The Return of Cambrian Period
Chapter 1
"At 4:27 p.m., a magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurred in the Golmud area of Qinghai Province, with an amplitude of hundreds of kilometers..."
"An 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Golmud area of Qinghai this afternoon. The epicenter was uninhabited for a radius of [-] miles. No casualties have been reported yet..."
Cong Xia quickly scanned the earthquake information that kept popping up.The earthquake was also being discussed in the game group, and his fingers were tapped on the keyboard quickly: "I can feel it from such a distance, it woke me up!"
"Fortunately, it's in no man's land, level 8.8, you'll die in any city."
"I feel it all."
"What is Yunnan, I feel it in Beijing."
"I feel it too..."
Discussions in the group were in full swing, and Cong Xia was a little lost. He looked at his watch, and it was already past six o'clock in the afternoon.On weekends and weekends, he stayed up late playing DOTA, and he didn't go to bed until four o'clock in the morning. He slept until he was woken up by the earthquake just now.But the earthquake was far away from him, so he didn't care much.
He rubbed his tousled hair, took a shower in the bathroom, and then neatly made two dishes and one soup for himself, and ate while chasing Xin Fan.Just halfway through his meal, his cell phone rang. When he looked at the caller ID, he lost his appetite. The caller was his female boss. Usually, it would be no good to find him at this time. He sighed and connected the phone: "Hi , President Jiang."
"Xiao Cong, where are you at home?"
"No, just playing outside with a group of friends."
"Don't lie, I know you are at home just by hearing your background voice, and you don't have a girlfriend, so would you go to such a quiet place with a group of friends?"
Cong Xia smiled wryly and said, "President Jiang, I surrendered, can I go to the company now?"
"I'm sorry to take up your time on Sunday. Come here quickly. The customer just reported to me that there is a loophole in the website. You can solve it."
Cong Xia thought to himself, what's the use of being embarrassed with your bare mouth, give me overtime pay, your uncle.After thinking about it, he changed his clothes helplessly and prepared to go to the company.Before he left, he must not be the only one who thought of going to work overtime. He took out the steamed meat buns from the refrigerator last night, warmed up a few and took them with him.
The house he rents is close to the company, and it takes only 10 minutes to ride there.He went upstairs while listening to the song. The lights in the office were indeed on, but only the office area was lit, and the front desk was still a bit dark, but it didn't affect his walking. He could walk this road with his eyes closed.But today for some reason, when he was passing by a potted plant, he suddenly tripped, /// his body threw himself forward uncontrollably, and he fell, not to mention eating shit, and the insulated box in his hand also fell out.
With a loud bang, everyone in the office was called out: "Who is it?"
Cong Xia lay on the ground and howled: "Me."
The two older colleagues came out to take a look, and laughed loudly: "Xiao Cong, what are you doing, you can fall over such a flat tile."
Cong Xia got up from the ground: "Something is tripping me..." Before he finished speaking, a big brother turned on the light, and several people looked behind Cong Xia.
"Huh?" They all made surprised voices.
The bonsai pine that the company placed in the foreground has thick branches stretched out of the flowerpot, and a section of branch even hangs down to the ground, Cong Xia was tripped by it, he wondered: "This...how did it grow so fast? "The potted plants in the company are taken care of regularly. It is impossible for them to grow like this without being cleaned up. The key is that Cong Xia remembered that there was nothing abnormal about the bonsai pine when he got off work the day before yesterday. Did everyone miss it?
The elder brother of the colleague said in amazement: "Yeah, it has grown so big? Why didn't I remember it? I didn't notice it when I passed by just now."
"Maybe it's because it's been here all year round, so everyone didn't pay attention to it. Let someone come and trim it tomorrow. Xiao Cong, are you okay?"
"It's all right." Cong Xia got up from the ground, and he looked at the bonsai pine again, always feeling a little strange in his heart.
"What is this?" The elder brother of the colleague picked up the insulated box from the ground.
Cong Xia smiled and said, "Oh, the buns I made yesterday, we'll definitely be hungry after we're busy."
"Haha, Xiao Cong is the most virtuous in the whole company, not even a girl." The elder brother of the colleague patted him on the shoulder.
The other also said: "No, last time I went to Xiao Cong's house, the room was so clean that I was ashamed to step on it."
Cong Xia smiled embarrassedly: "Let's finish our work quickly so we can go back to sleep."
Cong Xia is a network engineer and has been working in this company for almost three years after graduation.Although the salary is not high and he often works overtime, he is a happy-go-lucky person. He has food, housing and a peaceful life, so he doesn't bother to change anything.
The three of them worked until after eleven o'clock in the evening, and finally fixed the bug. After communicating with the customer, they were ready to go home.
The elder brother of the colleague thought of the buns that Cong Xia brought: "Hey, let's eat Xiao Cong's buns, I'm really hungry."
"Eat and eat."
Opening the insulated box, the steamed stuffed bun was still warm. My brother-in-law grabbed it and took a bite. After chewing twice, he frowned: "Xiao Cong, when did you make this steamed stuffed bun?"
"Last night."
"Is it in the refrigerator?"
"Let it go, what's wrong?"
"It doesn't seem fresh to eat."
"No way." Cong Xia took a bite of the bun, the taste of the bun was really wrong, Cong Xia said depressedly, "How could this happen, I just wrapped it last night, and put it in the refrigerator immediately after it was done... ..."
The elder brother of the colleague said: "It's been hot these two days, it's a pity."
Cong Xia was quite puzzled.The meat was newly bought, wrapped it up and put it in the refrigerator immediately, and put it in an insulated box after reheating before going out. It only took three or four hours, so it shouldn’t be spoiled anyway.He threw the steamed stuffed bun into the trash can distressedly, and said embarrassedly: "I'm hungry too, I invite you to have a snack."
"Okay, let's go."
The three of them chatted all over the building and walked to the nearby food stall.
Walking to the food stall street, a lot of people surrounded a shop, noisy.Everyone has the psychology of watching the excitement, so they walked towards that area, and when they got closer, they realized that it was a table of guests and the boss who had a quarrel because of the freshness of the ingredients.They became louder and louder. Suddenly, a hot-tempered female customer went up and pushed the boss. The boss was pushed two or three meters away in full view, and fell directly onto the road, almost hitting her. Cong Xia.
Everyone was stunned.Because the boss didn't retreat two or three meters backwards, but his feet left the ground, flew out two or three meters, and fell to the ground.The boss was a fat man with a height of 1.8 meters and a round waist. The female customer who pushed him was less than 1.6 meters tall and looked very thin. It was impossible to push the boss.And she not only pushed it, but also pushed it so far, even a person who has received special training is unlikely to push an adult who weighs [-] pounds and subconsciously stabilizes his figure so far!
The noisy food stall suddenly fell silent.The female guest was also stunned, looking at her hands in a daze.
"Hercules." Someone exclaimed, and the people around exploded, asking the female guest if she had practiced. The female guest blushed and panicked more than the boss, and hurriedly dragged her friend away.
After this little episode, the three of them chose a food stall for supper, and they inevitably talked about the earthquake in Qinghai.Cong Xia, who has always been talkative, has no interest in this topic. He always feels that everything around him is starting to be very different. Many pretentious details make him feel puzzled, but he has no direction to think about.
