"You were wearing a white dress, and you were missing a tooth, and you were very small."

Cheng Lin described.

The girl smiled, her eyes bent, and said, "I don't believe your memory is so good, otherwise, why can't you even remember what day it is?" ”

Cheng Lin shook his head and was silent.

The two walked out of the church together.

As soon as she reached the door, the girl suddenly said, "Didn't you bring an umbrella?" ”

"Yes."

“…… With me? After a moment of silence, the girl held up a large transparent umbrella and said.

Cheng Lin glanced at the fluttering rain outside the church.

"Thank you."

……

Early spring in March.

Because his hometown is in the north, in Cheng Lin's impression, March is still half a winter, and spring is very light.

Rain is probably rare.

Sometimes the weather plays tricks, and maybe there will be a spring snowfall.

But this is clearly not the case in the magic capital.

In the southern coastal cities, when the sea breeze blows in March, the trees will be green.

And the rain came.

Coming out of the church, Cheng Lin saw the dim sky outside.

The umbrella is transparent, but it is not the ordinary plastic that Cheng Lin remembers, but it seems to be a new material - there has been progress in 20 years.

Looking up, you can see the black-gray billow-rolling cumulonimbus clouds in the sky through the umbrella.

The sunlight was compressed into an extremely pitiful bleak white speck.

The spring breeze in March is so cold.

The wind was not strong, and it could only barely bend the branches of the trees.

But it was cold, as if it was about to pierce people's skin.

The rain comes with the wind.

Typical spring rain, dripping, between heaven and earth, foggy, grass and trees are green, this is a rare scenery in the spring in the north.

At the end of the service, people wrapped in coats and holding umbrellas left one after another.

To be able to come to worship on such a rainy day, probably very religious?

Cheng Lin thought to himself.

Many people come by car, but most of them take the bus.

Not far from the entrance of the church there is a bus stop sign.

When he saw it, Cheng Lin couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Twenty years later, the bus system has not changed much.

It seems that the entire human society may have changed a little less than he had guessed.

Cheng Lin and the girl walked over together to wait for the bus.

In the meantime, Cheng Lin also learned the other party's name:

Joya

"I told you my name, so what's your name?"

The two held umbrellas together and came to the stop sign.

There was a roof to protect it from the rain, and there were a few people waiting for the bus at this time, and Qiao Ya put away her umbrella and asked.

"Confidentiality."

Cheng Lin blinked and said with a smile.

Qiao Ya was slightly stunned, thinking that my name as a girl was not hidden from you, and you still have to keep it a secret from a man?

"Okay."

However, the very gentle and kind temperament conveyed by Cheng Lin made Qiao Ya not feel unhappy at all, but nodded helplessly.

After saying this.

The two suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

Cheng Lin stood silently, the cold wind blowing the cold rain and wetting the corners of his clothes.

Cheng Lin was just waiting for the next task.

But the brain is slow to see the information emerge.

It's a blank slate.

"Still haven't you had the time to trigger the mission?"

Cheng Lin thought and pressed it down again.

Thinking that today is the 21st in Da Vinci's prediction, I was a little distracted for a while.

According to the prophecy, a global flood will officially occur today.

At the same time, the prophecy states that humanity will face the Last Supper on November 1 of the same year.

It can be inferred that the global flood was not an instantaneous process of destruction.

Rather, from March 21 to November 1, the end will not be truly completed.

In other words, there is a time difference of about seven months.

This time lag is the process from the outbreak of the flood to the complete inundation of the whole world, and the extinction of mankind.

"Slow death...... This is much more cruel than the fire extinguishing the world. ”

Cheng Lin muttered.

"What did you say?" Qiao Ya next to her looked over.

Cheng Lin smiled at her, his eyes fluctuated, and he suddenly said, "I just think today is a very meaningful day." ”

Qiao Ya smiled: "What? Are you saying that today is only meaningful because you met me? This accosting is as old as the one before you. ”

Cheng Lin looked at her.

The heart said girl, you really think too much.

He reached out and pulled a piece of paper from the wide pocket of his robe and handed it to Joya.

"What is this? Newspaper? ”

Joya asked in surprise.

Yes, it's the newspaper.

To be precise, the briefing in the book of no names.

Before the book disappeared, Cheng Lin owed it, and with a casual pull, he tore it off and put it in his pocket.

"An old newspaper, to be exact."

Cheng Lin corrected.

Joya's big beautiful eyes looked at him quietly before she went to read the yellowed pages of the old newspaper.

Two minutes later.

She raised her head and said with a smile, "So that's what you mean, the world is destroyed?" Global floods? Just today? I don't know where you got the report from 20 years ago. ”

"You don't believe me?" Cheng Lin asked rhetorically.

