Invasion of reality

If the pseudo-human test is regarded as a game that causes death, and Chen Yingsheng is regarded as a person who will die after playing the game, what should she choose at this time?

Chen Yingsheng didn’t know, and neither did Zuo Xufei. They really couldn’t put themselves in the deceased’s perspective to look at the matter.

Chen Yingsheng even felt a little regretful. She should have waited until Lao Wang wrote a report and gave her permission to read the case files before playing this game.

Fortunately, this is a game and can be played a second time. Chen Yingsheng followed his own wishes, moved the mouse and selected "Yes".

She was full of doubts about the existence of fake people. Deep down in her heart, like Zuo Xufei, she believed that fake people could not exist.

"Please read the following two paragraphs carefully." After the mechanical female voice said this, a large paragraph of white text appeared on the screen.

[The uncanny valley theory was first proposed by Japanese robotics expert Masahiro Mori in 1970. It mainly discusses that when machines or simulated objects are close to humans in appearance and behavior but not exactly the same, people will have an uncomfortable or even fearful reaction to them.

The core of this theory is that as the similarity between the imitation object and humans increases, people's favorability will increase, but after reaching a certain point, the favorability will suddenly drop and enter the "uncanny valley". After that, as the similarity increases further, the favorability will rise again. 】

Below this theory is another paragraph of text.

[Modern humans, or Homo sapiens, are the only living species in the genus Homo of the family Hominidae in the biological classification. However, humans did not exist in isolation during the evolution process. There were many types of ancient humans on Earth, such as Neanderthals, Denisovans, and some earlier ancient human species, such as Homo erectus.

Scientific research shows that there is a complex interactive relationship between Homo sapiens and other ancient humans, including competition, mating, and possible conflict. There is evidence that in some areas, the expansion of Homo sapiens coincides with the disappearance of local ancient human populations, suggesting that there may be direct or indirect competition.

The two paragraphs of text stayed on the black screen for a long time, so long that Chen Yingsheng counted the words and began to guess what the "competitive relationship" at the end referred to.

When her back began to ache from sitting so hard, new words finally appeared.

[It may sound incredible, but in the process of our evolution as Homo sapiens, we killed and ate ancient humans similar to ourselves, and these ancient humans also hunted and preyed on us Homo sapiens. Just like wolves eat dogs, horses trample donkeys to death, and geese peck out the eyes of ducks.

Homo sapiens has become the only living species of the genus Homo, and stands at the top of the food chain through great efforts and firm determination, but in the process of our evolution, the memory of hostility with non-Homo sapiens ancient humans will always remain in our genes.

Therefore, even though there are no enemies today, we still instinctively fear things that look like humans but are not actually humans. This is why the uncanny valley theory came into being. We should cherish the instincts our ancestors left us and make good use of them. This is not our defect, but a precious gift left by our ancestors.

After reading it at a normal speed, a bloody sentence suddenly appeared.

Because they are back.

"They" here definitely refers to fake people, but Chen Yingsheng felt something was wrong.

Two seemingly professional popular science passages draw the scientific conclusion that the existence of pseudo-humans is a scientific conclusion, which is very similar to a gang that specializes in defrauding the elderly, carrying a bunch of high-end equipment to residential areas to sell health products made from vitamin pills.

Before she had time to think, another dialog box appeared above the text.

【Pseudo-human test application to use the camera.】

At the same time, the mechanical female voice sounded again in the game, and the voice sounded inexplicably earnest:

"DDD requests to turn on the camera. Please forgive us, we have no intention of invading your privacy. We just want to confirm that you are not a fake person. After confirmation, DDD will send you the characteristics of the fake person."

Chen Yingsheng checked carefully, turned off everything that needed to be turned off, and then clicked to confirm the authorization.

A small camera window popped up just above the screen, and the camera only captured Chen Yingsheng himself.

In an instant, a blurry black shadow flashed from the right side of the small window to the left side, as if something had penetrated into the camera from the screen, and then penetrated into reality from the camera.

[If someone is detected around you, please turn on the camera when there is only one person in the closed room. 】

As the bloody words appeared, Zuo Xufei stood up and said, "I'm not even in the camera. This is outrageous!"

