After Escaping the Cycle, I Just Want to Be a Salted Fish

In the year 2049 AD, a strange countdown appeared simultaneously around the world - blood-red numbers appeared in the sky, starting at 0:00 on the seventh day, pointing to the "Day of Human Extinction". Everyone thinks that when the number jumps to "0 day 0 hour 0 minute", it is the end of a meteorite impact, virus outbreak or mechanical awakening. Until that day, the moment Lin Xiaoman took the hot coffee at a convenience store, the water droplets on the cup wall suddenly stopped when his fingertips touched it. She watched helplessly as the clock across from her stopped at 23:59:53, while the countdown on the phone in her palm was forever stuck at "0 day 0 hour 07 minutes". The world is not destroyed, but has become "solidified amber": running pedestrians maintain a staggering posture, splashing rainwater hangs in the air, and the explosion of fire is like a film that has been pressed and paused.