Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 140 Insomnia and Unknown Creatures (4000 words)
The big fish took the bait.

Seeing that the officials were willing to cooperate, Xie Shen nodded and said, "Okay."

Then he looked at Peng Ji behind him and asked, "Can my friend come along too?"

After a few seconds of silence, Mr. Zhu said, "Okay, but you have to leave now."

"There's no way a helicopter can land on this street."

"It's not appropriate to keep it in the sky all the time."

"So we have to hurry up."

As he spoke, Mr. Zhu waved to the soldiers around him.

Everyone understood what he meant and hurriedly climbed back into the helicopter along the rope ladder.

Next came Zhu Lao and Peng Ji.

When it was Xie Shen's turn.

He wanted to show himself in front of the military, so he mobilized the spiritual power in his body and leaped into the air.

While jumping, he did not forget to put his hands on the rope ladder to continue his upward momentum.

Under the gazes of countless people, Xie Shen jumped from the ground into the cabin of the helicopter in less than three seconds.

After sitting in your seat and putting on noise-canceling headphones.

All he could hear was Mr. Zhu speaking to Xie Shen through his headset: "You're quite skilled. What did you do before?"

Xie Shen replied: "Working in an electronics factory, you should be able to find out."

"What about before that?" Mr. Zhu asked.

Xie Shen was silent for a long time.

Finally, he decided to tell the other person the truth: "Before that, I had experienced a lot more."

"A disaster broke out on my planet."

"As a last resort, I followed the few survivors and fled to a planet called 'Phantom Soil Star'."

"A disaster happened on the Fantasy Earth at that time."

"Then we helped the people on that planet, and then we settled on that planet."

On the helicopter.

Although Xie Shen's experience seemed somewhat like a fairy tale, Mr. Zhu still listened to the whole story patiently.

He stared at Xie Shen again and looked him up and down for a long time.

Finally he confirmed: "So you are an alien?"

"That's it."

Helicopters are noisy.

Therefore, only Xie Shen and Zhu Lao, who were wearing headphones, could hear this conversation.

Therefore, Xie Shen didn't have to worry too much when speaking.

He continued, "But I did not come to your planet directly in my real body. Instead, I used magic to attach my soul to this body."

"Magic?" Mr. Zhu was stunned when he heard that.

Xie Shen did not explain much, but just waved his hand and used the "focusing technique" that even a cultivator in the Qi training stage could perform.

As he moved, a ball of light appeared from his palm.

After seeing this, Mr. Zhu was surprised and asked, "What's the principle behind this? How did you manage to make light appear on your hands?"

"That's a long story." Xie Shen replied: "As far as I know, all the extraordinary powers, or supernatural phenomena in this world, all come from indescribable creatures."

"Then those of us who know how to absorb and utilize the power of indescribable creatures are called 'practitioners'."

Mr. Zhu neither affirmed nor denied Xie Shen's words.

He just nodded to Xie Shen and didn't ask any more questions.

The group took a helicopter and flew for about an hour before finally landing on the top floor of an office building.

This office building is doing pretty good business.

Xie Shen observed:
Almost every floor of this office building is rented by companies or studios, and there is a constant stream of people coming and going.

Prosperity returns to prosperity.

But this place doesn't look like an official office space or a military base at all.

Thinking of this, Xie Shen couldn't help but feel confused.

And Mr. Zhu explained at the right time: "The place we are going to is considered a military base."

“It’s located underneath this building.”

“It’s built in the city because it’s mainly used for research.”

“There is no need to free up space for training.”

As he spoke, he led Xie Shen and Peng Ji into the elevator on the top floor.

This elevator looks like a custom one for the military.

There are only two buttons on it: 'Top floor' and 'Second floor below'.

After taking the elevator to the underground, Xie Shen saw another scene:
The first thing that caught his eye was a bunker door made of alloy.

There is a keyhole, fingerprint scanner and digital password input port on the door.

Mr. Zhu walked forward, placed his index finger on the fingerprint scanner, and entered a series of passwords into the digital input port.

The next second, the door opened silently by itself.

