Chapter 2 The Fear of the Unknown
The dark curtain in the distance rotated and expanded for more than ten minutes, extending infinitely in an oval shape, crossing and cutting the entire sky, as if it was a heavy black trace, occupying about a quarter of its area and was no longer moving. The blue sky formed a sharp contrast with the pure black curtain. Some timid people had already run back home, and some were calling and sending messages, as if telling the last words before the end of the day to the closest people.
Zhou Feng was also stunned. After a while, Tiezhu pulled himself hard, moved his mouth that was scared and grew up, and said the first sentence of the four of them: "I'm not dazzled, right? What the hell is this?" Liu Yuan swallowed, clenched her trembling slender hands, and replied: "I don't know, maybe God is here to pick us up..."
Is it God? So which God? Shakyamuni? God? Or God? Or should I ask, is it destruction or rebirth?
Wu Hanya, who was next to her, looked at Tiezhu and Zhou Feng, and asked, "Should I call my mother? Do we still have to go back to the company?"
Tiezhu didn't know how to answer. Zhou Feng looked at them, made up his mind and said, "Let's go back to the company first. When you get back to the company, you will call your home and report them safety first, and then let's see what the news says."
There was only this. The four of them settled their minds and decided to go back to the company first. The street started to mess up, and it seemed impossible to take a taxi, so they had to walk back. Wu Hanya was the least courageous and was stumbled along the way. Zhou Feng signaled Tiezhu to hold her hand.
Tiezhu, an usually extroverted man, was actually shy. It was not until Zhou Feng once again hinted at him that he mustered up the courage to pull Wu Hanya's hand. Now is the time when girls need your masculinity the most, and standing in front of her is your true courage.
After walking for more than half an hour, they finally arrived downstairs of the company and hurried to the fourth floor. Most of the people in the company were there. Some people were talking, some were consulting, some were relying on each other, and some were filled with righteous indignation. But no one knew what that was. The sky was so dark that the hole at the end was invisible, which represented the future.
"Don't panic, keep working. I will tell you any news. It's useless to be anxious now!" It was the boss's voice. Following the voice, a man in his fifties, with a neat buzz cut, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, about 1.76 in height, and looked solemn. He walked towards Liu Yuan, patted Liu Yuan, and then lowered his head to whisper to her. Liu Yuan walked back to the office with his father.
Tiezhu sat in the seat, Zheng Zheng, and said to Zhou Feng: "I'll call my parents, Zhou Feng, where are you?"
Zhou Feng looked sad: "My mother passed away early this year."
Tiezhu hurriedly stopped and said sorry, "I'm sorry, I don't know..."
Zhou Feng smiled and before Tiezhu finished speaking, he spoke, "It's okay, you go first. Remember to chat with Wu Hanya on WeChat after calling. I'll go online to check the shady news."
"Okay, then I'll go first..." Tiezhu was obviously still regretting what he said wrongly.
After calming down, Zhou Feng decided to check what was going on first. It was better than knowing nothing here. He opened the website and went to major forums on Baidu, and found that the forums had already exploded. What everyone was talking about was undoubtedly the dark curtain that suddenly appeared in the sky, and people called it a black hole.
It took a total of seventeen minutes from its appearance to expansion and then to its stop. It was suspended above the equator and now it has been covered with the earth for a week, like an asteroid belt lingers around the earth, and it remains motionless. Nasa named it "an unknown guest", meaning guests of unknown origin. It also said that all professionals are organizing investigations into it.
Some people in the forum made negative remarks, either angry and scolded, or cried sadly, and some even sold tickets for Noah’s Ark. Some charlatans said that this was the doom of God’s arrival and punishment for mankind. All countries responded quickly, and some countries declared a state of emergency. Our leaders also made speeches calling on the people not to panic, work and live normally, and to appease the masses on various channels and news networks.
There is no doubt that this is an unprecedented event that we have lived on Earth for millions of years. Zhou Feng looked at it and thought that no one knew what was going on at the moment, so he had to take one step at a time. Zhou Feng also has a younger brother, so call his younger brother first.
"Dududu, Dudududu..." My brother didn't answer after making two or three calls in a row. He carefully calculated the time he should be in class, so Zhou Feng did not call again. He sent a text message to him not to panic, stay at school with peace of mind, and reply to a message when he had time.
After these things were done, Zhou Feng's heart also relaxed a little.
It was 5:30 in the afternoon. Zhou Feng was about to get off work. After saying goodbye to Tiezhu and the others, he hurried back to the room he rented. The room was not big, more than 30 square meters, and living alone was enough.
After taking a shower, the phone rang, it was my brother's phone number.
"Brother, what's the matter? Is that big hole in the sky really a black hole?" My younger brother was not panicked, and his tone was curiosity.
"It should be true at the moment. Those scientists don't know what's going on, and I don't know. But brother, don't think too much. You should calm down no matter what happens. The school is a safer place. Stay inside first, and call me if you have anything." He nagged his younger brother Zhou Feng like a mother.
"I know! Brother, you should also be careful about safety. I haven't contacted you for a long time. How are you?" The younger brother obviously missed his brother very much.
Zhou Feng and his younger brother briefly talked about their recent situation, chatted for a while before hanging up the phone.
Zhou Feng's younger brother has always been very sensible. Since he was in college, the two brothers have met only a handful of times. After his mother passed away, his younger brother became the person he couldn't let go. Brother, don't have anything to do. If there is any danger, I can just exchange my life for you! Zhou Feng thought this in his heart. But he didn't know that this might be the last time he called his younger brother.
I went out for a walk, came back and went to the club. Zhou Feng went to bed. The next day, Zhou Feng came to work as usual and found that several colleagues had asked for leave.
The black hole was still nothing, until something happened in the afternoon stirred up the uneasy hearts. At around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the United States announced that the four high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft sent yesterday were sucked in by huge suction force when they approached the black hole several thousand meters, and the pilot and the plane disappeared. The spokesperson first expressed deep condolences to the four pilots, and then called on all countries to unite to deal with the crisis. They obviously understood that relying solely on their own strength was not enough.
"This is a turning point for us humans. I think we must show unprecedented unity and courage to face this incident. I call on all countries to form an alliance, abandon past grudges, find out and make enough preparations for it." The President of the United States said.
It seems that this crisis has linked everyone's interests together, because people don't know who it will be next to swallow, or, all.
Chapter completed!