He has been very curious since he was a child, has a wide range of interests, and loves to study very much. He will spend his time researching everything he is interested in.He once spent two months researching mahogany/// because he accompanied his friends to choose furniture. He also became interested in assembly line machines because he visited a mechanical processing factory and spent half a year trying to design a more efficient and energy-saving one. machine.In short, he is a careful and sensitive person, and he likes to observe the surroundings carefully. Since he woke up in the afternoon, there have been many things that he can't explain. These things will definitely be ignored in the eyes of others, but he is He felt that something was different, and that premonition was very strong, which made him very uncomfortable.It was a fear of the unknown.
Returning home worried, Cong Xia felt very tired. He thought it must be because he was so tired last night that he was so tired that he was thinking wildly.
Sleeping until midnight, Cong Xia was suddenly awakened by a scream.The house he rented was facing the street, on the third floor. The scream was so close that it was right next to his ears. It was very ear-piercing. He sat up suddenly from the bed, opened the curtains and looked downstairs.Under the dim streetlights, a woman fell to the ground, and a cat confronted her with fur all over its body. The woman backed away in horror, leaving a bloodstain on the ground.
Cong Xia was very surprised, no matter what, it is impossible for an adult to beat a cat.He quickly put on his pants, ran downstairs, and heard another scream in the corridor.His heart trembled, and he rushed out, the scene in front of him made his hair stand on end.
The gray-black wild cat pounced on the woman's face, frantically scratching and biting her head, face and neck. The woman struggled desperately, but couldn't shake it off, and could only roll and scream on the ground.
Cong Xia didn't think much, went up and kicked the wild cat. The wild cat howled and was kicked aside, but quickly got up from the ground and stared fiercely at Cong Xia, with abnormal green eyes. Light.Cong Xia is not a bold person, but based on common sense, he really does not think that a grown man should be afraid of a cat. This woman must have drunk too much so her limbs are weak, and this cat is obviously crazy.The wild cat arched its entire back and roared angrily at Cong Xia, but it dared not approach after roaring several times. Cong Xia stomped his feet suddenly, and the wild cat turned and ran away.Cong Xia heaved a sigh of relief. Although he was not afraid of the cat, it would definitely be uncomfortable to be bitten, not to mention that the cat was still sick.
He quickly knelt down///to check the woman's wounds. The woman's face was bitten several times, even though the wound was not deep, but it was definitely disfigured. The more severe wound came from her neck, where the cat scratched A very long and deep wound was bitten out, and the blood flowed profusely.Cong Xia quickly found her phone and called 120. When the ambulance arrived, she asked the doctor to notify her family members before going upstairs to rest.
After going back, he couldn't sleep anymore, and there was still more than an hour before dawn, and he repeatedly thought about what happened today in bed, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.Is he too sensitive, or is there really something going on around him?
He turned over and suddenly remembered that he was in a hurry to go to the office today, and he forgot to wash the dishes for dinner in the kitchen. He couldn't sleep anyway, so he got up and cleaned the kitchen.When he saw the leftovers of his meal in the kitchen, he only felt a chill from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet.He left home at [-]:[-] pm, it was [-]:[-] am, and in just [-] hours, the leftovers from dinner started to grow hair!It's normal for summer food to spoil outdoors, but these leftovers look like they've been stored for four or five days. How could bacteria mutate so quickly? This doesn't conform to scientific laws.
Cong Xia rushed to the cabinet and opened a box of the yogurt he bought yesterday. An abnormal sour smell came out of his nostrils. He went crazy and took all the dry goods and food that could be stored at room temperature for a long time. When they came out, they were all, without exception, broken.He was dumbfounded.
He rushed back to the bedroom again, turned on the computer, and quickly typed keywords such as "food goes bad quickly" into the search engine. As a result, a lot of new information appeared, all of which were netizens from all over the country claiming that things in their homes were rotting at an abnormal speed. broken.Cong Xia extracted the IP addresses of the information, entered it into the statistical software, and found that most of the information was sent from the central and western regions, while those who objected, saying that there was nothing unusual about the food, were all from the southeastern region.
This result surprised Cong Xia. A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he remembered the earthquake in the afternoon.He searched all large websites, collected the IP addresses of relevant information, and further concluded that the closer the place is to the Golmud area in Qinghai, the more serious the rapid deterioration of food, and the farther away from Golmud, the less this phenomenon. Even in the three northeastern provinces and the southeastern coastal area, there is no abnormality at all.
The phenomenon of food spoilage accelerated, like the aftershocks of an earthquake, centered in Golmud, and continued to spread to the whole country.There must be something wrong with this earthquake!
Cong Xia posted his analysis results to a hacker forum he often hung out with. Unexpectedly, at four or five o'clock in the morning, he still got a quick response. Some experts in the forum continued to join the ranks of analysis.They posted posts on major forums to attract comments. In just one hour, the scope of accelerated food spoilage spread from the Yunnan area to the Central Plains. They analyzed and compared the data of the last four hours and found that it only takes another three to four hours. , the three northeastern provinces farthest from Qinghai and the southeast coast will also be affected.Accelerated food corruption is like a plague, with the epicenter of Golmud as the core, spreading to the whole country at an extremely terrifying speed, and no one knows what happened.
Then, comments about the rapid growth of plants began to emerge on the Internet. A netizen posted two photos of the exterior wall of his house.The first photo was taken three days ago, and the bougainvillea only occupied a small area on the outer wall of his house, but in the second photo, the bougainvillea has covered the entire wall of his three-story villa.Netizens claimed that the bougainvillea grew overnight. When he woke up, he found that he could not see the sunlight. When he went out to have a look, he found that the bougainvillea had completely covered the window!
At around 2012:[-] in the morning, more people woke up from their sleep, and various strange phenomena continued to appear in areas closer to Qinghai, such as rapidly deteriorating food, wildly growing plants, and stray animals showing extreme aggressiveness.It has only been a dozen hours since the earthquake yesterday afternoon, and the whole country has fallen into a strange situation, and this situation is still getting worse as time goes by.More and more people are aware of the impact of the earthquake. Although the TV media has not made any sound yet, it cannot stop the mouths of hundreds of millions of netizens. Rumors are everywhere on the Internet, and all kinds of sensational speculations emerge in an endless stream.Rumors about the apocalypse in [-] seemed to emerge at this time, and an ordinary Monday morning turned into a day of panic for the whole people.
The more Cong Xia paid attention to the situation, the more frightened he became. Just as he was frantically searching for relevant information, his cell phone rang.When he saw that it was the boss's phone call, he woke up suddenly. He was already late for work, so he quickly answered the phone: "Hey, Mr. Jiang, I'm going to the company now..."
Mr. Jiang's voice was extremely flustered: "Xiao Cong, don't come, something happened to the company."
Cong Xia was actually not too surprised. He was in Kunming, not far from Qinghai, and it was also an early batch of areas where accelerated food corruption occurred.According to the regional relationship they deduced, Yunnan could not escape, but he was not surprised at all, he was quite afraid, after all, the species imbalance occurred overnight, which is a major event affecting all mankind.He took a deep breath: "Boss Jiang, what happened to the company?"
"Do you remember the bonsai pine in front of the company?"
"Huh? Has it grown up?"
"how do you know?"
"I went to work last night and tripped over its branch, how old is it?"
Mr. Jiang's tone trembled, with deep fear: "The entire external office area is almost occupied by it."
Cong Xia only felt cold all over his body.No matter how lucky he is, he understands that some terrible changes have really taken place in the world he lives in.As far as the current situation is concerned, the main problem is the rapid growth and mutation of organisms, such as the crazy growth and gigantic growth of bougainvillea and bonsai pine, food spoilage caused by accelerated bacterial reproduction, and weak creatures such as stray cats and dogs suddenly have Aggressive.All of these have confirmed this nationwide biological mutation.
