Chapter 6 Spirit Leech

Author: A Clockwork Orange Dream

Chapter 6 Spirit Leech

There is a large supermarket in the center of Baiyue Town and the only movie theater in the town. It is the busiest place at night. People who come out to play are often families or couples, shopping in twos and threes.

As middle school students, the two of them were not too conspicuous among them.

Yan Jingxing and Ji Chunzao came out of the supermarket, each holding a cream popsicle and sitting on a chair in the bus booth, chatting leisurely while eating.

According to the girl, the place where aliens can be seen is near the cinema; if the alien appears inside the cinema, all they have to do is buy a ticket and go in.

...Do aliens still like to watch movies about the human world? He always finds it difficult to understand.

"I've always had a question, how did you discover aliens? They said 'it has to do with the seasons', which makes it sound real."

Yan Jingxing stared at the people coming in and out of the cinema and took a big bite of the popsicle that was about to melt.

"I'm going to meet the real owner soon, can I finally talk about it now?"

"This is my secret."

Ji Chunzao sat next to him, shaking his calves, and answered with a smile.

"But for your sake, I can explain it a little bit."

What do you mean "for my sake"... Yan Jingxing complained in his heart, except for me, no one will listen to you seriously.

Even he is 90% doubtful and 10% convinced, and is now waiting for the moment when he can make a final decision.

"Things that can be seen can naturally be heard. Before they actually arrive, I always confirm them by 'listening'."

"Hear it? Will it make a cry?"

"It's a bit different. It's more like an unconscious 'calling' or something like that."

Ji Chunzao shook his head and continued to explain.

"It's like we can receive signals thousands of miles away through a radio, but that doesn't actually allow us to 'hear' the voice of someone far away, right? The radio waves actually have to be demodulated into audio signals by the machine itself,

Only human ears can hear.”

"This is the 'sound' of alien creatures. They may not actually make a sound, but send some kind of 'signal'. Do you understand?"

...To be honest, I didn't understand what I was hearing. But judging from the serious attitude on her face, she probably wasn't just making random nonsense.

The other person is obviously the same age as me, but he seems to know some strange knowledge that ordinary junior high school students cannot understand.

At this time, he remembered the model that he had asked her to hide that day. He was really shocked when he got it. It was so big and beautifully made, as if a real biplane had been shrunk.

He originally thought he bought it, but later he heard from his roommates that Ji Chunzao had won an award in the city's model airplane competition before, and he realized that she had made it herself.

"Do you know much about electronics?"

"It's okay." She explained a little embarrassedly, "Ever since I noticed that the signals sent by aliens may affect human beings through some form of radio waves, I started trying to understand them.

principle……"

Listening to Ji Chunzao's story about the process of self-study of various circuit principles and mechanical knowledge, Yan Jingxing's view of her changed slightly.

Although this girl always talks about messy topics all the time, which seems a bit annoying; but judging from her series of performances, at least Ji Chunzao is not the kind of fool who is simply immersed in delusions and unable to extricate herself, but has devoted her life to

Concrete actions and efforts.

"You're pretty awesome."

Yan Jingxing couldn't help but sigh.

"...Is that so? It's amazing. Well, if you think about it carefully, I am indeed very powerful! Haha."

After muttering a few words to herself, she suddenly became arrogant, puffed up her chest, and looked triumphant. The previous "embarrassment" had disappeared.

"..."

Yan Jingxing was a little speechless. She was really out of breath when he said she was fat.

"Anyway, you mean you can hear radio signals?" He brought the topic back, "But this is not something ordinary people can do, right?"

"So, it's not accurate to say 'hear', it should be 'feel'."

"Is it similar to how bats can capture ultrasonic waves?"

"Yes, quite a few animals, such as dogs, whales, giraffes, etc., can capture ultrasonic or infrasound waves that humans cannot hear, and even actively emit them, playing a positioning function similar to sonar."

"As for being able to receive alien signals..."

She hesitated for a moment.

"Well, it seems that I am the only one who can do it so far. In other words, it is a 'super power'."

You are still a person with super powers, and your image is getting more and more complicated.

Yan Jingxing originally wanted to tease her, but found that the girl's expression suddenly changed.

"etc."

Ji Chunzao frowned and suddenly grabbed Yan Jingxing's wrist.

"Don't move yet."

"What's wrong?" He was surprised.

The girl did not answer, but closed her eyes.

Her eyelashes were trembling slightly, and the eyes under her eyelids were moving violently.

"Be mentally prepared."

After a while, Ji Chunzao opened her eyes. She exhaled a heavy breath and stared at the empty night sky.

"The aliens coming this time... no, alien creatures, may be a bit dangerous. They have already arrived in the cinema."

"There's more than one kind?"

Seeing the serious look on the girl's face, Yan Jingxing couldn't get nervous.

Until now, he still lacks real sense.

"What's the danger? How do you know?"

"...Because I have seen them before. This is not the first time these guys have appeared in this town. Every time they appear, they act in groups, treating the people living here as prey, and treating the entire Baiyue Town as their prey.

Their hunting grounds are unscrupulous..."

Ji Chunzao never let go of his wrist. On the contrary, her fingers were still clenching tightly subconsciously, making Yan Jingxing almost cry out in pain.

"——I call them 'spiritual leeches'. They are dangerous creatures that specialize in sucking out human brain marrow."

But what the girl said next made him swallow back the complaints that were about to come to his lips.

She turned around and asked softly:

"How about it, do you still want to go in now?"

*

Yan Jingxing stood in front of the ticket gate, looking at the posters posted on the wall, which were all popular movies that had been played recently.

The conductor inside the window looked listless, while the girl behind tugged on his clothes and urged in a low voice:

"They're coming soon."

"...Okay, that's it."

There are people checking tickets in the theater, but they are only at the entrance. In other words, no matter which movie you want to watch, you can just buy a ticket to watch it. This is a little secret that only locals who often go to the movies know.

Yan Jingxing pinched his thirty yuan pocket money and finally chose what he wanted to see.

The poster corresponding to this movie shows a tall man wearing a white mask and holding a sharp knife in the middle, and underneath are a group of actors and actresses with frightened expressions.

Even if everything is fake, at least he can watch an exciting horror movie. He thought to himself.

The conductor took the banknote and glanced at the man and woman holding hands standing in front of the window. He found that he was obviously a young student. He couldn't help but shook his head, as if he was lamenting, "The world is going downhill, how can such a young child be so young?"

Just start dating and falling in love."

The two eldest children were not in the mood to talk to boring adults, so they walked into the theater after taking the tickets.

"Jing Xing, do you know what a leech is?"

Ji Chunzao was still explaining to him in a low voice as he walked.

"Well, it seems we call it 'Leech' here?"

"Yes, leech is a kind of mollusk. It is very abundant in rural paddy fields. If you are not careful, you will be parasitized. The leech feeds on sucking blood. It will cling tightly to people's skin and insert its snout into the skin to remove it from the wound.

Draw blood. According to rumors, they also release an anesthetic, so many people are unaware of being tagged."

"Yeah. I've also heard that once a leech sticks to it, it's difficult to pull it off, and you can't pull it out casually, otherwise it will leave its mouthparts in the wound. You have to sprinkle salt on it to make it curl up and fall off.

Come down..."

Yan Jingxing imagined such a scene and couldn't help but shudder.

City kids like him are most afraid of these disgusting bugs.

"Are you afraid? Then I think the 'spiritual leech' is even more terrifying to you."

Ji Chunzao held his hand firmly, followed him step by step, and said in a faint voice:

"Because what they eat is not blood, but human brains."

Yan Jingxing said nothing.
To be continued...