Invasion Civilization: Summoning Players To Push Across The Backside

As the sun sets, the crushers are roaring.

Just a few seconds later, it completely cut out of the ground, accompanied by a palpitating roar, and 4 pitch-black paralimbs as thick as stone pillars swung wildly in midair, smashing towards the surrounding crowds and buildings.

Most of the area in Level 11 were two- or three-story low-rise houses, which were easily destroyed by crushers, and the lives inside the houses were buried under the rubble amid the screams of despair and the collapse of buildings.

Of the remaining who could still move, the wanderers fled in amazement, and the faceless spirits fled with "babbling" cries.

At this moment, a strange wind blew.

When the roar of the crusher was wrapped up by this gust of wind and reached everyone's ears, most of the people and the faceless spirit did not move.

It's like being fixed.

But if you look closely, you can find that their bodies are trembling slightly, which is a tremor that cannot be stopped by extreme fear.

For a while, there was an eerie silence at the scene.

Until it was broken by a crisp gunshot.

Bang - the

RT-20 heavy sniper rifle in Sky's hand fired, and a heavy tungsten steel bullet slammed into its tentacles falling at the crowd at 3 times the speed of sound.

Stir up a string of Mars.

Pieces of black carapace fell.

But that's about it.

However, the crusher also stopped the attack, turned his head to look at the source of the attack, and saw that it was such a small human roar, its childlike mind surged with an irrepressible anger, and immediately shifted the target, and the stone pillar-like paralimb fell head-on!

Bang bang!

Before the paralimb fell completely, Sky fired a few more shots at it, followed by a jump in the retracted shot.

In the next second, the paralimb smashed into the place where he had just stood.

"Ahem~"

While getting up, Sky looked back and couldn't help but swallow.

A large pit appeared on the hard ground, as if it had been bombarded by a small artillery shot, and if he had just eaten this hard, it was estimated that it would have turned into a piece of meat dregs.

[entity 63-Crusher

] [Entity level: Lv 135

] [Habitat: Level 9, Level 9.1

] [Description: Crusher is a tall entity hovering on the streets of Level 9, always accompanied by the thick fog unique to Level 9, with slender limbs, similar in appearance to spiders, but the head and face are similar to humans, the jaw is dislocated and the lips are cracked, as if corroded by sulfuric acid]

[Behavior: The crusher is extremely aggressive and will attack all creatures within the field of vision, when the entity finds prey, its mouth will emit the same twisted wind sound, this wind sound can make people lose their minds, so if conditions permit, it is best to drink almond water in time

] [should: (to be explored)] [should not: (to be explored)]

"Lv 135... The grade difference is too big. "

Heavy sniping is not effective, you have to try explosives."

Just as Sky was preparing to change the blaster grenade gun.

Ye Xiao's voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Snipe its eyes, don't use explosive weapons."

"It's a downtown area, it's good to shoot, if you miss the grenade and shoot it into the crowd, it's an accident."

In front of his field of vision, Ye Xiao of Lv 110 rushed up.

Seeing another small insect, he dared to take the initiative to attack him.

The crusher with low IQ was filled with even more vigorous anger in his heart, and the paralimbs that had just fallen were slightly raised and swept away towards Ye Xiao!

However, the next moment, it was surprised to see that this little bug not only did not dodge.

Instead, he gently waved his weak and thin fist towards his giant pillar-like tentacles.

Next, something even more shocking to the crushers happened.

At the moment of contact between the two, the part that came into contact with Ye Xiao's fist instantly collapsed into a large piece, as if there was a transparent giant who picked up an invisible giant hammer and slammed it on it.

Poof—

the crusher's wound is broken.

It was not blood or other bodily fluids that gushed out, but a thick white mist.

But under the light of the Level 11 sun, it soon evaporated like dew under the scorching sun.

Roar -

The crusher roars again.

But Ye Xiao's second punch made it shut its mouth.

The fist containing rules easily broke through its hard shell, and with a loud "boom", this accessory of the crusher was directly smashed by Ye Xiao.

Bang!

After almost a clip of repositioning, Sky finally hit the crusher's left eye.

The hollow, only white-eyed eyes were churned into a puddle of mush by bullets!

"Host, it's here again!"

Ye Xiao raised his head and saw the second accessory smashing towards him.

