that it was saying his name, so he repeated the pronunciation of the monster. The monster looked quite satisfied.
"Are you Ross Ross?"
The monster pointed at himself and shouted, "Ross Ross."
Liu Xingquan learned to point at himself, "I am Liu Xingquan. Liu-Xing-Quan——"
The monster named Ross Ross also imitated him, but the sound it made didn't sound like Liu Xingquan at all.
After confirming that neither side had hostility, Rossros turned and walked towards the wreckage of "Yi Yi". He came to Yi Yi's broken body, took out a saw-like tool, and sawed open the shell under Yi Yi's carapace. Liu Xingquan stood aside, watching Rossros deal with his mount sadly.
"This is my mount, Yiyi. It died suddenly."
"Ross Ross."
"Do you know what this is? These crustaceans suddenly split open and died. It was so sudden. Do you know what happened?" Liu Xingquan said to Ross Ross . He was not a talkative person, but now he had endless questions. "After these shells split open, a lot of these small sparkling snowflake-like things sprayed out from their bodies. Do you know what this is?"
Ross Ross carefully dismembered Yi Yi's body, cut the muscles and flesh, and removed the hard objects. No matter what Liu Xingquan asked, it always had only one sentence: "Ross Ross."
Liu Xingquan began to wonder if it could only make the sound "Ross Ross".
After a while, he heard a sound similar to the breaking of bones, and Ross Ross cut out a piece of green and yellow internal organs from Yi Yi's body. It threw the internal organs back, and a small robot with slender four legs accurately caught the internal organs.
"Robot!!" Liu Xingquan said in surprise, "You actually have a robot!!"
The small robot twisted its slender limbs, made a series of strange electronic sounds, and carried away the internal organs. Liu Xingquan found that there were two other small robots busy on other shell monsters. They did the same thing as Ross Ross, cutting up the shell monster's remains and taking out the internal organs.
When dusk fell, Ross Ross got up and prepared to finish work. When it drove the "hover motorcycle" in front of Liu Xingquan, Liu Xingquan suddenly felt frustrated.
It seems that all the online literature routes are useless, he thought to himself. With the development of local technology to this point, it is not the turn of Long Aotian to come down from the sky to start a farming infrastructure industrial revolution. Ross Ross kindly let Liu Xingquan sit on the back seat of his motorcycle, and the three little robots chirped and jumped up.
The remains of the crustacean monsters on the blue-purple swamp are gradually moving away, and a few shining fluorescent lights are still flying in the sky.
He gazed at this final scene and said in his heart: [Goodbye, everyone.]
Ross Ross's home is a semi-oval yellow-brown stone house. This stone house is located alone in the vast wasteland field, and it is a person who lives alone. At a glance, Liu Xingquan did not see other houses or other creatures similar to Ross Ross.
After sitting down at Ross Ross's house, Liu Xingquan began to try to explain to it that he was from Earth and he wanted to go home. Of course, his earnest request could only be responded with repeated "Ross Ross".
"Earth, Earth, do you know it?" Liu Xingquan simply drew a ball on the ground. "It's the Earth. I'm from the Earth. I'm Chinese. Are there any rescue organizations in your area? In fact, I don't know whether I'm an alien or have traveled to another world. You have such advanced technology here, and you have robots. For aliens or visitors from another world like me who are unfortunately lost, can you help contact the help agency?"
"Ross Ross."
“……”Liu Xingquan sighed deeply.
At night, Ross Ross brought him a bowl of thick paste. Liu Xingquan stared at the suspicious green-yellow paste for a long time, and was afraid to eat it. Ross Ross held another bowl and drank it happily.
Seeing how Ross Ross was eating, Liu Xingquan closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, scooped a spoonful into his mouth. After chewing for a few times, Liu Xingquan sped up the speed, one mouthful after another. It was delicious. It tasted like a thick meat sauce, delicate in the mouth, and had a milky taste. He couldn't stop his spoon at all. After a few minutes, Liu Xingquan had eaten a large bowl. He looked at Ross Ross eagerly, a little shyly wanting another bowl.
Before he could speak, Ross Ross thoughtfully brought another bowl. Unlike the previous hungry state, Liu Xingquan ate slowly this time. He tasted the bowl of porridge carefully. Although the color of the porridge looked disgusting, it tasted really delicious.
Come to think of it, this color is similar to the internal organs that Ross Ross dug out today.
Wait, could it be...
Liu Xingquan suddenly remembered that after entering the house, the three small robots carried the storage box containing the internal organs into the kitchen.
Ah. He put down the bowl, clasped his hands together, and silently said in his heart: [One, one, two, two, three, three, my dear mounts, and all the crustaceans, rest in peace.]
