Ruins of Time

Chapter 4 Death's Harvest

The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, telling the sixth angel who sounded the trumpet to release the four angels who were bound in the river Euphrates.The four messengers were released.They were prepared to kill one-third of the people at a certain time of a certain day and a certain month.

—Revelation 9:13-18
【Day 2 · Memoryless】

The familiar music sounded leisurely.

It took a while for the wandering Han Fang to realize that it was his cell phone that was ringing.When I took it out, it turned out to be a call from Lin Shasha.He pressed answer with some surprise.

"Han Fang, you know, I... contacted my dad!"

"Ah, your father—"

"Just called and my dad said the train had come to an emergency stop. They all ran out of the car, but they didn't know what was going on. It happened so fast yesterday, so I quickly explained the situation to him. He is now Hurry home..." Lin Shasha went on and on.

"Great!" Han Fang finally interjected, "I also found on the street that today's situation is much better. Many people are like your father...it's all right." He wanted to say "resurrection", But still can't spit out such absurd words.

"Well, that..." Lin Shasha seemed to realize that she had lost her composure, "I'm sorry, am I being a little presumptuous? Because I felt that you were a little concerned about my affairs yesterday, so I suddenly wanted to tell you for some reason."

"No, I'm very happy for you, really!" Han Fang said, he thought Lin Shasha must be beautiful smiling with tears in her eyes.

"Thank you. It's getting louder and louder outside. I don't know what's going on, so I'll contact you later."

Han Fang also heard a faint noise coming from the other end of the phone, and felt a little strange.He hung up the phone and walked towards the school again.

After seven o'clock, the campus was full of excitement again, but it was different from yesterday, but it brought more carnival atmosphere.Now that the matter has come to this point, people have let go of their psychological burden.What's more, unlike the heavy and gloomy public, college students are more likely to put aside their worries about the future and indulge in the present.The campus was bustling with heads, many people were as excited and joyful as Lin Shasha, and many onlookers were also infected by the carnival atmosphere. Some boys and girls began to sing to each other, and the singing continued, attracting more and more people. people join the chorus.Many people even tore up books in the dormitory and teaching buildings, and paper scraps flew around like snowflakes.

"Xu Kong Ji is here! Xu Kong Ji is coming!" Han Fang faintly heard someone screaming.

Han looked in that direction, he was a tall and thin man, wearing a fancy T-shirt, with disheveled hair, the kind of fringe artist often seen in Yanyuan, as if he was giving a speech.

"What void period?" Someone asked him.

"Time without time, history without history, existence without existence, us without us! This is the void-empty-ji!" The man said as if proclaiming an oracle.

There seemed to be a special appeal in his voice, and many people began to shout along with him: "Kong Kong Ji, oh, Kong Kong Ji—"

A long time later, Han Fang recalled that this seemed to be the original origin of the term "Void Period".This word soon spread and became the name of this mysterious new era, and the past era was correspondingly called the AD era.

"It's so lively..." There was a sigh of vicissitudes from beside him.

Han Fang turned his head and was surprised, "Teacher Tian! You're here too?"

"How can you not come when it's so lively?" Tian Huajie smiled wryly, "Time has jumped again, hasn't it? And it's a perfect cycle, maybe it will continue..."

"What will the world be like then?" Han Fang asked.

"I don't know." Tian Huajie sighed, "But I have seen this scene many years ago."

"how can that be!"

"That was in June 1966, when classes were suspended across the country." Tian Huajie patted Han Fang on the shoulder meaningfully, "It was even more lively then than now."

Han Fang couldn't help being stunned.

"What's the noise outside? Why don't people sleep?" Han Fang just returned to the dormitory when he heard Liu Ye complaining loudly.

Han Fang looked at Xie Dong and Ma Xiaojun.Xie Dong spread his hands, "For some reason, Ye Zi has been buried in a deep sleep. We asked him to wake up to discuss it just now, but he ignored us. Now he finally woke up, but it seems... a bit strange."

"Yezi? Are you okay?" Han Fang asked.Liu Ye was lazily getting dressed.

"I didn't go to sleep until after one o'clock yesterday, and I was woken up early this morning. Is it okay! I said that you guys have had chicken blood today?"

"Did you forget what happened yesterday?"

"What happened yesterday? Ah, it was Mo Yan who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Could it be that Yanda University celebrated him? Isn't it?"

"Liu Ye!" Han Fang couldn't bear it any longer, and grabbed his shoulder, "Now is not the time to joke around, there is another jump, the world is in chaos, everyone has to discuss what to do next!"

Liu Ye looked at him puzzled, with the words "inexplicable" written in his eyes, "Jump? You mean tripped? Power outage?"

"You really don't remember anything?" Xie Dong asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

Big trouble, Han Fang thought, his mind was in a mess.

They chattered and told Liu Ye everything that happened yesterday in detail, but no matter what they said, Liu Ye didn't have any memory, and believed that it was a clumsy prank played by them.In the end, Han Fang pointed outside helplessly: "If you don't believe me, just go out and see for yourself, and ask someone at random. Let's see if we have the ability to make such a big noise!"

Liu Ye snorted, "Okay, let's see how I expose you!" He left as he said.

Ma Xiaojun asked: "What's going on here, I'm completely confused."

"Consciousness jump." Xie Dong said, his face was ugly.

Han Fang also woke up.If the flow of time can go backwards, then human consciousness should also go backwards along with it.And if the consciousness also returns to twenty hours ago, it means that all the memories of yesterday will be gone.

"Then...how are we alright?" He asked shyly, feeling terrified in his heart, as if his memory would disappear at any moment.

"The devil knows." Xie Dong shook his head, "It stands to reason that our memories should also jump together. But it didn't, but Liu Ye..."

Han Fang thought of something, sat down in front of the computer and opened the browser, "If this happens, Liu Ye may not be the only one! Go online and see if anyone else has said the same thing."

More than an hour after the jump, the Internet is already very lively.In China, most people experienced real-time jumping for the first time, and felt incredible dizziness. Many netizens immediately posted posts or Weibo to describe their situation.All kinds of incredible.

The Korean side also found a small number of reports about some people losing their memory, not too many, but there are dozens of them.Some people ask why their spouses or parents can’t remember anything, and some people ask others online because they don’t remember what happened yesterday and don’t believe what others say.Han Fang was waiting to take a closer look, when all of a sudden, the webpage couldn't be opened.

"Why is the internet disconnected?" Han Fang asked Xie Dong who was opposite.

"Me too." Xie Dong said, "It says that the page cannot be displayed."

"Technical glitch?"

Xie Dong smiled helplessly, "It's probably due to the network blockade in the school. After the second jump, there will probably be another chaos, and the top will have another headache."

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the campus radio to start again.They are still talking about those clichés that have no amount of information. It is said that the space-time distortion is "possible" and it will continue for a while. Now "the country is trying to solve it (the South Korean side is very curious about how to solve it)". Order and so on.But Mr. Wang Zukang's theory is no longer mentioned.

"Damn it." Ma Xiaojun suddenly called out, "My money! It's all...all back!"

He took out a few bills of 20 yuan from his pocket, which were used to buy food yesterday, and now they are lying safely in his pocket again.

"Nonsense, of course the money will come back if the time jumps." Xie Dong said angrily.

"So, as long as we keep jumping, won't our money never run out?" Ma Xiaojun was surprised and delighted.

"You pig brain!" Xie Dong couldn't bear such stupid words, "Since your money is back, it means that the money earned by the store will also disappear. Who will sell things? Ah, but——"

"But the goods will not be consumed anymore!" Han Fang said, "Think about it, the food we ate yesterday has returned to the supermarket now! The gasoline and aviation fuel that are consumed every day have also returned to the oil depot. Various Things that were destroyed in the chaos are also broken and reunited. If you keep jumping every day, the concept of consumption will not exist.”

"What does that mean?" Ma Xiaojun still didn't understand.

"It means the end of the commodity economy..." Han Fang said thoughtfully. "No, it means the end of any economic form as we know it. The world may become completely different."

"Isn't that communism?" Ma Xiaojun asked.

"This is..."

With a "bang", Liu Ye pushed the door open and came in. His face was pale, without saying a word, he fell on his bed, and muttered: "Crazy, all crazy."

"Yezi, do you remember?" Han Fang asked hurriedly.

"No." Liu Ye smiled wryly, "You are right, everyone said that there is such a thing as jumping, but I don't have any fucking memory." He stretched out his arm full of red marks to show them , "I almost swollen my arm, I hope this is a dream, but..." He choked up as he spoke, "This is fucking true, how could this be true!"

"It's okay, Yezi, maybe you'll be fine tomorrow." Han Fang comforted him.

"Will there be a jump tomorrow?" Liu Ye asked tremblingly, "It will still be the same as today..."

"I'm afraid I have to make preparations for this." Xie Dong said, "It's probably not just tomorrow, I don't know how long it will be. As time goes on, the whole world will become very different, and there may be major turmoil. We have to find a way Self-preservation."

"Self-protection?" Han Fang hasn't thought that far, what is self-protection?
"Well, if something happens in the future, everyone must support each other. We are brothers in the 516 dormitory, and everyone knows everything, so there should be no problem. However, the strength of our dormitory is still too small, and we have to strive to unite the students in other dormitories nearby. It’s good that the entire Yan University can unite, so that they have enough strength to resist future chaos..."

"Wait." Han Fang had to interrupt him, "In the time jump world, we shouldn't die, right? I mean, if our... dies, we will die the next day." The original place came back to life?" Words were insufficient, and he didn't even know how to describe this state.

"So far it looks like that."

"Shouldn't he be seriously injured? Just like Zheng Zhi, even if his leg is broken, he will return to his original shape after jumping?"

"Yes."

"Then what have we to fear? We'll neither die nor be seriously injured anyway."

"Because of this." Xie Dong spit out a few words with a solemn expression, "It's especially scary."

Han Fang couldn't help being awed, but after many days, he had to admire Xie Dong's prediction today.

"So..." Liu Ye asked, "If I forget everything in the next jump, what should I do?"

The room fell silent.

After a long time, Xie Dong forced a smile and said, "Don't worry, no matter what, everyone will help you."

Having said that, Han Fang hesitated for a moment.Liu Ye understood, and asked tremblingly, "Are you going to tell me that on the third day, I didn't recover my memory?"

"You never recovered your memory." Han Fang sighed, "Your memory stays forever on the last day of Shiji, no matter how we tell you everything, no matter how you accept them, but after every jump, your memory It will be restored to the default state, and I will be completely at a loss when I wake up every day. Since the first big jump, the time—if it can be called time—has passed 238 days, more than half a year, but yes It was only yesterday for you."

"But why am I like this?! Why is it me?"

"No one knows. But a situation like yours is not uncommon. Almost one in a thousand people in the world has similar problems, and Yanda has dozens of them. Later, a word was invented, called 'memoryless' , is to describe this situation. I think it may be that your brain structure is slightly different from that of ordinary people, so every time you can’t keep your consciousness, you can only go backwards with time. It’s a bit like the one in "Fifty First Dates" short-term memory loss."

Liu Ye wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.

Han Fang patted him on the shoulder sympathetically, "Also, you probably won't believe it, but this is the fourth time we've sat here in more than 200 days, and I'm telling you these words. And all of us added I got up and explained to you hundreds of times, until everyone got impatient..." He didn't continue.

"I don't remember at all." Liu Ye murmured, suddenly his body trembled violently, and he asked with his eyes wide open, "So, those strange things you said this morning, could it be..."

Han Fang turned his head guiltily, avoiding his questioning gaze, and stared at the cloud shadow in the middle of the lake, "Stop talking about this, let's talk about the next thing. In the next few days, people's hearts were in turmoil, and chaos started everywhere. The factories in the factory have been shut down, no one is working in the company, and the traffic is jammed everywhere, but the police and the army are still maintaining basic order. Some classes have resumed in the school. Probably thinking that this will keep the students in order, but no one Thinking about it, on the ninth day..."

[Day 9 Death]

Luo Fei walked into a compartment in the women's washroom, locked the door, lifted up her shirt, and gently stroked her belly, feeling the coolness of cold fingers across her warm belly.

The flat belly looked the same as usual, it was still a beautiful young girl's body, but Luo Fei knew that there was something in it, which was completely different.

A fetus that is at least two months old is growing in her womb.Luo Fei didn't know if this fetus already had a life of its own, or was still a part of her body.But that's never part of normal anyway.It wasn't supposed to be in her body, at least not at this time.Every time Luo Fei thought of this, he had the urge to dig it out.

It's all because of that bastard Zou Wenxin.

Luo Fei took out a small bottle of Red Star Erguotou from his satchel, raised his head and drank a few sips, and felt a scorching fire flow from his mouth into his abdomen, if only he could burn that little guy to death.Recently, she has become accustomed to anesthetizing herself with this high-purity spirit.Anyway, time has stopped, so it doesn't matter how you drink it.

What's more, she needs alcohol to give her the strength to have the courage to go to Zou Wenxin.

Zou Wenxin, not long ago she was calling him Vincent.A returnee, graduated with a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and became a professor and doctoral supervisor at Yanda University at the age of 37. He is in the prime of life and has a bright future.He is not tall, slightly fat, and not very handsome, but his speech is magnetic, his lectures are knowledgeable, and the most rare thing is that he is lively and interesting.His class is the most elective in the department, and the students who audit each time can line up in the corridor.

Luo Fei has taken Vincent's class since she was a freshman, and has been deeply fascinated by him.In the future, he will not miss even one class every semester.She meticulously wrote down everything Vincent said, even if it was a joke interspersed in class.Naturally, Vincent began to notice her and called out her name when asking questions; naturally, Vincent would greet her occasionally when he met on the road; naturally, Vincent would entrust her to do some affairs related to students of this level , to collect homework, to convey information; naturally, she began to come and go to Vincent's office, sometimes staying later, and getting later; naturally, half a year ago, Luo Fei became his lover.

