[1] One party passes

(Forbidden World, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, a.m., School City, School District 15)

The dark sky seemed to be soaked in ink, and the heavy dark clouds were pressed down like lead. Rumbling thunder rolled among the clouds in the distance, and from time to time several lightning bolts could be seen piercing the sky, emitting a huge roar. The soybean-sized raindrops were pushed by the strong wind and pounded on the outer glass of the building, crackling and clattering.

"Such a serious error in the weather forecast, [Tree Diagram Designer] ......" Fang Tong leaned back on the chair of the café and sipped the machihado in his cup, "There are other satellites that monitor the weather, it must be that they all crashed, right?"

The [tree designer] he is talking about is a supercomputer on the artificial satellite "Vega-1", and it may be the only computer in the world that can calculate the macroscopic of chaotic phenomena and quantum effects, and it is powerful enough to predict the weather in the school city in advance through simulation. It is said that the core material of [the tree designer] is some kind of exotic matter that cannot be mass-produced, so it works in a completely different way than the classical or quantum computers on the market.

In the popular impression of one side, the supercomputer's forecast accuracy rate is not 10% or 90%, and it is very rare for such a forecast to be diametrically opposed to the reality today, let alone a situation where the weather forecast is wrong but not corrected.

"Ahh In the seat across from him, Mikoto Misaka was scooping the ice cream from the cup with a spoon and said vaguely, "It's not like nothing hasn't happened before, but the drainage system in the school city is the most advanced, and this level of heavy rain won't cause an accident." ”

There are a lot of underground streets in the school city.,It's far from being comparable to the subway system in the outside world.。 These labyrinthine underground passages connect the underground floors around the station, and there are base stations at intervals to provide high-speed Wi-Fi even at tens of meters underground.

At that moment, a thunderbolt exploded over them, and the lights in the building flickered violently. The two of them were startled and hurriedly got up from their seats, and then they heard the sound of burnt wires, and then the lights around them suddenly disappeared, replaced by dim emergency lights.

"Isn't it...... Is the lightning protection facility broken? And there is no evacuation broadcast. ”

"Well, anyway, let's get out of here. ”

Once they had made up their minds, they trotted along the path that led to the safe exit. The rest of the people in the building reacted in much the same way - apart from a moment of panic at first, everyone knew what to do when they calmed down. The elevator was definitely not working, but the number of escape stairs was plentiful, and it didn't take long for them to descend to the underground mall here.

"Oops, I didn't expect the train to stop running, so I'm afraid I won't be able to go back for the time being. Standing in the dark underground street, Fang Fang couldn't help frowning, and several clerks in the shop next to him were comforting customers, "It's a little wrong, it stands to reason that the tram should have a special power supply line." ”

"If only I could reach Level 5, I should be able to support the tram by then. ”

One party took out his mobile phone and tried to contact Sora Akiyama, who was in the 19th school district, saying that he might not be able to conduct the afternoon capacity development class due to traffic obstructions. Unfortunately, like the rest of the facility, the base station appears to have ceased to work.

"Why don't you go up and see if there's a power outage in other areas?" he said as soon as he remembered that the tram system had stopped working, and so did the nearby underground mall, "Well, when I didn't say it, there was probably no power in this area." ”

After thinking about it, Ichibantong was a little disappointed to find that all he and Mikoto Misaka could do now seemed to be to wait here for the maintenance personnel to restore the power supply. He has a good collection of books in his data terminal, and he also downloads movies and anime in his spare time, so it is not a problem to pass the time. It's just that for some reason, when he looked around and looked at those dark corners and passages, he always felt an inexplicable sense of unease in his heart.

"Oh, do you want to watch it together?" the girl next to him raised her tablet at him, "March is new!"

After putting on the noise-cancelling headphones, the hustle and bustle of the crowd faded away, and the delicate images on the screen attracted most of the attention of the party. In all fairness, he feels that his taste is quite compatible with the other party, and he has a soft spot for brain-burning reasoning comics and animation works.

Time passed imperceptibly in the middle of watching. When he subconsciously stretched his neck, which was slightly numb from holding the same position for a long time, he suddenly found that all the emergency lights around him had been extinguished, and the entire underground street was quiet, and all he could see was a thick darkness, and the tablet in front of him was the only light source.

"Misaka-san...... You see, everyone else is gone. Fang Tong shuddered involuntarily, hurriedly took off the noise-canceling headphones, and couldn't hear any sound around him, "Shouldn't we also get out of here?"

"Hmm, what are you talking about? I can't hear you!" the other party said as he took off his headphones and turned his head to look at him, his delicate little face looked a little pale under the faint light of the screen, and then this face showed a look of horror, "What about the others? Why are we the only ones left?"

"I don't know. Well, should we go up first?"

He turned on the smart watch's emergency light source, straightened his left arm, and the not-so-dazzling beam of light shone straight ahead. The counters in the dimly lit shop were messy, but there was no one there. No, since there is no power restored here, and there is a raging storm outside, how can those who are trapped here like us disappear?

Just as one party was thinking wildly, a small tender hand took his hand from the right. He turned his head to see the girl's brown eyes staring straight at him, the fingers of her other hand flashing with lightning.

"Don't be afraid, I'll protect you, I'm an electric shock messenger close to Level 4!"

Hearing this, he suddenly felt his face heat up a little. Hmm, the girl said she wanted to protect something...... But then his sanity got back the upper hand. Close to the electric shock ability of Level 4, you can easily take down an opponent like an adult male when you use it with all your might, and even some large animals have a chance to solve it with one hit.

"Well, I believe you. One side gently shook the other's hand, a smile on his face, "But hopefully it's best not to run into situations that require the use of power." ”