Chapter Eighty-Three: The Trial of Survival
The thing that looks like a huge cocoon is the cabin of the life support system, and of course, the entire sickness support system is definitely not only this cocoon, but more importantly, a whole system that controls this cocoon.
No one gave Lin Hai the principle of the life support system, and Lin Hai only got a manual, as well as the beautiful biochemical doll beside him.
Of course, Lin Hai can't lie down in this cocoon immediately, he must empty his stomach and intestines first, according to the instructions, this life support system has the function of collecting urine, of course, the big one is not that it can't be collected, but that experience is probably not acceptable to everyone, so Lin Hai chose to empty his intestines first, and for the next thirty days, Lin Hai only relied on a small amount of liquid food to maintain the low-intensity operation of the digestive system, while providing sufficient and necessary nutrients and energy.
As for why he could use such a small amount of liquid food to maintain a person's normal needs, it was not something that Lin Hai could understand, he just needed to know that other alien technology could indeed do this.
After drinking a suspicious drink given by the biochemical doll, Lin Hai vomited and diarrhea, no, he didn't vomit and only diarrhea several times and finally couldn't get anything out, and then after drinking a small glass of unknown liquid that smelled fragrant and tasted quite good, Lin Hai could finally lie down in the cabin of the life support system.
However, before that, you must first change into a set of pressure suits, some similar to the ones worn by pilots, according to the instructions, this pressure suit will use the principle of hydraulics to help Lin Hai's muscles and microcirculatory system stay active enough, so as not to cause deterioration of body functions caused by long-term sleep.
After lying in the cabin, he had to bite something like a diving snorkel in his mouth, although it felt a little strange, but before Lin Hai could figure out whether this thing was to help breathe or feed food, Lin Hai's consciousness suddenly blurred, and when Lin Hai's mind cleared up again, he was shocked to find that he had appeared in another place, or another world.
This is a very fantastic place, there is nothing around, only a colorful but not dazzling bubble-like thing wrapping Lin Hai, the diameter of this bubble is about three meters, Lin Hai is suspended in the middle of the bubble, and the endless sea of stars can be faintly seen outside the bubble.
Lin Hai looked at it curiously for a while, he was not worried, because it was mentioned in the manual of this place that this was the transition space of the life support system, and here Lin Hai could choose to exit the life support system or enter the copy world of his choice.
In fact, this staging space itself is also a copy, a virtual copy, except that this copy has no content and does not provide any additional functionality.
Lin Hai called Lingsuke, opened the connection interface, entered a long list of connection codes according to the black cat's explanation, and submitted a memory packet, which is the secret key to connect the target copy.
After all the formalities were completed, there was indeed an additional available connection in the connection options, and after checking the name and category of the connection again, Lin Hai took a deep breath and gave the command to connect.
The familiar connection program and progress indicator appeared, and after the countdown, Lin Hai's eyes suddenly darkened, Lin Hai quickly closed his eyes, he had suffered a loss, in case the world he entered happened to be a scene with strong light, his eyes would be very bad.
Feeling a smell mixed with the aroma of dust and food coming from the end of his nose, Lin Hai slowly opened a gap, feeling that the light was not dazzling, Lin Hai slowly opened his eyes and looked around unhurriedly.
What catches the eye is an endless Gobi, there seems to be an undulating black line on the skyline, maybe it is mountains or something, except for the scattered low bushes, there is only black and yellow sand and gravel skin, which looks desolate and faraway.
There were several dusty tents nearby, and the aroma of food was coming from the tents.
Lin Hai was standing in a small open space surrounded by several tents at this moment, and a man was standing at the door of a tent with a broken piece of wood hanging on it, squinting at Lin Hai at the moment.
The man was dressed in a gray robe, and wore a hood on his head that resembled a cloak and a floppy hat, but this hood was large enough to cover his entire shoulder.
Judging from the exposed face, the age of this man is about thirty or forty years old, but Lin Hai does not dare to draw conclusions easily, after all, the environment will affect people's appearance, not to mention that the person in front of him may not be an earthling, or even a real person.
But Lin Hai was sure that this person should not be a Chinese, because his gray eyes and golden beard and eyebrows would not be found in ordinary Chinese.
"Trialist?"
The man took the initiative to speak, the distance between the two was about ten meters, the man was not loud, but Lin Hai heard it clearly, because it was too quiet here.
Lin Hai subconsciously looked down at his outfit, and then found that he was dressed similarly to the person opposite, also a gray robe, and seemed to have the same hood on his head, as if he had thought of something, Lin Hai raised his hand and stretched his palm out of the robe to observe.
"Don't look at it, this body is standard in the trial dungeon."
Lin Hai smiled bitterly, it seems that his previous judgment was all wrong:
"What about women?"
