Chapter 1 Thirteen years after a meteor
The 2017 National Day holiday coincides with the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the "double festival" gets together and has about a week's holiday.
Many urban white-collar workers return to their hometowns to visit relatives they have not seen for many days; unmarried colleagues and friends have joined forces and set up a family to travel to various places in the east, west, north and south to see the great rivers and mountains of the motherland.
Sun Buqi, who has been frustrated emotionally and in his career, is also one of the thousands of tourists. He originally wanted to go to Lijiang, the capital of his encounters, to heal his emotional wounds. But when booking tickets, it seemed that an inexplicable voice was shouting in my ear: Shangri-La.
Shangri-La appeared in the famous novel "Lost Horizen" by British writer James Hilton in the 30s of the 20th century, and became so popular that it was soon made into a movie of the same name and won several Oscars, making it even more well-known to the world.
Sun Buqi hesitated, but decided to follow the call of his heart and changed the destination of his travel to Shangri-La, which many Europeans will never forget.
Today is his fourth day in Shangri-La, which is different from the travel enthusiast who "gets in the car to sleep, gets off the bus to pee, and takes pictures at the scenic spots". Sun Buqi prefers "in-depth travel" and is used to staying in one place and savoring it slowly. He felt that rushing and daring to travel like a horse and flowers was tantamount to completing a task, which was not enjoyment, but pure spending money to buy sin.
Today, the moon stars are scarce, Sun Buqi couldn't hold back his mood, and asked the owner of the farmhouse to put the table in the courtyard to pay tribute to Su Dongpo who "when is the bright moon, ask the wine to the sky".
Compared with Faye Wong's cold version, there is no doubt that the former is more in line with the bold style of Su Dongpo, and it is more in line with the poet's mood after drinking all night.
However, misfortune is not a one-way street, and blessings are incomparable. Sun Buqi looked at the meteor flying towards him in the sky, and shouted, "Pit daddy!", and lost all consciousness.
The guest disappeared without a trace in front of his eyes, and if it weren't for the wine glass that fell to the ground, the owner of the restaurant would have felt like he was in a dream. He looked at this scene and opened his mouth to come out, "Wife, come out and see God!"
"At 20:07:05 on October 4, 2017 capital time, an asteroid impact occurred on the earth, and the impact site was 40 kilometers northwest of YNXGLL County, with an explosive yield equivalent to 540 tons of TNT. At present, Shangri-La has not received any reports from various towns and villages, and the above is the report received by this station about the injuries of villagers and the damage to houses in this incident. ”
The announcer sat down and introduced the "meteor incident" in a straight and round manner. The incident was also filmed as a short video by local tourists, which was later uploaded to the Internet.
"Star hunters" from all over the world are rubbing shoulders with each other, heading for Shangri-La, heading for money. They crossed mountains and mountains in search of meteorites worth tens of millions, but all of them returned in vain.
Meteors are so slow that they shouldn't burn up in the atmosphere, and theoretically there should be kilogram-sized meteorites, but the results are beyond everyone's expectations: meteors appear very suddenly, and disappear even more suddenly.
There is frequent news of meteorites in various places, but unfortunately they are all "seen dead", and they are all clumsy hoaxes.
The star hunter scolded and left Shangri-La, scolding those unreliable "brick families" in his mouth, and scolding his peers who have sprung up like mushrooms, but he does not scold his greed, hoping to get rich overnight.
Sun Buqi lay quietly on the bed, his eyes were empty, and his gaze was unfocused. In fact, he has been in this action for more than three hours. A moment ago, I was in the dry Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, but now I am lying on a simple wooden bed, and the ups and downs of the world are nothing more than this.
The ceiling is yellow and white, an old electric fan creaks, the bed is a bunk bed, which is a common configuration in schools, and a few young people next to it are happily playing "Bubble Hall".
