Chapter 136 When humans all over the world can’t sleep
The last time the two communicated, the black shadow still seemed a little impatient.
But this time it was the other way around, it was Xie Shen.
Xie Shen rushed into the black shadow and said: "Fellow Daoist Hu, I won't continue talking to you."
"I'm going to try the technique you gave me."
"If you have any more questions, we can talk about it later."
"No problem." Shadow Hu Fanzhi replied: "I will keep this Shendao Cauldron in the sect and let the disciples watch it. ”
“You You can contact me again at any time."
"In addition, I would like to remind fellow Taoists."
"The Butterfly Dream Technique cannot be used even by Yuanying Stage monks. ”
"Every time you use it, there must be an interval of at least three years."
"Otherwise, you will gradually lose yourself because you enter other people's dreams too frequently."
"Remember! "
"I understand." Xie Shen clasped his fists at Hu Fanzhi's transformed shadow and said, "Taoist friends, take care!"
"Goodbye," Hu Fanzhi said politely and walked away from the Shen Dao Cauldron. Disappeared.
This time, the two not only talked happily, but also introduced themselves to each other.
We finally got to know each other officially and became friends.
…
In the secret room.
After mastering the "Butterfly Dream" technique, Xie Shen sat cross-legged.
He spent a whole day mastering the techniques in his hands.
After all the contents were thoroughly understood, Xie Shen activated the technique and fell into a sleep state.
It feels very strange to fall asleep while awake.
In a daze, Xie Shen felt like he was in boundless darkness.
He looked around and found countless stars in the darkness.
Looking at those starlights, he suddenly had a sudden realization in his heart: each of those light spots represented the dream of a mortal, and all he needed to do was to touch those light spots. Once he touched them, he would Will enter other people's dreams.
Thinking of this, Xie Shen tried to touch it with his hand, the brightest light in the darkness.
As he moved, the light spot was magnified infinitely in front of Xie Shen's eyes, until it finally filled the entire world.
That light represents the dreams of mortals.
At this moment, Xie Shen has merged with the light, so he is the dream that mortals have.
In other words, he became the mortal in the dream
…
Jingchenxing.
Ninxue City, in a poorly decorated dormitory.
Xie Shen opened his eyes suddenly.
He looked around and saw that he was lying on a single bed.
Beside the bed, a thin man wearing an electronics factory uniform was looking at Xie Shen with an incredulous expression.
Seeing Xie Shen wake up from his sleep, the thin man said in disbelief: "Tao Tong, were you sleeping just now? You actually slept??"
What happened to sleeping?
Hearing the inexplicable words of the thin man, Xie Shen, who had just woken up, felt confused.
In order to figure out what was going on now, he began to search for various memory fragments about this body in his mind.
Graduated from college.
Electronics factory worker.
8 a.m. to 6 a.m. plus three extra hours of overtime.
So the original owner of this body was an ordinary person working in an electronics factory?
In the dormitory.
Seeing Xie Shen lying on the bed, his eyes looking thoughtful and silent, the thin man said again: "Tao Tong, are you okay?"
This guy.
Xie Shen searched the memory of the thin man in the original owner's consciousness.
——The thin man’s real name is Peng Ji, and he is a worker whom the original owner Tao Tong met in the electronics factory.
This worker likes to play games without sleeping, and then go back to work in the factory despite being sleepy the next day.
Perhaps it is because of this overdraft of the body.
No matter how much he eats, coworker Peng Ji can never gain weight, which is why he has the thin body he has today.
After figuring out the other party's basic information, Xie Shen asked doubtfully: "Am I okay? What's wrong?"
"What's wrong??" Workmate Peng Ji emphasized again: "You yesterday What time did you go to bed at night? Don’t you watch the news?”
"Since 9 o'clock last night, no one in the whole world has been able to sleep."
"This matter has been on the news."
"Now you can click whatever you want. A short video is almost always discussing this matter. "
"We humans are collectively suffering from insomnia!"
Huh?
Collective insomnia?
Xie Shen groped around on the bed for a while.
With the muscle memory left by this body, he quickly found the low-end mobile phone used by the original owner under the pillow.
He opened the short video platform and flipped through it casually.
What caught Xie Shen’s eyes were countless headlines with red fonts that looked very eye-catching:
【shock! Insomnia is sweeping the world! 】
【What will the world look like if humans can no longer sleep? 】
【Inhumane! Sleep deprivation experiment during the war, 15 days of hell! 】
【White noise/Hypnosis/Snowstorm night, falling asleep in the train heading far away. 】
That’s true.
The humans on this planet seem to be really affected by some unknown force.
They all had insomnia. This planet is a bit harsh.
Xie Shen came to this planet through the ‘Butterfly Dream’ technique, and he came here for the purpose of enlightenment.
