The whole world.
All the humans stopped moving at this moment and looked at the black tower closest to them.
They never felt that the black tower was so huge. No matter how far they were from the tower, they could clearly see small blue dots of light appearing on the black tower. They hovered and flashed, the blue dots forming a string of characters. It was like an old computer that quickly slid across the black tower and finally converged into a line of blue words in the centre of the black tower.
"Ding dong! Within three days, all players are asked to eliminate any player, including but not limited to the game method. "
The clear child's voice was heard at the same time.
Tang Mo stood on the balcony and stared at the tower without blinking. The cold autumn wind blew across his face, and a drop of sweat the size of a bean slid down his forehead. He stared at the black tower but the black tower was calm again. The blue words disappeared and the child's voice disappeared. It was as if nothing was different from before.
Half an hour later, Tang Mo arrived at the entrance of the library. Countless people crowded around the black tower and even blocked the road in front of the library.
The noisy and crowded crowd blocked the city center. Tang Mo watched for a while before turning to the library.
10 minutes later, Director Wang went to the service desk. "Go home today and don't have to go to work. Wait for the notice at home."
Xiao Zhao excitedly came over and couldn't help asking, "Director, is it related to the black tower? The black tower made a sound this morning. Did you hear it? What the hell is going on? Where did this thing come from? Is it really the end of the world? "
Director Wang's face suddenly became serious. "What is the end of the world? What nonsense. You young people shouldn't talk nonsense all day and look at those messy things. "
Xiao Zhao was the youngest girl in the library, born in 1996. There was a hint of fear in her round eyes but there was more surprise and curiosity. Once Director Wang left, she said, "Tang Mo, you heard it. The black tower spoke. It said something about going online and being eliminated."
Tang Mo packed his things and went home. He was upset and casually said, "I didn't pay attention."
"Do you think this is the end of the world? I don't think so. If it really is the end of the world, where are the zombies? The black tower said that it wants to eliminate players. Is it going to turn us into zombies? Was this a conspiracy of the country? No, the Internet said that black towers appeared all over the world and they all spoke today. Which country could be so awesome? Even the United States can't do it. "
Tang Mo really wasn't in the mood to discuss this kind of thing. He didn't know why, but after he heard the black tower speak and saw the line of words that appeared on the black tower, his heart started beating fast.
The normal heartbeat of an adult was between 60 and 100 beats per minute. Tang Mo had counted it when Xiao Zhao spoke.
His heart rate is 130.
However, he did not feel any discomfort. He was just very flustered, as if something was wrong.
Tang Mo raised his head and looked around. The service desk was in the middle of the reading room, surrounded by bookshelves. To the left were humanities books, and to the right were history books. He did not know what he was looking at. Wherever he looked, the sunlight shone through the window, and tiny specks of dust danced in the air.
"Tang Mo!" A loud female voice awakened Tang Mo from his daze. There was some dissatisfaction in Xiao Zhao's tone. "I just called you a few times. What's wrong with you? What are you thinking about? Why aren't you talking? "
Tang Mo reached out and wiped his face. His palms were wet and he turned to look at his colleague. "… Nothing."
His heart beat faster.
Xiao Zhao picked up her bag. "I want to see the black tower. Do you want to go with me? When I entered the library, I saw a lot of people there. We are going the same way anyway. Do you want to go together? "
Tang Mo shook his head quickly. "I'm going home."
Xiao Zhao didn't seem happy because of what just happened. She waved and left the library.
However, Xiao Zhao couldn't visit the black tower. Once Tang Mo left the library, a group of armed police got out of the car and evacuated the crowd around the black tower. They surrounded the black tower with white plastic sheets. The white plastic wall surrounded the door of the library, blocking the black tower and preventing people from entering.
Many people stood outside the wall and took pictures of the black tower with their mobile phones.
Tang Mo took a photo and got on a taxi to go home.
On the Internet, the black tower incident had become a hot topic all over the world.
