Doomsday Wonderland

The rich and muddy fishy smell, accompanied by the wheezing hot steam, sprayed on her face and neck, causing Meijia's consciousness to slowly stir in the darkness. In a very distant place, there seemed to be the faint sound of someone speaking.

In a daze, she remembered a boy from the house next door when she was a child. He was already seventeen or eighteen years old at that time. He rarely went out. Except for working a few hours of night shift at night, he just stayed at home and painted all day long. Later, Meijia went to elementary school and was overwhelmed by the new life. I don’t know when, but the eldest brother from the house next door disappeared without realizing it. Maybe he moved away.

...Strange, why do you suddenly remember something from so long ago?

Meijia was only six or seven years old at the time, but she was also sensible.

People in the fungus society do not sharpen their heads to pursue outstanding achievements or achieve great status. As long as they can find something that interests them or can realize their personal value, no matter what they do, they will be members of the society. A respected member - anyway, most of the basic material needs are met by the by-products of mushrooms. They studied Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Pyramid in first grade and understood that their society had moved away from the bottom four levels of needs and into the highest level of "self-actualization needs"... well, maybe except for that one.

Her consciousness was drifting and floating, and the thoughts that occasionally crossed her were like fish swimming in a deep pool, only half of them could be caught.

All in all, the reason why Meijia still remembers her big brother after so many years is because his situation seems a little different.

His interest is undoubtedly painting. Although she occasionally saw him sketching outdoors, she found that the scenery on the canvas actually looked very childish, almost on the same level as her classmates... That's right, just because you like something doesn't mean you can definitely do it. Well done. It's a good thing he doesn't have to make a living from painting, otherwise it would be really worrying.

However, every time I saw the older brother painting, his expression was always gloomy and veins were bulging on his forehead. In the eyes of the young Meijia, the way he gritted his teeth looked a bit scary.

If she could see chocolate frogs every day when she grew up, Meijia felt that she would definitely not show such an expression - ah, what a pity, her childhood wish faded when she grew up, otherwise she would have been able to enter the field of producing chocolate frogs. Mom must be very happy about the snack company... Oh, what should she do next...

Even in her twilight state, the burning anxiety was more vivid than the stench of heat, and it completely woke her up.

When she first opened her eyes, Meijia was very confused. It took her a while to slowly understand where she was.

The cave, which was supposed to be dark and dark, looked like an illusion under a light source that was swinging back and forth behind him. The faint fishy smell of the soil also smelled strange. Underneath him, above his head, all around him, everywhere he looked was dirt. In the environment where she usually lives, the ground is always covered with a floor made of mushroom skin, which can avoid dust accumulation, is flexible, and smells very fresh - she has never had the experience of being wrapped in soil like this. I have never smelled this kind of smell...

It was only then that she realized belatedly that something behind her was snorting dirty and hot breath at her.

Even if she didn't look back, she knew what was behind her. Meijia couldn't help but tremble, her stomach tightened, and she knew she could vomit it at any time.

"She's awake," a man's voice broke through her still hazy consciousness from far to near, and sounded clearly, as if he was not talking to her. "can we start?"

No wonder I dreamed about my older brother who lived next door when I was a kid——

Meijia resisted the desire to vomit and turned her neck little by little. Her hands were tied behind her back, making it difficult for her to use the strength to turn around.

Although almost ten years have passed, I can still vaguely recognize the boy's appearance from that face, but the forehead is slightly shorter, the chin is longer, and the right eye seems to be closer to the temple than the left eye—— If you open a person like a pocket and then sew it back together, this slight misalignment will inevitably occur.

What's his name? Meijia no longer remembers it at all.

No matter how much you beg, cry, and ask him to let her go, he will remain completely unmoved, right? Because he has become a completely different creature from himself - he disappeared in obscurity back then, and it turned out that he was attacked and hijacked by that kind of thing, just like himself now.

Wait... So, is he now his future?

Thinking that her face would be slightly distorted in this way, Meijia suddenly felt a fear that could freeze people's bones; from her perspective, even if she turned her head, she couldn't see the creature spraying hot steam towards her neck, which was even more important. Call her confused and scared.

"It's me," knowing it was useless, she still couldn't help but cry and beg, "I'm Meijia, do you remember me? I used to live in the Lion's Mane Mushroom area... Please, don't find me, let me go. go home!"

"Meijia?" The man who used to live next door and was terrible at drawing took two steps around and looked at her for a while. The cave is about 1.8 or 9 meters high. He doesn't have to lower his head when walking around: "...Oh, I think about it, it's the kid who lived next door before, right? What a coincidence. I didn't expect that he could be in such a situation. met you."

What an encounter was, it was clearly a hijacking!

Meijia was scared and angry, so naturally she didn't dare to say these words; the place where she was hit on the back of her head was still aching.

"Are you sixteen years old? You are still on your way to school." The man hit her sore spot as soon as he opened his mouth. "Why, do you feel that you are being excluded too?"

also?

