Chapter 70: The Inner World (Additional update, thanks to Jiu Xingyu for another wave of rewards)
Besides.
Directly behind the mirror, there is a huge glass cube that is as tall as four people.
The glass cube is filled with water, and there is also a translucent human brain soaked in the water.
Xie Shen recognized this brain at a glance.
He was surprised: "Isn't this the core of the thalamus? You actually caught this thing?"
"Yes."
Li Xiu nodded and responded: "The core of the thalamus can ignore everything. Obstacles have the ability to 'blur', so they cannot be caught by normal means. But the Europa Space Station took a different approach and discovered a weakness of this creature."
Hearing this, Xie Shen followed Li Xiu. He said: "This weakness is that the thalamus core cannot use 'virtualization' in water?"
"That's right." Li Xiu continued: "After seizing the thalamus core, we spent another time. After a lot of effort, we killed all the thalamic sentinels in its body, and that’s what led to the scene you see now.”
"So what about that big mirror?" Xie Shen asked: "What's the deal with the mirror?"
In the laboratory.
Faced with Xie Shen's doubts, Li Xiu did not respond in a hurry, but just waved to a human soldier standing by.
The latter understood its meaning and immediately jumped into the huge glass cube.
He swam in the water and soon came to the core of the thalamus.
The soldier looked back at Li Xiu.
After Li Xiu nodded, he decisively pushed his head into the core of the thalamus, followed by his body, legs and feet.
Finally, the soldier's entire body penetrated into the core of the thalamus.
"What does this mean?" Xie Shen saw it and immediately asked with doubts on his face.
Li Xiu explained: "After a person gets into the core of the thalamus, he will enter a state similar to sleepwalking."
"You can understand it as dreaming."
"Then we can use the big mirror to see what the person who entered the core of the thalamus actually dreamed."
"Of course "
"Before viewing, we need to connect the mirror to the person inside the thalamus core."
As he said that, Li Xiu walked away from the laboratory. Curry took out a super long umbilical cord.
He had one end of the umbilical cord tied to the core of the thalamus, and the other end to the large mirror.
Next second.
The human soldiers who entered the core of the thalamus appeared in the mirror.
Li Xiu could even talk to the human soldier: "Tianze, can you hear my voice?"
"Yes."
In the mirror, the soldier named Tianze hurriedly responded.
Li Xiu said again: "Go around and show us what the world in the mirror looks like."
"Copy that."
In the mirror , Soldier Tian Ze followed the instructions and turned around.
After seeing the scene in the mirror, Xie Shen felt even more incredible: "There is a river in this mirror."
"Then, there is also a river directly east of our base."
"These two rivers are exactly the same."
Xie Shen took advantage of this and speculated: "Could it be that in this big mirror? The world in the mirror is a projection of the real world, right? "
"You were right." Li Xiu added from the side: "I call the world in the mirror the 'inside world'."
“The terrain of the other world is exactly the same as the real world.”
"The only difference is: in the real world, we have us and the military base we built on this empty land."
"But in the other world, that empty land is still just an open space."
"Understood." Xie Shen said thoughtfully: "In other words, all our actions in the real world will not have an impact on the other world."
"Yes."
Li Xiu followed: "And the opposite is true: everything that happens in the other world will not affect the real world."
"At least that's the case for now."
"And then"
Li Xiu then said: "The virtual world and the real world are not exactly the same, but mirror symmetry. "
"You should understand what mirror symmetry means?"
Li Xiu gave an example: "Just like the river located directly east of our base."
"In the other world, that river also exists."
"It's just that it is located due west of the clearing."
In the laboratory.
While Li Xiu and Xie Shen were talking, the soldier Tianze, who was in the core of the thalamus, suddenly woke up from his sleepwalking state.
The moment he woke up, the picture in the big mirror immediately disappeared.
No need to watch.
"What is going on?" Xie Shen asked in confusion: "Why did this soldier suddenly wake up from his sleepwalking state?"
"Because he was full of sleep." Li Xiu replied : "How long a person can stay in the other world depends entirely on whether he is sleepy or not."
"For example: if a person has not slept for a long time, and then his sleep quality is very good "
"Then he can stay for 10 hours or even longer after entering the other world."
"And if a person's sleep quality is very poor, he will often wake up from his dream before sleeping for a few hours."
"Then this type of person will not stay in the other world for a long time. ”
As he spoke, Li Xiu pointed at the soldier Tianze who had just swam out of the glass cube.
He said: "Tianze slept very well last night, so he woke up on his own shortly after entering the other world."
"Magic!"
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Even Xie Shen, a monk, had heard of the concept of another world for the first time in his life.
He wondered: "Since we humans can only enter the other world through dreaming."
"Then it is obvious: we have no control over all things on the material level. Fa'er brought it out from the other world."
"So what's the point of exploring the other world?"
"That's very meaningful." Li Xiu replied: "Just now. I also saw: The clothes worn by the soldier Tianze can be taken into the other world.”
"This is because when people dream, they default to wearing clothes."
"Can you understand what I say?"
"Yes." Xie Shen responded immediately.
Li Xiu continued: "Based on this idea, we asked a soldier in the base to always carry a telescope no matter what he did."
"Then I thought about it, I have a dream at night.”
"After this continued for nearly a week, the soldier would also dream that he was carrying a telescope."
"Using this method, we can combine objects in the real world with "Bring it into the other world."
"Yes." Li Xiu nodded expressionlessly. He continued: "Then relying on the telescope, the soldier observed a very interesting phenomenon in the other world."
"What's happening?" Xie Shen asked subconsciously.
Li Xiudao: "The core of the thalamus only appears at night."
"But in the other world, it is just the opposite."
