Qiqi is a student at Yuehe Town Kindergarten. At noon today, an image suddenly appeared in the sky. She couldn't quite understand what it was saying. Then, the teacher suddenly announced that it was holiday time and that her parents would come to pick her up and take her home.
At the time, her parents looked strange, as if they were a little nervous. On the way home, they bought a lot of things at the supermarket.
At that time, many people were rushing to buy things; there weren't this many people in the supermarket during the Chinese New Year.
After returning home, Dad repaired all the corners of the house with quick-drying cement, and covered the roof with several layers of thick tarpaulin. He also added a board on top of the tarpaulin that was said to be acid-resistant.
The windows on the sides and at the back of the house were also sealed with these boards.
Mom gathered up all the clothes and dried vegetables in the yard. There was a small vegetable patch in the yard, and Mom picked all the vegetables she could, piled them in a basket, and put it in the corner of the kitchen.
Grandma was initially saying that Dad and Mom were making a fuss over nothing and believing everything she heard, but then the neighbors—grandpas, grandmas, uncles, and aunts—started doing the same thing as Dad and Mom, so Grandma panicked and started working too.
She washed all the buckets and basins in the house, filled them with water, and then took out all the dirty clothes to wash, saying that the afternoon sun was strong and they could still dry, otherwise she would have no clothes to change into.
Then she started making pancakes, the kind that are very fragrant and crispy. Grandma said they could be kept for several days without spoiling.
She also cooked some of the ingredients in the refrigerator, and steamed a large pot of rice and a lot of eggs.
The uncle next door came back on his three-wheeled motorcycle, saying he wanted to build a small shed for their vegetable garden. Dad said that it wouldn't be useful if it rained, but the uncle still enthusiastically built a small shed for their garden as well.
There's also that old man at the village entrance, Grandpa Zhang, who has a lot of herbs at home. He brought down a lot of herbs from the mountain and distributed them to each household, saying that if someone accidentally got caught in the rain, crushing them and applying them to the wound would be quite effective.
Qiqi was puzzled; everyone seemed so busy.
The village chief was looking around, telling everyone not to slack off. It was an order from above, and that preparing for a few hours might save lives.
"Grandma, Dad, Mom, what are you doing? What is everyone else doing?"
Dad stopped what he was doing, thought for a moment, and said to Qiqi, "It might rain here tonight. That kind of rain can make your skin hurt. Dad, Mom, and Grandma are working now so that the rain won't get into the house tonight, otherwise everyone will feel pain."
Qiqi nodded as if she understood, then her grandmother pulled her over and washed her from head to toe, changing her into clean little clothes.
Grandma said that it wouldn't matter if she couldn't take a bath for a few days afterward.
...
At Song'an County Middle School, most of the students have already left, but some students who live far away and have inconvenient transportation have stayed at school.
Given the current situation, it would be safer for them to stay at school than to go home.
It is said that the school will also serve as a temporary shelter for people living in nearby houses that do not meet structural standards.
In a classroom, students who stayed on campus gathered to study, while the teacher sat behind the podium, frowning as he scrolled through his phone.
One student couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, will it really rain acid?"
The young teacher looked up and adjusted his glasses. "From a scientific point of view, at least in our county, we do not have the conditions to form acid rain."
The students all looked over and asked, "What about from an unscientific perspective?"
"From an unscientific point of view, the sky at noon is very unscientific."
The student asked, "So, if acid rain falls at night, will the end times really come? Will we be destroyed like in the sky?"
The teacher reassured them, "Now the whole country and the whole world know about this. The government will find a solution. We must trust the government."
A student asked, "Even if it rains acid at night, could it be that someone created this acid rain and then used the prediction to gain everyone's trust, causing chaos in the world?"
The teacher thought for a while, and then said frankly, "If someone could create acid rain that covers the entire city, and we are completely unable to detect them, the horror of that would be no less than the end of the world."
...
At a highway exit in City A, under the scorching sun, traffic security officer A watched the vehicles leaving City A and asked his colleague, "Do you think only our city is taking such precautions, while other cities are doing nothing? The sky said that besides City A, there are dozens of other cities at home and abroad that will experience acid rain."
Traffic security officer B: "If so many cities were like ours, how much would the losses be? Besides, it's hard to say whether acid rain will actually come. Haven't you seen it online? People in other places are laughing at us, waiting to see how we'll handle this."
Traffic police officer A checked the time: "It's almost three o'clock. The highway is about to be closed."
"After the lockdown, we can go back sooner."
"I'm not going to be able to leave work today, but it's still safer in the city than here, in the middle of nowhere."
...
Yun Eryaozi is a minor internet celebrity with 500,000 followers. He is known for his sharp tongue, especially his commentary on social news, and he is particularly good at stirring up conflict. His fans especially enjoy listening to him give his opinions.
