Embers Ad Infinitum

Shang Jianyao was surprised at first, and then suddenly realized:

"No wonder there are so many coincidences!"

Du Heng maintained his teasing smile and said:

"In order to allow Jiang Baimian to break through the barrier and bring the nuclear bomb to the machine, I also specially guided her so that she could quickly enter the 'soul corridor'."

"Oh..." Shang Jianyao had an "I see" expression on his face.

He then remembered something and asked with curiosity and concern:

"Those Zhi Sui who want to maintain the status quo, and 'Truth' and others, do you know that you want to die together?"

"'Si Ming' they should only know that I have some personalities with strong self-destructive tendencies, but those are not mainstream and are the targets of suppression." Du Heng said with a slight smile, "Otherwise they will not pay attention to and interfere with your team. So little, only providing certain guidance at a few key points in person or through agents. Of course, this is mainly because I am afraid that you will feel persecuted and do something irrational and damaging to the overall situation."

Eagerly flashing lights of different colors gave the room a sense of tension.

Shang Jianyao said "Oh":

"In other words, 'Truth' they don't know that our team has such a nuclear bomb?"

"Although I have attached effects to your corresponding memories a long time ago, allowing readers to ignore them, there are always variables and accidents in the world. I can't guarantee it." Du Heng said in a relaxed tone, "And now even if they know it, they can't They can no longer exert influence on Jiang Baimian, unless they can defeat me first and gain control of the 'New World'."

Shang Jianyao nodded slowly.

He looked back at the door, as if he was looking at "Si Ming" and Zhi Sui who were trying to invade this place:

"No wonder you knew exactly what they were planning and still let me open the door and walk into this room."

"I couldn't stop it even if I wanted to." Du Heng laughed at himself, "My personalities are all very independent, and different personalities guard different, well, although it's not accurate enough, I use 'port' to describe the relative image. So even if I don't want to open the door for you, Xiao Chong, who has friendship with you, will not obey and will open the door corresponding to him. When you enter his room, you with the same split personality will obtain the aggregate state and automatically come to here."

Shang Jianyao didn't understand much, but he knew something called "the minority obeys the majority":

"Won't you send a few people who have no friendship with me to guard Xiaochong's room, and lock him up as soon as you find that he wants to open the door?"

"The word 'port' I just used is indeed not accurate enough." Du Heng thought for a moment, "Can you eliminate one of your personalities, or let it merge with another personality?"

"No." Shang Jianyao shook his head.

Du Heng nodded:

"Each of my personalities corresponds to a room here, and because I hold the highest authority of that machine, the control of the 'New World', every room naturally becomes a port leading here.

"I only talk about performance, not principles. Can you understand me?"

"Yes." Shang Jian Yaojiu became a good doctor, and he understood this immediately. "For other personalities to enter Xiao Chong's room is equivalent to trying to fuse with him, which is simply impossible."

Du Heng showed a satisfied smile:

"As long as you know.

"Here, my flaws show up in many problems and are the ones being targeted."

Shang Jianyao changed his mind and asked doubtfully:

"There should be a part of your personality that wants to change the status quo. Wouldn't they secretly let the truth come in?"

In other words, "Si Ming" does not need to send out different old teams again and again.

"There are some personalities who want to change the status quo, but no personality is willing to hand over the leadership of the 'New World' to them. Even if we really want to rebuild order and solve hidden dangers, we should take the lead." Du Heng seemed to be influenced by that part of the personality Yes, he spoke confidently and domineeringly.

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands.

He sighed:

"No wonder we told the company about the location of the Eighth Research Institute. After it was spread, the major forces didn't send anyone over for so long. It was obviously preparation, but it was really delaying!"

Until they take control of the "New World" or fail completely, "Si Ming" and the others will not allow people from all major forces to enter here.

It is precisely because of this understanding that the Eighth Research Institute immediately relocated personnel and did not stick to this place.

Anyway, for "Professor Li" and "Doctor" who had some guesses about the original situation, they would be loyal to whoever took control of the "new world". When gods fight, mortals should not participate. When the matter is over, Come back and continue to be a "gatekeeper".

And "Zhuang Sheng" has the tendency to destroy everything, so he will naturally not prevent them from evacuating, and may even secretly encourage them. After all, he doesn't say anything, and those who are currently loyal to him in the Eighth Research Institute may not really be able to muster the courage.

"For the real top leaders of the major forces, there is only one factor that prevents them from figuring out the specific location of the Eighth Academy. The higher authorities do not allow it, um, except for the 'Salvation Army'." Du Heng confirmed Shang Jianyao's statement.

"The Salvation Army is so miserable. It feels like they are not in this circle. Could it be that they haven't received the news yet about the specific location of the Eighth Research Institute?" Shang Jianyao sympathized.

Perhaps in order to change the status quo, some Zhi Sui secretly supported the "Salvation Army" after the New Year, but this was closer to cooperation than patronage, and they would not regard them as one of their own.

Du Heng smiled and did not answer this unclear question.

He glanced at the increasingly erratic flickering lights and said:

"They are coming soon. If you have anything to ask, please ask. I will tell you something later."

Shang Jianyao said "oh" twice:

"Why are your bones under the old locust tree in Linhe Village?"