At the same time, the strange wind sound sounded between heaven and earth.

Huhu~

This time, more people are affected.

Even Sky froze for 3 seconds, unable to press the finger holding the trigger.

Ye Xiao was the only one unaffected.

The moment before being hit.

Glancing back, a human couple stood in place dumbfounded, their whole bodies trembling and unable to move.

He did not dodge, but activated the skill of the level 5 fist sleeve - [Space String Control].

Under the guidance of the core, Ye Xiao's hands grasped the invisible and undetectable strings in the space of the back room.

The silk threads overlapped, and an invisible protective net enveloped himself and the couple behind him.

Poof—

the crusher's aileron, as if smashed into a high-speed rotating gear, was forced to deflect direction.

Smashed the car on the side.

"The characteristics of the crusher, somewhat similar to the 'existence from above', are extremely defensive entities, ordinary bullets cannot break the defense, only armor-breaking bullets or explosives can cause damage to them."

Ye Xiao analyzed: "But this crusher is not as strong as recorded in the organization, is it because it is in Level 11?" "

In the Level 9 dark environment.

When the Crusher appears, it will appear along with the fog of Level 9.

In the fog, it not only has a further increase in strength and hardness, but even has the ability to heal itself, and the blown off paralimbs will grow as quickly as ever.

But here it loses that ability.

The sun in Level 11 disperses the fog on its body, and this dispersion is not only physical, but also regular.

Bang!

The second eye was also scrapped by Sky.

At the same time, Ye Xiao also broke this paralimb.

The crusher's thinking appeared a little chaotic, and it could not understand how this weak insect of human beings caused fatal injuries to themselves twice in a row.

Its state of mind is changing.

Wrath.

Fluster.

Finally, there is fear.

When it understood that it was not Ye Xiao's opponent and wanted to escape, it was already too late.

Under Sky's long-range cover, the crusher's limbs were all blasted to pieces, and Ye Xiao dragged his still blinking head away from the crowd, stuffed the C4 bomb into its mouth, and then turned away.

Under the bloody sunset in the sky, the flash of the explosion annihilated the remaining head of the crusher.

Ye Xiao did not look back.

He walked towards Sky with a calm face.

At this time, Sky was still immersed in excitement.

Stimulate!

It's so exciting!

Although the appearance of the crusher was terrifying, the cold touch of the gun in his hand quickly made him forget his fear, and the smoke and roar ignited his excitement and his enthusiasm for challenges.

Just came to Level 11 there are such powerful hostile monsters to fight, or the base commander brought himself to fight together!

Will there be many such random battles in the future?

"Let's go."

Ye Xiao interrupted his thoughts: "People still need our help. "

For the rest of their lives, many people and faceless spirits sat on the ground.

After the body could move, most of the people and the faceless spirit immediately got up and fled the scene with a frightened face.

But there are also quite a few left.

Ye Xiao, Sky and this group of people went to rescue those who were injured or buried under the rubble or faceless spirits.

In front of a collapsed low house.

One woman was pressed down by a huge cement slab, and the two lifted the cement slab to reveal the woman's nearly crushed leg, and then the faceless spirit who followed behind carried her onto a stretcher, and before leaving, she weakly said "thank you" to the two.

"Host, 2 life signals detected ahead."

"I see."

The two walked towards the depths of the ruins.

"Base Commander, I have a question."

"Say."

"According to the data, doesn't the entity of the crusher only appear in Level 9 and Level 9.1?"

Sky asked curiously, "But this is Level 11, why is it here?" "

This guy is also very meticulous in observation.

Ye Xiao explained lightly: "Your observation is good, the entity of the crusher will not be generated in Level 11, and it accidentally cut out of the ground when it was wandering in Level 9.

"In other words, if the ground is cut out of Level 9, can you get to Level 11?"

"No, this method of cutting out is limited to crushers, it is much more difficult for humans to go from Level 9 to Level 11, as for what the specific method is..."

Ye Xiao pointed ahead: "Now we have more important things to do."

Sky followed the direction he was pointing.

It was a soul-shattering scene.

The crusher accidentally destroyed the foundation of the building during a smash, causing the ground to sink and form a subsidence.