Before entering the bunker, Mr. Zhu reminded Xie Shen and Peng Ji: "Don't walk around after you go in. Follow me closely."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked in the front.

Although Mr. Zhu is old, he walks like a gust of wind.

In just a short while, he brought Xie Shen and Peng Ji to a sci-fi laboratory.

Xie Shen had seen too many laboratories like this at Li Xiu's place.

So I didn't act too surprised.

But Peng Ji is different.

He was like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, eager to see everything around him.

In the laboratory.

Mr. Zhu found a place to sit down and motioned to Peng Ji and Xie Shen, "Sit down."

"Just be casual. You can tell me what you want to eat or drink."

"No, I'll have someone buy it for me."

"No, no." Peng Ji said politely, "I'm not very thirsty now."

But Xie Shen was not being polite.

He really didn't need it for the time being: "I don't really want to drink water either."

"Okay then." Zhu Laochong and the other two said, "Just sit and wait for a while."

After saying this, the atmosphere in the entire laboratory suddenly fell into silence.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

A soldier suddenly trotted into the laboratory and said to Master Zhu with a piece of A4 paper, "Report, the information has been printed out."

"Just read it out." Mr. Zhu commanded.

"Yes!"

The soldier read from the A4 paper: "Name: Tao Tong."

"Born on December 6252, 12, and enrolled in Fandou Primary School on Fandou Street at the age of 5."

“I went to Fandou City No. 12 Middle School when I was years old.”

“When I was 18, I applied to Niseko University.”

“After that, I graduated at the age of 22 and found a sales job directly in the local area.”

"Note: According to the analysis of psychological experts, Tao Tong himself probably felt that the salary was too low, so he quit his job at the end of the year."

"After that, I have been working in the electronics factory until now." The soldier checked the original owner of this body, Tao Tong, inside and out with just a few words.

Xie Shen couldn't help but say: "Your efficiency is really good!"

Peng Ji stood there in a daze, marveling at the efficiency of the government.

But Zhu Laochong asked the soldier, "During this period, did Tao Tong come into contact with any special people, or encounter any special things?"

"No." The soldier replied, "Since he was born, Tao Tong has only lived in Fandou City and Xinxue City."

"Then during festivals, we will go to our hometown in the countryside on the outskirts of Fandou City."

“Never traveled abroad, never been to any uninhabited area.”

"According to calculations, the possibility of him encountering an unexpected event is infinitely close to zero."

In the laboratory.

After the soldier finished his analysis, Zhu Lao continued to say to Xie Shen: "An ordinary person can learn martial arts such as flying over eaves and walls overnight, and jump into a helicopter with one leap."

"He even knows hypnosis and a spell that can focus light."

"I can't think of a more reasonable explanation for all this, except for alien possession."

"So, I believe you."

"I believe you are from outer space."

Having said that, Mr. Zhu stood up.

He extended his right hand towards Xie Shen and said in a very formal tone: "On behalf of myself and all the humans on Jingchen Star, I welcome you to visit our planet."

"You're welcome."

Seeing his actions, Xie Shen hurriedly shook hands with Mr. Zhu in a very cooperative manner.

Ah this
Peng Ji, who witnessed the whole process, was completely dumbfounded.

What the hell?

Alien possession?
I'm afraid I'm dreaming?
Peng Ji was lost in thought.

Then Mr. Zhu asked Xie Shen, "So what is your real name? Or, how should I call you?"

"You can call me Xie Shen, or just use the name of this body, Tao Tong." Xie Shen introduced himself, "I come from the solar system, which is 2.64 light-years away from the center of the Milky Way. I then moved about 65 light-years to settle on Huanrang Star."

Zhu Lao nodded and asked Xie Shen, "So, what is the reason for your visit to our planet this time?"

"For cultivation, for breakthrough to a higher level."

Xie Shen answered truthfully: "I just told you that."

"In the entire universe, all humans who can absorb and utilize the power of indescribable creatures are collectively called practitioners."

"Then practitioners can be divided into different realms according to their different realms, such as Qi training, foundation building, golden elixir, Nascent Soul and Spirit transformation."

