doomsday beta

"You mean you found clues to the expansion pack?" Guo Jia jumped up from the chair in the study.

Secretary Chang explained that it was the female passenger who complained about what happened on the plane in her circle of friends before being investigated. It happened that a film school student knew about the film "The Sinking of Japan".

The original work is a best-selling science fiction novel published in the 70s. There are many related film and television dramas, radio dramas, and comic adaptations, and the movies alone have been shot again and again.

"...The author of the original work has long passed away, and the relevant creators are in the lost contact area of ​​Japan. We can only learn about the situation from other sources. However, whether it is the source of the film and related materials on the Internet, or the saved physical DVD recording, they all disappeared strangely like the world evaporated. .Now we can only find some relevant insiders.”

Secretary Chang explained and took the chairman to the reception room.

The geologists, famous film critics, and film school professors inside have been waiting for a long time. Among them, a young student who got in because of the comments from the circle of friends clasped his hands and exuded layers of sticky sweat. He didn't understand how he appeared here. , Nervously, the nervous heart thumped, and when Guo Da, whom he had only seen in the news broadcast in the past, pushed the door in, other bigwigs stood up and shook hands with the chairman. The student tripped himself in a hurry, almost Just fell into the arms of the most beloved Da Da, and the whole person was about to suffocate!

Guo Jia supported the young man, patted him on the arm, and was very approachable, "Don't be nervous, I'm here to understand the situation, and we all sit down and talk."

The young student sat back in the corner with a bewildered expression. The place where he had been photographed felt faintly hot, his face flushed red, and he couldn't tell whether it was excitement or nervousness.

The other bosses beside him have already told the chairman about the plot of "The Sinking of Japan".Although he spoke clearly and fluently, just looking at the confusion flashing in his eyes, he knew that even though the experienced bosses were not as fearful as he was, the reason for meeting the chairman was still inexplicable and incomprehensible.But this does not affect their eloquence, but seeing that the chairman is very devoted to listening, with a serious face, and occasionally a thoughtful face, the bosses can't hold it anymore!

Affected by Guo Jia's serious attitude, their tone of voice became hesitant and cautious, as if they were reporting some major national event?

But God knows, they were just telling stories!

"So, in the story, Dr. Tasho investigated the abnormal phenomena of the Japanese Trench and predicted that Japan would sink to the bottom of the sea within a year. Although the time of sinking in the adaptation works is different, no one speculates that it is 247 days?"

Everyone here nods.

"So, depending on the version, there can be two endings: 1. The plan to prevent the sinking failed, and the Japanese archipelago sank into the sea, and the citizens became rootless people drifting outside; Shen's crux is to retain part of the country and rebuild the homeland on the crumbling old land."

Everyone here nods and nods.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you for your cooperation." Guo Jia got up and said goodbye to the guests.

The old and young who were politely sent away went out with a dazed look on their faces, and then Secretary Chang earnestly instructed them not to spread the conversation outside, it felt like experiencing a fantasy dream!If this kind of thing spreads out, no one will believe it, right?

The young student who was in the mist couldn't help pinching his face, wondering if he hadn't woken up yet?

So, they were carefully invited and sent away, as if they were not full of nonsense but high-level state secrets?

But in fact... just drinking tea, chatting, and telling stories?

Uh, okay.

Maybe Guo Dada is really a fan of disaster works?

Who in this world doesn't allow big shots to have little-known little hobbies without eating, drinking, and sleeping?Seek help from folks if you can't find resources online?As the student left, he thought happily, at least he was still in close contact with his most beloved Da Da, and talked for a while, and added some details every now and then. This matter is enough for him to brag about for a lifetime!

When Secretary Chang sent the man back, he saw that the chairman was flipping through the meeting records, comparing the investigation reports, from the NPC Toshio Onodera to the time limit for customs clearance, and was lost in thought.

"You said that the Japanese anomaly is really related to "Noah's Ark"?"

Secretary Chang replied: "The current experience in Japan is indeed puzzling, and it is difficult to explain it from a scientific point of view. Perhaps only time can verify whether the matter is true or not."

"I hope all this is just our overthinking..."

……

The two and one beast listened to Fang Zhou's story about Toshio Onodera's heroic tragedy of sacrificing himself for the people and burying himself in the sea. It was getting dark, and they each found a place on the boat to sleep first.

It didn't take long for them to wake up from the nightmare.

Fang Zhou sat up on the swaying boat, calmed down his heartbeat, and broke free from the reappearance of the car accident in his dream. He glanced at Li Hammer, who was covered in cold sweat and was also terrified, and looked up at the main reason for the shaking of the hull:

For some reason, Nian Beast was panting heavily with red eyes, chasing the yellow sun like a mad cow.

The young man with yellow hair was probably so frightened that he didn't yell like usual.

After Fang Zhou got up to stop Nian Beast, the boy sat down with a look of fear.

"My mother! Since I graduated from kindergarten, brother, I have never been woken up by my dream again." Li Chui patted his chest, inhaled deeply and exhaled smoothly, finally recovering.

He caught a glimpse of Huang Yangyang's neck inadvertently, and said in surprise: "My dear, your wound has healed so quickly, there is no scar at all..."

Hearing this, Fang Zhou glanced at the scabbed fingertips.

Li Chui leaned forward and touched Huang Yangyang's smooth and clean skin. He looked like a wretched uncle. What kind of holy medicine is hidden? Well, you boy! Just now we asked for the medicine for you, and you were injured like that. You still have the medicine and you still don’t make a sound. It’s not a joke!!!”

Fang Zhou walked to the bow of the boat, looked at every lighted boat on the dark river, frowned suddenly, then turned to look at Li Chui, "Do you feel that the boat on the other side is getting farther and farther away from us?"

