Chapter 1: A World Without Man
The orange-red Mars is suspended in the solar system, and the disk-shaped Milky Way with billions of stars rotates around the universe, revealing a beauty that amazes humans.
An astronomy enthusiast has just acquired a telescope of 15.3 and can't wait to start observing the space that obsesses him.
"What is this??How is that possible!!" The observer couldn't help but exclaim as he froze to Mars. He saw that Mars was entangled by a huge green dragon, which covered the small half of Mars, and its body swam with the rotation of Mars, and the dragon head held high always looked at the earth. A clear light suddenly shot out from the green dragon's body, heading straight for the earth, and a light curtain that also appeared out of thin air in the universe seemed to be summoned by the green dragon, and the green dragon plunged into the light curtain and disappeared.
Located in the foggy city on the southeast coast, a bullet train slowly drove out, and a teenager by the window was looking at the slowly receding scenery outside the window.
The young man was quite thin, the blue veins on his arms were faintly visible, the whitewashed shirt on his body, and his frowning brows made the whole person look even more gloomy.
The mobile phone that was casually thrown on the table rang, the young man looked at the call, sighed, and answered the phone very reluctantly, "Mom, what's the matter?"
The young man's name was Zhou, and he didn't know that in the future, no matter how much he expected, he would never be able to hear his mother's voice again.
"Everywhere, be careful when you go out, there are many people in the car, and don't throw away your mobile wallet. "My mother has always been very familiar with the habits of the surroundings.
As if he had forgotten that he had just thrown his phone on the table, "I know, I didn't throw it around, and it's not the first time I've gone out." There was some unhappiness in his tone.
"Your dad gave you three extra days off, so it's fun. After coming back, it's time to take care of it, you see that Meng Yu is going to get married, he is still two days younger than you, you should also find a girlfriend. ”
As soon as he heard the topic again, Zhou lost all patience, and after simply coping with his mother, he hurriedly hung up the phone.
"In this place, I don't even have a favorite person, can I just find someone to marry and have children? I'm not a stallion!" Zhou laughed at himself.
Zhou Chu, who has just graduated for a year, is a full Byron-like hero, full of ambition and fantasy. But he still couldn't resist his parents, and returned to the small county town near the sea in the southeast to take the civil service exam.
Only Meng Yu regretted when he heard the news, "You are so pitiful." ”
When he thought of Meng Yu's kid, he was angry. The two are in the same class from kindergarten to high school, and they are also in the same school in college, and they are both children from other people's families who are used to make comparisons.
Meng Yu's parents also wanted him to go back to his hometown to develop, but Meng Yu said, "I have a girl I like to stay here, and I want to chase her and go home together." ”
When the train arrived at the imperial capital, the sky was as dark as evening, full of thunderclouds.
When we walked around the station to the exit, bean-sized raindrops were densely scattered from the sky, and all kinds of dragon-like lightning flew in the clouds.
A cyan meteor dragged its long tail across the dim sky, looking at this bright meteor around, not panicking like the crowd, but feeling unprecedentedly pure, and at this moment, his eyes turned into a white expanse, except for a floating ball of light, there was nothing else as far as his eyes could see, and he felt that this place was very cordial for no reason.
"Destiny Palace. This thought arose in Zhou Chu's heart, he was the first time to enter the palace of life, but he was already sure where he was.
The floating light cluster felt the divine thoughts that entered the life palace around it, and emitted one aura after another. The aura left the light cluster and immediately merged with the surrounding divine thoughts, and the mental exhaustion accumulated for a long time due to emptiness and confusion was washed away.
After the spirit was restored to the peak, those breaths began to wash the surrounding body, and the whole body was transformed into a new look, although it was still weak, but the whole person exuded vitality and agility, and the body also reached its peak state, and the divine thoughts around it left the palace of life.
The crowd trapped in the station by the torrential rain was discussing the huge cyan meteor just now, at that moment, the thoughts around were taken away by the noise around them, and when they came back to their senses, the experience in the palace of life was like a dream, and quickly became blurred, but for a moment they couldn't think of anything, they only felt refreshed, and there was no discomfort in their bodies.
I didn't like noisy places around, so I immediately dialed Meng Yu's phone, "I'm here, where are you?"
"Nonsense, where else can it be in such a heavy rain except for the parking lot?"
Zhou looked up at the station sign, "Wait, I'll come to you." ”
"Parking space C17. ”
The dense cars were parked in the underground garage like chrysalis, and the pace under his feet couldn't help but speed up a little as he watched the uneasiness rise rapidly in his heart.
Meng Yu, who was leaning on the car, bit an unlit cigarette in his mouth, saw him coming around, pointed to the cigarette in his mouth, and said vaguely, "Get in the car, it's suffocated." ”
"You have a yellow face and thin muscles, and you are overindulgent, young man, you must know how to control yourself. "It's the Zhou who speaks.
