The time is displayed to 0.0001 second in digital form by means of digitrons (nixie tubes).

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But the old fisherman who followed her up the stairs again shook his head doomfully. There's no use trying to hold them off, he said. They'll just ram in the door. Then they'll slaughter the lot of us. I know them.

The heads bowed down (to look at cell phones), those obsessed with cell phones, virtual chat, the Internet, and excessive WeChatting, which we see as a phenomenon everywhere, reflect attempts to overcome the loneliness and disinterest this generation feels, and to make up for their empty spiritual world through newly available technologies.