Mr. Jiang tremblingly said: "Xiao Cong, do you know what happened? Don't you like reading books the most?"
Cong Xia smiled wryly, "Mr. Jiang, like everyone else, I don't know anything."
President Jiang sighed: "You haven't gone out today, have you?"
"no."
"Go outside and have a look, it's already messed up."
Cong Xia hung up the phone, opened the curtains and looked out, the neighborhood he was familiar with had changed drastically overnight.The weeds that emerged from the gaps in the pavement floor tiles had grown to the height of a person's ankles, but passers-by on the road had no time to pay attention to them. Everyone looked hurried and flustered.On a Monday morning that should have been extremely congested, there were not many cars on the road, and no one was in a hurry to go to work or school. The seeds of fear were taking root in people's hearts, and the atmosphere of anxiety spread faster than the virus.Just three hours ago, only he and the people in the hacker forum were aware of the change in the environment. In the blink of an eye, most of the people who woke up realized the seriousness of the situation.
Cong Xia drew the curtains and sat back on the bed, sweating profusely.Calm down, calm down.He has been a nerd and a top student since he was a child. He has no special skills. He is just a little bit smarter thanks to his parents' inheritance. Due to his wide range of knowledge and meticulous thinking, he can usually analyze problems faster than those around him. But for For this chaos without warning, only two big words appeared in his mind: doomsday.How ridiculous, just yesterday, he felt that "2012 the end of the world" is just a rumor that merchants make up every few years to promote shopping desire.But "Doomsday" is not just speculation.If species variation has reached such a level in just a dozen hours, it is conceivable that tomorrow those weeds will pave the roads that humans have worked so hard to build. Due to the accelerated corruption of food, humans will soon fall into a food crisis, and even more Not to mention those omnivores that gradually become vicious and large, they are also mutating in the footsteps of plants and microorganisms.If this situation does not stop, he can conclude that within three days, the order of the entire human society will collapse, and the areas affected by the earthquake will become hell.Is the end really coming?Did the prophecy about the end come true?
The clearer Cong Xia's mind became, the more frightened she became.He is just an ordinary office worker, living an ordinary life from nine to five, never thinking that life can have any major changes.But in an instant, he will face the end of the world when all species will mutate.He has average intelligence and mediocre physical fitness. Once the social order collapses, he can say that he has no advantage in surviving in the last days. How can he not be afraid.When he returned to the computer desk, several QQ groups were frantically bouncing news, whichever one he opened was all kinds of speculation about the end of the world.Major forums and web portals also reported on the overnight change. People began to rush to buy daily necessities, and everyone felt insecure.He knew that it was too late to go to the supermarket to stockpile food at this time. First, there were a lot of people in the supermarket, and second, according to the current rate of food spoilage, no matter how much food was grabbed, as long as it couldn't be refrigerated, it would spoil within a few hours.
The food problem is the most urgent right now... Cong Xia took out all the vacuum-packed food that hadn't spoiled at home, and these foods haven't spoiled yet.He is a good eater and can cook. He has a lot of food reserves at home. It is safe to vacuum pack and store in the refrigerator.These foods are enough for him to eat for at least a month, provided that the food can be stored for a month.After tidying up the food, he called the only relative he still had contact with—his second uncle in Beijing, but he found that there was no signal on the phone.He rushed back to the computer again. Fortunately, the network was not disconnected. He sent an email to his second uncle. The email was written in a mess, just like his current mind.
After doing all this, he was already sweating from exhaustion.He thought that it would be a good thing for him to have no father, mother, wife and children at this time, because he was alone and didn't need to worry about it.The only thing he has to do is to find a way to keep himself alive.He went around the house, looking for something to use as a weapon. Once the animals started to mutate, those usually weak animals might become his enemies. He thought of the cat that attacked humans last night, and he felt a little scared .
While the house was full of work, someone suddenly rang the doorbell of his house.Cong Xia leaned in front of the cat and took a look. It was a man outside, wearing a camouflage uniform and a hat. He couldn't see his face clearly: "Excuse me, who is it?"
"Are you Cong Xia?" A deep voice came from outside the door.
"Yes, may I ask who are you?" Cong Xia opened the door, and there was a security door between them.
The man raised his chin slightly, without much expression on his face, his eyes were very indifferent, but Cong Xia was dumbfounded, because this young man was so good-looking, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, straight nose and thin lips, deep and handsome facial features He is also very tall. He has lived such a big life. He has never seen a man who can look so perfect in reality. He is not like a real person.
Cong Xia stammered, "Who are you?" This person should be a soldier, not only because he is wearing a camouflage uniform, but also because of his firm and upright temperament, which fits the image of a soldier very well.
"Cong Xia, open the door." The man spat out these four words forcefully.
Cong Xia frowned, feeling that this person was not very friendly.
"I was sent by Professor Cong Zhenzhong to pick you up."
"My second uncle? Why?" His second uncle is an expert in paleontology. He is now working in a research institute in Beijing. After their parents passed away, they have never seen each other again, and they rarely communicate with each other. They only talk on the phone during Chinese New Year every year. Not very deep.
"Don't talk nonsense, open the door."
Cong Xia's scalp tingled for a while, why is this person so rude, can't he just speak up?He hesitated to open the door.
The soldier got impatient, the next moment, a black gun barrel came in through the gap of the anti-theft door, he didn't speak, just looked at Cong Xia coldly.
Cong Xia was so frightened that her legs shook and she opened the door tremblingly.
After the man entered the door, he quickly said, "I'm taking you to Beijing now, bring all the vacuum-packed food at home, and don't bring anything else."
"Beijing? I don't want to go to Beijing. If the matter continues to mutate, the outside will soon become very dangerous."
"It won't be safe indoors soon enough, and you have no choice but to follow me."
"What happened? You were sent by my second uncle. Do you know something inside? Why did my second uncle send me to Beijing? What happened to the earthquake? Why did everything mutate?"
"evolution."
"what?"
"They call it evolution."
"You mean these mutations, they call it evolution?" Cong Xia chewed these two words slowly, and the more she tasted, the more she felt that it was correct. Those animals, plants and microorganisms, from their own point of view, did evolve.Bigger size, faster reproduction, and aggressiveness are all benefits of evolution, but if they continue to evolve, it will be the end of mankind.The civilization that mankind has worked so hard to build for thousands of years will be destroyed once. "Wait, who are they? My second uncle?"
The man ignored him, walked into the kitchen and began to prepare the food.
Cong Xia froze for a moment.No one can accept that a strange man ran into his house to rummage things. He rushed into the kitchen, grabbed the man's sleeve, and shouted weakly: "This soldier, no matter what, he has a solid place to live far away." Much safer than being exposed, I don't want to... um..."
The man grabbed Cong Xia's neck and pushed Cong Xia against the wall like a chick, his dark and deep eyes were full of danger: "From now on, if you say something I don't need to hear, I will Sew your mouth shut."
Cong Xia's face was flushed due to lack of oxygen, and he looked at the man in front of him in fear.
After Cong Xia was put down, she was completely honest. She stood aside like a daughter-in-law, silently watching the man stuff the edible food into his backpack.He hesitated for a while and asked, "Bingge, why did my second uncle ask me to go to Beijing? His phone is turned off, so I can't get in touch."
