Chapter 12 Burn books to keep warm, and hope that you will be cautious

So when Shen Zhu, who was in a relaxed mood, was about to go up to the third floor, he was on the other side.

Soon, the male protagonist Sam Hall and they came to their destination, at this time the two doors of the room have been pushed open, and the classical and elegant decoration layout in the room can be seen at a glance.

The room is about seventy or eighty square meters, and there are two wooden tables, which are placed on the left and right sides of the doorway, each table is placed with eight wooden back stools, and the table top is placed with two white table lamps.

When the male protagonist Sam Hale and the others enter the room, they can see that there is an oil painting on each of the walls except for a long window.

Walking under the ceiling with a large chandelier in the center, you will come to the white stove facing the doorway of the room, and on either side of the fuel outlet are two female statues holding the stove in both hands.

By this time, the room was already full of people, all of whom were busy bringing everything that could be used for fuel in the room to the fire, such as books and wooden stools; However, there wasn't much to burn in the room, so some people went out to the reading room to carry books.

When the male protagonist Sam Hale twisted his body left and right to squeeze to the fire, Sam Hale saw two survivors throwing books into the stove and burning them.

On the other side of the fire, a bespectacled book lover snatched some books from the hands of a man with short, curly hair and pointed to them one by one to explain. "These books could not be burned, and it was the first printing of the ancient Bible, which marked the beginning of the age of reason...... This one can't be burned either, it's the only manuscript in the world......"

At this time, Shen Zhu also rushed to the scene and asked the male protagonist Sam Hall: "What's the situation?" “

On the way to the third floor, Shen Zhu saw that many survivors were surrounding the sacred tree to keep warm, so he thought that the male protagonist Sam Hall had convinced everyone and began to prepare the materials needed to go south according to the plan.

But in the reading room, I saw the survivors burning and heating in the carrying book area, which reminded Shen Zhu of a scene in the original movie, where the male protagonist Sam Hall went to carry books to burn in order to keep warm and relieve the cold.

The two are very similar, which suddenly made Shen Zhu wonder if the male protagonist was preparing to hide in the library again, so that the most important part of his plan would fail.

It was with this in mind that Shen Zhu couldn't help but ask what happened to the male protagonist.

"Huh."

The male protagonist Sam Hall looked back and saw that it was Shen Zhu, and the guy who had been missing for a while suddenly appeared again.

Before, when he walked up to the second floor, when the male protagonist Sam Hall wanted to ask Shen Zhu what he thought, Sam Hall found that Shen Zhu suddenly disappeared, but time was pressing, so he let go of his inner doubts and persuaded the survivors with a few of them.

"Now that they're going to burn books and take refuge here, what can you do to persuade them?" The male protagonist Sam Hall's thoughts ran for a while, and he didn't ask Shen Zhu where to go before.

Hearing this, Shen Zhu's face relaxed, it turned out that other people were preparing to take refuge here, not the male protagonist. After thinking for a while, in the expectant eyes of everyone, Shen Zhu said, "Let's go out first." “

As for Shen Zhu and their departure, none of the survivors in the room noticed.

In a corner not far from the room, Shen Zhu leaned against the cold wall and said, "I don't think it's necessary to convince them anymore, because we are about to go south, and if we don't set off again, I'm afraid that the survivors of the city south of New York will not be able to wait for our rescue." “

"To the south?"

The news was sudden, and everyone was taken by surprise.

The male protagonist, Sam Hall, quickly sobered up from the shock and immediately pondered the feasibility of the plan.

"But...... We can't leave them behind, or they'll freeze here. What difficulties will be faced in going south, the heroine Laura did not think carefully, but was soft-hearted and worried about the people who were left behind.

However, except for Shen Zhu and the male protagonist, the rest of the people nodded in agreement, because their hearts were not hard enough to abandon and ignore the passing of life.

