On the 271st day of unemployment and the 101st day of broken love, Poplar opened the computer web page, and his fingertips touched the keyboard but he couldn't get started.

Since leaving his previous company, Poplar has hardly looked for a serious job. The only company I interviewed for was that after experiencing the working atmosphere for half a day on the day of entry, Poplar ran away.

Of course, before running, I still went through a resignation procedure, and after returning the notebook I received in the morning to the front desk girl with a blindfolded face, I walked out of the office building in a chic manner. Then he skillfully took out a lighter outside the office building, lit a cigarette, and took a big puff, at that moment he thought: It is impossible to work, it is impossible for Lao Tzu to work in his life.

In the following half a year, Poplar created two businesses, both of which ended in failure. The first time I tried the knife, although the investment was not large, but the lost female tickets ran away, and when I broke up, Poplar did not recover, in his own words, he had no face to recover, who let him eat other people's soft rice for a few months.

Soon after the breakup, Poplar started a second venture, and he has always been cautious this time he chose ALL IN, and put the funds raised from the few savings and the old classmates of his former colleagues, seven aunts and eight aunts, into a seemingly stable business, but on the night when the product test was about to be launched, the outsourcing developer ran away overnight, and Poplar's investment was lost overnight.

That night, the world rejected him, that night, who hurt whom.

Retracting his thoughts, Poplar sucked a few mouthfuls of the turkey noodles in the bowl that could reach his throat, and sighed secretly:

"This is the last pack of turkey noodles, the next meal...", Poplar shook his head and continued to mutter, "Let's go to the restaurant next time".

That's right, although he owes a lot of debt, but Poplar resolutely believes that he can't lower his living standards too much, and he can get by, so how different is it from the rats, he can't eat well, where is the ambition in his chest, and how to turn over in the future?

In anticipation of the next big meal, Poplar cleaned up the last scraps and then fell into deep thought in front of his computer.

Do you continue to look for work to alleviate some debt pressure, or do you look for your next project?

But if you don't have the funds and you have a shell, how can you do the project again?

At this time, Poplar seems to have no choice, his fingers weakly opened a certain degree, and knocked down the words "a certain employment network" on it, and he had thousands of thoughts while typing, "If people can develop their own abilities, they are a project that needs to be developed urgently, and they have to hone themselves, then I Poplar will definitely be the dragon and phoenix among the people by then."

Thinking of this, Poplar couldn't help but have a thought, and typed the words "developing human potential" in the search box, and a lot of search results came out.

Poplar flipped through them one by one, and when he saw that there was a terrible title of "Collection of Wonderful Methods for the Development of Special Functions", he couldn't help but smile bitterly, how could he have made a fool of himself to look at these unwarranted things, and he was really naïve when he was a child.

"Ding Ding Ding", just as Bai Yang continued to search the recruitment page, the sound of information push came from the mobile phone on the side.

Poplar picked up the mobile phone and glanced at it casually, seeing that it was not a WeChat message, he wanted to put down the mobile phone, but seeing that it was a notice from the Meteorological Bureau, Poplar still fixed his eyes and took a look, it turned out to be the city's weather warning, saying that the city launched an orange warning for high winds, and asked the public to pay attention to preventing falling objects from high altitudes.

Poplar didn't care, this kind of thing had happened a lot before, and the circle of friends must be lively again.

Putting down the mobile phone, Poplar was about to open the recruitment website, suddenly a thunderous loud noise came, the window next to the earthquake trembled, Poplar thought that the old community next door had started to demolish and push the house again, and was muttering in his heart, "There are a few more demolition households", lamenting that people are born unequal, the water in the cup next to the computer began to ripple, and then the second-hand bookshelf began to shake slightly, and then it seemed to be a chain reaction, and all movable objects in the home trembled to varying degrees.

Baiyang reacted immediately, rushed to the door with a "slot", opened the door and rushed out, going downstairs several times faster than usual to take takeout, and ran from the 4th floor to the first floor in less than 10 seconds.

At this time, it was noon, and there were not many people outside, so it was estimated that they were all eating at home.

Sure enough, not long after Poplar ran downstairs, many men and women rushed out one after another, and all kinds of screams were indispensable during the period. Not to mention them, it was the first time Poplar had experienced this kind of excitement. Fortunately, the pretense of motion stopped shortly after they ran out of the building, and everyone stood in the square outside the community unit building, and their eyes were full of horror.

It's no wonder that H City has rarely encountered an earthquake in decades, and like Aspen, many people are probably experiencing it for the first time.

"Tearing down a house won't make such a big move." Poplar joked to himself to calm his heart, which was still beating violently.

"Didn't the warning say that there was going to be a strong wind, why didn't the wind come yet, and the earthquake came first?" An uncle next to him said in shock.

"It should be soon." Thinking like this, Poplar felt like nothing good had happened to him.

"Look over there!" Someone exclaimed, and everyone looked in the direction of the voice, and saw that the small eastern half of the sky was purple, in stark contrast to the other side, as if the dark blue paper had been splashed with purple ink, which was spreading at a speed visible to the naked eye, and was rushing towards this side like a tide.

"It's... Burning clouds? Someone asked, "No, aren't all the burning clouds red, and isn't the sun still overhead at noon, where does the burning clouds come from?" ”

But the same thing that everyone thought of in amazement was to take out their mobile phones and point them at the small half of the sky, and Poplar was no exception.

At the same time, Poplar quickly flipped through a few circles of friends and found that people in the same city or nearby areas saw the same scene.

