This day was really strange. Gu Xing wandered around the Central Park duty area from eight in the morning to eleven in the evening, and he didn't feel tired at all.
Because he often had to stand for a long time while running tasks, Gu Xing's legs had already suffered from varicose veins, and he didn't have any pain symptoms at the moment.
When others were not paying attention, Gu Xing lifted up his trouser legs and found that the protruding blood vessels on his legs had disappeared from nowhere, and his calves were healthier than imagined.
"It feels like being reborn... it's so bizarre."
Except for the citizens who came too close to watch the excitement from time to time, Gu Xing also maintained good order in the area he was on duty, and received additional praise from the White Bird Police Department.
But the whole city of Lidu is not very peaceful.
The smog outside the city enveloped the entire city, even the sky was not spared.
The city government has decided that the city night lights will be illuminated 24 hours a day.
The dark hole in the sky above Central Park looks even more eerie amidst the brilliant lights.
The passage out of the city has been blocked.
Some brave citizens drove through the traffic jam at the highway entrance, but lost contact after driving into the smog.
Police officers on duty at the scene reported that they seemed to hear shrill and distant screams coming from the haze.
In this way, no one dares to break into the haze easily.
Panic has spread among citizens, and in some areas citizens have gone to convenience stores to grab food and daily necessities.
The government and police headquarters sent representatives to accept exclusive interviews on television to stabilize public sentiment, and grassroots police officers who communicated with each other began to go door-to-door to comfort the frightened people.
Soon, the government invited an expert in the field of natural science named Eio Uematsu to give an exclusive interview to the TV station. He attributed the black hole to the special impact of sunspots and flare activities.
"As everyone knows,"
Eio Uematsu pointed to a popular science map on the background screen, "This year is the peak year of solar activity. The peak period of sunspot activity, coupled with the violent activity of solar flares, will emit a large amount of ultraviolet rays, Y-rays, and X-rays.
Infrared rays, radio radiation, high-energy particle flows, and even particularly high-energy cosmic rays interact with the Earth's upper atmosphere, disrupt the Earth's magnetic field, and cause magnetic storms.
We have every reason to believe that this huge black hole is the result of a powerful magnetic storm, which is a normal natural phenomenon."
"So," the host asked, "how to explain the huge fingers sticking out of the huge black hole last night? Many citizens witnessed it with their own eyes."
"That is a mirage based on the phenomenon of magnetic storms," ​​Uematsu Eiao said with certainty: "It is not a real finger, but the effect of magnifying someone's finger in a very distant place countless times. Now that the magnetic storm is about to end, that way
The mirage will never appear again. Please don’t panic.”
“What about the smog around the city?”
"Of course it's also a weather change caused by a magnetic storm. It will pass soon."
…
Duty area at the entrance to Area F of Central Park.
"Hey, Gu Xingjun," Anda held the coffee can in his hand and looked at the special interview on the LED screen, "Why do I feel that what this expert said is a bit far-fetched."
As he spoke, he raised his right index finger and put it upside down in front of his eyes, imitating the scene where the giant finger was stretched out yesterday. "Who would stretch out their fingers in such a boring way and be caught by a mirage? Nonsense..."
There is also a strange situation in Lidu's network - local forums can be logged in, news websites can be opened, video social software, and chat tools can also be used, but they cannot contact the outside world and cannot see any news outside Lidu.
"くそ-!
Nothing can be sent out."
Anda took the mobile phone, opened the chat software, and looked at the gray profile picture of his ex-girlfriend, "It makes it seem like my ex-girlfriend died."
"It is said that a good ex should be as good as dead." Gu Xing replied.
"Hey, don't say such unlucky words."
"Well, I wish you two a happy reunion and a happy marriage for a hundred years."
"Uh...that's not necessary."
Gu Xing scrolled through the short video app, and none of them came from outside Lidu. They were all uploaded by residents of this city with huge fingers, the big black hole in the sky, the long queue outside Lidong Expressway, and the dense rush of people buying at the checkout of Wolfie Supermarket.
Or, wait for the scene.
Many Internet celebrities in the city have taken advantage of this wave of strange events in an attempt to increase their followers.
A beautiful internet celebrity named Tusaqi was standing in the northwest of Central Park to shoot a short video. She took a very clever angle and just had her head pressed by a giant finger. She also performed a strange dance to some weird music.
The dance actually received 1.3 million likes.
Netizens commented below: Isn’t this better than Aragaki’s clothes?
