Earth, 22:37 Sierra time.

Republic of Sierra Leone, Freetown, capital city, temporary prison.

The temporary prison means that from 8 p.m. on May 11, 2012, all the prisons in all the cities of Sierra Leone are already full, and there is a constant stream of new customers.

In order not to disappoint the gentlemen who arrived later, the police in Sierra Leone thoughtfully requisitioned hundreds of schools, dormitories, factories, and houses.

Suddenly, the improvised iron door opened, and a gentleman with a blue nose and swollen face and bloodied clothes staggered into the cell.

The poor fellow got up from the dung and looked around with a confused look, it was a cell apparently converted from a pigsty, the air was filled with a foul smell, and the cramped cell had been filled with four unfortunate gentlemen, three of whom were huddled together, and the last of them had his head bowed and shrunk in a corner.

"Hey......" The three people huddled together moved at the same time, giving way to a small low stool under their buttocks, and a short man sitting next to him beckoned: "New man, come, sit...... What is your name? ”

"I ...... I ......" the newcomer wiped his nose and wiped the blood, and walked timidly, but did not sit down: "My name is Aruba." ”

"Sit down, Aruba......," said the short man, holding out his hand, and said Aruba to his side, "Tell me, what have you done?" How did you get caught? ”

"I ...... I don't know, I'm walking down the street, and then all of a sudden, ......" said Aruba as he stole a peek out of his cell, and on the other side of Tieshan, a dark-skinned local Sierra Leonean policeman stood cautiously in the far corner, next to a dozen heavily armed, murderous, blonde NATO soldiers.

Aruba cautiously pointed: "...... A few of these people rushed over and held me down and beat me...... And then I'm here......"

"What did you do then?" The short man asked.

"I ...... I didn't do anything! I'm just walking......" Aruba began to sob.

"You must have committed a crime." The short man shook his head: "Think about it, what did you do at that time?" ”

"At that time...... There was an iron bird flying in the sky, and I looked up for a while and thought it was very interesting. ”

"You're smiling?"

"Well...... Seems to be yes......"

"What time?"

"Just now, just before I came in."

"Got it, Aruba, you're in trouble, you're laughing at the wrong time, when there was a picture moving in the sky, and it was almost finished."

"Picture! Oh my! Picture! Aruba grabbed his hair, pulled hard, and began to cry: "...... I have nothing to do with pictures! I don't know the picture! I don't know anyone who knows pictures! Oh my...... I'm done...... I'm done...... Mommy ......"

"Alas......" The four people next to him sighed at the same time.

Alas......

Poor child.

After crying for a while, Aruba slowly raised his head, "What about you, why are you here?" ”

"Alas......" the short man sighed, "Like you, I have something to do with the picture...... When I got home from the store, the upstairs neighbor asked me if I could bring him some wine, and I didn't have any money, so I shook my hand at him, and it was like heaven and earth......"

"As for me...... said the man next to the short man, "I live at home, and the mirror is placed next to the window, and there is something wrong with it, and I put the picture of heaven in the mirror, and then I come here." ”

"You guys are much better, I got drunk in the tavern and woke up here, and the police said that there was someone next to me talking about pictures in the sky and asked me to come and stay here for a few days."

"What about you?" Aruba looked at the last person who was cowering in the corner.

The last one immediately shuddered, turned around, and without saying a word, his head lowered.

"Don't talk to him." The short man hurriedly grabbed Aruba, "He just robbed and accidentally injured two people, nothing serious......"

After barely saying a few words, there was soon no topic in the cell, and everyone was worried.

After some time, three GIs walked in, the local police opened the cell, and the GIs led the gentleman out of the innermost part of the bench.

After some more time, three new GIs came and took another gentleman with them.

In this way, there were fewer and fewer people next to Aruba, and the people who were taken away did not come back, and in the end only Aruba and the crooked head in the corner were left in the cell.

Not long after, the cell sounded again, and this time after the "clang", three soldiers picked up Aruba, carried him through two doors, and stuffed him into a large room.

This is an interrogation room.

There were four seats in the room, and at the very edge of the room was a local Sierra Leonean gentleman, and the others were all blonde, blue-eyed, white-skinned gentlemen.

There are no seats in Aruba.

The interrogation soon began.

The interrogator, who sat in the middle, began to ask questions, first name, age, address, work, and Aruba answered honestly.

After determining the basic situation, the interrogator looked at the documents in front of him, "Do you know that on May 8, 2012, the office of the Revolutionary United Front caught fire?" ”

"Know, I'm living next to ......"

The interrogator nodded, and wrote in the interrogation transcript next to him: The assassination had been known for a long time.

