Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 7 Keeping track of time

Li Xiu's words and actions are somewhat strange.

As soon as he was resurrected, he bit his finger and wrote a series of numbers on the ground with blood.

The series of numbers are [39, 8, 15, 14]

Not only that.

While writing down the numbers, he kept mumbling something under his breath.

Although the voice was small, Xie Shen was able to hear it clearly by concentrating hard.

"50"

"51"

"52"

The man seemed to be counting.

After about three to five minutes, the electronic display screen in the room suddenly lit up and showed the value [60%].

Only then did Li Xiu stop muttering.

He then used blood to add the two numbers [22, 50] to the end of the previous series of numbers.

After doing all this, a mechanical arm stretched out from the ceiling and easily pinned Li Xiu to the wall.

in the room.

Seeing that Li Xiu, who was restrained by the mechanical arm, was still staring at the numbers on the ground, Xie Shen said thoughtfully: "Are you memorizing these numbers?"

Li Xiu didn't say anything, but just continued to stare at the ground, concentrating.

This went on for about a minute.

Perhaps because he had memorized those numbers firmly in his mind, Li Xiu seemed to be relieved and said to Xie Shen: "I was afraid that you would erase those numbers, so I was taking every opportunity to memorize them."

Xie Shen said: "The problem is that I didn't do it as you said."

"Ah."

Li Xiu continued, "This shows that you have only been in the Tower Prison for a short time, and your mental state is still relatively healthy."

Finally, he added: "This can be seen from the tone and demeanor of your voice when you talk to me, as well as your attitude towards me."

Xie Shen then asked, "So what's the point of remembering these numbers?"

"It's a quirk!" Li Xiu said expressionlessly, "I'm naturally sensitive to numbers. When I'm being tortured, I'll use counting to distract myself in order to make time pass faster."

Is it really just because of a quirk?
Xie Shen stared at the numbers on the ground for a long while. Although he was confused about what Li Xiu said, he did not continue to ask.

Compared with his previous cellmate Deng Bin, Li Xiu was obviously much more taciturn.

Seeing that Xie Shen stopped talking, he also remained silent.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Soon, the value on the electronic display screen dropped from [60%] to [50%].

According to the regulations of the Tower Prison:

The value on the electronic display must always remain above [50%].

This value only goes up if someone is being tortured.

This means that in order to complete the task, Xie Shen needs to torture Li Xiu for at least 15 hours every day.

Otherwise, Xie Shen would be punished by the "Tower" prison - being electrocuted to death by a mechanical arm.

Thinking of this, Li Xiu finally couldn't help but speak: "Why don't you do it? If you don't torture me, those mechanical arms will electrocute you."

Xie Shen did not respond, but just continued to stare at the series of numbers on the ground, trying to figure out the mystery.

Such an indifferent attitude only made Li Xiu feel confused.

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Under Li Xiu's gaze, countless mechanical arms pressed Xie Shen to the ground and quickly released electric current.

Although these currents were not strong enough to kill people instantly, they could make the victim suffer before death. Li Xiu thought Xie Shen would scream and beg for mercy.

But what surprised him was:
Xie Shen, who was pinned to the ground by the robotic arm, remained expressionless from beginning to end, as if nothing had happened.

Until he was electrocuted to death by the robotic arm, Xie Shen never uttered a single scream.

He never even frowned.

——Because Xie Shen was subjected to electric shock, the value on the electronic display screen has risen from [49%] to [70%].

at the same time.

A burst of electronic synthesized sound also sounded from the alloy room:
【被复活者，姓氏：谢，生于1999年2月23日1时13分。】

Immediately afterwards, Xie Shen came back to life on the strange geometric pattern.

The scene before him made Li Xiu feel a little unbelievable.

He looked at Xie Shen and asked, "Don't you feel any pain? How did you do that?"

"Hey"

Facing Li Xiu, Xie Shen also just chuckled and did not respond.

He asked back: "What is the purpose of that series of numbers you wrote earlier?"

This time, Li Xiu did not use "quirk" as an excuse.

He thought for a long time and replied, "At first, I was afraid that your mental health was fake, so I didn't dare to cover up with you."

"But now I'm relieved. There is really nothing wrong with you mentally."

"Whether it's the tone of your voice or your inability to feel pain, it all proves it."

"So what?" Xie Shen followed.

“So I plan to cooperate with you.”

Li Xiu continued: "I don't know if you have guessed it: Actually, I remembered those numbers before. They were the exact time when I came to the Tower Prison, accurate to the second."

"It's just as I thought!" Xie Shen understood: "You wrote 6 groups of numbers before."

Xie Shen analyzed: "If it is to record time, then these numbers correspond to the year, month, day, hour, minute and second!"

"good."

Li Xiu looked admiring.

He explained: "According to the rules I have summarized: the interval between each reincarnation in the 'Tower' prison is always fixed."

"Or in other words, this length of time will always be an integer and will only fluctuate between 10 and 20 years."

“它可以是11年，12年，19年或20年.但绝对不可能是11年又3个月这样的数字。”

"Do you understand?"

"I understand." Xie Shen encouraged Li Xiu, "Go on."

Li Xiu nodded and said, "With these conditions, it will be very easy to calculate the time when the next reincarnation will begin."

“For example, the numbers I just wrote are [39, 8, 15, 14, 22, 50].”

“那么相对应的：我们这次轮回开始的时间，就是39年8月15日14时22分50秒。”

"Assuming that the total interval between our reincarnation this time is 15 years, then the time when the next reincarnation will begin can be easily calculated."

“也即54年8月15日14时22分50秒。”

This person is not simple.
After listening to Li Xiu's analysis, Xie Shen's eyes lit up and he said, "So what's the point of you taking so much trouble to remember the reincarnation time?"

Li Xiu stared at Xie Shen and said word by word: "If I said that I could escape from the Tower prison in this time, would you believe it?"

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this.
in the room.

After hearing what Li Xiu said, Xie Shen couldn't help but breathe faster.

(End of this chapter)