Five years after "the sun disappeared" on November 7, 2150 AD...
Shelter No. 3, Weilan West District, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
The door is closed and the signal is interrupted here.
The thick cold-proof clothes did not make Zhang Zi'en feel the slightest warmth. He put his hand on the door that was already solidly frozen. The dozens of team members behind him were full of eyes. They probably thought that the captain would be able to open the door in the next second.
Open it and let everyone go in and warm up.
Five years after the "sun disappeared", the earth's environment has deteriorated to the edge of extremes.
The average temperature of the earth's surface has dropped to about minus 115 degrees Celsius. At this time, there is no wild life on the earth's surface, and only a few microorganisms and bacteria are left in the ocean that can barely survive. But two years ago,
Scientists from the First Axis discovered a "good news" that is quite comforting to mankind.
That is, the sun has not really disappeared. Its gravitational activity still exists in the entire star system without any change. It is just that the light and heat generated by the sun can hardly reach the earth, but through the newly built first central axis
At the "wave-tolerant" monitoring station, scientists discovered that although darkness enveloped the earth, some sunlight still came quietly. This is why after the "sun disappeared", the earth's night sky was not completely dark, but this part
If we use a relatively intuitive concept to understand the amount of sunlight, it is only about one millionth of what it was before the "sun disappeared", and it is also extremely unevenly distributed.
Zhang Zien's team is codenamed "Fenghuo", named after the "Fenghuo" council that originally formulated the draft for the origin of the doomsday for all mankind. There are fifteen team members, all from Shelter No. 1 in Xiongan New Area.
Zhang Zien is the captain, the vice-captain is Natsume, and the team members include Masato Shimizu, Li Dan, Zhang Yenan and Chen Shuang.
Friends who read this story may be confused.
This Qingshui Masato is the eldest daughter of the Qingshui family. Why did she run out and take risks instead of living in a private villa under the shelter? This matter has to be received from the Xiongan No. 1 shelter initiated by the First Central Axis.
The "Saturation Rescue" plan began.
Let's go back to three and a half years ago.
Although the real culprit of the serial murder case in Xiongan No. 1 Shelter has not yet been identified, with the departure of the members of the special investigation team of the First Central Axis, the case can be considered to be basically closed. The specific details of the case were announced to the public because it was premeditated.
A group committed the crime, and all the criminals have been captured. The case will be heard publicly in Vault No. 1 in the near future.
So are these people the murderers as Zhang Yanan announced on the shelter's internal news channel? It's hard to say.
Difficulty is not a far-fetched difficulty, nor is it a difficulty that is based on nothing and floutes the law.
It's because the task force, including members of the First Central Axis Special Investigation Team, does not have enough evidence to prove that these people are the perpetrators, but they are indeed connected to another terrorist organization, the "Warrior of the Nation".
The "Warriors of the Nation" placed lurkers in Xiongan No. 1 shelter through various channels.
Among the things these people are executing and plotting are this serial murder case.
Therefore, the difficulty lies in assembling a complete case structure rather than determining who is the murderer.
In addition, two accidents occurred in this case.
The first accident was related to Zhang Yenan's god-sister Chen Shuang. Captain Chen was originally the captain of the special service team of Xiongan No. 1 shelter. He did not need to be involved in the investigation of serial murder cases, but Team Chen was involved in the investigation.
In order to protect his brother Zhang Yanan, he decided to put himself in danger, but unexpectedly, he was involved.
Not only did she suddenly go crazy and kill her most trusted subordinate Li Yalin and many other special service members, she also fled the scene afterwards and missed the opportunity to surrender.
In this way, even if Zhang Yenan's energy is strong enough, it will be difficult to keep this girl.
However, according to the medical psychological examination after Chen Shuang regained consciousness, it was found that the possibility of Chen Shuang lying was extremely low. At the same time, the fact that she would suddenly kill many special service members, including Li Yalin, is very strange. Therefore, what happened to Chen Shuang
It was temporarily suppressed.
As for the second accident, which was more hidden, it was mainly related to Natsume and Masato Shimizu.
Natsume and Shimizu Masato are friends based on Momosawa Hanako. Because they have known each other for many years and both care about Hanako, the two can be considered a special spiritual partnership with a subconscious tendency to depend on each other.
However, both Natsume and Masato Shimizu have secrets that they have never confessed to the other.
Natsume was just an ordinary breeder of marine animals and plants when he was in Wangye Ecological Zone, but his life circle contained many mysterious elements, such as very novel styles of painting, occult research and weird sculptures
.In the past, before the disaster happened, even T, who was a neighbor, would not have thought that Natsume was a little abnormal just because of this.
But after the disaster, Natsume, who returned to his native Beijing's Xiongan New Area from Wangye Ecological Zone, became more and more mysterious and abnormal.
Similarly, Masato Shimizu, who is a direct descendant of the younger generation of the Shimizu family, also has her own secrets.
She is the secret guardian of Shelter No. 1 in Xiongan New District. After the serial murders occurred, she began to investigate all the suspicious targets in the shelter, but she almost encountered an accident.
Unknown enemies, mysterious powers.