Through the window, Sun Buqi could see the redbud flowers behind the house, and the mischievous squirrels jumping up and down the trees. Farther away is a rudimentary playground where dozens of young people are frantically grabbing a soccer ball despite the scorching sun in the sky.
He took advantage of the toilet to secretly observe the environment. I haven't been kidnapped by aliens, I'm not filming a stage scene, and I'm not a prank by some people. In the mirror, I am very young, and I don't have the yellow marks left by staying up late to write manuscripts and smoking all year round.
Everything is so familiar and strange, and all kinds of pieces in the head are nailed in the head like a wedge.
Sun Buqi looked at the bedside, the neatly arranged third volume of "College English", listening to the familiar southern and northern tones in the dormitory, those are roommates who have lived for four years, although they went their separate ways after graduation, they have not completely broken off contact in the future.
Four boys sit around a computer and take turns playing "Bubble Hall". They work in pairs, like elementary and middle school students playing table tennis, one dies and the other gets on the horse. The whole room is filled with the sound of characters dropping bubbles, bubbles exploding, and characters dying.
The last second was the National Day in 2017, and now it is the National Day in 2004, which is when Sun Buqi's sophomore year just started. A meteor streaks across the sky, for others it is a strange spectacle for a few seconds, a joke after dinner, for him, it is a full thirteen years!
13 is a very taboo number, which is regarded as an unlucky number by some countries and nations in the West. Jesus had a dinner with his disciples before his death, and the 13th person who attended the dinner was Jesus' disciple Jesus.
Sun Buqi was a staunch atheist, but now he was a little shaken. He didn't know if there was a connection between the throbbing of his previous trip to Shangri-La and the unexpected meteors in the sky.
Does Heaven want to help him, and doesn't want too many sad things to happen in his previous life, and wants everything to change again?
Apo, who lived in the same dormitory and was in a different class, kept complaining, "I killed five people, and we still lost! You idiot can't kill anyone, and you won't save me? You will grab food, and if I eat that "needle", it will be equivalent to one more life, and we will be able to turn the tables ......."
The one who was complained about was called Li Zhi, who called himself "Ah Dao", and the name came from the Sakuragi Hanamichi of "Slam Dunk". He scratched his head and explained in a low voice: "I waited for you in front of the props for more than ten seconds. If I don't eat it, I'll be snatched away by other people, and I'm helpless!"
Ah Dao is 1.85 meters, more than 150 pounds, and Apo, who is less than 1.7 meters and weighs less than 12 meters, is like a grandson. This is the normal state of life in college, where game masters dominate the world in the game, and sports masters look at the world on the court; during the exam, the top students score 90 points, leaving behind "I don't play well this time, work hard next semester", and hide my merit and fame.
Apo continued to complain and vent the anger in his heart, as a PVP in the game, he was turned over because of "pig teammates", not to mention that among the pig teammates, there is also a roommate who "opens the black" together!
Ah Dao listened to his friend's complaints, his eyes rolled, trying to find something to change the topic. He saw the alarm clock on the table and shouted, "Ah! it's almost six o'clock, and if you don't eat, the cafeteria will be closed!"
Then there is a lot of chickens and dogs, some looking for meal cards, some looking through wallets, and some people recalling their lunch boxes and putting them in which canteen after lunch.
The owner of the computer noticed Sun Buqi lying on the bed and shouted: "SD, don't lie in bed and read all the time, until it's time for dinner." ”
Sun Buqi is the first Qilu person in the college, with a height of nearly 1.9 meters, and he is the tallest male student in the whole college;
Sun Buqi listened to the familiar name, the melancholy and ambition in his heart disappeared in an instant, and people have to face the reality, no matter how "those who abandon me, yesterday cannot stay." Those who disturb my heart will have many troubles today. ”
On the way to dinner, Chen Zhiyong, the owner of the computer, habitually asked, "How is your election for the president of the college's student union?"
Sun Buqi was stunned and replied, "What chairman?"