Qiao Ya handed him back the page clipping, and said quietly, "What do you think of my IQ?" ”

"I can't see it, but it should be normal."

"How could a normal person believe such a thing?"

Qiao Ya smiled, and she said, "Let me give you an example." ”

"The car is coming."

Cheng Lin interrupted her.

A bus that looked markedly different from the one it had been twenty years ago approached slowly.

The most noticeable difference is its shape, the chassis is unusually tall.

The shape is also very strange.

It turned out to be an unmanned bus.

"Get in the car first."

Joyce said.

Cheng Lin looked at the thing on the bus that was similar to a gate, and secretly touched the mobile phone in his pocket, was silent, and said, "Can you help me pay for the car...... Count me as borrowing. ”

Joya: "......"

……

A minute later.

The two sat side by side in their seats.

The interior of the car is not much different from what it was twenty years ago.

Joya continued, "I'll give you an example. ”

"Okay."

"In the early 19th century, there was a millennial movement in the Union.

Some so-called prophets believe that

The world was about to be destroyed, and new faiths were bound up, and many new denominations emerged.

But then, as we all know, the world is not destroyed and the Lord has not come. ”

After a pause, Qiao Ya continued:

"By the end of the 20th century, as the millennium drew closer,

Even though people have been enlightened and are no longer blindly driven by those who have intentions,

But on the other hand,

The end has become another round of commercial marketing.

Songs, books, ...... All business activities are carried out with the theme of the end of the world,

Even though religious arguments have become untenable,

But some people claim that the 'Millennium Worm' will have a devastating blow to banks and flying equipment.

As a result, the financial systems of various countries have collapsed.

However, this did not happen since. ”

"Finally survived the millennium, and the Mayans were taken out again to hype,

December 21, 2012 according to the long calendar of the Mayan civilization is 13.0.0.0.0,

It was simply the end of the thirteenth quadennial hundred,

but it is advertised as a prophecy of the end times,

Movies, Books, Internet ...... are hyping up the concept of doomsday,

And it turned out that nothing happened,

It's just that a lot of people have made a lot of money. ”

Then there was the revival of the Reiki......

This time the impact is even greater,

After all, this is a real change,

But fortunately, before the large-scale revival of Reiki,

Countries around the world have been prepared for a long time,

Several years in advance, he began to use cultural products to slowly instill the concept of Reiki revival to the people.

For example, Xia Guo,

It is to start with online novels and instill aura revival,

And then gradually, adapted from the online text,

Spread this concept through animation, film and television, and games.

Covering domestic netizens......

Coupled with the strong public opinion control and guidance of the government during the recovery,

This didn't give the Doomsday Merchant much of a chance,

But that time, there were still a large number of people, even authorities, who came out to hype up the concept of doomsday.

And it didn't happen......"

"Then there is a method invented by a scientist to increase the probability of awakening, resulting in a new round of doomsday marketing ......"

Qiao Ya counted them one by one, one by one, on her fingers.

Her speech is unhurried, her words are clear, and her logic is smooth.

Cheng Lin leaned back on the soft chair, listening quietly, while watching her speak with a slight smile.

By the time she finished, the vehicle had traveled a long way.

There were even a few stops.

The rain outside the car window has become much heavier at some point.

Bean-sized raindrops snapped against the glass window, quickly spreading and blurring the vision.

There were not many people on the bus, and a few people went down at the previous stops.

With such heavy rain, almost no one had to get on the bus.

So, unconsciously, there were only two of them left on the entire bus.

“…… So, to sum up, the so-called doomsday starts with the initial ignorance and fear,

Later, it evolved into a commercial activity, which is already a very mature means.

And so you showed me,

Even, it's still very little publicity,

There is no failed propaganda that stirs up the waves,

A man who doesn't know where to get out, with a string of bluffing names,

And then then the ancient mysterious legend of the Da Vinci Code,

To create this so-called doomsday prophecy,

Do you think someone with a normal IQ would believe it? ”

Joya said with a smile.

Cheng Lin couldn't help but show a look of appreciation when he saw her finish speaking, and even applauded lightly: "Papapa......"

Clear applause echoed in the empty carriages.

Cheng Lin said in a tone full of admiration:

"Listening to your words, it's better to read a book for ten years, I didn't expect you to have such an opinion on the end of the world,

Well, this is what you usually read and think about.

Or is it taught in the academy curriculum? ”

Cheng Lin's eyes were shining, and he said with emotion: "You must be an excellent little lapel in the second division." ”

Qiao Ya smiled.