He happened to be in City A today to see a friend. When the sky appeared, he was having dinner with his friend and immediately started a live stream. Hundreds of thousands of viewers flooded into the live stream room.
This is the first time I've encountered such a large quantity of Yun Er Yao Zi (a type of kidney), and I'm incredibly excited.
To maintain the buzz, even after the canopy disappeared, he continued to hold up his phone and livestream the various reactions in City A.
"As you can see, there are fewer and fewer people on the streets, and supermarkets are packed with people rushing to buy things. The municipal government, county government, town government, as well as village committees, fire departments, public security bureaus and so on, have all sent out warning text messages."
"Isn't it unbelievable? Hahaha, they actually believe in this canopy? Isn't the A city government ridiculous?"
Seeing that the comments section was full of complaints, Yun Eryaozi joined in. He knew exactly how to please the audience; only by letting them hear what they wanted to hear would they be happy to send gifts.
Yun Eryaozi pointed the camera at her friend and asked, "Has your city always been this funny?"
My friend didn't laugh. "Although I think the city's preparations are a bit excessive, I don't find it funny that you're talking about my city like that."
He answered a phone call, then said to Yun Eryaozi, "My mom is calling me back. I advise you to have some respect for others and find somewhere to shelter from the rain tonight."
He left after saying that. Yun Eryaozi's face darkened, and then he sighed to the live stream, "Look, another one has been brainwashed."
[Host, your friend doesn't seem very bright either.]
[The streamer sighed in exasperation.]
Yun Eryaozi tried to liven things up, saying, "I think something big might have happened, and the government is using this to divert everyone's attention. Maybe it's some kind of exercise or pilot program."
"Have you seen the comments from abroad? They're all treating this like a joke. City A is making a big fuss over this, making us look bad on the international stage. Some people are even saying, 'Are we going to be at war in China?'"
"I'll stay outside tonight and see if there's any acid rain. I won't move until dawn. If it really rains acid, I'll drink it!"
Sure enough, as soon as he said that, the live stream was flooded with gifts, all supporting the streamer's decision to drink acid rain.
Meanwhile, #YunErYaoziLiveStreamDebunksAcidRain# also climbed to the top of the trending searches among many acid rain-related terms, and the popularity of the live stream room soared rapidly.
...
The sun was slowly setting in the west.
Night fell promptly, and City A gradually descended into darkness. Except for a few places where people were causing trouble outside and refusing to go home, most people stayed obediently indoors.
The entire city seemed to have been put on pause.
Yun Eryaozi mingled with a group of people who refused to go home. This was a famous city park in City A, and the lawn was full of people. Security guards were urging people to leave.
"You're all meddling in everything, including whether I go home or not. Can't I just stay here and look at the stars?"
"My factory was forced to shut down. Can the government compensate me for my losses?"
"Seriously? I'm just selling barbecue, is that illegal? I have elderly people and children to support at home!"
Yun Eryaozi happily filmed these arguments; what great live stream material!
The viewers in the live stream were thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Shi Feizhai was also in the crowd at this time, his eyes fixed on the girls in the crowd.
"System, what's going on with that canopy?"
The dating system says, "I don't know, but don't worry about it. Please actively complete the tasks."
Shi Feizhai: "You don't even know, how do you know you don't need to care? Could it be that I'm even more powerful than you? If they discover my cheat ability, will I get arrested?"
Even the dating system is getting impatient. Who is this person? So timid and cowardly.
The dating system says, "If the host is scared, they can apply to unbind."
Shi Feizhai immediately felt reluctant to part with it, as this was a system that could make him the king of the apocalypse.
He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll do the mission."
He spotted a pretty girl, quietly walked over, and prepared to unleash his "unwavering devotion" skill.
However, his obese figure, hunched over and licking his face, was too conspicuous and too sleazy.
A female security guard saw this and frowned as she approached. Just as Shi Feizhai was about to put his hand on a pretty girl's shoulder, the security guard grabbed Shi Feizhai's groping hand and said, "What are you doing?"
Shi Feizhai was quite heavy, but his chassis was very unstable, and he was easily twisted around. He looked at the female security officer in a panic.
The moment the female security guard saw Shi Feizhai's eyes, she felt a shiver run through her body, as if she had been electrocuted, leaving her dizzy.
Looking at the other person again, I suddenly had a feeling that he was so handsome and I liked him so much that I would kneel down and submit to him at his command...
Oh no! I've been infected!
What kind of new kind of date rape drug is this?!
She shook her head vigorously, but to no avail. She twisted the man's arm hard, threw him to the ground, and pinned him down, all the while shouting to her companions, "Come quick! We've caught a thief!"
With a whoosh, the surrounding people immediately scattered, and other security guards rushed over.
The security guards quickly restrained Shi Feizhai, who shouted that he was not a thief. The female security guard shook her head, then shook her head again, her cheeks flushed, and looked at Shi Feizhai with a particularly unfocused gaze. Then she closed her eyes and collapsed.
