Doomsday Wonderland

Sandwiched among a large group of hot tourists, Han Suiping was so nervous that he felt chills.

He was like this every time when he was excited and nervous. His whole body was shaking and he couldn't hold it down. He kept having hiccups in his throat. He wiped his wet palms on his pants and immediately became sweaty again.

It was obviously not the first time...but every time, he seemed to be standing next to a cliff looking down. How he got to where he is now, and whether he can turn back now, he doesn't know. When he thinks about what will happen if he is caught, he is so scared that he just wants to go home - at this moment, he even thinks of The alley that was warmed by the sun when I was a child.

As he put the satchel on the tracks of the X-ray machine, he just kept praying to God, please, let me go one more time.

"Whose bag is this?" The security officer in black uniform grabbed his satchel from the other end of the X-ray machine. "come here!"

Han Suiping looked at the other unaware tourists. They were all sweating and had a light expression on their faces. They put their bags on their shoulders again and walked out - outside, there was the endless blue sea and sky, and the joy of a giant cruise ship waiting to set sail.

"It's mine," he said hoarsely, "What's wrong?"

"Take the things out and take a look," the security officer ordered, tapping his bag with a short stick - probably because he was too lazy to empty his bag himself.

This was a good sign. Han Suiping was afraid of encountering the kind of security personnel who were so enthusiastic that after emptying the bag, they would press the fabric sandwich with their fingers.

A toiletry bag, a pile of clothes, two books... As he was taking them out one by one, the short stick fell on a square bag.

"What is this? Is it a computer?"

"No, no," Han Suiping laughed hastily, "I am a painter, and I brought this large color book... Look."

He opened the zipper, took out a drawing paper and opened it. Various colors of pigments form a landscape painting on the paper. The pigments are uniquely mixed with fine metal powder, which indeed looks beautiful. "Look," he didn't dare to give the other party a chance to linger on the color book, and quickly took out the next small bag, "this is my paint, brush, and brush washer..."

The security officer thought for a moment with a troubled look on his face, waved his hand and said, "Let's pass."

Han Suiping breathed a sigh of relief and felt that his back was already dripping with sweat.

Fortunately, it's hot here, so it's not surprising to sweat a little... He put his things away again, took out the "Take Off Journey" sign from his pocket and hung it around his neck, and followed the flow of tourists towards the Tongdi Pier where the cruise ships were parked. . When he looked back, the security officer was already looking at the next person's bag - God spared him again.

Some people like fishing, some people like playing games, and some people like painting. These are all life-saving, but his hobbies are different.

He loves to surf the Internet.

Han Suiping, along with hundreds of other tourists, checked in and boarded the ship. He found his room according to the ticket number, closed the door and turned off the lights first. There were no windows in the cabin on the bottom floor of the cruise ship. After turning off the lights, it was as dark as if a person were blind. He opened his eyes wide in the darkness and looked around.

The light of the smoke alarm flickered in the darkness, but there was no other light.

Generally speaking, monitors will not be installed in guest rooms unless someone deliberately takes photos secretly. What Han Suiping was afraid of was that someone secretly photographed a woman, but ended up photographing him and reported him. He turned on the light, checked it carefully, and finally exhaled.

He carefully took out the color book. This is a fake book that he spent several weeks making. It is like a fake book used for decoration. The pages look very realistic on the outside, but in fact they are hollowed out inside and are just the right size to fit in. A computer and charger. He also asked a friend who was good at painting to draw him a few color paintings mixed with metal powder, and put them in the front of the book. To the naked eye, there was almost nothing suspicious about them.

The difficulty is how to deal with the X-ray machine.

Most tourists can understand why knives, drugs and explosives are not allowed, but except for Han Suiping, few people realize why computers are not allowed on cruise ships. Electronic products cannot escape after being passed under the X-ray machine; in order to solve this problem, he spent a lot of thought at the beginning.

He took off the thin case that covered the computer and smoothed it out with great treasure. After all, this thin case had cost him several months and a lot of savings. After repeated trials, he finally made a special coating using barium sulfate, aluminum flakes, glass and other materials; its advantage is that it not only covers the internal structure of the computer, but also makes it invisible to the X-ray machine. It looks suspicious as if there is nothing. But even though he was confident in his work, the first time he took his computer on a cruise ship, he felt like he was about to have a heart attack.

Passing the X-ray machine was just a small difficulty. When Han Suiping unfortunately developed this hobby that could lead to a prison sentence, the biggest problem he faced was that all computers on sale did not have wireless signal receiving devices.

After the cruise ship set sail, Han Suiping washed off his sweat, went to have a meal, and then went for a sightseeing walk on the deck like other tourists. This vast deep blue sea was just an accessory to every trip he took. At first, his mind was not on this sea view; but recently, he was able to appreciate the majestic beauty of the sea more and more.