"In the other world, the thalamus The sentry only appears during the day and disappears inexplicably at night."
This.
After hearing this, Xie Shen already understood what Li Xiu wanted to express.
He followed Li Xiu's words and said: "You mean that those thalamic cores probably invaded the reality from the other world? They stay in the other world during the day and invade the reality at night. Come and hunt us humans?”
“Yeah.”
Li Xiu compared it to: “Thalamus core is like a jackal, tiger, and leopard.”
"One or two ran into a human village and were killed. It is impossible to cause their extinction."
"The only way to drive them out is to rush into the forest and destroy the habitat where they reproduce."
"The other world is the habitat where the cores of the thalamus reproduce."
“So if you want to fundamentally destroy the core of the thalamus, you must go deep into the other world and find their lair in the other world.”
“But the problem is.”
said At this point, Li Xiu suddenly changed the subject and said: "In this world, no matter how far you go, you will return to the starting point the next time you wake up and enter again."
"Then the problem comes"
"You know: even with the help of drugs, a person can only sleep for about 24 hours after dying."
"For 24 hours, , a modified person can move forward about 100-200 kilometers without stopping. "< br>
“So.”
Li Xiu finally concluded: “With the starting point as the center of the circle, the area within a radius of 200 kilometers is the largest range of explorable areas that we can explore in this world. Due to limitations, we have never made any important discoveries in this world.”
After hearing this, Xie Shen wondered: "Since you have said that the explorable area is centered on the starting point, can't we just change the position of the starting point directly?"
"It's not that easy." Li Xiuyao He shook his head and said: "If we want to change the starting point of the world, we need to move our base elsewhere."
"Then in the process, we have to rearrange the spiritual light array."
“The other thing is.”
“Because the Thalamus Core has the ability to ‘blur’ and cannot be moved, we have to grab a new Thalamus Core after moving the base. ”
"The workload of this project is really too great."
"And every time we explore a new area in the future, we will have to move the base."
"This is not worth it. "
"So you thought of me?" Xie Shen asked.
“Yeah.”
Li Xiu explained: "After all, you are a monk, and you have all kinds of methods. And your mental power is much stronger than ordinary people."
"So I just want to ask: Do you have any ability?" How to put yourself into a deep sleep for a long time?"
"Let me think about it." After hearing what Li Xiu said, Xie Shen's eyes showed a hint of thought.
After a long time, he finally spoke: "A long time ago, when I was still practicing Qi, I got a skill called "Turtle Breathing Technique" from a warrior in the secular world. The secret method.”
“The secret method can make people enter a state of suspended animation.”
"If combined with the Bigu Pill, a person who uses the Turtle Breath Skill can even maintain this state for a full month."
"Then the only problem now is..." Xie Shen said uncertainly: "I'm really not sure whether people in suspended animation can dream and whether they can enter the other world, so I won't know until I try it."
After saying this, he turned to Li Xiu looked over, and the meaning was self-evident.
Li Xiu hurriedly responded: "You try it. Although there may be dangers in the other world, the act of entering the other world itself is safe."
Since Li Xiu Du said this, so Xie Shen said no more.
He used his 'virtualization' ability and passed through the wall directly into the core of the thalamus in front of everyone in the laboratory.
Next second.
Xie Shen silently used the 'Turtle Breathing Technique' to quickly enter a state of suspended animation.
…
Boundless darkness.
I don’t know how much time has passed.
When Xie Shen opened his eyes again, he found that he had arrived at a clearing surrounded by woods.
At this moment, Xie Shen had an indescribable strange feeling in his heart:
He could clearly realize that he was dreaming, but he could not wake up from the dream no matter what. .
And.
Everything in this dream is so real, and there is no difference between it and reality.
The world here is really magical
In the open space, Xie Shen was sighing to himself when he suddenly heard a familiar voice in his ears.
The speaker is Li Xiu.
As if he was standing in front of Xie Shen, he immediately said: "It worked, your Turtle Breathing Technique is really powerful."
"Now that we have entered the other world, why not try to see if the magical powers you have mastered can be used in the other world."
"Okay." After Xie Shen responded, he even said lightly He waved his hand.
With his movement, a beam of fire ignited inexplicably from his hand.
But when Xie Shen flicked his hand, the fire hit a tree not far away.
With just one blow, the whole tree exploded in an instant.
"It's okay, it's okay."
At the same time.
Li Xiu's voice sounded from the void: "It's the same as what I thought: these magical powers of yours can still be used even in the other world, but I don't know that the flying sword you cultivated in Zi Mansion can be used... I can’t sacrifice it anymore.”
“Then let’s try it.”
Hearing what Li Xiu said, Xie Shen thought, and the flying sword stored in Zi Mansion appeared. in front of him.
Looking at the flying sword, he showed an eager expression on his face, as if he was planning to ride on the flying sword.
But.
“Don’t fly, don’t fly!”
Before Xie Shen could take any action, he saw Li Xiu stop him and said: “Enter the other world. Once a person dies, he will also become brain-dead in the real world, and then become a vegetative state. "So, I don't recommend that you fly directly into the sky before you know whether there is any danger in the sky."
Li Xiu continued: "Just tomorrow."
"Wait for tomorrow, I will organize a small team, and then use the Turtle Breath Technique to follow you into the other world."
" Later, when flying or going to some more dangerous places, let them go up first."
"You can go up after you are sure there is no danger."
"Okay. "Out of caution, Xie Shen listened to Li Xiu's suggestion and did not rush to explore the other world.
He took the initiative to stop the Turtle Breathing Technique.
Next second.
Xie Shen opened his eyes suddenly, and his whole body woke up from the other world.
(End of this chapter)