Tommy subconsciously thought that disaster had come. He quickened his pace and passed through the crowd. Instead of choosing the subway, he rode a mountain bike that he had modified long ago and started heading towards the underground shelter outside the city.
More and more people on the road began to realize that the unusualness of the world was foreshadowing the disaster that had been warned months ago.
But not everyone can react as quickly as Tommy.
When most people started to turn on their cell phone lights to look for their families and a way out, Tommy had already left the city.
He was one of the first civilians to return to the shelter, but was blocked by the military when he entered the shelter.
The loudspeaker sounded loudly, and the person in charge of controlling this area said loudly: "Everyone, calm down, it's just the beginning. You won't freeze to death outside, but if you enter the shelter with germs like this, in a few days
Then you will have difficulty breathing, and then everyone will be dead!"
The person in charge's words were easy to understand and Tommy was willing to cooperate.
But when more people flocked to the shelter from the city, everything got out of control...
The team, which was relatively neat and orderly at first, fell into a commotion when they heard the sound of panic coming like a tide behind them.
Military helicopters took off, and in the almost dark sky, they could only rely on flares to fly.
Searchlights shone down from a 300-meter high platform, and that beam of light became hope in everyone's eyes.
"Don't panic, everyone! Get your social certificates ready! Throw away all the items you shouldn't carry! Carry out inspections in an orderly manner! You won't freeze to death! The disaster is still early!"
The person in charge told the truth, but everyone was still engulfed in fear.
A world without light...a world without the sun...Tommy will never forget that day.
Mothers and children were separated, husbands and wives were forcibly separated... Everyone was stripped naked, as if they were prisoners about to be sent to prison.
The smell of disinfectant filled the nostrils, and everyone's body was red and hot after walking that hundred meters.
Some girls with smoky makeup have their faces turned into a mess, and they look even more terrifying when they cry, like demons from hell.
To save energy, the lights are always dim.
Tommy originally prepared many necessary supplies for himself, including water, food and books.
But when he got the backpack again, he found that only his clothes were still inside, and the other items had been forcibly taken away and distributed.
Although Tommy was very angry, some irrational people even got angry and clamored to protest.
But when the electric shock device started to take effect, all restlessness was suppressed.
It wasn't until three days after entering the shelter that Tommy learned that all these rules were set by the First Axis, that is... made by the Chinese.
Tommy suddenly felt very strange. In his impression, China had always been a very tolerant and gentle country. The feeling he gave himself was just like the feeling Tommy's grandma made him, warm and full of enthusiasm.
But things are different now. In the face of disaster, the first central axis...or rather...the rules formulated by Chinese experts have become the most efficient iron bars. Anyone who touches it at this time will definitely suffer a bloody blow.
Although this made it difficult for Tommy to adapt for a while...but I have to say...this is indeed the most effective evacuation plan.
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The sun "disappears" eight minutes and twenty seconds later.
The last beam of light reached the earth, and then the entire earth fell into darkness, as if the lights in the room were turned off instantly, and everyone's hearts twitched.
The mocking voice towards Shang Junxiao disappeared, but Shang Junxiao was not happy about it, and he could no longer laugh.
Because he knows that in the next long, long period of time, many ordinary people will die in this disaster. It will be an unprecedented catastrophe, which may be worse than World War I, World War II and the "Dead Sea".
The total number of people killed every year is much higher.
The sun "disappears" ten minutes later.
The moon in Natsume's eyes disappeared. Masato subconsciously hugged Hanako next to him, buried his head in her arms, and burst into tears.
As part of the Bohai Bay Sea Grain Depot Watch Plan, they will not stop external operations until the temperature drops to minus 55 degrees Celsius.
This means that they will be the last humans still working on the ground.
But Natsume and Hanako were not worried and were never afraid.
Because they all know that even if the sun "disappears", the earth can still maintain its "enthusiasm" for a period of time with its own strong thermal core, which is enough for Natsume and the others.
The sun "disappears" for half an hour.
Liang Qiuru, who has just arrived at the Capital International Airport, will take the special underground sonic track of the First Central Axis to the Antarctic in the next few days as the last passenger to carry out work.
The moment she stepped off the plane, her hair was a mess because everything happened so suddenly. It was a blessing among misfortunes that the flight could reach its destination safely.
Traveling with her was Liang Qiuhe's team. They met at the airport. When they accidentally looked out the window, they saw an aurora appearing in the sky.
At that moment, no one stopped for this wonderful scene, because behind the stunning beauty was a sign that disaster had arrived.
An hour after the sun "disappears"...
Civilian-level network communications around the world began to gradually interrupt, and many people failed to say "goodbye" to their relatives in foreign countries before entering underground shelters.
At the same time, the temperature of the entire earth began to drop sharply, regardless of east, west, north or south, but it was still not to the point where people could freeze to death.
