Chapter 25 Upside Down the World
Water?
Seeing that the girl knew where the underground water source was, Xie Shen said happily: "Okay, I just want to get some water."
"Let's go then."
Get a response After that, the girl walked on the road alone.
On the way, Xie Shen took the opportunity to inquire: "Do you live near here?"
"Yes."
The girl always looked intoxicated.
She talks very little.
Faced with questions, he just nodded in response.
This inevitably made Xie Shen feel a little embarrassed, so he stopped talking to him.
Now he just wants to take him out of the ground as soon as possible after the other party has finished drawing water.
Not long after.
Xie Shen suddenly heard the sound of trickling water not far ahead. After walking for more than ten steps, an underground river appeared in front of him.
Seeing the river, the underground girl seemed as if she had not received a drop of water for many days.
She scooped up half a bucket of river water and poured it all into her stomach without saying a word.
Seeing this scene, Xie Shen asked curiously: "You...haven't you drank water for several days?"
"No."
The girl's eyes were dull.
She shook her head and explained: "I was just afraid that I would be thirsty, so I drank more water in advance."
ah?
What does it mean to drink water in advance because you are afraid of being thirsty?
What logic is this?
After hearing this, Xie Shen was speechless and said: "In order to prevent hunger, will you eat more meals in advance?"
"Yes!"
Unexpectedly, the girl nodded.
She said matter-of-factly: "Otherwise, if you eat when you are hungry, how much pain will that person suffer?"
This.
Xie Shen captured the key point in the girl's words .
——Normally speaking, if a person drinks water when he is thirsty and eats when he is hungry, his body will feel happy.
This is a reward given to people by genes in order to continue.
But the underground girl in front of her had the opposite view: in her opinion, it would be painful for people to eat when they are hungry.
Thinking of this, Xie Shen immediately had a guess in his mind.
Is there a possibility that although the underground people can regard pain as enjoyment, at the price, enjoyment will also become pain in their eyes?
Is their world turned upside down? ?
In order to verify what he was thinking, Xie Shen tried to say to the girl: "Can I ask a question: Are you trying not to sleep? And doing so will make people feel good? And if you accidentally fall asleep, , will it make you feel extremely uncomfortable?”
“That’s for sure.”
The girl still looked like she was taking it for granted.
She pointed at herself and said: "That's why I don't dare to lie down. I haven't slept for two whole days."
After accepting that 'the underground world is upside down' After this setting, Xie Shen instantly understood what the girl meant:
For normal people, it is very painful to hold back from sleeping, but sleeping when sleepy makes people feel happy.
But the underground people are just the opposite.
Because they can regard pain as enjoyment, they will feel great pleasure in trying not to sleep.
On the other hand: if you go to sleep when you are sleepy, you will feel extremely painful.
Now, Xie Shen finally figured out why the girl always felt like she was drunk.
——It took a long time, which was caused by her being unable to sleep and her mental state being sluggish.
Next to the underground river. After seeing that the girl drank most of the bucket of river water in one gulp and was still safe, Xie Shen felt relieved and took out the kettle.
He poured half a bottle of water and took a small taste
I have to say.
After getting used to drinking pure water from the space station, when I suddenly took a sip of mineral-rich mountain spring water, I suddenly felt a sweetness filling my entire mouth.
Cool!
Looking at the expression on Xie Shen's face, the underground girl on the side couldn't help but said: "Is it comfortable to drink water?"
"Yes."
Xie Shen described : "Just when you feel like your whole mouth is dry as hell and there's a fire burning in your throat, you suddenly take a big gulp of water, and it's still cold. It feels really super refreshing."
"Is that so?" A look of envy flashed through the girl's eyes: "We underground people never feel happy."
Xie Shen was speechless.
He didn't know how to pick up the girl's words, so he changed the subject and said, "Since you've got all the water, can you take me to the surface now?"
"Okay, okay. . ”
Maybe it’s been too long since I’ve slept.
After the girl got the water, when she turned around, she bumped into the wall, causing the bucket in her hand to spill all over the floor.
Xie Shen didn't want to waste time, so he took the initiative to grab the bucket that fell on the ground: "I'd better hold it for you. You can't even stand still now."
< br>"Thank you."
The girl glanced at Xie Shen blankly, and then walked on the road alone.
Xie Shen followed closely behind.
In this way, the two walked in the underground tunnel for nearly half an hour, one behind the other.
In the distance, a little blue light suddenly came from the front.
Following the light, Xie Shen walked forward for about a hundred steps, and felt that his surroundings suddenly became brighter.
What caught his eyes was a huge underground cave:
There were dozens of houses made of rocks in this cave, and they were distributed in an orderly manner in various places. different locations.
There are roads crisscrossing the houses.
On the road, you can also see scattered underground people dressed similar to girls.
Some of them, like the girls, had dazed expressions on their faces, as if they hadn't slept for days and nights.
Some also had tiny iron nails embedded in their faces, arms, and even feet.
What's worse, they simply use polished bone rods or metal pieces to forcefully stretch out their skin and flesh.
Xie Shen originally thought that the appearance of the underground girl was exaggerated enough.
I never thought that there are experts in this village
Farther away in the village, you can see many mushroom fields that are obviously artificially planted, and the mushrooms on them are all showing Bleeding red color.
As expected, it was the red mushroom that the man in the suit said would cause great pain if eaten.
Looking at the underground pastoral scenery in front of him, Xie Shen said to the underground girl beside him: "This is where you live? Didn't you say you wanted to take me to the surface? Why are you here?"
"Ah?"
As Xie Shen reminded me, the girl suddenly froze and said: "Yes, we are going to the surface. I'm sorry I made a mistake."
It was quite difficult to deal with things. Xie Shen, an unreliable underground girl, really didn’t know what to say.
Seeing that Xie Shen was silent, the underground girl said feebly: "I can't bear it any longer, how about you let me take a nap first? When I wake up, I will take you Go to the surface."
After that, regardless of what Xie Shen thought, he just walked towards one of the houses.
In the cave.
Xie Shen looked at the girl's back, then turned to look at the underground tunnels extending in all directions behind her.
After thinking briefly, he gritted his teeth and finally followed the girl into the house.
(End of this chapter)