At 8:47 p.m., arrive at the hotel.

Because it was a hotel that was contacted in advance, there was no delay, and it only took a few minutes for the group of three to complete the check-in.

Zhou You and Shen Ling live on the fifth floor, which is an adjacent standard room with a large bed.

As for Vice President Liang, he definitely couldn't have fun with the people, so he went upstairs alone and lived in a luxury suite.

Zhou You pretended to have something in his heart, so after settling down, he didn't say hello to Shen Ling, hurriedly went back to the room, threw the notebook backpack on the bed, and immediately went downstairs.

Fortunately, there is a convenient pharmacy 20 meters away from the main entrance of the hotel, and the door is open, but unfortunately there are many pharmacies at the door - height scales.

"Boss, don't you have a scale?"

Zhou You probe went in and asked.

The fat boss sitting behind the counter raised his eyes and glanced at the next week, and then turned his eyes to the computer monitor next to him, which also showed the spy war TV series "Latent", and casually responded: "Well, no." ”

Zhou You turned to the door again, looked around the ground at the door, and then pointed to a mark on the floor and said, "No, isn't this a mark on the base of the scale?" There is dust on the side, and the floor tiles are blackened, and this piece looks white, obviously a weight scale. ”

The fat boss who was watching the spy war drama was interested, got up from the chair, and said with a smile: "Yo, expert, your eyes are really sharp." Yes, I saw that it was getting dark, so I took it back. ”

This boss is also a bachelor, and he didn't get angry after being exposed.

Zhou You said with a smile: "I've won the award, I've won the award, in fact, I also like to watch spy war dramas, and I also know that a movie called "Before Dawn" is also very good." ”

Boss Yile, "Okay, before dawn, right, I'll write it down." Thanks a lot. ”

"By the way, please help the boss, I'm working out, I'm in a hurry to record my weight every day, please take it out for me to use." I'll give you five bucks. ”

"Forget it, what's polite, I won't charge you money."

The fat boss went to the back room for a while, moved the scale out, and placed it in the aisle of the pharmacy, "You can call yourself, I'll go to watch the drama next, and when it's used up, just help me put my things back at the door of the house over there." ”

"Okay."

The fat boss went back to watch the drama, stood in front of the scale, took off his shoes and socks, took a deep breath, and slowly stood up.

In fact, long before getting out of the car, he had already faintly sensed that something was wrong.

When I was about to arrive in Yicheng, my feet felt less comfortable when I stepped on the accelerator. He even moved the driver's seat forward a bit.

Zhou You knows that if a person's height changes by one centimeter, there will not be too strong feelings, but if it changes to two or three centimeters, there will definitely be obvious perception.

This already gave rise to some fear in his heart, but he just didn't want to face the reality.

Eventually, he stepped on it, picked up the caliper, raised it above his head, and pressed it against his hair.

Looking at the reading on the height scale, Zhou You's expression froze, and for a while he only felt cold, and his hands trembled like chaff.

167.2 cm.

This is 4.3 centimeters less than the 171.5 centimeters in the morning.

Compared to the normal height of 172.9 cm, it is a terrible 5.7 cm less.

What the hell is going on here?

Why is that?

"Little brother, have you tested it? My wife urged me to come home from work. ”

The fat boss over there urged.

Zhou You came back to his senses at this time, hummed, and then leaned on the counter silently and put on his socks and shoes.

Suddenly, Zhou Youfu said in his heart, "Boss, how tall are you?" ”

Although the boss was a little surprised, he also subconsciously replied: "Put on shoes about one meter six or five, what's wrong?" ”

"Boss, can you measure it? Is there a problem with your name? ”

Although the fat boss was a little puzzled, he still stood up.

"No, why am I only 1.6 meters tall? This...... It's impossible. ”

Zhou You also poked his head over, pointed to the scale and said, "It's not even 1.6 meters, it's almost, it's 159.5 centimeters." ”

The fat boss scratched his head: "Huh! It's weird! ”

Zhou You didn't chat with the fat boss a little more, exchanged confusion, and then helped him put things back and walked out.

At this time, Zhou You's mind was in a hurry, and he didn't pay attention to the situation outside the pharmacy, and just walked out of the door and took two steps forward, he heard a slightly surprised greeting from the side.

"Traveling? You don't rest in the hotel, what are you doing when you come out? ”

Zhou You raised his head and saw that it was Vice President Liang.

There was a middle-aged man standing next to Vice President Liang.

At this time, Zhou You had something in his mind, and he was not interested in rapping Vice President Liang, so he only responded casually: "It's nothing, I'm a little uncomfortable, come and take your temperature." ”

Vice President Liang saw that he was a little unconvinced, and even felt that Zhou You's gaze was very wandering and evasive, so he looked up at the pharmacy next to him, and saw all kinds of family planning supplies placed in a conspicuous position at the entrance of the pharmacy, especially the blue Viagra three words, combined with the recent rumors of Shen Ling and Zhou You in the company, he had an epiphany.

Vice President Liang's eyes flickered slightly, and after thinking for a while, he pointed to the middle-aged man next to him and said: "This is my buddy in Yicheng, Mr. Liu of Dongliang Liquor Industry, I came over to invite Mr. Liu to have a supper and sing songs." It's rare to meet you all over the world, so why don't you follow along, just take you to see the world. ”

When Zhou You heard this, he was stunned at first.