Meng Yu didn't defend himself, lit the cigarette and took a deep breath before fighting back, "Brother, this is a person who has a girlfriend, how can you be a single dog with no eyes, listen to my brother's advice, Xiao Yiqing hurt his body, and he was forced to wipe out the ashes." ”
After saying this, he spit out the cigarette he had inhaled earlier, and shook the dark brown cigarette case with his right hand, "Are you still quitting?"
Zhou Shi waved his hand to signal no, "My salary, I can't afford to smoke." ”
"Brother to raise you?" Meng Yu said with a serious face.
"What? You're trying to corrupt the tax cadres? ”
It's just that they haven't seen each other for a year, and the brothers have been talking endlessly, and they have been arguing all the way, but after a while, they successfully arrived at their destination in the endless talk of the two.
When the two walked towards the elevator, Meng Yu's phone rang, and Zhou couldn't help complaining, "What kind of ringtone are you, beckoning ghosts." ”
“NOOneIsThere。 Listen to music that hits the soul when you have time. Meng Yu answered the phone after speaking.
Zhou heard the crisp voice on the phone, "Why have you picked up Zhou for so long, and you are going to pick up my sister halfway." ”
"How dare you, the goose egg said that it depends on the long legs, so I drove a little slowly. "When I was a child, because I didn't eat goose eggs, I cried and yelled about goose eggs all afternoon, and since then I have earned the nickname of goose eggs.
Zhou was not uninterested enough to interrupt the conversation between Meng Yu and his fiancée, and pressed the elevator door by himself, and after the two entered the elevator, Zhou Zhou motioned to Meng Yu to press the floor, Meng Yu pressed the eleventh floor, and there was no intention of stopping, "Wife, I promise to appear in thirty seconds." ”
After the elevator door closed, it opened and slowly rose, and a faint light began to flicker below the position of the button on the negative first floor, and a new button slowly protruded. Zhou Chu noticed this scene, did not show anything abnormal, turned to Meng Yu and gestured to him with his eyes.
Meng Yu nodded slightly, indicating that he had also seen it, and the two of them pretended that nothing had happened, adjusted their postures, and stood diagonally outward. This ensures maximum visibility and the ability to leave in time when the elevator doors are opened.
On the 8th floor, 9th floor, 10th floor, when the elevator was about to reach the 11th floor, the elevator stopped operating with a slight shock, and then restarted, all the way down, and the elevator was still running downward after the 1st floor was lit up.
". Zhou scolded in his heart, and his legs began to tremble slightly.
After about three minutes, the elevator finally stopped. The elevator door opened, it was pitch black outside, and there were some light spots in the distance, Meng Yu closed the elevator door and pressed the eleventh floor again.
The tension permeated from the hearts of the two who were silent, and it spread in the narrow and silent space, making people even more uneasy.
A dark bell rang, and the silence was abruptly broken.
Meng Yu shook his phone, "It's okay, my wife." ”
"Meng Yu, how many thirty seconds have passed?" Shu Yang pretended to be angry on the phone.
"Haha. It will be there in ten seconds. Meng Yu didn't tell what happened to him.
"10,9,8......" Shu Yang began to count down.
The elevator reached the eleventh floor, and the two walked out of the elevator quickly. Meng Yu took a deep breath and gently opened the door with the key, shouting loudly: "Ding Dong!!, my wife, I arrived early, in the living room, is there a reward?"
"Don't be funny, come back quickly. The dishes are cold, I've been waiting for you at the door for five minutes, can you bear it, huh. ”
Meng Yu, who was walking towards the bedroom, suddenly stopped, and Zhou also took half a step back, his eyes swept around the room, and then quickly overtook Meng Yu, picking up a dagger on the living room table and holding it in his hand. Then he turned to Meng Yu and asked, "Could it be that you went to the wrong floor?"
"No, the door is opened with a key and the room layout is exactly the same. Meng Yu shook his head, and then said into the phone: "Daughter-in-law, it's very important to ask you a question, don't joke." Are you waiting for me at our door?"
"That's right, isn't Zhou Ji coming, I'll pick you up at the door, I've been waiting for almost three minutes, what's wrong?" Shu Yang obviously heard the conversation between the two and heard that the two were flustered.
"I'll go back and tell you, we're in a little trouble, you eat by yourself first. Meng Yu forced himself to hang up the phone calmly.
After hanging up the phone, Meng Yu couldn't keep his composure, and the corners of his mouth picked a few times involuntarily, "Uncle, this is really not my family, run!"
The two of them, who were already in a backward trend, did not hesitate at the moment and rushed out of the door. Naturally, the elevator would not sit again, and he ran all the way down the stairs to the main entrance of the community before gasping for breath and stopped.
The cars of all colors on the street had turned off, and the traffic lights were still faithfully changing colors to do their duty, but it was clearly out of use, and there was no one in all the cars.
After waiting for their breathing to settle down, the two walked into the roadside restaurant, where the chairs were pulled out from under the table, and the unfinished meals on the table were still steaming, as if waiting for their suddenly disappeared owner to return.
"Is there anyone? Is there anyone?" only his own echo was the response to Zhou Zhi, and only Zhou Chu and Meng Yu were left in the whole world.