22、2020
The night was dark.
At the end of some bleak roads, two lights could be seen from far to near, and in a few moments, the road surface was illuminated by two dazzling headlights, and as the wheels pressed over the speed bump, the shadow of the height limit railing in front also swayed.
"Whew!"
The black sedan, which seemed to blend in with the night, passed through the height limit railing and headed straight for the white fog in front of the road.
In a few moments, the black sedan stopped in front of the night fog.
"Here we are."
Lin Shuo glanced at the time on his phone and said, "There are still more than twenty minutes, let's go in later." ”
Tong Momo sat in the passenger seat next to her, with a large plastic bag of gourmet snacks on her lap, she hugged her tightly, holding a glass of Coke in one hand, and a string of spicy squid shreds in the other hand.
But she didn't care at all, but ate deliciously, eating hause, feasting on it, and her eyes narrowed with enjoyment.
Hearing Lin Shuo's words, she took a big sip of the bubbly ice kuoluo, and then she hiccuped comfortably and said, "I know, within twenty minutes, I will definitely solve these things." ”
"Why don't you look like you've never eaten?"
Lin Shuo glanced at her strangely and said, "These things are not expensive, is life so bad in 2020?" ”
"Not really." Tong Momo took out another perverted spicy chicken wing, and explained vaguely while biting: "I still have to feed the gluttonous worm Gu in my stomach, I eat too much outside, I feel sorry for the money, but now it's not my money, of course I have to eat openly." ”
Lin Shuo was speechless.
Fortunately, he couldn't take out any money, and the money was not his own, so it didn't matter if he spent it.
"Can't you pay attention to your image?" He shook his head slightly.
"Are you embarrassed to mention your image to me?"
Tong Momo bit off half of the crispy chicken leg in one bite, as if she was biting Lin Shuo's meat, and snorted coldly: "You tied me to the bed and were so fierce, I thought I was almost dying, how can I still have an image at all?" It's good that I didn't put you in charge. ”
The corners of Lin Shuo's mouth twitched slightly: "Don't say such ambiguous words...... I don't have much sex with you, thank you. ”
"By the way, you're done saying goodbye to those women of yours?"
Tong Momo glanced at him, approached him again, sniffed with his little nose like a police dog, suddenly stared at him with disdain, rolled his eyes and said: "You have the smell of women's perfume on you, and there are more than a few women, there are too many for me to distinguish...... I threw up, you Aquaman. ”
"You can smell it? Are you a dog? Lin Shuo was speechless, and asked again, "What does Sea King mean?" ”
Tong Momo ate a piece of stinky tofu bitterly and condemned: "It's a scumbag like you who likes to raise fish...... Oh, the word scumbag is not popular in 2013, anyway, it's a big radish like you, deceiving girls everywhere. ”
"No, I'm sincere." Lin Shuo shook his head.
"That's even a lied relationship?" Tong Momo was even more disdainful.
“…… I'm still going to lie to you. ”
"Don't think about it, you're not my thing."
"My cooking skills are very high, I will still make money, I will buy you whatever you want to eat."
"Really...... It's true? ”
"You're so cute, do you need to ask? Of course it's fake. ”
“…… Oh, man. ”
The two chatted for a while, Tong Momo nibbled on the cute spicy rabbit head, and suddenly said curiously: "Speaking of which, I suddenly don't know why you have to go out, you obviously have a brain stem tumor, if you continue to wait, wouldn't it be more reliable to wait until the outside world's technology and medical level are more developed?" It's impossible to determine what the Daredevil virus and dawn inhibitor are. ”
Lin Shuo was silent for a moment and said, "There are many reasons, because of myself and because of many people. ”
Tong Momo looked at him a few times, and suddenly said, "I feel like you've changed?" ”
"Changed?" Lin Shuo looked at her.
"I can't tell, I just feel like you're a little lost before...... Now seems to have become more determined, or more mature? Tong Momo pondered with her fingers in her mouth.
Lin Shuo smiled dumbly, just shook his head, and didn't say anything.
Originally, when he learned from Tong Momo that the fog of the forbidden area would finally dissipate one day, and maybe tomorrow's mass extinction could not be escaped, he was indeed confused, and he didn't know how to avoid the mass extinction, and he didn't know how to save others.
But after saying goodbye to those who valued him one by one, he recalled his past experiences and feelings with these people, and his heart gradually became firm again.
Everything has an origin, and if the origin of the mass extinction can be found, it may not be impossible to prevent it.
Either way, just do your best.
Not only to keep himself alive, but also for the city and those people who have accompanied him for more than 4,000 years.
Tong Momo didn't say anything when he saw him, nor did he ask, but just patted his shoulder with his oil-stained little hand, and said: "Needless to say, I understand you, many fire thieves who come out of the forbidden area are like you and me, fighting for their homes and the people they value, you have this heart, and you will definitely become an excellent fire thief." ”
"I'm touched that you understand me." Lin Shuo glanced at her pickled little hands, "But...... Your hand. ”
"It's okay, after passing through the fog, the stains are gone."
Tong Momo withdrew her hand nonchalantly, and continued to stuff food into her small mouth, eating so much, she didn't see her belly getting bigger.
Lin Shuo looked at the time, it was already 23:55, then opened the car door and said, "It's time to go." ”
Tong Momo sighed, hurriedly stuffed the rest of the food into his mouth in one go, licked his fingertips again, and then got out of the car and pulled out Xia Yi's body wrapped in a blue cloth curtain from the trunk.
Lin Shuo's body had already changed into the set of clothes prepared by Xia Yi, but it looked a little smaller.
In the lonely night, with only a mobile phone in his hand, he walked along the quiet highway towards the fog ahead.
After a while, the two of them came to the faint mist.
This fog is very peculiar, it is not just small water droplets like the traditional dense fog, but 'smoke', which is clearly distinguishable from the normal air, but slowly drifts and fluctuates, and does not have the slightest intention of dissipating.
Tong Momo dragged the shroud and said behind him: "Just go a few meters deep, and when you feel that you have been lost, you will pass through the edge of the forbidden area." ”
"Oh?"
Lin Shuo hesitated for a moment, then stepped into the mist.
His hesitation was only deliberate, after all, in Tong Momo's opinion, he should not have had much contact with the fog, but it was useless to know that it was useless to enter the fog by predicting the future.
After a while, the two of them walked into the depths of the fog, the surrounding area was white, the visibility was very low, they completely lost their sense of direction, they couldn't distinguish the four directions of heaven and earth, and even gravity seemed to have some effect, and there was a feeling of lightness.
Lin Shuo brought his phone to his eyes and watched the time pass minute by minute.
He could feel that the mysterious time power in his body was about to recover to its full value after this half a day.
This ability is indeed as he expected, as long as the future spans, it will take as long as it takes to recover.
Finally, when the time came to 23:59:59, Lin Shuo felt that everything in front of him suddenly became dazzling and bright, which made him involuntarily close his eyes, and his consciousness was in a trance for a moment.
Soon, when everything was back to normal, he found himself standing under a clear autumn sky, the sky was clear, there was no fog, there were no clouds, and the autumn wind was cool.
"Lin Shuo."
Beside him, wearing ill-fitting and inappropriate shorts and sleeveless shirts, revealing her fair and slender legs and arms, Tong Momo, who was wearing a double ponytail, was looking at him with a shallow smile.
"Welcome to 2020."