I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 1211 "Body"

Mo Ling sat in the chair in the laboratory, surveying herself with her eyes.

An ordinary adult male body, wearing a lab coat prepared by the research institute, but if you look further up, you can see an "extraordinary" part.

The head that should have been there was replaced with a metallic cube, larger than a normal head, which gleamed brightly under the harsh laboratory lights.

Mo Ling raised his hand and touched the smooth surface of the cube. The texture was similar to that of normal metal. He couldn't feel anything, but he could feel the force coming from his hand, as if he were wearing a thick steel helmet and touching it with his hand.

He turned back into a human, but not completely back into a human...

In the days following the transformation, Mo Ling cooperated with the experiments while studying her strange appearance.

His body had become much "solid," and even the weapons prepared in the laboratory could not penetrate his skin. It seemed that he had also acquired the same properties as a cube, indestructible and impenetrable.

“We observed a ‘teleportation field’ similar to a cube around the experimental subject. Forces that come into contact with the surface of the experimental subject are directly cut off. This shows that the force cannot be transmitted to the experimental subject’s body in a normal way, nor can it break down the disguise of the experimental subject.”

"The 'flesh' exhibited by the experimental subjects is essentially no different from the 'metal' in the cube form. They are all empty, massless points, presenting different appearances depending on the camouflage method."

"Just like character models in a game, no matter what kind of model you use, it's essentially the same piece of code..."

The researchers in the lab had explained it very clearly to Mo Ling, but he still couldn't quite grasp this "morphological shift".

If it's all fake "modeling," then what are those things he actually experiences?
"illusion?"

Mo Ling placed her hand on her chest and could still feel the pounding heartbeat. She could also feel the warmth from her hand on her chest. Were these sensations not real?
"According to the test subjects, when their heart rate rises to a certain level, they will feel like they are 'coming alive' and their consciousness will break free from the constraints of the cube, transforming the cube into a humanoid form."

"The cube's subjective consciousness can override the passive mechanism. We speculate that it is the 'strong desire' released by the subjective consciousness that alters the cube's disguised expression, and the increased heart rate is a manifestation of the strong desire of the subjective consciousness..."

With his heart rate dropping, in order to maintain his heart rate, Mo Ling quickly looked forward and focused his gaze on the flashlight that the researchers had prepared for him.

When the irregular flashes of light appeared in his mind, he felt a pang of fear, and his heart rate rose. Only after seeing his heart rate return to a safe level on the monitor next to him did he look away from the flashes...

In the past few days, Mo Ling did not always maintain the "block person" form. Several times, he turned back into a block because he was calm.

But the researchers quickly figured out the principle behind his transformation and then swiftly prepared a special flashlight for him. The frequency of the light was specially set, and the duration of the flashes varied, sometimes extremely bright and sometimes extremely dim. This awkward and irregular flashing light would make people uneasy and their heart rate would rise.

Of course, there are other methods, but they haven't been used yet.

For these experienced researchers, raising a person's heart rate is incredibly simple.

In order to maintain this form during the experiment, Mo Ling had to keep looking at the specially made flashlight.

"In this state, the experimental subject can interact with objects normally. This force interaction is also simulated. The surface of the experimental subject's body is covered with a layer of particles 'stolen' from other places, which are used to simulate normal mechanical reactions."

"This simulation is also controlled by subjective consciousness. Objects that the experimental subject does not want to interact with, or objects that the experimental subject is unaware of, cannot interact with the experimental subject. They will be blocked by microscopic transmission when they touch the experimental subject's body surface, and the force will completely disappear."

“This is similar to modeling in games. Some models can interact with the character and produce physical reactions based on the character’s movements, but some models are fixed and are ‘ignored’ by the character. Neither model produces any physical effects, similar to the developers not writing the code for this interaction…” Mo Ling picked up the glass in front of her as requested by the researchers.

He could feel the cup's presence, just as he would when he picked it up as a normal human being. The glass was smooth, and he had to use a little force to hold it. He could hold it more steadily if he turned the angle slightly.

The cup wasn't heavy. He rotated it as instructed, ensuring each of his fingers touched its surface. Human hands have many lines, all designed to increase friction. When he rotated the cup to a perfectly horizontal position, it stopped in his palm. Even when slightly tilted, the cup didn't slip. This is how friction works...

Mo Ling had done the same experiment many times, just like any other person picking up a cup. The experimenter had him pick up all sorts of things: cups, buckets, balls, weights, electronic screens...

There were also some things he simply couldn't lift, like huge dumbbell plates.

As it turns out, his strength is still at the level of a normal human; he simply cannot lift things that he shouldn't be able to.

Mo Ling was already very skilled at this experiment, having performed it many times before, but this time the experimenter gave him a completely new requirement:

"Lift the cup up and smash it against your own foot."

Mo Ling almost thought he had misheard. He subconsciously turned to look at the experimenter and received an affirmative nod from the experimenter.

Although he had been conducting experiments, the research institute had never done anything to "harm" him before; this was the first time.

After hesitating for a while, Mo Ling decided to follow the instructions.

He raised the glass in his hand, then lifted his left foot, aimed, and smashed the glass down with force.

With the aid of a full field of vision, Mo Ling's movements were perfectly executed, and the cup struck his instep squarely, shattering into countless fragments with a crisp sound.

But Mo Ling was stunned. He remained in the "throwing" motion, looking at the glass shards at his feet, feeling a great sense of confusion.

"Why don't I feel anything at all?"

His "feet" were completely unharmed, without even a trace of redness or swelling, and he didn't even feel the "collision" of the cup.

Normally, being hit by a glass like that should have caused injury. Mo Ling was prepared to get hurt when he threw the glass, but the result was completely unexpected.

He turned his head again, puzzled, and looked at the experimenter beside him.

The experimenter glanced at the shards of glass on the ground, then at Mo Ling's feet, and calmly explained:

"If you don't want to get hit, you won't get hit..."

"Because your subjective consciousness is afraid, you will not interact with the cup, and there will be no normal physical effect between you."

"The power of the cube is protecting you and following your will."

(End of this chapter)