However, in many places, due to insufficient management and control capabilities, riots broke out in some shelters. Civilians dominated by fear began to ignore official guidelines and rush into shelters. Some of them even blew up the food storage warehouses of shelters and went crazy.
Keep the resources for yourself.
Although the First Central Axis quickly issued an order asking the military to intervene, the riot was quickly stopped.
However, thousands of people were still injured or killed in the riots... At least three shelters lost their original shelter capabilities, and many riot participants chose to "rescue themselves."
They brought what they thought was enough food and water and blindly returned to the city in search of a path to self-salvation.
The sun "disappeared" seventeen hours later.
Dignitaries from various countries gathered again, but this time, it was no longer heads of state who presided over the meeting, but Shang Junxiao, the director of the newly established department of the first central axis - the Disaster Management Department.
Nearly two months ago, almost on the same occasion, Shang Junxiao issued a disaster warning to the dignitaries from various countries who "entered" the venue through the first central axis dedicated line at this moment, and submitted to the conference the quantum computer that he and his team had submitted to the conference.
Disaster resilience plans formulated based on simulation results.
Nowadays, China, the country with the best execution, has tried its best to only achieve 75% of the set target in just 21 days. Other countries generally only have 50% completion rate, and the worst among them, the New American League, has even less than 30%.
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But now, Shang Junxiao didn't want to be sarcastic about this matter, so he came up with the second plan without any unnecessary nonsense.
This plan will call on all people who have entered the shelter to seize the last and most precious month of mankind to complete the expansion of the shelter and further collect and reserve various materials.
At this meeting, everyone was surprisingly quiet. No one raised any questions or objections.
Everyone places their hope in Shang Junxiao, and even more in the First Central Axis and themselves.
A week after the sun "disappears".
At this time, the surface temperature has dropped to minus seven to ten degrees Celsius, and the temperature in some areas may be even lower.
However, compared with a week ago, there were many more people on the ground carrying out disaster relief activities in an orderly manner.
In an ordinary small town in Jiangsu, China, a team composed of civil servants, catering industry owners, professional farmers and other ordinary people are methodically transporting all available resources in the city along the "red line" to underground materials deeper in the shelter.
Reserve.
This "red line" is the "dismantling line" planned by drones over the city.
Everyone seemed to have turned into hard-working little ants, strictly following the system to carry out "material rescue" work.
At the same time, in outer space, in the Xinghan-1 International Space Station, the space station, which had lost its solar support, began to try to activate the "submorphic nuclear fusion" energy core for the first time.
This super core, which can provide energy for space for more than 500 years, has been questioned since its establishment. Many aerospace workers have expressed their refusal to work in outer space with a "nuclear bomb" that may explode out of control at any time.
Although this kind of label that may get out of control at any time carries a high degree of prejudice.
But that's how humans are. When the sun is still there, we will reject the "submorphic nuclear fusion" energy core with very good reasons. But after the sun "disappears", the space station that has exhausted its last energy reserves does not want to become a floating
A cold coffin in space must be accompanied by a "nuclear bomb".
The person responsible for starting this core is Shen Yinuo’s team, which was originally affiliated with the Aerospace Engine R&D Center.
This is an exciting moment and a moment that makes everyone nervous.
But when the light came on again and the space station resumed normal operation, everyone cheered.
…
Facing everyone's applause and affirmation, although Shen Yinuo had a smile on her face, her hands couldn't help shaking.
Back in the lounge, she kept retching due to excessive stress.
Fortunately, Chu Xiaoming was more careful and discovered this early. He prepared some medical sedatives for the goddess to relax her highly tense nerves.
While looking at the direction of the earth with the goddess, Shen Yinuo asked: "Has the data department received that signal again?"
Chu Xiaoming's heart trembled when he heard this. He didn't want to mention this matter to Shen Yinuo, but...
He didn't even want to lie to her.
"Yes, but the message from ten days ago has not been received since it was decoded..."
Shen Yinuo struggled to get up after hearing this. She looked at Chu Xiaoming and said, "What do you mean? What did the last message say?"
"Yinuo... this... this is against the rules..."
"What did you say!" Shen Yinuo never talked nonsense with Chu Xiaoming.
Chu Xiaoming made mistakes again and again.
He said: "He said the batteries were dead...no water and no food...but he was lucky enough to be at the closest distance and witness their arrival...that's what the last message was about."
"What? What do you mean?" Shen Yinuo was stunned. She looked at Chu Xiaoming blankly and asked: "What does it mean that the battery is exhausted? Are they going to die?"
Chu Xiaoming knew that Shen Yinuo cared about this matter very much. The reason why she chose to speak out at all costs was because she wanted to use this to negotiate terms with the authorities, so that she could possibly save the person she cared about most.
But since Shen Yinuo was taken away, all her requests have been selectively "ignored".
In the vast universe, when the direction is not even certain, when the earth itself cannot be saved, and all mankind is about to suffer a catastrophe, a person's life... does not seem to have so much weight...
