Chapter 1: A splendid and deadly spectacle of the century
In order to let everyone understand what has happened to this planet in the past two years, and what has happened to the 6.5 billion human beings and hundreds of millions of living beings. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoOur story will start two years ago.
Two years ago, Ji Hao at that time was still an ordinary college student full of benevolence and morality. At that time, he also had the nickname "Brother Mark" given by his roommates. At that time, he didn't know that all this would be far away from him!
Of course, at that time, he also had a calm and steady character.
Then......
The mobile phone rang in Ji Hao's trouser pocket for a long time, and he finally noticed it.
Holding his hand against the sun, he barely saw that the call was from his brother, the fat man. It's so noisy around. Ji Hao tried to listen to the voice on the other end of the phone. "Brother Mark, listen to me, quick! Find a closed and safe place to hide, the meteorite carries a virus! ”
And Ji Hao is now on Bayi Square in Shencheng. The towering buildings around him seemed to surround him with the hideous sound of reinforced concrete, and the surrounding boiling voices overshadowed the waves, and from time to time there were a few ignorant children chasing and playing unscrupulously in the crowd.
This place doesn't seem to be at all compatible with the fat man's so-called "closed and safe" place.
Ji Hao, who has always liked quiet, can come to this place, and it is inseparable from that report. A week ago, the astronomical observatory spotted thirteen meteorites flying towards Earth's orbit, just in time to be captured by Earth's gravity. It is expected to reach the skies over Africa and Europe at 2:50 p.m. Beijing time, and after flying half a circle around the earth, it can reach the sky over Shencheng at 3:25 p.m. At that time, everyone will be able to see the spectacular sight of meteorite ice rubbing and heating in the atmosphere and gradually disappearing.
It was April 15, 2013, which happened to be the weekend, and after Ji Hao had lunch at noon, he and his two roommates came to Bayi Square, ready to witness this wonder of the century. There is still a minute left before the expected arrival of the meteorite, and although there is more buzzing noise around him, he can still faintly hear someone shouting excitedly: "It's coming, it's coming!" ”。 At this time, on the horizon, you can already see that there is a row of black dots flying jaggedly from the west, like a group of cruising fighters, and like geese returning from the south. According to that extreme flight speed, it is estimated that in a short time, it will be able to slash through the sky above Shencheng like a few sharp knives.
Ji Hao, who didn't know what terrible disaster was approaching, he was looking forward to the meteorite ice that had been waiting for a long time finally arrived, and he was inevitably a little excited, and even joked with the fat man by the way: "Fatty, are grapes sour?" The fat man was still shocked by the report he had just seen, and he couldn't hear the cynicism in Ji Hao's language for a while, and asked suspiciously, "What?" ”
The meteorite ice on the horizon was still rushing towards this side, and now I could see that the ice was constantly splitting apart. The fragments of the split split into smaller detritus and swooped down hungrily on the people who landed at a distance invisible to the naked eye!
This fat man is still pretending to be stupid? Unaware that the crisis was gradually approaching, Ji Hao raised his eyebrows, raised his voice, and wanted to tease the fat man: "I said that you can't eat grapes, and said that grapes are sour!" I called you to come earlier, but you didn't come, what happened? Call brother, brother will take more photos for you to go back? ”
"Alright, alright, you." The fat man felt very helpless and a little innocent. He kindly reminded him, but he was bitten by Lu Dongbin instead. It seemed that what he said was too shocking, and the fat man blushed and hurriedly explained: "Just now, such a broadcast was inserted in the broadcast hall of the Century Wonders and then it was stopped, I'll go to check it on the Internet, be careful yourself." After finishing speaking, he hurriedly hung up his phone.
As soon as he put down his mobile phone, Ji Hao, who had come back a little, immediately let go of his ridicule. The reason is simple, there are too many people around on the phone! So much that it's completely abnormal!
If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!
He quietly walked under the awning next to him, and at the same time did not forget to raise the SLR camera he borrowed from the fat man in his hand to protect the big and expensive thing from the collision and crushing of the chaotic crowd.