"When did you start noticing the sky vision?"

"I saw it at the beginning."

The inquisitor wrote: Keep an eye on the situation.

"What were you doing when you got here?"

"I was walking down the street and was about to buy some wine."

The inquisitor wrote: ready to buy weapons and supplies.

"Is there anything you'd like to say?"

"I didn't do anything, I don't know anything, let me go...... Let me go...... Woo......"

The interrogator wrote: He has a certain sense of counter-reconnaissance and may have received some training.

"Alright, let's sign it."

"I can't write......"

"Bang!" The butt of a rifle struck Aruba's head, and the next moment, a powerful arm grabbed Aruba's thin right hand, dipped it in the fresh blood that flowed from Aruba's forehead, and pressed the handprint on the first confession.

"Alright, take it away......"

With a wave of his hand, the interrogator finally wrote: preliminary screening, serious suspicion, and send to the base for further interrogation.

The three soldiers grabbed Aruba and walked out of the room and stuffed it into a car.

"It's ...... Where to go? The road was getting more and more desolate, and Aruba was uneasy, and finally couldn't help but ask the driver in front of him.

The answer to Aruba was another butt.

Half an hour later, a car carrying Aruba appeared at the door of a temporary NATO base that had been built urgently.

Ten minutes later, at the gate of the base, the car reappeared.

Aruba did not reappear.

Forever.

XXXVIII. National Interest (II)

Earth, May 11, 2012 at 6:37 a.m. Beijing time.

U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

"What? What did you say? Country Z agreed? ”

The U.S. Ambassador to China, Mr. Boris, couldn't believe his ears, and Mr. Ambassador slammed to his feet, not looking at the pile of papers that had fallen from the desk in front of him.

"No, Mr. Ambassador, it's not just agree...... You see......"

As soon as he entered the door, the counselor, who had made a special trip to deliver good news, quickly opened the blinds: "...... Mr. Ambassador, country Z has not only agreed, but has even unilaterally fulfilled our demands! The 11th celestial phenomenon ended early! ”

It was gloomy outside the window, and even the clouds could not be seen clearly in the gray sky.

It was exactly the same as three days ago, when the most ordinary sky in the national capital was usual.

"This ...... It can't be ......"

Boris quickly rubbed his eyes that had become semi-round, and hurriedly rolled over his sleeves, yes, 6:37.

"How is this possible?" Lowering his sleeves, Mr. Ambassador's lips trembled, and he muttered, "...... Really ended early...... How is this possible? How could country Z agree to such a proposal......"

"Mr. Ambassador, maybe the conditions we have provided are too superior, and the side of country Z is ...... for a while"

"Shut up, you idiot!" Boris's voice suddenly raised several times, "Contact Washington immediately and ask about the latest changes in the celestial events!" ”

The counsellor hurried out of the room, as if he would be burned to ashes by the flames erupting from Boris's tired eyes for a second.

The door slammed.

Looking at the gray sky again, looking at the watch on his wrist, Boris sat down again, a deep wrinkle on his forehead.

That's impossible...... How is this possible......

Are the conditions too superior? SHIT！ This idiot......

It's been nearly four days since the first celestial event happened.

In the past four days, although there has been no unanimous opinion on whether or not to publicly announce the incident, whether it is hiding their ears and stealing the bell, or simply admitting that during the time period of the celestial incident, all countries have repeatedly tried every means to fabricate all kinds of strange reasons and through various channels to urgently issue warnings to their citizens that they may be injured at any time.

It is conceivable that under such circumstances, all countries and industries on the earth will inevitably begin to suffer all kinds of serious losses.

It is also conceivable that the severity of this loss must be directly distributed in a normal way with the distance from country Z.

It is even more conceivable that the United States, which is located in the eastern and western hemispheres with country Z, has suffered the most serious losses.

As a result, in the past four days, on behalf of the United States, Mr. Boris has submitted numerous motions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of country Z.

At the beginning, the United States said that the Wu Qingchen incident was not an isolated issue for country Z, but needed to be resolved by the whole world and must be handled by the United Nations. Country Z said that as a responsible major country, country Z has the confidence and ability to deal with all issues related to country Z.

Next, the United States said that no matter whether it is the only connection between the earth and the world of country Z, Mr. Wu Qingchen is first and foremost a living natural person and has all the sacred human rights of natural persons, and country Z cannot unilaterally sever Mr. Wu Qingchen's contact with the outside world, and any country, especially the United States, has the right to contact Mr. Wu Qingchen; Mr. Wu Qingchen can always be in contact with any country and any organization, and any practice of country Z at this stage is to protect Mr. Wu Qingchen's safety and interests as well as protecting the citizens of any country.

