Embers Ad Infinitum

After Jiang Baimian heard Shang Jianyao's answer, he asked uneasily:

"Really just playing games?"

Shang Jianyao answered honestly:

"I don't think they would agree if I got through."

Now the reckless one.

Jiang Baimian breathed a sigh of relief:

"Then bring out the game console, projector and some of Xiao Chong's favorite games, and play them next to the gap for a while.

"Remember, never do anything else."

Shang Jianyao held a meeting in his mind for a few minutes and solemnly made a commitment:

"no problem."

Then, he whispered:

"The games that appear are not interesting. They have all been played before. It's like watching a replay."

In this regard, the human brain is indeed inferior to a computer and cannot calculate the development of a complex game in real time.

Long Yuehong was not only afraid that this guy would cause some trouble, but also afraid that Shang Jianyao would not get what he wanted if he took an ordinary path, so he could only console himself without knowing what he wanted to express:

"It's okay, Xiao Chong can play a game many times."

"Yes, and I am more open-minded than him and have mastered many novel ways of playing, which should attract his attention..." Shang Jianyao gradually became proud.

Then he sat in the back of the jeep, leaned back on the seat, pinched his temples, and fell into a deep sleep.

In the "Sea of ​​Origin", Shang Jianyao couldn't wait to use himself as wings and flew to the gap in the air that represented Xiao Chong.

Immediately afterwards, he manifested his portable computer and connected it to the projector.

The reckless Shang Jianyao and the honest Shang Jianyao moved to Zen Master Pudu and became his wings, helping him float in the air.

Shang Jianyao, who loves to play, sing, dance and play games, used Zen Master Pudu as his cushion, sat on the computer, looked at the projected images, and started playing games.

This is his favorite role-playing game recently. He chose "Hunter", which is mainly characterized by swearing and controlling fire.

After playing around, Shang Jianyao got addicted to it.

Suddenly, he vaguely felt a faint light flashing through the gap next to him.

"Xiao Chong! Xiao Chong! Is that you?" Shang Jianyao, who valued emotions, quickly turned his head and shouted into the gap.

There was dead silence, no answer, nothing out of the ordinary.

Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin for a while, looked away, and started playing the game again.

The corner of his eye was always staring at the deep, solid gap, but he never saw any movement.

"Was it just an illusion?" The reckless Shang Jianyao, who was acting as wings, couldn't help but ask.

On the other side, the honest Shang Jianyao said:

"This happens after playing games for a long time."

After a heated discussion, Shang Jianyao and others waited for a while, but still did not see any changes.

Considering the mental exhaustion, they no longer persisted and withdrew from the "Sea of ​​Origin".

…………

In the "Soul Corridor", Roden, who failed to explore "131" last time, returned to the door of this room.

During this period, he carefully considered the previous encounters several times and discovered many problems.

The most obvious one is that normally, after an awakened person enters a certain psychological shadow, it is equivalent to assuming the identity of the owner of the room and reliving his original fear. In other words, the awakened person exploring the room is unlikely to It corresponds to the prototype of meeting the owner of the room in the psychological shadow. However, the doctors, nurses, stretchers, bandages, injections, and walls in "131" all seem to originate from the owner of the room.

This contradicts the experience of Roden and those who have awakened in the "soul corridor" that he knows.

After thinking and asking for advice, Roden made a rough guess:

Excluding the special case that the room belongs to the old man and corresponds to strange psychological shadows that are inconsistent with the norm, then the only possibility left is that the owner of the room has a mental illness such as split personality or paranoia.

For ordinary awakened people, the subconscious mind is stable and predictable, so the corresponding psychological shadows are also the same. However, for awakened people suffering from mental illnesses such as split personality and paranoia, the subconscious mind is also divided and full of unknown changes, just like the microscopic world. Same, not so sure.

Therefore, after entering such a room, it is likely that you will only play one of the personalities, and you will have to face the challenges of other personalities, or the delusional "I" enemy.

"Such a psychological shadow will indeed be more troublesome." Roden looked at the vermilion door of "131" and said silently to himself, "And if it is really a split personality, other personalities may bring other memories, other fears, and even Part of the dream creates a mixed psychological shadow, and if you want to get through it, you have to be prepared to deal with complex situations."

For Roden, the problem with such a psychological shadow is not danger, but confusion. It cannot be solved with a mature solution, and a lot of time may have to be spent on it.