That spring night, when Vincent pushed her down awkwardly and entered her panting, what she saw was a ferocious man's face and a swollen beer belly, what she smelled was the smell of alcohol on his body, and what she felt was His rough mustaches, his groaning like a pig.At that time, Luo Fei suddenly felt confused, is this really what she wants?
Luo Fei wasn't entirely voluntary, but it wasn't forced either.The whole process was not happy, even full of awkwardness.Raffi was not unprepared.But afterwards, Vincent hugged her and promised her to help her go abroad and graduate school, and Luo Fei felt angry.I am not for these!She said to Vincent. Vincent smiled and said something sweet to her, but obviously didn't believe it.Luo Fei gradually understood that for him, it was the safest thing to put their relationship in the scope of benefit exchange.What he is afraid of is giving emotion instead.

Luo Fei is not an ignorant girl, and she has gradually accepted this arrangement. Since last year, she has had frequent trysts with Vincent, often in a hotel near the school, and sometimes he takes her to other provinces Play in the scenic area for two days.But Vincent was very cautious. In order to avoid suspicion, he never appeared in public with her, and later even asked her to come to his office less.On the surface, she and Vincent hadn't been in touch since junior year, although they secretly met one night a week.

Luo Fei's love does not wither like a flower, but gradually rots and deteriorates like fresh meat.Not dying out, but disgusting.She misses the time when she and Vincent were still in an ambiguous relationship. When they were alone together, Vincent would patiently explain exercises to her, answer her various idiot questions, and gently tell her stories, whispering intoxicating love words.But now, Vincent's demands are stark -- literally.

Vincent thought he was an old hand, but Raffi found that he couldn't get much fun out of it.She gradually wants to get rid of this increasingly annoying relationship, but she can't resist Vincent's request. As long as Vincent likes it, she has to put down other things and run to a hotel room no matter how late.Sometimes I can't even go back to the dormitory overnight.Roommates began to insinuate whether she had a boyfriend, which was nice.Once she even heard Gu Xixi say that she was adopted by a rich man. After she heard it, she didn't even have the confidence to deny it.

She put up with it all, but the discovery in September completely devastated her.The story is still so old-fashioned, the same room, another girl, the man's painstaking precautions finally showed his flaws.Let her witness the meat scene of two white bodies intertwined.

Later Vincent called her many times, but she didn't answer.She never wanted to see this man again.Finally Vincent found her and confessed many things.He was in a relationship with that girl even before her.And his women are not only the two of them.Of course, he was sincere to them, and would try his best to help her study abroad, if she didn't do something stupid.

Luo Fei couldn't bear this anymore, she had a big fight with Vincent, determined to cut off all ties between herself and him.But it was impossible for her to expose the affair between Vincent and herself or that girl. In today's society, Vincent would lose face at most, but the first thing she would destroy was her own future.

More than a month has passed, and everything is uneventful.She thought things were calming down and she wanted to start a new life.But with an old friend who was late and often nauseous, it was impossible for her not to think in a certain direction.Finally, during the National Day holiday, a small white stick confirmed her worst fears.She didn't know what to do, should she go to the hospital to get rid of that... thing?

"I... have it." A few days later, she desperately called Vincent.The other party was silent, probably weighing the possibility of the child being himself.But finally said, "Okay, I'll fix it."

In the end, the way this man "solved" it was that there was an extra 3000 yuan in her account. 3000 yuan!He was so stingy in sending his own flesh and blood.It's not about money, she needs a responsible man to accompany her to face the most difficult moment in her life.But Vincent obviously didn't want to have anything to do with her trouble.

She still had to book her own surgery date, October 10th, a day that probably never came.During the waiting days, she still had to force a smile on her face, discuss with her roommates such boring questions as which brand of clothes is on sale recently or which boy is handsome, and she also had to endure Xing Na and Lin Shasha's frequent mentions in adoring tones. To that scumbag Vincent, these little idiots who don't know anything.

The sudden arrival of the Void Period made Luo Fei greatly relieved, and she earnestly hoped that the time cycle would continue like this.Not only because of her father, but also because she no longer has to face that embarrassing and painful moment.After all, that child will never grow up again, nor will he have to be exposed to the world in any way.But after a few days passed, Luo Fei began to feel more and more uneasy. A newly formed fetus was in her body, but it could not be born, nor could it be removed. What is this?She didn't know how long this abnormality would last, three months?a year?ten years?Could it be that that evil seed would stay in her body forever like this, bringing her a strong pregnancy reaction every day, making her unable to recall those disgusting pasts all the time?How can this be endured!These thoughts were driving her crazy.

But the jump in time also provided a new possibility, a possibility that she had suddenly thought of in the past two days.Yeah, why not do it?The most absurd and incredible thing in the world has become a reality, what is she still worried about, what is she afraid of?
Go for it, have a total candor! Moment of Truth!
Raffi felt himself burning up.

Back in the corridor of the teaching building, she saw Han Fang coming from the stairs, and said hello to her, "What a coincidence, are you also attending Teacher Zou's class?"

Luo Fei reluctantly nodded, but did not speak.She didn't want to be distracted by anyone at this time.Han Fang also seemed to feel her indifference, so he didn't speak any more, and walked in front somewhat unnaturally.

One after the other, they walked into the lecture theater.Xie Dong, Peng Yun, and Jiang Xueting were sitting in the first row. They greeted Han Fang and her. Han walked towards them, but Luo Fei sat in a seat a little further away.Looking up, there were still many classmates and acquaintances she knew, and some people were greeting her, but Luo Fei didn't bother to answer her.You fools, just wait and see!

The classroom is sparsely filled with half of the people.During the extraordinary period, although the school still requires classes to start, many teachers and students have long since stopped attending classes, and there are very few people in classes.However, Zou Wenxin's class is an exception. The "American Economic History" he taught is simple and insightful, and interspersed with many interesting historical anecdotes, which is quite fascinating.Even in the current situation, many people come to listen.Of course, no one will take notes except Peng Yun, the top student...

Five past ten.The man she was familiar with walked up to the podium and said calmly as usual: "Students, let's go to class."

The noise in the classroom did not completely quiet down for a while, Zou Wenxin frowned, "I know that everyone is not in the mood to listen to the class recently. But no matter what happens, as long as you are in the university, in my class, everyone must abide by order, understand? "

The classroom fell silent.Many people cast admiring glances at the professor with character.Luo Fei sneered secretly.

"Last time we talked about the Great Depression in the 20s and Roosevelt's New Deal..." After class, Zou Wenxin said to the classroom full of students, "There are still some aspects of history at that time, which have not been taken seriously by the mainstream economics circle so far. I've researched it, and there's an interesting example that's well known, and it's somewhat similar to recent events, and it reflects the general psychological fears of the people at the time. Do you know what it was? It was 30—"

He didn't intend to really ask a question, but just wanted to elicit the following words, but was interrupted by a girl's voice.

"The Martian invasion incident." Luo Fei said loudly, and all the students present looked at her.

Zou Wenxin was stunned for a moment, his eyes stayed on Luo Fei for a moment, he seemed to be wondering why she was here, but he quickly realized, "This classmate is right, it is the radio drama "Martians Invasion of the Earth". A radio play based on a British science fiction novel written by a well-known—”

"Herbert George Wells." Raffi interrupted him again.This time it was even more abrupt, and the people around seemed to smell the alcohol on her body, pointing at her and whispering.

"Yes..." Zou Wenxin began to feel a little nervous, faintly feeling that Luo Fei was not kind, "Wells...then, after this radio drama is broadcast, no, when it is broadcast—" He became more and more speechless coherence.

"Due to the ingenuity of the radio station, it was broadcast in the form of news, which was believed by many listeners. Millions of people thought that the Martians were coming, and they hid and fled for a while. This is because of social psychological expectations caused by the economic crisis and the tense situation before the world war." Luo Fei spoke, and it became smoother as she spoke. The alcohol seemed to be burning in her mind, making her blood boil, "Mr. Zou, do you remember? This is the speech I compiled for you. That day was also the first time we... ...You won't forget, right?" She stood up and walked to the podium under the watchful eyes of hundreds of people.

"Feifei, what are you doing?" Zou Wenxin asked in panic, not noticing that he used an endearing address in his panic.

"Vincent!" Luo Fei said loudly, fully sober and drunk, "You bastard has fucked me so many times, it's time for me to fuck you once!"

She strode towards the man, and soon came in front of him. Seeing his distorted face in panic, she felt a tinge of revenge, then pulled out an 8-inch stainless steel beef knife hidden in her bag, and stabbed at him Slightly fat body.

In the classroom, a series of exclamations sounded.What a wonderful soundtrack.

Zou Wenxin hurriedly backed away, dodging the first jab, but in a panic, he tripped on the steps of the podium and fell to the ground. He staggered up, turned his head and ran, but his waist felt cold immediately. .Turning around in confusion, he saw Luo Fei blushing with excitement, holding the sharp knife in his hand, the main part of the blade had already sunk into his lower back, and the heart-piercing pain came immediately.

"3000 yuan! You fucking gave me 3000 yuan!" Luo Fei screamed. She didn't know what she was calling. She drew out the knife and stabbed Zou Wenxin in the back again. He took a few steps forward, but his vest had already been scratched with blood.He still wanted to run, but the blood from the wound on his waist made him lose his strength.A burst of piercing pain came, and Zou Wenxin cried out, rolling down in a pool of blood.He wanted to grab Raffi's knife-wielding hand, but the strength in his arm was rapidly draining.

Luo Fei poked frantically, and the next stab stabbed him in the stomach, and then another stab... She stabbed for an unknown number of times before she stopped.Then he gasped and looked at the scene in front of him.

Zou Wenxin had already turned into a blood man, with blood gushing out from several wounds, but he was not dead yet.He twitched on the ground, moaning indistinctly from his throat.Blood overflowed everywhere, almost staining the entire classroom floor red.If you haven't seen it with your own eyes, it's hard to believe that so much blood can flow out of a person's body, and the smell of blood permeates the whole room.Everyone else witnessed this scene in shock, no one stopped, and no one fled, as if they were watching the classical tragedy of Caesar being assassinated in the Senate.

Zou Wenxin's eyes dimmed under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes either fearful or curious.His pupils dilated, he slowly exhaled his last breath, and stopped his body twitching in the gradually cooling blood.

With a bang, the beef knife fell to the ground.Luo Fei seemed to have just woken up from a big dream, and looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief, as if he was an innocent witness.

"No, it's not me..." She murmured, her whole body trembling violently.Numerous old images came to her mind: the first time she saw Vincent in class, their love words, the first time together, Vincent and that female graduate student, his timid face when he told him she was pregnant.

A pile of rotten meat lying in a pool of blood before his eyes.

Beneath the stream of consciousness, something fragile snapped.The connection between time and causality no longer exists, all the pictures are spinning and dancing, and falling into darkness like a meteor shower——

Luo Fei rolled her eyes, fell obliquely, and rolled into a pool of Zou Wenxin's blood. The blood of her former lover surrounded her, staining her cheeks, arms and dress red. She seemed to be sleeping on a pile of scattered in the petals.

Later, when Han Fang recalled this period, he always remembered the scene of this day.A frail girl killed a popular professor in full view.And Zou Wenxin's death seems to be the beginning of a series of major collapses in the future.

"So... Teacher Zou was killed?" Liu Ye asked.

"You forgot again." Han Fang said, "Zou Wenxin will not really die, and he will return to his original state the next day. As for his incidents, compared to the later incidents... it is nothing."

"So everyone was okay after that?"

"No." Han Fang said, his face suddenly became very strange, "The person who died was Luo Fei."

【Day 17 · Desire】

At 07:30 in the morning, the morning light remains the same, illuminating this city that has been dragged into a mysterious new era together with the whole world.In the "Princess Building" of Yanda University, Lin Shasha was still having a date with Zhou in her dream. Jiang Xueting was sitting on the bed holding an iPad and plugged in headphones, watching a "Bankrupt Sister" that she had been watching before the jump. Peng Yun and As in the past, I got up early in the morning and went to study in the study room. I don't know what supported this school bully to ignore the time and space reversal of the entire universe and stubbornly follow his own rhythm of life.

Xing Na was arranging her clothes in front of the vanity mirror, planning to go out.She was wearing an ordinary green floral dress, which was a cheap item from the zoo market. The style was passable, but the material was not good, and what was even more fatal was that it outlined her slightly fat figure to be extremely bloated.Xing Na sighed in the mirror, she thought, the real soulmate of a woman is not a man, but a set of clothes that can reflect her inner essence, this is the philosophy that old man Plato doesn't understand.

Jiang Xueting put down the iPad in her hand, "Xing Na, where are you going this morning?"

"Go out for a stroll." Xing Na said vaguely, she absolutely didn't want to go out with the beautiful Banhua, she would be reduced to a complete foil, no, a foil.

"God, you're leaving school, right? I heard it's getting more and more chaotic outside now." Jiang Xueting warned her, "Also, don't forget about Luo Fei..."

Thinking of Luo Fei, Xing Na's heart sank.After Luo Fei stabbed Zou Wenxin to death that day, she fainted on the spot and couldn't wake up no matter how much she screamed, and she never woke up again.After each jump, she returned to her bed, but fell asleep forever, never opening her eyes again, and no one knew why.

"I won't do stupid things like Luo Fei," Xing Na said, "I just go shopping nearby."

"'Buy' things? Why do you need to buy now," Jiang Xueting said with a smile, rolling her eyes slyly, "Understood, are you going on a date with your boyfriend? I said, it doesn't cost money to open a house now. Why don’t you find a five-star hotel to enjoy yourself!”

"What are you talking about, be careful to tear your mouth!" Xing Na scolded with a smile.

After finally perfunctory Jiang Xueting, Xing Na went downstairs, and just as she was about to step out of the door, a heavy object fell from the sky and slammed on the door of the building. The bright red slurry splashed out, and a few drops stained her clothes.Xing Na was taken aback, staggered back a few steps, and covered her eyes.From between her fingers, she saw a half-naked girl face up to the sky, convulsed a few times in a pool of blood, and slowly stopped moving.She was wearing a set of pink Chandelier underwear, half of her white arm was pointing in her direction, and a one-carat white gold and blue diamond ring on her finger was shining brightly in the sun.

