In the past, Simmons didn't actually think about getting to know these "aboriginal people" in depth. In his opinion, he was just a passer-by who landed here accidentally, and would leave soon after a short stay.And before he left, he was willing to simply leave something behind for this backward civilization.

But now, from several exchanges with these aborigines, Simmons has some vague guesses about their appearance. He looked at these aborigines, recalled some details of the past, and the guesses in his mind became more and more appropriate.

They are likely to be artificially cultivated experimental subjects.

Many years ago, human experimentation was banned, but it was inevitable that some people would take risks for it.In order not to be discovered by the authorities, a remote and uninhabited planet like this is indeed an ideal choice.

Simmons also saw the news that an illegal experimental subject was seized from the news a few years ago, but knowing that such a thing existed was different from seeing it with his own eyes.

From a human point of view, after seeing these artificially created experimental subjects standing in front of him and communicating with him face to face, he became more aware of the cruelty of such experiments.

Not only the appearance, when you cover your eyes and communicate with them, you may not be able to tell the difference between them and humans at all, but the deformed growth environment has created their distorted concepts.

"What are you thinking?" An experimental subject looked at him suspiciously, with a trace of concern in his eyes. During this time, they had already begun to accept the existence of Simmons unconsciously, "You seem to have somesad."

"Nothing." Simmons shook his head, "Can I ask one more question?"

"what is the problem?"

"Are you the only ones on this planet?"

An experimental subject shook his head, and he told Simmons, "There are still stars."

Star?

Unlike the numbers of the experimental subjects, the objects called "stars" have a name that does not consist of numbers.

Simmons had a little curiosity about the "star", but he quickly suppressed this curiosity. If he wants to stay here, he will always know it.

——

Simmons understood the principle that everything should be done step by step, so he didn't try to change anything at the beginning, but slowly drew closer to the experimental subjects.

He glanced at the sky, then looked around at the experimental subjects who came and squatted around the fire, and said nothing more: "Let me teach you how to barbecue."

After he spoke, the eyes of the test subjects lit up, and their gazes were fixed on Simmons' movements.

When Simmons was teaching, he was still very detailed. He also held the piece of meat in his hand as a demonstration from time to time. The transparent fat dripped along the roasted meat on the burning branches, and the aroma spread in the air. Several experimentersThe body couldn't help swallowing.

"Do you remember what I just said?" Simmons asked them.

"remember."

"Then is there anything you don't understand? If you don't understand, you can ask me now." Simmons induced them to ask questions.

The experimental subjects shook their heads, they had memorized everything Simmons said.

"It seems very simple." 77 looked at 76 confidently, "I'll give you a barbecue when I get back."

The experimental subjects who learned something new couldn't wait to go back and catch a prey to start trying.

Simmons looked at the self-confidence faintly revealed by the experimental subjects, and couldn't help but said: "Why don't you leave first, and I will watch you bake it once?"

However, the experimental subjects who were overconfident in themselves felt that they did not need this kind of extra guidance, so they rejected his kindness and left full of confidence.

——

Not only 77, but all the experimental subjects felt that they had remembered the points Simmons said, and firmly believed that they could perfectly grill the same delicious meat.

Although the comprehension ability of the experimental subjects is not bad, cooking is not something that can be done with hands.

In all fairness, when Simmons taught the experimental subjects, he had already explained it in great detail, but when the experimental subjects actually operated it, they found that there seemed to be something different.

Before the experimental subjects left, Simmons gave the experimental subjects seasoning and fire tools, told them the key points of starting a fire and the precautions to prevent the fire from igniting the surroundings.

77 lit the fire according to the steps Simmons said, and then processed the prey according to Simmons said and put on the seasoning.After skewering the meat with twigs, he looked at the thin layer of seasoning on the raw meat, turned his head and asked 76: "Is there a little less?"

He leaned over to smell it, and Simmons told them that these seasonings are also the key factors to make the barbecue delicious, but 77 only smelled a faint smell when he got closer, which was not as strong as the barbecue Simmons put on the fire.

76 handed him the seasoning next to it: "Then add a little more."