Chen Yingsheng remained calm: "The camera was not turned off, which means the game does not have the function of controlling the camera to check the number of people. This is just a scary sentence that will inevitably pop up."

"What if there's no one around the player?" Zuo Xufei didn't dare to sit down.

"That's even better. It will give players a weird feeling of having invisible pseudo-people around them."

"Let's stop playing." Zuo Xufei said sincerely.

Chen Yingsheng was motionless: "Just now in the car you said that the pseudo-human game was 'suspected' of causing death. You were obviously not afraid of it and did not believe it. Why did you change your mind now?"

"Yes, I'm scared." Zuo Xufei admitted frankly, "This game keeps obtaining your privacy. It's really unsafe. It's best not to play it."

The line of blood words disappeared and new white words appeared.

【Congratulations on passing the pseudo-human test! DDD provides you with the characteristics of the pseudo-human.

1. A general lack of emotion or abrupt emotional transitions, and strange facial features.

2. The limbs are different from those of ordinary people, and the body language does not match the words.

3. Lack of eye contact and uncoordinated movements.

4. There may be electronic sounds or delays when speaking, and there may be errors in word order and grammar.

Please click here after reading. 】

The four characteristics are exactly the same as the flyers distributed by Ren Shanshan in the kaleidoscope.

Chen Yingsheng comforted Zuo Xufei: "You see, it's just scaring people. You didn't leave, there were still two people in the room, and it still counted me as having passed and gave me the characteristics of a fake person."

Zuo Xufei pulled out a chair and prepared to sit down, but Chen Yingsheng didn't give him the chance: "So go wait for me outside the study. I'll tell you the process when I'm done, or you can play it again."

Zuo Xufei was so shocked that he forgot what he wanted to say.

"Please, I want to experience the victim's state of mind before death and complete the game alone."

"Okay." Zuo Xufei chose to respect her. He took a deep breath and said, "I'm at the door. Call me if you need anything."

"no problem."

With the sound of the door closing, Chen Yingsheng was finally the only one left in the study.

She immediately clicked the button behind "Reading Completed" and a mechanical female voice sounded: "We will provide you with a real video of the fake person."

The black shadow flashed by again, and a video began to play automatically.

The video was recorded with a mobile phone in vertical mode, and the viewing angle was very low, as if a child was using the phone to record his or her sister.

The child might not be very good at using the video function on his phone, so he only recorded his sister’s shoes and calves.

The child happily chased after his sister's shadow and asked excitedly: "Sister, what are we going to eat later?"

My sister's voice has been specially processed, so I can't tell her original voice, but I can tell that she is a young woman.

She patiently answered the child's naive and cute questions, and the two of them walked home in the sunset.

The entire video was so ordinary, so ordinary and so long that Chen Yingsheng suspected that this was not the original version of the game.

Finally, the phone rang, and after the video screen went black, only the sound remained, and the phone seemed to be handed to my sister.

My sister picked up the phone: "Hello, we'll be home soon."

The person on the other end of the line should be their mother, and her voice was specially processed: "Buy a bag of vinegar on your way back."

"But it's not on my way." The elder sister replied, "I'm here to pick up my sister and I can't pass by that supermarket."

"Stop it." Mom said impatiently, "Your sister is at home, if you don't want to buy it, just say so."

"What did you say—"

The call was hung up by the mother, and the video showed the noise of the phone being snatched away and the sister's shrill screams.

The camera was turned on again, and a fake human face that looked like a burn patient appeared upside down on the screen, looking at Chen Yingsheng.

The fake person clicks the button to end recording and the video ends.

The mechanical female voice said gently: "The following is a small test after practice. Only those who have passed the practice are allowed to participate in this test. Two pictures will be shown each time. Choose the one you think is a fake person and briefly explain the reason for your choice."

The first set of photos is of the pseudo-human girl that just appeared in the video and a normal girl of the same age as her. Both of them are wearing exactly the same overalls, and the background of the photos is lush and lush trees in summer.

The photos of normal girls are extremely beautiful, just like the samples displayed in the window of a photo studio or the product pictures hanging on the homepage of a shopping website.

