Chapter 12: Prophecy
"Surprise me!" When she got up in the middle of the night, Liang Wenjing suddenly saw Liang Shuyu sitting on the sofa "looking at the scenery", "What are you doing?" ”
"Look at the scenery."
"Look at the scenery and look somewhere else." Isn't there a dead man out there?
"Is there any other place in our house that is suitable for viewing?" Except for the large floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room.
"I don't think so." Liang Wenjing muttered, "Then you ...... too" and then she found out something else, "You're smoking again!" ”
"Nothing." The cigarette had long since been lost by him.
“……”
September 27, 2032, heavy rain. Day 5 of the power outage.
It rained heavily for several days.
The aurora disappeared at noon on the second day of the blackout, and as soon as it disappeared, it felt like the sun had been robbed by it, and there was not a trace of light for many days to come.
The gloomy torrential rain compressed the city between the pitch-black world and the earth, like a huge cemetery.
But most people are in a good mood and have not panicked because of the continuous heavy rain and power outages.
There was a consensus about last year's blackout in Europe, and almost everyone knew about it. With this precedent, people have a concept of solar storms in their minds, they are only afraid of the unknown, and they are "not surprised" of what is known.
Of course, even if there is no Internet, no video games, no TV series and variety shows in a society without power outages, at least you don't have to go to work, you don't have to crowd the subway or bus, and you don't have to be scolded by your boss.
If the workplace is better, maybe there will be a salary subsidy after this power outage. It's the equivalent of paid leave.
Even if the workplace is average, the state will introduce relevant measures, at least the social security cost will be halved for several months.
Therefore, most people are in a good mood, and those who are in a bad mood are at the bottom of the society, doing a day and eating a day. In this city with a permanent population of 13 million, there are many people above the middle class, and even more on the poverty line.
After all, Liang Shuyu does not belong to that category of people, so he can't understand the hardships of the poor, but he knows that last year's blackout in Europe was the most dead.
Some people on the Internet have joked that this is a "cleansing" of "social garbage".
The weak will be eliminated first, and the strong will survive, but those who survive should not be too complacent. This is what ZIKA, the person who claims to be from the future in 2085, said.
So, after this solar storm, ZIKA will be on fire again, right?
But there is one thing that Liang Shuyu cares a little about.
ZIKA's sixth prophecy is about solar storms in Europe, then he reads: "This year is the real beginning of hell, and there are many people who freeze to death in a short time, but it is nothing, because this is only the beginning." ”
However, the seventh prophecy is: "This year you will step into the real hell, look forward to it, it is no big deal." The weak will be eliminated first, and the strong will survive, but those who survive should not be too complacent. ”
If the seventh prophecy does refer to this solar storm in Asia, but from the content analysis, it is a "real hell", does it mean that the area affected this time is larger than the last time?
The name of AIKA's prophecy sticker is "I am from hell", which means that this year is the beginning of real hell?
Well......
Liang Shuyu slapped his forehead violently.
ZIKA is just an opportunistic hype, although emotionally he wants to believe that ZIKA is really a futuristic person, but reason tells him that this is impossible, he should believe in science, believe in society, and believe in real things that can be seen and touched, instead of guessing with some Internet rumors that even confuse the source.
He can be mentally prepared for the prophecy made by ZIKA, but he can't worship it like a secondary two patient, and if the conditions allow, he can properly prepare more supplies for survival, but he should have reservations about such "future prophecies".
So far, most of the shops outside have been able to buy things, but there is no electricity.
The bigger the supermarket, the more chaotic the price, and it is almost a matter of feeling.
Almost all major shopping malls are open, and in this case, even if there is no generator or the cash register computer is damaged, it is required to be open.
From this point of view, there will be no "crazy rush for supplies" in the city in the short term.
For the first two days, people flocked to the banks because they had no cash in hand. However, the bank could not operate normally due to the damage to the equipment, so armed forces were dispatched to guard it, and the roaring and noise from that direction could often be heard for two days.
Later, a certain bank began to distribute cash under great pressure, although it limited each ID card to 1,000 cash, but it only lasted less than half a day.
Before the blackout, no one seemed to think about how to live without paper money, and perhaps the e-cash era was so convenient that it deprived people of the ability to plan ahead.
Without electricity, even banking institutions become waste, not to mention people.
When it comes to cash, the picture is not so rosy. A lot of people don't have money in their hands, and that's the biggest problem. Liang Shuyu didn't know how the bank dealt with it, but now the power outage is still short, and there should be no starvation to death.
It's just that one day in the middle of the night I heard a loud scream, as if someone had jumped off the building.
There are many rumors among neighbors, but Liang Shuyu believes in one of them the most: that person is from the financial industry.
“2。”
"How do you still have 2?!" Liang Wenjing looked at the only pair of three left in his hand and was shocked.
"Yes." Liang Shuyu shook the cards in his hand and looked at Liang Wenjing with a smile.
"Three with one, I won!" Wei Youqi smashed the cards in his hand and snatched the only two pieces of bread left next to Liang Wenjing with Liang Shuyu.
Liang Wenjing lost.
“…… I'm not playing anymore! Did you two change cards in private, why do I lose every time! ”
"What kind of person am I?" Liang Shuyu raised an eyebrow.
"You are." Liang Wenjing was puffing up, and she lost all her snacks. It's miserable, it's miserable.
"It's time to eat, you three." Liang Ying knocked on the door, and it happened that Liang Shuyu didn't want to play anymore after winning the Grand Slam, so he opened the door and ran out.
It was raining, the house was damp, and even though it was only September, they were already wearing sweaters.
The rain has been falling non-stop, almost never stopped, Liang Shuyu and their small third floor still have a rooftop, although there are drainage holes on the balcony, but unless there is a hole as big as a pot, the water on the rooftop will never flow clean.
Therefore, the water flowed down the crack in the door, and the stairwell became a water curtain hole, and Wei Youqi would definitely get wet when he went back, so he stayed to eat together.
There is a tea wax lit on the dining table in the living room, and flower tea is being boiled, which is Liang Wenjing's equipment.
With this reluctant light source, the four of them had a lunch.
Because the power has been out for several days, and the typhoon outside is extremely terrifying, they haven't gone out at all, and naturally there will be no food at home.
Dry rice, hot milk, boiled soybeans and canned tempeh, barely make a meal.