Earth Era

Zhao Huasheng lived in this place arranged by Meng Zhuo. Although the living environment here is much worse than the life in the capital city before, for example, there are no convenient supermarkets, no shopping malls, or even cheap, delicious and convenient restaurants, and no entertainment venues, but Zhao Huasheng is still very satisfied with his current life. . Zhao Huasheng is not a person who is picky about living conditions.

Especially after learning about the living conditions of the people in the rest of Equator City through news programs, Zhao Huasheng even felt a little guilty about his living environment at the moment.

The people of Equator City usually live in crowded multi-person rooms with dirty air, limited supply of food, lack of entertainment, heavy labor during the day, and cannot rely on entertainment to relax at night. But this is already the best condition that human society can provide. It's better to live like this than to freeze to death.

Zhao Huasheng has been maintaining close contact with the subordinate departments of the Solar Crisis Coordination Center, and any latest findings will be presented to Zhao Huasheng as soon as possible. But Zhao Huasheng's work still has not made a breakthrough.

A vague idea has already appeared in Zhao Huasheng's mind, but this idea still lacks some key evidence, which makes Zhao Huasheng unable to connect them effectively. To solve the riddle left by Director Li Qi is not just a pat on the head to come up with an idea. It is okay to propose an idea, but you must have evidence, otherwise the idea will be meaningless and worthless.

For example, Zhao Huasheng can put forward the idea that "there are living things above the sun", but what about the evidence? Without evidence, what kind of changes can this idea bring to mankind?

Zhao Huasheng has been perfecting his ideas, constantly trying to connect the existing evidence, but some key parts are still missing, which makes Zhao Huasheng's work still incomplete.

The weather is getting cold. Although this is zone C, although this is one of the areas closest to the equator. Even in the daytime, Zhao Huasheng needs to put on a coat when going out.

Zhao Huasheng had a vague feeling of unease in his heart. This feeling does not come from how many people have died somewhere, above the news reports, nor does it come from worrying about the fate of human beings. This kind of unease comes from real life. Even if he was walking in the still very quiet environment in this area, Zhao Huasheng seemed to be able to sense the smell of gunpowder in the air. This seems to be a powder keg. The powder keg is filled with gunpowder, and the fuze has started to burn. This powder keg may detonate at any time.

At this moment, four months have passed since the outbreak of the solar crisis, and two months have passed since the launch of the Crimson Heart spacecraft. According to the latest scientific research report, Zhao Huasheng knew that the Crimson Heart spacecraft had crossed the orbit of Venus and approached the orbit of Mercury. During this time, Zhao Huasheng was paying attention to the movements of the Crimson Heart spacecraft every day. Facts have proved that the spacecraft made by humans is quite reliable. During this period of time, the Crimson Heart did not have any accidents except for some small faults that could be manually eliminated.

Today is still an ordinary day. Zhao Huasheng remembered that since he came to Equator City, he hadn't gone out to see the city's features, so he temporarily put down the materials in his hand and walked out of here with Meng Zhuo. Li Wei didn't follow because she was a little uncomfortable.

Even if the weather is cold, the street is still crowded with people. But this is not the same as in the capital city before. The flow of people in the capital city is full of laughter and relaxation. There are colorful neon lights on both sides of the streets, shops everywhere, and people dressed in fashion and smiling everywhere. Although the pedestrians here are equally numerous, they seem to be shrouded in a depressing tone.

Zhao Huasheng felt heavy and numb from here.

The sky is gray, and the sides of the street are also gray. No flashing neon lights, no lined shops. Even on this long street, there are not even people with brightly colored clothes. The people were all dressed in dark, heavy clothes and in a hurry with no smiles on their faces.

Heavy work and a depressing life have robbed them of their ability to laugh.

Zhao Huasheng and Meng Zhuo strolled along this long street, feeling the various expressions of many human individuals struggling to survive in the apocalypse.

When passing a small square on the street, Zhao Huasheng saw many people sitting in a neat queue on the cold ground. His eyes were tightly closed, and his face was full of piety. A few people in blue robes were walking around in front of the queue, and they seemed to be muttering something. The whole square is full of solemn, serious, and even a little weird atmosphere.