There are some unspoken estrangements and suspicions between Natsume and Hanako.
But this delicate state shows no signs of deteriorating. On the contrary... After the group of sinners who were unclearly related to the "Warriors of the Country" received the justice they deserved, all the storms calmed down. Xiongan No. 1 Shelter
Returned to the original peace and harmony.
However, accidents always happen unexpectedly.
While many people have begun to get used to life in shelters and accepted this reality, the catastrophe caused by the "disappearance of the sun" continues to intensify.
In just one year after the sun disappeared, more than 1.5 billion people died around the world.
This is a disaster unprecedented in human history.
Almost everyone feels very unreal when they hear this number.
yes.
During World War II, the number of war-related casualties around the world reached a terrifying 60 million, and the number of injured reached more than 100 million.
During the blackout era, due to the lack of scientific statistical methods, people could only use some algorithms to estimate that the number of victims affected by the disaster was approximately 75 million to 130 million, and the remaining injured affected by the disaster were estimated to be around 30 million.
Between 100 million and 500 million people.
Subsequent global disasters occurred more than ten times, large and small, each affecting hundreds of millions of people around the world, with the number of casualties exceeding one million.
In the century from 2000 to 2100, the human will has been tempered by many disasters. But when you hear that because of the "disappearance of the sun", at least 1.5 billion people around the world will be killed in a year, no matter how strong your will is,
There will still be brief periods of confusion.
What is the concept of 1.5 billion people?
Nearly one-third of the world's population.
This does not include the casualties caused by damage to the shelter caused by various accidents throughout the year.
Xiongan No. 1 Shelter is already one of the luckiest shelters among the 13,600 existing shelters in the world. People here rarely pay attention to what is happening in the outside world. Of course, it is also subject to the "disappearance of the sun".
Due to the impact of the radio communication interruption, the official took into account the public sentiment, so most of the information released on the internal news terminal encouraged the people to continue to work hard and not give up.
This is not a lie, but an inspiration!
Natsume, who had just finished work in the morning, returned to his apartment and found that there was a woman beside his bed.
Her back was to Natsume, and she was wrapped in thick clothes, but she still seemed to be very cold.
Natsume is also very cold, but he has gotten used to it. And compared to his compatriots who are currently repairing the Pacific Rim nuclear power units, he is lucky enough.
The woman who heard the footsteps turned her head, and her face, which was pale from the cold, suddenly became flushed. She stood up with a smile and said, "Natsume!"
Natsume was stunned for a second, and then he laughed. It turned out to be Li Dan, his classmate in college.
Li Dan and Natsume studied at Shin-Tokyo Shoko College together, but their choices after graduation were different. Natsume stayed in Wangye Ecological Zone, while Li Dan chose to return to China and said that he would go to Xinghan International Aeronautics and Space Administration China Branch
She submitted her resume, but unfortunately her eyesight was not up to standard and her major was not suitable, so she failed in the end.
After graduation, Natsume and Li Dan met once, at the class reunion seven years ago. At that time, they heard that she had returned to her hometown and opened a flower shop.
Unexpectedly, after so many years, Natsume would actually see this girl who had publicly pursued him in college. He walked by and asked without greeting: "Why are you here?"
This greeting made the smile on Li Dan's face suddenly disappear a lot. She rolled her eyes at Natsume and said, "What are you doing? You don't want to see your old classmates now that you have a girlfriend?"
Natsume scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: "I...where did I get my girlfriend...and...well...I just find it quite unexpected."
Li Dan didn't bother with whether Natsume had a girlfriend. She smiled and said: "That's right! Actually, I was quite surprised. I just casually looked through the roster, but then I saw your name.
You don’t even know how excited I was!”
After a busy day, Natsume didn't have much emotion about this. He asked Li Dan to sit down and then went to boil a pot of water.
Before the water boiled, Natsume and Li Dan chatted briefly for a while.
It's probably clear why Li Dan suddenly appeared here.
It turned out that the girl whose dream had been put on hold and who decided to go back to her hometown to open a shop in despair unexpectedly met a special correspondent from the First Central Axis who was also returning to her hometown.
However, unlike Li Dan, this special correspondent named Zhao took a day off to go home to fulfill his filial piety because his mother passed away.
On the way, the special correspondent named Zhao had a brief chat with Li Dan and found out that Li Dan was actually a good prospect, especially when it came to judging people. So the special correspondent gave Li Dan an email and asked her to
Resubmit your resume that was rejected.
At the beginning, Li Dan did not know the true identity of the special correspondent named Zhao. He only knew that his surname was Zhao and that he was a middle-aged man in the prime of life. The rest was not clear, so the matter of email and resume was put on hold.
Fortunately, Li Dan's mother found the card when she was packing her things, so Li Dan submitted her resume with slight modifications to give it a try. As a result, Li Dan's life was completely changed.
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"Now, I am just a little secretary who does odd jobs for the big guys in the first axis. I am either writing materials for them to think twice, running errands for them, or taking care of their pets. In short... I am almost an all-rounder.
"After Li Dan finished speaking, he also took out his work ID.
Natsume only glanced at it without taking a closer look, but she was sure that Li Dan was not lying and her ID was genuine.