"Yinuo..." Chu Xiaoming wanted to discuss this issue with Shen Yinuo a long time ago. He also received an order from his superiors, asking him to pay close attention to Shen Yinuo's mental state and be sure to prevent her from making any crazy moves.
But this kind of caution became so "little man" after Shen Yinuo returned to the space station and started working.
Shen Yinuo has been submitting his requests through official channels and coming up with a rescue plan on his own.
But...there was never a reply.
"They are heroes..." Shen Yinuo said softly.
Chu Xiaoming was stunned when he heard this, and then said seriously: "You are right, they are heroes! Absolute heroes!"
"But this is unfair..." Shen Yinuo said again.
Chu Xiaoming didn't know how to proceed. He didn't want to force Shen Yinuo to obey reality by telling a lot of nonsense.
"This isn't fair, isn't it? Xiaoming, do heroes have to die? This isn't fair..." Shen Yinuo has never been as devastated as he is today.
Chu Xiaoming felt heartbroken as he watched.
At that moment, Chu Xiaoming secretly made a decision.
"Yinuo...do you believe me?"
"Um?"
"Do you believe I mean what I say?"
"Why do you suddenly say these..."
"I..." Chu Xiaoming clenched his fists, looked up at Shen Yinuo and said seriously: "I'll take them home."
Shen Yinuo was stunned when he heard this, and then woke up.
"You? Don't do this nonsense!"
Chu Xiaoming was not talking nonsense. He did have a rough plan, but he never dared to submit it.
"Don't worry, I won't mess around. I have my own plan, but I need some help."
Shen Yinuo looked at Chu Xiaoming's serious eyes and was touched by his masculinity for the first time.
"Are you sure you want to help me?"
Chu Xiaoming shook his head: "No, Yinuo, I'm not doing this to help you... No... I mean... I'm not doing it for anything... but... but... just like you As you said, it's not fair. Heroes shouldn't be abandoned by us like this! Just like them, they know there is no hope of rescue but still haven't forgotten us! Right?"
Shen Yinuo's vision blurred after hearing this...
Chu Xiaoming's words were not a touching speech! But they deeply touched Shen Yinuo's heart... During this time, she had been suppressing her emotions.
She has been suppressing it since she learned that the Shanhai Space Station was destroyed... Today she was finally released.
Shen Yinuo hugged Chu Xiaoming, and then cried loudly on his shoulder. Maybe even Chu Xiaoming didn't know where her sadness came from, but he knew that he should stay with her quietly at this moment.
The cry alerted Su Wanxia next door.
But when he saw Chu Xiaoming, he did not go in, but silently stood in front of the door.
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The sun "disappears"...a month later...
The average temperature on the earth's surface has dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius.
The final stage of resource rescue work has been completed... The surface is no longer suitable for human activities, but there are still many military personnel searching for civilians who are still at home and have not gone to shelters in the city.
But this is also the last search and rescue operation in the world. After that, all ground activities will be completely banned, and only detailed directional signs will be left near major cities to mark the location of the shelter closest to the sign.
On the American continent, in the suburbs of old Los Angeles, a group of "escapees" chose to survive on their own because they were afraid of being sanctioned for participating in riots.
They have more than a hundred people and eleven trucks reinforced with cold-proof measures.
At this time, they were heading in the dark along the deserted road towards an air raid shelter that had been abandoned for many years.
There had been a nuclear leak there and it had been sealed decades ago, but at this moment it became the last choice for these people.
Communications were interrupted, and they were unaware that officials were calling surface residents to enter shelters.
When the convoy arrived at its destination and the barbed wire fence was cut, these people seemed to see hope.
They drove the vehicle into the air-raid shelter, but just as everyone began to decorate their future new homes, gunshots rang out in the darkness.
The ambushers of unknown origin have no intention of letting go of any uninvited guest who steps into this place.
Although these "escapees" immediately launched a counterattack, most of them were killed or injured.
Not only was the truck containing a large amount of supplies stolen, but the leader leading the crowd was also beaten to death on the spot.
The remaining survivors fled back to the road in three vehicles.
As the lights around the air raid shelter brightened, the ambushers who pulled off their masks cheered. They were the hunters of the apocalypse, a group of lunatics with no bottom line.
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The sun "disappears" a month and a half later.
Chu Xiaoming’s plan has reached the final verification stage.
One hundred and ninety-five selected substances are waiting to be deployed to create a "rescue net".
This imaginative plan is to use a large net with the most basic sensing units to retrieve an escape capsule among the stars in the vast universe that sends important messages to mankind and saves at least one billion people.
Although nearly a month has passed since the last signal, many experts have said that such rescue is not only "meaningless" but also "a waste of people and money."
Faced with this obstacle, Chu Xiaoming also prepared two measures to deal with it.
The first step is to publicize these heroes, advertise them widely, and recruit volunteers.
The second move is to request a meeting to discuss and let everyone decide whether to launch a "rescue".