I'm trapped in a cube

The fear of darkness is an innate instinct of human beings.

Before the light appeared, human ancestors were always alert to various powerful predators, which were particularly active at night, so for human ancestors, darkness meant danger.

Or perhaps those who were not afraid of the night died, leaving only those who were afraid of the night and left their descendants.

"The brave sacrificed themselves, but the cowards left their descendants. Isn't it ironic?"

Seeking benefits and avoiding harm, what is left is a group of cowards.

And humans are the descendants of a group of cowards.

Maybe when humans were still a group of mice, those coward genes were left.

Generation after generation of cowards dared not face the night, resulting in worse and worse night vision, and their descendants were even more afraid to face the night.

On the contrary, those weak creatures dared to face the night.

Although their end was not very good...

But who can say that cowards are bad?

The evolution of life has never been right or wrong, and being timid is also a choice.

Humans chose light and abandoned darkness. Even though technology has developed to the point where it can drive away darkness, the coward genes are still at work, bringing unnecessary panic to humans.

In the past, avoiding darkness could bring safety, but now it can only bring panic.

The former advantage has become a burden now.

The price has begun to show.

So, the cowards now began to admire those brave men who are not afraid of darkness, but they forgot that the brave men had long been eliminated by "Darwin" and died in the shadow of history, with no bones left...

Li Luo walked in the empty night and could still hear her rapid heartbeat.

Fear is inevitable.

Even with night vision goggles, it was impossible to eliminate the influence of the coward genes.

She tried to take a few deep breaths, but the cool breeze and the smell of sand at night made her even more nervous. A chill penetrated her whole body from head to toe, and her body began to tremble inexplicably.

Li Luo adjusted the parameters of the night vision device, making the scene in front of her a little clearer, but this could only give her a little psychological comfort.

Li Luo and Lan Xin had learned about this special night vision device before. They came from a relic.

Normal night vision devices require infrared detection and are divided into active and passive types.

The former uses an infrared searchlight to illuminate the target and receives the reflected infrared radiation to form an image, while the latter does not emit infrared rays and relies on the target's own infrared radiation to form a thermal image, so it is also called a "thermal imager."

Both methods require the use of "infrared". Unfortunately, infrared will be interfered with in the eternal night.

Of course, Li Luo and Lan Xin did not know that this phenomenon is called "dark erosion". As a kind of light, infrared cannot escape dark erosion.

They only knew that normal night vision devices would be interfered with.

But the night vision device made by the relic would not be interfered with.

That relic is called a "fake certificate."

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[Relic: Fake Certificate]

[Price: Bind after carrying, any item made by the carrier will be considered a fake, with only 1/2 of the function of the real thing]

[Ability: The carrier will know the method of counterfeiting any item when seeing it]

[Discovery location: Earth]

[Discoverer: Hidden]

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The fake certificate is a very powerful relic, but also a very dangerous relic. A researcher once carried this relic, thinking that it would not affect her life.

Until one day, she became pregnant…

Any item is any item, nothing can escape the price.

These night vision goggles used in the eternal night are made in this way. They are indeed only 1/2 of the function of the real thing, the picture is blurry, and there are many problems. They look like shoddy imitations.

But these night vision goggles can be used in the eternal night.

The function of the real night vision goggles is "night vision", and the function is still "night vision" after cutting off 1/2. If the night vision function is 0, it does not meet the "1/2" requirement.

This relic is so overbearing that it forcibly fixes its function at "1/2" and will not be disturbed by the eternal night.

No matter how dark the night is, it always works at 1/2, and the interference of the eternal night does not count, because the functions of these night vision devices are not achieved by infrared, but by the ability to forge certificates.

After knowing the origin of these night vision devices, Li Luo was also very shocked.

Now, even if these "fakes" are not easy to use, she will not dislike them.

Sometimes, "usable" is more important than "easy to use".

But this barely usable night vision device also makes Li Luo more nervous. In the blurry picture, there are often some phantoms that are not sure whether they are equipment failures or real. Some of those phantoms look like some creatures, and some are even human outlines.

When these phantoms appear, there will be some strange sounds, as if those phantoms are really walking in front of them. They will also stop and stare at Li Luo with strange eyes, and then disappear after a while.

Li Luo was increasingly disturbed by these phantoms that appeared from time to time, and her progress became very slow.

However, the cube kept following her, which made her feel much more at ease.

The cube looked like a void in the night vision goggles. It was very obvious and was floating behind her. It was a little cold, but the cold feeling relieved Li Luo's anxiety.

Although the movement speed was very slow and Li Luo often stopped to watch, she still walked a long distance as time went by.

Although those terrifying phantoms continued to appear, Li Luo gradually adapted to them.

She found that these phantoms seemed to have no effect except to scare her.

Everything was normal. With the protection of the cube, she shouldn't be afraid of anything. After thinking about this, Li Luo's forward speed also increased a lot...

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Today's human beings carry the coward gene since their birth.

Young humans dare not sleep alone, and only dare to hide in the comfortable quilt, and even dare not go to the toilet.

When these young cowards realize that darkness can't hurt them, they will gradually get rid of their fear of darkness.

But in fact, the coward gene of their ancestors is still deeply buried in their bodies.

They just temporarily ignored the darkness, using their familiar environment to cover up their attention to the darkness.

They ignored the swaying silhouettes in the darkness, ignored the rustling sounds in the darkness, and ignored all kinds of information from the darkness.

The cowards did not defeat the darkness, but escaped from it and shifted their attention to other places.

And when the real danger in the darkness came, because they ignored the information from the darkness, these cowards would be eaten up immediately and would have no time to react...

As Li Luo was walking, the block suddenly dropped in front of her and stopped her.