Who else?That was Gu Xixi, the girl with the best family background in the class, and also the object that the girls in the class hated.The eldest lady has a hard-to-serve temper, lazy and mean.Xing Na was often angry with her.I remember that when school started, she was wearing the old sportswear issued by the school in high school, dragging her suitcase and struggling to walk in alone, and met Gu Xixi and her family in the corridor, Gu Xixi was wearing a dazzling brand name, staring at the After watching her for a long time, he turned his head and said to the mother beside him in a slightly lowered tone but did not intend to hide too much: "Mom, how can that girl wear that kind of clothes to school? She can't be transgender, right?"

At that time, Xing Na had the urge to yell at her, "I'll beat you to death", but after all, she was new here, and she didn't want to make more troubles, so she endured it.Later, when Gu Xixi taunted her again, she unceremoniously pushed her back.Gu Xixi didn't dare to provoke her too much, but when she saw her shabby dress, she still gave her a contemptuous look.Naturally, Gu Xixi and her bedmate didn't get along well, and they even fought a lot.Gu Xixi quickly moved out of the dormitory, and rented a room off-campus by herself, so she basically didn't go back to the dormitory.It's a pity that on the morning of the 11th, she happened to be in the dormitory, because she lived in the dormitory because there was an exam in the morning.

Therefore, Xing Na was not surprised by Gu Xixi's fall from the building. This was the outbreak of a conflict that had been accumulated for a long time.After the Zou Wenxin incident, there have been more and more such violent killings.At Yanda, there are students who kill their mentors, teachers who kill their leaders, and roommates who kill each other... There are several cases every day, and the number is still increasing.I heard that in some dormitories for doctoral students, two people live together, and they are always in the same situation. After entering the time loop, you kill me today, and I kill you tomorrow, and there is almost no day to live in peace.Pandora's box has been opened, and no one can take back the increasingly diffuse tendency to violence.

These things, the police came once or twice at the beginning, but basically let them go.Once, after a deadly fight, a classmate called the police, and the police reprimanded unceremoniously: "We can't spare any manpower right now. Tomorrow morning, let the deceased come and report the case in person!"

Even if the deceased reported the crime in person, the police could do nothing.First, all the evidence is gone, and it is not even clear whether the incident happened. Second, even if the person is caught, he will immediately return to freedom after the jump, and everything is still in vain.Therefore, the role of the police is almost zero.There are only armed police patrolling the streets and maintaining law and order, and there is still some immediate deterrence to speak of.

But for Xing Na, these are not problems for the time being.After all, she has no enmity with anyone.Now, after the initial panic has settled down a bit, she is living comfortably.Every day, she can go to the small shop and bring back a large handful of chocolates, plums, and chicken feet with pickled peppers. While watching Japanese and Korean idol dramas, drooling at handsome guys, and eating hazelnuts, she doesn’t have to be afraid of getting fat, and she doesn’t have to worry about it every day The past of studying for exam work is much stronger.As for whether the future world will be destroyed or reborn, it is not something that an ordinary girl like her can worry about, so why bother?

But today, Xing Na wants to do a more important thing, to fulfill a long-cherished wish in her heart.

She left the east gate of the school and entered the subway station at the gate.It was also her first subway ride since the time jump.She habitually went to the ticket gate first, but there was no one there.

"Don't look! How could there be anyone here!"

A girl with short hair behind told her that she was slightly short and had freckles on her face, but she looked very cute.

"No one sells tickets anymore?"

"Of course, I will jump back every day. What's the point of selling tickets? Just go in."

Xing Na nodded shyly and followed her. The girl walked to the gate at the entrance. Of course the steel bars couldn't be pushed away, but she jumped on the machine without hesitation.Xing Na jumped over in the same way, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Xing Na followed the girl down the long stairs and asked her, "By the way, since the tickets are no longer sold, is the subway still running?"

"Run, the subway is the only means of transportation in the city that can move now, except for the plane." The girl said, "otherwise the whole city would really be completely paralyzed."

"Then how can they ensure that the subway is still open to traffic?"

"I don't know about it. It's probably because of some military means to strictly control the driver to ensure that the subway can still be used. The driver is also afraid that if the time loop ends one day, the higher-ups will settle the score later. But it may not last long. Now, if the subway also crashes, hey, it will take you half a day to walk from Yanda to Wangfujing."

Xing Na looked at the end of the tunnel with some concern, but the train roared and arrived on time.She got on the same train as the girl.Originally, this was the rush hour for going to work, but there were not many people on the bus, because almost no one went to work.

"By the way, are you a student of the school?" the girl asked her.

"Ah you are?"

"My name is Wang Yue. I'm from the School of Chemistry. I live behind your building. I can often see you."

"Hey, no wonder I think you look familiar!" The two girls stared at each other and smiled.

"What about you? Where are you going?"

Xing Na was a little shy, "I want to go shopping..."

Wang Yue's eyes lit up, "Ah, you are going to see the clothes, right? Where?"

Xing Na nodded, "I want to go to China World Mall..."

Wang Yue cheered, "Great, I want to go too, let's go together!"

They changed trains, took half of the city, and arrived at the famous high-end shopping mall that they usually envy and hate.Xing Na felt that she came earlier, but was surprised to find that many people came earlier than her.Usually it is mainly high-end brands, and there are not many customers, but today it is already full of people.

After nine in the morning, the lights were on, but no one was working in any of the stores, only countless customers poured in.The glass windows of many specialty stores were smashed, and the originally smooth and gorgeous marble corridors were covered with shiny glass shards, and the mannequins and clothes racks in the store fell to the ground.People happily choose all kinds of clothes, leather goods and jewelry, and wear them on their bodies, but no one robs and fights. It's not that the goods themselves are not valuable enough, but that they can only be used by people for a day anyway, so why fight and break their heads? What about blood flow?

Xing Na didn't linger in other stores, and went straight to the Dior store.She took a fancy to a Dior crimson trench coat a few months ago, with a leather belt, which is noble and elegant. If she put it on her tall body, she would wear it with a white woolen hat, leather boots, and a bag. , must be beautiful.Xing Na had imagined how many times she would wear these expensive clothes and walk around the campus after being reborn, attracting everyone's attention and making sluts like Gu Xixi jealous to death.But the price of the windbreaker alone is 5 to [-] yuan, which is not affordable by her family, and she can't afford it even if it is discounted.

But it's different now.She can get everything she expects without paying anything.This kind of life, even for one day, is heaven.Xing Na thought happily.

Xing Na didn't find the dress, and she was afraid that someone would have already taken it first, so her mood suddenly sank, and she walked around listlessly.But soon, she saw an aunt with the temperament of a vegetable market coming out of the fitting room, throwing the windbreaker she had dreamed of on the ground, and muttering: "It doesn't fit at all..."

Feeling overjoyed, Xing Nadun picked up the clothes carefully, took a picture of the aunt's breath on the clothes, went into the fitting room to put them on, and took a selfie in the mirror. It was really beautiful.When I came out, Wang Yue also changed into a beige double-breasted trench coat, which had a chic and unrestrained neutral beauty.

"You still look good." Xing Na stroked Wang Yue's material and said in admiration, feeling a little moved.Wang Yue giggled and said, "You really are, eating what's in the bowl and looking at what's in the pot. There are so many beautiful ones over there. Take your time and I'll help you dress up."

Throughout the morning, Xing Na and Wang Yue went back and forth between various stores, enjoying the joy of "shopping" to the fullest.She had been choosing for several hours, almost getting dazzled, and finally chose the crimson trench coat, but there were a few more favorites, so she decided to wear them next time.She also got a suitable hat, leather boots and LV bag as she wished, as well as a Hermès full diamond watch and Tiffany rose gold earrings. She also sprayed CHANEL's perfume and saw herself slim and radiant in the mirror. Xing Na could hardly believe it was her.

Xing Na's heart was surging. Of course, she had dreamed of such a moment before, but it would only happen after she worked in a company with good conditions for several years, or met a handsome and rich prince charming.But right now, these clothes and jewelry are all on her body, they belong to her, as if they are not part of the outside world, but her own true image that she discovered through some kind of magical transformation.

"Girls must be with the clothes and jewelry that suits them. This is called natural human rights." Xing Na thought proudly.

Wang Yue put on a camel-colored overcoat at the end, and still carried several bags of clothes in his hand, saying that he could change into them in the afternoon.Xing Na found her favorite clothes today, she is already satisfied and doesn't want to change any more.But I also took a few boxes of beautiful jewelry and put on a string of bright bead chains, thinking that I could distribute them to the sisters in the dormitory when I went back.

After they went out, they didn't get on the subway right away, but walked towards Wangfujing, intending to take another walk.It was almost noon, and there were crashed vehicles everywhere on Chang'an Avenue, still looking like a doomsday scene.These are not necessarily caused by the traffic accident after the jump, but also the result of paralyzed control and traffic disorder.However, because the road is wide, there is still enough space for vehicles to pass.

On the other side, many people went shopping like Xing Na and Wang Yue, wearing brand-new beautiful clothes, various jewelry and famous watches, with strange excitement on their faces, it was obvious at a glance that they were the result of looting.The chaotic and desolate street scene and the smiling passers-by formed an inexplicable and weird contrast.Many people paid attention to the two beautiful girls, and some people came up to strike up a conversation and wanted to invite them to dinner, which made Xing Na a little at a loss.

"Don't pay attention to them." Wang Yue said, "People are impetuous now, and these guys are obsessed with sex. They are not good birds at first glance."

"But I think that guy just now is pretty handsome." Xing Na leaned into Wang Yue's ear, giggling and saying.

"Are you interested in him? Then I'll get him back, he must not be far away yet." Wang Yue turned her head with a smile, but the smile froze on her face.

A tall Land Rover SUV was driving towards them at lightning speed, almost rushing in front of them, and stopped suddenly.The car door opened, four or five strong men jumped out of the car, and dragged them into the car without saying a word. Before Wang Yue could understand what was going on, two men had already put her into the car, and she screamed loudly.

Xing Na was also grabbed by a man's arm, but with all her might, she broke free.She called: "Wang Yue!" She stepped forward to rescue Wang Yue, but was caught again.Xing Na yelled, struggling with all her strength, and scratched the opponent's face several times.Another man came up and slapped Xing Na a few times, making her eyes stare. He pulled her hair and dragged her into the car. She saw someone laying on top of Wang Yue in the depths of the car. Pulling the clothes she just put on, Wang Yue's shrill cry echoed in her ears.Xing Na saw a man's ugly face in front of her, she fought desperately and grabbed his ear in the confusion.The man screamed in pain, shrank back, kicked her on the waist, and kicked her from the unclosed car door.

Xing Na rolled to the ground, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw a few policemen on the corner of the street coming in their direction.The people in the car also saw the patrolman, and Xing Na heard someone scold: "Stinky bitch!" The car started to drive past her, and the pungent exhaust mixed with dust rushed into her nostrils, making her violently coughed.The Land Rover circled a few corners among the abandoned cars, and soon went away.

The police finally arrived.Xing Na ignored the severe pain in her waist, got up and said to them: "Hurry up and chase that car! My friend, my friend was taken away..."

A young policeman shrugged, "They ran far away and couldn't catch up."

"I'm sure we can catch up! You have a walkie-talkie, you can ask someone to intercept it in front!"

"That's too much trouble and consumes too much police force," said an older police officer.

"What are you talking about! You are the police, why don't you care about this? Why keep the police force?" Xing Na asked loudly.

The policemen smiled bitterly, and the young policeman said: "Keep the police force? Since that incident, the crime rate has increased by at least a hundred times in half a month, but the number of policemen who can still be on duty has decreased by nearly two-thirds. You let us What to do? If we try our best to stop those guys and put aside our patrol work, there will be more gangsters running rampant on the streets, and it would be nice to maintain the most basic order now."

"But now there is no order at all!"

"Believe me, Miss." The old policeman's expression was gloomy, "If the time jump does not end, in a few days, you will know what disorder is. By then, this city will become dark jungle."

Xing Na couldn't help shivering.

"Hurry up and go home." The policeman advised her, "Try to go out as little as possible in the future, and the situation will get worse. And remember," he frowned and looked at her, "don't dress too beautifully in the future."

They left, and Xing Na stood there blankly. The people around occasionally looked at her with curiosity or pity, but no one cared too much.After the jump, all kinds of abnormal things happened a lot. To others, this conflict is not a big deal.

Xing Na found that she had lost her necklace, one of her earrings, her gorgeous clothes had been torn in a big tear, and was filthy with blood and filth on the ground.Her hair was pulled like grass and her face was bruised and swollen. She must have looked embarrassed and ridiculous.

But these are nothing compared to what will happen to Wang Yue.Such a lively and lovely girl fell into the hands of such a group of gangsters...

Thinking of this, Xing Na lost all strength, sat down on the side of the road in despair, buried her head in her knees, and began to cry.

[Day 20 Evil Flowers]

Gu Xixi bent down, her face was almost touching the mud, she gritted her teeth and burrowed into the bushes at the corner of Yannan Garden, feeling the stinging pain from the dense branches and leaves passing across her head and face, but she didn't care so much, she just kept crawling inside , shrunk his body to the minimum among the piercing branches, and begged God to keep himself from being discovered.

Except here, she has almost nowhere to hide. She was too ostentatious and conspicuous in the past, so she was easily recognized on campus.And she didn't dare to leave the campus. She heard that the outside has almost become a purgatory, and no one cares about murder and rape in the street.She had no choice but to hide here.It was only morning, and there was a long day ahead, and she could hide out at night and then come out for a little activity.But after a few hours, she will jump back to the original dormitory again, and there is really no way out, Xu Ruonan and the others will not let her go, Gu Xixi thought desperately.