Of course, not dangerous is just a relative term. Luoden knew very well that if he really wasn't careful enough and something went wrong, he would most likely be infected with the corresponding mental illness.

And mental illness is not that easy to treat!

After weighing it again and again, Luoden decided to try it a few times.

Since he has not really penetrated the first psychological shadow of room "131" and is not sure whether there is a sense of familiarity from the gate of the "new world", he cannot give up easily.

Roton, who had deep nasolabial folds and slightly dark lips, turned the brass handle and opened the door of "131".

After quickly reviewing the planned plan, he took two steps forward.

He once again came to the white-painted corridor that belonged to the hospital.

The doors on both sides were closed, and the end was deep and dark.

Roden quickly manifested a pocket watch and let it shake in front of his eyes.

——Before entering the "Soul Corridor", he asked another elder from Suimo City to "hypnotize" himself, making him believe that he had abandoned his physical body and became something like a mechanical monk.

The starting signal of this "hypnosis" is the monotonous swing of the pocket watch.

Soon, Roden's face revealed a metallic luster, and his body quickly reorganized and turned into an iron-black robot.

He put away his pocket watch, looked down at his body, and spoke in a synthetic voice:

"I am an immortal person. Immortal people are not afraid of physical diseases, and mental diseases are not directly contagious.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Roden took steps towards the end of the hospital corridor.

The rooms on both sides opened simultaneously, and figures covered in white sheets rushed out one after another.

They fell one after another, but Rodon didn't feel sick at all.

Not long after, doctors, nurses, stretchers, and syringes appeared from the end of the corridor, and eyebrows sprouted from the walls on both sides.

Rawdon stood still, showing no fear.

He is now an immortal person who cannot be penetrated by needles, medicine cannot work, and doctors cannot defeat him.

In this way, he managed to get through this mentally confusing scene with a crushing attitude.

His arms and calves were hanging or dragging several doctors and nurses, but this did not affect his progress at all.

These doctors and nurses did not let go of their hands even if their hearts stopped beating.

Finally, Roden came to the end of the hospital corridor.

There is a door here, a white door.

Luoden thought about it for a while, observed the surroundings, and relying on his immortality, he reached out his metal right palm, grasped the handle, and twisted it gently.

The white door slowly opened back, revealing a gap.

There was darkness in the gap, and there was a vague female figure looking out in the darkness.

Suddenly, Roden's spirit was shrouded in great fear.

This happened for no reason, it seemed to come from instinct.

"It's over..." Luoden only had time to flash this thought before he fainted.

He didn't even have time to think about hoping that other elders from Suimo City would come to this room to save him.

Being comatose or dying in the psychological shadow of others often means being completely trapped and becoming a vegetative state in reality.

After an unknown amount of time, Luoden suddenly regained his thoughts and slowly opened his eyes.

He saw the shadowless lamp, a doctor and several nurses.

They all wore light blue masks, looked at Luo Dun condescendingly, and said all kinds of things:

"You're awake."

"The operation was successful."

"You are now healed and can go home."

Recovered... Go home... Luoden was confused at first, then sat up suddenly and looked at himself.

He is still an immortal person, and he is still a man of steel and iron.

But unlike before he was in a coma, his paint was changed to rainbow colors and a small speaker was embedded in his chest.

"Can I go?" After a moment of silence, Luoden tentatively asked the doctor and nurse.

According to his common sense, being comatose in the psychological shadow of others is tantamount to suffering serious injuries and being imprisoned in a heavily guarded mental prison. It is impossible to say whether you can wake up, let alone leave the corresponding room.

"You can be discharged." The doctor wearing a light blue mask reached out and shook his hand. "You only completed one-third of the progress this time. Keep working hard next time."

Although Luoden was confused, he knew that the opportunity must not come back again, so he immediately got out of bed and walked out of the operating room.

In the white corridor, doctors and nurses sang and danced, shouting:

"Congratulations on being discharged!"

"Take good care of yourself!"

"Remember to send the banner!"

"..."

Luoden walked back to the starting point in a daze, opened the door and left room "131".

Until he stood on the "soul corridor", he still suspected that he was dreaming:

Why did what was supposed to be a dangerous development turn into a farewell?

The more Roden thought about it, the more he felt like his spirit had been polluted.

PS: There will be no update tomorrow, because I have to go home after the lockdown is lifted. It takes three hours to drive, and I still have a lot of things to deal with when I get home. Normal updates will resume the day after tomorrow.