After making two cups of black tea, Natsume handed one to Li Dan.
"Thank you." Li Dan looked a little flattered, and she stuck out her tongue when she took the hot tea.
Natsume sat down opposite her and asked: "Then why did you suddenly come to Xiongan? Didn't you mention that the first central axis is preparing to send the second batch of explorers to the space station recently? People like you don't want to stay here
Headquarters can help?”
Li Dan carefully took a sip of hot tea and sighed: "I also want to stay, but the base is currently undergoing a major change. Those old staff don't care what position you are in or how many years you have worked. In short, all
They were replaced, and although I didn’t have much rank, I could still be considered an old employee, so I was also moved to the periphery, and started to swindle around like before, just like the director of the admissions office.”
"Director of Admissions Office? Hey..." Natsume leaned against the window, sipping tea and lost in thought.
Li Dan's eyes were filled with happiness after looking at the man she had loved so much. She asked with a smile: "As for me, I came to Xiongan this time to help the headquarters find a group of preliminary talents. How about it, Natsume?"
Don’t follow me.”
Unexpectedly, Natsume, who was still deep in thought, shook his head and refused without thinking: "No... I'm doing a good job now, and I don't want to adapt to the new environment anymore."
"Huh?" Although she had known that Natsume would refuse, Li Dan was still a little disappointed. She asked again: "Then do you have anyone around you who seems trustworthy to recommend to me? I've been here twice.
It’s been a week and I haven’t met anyone I’ve taken a liking to.”
Natsume burst into laughter when he heard this: "You are really from the admissions office, you can arrange things for me?"
Li Dan's beauty teased and said: "Well, look, which one of us will follow the other? If I don't expect you to give me strength, brother, who else can I expect?"
Natsume nodded: "Well... to be reliable... I really have a suitable candidate, but I don't know what your specific criteria are."
Li Dan's eyes lit up: "That's true! Are you free now? Take me to meet him!"
Natsume was speechless: "Hey, I said you're not hungry?"
Li Dan said blankly: "I'm not hungry. I just ate when I came here."
Natsume was even more speechless: "But I'm hungry! I've been busy all day, and I haven't eaten yet! You can at least wait until I have eaten, so people won't run away."
Li Dan was immediately embarrassed. She touched her pocket and said, "Oh... I was careless. I was in a hurry when I came and didn't think of bringing you anything to eat... Oh, by the way, you usually eat."
What?"
Natsume put down the cup and stood up and walked to the small refrigerator. After opening it, he took out a green thing wrapped in plastic wrap and said, "Just eat this."
"Hey...it looks disgusting? What is this!"
"Seaweed, haven't you ever eaten this on the first axis?"
Li Dan shook his head blankly again, then frowned and said: "Hiss... seaweed is really edible?"
When Natsume heard this, he immediately smelled the stench of capital in his nose. He rolled his eyes and said, "You can't eat it. It's all kept to feed the animals."
"Then what are you doing?"
"I'm just an animal, I can't help you." Natsume had a rare temper.
Only then did Li Dan react. He covered his mouth with a smile and said, "Oh! Stop teasing me! In fact, I just ate some compressed dry food on the first axis. I haven't tasted meat for more than half a year, and I have forgotten it now.
The taste of meat is no different from yours."
Natsume was just joking with Li Dan. He would not suddenly turn into an angry youth. Now that the world is unified, resources are supplied to those experts and professors to supplement nutrition. Inspectors like him have clean seaweed wrapped in rice to eat.
Already very happy.
After simply heating the seaweed rice balls, Natsume took out a small plate and put the rice balls on it to start dinner.
Li Dan watched Natsume eat from the side. Seeing that he was eating with gusto, Li Dan swallowed subconsciously.
Natsume saw it and couldn't help but smile and said: "Try it?" He tore off a little and handed it to Li Dan. Li Dan immediately took it and stuffed it into his mouth, only to spit it out the next second.
"Wow! It's so fishy and salty! Is this thing edible?"
Natsume just laughed. He ate the rice ball like a gulp and started to clear away the dishes.
Li Dan was a little embarrassed, she grinned: "Um...I'm sorry..."
"It's okay. There has been something wrong with the water circulation system recently. The seaweed is no longer as tasty as before. Besides, this is your first time eating it. It's normal."
Natsume's words reassured Li Dan a little, but Li Dan still put away his smile and fell silent.
When Natsume finished cleaning up, he turned around and saw Li Dan lowering his head and not speaking, so he asked with concern: "What's wrong?"
Li Dan came back to her senses, her eyes were red, she shook her head: "It's okay, um, let's go find the person you mentioned now?"
"His name is Zhang Zi'en. He lives on my floor. He is three years older than me. It is said that he used to be a soldier."
"Oh?! Brother Bing! I like it! Take me there quickly!" Li Dan said and walked out.
"Hey! Wait!"
"Ah? What's going on again?"
"It's your bag." Natsume took the bag from the bed and handed it to Li Dan's hand. He also touched Li Dan's hair out of habit.
At that moment, Li Dan had the illusion that he had traveled back in time ten years ago, to the sunny campus and to that classroom.