Gu Xixi fumbled for the cell phone in her pocket, really wanting to call her father, but immediately dismissed the idea, firstly, she had to risk being discovered, and secondly, her father in the far south could not save her, and it seemed that her father also Having trouble.When I called last time, I heard him crying. Ignoring her question, he hung up quickly.As the boss of the company, he is probably being tortured by the employees at the moment.

Thinking of what happened in the past few days, Gu Xixi couldn't help but tremble violently.It was just a quarrel at first, but Xu Ruonan and the others even called her a disaster in the first few days of panic.Then, everything seemed to never go back to the original state, and the insults turned into more and more severe beatings. That morning, she resisted a few times, but Xu Ruonan and the others pushed her down from the window on the fourth floor, leaving her alive She fell to her death in front of the dormitory building. When she was dying, she saw them sticking their heads out of the window, looked at herself indifferently, and then closed the window; and Xing Na, seeing herself at the door, covered her hands in fear. She closed her eyes... Gu Xixi swallowed her last breath and jumped back again, but the bedmates didn't push her downstairs anymore, but began to torture her even more cruelly and unbearably...

"Where did that bitch surnamed Gu go?" Xu Ruonan's rough and loud shout came from a distance, and Gu Xixi didn't dare to breathe immediately.

"It's all Wu Xiuli's useless, let her watch carefully and let people run away!" Gu Xixi heard Shen Dan complain, "I said Wu Xiuli, didn't you mean it?"

"How could I? But who would have thought that she could escape by climbing the window on the fifth floor." Wu Xiuli argued.

"Catch her this time, let's see how I deal with her!" Xu Ruonan snorted coldly.

They walked towards the direction where Gu Xixi was hiding. "Hey, there seems to be something in that bush?" Shen Dan said suspiciously.

"It's over." Gu Xixi only had one thought, she wanted to escape immediately, but she knew it would be too late, and Xu Ruonan's jeans legs could already be seen shaking from the gaps in the branches.

Gu Xixi's heart rose to her throat, but at this moment, a yellow and white kitten emerged from under the evergreen not far from her, meowing, and walked towards the girls. Based on its experience, the girls' Arrival often means delicious fresh packs and tins.

"Oh, it turned out to be a kitten." Shen Dan said.

"This cat is so cute!" Xu Ruonan praised, and Gu Xixi remembered that Xu Ruonan was also the secretary of the Small Animal Protection Association, and he was very caring for cats and dogs.

How ironic.

The cat fawned on Xu Ruonan's lap and circled around. Xu Ruonan bent down and stroked its smooth fur.The girls squatted beside them, chattering about the cuteness of the cat, and touching its round head from time to time.At this moment, it seems that the world has flipped back to normal order, and it is ordinary college girls lovingly feeding cats on campus.

It's a pity that the girls didn't bring anything to eat. The yellow cat walked around them a few times, seeing that there was no food, it walked away angrily.Xu Ruonan stood up unconvinced, "Yannan's cat is still so carefree, I don't know if it is conscious, does it know what happened now?" The hostility in his tone subsided a lot.

"I heard that a cat's memory is only a few minutes, maybe every day is the same for it?" Shen Dan said.

"Oh, I'm still happy to be a cat." Wu Xiuli said with emotion, "I'm going crazy these days, but fortunately there is Gu Xixi..." She didn't continue in embarrassment, but her companions understood what she meant. Today, Gu Xixi became their outlet for losing their sense of security.

"Forget it, leave her alone, I remember there are some kittens over there, they are super cute! Let's go and have a look." After a moment of silence, Xu Ruonan said.

They talked softly and seemed to walk away side by side.Gu Xixi waited for a long time, until she couldn't hear any movement, and she finally let go of her hanging heart.Kneeling and crawling slowly out of the bushes, I felt that my legs were numb.

Just as she stretched out her head, a hand suddenly stretched out, grabbed her hair, and pulled her out viciously, her scalp hurt sharply, and Xu Ruonan's triumphant laughter came from her ear.

"My honorable lady, why are you hiding here? It's easy for us to find!"

Gu Xixi struggled, screamed, and was dragged out of the bushes.She raised her head and saw Xu Ruonan's distorted face in a smirk, and the other party immediately slapped her twice, Gu Xixi covered her face and curled up on the ground.The six feet of the three girls rose and fell to the ground, and landed heavily on her body, completely different from before.

"Bitch, run, look at you still running!"

"Aren't you Miss Qianjin, aren't you crazy? Why are you in such a mess now?"

"You said the perfume I bought made your dog want to throw up, right? Why do you smell like dog shit?"

"Didn't you say that the English I speak has the taste of Shandong garlic? Isn't it just because my family has money, and I hire a foreigner as a tutor, what a drag!"

"Let her say in English: 'I'm a bitch.' How do you say that? Say it!"

After bursts of laughter, Gu Xixi could no longer tell who said which sentence.She felt a burning pain all over her body, as if her bones had been kicked and broken, but she knew that this kind of punching and kicking was just an appetizer for today.The day before yesterday she was forced to lick Xu Ruonan's feet, yesterday she was held down in the toilet and ate a pile of shit, what will happen today?
"Stop talking, right? Strip her naked and walk the streets!" Xu Ruonan said viciously, "Last time you said I was dressed like a pheasant, today I will make you a plucking chicken!"

"This..." Wu Xiuli was a little hesitant, "Isn't it a good influence? And it's very chaotic outside, I'm afraid..."

"Then strip off all your clothes and throw them at the library door, yes, and have the words 'I'm a rotten whore' tattooed on your chest."

"Don't!" Gu Xixi yelled out in horror, "Don't take off my clothes! You take me back, I listen to you, please..."

"It's up to you?" Xu Ruonan became excited instead, "Snack!" Gu Xixi knew that she seemed to have a special hobby for women...

Xu Ruonan leaned over to Gu Xixi, pulling at her clothes, Gu Xixi was terrified to the extreme, a burst of strength came from nowhere, pushed Xu Ruonan away, grabbed a gap and got up and ran.But she couldn't run two steps, and was dragged back by the leg injury, limping, Xu Ruonan and the others followed her unhurriedly like a cat catching a mouse, laughing endlessly.

Gu Xixi walked unsteadily, turned a corner, and finally fell, falling to the ground, her jaw was in severe pain, her mouth was covered with blood and missing teeth.At this time, a pair of men's sneakers appeared in front of him, with grass-green army trousers on them. Gu Xixi had no time to think about it, and hugged the trousers of the other party desperately, "Help! Help me!"

"Gu... Xixi?" The other party asked in surprise, his voice seemed familiar.Gu Xixi looked up, only to realize that it was her classmate Ma Xiaojun.This unattractive boy, Gu Xixi would not have looked at him in the past, but at this moment, it was as if he saw a long-lost relative, and wept, "Xiaojun, save me! Help me! Woooooo..."

"What are you doing?" Ma Xiaojun raised his head and asked.

"Ma Xiaojun, this has nothing to do with you, don't mind your own business." Xu Ruonan warned.

"I don't care if you beat people like this?" Ma Xiaojun's voice became louder.

"How is it? Anyway, she can't die, she deserves it."

"You want me to beat you like this?" Ma Xiaojun became more and more angry.

"Are you sick? It's none of your business for us to teach this bitch a lesson?" Xu Ruonan lost his patience and began to curse.

"Fart, I'm still fucking teaching you!" Ma Xiaojun got angry and took two steps forward.Seeing his fierce eyes, Xu Ruonan was a bit in a dilemma. She suddenly remembered that it was said that Ma Xiaojun liked Gu Xixi, an idiot, and had written love letters to her before. I'm afraid this rude boy could do anything.

Han Fang and Xie Dong also appeared behind Ma Xiaojun. "Hey, we are all classmates, why bother?" Han Fang persuaded, Xu Ruonan, Shen Dan and Wu Xiuli looked at each other for a few times, and they all retreated, Xu Ruonan bit the bullet and said, "What did Gu Xixi do? If you ask her yourself, she asked for it."

"Go to your mother—" Ma Xiaojun rushed forward to fight, but was stopped by Han Fang and Xie Dong, "Xiaojun, calm down!"

Xu Ruonan and the others didn't dare to stay any longer, "My surname is Gu, count your luck today, and I'll settle the score with you tomorrow!" They turned their heads and left.

Ma Xiaojun pointed at their backs and yelled angrily, "From now on, whoever dares to touch Gu Xixi again, I will take your skin off!"

Gu Xixi hugged Ma Xiaojun tightly and cried loudly.

"Unexpectedly, Xu Ruonan and the others would become like this." After listening to Gu Xixi's intermittent narration, Ma Xiaojun said angrily, "Xu Ruonan is nothing more than a man, like Wu Xiuli, she is such an honest and shy little girl , why are you beating people now?"

"Because order doesn't exist anymore." Xie Dong said, "Without constraints, the evil in human nature can expand as much as possible. Gu Xixi is not the only one? Now in Yanda alone, there are already many unpopular people who have similar experiences , as long as the majority of people within a certain range cooperate to deal with some individuals, other people will not dare to intervene because they are afraid of trouble.”

"I remember when you said that," Han Fang recalled, "Someone in the United States once conducted an experiment in which ordinary students were randomly divided into two groups, one group played the role of a prisoner, and the other group played the role of a guard, and the latter were given a behavior similar to real prison guards. As a result, the experiment completely lost control within a few days, everyone entered into the roles they played, all kinds of humiliation and abuse emerged one after another, and social relationships were completely destroyed."

"Well, I also know about that experiment." Xie Dong said, "That's on the premise that both parties will return to normal life soon, but a little psychological suggestion and emotional infection are enough to make ordinary people forget about it. What's more Today's situation?"

"It was just an experiment at the beginning." Han Fang sighed, "Unexpectedly, because of the time jump, it turned into a reality that swept the world within a few weeks. It is really unprecedented."

"No, it's not unprecedented. There were ready-made examples decades ago." Xie Dong stared at the roof of the library in the distance, "In those few years, people's tendency to violence was unleashed, students did not go to school, workers No work, partying in the streets, social order crumbling within a few weeks, students beating teachers to death, colleagues criticizing each other...the list goes on and on.”

Ma Xiaojun couldn't help but startled, "Dongzi, are you saying that the future society will become like it was decades ago?"

Xie Dong laughed instead, "If that's the case, we have to be thankful. No, there was still a basic social order at that time, and I'm afraid it will become a hundred times worse in the future... Xiaojun, have you read "Ice A Song with Fire?" he asked abruptly.

"I haven't seen it, what's the matter?"

There was an unknown scream in the distance, which sounded creepy.Xie Dong shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's just that there is a sentence in the book that impresses me deeply: winter is coming."

Ma Xiaojun didn't understand yet, but Gu Xixi seemed to understand and trembled violently. "Winter is coming," she murmured, curling up in a ball.

Looking at the chaotic campus in front of him, Han Fang somehow remembered the enthusiasm of everyone to unite and help each other when the disaster just happened. It was only 20 days ago, but now it seems to be another era, another world... In the treacherous and unpredictable jungle, will the girl, the girl who died in his arms, still be safe?

"We must get ready." Finally, Xie Dong said.

[Day 30 Chaos]

At ten o'clock in the morning, Han Fang stood outside the east gate, clenched his fists, and waited for the battle. He felt his heart beating endlessly and his palms were covered with cold sweat.He was surrounded by dozens of companions, and opposite him were hundreds of boys in black, all with thick glasses and a dull face. It seemed that they were from the Wudaokou Institute of Technology next door.

Wudaokou Institute of Technology is adjacent to Yanda University, and there has always been a knot in the heart, and no one accepts the other.The male-female ratio in the Engineering College is terribly out of balance. The boys with excess hormones there often come to hook up with Yanda girls, causing some troubles from time to time, which often makes Yanda feel annoyed.After entering the Era of Void, the previous discord escalated rapidly.In the past few days, some boys from Yanda University and Engineering College have had several group fights in the Yuanmingyuan area.Today, the group of people from the engineering college came to the door even more grandiosely.

"Stop, what are you doing?" Xie Dong shouted in front.

"What are you guys doing?" the leading boy from the Engineering College asked back, "Why are you blocking us?"

"We are Yenching University's emergency self-governing patrol team." Xie Dong said majestically, "Principal Zhou personally appointed us to maintain order on the Yenching University campus and protect Yenching University in the current chaotic situation."

"Zhou Fengsheng?" The other party was startled, then sneered, "Is it still useful for him to talk now?"

Xie Dong ignored it to show his contempt for this question.In fact, the temporary security team is a self-defense group spontaneously formed by Yanda University, including students, teachers, staff, and family members. However, in the name of Zhou Fengsheng, Principal Zhou has been hiding at home these days and has ignored all school affairs.During the last week or two of turmoil, each dormitory building and family building have set up their own self-defense organizations, and there are still conflicts among them. A unified emergency autonomous patrol team was formed a few days ago. At present, the core members are about 500 People are basically boys who voluntarily sign up.Xie Dong was one of the initiators of the earliest initiative to establish a security team, and it was natural for Han Fang and his dormitory to join the ranks of the security team.

This is more or less a ray of light in the darkness and madness. Although there is still no cure for things like the insult to Gu Xixi, at least it will not be done in broad daylight, otherwise it will be stopped and punished by the guards.Of course, the rise and competition of new institutions of power, such as the Guard, led to further problems as order collapsed further within society at large.But at least Yanda can enjoy a little order at this moment.

However, seeing an inter-school conflict is just around the corner.

"Even if it's authorized by your principal Zhou, we can't control us. Let's go to our fellowship dormitory to play, who is in the way?"

"Which fraternity house?"

"31 on the 302st floor, 42 on the 107nd floor..." The other party had been prepared and reported a series of precise dormitory names.Xie Dong still shook his head, "I'm sorry, Yan University prohibits outsiders from entering and leaving at this critical time. If you want to find someone, ask them to come out and see you."

"It's so dangerous outside now, why don't we go and see our girlfriend?" a man with glasses shouted.