The other security guards were shocked.
"Jiang Ying!"
This isn't a thief, it's more like they've caught a human trafficker! A trafficker who's been drugged!
In an instant, they grabbed Shi Feizhai even harder, making him scream, and handcuffed his hands before stuffing him into the police car. Jiang Ying was also carried into the car, and the police car sped away with its siren blaring.
Yun Eryaozi filmed the whole thing and was extremely excited. He smacked his lips and said, "See? This is what happens when the city's order is disrupted. All sorts of monsters and demons come out to fish in troubled waters."
The barrage of comments was also incredibly fast.
[The police force in City A is of poor quality; how could they fall victim to this so easily?]
[This is just what we see at the moment. Who knows how many people are taking advantage of the chaos to cause trouble? This reckless behavior in City A is bound to lead to disaster.]
Are child traffickers in City A really this brazen? They dare to commit such acts in front of so many people—and this is supposed to be a civilized city?
Yun Eryaozi was happy to see these comments. The more people discussed it, the more engaged they were, and the more willing they were to send gifts.
Yun Eryaozi: "Tonight is just the beginning. Let's see how many more stories there will be."
Suddenly, he felt a cool sensation on the tip of his nose. He touched it and said, "Hey, friends, it really is raining, but it's just ordinary rain."
He even licked it and said, "Nothing's wrong at all. I told you it was fake, didn't I?"
He even tilted his head back and opened his mouth to catch the rain, which poured down, and the rain suddenly intensified.
Suddenly, Yun Er's waist trembled, and he bent over, covering his mouth. "Ah, how could this be...it hurts so much!"
He frantically searched for water.
[Stop acting, haha]
[The acting was quite realistic.]
[The streamer knows how to be sarcastic.]
However, at this moment, Yun Er felt as if his tongue was about to rot, and he couldn't utter a single word. His throat and esophagus were burning.
"Ugh... Waaah, waaah!"
He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of bloody foam, and blisters began to form on the parts of his face that were wet from the rain.
Live stream viewers!!!
At the same time, people on the lawn screamed and frantically ran around looking for a place to hide.
Acid rain! It's acid rain!
"it hurts!"
"My eyes! Rain got in my eyes!"
"Open your umbrellas!"
"Don't step on me! Help!"
The viewers in the live stream were stunned, staring blankly as the person on the screen quickly developed large blisters on their exposed skin under the scorching rain, even turning it bloody.
Is this an act? How could it possibly be real?
However, they soon lost sight of the camera because the phone stand was knocked to the ground by Yun Eryaozi while he was fleeing, and then the camera was damaged by acid rain.
The final scene shows a pitch-black sky with rain pelting down like deadly spikes, the entire sky resembling the mouth of a demon ready to devour its prey.
In other parts of City A, everyone hiding in their houses was unable to make a sound, as if their necks were being tightly strangled.
Outside, there was the sound of pouring rain, faint screams, and even the sound of their house being corroded by the rain.
They felt a chill run down their spines and their bodies go cold.
Acid rain! It really rained acid!
The doomsday prophecy was actually true!
Has the world gone mad?
...
When Wei Yuexin woke up in the morning, her eyes were sore. After the first video was released last night, she wrote the script for the second video.
This required her to read the novel first and extract the usable content, which was a huge mental pollution. She stayed up until 2 a.m. before she could sort out the script for the second video.
The consequence is that my eyes hurt a lot.
I opened Douyin Video to check the data for the first video.
Although I know it's only been one night and the data may not have picked up yet, artificially inflating backend data is a common problem for every creative person.
She had mentally prepared herself for a single-digit number of views, but the next moment she was stunned.
602+ views!
11+ likes!
174+ dislikes!
Send 5+ flowers!
This data is terrifying!
Corresponding to this alarming statistic are the very few comments.
[What strange video?]
Is this a newly released disaster movie?
[Was that a really scary shot? It gave me goosebumps!]
[Is this data manipulated?]
[Data manipulation, graphic content, reported!]
Wei Yuexin was in a daze, and she felt guilty. Were all these data contributed by the game participants? Could it be that the HR staff inflated the numbers for her?
When I contacted the HR person via WeChat, they calmly assured me that the data was accurate and normal, and that I shouldn't worry.
Then she really wasn't worried anymore, and what followed was happiness.
Such impressive data is worth a fortune!
The revenue algorithm is quite complex. The main source of revenue is the number of views, but likes and flowers also count as revenue. It seems that dislikes will result in a deduction of money.
In the end, after deducting the platform's share, she received... a little over three thousand yuan from the income generated by this video!
Wei Yuexin's monthly salary is only a little over 7,000!
This income is astonishing! It's almost half a month's salary! Earning 100,000 a month is not a dream at all!
She quickly edited and dubbed the second video, sent it to HR for review, and then rushed to the hospital to see her grandmother.