The man didn't look back, and threw a note over. Cong Xia grabbed it and opened it. It was a handwritten letter, but the paper was obviously faxed, and it said: Xiao Xia, the words are as good as the face , you must have many questions in your mind, I don’t have time to explain too much, Yunnan is no longer safe, follow Comrade Cheng Tianbi to Beijing to find me, no matter what happens on the way, don’t give up, you must come to Beijing to find me, you are my only relative, I hope we can meet each other - Cong Zhenzhong.
Cong Xia read those short lines several times. Although he couldn't recognize the note, his tone was very similar to his second uncle.Moreover, there is no need for this soldier to be a fake. First of all, he is an insignificant person, and secondly, he can't decide whether to go or not.
Assuming that this letter is true, it reveals a lot of information: First, the living environment of human beings has changed a lot, and it is a dangerous change. The government knows far more than them, and Beijing is definitely safer. The second uncle is a highly respected expert in the field of biology, and he will never be alarmist; second, the changes will only intensify, and Yunnan has not yet reached the level of unsafety, but his second uncle has already made a judgment on the future, so, this time Evolution is not a temporary thing, it will definitely intensify; third, it turns out that this handsome guy is called Cheng Tianbi.
Cong Xia carefully folded the piece of paper and put it in his pocket: "Your name is Cheng Tianbi, did you come from Beijing to pick me up?"
Cheng Tianbi pushed the full backpack into Cong Xia's arms: "I'm on a mission in Yunnan, drop by, let's go."
"Now?" Cong Xia looked around the house he had rented for three years, and left just like that when he couldn't accept it.I'm afraid that once he leaves, it will be completely different when he comes back here, and he may not be able to come back yet.How can the world change so fast?At this time yesterday, he was still in a dark sleep because he stayed up late playing games. In just one day, the end came.
Cheng Tianbi put the big backpack he brought back on his back, and said briefly: "Let's go."
"Just bring these things? I have to bring some daily necessities, documents, etc., and a computer, I must bring the computer." In just 5 minutes, it takes an ordinary person with a comfortable life to prepare for a long-distance trip. Prepare, Cong Xia really can't adjust her state to escape mode.
Cheng Tianbi looked at his watch: "3 minutes."
Cong Xia was stunned for two seconds, and immediately rushed into the bedroom, quickly stuffed the computer into the backpack, then found out the documents and all his savings, brought two sets of clothes, and packed them with sweat profusely. He opened the door, raised his chin, and signaled him to leave quickly.He couldn't stop feeling uncomfortable.In fact, he understands that these things may not be useful. He wishes he had a nightmare. When he wakes up, he can still eat, eat and sleep in his own den. Unfortunately, he has to face the world soberly. .He felt his nose a little sour, and he sighed heavily. Before leaving, he carefully locked the door, and he still looked forward to coming back one day.
The two went downstairs and got into a military jeep. Cong Xia asked, "How do we get there?"
"airplane."
"Oh, that's great." Cong Xia heaved a sigh of relief. It would be much easier to fly, and he will be able to see his second uncle in a few hours. Then he must ask him face to face what is going on in this world.
Cheng Tianbi was driving while observing the growth of the plants on the roadside. Although the above sent a special plane to pick them up, but according to this evolutionary speed, it is not known whether the take-off of the plane will be affected.
Seeing that Cheng Tianbi ignored him and stopped talking, Cong Xia opened his notebook and continued to pay attention to the information on the Internet.Doomsday rumors are flooding the entire Internet, and people continue to post all kinds of weird photos they have taken. There are cats that have evolved to the size of a calf, and willows with branches extending more than ten meters. These are only seen in science fiction movies. The mutated creatures that appeared can be seen everywhere on the Internet at this time.At present, many animals and plants have undergone mutations, but humans... Cong Xia suddenly remembered the strange woman last night. I am afraid that woman is an evolved human being. Otherwise, an ordinary woman cannot have such great strength. .This is very reasonable. Animals, plants and microorganisms have all evolved, and humans may also evolve. However, compared with the speed and scale of animal and plant evolution, there is very little news about human evolution.
As soon as the car turned to the main road, it stopped.
Cong Xia looked up, and there was a long line of cars in front of them, and they couldn't see their heads. All the cars were moving at a slow speed.
Cheng Tianbi frowned, turned the steering wheel violently, and drove the car onto the sidewalk.
Cong Xia was shocked: "What are you doing?"
Cheng Tianbi didn't talk nonsense to him, and rushed forward quickly on the sidewalk.There were no pedestrians on the road, and the weeds seemed denser than when he saw them in the morning. From the rearview mirror, Cong Xia saw some cars driving onto the sidewalk following Cheng Tianbi, running wildly all the way.This road is the most convenient way to go to the expressway in the urban area and to the airport. Do these people want to go out of the city?
Cong Xia said: "So many people want to go out of the city, I'm afraid this road will not pass."
Cheng Tianbi said: "Many people have realized that the closer they are to Qinghai, the less safe they are."
"Why did that earthquake trigger species evolution?"
"do not know."
Cong Xia looked at his profile: "But you must know more than me, can you tell me something?"
It's a pity that Cheng Tianbi didn't intend to answer him, but just looked at the road ahead intently. A large sculpture appeared in front of him, and the sidewalk couldn't go on. He had to turn back to the roadway, but the roadway was already full It's hard to move an inch, Cheng Tianbi made a quick decision: "Get out of the car."
Before Cong Xia could react, Cheng Tianbi had already jumped out of the car, went around to Cong Xia's side, and dragged him down. He said anxiously, "Walking?" It was more than 20 kilometers away.
Cheng Tianbi kicked the car door shut: "Let's go ahead."
Cong Xia followed him with a heavy backpack on his back, and the two walked to the commercial street without knowing it. Cong Xia was very familiar with this street, and his company was here, but when he approached the office building where the company was located, he felt Find yourself not recognizing the place.A thick, huge pine branch came out of the third-floor office window, almost hanging down to the road. Cong Xia was shocked beyond measure. Is it the bonsai pine of their company?
Seeing him stop, Cheng Tianbi urged him with his eyes.
Cong Xia pointed to the pine tree and murmured, "That's our company's bonsai. It used to be only as high as my waist."
Cheng Tianbi looked up at the pine tree: "The speed has increased."
"What speeded up?"
"The speed of evolution."
Cong Xia was depressed by his temper of jumping out a few words. He had an intuition that this soldier brother must know a lot of things that he didn't know, so he must ask carefully when he finds an opportunity.
Cheng Tianbi patted him on the back: "Go."
Cong Xia was still in shock, staring blankly at the pine tree, turning her head every three steps.
Suddenly, he saw Cheng Tianbi's expression change, and his pupils dilated instantly. Then, Cheng Tianbi hugged him tightly and flew away.The two of them rolled two or three meters away before stopping. Cong Xia could only hear a small swishing sound in his ears. He steadied his body and looked back. The bonsai pine branch shot hundreds of pine needles towards the position where they were standing just now. Some of the small dark green pine needles fell to the ground, and some were inserted straight into the gaps in the floor tiles.Cong Xia was still in shock, unable to speak, this bonsai pine was attacking them?If they were shot just now, they might not be fatal, but they must be like hedgehogs, with holes everywhere. When Cong Xia thought of this, he was too scared to move.
Cheng Tianbi picked him up and ran away without stopping. Before they could take two steps, the small swish sound came from behind again, and hundreds of pine needles shot out again, but the range was limited.The two ran for more than 30 meters, and finally determined that the pine needles could not shoot them.Cong Xia felt her calf itching badly. Looking down, she saw that the legs of her trousers and shoes were covered with green
"An 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Golmud area of Qinghai this afternoon. The epicenter was uninhabited for a radius of [-] miles. No casualties have been reported yet..."