In this small cave in the sunken ground, there was a pair of faceless spirit father and daughter who were struggling to support, and the father supported his hands under the stone slab, so that he and his daughter had such a small place to stay in this ruin, and the heavy stone slab itself and the weight of the gravel above all pressed down on the father's fragile spine.

The huge weight had already crushed its fingers twisted and deformed, and blood continued to drip down, forming two small puddles below it.

Its legs trembled, and it seemed that it would fall at any moment.

But it did not fall, still stood with difficulty, and thus supported the hope of living for his daughter.

The little faceless spirit was not idle, seeing Ye Xiao and the two people coming, desperately pulling the gap, hurriedly pointing to his father, the originally clean little face was full of dust and tears.

"This scene is like 'Father and Son in an Earthquake'."

Sky's voice became a little awe-inspiring: "But base commander, you should not know what this text is about." "

I don't just know.

I also learned.

But among the humans in the back room, I should know that.

After a few words in his heart, Ye Xiao took out the jack from the bracelet - since obtaining this storage artifact, the things that could be useful, Ye Xiao stuffed it all in, in order to deal with all the situations that might be encountered.

"Host, the top is a collapsible structure, please be careful."

"Hmm."

Insert two jacks into the gap, twist the hinge to start, and the gap is opened to the size of a person's waist.

It is already possible for father and daughter to climb out.

Sky immediately lay down and beckoned to his daughter, "Well, come out." The

little faceless spirit refused to leave his father's side.

Ye Xiao simply stretched out his hand, grabbed the back collar of its fate, and pulled it out like a rabbit.

After settling his daughter, Ye Xiao looked at Sky and said, "Sky, this father can't last long, are you willing to risk injury and enter the basement to help him?"

Sky was silent.

If it were in reality, he wasn't that great.

But...... This is the game.

So just 2 seconds later, Sky smiled and nodded, "Good."

Ye Xiao said gratifyingly: "After you stabilize the structure, I will put down the third jack, and then you can come out." After

Sky took over the load-bearing, Ye Xiao pulled his father out, because of the physique of Lv 65, plus there is no fatigue and other Debuffs, Sky anti-cement board is much easier.

That's when the unexpected happened.

At the moment when his father was pulled out by Ye Xiao.

Due to the change of the stress point, the cement slab overhead underwent a slight inclination rotation, and a broken pillar that originally stood on the cement slab collapsed.

This pillar, along with the other 3 pillars that are still intact, supports the entire floor of the 2nd floor.

Boom -

the delicate balance is broken.

The entire floor of the second floor is collapsing downward.

"Lie down!"

Ye Xiao's eyes were sharp, and he immediately activated the glove ability [Space String Control] to block the falling floor fragments on his side.

But Sky, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky.

What's more, it was separated by Ye Xiao, and most of the pieces were smashed on the Sky side.

Bang!

He was buried under the rubble.

A sharp steel bar pierced his heart.

After a few moments, calm returned to the surroundings.

Under Ye Xiao's protection, being tightly held in his father's arms, the little faceless spirit opened his "eyes".

Seeing the figure who had endured the misfortune for them, lying motionless under the rubble, it couldn't help but step forward and grab his only unburied hand, gently contemplating the wound on his hand.

Because its hands are small, it can only grasp one finger of Sky.

Soon, the gripped hand turned to dust.

Drift away.

The little faceless spirit was overwhelmed, thinking that he had done something wrong, and hurriedly picked up the dust on the ground until he was taken away by his father.

And just like that, Sky's first Level 11 trip was over.

Come lightly.

Walk lightly.

Wait for Ye Xiao to come out of the ruins with 2 faceless spirits.

There was a bustle in the distance.

At the end of the street, several ambulances stopped in front of Ye Xiao with a hurried siren.

After the ambulance car, more people are coming, but with a run.

Chen He jumped down from the ambulance, looked around, did not see the tall figure, and asked a little ignorantly: "Have you solved the crusher?"

"How else?"

Ye Xiao's gaze only stayed on Chen He for a moment, and then fell on the people she brought: "These people are not the fighters of the organization. "

These men were not M.E.G. fighters, their clothes were marked with B.N.T.G. logos, they looked like militia and medical personnel, and they only carried bolt-action rifles and light submachine guns such as MP5s, which could not break the crusher's defenses.

Chen He explained: "They are employees of station B.N.T.G.17, reinforcements are still on their way, and they are closest to the scene, so I brought them here to help first." Among

them were Chai Xiaojing and Afila.

