Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 25 Turning the world upside down

water?
Seeing that the girl knew where the underground water source was, Xie Shenxi said happily: "Okay, I just happen to want to get some water to drink."

"Let's go then."

After receiving the response, the girl walked ahead on the road on her own.

On the way, Xie Shen took the opportunity to ask, "Do you live near here?"

"Ah."

The girl always looked intoxicated.

She speaks very little.

When asked, he simply nodded in response.

This inevitably made Xie Shen feel a little embarrassed, so he stopped talking to her.

Now he only hoped that the other party would be able to take him out of the underground as soon as possible after fetching water.

Not long after.

Xie Shen suddenly heard the sound of a trickling stream not far ahead. After walking a dozen steps, an underground river appeared before his eyes.

When the underground girl saw the river, she felt as if she hadn't had a drop of water for days.

She scooped up half a bucket of river water and drank it all without saying a word.

Seeing this, Xie Shen asked curiously: "You haven't had any water in a few days?"

"No."

The girl's eyes were dull.

She shook her head and explained, "I was just afraid I'd get thirsty, so I drank more water in advance."

what?
What does it mean to 'drink water in advance because you are afraid of being thirsty'?
What kind of logic is this?

Xie Shen was somewhat speechless after hearing this: "In order to prevent hunger, do you eat more food in advance?"

"Yes!"

Unexpectedly, the girl nodded.

She said as if it was a matter of course: "Otherwise, how miserable would that person be if he ate only when he was hungry?"

this.
Xie Shen captured the key point in the girl's words.

——Normally, when people drink water when they are thirsty and eat when they are hungry, their bodies will feel pleasant.

This is a reward given to humans by genes in order to continue.

But the underground girl in front of him thought the opposite: in her opinion, it would be painful for people to eat when they are hungry.

Thinking of this, Xie Shen immediately had a guess in his mind.

Is it possible that although the underground people can regard pain as enjoyment, as a price, enjoyment will also turn into pain in their eyes?

Their world is totally upside down? ?
To verify what he was thinking, Xie Shen tried to ask the girl: "Can I ask you a question: Are you forcing yourself not to sleep? And does it make you feel good? And if you accidentally fall asleep, will it make you feel extremely uncomfortable?"

"That's for sure."

The girl still had that matter-of-fact look on her face.

She pointed at herself and said, "So I don't even dare to lie down. I haven't slept for two whole days."

After accepting the setting that 'the underground world is upside down', Xie Shen instantly understood what the girl meant:
For normal people, forcing oneself not to sleep is a very painful thing, but sleeping when one is sleepy will make people feel pleasant.

But the underground people are just the opposite.

Because they are able to perceive pain as enjoyment, resisting the urge to sleep produces a great sense of pleasure.

On the contrary: if you go to bed when you feel sleepy, you will feel extremely miserable.

Now, Xie Shen finally understood why the girl always felt drunk.

——After all this time, it turned out that it was because she was forcing herself not to sleep and her mental state was low.

Next to the underground river. After seeing the girl drink up most of the bucket of river water and remain safe and sound, Xie Shen felt relieved to take out the kettle.

He drank half a bottle of water and took a sip.
have to say.

After getting used to drinking the pure water in the space station, when you suddenly take a sip of mineral-rich spring water, you will suddenly feel a sweet feeling filling your entire mouth.

Cool!
Looking at the expression on Xie Shen's face, the underground girl beside him couldn't help but ask, "Does drinking water feel good?"

"Ah."

Xie Shen described it this way: "When you feel your mouth is extremely dry and your throat feels like it's on fire, you suddenly take a big sip of cold water. That feels really, really good."

"Is that so?" The girl's eyes flashed with envy: "We underground people never feel good."

Xie Shen remained silent.

He didn't know how to respond to the girl's question, so he changed the subject and said, "Since you've already got the water, can you take me to the surface now?"

"okay."

Maybe it's because I haven't slept for too long.

After the girl got the water, she turned around and bumped her head against the wall, causing the bucket in her hand to spill all over the floor.

Xie Shen didn't want to waste time, so he took the bucket that fell on the ground and said, "Let me hold it for you. You can hardly stand now."

"Thanks."

The girl looked at Xie Shen blankly, and then walked ahead on the road on her own.

Xie Shen followed closely behind.

In this way, the two of them walked in the underground tunnel, one in front and one behind, for nearly half an hour.

In the distance, a faint blue light suddenly appeared ahead.

Following the light, Xie Shen walked forward about a hundred steps, and suddenly he felt that his surroundings became clear.

What came into his sight was an enormous underground cave:

There are dozens of houses built with rocks in this cave, which are distributed in different locations in an orderly manner.

There are roads crisscrossing between the houses.

You can also see underground people dressed similarly to the girl here and there on the road.

Some of them, like the girl, had a dazed expression on their faces, as if they had not slept for several days and nights.

Some also had tiny iron nails embedded in their faces, arms, and even feet.

What's worse, some people simply use polished bone sticks or metal sheets to stretch their own skin and flesh.

Xie Shen originally thought that the appearance of the underground girl was exaggerated enough.

But I never thought that there was a master in this village.
Further away from the village, one can see many mushroom fields that are obviously artificially grown, and the mushrooms on them are all blood red.

As expected, it was the red mushroom that the man in the suit said would cause "great pain if eaten."

Looking at the underground rural scenery in front of him, Xie Shen said to the underground girl beside him: "Is this where you live? Didn't you say you would take me to the surface? Why are you here?"

"what?"

After being reminded by Xie Shen, the girl was stunned and said, "Oh, yes, we are going to the surface. Sorry, I made a mistake."

Faced with the underground girl who was quite unreliable, Xie Shen really didn't know what to say.

Seeing Xie Shen remained silent, the underground girl said weakly: "I really can't bear it any longer, how about you let me sleep for a while? When I wake up, I will take you to the surface."

After saying that, without caring what Xie Shen was thinking, he just walked towards one of the houses.

In the cave.

Xie Shen looked at the girl's back, then turned to look at the interconnected underground tunnels behind him.

After a brief thought, he gritted his teeth and finally followed the girl into the house.

(End of this chapter)