Cong Xia quickly scanned the earthquake information that kept popping up.The earthquake was also being discussed in the game group, and his fingers were tapped on the keyboard quickly: "I can feel it from such a distance, it woke me up!"
"Fortunately, it's in no man's land, level 8.8, you'll die in any city."
"I feel it all."
"What is Yunnan, I feel it in Beijing."
"I feel it too..."
Discussions in the group were in full swing, and Cong Xia was a little lost. He looked at his watch, and it was already past six o'clock in the afternoon.On weekends and weekends, he stayed up late playing DOTA, and he didn't go to bed until four o'clock in the morning. He slept until he was woken up by the earthquake just now.But the earthquake was far away from him, so he didn't care much.
He rubbed his tousled hair, took a shower in the bathroom, and then neatly made two dishes and one soup for himself, and ate while chasing Xin Fan.Just halfway through his meal, his cell phone rang. When he looked at the caller ID, he lost his appetite. The caller was his female boss. Usually, it would be no good to find him at this time. He sighed and connected the phone: "Hi , President Jiang."
"Xiao Cong, where are you at home?"
"No, just playing outside with a group of friends."
"Don't lie, I know you are at home just by hearing your background voice, and you don't have a girlfriend, so would you go to such a quiet place with a group of friends?"
Cong Xia smiled wryly and said, "President Jiang, I surrendered, can I go to the company now?"
"I'm sorry to take up your time on Sunday. Come here quickly. The customer just reported to me that there is a loophole in the website. You can solve it."
Cong Xia thought to himself, what's the use of being embarrassed with your bare mouth, give me overtime pay, your uncle.After thinking about it, he changed his clothes helplessly and prepared to go to the company.Before he left, he must not be the only one who thought of going to work overtime. He took out the steamed meat buns from the refrigerator last night, warmed up a few and took them with him.
The house he rents is close to the company, and it takes only 10 minutes to ride there.He went upstairs while listening to the song. The lights in the office were indeed on, but only the office area was lit, and the front desk was still a bit dark, but it didn't affect his walking. He could walk this road with his eyes closed.But today for some reason, when he was passing by a potted plant, he suddenly tripped, /// his body threw himself forward uncontrollably, and he fell, not to mention eating shit, and the insulated box in his hand also fell out.
With a loud bang, everyone in the office was called out: "Who is it?"
Cong Xia lay on the ground and howled: "Me."
The two older colleagues came out to take a look, and laughed loudly: "Xiao Cong, what are you doing, you can fall over such a flat tile."
Cong Xia got up from the ground: "Something is tripping me..." Before he finished speaking, a big brother turned on the light, and several people looked behind Cong Xia.
"Huh?" They all made surprised voices.
The bonsai pine that the company placed in the foreground has thick branches stretched out of the flowerpot, and a section of branch even hangs down to the ground, Cong Xia was tripped by it, he wondered: "This...how did it grow so fast? "The potted plants in the company are taken care of regularly. It is impossible for them to grow like this without being cleaned up. The key is that Cong Xia remembered that there was nothing abnormal about the bonsai pine when he got off work the day before yesterday. Did everyone miss it?
The elder brother of the colleague said in amazement: "Yeah, it has grown so big? Why didn't I remember it? I didn't notice it when I passed by just now."
"Maybe it's because it's been here all year round, so everyone didn't pay attention to it. Let someone come and trim it tomorrow. Xiao Cong, are you okay?"
"It's all right." Cong Xia got up from the ground, and he looked at the bonsai pine again, always feeling a little strange in his heart.
"What is this?" The elder brother of the colleague picked up the insulated box from the ground.
Cong Xia smiled and said, "Oh, the buns I made yesterday, we'll definitely be hungry after we're busy."
"Haha, Xiao Cong is the most virtuous in the whole company, not even a girl." The elder brother of the colleague patted him on the shoulder.
The other also said: "No, last time I went to Xiao Cong's house, the room was so clean that I was ashamed to step on it."
Cong Xia smiled embarrassedly: "Let's finish our work quickly so we can go back to sleep."
Cong Xia is a network engineer and has been working in this company for almost three years after graduation.Although the salary is not high and he often works overtime, he is a happy-go-lucky person. He has food, housing and a peaceful life, so he doesn't bother to change anything.
The three of them worked until after eleven o'clock in the evening, and finally fixed the bug. After communicating with the customer, they were ready to go home.
The elder brother of the colleague thought of the buns that Cong Xia brought: "Hey, let's eat Xiao Cong's buns, I'm really hungry."
"Eat and eat."
Opening the insulated box, the steamed stuffed bun was still warm. My brother-in-law grabbed it and took a bite. After chewing twice, he frowned: "Xiao Cong, when did you make this steamed stuffed bun?"
"Last night."
"Is it in the refrigerator?"
"Let it go, what's wrong?"
"It doesn't seem fresh to eat."
"No way." Cong Xia took a bite of the bun, the taste of the bun was really wrong, Cong Xia said depressedly, "How could this happen, I just wrapped it last night, and put it in the refrigerator immediately after it was done... ..."
The elder brother of the colleague said: "It's been hot these two days, it's a pity."
Cong Xia was quite puzzled.The meat was newly bought, wrapped it up and put it in the refrigerator immediately, and put it in an insulated box after reheating before going out. It only took three or four hours, so it shouldn’t be spoiled anyway.He threw the steamed stuffed bun into the trash can distressedly, and said embarrassedly: "I'm hungry too, I invite you to have a snack."
"Okay, let's go."
The three of them chatted all over the building and walked to the nearby food stall.
Walking to the food stall street, a lot of people surrounded a shop, noisy.Everyone has the psychology of watching the excitement, so they walked towards that area, and when they got closer, they realized that it was a table of guests and the boss who had a quarrel because of the freshness of the ingredients.They became louder and louder. Suddenly, a hot-tempered female customer went up and pushed the boss. The boss was pushed two or three meters away in full view, and fell directly onto the road, almost hitting her. Cong Xia.
Everyone was stunned.Because the boss didn't retreat two or three meters backwards, but his feet left the ground, flew out two or three meters, and fell to the ground.The boss was a fat man with a height of 1.8 meters and a round waist. The female customer who pushed him was less than 1.6 meters tall and looked very thin. It was impossible to push the boss.And she not only pushed it, but also pushed it so far, even a person who has received special training is unlikely to push an adult who weighs [-] pounds and subconsciously stabilizes his figure so far!
The noisy food stall suddenly fell silent.The female guest was also stunned, looking at her hands in a daze.
"Hercules." Someone exclaimed, and the people around exploded, asking the female guest if she had practiced. The female guest blushed and panicked more than the boss, and hurriedly dragged her friend away.
After this little episode, the three of them chose a food stall for supper, and they inevitably talked about the earthquake in Qinghai.Cong Xia, who has always been talkative, has no interest in this topic. He always feels that everything around him is starting to be very different. Many pretentious details make him feel puzzled, but he has no direction to think about.