The two men and snakes gathered around the fire, carefully smeared the seasoning on the inside and outside of the meat, and then put on the fire: "This is almost the same."

The two snakes sat down by the fire, turning the meat on the fire from time to time, looking forward to the moment when the meat was cooked.

Soon the meat was roasted out of fat, but at the same time it also gave off a burnt smell. 77 hastily turned the meat over, and the turned meat had turned black.

"It doesn't seem the same as the meat roasted by Simmons?" 77's eyes showed a trace of doubt.

76 thought for a while: "The meat we roast is not the same animal as Simmons, so it should be normal to be different?"

77 was successfully persuaded by him, and the two snakes continued to follow the steps Simmons said.

In the end, 80% of the outside of the grilled meat turned black. 77 tore off a piece of meat and tasted it, and it was bitter.

Because they were too confident in themselves, 76 and 77 did not prepare other food except for the charred meat. The two snakes looked up at the sky. The sun had already set and the sky was getting darker.

77's tail moved to 76's side, and poked 76: "What do you want to eat tonight?"

"It's all right." 76 extinguished the fire while getting up, "Let's go hunting together."

Just when the two snakes were about to hunt again, the star appeared, holding a prey in his hand.

"Why are you here, Xingxing?"

Xingxing frowned, and pushed the prey to them: "I saw that they were also playing with fire and burned the food, so they came to you with food." Xingxing had just scorched a dozen of them before this.The food experiment delivered dinner.

"35 also burned a little of his own vines." While speaking, Xingxing's eyes subconsciously fell on 77 and 76.

76's tail is black, so it's not very obvious if there are any dirty things on it, but 77 is different. His tail is white, and it is particularly conspicuous with a layer of black ash on it.

It's not just the tail, 76's face was also smeared with ashes, and 77's hair was also accidentally burnt to a strand.

It looked like a mess.

Fire is very dangerous, or in other words, it is very dangerous to the experimental subjects, Xing Xing looked at 76 and 77 seriously.

The experimental subjects have not seen a forest fire caused by lightning, but Xing Xing has seen it before the last sleep.The fire at night lit up almost half of the sky, and the animals in the forest rushed out. Some animals died in the fire, and others died on the way out.

Xingxing pointed to 77's hair: "Look, your hair has been burned a little."

After being pointed out by Xing Xing, 77 noticed a short section of charred black at the end of his hair.

The two snakes looked at each other, and there was a hint of guilt in their eyes when they looked at the stars.

Seeing them like this, I originally wanted to tell them seriously, don't touch the fire stars again, and swallowed what I wanted to say.

He looked at 76 and 77: "Are you happy with the barbecue today?"

Under the gaze of the stars, 76 and 77 felt a little guilty about their failed barbecue and burning their hair for a while, but they still nodded honestly.

Xing Xing asked them the reason curiously, 77 and 76 told him after thinking about it seriously: "Because I haven't seen it before, I didn't expect fire to be used like this."

When 77 said this, there was still a hint of novelty in his tone.

After simply chatting with the two snakes, Xingxing quickly left to find other experimental subjects.

After Xing Xing left, the two snakes looked at each other, 77 reached out and wiped the ashes from 76's face, and 76 cut off the burnt ends of hair for 77.

Although the barbecue failed, they were still very happy for some reason, and couldn't help laughing at each other.

——

The weather on this day was actually very good. It was clear and cloudless during the day, and it happened to be full moon at night. The soft moonlight shone from the gaps in the leaves. There were no clouds in the sky, and the sky full of stars could be clearly seen.

Simmons took a blanket from the starship, laid it on the ground and lay down quickly, looking at the sky.

Just when he was about to fall asleep in the gentle night wind, a dark cloud had quietly gathered above his head at some point, and a thunderbolt suddenly exploded from above his head, startling the people sleeping there.

Simmons sat up subconsciously with the blanket in his arms, then raised his head and glanced at the sky. According to his many years of experience, there would be no rain today, let alone thunder.

