Another hour has passed and we are still 150 kilometers away from Rongcheng.
Zhou You was already lying on the floor under the driver's seat.
Shen Ling stood completely on the driver's seat.
Although the cooperation between the two became more and more skillful, the operation became increasingly inconvenient, and the vehicle speed inevitably dropped to 40 kilometers per hour.
More than an hour has passed and we are still 116 kilometers away from Rongcheng.
If Shen Ling still stood directly on the driver's seat, she wouldn't be able to see the road.
However, the two of them made preparations in advance. They placed the carton filled with water on the driver's seat and used clothes to raise it higher. Not only did Shen Ling no longer have to stand, she could even sit.
But when time moved forward, and more than two hours passed, the two finally had to sit on the center console and prepare to use their mobile phones to drive.
At this time, we are still more than 40 kilometers away from returning home, which is still far away, but at least we see hope of returning home.
The two of them have become the size of an orange cat, and their strength has also become much smaller. Shen Ling can no longer turn the steering wheel, and Zhou You can no longer press the accelerator and brake.
Climbing up the dashboard cover, Zhou You sat behind the phone, tilted his body slightly forward, pressed the forward arrow on the screen with one palm, and the car started to move slowly.
Shen Ling stood aside and said sincerely: "This function is really good."
Zhou You shrugged, "Ever since I bought it, this function has been useless. Who would have thought it could have such a miraculous effect?"
"Well, I don't know what's going on outside now. It must be a mess and people are panicking."
Zhou You: "If it weren't for the fact that we were on our way, we would both be equally scared now. We just don't have time to be scared now."
"That's not necessarily true. It's hard to tell for other people, but I see how well prepared you are, so you won't panic."
Zhou You thought for a while, "Maybe, because I know very well that panic cannot solve the problem."
"Wait a minute, there's something going on ahead!"
Just as he was talking, Shen Ling suddenly shouted.
Zhou You also noticed it.
About fifty meters ahead there was a car that ran off the roadside and rolled over on its side.
Fortunately, the car didn't break down in the middle of the road, so it didn't affect traffic.
When he got closer, he didn't need to slow down deliberately. Zhou You glanced sideways.
The car was severely deformed and the window glass was almost completely shattered.
The front of the car was twisted into a twist.
Red antifreeze leaked all over the floor under the front of the car.
Judging from the degree of damage to the vehicle, it was not a pure rollover, but an impact first and then a rollover.
The impact speed should be more than one hundred kilometers per hour.
It must have been that the driver was not willing to accept the reduction in size, so he drove forcefully and too fast, which led to the tragedy.
Since they gave up taking the expressway, there is usually not much traffic on this national highway, so this is the first car accident the two of them have witnessed along the way.
What is certain is that car accidents like this will happen one after another during the rest of the journey.
The sudden and tragic car accident made the two of them silent for a long time.
Although the two of them were very nervous before, due to their physical and psychological preparations, they went through the whole process of shrinking in an orderly manner. Their families were also reminded to use these few hours to do some things. After a lot of careful preparations, the family members who were able to get together were reunited and reported that they were safe. Although the situation of the two of them could not be said to be good, only the word "urgent" was included in the word "critical", and there was no The word "danger" means "danger", so the overall mentality is very relaxed.
But this car accident, which happened to others but hit them right in front of them, immediately made Zhou You and Shen Ling understand that not everyone can be like them.
At this moment, in this world, no matter which time zone it is, whether it is day or night, there must be chaos and chaos, like a disaster.
After a long silence, Zhou You said: "By the way, Shen Ling, please use your mobile phone to call the police and tell 110 about the car accident just now."
Shen Ling thought for a while and asked: "Is it useful? Is there anyone who can call the police now?"
"Try it."
After a while, Shen Ling hung up the phone reluctantly, "Sure enough, I knew it was like this. The line is always busy and I can't make any calls."
Zhou You hummed, "The purpose of asking you to call the police is to test whether the administrative agency can still operate. Now it's just to verify the conjecture. You can go online and check Weibo, live broadcasts, and headlines later. Human beings are a society Sexual animals, if we want to survive with our families, we must have a more comprehensive understanding of the current situation of society. We must estimate the speed of society’s collapse and how it will be rebuilt. We ourselves should or can be here What role does it play in the process?"
"Let me give you an example. Take the car accident just now. Is it possible that a large truck will hit a telephone pole and cause a power outage? This is a probabilistic event, but it may happen. In the past, power outages could be repaired quickly, but now there is no such thing. There is a way to repair it. A power outage in an area will cause some problems, which will lead to more chain reactions, such as... water. Power outages are often accompanied by water outages. If people want to live, they can live without electricity, but they cannot live without water. Besides, power generation Station, communication base station, server..."
"Whenever there is a nationwide power outage, network and water outage, it basically means a complete collapse. Of course, the collapse of society does not mean the collapse of humanity. I believe that humans will eventually be able to adapt again, but this will take time and there is a process. In Many people will be eliminated in this process. The reduction in body size will not only bring inconvenience, but also many people will completely lose their ability to survive. Let me give you an example. Human beings must first face material limitations and It’s not that when humans become smaller, they can immediately make tools that can adapt to their own body size. Let’s not talk about our car now, such as the most commonly used thing in life, a kitchen knife.”
"If humans really become only one centimeter tall, how small will the kitchen knives we can hold have to be? With the metal properties of our current household kitchen knives, it won't take long for the blades to curl."
"The above are just some of the details in life. The accumulation of these inappropriate details is disaster and crisis. As for us, like ordinary people in other times, we cannot protect too many people, nor can we help too many people. , if you can take good care of yourself and your family and survive, you can probably be considered as doing your part for civilization."
Shen Ling heard Zhou You's voiceover, "I understand."
A few more minutes passed, and Zhou You suddenly felt a little dizzy.
He tried shaking his head, but it didn't get any better. Instead, he felt even more dizzy.
He looked at Shen Ling beside him. Before he could speak, he suddenly lost consciousness and fell sideways.
Next to her, Shen Ling also fell down almost at the same time as Zhou You.
Fortunately, when driving with a mobile phone, you need to keep your hand pressed on the forward button. When traveling around, the car will stop naturally.
Pull your vision up, then zoom out, keep zooming in, covering the whole world...
The Eastern Hemisphere is still at night, the Western Hemisphere is still under the scorching sun...
Busy and bustling cities, towns, rural areas...
No matter it is day or night, the whole world seems to have been pressed on the pause button and frozen.
I don’t know how much time has passed, but the sky in the distance has turned fish belly white.
The hazy light and shadow spread from east to west, covering the earth like a horse.
Under the first ray of light in the morning, Zhou You and Shen Ling woke up quietly.
The moment they woke up, the two people quickly regained consciousness and then looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes.