Starting from the lifting of human restrictions

Chapter 9 Falling asleep
"I'm sleeping and I'm awake."

"Remember to breathe, remember to beat your heart—"

"Digestion, endocrine, lymphatic, urinary... in slow and orderly work..."

However, in the shallow swimming pool more than half a meter deep, Yang Chu leaned against the edge of the pool, slowly closed his eyes, and immersed himself in the systemic circulation of the body, and no longer had any external perception.

At the same time, his thinking was slowing down, and his consciousness seemed to blend in with the water around him, calm, with occasional waves, but not completely lost.

It's a method he learned from a book on how to fall asleep while he was reading during the day.

A method that can make people fall asleep immediately, relax their physical state, and wake up quickly no matter what the situation is.

The time to enter rest and sleep is very short, but you can enter this kind of nap-like state anytime and anywhere. It is very suitable for some people who are extremely busy with work and life and often cannot guarantee sleep.

In this way, short-term sleep, or intermittent sleep, can allow people to quickly enter the shallow level most of the time, and occasionally even enter a certain stage of deep sleep, so as to quickly restore energy.

However, Yang Chu's approach is not exactly the same.

In addition to letting go of his mind, he also has to retain some consciousness moderately, and maintain the circulation of the major systems in the body.

this state-

In Yang Chu's view, it is actually similar to self-hypnosis and meditation.

Or, to put it more vividly, it should be the meditation practice in the popular martial arts novels on Hong Kong Island.

Perhaps it was also because Yang Chu was mentally exhausted, or because others were in the water—

Yang Chu's attempt this time was only for a few seconds. He no longer had any perception of the outside world, his mind was immersed in the inside of his body, and his consciousness fell into a state of being like sleep but not sleep.

It seems that only a part of the weak consciousness is still controlling the operation of the major systems in the body after his self-hypnosis.

Time seems to be stretched little by little, the frequency of breathing is reduced, the interval between heart beats is getting longer and longer, and other major systems are only slowly running after being stimulated by that weak consciousness.

All sounds are silent.

Yang Chu's consciousness can feel that he is in a state of rest, the blood flow of the body, the lymphatic system and the endocrine system seem to be reacting and interacting with the brain.

And his still-maintained consciousness seems to have returned to the state when he first woke up in this body a day ago, and his consciousness seemed to be in darkness.

The difference is that at that time he could feel the dark space swallowing him bit by bit, and he could only desperately try to let himself break through.

And now, it seems that he is also in the dark, but this darkness is that he has drawn the curtain.

The darkness did not devour him, it merged with him, and his conscious thoughts spread in this darkness.And as long as he thinks about it, in a single thought, the darkness can immediately dissipate, and everything becomes brighter.His consciousness seemed to have become a dream of the brain.

In the outside world, Yang Chu in the paddling pool, little by little, leaned against the tiled wall, slipped into the water, and floated on his back.

……

"Let's go, let's go, it's closing!"

In the swimming pool of Sham Shui Po Park, Uncle Jian, the pool manager who is over 50 years old, walked around the main pool, auxiliary pool, diving pool, training pool and other pools, urging the crowd who had not left the pool.

He is a staff member of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, commonly known as the Leisure and Cultural Services Department in Hong Kong. From July to October, the swimming pool opens at 7 am and closes at 10 pm every day.

"Uncle Jian, let's play for a while!"

In the main pool with a length of 50 meters and a width of 21 meters and a water depth of 1.4-1.9 meters, two teenagers who appeared to be [-] or [-] years old emerged from the water.

"Bad boy, come up soon, I'm going to close. Also, the lifeguards are not there at night, you'd better swim in the secondary pool and don't go to the deep water area."

Uncle Jian looked at the two twelve- or thirteen-year-olds, urged a few words, and then instructed carefully.

In the swimming pool, most of the time it is quite safe, but it is inevitable that some accidents will happen.

The novice is actually not bad, there is a swimming ring, and he knows how much he weighs, so he won't be fooled.As long as you are careful, drownings are still rare.

What I am most afraid of is actually these half-sized children. They are rough in water. They can flutter a few times even if they can't get water.

The 1.9-meter deep water area of ​​the main pool and the diving pool with a depth of more than 4 meters, these guys dare to go in. There are no lifeguards and safety guards at night, which is really dangerous.

"I know, Uncle Jian, let's go."

The two little boys threw a few more splashes of water unhappily, and then reluctantly swam towards the shore.

The administrator, Uncle Jian, who was standing on the shore, shook his head gently and walked towards the other pools.

When passing by the paddling pool, Uncle Jian, the administrator, was slightly stunned.

"A pretty big offspring, why did you come here?"

Uncle Jian whispered to himself, and in the paddling pool there was a figure floating on the water with his back to the sky. Judging from his size, he should be an adult.

The water in the paddling pool is only knee-high, and older children are reluctant to play. Except for accompanying children, adults, even women, hardly appear in such an area.

"Hey, it's closing!"

Uncle Jian stood by the paddling pool and shouted at the figure floating on the water.

It's just that the figure floating on the water didn't seem to hear it.

"I heard nothing, the door is closed, get up quickly!"

Uncle Jian frowned, took a few steps closer, and shouted loudly.

The man in the paddling pool remained motionless.

"What are you doing!"

Uncle Jian felt a little bit of anger in his heart, and suddenly he seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly jumped into the paddling pool.

"Break your lungs, it won't be so bad for me to catch up!"

The closer he got to the figure floating on the water, the more Uncle Jian's heart sank.

It may sound unbelievable to outsiders, but Uncle Jian, who has managed the swimming pool for decades, knows that it is not impossible.

People who have never been in the water will choke no matter how shallow the water is.

Just like some people can drown in the washbasin, many things are completely unreasonable.

The legs rolled up in the paddling pool with the sound of splashing water, splashing all over the place.

Uncle Jian hugged the man floating on the water, and sure enough, the man was unconscious.

Not caring about anything else, Uncle Jian hurriedly hugged the man from the back under his arm, and dragged him out of the pool.

"Uncle Jian, what happened?"

On the shore of the swimming pool, the two teenage boys had already climbed up, saw the manager Uncle Jian dragging a person, and ran over together.

"Get out of the way first!"

Uncle Jian dragged the person ashore, stretched out his hand and pulled the two teenagers aside, and reached out to press the chest of the person he dragged ashore.

He works as an administrator here. Although he only opens and closes the door, checks and buys tickets, and occasionally helps to clean up the garbage, he has received training from the LCSD, and he has seen many lifeguards saving people.

But at this moment-

The man lying on the ground suddenly opened his eyes.

(End of this chapter)