Chapter 2 — Summer Never Ends

Ten minutes of calling every day is my happiest time of the day. I am not my grandparents' biological grandchild, but was picked up by them behind the mountain when they were over fifty years old. A family that is not related by blood, but becomes the deepest entanglement in each other's hearts. Thinking about the fact that I hadn't been home for a long time, I turned on my phone and was about to look up the recent high-speed train ticket, but unexpectedly discovered that the train information only arrived at the end of May. Bus information to the village is even empty.

“Due to the recent hot weather, flights and trains will be reduced one by one. Passengers who need to buy tickets early should pay attention to safety when traveling…”

Opening more video applications, self-media bloggers are frantically following hot topics. Some people challenged the ice bucket, others fried eggs in the hot sun, there were even many people testing for sun protection, buying sunscreen... After surfing for a while, a video appeared on the home page with only a few dozen views, the title only had four big words "Doomsday is coming". Out of curiosity, I clicked to see it. Open the video, the content is a blogger facing the camera, seriously narrating: "I am a person born in 2027, on June 1, 2024 there will be a global high-temperature apocalyptic disaster, please everyone be prepared, I'm not kidding, start stockpiling goods, as much as possible!" Below the video there are some comments. Some people doubt whether this blogger is selling goods, and some people say that the blogger is exaggerating, deliberately creating a feeling of anxiety. But this video made me frown deeply. I sent a private message to the blogger: "Are you really talking about the end of the world?" Not long after, the other party replied to my message: "It's true, I really come from the year 2027, on June 1, 2024, the apocalypse will break out soon, listen to me, quickly place an order to buy things, buy as much as you can, the end of the world is coming!" The tone on the other side sounded very impatient. I told him to add my WeChat to discuss further. Unexpectedly, as soon as the WeChat number was sent, the other party's account had already been reported. I just had to wait for him to take the initiative to add my WeChat. While waiting for the blogger to add my WeChat, I transferred the blogger's recent apocalyptic video to my boyfriend Lam Thu. He is a graduate student in engineering, his achievements are very good, and his thinking is also very rational. The message was replied almost immediately: "Talking about apocalyptic rumors? Are you crazy? Do you think you never went to college, still believing those rumors, I said you really are..." Below are also attached two 60-second long recordings. I was lazy and didn't bother to open it, so I only replied with one sentence: "Baby, you're cruel to me, I don't trust you." The next second.

“My dear, I was wrong, I believe you.”

Although Lam Thu is a technical person and has a very rational thinking, he is a genuine lover. So I didn't reason with him, but directly took the emotional high ground. At the end of May, Lam Thu will come to my place on leave. I also plan to prepare a little more for him, preparing a portion for four people. Thinking of this, I immediately pulled out Taobao and Pinduoduo and immediately ordered nearly ten thousand yuan of goods. After placing the order, WeChat suddenly had a confirmation accept friends. I clicked agree, it was the blogger who posted the video about the end of the world. I immediately texted him to ask what the situation was. He said his name was Ly Chi, and he was preparing supplies so he didn't have time to add my WeChat. He also said he had survived until 2027, but because of insufficient supplies, he died in 2027. He was reincarnated and returned... After a few words back and forth, I directly called him on WeChat. At this point, I no longer cared about whether I was introverted or not. I asked very carefully. Ly Chi knew almost everything he said.

"In city A I live, by May 20 the citadel was sealed, nothing could be bought, forest fires filled the city with smoke and dust, people with heat stroke filled the hospital, and the streets were full of withered corpses."

“Later, society basically no longer talked about the law, people bit people, people robbed people, everywhere there were people holding knives to ransack houses, just to distill water with blood, before death, humanity was the most unworthy thing to mention.”

My heart is pounding. Ly Chi continued to say many details, even his voice was shaking, as if he still hadn't recovered. If you haven't actually experienced it, you won't know so much.

“As soon as June comes, people can no longer go out. If they go out for a while, they will be dizzy by the sun, everywhere will be on fire, the electricity and water will also be turned off..."

“Water is the most important, remember to buy solar panels, household electrical appliances, buy small capacity ones, otherwise they will burn out, don't care if the food is delicious or not, just buy ones that are easy to preserve, not easy to explode, I have a list, I will list it myself, you can refer to it.”

"Also, absolutely don't go out in the middle of the day, now the noon temperature is over 50 degrees, going out will make you sick from the sun, that's no good. Time is the most precious thing right now, and if it causes riots in the surrounding area..."

“I can only say, the temperature can be endured, but people are the scariest thing.”