Chapter 41: The Fourth Wave Decomposes
As mentioned last time, the purple sphere was shot down by lightning and half-sunk into a deep pit, and a silver-white figure stood out.
The silver-white figure stood up from the center of the ball, then stretched out his arms, twisted his waist, and clenched his hands into fists, and then slowly released, his palm turned outward, and a whirlwind was generated in the palm of his hand, and the broken stones on the ground around him rose and flew towards his palm. In a short time, the silver-white little man turned into a silver-white adult.
The silver-white adult changed his clothes and shoes as if he were playing a trick, and it crawled out of the pit like a person, and no one suspected that the person who suddenly crawled out of the pit was a miniature version of the silver-white giant from before. It walked into the crowd, through the crowd, and left the city.
At this point, people thought that the purple ball had been eliminated, and the whole world began to cheer and celebrate, and many people shed tears of joy. To commemorate this great victory, this day is a special day, a day of remembrance, on which all cities sound the alarm to remember the heroes who died heroically to destroy the purple ball.
Listening to the shrill siren, it had arrived in a city a year later. Over the course of the year, it has seen too much, heard too much, and gradually felt a lot. It has gone from confusion at the beginning, to sobriety later, to self-reflection today. It has come to realize how cruel and ignorant it has been. Through this year of getting along with humans, it has gradually developed feelings, a sense of compassion and shame. It began to try to eat, walk, talk, and even breathe like a human, even though it didn't need to breathe.
Watching people stand on the road, with their heads down and their eyes closed, it will also follow with their heads down and their eyes closed, and sometimes they will secretly open their eyes to see if the people around them are doing anything else, but when the sirens are over, people will start to move on.
If it wants to fully integrate into human society, it can't do without friends, it needs to know one or several human beings, and it can't fully understand human society by itself.
It had hacked into the National Archives Office before, forged its identity, had its own identity card, and slightly changed its appearance and skin color. Originally, it wanted to become a woman, but later it found that some places were not suitable for women to enter, so it changed back to the original male appearance.
The easiest place to understand human society is the library, where the entire history of mankind is recorded, and the main thing is that since it has a sense of smell, it has loved the smell of paper very much. So, if there is nothing to do, it will come to the library to take a look, and sit quietly at the desk and flip through the thin sheets of paper.
It had a great curiosity about paper, and for a while it was always wondering why this thing was so thin, and why there were all kinds of words and pictures on it, and how this thing was made.
I consulted countless materials, learned about the development history of paper, and also had a general understanding of the manufacturing process of paper.
It has to admire the wisdom and hands of human beings, it turns out that this world is so developed!
Today, it came to this library because when it happened to pass by, it saw that this library was going to hold a book club event, and it was curious to read books and have a meeting?
When I walked into the library, I saw that there were still a lot of people, and they were all slowly queuing. It stood quietly at the back of the line, grabbed a book from the nearby shelf, and read it boredly. This is a magazine, dedicated to talking about cars, and there are a lot of beautiful illustrations in it, most of which are all kinds of luxury cars, and I was stunned to see it.
It's like a child who doesn't understand anything and is curious about everything.
It seems that it's time to find some time to look online more, it thought.
After a few minutes, the person in front of the queue walked in, and it put down the magazine and followed in.
It was a conference room-like place, but with a row of bookshelves on either side, all the tables in a circle, and people came in and sat down at the beckoning of a host-like host.
Is she the founder of this book club? It thinks.
It was constantly paying attention to other people's movements and expressions, and everyone had anticipation and smiles on their faces, and it smiled with it, and although it didn't understand why, it would basically do everything so that people wouldn't notice the anomaly.
However, there is still one thing that betrays it.
It didn't bring a book.
Book clubs usually ask people to bring their favorite book and then introduce it to others.
Didn't you bring a book, sir?
The hostess walked over and looked at it with the book in her arms.
