What is the difference in temperature between 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock at night?
If it were normal, almost no one would feel it.
But tonight is obviously different. The sun has long since disappeared, but the burning sensation in the air seems to be getting warmer with every passing minute. To make matters worse, there has not been a breath of wind for several days.
What floats outside the window is not air at all, but lumps of hot sand that are ready to pounce on your face at any time, making you suffocating.
Just like someone conveyed the order, the outdoor units of the last few people in the city who did not have air conditioners turned on for various reasons started to spin one after another. People who did not have air conditioners could not hold on any longer, such as bars and 24-hour convenience stores.
, company unit... Wherever there is a hint of coolness, just go there.
Thirty minutes later, with a soft click, several night vision lights in the apartment on the 38th floor suddenly went out. The house fell into absolute darkness - a slight "buzzing" sound that had been lingering in the bedroom.
, I don’t know when it quietly stopped.
The central air conditioner is not blowing air.
Not long after the air-conditioning stopped, Lin Sanjiu turned over irritably in her sleep. Without the 26° air-conditioning, a layer of sticky sweat soon appeared on her body. This layer of sweat was like
It was like an airtight cover, and she was woken up by the heat after a while.
Hmm...the remote control seems to be on the bedside table...
This idea flashed through her dazed mind, and just as she was about to reach out to touch it, she suddenly felt something was wrong. Lin Sanjiu suddenly stopped her hand and did not move. After a while, she quietly squinted.
He opened his eyes and looked upward.
A snow-white face hung directly above her face, and two black hole-like eyes were staring straight at her in the dark night.
Here it comes again!—Here it comes again—!
A scream burst out in Lin Sanjiu's mind, but her throat was so dry that she couldn't make any sound - her heartbeat was getting faster and louder - the white face listened slightly,
After brushing his hand, he suddenly moved closer to Lin Sanjiu.
Two weeks ago, she woke up from thirst in the middle of the night. When she got up, she was hit by this face. At that time, Lin Sanjiu screamed in fright, rolled over and turned on the light.
I found out that it was Ren Nan——
Ren Nan didn't know when he sat next to her, his face expressionless in the dark night, and he stared at her like this for who knows how long - just like tonight.
At that time, Ren Nan said that he had often sleepwalked since he was a child.
If Lin Sanjiu hadn't been suspicious, maybe she would have believed it. At this time, she suppressed her fear and pretended not to wake up. She stretched out her hand to rub her eyes and asked in a trembling voice: "Ren Nan,
Are you sleepwalking again?"
Ren Nan's face cracked into a smile silently in the darkness, and he spoke very clearly: "Yeah, I'm making the same old habit again. Didn't I scare you?"
"Yes, a bit..." Lin Sanjiu almost got out of bed and stood at the door as if she was running away. This illusion of being able to escape at any time made her calm down a little. Only then did she feel the steamer-like atmosphere in the room again.
temperature.
"Why is it so hot? Did you turn off the air conditioner?"
Ren Nan didn't say anything, but stretched out his hand to pull, and the heavy curtains quickly retreated to both sides, revealing a floor-to-ceiling window. Usually through this window, Lin Sanjiu saw the bright night view of half of the city. But tonight, this
The city has lost its eternal light, even the starlight has disappeared, leaving only a dead darkness.
In the house with the doors and windows closed, the heat was so stuffy that it made people breathless.
"The electricity burden is too great. It seems that the whole city is out of power." Ren Nan's voice still contained a smile, showing a sense of leisure. As he spoke, he stood up slowly, walked around the foot of the bed, and walked toward the door step by step.
Come.
Lin Sanjiu suddenly had alarm bells ringing in her head. Before he could get closer, she turned around and ran towards the living room. The past three months of decorating this apartment finally provided her with something in return: a place where she couldn't even see her fingers.
In the darkness, she still rushed into the entrance of the living room smoothly. Before she could take a breath, she reached out and slammed down the elevator button.
The expected red color did not light up - such an expensive apartment does not have a backup power system?
"The backup power supply only supplies the corridor lights. They don't care about the elevators - especially the private elevators." A voice she had heard for half a year came from behind. Ren Nan was still so gentle, but when she was articulating the words, Lin Sanjiu was...
I heard the sound of water. It was as if... Ren Nan couldn't control the saliva in her mouth and secreted it...
In the darkness, the vague outline representing Ren Nan walked towards her, and finally stopped in the middle of the living room.
Lin Sanjiu felt dizzy in her head. Her sixth sense was right - she felt a pang of regret in her heart: "You...what do you want to do?"
"You're quite alert," Ren Nan took a sip, "You should have felt it a long time ago, right? But you should still learn to listen to your own intuition...otherwise you wouldn't come back here with me.
Here you go. You must have been going through a lot of mental struggles these past few days... Thank you so much for your trust in me."
