The tobacco was burning quietly, and amid the gray mist, Liu Xiao lay lazily on the sofa in the corner of the coffee shop.
He slid his fingertips and constantly refreshed the web page on the laptop on his lap, while silently watching the chat messages in the vx group.
It was a quiet to boring, ordinary to boring afternoon. It was already October, but everything outside the window seemed to be enjoying the scorching sun.
Liu Xiao turned his head, glanced out the floor-to-ceiling window, and then glanced at the halo of the sun, the corners of his mouth twitching.
"The sun is so fierce today!"
After silently typing a paragraph in the group, he skillfully switched screens and clicked on the "Click to Send Resume" button on the web page.
This is Liu Xiao's last summer vacation that cannot be counted as summer vacation. The 23-year-old has just ended the happiest study period in his life. He is ready to enter the legendary society, ready to make his own contribution to the progress of human society, and ready to join
Join the army of office workers who live a monotonous life between two points and one line.
"Yes, it's the same here. It's been rainy the past few days, and the weather station also reported that it will continue to rain today, but today..."
"1"
"1"
Liu Xiao glanced at the messages in the vx group called "Game Group" and ignored it.
He still has countless resumes to send out, and countless good jobs waiting for him. If he doesn't send them out today, these companies will lose an elite talent, and then lose the opportunity to go public in the future. Liu Xiao feels that he has the responsibility to prevent such a situation from happening.
something happened.
...
"Planet 9322210182 belongs to intelligent organisms..."
?
what sound?
A clear voice of a girl mechanically sounded in Liu Xiao's mind.
He raised his head nervously and looked around, because the voice was clearly right next to his ear, almost biting his ear.
However, there was no one.
The person closest to me is the only waiter in this lonely cafe, at least 20 meters away from me. And this waiter is obviously a man.
The strange thing is that the waiter in the cafe also acted in the same way as him, looking around in surprise.
It seems that he also heard something
Before Liu Xiao could figure out what was going on, the mechanically frustrated female voice sounded again.
"Based on Galaxy Order Law 30102, all creatures that receive spiritual sounds must participate in the origin of freedom..."
What the hell? Galaxy? Order? Spiritual Sound? Origin Free?
Liu Xiao looked confused
"Who is yelling! Can you be quiet?"
Not far away, a tall man in his 40s stood up with an angry roar and glared around.
The French melody in the cafe is still playing melodiously.
The big man glanced around and found that no one was speaking, making the situation a bit awkward.
At this time, the waiter wisely turned off the speaker.
"In view of the fact that planet 9322210182 has not carried out large-scale biological collection, the first dissociation will be carried out after 0.0021ε of the universe and 30 minutes of planet time..."
A large piece of burnt ash fell from Liu Xiao's fingers.
"Did you hear that?"
The waiter looked a little panicked.
"Did you hear that too? What kind of planet is that? A living thing?"
The big man who just got angry replied hesitantly.
The waiter nodded.
Liu Xiao saw that other customers in the coffee shop were also nodding silently.
He suddenly looked out the window. Under the scorching sun, the crowd that should have been in a hurry seemed strangely still.
Although some of these people sneered, some were frightened, and some were puzzled, one thing Liu Xiao was sure of was that everyone he saw heard the same voice.
"I heard a strange sound, but there was no one around me. I might have encountered a ghost..." Someone suddenly typed out a message in the vx group.
“You heard it too!!!????”
"You are playing me..."
"What a fool!"
"I!!!"
"Is the game released for public beta in advance?"
"......roll!"
"I was in Qiantang. I also heard it. Everyone around me heard it. It was a woman's voice." Liu Xiao immediately started typing on the keyboard.
"I'm in Yanjing, I heard it too, my classmates also heard it, it was a female voice," someone replied instantly.
"Yangcheng Ditto!"
"Sichuan County, same as above! But I'm pretty sure that my grandfather didn't hear it!"
"Jinling ditto...wait, you said your grandpa didn't hear it?"
"Yes, my grandpa is right next to me. He definitely didn't hear it!"
"...."
"Everyone, I feel something is going to happen. This is not something that current technology can do." A big boss in the group said, "What we hear should not be sound, but some kind of short-wave resonance or resonance, and this sound
Not from hearing, but something deeper.”
Liu Xiao dialed his father's number while reading the messages in the group.
The call was quickly connected.