Not only Simmons, but other subjects also heard the thunder. 76 and 77 were ready to go to sleep at this point. When they heard the thunder suddenly, 77 subconsciously hid himself in the direction of 76, and was caught by 76.He covered his ears.

On the other side, Simmons, who felt a little strange, looked up and found that there was only a large piece of dark cloud above his head, which was so dark that it looked like it would rain at any time.

Simmons immediately decided to hug his blanket and move to the ground, but as soon as he got up, he saw crackling raindrops falling directly.

The range of rainfall extends around Simmons, which happens to be a circle of about ten meters. When Simmons takes a step forward, the dark clouds above his head also move forward a little.

This local rainfall is a bit obvious.

The drenched Simmons wiped his face, thinking that he was unlucky and had bad luck.

The rain came and went quickly.

After Simmons changed his clothes and came out, he found a boy with a bad face standing outside his starship.

He looked shorter than the other subjects, so Simmons regarded him as a minor among the subjects when he saw him.

Simmons remembered the "star" the subjects said, so it should be him.

"You gave them fire." The teenager looked at Simmons, frowning, and seemed not very satisfied with Simmons' behavior.

Simmons, who originally planned to greet him with a smile, saw him come to find fault, and the smile on his face fell.

"What do you want to say?"

"They have never been in contact with fire before, nor have they thought about using fire." Xing Xing suddenly said this.

Without Simmons, Xingxing would never take the initiative to let the experimental subjects come into contact with things like fire.

When Simmons landed on this planet, the stars had already been discovered, but he didn't care about Simmons, nor did he appear in front of him. In his opinion, Simmons was just an insignificant person, but because the experimental subjectThey seemed to be very curious about him, so he didn't use his power to drive him away from the area where the experimental subjects were active.

Today, the experimental subjects lit a fire and grilled meat, and ended up getting themselves dirty. Xing Xing hardly had to think about it, and it must have been learned from Simmons.

Thinking of the embarrassment of the experimental subjects, Xing Xing couldn't help playing tricks on Simmons a little.

"I saw that 35's vines were burned a little by the fire, and a small piece of the fluff on 13's tail was roasted off." Xing Xing said earnestly, "Fire is very dangerous to them."

Simmons, who had been patiently trying to hear what he had to say, suddenly felt a little guilty at this moment.He has never been in contact with experimental subjects like 77 and the others before. Fire is frequently used in human life, so Simmons only considered the cooking skills of the experimental subjects, subconsciously ignoring the possibility that they are not familiar with firesex.

"It was my negligence." He looked at the stars. At first he thought that the stars were also experimental subjects, but they were just special, but now he quickly dispelled this guess.Before he came to this planet, it was very possible that he was the one who taught those experimental subjects all the time.

However, he always felt that the young man in front of him had a strong sense of inhumanity.

"But you came here to ask me to stop and teach them the behavior of using fire?" Although Simmons admitted that his previous behavior was indeed inconsiderate in some places, but if Xingxing came here to make such a request, Simmons still disagreed.

But Xingxing shook his head, hesitating: "I don't know either."

He naturally hoped that the experimental subjects could live safely on the planet. In the days when he was not sleeping, he could also use his own power to keep the environment around the experimental subjects from any threat.

But the subjects looked happy.

Although they had to starve for a while because of the burnt meat, a little hair was burned off, or a piece of skin was accidentally burned by the flames, they were all happy.

"I hope they can have a good time." He is unwilling to interfere with the behavior of the experimental subjects, hoping that they can do what they want.

Xing Xing said: "But I think fire is very dangerous to them."

Simmons listened to him carefully, and inexplicably heard a sense of sight from his tone.

"You look so weird." Simmons looked at him seriously for a while, then muttered.

He had already brought out another blanket. He sat on one side of the blanket, then patted the other side, looking at the stars: "Do you want to sit here?"

Xingxing glanced at him, then sat down with his knees hugged.

"In our place, you will definitely be complained about by Starnet over a dozen floors." Simmons looked at the stars and said seriously, "We believe that children should be let go after they grow up and let them go their own way.The task of being a parent is to teach them how to face possible risks before then."