They temporarily put aside their work and rushed to the aid of the wounded.

Ye Xiaoran: "First organize personnel to rescue the wounded."

Chen He nodded, suddenly thought of something, looked around but did not find Sky's figure: "By the way, what about the little warrior?" The

words came out.

An indescribable heaviness immediately appeared on Ye Xiao's face.

After a while, he sighed softly, and his expression also carried a trace of imperceptible grief.

Chen He chuckled in his heart, and quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

"He was a brave warrior."

Ye Xiao said slowly: "He is also a very cheerful and optimistic young man, he is my favorite fighter, although death is common in the back room, but I didn't expect that just now it was a farewell."

Chen He covered his mouth, his eyes watery: "Could it be..." "

That's right, in order to defeat that big guy and avoid more casualties, he installed the bomb on the crusher in order to cover and was hit by its paralimb."

"Where is he now, I'll go and collect his body, at least so that he can..."

Chen He's voice became lower and lower: "Be decent."

"It has already been crushed and sparse, you are not a combatant, there will be a psychological shadow when you see it."

Ye Xiao took out the Object 87-worn cloth bag: "He is in this small bag, I will take him back for burial." With

that, he turned around and left.

Chen He bit his lip: "Wait a minute!" "

Could it be that this product has become smarter?

Ye Xiao was thinking about how to improve his white lie.

Seeing Chen He's red eyes, he took his hand and said seriously: "Please take his pension back."

Ye Xiao: "..."Lying

groove?!"

Girl, do you want to be so easy to deceive?

People like you, if you stay in the front hall for less than half a day, you will even cheat people with your pants!

But after thinking about it, since someone took the initiative to come up as a big grievance.

Why not?

As for the lie being recognized?

The only fast way has been used, Sky wants to come to Level 11 again, he has to get through Level 7 and Level 9, it is expected to take at least half a month, and Level 11 is so big, the probability of him and Chen He meeting is only 1\1000 of the limited weapon in the blind box.

So in an instant, Ye Xiao had already arranged the character for Sky, from birth to death!

He was silent for a moment, seemed to let out a sigh, and said seriously to Chen He:

"Actually, you don't have to be too sad, the biggest responsibility for his sacrifice lies with me, he is a front office person, I heard that Level 11 can find the feeling of the front office, he has always wanted to come, it was I who agreed with his willfulness and let him come to Level 11... Without a family in the backroom, not too many people will grieve his passing. "

But he was also a lonely man, without dependence, until... He met a girl.

"They ventured together, became warriors of the Alpha base together, and even agreed to get married after going back

this time..." Just as Ye Xiao was babbling, Sky, who was forcibly pressed as "affectionate", did not know anything at this time, and was discussing what Level 11 saw with his companions.

[Skywalker]: "No, why did I die so rashly?" Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

"[A real eel]: "I can't see it, Sky, you are still a hero." [

Angela's belly]: "Hahaha! Boom! (*≧▽≦)☞"

However, Chen He really believed it.

The eye sockets are getting redder.

After Ye Xiao finished telling Sky's deeds, Chen He sniffed hard: "I know, his name is Sky?"

"As a recorder, I will record his deeds, and please bring back his pension, 1000 credits."

After speaking, take out your own recorder.

Ye Xiao shook his head.

Chen He stared at him and said seriously, "Don't refuse.

Ye Xiao still shook his head.

"No, I mean, 1000 credits is too little."

Chen He: "???

"But according to the amount of compensation for accidental death, it is 1,000 credits."

"But he didn't die accidentally, he died to protect the people."

Ye Xiao frowned slightly, and said in a stern tone: "I can't accept it, is a human life only worth 1,000 credits in your eyes?" "

It's too much!

Sky is the most heroic warrior of the Alpha base.

Gotta add money!

"That... 2000 should be fine, right?

"3,000 bars, 3,000 credits are equivalent to 300 bottles of almond water, which can make his lover live in the Alpha base for a while."

Chen He bit his lip.

While Sky's deeds are touching, ... Ye Xiao asked for a bit much after all.

After some mental struggle, Chen He said:

"I know, the organization will give 2500, and the other 500 will be given by myself, let me represent all the residents of Level 11 and thank him for guarding this place!"

