“Ding-ling-ling——”
As the sky began to lighten and the first rays of light rose above the horizon, Su Deng, lying in her cramped and dimly lit rented room, opened her eyes to the jarring alarm clock at 6:30 a.m.
Su Deng's beautiful phoenix eyes showed no sign of drowsiness. After pausing for a couple of seconds, she took a deep breath, reached for her phone beside her pillow, and mustered up her courage to turn on the screen.
really!
A bright red number "1" occupies half of the phone screen.
And in the bottom right corner are a few small words—
Countdown/day
Clearly, this is a countdown, and today is the last day.
Su Deng stared at the number for a while, her eyes dark and unreadable, then got dressed, put on her mask and baseball cap, and went out.
"ah!"
"Help!"
"Waaaa, Mommy!"
As soon as I arrived on the street, my ears were filled with screams and cries.
The once clean street has become a mess, and all the pedestrians you can see are filled with fear, madness, and some are even screaming, roaring and crying.
Those once bustling shops have become a mess and chaotic place.
But in these shops, the computers and some smart devices were lit up, and on the screens, there was only a red number "1".
It's really noisy on the street.
Su Deng took out Bluetooth earphones from her pocket, put them in her ears, put her hands in her pockets, and continued walking forward, ignoring everything around her.
We walked all the way to the city's central square.
Su Deng looked up.
The square is shaped like a giant U. The wall in the middle used to be a large display screen that would normally play advertisements.
On the walls on both sides, there is naked-eye 3D smart technology.
Two red koi fish swam inside, seemingly about to leap off the screen and into the air, so vibrant and beautiful.
At this moment, the large screen in the middle displayed no advertisements or news; instead, it showed a red number "1".
Against this backdrop, the two red koi carp on either side, which were originally meant to symbolize good fortune, now look somewhat eerie.
Not just here.
Throughout the city, every large screen connected to the intelligent system displays a capital orange number "1"!
It's exactly the same as the one on her phone screen.
Yesterday was "2".
The day before yesterday was "3".
The day before yesterday was "4".
The day before yesterday...
This countdown suddenly appeared half a month ago.
One morning about two weeks ago, Su Deng woke up to find the number "15" suddenly appearing on her phone.
She initially thought it was wallpaper, but no matter how she changed it or swiped, she couldn't turn it off.
However, it does not affect the normal use of the phone.
She has some computer skills.
She initially thought it was a virus infection or a hacker intrusion.
But after checking for a long time, she still couldn't get rid of the number, and she couldn't find any trace of a virus intrusion on her phone.
at the same time.
She saw messages in her classmates' group chat and various part-time job groups, all discussing how they woke up to find a strange countdown number suddenly appearing on their phone screens that they couldn't turn off no matter what they did.
Shutting down and restarting didn't help.
The next day, the countdown became "14".
Su Deng then realized something was wrong and went to ask others to investigate. Almost everyone who had connected their smartphone to the intelligent system was showing this kind of digital display.
It's bizarre and strange.
Yet it doesn't affect any aspect of life, including mobile phone communication.
The Imperial Science Bureau issued a notice stating that this was an intrusion by a hacker group, and they are working hard to resolve the issue, urging the public not to panic.
But it didn't stay stable for more than a few days.
Because everything changed on the day the countdown reached "10".
That morning, as the countdown reached "10", a voice announced this to everyone.
Like a mechanically synthesized electronic sound, it resonated ethereally across every screen, and seemed to float in the air and enter everyone's ears.
The broadcast content is as follows:
[Dear Humans, this is an announcement from Divine Court Technology: Starting today, a global countdown has officially begun. Humans will randomly disappear and be transported to game worlds in different alternate world channels to undergo various trials and face divine judgment. Failure to pass the judgment will result in a glorious death.]
[Note: This is a real death!]
The voice came abruptly, especially her talk of transmission trials and divine judgment, which in this technology-obsessed generation sounded more like a mischievous prank.
At first, people did not believe it.
After all, this is too unscientific.
The Imperial Science and Information Bureau still maintains that the attack was caused by hackers, that they are urgently trying to find a solution, and that they will soon be able to return to normal life.
Until, people actually started to disappear.
Some people are eating when they suddenly disappear from the table, their bowls and chopsticks falling to the ground.
Someone was driving when they suddenly disappeared, and the car went out of control and crashed wildly.
Someone was working, and in the blink of an eye, only the still-connected phone remained...
Su Deng watched as her classmate, who was working part-time, disappeared before her eyes, the plates she was carrying scattered at her feet before she vanished.
And so on.
They vanished into thin air without any warning!
Many people saw it with their own eyes!
The Imperial Science Bureau's attempts to appease humanity began to fail, and chaos ensued.
Su Deng's investigation revealed that not only this city, but also the entire country and even the world have been caught in a disappearance storm covered by a countdown.
The course of events had become inexplicable by science, and people realized something was wrong. No one believed the communications bureau's explanations anymore.
Fear began to spread.
It can't be stopped at all.
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