Quickly asked a few friends scattered in the north and south, and Poplar found that this scene only appeared in the coastal area, even in Q City, a coastal city in S Province hundreds of kilometers to the north, so that is to say, the "fire cloud" is like something from the sea, spread inland, and it was shortly after the earthquake, could the two be connected?

Just when Poplar was pondering and speculating, he suddenly felt a warm air flow blowing on his face, which was weak at first, but gradually became bigger and bigger, and then the whole person was like bathing in the spring breeze of the warm sun, which was very comfortable.

"The wind is blowing!" A lot of people feel it. In normal times, no one would be so sensitive, because although it is spring, it has been a little cool in recent days, and the temperature outside is more than ten degrees. Now it feels like the temperature has risen by 10 degrees in an instant, and it is like entering an air-conditioned room with heating.

"It's the east wind." Poplar said secretly, "No wonder this burning cloud can float so fast. ”

In just a few minutes, the purple fiery clouds floated closer, like an endless purple silk cloth, pulled by an invisible force, as if it wanted to cross the earth and cover the common people.

At this time, Poplar also sensed that something was wrong, because the wind was getting stronger, blowing the leaves in the square. Not only that, but as the purple clouds quickly approached, a strong sense of oppression arose, and the comfort of the warm breeze was gone, replaced by an inexplicable fear.

"This can't be a poison gas attack by the US imperialists, right?" Poplar suddenly had a ridiculous idea at this moment, and hurriedly rushed upstairs to get home, not caring if there would be aftershocks, he rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find the mask that dealt with the haze before and put it on, and then quickly went downstairs.

The others looked like he was facing a great enemy, and they immediately became a little commotion, and they went home to follow suit, and those who did not have a mask simply covered a towel with water, and then returned to the square, as if they all felt safe in a crowded place.

The square was full of people, and Poplar looked around, and it was estimated that the whole community was gathered here.

"It won't be served in a pot later, will it?" Bai Yang then had such a tragic thought in his heart, and then he could only shake his head and throw away the distracting thoughts, and took out his mobile phone to check if there was any news of the latest update.

Sure enough, when he opened the news APP, the headlines were eye-catching related reports, and there were even live broadcasts by the media, but there was no official statement that could explain this phenomenon, but the comments of various keyboard warriors were very active.

"It must be the poisonous gas of a certain country, the means of indiscriminate use, and the whole people should prepare for war." With more than 10,000 likes, it seems that many people think similar to Topol.

"Compatriots along the coast, you cherish it, and I will burn paper money for you today next year." You don't have to look closely, this comment must be noisy underneath.

"I hope that the compatriots along the coast will be safe", "Look at this situation, the whole country will be unavoidable, and some people should not gloat", "What a beautiful cloud, I really want to see this scene with my own eyes"......

Poplar rolled his eyes and scoffed at some of the comments, but most people seemed to be not optimistic about it, if not artificial, and it wasn't a good thing.

In addition, Poplar also turned to several other blockbuster news, the report mentioned that many coastal areas around the world have earthquakes of varying degrees, most of which are not strong, and the epicenter is not on land, but in the sea closer to the land, experts reminded coastal areas around the country to be prepared for a tsunami, and if necessary, emergency evacuation of personnel.

And, as determined by the poplars, the report suggests that the anomaly in the sky is most likely related to the occurrence of the earthquake, but it is not clear why the earthquake occurred and the composition of the "burning clouds", so it is impossible to determine whether it is harmful to humans. The relevant anti-chemical warfare departments have rushed to various coastal areas to conduct sampling surveys, and the conclusions of the investigation will be given in follow-up reports.

"That's not right." Poplar put away his phone and muttered to himself, and when he looked up again, he already saw that the clouds like purple ink were drifting closer, and when he got closer, he realized that the purple clouds were much lower and thicker than the other clouds, and it was more fog than clouds. Before, it was blocked by the high-rise buildings in the community and nearby, so I took it for granted that it was a cloud in the sky.

"No, we have to go home!"

Poplar thought so, and then quickly pushed through the crowd and rushed home, this time the crowd did not follow suit as before.

Poplar didn't care about others, and when he got home, he closed the doors and windows, and the only place where there was a gap was blocked with wet towels and clothes, thinking that even if this purple mist was pervasive, he could resist one or two.

Then Bai Yang called his parents at home, confirmed that they were all at home, and did what he said, then hung up the phone with confidence, sat down on the sofa with a long breath, looked up at the faint purple mist that had gradually begun to fill outside the window, and waited quietly.

"Ding, ding, ding!" The sound of text messages came from the mobile phone again, and after checking it, it was found that it was a message jointly issued by the Municipal Meteorological Bureau and the municipal government, reminding the public to go out cautiously, stay at home and close the doors and windows, and further recommend that please wait for official news reports and text message notifications.

Putting down the phone, Bai Yang was glad that he temporarily hugged the Buddha's feet, otherwise it is unknown what the consequences would be. Although I have failed to start a business several times, I have developed a sense of crisis and know how to do some things in advance.

After waiting for a few minutes, the purple fog outside the window became more and more intense, and a trace of purple mist could still be faintly seen seeping out of the gap blocked with a wet towel. ”

As soon as the words fell, a woman's frightened screams suddenly came from outside the window that was still quiet, and Poplar was sure that this was not like the hysterical screams of the woman in the opposite unit building when she quarreled with her husband, this kind of sound, Poplar could only hear, only fear.

"Is it really ......" Poplar startled a spirit and stood up from the couch.