Li Chui immediately let go of Huang Sunyang and walked over, the weight of the ninety kilograms made the bow of the boat sink.

"Huh? It seems to be farther away than before." Li Chui stepped on his feet and raised his hand to look around. Suddenly, he was shocked and found that there was a quest ring on his wrist.Under the bright yellow light at the bow, a thin layer against the dark complexion is particularly conspicuous, "Isn't it still dawn? Why has the mission already started?"

Fang Zhou looked around the lake and frowned, "This is not right."

"You were the one who came into contact with that boatman at that time, so please tell me carefully." Fang Zhou took Li Hammer and sat back.

When I heard Li Zhui say that the boatman had cast the net three times, I always felt that it sounded familiar, but I couldn’t remember it for a while, “Did you see that he finally caught the fish?”

"I didn't pay attention to that." At that time, he was only paying attention to Nian Beast.

Li Chui rummaged back and forth on the small boat, but found nothing.He patted his forehead and said: "I'm stupid, this boatman didn't even leave us the oars, even if there were any clues, he would have taken them away."

"There must be clues. The game will not have an unsolvable game, but we didn't notice it."

Fang Zhou was sitting cross-legged, Nian Beast leaned over and nestled next to its legs, with its scarlet eyes open, as if it had just encountered a thrilling thing.But what can happen on such a small ship?Earlier, he clearly used the voice of Ark telling stories as a lullaby, lying beside him and closing his eyes for a nap.

Fang Zhou stroked its fur to appease its emotions, then suddenly raised his head and asked:

"Has every passenger on board had a nightmare?"

"I am! The shadows of my childhood have been revealed to me, and I don't know why I dreamed of that guy who killed a thousand swords!"

Thinking about it now, Li Chui still feels a little scared. He always thought that he had forgotten about the violent boy, but he never thought that in his dream, he would return to the moment when he came back from the kindergarten alone at a young age and pushed open the door.The cold mother was lying in the porch, still maintaining a posture of struggling to crawl out, and the dazzling blood stained his eyes red.In childhood memories, there are only messes, broken cups and plates, empty wine bottles falling, crooked tables and chairs, bent iron rods, and the knife barreled on the mother's chest.

In the dream, he pulled out the knife, rushed into the bedroom, and stabbed the drunk man lying on the bed to death. ——Using a death method a hundred times and ten thousand times worse than his mother's, he cut the man's flesh with a knife.But in fact, he was too young to fight against a strong adult at all!He used to just rush in with tears and howl and go mad at that scumbag, his small fists were like buzzing flies, except for disturbing people, there was no more powerful resistance.

In the end, he was kicked by the man and broke his ribs, lying on the ground and twitching.

Even later... until he fell asleep, he thought he had already forgotten all these old things buried deep in his memory.

It is conceivable that although the body's self-protection mechanism locks these childhood shadows into a box, the excessive pursuit of a strong body all the time may be the indelible resentment of being weak and powerless at that time. govern his behaviour.

Fang Zhou glanced over the restless Nian Beast, Li Chui who was still in fear, and Huang Sun who fell out of the situation, "Only you don't have nightmares?"

Not waiting for the yellow sun to respond - although the yellow sun didn't respond either.

Since waking up, this kid has been a little dull and outrageous, I don't know what's wrong?

The question in Fang Zhou's heart has turned into affirmation.

He followed the quietly flowing water and looked across.

In the silent night, even the sound of the breeze blowing across the water can be clearly captured.

From a distance, several players on the opposite ship were yelling. It was summer in the game, but the faint voice was calling "cold".

Fangzhou sent Li Chui, a diplomatic expert, "Talk to the other party."

"I've tried it before, but I can't hear it at all."

"It's different." Fang Zhou said: "According to the game time, seven or eight o'clock was the lively dinner time before, and there may be interference settings from living noises. Now it's past ten o'clock, and it's sleeping time, so there aren't too many noises. Much clearer than during the day."

Li Chui thought so, put his hand over his mouth like a trumpet, and yelled towards the opposite side.

It didn't take long to get a response. The voice from afar was still trembling, as if suffering from the cold wind, asking if there were any clothes to support them here, and they were about to freeze to death on the other side.

Li Hammer looked at Fang Zhou, waiting for the next instruction.

"I can't send any clothes." After Fang Zhou finished speaking, Li Chui was about to reply, when he was suddenly stopped, "Wait a minute."

Fang Zhou walked to the side of the boat, put his hand into the river to feel it, raised his head and said, "Ask them whether they are upstream or downstream."

Li Chui finished asking inexplicably, and got the same blank reply: Adverse Current.

Looking at Fang Zhou thoughtfully, Li Chui came over and said, "You have an idea."

Ark opened the map panel, and the opposite side was in the south and north direction of their coordinates.

If the coordinates of the boats scattered on the river are connected diagonally, they will appear in pairs as expected.

No wonder Li Chui yelled in the afternoon, but there was only a response from the opposite side. The thick fog separating the ships should have a sound insulation effect, making each group a space of its own.

The Ark looked away from a point where countless lines converged in the middle of the river.road:

"...If you guessed right, "The North Wind and the Sun" is actually their title. The direction of the water flow has already been hinted: it affects the forward movement of the ship—that is, the resistance we receive comes from the opposite side. As time goes by, the distance between the two ships The distance will be pushed farther and farther by the current, which means: the distance of sound transmission is getting longer and longer, and it also means that the efficiency of communication between the two ships is getting lower and lower. Once they are pushed back to the shore, the possibility of the two teams exchanging information It will be reduced to zero, and it will also be the end of the task countdown."