I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 1205 Times have changed
"I don't understand."

How did the world become like this?

Is this still cola?

Mo Ling would never admit that the dark-colored cans in front of him were cola. He had thought that the taste of cola might have changed over the years, but he never thought that the "change" would be so outrageous.

He silently placed the cans of "Cola" at a distance, trying his best not to look at them. He didn't want to be mentally polluted by the indescribable creature on the packaging anymore.

"calm down."

Mo Ling shook her head, clearing the jumbled pixels from her mind.

These drinks must have used some special technology to allow the drinker to see special images. After just one small sip, the bizarre and grotesque images lingered in Mo Ling's mind for a long time.

Do young people these days like this kind of thing?

Mo Ling quickly picked up the electronic screen and began writing her evaluation...

Before long, the electronic screen appeared on the table outside, along with those cans of cola.

When Director Wang saw the Coca-Cola reappear, he paused for a moment, then quickly picked up the electronic screen.

The electronic screen displayed the message: "Are there any older versions? I don't really like these flavors."

This was already a very tactful way of putting it. Mo Ling almost cursed on the electronic screen, but he managed to hold back, deleted the abusive comments, and wrote down his normal request.

Director Wang looked at the requirements on the electronic screen, nodded, then looked at the cube and softly replied, "I can't accept these flavors either... The outside world is changing too fast. Everyone in the research institute is quite conservative. I was also surprised when I first saw these drinks."

As Director Wang explained the instructions on the tablet, he called over his assistant and relayed the requirements from the electronic screen to him.

The electronic screen on the table disappeared again, and when it reappeared, it displayed another question: "What has become of the outside world?"

Upon seeing the question, Director Wang paused for a moment and said, "I haven't been out for a long time either, so I'm not sure. I'll have them download some current events news and put it on the electronic screen for you to see in a bit."

Listening to Director Wang's words, Mo Ling was instantly filled with anticipation. He could finally get to know this world a hundred years from now...

The next period of time was spent waiting. Mo Ling forced his somewhat limp body to stand up from the bed. Although his legs were still a little numb, it didn't seem to affect his walking. He tried to take a couple of steps, and apart from his thighs trembling slightly, everything else was fine.

Soon, he started wandering around the cube space, sometimes coming to the piles of items, sometimes to the edge of the cube, and his steps became more and more steady.

"It seems like it's just because I haven't exercised in a long time, and my body feels a bit numb..."

It hasn't reached the point of muscle atrophy yet; it only needs a little time to adapt before it can fully recover. However, this still puzzled Mo Ling.

"Logically speaking, I should have been sleeping in here for a long time, maybe more than ten years. My muscles should have atrophied to the point of being unable to move by now, and I shouldn't be like this now."

Mo Ling turned his gaze to himself. His face showed no signs of aging; it was exactly the same as he remembered. He looked at himself for a while, then walked to a pile of snacks. According to the production and expiration dates on the snacks, they had expired decades ago. But Mo Ling casually tore open a bag and found that the snacks inside still smelled delicious, showing absolutely no signs of rot or expiration.

"Time seems to have stood still... but if time has stood still, how am I moving around in here?"

There are still too many mysteries surrounding the metal space, and Mo Ling can't figure them out either. Instead, it makes him dizzy and confused. He sends the electronic screen back in, writes down his findings, and then sends it to Director Wang.

There are so many smart people here, he doesn't need to think; he just needs to cooperate...

And so, a week passed peacefully, with Mo Ling working on her physical rehabilitation every day while also cooperating with the research institute's experiments.

The research institute provided him with a lot of delicious food. Although the drinks of this era were beyond his comprehension, the food was exceptionally tasty.

Director Wang proudly told him that their food-making technology was inherited from a company that specializes in researching abyssal food, and that it was even better than the food in the Consortium Building cafeteria.

"These are the octopus legs of the vanilla octopus from the third layer of the Abyss. This type of octopus has both plant and animal characteristics, and it has a complex and unique flavor. Originally, we could no longer eat this type of octopus because the Abyss was closed off, but the Abyss Food Company has mastered the technology of cultivating vanilla octopus, so we are now able to eat such delicious food."

"And this is a type of atmospheric creature from the Sky Sea. We usually call it a cloud rice ball because you can eat it raw as long as you catch it. It tastes similar to a rice ball, and its flavor hasn't changed according to the cloud environment. In the past, hunters in the Sky Sea would often eat these things when they had nothing else to eat, and their breeding techniques have been preserved."

"This Shadow Crab is also a creature from the fifth layer. I don't know how it got through the abyss to the surface. It has already damaged the Earth's ecology. No matter how much we fish it, we can't catch it all. At first, we couldn't eat these things. Later, a master developed a way of processing them called 'light cooking method' and became the first person to eat crabs. People then discovered that this kind of crab tastes surprisingly good."

"The technology patents for these foods are all in the research institute, so the cafeteria is constantly changing the menu, partly to improve the meals and partly to provide data for the research."

Whenever he talks about things at the research institute, Director Wang is very proud and talks on and on. Even though Fangkuai can't respond to him in time, he can still talk to himself for a long time, and he seems very confident in his management.

A week later, Director Wang finally found the "old version" of Coca-Cola that Mo Ling wanted.

This time, Mo Ling took a cautious look and found that the taste was finally normal.

“It was quite difficult to find these things. We contacted the Coca-Cola production company and had them use old machines to produce a batch. It just arrived at the research institute. There are still many in the warehouse. I'll give you these few cans first.”

"I have a question for you... why are you so insistent on drinking this stuff?"

Mo Ling was also taken aback when she heard Director Wang's question.

He didn't know it himself.

But deep down, there is this kind of desire, a kind of instinct from the body.

When his mouth tastes bitter, he thinks about what to drink, and when he thinks about what to drink, he immediately thinks of cola... It seems that other drinks are not quite right. It's like eating a bite of fried dough stick and subconsciously wanting a sip of soy milk. He finds it hard to explain why.

Therefore, when questioned by Director Wang, he could only tell the truth:

"I don't know, I just want to drink... I really, really want to."

(End of this chapter)