Suddenly, it began to get nervous, and a terrifying thought suddenly came to its mind, it was going to kill all the people here, and then leave here. As soon as this idea came to mind, it was quickly rejected by the righteous one.
It lowered its head and thought of an excuse.
I...... I was just passing by and happened to see a book club here, so ...... So I just, you know, didn't prepare a book.
It looked up at the hostess, trembling a little as it spoke.
Oh yes, thank you so much!
The hostess squinted and smiled, confusing it.
Thank? Why?
It tilted its head to look at the hostess.
It's okay, it's okay. Oh, by the way, since you can come to our library's book club, then you must have read a lot of books, I wonder which book you would like to introduce to you in a moment?
This...... I haven't figured this out yet, oh, why don't you just have that "100,000 Whys", how about it?
This...... Horror doesn't fit, right? It's for kids, and most of the people here know about it, so you have to introduce them to a book that they haven't read.
Oh, yes? Have you seen it all? It's amazing! But I've read so many books, how do I know if they've read them?
It's very simple, you can tell me where you read the books you have read, what the content of the books is about, and few people have read the books that are generally very boring or very unpopular.
Oh, yes? I've seen a book called "Which Matters Between Sex and Love", and I don't know if they've read it.
Yes! No, no, that kind of book can't be introduced here.
Oh, can't you? So what to do?
Sir, what books do you usually read? It can't be all books about that, right?
Uh, almost, by the way, there's another one, called "A Brief History of Time", I don't know how this book is?
Well, this book is okay, I guess few people have read it, and I haven't read it either. Okay, just take this book, and when it's your turn, you'll introduce it to them.
Well, okay.
Time flies by quickly at the book club, and soon it will be its turn to introduce the book to everyone.
I've read it, and that book isn't interesting.
A little boy who looked like a junior high school student raised his hand and said.
Shhhh
It seemed to be his mother next to him, and he quickly stopped the little boy.
Halfway through its speech, it looked back at the little boy who was talking. When the little boy saw the adult looking at him, he was instantly frightened, his neck shrunk, and he leaned against his mother next to him.
It didn't get angry, smiled slightly, and continued the introduction.
After the introduction, based on people's reactions, it probably guessed that six or seven of the dozen or so people who came to the book club had read or knew about the book. After thanking the hostess for its introduction, please ask the next one to continue the introduction.
After the book club ended, it remained in the library. Although it was intended for a book club before, since I came, I was embarrassed to leave without reading a few books.
It was a little disappointed, and it was not as satisfied with the reading club as it imagined, people just introduced the book and there was no other interaction, and the hostess did not create much atmosphere, simple and boring.
Looking at the rows and rows of books, its dull mood is somewhat soothed, and this comfortable sight can only be seen in the library.
It was swimming freely in the sea of library knowledge, and someone on the other side had already recognized it.
The little boy casually scrolled through his phone to see pictures and short videos that people were posting online. Suddenly, a picture of a silvery-white giant caught his attention. He vaguely felt as if he had seen it somewhere, and when he thought about it, he suddenly remembered the guy who introduced "A Brief History of Time" at the reading party held in the library just now.
Could it really be him? No, I'm going to double-check!
The junior high school student told his mother that he had left a book in the library and that he wanted to go back and get it.
It sat on the floor, leaning against the bookshelf and reading a book.
The little boy ran into the library, first asked the caretaker if he had seen the man, and was told that he was in that area.
Well? Is it the kid at the book club? How did he get back? Didn't he go with his mother?
It has always been very vigilant, and he can notice strangers or people he has seen approaching.
The little boy sneaked up to a bookshelf, took down a book, and pretended to be reading, while his eyes were secretly looking at it sitting on the ground reading a book not far away.
The more you look at it, the more you look like it! It's definitely him!
The little boy watched it for a long time, but he still determined this shocking secret.
Suddenly, the little boy became nervous, because the one who had been reading a book not far away was gone!
Well? Ran away?