"Don't you understand the principle of fallen leaves returning to their roots?" Du Heng sighed and smiled, "After I found that my body was completely dead, I asked my good student Wu Meng to come to the second research area and bring the bones back to my hometown. He himself He was deeply involved in brain development and superpower projects. He happened to be doing academic exchanges elsewhere that time and escaped the disaster. He was the most suitable candidate. Hey, what I didn't expect was that he became ambitious because of this.

"He himself had already initially awakened. As soon as he saw the machine and the corresponding biochip, he made certain guesses. Later, relying on the research results of our project, he established his own secret laboratory in the ruins. This bypasses the 'Sea of ​​Origin' and the 'Corridor of Mind' and becomes quite powerful.

"He is the first and currently the only human being on earth who does not rely on the platform we provide and has reached half of the 'New World' level step by step. This is also the limit of human beings.

"He sought to seize control of the machine from the outside. To this end, he did many experiments and created a large number of weird creatures with unique abilities in the ruins. At that time, some people wanted to cooperate with him. I just wanted to While controlling this place, without being able to clone him, with the help of the Heavenly Master of the 'Eternal Years' sect and the 'Primordial City', I was able to forcefully send his consciousness to the 'New World' and lock him up."

"It's wonderful." Shang Jianyao praised sincerely.

Then, he asked puzzledly:

"Can the 'Sea of ​​Origin' be bypassed? Isn't this our own spiritual world?"

Du Heng showed a proud smile:

"When building that platform, our biggest achievements were twofold: first, through the 'Hall of Stars', we controlled brain damage to a certain extent, so as not to cause several costs at the same time; second, we improved the The second step is related to the strengthening of one's own will and the change of mentality, so there is a fear island corresponding to the psychological shadow, which becomes more systematic and quantified, and significantly reduces the difficulty for the awakened person to enter the 'soul corridor'.

"However, this is a sufficient condition, not a necessary condition. You can also enter the 'soul corridor' using other methods, such as forcibly stimulating and developing the brain."

"What's going on with those who haven't awakened?" Shang Jianyao changed the question.

Du Heng replied calmly:

“The rules we set are to control the number of awakened people and make awakening a difficult thing.

"With the current system and the special features of the 'New World', the success rate can actually reach 80%, but in that case, the losers will basically suffer brain damage, which may not be serious."

Therefore, during each awakening ceremony, people who are neither awakened nor in an abnormal state are equivalent to having a normal and beautiful sleep there.

Shang Jianyao observed the flashing light around him:

"I have another question, why do your thirteen years of experience correspond to thirteen functional areas of the brain?

"Isn't this a coincidence?"

"It's not a coincidence, but only this number of people corresponding to different brain functional areas can survive." Du Heng said, "Some of us were already awakened at the time, but a large part of us were still ordinary people.

"Do you remember what I said that we were using Li Hui's brain as an experimental subject?"

"Remember." Shang Jianyao nodded.

Du Heng explained in detail:

"The mutation occurred in Li Hui's thalamus. After our consciousness was extracted, we successfully filled in different functional areas of his brain and merged with the mutation. This is the first step to survive. After that, It’s when the biochip comes into play that the virtual reality created by that machine changes qualitatively.”

"No wonder January is 'Bodhi'!" Shang Jianyao suddenly realized.

Du Heng nodded:

"As a result, the field corresponding to 'Bodhi' has become more complete, and it has gained some abilities that do not belong to the thalamus."

"Thirteen functional areas, thirteen executive..." Shang Jianyao repeated, and asked doubtfully, "Then how did the 'truth' survive?"

Du Heng simply replied:

"Fourteen functional areas, he is the hippocampus."

"Oh." Shang Jianyao not only satisfied his curiosity, but also obtained enough information.

Du Heng no longer gave him a chance to ask questions:

"I'm telling you all this because I hope you can help me end this."

"Ah?" Shang Jianyao was confused.

Du Heng smiled and said:

"'Si Ming' will not care about you after they throw you in. In their view, no matter what the outcome is, the follow-up has nothing to do with you as a mortal, and you can't play any role, because they believe that everyone Everyone is selfish, and few people will actively sacrifice themselves for unrelated people without being forced. The higher the status, the greater the authority, and the stronger the strength, the less likely it will be.

“They don’t know you, I know, I’ve really been around you and know you are a special person and you have a pure heart.

"So, I hope you will wait and let Jiang Baimian put your body into the corresponding experimental chamber, turn on the 'God Forbidden Zone' mode, further distort your brain, and then, with my help, obtain the 'New World' With certain authority, become Zhi Sui and fight with me against 'Si Ming' and the others.

“Our main purpose is to delay time while creating an environment with relatively normal electromagnetic conditions so that Jiang Baimian can detonate the nuclear bomb from a distance.

"Of course, you can also refuse and not participate in this matter. When the time comes, you can seize the opportunity of the collapse of the 'New World' order and return directly to your own body. Even without you, I am not completely unsure. Now I just want to improve my success. Rate.

"Well, I didn't implant thoughts into you, nor did I try to influence you with other abilities, because you wouldn't be able to pass the last step of stimulation."

Du Heng's expression instantly became serious, and he said sincerely:

"I formally ask you, are you willing to sacrifice your life to join me in ending this decades-long human disaster?"

Shang Jianyao fell silent.

After a while, he raised his right hand, pressed it solemnly on his left chest, and replied in a deep voice:

"For all mankind!"