There were also a few people nearby walking towards this awning. This anomaly appears to have been discovered as well. The awning became more crowded as more and more people gathered.
He began to call the other two roommates who had long since been separated, and "doodoo" busy!
Call your parents, "doodoo" busy sound!
Call the fat man, "doodoo" busy sound!
The more calls were made, Ji Hao no longer had the relaxed mentality just now, and the more numbers were dialed, the more nervous he became, and his palms were sweating. He finally began to worry about the fat man's so-called virus, and wondered where it would be safer.
The meteorite ice continued to fly eastward, and a large amount of meteorite ice debris completely obscured the sky. The whole sky seemed to be covered by a gray translucent cover, and the brightness had dropped a lot. A heavy sense of depression pressed everyone's nerves.
The subsequent meteorite debris did not disappear into the atmosphere due to high temperature friction as predicted in the report, but flew directly to the surface and smashed into the crowd. Because the speed is too fast, by the time everyone finds out that the meteorite will hit them, they will not be able to react for a long time!
At this moment, the jubilant crowd that had been standing in the square fell to the ground like wheat that had been cut down. Only a few lucky ones who were not hit by the meteorite ice and were still a little sluggish, standing alone in place.
There was a commotion, panic, chaos, hiding under the awnings, in the buildings, and the lucky ones who were not hit by the meteoric ice, after a short silence, broke out! They are in a mess, and now they remember to turn to the outside world, to the government for help. However, there is no way to get in touch with the outside world!
Only a couple of people went to pick up their relatives, friends or strangers, and applied their simple common sense to first aid, while many more people just stood in place, holding up their already malfunctioning mobile phones over and over again, while barking blindly at the people around them.
After such a big mess, Ji Hao forced himself to calm down quickly. This chaotic time is the best time for those who usually suppress and restrain their sinful desires to take advantage of the chaos to release their impulses. It is easy to foresee that Shencheng will soon usher in chaos. In this case, it is the wisest and safest choice not to go to the onlookers, but to go back to school.
The mutation happened suddenly, the transportation system was still working normally, and the bus stop happened to be on the bus back to school. Ji Hao stayed away from the crowd of onlookers who fell to the ground and got on the bus back to school.
This time period is too special, except for the driver, there is only Ji Hao alone in the bus. The driver is still on the job at this time, which can be regarded as dedicated. Looking out the window, there were a handful of men in military or police uniforms doing their part: carrying unconscious people to the shade or maintaining order.
Listening to the bus driver, there were still a few people in the car, but they all went down to watch the excitement at the last stop.
Soon after the group went down, the ice fell down. When the ice crashed down, there was a clanging sound on the windows of the car. Fortunately, the windows of his bus were tempered glass, otherwise he would have been lying motionless in the bus like the people outside. It may also cause a major traffic accident. Originally, he also planned to go down to see the excitement, but thinking that this was his last train today, he was concerned about his wife and daughter who had just turned one year old at home, and planned to hand over the car as soon as possible and go home to take care of his wife and children.
The bus continued to move forward, and during this time, four more people came in, all of whom planned to go home and hide after seeing that there was going to be chaos outside. The order outside was chaotic, and the minutes were passing by the minute.
Ji Hao came all the way and saw that there were people lying on the ground everywhere, waiting for rescue. And on the side of the road or in the middle of the road, small car accidents can be seen everywhere, and there are unfortunate drivers who have been hit by meteoric ice and are unconscious. Fortunately, when the meteorite came, everyone either drove slowly or simply stopped to see the meteorite, so the situation was not too bad. The bus driver cautiously drove the bus on the road and turned left and right, avoiding the vehicles that were parked on the road. The passengers in the bus pointed out the many car accidents that occurred outside the window through the transparent windows, and evaluated the damage of the disaster. A young man and an uncle even frothy at the mouth because of this!
Ji Hao was still trying to make various calls, but it seemed that all means of communication had been lost in the moment before the meteor landed.
Soon, ten minutes passed, and according to Ji Hao's experience, as long as there was another six minutes of driving, he would be able to return to school.
But at this time, the mutation happened again!