Look at the girl with a serious face in front of you.

Ye Xiao actually had the slightest urge to return the 500.

Fortunately, it was only for a moment.

After receiving the 3,000 credits, Ye Xiao didn't say much, just said goodbye to Chen He, then took Part and rushed to the restaurant leading to Level 6.1.

After all....

How easy it is to say.

......

"This is the Level 109 resource collection station, we were attacked by partygoers!"

"Repeat! We were attacked by partygoers, and we... Ah-" "

Die! =)"

Level 109 - Neon Hospital.

The smell of disinfectant water fills the air.

This level is where B.N.T.G. collects medical resources.

The long corridors of the hospital are now covered with blood.

A large number of B.N.T.G. employees' corpses were thrown messily in the corridor, and their deaths were very curious, either pierced through the heart and lungs, or missing a part of their bodies, and even the whole person was directly cut off, and the bloody internal organs and intestines were scattered on the ground.

One piece in a medical room.

The only surviving operator, trembling and hiding under a wide desk, covered his mouth and did not dare to make a sound.

Her beautiful blue eyes were filled with fear at this time.

Staying in the room with her were 2 party guests who were searching.

"Strange, I just saw someone running in. =)"

Don't care so much, hurry up and move these devices back." =)"

You go help with transportation, I'll look for it again." =)" The

operator bit his lip tightly.

Shuddering opened a gap in the isolation plate.

Two partygoers chasing her, one of whom is looking for her hiding place, the other is scavenging for medical supplies – it opens the cabinet and packs every piece of medical device and medicine into a large bag: syringes, scalpels and even painkillers.

What are these things doing?

How do partygoers use these things?

Just then, the employee ID card in her pocket dropped, making a faint noise.

Snap -

"Huh? =)"

Hiding there?" =)" The

operator immediately shrunk back.

But partygoers were already coming to her side.

At the moment when her life was on the line, the operator could not shed a drop of cold sweat, so she could only lean back on the table, close her eyes and pray in her heart: "Allah Argos, bless your believers, adversity and misfortune will dissipate in his glory..."

When she opened her eyes again, she could already see through the gap that the pair of short yellow legs were pacing back and forth less than 1 meter away from her.

But after a long time.

The partygoers didn't notice anything unusual under their desks.

"Strange, did you hear you wrong? =)

" At this moment, she heard her companion speak again: "After collecting the equipment that Lord Anser wanted, let's go." =）"

“...... All right. =)" The

rubbing sound of short leather feet faded away.

The surroundings soon quieted down.

Saved.

The operator couldn't hold back any longer, tears welled up from his eyes, and he covered his mouth and sobbed softly.

It was clear that Level 109 was safe, but I didn't expect that a huge change occurred in just half a day, colleagues and friends died, and I almost lost my life.

One hour ago, the partygoers launched a surprise attack on Level 109, and their strength changed dramatically, easily tearing apart their external defenses, and their former colleagues were either turned into a corpse or one of them.

Only she was lucky.

After a while, she lifted the hanging table and cautiously poked out a head to observe the situation around her.

There was no one else in the room but her.

The corridor outside was also quiet.

They should all be gone.

The operator decided to stay here a little longer, reported it to B.N.T.G. headquarters, and fled to Level 114 along the emergency evacuation channel.

Thinking so, she retracted back.

And this contraction, the elbow touched a warm object.

She turned around.

A "=)" face was quietly looking at her.

"Found you. =)

"..."After

half an hour.

Two partygoers came out of the door, shaking their heads together, humming nursery rhymes happily, and entering the hollow that led to the hedonistic layer.

In the medical room, which had been emptied, only a wrinkled face and wet clothes on the operator's body remained.

......

"Lord Anse, we have collected all the equipment you wanted. =)"

Well, go and bring the subjects."

"Yes. =)"

Inside the pleasure floor, footsteps sounded outside a room.

"They're back!"

Chloe suddenly panicked.

In order to break free, she had already worn her wrist to a bloody blur, but she did not run away at the first time, but took a pill from her teeth and tried to stuff it into Elifina's mouth: "Eat it quickly, this is a muscle spasm drug, you can pretend to be sick and deceive them if you eat it!"

Elifina closed her lips: "Don't, you eat, I'm a waste, just die directly." "

There was already the sound of the doorknob turning behind him.