If you want to realize the Tao, you must live an ordinary and peaceful life as a mortal, and experience every little thing from all kinds of small things.
But now people all over the planet have insomnia and can't sleep.
This is tantamount to the sky falling.
Want to live an ordinary and peaceful life?
It doesn’t exist!
After realizing the seriousness of the problem, for a moment, Xie Shen even planned to leave.
But when he thought of Hu Fanzhi's previous reminder that the Butterfly Dream Technique could only be used at least once every three years, Xie Shen gave up the idea of leaving.
Forget it.
Now that you are here, now that the once-in-three-year opportunity has been used up, let’s take one step at a time!
Maybe in a few days, the 'insomnia' that broke out on this planet will disappear on its own?
Thinking about this, Xie Shen subconsciously asked his co-worker Peng Ji: "Then, are you still going to work today?"
Peng Ji smelled of cigarette smoke, and he had obviously just come back from the Internet cafe.
At this moment, he yelled at Xie Shengui with dark circles under his eyes: "Now all mankind has lost sleep. Such a big thing happened, why are you still in the hammer class?"
"Let's go, Go online! ”
Also.
I just happened to go out with my coworker Peng Ji to see what a world would look like if all mankind suffered from insomnia.
With a calculation in his mind, Xie Shen followed Peng Ji out of the dormitory like a puppet on strings.
Perhaps it was because of the outbreak of ‘insomnia’ that it only lasted one night.
At this moment.
Although most of the workers in the factory looked tired, their basic mobility was not greatly affected.
Everyone should eat and drink.
Some of the more curly ones still go to work as usual.
Even if he didn't sleep all night.
After leaving the factory area, the number of pedestrians coming and going on the streets outside also showed no decrease at all.
There are far fewer vehicles than before.
I guess I stayed up all night and was too exhausted to drive.
On the way to the Internet cafe, Peng Ji asked Xie Shen curiously as he walked: "Guizi, did you go to bed before 9 o'clock last night? You just happened to avoid the time of insomnia?"
"Probably." Xie Shen replied vaguely: "I did go to bed early last night, but I don't know exactly what time it was."
"Then you are invincible. "Peng Ji analyzed: "We will work on ranking together later."
"You must be in great spirits after sleeping all night."
"When it comes to double queue. When you encounter those who haven’t slept all night, isn’t it just pure killing?”
Xie Shen doesn't care whether he can kill randomly in the game.
Now he just wants to know what it feels like for those who have insomnia.
So he took the opportunity to ask his co-worker Peng Ji: "You haven't slept all night. Don't you feel uncomfortable?"
"What's so uncomfortable about this?" Peng Ji spread his hands. , with a nonchalant look on his face: "You know, it's not the first time I've stayed up all night."
"For high points, you always have to pay some price."
"Only by enduring hardship can you become the king as soon as possible."
Obviously.
This co-worker whom the original owner Tao Tong knew was a talkative person.
So along the way, Peng Ji was chattering almost non-stop, while Xie Shen was listening quietly.
While he was chatting with Peng Ji, he was thinking about what he should do to achieve enlightenment in the future.
that's all.
The two soon arrived at an Internet cafe near the factory.
Turn on the phone, buy cigarettes, water, and surf the Internet.
The whole process was completed in one go and was extremely skillful.
The only thing that is different from usual is:
After arriving at the Internet cafe, Xie Shen was not in a hurry to play games. Instead, he browsed various short videos and news on the Internet.
Time passes.
Soon, the sky outside the Internet cafe became completely dark.
It is now 9 o'clock sharp.
At this point, ‘Insomnia’ has broken out on this planet for a whole day.
Peng Ji, who had been fighting in the game for a whole day, finally couldn't hold on any longer.
He patted Xie Shen on the shoulder and said sleepily: "Let's go, Tao Tong, I really can't do it anymore. Let's go back to sleep."
"Have you forgotten?" Xie Shen A reminder from the side: "Now all human beings can't sleep. Are you sure you can sleep when you go back?"
"I don't care." Peng Ji said feebly: "I'm really going to die. Even if I just go back and lie on the bed, I will be happy."
"Let's go, let's go!"
With that said, he forcefully dragged Xie Shen out of the Internet cafe.
…
——The factory where the original owners Tao Tong and Peng Ji worked was located in the industrial park in the city.
So even at night, you can still see countless vendors and pedestrians coming and going from the nearby streets.
But at this moment, Xie Shen discovered that there were significantly fewer people on the street than during the day.
It is obvious that the negative effects of ‘insomnia’ have gradually begun to show up.
In a few days, the situation will probably get worse.
I don’t know if the high-level humans in this world have thought of a solution to the problem.
(End of this chapter)