Countdown: Humanity's struggle to survive against yesterday

Chapter 109 Personal Methods

A global sleep study report for 2046 indicates that the average human will sleep 4.7 hours per Earth day.

This means that although most people get little sleep, they ultimately cannot overcome their own physical limits.

Going 20 hours without sleep is basically the watershed moment for the physical limits of an average person.

Going further up, unless it's a special situation, such as an important work meeting, a special emergency, or the excitement caused by a small number of people participating in the event.

At around 30 a.m., the village roosters crowed precisely in the pale morning light.

Sun Fumin walked out of the supermarket alone and stretched by the roadside in front of his house.

Humans are actually very strange creatures. When we're not sleepy, we can't fall asleep no matter how hard we try, and we can even suffer from what's called insomnia.

But when I'm sleepy, unless I'm under immense pressure and constantly busy, the moment I stop, sleepiness immediately washes over me, and I can fall asleep in a second with my eyes closed.

Jiang Hua and Sun Zhen fell asleep one after the other at 4:20 a.m. Ironically, one second they were chatting idly, and the next second they were both asleep.

By the time Jiang Yuan noticed, the two had already dozed off for about ten minutes. He quickly woke them up, and they exchanged a glance. Seeing that they had failed the challenge, they didn't care, shook their heads, put their hands behind their backs, and went straight home to sleep.

The four people at the card table stopped playing after seeing the two elders go home.

With this pause, the Sun brothers and Sun Lingmin all breathed a sigh of relief. At this point, it was really a contest of willpower.

Sun Lingmin returned home at five in the morning. Before leaving, he said he was going back to check if his teammates were still holding on, but when he got back, he found that the team meeting place was deserted.

He intended to lie down for a while before going back to find Sun Fumin, but once he lay down, he couldn't get up again and started snoring loudly.

The Sun brothers were scrolling through their phones when they unconsciously squinted. Although Jiang Yuan quickly woke them up, it was still considered a failure of the challenge.

In Sanmiao Village, Sun Fumin is the most qualified to speak on this topic.

During the World War, when we were with Jiang Ning in Taiqing Mountain, we took turns testing this discovery that "staying up all night can make time normal."

Whether you sleep for one minute or eight hours, it counts as sleep.

To ensure the fairness of this "Crow of the Sleepless" event, Luo Shu went all out, using every means at his disposal, including mobile phone monitoring, camera monitoring, and radar monitoring.

Although the two only slept for a few minutes, in Luo Shu's backend data, the two had already failed the challenge.

The corresponding integrals are also calculated automatically.

Jiang Yuan stayed with them until 5:50, vowing to persist for 32 hours to earn an extra 4 hours of points.

After everyone else left, he lay down on the wooden bench, and while playing on his phone, he tilted his head and fell asleep.

Seeing this, Sun Fumin did not wake him up.

Instead, he quietly went out and took a cold shower in the backyard.

30 hours was not his limit; at Taiqing Mountain, he lasted up to 45 hours.

Although you'll be very tired at this stage, you must find something to do. You absolutely cannot lie down, and you definitely cannot lie down and play on your phone. The best way is to get moving or find something stimulating to do.

Sun Fumin wasn't aiming for the title of sleepless person in this cycle; he simply wanted to challenge himself, for no other reason than that.

After he went out, there were already a few people scattered around on the north-south avenue that ran through the entire village.

"Fumin, are you asleep?" someone greeted Sun Fumin warmly.

Sun Fumin replied enthusiastically, "Not yet! Are you asleep?"

"Ugh, don't even mention it. I couldn't take it after 26 hours."

Sun Fumin didn't leave either. He stood there chatting with the others until they were done talking, then slowly walked east from the village crossroads.

East of the crossroads lies the village's main farmland, while to the west are two rows of about ten households. Continuing west leads to Daweizhuang.

Along the way, whenever Sun Fumin encountered fellow villagers, he would stop and chat for a while.

When someone asked him where he had been recently, Sun Fumin didn't hide anything and told them that he had first gone to the Northwest, then traveled around the country, and had also visited the Great Hall of the People, etc.

In short, he was talking about what was fun and unique.

The villagers listened, clicking their tongues in amazement, their faces filled with envy.

Finally, Sun Fumin added, "Take your time to go out and explore. Even if you experience a major disaster, the outside world is still wonderful."

When they had finished their conversation, Sun Fumin continued walking eastward, facing the rising sun.

As you walk to the end of the cement road, the morning light has completely covered Dali. The corn, which was planted less than a month ago, has already sprouted from the soil. The corn seedlings are green and lush, making people feel particularly comfortable.

"Home is still the best!" Sun Fumin couldn't help but exclaim.

For the past six months, in order not to bring shame to Jiangning, he has tried his best to make use of his strengths and strive to be a pioneer of a team. Now he has returned to live in the village.

That pressure is gone; all that remains is comfort.

"Ding ding ding"

Suddenly, a phone call interrupted Sun Fumin's moment of peace.

He took out his phone and saw a familiar number. He frowned and hovered his fingertip over the answer button.

The bell kept ringing, but Sun Fumin felt a mix of emotions.

In the end, Sun Fumin answered the call: "Hey, what made you think of calling me? Is something wrong?"

On the other end of the phone, Fei Qianqian felt a lukewarm feeling in her heart as she listened to the indifferent voice.

"Um, I heard you went back to the village!"

"That's right, I've been back for a few days!" Sun Fumin replied calmly.

This woman was once the best woman in his eyes. After the breakup, whether it was going on blind dates or meeting new men, he would unconsciously compare her to others.

But this woman also broke his heart the most.

In the years following the breakup, Sun Fumin reflected on the reasons many times: why and on what grounds?

She had given so much, giving up good job opportunities multiple times to be with him, and even getting him a government job through connections. Why was she ultimately looked down upon by his family because she didn't have a decent job?

This frustration and resentment almost drove Sun Fumin to the brink of collapse and madness.

In the end, however, Sun Fumin chose to let go, no longer speaking of natural law and ethics, only saying that it was a tribulation in his fate.

Meeting again was already a stroke of good luck, so he chose to cut off his memories.

He kept the happy memories of being together, but chose to forget the pain of the peaceful breakup.

"Can we meet?"

Fei Qianqian heard the other person say one sentence and then fall silent, so she had to take the initiative to continue speaking.

"I know what I'm doing might be a bit... "

"Stop, send me your location..."

Sun Fumin didn't want to hear the reasons or the story, and simply agreed.