long night fire

"Huh." He exhaled, paused, and stood in front of the door, watching the three clusters of "stars" in the groove quickly dim and disappear.

He watched all this quietly, without any movement for a long time.

After a while, Shang Jianyao showed a slight smile, raised his right index finger and middle finger, and put them between his eyebrows.

In the next second, he seemed to be much "deeper".

Then, Shang Jianyao put his left hand in his pocket, stretched his right palm forward, and pressed it on the gray-white stone door with ease.

This time, he obviously didn't exert any strength, but the "stars" reflected in his eyes became clearer and brighter.

Above the gray-white stone gate, in the three grooves, "starlight" suddenly brightened and condensed into white balls.Those illusory words from before also rolled and emerged, but the speed of change gradually slowed down.

Finally, they are fixed.

In order from top to bottom and from left to right, the words in the three groups of white lights are:

"Reasoning clown", "hypocritical person", "lack of hands movement".

The gray-white stone door trembled slightly, and stepped back heavily in the voice of Zazaza.

Behind the widening crack of the door, a faint light flickered, and an upward silver-white metal staircase stood quietly in the darkness.

Shang Jianyao tried to stretch his hand through the crack of the door, but failed.

He tried to push his foot in again, but failed.

He used both hands and feet, and changed various postures, from golden rooster independence to upright handstand, but he failed to obtain good results.

After verification, he was sure that he could only squeeze the tip of his fingers and the tip of his nose through the crack of the door.

And no matter how concentrated he was, the gray stone door did not continue to retreat.

After trying again and again, Shang Jianyao's figure gradually blurred.

He finally stopped moving, watching his body getting weaker and weaker.

In room 495, Area B, 196th floor, Shang Jianyao, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes.

He saw the four panes of windows reflecting the light of street lamps, the wooden table bathed in dim light, the "living room" where the light gradually turned to darkness, and the end of the bench and the edge of the old bed sunken in the dark depths.

The surrounding is so quiet.

Suddenly, the loudspeakers hanging from the ceiling of the street sounded at the same time, making a sweet voice with a slightly childlike feel:

"Hi everyone, I'm Hou Yi, the hourly newscaster, and it's 8 o'clock in the evening...

"At 102:[-] p.m., a small fire broke out in a factory on the [-]nd floor, killing one person and injuring three. The open fire has now been extinguished, and material losses are being counted. The director of the company's board of directors and vice president Ji Ze emphasized again: 'The fire is ruthless, Alarm bells ringing '...

"Starting tomorrow, the No. [-] reactor unit of the 'Energy Zone' will be officially shut down for maintenance, and the energy rationing of all employees will be reduced by a quarter, and the recovery time is to be determined...

"Sun Chuci, the chief scientist of the 'Geothermal Research Institute', said that he has been trying to establish a better geothermal utilization model, which can bring more benefits to the 'living area' while maintaining the best environment for some plots in the 'inner ecological zone'." A certain change in temperature at night...

"At 6:40 p.m., a quarrel broke out in the 'staff canteen' on the 577th floor. A certain employee accused the canteen's catering staff of being unfair. For the same meat dish, his order was about one-tenth less. The 'order supervision team' on this floor has intervened. investigation……

"From 7:20 to 30 in the evening, two male employees fought each other in the 'Activity Center' on the 414th floor. The 'Order Supervision Team' on this floor has been involved in the investigation. The results of the unified marriage are related to...

"...

"...At the end of the news, it is still a cappella song, I hope you like it, thank you.

"..."

Shang Jianyao was lying on the bed where the light of the street lamps could not reach him, listening to the radio with a calm expression, without any movement.

Before he knew it, he fell asleep.

When he woke up, the street lights outside had been turned off, and the surroundings were pitch black.

The cold air permeated the room at night, and Shang Jianyao found that he had taken off his clothes at some point, shrunk into the quilt, and covered the quilt with the dark green thick cotton coat beside the bed.

He didn't have a clock, so he didn't know what time it was, but he was sure it wasn't 6:30 in the morning because the street lights weren't on yet.

He estimated and found that he fell asleep before 08:30 last night, more than two hours earlier than normal, so he woke up earlier than normal.

Feeling the swelling of the lower abdomen for a few seconds, Shang Jian Yao picked up a clumsy flashlight with a black plastic shell from the side of the pillow, and pushed the switch forward.

A beam of condensed light shot out, reflecting the sink diagonally opposite.

"I forgot to wash my face, brush my teeth, and soak my feet..." Shang Jianyao muttered, threw off the quilt, and got out of bed.

In the company, except for the higher-level employees and managers who can be assigned to separate bathrooms, everyone else can only go to the big bathhouse attached to the "activity center" to take a bath.

Except for some employees with special positions who need to wash their bodies every day, everyone is limited to twice a week, which expires and cannot be accumulated.

After getting out of bed, Shang Jianyao didn't delay, put on the dark green thick cotton coat, held a flashlight, opened the door in a hurry, and went straight to the public toilet at the end of the street.

The batteries in the flashlight are part of the energy quota, and he dare not waste it—many employees have wooden barrels, spittoons and other things at home, so as not to go out at night, but unfortunately, those things also need to be donated to replace them.

At this time, the public toilet was empty and no one was there, and the sensor lights lit up with the sound of Shang Jianyao's footsteps, which was quite dim.

After solving the physical problems, Shang Jianyao walked out of the public restroom, ready to go home.

Just then, he saw a beam of light obviously coming from a flashlight coming from around the corner of the aisle.

A few seconds later, a man wearing the same dark green cotton coat as Shang Jianyao walked by quickly, turning to the place opposite to the public toilet.

Shang Jian Yao stared at it for two seconds, then suddenly turned off the flashlight, trotted silently in the darkness, and ran towards the small ball of light created by the opponent.