The little boy quickly put down the book and ran to where it had been sitting.
Are you looking for me?
A terrifying voice appeared behind the little boy.
The little boy kept his body in a cold sweat.
It's over, it's been discovered! Am I going to die? The little boy thought.
Why don't you speak? Aren't you looking for me? I'm right here.
Holding the book it had been reading, it smiled and looked at the little boy's back, which was already soaked with sweat.
The little boy swallowed hard and turned slowly, squeezing an embarrassed smile into his face.
Hey, what's that, I...... I'm here to apologize to you. You know, I interrupted you at the book party, so my mom said let me come and apologize to you, yes, that's it.
After saying that, the little boy exhaled deeply, admiring his impromptu response.
Whether a person is talking or not, just look at the eyes, it can see that the first half of the little boy's sentence is lying, but the second half of the sentence is the truth, which makes it puzzled, a sentence can have both false and true in it.
Alas, humans are complex creatures!
It sighed silently in its heart, thinking that it already knew something about human beings, but it didn't expect that it was still a lot worse.
Seeing that the tall man in front of him did not speak for a long time, the little boy was still waiting for him to reply.
Oh yes, I forgive you.
Oh, thank you! Thank you!
Nodding a few times to it, the little boy felt a sense of relief for the rest of his life, patted his chest, and the little boy quickly left the library, and decided not to come to this library again.
Watching the little boy happily walk away, it suddenly had an inexplicable sense of accomplishment. It was the first time he had spoken to a human for so long, and it was a shocking thing to say it.
When the evening comes, he has to go back to the hotel, he has to get up early and go to bed late like a human being, and maintain a normal routine.
As soon as it stepped out of the library, it found itself surrounded by a line of police cars and police.
Hands up!
A policeman shouted boldly.
It looked silently at the shouting policeman, and suddenly felt betrayed, or betrayed by a human who had forgiven it, which made it disappointed in the human.
It raised its right hand and pointed at the row of police cars with its index finger outstretched.
Bite!
A blinding light appeared from the tip of the index finger, illuminating the front door of the library as if it were day.
All the policemen either closed their eyes or blocked them with their hands, and when the light faded away, the man was gone, and after that, people passing by screamed.
It turned out that all the policemen's clothes were gone, and all of them became naked. The policemen looked down and quickly covered themselves, and two policewomen screamed and covered their faces and got into the police car.
Some people were very fast and filmed this scene with their mobile phones.
No shame, no dishonesty. This is the label it has given to humanity.
It wasn't long before it became clear that some clothing stores were closing, and before long, it was hard to get new clothes. At this time, people found out that one of the most embarrassing things was that people basically wore old clothes when they went out.
A year later, the new clothes that had disappeared suddenly reappeared. Factories that had closed down and clothing stores that had closed their doors were reopened.
Presumably, one year is enough time for humanity to reflect on what they have done.
It stood on the street, watching people frantically pour into a newly opened clothing store, and thought to itself.
Syllable!
Leisurely walking down the street, it was hit by a man who ran by.
Don't you have long eyes? Don't you walk without looking at the road?
The man scolded back and hurried into the clothing store.
Oh? Dare to talk to me like this, it seems that the lesson for mankind is not enough! Let me think about it, what punishment should be made this time? Oh, there you have it!
After a few days, people began to find that their eyes could not see clearly, and the strange thing is that as soon as they stopped, they could see clearly, and as soon as they walked or ran, their eyes would become very blurry, and what was even more shocking was that they were useless even with glasses.
Therefore, after a month, people can only walk slowly on the road, and no one dares to run, for fear of hitting something.
A year later, people are again discovering that their vision is slowly recovering.
It reappeared on the streets, and it was very satisfying to watch people grope their way forward step by step, and no one should ask who is blind now, right?
When people get used to that slow pace, it's hard to get up fast.
It's a long and familiar process, and if you want to go back to the past, you can only do it step by step like a baby's toddler.
To be continued......