Chloe pressed Elefina's throat hard, and while the other party couldn't help coughing, the pill slipped into her stomach.

Immediately, grab the party table on the side and throw it at the door!

The moment the door opened, the tentacle of the party guest easily caught the party table, and the other tentacle knocked Chloe to the ground, leaving scarlet whip marks on his back.

Another partygoer, who was guarding Anse, glanced at the broken iron cuffs on the ground:

"I still have the strength to break free, I should change to a stronger shackle next time." =)"

You guys are the same thing as M.E.G., all of you deserve to go to hell!"

Chloe coughed up a mouthful of blood, and the corners of his mouth grinned into a sneer: "I will wait for you in hell." After

she was carried away, another party member was about to take Elefina, and that's when the muscle spasm drug took effect.

Elifina's small body, like a dehydrated fish, involuntarily trembled violently, and her mouth was dry and vomited, vomiting some white foamy substances.

"Lord Anse, this... Is she sick? =)"

I'll take a look."

After using the portable equipment to give Elifina a simple examination, Anser said slowly: "Intermittent muscle spasm, irregular heart beating, the more unhealthy the heart, the lower the yield."

The partygoers were a little overwhelmed: "So how to deal with it?" Kill it directly? =)"

No, I didn't intend to use her heart as a material, her "source density" is the highest in this batch of experiments, and blood can be used as a dissolving agent."

Listening

to these unclear words, Elifina gradually lost consciousness.

When she was hazy and had a little consciousness.

I only felt cold underneath.

It's cold.

Where am I?

She opened her heavy eyelids, and a bright light entered her eyes.

Icy light.

It is the light on the operating table.

This cold light was familiar to her.

More specifically, she was familiar with it 2 years ago.

Since being rescued by Alice's sister, 2 years of getting along has gradually forgotten this coldness, but when it came again, she found that it was not forgetting, but lurking in the depths of memory, and when this familiar scene reappeared, she recalled the cold tingling sensation.

It was on that cold operating table that she lost 2 things.

One is pain.

The second is... The ability to hate others.

That's right.

What about Sister Chloe?

Over time, Elifina's vision regained more and she heard more: "popping," "ticking," and some conversation.

Soon, she found her.

She was right next to her, on another operating table.

But at this time, she had turned into something cold with the operating table under her, her godless gray pupils stared at the ceiling, completely opened from her chest to abdomen, and her bright red internal organs were exposed to the cold air sprayed by the cooler, and there was no trace of clothing on her body to cover

her - she lost her life without dignity, and there was not even a "person" to cover her dead eyes with a white cloth.

In the middle of the two operating tables, a vessel is placed.

A bright red heart was placed in the vessel.

A hose is pumping blood, and the heart comes into contact with the blood, like ice soaked in water, slowly melting.

Elifina looked down and found that the hose was actually attached to her.

Only for a moment.

She understood what was going on.

The heart of her fellow soldiers, dissolved under her blood.

She is the weapon that kills her companions.

"Nope."

Around the vessel, there were also 3 partygoers, curiously watching the wonderful reaction in the vessel.

The bright red heart blended with the bright red blood, producing a starry blue sky.

"Lord Anse, don't you come to carefully observe the progress of the research? =)" After

doing everything, Anser sat in his chair and stared at the wall of the hedonic layer in a daze.

After asking a few more times, Anser replied,

"Get out."

"Huh? =)

" The three party guests looked at each other, and then one said: "Lord Anse, this is not safe for you...=)

" "Go out and !!"

This sentence is almost a roar.

The partygoers shrunk their heads, and after opening the door ruefully and going out, there was a faint sound outside the door.

"A betrayed bereaved hound, drag what. =)"

No way, the Lord values it very much. =)"

Maybe the day it is useless, its time of death will come." =)" The

gossip faded away, and Anser could no longer support his body, slumped to the ground, and covered his head tightly with his hands.

After a moment, it slowly stood up, pulled the hose from Elifina's arm, opened the door and walked out.

Only Elifina was left in the room.

She opened her mouth weakly, trying to reach out and grab Chloe's lifeless body.

But because of blood loss, she couldn't even sit up.

Cold and sleepiness came to her again.

It's cold.

It's cold.

This was Elefina's last thought before falling asleep.