Author: A Clockwork Orange Dream

In a silent and dark cinema, a "worm mass" composed of molluscs was floating above the head of a bald man who had not noticed anything strange at all.

This group of mollusks have translucent illusory bodies that reflect colorful colors when illuminated by light in the space, just like soap bubbles blown up by the sun.

They writhed their fat bodies, entangled each other, and gathered into a disgusting mass.

Located at their front end, similar to a head or mouthparts, is a simple and twisted human face composed of three black holes arranged in a shape like a dwarf alien.

This is the alien creature named "Spirit Leech" by Ji Chunzao. It cannot be observed and detected by ordinary people, and it seems like a monster in another space.

Several leeches among them had already inserted the front end of their mouthparts into the head of the unlucky male spectator and began to absorb the nutrients inside - that is, brain tissue and brain marrow.

The body of the spirit leech moves, sometimes expanding and sometimes shrinking, with ferocious bloodshot threads floating on the translucent skin, sucking endlessly.

Real scenes of alien creatures preying on humans, extremely horrifying images, the impact is beyond any horror movie...

However, the audience in the cinema was completely unaware of it. This strange calmness, combined with the predatory scene, made people feel that this world was so bizarre.

Ordinary people living on earth cannot detect the existence of alien creatures. They are adjacent to the dark abyss, but they can live a peaceful life in ignorance.

——This is the world in Ji Chunzao's eyes.

It was as if she was alone...in the waking world.

The girl's chest began to rise and fall, her heart was pounding, and her breathing became rapid.

Ji Chunzao tried very hard to maintain a serious and calm attitude in front of his companions, in order not to want him to panic or simply run away.

But isn't she afraid?

No, of course not.

The calm look she is sitting on the chair now is all fake.

Even if Ji Chunzao didn't lie, the group of spirit leeches would indeed not chase people. This was the conclusion she came to through observation - but how could she not feel scared when she saw a living person having his brains eaten in front of her?

?

That’s them…

Ji Chunzao stared closely at the worms floating not far away, not daring to blink. Her hand on the armrest couldn't help but move away a little bit, and grabbed the wrist of the boy next to her.

If she saw that they were getting even a little bit closer, she would immediately grab Yan Jingxing and run away. She thought to herself that she had to do this even if she was misunderstood or mistrusted.

I don’t know if I should call it lucky, but as soon as the spirit leeches appeared, they locked on their target and swarmed towards a middle-aged man in the front row.

Although she knew this was not good, Ji Chunzao still breathed a sigh of relief; but on the other hand, her mood became more gloomy.

Although the girl can see alien creatures, she has no ability to stop them from doing whatever they want in the human world.

She couldn't even remind the other person that it would be easier to be regarded as a fool or a madman by others; most importantly, once a mouthpart invades the mind, the person is hopeless, and approaching rashly will only lead to him being entangled in leeches.

This feeling of powerlessness has been with her since she was a child, but she has no way to talk to anyone.

The loneliness and heaviness of not being understood by others made Ji Chunzao's heart keep falling. To this day, it has already accumulated a huge weight - it is not a burden that a teenage girl can bear.

Not only did he just watch others being invaded by alien creatures, Ji Chunzao also had to let his companions see the consequences of having their brains eaten. Only in this way could he win people's trust...

She whispered with guilt and uneasiness:

"Jing Xing, you will see it soon. Even if you can't see..."

Ji Chunzao was talking nonchalantly, but found that there was no response from beside him.

She turned her head and saw that the boy sitting next to her was trembling slightly, as if he was seriously ill.

His forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his mouth opened and closed like a fish that had landed on the beach.

"Yan Jingxing?!"

*

Yan Jingxing clung stiffly to the chair behind him, with his mouth wide open and unable to make any sound. He stared straight at the huge astronaut, who emerged from the screen little by little.

The appearance of the astronauts made no sound, as if everything happened in a vacuum without air.

His feet landed on the ground, and then he slowly straightened up.

The astronaut is so tall that when he stands up, he is as tall as a hall, and the shadow cast by him blocks all the viewers in the screening room.

this……

What the hell is this?!

Ghosts, ghosts, aliens... Yan Jingxing could imagine these; but he instinctively felt that the huge astronaut in front of him was some kind of transcendent existence, which could not be compared with ordinary supernatural phenomena.

He felt more like he was dreaming or having strange hallucinations.

Then, Yan Jingxing heard a dull breathing sound, "Hu-ha-", the kind of sound that only he could hear because the oxygen was sealed in the helmet.

The astronaut stood silently, breathing silently, and silently overlooking everyone in the screening room.

You couldn't see the eyes inside the bright black mirror, but Yan Jingxing still felt that "he" was looking at him.

Yan Jingxing didn't dare to move.

After that, "he" slowly raised a hand and stretched it toward the audience.

The boy held his breath.

"His" hand did not reach out to the back row, but stopped after touching the air in the front row, and his fingers began to make a rubbing gesture, as if he was touching something invisible...

...No, that's not right, it's not nothing.

Yan Jingxing's eyes widened again.

He saw, right in the center of the astronaut's palm, a twisted and writhing insect mass, exuding an illusory and colorful brilliance. Compared with "his" huge body, it looked like a small bag.

The astronaut's fingers tightened slightly.

"boom!"

In this way, the insect group was easily crushed.

Yan Jingxing heard the explosion, like a balloon that had been blown over and inflated to its limit, but he was not sure if it was his imagination.

Then, the astronaut took a step, crossed the auditorium, and disappeared from his sight.

An inexplicable and shocking emotion was emerging, driving Yan Jingxing to stand up subconsciously and want to look behind him.

"Wait, wait a minute!"

He wanted to call out to the astronaut.

And at that moment, a sharp pain hit Yan Jingxing's head.

*

"……Eh?"

When Ji Chunzao was anxious, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

The girl is born with the ability to sense the presence of "abnormal radio waves" in the air, which is the key to her ability to confirm the time and location of aliens' arrival.

But at this moment, the chaotic noise that had been buzzing in her ears suddenly disappeared, and she returned to the normal world.

She turned around and saw that the translucent insect mass had disappeared.

The spirit leech is missing?

Did he leave the earth after finishing hunting?

No, now is not the time to think about this...

"Wait, wait a minute!"

She heard the boy next to her suddenly shout.

He suddenly stood up from his seat, and then his body shook slightly as if his head had been hit hard.

The boy grabbed his cheek, groaned in pain, and squatted down.

"Jing Xing, Yan Jingxing! What's wrong with you?"

She grabbed Yan Jingxing's arm and shook it twice, but the other person's appearance was obviously in some kind of strange disorder...

At this time, Yan Jingxing's strangeness had attracted the attention of the people around him.

Ji Chunzao looked around. The film hadn't finished playing yet, but the eyes of the audience were already looking over.

She gritted her teeth, hugged the boy's arms with both hands, and helped him stand up from the ground.

"Come on, we have to leave this place as soon as possible!"

…

Fifteen minutes later.

Ji Chunzao walked out of the store holding a bottle of mineral water.

She saw Yan Jingxing sitting on a bench not far away, waving weakly to her, subconsciously speeding up her pace and trotting all the way to his side.

"for you."
To be continued...