ATDIWR Chapter 134

Chapter 134: Little Grey Man and Lizard Man

Chapter 134: Little Grey Man and Lizard Man

As a researcher, Ji An always subconsciously paid attention to points others wouldn’t think of.

For example, at this moment he said, “Perhaps you have never considered that the absence of new life might be a result of your civilization’s development. You’ve abandoned the physical body, leaving only your mental bodies, which is why new life cannot be born.”

“The possibility you’ve thought of was considered by our scientists a long time ago. We created shells mimicking your physical bodies; for our civilization, this is not difficult. However, even when we wear such shells, the new life that is born is merely a body without a soul; it has no mental body.” The alien answered straightforwardly, without the slightest intention of hiding anything.

Ji An fell into brief thought. Without a soul, why would there be no mental body? What exactly are these aliens? Are humans truly of the same origin as them from millions of years ago? After humans die, do souls truly exist? Is the birth of new life truly the reincarnation of those souls?

Aliens have no new life born because they exist in the form of mental bodies. Once they die, they truly disappear completely from this world, with no way to reincarnate, which is why there is no new life born?

“Little An, Little An…” Gu Jinsheng’s calm voice revealed a hint of concern. Ji An snapped back to attention and gave Gu Jinsheng a reassuring smile.

Gu Jinsheng knew Ji An’s personality; he often fell into boundless imagination prompted by an unintentional remark from someone else, and then gained inspiration from it to create epoch-making technological products.

What Gu Jinsheng was more concerned about now was another matter, “Personal relationship, what does that mean?”

The alien’s large grey eyes didn’t even look at Gu Jinsheng. Even though this person was questioning him, the alien acted as if this person wasn’t in the room.

Reminded by Gu Jinsheng, Ji An also thought of this matter. “You just said we have a personal relationship. Could it be that we knew each other before? But I’m an Earthling, how could I know you?”

After asking, Ji An thought of something and immediately added, “Could it be that you know my soul, or rather, my mental body? If what you just said about Earth being a prison is true, then my soul must have committed a crime on your planet and was exiled to Earth. So, were we old acquaintances before the exile?”

Speaking of this, Ji An was truly excited. This was equivalent to past and present lives, wasn’t it? Who wouldn’t be curious about their past life?

The alien first nodded, then shook its head.

Ji An was confused. “What do you mean? Do you know me or not?”

“I know you, but you don’t know me, so we don’t count as old acquaintances.”

“Even so, there must have been overlapping social circles in our lives, otherwise, you wouldn’t know me, right? Speaking of which, what kind of person was I back then?”

The alien shook its head again. “You were a very renowned researcher back then. Many people knew you, admired you, and followed you, but you didn’t necessarily know all of them.”

Ji An was a little pleased. “Indeed, excellent people are excellent everywhere.”

Ji An flaunted a raised eyebrow at Gu Jinsheng, his gaze a mix of showing off and a hint of seduction. It made Gu Jinsheng’s Adam’s apple bob as he swallowed hard.

An ambiguous current flowed between the two; without words, the intimate atmosphere could be felt.

Suddenly, the alien became agitated. For the first time, its large eyes glared at Gu Jinsheng.

“How can you be with such a person? He is a criminal, his soul is filled with evil.”

Ji An was displeased. Not being old acquaintances, it was none of his business who he was with. Even if they were old acquaintances, it wasn’t his place to comment or point fingers.

“According to what you said, wasn’t I also a criminal to be exiled to Earth? Then wouldn’t our love be perfectly natural and a match made in heaven?”

The alien fidgeted restlessly on the stool. If it weren’t for the fact that it was firmly bound, it looked as if it wanted to flare up and hurt someone.

The alien’s behavior was like an irrational, fanatical fan discovering that their idol was secretly in a relationship, and the other person happened to be exactly the one they looked down upon the most. This was no longer just a matter of betrayal; it could seriously be elevated to the level of defilement.

“You are not, you are not a criminal! You were framed, you were just a casualty during the transfer of power!” The alien shouted excitedly. “You two are different. Your soul is clean, his is sinful.”

“Are you very dissatisfied with your current rulers?”

With this question from Ji An, the alien immediately calmed down.

It said guardedly, “I’m not, don’t talk nonsense.”

Ji An smiled mischievously. The alien seemed to sense that Ji An was up to something and suddenly said, “I must go.”

Ji An’s expression changed instantly. The playful mood was gone, and he became serious.

“Don’t go, I won’t stir up trouble, okay?”

The alien shook its head. “This shell is broken and won’t last much longer.”

Ji An quickly pressed on, “I have one last question. Please, you must answer me. Why do you appear near cities of the H War and volcanoes?”