"Hehe, I've disappointed you, and so do women."
"It's not that you can't recognize who's who?"
"Hehe, because there's no need, get out of this departure camp, every creature will only be your enemy."
Lin Hai frowned:
"Then you..."
"I'm kind of a facilitator, or you might as well think I'm a logistician."
Lin Hai took a few steps forward and found that although this body was not his own, the subtleties such as height and weight, and even muscle strength seemed to be no different from his own body, which saved Lin Hai time to adapt to his new body.
Seeing Lin Hai come to him, the man smiled slightly and said:
"You can call me Claire, in this camp, I am in charge of the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the trialists, and I also have a few companions, who are responsible for props, medical treatment, and combat skill guidance, you can visit them later."
Claire raised her hand and pointed to several tents around her, Lin Hai followed his finger and looked at it, only to notice that the broken wood chips hanging on the tent behind Claire had a tent logo painted on it, and several other tents also hung similar wooden signs with different markings painted on them.
Lin Hai's heart is also an immersive game, these people are like NPCs, and those tents are various shops and functional buildings.
"Hello, my name is..."
"Wait, you'd better have a code name, it's better not to use your real name here, after all, you're not here to make friends, understand?"
Lin Hai smiled bitterly, of course I understand, according to Claire, come here to play PK, you don't want to kill others, others are the kind of forced PK that you have, so it's impossible to make friends, and it's a matter of minutes to add enemies.
"Thank you, you can call me Xiaolin, I want to know more information, can you?"
Claire smiled, bent sideways slightly, and stretched out her hand to signal Lin Hai to enter the tent to talk, Lin Hai hesitated slightly, then raised his legs and walked forward, Claire nodded and went into the tent first, and Lin Hai followed.
Entering the tent, the light dimmed slightly, Lin Hai patrolled, the space in the tent was larger than expected, but it was not very large, there were three short tables inside, Claire sat cross-legged on the side of a table at will, and then motioned to Lin Hai, Lin Hai also sat cross-legged opposite him.
Claire reached out and lifted a kettle from the fire pit surrounding the desk, then turned the cups on the desk over and poured some steaming gray-green liquid for herself and Lin Hai.
"This is a drink boiled from the roots of a plant next door here, it tastes good, and it can also replenish your strength, I'll show you the appearance and rhizome of this plant in a while, and in the days to come, your staple food will probably be this kind of thing."
Lin Hai nodded solemnly, then picked up the cup without hesitation and sniffed it, then leaned on the cup and took a sip gently, feeling that the taste was not bad, some like the taste of coffee, slightly bitter but sweet aftertaste.
A warm thin line slowly flowed into the stomach pouch, making Lin Hai's whole person feel warm.
"It tastes good."
"Hehe, yes, this thing is poisonous when eaten raw, it must be cooked, roasted or boiled, and it can be cooked with animal meat, we call this thing fragrant."
"Oh, can you tell us about this trial dungeon?"
"Of course, it's my job. This trial quest is a survival quest. ”
"Survival copy? Dangerous here? ”
"How so... If you're the only one here, it's not necessarily dangerous, although there are dangerous creatures here that threaten your life, but... If you're strong, those animals aren't too dangerous. ”
"So the other people who come here for the trial are a source of danger?"
"Yes!"
"But why? Does it have to be so? ”
Claire smiled and shook her head:
"You don't have to kill every kind of person you see, in fact, it's very simple to clear the dungeon, as long as you start from here and go through that Gobi to find another camp, you can choose to leave the dungeon, otherwise, you can only leave after you die."
Lin Hai asked in confusion:
"In that case, why do people kill each other? Wouldn't it be easier to help each other cross the dangerous Gobi? ”
Claire laughed:
"You've forgotten what you're here for."
"The purpose? Breaking through bottlenecks? ”
"Yes, break through the bottleneck, if you want to break through the bottleneck, you can't find it from external objects, and no one can help you find a way to break through, the only way is to start from your own heart and find a way to break the wall by yourself."
"So what?"
"So, go back to your heart."
"Back to your roots? Survival trials? ”
"It seems that you have thought that as an intelligent life, the most essential attribute is survival, some people think that if you want to deeply understand this, anything other than survival must be put aside, so returning to the most instinctive life attribute is the best way, and the instinct of life survival is self-interest, everything that endangers your own survival must be removed, so..."
Lin Hai couldn't cry or laugh:
"Is it to abandon reason and respect animal nature?"
"Hehe, you can say so, this road to the other side of the Gobi is actually the road to re-evolve and think about life, probably... bar. ”
Lin Hai inexplicably turned his head to look at the door of the tent, the low line of sight of the dim Gobi, the steaming and distorted black and yellow Gobi, there seemed to be a thick blood and stench, this is definitely a very uncomfortable world.