Soon, he approached the man and found that it was a middle-aged employee from a nearby block. He had to call him Uncle Shen Du.

"Hi!" He suddenly jumped out of the "darkness" and patted the other person on the shoulder.

Shen Du shook his hand and almost threw the flashlight to the ground.

He looked at Shang Jianyao with horror on his face, and said with a sigh of relief:

"Xiao Shang, you scared me to death!

"In the middle of the night, don't approach me so suddenly to say hello!"

Shang Jian Yao smiled and said:

"Good evening, Uncle Shen, I want to ask what time is it?"

"It's not yet 6 o'clock." Shen Du responded subconsciously.

Outside his house, there is a "crossroad" with a wall clock.

"Uncle Shen, where are you going?" Shang Jianyao glanced left and right.

"I'll go, go to the toilet..." Shen Du closed his mouth halfway through.

The direction he walked completely deviated from the nearest public restroom.

Under the light of the flashlight, his gentle face was blue and white, and he didn't know whether it was frozen by the cold air at night or for some other reason.

Organized the language, Shen Du forced a smile and said:

"I went to the public toilet in District C. Hey, when I was playing in the 'Activity Center' last night, something was dropped there. I just woke up and found it. I wanted to find it quickly."

Shang Jian Yao nodded, his dark brown eyes seemed to be stained with the pure black around him.

He laughed and said:

"Look, Uncle Shen, you are wearing a green coat, and I am also wearing a green coat. You are a man, and I am also a man."

Shen Du was confused for a while, and then suddenly realized:

"So, we are parishioners!"

He suddenly became enthusiastic:

"You also went to listen to the 'Guide' sermon?"

"Yes." Shang Jianyao replied with a smile.

Chapter 7 Sermons

Shen Du immediately smiled and said:

"Go there, be careful to avoid..."

Before he finished speaking, he looked up at the ceiling and signaled Shang Jianyao to be careful.

Surveillance cameras are installed on every floor of the "living area", but the number is not many, only at key intersections and indoor public places.

In comparison, no matter the "inner ecological zone" or the "factory zone", the number of surveillance cameras is much more, but it is far less than the "research zone" and "management zone".

Shang Jianyao followed Shen Du's gaze, looked at the intersection ahead, and said with a smile:

"It probably wasn't on at all."

"That's right." Shen Du actually agreed with Shang Jianyao's statement.

This is because similar situations in the company are too common. From time to time, it is revealed that a certain device has been damaged long ago and has been unusable. It is usually just a matter of putting it there.

It is said that this is related to the chaos when some surviving humans hurriedly retreated into the underground building when the old world was destroyed.

Moreover, it has been 46 years since the new calendar. It is very normal for some equipment to be damaged. The corresponding production line may not be rebuilt due to shortage of resources, loss of technology, lack of data, etc., so it cannot be replaced or repaired.

"However, you still have to be careful, the company has always been very strict about religious beliefs." Shen Du warned, holding a flashlight, and walked forward.

At the intersection, he turned off the flashlight, and turned to the right by carefully moving against the wall.

Shang Jianyao followed behind him, and once again turned his attention to the surveillance camera on the ceiling of the intersection.

There's a red dot that's blinking slowly.

Shang Jianyao looked at the red dot, and suddenly raised his hands, pinched both cheeks, and pulled up the corners of his mouth.

He made a face.

Then, he rubbed the muscles of his face that had been irritated by the flashlight, learned to be calm, and moved against the wall.

After wandering around like this for a while, Shen Du stopped in front of Gate 35 in Area A.

He immediately raised his left hand and tapped three times.

"New life is like the sun." A deliberately low voice came from the room.

Shen Du stretched his neck forward, and responded with the same deep voice:

"Life is the most important thing."

With a creak, the door opened, and a dim yellow light flowed out, shaking slightly.

"This is?" The woman who opened the door saw Shang Jianyao behind Shen Du.

She is in her thirties and has obviously undergone genetic modification. She has straight black eyebrows, a straight nose, and raised eyes. She is both beautiful and has her own characteristics.

Shang Jian Yao took a step forward and said sincerely:

"It's my first time participating.

"Uncle Shen led me here."

The woman's slightly frowned brows gradually relaxed, and she said thoughtfully:

"It turned out to be a new church member."

She glanced left and right and got out of the way:

"Come in, don't let anyone see you."

Seeing that the woman recognized Shang Jianyao's identity, Shen Du strode into the room without any doubts and turned off the flashlight.

Shang Jianyao followed behind, looked around, and fully took into account the situation in the room.

This room is much larger than the one he lives in now, and there is a door on the innermost wall, indicating that there is an inner bedroom, bathroom or kitchenette.

This reminded Shang Jianyao of his previous home, which indicated that the owner of this room was either a husband and wife who were both D4 and above, or one of them had reached the D7 team leader level.

The outside room is about [-] meters wide and nearly [-] meters deep. There is a wardrobe and a cabinet next to the innermost wall. A bedside table is separated from these two pieces of furniture by a double bed. It is placed horizontally on the bed. The foot position leaves an aisle leading to the inner bed.

Outside the big bed is a small living room composed of armchairs, square stools, low stools, coffee table, desk, and cloth sofa.

At this time, two candles were lit on the coffee table, creating a dim light, and there were many people sitting around, including men and women, old and strong.

Shang Jian Yao didn't count them in detail, but looking at the posture of the seats being full, he felt that there were at least ten people.

"Xiaoshang, make a registration first." The woman who opened the door took out a soft-shell notebook from nowhere.

Shang Jianyao took the pen and wrote his name on the blank page opened by the other party.

"You know me?" He asked curiously.