He saw that the people who had been lying on the ground honestly, one and two, got up one after another, and then immediately pounced on the onlookers and beat them. There were also people in the crowd of onlookers who were struggling. But when it became clear that the person who was knocked down took a bite and died directly, the other onlookers dispersed in a hurry.
Immediately after, all the people who fell to the ground got up and staggered towards the onlookers. The pedestrians next to him slapped the bus desperately, and the driver stopped the bus and picked up more than a dozen people. Seeing that the madmen who got up later staggered and were about to approach the bus, the driver quickly closed the door, and before the crazy people in the car were mixed, he immediately set off and left.
The bus sped all the way forward, and it had already taken the wrong bus route, but the driver still drove forward. Where exactly they are going, no one knows, and where they can go, no one knows. The young man who was in high spirits who had just chatted with the uncle desperately shouted, "Stop, stop, my house has arrived!" "After that, I was about to grab the driver's steering wheel, but was stopped by other passengers. In this case, where can he be fooled?
There was already chaos all around, and chases were going on everywhere.
The "people" who were hit by the meteor and got up again, although they moved slowly, but there were a large number of people, and if they were not careful, those lucky people who did not suffer would be surrounded by them.
Once it is fenced, there is only one way to die!
The bus continued to speed forward, and several "people" gathered on the ground to fight for something, and the heads of the "people" gathered together, like jackals on the grassland after a successful hunt to fight for food. And in the very center of their rivalry, the ground was a blur of flesh and blood.
You don't have to look to know that there must be a curious onlooker on the ground who has been bitten to death. The car continued to drive forward, and suddenly, a "person" staggered onto the road. Even in the face of homicides all over the streets, this kind and loyal driver still maintains a conscience, but lacks some of the calmness and rationality that should be used to deal with the current situation.
He reflexively braked sharply, killed the steering wheel, and made his most instinctive reaction as a driver, and avoided the tragedy of "bus collision".
The bus tires made an unpleasant "squeak" noise and deflected to the left. narrowly avoided the "person" who rushed onto the road recklessly, but was hit by a speeding car next to him!
After the car was hit, it rolled over several times and buckled upside down on the side of the road. The bus also flipped on its side on the spot. The people in the car exclaimed, everyone followed the rolling of the bus, and also fell to the window of the road, and as the bus sliding, it wiped a large distance on the ground. The windows of the cars under the bodies of several unfortunate people were shattered, and their bodies were blurred with a piece of flesh and blood rubbed against the glass shards and the road.
Seeing that the bus could no longer drive, there were many "people" surrounding this side. The front window of the bus has long been shattered, and the reckless "person" who rushed to the middle of the road at the beginning is stepping on the glass shards of the front window of the bus, staggering towards the crowd in the bus. One of its legs seemed to have been broken by something, and it swayed as it walked, and one of his arms may have been dislocated, hanging limply over his shoulder, while the other arm struggled to reach forward, his palm curled into a sharp claw, his eyes widened, and his lips turned upward, revealing the teeth that had just tasted flesh inside. It was as if he would be able to taste his food faster.
Seeing that the zombie in the front window had blocked the way out, and the left and right sides were the roof and bottom of the car, respectively, there was no way out. Ji Hao slammed the safety hammer under his feet, ran to the back window of the bus, slammed the window, and flipped out.
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PS: One of my readers had a question about the time difference between the time of the meteorite ice landing on Earth. He said that global time should be synchronized. I think I need to explain it here.
Of course, global time is synchronous, but everyone uses different expressions. We have our "Beijing Time", they have their "Los Angeles Time" and "Vancouver Time", and of course everyone understands the specific reasons. The time difference between the arrival of meteorites on Earth in this paper is due to the fact that meteorites consume some time in the air, resulting in the time when meteorites are seen in Africa and the time when meteorites are seen in Asia are not synchronized. If I'm going to revolve around jet lag, the time gap is more than a dozen hours, not just half an hour.
Another reader asked: Why is the number of people receiving warning messages so low? Don't other people's relatives and friends know to call them to warn?
Well, that's a good question. The answer is: busy.