Chapter 96: The Man in the Mirror(1/2)
Option one is 60%, option two is 30%, and option three is 10%.
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【Option 1】
【Chu Huairen】
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"Chu Huairen? Is that you?"
Zheng Zhuo asked loudly despite the dizzying sounds of intertwined conversations.
"……yes……"
Allen Chu’s voice was slightly louder.
"I can not hear clearly!"
Zheng Zhuo tried his best to listen.
"...It's...I...you..."
The human voice is still vague, but it is getting louder and louder.
"...you...here..."
The golden light around his body became particularly dazzling. Zheng Zhuo couldn't help but close his eyes.
Then.
"you are here?"
Suddenly, the sound became much clearer.
Zheng Zhuo slowly opened his eyes.
He did not appear in the pure white space, nor did he return to his original location - which should be the door of the small supermarket.
What he saw was a clean and tidy hotel room.
Warm yellow ceiling spotlights cast light on low cabinets, TVs, sofas and small tables. Every piece of furniture is clean and tidy, and their appearance all reveals a sense of luxury. On the right side of them, there is a huge glass floor-to-ceiling window.
The window was covered by a curtain as thin as gauze, and the warm sunlight passed through the curtain, leaving bright spots on the ground.
Zheng Zhuo's perspective was directly opposite the TV. He looked down and found himself lying on a fluffy bed wearing a dark bathrobe. But he couldn't feel his body at all. He couldn't feel his hands and feet, nor could he feel anything.
To this bed which should be very comfortable.
"Zheng Zhuo?"
The voice sounded again. It was very close, as if someone was talking to him in the room.
But no matter how you look at it, there is no second person in the room.
"……it's me."
Zheng Zhuo answered slowly.
He realized that this time it was his own voice that had changed. His voice became a little dull, as if it was echoing in his brain.
"Can you see me?" the voice asked.
"Can't see. There is no one else in the room." Zheng Zhuo tried to shake his head, but he found that he could not control this body.
"……Wait me a moment."
His vision shook. Zheng Zhuo saw his own body...or rather the body to which his vision belonged. He got out of bed, put on his slippers, and walked towards the entrance of the room.
The body passed by the low cabinet, and Zheng Zhuo saw that there were English magazines and hotel service lists on the low cabinet.
Snap.
The light in the entrance hall was turned on. Zheng Zhuo stood in front of the entrance mirror.
Then, he saw the face in front of him clearly.
He has a gentle temperament and wears glasses.
The person who appeared in the mirror was the [Wise Man] card player he had rescued in [Ocean World].
Chu Huairen.
"Perhaps schizophrenia patients are formed in this way." Chu Huairen raised his eyebrows and said.
"Chu Huairen? You have returned to reality. You mean... I am in your consciousness?" Zheng Zhuo spoke... to be more precise, he was talking directly into Chu Huairen's head.
"At present, it seems that it should be like this."
"How is this going?"
"I also want to know what's going on." Chu Huairen looked in the mirror and talked with Zheng Zhuo, "I can only vaguely remember the [Ocean World] thing. After I came out from there, I stayed
In a certain egg sheath in a white space. Over a long period of time, my consciousness gradually recovered. During this period, I tried hard to recall this bizarre experience and regained many details...such as the main
The name of the character who appears."
"Later, I heard a noise. For the first time, I noticed someone nearby. It was a young woman, sitting in front of a computer outside. She walked towards me and said, 'That's it.' Then, I lost my mind.
Consciousness woke up in my original body again."
"I was trying to figure out what was going on, so I was checking the [Collective Subconscious] software on my phone. There was no world I could enter, but not long after, the interface of the [Subconscious World] glowed golden... and then I heard a noisy sound.
There were sounds of fighting and vague images. I saw you in that golden light, so I called you."
"……I see."
"I participated in three dives into the [subconscious world]. This was truly the most unique experience I had - very different from my previous experiences."
"Haha... this may also be your last experience." Zheng Zhuo thought so. However, he was not used to the fact that he was speaking with his consciousness.
So he said it directly.
"Oh why?"
After hearing this, Chu Huairen was obviously very interested in it.
Zheng Zhuo sighed. He was not very good at explaining.
"[Collective Subconscious] software has security risks. The young woman who let you leave [Subconscious World] plans to close this software. [Small Town World] is the last batch. From now on, no one can sneak into the subconscious through it."
"That's it...it's a pity. This should be a great progress in neuroscience."
Allen Chu nodded. He seemed to have expected this answer.
"But why can you continue to participate?"
"Um?"
"You." Chu Huairen stared at the mirror, "I fell directly from [Small Town World] to [Ocean World]. At first, I thought you were like me, because of the accident when you left [Small Town World].
Be careful of falling in, but after we left [Ocean World], you entered at least one world and successfully left, right?"
"..."
"This is inconsistent with your statement that 'the software is about to be shut down and no one can use it to sneak into the subconscious'. I want to hear the reason."
"...Okay. In fact, there are still many people trapped in the subconscious world."
Zheng Zhuo told the truth. He realized that it would be difficult for him to lie and hide it from Allen Chu.
"I'm trying to find ways to help as many people as possible leave. Because once the [collective subconscious] software is shut down, everyone who is still in it will not be able to return to their own bodies."
"That's it."
Chu Huairen paused for a while. Zheng Zhuo saw him thinking in the mirror.
"……You are a good person."
Finally, he said this.
"Uh. Haha."
Zheng Zhuo really didn't know what his intention was, so he could only laugh a few times.
"Can I help too?" Chu Huairen suddenly asked.
"What?" Zheng Zhuo was startled by his words, "No... I mean, if the rescued people go in again, wouldn't it be a waste of effort? It's not that easy to get out there -"
I have [Subconscious Voting], Zheng Zhuo thought. Most people are not that good at grasping the capriciousness of the subconscious world.
"I am very interested in [the subconscious world]. I used this software because I wanted to know its secrets." Chu Huairen was not in a hurry. He said slowly, "But of course I will not do it again.
Entering. A pointless bet.”
"I want to ask, just like the situation just now. I can see what you are doing in the [subconscious world] in the real world through the [collective subconscious] software, and I can talk to you."
"And it's from a third perspective."
"Just like this, it can be of great help, right?"
"I don't know what perspectives can be achieved. My perspective - can my software lens be attached to more people or objects? If there are more perspectives, it will be more helpful. When I called you, I felt
It's a bit like entering the subconscious world - I feel like I screamed for a long time, but when I regained consciousness, not even a minute passed. The time is synchronized. This is definitely feasible."
To be continued...