Volume One: The Disappearance of the Sun in 2012 Chapter 1 The Disappearance of the Sun
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Date: December 22, 2012
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“Central Television! Central Television! Dear viewers, you are currently watching Central Television!”
“Dear viewers! I am currently in the Queens district of New York City, where there has just been a riot. The New York police used a large number of personnel to forcefully disperse the rioters. This riot resulted in one death and over thirty injured. The situation is still being investigated...”
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“Now let’s connect with Olivia in Europe and learn about the situation there.”
“Hello, host!”
“Hello, Olivia. Can you tell us about the situation in Paris?”
“Sure. From this afternoon, a large crowd gathered in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, holding various signs and demanding the government disclose the truth of the matter. We can now see that a large number of police have gathered in front of the presidential palace to prevent the situation from escalating. President Sarkozy has canceled his visit to the Middle East and made a televised speech calling for calm among the citizens...”
“Okay, let’s now connect with Jess in Tokyo. Hello, Jess, hello, hello... Alright, maybe there’s a problem with the satellite signal and we can’t reach Jess for now. It’s okay. Now we invite two guests in the studio to provide us with a scientific explanation of this event.”
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“Welcome back. This is a special news observation program on Central Television. Let me introduce our two special guests to the audience, who are also authoritative experts in the academic field. This is Professor Huo Sining, an astronomer from Tsinghua University, and Professor Zhang Ting’en, an astrophysicist from the University of Science and Technology of China!”
“Good afternoon, professors. We know that today, at 7:15 am Beijing time on December 22nd, the entire sun suddenly disappeared from the sky for a full 10 minutes. This special astronomical phenomenon was observed all around the world without any prediction of a solar eclipse. This led to a lot of speculation.”
“Of course, the most famous speculation is related to the Mayan civilization’s prophecy. According to the Mayan prophecy, the sun should have completely disappeared after yesterday, the 21st, and the earth would fall into darkness. We know that many people are actually concerned about this, especially some people abroad who are very worried about the success of this prophecy. Until the 22nd, this morning at 7 o’clock, many people thought that this prophecy, like the Y2K apocalypse in 1999, was just a joke.”
“But, we also know that around 7:15 am, the entire sun suddenly disappeared for about 10 minutes without any signs, and the whole world was plunged into darkness. Global communication also fell into extreme chaos. The whole process lasted for 10 minutes and then returned to normal.”
Therefore, many people believe that the Mayan prophecy may really become a reality. Of course, we know that this should be a special astronomical phenomenon, just because it has never happened before. So, please help us understand this event from a scientific perspective, thank you!”
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“Through the explanations of these two esteemed professors, we suddenly feel enlightened and believe that this special astronomical phenomenon has its inevitable scientific reasons. It also serves as a refutation to various rumors such as the Mayan prophecy. We should also approach such matters from a scientific perspective and not panic unnecessarily...”
Andrew Chureached out and turned off the remote control. He felt that there was no need to continue watching. The internet was already filled with curses. The so-called experts debunking rumors had become synonymous with deceiving the public. Since 2008, not many people believed in so-called experts anymore, and Andrewwas no exception.He was a less handsome half. Father is Chinese and mother is Chinese. He was supposed to get a high salary in New York, but because of his father’s inexplicable insistence, he stayed in the “mysterious”China.
Although the internet was in chaos, the harmonious army continued to harmonize, and most people were just watching with curiosity. Of course, it also caused panic for many people. Just look at the crowded market at noon, where people were scrambling to buy food. If it couldn’t be calmed down in time, panic would cause significant economic losses.
Andrew firmly believed in his own judgment. He had felt that something was wrong for a long time, and the reason was the ancient book passed down in his family. Although the words in the book were completely garbled and couldn’t even be considered Oracle Bone Script, he was still certain that it was an ancient book.
It is said to be a family heirloom, but in fact it has always been used as a footstool or cabinet leg. Because this book looks too old and worn out, apart from being a bit thick, it doesn’t have any other advantages. Andrew’s father always claimed that this book was passed down from ancestors and would never be sold. However, in reality, when Andrewgot into college and needed money, his father secretly took this family heirloom book to pawnshops and antique markets, only to find out that it was a useless book. Even the experts said it could be at most three to five years old, which clearly contradicted what Andrew’s father had claimed about it being passed down from ancestors. This made Andrew’s father very angry.
Later on, the book ended up in Andrew ’s hands, still serving as a cushion. Until the day Andrew decided to buy a house, just like his father, he went to antique markets with high hopes, but still no one showed any interest. Out of anger, Andrewstopped caring about this matter, and the so-called family heirloom book silently continued to serve as a foot cushion.
Until one night, after breaking up with his girlfriend whom he had been dating for many years, Andrew was drunk and witnessed a strange phenomenon. The long-ignored ancient book suddenly emitted a dazzling light. Although the whole event lasted no more than 20 seconds, Andrew was convinced that he hadn’t seen it wrong. Even if his friends mocked him for having a screw loose, he insisted that he really saw it.
Naturally, driven by the desire for money, he took the book to pawn shops, but the result was disappointing. No one recognized it as a treasure. Determined, Andrew even had it tested for carbon dating, only to find out that it was a book from within the past ten years, not an ancient book at all.