He has been very curious since he was a child, has a wide range of interests, and loves to study very much. He will spend his time researching everything he is interested in.He once spent two months researching mahogany/// because he accompanied his friends to choose furniture. He also became interested in assembly line machines because he visited a mechanical processing factory and spent half a year trying to design a more efficient and energy-saving one. machine.In short, he is a careful and sensitive person, and he likes to observe the surroundings carefully. Since he woke up in the afternoon, there have been many things that he can't explain. These things will definitely be ignored in the eyes of others, but he is He felt that something was different, and that premonition was very strong, which made him very uncomfortable.It was a fear of the unknown.
Returning home worried, Cong Xia felt very tired. He thought it must be because he was so tired last night that he was so tired that he was thinking wildly.
Sleeping until midnight, Cong Xia was suddenly awakened by a scream.The house he rented was facing the street, on the third floor. The scream was so close that it was right next to his ears. It was very ear-piercing. He sat up suddenly from the bed, opened the curtains and looked downstairs.Under the dim streetlights, a woman fell to the ground, and a cat confronted her with fur all over its body. The woman backed away in horror, leaving a bloodstain on the ground.
Cong Xia was very surprised, no matter what, it is impossible for an adult to beat a cat.He quickly put on his pants, ran downstairs, and heard another scream in the corridor.His heart trembled, and he rushed out, the scene in front of him made his hair stand on end.
The gray-black wild cat pounced on the woman's face, frantically scratching and biting her head, face and neck. The woman struggled desperately, but couldn't shake it off, and could only roll and scream on the ground.
Cong Xia didn't think much, went up and kicked the wild cat. The wild cat howled and was kicked aside, but quickly got up from the ground and stared fiercely at Cong Xia, with abnormal green eyes. Light.Cong Xia is not a bold person, but based on common sense, he really does not think that a grown man should be afraid of a cat. This woman must have drunk too much so her limbs are weak, and this cat is obviously crazy.The wild cat arched its entire back and roared angrily at Cong Xia, but it dared not approach after roaring several times. Cong Xia stomped his feet suddenly, and the wild cat turned and ran away.Cong Xia heaved a sigh of relief. Although he was not afraid of the cat, it would definitely be uncomfortable to be bitten, not to mention that the cat was still sick.
He quickly knelt down///to check the woman's wounds. The woman's face was bitten several times, even though the wound was not deep, but it was definitely disfigured. The more severe wound came from her neck, where the cat scratched A very long and deep wound was bitten out, and the blood flowed profusely.Cong Xia quickly found her phone and called 120. When the ambulance arrived, she asked the doctor to notify her family members before going upstairs to rest.
After going back, he couldn't sleep anymore, and there was still more than an hour before dawn, and he repeatedly thought about what happened today in bed, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.Is he too sensitive, or is there really something going on around him?
He turned over and suddenly remembered that he was in a hurry to go to the office today, and he forgot to wash the dishes for dinner in the kitchen. He couldn't sleep anyway, so he got up and cleaned the kitchen.When he saw the leftovers of his meal in the kitchen, he only felt a chill from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet.He left home at [-]:[-] pm, it was [-]:[-] am, and in just [-] hours, the leftovers from dinner started to grow hair!It's normal for summer food to spoil outdoors, but these leftovers look like they've been stored for four or five days. How could bacteria mutate so quickly? This doesn't conform to scientific laws.
Cong Xia rushed to the cabinet and opened a box of the yogurt he bought yesterday. An abnormal sour smell came out of his nostrils. He went crazy and took all the dry goods and food that could be stored at room temperature for a long time. When they came out, they were all, without exception, broken.He was dumbfounded.
He rushed back to the bedroom again, turned on the computer, and quickly typed keywords such as "food goes bad quickly" into the search engine. As a result, a lot of new information appeared, all of which were netizens from all over the country claiming that things in their homes were rotting at an abnormal speed. broken.Cong Xia extracted the IP addresses of the information, entered it into the statistical software, and found that most of the information was sent from the central and western regions, while those who objected, saying that there was nothing unusual about the food, were all from the southeastern region.
This result surprised Cong Xia. A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he remembered the earthquake in the afternoon.He searched all large websites, collected the IP addresses of relevant information, and further concluded that the closer the place is to the Golmud area in Qinghai, the more serious the rapid deterioration of food, and the farther away from Golmud, the less this phenomenon. Even in the three northeastern provinces and the southeastern coastal area, there is no abnormality at all.
The phenomenon of food spoilage accelerated, like the aftershocks of an earthquake, centered in Golmud, and continued to spread to the whole country.There must be something wrong with this earthquake!
Cong Xia posted his analysis results to a hacker forum he often hung out with. Unexpectedly, at four or five o'clock in the morning, he still got a quick response. Some experts in the forum continued to join the ranks of analysis.They posted posts on major forums to attract comments. In just one hour, the scope of accelerated food spoilage spread from the Yunnan area to the Central Plains. They analyzed and compared the data of the last four hours and found that it only takes another three to four hours. , the three northeastern provinces farthest from Qinghai and the southeast coast will also be affected.Accelerated food corruption is like a plague, with the epicenter of Golmud as the core, spreading to the whole country at an extremely terrifying speed, and no one knows what happened.
Then, comments about the rapid growth of plants began to emerge on the Internet. A netizen posted two photos of the exterior wall of his house.The first photo was taken three days ago, and the bougainvillea only occupied a small area on the outer wall of his house, but in the second photo, the bougainvillea has covered the entire wall of his three-story villa.Netizens claimed that the bougainvillea grew overnight. When he woke up, he found that he could not see the sunlight. When he went out to have a look, he found that the bougainvillea had completely covered the window!
At around 2012:[-] in the morning, more people woke up from their sleep, and various strange phenomena continued to appear in areas closer to Qinghai, such as rapidly deteriorating food, wildly growing plants, and stray animals showing extreme aggressiveness.It has only been a dozen hours since the earthquake yesterday afternoon, and the whole country has fallen into a strange situation, and this situation is still getting worse as time goes by.More and more people are aware of the impact of the earthquake. Although the TV media has not made any sound yet, it cannot stop the mouths of hundreds of millions of netizens. Rumors are everywhere on the Internet, and all kinds of sensational speculations emerge in an endless stream.Rumors about the apocalypse in [-] seemed to emerge at this time, and an ordinary Monday morning turned into a day of panic for the whole people.
The more Cong Xia paid attention to the situation, the more frightened he became. Just as he was frantically searching for relevant information, his cell phone rang.When he saw that it was the boss's phone call, he woke up suddenly. He was already late for work, so he quickly answered the phone: "Hey, Mr. Jiang, I'm going to the company now..."
Mr. Jiang's voice was extremely flustered: "Xiao Cong, don't come, something happened to the company."
Cong Xia was actually not too surprised. He was in Kunming, not far from Qinghai, and it was also an early batch of areas where accelerated food corruption occurred.According to the regional relationship they deduced, Yunnan could not escape, but he was not surprised at all, he was quite afraid, after all, the species imbalance occurred overnight, which is a major event affecting all mankind.He took a deep breath: "Boss Jiang, what happened to the company?"
"Do you remember the bonsai pine in front of the company?"
"Huh? Has it grown up?"
"how do you know?"
"I went to work last night and tripped over its branch, how old is it?"
Mr. Jiang's tone trembled, with deep fear: "The entire external office area is almost occupied by it."
Cong Xia only felt cold all over his body.No matter how lucky he is, he understands that some terrible changes have really taken place in the world he lives in.As far as the current situation is concerned, the main problem is the rapid growth and mutation of organisms, such as the crazy growth and gigantic growth of bougainvillea and bonsai pine, food spoilage caused by accelerated bacterial reproduction, and weak creatures such as stray cats and dogs suddenly have Aggressive.All of these have confirmed this nationwide biological mutation.
