I heard from the children that humans have evolved like this through generations of evolution.
They are born without feet.
When I was too lazy to walk at first, I took a car instead.
Later, I was too lazy to drive, so I drove with my mind.
Later, when you are too lazy to go out, all human needs can be solved in one room.
Much later, humans felt that needs were the source of trouble.
So the genes were modified and they had infinite life.
Gradually, human beings can master knowledge without going to school, survive without working, and have children without getting married...
There is no need to communicate.
Speech and expression have become symbols of childishness.
Only children do this - it's a sign of not being fully developed.
Adults do not need to speak or think.
There is only one choice to make: wake up or sleep.
Two tracks with completely opposite directions.
Li Mengli stood on the track and listened to the children's stories.
This common sense knowledge is implanted in the brain of children from the moment they are born.
Just like a bird can fly.
Just like sugar is sweet.
The children do not know the specific time of the end of the world, but they know that today is March 6, 3766.
Li Mengli felt her brain was buzzing, and it wasn't until the children told her what [wake] and [sleep] meant that she understood what it was all about.
[Awakening] means going to [New Home] to work. It is a boring and repetitive job, burying the seeds of human research and development in the desert, watering and irrigating it, every day.
[Hibernation] means staying away from this doomsday world, of course not physically, but from consciousness.
Just like dreaming, you can enter the [Life Cabin] and experience simulated life.
One is a real life, boring and boring.
One is a false death, full of unknowns.
No one will interfere with your choice. Under the apocalypse, everyone is free.
Li Mengli looked down at the wheel that was attached to the track.
free?
Really?
The children's words seemed to be very logical, but the more Li Mengli listened, the more they felt like they were made up.
Can a human leg evolve into an iron rod?
Can human feet evolve into wheels that fit perfectly on the track?
Even if genes are modified, why not allow people to grow wings and fly freely in the sky, but instead embed humans on tracks?
There is probably something wrong with the world.
Hearing Mengli's question, the children closed the windows one after another.
The adult is thinking.
She is crazy.
Anyone who questions common sense must be a lunatic.
Li Mengli looked up and saw that there seemed to be more than just a glass window between her and the children.
She felt sad.
The children, mostly one or two years old, were placed in these houses.
They will grow on their own without anyone taking care of them, and when they are 16 years old, they can move from the track inside the house to the outside, where they can make a choice in adulthood - to be awake or to sleep.
In this world, 16 is considered an adult.
It doesn't matter much. Li Mengli thought about it. It seems that she chose [sleep] in this world and gained the right to experience life. But she had woken up just now. She didn't know if she could go back to sleep again. Arrived at the coffee shop.
I hope the dream can continue.
She likes everyone in the cafe.
Li Mengli didn't want to stay in this weird real world anymore, so she immediately turned around and went back the way she came. Remembering that she had always committed suicide before, this awakening experience made her miss her life in the coffee shop.
Even if it is just an artificial virtual world.
Want to go back.
Go back quickly.
As Li Mengli wanted to speed up, the wheels under her feet began to rotate rapidly on the track.
After an unknown amount of time, she felt like she was about to return to where she was before.
But the circular track in front of her made her stop suddenly. The circular track was intricate, and she saw words floating in front of her: Wheel of Fortune.
She didn't need to think about it, the answers were already given by the behavior of the people around her.
After people enter the orbit of the Wheel of Fortune, they have no time to think about which orbit they will join.
The route after that is completely random.
Li Mengli didn't dare to move forward without permission. She reached out and grabbed a woman on the track next to her, not allowing her to move forward.
The woman's empty eyes were open, and her arms stopped and moved like a machine. It could barely be seen that she wanted to break away from Li Mengli's "claws."
"Tell me what's going on ahead." Li Mengli became bold and strong. She imitated Roland's face and threatened the other party, "Otherwise, I won't let you go!"
"What's your problem?"
The other party was attacking Li Mengli with words. The translation should be: Are you sick?
But Li Mengli mistakenly thought that the other party had finally compromised. She asked: "What's going on in the track ahead? How should I return to my previous life cabin?"
The woman remained in a stalemate with her without saying a word for a long time, and finally had no choice but to say expressionlessly: "Enter the Wheel of Fortune and randomly assign space stations. Each space station has a life capsule."
"What about the track next to the Wheel of Fortune?" Li Mengli continued to ask, "Why is there no one on that track?"
"I don't know, no one knows."
"Aren't you curious then?" Li Mengli felt surprised. Why do humans in this world seem to be fools?
Coincidentally, the woman also thought of Li Mengli in the same way. She asked, "Why are you curious?"
Li Mengli let go of the woman and saw that after the woman entered the [Wheel of Fortune], she was like a marble caught in a whirlwind, going around and around, and finally she was thrown to no one knows which track.
Looking at the deserted track next to the [Wheel of Fortune], Li Mengli wanted to find out.
Last time I saw a group of children, maybe we will see women and old people this time?
Just as she was thinking about it, there seemed to be a huge magnet on the far side of the track, sucking her madly towards it, and sparks erupted from the wheels, crackling and scattering in all directions.
Li Mengli likes this feeling. Any fluctuation in her heart can make her feel alive.
Not long after, her wheels gradually began to slow down, and there was a sky-blue crystal building in front of her, like a pyramid built by stacking blue crystals.
Passing through the open door, she entered the interior of the pyramid, a bright space that was astonishingly vast.
There are humans wearing uniforms and various unknown scientific instruments everywhere.
"Friend, welcome to the [Life Cabin Backend Management System]." A man stood on the high platform on the second floor and shouted to her, "The fact that you are here shows that you are a thoughtful human being!"
"Is this the place where the life cabin is managed?" Li Mengli shouted to him.
"You are so smart! I want to come down to receive you personally." The man's wheels began to speed up, he turned into a room on the second floor, and soon came out of another room downstairs.
He wears a suit and tie, and has a mustache, which is different from other staff members.
He stretched out his hand politely and said with a smile: "Hello madam, I am the seventh-generation administrator of the [Life Cabin Backend Management System]. You can call me Louis."
Li Mengli shook hands with him to show friendship. After all, in this world, seeing human beings with expressions and willingness to communicate is like seeing a fellow countryman, "Hello Louis, my name is Li Mengli."
"Ms. Mengli, do you have any demands when you come here?"
"I accidentally woke up and now I want to go back to my previous life experience."
"I understand what you mean." In fact, Lewis obviously misunderstood. He thought that Li Mengli was a loser in the life cabin and was expelled from the life cabin due to insufficient spiritual coins.
"That's great, how can I go back?"
(End of chapter)
