Chapter 1 Naked Play
Su Xi always thought that she was lucky, but she thought that she had never been arrogant, and she was cautious and grateful, so the God of Luck always stood behind her. But she never thought that she could win such a big lottery: resurrection after death.
She still remembered her last moments of near-death experience. She felt as if she was sucked up to the ceiling by a huge suction force. She watched her body curl up on the operating table and twitch constantly. She also watched the chaos and bustle in the emergency room...
When the doctor performed electric shock pacing, she "saw" herself lying on the operating table open her eyes and stare at herself floating above her body. It was an indescribable wonder, as if the same soul was looking at itself at both ends of the mirror, and the end of the field of vision was the infinite and empty universe.
Su Xi calmly realized that her death was inevitable. She accepted it calmly, but inevitably she still had some worries and regrets in her heart - the resignation email in the computer had not been sent, the mortgage had not been paid off, the boyfriend who had just proposed to her had not given her a proper explanation, and she had not been able to properly fulfill her obligation to support her parents, right?
Who should I entrust to take care of my cats and dogs? I have only completed one-third of the travel plans on my calendar...
I really can't accept this!
Then this emotion became stronger and stronger. After an indescribable dizziness, her entire consciousness seemed to be forced into a balloon in the deep sea, and then squeezed and scattered into pieces.
As the world collapsed and countless fragments of her self floated in the air, she "saw" her adoptive mother's sorrow and the farce at her own funeral...
I “saw” the rapid changes of sunrise and sunset, and the destructive alternation of spring, summer, autumn and winter…
Finally, after what seemed like an extremely short and extremely long period of time, everything disappeared into nothingness.
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When she regained consciousness, she felt that she was, yes, a bit like the experience of near death, not seeing, but similar to the feeling of "perceiving". She felt that she was placed in a huge translucent tubular container, which contained liquid that could provide oxygen and energy. Some masked people in silver-gray jumpsuits came and went, occasionally toying with her, and occasionally moving from one container to another.
'Why am I being treated like this? Why am I being held captive here?'
It was all chaotic, and I didn't know how much time had passed before a faint sound rang in my ears.
'I'm not willing to accept this!'
Well, I am a little unwilling. There are so many wonderful things that I haven't seen yet...
'Wake up! Revolt! Destroy everything you see!
Who is ordering me? It's so annoying~ Let me sleep
'Kill! Kill! Kill!'
The noisy encouragement rings in my ears like a spell
'Kill everything you see!'
Such a fierce murderous intent was not her original intention, but the noisy sound has been ringing in her ears for so long, it's so annoying!
But now, the container was damaged, and a very sharp and high-pitched beeping sound was echoing in my ears. Liquid was flowing out, and the beeping sound was getting faster and faster as if counting down.
Wake up! Revolt! Destroy everything you see!
I can't wait passively any longer. The sharp sense of danger is pressing on my nerves like a sharp knife.
Su Xi opened her eyes with great effort, struggled to get rid of some transparent threads that were wrapped around her body like jellyfish tentacles, and began to try to open the container from the inside. The gap was not very large.
After about half an hour, less than one-third of the liquid had seeped out, and the entire cylindrical container was like a syringe, pushing the liquid out little by little under the action of the pressure difference.
Su Xi tried to lift up the top which was slowly pressing down as the solution drained out, but it was completely useless. The metal top soon pressed down on Su Xi's head, and the speed was getting faster and faster!
Su Xi had no choice but to squat down with great effort and pick and hit the arm-width gap with all her might until both palms bled. Things did not get better, but got worse.
Perhaps because of the contamination caused by the mixture of blood and solution, the liquid began to become turbid and deteriorated, and no longer had the ability to supply oxygen. At this time, the round metal top had dropped to its original waist and hip height. Su Xi had no choice but to lie down and act. The possibility of exploring destruction from the inside had failed. At the same time, as the turbidity of the solution increased, the feeling of suffocation became more and more severe!
Oh my god! Is she going to die again? Su Xi was very unwilling! Either she should be reborn once, embrace the golden finger and kill everyone, and reach the peak of her life, or she should be completely dead!
What kind of evil idea is it to let someone who is already dead to experience near-death again?
Beep...beep...beep...beep...
As my consciousness fell into a semi-blind state, the beeping sound that had been echoing in the space became more and more rapid, almost merging into a sharp, long whoosh.
Boom! There was a vibration in the space, the gap in the container was enlarged and quickly shattered, and Su Xi fell to the ground along with the gushing liquid. At the same time, the beeping alarm stopped, and there was a dull silence all around.
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Without having time to think about how the whole thing happened, Su Xi raised her upper body with great effort, carefully avoiding the sharp debris on the ground, and breathed in deep gulps of the hard-earned air.
As her mind regained some clarity, the strong sense of crisis in the unfamiliar environment reminded her that she must immediately find a weapon, be alert and hide. However, she did not know of any objects that could be used as weapons. She had no choice but to quickly follow her instinct, step back and quickly search the entire environment with her eyes.
This is a room of about 100 square meters. Although it is called a room, it is more like the interior space of an ellipse. In addition to the cylindrical container that imprisoned her, there are many similar containers of different sizes scattered around the space, with organ-like and wriggling unknown objects floating inside.