Tang Mo lay in bed and scrolled through his circle of friends. His college classmates who studied in Japan and the United States had sent photos. The text on the black tower was no longer Chinese but Japanese and English.
Tang Mo couldn't climb over the wall but his classmate who studied in the United States replied several times.
[Yes, it isn't Chinese. It is speaking English! I was scared to death. Our school is closed and many people are wandering in the streets to the White House. They want the government to give an explanation.]
[It is too difficult to buy a ticket to the airport. I can't buy a ticket to return home. My roommate has money and will return home in the afternoon.]
[When it spoke, it was still night and there was a nursery rhyme. My friend has a video and I am uploading it.]
Tang Mo opened the new video and saw a familiar black tower suspended next to the Lincoln Memorial. It flashed with a colourful light and was particularly eye-catching in the dark. The song wasn't Jingle Bells but it was clearly a nursery rhyme. After the song finished, the same clear and high-pitched child's voice spoke in English.
Ding dong! On November 15th, 2017, the earth went online.
What was going on?
Tang Mo anxiously threw his phone on the bed.
The authorities hadn't released specific information about the black towers but there were too many of them to hide. Someone on the Internet had already released data. On average, there was a black tower on every 10,000 square kilometres of land.
Even on the ocean, there were countless black towers.
Tang Mo stood up and walked back and forth in the room. His heart couldn't calm down and it was about to jump out of his chest. Once Tang Mo walked back and forth for the 160th time, he suddenly stopped.
… This wasn't like him!
Why was he suddenly so restless?
Tang Mo went to the bathroom and put his head under the faucet. He wasn't worried about catching a cold and directly turned on the cold water. His mood seemed to calm down a bit. He poured a glass of cold water, returned to the room, turned on the computer and opened the bridge software.
He needed to calm down.
This sudden sense of anxiety wasn't under his control.
Perhaps it was because his heart was beating too fast and affected his judgment? It should have reached 150 beats per minute by now.
Tang Mo stared indifferently at the computer screen. It was probably because such a big event had happened and there were too few people who wanted to play games at this time. He matched for 10 minutes before entering a room and starting a game. As the game went on, Tang Mo's brain worked rapidly. His heart gradually calmed down and it didn't seem to beat so fast.
He played from day to night until he was too sleepy and fell asleep on the bed.
The next day, the anxiety that was hard to ignore floated in his heart. Tang Mo opened the bridge software again and continued to play cards. He played like this for a whole day. Tang Mo's face was ugly to the extreme, his eyes bloodshot and his brain so tired that he could fall asleep if he closed his eyes.
The QQ prompt was heard.
[Victor: You played all day?]
Tang Mo rubbed his dry eyes and replied, [Yes, I feel a bit uncomfortable.]
[Victor: You must be uncomfortable after playing for so long. Rest early.]
[Mo Tang: Yes.]
[Victor: Stay away from the black tower.]
Tang Mo fell asleep at the computer table.
When he woke up the next day, he saw Victor's message. He quickly replied, but Victor had already gone offline. Tang Mo stretched and suddenly felt much more energetic. His heartbeat was still very fast, but the anxiety that he didn't know where it came from had disappeared without a trace.
The black tower incident was still being discussed on the Internet.
The government didn't give a specific explanation but it strongly suppressed public opinion. Many netizens could only discuss the black tower in private. The discussions were all useless and sensitive words couldn't be sent out.
Tang Mo opened several posts speculating about the truth of the black tower. Most people felt that the black tower was a research result of top technology. There was also a small number of people who felt that it was the end of the world. However, their tone was completely joking and the post wasn't deleted. These people could talk nonsense in the post.
In the afternoon, Director Wang made an announcement in the library group.
[Director Wang: Urgent notice! The day after tomorrow, the library will be requisitioned as a temporary research center. Any personal belongings must be taken away today or tomorrow. Once again, the day after tomorrow, the library will be requisitioned as …]
The group suddenly exploded.
