Chapter 48 McDonald's Hamburger Time Indicator
History has proven that humans never learn from history.
The purpose of repeating the same mistakes is to make future generations repeat them.
Bai Yang thought he had explained it clearly enough to Wang Ning, Zhao Bowen and his father. If the three of them wanted to deliver the time capsule, they only needed to follow his method and steps. This was something even a fool could do, right?
But most of the time, it is not fools who do bad things, but smart people. These three smart people insist on thinking that they are smarter and have higher IQs.
Bai Yang had a headache. One of the bad habits of human beings is to think that others are fools and that they can do a better job.
Wang Ning's hairless head turned, and as he sat there thinking, he immediately pointed out the irrationality of Bai Yang's plan - he was worthy of being a leader.
Why go through so many detours? Isn't it just to give a stainless steel capsule to people twenty years later?
Is it that difficult?
Wang Ning refused to believe it.
He immediately placed an order for ten time capsules, all of which were large sizes. After all, this was a critical moment concerning the life and death of all mankind, so spending some money was really nothing.
If it can be successfully verified that BG4MSR is indeed living in twenty years, then an emergency response working group must be established. The country must allocate special funds, huge sums of money, super large sums of money, and even at all costs. At that time, these expenses can be included as mission costs and reimbursed. Wang Ning is never stingy when spending public money.
"BG4MSR, BG4MSR, can you hear me? I have good news for you. My dad and Uncle Wang and Uncle Zhao are preparing a time capsule. The first batch of ten large capsules will be sent to you. They plan to fill them with medical supplies and outdoor tools, including bandages, masks, syringes, safety ropes, raincoats, engineer shovels, etc. Oh, and a McDonald's hamburger. OVER."
The other party was stunned for a moment.
“McDonald’s hamburgers?”
"Oh, that's a time indicator. If even McDonald's hamburgers have gone bad, it means that too much time has passed, at least hundreds of years. OVER."
"Ah?" The girl stared.
"Actually, they want to know if McDonald's hamburgers can really last for 20 years without going bad. OVER."
"BG4MXH, are you going to send ten time capsules over at once?"
"Yes, after all, they don't believe you live in 2040 yet, and they want to further verify and confirm the authenticity, so the time capsule is an experiment, and sending supplies is just a side job, just like what I did before, OVER."
"BG4MXH, if the verification is successful, what should we do next?"
"If the verification is successful, my father and Uncle Zhao will definitely take quick-acting heart-saving pills first, and then the two of them will go to rescue Uncle Wang and give him CPR, and finally report to the superiors. We definitely can't handle such a big thing by ourselves, and we have to hand it over to more professional people to solve it." Bai Yang said, "But I don't think it will succeed. Do you know the clever plan of my father and the other three? They prepared ten large time capsules in the first batch and were planning to bury them under the green belt of Meihua Villa. Wow, that scene, in public, with a lot of construction, swaggering, and fanfare. I said this would definitely fail, but they didn't believe it. OVER."
Speaking of which, Wang Ning, Zhao Bowen and Bai Zhen are quite capable. Bai Yang didn't know how they convinced the property management of the community. Bai Yang buried the time capsule secretly, fearing that he would be caught by the security guards, but they called the excavators over.
As expected, it’s Wang Ning.
As expected, it’s Zhao Bowen.
As expected of a dad.
They are worthy of being the once feared idle triangle of southern Jiangsu.
"BG4MXH, didn't you say that when transporting the time capsule, it needs to be kept as secret as possible so that no one can know about it?" Banxia asked, "Can they succeed by doing that?"
"I think so, but they don't think so, OVER."
Wang Ning thought Bai Yang's plan was too complicated. Who hasn't played with a time capsule? Back then, their unit had an activity during the Chinese New Year, where everyone wrote a letter to their future self and put it in a capsule to be sealed for ten years. Even though Wang Ning personally organized and buried it, nothing went wrong.
You mean the end of the world?
Why not just find a place where it won't be affected and bury it?
You said he might be poached?
Why don't we just bury ten at a time? If we can dig out one or two, then we can dig out all of them, right?
Regarding the two main points of Time Slow Delivery raised by Bai Yang, Wang Ning said that he was surprised by what he saw and that it was poverty that limited his imagination. If you have no money in your pocket, you can only buy one or two capsules by pinching your penny, and of course they are easy to lose. But if you buy ten, twenty, one hundred or two hundred capsules at a time and bury them all, would you still be afraid of losing them?
Wang Ning vowed that there would be no problem and that it would definitely succeed, so just wait and see.
"Hmm..." Banxia tilted her head and felt that Wang Ning's point of view made sense.
"Let's wait and see." Bai Yang said, "I think there is a high probability that they will fail. OVER."
"BG4MXH, what if we fail?" the girl asked.
"If you fail, just try again." Bai Yang was somewhat helpless. "You said that people just don't learn from their mistakes. They have to step on the landmines that you helped them step on again before they believe that it is a landmine. Middle-aged men in their forties are so stubborn. The older they get, the more stubborn they become. I finally understand why those uncles and aunts who were deceived into pyramid schemes refuse to turn back. This has nothing to do with IQ or education. It's purely because they trust themselves too much. Everyone thinks they are an old hand, but in fact, they are the ones who are deceived. OVER."
“BG4MXH, what is a pyramid scheme?”