"This kind of place where everyone looks peaceful and happy, if you think about it carefully, isn't it scary?" The man looked interested, maybe because he hadn't seen an old acquaintance in a long time. He waved his hand towards the thing that was spraying hot steam behind Meijia, as if to signal it to wait, and then sat down cross-legged in front of her: "I think humans are a species full of darkness, chaos, and screaming in pain... This is the real human being. Haven’t you ever thought about it this way?”

Meijia noticed. He was talking about "this kind of" place... In other words, they are still within the scope of the mushroom society, right?

When she thought that as long as she got out of this cave, she would probably be rescued, she regained her strength.

"Everyone is peaceful and happy?" She retorted: "That's because everyone has worked hard for this peaceful and happy life! What's wrong with being rewarded for hard work? For example, I, although I am very anxious every day, I don't know What should I do in the future, but——"

She originally wanted to say that as long as she worked hard to get through this stage, she would have a fulfilling life in the future, but the man suddenly interrupted her with an excited look.

"Are you very anxious? Ah, I have had similar feelings before, although it is not exactly the same." He raised his head and smiled at the creature behind Meijia: "Hey, I think we can catch someone else later, this I think it has great potential for transformation.”

The creature behind him blew out a burst of stench, making Meijia tense up.

"I said, you are too naive and did not realize that your mind has been controlled a long time ago." The man waved his hand, "I have lived under the control of mushrooms for nearly twenty years, so I am more experienced than you. . Let me tell you, if your negative emotions continue, the mushroom will take action within a few years."

Meijia looked at him blankly.

"In school, they only use education to control you. After school, if the education is not effective, they will release spores, change your mind, brainwash you, and make you believe some stupid things that you never believed before. "The man snorted, and a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. If you look closely, it seems that the right side of his face is slightly upward, probably because it was not aligned during the stitching. “For example, they trick you into thinking you’re passionate about something and that you’ve found something meaningful in your life…but in fact, just a few years ago, you had no interest in that very thing. Woolen cloth."

Meijia immediately thought of the painting tools and paints that were constantly sent to his home.

"Could it be that..." she asked tentatively, "you didn't like painting at all at that time?"

"That's right, not at all." The man gritted his teeth and smiled: "I was deceived into thinking that my interest lay in painting. If I don't pick up a paintbrush for a day, it's like there's a hole in my heart, and I'm eager to do something. Let yourself be satisfied. But after I actually started painting, that sense of satisfaction was fleeting... It was like taking a bite of zero-calorie fake candy. After being fooled, it left a bigger and more empty place. A black hole. In order to fill this black hole, I had to pick up the paintbrush again... It was a vicious cycle. For a little artificial sweetness, I seemed to be suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, and I could paint from morning until dark. , the painting made my wrists sore and swollen that I couldn’t lift it up, so I reluctantly went to bed with a feeling of emptiness.”

Meijia shuddered. There was strong emotion in the man's tone, and she didn't think he was lying.

"I didn't know why until later." He said this, his eyes shining in the dark cave, "Because my true personality and true desires were hidden by the spores of those mushrooms! They tried to change me , let me become one of those people who work for them honestly! What kind of truth is a brainwashing liar! Only I can decide my thoughts!"

Meijia was silent for a while.

"What's wrong?" The man put his hand on her shoulder, and slowly traced his fingers across her shoulder through the fabric. "Don't you believe me?"

"No, I believe it." Meijia's back was facing that thing, and there was this man in front of her. The situation was very unfavorable. But she had to think of a way - "You have been away from us for too long... there are some things you don't know yet."

"What's up?"

"In the past, schools would hide this from minors because they were afraid of causing discrimination against some members of society. But a few years ago, a new bill was passed, so every child who goes to school knows... We all know, In addition to the foreign population, the mushrooms will also release spores to some of the native people, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net to change their minds..."

She raised her head and looked at the man in front of her. The cave seemed to be newly dug, and a little light leaked out from somewhere.

"Don't tell others about your mobilization rhetoric in the future." She forced herself to calm down and said, "It exposed one thing."

"What?" The man straightened up suddenly.

"You think that the mushrooms wanted more servants so they brainwashed you, hiding your true desire and making you think that painting is your hobby. But if you think about it carefully, this argument is untenable. Meijia secretly moved her hands and said: "For example, if your true desire is architectural design or computer programming, but the mushrooms hide it and lie to you that your mission in life is to paint... like this What’s the point of doing it? It’s not like you turned your hobby into growing mushrooms.”

In fact, the mushrooms have no shortage of people willing to take care of them.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but the man's face seems to be more crooked - is it because of the anger after being exposed?

"We have learned this in school." Meijia said softly, "When mushrooms do this to locals, there is usually only one reason. That is, your real desire is harmful to society and human beings. … The mushrooms had to replace it with a harmless hobby.”

She paused and continued: "...I remember, brother Xiaojian, right? I remember my mother told me that in the Lion's Mane mushroom area, there was a period of time where people who were chopped and killed were often found. The carcasses of burned birds and beasts. But since I went to elementary school, I have never found the carcasses of small animals that were tortured to death. Brother Xiaojian, you haven’t told me yet, what is your real desire?”

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