Chapter 1 of 10
Chapter 1
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"Hey, Mr. Su, your package has arrived. Please come down to collect it."
"Arrived, so soon? Alright, I'll be right there!"
Su Mo put on a pair of shorts, slipped into his slippers, and rushed out the door. He was a sci-fi model enthusiast who had bought a flying saucer model for 80 yuan on Taobao yesterday, expecting it to take three days to arrive. He didn't expect the delivery to be so fast.
He went downstairs, signed for the package, and then rushed up to the fifth floor in one breath. Closing the door and entering the room, he kicked off his slippers, opened the drawer, found a pair of scissors, and in one smooth motion, opened the package.
The flying saucer model was right in front of him. At first glance, Su Mo was very satisfied. The model's battle damage indicated that the seller hadn't lied. When he touched the flying saucer model, he became even more satisfied. Normally, a high-quality model would cost several hundred yuan, but this 80-yuan item had surprisingly good material and exquisite craftsmanship, even giving him a sense of extreme realism!
"Five-star review! The seller is a model master! Must give a five-star review!"
Su Mo marveled. The flying saucer was good, but it was a bit small, only the size of a palm. If it were as big as a house, it would be even more impressive.
"My dream isn't to pilot a Gundam; my dream is to pilot a space battleship!"
After admiring the flying saucer for a while, Su Mo nodded in satisfaction and prepared to place it on the storage box at the upper left corner of his desk. As he picked up the flying saucer, it suddenly flickered with a blue light.
"Huh?"
Su Mo was startled and muttered, "The seller even put in a light? That's too considerate."
Just as Su Mo placed the flying saucer on the storage box, he took out his phone, ready to take a photo and post it on the forum for online model enthusiasts to comment. Suddenly, a voice came from the flying saucer model!
"Hello!"
"Hello!"
It wasn't one voice, but two!
Su Mo was stunned. In the next second, his mouth dropped open, and his phone fell from his hand, starting a free fall.
"Thud!"
The phone hit the ground, and Su Mo saw two people appear in his line of sight! Two people who had just walked out of the palm-sized flying saucer model! They were growing! From the size of a finger, to the size of a palm, to the size of a head, and then to the size of adults!
"Holographic projection? Did the seller install a projector in the model?"
Su Mo reached out and touched the head of the left goat-headed person, thinking it was a mask. He pulled hard, but it didn't budge.
He then reached for the right goat-headed person, pinched the goat's ear, and pulled hard, but it still didn't budge.
"Nice to meet you, friend from Earth."
"Nice to meet you, friend from Earth."
The two goat-headed people spoke one after the other.
"Damn!"
Su Mo glanced at the left goat-headed person, then at the right, and his body fell backward, landing on the bed, fainting.
...
Su Mo had never imagined that buying a flying saucer model on Taobao would scare him unconscious. Being scared wasn't the main issue; the key was that the flying saucer model was actually a real flying saucer, and two aliens had walked out of it!
They called themselves the Goat People.
"Ordinary people can't see us."
"The Goat People love peace."
"We consider you one of us."
"We can turn feces into gold."
"Growing two goat horns on your head is more in line with the mainstream aesthetic of the universe."
"Other people have only one life, but you are different; you have more lives than a cat."
"We once played the role of gods in a different dimension. If you like, you can too."
"We occasionally play the role of ordinary people and use particle weapons to test the hardness of dragon bodies."
"There are many beautiful women in the other dimension, all of the types you like. You can have them..."
"Life is not easy; we must cherish it."
All of the above were said by the two Goat People in the past minute. Su Mo sat in a chair, looking at the two Goat People sitting on the bed.
"Are you Zeus?" Su Mo pointed at the left Goat Person, who nodded.
"Are you Poseidon?" Su Mo pointed at the right Goat Person, who nodded.
Su Mo rubbed his head and then spread his hands to the two aliens, "You two, did you act out Greek mythology thousands of years ago?"