Soon, the United States said that according to the latest discovery of the United States Immigration Service, at 13:33 on March 27, 2005, Mr. Wu Qingchen had used the function of the Internet forum to reply to the topic, and adopted the method of affirming the American system and the American sports environment, fully expressed his immigration tendency to the United States, and submitted an immigration application. demanded that country Z immediately hand over Mr. Wu Qingchen, a U.S. citizen;

Immediately, country Z said that according to the investigation, Mr. Wu Qingchen's remarks at that time were: "Yes, the moon in the United States is very round, and the Pacific Ocean is not covered, why don't you swim over?" ”。 The Chinese language is broad and profound, and the unilateral interpretation of the United States is absurd and blunt, and obviously has no legal effect; In addition, the United States, which implements the capitalist system, has a backward society, indifferent interpersonal relationships, and a high cost of living, and is a country that does not recommend immigration.

The United States said that China's accusations are seriously off the facts. At the same time, Mr. Wu Qingchen does not need to worry about entering the living environment of the United States at all, and a state legislature in the United States has just passed a proposal for the "Early Morning City Plan", which will immediately build an identical large city according to the environment of Jiang County, where Wu Qingchen has lived for a long time, and at the same time welcome any citizen of Jiang County to apply for immigration to the United States Immigration Service;

Country Z said that the natural environment of the United States is harsh and the per capita happiness index is low, and country Z advises a very small number of deceived citizens to think rationally and make prudent decisions;

The United States said that China's accusations are seriously off the facts. After a series of tests, the United States selected a beautiful environment for the construction of the city, and all environmental indicators have reached the international ideal range.

Country Z said that the standards used by the United States do not conform to international practice, and that country Z standards should be used, and experts from country Z should be invited to conduct re-testing;

The United States said...... Denote...... Denote...... Protest! Strong protest! Condemnation in the strongest terms!

In short, the reasons for the negotiation are strange, the process of negotiation is very unpleasant, and the result of the negotiation is ......

The negotiations were inconclusive at all.

The leadership of both country Z and the United States knows very well that China and the United States can definitely cooperate on a large scale in response to the celestial incident. As for Wu Qingchen, the most critical subject in the celestial incident, it is absolutely impossible for country Z to give up any rights, nor will it make any concessions.

However, in order to cope with the surging anger of the domestic giants of all strata and various trade associations, the US Foreign Department had no choice but to make all kinds of strange remarks again and again, and put forward countless demands that could never be passed at a glance.

The same is true for this latest request for negotiations.

In order to minimize the losses as much as possible, countless forces in the United States have repeatedly appealed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make efforts to change Wu Qingchen's work and rest time.

After a change from tough, mild, to weak......

After the gradual change from ensuring the interests of the United States as much as possible and balancing China and the United States as much as possible, to recovering the losses of the United States as much as possible......

On this day, Boris's representations have turned into a plea for country Z to consider ending the day's celestial phenomena a certain time in advance, and to make Wu Qingchen fall asleep a little earlier, so that the United States can avoid the highest fronts of social activities at 8 a.m. Western time and 1 p.m. Eastern time, and at the same time, the United States can compensate for the losses suffered by country Z by means of tariff adjustment, patent transfer, large-scale project cooperation, and so on.

Whether it is according to the judgment of the White House, the Pentagon, or Boris himself, this time, country Z will not agree to it either.

That's right, in a way, the counselor's opinion is indeed correct: the several conditions put forward by the United States are indeed extremely superior, and they definitely far exceed the economic losses caused by the small change of work and rest time in country Z.

However, this idiot looked too superficially, and did not take into account the drastic impact on social stability caused by the increase in the number of people who directly watched the celestial phenomena and directly faced uncertain threats after adjusting their work and rest time.

Such an exchange was willing to be accepted by the Z side, Boris pressed his forehead tightly, and a very ominous premonition rose in his heart.

"Bang!"

The door was pushed open again, and the departing counselor stumbled into the room without a trace of blood on his face.

Five minutes later, after a hasty briefing on the latest developments in the astronomical incident from the Pentagon, Boris's face was also snow-white.

"Mr. Ambassador, this time it ended early, and the side of country Z was also forced to do so, can the conditions we promised also be canceled.......

"Idiot! You idiot! Boris's landslide roared in the room: "You still don't understand? I'm sure that country Z has not looked at our conditions at all! Haven't seen it from start to finish! …… You fat pig, bitch, son of a bitch...... Humanity is about to perish, and you're still thinking about the conditions for a son of a bitch? ”

“FCUKYOU！ You cowherd! Get out of my room with your conditions and your fat! ”