What is the difference between 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock at night?

In normal times, I'm afraid almost no one can feel it.

But tonight was clearly different. The sun had long since disappeared, but the burning sensation in the air seemed to be heating up with each passing minute; To make matters worse, it hasn't been a bit of wind for days. Outside the window, it's not just air, but a suffocating cloud of hot steam ready to pounce on your face.

Just as someone conveyed the order, the last few people in the city who did not turn on the air conditioning for various reasons also turned on the outdoor units one after another. People who don't have air conditioning can't hold on at all, bars, 24-hour convenience stores, corporate units...... Wherever there's a hint of coolness, drill into it.

Thirty minutes later, with a soft click, several night vision lights in the apartment on the 38th floor suddenly went out. The house was plunged into absolute darkness - the slight "hum" that had been lingering in the bedroom had quietly stopped at some point.

The central air conditioner does not blow the air.

Not long after the cold air stopped, Lin Sanjiu turned over irritably in his dream. Without the comfort of a constant temperature of 26°C, she soon had a layer of sticky sweat on her body, which was like an impermeable cover, and she was woken up by the heat after a while.

Not...... The remote control seems to be on the bedside table...... The thought flashed through her confused mind, and she was about to reach out to touch it, when she suddenly felt that something was wrong. Lin Sanjiu immediately stopped his hand and didn't move, and after a while, he quietly narrowed his eyes and looked up.

A snow-white face hung directly above her face, and two black hole-like eyes stared straight at her.

Not again! -- Here it is again -- A scream erupted in Lin Sanjiu's mind, but her throat was dry and she couldn't make a sound at all--her heartbeat became faster and louder--The white face listened slightly, and swiped it and suddenly approached Lin Sanjiu.

Two weeks ago, she woke up in the middle of the night thirsty, got up, and hit this face all at once. At that time, Lin Sanjiu exclaimed in fright, and turned on the light even on the ground, only to find out that it turned out to be Ren Nan-

Ren Nan sat beside her at some point, a face expressionless in the night, and he didn't know how long he stared at her like this - just like tonight.

At that time, Ren Nan said that he had often sleepwalked since he was a child.

If it weren't for Lin Sanjiu's suspicions, maybe she would have believed it. At this time, she endured her fear, pretending not to wake up yet, reached out and rubbed her eyes, and asked in a trembling voice, "Ren Nan, are you sleepwalking again?" ”

Ren Nan's face cracked silently into a smile in the dark, and his words were very clear: "Yes, I have made the same old mistake again." Didn't scare you, did you? ”

"Yes, it's a little ......" Lin Sanjiu almost got out of bed and stood at the door—this illusion of being able to run away at any time calmed her down a little, and only then did she feel the temperature of the steamer in the room again. Why is it so hot? You turned off the air conditioner? ”

Ren Nan didn't speak, just stretched out his hand and pulled, and the heavy curtains quickly receded to both sides, revealing a floor-to-ceiling window. Usually through this window, Lin Sanjiu saw the bright night scene of half of the city. It's just tonight that the city has lost its previous unquenchable light, and even the starlight has disappeared, and some are just dead black.

In a house with closed doors and windows, it's so hot that people can't breathe.

"The power burden is too great, and it looks like the whole city is out of power." Ren Nan's voice was still smiling, revealing a good moment. As he spoke, he slowly stood up, walked around the foot of the bed, and walked towards the door.

Suddenly, Lin Sanjiu had an alarm bell in his head, and without waiting for him to get closer, he turned around and ran towards the living room. The three months of taking care of the apartment finally provided her with a little reward: in the darkness of her fingers, she still rushed into the entrance of the living room, and before she could take a breath, she reached out and slammed the elevator button.

The expected red color didn't light up - such an expensive apartment with no backup power system?

"The backup power supply is only for the corridor lights, and the elevators -- especially the private elevators, they don't care." Behind her sounded the voice she had been listening to for half a year. Ren Nan was still so gentle, but when he was biting the words and pronouncing the words, Lin Sanjiu heard a hint of water. It's like...... Ren Nan couldn't stop the saliva in his mouth and secreted it......

In the darkness, the vague silhouette representing Ren Nan paced towards her, and finally stopped in the center of the living room.

Lin Sanjiu only felt a dizziness in his head. Her sixth sense was right - a wave of regret welled up in her heart: "You...... What do you want? ”

"You're quite awake," Ren Nan took a sip of saliva, "You should have felt it a long time ago, right?" Still, you should learn to listen to your instincts...... Otherwise, I wouldn't have come back here with me. In the past few days, you have probably done a lot of psychological struggles...... Thank you so much for trusting me. ”

Lin Sanjiu didn't notice it herself, but her hands were tightly clenched into fists, and she couldn't help but tremble.