Although the stars don't look like they are a generation older than the experimental subjects, but there seems to be nothing wrong with bringing them inside.

"If you really love them and want to treat them well, you should let them have the ability to resist risks, instead of isolating them from all risks." Of course, Simmons thinks that no one can do the latter..

"I don't understand." Xingxing couldn't help frowning when he heard this, "Why can't we isolate them from all risks?"

"They can obviously live in safety and security all the time."

His tone and expression were too serious, causing Simmons to get stuck for a moment, and he was led directly into the ditch following his train of thought.

"But many times the risks and benefits go hand in hand."

"I've been to a lot of planets," Simmons said.

"On a planet where the wind blows all the year round, there is a bird that lives in the mountain walls. When the young birds are full of feathers, their parents will push the young birds out of the nest."

"The wind outside the nest could easily kill the chicks trying to fly, but if they don't take the initiative to step out of the nest, they can only stay in the palm-sized nest forever."

Simmons looked at him. "But birds belong in the sky."

He paid attention to Xing Xing's expression. After listening to his words, he seemed to be lost for a moment, then turned his head away again, and his voice sounded a little muffled: "I see."

Because he looked young, Simmons suddenly had the illusion that he was bullying a child.

He touched the tip of his nose, and his tone sounded softer: "Don't worry, I will be more thoughtful in the future, and this will never happen again."

He said and added: "If you are really worried, you can also come and watch."

Because of the special nature of the experimental subjects, Simmons easily accepted that the stars were their guardians.

Simmons, who enthusiastically prepared the teaching plan for the experimental subjects, couldn't wait to find the only person who could exchange experience to share his plan.

"I plan to tell them the history of interstellar development."

Simmons asked: "By the way, how is their Interstellar Common Language? Have they learned all the letters?"

He looked at Xing Xing's blank expression, and had a vague premonition.

Sure enough, he heard the other party ask suspiciously: "What is the history of interstellar development? What is the interstellar common language? What are the letters?"

——

After the first communication with Xing Xing, Simmons silently dug out the children's books at the bottom of the box in his starship warehouse.

However, although the plan is already being arranged, it will not be time to mention this to the experimental subjects in a while.Xingxing will not take the initiative to interfere with the behavior of the experimental subjects, he will always stand on the side of the experimental subjects, so there is no possibility of speaking for Simmons.

So he still had to establish a good relationship with the experimental subjects to gain their trust before he could go any further.

With the progress of communication with the experimental subjects in terms of cooking skills, Simmons gradually became familiar with the experimental subjects, and his range of activities also slowly expanded from the position of the starship.

On this day, when he was walking in the forest after eating and drinking, he happened to meet 76 and 77.

The two snakes lowered their heads and didn't know what they were doing. Out of curiosity, Simmons took a look and found that 76 and 77 were putting the two snakes together.

The two snakes that were forcibly joined together quickly crawled away in two directions, but they were quickly picked up by one hand and put together again not far away.

Simmons didn't know why, relying on the fact that he was able to talk to the experimental subjects recently, he asked, "What are you doing?"

77 looked at Simmons, he knew that Simmons knew a lot of things that he and other experimental subjects didn't know: "Why don't they get entangled?"

"What's entangled?" Simmons was taken aback.

"In spring, I saw that the tails of two snakes would be entangled." 77 looked down at the two snakes that were crawling to both ends, and looked at Simmons suspiciously: "Why are they not entangled now??”

Simmons looked at the puzzled eyes of 76 and 77, and was dumbfounded for a while.

At this moment, he thought of the early childhood education picture book he had dug out, and then overturned the education plan he had chosen at this moment.

Simmons looked at the two snakes in front of him. Although they didn't understand anything, they were indeed adults.

He touched his nose, and after thinking for a long time, he told 76 and 77: "Because it's already summer."

"Summer?" What does this have to do with Xia Tian?The two snakes were puzzled.

"Maybe it's because... in summer, if two tails are entangled, it will be very hot..."

77 looked at the tip of the small half of his tail wrapped around 76's body, it was a bit strange, obviously it wasn't very hot.