”……“

What do you mean to say that I am cold-blooded, Shen Zhu couldn't help but be speechless, and then explained: "I think Laura, you think too extreme about the consequences, you must know that the books in the library are enough for them to burn for a week, plus, I will leave the sacred tree and food before leaving, so, as long as they don't want to die." “

Hearing this, everyone also understood what Shen Zhu meant, and he put the choice in the hands of the survivors, live or die.

But the heroine Laura was still not at ease, so she asked: "But the food is not enough, how can they survive for a week, or two weeks?" “

"Have you thought about the food problem for more than 3,000 people? This is no small problem. Shen Zhu quickly asked a question, and at the same time thought about the plot in the original movie: The eight of you only have some snacks to keep you alive, and now I doubt how you spent a week.

At this time, the male protagonist Sam Hall said: "Laura, I agree with Shen's suggestion, because the problem we are currently facing is not only food, but also the increasingly violent weather outside, when the time comes, the food that Superman carries from the air will also become a lump of ice, so how can we solve the food problem of more than 3,000 people?" “

In order to reassure the heroine Laura, he explained: "I mentioned to you before that my father is a climate research expert, and he told me that the duration of this ice and snow disaster is not very long, about a week. Therefore, we have to go south with this group of more than 3,000 people first, and maybe we can rescue some trapped people on the way. “

Hearing this, Shen Zhu immediately cooperated with the male protagonist and said decidedly: "Then do it, you give me the sacred tree in your hand first, and I will go to say goodbye to them, and when you go down, remember to call everyone to gather in the hall on the first floor, we will soon set off for the south." “

Shen Zhu said as he took the sacred tree handed by everyone, and then let the male protagonist Sam Hall and them leave tremblingly, while he entered the room.

Coming to the stove, Shen Zhu placed the bonsai sacred trees in his arms on the desk one by one, and then silently counted how many people were in the room.

There were fifteen people in the room, both adults and children, leaning against the wall by the fire, or lying on the soft sofas, or reading books by the light to pass the time.

And he has six pots of sacred trees in his hands, so it is just enough for them to keep warm.

At this time, Shen Zhu, who had come to a conclusion, said with confidence: "I know that you don't want to ignore me, and you don't want to see them. “

As he spoke, Shen Zhu pointed to the Divine Tree, and his thoughts brewed for a while: "But you have to pay attention to what I say, because what follows is related to your lives." “

Regardless of whether they really wanted to listen, Shen Zhu squatted by the fire, picked up a book and continued: "In ten minutes, we plan to go south and go in the direction of Mexico. So, I hope you'll change your mind now and go south with us. “

After the words were finished, no one made a sound for a while, but they all put down their work and focused their eyes on Shen Zhu.

And Shen Zhu didn't want to say much persuasion, because what should be said had been persuaded, since they chose to be here, it proved that they were ready to prepare for the worst, even if they froze to death and starved to death here, they were not willing to accept Superman's help.

So Shen Zhu glanced at the book in his hand, it was a book of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Department of Revenue, and then threw it into the stove and said to a man with glasses: "These books embody the spiritual civilization created by human beings, and it is a pity to burn them for warmth, but it is not a pity, because they are transmitted to human beings through flames."

But I hope that you will try to keep some unique books, because this is the crystallization of culture that has been condensed for thousands of years, and if you burn them, you don't know if future generations will be able to condense them again. “

As early as when he saw this scene in the movie before, Shen Zhu first felt enjoyable, and then thought of the importance of books, so he had some philosophical feelings: "Life is supreme", "Without life, how can we talk about spirit", "Without culture, how can people be human"......

Afterwards, the feeling is just the feeling, if he faces this situation, Shen Zhu will also burn the books to keep warm, and work hard to live; However, he also hoped that others would be able to do things that he could not do, such as sacrificing his life to save books.

Therefore, now in the movie "The Day After Tomorrow", Shen Zhu faced this situation, for fear that after he and the southbound team left, the survivors here would burn some precious and lonely books to keep warm, so he couldn't help but say his inner words.