Someone once asked why a person spends one-third of his time sleeping in just a few decades of life. If he doesn’t need to sleep, then this extra third of time is not created out of thin air. If this is the case, human beings will spend a third of their time sleeping.
How far will it evolve?
Although most people will immediately refute him, humans will be on the verge of death if they don't sleep for a long time, and it is impossible for people to not sleep. In short, they think that the person who asked the question has a brain.
However, whether intentionally or unintentionally, as early as hundreds of years ago, due to a coined term, human life gradually became irregular, and sleep also plummeted from one-third of the previous level, which resulted in
The consequences are serious.
Perhaps humans will never realize it, and will never think of it.
Even God, there will be a day when he gets sick.
After all, Hypnos was much gentler than his brother. Although he threatened to teach Li Yi a lesson, in fact he just let him experience a dream.
The dream did not last long, and Li Yi woke up soon.
He turned around and saw a man sitting in front of his couch who was as beautiful as a statue.
Hypnos!
Looking around again, I saw a man standing with his head lowered, as if he was unconscious.
Xiang Feiyu!
As soon as he saw him, Li Yi shouted: "Hey! Xiang Daman, are you okay?"
"You'd better not call him now, although I don't think you can wake him up." Seeing this, Hypnos reminded him.
"What exactly did you do to him?" On the surface, Xiang Feiyu did not look injured, but Li Yi knew very well.
When dealing with these gods, it's not just about whether the body is injured.
"Don't worry, I just want him to have a good dream, and help me replenish some energy." He still had that faint smile, as if it had never changed.
"You'd better think back to the scene in your dream just now."
The scene in the dream... Li Yi heard the words and thought about it. He didn't know why, but he seemed to obey Hypnos' words like an instinct, which also made him start to recall what he had just seen in the dream.
Whatever happens comes.
After sitting there for about half an hour.
"What do you think?" Hypnos asked with a faint smile, as if he was an old friend who has known him for many years.
Li Yi shrugged: "Can't you see what I'm thinking?"
Hypnos was noncommittal and acquiesced to his words, but did not answer. He just smiled and stared at Li Yi intently, as if to say, I am waiting for your answer!
Recalling this god who could not be measured by human conventional thinking, Li Yi had no choice but to reply: "I don't feel anything, I just feel that most people are very pitiful, and... wait a minute,
You wouldn’t want to say that these people’s sleep time has been declining since hundreds of years ago, right?”
Thinking of this person's identity, Li Yi easily figured out the reason why the other person created this dream for him.
Seeing the other party nodding and smiling in encouragement, for no reason, Li Yi seemed to have received great encouragement and said everything he could think of in one breath, plus his own analysis.
"Human beings have always worked at sunrise and rested at sunset, living a slow and regular life. Since several big strides forward, human beings have become richer and more advanced, including the genes of their offspring have also improved to varying degrees.
It has even reached the level of evolution, but the problems it has brought have become more serious. Everyone is working hard, and the original regular life has become worthless. For a better life, a greater degree of evolution
And struggling leads to... less sleep time."
He glanced at the black wings behind Hypnos, and it was obvious that although the wings were still plump, a few black feathers had withered for some unknown reason.
Feeling enlightened, Li Yi continued his analysis.
"And as sleep time decreases, you, the god personified from human sleep, naturally become weaker, so are you trying to become stronger again? It's not like that, although you have changed your personality several times during this period
, but I can feel that you are not the kind of god who cares about your own strength, so there is some other reason..."
Hypnos glanced at him: "You should know who my brother is, right?"
"God of Death? Legend has it that the goddess of the night gave birth to a pair of twins. The younger brother is the god of sleep, Hypnos, the god of dreams. The older brother is the god of death and the lord of hell, Thanatos. You mean you brought me here?
Because of Death?"
"Continue." Hypnos simply sat down. I don't know what method he used. As he sat down, a sofa that fit his body shape naturally appeared under him and just caught him.
The falling figure.
Is this the realm of gods? Li Yi secretly thought in his mind and continued his analysis: "Since you are the godhead of sleep and dreams, then the God of Death also represents another godhead, death? Fear? Or the unknown? These are all possible, but
What does this have to do with the God of Death? Reduced sleep makes you weaker. Reduced sleep will lead to a shortened life span and an increase in mortality. Isn't this a good thing for the God of Death?"
Li Yi looked at the person in front of him with a puzzled expression.
Hypnos ignored him and sank into the sofa he had made for himself. After a while, he began to snore rhythmically.
Li Yi:...What does this mean?
He despised the other party's practice of only half-talking and relying entirely on his own guessing, but there was nothing he could do about it.
With such a great god sitting in front of him, even if the other party is not hostile to him, oh no, he thinks highly of himself too much, and the other party wants to destroy him, which is just a matter of thought.
So why?
Looking at the god sitting next to him, snoring lightly, Li Yi felt frustrated that he had nowhere to go, and even wanted to give him a hammer.
