I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 1099 The Boy's Inference

Mo Ling placed one of the bespectacled boy's hands on his shoulder.

"Thank you."

"It's already this hour and you're still talking about this."

The two of them passed through the gap between the giant trees and escaped outside. However, after passing through the gap, what they saw was not an endless field, but another high wall...

Everyone then realized that they were in a place similar to a "village". The Colosseum was just one of the buildings, and there were more solid defenses outside.

"How to do?"

Because they made too much noise, the goblins in the village gathered around them. They gathered together and shouted loudly, and some of them climbed to high places like monkeys and made mocking gestures at everyone.

Some hot-tempered explorers could no longer bear it: "At worst, we can just fight our way out!"

"Yes, let's fight them! These guys are so weak, I can kill dozens of them by myself!"

"After fooling us for so long, it's time to make them pay the price!"

As they spoke, these angry explorers wanted to rush forward, but were stopped by a shout.

"no!"

The scolding actually came from the boy with glasses. He shouted in pain, his face turning pale.

"All they want is fighting and killing. Whether they die or we die, it will become nutrients for the totem..."

"Once we lose our patience and launch an attack, we will definitely end up in a melee."

"What we have to do is stay calm, stay cool... Don't fall into the rhythm of these guys, don't do impulsive and crazy things like them, and stay rational."

After hearing the boy's words, most of the explorers calmed down, but some were still angry.

"Reason can't help us escape from here!"

"We don't need to escape from here." The boy said shockingly: "We just need to wait calmly and ensure our own safety."

"Why? Why don't you flee from here and wait to be exhausted to death by these guys?"

Hearing these doubts, the boy shook his head: "Someone will come to save us..."

"An elevator emergency landing will send out a special signal, just like an airplane emergency landing. Emergency responders on the ground will immediately respond according to the plan. If I'm not mistaken, the monitoring station has already dispatched rescuers the moment the elevator's trajectory changed. Judging from the time, they are about to arrive here."

"You can't base our safety on a guess!" An explorer who objected was still a little dissatisfied: "What if the monitoring station is now unable to take care of itself?"

Faced with such doubts, the boy with glasses remained silent, and beads of sweat the size of beans flowed down his forehead.

In fact, both of them have reasons, it’s just that one is conservative and the other is radical.

Right now, there is no "absolutely correct" choice.

The young man was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and then calmly proposed a plan to the questioner: "How about this, we hold on here for a while... five minutes, or ten minutes, to see if the rescue comes. If not, we will fight our way out and continue to use the method just now to open an opening on the city wall. What do you think?"

Seeing the boy's attitude suddenly become so gentle, the questioner's anger instantly subsided.

Everyone was just trying to survive, and there was no conflict in essence. He seemed to realize that he was being too stubborn, so he moved his mouth and uttered a sentence: "Do as you say. You saved us once, so I'll listen to you."

The boy with glasses looked very literary and young, so it was indeed difficult for him to convince those experienced explorers. However, everyone had seen how he used the totem just now, so his words at this time still had some weight.

"I believe you." Mo Ling patted the boy's shoulder gently and gave him encouragement.

"Thank you, Mo Ling."

"Are you absolutely sure that there will be rescue?" Mo Ling was also a little confused.

"I can't be sure, this is just speculation..." the boy answered truthfully.

"Speculation?"

"Yeah." The boy nodded. "When the elevator started to make an emergency landing, I used a telescope to observe the monitoring station. Everything seemed normal there. There were even some vehicles passing by the door. This means that the monitoring station has the energy to rescue us. This is based on the current situation."

"Also, we are the first group of individual explorers to enter the abyss, so the authorities will attach great importance to us. If the first group of individual explorers have an accident, it will be difficult to get the public to sign up voluntarily. This is out of consideration for public opinion."

"Not only that...Mo Ling, have you ever paid attention to the debate about individual explorers?"

"No." Mo Ling shook his head. He stayed in the 921 base every day and was relatively isolated from the news.

Seeing that Mo Ling didn't know, the boy began to explain seriously:

"There are two factions in the public's opinion on individual explorers. One faction supports individual explorers entering the abyss to alleviate the manpower problem of abyss exploration. The other faction opposes the investment of individual explorers, believing that individuals cannot be accurately controlled and will cause abuse of the power of the abyss."

"But in fact, the factional divisions among the people are an extension of the official factions. The core struggle is actually within the official consortium. After many rounds of discussions, the proposal of the individual explorer still cannot reach a consensus. However, due to the situation, it has to be put on the agenda."

"The end result is that individual explorers will be allowed to go into the abyss, but an experiment is needed to prove that this is correct."

"And we are the guinea pigs in this experiment."

"The pro-faction needs us to prove that allowing individual explorers to enter the abyss is a correct decision. The anti-faction, on the contrary, needs to embarrass us guinea pigs and turn us into bullets that can be used to attack the pro-faction."

"Both sides need this experiment to prove themselves, so..."

"We are entering the abyss this time, and something is bound to happen, no matter how big or small it is, it will 'isolate' us, making it impossible for us to receive official assistance, and gradually expose our characteristics in the crisis."

"Both the official and private sectors of the consortium are paying attention to us. This attention also prevents them from being too ruthless. They will definitely leave room for both sides to back down."

"This staircase is the 'rescue' we are waiting for."

"We are already in crisis. If we are rescued in the end, the supporters can say 'the individual explorers relied on their courage and will to wait for rescue', and the opponents can also say 'the individual explorers are useless and can only survive by relying on rescue'. They can both get the results they want, and we, the guinea pigs, have played our due role."

“We will not have smooth sailing, nor will we fail, but there will always be a silver lining, and only in this way will there be room for narrative.”

"The mice won't die. If they do, then the supporters are wrong..."

"The mice won't live well either. If they do, the opposition is wrong..."

"The final result of this matter will give everyone a decent answer. All factions will be right. Everyone is right."

"We will be rescued, and this experiment will end here, and everyone will be happy..."

"Do you understand it?"

“That’s why I’m so sure there will be rescue.”

"This is not something that can be changed whether I believe it or not. This is the story of our little white mouse, and it has already been written..."

(End of this chapter)