On the round table in the center of the room were some unknown instruments scattered around, reminiscent of a meat processor or an operating table.
There were some cloth-like materials scattered around the platform. Su Xi quickly looked around to make sure there were no other creatures or movements around. She carefully picked up a piece of sharp metal and moved closer to the platform with difficulty.
She saw her own image clearly reflected in the mirror of a metal instrument next to the round table.
The girl, about eighteen years old, was naked, covered with scars and bruises, with blood staining half of her body. Her honey-brown shawl was wet and hung on her shoulders. Her small face, the size of a palm, had delicate features, and her amber eyes truly reflected her owner's astonishment and surprise.
Su Xi, who pursues materialism, is hit hard by reality, but her strong psychological quality forces her to retract her gaze and focus on actions in reality.
Half of her back and right arm were burning with pain. Needless to say, they were scratched. When she was half conscious, she seemed to have seen these instruments and items in use.
So she hesitated for a moment and then chose what she needed, which seemed to be a material similar to a bandage for healing wounds.
Su Xi quickly recalled the corner, and then began to look at the strange-feeling, bandage-like fabric in her hand. She smelled it first and found no special smell, so she tested it on a shallow wound on her calf.
This bandage is quite magical. Once it is wrapped around your skin, it automatically adheres to the skin and brings a cool feeling.
After making sure there were no major problems, she swiftly treated the wounds on her body and wrapped the remaining fabric tightly around the parts that needed mosaics, as well as her arms and legs.
She thought to herself that it was fortunate that she had learned a lot from the instructor during the wilderness survival training at the company. Now, she had the leisure to use the remaining fabric to tie a bow on her chest.
One of her few strengths is that she is calmer in times of emergency.
Say goodbye to the naked state and the sense of security will increase slightly by 5 percentage points.
Looking around, Su Xi had several guesses in her mind, but for now, determining whether it was rebirth or time travel, or that the extremist organization stole the body for human experiments... or that the illegal organization put her into a bloody game... or that she was kidnapped by aliens... these were not the primary problems to be solved at the moment.
Judging from the situations and information she has come into contact with so far, it is obvious that this is a dangerous environment beyond the ordinary sense. Su Xi does not waste unnecessary brainpower and emotions. The more pressure she faces, the better she can control her emotions and use her rational analytical ability beyond her normal level, which is one of her few advantages.
The first thing to solve is to determine the current situation and obtain survival resources. Su Xi began to explore this dead space.
As time passed, apart from confirming that there were no living creatures posing a threat to her in this space for the time being, and replacing the metal piece in her hand with a half-arm-long laser knife, she discovered nothing else.
She tried to use her newly acquired laser knife to break the wall, but before she touched the wall of unknown material, a big hole suddenly opened silently, and a tunnel appeared on the other side of the hole.
Of course Su Xi was frightened, and without much hesitation, she threw a few pieces of metal fragments over. It was safe!
She stepped out carefully, and the entrance closed silently behind her. She had no choice but to explore forward. The circular tunnel seemed to have no end. The tunnel was bright, but there was no obvious light source or lighting at first glance, as if the material of the tunnel itself was glowing.
These signs made Su Xi silently rule out several possible alternatives. There were many forks along the way, and she made quick choices based on her intuition, marking the chosen channel and direction with numbers. Then she kept a steady pace while being vigilant.
In the current situation, hesitation and wasting time means a decrease in the survival rate. Moving forward at a steady speed helps to maintain the longest possible physical strength. She tries her best to keep the exploration speed, physical consumption and awareness at a certain balance point.
The endless tunnel seems to have no end. The dead silent space, the identical environment, the unchanging light, the long exploration with no end in sight, everything is enough to make people despair.
But Su Xi did not despair. She discovered another thing with interest, that is, the quality of this body is much better than before, whether it is the tolerance of fatigue or the memory and calculation ability of numbers. If she walked back, she was sure that she could return to the starting point again.
But there was no greater point in continuing to explore, and it was not wise to test this body's tolerance to fatigue under these circumstances.
She stopped. At a certain fork in the road, she found a suitable position to observe the surroundings. She sat down, closed her eyes, and tried to regain the awareness of space that she had when she was on the verge of death, which was another kind of "seeing" ability.
She was unsuccessful.
Sigh, it's not worth getting too depressed.
Next, she tried "Plan B" and "Plan C", but there was no response. It was as if this place was a forgotten dead zone.
As time went by, she found that although the wound had healed and did not affect her movements, her body began to show signs of dehydration.
This is a really bad sign.
Thirst overwhelmed everything. She retreated to a place with the most forks in the road, randomly chose a corridor to sit down, untied the bandage on her left hand, bit the scarred wound, and sucked the fresh blood that gushed out to quench her immediate thirst.
The sense of self-abuse of licking one's own blood was too strong. As someone who had died once, Su Xi only hoped that if she had to die again, it would not be this ugly death.
Of course, it would be even better if you could survive.
The sweet smell of blood floated in the air, strong and a little sweet, but Su Xi, who had a sense of death, suddenly relaxed completely. She sat on the ground, started to play with the half-arm-long laser knife, and even started to sing.
She uses her utmost rationality to implement the most optimized survival plan, and then leaves the final variable of survival to God - that is pure "luck".
As it turned out, she was lucky.