"Then what are you doing with your hoes and shovels? Are you here to weed Fenghu Lake?" someone asked.

The other party said cheekily: "It's such a mess now, you have to bring something for self-defense, right?"

"Don't listen to their nonsense!" Zheng Zhi yelled at the back, unbearably, "I know a few people who were beaten up when they played football with us a few days ago. What kindness!"

"Who the hell is playing tricks? At that time, you were bullying us on purpose..." a boy pointed at by him retorted unconvinced.The two sides blamed each other and became more and more tense.

"Fuck you—damn it!" Seeing that there was no hope of Heping entering Yanyuan, the leading boy made a chopping gesture.Seeing the code, the boys from the Engineering College conjured up stones out of nowhere and threw them towards Yanda, and the stones fell like rain for a while.Han Fang and the others were also prepared, and they picked up their schoolbags and put them on top of their heads.But the shield was not in hand, and several people were still hit and screamed.

Taking advantage of this moment, the people from the Engineering College launched a charge.The first few people were repulsed by Mr. Yan who was armed with batons, but the guys from the Engineering College were also extremely brave, and they fought one after another. In a world without death, a little pain is nothing at all.

Yanda's defense line was torn apart by the surging tide of engineering school boys.Although Han Fang has had several combat experiences, he has never seen such a big scene. In a panic, he saw a tall man on the opposite side pick up a wooden club and smash it fiercely at his head.He instinctively blocked it with his left arm, but his arm was hit by the wooden club, and the bone-piercing pain spread to his whole body.

Han Fang gritted his teeth and pulled out a kitchen knife, waving it wildly in an attempt to fight back.The tall man took two steps back, and counterattacked calmly. In a blink of an eye, Han Fang got hit again with his right hand, and the kitchen knife fell to the ground with a bang.Han Fang rushed forward reluctantly, trying to get back the kitchen knife, but was kicked over by the opponent.This person has probably experienced hundreds of battles, and every movement is quite precise.

The stick hit him hard on the head.In the blink of an eye, a figure rushed towards him diagonally. It was Ma Xiaojun. Before Han Fang could see what was going on, a dagger in his hand had already been inserted into the tall man's belly.The tall man looked at his belly in disbelief, and then wailed like a pig.

"Don't blame me for being ruthless, you forced me." Ma Xiaojun said coldly, his expression was completely different from the tired and lazy boy before, and he said to Han Fang, "Go away!"

Han Fang woke up like a dream, got up and fled to the campus.The guards were blown to pieces and almost completely collapsed. Although the intruders suffered heavy casualties, the main body of the crowd had already broken through the guards' defenses and entered the east gate.

But the guards naturally still have their backs.

When Han Fang and others withdrew to the science buildings in the rear, two campus patrol cars rushed out from behind the east gate with full power, rushed into the crowd of intruders, and left behind a horrible trail of blood amidst the noise .Two other reserve teams of about 20 each followed behind the vehicle, wielding wooden clubs and kitchen knives, and beat the panicked engineering school boys.

A few minutes later, the overall situation was settled. Most of the intruders from the Engineering College fled in a hurry, leaving more than 20 dead or seriously injured people on the ground.The tall man who almost killed Han Fang just now was still alive, fell to the ground moaning in pain, and was dragged outside the east gate by the guards and thrown into the lawn.They will spend the remaining ten or so hours here.This pile of corpses and wounded was like Yanda's warning to the outside world: whoever tries to force his way in will end up like this.

"Han Fang, are you okay?" Xie Dong asked him after dealing with these matters.

Han Fang smiled wryly, "Fortunately, I was hit twice with a wooden stick, and no tendons or bones were injured."

"Xiao Fang, you are too faceless." Ma Xiaojun was somewhat contemptuous, "Evidently he has a knife, but he was beaten to the ground with a wooden club by the other party, let me tell you, you have to strike first, and it will be too late to defend yourself when someone hits you! Moreover, you must be steady, accurate and ruthless in your shots, and you must not be afraid, sometimes you would rather take two hits yourself than remove the opponent's combat power first..."

"I really didn't expect us to become young and Dangerous overnight." Han Fang said with a wry smile, "When will this day end?"

"The conflict is still escalating." Xie Dong said, "It's just the beginning of this day, and it may be—"

His cell phone rang, Xie Dong answered the call, his face darkened again, "Let me just say, there is a group of hooligans making trouble in Ximen, there are not enough manpower there, we have to hurry there...Han Fang, you are injured, No need to go."

"My injury...is fine."

"It's not all about injuries." Ma Xiaojun told him hesitantly, "Xiao Fang, you don't know how to fight, sometimes it's just a disservice..."

Han Fang smiled wryly in frustration, "Okay, then I won't get in the way."

Xie Dong and Ma Xiaojun left in a hurry, Han Fang rubbed his swollen shoulder, feeling like a waste.

"Day 30..." Han Fang thought, it's just the No. 30 day of the Hollow Era, and in less than a month, the whole world has been fragmented beyond recognition.

Of course, the original world was broken on the first day, but that seemed to be only due to external factors. As long as the time does not jump, everything can return to the original state.But now it is very different.The impact of the time jump has spread to the depths of the world, and any original social structure cannot be maintained, because people's hearts are no longer the same...

Han Fang was thinking wildly, when the phone rang suddenly, Han Fang saw the caller ID, his eyes lit up.It was Ji Bing who called. Since the first day, Ji Bing has not contacted him. Today this is...

"Han Fang, I need your help with something." Ji Bing said on the phone, his voice was calm, and there was no emotion.

"What's the matter, Senior Sister Ji?"

"I can't tell on the phone, where are you?"

"I'm at the east gate."

"Then let's meet at the bottom of the 10st floor in half an hour... 31 minutes later."

"31th floor?"

"Well, see you later."

The Korean side was very puzzled, Jiang Xueting and the others lived on the 31st floor, and Ji Bing obviously lived in the Changchun Xinyuan area, so why did they want to meet there?
When Han Fang rushed to the 31st floor, Ji Bing was already there, wearing a nondescript green military uniform, and a tricycle was parked next to him. Seeing Han Fang, he couldn't help but startled, "Are you injured?"

Han Fang rubbed his shoulders, "It's okay, I just got into a fight with someone. You know the current situation, right?"

"I heard you joined the guard?"

Han Fang showed her his red armband, "Isn't this a symbol of hair distribution? I wear it every day, and I feel like a Red Guard. Sister Ji, how are you doing?"

Ji Bing forced a smile, as if he wanted to say something, but changed the subject, "Do you know Luo Fei?"

"Luo Fei? You also know? She stabbed Teacher Zou to death in our school last time, and she hasn't woken up since then. Teacher Zou didn't say anything. It is said that she is pregnant with Teacher Zou's child..."

"Hanfang." Ji Bing interrupted him, "I know Luo Fei is your classmate, so I asked you for help. Can you help me send her to Yanda Medical College?"

"Medical Department? Treat her?"

"This..." Ji Bing hesitated, but still told the truth, "I also heard about Luo Fei recently. We think her situation is very strange. We have to study her carefully, maybe we can unlock the time of the void period." It’s a mystery, but the necessary equipment is only available in the medical department.”

Han Fang never thought about this layer.The world is in chaos these days, and everyone is too busy to take care of themselves. Who would think about the mystery of time, "This...won't cut her head open?"

"If necessary." Ji Bing said coldly.

Han Fang called Jiang Xueting, explaining the purpose of coming, and of course emphasized that it was for Luo Fei's treatment.Jiang Xueting naturally agreed.When Han Fang and Ji Bing entered the door, they were stopped by a few girls with vigilant faces, who said they were from the security team. Han Fang found that Xu Ruonan and others were also among them. Gu Xixi had gone somewhere, but now Ma Xiaojun was covering her. She should not be bullied as much as before.Han Fang showed them his armbands, but the other party didn't buy it, and they checked for a long time before letting them pass.

Luo Fei was still in a coma as usual, and Jiang Xueting and Lin Shasha were lying on the bed watching the movie.These days, weak and beautiful girls have become the main victims of social turmoil, and they dare not even leave the house.Jiang Xueting offered to help send Luo Fei off, but Ji Bing declined.Han Fang carried Luo Fei downstairs, put her on the tricycle, and covered her with a blanket to completely cover her.

"Thank you, Han Fang." Ji Bing said, "It's almost impossible to find anyone to help you now."

"Where are the others? Those classmates in your academy?"

"Some people are silent now, hiding in their rooms; some people eat, drink and have fun every day; some people have turned into beasts..." Ji Bing said, clenched his fists resentfully.

Han Fang rode a tricycle, and Ji Bing found another bicycle.The two wobbled out of the east gate where the bloodstains had not been removed, and headed towards the Medical Department of Yan University.The road was deserted, and crashed vehicles and dead bodies could be seen from time to time, but there were basically no pedestrians.Han Fang looked left and right, for fear that a group of thugs would come out of nowhere.

"This is the territory of the Hunan Gang." Ji Bing said, "But they were beaten by the Sichuan Gang the day before yesterday, and they probably haven't recovered yet."

"Hunan Gang?"

"It's a gang formed by migrant workers from Hunan, and it also includes many low-level citizens. At first, it was similar to the Yanda Guards, a self-defense organization, but its nature was much more complicated. There were many connections between them and the middle class in this city. Potentially contradictory. Some time ago, they rushed into the nearby residential buildings to kill and loot wantonly... But there are other gangs competing with them, such as the Sichuan Gang and the Jiangxi faction..."

"I really don't understand. Why grab the territory? Don't they know that everything will be wiped out in twenty hours?"

"Of course it won't disappear into nothingness." Ji Bing said solemnly, "You have to know that the memory of people's pain and fear is still there, which is enough to make people surrender. Look!"

Ji Bing pointed to a corpse on the ground in front of him. Han Fang couldn't help shivering when he saw it. The corpse was cut into two sections from the waist. The upper body and lower body were separated by three or four meters, and there was blood in the middle. It seems that after this person was killed, his upper body climbed several meters forward.Han Fang didn't dare to look any further, and rode a tricycle through the bloodstains.

"After the Sichuan gang defeated the Hunan gang last time, more than 100 people were cut in half. Many people died on the ground screaming and groaning for 10 minutes. No one wants to suffer this kind of pain twice, although some people are crying for revenge. , but most people are really afraid of being beaten, so these days the Hunan gang will not dare to fight with the Sichuan gang, and it is said that they will be annexed by the Sichuan gang."

"Senior Sister Ji, how do you know these things?"

"I often go to the medical department, so of course I know a lot more. When those people were cut in half in the street, I saw the blood so much that the whole street was stained red."

"That's too dangerous! Are you okay?"

"It's nothing serious, I was gang-raped, twice." Ji Bing said lightly.

Han Fang was horrified, and then the blood rushed from his chest to his head, "Who... did it? These beasts, they actually..."

"Someone I don't know." Ji Bing's eyes were also red. "Besides, it's not important. You should know that there are many girls who have similar experiences these days."

"But Senior Sister..."

"Don't talk about it." Ji Bing turned his head away, "We'll talk about this later, let's send people there now, this neighborhood is very messy—"

"Stop!" As if to confirm Ji Bing's words, another four or five men ran out of the diagonal alley ahead and blocked the road.Dressed in sloppy clothes, unkempt, with shining knives in their hands, seeing Ji Bing, he showed a wretched smile.Although deliberately dressed to be unkempt, it is difficult to hide the figure of a young girl.

Han Fang's blood boiled, "Senior Sister Ji, I will protect you and rush over!"

"No, you go to the back." Ji Bing stopped calmly, took out a black pistol from his pocket, and pointed it forward, "Go away!"

Several hooligans were scared away, but someone shouted: "Don't trust her, fake gun!"

Ji Bing fired a shot into the sky, and the clear sound of the gun made them all stunned.

"This is a .[-] automatic pistol." Ji Bing sneered, pointing the gun at them, "There are eight bullets in it, guess if I can hit you? But my marksmanship is not good, so I may not be able to hit the vital point. It won't be dead for a while."

Of course, this is even more terrifying.

The men hesitated for a moment, but retreated unwillingly in fear.Ji Bing winked at Han Fang, and the two rushed over.

"Senior Sister Ji, you are really good." After leaving those people far behind, Han Fang praised.

"Going out now, you have to be prepared." Ji Bing said coldly.

"But where did you get that gun?"

Ji Bing laughed, "This is a toy imitation gun bought by a classmate in the dormitory for her nephew. If you look closely, you can tell it's fake."

"But there's still gunshots?"

"The gunshot was a recorder I was holding in my pocket in my left hand. I pressed the play button... Actually there are still many loopholes, but it's enough to scare these bumpkins."

"So it is!" Han Fang suddenly realized, "But you told me..."

Ji Bing smiled at him, "Xiao Fang, it's hard for others to tell, and you and I don't understand? You are a good person."

Han Fang's heart warmed up, and thousands of words came to his throat, "Senior Sister Ji...that, I'm sorry."

"sorry?"

"I didn't protect you some time ago, so you...in the future I...I want to..." Words similar to confession were on the tip of Han Fang's tongue, but he couldn't say it for a while.But the meaning is already clear.

Ji Bing was silent for a moment, obviously feeling uncomfortable.Han Fang's heart was going up and down, and Ji Bing quickly said again: "You know what? I used to think that life was too ordinary and boring."

"Ok?"

"Of course it wasn't like this when I was very young. At that time, I felt that the stories in "Journey to the West" and "Andersen's Fairy Tales" were true... But then I realized that there are no gods and monsters in the world, and there are no magical adventures. I watched TV at that time. , I especially hope that aliens will invade, or the end of the world will happen soon, so that life will be interesting. Of course, I will not be so childish when I grow up. In fact, it is popular among girls to read romance novels, and I am not interested in it at all. It's nothing more than trying to find ways to marry Gao Fushuai or something, and it will be like that for the rest of my life, what's the point?"

"So you're really different."

