Volume 1 The Land of the Dead Chapter 176 The Real World
The mucus creature's straightforward speech made Linda speechless for a while, and she didn't know what words to use to express her complicated feelings now, should she feel worthless for Jimmy's insistence on justifying her father's name for many years, or should she feel sad for this world without a future?
As a devout believer, Linda is accustomed to looking for answers from the deeds of the gods, but unfortunately, this time, the voluminous religious texts do not answer Linda's questions.
The characters on the holographic celestial sphere are still circulating, and the pale symbols have turned into heavy shackles in Linda's eyes, they are invisible and untouchable, but they really kill the last hope of this world.
After a long time, Linda suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and then asked a very pragmatic question: "Wait, you just said that you wanted us to meet your master, but according to your words, wouldn't we also become the so-called 'ingredients' to get out of here?"
Linda was a little annoyed at the thought of this possibility, although she had not been able to enter the training chamber under Roger's obstruction, but even Jimmy's one-sided description made her shudder, and she didn't know what kind of existence would do such a cruel thing.
And now, the voice was trying to lure them there, and Linda's body trembled slightly with annoyance.
"Don't get excited, listen to the explanation first. β
As for Roger, he seemed very calm, after all, he couldn't pull out that guy through the 'computer' screen and cook it well, in fact, according to ordinary people's thoughts, he also understood that his anger just now was quite boring, and the people here didn't care about him, why was he so angry?
But Roger is Roger after all, and after getting angry, he can calmly talk to the culprit, but Linda doesn't have such energy, anyway, Roger can communicate with Jimmy's father, she simply closes her spiritual link, out of sight.
Cut off by Linda, the slime creature's voice still did not fluctuate, it saw that Roger was the one who talked to the two, and its dull voice seemed to be just objectively stating the facts: "These two don't really need to worry, I have already said that this restriction is only effective for us who have been put in the culture box as food in the first place, and outsiders will not be restricted by this."
This program was written into the genes of our ancestors, and it was constantly reinforced by daily diet, which completely cut off our way of leaving, as evidenced by the travelers who had fallen here before, because they all left here safely. β
"What do we need to do then?"
Roger's response was simple and straightforward, which seemed unscrupulous, but if this guy said the that they were going to lie down in that culture tank, Roger promised that he would definitely pull Linda away as soon as possible.
"Although it is a pity that the crystal clan did not leave the administrator password for the culture box, it has left a passage for users to repair themselves to meet some customers with 'special' requirements, and it is enough to get a few people out of here now.
If you want to leave here, please stand between the crystal slabs, as for Jimmy, they can't leave, due to restrictions, they will be directly erased by the crystal core during the teleportation process. β
After hesitating for a moment, Roger nodded in agreement with the slime creature, and while pulling back Linda, who had left angrily, he teased: "It's kind of interesting, I thought you wouldn't care about Jimmy's life or death?"
"Memory is very interesting, mixed with so many memories, I can't even be sure if 'I' is a clear existence, I have memories of accompanying Jimmy's childhood, and I can also remember the past when I stood up in a high position and scolded Fang Xuan, the concept of self is so vague, maybe because the memory of being Jimmy's father is the freshest, affected by this, so my 'feelings' are more inclined to this. β
Roger was noncommittal about the slime creature's inconsistent explanation, but beckoned Linda to walk towards the crystal slate beneath the celestial sphere, while he himself strode towards Jimmy.
"Are you leaving?"
Although Jimmy was far away, he could still see the scene on the celestial sphere clearly, and not to mention that the Wolf Tooth Mountain Range on the surveillance was so familiar, there was no reason for him not to know what the outside world was like.
The crystal corridor opened and closed rhythmically, and the dull sound echoed around the hollow core, Roger sighed and squatted beside Jimmy, reaching out to check the temperature of the sweet potato, which had been soaked in the culture liquid before It still had an effect, so that he was still unconscious, his body temperature was also high, and the temperature of his forehead was even slightly hot.
If it weren't for the sweet potato's strong physique, and Linda's healing skills gave him a sigh of relief, he would have died a long time ago.
With a snap of his fingers, a cold balloon of water appeared on Roger's fingertips: "Let's leave for a while and go find the guy who caused all this." β
Now in the face of Roger's magic, Jimmy can already deal with it calmly, using a small piece of linen cloth dipped in ice water to cool down his cousin's head, his tone is a little sad, as if he has exhausted all his strength after making a fuss before: "So our world is really hopeless?