The shorter one called himself Zeus, and the taller one called himself Poseidon. They talked about life being hard and cherishing it. Su Mo suspected that these aliens had watched too many foreign soap operas and browsed certain websites.
"Cherish it, you two are aliens!"
"Zeus in Greek mythology was a lightning warrior I created. He was torn apart by a group of dragons in a different dimension. If not for the last accident, a new lightning warrior would have been created," Zeus answered calmly.
"Poseidon in Greek mythology was an ice warrior I created. He was also torn apart by a group of dragons in a different dimension. If not for the last accident, a new ice warrior would have been created," Poseidon responded.
Listening to the two aliens, Su Mo could only remain silent. Since they were aliens, how could he not believe their story? Alright, let's assume these Goat People created Greek mythology. Then, what do they want to do next? Return from the other dimension to Earth and start a new wave of deification?
"We encountered resistance from the native deities in the other dimension."
"Our spaceship was severely damaged."
"We need to repair our spaceship."
"We need to fight back." Poseidon paused, looking at Su Mo.
Su Mo shook his head. They were talking about peace just a moment ago, and now they want to fight back. Don't treat all Earthlings as fools. Besides, you are aliens; why go to the other dimension to play with the natives? Isn't returning to the universe better? Isn't the vast universe better than a so-called other dimension?
In Su Mo's view, the other dimension was basically similar to Earth, just with a different civilization system. It had magic, deities, and so on, which were different paths of civilization. However, no matter how splendid the other dimension's civilization was, could it compare to the universe?
"It's not that we don't want to go home." Zeus spoke as if he could read minds.
"Our mothership crashed in the other dimension." Poseidon added.
"Without the mothership, we can't go home." Zeus and Poseidon looked at each other, both feeling helpless.
Seeing the two Goat People looking at him, Su Mo shook his head. If the aliens who created Greek mythology couldn't do it, what could he, a regular Earthling, do?
"We are extremely weak now, and our combat strength is not strong."
"If we are caught, we will only end up as slices on a lab table."
"The spaceship's energy is less than one percent, and it cannot be activated."
"We need a lot of energy. The electricity consumed by Earth in one day can replenish about five percent of the energy."
"Actually, it's very simple. Just connect the flying saucer to the power line, and it can start charging. It's a simple task. However, we love peace and are not suitable for such actions."
Su Mo understood. The two Goat People wanted him to provide energy for the flying saucer. He glanced at the palm-sized, broken flying saucer on the storage box. The electricity consumed by Earth in one day could only replenish five percent of the energy. How many megawatts of electricity was that?
"Imagine a bright night where half of the Earth suddenly falls into darkness. What a magnificent scene that would be." At this point, Poseidon touched his goat horns and spoke in a calm, slightly serious tone.
Magnificent? If the flying saucer really absorbed the electricity of a city, or even half of the Earth, for a day, it wouldn't be magnificent; it would be a global terror!
A century-long blackout!
If discovered, he would likely spend the rest of his life in a cage. In today's society, a blackout affecting half of the Earth would cause at least billions in losses. He was just a regular student who wanted to enjoy his summer. Su Mo continued to shake his head. He wasn't going to help aliens steal electricity from Earthlings; he wasn't a traitor.
"We are tired. We will continue tomorrow." Zeus and Poseidon looked at each other, and Poseidon said to Su Mo. Then, the two Goat People took over Su Mo's bed in front of him.
Soon, Su Mo heard the snoring of the Goat People.
Su Mo walked to the window, pulled the curtains, and looked at the bright night, feeling deeply about the day's encounter.
However, less than ten seconds later, his view turned dark. The neighborhood had lost power, and several nearby streets had also lost power.
Su Mo turned his head sharply, looking at the flying saucer on the storage box. The flying saucer was still broken, but it looked very real, almost like a toy.
"Power outage, it must be an accident, not related to them..."
Su Mo whispered, looking at the darkness.