Outside the fence, there was a scenery that was so broad, so stretched, and so free, and it gradually became the second reason why he kept getting on the boat.

The Xingbang has a very long route, and it will be at sea for a week, during which most of the voyage is on the high seas and open seas. The voyage passes through two small islands. Tourists can even get off the boat and dive for a while near the beach - but they cannot go ashore, as that is the territory of another country.

Because you can see the beaches of other countries from a distance, this route of the Xingbang is very popular and it is always hard to get a ticket. Han Suiping has visited the beaches of other countries four times so far. Considering his salary, this is really a good deal. heavy burden.

This hobby not only costs money, but also lives.

Han Suiping smiled bitterly, lay down on the deck bench, and turned a page of the book in his hand. The ship had just set sail and it was not yet time; he would have to wait until at least tomorrow afternoon before he could make his first attempt to get online.

"Is there anyone sitting here?" A soft female voice suddenly sounded next to him.

Han Suiping looked up and saw a girl wearing a swimsuit and a long coat. She was wearing a pair of large sunglasses and her hair was still dripping with water from the swimming pool.

"Ah, no."

She spread a towel on another bench and smiled at him: "What are you reading?"

Although the upper half of her face cannot be seen, she has neat white teeth when she smiles, which makes her look beautiful.

Han Suiping closed the book uncomfortably and said, "It's not a good book - ah, that's not what I meant. I want to say, it's not an interesting book either."

The girl giggled and asked, "What is that?"

"Look," Han Suiping waved the book towards her. The title was "A Happy Life Shrouded in Light." There are the most books with this kind of title in bookstores. The bookshelves that look at them at a glance are either happy or beautiful. They are full of mountains and seas of positive energy, and they are the least likely to attract attention. He picked out the best-selling one, and when he got home, he cut out the pages with a knife, keeping the cover and spine intact, and filled it page by page with an old book he found in a thrift store.

The girl nodded. Sure enough, she lost interest in the book and lay back on the bench to listen to music. Her calves were so shiny from the sun that they looked healthy and beautiful.

Han Suiping wanted to continue reading, but he didn't know if the other person's eyes under his sunglasses could scan the pages of his book. He thought it was better to be on the safe side, so he closed his book and returned to his room - feeling secretly regretful.

He has also been single for several years. When he meets a beautiful girl, he will naturally feel longing in his heart and want to be close to her and want to talk to her more. However, safety still matters.

The next afternoon, he finally arrived slowly amid his constant anxious anticipation.

"The ship has reached the high seas." When this announcement is heard on the radio, all the tourists on the ship will be obviously excited and happy, even though the sea is the sea, there is no difference in the scenery. Han Suiping knew very well why he was happy about reaching the high seas, but he just couldn't understand what other people had to be happy about. But that didn't matter - as soon as he heard the announcement, he hurried back to the room.

He turned up the music on his mobile phone to the maximum volume, tucked his computer under the quilt and turned it on. The special sound when turning on the phone was drowned in the rock music.

Covered in the quilt, after some adjustments, he found the lower right corner with familiarity. There was a small signal icon that was not found on other people's computers: three arcs stacked up, one longer than the other, looking like A small umbrella or a small mushroom. The small umbrella was now gray. He clicked it, and the computer slowly searched for a signal.

He felt stuffy and hot under the quilt, but his anticipation had overcome all discomfort. He waited patiently for a while, and the computer popped up a prompt: No signal found.

...This is not right.

His computer accessories were all very old, especially the satellite signal receiving device. He had purchased countless old computers from the past before finally finding one that had slipped through the cracks. Its sensitivity is certainly a headache, but generally speaking, satellite signals should start to be received by the afternoon of the second day after departure.

Could it be that the accessories have aged too much?

Han Suiping held the computer and walked around the room several times; several times he thought he was about to succeed, but the result was the same frustrating prompt.

what happened? He just wished he could take a few pictures of it to see if it could be photographed as well as the old TV.

He raised his head, looked around the room, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

No, he had taken the Xingbang Express four times, and each time he got the cheapest room. But this time the interior of the room was obviously different from the past - the color of the wall panels had been changed, and it looked brand new. He was so focused on surfing the Internet that he didn't notice the biggest difference right under his nose.

Could it be that it has been renovated and the building materials thickened?

"Yes," a waiter who stopped him in the aisle after he rushed out the door replied, "It was just renovated last month and the wall panels were changed. Isn't it much prettier?"

What a beautiful fart, Han Suiping cursed repeatedly in his stomach. His old and dying signal receiving device was no match for the newly renovated wall panels. Could it be that after venturing out on this trip, he could only go back without doing anything?

He stood in the room, dazed for a while.

There seemed to be only one option left... and that was to take the computer on deck.