Gu Jun's vision was dark. When he regained consciousness, it felt like two days had passed.
Even though he was exhausted, he could not fall asleep. It was as if he had lost the ability to sleep.
Other than the ability to control his eyes, the rest of his body was still paralyzed. He could not open his eyes. It was the Zoog who pulled them open earlier.
'Systematic Anatomy, Visor … '
Over the past two days, whenever he rested, he would use the knowledge he had learned to recover his mind and try to control his eyelids, the eyelids.
"Retinas are the devices that protect, move and support the eye. They include the eyelids, conjunctiva, lacrimal apparatus, extraocular muscles, orbital fat bodies and orbital fascia …
"The eyelids are located in front of the eyeball. They are separated into the upper and lower eyelids. The gap between the two is called the palpebral fissure. The inner and outer ends of the palpebral fissure are called the inner and outer canthus respectively. The free edge of the eyelid is called the palpebral margin. It is further divided into anterior and posterior margin … "
The more he thought about it, the clearer it became. The more he thought about it, the clearer it became.
Since he was not going to die, he could not just wait for death.
"I'm a doctor, I need to save myself." Gu Jun tried to train his levator palpebrae and orbicularis oculi. Once they were revived, he could open and close his eyes.
After two days, he felt like he could feel the presence of his eyelids …
Perhaps it noticed his eyes moving around, a furry hand suddenly pressed down on his right eyelid. The sound of slapping echoed. "Behave!"
Unable to move or speak, Gu Jun did not want to suffer another second of this pain. 'How am I supposed to communicate with this creature? '
Locked-in patients could communicate through the rolling of their eyes. Since the slapping sound could be a form of language, so could the rolling of the eyes.
This was the Dream World, any language that the other party could understand would be understood by the other party.
Gu Jun thought about it and tried to recall his shallow knowledge of linguistics … 'Hmm, I'll use Chinese to create an eye rolling input method …'
The strokes of the word, dot, horizontal, vertical, curl, press, lift, fold, and hook, were all replaced by different eye movements. One set of movements was used to write a word.
Both eyes moved from left to right, horizontal.
Both eyes moved from top to bottom, vertical.
Both eyes moved to the top right, dot. There were others …
When he finished writing a word, he would frown at the same time, indicating that he was done.
Frowning the left eye meant a pause, frowning the right eye meant a full stop, frowning the left eye quickly twice meant a question mark, and the right eye meant an exclamation mark.
"That's all." Gu Jun firmly memorized this set of rules. It was simple and crude, but this was a language that could really be signaled with a look!
In the darkness, time passed by in a blur. About a day had passed. During this time, he trained his eye muscles and practiced this input method.
Feeling that it was enough, Gu Jun moved his eyeballs and slowly wrote, "Hello."
As he expected, there was a Zoog watching him. Instantly there was a tapping sound. "Are you talking with your eyes?"
Gu Jun's heart was instantly filled with excitement. He succeeded! This feeling was like being trapped in darkness for many years and finally seeing a glimmer of light. He quickly composed himself and continued to slowly turn his eyes to express, "Yes, my mind is very clear. Thank you for saving me. Who are you going to offer me as a tribute to? What will happen to me after that? "
It was a tiring task to keep moving his eyeballs up and down. By the time he had finished writing this sentence, he felt a little dizzy.
"Quick, he's talking!" The Zoog gasped. Then came the sound of hurried footsteps.
Gu Jun continued to move his eyes to express his kindness. "Hello, I come from another world. My name is Gu Jun."
"Ignore him!" The voice that obviously belonged to their leader said, "No matter which world you come from, humans are very cunning!"
Gu Jun quickly rolled his eyes. "I mean no harm …"
"He said he meant no harm."
"So we are?" The leader said angrily, "Stupid Zoog! He wants to use our kindness to cure him and then help him return to his world. Evil or not, that's what he meant. "
"Then he's messing with us? Damn it, let's just eat him up! Forget about the 5,000 hens, 5,000 quails and 5,000 pheasants. "
That was the final price they had agreed on.
The Zoog who insisted on eating Gu Jun added, "I know of a dish that can bring out the best of his taste! First, use him as a worm incubator. When his body is covered in worms, skewer him and grill him until he's half cooked. That way, not only will the worms and gravy be preserved, it will also have a springy chewiness. If we add some spices and add some Moon Wine, tsk tsk, the taste will be amazing. "
"Big brother, why don't we just eat his limbs? The rest of them are worth at least 3,000 each! "
"Ah …" The leader's voice sounded like it was choking. It sounded annoyed. "Let me think about it!"
'Don't, don't even think about it.' Gu Jun's heart tightened. His eyes narrowed but he did not know what to say. These Zoogs were not human. Their thought process was harder to predict than Wu Shiyu's. It was best for him to keep his mouth shut … no, close his eyes.
