I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 1189 Lost
Inside the vast metal space, a dejected young man sat on the bed, holding an empty Coke bottle, staring blankly ahead.

He only remembered talking to someone, but then that person disappeared.

He had forgotten everything about the person—what he looked like, what he said—but he remembered that the person was very important to him.

He instinctively picked up the Coke bottle in his hand, wanting to take a sip, but as soon as he lifted it, he could feel from its light weight that the Coke was gone.

"Did I just drink it?"

He put down the Coke bottle with a puzzled look and got out of bed, feeling somewhat dazed.

His body felt weak, and he almost lost his balance.

After finally managing to stand up, he felt a little dizzy and had to sit back on the bed.

Only then did he realize that his eyes were a little dry. He touched them out of curiosity and felt something sticky.

"I cried?"

Those were the traces left after his tears dried. He put his finger to his lips and licked it; it tasted somewhat bitter.

"What just happened? I can't remember anything."

He held his head and tried hard to recall what had happened, but even with a splitting headache, he couldn't remember anything.

"My name is Mo Ling. I was among the first group of independent volunteers to enter the Abyss. An accident occurred while riding the Abyss Elevator, forcing it to make an emergency landing. Later..."

Later, my memories seemed to have become fragmented.

Where did the elevator make an emergency landing?

What happened to me this time?

"Where is this?"

Mo Ling stared at the enormous metal space, lost in confusion.

He only has the memory of entering the abyss...

His subconscious told him that he had experienced a lot after entering the abyss, but he only knew that he had "experienced a lot" and could not remember the specifics of what he had experienced.

"Am I being held in here? Who locked me up?"

Mo Ling looked around. There were many canned goods, drinks, snacks and the like around him. The bed he was sitting on was obviously human-made, but it was too hard, like a stone.

"Was I imprisoned by humans?"

He tapped the hard bed, his hand aching slightly, then kicked the metal floor with his foot; it didn't look like it would be easy to break through.

"Let's see if my vision can penetrate through here?"

Mo Ling suddenly had a whimsical idea, and her gaze slowly drifted towards the metal ground...

The hard metal ground seemed unable to block his view as he quickly arrived outside.

"Where is this?"

It was very bright outside, and Mo Ling was a little disoriented at first. After he adjusted, he realized that he was in a place similar to a showroom, filled with all sorts of strange things, and the place he had just come from...

"Why is it a square?"

"It looks so big from the inside, but it's actually so small from the outside?"

Mo Ling was a little stunned. He hadn't expected that the place where he was "imprisoned" was just a small square, maybe only one cubic meter.

Looking at the square, a sudden unease rose in his heart.

It was a cramped and suffocating feeling, as if he were really trapped in this small cube. Even the space inside the cube was so small that he could only curl up, unable to bend or stretch his limbs, and could only relieve the muscle soreness by turning his body...

Why do I have this feeling?

It felt like I had experienced it firsthand.

The space inside the cube is clearly very large; he shouldn't have this kind of experience.

"strangeness."

The discomfort quickly subsided, and Mo Ling didn't pay much attention to it. He continued to peer into the distance, trying to explore the entire showroom. But just then, the white lights in the showroom suddenly turned red, followed by a sharp alarm. Mo Ling froze instantly. He didn't know if he had triggered the alarm, and could only look around to see what would happen…

Soon, less than a minute after the alarm sounded, the door to the showroom suddenly opened, and a middle-aged man in a white coat rushed in.

What puzzled Mo Ling was that the middle-aged man actually ran directly towards the cube.

"He knew it was me?"

After the middle-aged man entered the exhibition hall, many researchers in white coats filed in, all running towards the cube with excited expressions on their faces.

But the researchers stopped not far from the cube and did not continue to approach it. The middle-aged man in the lead trembled as he took out an electronic screen and opened one of the pre-prepared programs.

After the program ran, the middle-aged man immediately turned the electronic screen towards the cube, and Mo Ling saw several large, eye-catching characters on the screen:

Are you awake?

?

Mo Ling was instantly stunned.

"Is this a question for me?"

He stared at the electronic screen, unsure how to respond.

But just as he was considering how to convey the message to the researchers, the screen suddenly emitted a green light.

The green light shone on the middle-aged man's face, and an uncontrollable joy instantly appeared on his face.

"He's really awake, he's really awake..." he murmured excitedly, his voice trembling.

Shortly after emitting green light, the electronic screen returned to its original color, and then the text on it changed again.

Do you still remember what happened in the abyss?

Mo Ling read out the new question that appeared on the electronic screen word by word, and was startled again.

"Do they know I forgot?"

"How can I tell them I don't remember?"

As he was thinking, the electronic screen lit up again.

This time, the electronic screen lit up in red.

The red light made the middle-aged man's face appear flushed, and he nodded knowingly.

"So you really don't remember? Just as we guessed, the human brain defends against the erosion of negative energy from the abyss. The most basic symptom of this defense is amnesia, accompanied by some loss of emotion, regular dizziness, and in severe cases, even personality dissociation."

"This negative energy erosion can also affect the physical body. Being in an eroded state for a long time can lead to some functional defects in the body, such as muscle weakness, numbness in the extremities, and tremors. In severe cases, it can even lead to paralysis. However, these physical symptoms will gradually recover after leaving the abyss and are much easier to treat than psychological symptoms..."

The middle-aged man looked at the red-glowing electronic screen and began to explain the cube in detail.

Mo Ling knew that it was being addressed to him, and after listening, he roughly understood.

"So I've been corrupted by the negative energy of the abyss?"

"However, I only seem to have symptoms of amnesia and dizziness, and some weakness in my body. Fortunately, it's not serious..."

Soon, the red light emitted from the electronic screen disappeared.

Looking at the electronic screen, Mo Ling guessed the meaning of the two types of light:
"Green represents affirmation, and red represents negation."

"This thing can sense my thoughts?"

The electronic screen is asking him a question. He only needs to look at the screen and think about his answer. The screen can then perceive his intention and express it using red and green light.

"That's really amazing, how was this thing made?"

Mo Ling was both curious and relieved. It seemed that he wasn't locked up. The researchers outside were quite friendly to him, and even somewhat "respectful".

"Did I do something earth-shattering in the abyss?"

As Mo Ling was pondering this, a new problem appeared on the electronic screen.

(End of this chapter)