Find my mac not working properly on Yosemite

手贱试了一下Find My Mac的锁定功能，Macbook Air自动重启然后一直卡在灰色背景画面不动，有个鼠标可以动，还可以播放声音。不能解锁了，求帮忙啊～
I am so stupid to try the Find My Mac feature and locked my Macbook Air.
The Macbook reboot automatically, and stuck in a gray background. Mouse can move. I can even play sound with Find My Mac.
But the most important thing is that I can't unlock my mac with the 4 digit password I set. There is no place to input it!

Remove power(not sure if relevant ), hold on shift when reboot. That leads to unlock screen.

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