Chapter 1 The Day of the Commencement
Azure Star, Blue City, half past twelve at noon.
“10、9、8、7、6、5、4、3、2、1!”
"Doomsday Carnival has officially begun!"
"Then I wish you all - have fun!"
The familiar lazy electronic sound is ubiquitous, and the familiar black screen and white words appear on all the electronic screens as far as the eye can see. The only difference is the countdown to the end.
Mu Feng sat in the window seat, looking at the sky outside the car window, frowning, "It turns out that the countdown to the end is real, not a prank......"
Three days ago, Azure Star received a countdown to the end of the world from the Voice of the Outer Heavens, and today is the day the countdown ends.
"yes...... Still a little hard to believe. There was a sound of harmony next to him.
Turning his head slightly, Mu Feng saw that he had come close and looked at the faces outside, and he was still a little unable to react.
Unexpectedly, someone would cater to her self-talk.
Pulling the corners of his mouth, Mu Feng wanted to smile, but failed, "yes, I just don't know what the game he said is." She remembered the teaser three days ago and thought for a moment.
The picture from three days ago is still vivid, and every sentence seems to echo in my ears.
Three days ago, the voice just said 'Doomsday Carnival Game is about to begin.' But at this time, there is no so-called game content.
"Who knows." The boy next to him shook his head, but his eyes were fixed on the car window.
"Smack!"
With a crisp snap of the fingers, as if pouring black ink into the clear blue sky, a large area of black spread wantonly, and after a while, it was like a closed world, and the surroundings fell into absolute darkness, reaching out to see the five fingers, and the black was suffocating.
Squeak !!
The screeching sound of brakes pierced the darkness, and the headlights took advantage of the gap, creating a small 'room' for everyone in car 17.
The people in the car staggered and wailed.
No matter how everyone reacted, the anomaly continued—countless clusters of colored light appeared in the sky, dyeing the black curtain into a colorful palette, and then, like a meteor piercing the night sky, flew in all directions with its long tail.
"I*, what is this! It's beautiful! A gruff voice rang out, drawing everyone's attention back to the car window.
Everyone sat back down and looked out the window.
"It's pretty beautiful......" someone catered to.
"Did you close the windows?" Some cautious female voices sounded, "After all, it's the end of the world, but don't be a bad thing......"
"Radiation?" Someone has a big brain.
"Won't it?" Everyone couldn't believe it, but they all closed the windows and began to observe the outside through the window glass. Life-related matters are not a joke, and everyone knows how to measure themselves.
"Alright, everyone sit back in their seats and fasten their seatbelts," said the man in camouflage uniform, holding a rifle in his hand, standing at the doorway, looking at the rear of the car, "to avoid any accidents in a moment." He added.
No. 117, he is a security officer of the relevant state departments, and this time, he will be assigned to Mu Feng's team to carry out tasks, and while ensuring everyone's safety, they will be sent to the shelter.
In addition to him, there were armed man No. 217, firefighter No. 317, paramedic No. 417 and bus driver No. 517.
I heard that all the vehicles are arranged the same.
It can be said that the country attaches great importance to this apocalyptic event, and will go all out regardless of whether it is true or not.
However, as things stand, the apocalyptic game should be real.
But Mu Feng didn't hear the system prompt, nor did she see the game panel, which was a little different from what she thought at the beginning.
"I'm afraid it's not our end, their revelry." Mu Feng raised his head and glanced at the sky, which could be regarded as a self-answer to the question he had just asked.
'They' naturally refers to the sound of the heavens.
Mu Feng's community is a newly built rental community, and almost all of the young people in the community come to Blue City to work, so the No. 17 car is full of young people in their twenties to thirties and forties.
Maybe it's because they are all young people, there are no old people and children, and everyone is very cooperative with the management, as soon as they heard the words of No. 117, they all returned to their seats and fastened their seat belts.
But because of what happened just now, it was still dark, and everyone invariably looked at the car display.
Of course, the rest of the people are also young people who live on the upper floors far from the coast, and the others have long been transferred to the shelter, and there will be no old people and children in other vehicles.
At this time, the screen is playing the situation outside, but the picture is intermittent, and only occasionally some light clusters of different colors can be seen flashing.
Bang!
Before the car could restart, a loud bang was heard in the east, and the ground began to shake violently like an earthquake.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Immediately afterward, there was another series of crashes, and in an instant, the ground shook, the surrounding buildings collapsed in an instant, and the city became unrecognizable and lost its original appearance.
"Retreat! Hurry back! With a loud shout, No. 117 threw himself next to the driver, grabbed the armrest of the seat, and stared at the front.
I saw the road ahead rise from the ground, and in an instant it became a high mountain, and the top of the high mountain seemed to be split by a giant axe, opening a large hole in the middle and spreading to both sides.
It was too late, it was fast, and the driver was also an experienced one, and the vehicle quickly retreated, and kept honking the horn and knocking down the headlights.
No. 217 also took out the walkie-talkie on his waist and began to prompt the vehicle behind him to move back. The horn of the car was louder and louder, even drowning out the constant noise outside.
And the crack that began to appear from the top of the mountain continued to expand, from a small gap the width of a palm to an abyss with no end in sight, and it tended to get bigger and bigger.
At the same time, branches continue to grow from the cracks, like zombies resurrected from a tomb, frantically trying to crawl out of the grave.
The thick branches spread and rose at a speed visible to the naked eye, reaching into the sky, and in the blink of an eye, they grew into countless giant trees.
Each branch sprouted, and as the leaves increased, they began to intersect and expand like balloons, until the leaves on all the branches were combined into a large patch, as if all the big dark clouds had gathered together, and finally became a huge cloud that covered the sky.
In just a few tens of seconds, there was already a vast sea of trees in front of him, and at a glance, except for the verdant green leaves, there was nothing to be seen, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a primeval forest that had existed for many years.
In the dark night where you can't see your fingers, only the car lights and the colorful lights that keep flashing hit the forest ahead, and the trees are like evil spirits crawling out of hell, hideous and terrifying.