"What are they doing?" Zhao Huasheng asked.

"A group of cultists are gathering." Monjo said indifferently, "This is the Church of the God of the Sky. They believe in the God of the Sky, and they firmly believe that the cold at this moment is the God of the Sky to punish the disrespect of human beings. Giving possessions, and devout repentance can allow the **** of the sky to forgive his sins and ascend to heaven after the end."

"How could some people believe in such a doctrine?" Zhao Huasheng was a little surprised, "Why do cultists dare to gather in public? Why is no one to deal with it?"

"At the end of the world, even the most obvious lies will be regarded as life-saving straws, and once they fall in, it will be difficult to get out. As for why no one cares..." Meng Zhuo's expression was a little sad, "It's too much. , can't handle it."

Zhao Huasheng also fell into silence. The two continued to move forward. After walking for a while, Zhao Huasheng saw a large crowd gathered at a certain street corner. In front of the crowd, an excited person was standing on the high platform, speaking hoarsely to the microphone in front of him. yelling something.

"Don't you understand? The doomsday has come, it has come! The government is unreliable, those rice buckets and idiots will only consider their own interests, and they will abandon us without hesitation! We are the only ones who can save us. , only ourselves!"

It looks like a street speech, except that the speaker's words are full of emotional words and wild speculation, and there is no logic at all. But it is undeniable that the more absurd and sensational remarks are, the easier it is to attract people's attention. In an atmosphere of fanaticism, people lose their rational judgment.

At least here it is. Every time the man roared out a word, the crowd would burst into deafening shouts and applause. In stark contrast to the frenzy here are the pedestrians on the side of the street who still turn a blind eye. They seem to have long been accustomed to the existence of this phenomenon, they didn't stay here for even a second, and they didn't even bother to look at it.

Zhao Huasheng felt that the world seemed to be different. In just a few short months, the world above the earth has undergone changes that Zhao Huasheng can't adapt to. Madness, ignorance, heaviness and depression are intertwined here, as if the air has turned into mercury, so heavy that one can hardly breathe.

On this long street, among at least a few thousand people, Zhao Huasheng felt that only himself and Meng Zhuo were alive.

Zhao Huasheng shook his head in disbelief, then left here and continued walking.

Finally, he came across a shop that was still open. Zhao Huasheng felt a little thirsty, so he walked in and took a bottle of water from the sparse shelves. Another person came over next to him. He carefully blew off the dust on the bag of potato chips, and then took it in his hand.

This person took a total of two bags.

Zhao Huasheng did not pay too much attention to this person. Meng Zhuo paid the money, Zhao Huasheng walked out of the store, and the man also came out. Zhao Huasheng saw that the man who bought the potato chips wanted to tear open a bag of potato chips, but accidentally, the man dropped another bag of potato chips on the ground.

The potato chips fell to the ground with a crisp clatter. The man bent down and wanted to pick up the bag of potato chips. But just when his fingers touched the bag and hadn't pinched it, the bag of potato chips suddenly disappeared.

Although one is slender, the nails are not neat, it is obvious that it has not been trimmed for a while, and there are some black stains inside, and some rough hands grabbed the bag of potato chips before that person. The man raised his head slightly suspiciously, and saw the face of a young woman who was indifferent and calm, but there seemed to be some flames burning in her eyes.

"This is mine," said the young woman.

The man said, "Are you hungry? Then you can take it."

The young woman nodded, took the potato chips and turned to leave.

At this moment, with that person as the center, within a radius of ten meters, at least a dozen people stopped at the same time. After confirming that the man had given the bag of chips to the woman, a man approached the woman: "Give it to me."

The woman held the potato chips in her arms and shook her head with full of alertness. The man suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed the bag of potato chips and pulled it hard. With a bang, the bag of potato chips was torn apart. The things inside crashed to the ground and fell to the ground.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment, and it seemed that in this short period of time, something was ignited. Zhao Huasheng saw an indescribable, extremely absurd scene.

At this moment, a dozen people around rushed towards here at the same time. A young man rushed the fastest. He jumped here at once, knelt directly on the ground, grabbed the potato chips that fell on the ground with his hands, and desperately Put it in the mouth.