"Of course."

"Some planets may have different names for different realms, but they all basically mean the same thing."

"And now I am stuck in the Nascent Soul stage."

"In order to break through the bottleneck of the Nascent Soul stage and reach the Spiritualization stage, I performed a technique called 'Butterfly Dream' and came to your planet."

In the laboratory.

After understanding the whole story, Mr. Zhu tapped the table lightly with his knuckles.

The next second, another soldier trotted in from outside and shouted, "Report!"

Mr. Zhu nodded in response.

He said to the soldier, "Did you record what Xie Shen just said?"

"Yes." The soldier's answer was concise and clear.

But Mr. Zhu asked again: "What did the psychologist say just now?"

The soldier said truthfully: "Based on Xie Shen's facial expression and the tone of his voice, the possibility that he is lying is less than 10%. If we analyze it in combination with the various information available, then the overall possibility that he is lying is less than 1%."

Mr. Zhu nodded again.

He no longer paid attention to the soldier, but turned to Xie Shen and said comfortingly: "I'm sorry."

"Aliens are visiting my planet. This is a very important matter."

"So our conversation will be recorded throughout the process, and a psychologist will analyze whether what you say is true."

"I don't mind that. After all, one should be on guard against others." Xie Shen emphasized, "In short, as long as you can help me break through the bottleneck of my own cultivation, then everything else will be fine."

"Even my cultivation methods and the technology I have mastered that far exceeds your planet's can be given to you as appropriate."

"Ha." Mr. Zhu gave a very businesslike smile and said politely, "Then on behalf of everyone on Jingchen Star, thank you in advance."

"Well," he continued, "let me first tell you about the basic situation on the Quiet Morning Star!"

"As you can see, all humans on the Quiet Morning Star, without exception, suffer from 'Insomnia'."

"Then according to our analysis, the appearance of this symptom is suspected to be closely related to these creatures."

As Mr. Zhu spoke, he suddenly gave a wink to the soldier beside him.

When the latter saw this, he hurriedly turned on a projector in the laboratory and connected it to the computer.

Soon, the image appeared on the projector.

The picture seems to have been taken by someone riding a helicopter or a drone, and the main perspective is in the air.

Can see:

The screen showed several unidentified humanoid creatures wearing black cloaks, with only their faces exposed, hanging above the city.

The reason why the word "hanging" is used is because the heads, hands and feet of those humanoid creatures naturally hang down.

Although they were not actually hung by ropes.

But it gave people the feeling of being hung in the air.

"This is."

Xie Shen and Peng Ji, who saw this scene, were both stunned.

But Mr. Zhu explained: "Under normal circumstances, humans cannot see those humanoid unidentified creatures with the naked eye."

"You have to wear special glasses to see those unidentified creatures."

Special glasses?
Xie Shen tried to confirm with Zhu Lao: "Are they zirconium metal glasses?"

Mr. Zhu was shocked when he heard this.

He acquiesced: "You even know this?"

Xie Shen explained: "On the planet where I am, there was a substance similar to black mist."

"The black fog is invisible to the naked eye."

"You have to use a glass lens doped with a high amount of metal to observe the existence of the black fog."

"Black fog?" Mr. Zhu frowned after hearing this.

He did not ask any further questions, but continued to introduce the humanoid creatures that were "hanging" in the air.

"The reason why these humanoid creatures appear is related to the emergence of 'Insomnia'."

"Because before that, their eyes were open."

"Are your eyes open?" Xie Shen asked with a hint of doubt in his tone.

Mr. Zhu continued: "Yes, they are all open."

"Then when insomnia began to break out, the eyes of those humanoid creatures inexplicably closed again."

"It's such a coincidence."

"That's why we suspect that insomnia is likely related to humanoid creatures."

He said.

"We tried to make contact with the humanoids."

"But then we discovered that those creatures had no substance at all, they could not be touched."

"After that, we tried to use sound waves, light, radio waves and other means to communicate with those creatures."

“But they all failed.”

(End of this chapter)