Chapter 5 Week 4: Reconnaissance (Part 1)

No one knows when and who started to spread the news. There have been many different versions, but the story is roughly the same: On the day of the "big shutdown", a plane crashed in downtown Hong Kong.All abnormalities and blockades start from here. The location of the crash is unclear.Some say Central, others say Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront; others say Causeway Bay downtown or Victoria Park... In short, no one has confirmed where it happened, or whether it is true or false - most people are busy in this situation Life, how can there be such leisure time? However, there are still such idlers.For example Ajie.

When Ajie heard the rumor, it was already the fourth week after the "big shutdown".He was determined to see if this was really the case. An otaku like Ajie didn't starve to death after such a long time, even he couldn't believe it. In the first few days of the "big shutdown", he just hid at home and slept, and then he started to go out to look for food when he was hungry. Every time he was lucky, he picked up the remnants left by others.Ajie was originally a person who had no requirements for food, and he would eat any garbage on weekdays, but now he didn't feel particularly uncomfortable eating expired bread crusts or cracked biscuits every day.I really miss the frozen Coke.

It's strange that Ajie hasn't felt afraid of death until now when such a disaster happened.Maybe it's a little numb to the real world on weekdays. "If Hong Kong really ends here, I'll die with everyone, it's no big deal." Ajie really thought so.After more than 20 years of failed study, work and social life, Ajie is very aware of how ordinary he is.Although it seems that Shinji Ikari, the protagonist in the animation "Evangelion", is too ordinary, but Ajie is not so "home" that he can't distinguish between imagination and reality. He has never fantasized that he is the kind of person who can survive the end of the world .

But after hearing the rumor of the plane crash, he suddenly wanted to see the answer himself: he encountered a surreal event such as a "big shutdown" in his lifetime. It is generally not reconciled to not being able to play the "explosive machine" scene, or watching the animation without seeing the finale. So he took only food and water, and all the necessities, and left home on the road. When it comes to "necessities", there are some things that ordinary Hong Kong people don't have at home, but now they have become very useful.For example, Ajie bought the binoculars in Apliu Street on a whim after watching a war movie (a sudden obsession with something is a characteristic of an otaku).

There is also a Japanese sword more than four feet long.It is said that the "knife" is actually a fake made of aluminum that cannot be used. I bought the cosplay props at the animation festival the year before last. I thought it looked good and bought it.Ajie has never practiced any martial arts, so he can't move this thing at all.But with this exaggerated fake knife behind his back, no one will come to make trouble. Ajie walked on the desolate Nathan Road with a knife, he really looked like a character in a comic book game. My home is in Yau Ma Tei, of course the first stop is to go to Tsim Sha Tsui.He kept walking south, past rows of shops and restaurants that had long since been snapped up.From time to time, I saw people lying on the side of the street, many of whom were probably dead.Some jumped from upstairs, Ajie thought.In a state of despair that has lasted for so long, more and more people are unable to withstand the pressure and commit suicide.

Occasionally, when he heard that a car was coming, Ajie wanted to hide.Now those who openly drive in the urban area are either bewitchers or policemen (in fact, they should no longer be called "policemen", now they are just a group of people with guns).Both are best avoided. Ajie soon came to the end of Nathan Road.Black smoke can already be seen in the distance. It is the "Peninsula Hotel", which has been burned to an empty shell.As for the legendary mysterious plane, there is no trace of it. The other rumored locations are all on Hong Kong Island, so we have to find a way to cross the sea.The cross-sea ferry was robbed a long time ago and used to escape from Hong Kong (it turned out to be blown up before reaching the high seas), so he had to take the undersea tunnel.

Ajie was already very tired when he arrived at the Hung Hom Stadium.He looks at the G-shock on his wrist. August 16, 4:23 p.m.The sun is going down soon.Ajie hadn't gone out at night for a long time, and he wasn't sure how likely he was to survive in the dark streets. Just as he was walking quickly towards the entrance of the tunnel, a voice from behind stopped him. "Hey, you are going to die anyway, why don't you give me that telescope." It was a young man who was about the same age as Ajie, but his body was obviously much stronger and stronger, and his steps were like a leopard.Like Ajie, he carried all kinds of things on his body, holding a hose iron in his hand, and the handle of a fruit knife was exposed from the thigh pocket of his military trousers.

The young man came over, pulled the knife on Ajie's back, and smiled: "It really is a fake." Ajie heard that the other party had been following him for a long time, but he didn't notice it.This man has a certain ability. "Are you going to find that plane too?" Ajie asked boldly. "If you want to survive, you should at least know what happened. You think the same way?" Actually no, Ajie thought to himself.But he didn't bother to explain.What's more, facing such a positive person, my reasons become very boring.Although it was boring, Ajie wanted to keep going.In his previous "normal" life, he seldom insisted on doing one thing.Now do at least one before you die.

Ajie took down the binoculars hanging around his neck and gave it to the young man: "The condition is that I will go with you, okay?"——It's like playing online battle games, no matter how powerful the equipment is, it can't compare to having a powerful weapon. Teammates matter. The young man happily took the binoculars: "Beforehand, if there is a real danger, I may not save you." Then he took out a gun from his trousers pocket to check the bullets.Ajie's eyes widened, and he knew at a glance that it was a revolver used by the police. "Don't ask me how I got it." He said, and took Ajie to the entrance of the subsea tunnel.