"So I decided to do scientific research later, and I also wanted to discover those truly extraordinary and exciting things. But now, although I am a graduate student in biology, I find that I don't have much talent, and the era of great discoveries has passed. The theory of evolution, Bacteria, DNA, various enzymes... I have figured it out step by step. The development of molecular biology has allowed life activities to be reduced to complex chemical processes. Of course, many details are still unclear, but there is nothing really exciting. Now His scientific research is nothing more than adding bricks and tiles to the building of his predecessors."

"But now, what happened these days is completely incredible! Time cannot loop for no reason, and restart at the same second every day for no reason...Han Fang, there must be some kind of incredible reason behind all this."

"Is this the mystery of time you mentioned?"

"Yes, the mystery of time." Han Fang saw that Ji Bing's eyes were burning with strange excitement, "What a wonderful career it is to figure out all this. Compared with this matter, what is your personal experience?" !Hey, here we are!"

Han Fang looked up and saw the gate of the affiliated hospital of the Ministry of Medicine appearing in the distance.

[Day 30 Vision]

At the entrance of the hospital, there were already three or four people waiting. There were men and women, but none of them were wearing white coats. They didn't look like doctors or nurses.After Ji Bing greeted them, they carried Luo Fei up on a stretcher.

Han Fang just remembered that it is impossible for Ji Bing to come to the medical department to do research by himself, so who are the others?He never asked this question.

"Senior Sister Ji, who are they?" Han Fang asked.Ji Bing smiled at him, "Want to know who they are? Come in with me."

He followed Ji Bing to the depths of the hospital.Although it was only noon, the huge hospital was dead silent. There were no doctors, nurses, or patients. Only a small group of them walked strangely through the deserted corridors and corridors.

Han Fang once again cast an inquiring look at Ji Bing, and Ji Bing whispered, "Have you heard of the Science Squirrel Club?"

"I seem to have heard that it is a non-profit organization engaged in science communication."

"More than that, the Science Squirrel Society is a platform for young and middle-aged scientists in different fields to exchange ideas and stimulate discussions. Under the current situation of deepening discipline specialization and clear barriers in different fields, such an organization is also very beneficial. However, As soon as the Era of Void comes, the world is in chaos, anti-scientific thoughts are rampant, everyone is too busy to take care of themselves, and the Science Squirrel Society can't continue."

The South Korean side nodded, "I know. I heard that the scientists at the European Atomic Energy Center were dragged out by the local Catholic people because they suspected that the LHC experiment caused a time jump. They were burned alive at the stake once a day. The Roman Church said After burning it a thousand or eight hundred times, maybe God will forgive the earth and restore normal life, what a pity."

"However..." Ji Bing said, "There are still a small number of people who are still insisting on scientific research, both at home and abroad. There is a 'Scientific Frontier' organization abroad, and the domestic is our reorganized Science Mole Society."

"Mole?"

"It used to be on the top of the tree, but now it's underground. Didn't it become a mole!" Ji Bing laughed at himself.

"But how to do scientific research?" Han Fang was very puzzled. "For example, there is no place to store the large amount of data obtained from the experiment? Whether it is recorded in the computer or in the notebook, it will be reset the next day. Then all the work must be done." It's too troublesome to complete it within twenty hours..."

"So that's the second meaning of 'mole': blind. Moles don't have eyesight, they burrow in the dark, they dig wherever they go, and we're in a similar situation now."

Han Fang imagined a group of scientists digging holes in the dark underground, and found it both funny and sad.

After leaving the building and approaching the inpatient department, a voice like howling ghosts and wolves came, "Kill me..."

"My kidney hurts unbearably..."

"My wound... I can't live anymore..."

"This is..." Han Fang asked Ji Bing.

Ji Bing sighed, "A hospitalized patient."

Han Fang seldom thought about the patient before, and suddenly shuddered, "They... don't they all..."

"You will never get rid of the pain." Ji Bing said heavily, "Whether you have a broken limb or a normal toothache or stomachache, you will live in pain every day, with no hope of recovery, and even death. A luxury."

"Is there no one to take care of them?"

"Who will take care of them?" Ji Bing asked. "Doctors and nurses have long since stopped coming to work. Some of their relatives came to accompany them at first, but then they stopped coming because they couldn't take care of themselves. We Mole will." People helped them, taught them to go to the pharmacy to find painkillers, or take pethidine, which relieved some symptoms, but there are still many people who are in pain every day."

"This is too miserable, it's simply...hell on earth."

"From another point of view, there is also a good side." Ji Bing comforted him instead, "Some patients with mild symptoms can be discharged directly from the hospital for activities. Some terminally ill patients can also survive. If they don't get sick today, they will look normal. Like people..."

Walking into the inpatient department and getting on the elevator, the screams around seemed to become more horrific. No matter what Ji Bing said, Han Fang's heart was still clenched tightly.

"Why does the Mole Society study Raffi?" In order to divert attention, Han Fang finally found another topic, "What is her use for unraveling the mystery of time?"

Ji Bing asked him back: "Do you know Wang Yue?"

"Wang Yue..." Han Fang recalled for a moment, "I don't know him."

"She is a sophomore girl from our school's School of Chemistry. She has been normal since the void period. But on the 17th day, she went out for a day and didn't come back that night. Everyone didn't care. Anyway, she would jump back, right? ? But on the 18th day, Wang Yue did jump back, but she was still in a coma, unable to wake up no matter how much she screamed, just like Luo Fei. But no one knew what happened.”

"Why is that?" Han Fang felt very strange.

"I heard about it on the 21st day. I went to see her in their dormitory, but unexpectedly ran into someone. You should know this person. It's Xing Na from your department."

"Yes, she is my classmate."

When the elevator arrived, they got out of the elevator and walked along the corridor. Han Fang noticed that the wards here seemed to be exceptionally clean.Ji Bing continued: "When Xing Na saw Wang Yue, she hugged her and cried bitterly. I asked for a long time before I realized that the two of them went to the street together on the 17th. Later, Wang Yue was kidnapped by a group of thugs. Did not fall into the clutches of the devil."

"So Wang Yue..."

"Maybe she suffered unbearable pain and abuse from ordinary girls..." Ji Bing's face twitched slightly, "and her coma may also be related to this. So a few days ago, we managed to bring Wang Yue and accept checked."

"The result is..." Before Han Fang finished speaking, a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of him. Han Fang was surprised and delighted, "Professor Tian!"

The heroic Tian Huajie stood in front of him.Han Fang did not expect to see him here, but Tian Huajie is highly respected in the academic world, and it is not unusual for him to be the host of the Mole Club.

"Student Han Fang, you're here too?" Tian Huajie still remembered his name, "Didn't expect us to be here as a temporary doctor?"

"Teacher Tian, ​​Xiao Fang helped me a lot." Ji Bing said to Tian Huajie, "Thanks to him today, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get that girl here by myself."

"Thank you, Han Fang." Tian Huajie shook hands with him.Han Fang felt a little uncomfortable, "Well, it should."

"Do an MRI scan on the patient's brain immediately." Tian Huajie ordered, and the other staff got busy.Tian Huajie watched them operate for a while, and then asked Han Fang: "I heard from Ji Bing that you were there when the girl passed out, right?"

"You mean Luo Fei? Yes, I watched her fall, but I didn't have time to react at that time. Later, I helped her back to the dormitory, but she couldn't wake up no matter what."

"Didn't you go to the hospital?"

"At that time, there was no one in the school hospital. Besides, everyone thought that they would recover by jumping the next day, so they didn't pay much attention to it. Later, it was discovered that something was wrong, and the world was in chaos. After two days, we finally found a doctor. Doctor, but he doesn't know what's going on."

"You didn't do an EEG, X-ray or something like that for her, did you?"

"No, there is no such condition at all."

"Okay." Tian Huajie said, "I think we will know the result soon."

They walked into a room filled with all kinds of medical instruments. Luo Fei was placed on a milky white bed, and then was slowly sent into a hollow cylinder by a machine.

"This is an MRI scan." Tian Huajie said to Han Fang, "We can observe the activity of Luo Fei's cerebral cortex in real time. Of course, the scanning speed is still limited, and the electrical activity of neurons cannot be tracked. We have to refer to EEG monitoring, but Let's see what's going on..."

On the screen at the side, a scan image of Raffi's brain appeared. The two gray hemispheres looked normal.Han Fang didn't understand why, but Tian Huajie frowned.

"Same as Wang Yue." Ji Bing also came over and said.

"What's going on?" Han Fang asked.

"We checked Wang Yue at the beginning." Ji Bing told him, "If it is just a coma, then it is similar to sleep, and there should be a lot of brain activity. There will be bright spots in the cerebral cortex, but her cerebral cortex has no activity. , like brain death."

"How can this happen!"

"Xiao Ji is right." Tian Huajie interjected, "It seems that Luo Fei is in the same situation, but they are actually not the only ones. Many patients in this hospital have also fallen into the same long sleep."

It was only then that Han Fang realized that this floor seemed to be exceptionally quiet, but he could faintly hear the voices of other patients coming from outside, "Here..."

"This is the ICU, the Intensive Care Unit." Tian Huajie said, "Most of the patients here are drowsy and dying, and they have no strength to scream. Of course, the main problem is not here, but that most of them Tianhou fell into the same strange situation as Luo Fei and the others, physically alive but brain dead."

Han Fang was dumbfounded, "How could this happen?"

Tian Huajie said with bright eyes: "This is probably the problem of the time jump."

The Korean side is still unknown. Therefore, Tian Huajie reminded: "Now people's attention is all on the LHC experiment, and you should also know that there are some hypotheses."

Han Fang thought for a while, "I saw it on the Internet, but I only remember a relatively easy-to-understand statement. They said that time is composed of a time field. The LHC experiment caused the time field to close and oscillate repeatedly. "

Tian Huajie shook his head: "The loophole in this theory is too obvious... I wonder why they can't think of it?"

"Could it be..." Han Fang tried his best to think, but couldn't figure it out for a while, "Our consciousness..."

"That's right! In the entire time loop, no matter whether you use time fields or cosmic waves to explain it, it is difficult to explain a problem: our minds or memories did not jump back to the original point together. Otherwise, there would be no time jump at all. Turn it around, because no one realizes."

"That's right!" Han Fang said, "Since the beginning of the void period, several previous movies have been dug up recently, and we have all watched them, such as "Groundhog Day" and "[-]:[-]"... The common feature is that in the time loop, the vast majority of people will not leave any memory, and for them, there is no difference between [-] days and the first day."

"But there are only very few people in our world like this." Tian Huajie frowned, "The so-called 'memoryless'. Most of the other people have clear memories, for example, you and I were in the hospital on the first day , you remember, I remember too."

Han Fang nodded, "It's hard to forget this kind of thing."

"But because of this, it gives people a blind spot. From their own subjective perspective, they feel that time has jumped, but the continuation of human memory seems to be a normal thing. It seems that our minds can get rid of the fetters of matter. .But when you think about it, that’s not the case. Our mental activity and memory, in the final analysis, all depend on the state of the brain. So why is the brain state not restored to its original state after the jump?”

"Then why didn't the brain return to its original shape?"

Tian Huajie laughed, "Wrong! You should first ask whether the human brain has returned to its original state, and according to some of our current research, the answer is basically yes. The brain after the jump is the brain before. , we did some comparisons and hardly saw any difference."

Han Fang was taken aback, "Didn't you just say that Luo Fei and the others are all brain dead?"

"No, I mean, on a cellular level, it's normal to be alive. But the synaptic electrical activity of thinking or imagining is completely gone, even more completely than deep sleep, so it's similar to brain death."

Before Han Fang could figure out what was going on, Tian Huajie said: "Brain science has a very shallow understanding of the function of memory, but memory must be stored in the brain in a certain way, such as certain brain regions. Synaptic connections. In other words, memory is a special form of connection formed somewhere in your brain. At least that's what we knew before. But since the brain is as unchanged as everything else in this world after jumping back from each day, then It can be deduced that in the world of the Void Age, memory—no, maybe the whole mind of a person—is not in the brain at all.”

Han Fang was taken aback, and couldn't help touching his forehead, "How is this possible? I'm obviously..."

Tian Huajie smiled, "Here? In your head? It's just that you accepted the conclusion of science and took it as a fact. Korean prescription, don't forget that before the introduction of modern science, the Chinese always believed that human Thoughts are stored in the heart."

"Okay." Han Fang bowed his head in surrender, "Teacher Tian, ​​where is my thinking, my memory, and my heart?"

"I don't know about this either." Tian Huajie sighed, "I said this is the biggest secret of the void period, but it doesn't mean that I know the answer. Anyway, we can now draw a hypothesis, that is, our true soul is It has established a connection with the brain in a certain way, and sees the world through the intermediary of the brain. Obviously, every time a time jump passes, this connection must be interrupted and then re-established. Then it can also be considered that it has potential The danger of instability. Then it can explain the situation of Wang Yue, Luo Fei and many critically ill patients. For them, after a few jumps, this connection was interrupted due to mental breakdown or weakness. It can no longer be built, and their brains are paralyzed."

Han Fang thought for a while, "This barely makes sense...but it's still a bit unbelievable."

Tian Huajie smiled bitterly and said: "What could be more incredible than the time jump itself? Behind all this, there must be a deeper secret, but I don't know if we will have time to discover it."

"Teacher Tian, ​​we have enough time." Ji Bing said, "The most important thing we need now is time."

"Do we have enough time?" Tian Huajie pondered, "I'm afraid not necessarily... I feel that the order will collapse further, and maybe any scientific research will be impossible in the future..."

"But only science can bring hope!" Ji Bing shouted excitedly.

Tian Huajie smiled wryly, and looked out the window at the blurred city, "In an era when science cannot explain it, people will naturally turn their backs on science."

【Day 39 · Doomsday】

"Let's start." At ten o'clock in the morning, Ji Bing stood on the lawn of Jingyuan, with bright sunshine on his long hair, and said to Han Fang, "Do you still remember the movement essentials I taught you yesterday?"

Han Fang nodded, "I remember very clearly."