Although the pixels are not high, this photo finally allows us to see the appearance of the fake girl clearly, instead of the fleeting glimpse in the video just now.

Her face looked like it had been burned over a large area, leaving scars all over, the strangest parts being her eyelids and mouth.

Eyelids are relatively thin skin on the human face and are the first to be damaged in high temperatures.

But if humans don't have eyelids to protect the eyeball and keep the eyes moist, it may cause corneal damage or even blindness. So she didn't have eyelids, her eyelids were completely burned off and then transplanted with skin from elsewhere.

Chen Yingsheng carefully identified the skin behind the ear or the inner side of the upper arm.

Chen Yingsheng is not a professional plastic surgeon and cannot accurately identify the source of the skin. He only knows that the reconstructed eyelids look thick and heavy, like the fat on the belly of an obese patient in the summer, piled up on the eyeballs.

The strangest thing was her mouth, which could never heal after being burned. The corners of her mouth seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, fixed into a strange arc that was neither happy nor sad, as if it was a mockery of everything in the world, or an acceptance of her own fate.

This smiling face that can appreciate absurd emotions adds a kind of humanity to her inhuman face. The burns make her look unlike a human, but the smile makes her look like a human. It is difficult to simply describe her as a "pseudo-human".

Chen Yingsheng chose the photo of the fake girl, and a question box appeared under the photo, asking him to briefly explain the reason for his choice.

[I don’t think she’s a fake person, I think she’s a burn patient.]

After typing this sentence briefly, Chen Yingsheng clicked on the next question, and a mechanical female voice came out from the laptop again:

"I repeat, during the test, you are prohibited from moving any part of your body except for the finger that clicks the mouse. You are strictly prohibited from turning your neck and eyeballs. You must focus your eyes on the center of the screen. If there is any sound made by any human or humanoid creature nearby, please stop the test immediately."

The cabinet behind Chen Yingsheng suddenly made a slight noise, as if something in the cabinet was knocked over.

The next group of photos faded in on the screen. Chen Yingsheng seemed to have suddenly lost his hearing and did not react at all to the cabinet behind him.

The first photo in this group is of a man who looks a little funny, suitable for being a comedian on stage. The second photo is of a little boy who is the same age as the pseudo-human girl.

After a closer look, Chen Yingsheng discovered that the boy's face was the same picture that DDD had given when providing the characteristics of the pseudo-human. However, the picture was too blurry, with only a face, no body, and no background.

The boy's face is exactly the same as the fake girl's. It's better to say that it was just cut out from the fake girl's face, with the scars removed and slightly beautified. The smile on his face has not changed at all.

Chen Yingsheng chooses a boy and enters the reason.

【He is the same girl as in the previous group. 】

A black shadow flashed between the two photos. Chen Yingsheng was a little numb to this. However, she was still scared when the shadow enlarged, because the black shadow was the man with different-sized eyes at the beginning of the test.

It is not quite accurate to call him the man with different-sized eyes now, because his two eyes are quite normal.

He still looked very melancholy, with neither long nor short hair, and his eyes looking to the left.

To his left is the second photo, of a completely normal pseudo-human girl.

The burn scars on the pseudo-girl's face completely disappeared, and even her eyelids returned to normal.

The burned parts of the eyebrows are now two perfectly symmetrical, furry, thin eyebrows, which could be used as an advertisement for an eyebrow tattoo shop.

The only thing on her face that never changed was that absurd smile.

As if Chen Yingsheng was staring at her for too long, the melancholy man next to her moved his eyeballs, moved them to the center of his eye sockets, and looked at the person in front of the screen.

Without any warning, the soothing background music suddenly became hurried, and the two photos slowly enlarged, vying to cover each other, as if forcing Chen Yingsheng to make a choice.

No matter how you choose these two, they are definitely fake people.

Chen Yingsheng had no choice but to choose the fake girl.

Both photos stopped growing, and the robotic female voice said cheerfully: "The following are the last set of questions for this exam. Please answer them carefully."

Chen Yingsheng tensed his back to suppress his fear.

On the screen was herself in the camera and a fake girl sitting in front of the computer with the camera also turned on.