8. The end of the world
After returning from Hailing Island for three days, according to the expectation that the Leonid meteor shower will be welcomed in about half a month, they plan to move to that country house en masse a week in advance, and rent a few pairs of off-road vehicles with good performance.
The apartment that Zhao Xinghua rents alone is close to the suburbs of the city, at the junction of Suifo City. Every day, all the screens of TV, computer, and mobile phone in the room play all kinds of sword fighting videos.
At this moment, he threw the "Morse Code" in his hand on the coffee table, and he basically remembered the contents. Leaning on the armrest of the sofa, he pulled out the thermometer from under his armpit and looked at the body temperature above, 30 degrees. It shows that according to Li Jie's prediction, the physiological index is recovering to normal humans.
picked up the remote control casually, ready to find a zombie-themed American drama to watch for a while, when suddenly a line of scrolling subtitles at the bottom of the screen caught his attention.
There is currently a large meteor shower over the American continent, and at this moment, the people of the United States, Canada, Mexico and other countries are stepping outside to watch this astronomical spectacle. ’
Immediately broadcast the remote control in your hand to the news station.
In the picture, people are looking up at the sky from the street, and one after another shooting stars cross the sky and fall into the distance, when suddenly the picture shakes, and someone next to the camera is heard: "One has fallen nearby." ”
Zhao Xinghua hurriedly picked up the phone and dialed Zhao Jie's mobile phone, and Zhao Jie replied, "What's wrong?" Has there been any change in physical condition? ”
"Turn on the TV and watch the news station, the meteorite has arrived early!"
"I don't have a TV in the lab, so I'll take a look at it online."
After a crackling keyboard, there was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.
"We're going to evacuate early. Just now, I went over the wall and went to a foreign website and saw that not only in the Americas, but also over the Pacific Ocean, there have been passenger planes shot down over the ocean, and several foreign satellites in outer space have also been damaged. Some experts predict that this meteorite shower will last for a long time and will be very dense. Zhao Jie's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Didn't astronomers all over the world predict that the 17th-21st would come?"
"It's a problem that I overlooked, the meteorites that experts from all over the world can observe, the volume should be above a certain range, like the kind we experienced, which is currently imperceptible to instruments in the world, meteorites fall to the earth very quickly, and the angle of entering the atmosphere is very small. Therefore, it is impossible to track it using existing means.
"What now?"
"Evacuate to our safe house."
Before the words fell, the city's air defense sirens sounded, and the two of them held the phones in a daze for a while, like hallucinations, and actually heard the air defense siren.
A horn sounded from the street: "There is a meteorite rain approaching now, please all citizens stay indoors and do not go out, please stay indoors and do not go out, martial law will be imposed on the streets in 40 minutes." ”
"It's too late, it is estimated that the roads out of the city have been blocked." Zhao Jie said, "Let's store more water and food first." ”
Sure enough, all the channels on the TV turned into a picture, broadcasting a notice, "At present, between the arrival of this unexpected meteorite rain, it is impossible to predict what damage these meteorites will bring to society and life, in order to prevent the emergence of unstable factors and ensure the safety and stability of the lives of the people throughout the country, the central government has decided to temporarily carry out a state of military management throughout the country, all cross-city public transportation will stop running, and outsiders will take the initiative to report to the temporary reception center on the nearest street, and there will be special personnel to distribute living materials and guide them to the government resettlement sites." ”
After talking to Zhao Jie, Zhao Xinghua was confused for a while, is it really about the end of the world? This kind of behavior of the government is obviously not guarding against the harm of meteorites, do you want to call your relatives?
When he was in Zhao Xinghua Middle School, his parents divorced, and soon both parties re-established a family, because he lived in school at that time, although he was nominally sentenced to his father to raise, but he rarely went home, both parents would give him living expenses at the same time, and it was very punctual, so that he felt that both sides were afraid that he would take the initiative to ask for it, and did not want to contact him. In this way, he would also find a job during the holidays and rarely return home.
The sudden arrival of the end times made him very lonely, and he felt that he didn't even have anyone to say goodbye.
At the very least, when the end of the world comes, saying goodbye to relatives can be regarded as a sense of ritual.
Zhao Xinghua stopped thinking nonsense, ran to the kitchen quickly, picked up pots and pans, and filled all the containers with water. He smiled when he saw that one of them was sent by his mother asking him to take care of himself. I opened the fridge and checked the food again, it should be able to cope for a few days.
Open the wardrobe and pull out a black 511 city combat uniform, as well as a pair of Orcoran 975 ten-inch paratrooper boots. With two knives beside him, he sat on his knees and went into a state of contemplation.
Half an hour later, there was a shouting outside the window, some people did not obey the command, but still insisted on staying outdoors, military vehicles had already appeared at major intersections on the street, and martial law was about to be imposed in 10 minutes.
At this time, Zhao Jie called: "How are you there?" I have told them to stay where they are and not to go out. ”
"Did you call Dad, is there any update from the central government?" Zhao Xinghua asked
"I did, my dad didn't know much, but I received a notice that some dignitaries were transferred to a base in Inner Mongolia, my family belonged to the third stage of evacuation, and my dad kept me in the south, he revealed that the last batch of meteorites fell in a village on the outskirts of Yanjing, and the whole village became a layer of bloodthirsty living dead, and quickly infected the other two villages. It was only brought under control by the use of a targeted heat clearance program after the troops imposed a martial law lockdown, and it is still a no-man's land. Experts also don't know why the contagion in the suburbs of Beijing is so fast, and if there is really a large-scale outbreak, it is impossible to control the spread of the virus in Yanjing by relying on martial law alone. ”
"Such a big leader, why is he still in the third batch of evacuations." Zhao Xinghua is always concerned about the focus of the topic.
"Hehe, the sports department is used to add honor to the country in the period of peaceful development, and in the time of crisis, it is just a marginal department without real power. What are you talking about? Now that the communication is still open, I asked Gao Liexiong to send you the content of his stepping points these days, you need to find a notebook to record it, and stop relying on electronic devices. In addition, remember that people who are infected by zombie scratches and bites, the incubation period is about six hours, and the virus protoplasms are not only infected by contact, but also air, water, and dust can be vectors such as viruses, so protect yourself. ”
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The air raid sirens outside have been sounding for several hours, making the whole city panic.
In the fourth hour of the alarm, meteorite rain fell from the sky, and with the rotation of the earth, many satellites in space were destroyed by meteorites, and the communications of various countries were seriously affected.