Hardcore crisis

When the heavy fog spread rapidly, Liu Hualiang was chatting with his colleague Mu Baifei.

As two people who also studied abroad, then obtained American citizenship and settled down, and finally even became colleagues, in a company dominated by white people, the two naturally walked together.

They have similar experiences, they are both compatriots, and they are also programmers. Probably the only difference between the two is that Liu Hualiang has married a local American wife, while Mu Baifei is still single so far.

"Why is there a traffic jam today?"

Mu Baifei, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was bored by the traffic blocking an entire street. After playing with his phone for a while, he found that the car had only moved a short distance, and he was very dissatisfied.

"Maybe there was a car accident ahead?"

Saint-Annouux City has a suitable environment and good transportation infrastructure. After working here for two years, Liu Hualiang encountered a traffic jam at night for the first time.

"By the way, sister-in-law, are you still angry with you?"

Chewing gum, Mu Baifei turned to look at Liu Hualiang.

"Hey, she may still need a little time."

"Actually, it's time for you to have a child. After all, you have been married for two years, and your sister-in-law and you have stabilized their jobs. If you don't have a child, you will both reach your thirties soon."

"I also understand Aini's thoughts. She is currently on the rise in her career. It is normal not to want children... It's just my parents. You know the ideas of the older generation."

Sighing, Liu Hualiang was also in a dilemma between his parents and his wife.

"So, either you offend your parents or your sister-in-law, Brother Liu... Marriage is indeed a man's grave. It's great for us programmers to be single. You are getting retribution."

"Don't blame me for not being able to find a girlfriend."

He opened Mu Baifei's hand angrily. Just when Liu Hualiang was about to say a few more words, his eyes suddenly moved and he noticed the fog rolling in front of him.

"Hey, look ahead!"

Liu Hualiang was startled and pointed outside the windshield.

"Well?"

Mu Baifei looked in the direction pointed by Liu Hualiang. Just a hundred meters away from the road blocked by vehicles, white mist rolled in like a sandstorm, quickly submerging the road and surrounding street lights, and spreading towards this side. .

"W-where did this heavy fog come from?"

Mu Baifei was astonished. He had never seen fog spreading so quickly, let alone such a hot summer night. How could such a large fog be generated by natural conditions?

Before the two of them could recover, the rolling fog covered their surroundings. In the blink of an eye, the surroundings were covered with thick white fog. In front of the car lights, only the rear of the vehicle in front could be seen. The license plate was on, and the front half of the car further up was actually submerged in the fog, completely invisible.

Such thick fog is really amazing.

Fog with horizontal visibility less than 50 meters is called strong dense fog, which already requires a red warning. However, with this level of fog, the horizontal visibility is probably less than 5 meters, which means that a person standing on the opposite side is only five meters away. , you may not be able to see him in person.

"Isn't this fog too heavy?"

Mu Baifei stretched his head out of the car window, looked back and forth, and found that he could hardly see anything except the fog.

"Hmm, this fog is a little weird."

The weather was as weird and extreme as the snowfall in June. This was the first time Liu Hualiang had seen such a strong fog in his life, and he was puzzled as to where this kind of fog came from.

At this moment, the ground suddenly shook slightly, and the car shook. As soon as the two of them were shocked, the vibration disappeared, as if the vibration that had just occurred was just an illusion.

"Damn it, wasn't there an earthquake just now?" Mu Baifei was surprised.

"Kind of like an earthquake."

Liu Hualiang's face was sullen, but his eyes were on the car radio. After the vibration just now, the car radio that was still playing a light broadcast seemed to have malfunctioned, and there was only "beep" white noise.

After thinking about it, Liu Hualiang reached out and adjusted the broadcasts on several frequencies in succession, but none of the familiar voices appeared, and they were all immersed in white noise.

"Hey, why did the street light stop?"

In Mu Baifei's surprised tone, the street lights on both sides of the road flickered a few times, and then fell into darkness.

If the surrounding area was still covered in thick white fog a second ago under the illumination of the street lights, then when the street lights disappeared without a trace, the surrounding area was instantly shrouded in darkness except for the front area illuminated by the car lights. It was as if the entire city had vanished before their eyes.

"Is it really an earthquake?" Mu Baifei could only think so.

Noisy sounds were heard outside the car. The other car owners were probably more confused than the two of them. One car owner who couldn't hold himself back opened the door and got out of the car. He passed by Mu Baifei and shouted "earthquake" loudly.

Some people also took out their mobile phones and started calling the police.

A strong white man stood outside the door of Mu Bai Fei's car, holding a mobile phone and shouting: "No signal!"

Hearing his shout, Liu Hualiang and Mu Baifei quickly took out their mobile phones. Sure enough, as the white man said, their mobile phones also showed that they were not in the service area.

Although the outskirts of American cities are often outside the service area, it is obvious that this is near the city center and not far from the high-tech district. Recently, Google has introduced a super network project in Saint-Annu, basically covering the entire city. 1Gbps wireless network.

But now, Liu Hualiang discovered that not only was there no base station signal provided by the mobile phone operator, but he could not find the Google wireless network when searching for wireless networks... Could it be that the earthquake caused a city-wide power outage and network paralysis?

"Boom..."

A fleeting flash of thick lightning broke the thick fog in the sky, startling both of them.

"What the hell is going on? It's an earthquake and there's a power outage."

In this era of highly developed Internet, without Internet access, all people seem to have become blind and deaf, and can only wait blankly for rescue that does not know when it will arrive.

For the city of Saint-Annou, this is the first time a natural disaster such as an earthquake has occurred since the city was founded, and it is not known whether the relevant emergency departments have the experience to deal with it.

"Don't worry, you should get a call later. Someone may already be doing repairs."

In such a natural disaster, the first thing the relevant departments must do is to restore communications. Otherwise, relevant rescue operations will not be carried out. With people in panic, even greater secondary disasters may occur.

"Brother Liu, let me go down and take a look."

Before Liu Hualiang could answer, Mu Baifei had already opened the door and got out of the car.

There were already car owners or passengers standing on both sides of the vehicle. Everyone was discussing what happened. The sudden heavy fog in front of them made many people a little uneasy.

The power outage and the loss of Internet and mobile phone signals have made this anxiety gradually increase.

Fortunately, some people believe that this was just a small earthquake. Even if it caused a communication failure, there seemed to be no casualties. This means that the situation is not too bad.

"Do you think this fog will lift tonight?"

Putting his head into the car, Mu Baifei sighed.

"Probably not."

"Does that mean we have to stay here all night?"

Mu Baifei said: "Who knows when the traffic jam will be cleared."

When everything was fine before, the blockage was still blocked for more than ten minutes. With the heavy fog and the suspected earthquake, there was a power outage and no signal. Mu Baifei, who had no hope for the Americans' work efficiency, had a headache.

Hearing what Mu Baifei said, Liu Hualiang hesitated for a moment. It would definitely not work to just leave the car here. Who can be sure that if the processing is completed in a few hours and the owner cannot be found, those bastards will 100% take care of it. The car was towed, leaving him with a hefty violation fee.

"Just wait a little longer."

"Well, you stay in the car and keep an eye on your car. I'll go to the front and take a look... Damn it, it must be a good thing done by some guy who doesn't obey the traffic rules."

"Well, I'll stay here. Come back and tell me if anything happens."

Liu Hualiang nodded without objection.

In fact, it was not just him, many anxious car owners who were waiting had already moved forward. Many people were walking among the jammed vehicles just to see what was causing the jam ahead.

"ah……"

Unfortunately, after walking a few steps, a scream suddenly sounded. (To be continued ~^~)