"Okay." Ji Bing took a deep breath, "Let me do a demonstration first." Holding three apples in her hand, she suddenly threw them into the sky together, then quickly caught one with both hands, and threw them up again Soon, the three apples were circling up and down between her two hands, but at any moment, there was always one apple flying in the sky, as if they were connected by an invisible thread.

Ji Bing played for a while before stopping, and threw two of the apples at Han Fang, "I couldn't sing or dance when I was a child, so I learned it and used it to perform at parties. It's not unfamiliar now, is it? It’s up to you, just these two first, according to what I taught you yesterday, toss with both hands interlaced, the left hand catches the apples thrown by the right hand, and the right hand catches the apples thrown by the left hand.”

Han Fang threw the apples clumsily, but two apples fell to the ground immediately.

Ji Bing showed an excited look instead, "It's okay, you can do it again."

The second time, Han Fang hurriedly caught one of them, but the other still fell to the ground.The third time, neither of them caught it again.The fourth time I finally caught both of them, but when I threw them again, they fell into the grass again.

"How did this happen?" Han Fang was astonished. "Yesterday, I practiced from afternoon to midnight. I can throw two apples back and forth dozens of times without falling off. I've practiced them all."

"Do you remember how to pick it up?"

"Remember, it's nothing more than sharp eyes and quick hands and some small skills, but the hands just don't obey the command."

"This experiment confirmed our conclusion." Ji Bing said, "As I told you yesterday, the so-called memory is divided into declarative memory and non-declarative memory, do you remember?"

"Well, you said that declarative memory can be expressed in concepts and expressed in words. For example, I remember the Pythagorean theorem my teacher taught me: the sum of the squares of the two sides of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse. Non-declarative Memories are bodily memories that are difficult to express in words, such as how to maintain balance while riding a bicycle, you can’t explain it clearly, but you will remember it naturally after you learn it.”

"You remember well." Ji Bing said with a smile, "It seems that everything is normal for you in terms of declarative memory, and it doesn't change with time jumps, but non-declarative memory is another matter. You spent several hours yesterday I learned to throw two apples with both hands interlaced in an hour. Although I learned so-so, it is generally impossible to forget them all after a night of sleep. Assuming your brain is at a normal level, this experiment shows that non-declarative memory is not Will jump through time and stay."

"But what the hell is going on?"

"This kind of memory is not a part of the human mind. Physiologically speaking, it is not in the core area of ​​the human brain, but is controlled by some systems in the cerebellum and the periphery of the brain. It cannot be mobilized into your consciousness at all. You learn You have passed mathematics, so you can tell the proof of the Pythagorean theorem. But if you have learned to ride a bicycle, you can’t tell how to ride it. This kind of memory is actually a part of your physical condition, just like some people are flexible , Some people are clumsy, they can improve through learning, but after each time jump, they will return to the original state.”

"Just like sleep?"

"It's like sleep. Even if we are sleepy at 3 o'clock in the night, when we go back to 6:47 in the morning and have slept through the night, we don't feel too sleepy. And those who are sleepy in the morning , Even if you sleep until the night, you still want to sleep after jumping back. Because this is a physical condition."

Han Fang nodded in agreement.The people he knew of the Mole Society had been working on the problem since the encounter on the 30th.After jumping back to the origin of time, although the initial experience was short, it was extremely wonderful.A person who fell asleep at 6:47, even if he does not sleep at night, after jumping back, he will feel that his consciousness is still in the state of more than [-] o’clock in the evening and he is quite awake, but he can’t direct his body for a few seconds. As if the body and soul were separated, the body no longer belonged to him.The mole would thus think that the human mind is somehow outside of the ever-recurring flow of time, acting only indirectly through the brain and the world.Whether this is the nature of the mind or caused by some external force is still unclear.

"I can understand this, but it's still the same question. If our soul is not in the body, where is it?" Han Fang asked again.

"Perhaps Bergson is right." Ji Bing sighed faintly, "Our brains are just the nails used to hang the clothes of memory. There must be nails to hang them, but the clothes are not in the nails."

Han Fang was about to ask "Who is Bergson", but the phone rang again, and it was Xie Dong.

"Urgent information! More than 1000 thugs are marching northward on Zhongguancun Street." Xie Dong told him, "It seems that they are targeting Yanda University. We are seriously short of manpower."

"Hunan Gang or Sichuan Gang?"

"It seems to be the Heaven and Earth Association."

"..."

The pattern of the void period is changing rapidly. Tiandihui is a gang that just popped up in the past few days. It imitated the gang in Kung Fu movies and gave itself a famous name.It is said that he got some weapons from the army, and he seems to have ruled half of Beijing in just a few days, annexed the Hunan Gang, Sichuan Gang, etc., and is fighting with some gangs in the east. Yanda wants to wait for them to bite the dog. collapsed, but the Tiandihui finally came to the door.

Han Fang put down the phone and smiled helplessly at Ji Bing, "Senior sister, look, when will you be tall in such a day?"

"The violence and desires in human nature are all released now."

"Yeah, I said why I can't learn how to fight and kill. It turns out that I can't store the relevant body memory at all. But some people seem to be very good at it."

"It's half instinct. Humans have lived in the jungle for millions of years, and civilization has only existed for thousands of years. Civilization and order are just a veil. Now that the jungle age has come again, everything will return to its original state."

"What about the work of the Science Mole Society? Can it continue?"

"There is a lot of resistance now. After all, we have to start from scratch every day. Not everyone can persevere. Many people have quit. Maybe it will be better to survive this period."

"You guys should publish your findings, maybe that will calm the crazy people down a bit."

"No, this secret must not be revealed," Ji Bing said firmly, "That may be more dangerous."

Even in the void period, people may die.This is the biggest discovery that a scientific mole will ever make.

If the mind is somehow connected to the physical world, the connection must be rather fragile.As long as the spirit cannot bear the stimulation, or the consciousness is too weak, at a certain moment, the mind seems to be disconnected, and the person will fall into a long sleep from which he cannot wake up, and the result is no different from death.

This is not just the experience of Luo Fei, Wang Yue and other individuals.Although the proportion is very small, according to the statistics of the Mole Society, since the Void Age, about 500 million to 2000 million people in the world have fallen into this vegetative state, accounting for about 0.2% of the total population, many of them are Mental breakdowns were caused by torture, murder, and rape of themselves or their relatives. If this situation continues, the number of people who "disappear" will continue to increase in the future.

But Ji Bing told him that after all, there are too few people who have lost their consciousness, and they do not pose a threat to ordinary people who are constantly dying and resurrecting, and most of them are mentally weak. Some people may take advantage of this to kill people in turn.

Seeing Han Fang's frown, Ji Bing comforted him in turn: "But on the other hand, the good thing is that as long as you have a strong heart and firm belief, you will never die."

But maybe this is what I don't have, Han Fang thought bitterly.

When the Korean side rushed to the south gate, the situation was already tense.The congregation of Tiandihui occupied the entire road, and it was so dark that you couldn't see the end at a glance. There were at least 2000 people by visual estimation.And Yanda's staff is too small, less than 1000.In order to prevent the opponent from jumping over the wall, many people stood on the top of the wall, trying to take advantage of a little bit of terrain to strictly prevent the defense.It seemed that there had been a fight, three or four corpses were thrown at the door, some of them were wearing temporary red armbands, they should be Yan University students.At this moment, Tiandihui temporarily stopped its attack, probably waiting for some important person to arrive.

Seeing Ma Xiaojun in front, the Korean side squeezed over to inquire. Ma Xiaojun gritted his teeth and told him: "These bastards! Xie Dong just went to negotiate and even offered to surrender on conditional terms. But because of their large number of people, they simply planned to fight first." One game, so I killed Xie Dong directly, × fuck..."

The Korean side looked towards the opposite side angrily, and saw many people wearing dirty work clothes and some wearing helmets on the construction site. They looked like migrant workers on the construction site.However, there are also many well-dressed people, like white-collar workers with a good life.But what they have in common is that their eyes are full of strange excitement, looking over like a pack of wolves staring at sheep.For a moment, Han Fang had a strange feeling that they were no longer human beings, but a group of bloodthirsty zombies.

"Why on earth do these people do these things!"

"This is the will to power." A lazy voice came from the right.

Han looked to the right and saw that the person speaking was a short and fat young man, wearing a yellow jacket, about 30 years old. Han Fang had never seen him in the security team, and he was slightly alert, but his face was kind. , it seems that it is not easy to make people hostile.

"Mighty will?"

"It's the worship of power itself. Destruction, killing, rape, slavery... are just the manifestations of it." Yellow Jacket shook his head and said quite philosophically, "Don't think you don't have it. This is human nature. In the past, everyone liked to watch war movies. Disaster movies are inspired by this, and now everyone can participate in it, become one with the supreme power, and only pay a small price, the joy exceeds everything!"

"But they could also be wounded or killed!"

"The slight price makes you feel the sweetness of victory." Yellow Jacket said ironically, "Also, even if you are a loser, you can join this army of eternal victories to destroy and destroy together. Previous Peasant uprising, today's Tiandihui is so strong."

Ma Xiaojun stared at the man suspiciously, "Which department are you from? History? Psychology?"

"I have not belonged to Yanda for a long time." Yellow Jacket shook his head, "Don't worry, I am not a thug from Tiandihui either. I came to Yanda early in the morning to check the information, but unexpectedly I was trapped here, alas..."

Han Fang felt that the person seemed a little familiar, "Excuse me, are you—"

"Ah, not good!"

Yellow Jacket shouted suddenly, his face suddenly changed.

On the street in front of them, the crowd separated on both sides, leaving a road. Two camouflage military vehicles drove over swayingly. There were a few soldiers sitting in the vehicles. From a distance, several black guns could be seen mounted on the vehicles. It is true that Tiandi has a military background.

"Oops, it's...QJZ89!" Yellow Jacket shouted.

"What QJZ...?" Han Fang asked.

"Made in China heavy machine gun, let's go!" Yellow Jacket shouted, trying to escape.But there was also a dense crowd behind, and he couldn't get through for a while.But the formation defending the school was already in disarray.

In just a few seconds, the military vehicle quickly drove to the door, and the "click" of the machine gun sounded, and the pouring bullets shot into the weak body blocking the door, as easily as raindrops passing through the air.

There were screams one after another, the yellow jacket predicted the enemy's attack first, but his reaction speed was not so fast, he was hit on the shoulder as soon as he turned around and tried to escape, blood spattered all over Han Fang's body.He let out a muffled grunt, and fell on Han Fang. Han Fang fell to the ground with him, seeing people around him also falling in a pool of blood. The uninjured people turned their heads and ran away crying, and many people were squeezed Overwhelmed, trampled by the crowd.

Between the pool of blood and corpses, military vehicles drove into the South Gate of Yanda in a mighty manner, passing Han Fang less than a meter away. The machine guns continued to shoot, and Han Fang was completely frightened. This is almost a war. scenes in the film.

But in the next second, he saw a scene that can only be seen in science fiction movies.

Without warning, an extremely bright flash of light suddenly appeared in the southeast direction, and almost immediately expanded into a huge ball of light, so bright that it was indescribably bright, as if the midday sun had fallen from the sky.You can't even see the real sun next to you.Han Fang couldn't stand the stimulation of the strong light, so he quickly covered his eyes with his hands, the light still couldn't be restrained coming in through the cracks of his fingers, passing through the eyelids, and the eyes were bright even when they were closed.At the same time, he felt a strange burning on his face.

After a moment the light disappeared.

Han Fang opened his eyes, only to feel that there was still a bunch of flowers in front of him, there were several shadows in the scene, and he couldn't see anything clearly.I just vaguely saw that both Yanda and the Tiandihui people were stunned, and the military vehicle that was about to start a killing spree also stopped. Han Fang thought in confusion, "What the hell is the Tiandihui doing again? Or is the space-time oscillation happening?" What's new?"

The yellow jacket that fell on him was still alive. He sat up, looked at the strange scene in front of him, and stayed there for a few seconds like everyone else, and suddenly laughed nervously.

"It really happened! Hahaha, it really happened!"

"what happened?"

"Can't you see it?" The young man pointed to the slightly dimmed light ball in the southeast and said, "It's a nuclear bomb! A nuclear bomb!"

All of a sudden, there was a thunderbolt, but it seemed that he was still in a dream. Han Fang was confused, nuclear bomb?How could there be a nuclear bomb?This is in Beijing!
The young man suddenly thought of something, and his expression changed.

"Cover your ears!"

Before Han Fang could react, the sound waves of the explosion had already been heard.

In an instant, it seemed as if a thousand thunderclaps sounded between Han Fang's ears, and it seemed as if a million people were shouting at the same time. It was not so much a sound as a giant hammer of air fluctuations, smashing his soul into ashes. , no longer exists.

Then, all the voices disappeared, only the buzzing sound in my mind echoed for a long time, and then it slowly subsided.

Then there was a dead silence like never before.

Han Fang stood up unsteadily, looking at the messy people and everything around him in bewilderment, not knowing what would happen next.Ma Xiaojun had disappeared, and the yellow jacket was still beside him, as if he was saying something urgently to him, but he couldn't hear him at all. It took Han Fang a long time to realize that he must be deaf.But he also quickly understood the meaning of the yellow jacket.

Because the shock wave came over.

The glass windows of nearby houses were all shattered at the same time, and it fell like a torrential rain.Like a giant hand, the strong wind uprooted the trees on the side of the road and overturned the vehicles on the road.Han Fang found himself as if being hit by a huge fist, soaring into the air in an instant, and like many people and various things around him, he was swept into the sky, at least five or six floors high.In the sky, he vaguely saw a terrifyingly large mushroom cloud rising in the southeast sky to the zenith, like a fist protruding from the earth.In an instant, many people around seemed to be suspended in the air, including the yellow jacket just now, and he even took the time to make a face to himself.Han Fang had to admire his calmness and humor.

