The universe is very large. If you don't see it with your own eyes, people may never be able to imagine how vast and huge this world is. There are billions of small galaxies in the Milky Way, and there are tens of thousands of galaxies like the solar system that have biological existence. There are all kinds of intelligent creatures that have produced civilizations. A civilized planet.
Therefore, it is not that Su Jinzhi has never been in contact with other aliens. After all, since the earth joined the Galactic Alliance of Intelligent Civilizations, the network used by people has become an interstellar network covering the entire galaxy. Everyone can meet and make friends from different aliens on the interstellar network. Intelligent creatures on planets and different galaxies, and the earth has not expanded the space travel business for the time being because of human life span and physical fitness, but it has signed an agreement to allow other extraterrestrial creatures to travel to the earth, so extraterrestrial Living things are actually very common on earth.
However, these extraterrestrial creatures are almost all tourists from other small galaxies in the Milky Way. This is the first time Su Jinzhi has encountered intelligent creatures from galaxies outside the Milky Way.
After he sent the answer, he just stared blankly at the screen, and it took a few seconds to realize that the person shouldn't be as bored as him at the moment. He kept his wristband waiting for a reply, and poked into the person's space to look at him. data of.
The person's space is very simple and clean, with only one movement, which seems to be a distant view of a star. The whole body of the star is deep blue, and against the background of the dark universe, it emits a bright blue flame color, while There seems to be a gap in the middle of it, like a long and narrow canyon, which is full of opal-like bright crystals, all the colors are condensed together, and the light is deep and beautiful.
Su Jinzhi was fascinated by watching it, and it was not until the bracelet vibrated that he pulled his mind back from the photo of this planet.
He opened the bracelet in a panic, and found that the person did not reply to him, but sent him a friend request directly, and added a cute emoji at the end: [This is the first time I have come to Earth, can I be friends with you; D]
Su Jinzhi didn't think much about it, and just clicked to agree. After doing all this, Su Jinzhi smiled self-deprecatingly, feeling that he was really abnormal today, but he also had to admit that when he needed company most , how lucky you are to meet someone who is willing to talk to you, even if that person is a stranger.
After the friend's verification was passed, the person quickly sent a new question with a photo attached. He asked: [So this flower is called a sunflower? I thought it was called Rianhua. ]
Su Jinzhi glanced at the photo and found that it was also a sunflower, so he replied: [This flower also has many aliases, maybe you only heard one of them. ]
[Is that so? ]
[Yes. ]
After a few seconds, the man asked again: "Then why do my flowers look different from yours?" ]
Su Jinzhi laughed dumbfounded, and told him: [Because your flowers are edible sunflowers with seeds, while mine are just ornamental sunflowers. ]
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That night, Su Jinzhi chatted with that person for a long time. Like every alien tourist who first arrived on Earth, he was ignorant of everything and full of curiosity. Su Jinzhi patiently answered all his questions. The legend of sunflowers talks about how to eat sunflower seeds. These are trivial things that are extremely ordinary in the eyes of other earthlings. At this moment, they have become as strange and interesting as mysterious things that another person has never touched.
Until late at night, Su Jinzhi looked at the time, thinking that he would have to get up early to go to work tomorrow, so he reluctantly put down his phone and sent it to that person: [I have to sleep, and I have to go to work tomorrow. Know your name, my name is Su Jinzhi, what is your name? ]
The man quickly sent him a string of characters. Su Jinzhi glanced at it and found that he didn't recognize all of them: [I don't know the characters of your planet...]
[The translator doesn't seem to be able to translate, why don't you give me a name. ] The man replied, [in your Earth's script. ]
Su Jinzhi was taken aback when he saw this sentence: [But the name is very important. ]
[Yes, that's why I want you to name me. ]
When Su Jinzhi saw his answer, his heart seemed to skip a beat for a moment. He took a deep breath, thought for a while and still didn't refuse: [Then I'll tell you tomorrow, okay? ]
[OK. ]
Su Jinzhi looked at the chat record between the man and himself in a daze, and didn't come back to his senses for a long time, but the bracelet suddenly vibrated again at the next moment, and Su Jinzhi almost threw the bracelet off the bed in fright.
He clicked on the chat box and found that the person had sent a voice message to him. Su Jinzhi hesitated a few times, but still couldn't resist poking the play button of the small speaker next to the voice - "My name is Sally Yeh, good night, Jinzhi."
The man's voice came to Su Jinzhi's ears through the small loudspeaker of the bracelet. It was a very deep male voice, like a cello solo in the night. Su Jinzhi held the bracelet, his heart beating and vibrating his chest, and he looked up. Ceiling, no other movement for a long time.