Lin Sanjiu didn't notice it herself, but her hands, which were tightly clenched into fists, were trembling.
"Xiaojiu, do you sweat a lot on such a hot day?" Ren Nan suddenly asked with concern.
Lin Sanjiu was stunned and subconsciously touched her arm. She only broke out a little sweat - but - why ask this at this time?
Ren Nan seemed very satisfied and nodded in the darkness. "Xiaojiu is great! It's not in vain that I trained you for half a year..."
What on earth was he talking about—I couldn’t understand a word of it!
Lin Sanjiu opened her mouth to say something, but then she realized that her teeth were chattering fiercely. The thought that had been floating in her heart for several days made her ask something that she thought she would never say.
: "You...want to eat me?"
The dark figure gave a satisfied compliment: "This intuition is so sharp."
Lin Sanjiu was irritated by his attitude - fear, anger, confusion, and many emotions were mixed together. She seemed not to be so at a loss anymore, and the next words spewed out like a tide: "Stop joking, you
Who are you? Why did you come to me? I tell you, don’t mess around. All my friends know that I live here..."
She deliberately raised her voice, secretly hoping that someone could hear her, and quietly moved towards the open kitchen on the side of the living room.
Ren Nan sighed. "At any rate, you have been with me for six months, so I will give you a clear death." After that, he raised his hand and lightly snapped his fingers.
There was a sudden "boom", and a glass wall in the living room suddenly shattered into thousands of pieces - accompanied by vague screams coming from far outside, a heat wave that Lin Sanjiu had never experienced enveloped the glass fragments.
, swept into the apartment. The last bit of coolness left by the central air conditioner was swallowed up in an instant.
Why, why is it so hot? It's like someone put the whole city on fire!
Before Lin Sanjiu could react, Ren Nan's gentle voice sounded again: "From tonight on, this world is no longer the earth you are familiar with. In this new world, according to your measurement method,
It's...oh, fifty-six degrees Celsius."
Lin Sanjiu was dumbfounded. Fifty-six degrees Celsius was enough for an ordinary person to suffer severe heatstroke and die from dehydration several times. With this thought, she hurriedly touched the back of her neck. Unexpectedly, Lin Sanjiu
But my body didn't sweat much anymore.
"Look! I've only raised you for a few months, and you have already evolved 'high temperature adaptation' and 'keen intuition'... You are indeed the high-potential seed I saw at first sight. If it hadn't been for the New World,
It's too early. I really want to feed you for two more years before I eat..." Ren Nan's tone was full of pity. He took a loud sip of saliva and walked towards Lin Sanjiu. "Xiaojiu, I've been waiting for a long time.
I’ve never seen a good kid with high potential.”
After the glass wall was broken, a little light came into the living room. With this little light, Lin Sanjiu could clearly see Ren Nan's face at this time.
The handsome facial features of a male model in the past have been gradually squeezed out of sight by his mouth opening wider and wider. The clear saliva is no longer restrained and can't help but flow down the corners of his mouth - but at this time,
Lin Sanjiu had been forced to retreat to a corner of the kitchen.
"I, I still don't understand! What are you? Why do you want to eat me? And what about evolution and ability - don't you want to give me an understanding? Tell me!"
Even if it's delayed for one more minute, it's still an extra chance! Lin Sanjiu used the time of shouting to quietly reach out to the knife holder on the counter behind her.
The big mouth paused, then closed a little, revealing some of Ren Nan's original facial features. "Oh... why are you so stupid? Of course I am a human being, and Ren Nan is my name - but I am behind like you."
The species is different. I come from another 'new world'. Human beings who survive in the new world will evolve different abilities...The abilities I have are things you can't even imagine."
Ren Nan wiped his wet chin. "I advise you to put down the knife. My eyesight is very good. Just let me eat it. I promise it won't hurt -"
"Fuck you!" Before he could finish his words, Lin Sanjiu, who was frightened and angry, had already rushed forward with a sharp knife in his hand, shouting angrily.
The silver boning knife was extremely fast, drawing a bright line in the darkness - just as the tip of the knife was about to pierce into Ren Nan's chest, he only took a slight step to the side, and Lin Sanjiu
She missed. She stumbled and stepped on a piece of glass. She could no longer maintain her balance and fell heavily to the ground.
A mouth that was split to both cheeks did not give her a chance to stand up at all. It hit Lin Sanjiu like the wind - in panic, she only had time to turn over and use the boning knife in her hand.
He threw it out. Ren Nan was caught off guard and dodged, but still received a shallow wound from the knife.
With a cry, the knife fell far away.
Ren Nan was furious and pushed Lin Sanjiu to the ground, staring at her with his dark eyes almost shrinking to the size of a pinhead. "Steak should look like a steak!"
In the dim light, Lin Sanjiu watched in despair as the black shadow rushed toward his throat.