Can you stop being a winger and just say no?
"Hey, let me tell you, I am giving you a chance, otherwise if my brother comes later, it will not be so easy to talk to you."
Although he was clearly asleep, he was able to leave messages directly in his mind, which made Li Yi feel as if his mind had become a public toilet.
A public toilet? You can go in when you want and get out when you want. Isn’t that too much?
But he also knew that what the other party said was probably correct.
For humans, the fear of death is engraved in our genes. Just thinking about the arrival of death can make people shudder.
Li Yi is naturally no exception.
After thinking about it, he couldn't find the solution, so he simply made a sudden move and grabbed Hypnos, who was sleeping soundly.
"If you want me to do something, just say it. I'm too lazy to guess the reason behind it, although I can't think of anything that you two great gods would want me, a little mortal, to do."
"good!"
Two voices sounded at the same time, one from beside him and one from far away. But the strange thing is that although the two voices were almost laughing, Li Yi could clearly feel that the distant voice was heavier, as if it was like a thousand junctures.
heavy.
And Hypnos suddenly jumped up at some point, looked at Li Yi with great interest, and said with a smile.
"You said this yourself, no one forced you."
In Li Yi's eyes, this god who looked sunny and had an extremely handsome face was smiling like a devil.
Feeling sold...
...
...
The moment he led Xiang Feiyu out of the dungeon, his whole body seemed to tremble, and he trembled violently. Then he suddenly looked up and saw Li Yizheng pulling his arm, and he suddenly looked confused.
"Hey! Little Plum, why are you holding me back? I'm telling you, I'm not interested in you."
Li Yi:.......
"Hey! Xiao Lizi, talk! Huh? Why am I here? Aren't I sleeping in the house? By the way, I seem to have had a long, long dream. There was everything in the dream. It was quite refreshing.
, By the way, what are you doing here? You are still dragging me, even to sleep, eh? Why are you going? Your face is so dark, have you gone to tan? Why didn't you call me? I still want to
This thing needs a different color!”
...
Cathedral of the Holy Land.
"What!? You said I was taken away by the God of Sleep? Are you kidding me?"
I don't know if it was because he slept for too long, but Xiang Feiyu was extremely energetic, and with his loud voice, he unconsciously attracted the attention of a large number of pilgrims.
Of course, when they saw the janitor standing in front of this oriental man, they all withdrew their curious gazes.
No believer wants to be noticed by the gatekeepers of the Holy Land.
Li Yi rubbed his itchy eardrums and said helplessly: "Can't you lower your voice? In order to bring you back, brother, I sold myself."
"Oh?" Xiang Feiyu looked up and down: "I don't see that you are quite loyal, but what did you sell? I don't think you are short of two ounces of meat. Could it be that you are waiting to gain weight?
Kill again?"
The gatekeeper, who was silently listening to what Li Yi saw and heard in the dream of death, remained silent until a while later before she spoke.
For some reason, the gatekeeper's tone became much more humble this time.
"There is one thing that I don't quite understand. Please ask Mr. Li to clarify it."
"Say." Li Yi nodded, a little curious.
"As you said, Mr. Li heard the voices of the God of Sleep and the God of Death. Has Mr. Li seen these two gods with his own eyes?"
Li Yi heard the word "eyesight" in her words, which was very strong, and instantly understood what she meant. However, he had nothing to hide, so he thought about it and said, "I have never seen the God of Death. This is Xiupuno."
As Si said, mortals cannot face Death directly, and I don’t understand the reason. Anyway, from the looks of it, Death probably doesn’t want to see a mortal like me.”
"As for the God of Sleep, Hypnos... I've seen quite a lot of him."
"I've seen... a lot?" The gatekeeper keenly caught the idiom in Li Yi's words.
"Yes, quite a few. Speaking of which, I saw at least two appearances of him, one male and one female. They both had the kind of appearance that would bring disaster to the country and the people, and they also had their own charm powers, although he said he was not a charmer.
"Li Yi was talking to himself, but he didn't notice that the gatekeeper's face was getting darker and darker.
"Mr. Li... No, Mr. Li, he is indeed not a superpower, it is just the innate ability of the God of Sleep." Seeing that Li Yi still looked puzzled, the gatekeeper continued.
"There is a saying that sweet dreams come true. It can be seen that human beings will not reject anything in sweet dreams, and will subconsciously accept it. Secondly, for all human beings, seeing the God of Sleep is equivalent to the biggest sweet dream. Then
Nature cannot refuse everything in a beautiful dream.”
Li Yi suddenly realized: "No wonder I do whatever he says. I never thought I was so obedient before..."
"But that's not what I want to ask." Seeing Li Yi looking at him curiously, the gatekeeper told the reason for what he most wanted to ask word for word.
"One thing that must be said is that mortals cannot look directly at gods, even the God of Sleep. Mr. Li, who...are you? Why can you easily look directly at gods?"