"Well, little girl, don't think about it all day. Roger stared at Jimmy's side face and said angrily, "If you have that thought, it's better to find a handsome guy in the village to talk about a vigorous love, and leave the matter here to me." β
With that, Roger stood up and walked towards the crystal slate without looking back, and when he was about to walk into the projection of the celestial sphere, Jimmy's voice came from behind him.
"Roger. β
"Huh?"
"When I saw him, please help me beat him up. β
"Understood. β
The brief conversation dissipated into the roar of spatial transformation, wondering if the slime creature had heard the exchange and how it had felt.
The light slowly faded through the air, and the controller returned to its previous appearance as a large sphere, while Linda and Roger disappeared in place, and it was only then that Jimmy, who had been out of the way, turned his head and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand.
Although Jimmy didn't have a spiritual connection, Roger's answer didn't avoid her, so she didn't know that it was her father who was talking to her.
But now is not the time to be squeamish, Jimmy still needs to rush to the outside world as soon as possible to appease the restless villagers, he is soft-spoken, but he must always have some effect, right? Roger They are still working hard for this world, how can they be so decadent?
At the same time that Jimmy was carrying the sweet potato and trembling out of the crystal corridor, the real space of the outside world, the huge crystal emitted a piercing alarm, because there was no sound, only flickering, quite joyful.
The slime creature ignored this, and with a shudder, two pin-eye-sized points of light separated from the crystal, it was Roger and Linda, when the space suddenly expanded, the matter of the world automatically replenished their missing parts, Linda and Roger's bodies returned to their normal size, and with it, the low pressure, low temperature and deadly radiation of outer space descended.
Now that it had promised to keep the two safe, the slime creature had no intention of breaking its promise, and it was clearly prepared for it. I saw that a large number of 'pustules' bulged all over its body, and the pustules swelled rapidly, and when they ruptured, the fungal spores inside also matured, and thousands of mycelium were wrapped around Roger and the others.
The mycelium was not finished, they continued to grow in Roger's body, some of the mycelium clinging to his mouth and nose, where they fibrosed, and the clear mucus produced from the ends of the mycelium, followed his respiratory tract all over his mouth and nose, and finally poured into his lungs.
Roger woke up quickly, long before the mycelium entered his mouth and nose, or he had completely witnessed the process of spatial transformation, but because humans did not have the organs to process spatial information, in fact, he only felt himself float as soon as it was dark in front of him.
As soon as the mucus poured into his mouth and nose, Roger felt a feeling of suffocation, which was the body's instinctive response to the lack of oxygen, and when the mucus completely filled the lungs, the suffocation sensation disappeared strangely, except that the lungs were stuffy, no different from normal.
It seems that these mucus replace the function of the lungs and act as a medium for oxygen exchange, so can these hyphae provide oxygen......
Roger moved his muscles and bones and thought to himself, he also needed to adapt to the feeling of not breathing and the weightless environment, although the mycelium around his body was sparse, but it could withstand the low pressure and low temperature environment here, after studying for a while, he really couldn't figure out the principle of this mycelium, Roger looked around.
The surroundings are pitch black and silent, the so-called silence is nothing more than this, in the dark background, the faint light depicts a vague outline, it is a bit like the stinky mud in PokΓ©mon, just relying on the mycelium to divide, barely piling up a few points of human shape.
As for the situation behind him...... Roger turned his head, and a brilliant crystal appeared in front of him, and the faint spatial fluctuations told Roger that this was where he had just broken away from it.
If you ignore the strange spatial fluctuations, this is a crude crystal two or three meters high, but in fact, relying on the technology of the crystal family, its interior is entangled with several spaces, acting as a space for cultivating ingredients, as for its surface, there are no bells and whistles, only a simple and clear slot, maybe the exit of the ingredients.
And on the crystal side, there is a line of crystal text - Fingeney Incubator, your most loyal food expert.
Repeating this slightly sarcastic advertising slogan, Roger opened his mouth wide but couldn't make a sound, thinking that there was no air here, not to mention that his mouth and nose were stuffed with mucus.
"You're welcome here. β
The slimeman's voice sounded in Roger's head as usual, and it sounded the same as before, and it waited patiently for Roger to adjust to his surroundings before leaning over.