Mr. Jiang tremblingly said: "Xiao Cong, do you know what happened? Don't you like reading books the most?"
Cong Xia smiled wryly, "Mr. Jiang, like everyone else, I don't know anything."
President Jiang sighed: "You haven't gone out today, have you?"
"no."
"Go outside and have a look, it's already messed up."
Cong Xia hung up the phone, opened the curtains and looked out, the neighborhood he was familiar with had changed drastically overnight.The weeds that emerged from the gaps in the pavement floor tiles had grown to the height of a person's ankles, but passers-by on the road had no time to pay attention to them. Everyone looked hurried and flustered.On a Monday morning that should have been extremely congested, there were not many cars on the road, and no one was in a hurry to go to work or school. The seeds of fear were taking root in people's hearts, and the atmosphere of anxiety spread faster than the virus.Just three hours ago, only he and the people in the hacker forum were aware of the change in the environment. In the blink of an eye, most of the people who woke up realized the seriousness of the situation.
Cong Xia drew the curtains and sat back on the bed, sweating profusely.Calm down, calm down.He has been a nerd and a top student since he was a child. He has no special skills. He is just a little bit smarter thanks to his parents' inheritance. Due to his wide range of knowledge and meticulous thinking, he can usually analyze problems faster than those around him. But for For this chaos without warning, only two big words appeared in his mind: doomsday.How ridiculous, just yesterday, he felt that "2012 the end of the world" is just a rumor that merchants make up every few years to promote shopping desire.But "Doomsday" is not just speculation.If species variation has reached such a level in just a dozen hours, it is conceivable that tomorrow those weeds will pave the roads that humans have worked so hard to build. Due to the accelerated corruption of food, humans will soon fall into a food crisis, and even more Not to mention those omnivores that gradually become vicious and large, they are also mutating in the footsteps of plants and microorganisms.If this situation does not stop, he can conclude that within three days, the order of the entire human society will collapse, and the areas affected by the earthquake will become hell.Is the end really coming?Did the prophecy about the end come true?
The clearer Cong Xia's mind became, the more frightened she became.He is just an ordinary office worker, living an ordinary life from nine to five, never thinking that life can have any major changes.But in an instant, he will face the end of the world when all species will mutate.He has average intelligence and mediocre physical fitness. Once the social order collapses, he can say that he has no advantage in surviving in the last days. How can he not be afraid.When he returned to the computer desk, several QQ groups were frantically bouncing news, whichever one he opened was all kinds of speculation about the end of the world.Major forums and web portals also reported on the overnight change. People began to rush to buy daily necessities, and everyone felt insecure.He knew that it was too late to go to the supermarket to stockpile food at this time. First, there were a lot of people in the supermarket, and second, according to the current rate of food spoilage, no matter how much food was grabbed, as long as it couldn't be refrigerated, it would spoil within a few hours.
The food problem is the most urgent right now... Cong Xia took out all the vacuum-packed food that hadn't spoiled at home, and these foods haven't spoiled yet.He is a good eater and can cook. He has a lot of food reserves at home. It is safe to vacuum pack and store in the refrigerator.These foods are enough for him to eat for at least a month, provided that the food can be stored for a month.After tidying up the food, he called the only relative he still had contact with—his second uncle in Beijing, but he found that there was no signal on the phone.He rushed back to the computer again. Fortunately, the network was not disconnected. He sent an email to his second uncle. The email was written in a mess, just like his current mind.
After doing all this, he was already sweating from exhaustion.He thought that it would be a good thing for him to have no father, mother, wife and children at this time, because he was alone and didn't need to worry about it.The only thing he has to do is to find a way to keep himself alive.He went around the house, looking for something to use as a weapon. Once the animals started to mutate, those usually weak animals might become his enemies. He thought of the cat that attacked humans last night, and he felt a little scared .
While the house was full of work, someone suddenly rang the doorbell of his house.Cong Xia leaned in front of the cat and took a look. It was a man outside, wearing a camouflage uniform and a hat. He couldn't see his face clearly: "Excuse me, who is it?"
"Are you Cong Xia?" A deep voice came from outside the door.
"Yes, may I ask who are you?" Cong Xia opened the door, and there was a security door between them.
The man raised his chin slightly, without much expression on his face, his eyes were very indifferent, but Cong Xia was dumbfounded, because this young man was so good-looking, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, straight nose and thin lips, deep and handsome facial features He is also very tall. He has lived such a big life. He has never seen a man who can look so perfect in reality. He is not like a real person.
Cong Xia stammered, "Who are you?" This person should be a soldier, not only because he is wearing a camouflage uniform, but also because of his firm and upright temperament, which fits the image of a soldier very well.
"Cong Xia, open the door." The man spat out these four words forcefully.
Cong Xia frowned, feeling that this person was not very friendly.
"I was sent by Professor Cong Zhenzhong to pick you up."
"My second uncle? Why?" His second uncle is an expert in paleontology. He is now working in a research institute in Beijing. After their parents passed away, they have never seen each other again, and they rarely communicate with each other. They only talk on the phone during Chinese New Year every year. Not very deep.
"Don't talk nonsense, open the door."
Cong Xia's scalp tingled for a while, why is this person so rude, can't he just speak up?He hesitated to open the door.
The soldier got impatient, the next moment, a black gun barrel came in through the gap of the anti-theft door, he didn't speak, just looked at Cong Xia coldly.
Cong Xia was so frightened that her legs shook and she opened the door tremblingly.
After the man entered the door, he quickly said, "I'm taking you to Beijing now, bring all the vacuum-packed food at home, and don't bring anything else."
"Beijing? I don't want to go to Beijing. If the matter continues to mutate, the outside will soon become very dangerous."
"It won't be safe indoors soon enough, and you have no choice but to follow me."
"What happened? You were sent by my second uncle. Do you know something inside? Why did my second uncle send me to Beijing? What happened to the earthquake? Why did everything mutate?"
"evolution."
"what?"
"They call it evolution."
"You mean these mutations, they call it evolution?" Cong Xia chewed these two words slowly, and the more she tasted, the more she felt that it was correct. Those animals, plants and microorganisms, from their own point of view, did evolve.Bigger size, faster reproduction, and aggressiveness are all benefits of evolution, but if they continue to evolve, it will be the end of mankind.The civilization that mankind has worked so hard to build for thousands of years will be destroyed once. "Wait, who are they? My second uncle?"
The man ignored him, walked into the kitchen and began to prepare the food.
Cong Xia froze for a moment.No one can accept that a strange man ran into his house to rummage things. He rushed into the kitchen, grabbed the man's sleeve, and shouted weakly: "This soldier, no matter what, he has a solid place to live far away." Much safer than being exposed, I don't want to... um..."
The man grabbed Cong Xia's neck and pushed Cong Xia against the wall like a chick, his dark and deep eyes were full of danger: "From now on, if you say something I don't need to hear, I will Sew your mouth shut."
Cong Xia's face was flushed due to lack of oxygen, and he looked at the man in front of him in fear.
After Cong Xia was put down, she was completely honest. She stood aside like a daughter-in-law, silently watching the man stuff the edible food into his backpack.He hesitated for a while and asked, "Bingge, why did my second uncle ask me to go to Beijing? His phone is turned off, so I can't get in touch."