Regarding the character of this vice president Liang, Zhou You is also clear.

Even though he was in a state of confusion at this time because of the drastic change in height, he still subconsciously thought about it in his mind, and then he glanced at the family planning supplies next to him out of the corner of his eye, combined with Shen Ling's description of this person, and remembered the rumors about himself and Shen Ling in the company, how could he not understand what Vice President Liang was doing.

If it was another time, he would still be interested in having a relationship with this Vice President Liang, but at this point, he was too lazy to intrigue anymore, so he only bent the corners of his mouth, showed a meaningful smile, and said, "Vice President Liang is polite." However, I still have the matter of the pharmaceutical factory that Mr. Zhong explained to me, and it will be officially launched next week, and I am anxious to go back to read the information. After all, I was just temporarily grabbed by Vice President Liang and Shen Ling this time to do a favor. But I can't afford to delay my business, can I? I will not participate in the customs and nightlife of this suitable city. ”

After speaking, Zhou You didn't care about Vice President Liang's face, turned his head and walked away quickly, not even bothering to give basic politeness.

He didn't want to care what Vice President Liang was thinking at this time.

However, Zhou You did not go back to the hotel as soon as possible, but went straight to a hardware store across the street that he saw when he came over earlier.

When he arrived, the owner of the hardware store was about to close his business, and Zhou You spent twenty yuan to buy a tape measure.

……

When Shen Ling opened the door, she was wearing a mask on her face and pajamas, and wondered: "It's you who came to knock on the door, if it's Lao Liang's guy, don't talk about opening the door, I'm afraid I'm going to call the police." ”

Zhou You didn't have the heart to gossip with her Vice President Liang, so he just walked in the door with a solemn expression and asked, "Shen Ling, have you measured your height without shoes?" How much? ”

Shen Ling was also defenseless about Zhou You, and while sitting back in the chair, she asked, "One meter six or seven, what's wrong?" ”

Zhou You took out a tape measure, "You get up, I'll measure your height." ”

"Huh? What's going on? ”

Zhou You: "Remember what we talked about yesterday, if the size of a human becomes the size of a mouse? I feel something is wrong, I'll have to check with you. ”

"Huh? What's going on? ”

"Measure first, you hurry up."

Two minutes later, Shen Ling raised her head and stared blankly at the reading of the tape measure stuck in Zhou You's fingers.

161.6 cm.

Even through the mask, Zhou You could see the confusion and shock in her heart at this time through her eyes.

Zhou You: "You have become shorter, and I have become shorter." Just now I asked the owner of the pharmacy downstairs to test it, and he also became shorter. In all probability...... All of them have become shorter. ”

After a deep sigh, Zhou You said again: "Maybe everyone is getting shorter." My normal height when I wake up early in the morning is 172.9 cm, but yesterday morning I measured it at 172.8 cm. This morning, when I measured it, it was 171.5 centimeters. When I measured it at the pharmacy just now, it was 167.2 centimeters. The rate at which we are getting shorter is accelerating. Why do you think that's why? ”

"Wait, wait, wait! My mind is a little messy, let me figure it out. Shen Ling sat down on the chair and rubbed her temples vigorously.

Zhou You paced back and forth in the room, "No, it's not enough to have a sample of three people. Ask your classmates and colleagues, ask your family, and let them all take a test. ”

Twenty minutes later, Zhou You and Shen Ling's respective family groups, classmates, and the small circle of several colleagues in the company all exploded.

At this time, Zhou You used the word "shorter" as a keyword and searched for it on Weibo.

The results are jaw-dropping.

Although these three words are not at the top of the hot search list, their search index is increasing steadily and rapidly.

One after another Weibo with doubts about "getting shorter" jumped out like a cannon.

There are still many people who reply to these Weibo, saying that they have also measured their height after reading Weibo, and everyone has become shorter.

Zhou You and Shen Ling glanced at each other.

Both of them knew in their hearts that something was wrong, something was wrong.

Zhou You looked down at his watch, and before he knew it, the time had reached 9:50.

He stood up and handed the tape measure to Shen Ling, "You can help me measure it again." ”

Shen Ling found a book, pressed Zhou You's head forward with the spine of the book, and then pressed it on the tape measure, striving to measure accurately.

The speed at which it finally came out made the two of them feel cold again.

167.1 cm! That's 1 millimeter less than the amount I had just traveled around the pharmacy.

This data may not be accurate, it may be an error, but it still makes people's hearts tight.

The two looked at each other, silent.

It's only been less than an hour, and it's a millimeter shorter.

It's not getting shorter, it's shrinking.

The human body is shrinking, and it's shrinking faster and faster.

This small hotel room was filled with an emotion called fear in an instant.

The indescribable bone-chilling cold is slowly spreading upwards from the hotel floor, slowly devouring Zhou You and Shen Ling, two ordinary youths, with an irreversible momentum.

On the Internet, a terrible storm is gradually rising, and it is spreading like wildfire at a breakneck speed.

Wireless magnetic waves, mainly mobile phone signals, are sweeping the terrifying news and spreading rapidly.

This will become an information storm that will sweep through every inch of the globe in the next few days, or hours.

"No, we have to go home, we have to go home right away!" Zhou You finally broke the silence with a trembling tone, "I'll go back to the room first, and you change your clothes and pack your things." Three minutes later, I was waiting for you at the door of my room. ”