Someone created the scene of a science fiction world through post-processing.
Someone filmed a Wong Kar-wai style short drama using fingers as the background.
The most outrageous thing is that someone opened a live broadcast room and claimed that he would live broadcast the arrival of the end of the world.
"Family members, everything is completely true. It is no exaggeration. The city of Lidu where I live is heading towards the end of the world. Please look back and see the huge black hole above Central Park? According to my visual inspection, this black hole has been constantly moving.
Expansion. I concluded that if such expansion continues for three months, the black hole will be able to completely swallow up the entire city of Lidu.
At that time, where will we innocent citizens go? Will we live in another world, or will we be reborn or time travel collectively?
Family members, look at that black hole, when you stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you!"
Before he finished speaking, the live broadcast room was shut down.
Gu Xing looked angry and funny.
At about 11:30 p.m., the peaceful watch was broken.
A colleague's voice came from the intercom: "Gu Xing, at eight o'clock, someone broke into the park through the fence. Please be very alert and follow him in time."
"receive."
"We will outflank from the 11 o'clock direction!"
"OK."
A few minutes later, Gu Xing pushed the intruder to the ground - a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl wearing dirty school uniforms with short hair.
Before his colleagues came over, Gu Xing asked a few questions and was greatly surprised.
"Why are you breaking in? Don't you know that the park is blocked?"
It was inconvenient for the girl's hands to be bound by Gu Xing, so she turned her head and looked sideways at the bottom of the black hole, "I want to go there."
"What are you doing there? It's very dangerous, do you know that?"
"Danger?" The girl lowered her eyes, and an aura of self-destruction enveloped her, "It can't be worse than my current situation."
"What's your situation? Tell me."
The girl stopped talking.
After a while, more police officers on duty arrived, and the girl was handed over to other colleagues for questioning.
Anda inquired about the follow-up.
"Hey," he walked up to Gu Xing with a cigarette in his mouth, "why do you think that girl broke into the park?"
"Said he was going under the black hole."
"Don't want to know why she went under the black hole?"
Gu Xing nodded sincerely.
"That's nonsense," Anda exhaled a puff of smoke. "It's outrageous. That girl said she wanted to gain power."
"What does this have to do with black holes?"
"The girl said that the black hole and the huge finger are both grotesque, and grotesqueness can give her strength."
"do not understand at all."
"I am confused too. It is said that our colleagues from the Special Investigation Section of the Police Headquarters are very interested in this and took the girl away for further investigation."
"Does our headquarters have a department like the Special Investigation Division? Why is this the first time I've heard of it?"
"Me too, I've learned a lot these past two days."
"By the way," Gu Xing thought of the girl's eyes and felt a little uncomfortable, "Didn't they ask why the girl wanted to gain power?"
"Let's ask this clearly. It is said that a member of the girl's family has passed away, but she has been left with a huge debt and loan sharks. Debt collection companies come to her door every day to cause trouble..."
"oh……"
This kind of thing is so common that Gu Xing hears about it every day, but he never gets used to it.
When it was close to twelve o'clock, the Shiratiao Police Department suddenly called:
"Gu Xing, it's okay, go home and rest."
"Didn't you say that I have to watch the entire process?"
"Haha, do you really think I am such a boss who doesn't know how to understand my subordinates? I just know my mistakes."
"Oh, I feel like I can still hold on for a while."
"Stop being brave and go back and rest early. Your body is the capital of revolution."
"Grateful."
"Oh, by the way, tell that boy Anda to go back as soon as possible. Nonsense, this guy has applied for three more shifts. Is he planning to die suddenly on the job? I will not apply for family allowance for those who died in the line of duty!
"
After hanging up the phone, Gu Xing looked at Anda aside, "The White Bird Police Department asked you to go back and rest."
"I know, I'm going to withdraw even if he doesn't say anything," Anda yawned and looked up at the black hole above his head, "It seems like nothing can be found in a short time. We have to be prepared for a long-term fight."
Gu Xing breathed a sigh of relief, his heart had already flown back to the basement.
After completing the shift handover, Gu Xing took the subway home.
Logically speaking, as a patrol officer at the Jing'an Police Station of the Lidu City Police Headquarters, the salary is quite considerable, and there is no reason to rent in a basement. However, when Gu Xing went to college, he took out a lot of student loans, including his deceased parents.
Gu Xing is still repaying his debts, and the burden on him is very heavy.