Several old employees asked where they would work in the future if the library was requisitioned. There were also a few young employees who jokingly said, [It is the end of the world. What is there to work for?]
Tang Mo looked up at the black tower in the distance. He picked up his bag and got on the bus to the library.
It had to be said that China did a good job of maintaining social stability. Apart from the people who worked too close to the black tower and had to go home for a holiday, other public facilities were running smoothly as usual.
However, when he got on the bus and swiped his card, Tang Mo saw an ashtray in front of the driver. It was full of ash and there was a cigarette in his mouth.
A middle-aged woman complained, "Master, why are you smoking while driving? Isn't smoking prohibited?"
"It is very annoying. I don't even want to drive if I don't smoke. Do you want to drive?"
"Hey, how can you say that? It is your bus company's own rules not to smoke. It is wrong for you to smoke. Why can't people say it? "
The driver and the woman quarreled and the two female university students sitting next to Tang Mo rushed to mediate. It wasn't easy to persuade them. The two girls sat back in their seats and one of them said, "Today is the third day?"
"Oh, you are talking about that. It really is the third day."
The girl played with her phone and said, "It is said that players will be eliminated and it isn't limited to the game. What does this mean? It has been three days and there isn't any movement. What is a game? Is rock-paper-scissors a game? "
"Hehe, do you want to try it?"
"Rock-paper-scissors!"
"Ah, I lost. Then, am I eliminated by you? "
The two girls looked at each other and laughed together.
The people who were in the mood to take the bus and continue their daily lives didn't care much about the black tower incident. When Tang Mo arrived at the library, he saw thousands of people holding signs blocking the road and confronting the armed police. These were the people who were very concerned about the black tower incident and the people who really felt that the black tower would bring the end of the world.
Tang Mo took a detour and entered the library through the back door. It seemed that he was the only one who was in a hurry to come back and pick up something. There was no one else in the empty library. There were slogans from the crowd outside the door and their shouts echoed in the library. Tang Mo found his cabinet and took out a few books from it.
He was about to leave when he heard a dull sound from the southeast corner.
Tang Mo stopped and looked over. A moment later, he took out a black explosion-proof stick from the security cabinet and tiptoed to the corner.
"Who is there?"
There was no answer.
He could vaguely hear the sound of someone picking up a book in the corner. The other person put the book back on the shelf and dropped another book in a hurry.
Tang Mo walked to the bookshelf in the corner, turned around and shouted, "Who is there?"
An ordinary-looking young man with messy hair looked at Tang Mo in a panic, holding a book in his hand.
Tang Mo relaxed his grip on the explosion-proof stick and asked with surprise, "Huckster … cough, Mr. Chen? Why are you here? "
The huckster looked stiffly at Tang Mo, laughed twice and put the book back on the shelf.
Tang Mo frowned. "How did you get in?"
"There is a window on the east side that wasn't closed … I just came in to take a look …"
Tang Mo recalled that there was a window on the east side of the library. However, the window was on the ground and connected to the basement. It was mainly for ventilation. How did this huckster get in? Did he really climb in through the window?
Tang Mo said, "Mr. Chen, you are making it very difficult for us. This is theft."
"I didn't steal anything!" The huckster hurriedly said.
Tang Mo looked up and down, holding the explosion-proof stick tightly in his hand. He walked to the bookshelf in front of the huckster and looked carefully.
There really weren't any missing books. It was the same as when he left three days ago.
"Then why did you come in this time …"
"Ding dong! The game 'Who stole my book' has been triggered. At 17: 52 on November 17th, 2017, the players Tang Mo and Chen Fangzhi have safely entered the game. The players have entered the sandbox, the game map has been created and the data has been loaded … "
In the blink of an eye, the slogans outside the library disappeared without a trace.
In the empty library, a strange and clear child's voice was heard, singing a nursery rhyme that no one had ever heard before.
"La la la, la la la.
A stick gently hits,
Two players play house.
Three days and three nights without speaking,
The angel and demon want it.
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