Chapter 390: 'Gutter'
The scene in the first class cabin was very chaotic, and the appearance of a single flight attendant who lost his temper did not cause much reaction in the eyes of most passengers for a while.
But Zhang Lisheng was inexplicable when he saw it, and hurriedly looked out the window, and saw that the originally dark sea of clouds outside the cabin had been dyed red by a boundless firelight at this time, slowly floating outside the plane, and it did look very similar to the magma turning into an ocean and constantly tumbling.
"Oh, the fiery clouds at two or three o'clock in the morning, this is also a spectacle..."The young man muttered in his mouth and traced back to the round head of the vast sea of fire, and saw that in the starry sky in the distance, a huge crack that seemed to communicate the heavens and the earth completely cracked the whole night, and in addition to the fire feast gushing out of the sky, the crack also spewed out flat yellow mottled pictures from time to time.
The vision outside the plane was really obvious, and soon other passengers also noticed it, and a few seconds later, Zhang Lisheng's ears were already full of exclamations.
But at this time, these shouts did not involve the young man's energy in the slightest, and his eyes looked at the picture scrolls that appeared from time to time in the cracks that opened through the sky outside the window, and muttered in his mouth, "One, two, three..."
When he counted to twenty-two, the interval between the scrolls floating out of the crack became longer and longer, and he was anxious about waiting, Zhang Lisheng suddenly felt that someone had come to him, and hurriedly turned his head to see that it was the flight attendant who had pressed the 'service button' to come to his side not long ago.
Secretly praising the professionalism of Mi Airline Suit, he blurted out: "Madam, the professional quality you show is admirable.
Just bring me a whole nine-inch spicy beef pizza, two beef burgers, and a salmon sandwich. Two more cans of ice cola, thank you. ”
Hearing that the lean Asian young man in front of him was still thinking about beef pizza and ice cola at this time, the flight attendant realized for a long time that the young man had misunderstood his meaning, and said with a wry smile: "Sir, I am not here to ask you to continue ordering, but to give you a pen and paper, if you have anything to leave for your relatives, please write it quickly."
Of course, this is prepared. ”
"You're talking about a suicide note..."Only then did he see that the airman was still holding a few pieces of A4 white paper and a marker pen in his hand, and Zhang Lisheng's eyes widened in astonishment. He shook his head and turned his head out the window. "Ma'am, I don't think things are as bad as you think.
What's more, even if there is an accident, I don't need to leave any suicide note, just bring me food. I am hungry. ”
"Good sir. Please wait. "I can't identify this one in dirty shorts and undershirt. But the young guest who took a cross-border flight for thousands of meters is a strong man who is not afraid of danger in the face of life and death, and can control his own mind, or an idiot who is scared to the point of insanity.
However, the calm attitude of the young people has magically brought great psychological support to the flight attendants. After handing out paper and pens to other passengers, she actually delivered food and drinks to Zhang Lisheng.
"Xie Lu Xie, well, you know that Lu Dao tastes good when it smells. Pizza and burgers are kept warm in the incubator, full of aroma, Zhang Lisheng thanked him in the cabin that became miserable, while continuing to silently count the pictures floating out of the cracks in the sky, while feasting.
Ten minutes later, when he counted to forty-seven, the crack in the sky suddenly shrank, and within three or five seconds, the giant mark disappeared without a trace, and after a few minutes, when the passengers in the cabin hugged each other and cried that they had escaped, the crack slowly appeared in the sky, and it took six or seven times before it really disappeared.
The vision lasted for nearly two hours from beginning to end, and although it did not affect the plane's flight in the slightest, every minute and every second of facing this unexplained horror in the air was a great torment for the passengers.
So much so that when the rift really disappeared, some of the guests who were already close to spiritual collapse had already begun to pray and beg God not to torture his devout followers in this way, and to destroy the world, so they simply came down to the last judgment.
The crack that tore through the canopy was gone, but the panic in people's hearts did not disappear.
The long night finally passed, the sun slowly rose in the east, and the captain's comforting words suddenly sounded on the radio on the plane, "Dear passengers, I am McGrath West, the captain of United Airlines flight AU2901.
Last night's flight, we encountered some strange astronomical and atmospheric phenomena, which caused great panic to everyone, and I would like to express my sincere apologies to you on behalf of all my colleagues on the flight.
But the hard times are over, and I'm happy to announce that it's been more than five hours since our flights resumed normal, and we're already in the United States, arriving at our destination in about four to five hours, New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Now the flight attendant will bring you breakfast and hot drinks immediately, please take a short rest after breakfast and wait for the landing, and I wish you all a happy voyage, may God be with us, Amen. ”
"May God be with us, Amen...", as the captain's last prayer was broadcast on the plane, most of the Westerners among the passengers could not help but follow the prayer, and then cheers and sobs rang out from the cabin.