Initially, this result left Andrew feeling down, but he soon realized that something was amiss. He couldn’t guarantee how long the book had been in his father’s possession, but he had personally seen it for over 20 years. However, the test result claimed it was at most ten years old. This indicated that the book was not trash, but rather an extraordinary book.
Andrew spent a long time researching the material of the book, but to no avail. Later on, he studied the strange symbols and text on the book for a long time. With the slight connection he discovered between them and Chinese characters, even ancient oracle bone script, Andrew managed to learn around 300 relatively simple characters. It happened to be in the year 2010.
With just 300 characters, Andrew couldn’t fully understand the complete meaning of the book. He couldn’t even comprehend the content beyond the tenth page. However, within those meager ten pages, Andrew painstakingly managed to read a warning from the author of the book to future generations: “The celestial trajectory repeats, all things return, the universe renews, and the world rages.”
During that period, Andrew was in a bad emotional state due to the blow of love. Influenced by a U.S. blockbuster movie “2012” and the frequent earthquakes and floods worldwide, he became very curious about these kinds of similar Maya prophecies. Out of boredom, he followed the calculations in the book and compared them with the current Gregorian calendar. He repeated the calculations many times. To his surprise, the period of “all things returning” was only seven days later than the Maya prophecy’s date of December 21, 2012. In other words, it would happen on the 28th, just as the book had predicted.
Andrew calculated many times, starting with the fear that he didn’t recognize enough characters and might make mistakes. As he recognized more characters, his calculations became more accurate, and the date still pointed to the 28th. Andrew was extremely anxious at that time. He didn’t know why this book seemed to possess a special power that constantly urged him to believe that a great change would definitely occur on that day.
He later extensively studied the Maya’s Long Count calendar and used the book’s algorithm. The result was a slight deviation from the widely accepted calculation in the United States. Due to his limited knowledge of the Maya civilization, he could only roughly calculate that the exact date of the Maya prophecy would be after the 21st.
This matter troubled Andrew for a very long time. He once anonymously posted information about this date online, but it led to nothing. At that time, all kinds of prophecies were flying around, and some people even faced prosecution by the government for spreading them. His post quickly sank into oblivion.
Until three months ago, he once again saw this ancient book emitting a colorful light. At that time, he was just about to turn off the lights and go to sleep. The splendid colors illuminated the entire bedroom, almost mesmerizing. For a moment, Andrew was almost stunned.
The last time the book emitted light, Andrew, under the suspicion of his friends, almost believed it was an illusion. But this time, he was very clear and shocked. After that, he dared not doubt anymore. Therefore, for the past three months, he almost desperately prepared for this day. His crazy behavior made all his friends think he was crazy. Some friends even wanted to send him to a mental hospital.
He sold the house he bought with a loan without hesitation. He sold everything he thought he wouldn’t need in the future for a large amount of cash. He rented two apartments on the same floor in the most central part of the city. He didn’t dare to rent on the ground floor or the top floor because the ancient book said that when the celestial paths return, it will bring the intersecting of celestial paths from another space in the universe, and powerful creatures from that strange space will invade. Their power is not something that the Earth’s creatures, who have always been confined to the celestial paths, can resist.
Andrew sealed the doors and windows with the strongest steel. He stored a large amount of food, clean water, and other daily necessities in the two apartments. He bought piles of everything he could think of. He calculated that if he consumes a maximum of 2 jin of rice per day, he crazily bought over ten tons of rice, costing him over 20,000 yuan. He estimated that it would be enough for him to eat for more than ten years.
He also stored water, salt, sugar, paper, batteries, toothpaste, laundry detergent, and lighters. Later, he spent a lot of money to buy a Type 92 pistol and 100 bullets from the black market. Before the 21st, his bank account decreased dramatically from several hundred thousand to 2,000 yuan. It’s not that he didn’t want to buy more, but every corner of the room was filled. Even the bathroom and the bed were full.
The landlord of the apartment Andrew rented was abroad and in Shenzhen. They rarely returned to the city. Just before the 21st, Andrew secretly broke through the wall separating the two apartments and sealed the door and all the windows of the other apartment. Then he quietly waited for the unknown change.
Andrew wanted to help his friends, but almost everyone thought he was crazy at the last moment, even his relatives. Hardly anyone believed him.
However, more and more people called him this morning because the disappearance of the sun in the morning was shocking. Although many people still didn’t want to believe in anything incredible, as it was too absurd, panic still spread among the crowd. Therefore, many people who knew about his crazy preparations asked him what would happen. But Andrew really didn’t know because he couldn’t understand the later words about the celestial paths in the ancient book. He could only patiently persuade them one by one to prepare supplies. When it was almost evening, he specifically went to the market across the neighborhood and found that it was half empty.
The evening news repeatedly emphasized that this phenomenon had a scientific basis and that it wouldn’t be the end of the world. At the same time, the commotion among the foreign public demanding the government to disclose the truth became more and more serious. Even all the news headlines on websites were the same:
“The sun disappears, is the Mayan prophecy really coming?”
“The end of the world, are you ready?”
“2012, have you bought your boat ticket?”
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