What is the difference between the temperature at 12 o’clock and 1 o’clock at night?
If it were normal, almost no one would feel it.
But tonight is obviously different. The sun had long since disappeared, but the burning sensation in the air seemed to be getting warmer with every passing minute; to make matters worse, there hadn’t been a breath of wind for several days. What floats outside the window is not air at all, but lumps of hot sand that are ready to rush into your face at any time and suffocate you.
As if someone had conveyed the order, the outdoor units of the last few houses in the city that did not have air conditioners turned on for various reasons began to spin loudly one after another. People who don’t have air conditioning can’t hold on any longer. Bars, 24-hour convenience stores, workplaces… wherever there is a hint of coolness, just go there.
Thirty minutes later, with a soft click, several night vision lights in the apartment on the 38th floor suddenly went out. The house fell into absolute darkness – the slight “buzzing” sound that had been lingering in the bedroom quietly stopped at some point.
The central air conditioner is not blowing air.
Not long after the air conditioning stopped, Lin Sanjiu turned over irritably in her sleep. Without the comfort of a constant temperature of 26°, a layer of sticky sweat quickly formed on her body. This layer of sweat was like an airtight cover, and she woke up from the heat after a while.
Hmm… the remote control seems to be on the bedside table… This thought flashed through her mind. She was about to reach out and touch it when she suddenly felt something was wrong. Lin Sanjiu immediately stopped and remained motionless. After a while, she quietly narrowed her eyes and looked upward.
A snow-white face hung directly above her face, with two black hole-like eyes staring directly at her.
Here we go again! – Here it comes again – A scream burst out in Lin Sanjiu’s mind, but her throat was so dry that she couldn’t make any sound – her heartbeat was getting faster and louder – that white face Face listened slightly, then suddenly moved closer to Lin Sanjiu.
Two weeks ago, she woke up thirsty in the middle of the night, stood up, and suddenly hit this face. At that time, Lin Sanjiu screamed in fright, rolled over and turned on the light, only to realize that it was Ren Nan——
I don’t know when Ren Nan sat next to her, his face expressionless in the dark night, and he stared at her like this for who knows how long – just like tonight.
At that time, Ren Nan said that he had often sleepwalked since he was a child.
If Lin Sanjiu hadn’t been suspicious, maybe she would have believed it. At this time, she suppressed her fear and pretended not to wake up. She stretched out her hand to rub her eyes and asked in a trembling voice: “Ren Nan, are you sleepwalking again?”
Ren Nan’s face cracked into a smile silently in the darkness, and he spoke very clearly: “Yeah, I’m making the same old habit again. Didn’t I scare you?”
“Yes, a little bit…” Lin Sanjiu got out of bed and stood at the door as if she was running away. This illusion of being able to escape at any time made her calm down a little. Only then did she feel that she was in the house again. Steamer-like temperature. “Why is it so hot? Did you turn off the air conditioner?”
Ren Nan didn’t say anything, but stretched out his hand to pull, and the thick curtains quickly retreated to both sides, revealing a floor-to-ceiling window. Usually through this window, Lin Sanjiu saw half of the city’s bright night scene. But tonight, this city has lost its everlasting light. Even the starlight has disappeared, leaving only a dead darkness.
In the house with the doors and windows closed, the heat was so stuffy that it made people breathless.
“The electricity burden is too great. It seems that the whole city is out of power.” Ren Nan’s voice still contained a smile, showing a sense of leisure. As he spoke, he slowly stood up, walked around the foot of the bed, and walked toward the door step by step.
Suddenly, Lin Sanjiu’s alarm bells blared in her head. Before he could get closer, she turned around and ran towards the living room. The past three months of decorating and taking care of the apartment finally provided her with a little reward: in the pitch black where she couldn’t see her fingers, she still rushed into the entrance of the living room smoothly. Before she could take a breath, there was a snap. He reached out and smashed the elevator button.
The expected red color did not light up – such an expensive apartment does not have a backup power system?
“The backup power supply only supplies the corridor lights. They don’t care about the elevators – especially the private elevators.” A voice she had heard for half a year sounded from behind. Ren Nan was still so gentle, but when he was articulating words and pronouncing words, Lin Sanjiu heard a faint sound of water. It’s as if… Ren Nan couldn’t control the saliva in her mouth and secreted it…
In the darkness, the vague outline representing Ren Nan walked towards her, and finally stopped in the center of the living room.
Lin Sanjiu felt dizzy in her head. Her sixth sense was right – there was a surge of regret in her heart: “You…what do you want to do?”
“You are quite alert,” Ren Nan took a sip of saliva, “You should have felt it a long time ago, right? But you should still learn to listen to your own intuition…otherwise you won’t follow me. I’m back here. You’ve probably been through a lot of mental struggles these days… Thank you so much for your trust in me.”