In the midst of the passengers' long-suppressed emotions, the flight attendants, who were also exhausted, began to push the dining car and bring breakfast to the guests with a smile on their faces.
At this time, there are actually very few people who can eat, but a breakfast delivered on time and normally can bring passengers emotional comfort is very huge, and many people have soothed their expressions after drinking hot soup and hot drinks.
Seeing that his work can really help the guests, the smile on the flight attendant's face unconsciously became a little more relaxed, and soon the first-class dining car with rich content turned to Zhang Lisheng's seat, "What do you want to eat for breakfast, sir, we have pizza, muffins, omelettes, pies..."
Seeing that it was still the old face that served last night, the thoughtful young man shrugged his shoulders and said, "Just have another dinner yesterday." ”
"Good sir, it seems that your appetite is as amazing as your guts, and I wish you a pleasant meal. The flight attendant looked at Zhang Lisheng with curious eyes, put the beef pizza, hamburger, and sandwich on the table, hesitated for a moment and said: ", Also, thank you for your calmness last night, it made me feel a lot more at ease." ”
"I also want to thank you for serving me in that situation, ma'am. Zhang Lisheng heard the thanks, and smiled politely, at this time, no one could feel the slightest coldness and hideous aura from him.
In this way, wrapped in the shell of his own 'civilization', the youth returned to New York, the most prosperous, civilized, dirty, and filthy city in the Anthropocene world a few hours later.
It was only a short farewell for less than two months, but when Zhang Lisheng walked out of JFK International Airport, he involuntarily took a long breath of the humid and impetuous air of New York City after a downpour;
While sitting in a yellow taxi driven by an Indian, it still feels like a world away.
There were too many unexpected things happening during the less than 50-day trip to China, and when they were really far away from Taoism and Wumen, the young people were inevitably in a trance, and then they listened to the driver ask in 'Indian' English: "Where is the gentleman?"
"Suburban LS slaughterhouse. Zhang Lisheng came back to his senses and replied casually.
"Oh, get off the plane and go to work, have you just come back from an international trip, sir?" The driver started the car and merged into the long traffic, looked at Zhang Lisheng from the rearview mirror and asked.
"I had just returned from my hometown of Huaguo, and I had been there for almost two months. ”
"Home, oh, you have a 'New Yorker' accent, but you look like a Chinese person at first glance.
But who knows, I was working for a software company in Mumbai five years ago, and now I'm a New Yorker, and the earth is a village now, and it doesn't matter, what matters is whether you were on the plane or at the airport late last night?"
"On the plane. I originally wanted to stop the Indians from making some incoherent noises, but when I heard the question he asked, Zhang Lisheng's heart moved and he replied.
"On the plane, oh, did you see the gutter with your own eyes, sir?"
"Gutter, oh, if you mean the big crack in the sky in the early hours of the morning, I saw it, and I saw it very clearly. ”
"Of course it's it, ERT (New York News Channel) calls it gutter, and it's a word that's being used all over the country now.
You've seen it, oh, that's lucky, I've heard that it's a sight to see with your own eyes, it's spectacular, it's unforgettable!"
"It's indeed spectacular," Zhang Lisheng nodded, "Quanmi Country, Mr. Driver, are you saying that this matter has become a household name?"
"A household name, oh, of course, the TV says that you can see gutters everywhere in the world, and of course everyone knows about this strange thing, except for me, who was busy all day yesterday and couldn't hear the phone bell when I slept at night. The driver said in a regretful tone.
"Yes, that's fine, knowing the Tao from the beginning is also a little more psychological buffer. Zhang Lisheng sighed and said inexplicably, and fell silent, and then didn't say anything more until the taxi drove out of the city and came to the suburbs outside the LS slaughterhouse.
Back in his office after a long absence, it was just noon when the workshop was the busiest, Zhang Lisheng took out a mobile phone from the drawer of the brown solid wood desk, walked to the glass wall, looked at the countless trucks transporting livestock on the wide road of the town-like huge slaughterhouse, turned his eyes to the vast ocean in the distance, and dialed Tina's phone.
The phone rang for a while and no one answered, so the young man sent a text message telling the girl that he had returned to the United States, and then he called his mother again to report that he was safe, so he turned on the computer and began to search the Internet for information about 'gutter'. (To be continued......)
PS: The temperature suddenly changed, and the pig caught a cold, but since it was not a weekend, the two watches were still desperate to do it, but the second watch was going to be after twelve o'clock, and the headache was uncomfortable 555555