The shock wave weakened, the force of the air disappeared, and Han fell down, thinking that he was dead.But he happened to land on a sycamore tree by the roadside, and was blocked by the branches and leaves a few times before falling to the ground.He was in severe pain from the fall and probably broke one arm, but he was able to stand up.

The yellow vest also fell and landed right in front of Han Fang, but he hit his head on the ground and died instantly.The fall was terrible, but it's a pity that Han Fang still doesn't know his name.

The military vehicle has overturned and caught fire.The ground is full of people who were killed by bullets or fell to death. The corpses are strewn with pillows, and the people who are still alive are either dumbfounded or groaning on the ground.The mushroom cloud has become towering, occupying half of the sky, engulfing the sky with black clouds floating towards the northwest, and the originally bright sky quickly dimmed.

Han Fang took out his mobile phone and wanted to make a call to Ji Bing, but found that there was no signal. He smiled wryly, and threw away the mobile phone. Anyway, he won't need it anymore today.

He didn't go back to the campus, but walked eastward along the street at the entrance. The streets were full of people, most of them were the remnants of the Heaven and Earth Society.But now that more than half of them were killed or injured, they also lost the courage to charge and fell into deep depression. No matter how much power they once thought they had, they were completely worthless in the face of the power of the nuclear explosion.

The South Korean side wanted to know what happened.But on the street, nothing is clear.With an idea, he ran to the Pacific Building on the side of the road.Most of the glass windows on the outer wall of the high-rise building in the southeast corner of Yanda University were shattered, and several eye-catching cracks appeared on the building. A few people upstairs were running down, but Han Fang went straight in.

The elevator must be out of order. Han Fang found the stairs and walked up the stairs. Not only was he tired, but he also suffered severe pain from fractures in his arms from time to time, which made him move slowly.

After an unknown amount of time, Han Fang finally reached the top of the building.The door had been blown away by the shock wave, and Han Fang easily walked onto the rooftop. The height of more than 40 floors allowed him to overlook the entire city.He looked in the direction of the city center.Seeing that there are no intact buildings in the city center in the southeast direction, only the shocking blackness, it seems that the entire central area of ​​the city has been razed to the ground.Many other buildings farther from the epicentre have also collapsed. Two of the three egg-shaped buildings in the West Ring Plaza have collapsed, and the last one is still burning.

Dark clouds covered the sky overhead, and gray-white dust fell from the clouds, like fine snow, but exuded a scorching breath.The South Korean side knew that this was radiation dust, vaporized by a nuclear explosion and contaminated with radioactive substances, which could easily kill people.They drifted with the wind, falling more and more, gradually submerging the dilapidated city in dead gray.

A small piece of dust fell on the palm of Han Fang. An hour ago, it might have been the flag in front of Tiananmen Square, the yellow tiles on the Forbidden City, the windshield of a car, or even the skin of a beautiful girl... Now it is Vaporized in an instant, mixed with all things, no one can distinguish.

"Jie Hui." Han Fang murmured, "This is Jie Hui..."

On the vast land, endless ashes of catastrophe slowly fell, covering the ruins of the past era and countless dead souls.

But these are the ruins of time, the ruins that never rise and never perish.We, the dead souls who are never born again and never perish live in it.

Before he knew it, Han Fang had tears in his eyes.He stood at the top of the building for a long time, and finally, facing the hot wind with the aftermath of a nuclear explosion, he jumped down from the top of the building, facing his own death for the first time.

The grand death that never dies.

【Day 39 · Revelation】

At the same time, Washington.It was midnight.

In the underground bunker of the White House, surrounded by many senior officials, US President Barack Obama sat on a chair with a dignified expression, looking at the computer screen in front of him, with precise arcs stretching towards the Many big cities on this planet: Moscow, Tehran, Beijing, Shanghai, Pyongyang...

And Beijing has been enveloped by a huge red dot, and everything is irreversible.

The president leaned back, closed his eyes, and let out a sigh that seemed to be dying.

"You made the right decision," said Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"Maybe most wrong," said the president feebly. "In this damn new world, I've lost the power to tell right from wrong. Hell, we're nuking hundreds of millions of civilians, how can that be right of!"

"Our military operation in Islamabad last year also attracted a lot of criticism, but finally killed bin Laden." Dempsey defended.

The president shook his head in frustration: "Martin, don't compare these two things, please? This is related to the lives and deaths of hundreds of millions of people, but anyone with a little IQ can see the difference."

"Of course it's completely different," interjected Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. "The hunt for Osama bin Laden sadly resulted in the deaths of some innocent people, but this time we know that no one will die. Mr. President, you and We also know that when time jumps back to the beginning, everything will be as if it never happened."

"Of course." The president shrugged. "It's a cliché these days. Even so, we all know that today, at this moment, anyway, it will cause great pain to many people."

"About the pain, the people of all countries have experienced enough in the previous various armed struggles and civil wars." Panetta said coldly, "Just like our people. If our fellow Americans don't want to destroy you as a conspiracy The world's Masonic leaders are arrested, and we don't have to hide here to press the nuclear bomb button."

"It's all the 'Prism' project that Bush Jr. made, I don't even know what's going on!" When it came to the pain point, the president roared, "After the void era, that Snowden jumped out and talked nonsense. In the end, those Foolish people actually think that I am the big conspiracy behind the scenes, saying that the government's conspiracy has caused the time loop, and I am responsible for everything!"

"The exposure of Prism is just the fuse." The White House chief of staff, Jack Lew, is now speaking. "Looking at the situation in various countries, it is common for the military to mutiny and the people to overthrow the government. Those people in our country who have always loved freedom are naturally more It's lawless, to be honest, it's a miracle that the federal government can survive until today. Like those British guys, they actually forced the prime minister to mate with a sow!"

The president laughed twice, "So we are really selfish to drag the whole world into this game to save the precarious federal government."

The Secretary of Defense reminded him, "Mr. President, this is a last resort. After your predecessor was captured by the mob, you should know what happened to him."

The president's mouth twitched.He knew that the former President Bush Jr. was suffering those medieval tortures thousands of miles away in Texas at this moment.

"So..." the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff concluded, "or we show our power to the world to inspire confidence in the government of the United States, even if the Russians or Chinese counterattack, we can also unite the United States through all-out nuclear war the spirit of."

"And you should feel lucky," said the Secretary of Defense with mocked ease. "I was chief of staff in the White House under President Bill Clinton, and Bill told me privately that he wanted to hit the nuclear button, especially After he got impeached by the Republicans for the Lewinsky thing... I think every president since Eisenhower had this shady little idea, but you're probably the only one who can pull it off, and now it's all down So easy..."

The president shook his head ironically, "Easy? No, I'm afraid we have opened Pandora's box."

The president's cell phone rang sharply.

He glanced at the incoming call, his expression changed, "It's the special line for Moscow."

"Could it be... let the polar bear discover it?" The Minister of Defense asked nervously.

"I think you should all listen." The president smiled wryly and pressed the play button.

Vladimir Putin's brusque English rang out from his underground bunker, "President Obama, Moscow has just been turned into a sea of ​​flames and the Kremlin has been reduced to ruins, and I witnessed it all from the scrambled plane, which is amazing. In return for your gift, you will soon receive the same blessing from Russia, perhaps sooner than you imagined..."

"Mr. President!" An officer operating in front of the computer yelled in panic, "Radar data shows that five Russian strategic nuclear submarines in the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean have launched more than sixty missiles at our country, nine of them Fly directly to Washington! Be there in 10 minutes at the fastest!"

"Use the NMD (National Missile Defense System) to intercept!" the Minister of Defense roared.The technical officers began to operate nervously. NMD exercises have been performed many times, but they have never been used in actual combat. No one knows whether this large project costing several trillion dollars will be useful, not to mention that many technicians have long since left Post up.

"God bless us," murmured the chief of staff. "God bless America."

The president slumped on the chair, staring blankly at a picture of Giotto's "Passion of Christ" hanging on the wall, and sighed, "Really...is there a God?"

At the same time, Cadillac Plaza in Detroit.

The city is full of black lights and lights, and only a few street lights near the square are on, maintaining the dignity of the old metropolis.The faded bronze statues on the side of the road seem to have stood there for 1000 years, and a few drunks are fighting on the street.Hisyuki Abe was leaning against the window on the second floor of the Holiday Inn, anxious for a while, and suddenly threw out a can of cheap beer in his hand. The beer can hit the bronze statue from a distance, making a soft noise.

"Shouyuki-kun, what's the matter with you?" asked Ebina Mitsukichi behind him, he was lying on the bed watching several black and white men and women with naked buttocks entangled together on TV.

"It's all because of you." Shou Xing turned his head and complained for hundreds of times, "You want to buy some kind of broken real estate in this ghost place, and dragged me here, otherwise we would have been back to Tokyo fucking , Now it’s good, trapped in this den of niggas, even the AV can only watch the inferior stuff shot by Americans.”

Shouxing and Guangji, the business partners, were originally discussing business in New York, but they had a sudden idea and went to Detroit, which everyone on the earth knew was about to collapse, to "investigate" for two days, but they were disappointed.The whole city is like a ghost town, full of dilapidated buildings and bad roads, it is hard to find even a supermarket, and the law and order is extremely poor.They wanted to leave immediately, but they were robbed again and suffered heavy losses. They reported to the police station but no one responded.After a two-day delay, it happened to be in a time loop, and I couldn't leave it anymore, and now I regret it.It's just that Shouxing seems to have forgotten that he was actually more active than Guangji in the beginning about coming to Detroit.

Mitsukichi didn't bother with him, just said: "Is it okay to go back to Tokyo? Do you know that those gangsters are killing people and setting fires everywhere now? Even the Imperial Palace and the Prime Minister's Office have been breached. What's going on, the world is in chaos. It’s not as good as here in my opinion.”

Shouxing could not but partly agree with this sentence.If there's one large city on this planet that's best suited to Void Life, it's Detroit.This once great, but dead city on the verge of bankruptcy seems to have previewed decades of time loops, with each day dying, hopelessly repeating the previous day, without any future to speak of.Since the Era of Void, there have been some disturbances and riots in other places. In this big slum where the social order has collapsed for a long time, people don't even bother to do such things.

"Twitter said that the United States has started throwing nuclear bombs at China and Russia." Guangji looked at the phone screen and said, "Washington, New York, and Los Angeles seem to be finished, and the Russians even shot a few to Japan... But don't worry, No one would waste a nuclear bomb in this damn city, hahaha... Huh?" He frowned and listened carefully, as if he heard something.

"What's wrong?" As soon as Shou Xing spoke, he heard it too. It was the noise of residents in the distance.Shou Xing frowned: I don't know what these guys are tossing about?

But from the direction of the Detroit River, along the spacious Woodwards Avenue, there were hundreds of marchers, most of whom were dark-skinned and seemed to be local blacks.They were dressed in different clothes, but their walking steps were unusually neat, and they chanted some kind of slogan in unison:

"There is no true God
but Time!
Refresh yourself
for our Lord Time!
(Everything is not the Lord,
Only time is the master!

You should start anew,

For my Lord! )”

"What is this?" Shou Xing asked curiously.

"Let's go and have a look." Guangji said, jumping up from the bed.

"It's three o'clock in the middle of the night, isn't it too dangerous?"

"In this new era, there is no danger," Guangji said. "Besides, we are not beauties, so what are we afraid of? Are we afraid of being robbed by them?"

They went downstairs and out into the street.The group had already crossed the intersection and onto the square.With the help of street lamps, Shou Xing's eyes were attracted by the scene in front of the crowd: four strong black men were naked to the upper body, carrying a board like a stretcher on their shoulders, and sitting on it was an old black man without feet, with a thin body and a full body. His face was wrinkled, and he seemed to be in his 70s or [-]s. Shou Xing saw his eyes and couldn't help shivering. There were no eyeballs in those eye sockets.

Shouxing instinctively wanted to run away, but he couldn't move.Guangji, however, seemed to be fascinated, and actually walked towards the group of people step by step.

"Guangji, are you crazy?" Shouxing lowered his voice and shouted, "Don't provoke these guys, come back quickly!"

But Mitsukichi had already walked before the crowd, and the long and solemn procession stopped in front of the Japanese.

"What are you talking about?" Guangji asked, his voice unusually excited.

A black man on the left stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "We are talking about the true God, the master of time, brother. After billions of years of creation, he is finally showing up."

"Really...is there such a...god?" Guangji asked stammeringly.

The man continued to speak, but the old Negro held up a hand and stopped him.He silently put his hand on Guangji's shoulder, and Guangji immediately prostrated himself in front of him, sobbing whether it was joy or sadness.

"まさか... 本书に...神様の社会...(could it really be...God...revelation...)" Shouyuki heard Mitsukichi crying, speaking in Japanese, as if he was already in a state of confusion.

"Guangji!" Shou Xing thought helplessly, what kind of madness is he on?

But in a short while, Guangji had stood up, silently followed behind the team, and chanted the same slogan aloud: "There is no true God, but Time! Refresh yourself, for our Lord Time!"

Shouxing felt a burst of fear, he instinctively wanted to run away, but the old black man just looked at him.There seemed to be some kind of warm light in the empty eye sockets.

Like being electrocuted, something incredible happened.Shouxing felt a strange warmth impacting his heart, as if something was falling apart.

It's about everything in the world, parents, wife, daughter, life, career, friends...

All of these are so insignificant in front of the sudden appearance of the true god, as if they are just illusions...

Shouxing felt that he was walking towards the parade, as if everything was out of his control, but he was completely willing.

It seems that 1000 years have passed, and it seems that in an instant, he also knelt down in front of the black man's chariot. "Who are you... are...?" he heard himself ask with the last of his strength.

A warm hand touched his shoulder, and silent words sounded from the bottom of his heart, gently answering his question:
"I am what I am."

At that moment, Toshiyuki Abe suddenly realized that he was wrong.This is by no means a hopeless place, on the contrary, in this increasingly crazy world, the only real hope and future lies here, in this seemingly disabled black man in front of him.

(End of this chapter)