Lin Sanjiu didn’t notice it herself, but her hands, which were tightly clenched into fists, were trembling.
“Xiaojiu, do you sweat a lot on such a hot day?” Ren Nan suddenly asked with concern.
Lin Sanjiu was stunned and subconsciously touched his arm. She only broke out a little sweat – but – why ask this at this time?
Ren Nan nodded in the darkness as if he was very satisfied. “Xiaojiu is awesome! It’s not like I trained you for half a year…”
What on earth is he talking about – I don’t understand a word of it! Lin Sanjiu opened her mouth to say something, but then she realized that her teeth were chattering fiercely. The thought that had been floating in her heart for several days made her ask something she thought she would never say: “You… want to eat me?”
The dark figure exclaimed with satisfaction, “This intuition is so keen.”
Lin Sanjiu was irritated by his attitude – fear, anger, confusion, all the emotions were mixed together. She seemed to be no longer at a loss, and the next words came out like a tide: “Don’t be joking. Who are you! Why did you come to me? I tell you, don’t mess around. All my friends know that I live here with you…”
She raised her voice intentionally, secretly hoping someone could hear her, and quietly moved towards the open kitchen on the side of the living room.
Ren Nan sighed. “At any rate, you have been with me for six months, so I will give you a clear death.” After saying that, he raised his hand and lightly snapped his fingers.
With a sudden “boom”, a glass wall in the living room suddenly shattered into thousands of pieces – accompanied by vague screams coming from far outside, a heat wave that Lin Sanjiu had never experienced enveloped her. Swept into the apartment with shards of glass. The last bit of coolness left by the central air conditioner was swallowed up in an instant.
Why, why is it so hot? It’s like someone set the whole city on fire! Before Lin Sanjiu could react, Ren Nan’s gentle voice sounded again: “From tonight on, this world is no longer the earth you are familiar with. In this new world, according to your measurement method, It’s…oh, fifty-nine degrees Celsius.”
Lin Sanjiu was stunned. Fifty-nine degrees Celsius is enough for an ordinary person to suffer severe heatstroke and die from dehydration several times. With this thought, she hurriedly touched the back of her neck. Unexpectedly, Lin Sanjiu didn’t sweat much anymore.
“Look! I have only raised you for a few months, and you have already evolved ‘high temperature adaptation’ and ‘keen intuition’… You are indeed the potential seed I saw at first sight. If it weren’t for the new The world came too early, I really want to raise you for two more years before eating…” Ren Nan’s tone was full of regret. He took a loud sip and walked towards Lin Sanjiu. “Xiaojiu, I haven’t eaten good seeds for a long time.”
After the glass wall was broken, there was a little more light in the living room. With this little bit of light, Lin Sanjiu could see Ren Nan’s face clearly.
The beautiful facial features of a male model in the past have been gradually squeezed out of sight by his mouth opening wider and wider. The clear saliva was no longer restrained and flowed down the corners of his mouth – and at this time, Lin Sanjiu had been forced to retreat to the corner of the kitchen.
“I, I still don’t understand! Who are you? Why do you want to eat me? Also, what about evolution and abilities – don’t you want to give me an understanding? Tell me!”
Even if you delay for one more minute, you will have one more chance! While shouting, Lin Sanjiu quietly reached out to the knife holder on the counter behind her.
The big mouth paused, then closed a little, revealing some of Ren Nan’s original facial features. “Oh… why are you so stupid? Of course I am a human being, Ren Nan is my name – but I am different from you backward species. I come from another ‘new world’. ~Soverse.com~ In the New World Human beings who survive in this world will all evolve different abilities… I have abilities that you can’t even imagine.”
Ren Nan wiped his wet chin. “I advise you to put down the knife. My eyesight is very good. Just let me eat it. I promise it won’t hurt-“
“Fuck you!” Before he could finish his words, Lin Sanjiu, who was frightened and angry, had already rushed forward with a sharp knife in his hand, shouting angrily.
The bright silver boning knife was extremely fast, drawing a bright line in the darkness – when he saw that the tip of the knife was about to pierce into Ren Nan’s chest, he only took a slight step to the side, Lin Three drinks and it was all gone. She stumbled and stepped on a shard of glass. She could no longer maintain her balance and fell heavily to the ground.
A mouth that was split to both cheeks did not give her a chance to stand up at all. It hit Lin Sanjiu like the wind – in panic, she only had time to turn over and remove the bone in her hand. The knife was thrown out hard. Ren Nan was caught off guard and ducked, but still received a shallow wound from the knife.
With a cry, the knife fell far away.
In anger, Ren Nan pushed Lin Sanjiu to the ground, and the black eyes staring at her shrank to the size of a needle. “Steak should look like steak!”
In the dim light, Lin Sanjiu watched desperately as the black shadow rushed toward his throat.
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