When he walked to the door, Gu Xing saw the neighbor couple Ryuichi and Chiyo carrying large and small bags out.
"Why, are you two leaving Lidu City too? As far as I know, the smog outside the city has not cleared yet..."
"I'm going to run away," Long Yi put down the package, "but I'm not leaving Lidu, I'm just changing places."
"Isn't it comfortable to live here?"
"The debt collectors are coming," Long Yi sighed, "But don't get me wrong, I'm not someone who refuses to repay my debts. It's just that these loan sharks are so abominable that I really have no choice."
Gu Xing thought of Long Yi's cool motorcycle.
"Don't think about it," Long Yi said with a smile: "If I could pay off one-tenth of the debt by selling that motorcycle, I would have sold it long ago. Now I have to rely on it to run away."
"How come you owe so much?"
"This is too much to say." Ryuichi seemed to have no desire to continue talking.
Chiyo, who had been silent until now, spoke up, "It's all me who has caused trouble for Ryuichi. Originally I just wanted to borrow some money to treat my father's illness, but I didn't expect that half of the principal would be wiped out just by cutting off the interest. After that, the profits would compound.
The bigger.”
"I see," Gu Xing hesitated and asked, "Have you not tried calling the police?"
"Don't be naive," Long Yi patted the dust on his body and raised a large cloud, "Is it useful to call the police? If the loan shark company does not pay the monthly payment to the police station, do you think they can continue to operate."
"Actually, we called the police," Chiyo said, "but the police said that although it seemed that the loan shark's interest had exceeded the scope of the law, based on the principle that the police generally do not intervene in civil disputes, it was not easy to directly attack.
The police also said, are you not wrong at all in borrowing money from loan sharks? What they said is really speechless."
What both of them said was true.
Although he is not a police officer who specializes in economic cases, Gu Xing has a clear understanding of the chaos that exists in the loan sharking industry in his country. Too many people have ruined their lives because of careless loan sharking, and countless families have been ruined and their lives have been lost.
Gu Xing once again thought of the girl he caught with his own hands today. The girl's desperate eyes were engraved in Gu Xing's mind. She was also a victim of loan sharking.
"That's enough for complaining," Long Yi picked up the package again, "Let's part ways. By the way, Gu Xingjun, give me your mobile phone number and I'll contact you again when you have the chance."
Gu Xing complied, "However, the feast promised to you has not been implemented yet."
"There is always a chance. Goodbye, our neighbor."
Looking at the lonely figures of the two people walking toward the exit of the basement passage, Gu Xing felt a little sad for some reason.
For a moment, he even wanted to rush up and tell the two people: I am the police. If you come to me to report the crime, I will be responsible to the end.
Before he spoke, he calmed down again - in a society where plutocrats and politicians dominate the world and collude in collusion, grievances and injustices are as numerous as gravel on the beach, can a small policeman control them?
What's more, even with a small matter like Long Yi's loan sharking, Gu Xing may not be able to help. Once he takes over, he doesn't know which police officer will be involved.
Gu Xing could only be glad that his debt had nothing to do with loan sharking.
Thinking of this, Gu Xing shook his head and opened the door to his basement.
After entering the door, Gu Xing walked straight to the corner without even having time to take off his clothes.
A day later, the small hole still existed, as if to prove that what he saw and felt last night was not Gu Xing's hallucination.
Gu Xing lay on the ground and stared for a long time, but there was still light inside the cave.
That huge finger, could it be... No matter from which angle you look at it, this idea is too outrageous.
But after all, you have to try it and verify it before you can feel at ease?
The doubts that had been swirling in Gu Xing's mind all day were getting bigger and bigger, to the point where he had to find a way to solve them.
Gu Xing put his finger into the hole again.
A numbing feeling of pleasure flows into the fingertips.
This time, Gu Xing didn't plan to fall asleep in a daze.
Gu Xing turned on his mobile phone and clicked on the live online news column of Lidu TV. The first thing he saw was the beautiful and familiar face of the female host, and next to him was Eio Uematsu, an expert in the field of natural sciences with embarrassment written all over his face.
"Hello everyone, this is Lidu TV. Next, we will continue to report that our station has just received news. Just two minutes ago, [Lidu's Giant Finger] fell from the sky again. Now I will hand over the picture to our on-site reporter."
Is the efficiency so high?
In the live broadcast, a huge finger protruded from the huge black hole, floating quietly in mid-air.
Chapter completed!