"Dad, did you hear a woman's voice?" Liu Xiao asked eagerly, clutching his cell phone.
"Did you hear that too?" On the other end of the phone, my father, who was always calm, had a trembling voice.
"Yes, I asked many friends in other cities, and they all heard it." Liu Xiao could feel that his heart was beating harder than ever before. "Dad, the voice said that there is still half an hour before we have to participate in some kind of excursion.
"
There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone.
"Son, half an hour is not enough for you to return to your hometown. I will go to your mother now, and then we will go to your grandma's house together. We will be together. No matter what happens, as long as you have a chance, come back to your grandma's house to find us. We are a family
We are together." His father's words suddenly stopped, and after a moment, he said seriously, "If something happens, remember, your mother and I have always been proud of you, and we will always love you!"
"Well, dad, I love you too. Don't worry, I will take care of myself. I'm going to call mom now. You have to be careful when driving! It's probably some kind of new technology joke, it's fine."
After hurriedly hanging up the phone, Liu Xiao immediately called his mother. Her mother obviously didn't realize the seriousness of the situation. She cheerfully said it was okay and asked Liu Xiao what date he would be home during the National Day holiday.
It seems like it would be nice to be like my mother, Liu Xiao thought.
He glanced at the time in the upper right corner of his phone. There were still 20 minutes left, right?
"Planet 9322210182 belongs to all intelligent organisms. Based on the law of galactic order 30102, intelligent organisms that receive spiritual sounds must participate in dimensional dissociation. Since planet 9322210182 has not conducted a large-scale biological collection, the first dissociation will be at the universe scale 0.0021ε, planetary time
It will be executed in 30 minutes." The boss in the group typed a sentence, "This is what you just heard. I don't know if the text is correct, but it should not be wrong."
"That's right, the boss is awesome!"
"It should be right, these are the words I heard!"
"Everyone, hurry up and watch TV, weibo, and various news websites, it's already exploded!"
Liu Xiao quickly asked the waiter to turn on the TV in the coffee shop, and at the same time he also opened the news website. Various headlines, in bold font, immediately appeared on the screen.
"Mysterious voices appeared at the same time! The government calls on the public not to panic and enter the building nearby!"
"The first contact from an alien civilization! The aliens are finally here!"
"The origin is free! Intelligent organisms!"
Before Liu Xiao could read the title one by one and read the text, the TV started to have sound.
"Emergency news, 10 minutes ago, people across the country received unknown sounds. The source and authenticity of the sounds have not yet been determined. Please do not panic, do not leave the building or enter the building as soon as possible. Wait for further instructions."
"Urgent message...."
The anchor on the TV began to replay the news over and over again, and it was obvious that his voice was trembling.
Fear comes from the unknown, and the country's response is not unpleasant, but it seems pale and powerless in the face of the unknown.
Liu Xiao looked at the vx group again.
"Planet 9322210182 should refer to the earth. Intelligent organisms are not just humans. Cats and dogs are all intelligent organisms. If you have cats at home, see if they do anything weird." The boss in the group began to analyze step by step, "
The Law of Galaxy Order 30102 should be a constitution promulgated by an alien-like legislative body. The phrase "large-scale biological collection" is related to the origin of freedom. It seems to require intelligent creatures to do something together. The universe scale 0.0021ε corresponds to 30 minutes."
"Boss, even though you explained it, I still can't understand it. What's going on?"
"Yeah, it's a cat, a dog, and it's Yinhe. It's so confusing."
Liu Xiao basically understood what the boss said, and he continued to read.
"To put it simply, it is a civilization higher than the earth. According to their laws, all intelligent animals on the earth are required to do something!" The boss quickly typed out the words.
"Understood!"
"understood!"
"I feel like we're all doomed!"
Time passes minute by minute.
Liu Xiao lit another cigarette.
In the coffee shop, the voice of the anchor on the TV was repeated over and over again, everyone was on the phone, and some customers came one after another. They all came to the nearest building after hearing the emergency notification from the government, and sat down casually with panic expressions.
.
Liu Xiao could hear faint cries and helpless "What to do! What to do!"
He slowly put his computer and other equipment into his schoolbag.
Quietly, staring at the clock on the wall.
"Ding!"
He glanced at the screen of his mobile phone. It was a text message from his father. There were only a few words on it, "We have arrived at grandma's house with your mother. Don't worry! No matter what happens, stay safe. Your mother and I will always love you!"