After the Zoog leader said he would think about it, Gu Jun could no longer understand the slapping. The Zoogs had sealed off their language.
Gu Jun continued his training. Sometimes he tried to call Wu Shiyu or the others but there was no response.
He could not sense the movement of space, he could only rely on his hearing. However, there was something special about the human body. When other senses were blocked out, his hearing became more sensitive. He could hear the slapping, the rustling, and then the sound of the waves … It sounded like the Zoogs were taking him across the sea.
About 2 days later, the sound of the waves faded away but there was still the sound of water flowing. It sounded like the boat was moving from the sea to the river.
He had no idea whether the Zoogs had done anything to him or not. He could not even tell where the pain in his brain came from. If the Zoogs decided to chop off one of his legs and eat it, he would not know.
However, Gu Jun continued his training. He did not give up on saving himself. He trained his eyes and his mind.
By then, while the slapping sound had faded away and the Zoog had moved away, Gu Jun tried to open his eyes again. He imagined gathering all his energy and his levator palpebrae superioris burst!
"Ah …" The dazzling light suddenly rushed in, and he almost instinctively closed his eyes that he had opened with great difficulty, but he couldn't bear to, so he endured it. When his eyes gradually adapted to the light, he saw the clear white sky, the dark green river, and the black bow of the wooden boat.
It was hard to believe that it was such a small wooden boat that carried him across the sea from the island.
He himself was stuffed inside a large wooden tub. He tried his best to look down but his limbs were still there …
However, the part of his skin that he could see was covered in patches of purplish red scabs … At the time, it felt like all his skin had exploded.
"I wonder how these Zoogs managed to save me."
Gu Jun tried his best to observe his surroundings. He could see that this river was situated in the middle of a fertile plain. There were forests, farmlands, and scattered farmhouses. The pointed roofs were thatched, and the sides of the houses were surrounded by green fences. Smoke curled up from the chimneys of the farmhouses.
He saw some shadows among the farmhouses but due to the distance and the fact that his eyes had not fully recovered, he could not make out their faces.
"Help me …" Gu Jun screamed. "Help me …" But he could not make any sound.
Suddenly, he heard the sound of footsteps approaching. He quickly closed his eyes, pretending that he could not open them.
After a while, he opened his eyes a sliver. The Zoogs next to him did not notice.
Gradually, he saw the wooden boat dock at the edge of a forest. The group of about ten Zoogs carried the wooden tub and jumped off the boat. Even though they were small in size, they were incredibly strong. Carrying the wooden tub, they moved swiftly through the forest. There was another rustling sound.
They wandered around the dark and lush forest for half a day. Suddenly, Gu Jun saw thousands of Zoogs in the forest before him!
The forest on the island appeared to be a small village and this was the Zoog tribe's base camp …
The Zoogs crawled on the branches, squatted among the bushes and crawled into the holes of the rotting trees. Their beady eyes stared at Gu Jun with glowing eyes.
Among them, there was an elder Zoog standing in the middle of the forest. His body was covered in white fur. It appeared like he was the leader or elder of this tribe.
The wooden tub was placed in the middle of the forest. Messy slapping noises came from everywhere. Gu Jun finally saw it clearly. These Zoogs made different sounds by slapping their bodies to form this Zoog language.
The Zoogs that he brought with him slapped themselves as if telling their tribesmen who he was. The other Zoogs also slapped their bodies and gasped in shock.
"Let him listen to us, there's no harm in letting him hear us." The Elder Zoog said. He stroked the tuft of white beard under his lips. He looked quite friendly.
Gu Jun could understand their language again. He heard the 'leader Zoog' explain his plan, "That way, we won't have to pay tribute for five years!"
"Sigh." The Elder Zoog sighed. The Zoogs who were about to explode quieted down. The Elder Zoog studied Gu Jun and said, "Is that how we Zoogs do things? Idiots! This man has consumed the House of Nightmare, we can't treat him like this. "
At this point, Gu Jun was overjoyed. He struggled up and tried to express his thoughts to the Elder Zoog in their eye language …
But the Elder Zoog continued, "If we offer him to the greedy cats, he will at most be worth 5,000 hens, 5,000 quails and 5,000 pheasants. But if we sell him to the black merchants, we can get at least 10,000 hens, 10,000 quails and 10,000 pheasants! "
The young Zoogs understood instantly. Gasps and cheers erupted at the same time.
"Then even if we offer 5,000 of the three items as tribute," the Elder Zoog said, "Won't we still have 5,000 left for ourselves?"
Instantly, the Zoogs jumped from tree to tree. Their excited clapping and cheering echoed through the forest.
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