“Actually, the reason we were able to pinpoint Earth’s coordinates accurately again was because of the H War that broke out on Earth.”

The alien explained, “The power of H weapons is far more severe than you Earthlings realize. H radiation also has a very serious impact on us aliens. We precisely located Earth by capturing the H radiation waves.”

“So that means you didn’t just come to Earth this time.”

“As early as the First H War, we landed on Earth. Not just us, but the Lizardmen also came to Earth at that time.”

“Lizardmen?” Ji An hadn’t expected to hear about an alien from movies or TV shows here. If Lizardmen truly existed, then the alien before him should be a Little Grey Man.

“Lizardmen are inherently evil; they are different from us. Our attitude towards Earthlings is neutral, but they are opposed. Due to some constraints, they cannot directly attack Earthlings, so they lurk among the Earthlings, sowing discord from within to divide them.”

“Lizardmen are lurking among Earthlings?”

“Yes, M Base has the most.”

“How do we distinguish Lizardmen?”

“They are ultimately not Earthlings. Even if they disguise themselves as Earthlings, there will be many flaws; you can find them if you pay attention.” The Little Grey Man refused to say more.

“So you first came to Earth because of H, and later stayed to observe and research humans after discovering that Earthlings can give birth to new life.” Seeing he couldn’t get more answers, Ji An stopped pressing.

“Yes.”

“Then why are there so many flying saucers near active volcanoes? Why do you go there? Is there anything special there?”

“For you, active volcanoes are very dangerous. Once they erupt, the scalding magma takes away many lives. But for us, that active magma produces a large amount of energy that can maintain the operation of flying saucers.”

“So that’s how it is.”

Suddenly, the Little Grey Man blinked its large eyes twice. “I must go. If I don’t leave now, I’ll be in great danger.”

“Why would you be in danger? No one here wants to hurt you. Besides, we don’t know how to harm your mental body.”

“You are about to have another H War. H is very dangerous for us. I must go now.” The Little Grey Man’s tone was anxious.

Ji An’s expression was solemn. “Who is going to start another H War? Is it M Base?”

The Little Grey Man nodded. It looked deeply at Ji An, and its body slowly went limp. “Goodbye, Ji An.”

The Little Grey Man closed its eyes, its body went limp, and it lay motionless.

Ignoring the danger, Ji An rushed in, with Gu Jinsheng following closely behind. The two of them still entered too late; the Little Grey Man was already dead.

Ji An stepped forward to examine the Little Grey Man’s body, or rather, its shell.

Only then did Ji An realize that the Little Grey Man’s body was not like a human body, with flesh and bones. Its outer skin felt smooth to the touch, but not with the smoothness of skin. Instead, it was a smoothness similar to a special material, feeling like an outer garment.

Ji An looked closer and could confirm that this was definitely not the alien’s skin; it must be an outer garment made of special material. However, this garment was made perfectly seamlessly, fitting as tightly as skin and completely wrapping the alien.

Ji An searched around but couldn’t find any seams on the alien’s clothing. It was as if the clothing was its skin, and the alien’s skin just looked like that.

“Boss, Director Ji.” Kong Zhongcheng rushed in. “Owen is here; she received news again. Charles is launching H missiles at us again.”

“We already know.”

“Huh, how did you know? Doesn’t M Base have no spies of ours?” Kong Zhongcheng asked strangely.

“It was that Little Grey Man just now. He told us; H is very harmful to them, and it scared him away.”

Only then did Kong Zhongcheng notice the Little Grey Man’s body.

“All right, call someone to come and freeze the Little Grey Man’s body. We’ll head to the Research Institute.”

When the Research Institute received the news, they all cursed Charles. They never expected Charles to be so crazy. They strongly suspected that Charles had gone mad, not as an insult, but literally, that he had developed a mental illness.

It wasn’t just the people of Xia Country who suspected this; even the people at M Base thought Charles had a mental illness.

“Get ready. We must intercept the missiles outside the borders of Xia Country.” Ji An said to the researchers.

“I have a lot of confidence in you. We’ve succeeded once before; this time will definitely be fine.”

The researchers were also very confident about this interception. As long as the coordinates of the launched missiles remained unchanged, the probability of a successful interception was very high.

When the residents of Xia Country and the rest of the world received the news again, ‘exploded’ wasn’t enough to describe their reaction.

Everyone’s initial worry was about their own safety.

“Charles is just a lunatic, a psycho. Why does Jing Shi Base have to butt heads with him?”

“Why do they have to drag us into their conflict? Last time that missile didn’t hit Jing Shi Base, but H Base was blown away.”

“Whose turn is it to be unlucky this time? Why do we have to bear the consequences for the trouble Jing Shi Base stirred up?”