I don't know how long it took before he raised the bracelet again and turned on the small speaker next to the voice, so that the voice "good night" sounded repeatedly in the dark room.
Last night was a rare night for Su Jinzhi to sleep late. His routine was always fixed, but after waking up this morning, he felt full of energy, even faintly excited, even walking with wind.
His abnormality was quickly discovered by his colleagues, who gathered around him and asked him, "Jinzhi, are you in a relationship? Why are you so happy?"
"Of course not." Su Jinzhi immediately denied, but the next moment he couldn't help touching his face, afraid that he would come to the laboratory with a silly smile when he didn't know.
However, his colleagues did not believe his words: "Don't lie to us, your mouth is almost crooked."
"Really not." Su Jinzhi was a little helpless and confident, because he touched his face to make sure that he really didn't smile just now, "I just met a new friend..."
"I'll be my boyfriend in a few days." The colleagues looked at him narrowly.
"Impossible." Su Jinzhi smiled and shook his head, "He...he is not from Earth."
The colleague was stunned when he heard his words, and asked, "Alien creatures from other galaxies?"
"Yeah." Su Jinzhi said, "He said he didn't know anything when he came to Earth for the first time, so he asked me a lot of things related to Earth."
"Really?" The colleague still looked suspicious, "But when he came to the earth to travel and ask questions, he should also ask the tour guide. Why did he come to ask you?" But the next moment, the colleague sighed and patted Su Jinzhi on the shoulder, " But if he is an alien, there is no way for you to be together."
Su Jinzhi knew this answer a long time ago, but when he said this sentence from his colleague, for some reason, he felt a little disappointed and unwilling in his heart. He originally wanted to ask his colleague what surname he would use if he helped someone choose a name. After hesitating for a moment, he didn't open his mouth. He walked to the office and sat down, casually flipping through the papers on the table, hoping to find some nice words.
But those papers were filled with dense numbers and characters, and there were few Chinese characters, so Su Jinzhi struggled for a long time, neither thinking of a new name nor doing anything about today's work.
"What should I call it?" Su Jinzhi pouted his chin, looked at the beam of light projected into the room from the window, a thread of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, but it disappeared just as quickly, so he had no time to catch it.
Just when he was at a loss, the bracelet vibrated again.
Su Jinzhi didn't have much contact with anyone on weekdays, but on such a morning, it was self-evident who was looking for him. Su Jinzhi immediately opened his bracelet and looked for the person's text message: [Morning, have you gone to work yet? ]
[Yes, I'm already in the office. ] Su Jinzhi quickly typed the reply.
And the new news from that person came quickly: [Then did I interrupt your work? ]
Su Jinzhi immediately lied: [No. ]
[That's good ;D]
At the end there was another cute expression. Su Jinzhi thought of the deep male voice that repeatedly echoed in his ears yesterday and accompanied him to sleep. It was difficult to associate such a voice with someone who could use such a cute expression. When he noticed it, the corners of his lips curved slightly.
He asked that person: [I saw a photo in your space, that planet is so beautiful, is it your home planet? ]
[Yes, it glows, so it's kinda pretty to look at. ] The man replied quickly, [but I think your planet is more beautiful, just like you. ]
When he saw the last four words, Su Jinzhi was stunned for several seconds, and finally realized that he had posted a selfie in the space, he should have seen it, he looks really good, but his appearance is not ugly In the human age, it has become a very ordinary face.
So in so many years, this was the first time someone praised Su Jinzhi for his good looks—it was still in such a roundabout way.
The smile on Su Jinzhi's lips deepened, and his heart gradually accelerated uncontrollably, as if he was smoking addictive sweet powder. He had never felt this way before, and he wanted to continue chatting with this person, but Reason told him that it was time for him to put down his bracelet and start his work.
So Su Jinzhi replied to him: [I have already thought about your name. ]
[what is it call? ]
[I'll tell you tonight. ]
After sending this text message, Su Jinzhi quickly closed the chat box, put the bracelet back on his hand, looked at the golden beam of light projected onto the table, and smiled again.
After returning to the dormitory at night, instead of watching the sun set by the window as before, he quickly lay down on the bed after washing up, and sent a text message to that person: [Your surname is Jiang Hao, your name is Li Shan, and your surname is Jiang. Originated from Shennong, do you know Shennong? That is our human ancestor. ]
[What does Nali Mountain mean? ]
[Mountains appearing at dawn. ]
[Why are you calling me by this name? ]
[Because you come from a planet that can shine. ]
The author has something to say: "Why do you call me that name?"
"Because you come from a planet that emits light."
—You come from a place of light, and you are the direction where my dark night ushers in the dawn.