"Xiaojiu, do you sweat a lot on such a hot day?" Ren Nan suddenly asked with concern something that couldn't be beaten.

Lin Sanjiu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously touched his arm. She was sweating only a little - but- what was she asking for at this time?

Ren Nan seemed to be very satisfied, and nodded in the dark. "The wine was awesome! It's not in vain that I have cultivated you for half a year......"

What the hell was he talking about—he didn't understand a word! Lin Sanjiu opened his mouth to say something, only then did he realize that his teeth were fighting fiercely. The thought that had been floating in her heart for days made her ask something she thought she would never say: "You...... Are you trying to eat me? ”

The black figure let out a satisfied exclamation, "How sharp this intuition is." ”

Lin Sanjiu was enraged by his attitude - fear, indignation, confusion, and heavy emotions were mixed together, she didn't seem to be so helpless, and the next words gushed out like a tide: "Don't be kidding, what kind of person are you!" Why did you find me? I tell you, don't mess around, all my friends know that I live with you......"

She deliberately raised her voice, secretly hoping that someone would hear, and quietly felt for the open kitchen on the side of the living room.

Ren Nan sighed. "Anyway, you've been with me for six months, so I'll give you an understanding to die." With that, he raised his hand and snapped his fingers lightly.

With a sudden "boom", a glass wall in the living room suddenly shattered into thousands of pieces - accompanied by a faint scream from far outside, a wave of heat that Lin Sanjiu had never experienced wrapped in glass shards and swept into the apartment. The last bit of coolness left by the central air conditioner was swallowed up in an instant.

How, how can it be so hot? It's like someone has put the whole city on a fire! Before Lin Sanjiu could react, Ren Nan's gentle voice had already sounded again: "From tonight onwards, this world is no longer the earth you are familiar with. In this new world, as you measure it, it is now ...... Oh, fifty-nine degrees Celsius. ”

Lin Sanjiu was dumbfounded. Fifty-nine degrees Celsius is enough for ordinary people to die of heat stroke and dehydration for a few times - this thought, she hurriedly touched the back of her neck. Unexpectedly, Lin Sanjiu didn't sweat much anymore.

"Look! I've only been raising you for a few months, and you've already evolved two things: 'heat adaptation' and 'keen intuition'...... It's really the seed of potential that I saw at first sight. If the new world hadn't come too early, I would have really wanted to raise you for two more years, and then eat ......" Ren Nan's tone was a bit of pity. He snorted loudly and walked towards Lin Sanjiu. "Xiaojiu, I haven't eaten good seeds in a long time."

After the glass wall shattered, there was a slight glimmer in the living room. With this light, Lin Sanjiu saw Ren Nan's face clearly.

In the past, the facial features of male models were generally marked, but his mouth opened wider and wider, and it was gradually squeezed out of sight. The clear saliva was unrestrained, and it kept flowing down the corners of his mouth - and at this time, Lin Sanjiu had been forced to retreat to the corner of the kitchen.

"I—I still don't understand! What the hell are you? Why eat me? Also, what kind of evolution, what ability -- don't you want to give me an understanding, sue me! ”

Even if you delay for one more minute, you have one more chance! Lin Sanjiu took advantage of the shouting time to quietly reach out to the knife holder on the flow table behind him.

The big mouth paused, narrowed it a little, and revealed some of Ren Nan's original facial features. "Alas...... Why are you so stupid? Of course I'm human, and Ren Nan is my name—but I'm not the same as you backwards. I come from another 'new world'. Humans who survive in the new world will evolve different abilities...... I have abilities that you can't even think about. ”

Ren Nan wiped his wet chin. "I advise you to put the knife down, my eyesight is very good. Let me eat it obediently, I promise it won't hurt—"

"Fuck you!" Before he finished speaking, Lin Sanjiu, who was frightened and angry, was already holding a sharp knife and pounced angrily.

The silver deboning knife was extremely fast, and it pulled out a bright line in the darkness - when he saw that the tip of the knife was about to pierce Ren Nan's chest, he only took a slight step to the side, and Lin Sanjiu was in the air. She stumbled on her feet, stepped on a shard of glass, and could no longer maintain her balance, falling heavily to the ground.

A mouth that was split to her cheeks didn't give her a chance to stand up at all, and the wind struck at Lin Sanjiu like a wind - she only had time to turn over in a panic and threw the boning knife in her hand out. Ren Nan was caught off guard and dodged, but a shallow wound was still cut by the knife.

With a choking thud, the knife landed in the distance.

Annoyed and angry, Ren Nan pressed Lin Sanjiu to the ground, and the black eyes staring at her shrank almost to the size of a needle. "A steak should look like a steak!"

In the faint light, Lin Sanjiu watched in despair as the black shadow pounced on his throat.