The man didn't look back, and threw a note over. Cong Xia grabbed it and opened it. It was a handwritten letter, but the paper was obviously faxed, and it said: Xiao Xia, the words are as good as the face , you must have many questions in your mind, I don’t have time to explain too much, Yunnan is no longer safe, follow Comrade Cheng Tianbi to Beijing to find me, no matter what happens on the way, don’t give up, you must come to Beijing to find me, you are my only relative, I hope we can meet each other - Cong Zhenzhong.
Cong Xia read those short lines several times. Although he couldn't recognize the note, his tone was very similar to his second uncle.Moreover, there is no need for this soldier to be a fake. First of all, he is an insignificant person, and secondly, he can't decide whether to go or not.
Assuming that this letter is true, it reveals a lot of information: First, the living environment of human beings has changed a lot, and it is a dangerous change. The government knows far more than them, and Beijing is definitely safer. The second uncle is a highly respected expert in the field of biology, and he will never be alarmist; second, the changes will only intensify, and Yunnan has not yet reached the level of unsafety, but his second uncle has already made a judgment on the future, so, this time Evolution is not a temporary thing, it will definitely intensify; third, it turns out that this handsome guy is called Cheng Tianbi.
Cong Xia carefully folded the piece of paper and put it in his pocket: "Your name is Cheng Tianbi, did you come from Beijing to pick me up?"
Cheng Tianbi pushed the full backpack into Cong Xia's arms: "I'm on a mission in Yunnan, drop by, let's go."
"Now?" Cong Xia looked around the house he had rented for three years, and left just like that when he couldn't accept it.I'm afraid that once he leaves, it will be completely different when he comes back here, and he may not be able to come back yet.How can the world change so fast?At this time yesterday, he was still in a dark sleep because he stayed up late playing games. In just one day, the end came.
Cheng Tianbi put the big backpack he brought back on his back, and said briefly: "Let's go."
"Just bring these things? I have to bring some daily necessities, documents, etc., and a computer, I must bring the computer." In just 5 minutes, it takes an ordinary person with a comfortable life to prepare for a long-distance trip. Prepare, Cong Xia really can't adjust her state to escape mode.
Cheng Tianbi looked at his watch: "3 minutes."
Cong Xia was stunned for two seconds, and immediately rushed into the bedroom, quickly stuffed the computer into the backpack, then found out the documents and all his savings, brought two sets of clothes, and packed them with sweat profusely. He opened the door, raised his chin, and signaled him to leave quickly.He couldn't stop feeling uncomfortable.In fact, he understands that these things may not be useful. He wishes he had a nightmare. When he wakes up, he can still eat, eat and sleep in his own den. Unfortunately, he has to face the world soberly. .He felt his nose a little sour, and he sighed heavily. Before leaving, he carefully locked the door, and he still looked forward to coming back one day.
The two went downstairs and got into a military jeep. Cong Xia asked, "How do we get there?"
"airplane."
"Oh, that's great." Cong Xia heaved a sigh of relief. It would be much easier to fly, and he will be able to see his second uncle in a few hours. Then he must ask him face to face what is going on in this world.
Cheng Tianbi was driving while observing the growth of the plants on the roadside. Although the above sent a special plane to pick them up, but according to this evolutionary speed, it is not known whether the take-off of the plane will be affected.
Seeing that Cheng Tianbi ignored him and stopped talking, Cong Xia opened his notebook and continued to pay attention to the information on the Internet.Doomsday rumors are flooding the entire Internet, and people continue to post all kinds of weird photos they have taken. There are cats that have evolved to the size of a calf, and willows with branches extending more than ten meters. These are only seen in science fiction movies. The mutated creatures that appeared can be seen everywhere on the Internet at this time.At present, many animals and plants have undergone mutations, but humans... Cong Xia suddenly remembered the strange woman last night. I am afraid that woman is an evolved human being. Otherwise, an ordinary woman cannot have such great strength. .This is very reasonable. Animals, plants and microorganisms have all evolved, and humans may also evolve. However, compared with the speed and scale of animal and plant evolution, there is very little news about human evolution.
As soon as the car turned to the main road, it stopped.
Cong Xia looked up, and there was a long line of cars in front of them, and they couldn't see their heads. All the cars were moving at a slow speed.
Cheng Tianbi frowned, turned the steering wheel violently, and drove the car onto the sidewalk.
Cong Xia was shocked: "What are you doing?"
Cheng Tianbi didn't talk nonsense to him, and rushed forward quickly on the sidewalk.There were no pedestrians on the road, and the weeds seemed denser than when he saw them in the morning. From the rearview mirror, Cong Xia saw some cars driving onto the sidewalk following Cheng Tianbi, running wildly all the way.This road is the most convenient way to go to the expressway in the urban area and to the airport. Do these people want to go out of the city?
Cong Xia said: "So many people want to go out of the city, I'm afraid this road will not pass."
Cheng Tianbi said: "Many people have realized that the closer they are to Qinghai, the less safe they are."
"Why did that earthquake trigger species evolution?"
"do not know."
Cong Xia looked at his profile: "But you must know more than me, can you tell me something?"
It's a pity that Cheng Tianbi didn't intend to answer him, but just looked at the road ahead intently. A large sculpture appeared in front of him, and the sidewalk couldn't go on. He had to turn back to the roadway, but the roadway was already full It's hard to move an inch, Cheng Tianbi made a quick decision: "Get out of the car."
Before Cong Xia could react, Cheng Tianbi had already jumped out of the car, went around to Cong Xia's side, and dragged him down. He said anxiously, "Walking?" It was more than 20 kilometers away.
Cheng Tianbi kicked the car door shut: "Let's go ahead."
Cong Xia followed him with a heavy backpack on his back, and the two walked to the commercial street without knowing it. Cong Xia was very familiar with this street, and his company was here, but when he approached the office building where the company was located, he felt Find yourself not recognizing the place.A thick, huge pine branch came out of the third-floor office window, almost hanging down to the road. Cong Xia was shocked beyond measure. Is it the bonsai pine of their company?
Seeing him stop, Cheng Tianbi urged him with his eyes.
Cong Xia pointed to the pine tree and murmured, "That's our company's bonsai. It used to be only as high as my waist."
Cheng Tianbi looked up at the pine tree: "The speed has increased."
"What speeded up?"
"The speed of evolution."
Cong Xia was depressed by his temper of jumping out a few words. He had an intuition that this soldier brother must know a lot of things that he didn't know, so he must ask carefully when he finds an opportunity.
Cheng Tianbi patted him on the back: "Go."
Cong Xia was still in shock, staring blankly at the pine tree, turning her head every three steps.
Suddenly, he saw Cheng Tianbi's expression change, and his pupils dilated instantly. Then, Cheng Tianbi hugged him tightly and flew away.The two of them rolled two or three meters away before stopping. Cong Xia could only hear a small swishing sound in his ears. He steadied his body and looked back. The bonsai pine branch shot hundreds of pine needles towards the position where they were standing just now. Some of the small dark green pine needles fell to the ground, and some were inserted straight into the gaps in the floor tiles.Cong Xia was still in shock, unable to speak, this bonsai pine was attacking them?If they were shot just now, they might not be fatal, but they must be like hedgehogs, with holes everywhere. When Cong Xia thought of this, he was too scared to move.
Cheng Tianbi picked him up and ran away without stopping. Before they could take two steps, the small swish sound came from behind again, and hundreds of pine needles shot out again, but the range was limited.The two ran for more than 30 meters, and finally determined that the pine needles could not shoot them.Cong Xia felt her calf itching badly. Looking down, she saw that the legs of her trousers and shoes were covered with green
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