"It's a scam." Bai Yang explained, "Just treat it as a scam, specifically targeting old men playing chess in the park. OVER."
"Do you need to send ten more time capsules the second time?" Banxia asked.
"It's not my money anyway, so they can give as much as they want." Bai Yang said, "BG4MSR, just tell me what you need and I'll ask them to send it to you. OVER."
"Until you succeed?"
"Until success." Bai Yang nodded. "After hitting the wall twice, they should know to turn back. At that time, they will still have to follow my method. When you successfully receive the time capsule, they will also believe this fact. Then we will plan to run away. OVER."
Banxia was stunned.
"BG4MXH, what does it mean to plan to run away?"
"It means exactly what it says. Get ready to run for your life as soon as possible." Bai Yang said, "Sister, you said that human civilization in your era had been destroyed for more than ten years, right? But only twenty-one years have passed since 2040. This means that in the eyes of people of our time, the world will be destroyed in a few years, and the Black Moon will come. If we don't run away as soon as possible, are we going to sit and wait for death? OVER."
The girl recalled it carefully.
"Let me think... I was about three or four years old when the disaster happened. I am 19 years old this year, so it was around 2024. The black moon should have descended at that time. OVER."
Bai Yang counted and found that this year is 2019, and there are only five years left until 2024.
In five years the world will end.
At this time, he is the only person in the world who knows that human civilization will come to an end in five years. It is a pity that he is just a senior high school student with little influence.
He now opened the window and shouted to the outside world, "Everyone, run away! The world will be destroyed in five years--!"
The only response from the downstairs neighbor is "Why are you disturbing your mother by not sleeping in the middle of the night?"
"BG4MSR, I think we can't stay in crowded places when the world ends, especially in big cities. The target is too big and it's easy to attract firepower. There are too many people and the survival supplies are also tight. When the time comes, it will be chaotic. So I plan to hide in the ravines of the Loess Plateau, or go to the Taklimakan Desert and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. I will hide wherever it is hidden." Bai Yang said leisurely, "Dig a hole in the mountains as a shelter and prepare enough survival supplies. Even gods can't find it, right? What do you think, BG4MSR? OVER."
The girl thought about it.
Where is the Loess Plateau?
West?
Where are the Taklamakan Desert and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau?
It seems to be all west.
Can you escape by hiding in the Loess Plateau or the Taklamakan Desert?
Banxia didn't know either, and she really couldn't give Baiyang a definite answer. She was too young when the black moon came, and her memory was too vague, so she didn't understand the enemy. If the teacher was still there, it would be great. The teacher was someone who survived the disaster personally, and the only person who survived all the turmoil. She would definitely know whether it would work.
"I don't know, BG4MXH, I don't know if this will work." The girl said, "But I want to tell you a very crucial and important piece of information. You must remember... You must not go out when the twin moons rise at night. Do you understand? OVER."
Bai Yang was stunned.
"Can't go out when the twin moons rise at night? OVER."
"Yes, BG4MXH, you must not go out at night." The girl warned, "This is what my teacher taught me, and I will teach you now."
The teacher's doomsday survival rules, rule 4: Never go out when the double moons rise!
This is the iron rule that her teacher has repeatedly reminded her of and that she must abide by. Banxia has kept it in mind all these years, although she is not quite sure what the dangers will be after the double moons rise. The last time she went out to meet BG4MXH, she waited at the intersection of Alfalfa Garden Street until late at night until the double moons rose, but nothing happened.
Maybe it was because of the predatory beasts at night? Whatever the reason, the teacher's advice must have a profound meaning. Banxia always took the teacher's words as her golden rule. She was able to live until now thanks to the teacher's powerful survival wisdom. Banxia relayed these words to Baiyang as they were. She didn't know if it would work. She just hoped that the teacher could help this young man survive.
Maybe he could really survive by hiding in the Loess Plateau or the Taklamakan Desert?
"Don't go out when the twin moons are rising."
Bai Yang chewed over this sentence several times in his mind and nodded.
This world is so absurd.
Will it really be destroyed in five years? But I am sitting in my room right now, with the desk lamp on and the air conditioner on. My parents are sleeping in the bedroom next door. Outside the window is a brightly lit city with 10 million people living here. Looking out, there are 6.5 billion people living in this world. Will such a vast world really go to destruction along the trajectory predicted by a weak radio wave?
Human beings' sense of security comes from the collective. There is a sense of security when there are more people. Although Bai Yang believes in BG4MSR rationally, he still subconsciously feels that he is well protected. His parents, relatives, classmates and friends, so many people live in this city. Outside the city, there are the army, the country, and all mankind. Such a complex and huge social relationship can provide anyone with a psychological refuge from danger.
As the Chinese say, if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up, and small people always have the security of small people.
If I turn off the radio now, forget about this incident, go to school as usual tomorrow, and return to the normal world, then will the absurd future of the end of the world not come?
Bai Yang supported his head and thought silently.
"BG4MXH? BG4MXH?"
The girl's call woke him from his thoughts.
"BG4MSR, this is BG4MXH, OVER."
"BG4MXH, can you get some rat poison? Could you please give me some?"
"Rat poison? BG4MSR, are you going to use it to kill rats? OVER."
"Yes, but it's not just for killing rats." The girl replied, "I suspect something has broken into the community, something very dangerous, and I want to use rat poison to deal with it."
(End of this chapter)
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