Chapter 104 "Third Person Perspective" My Suspect is Here
Episode 104 "Third Person Perspective" My Suspect is Here
My eyes have stopped on the digital clock. It is now 8:35 North City time.
A whole week has passed since I completely recovered from the Anubis tsunami. I was in a coma at first. It was like I had completely fallen into a closed darkness and could not wake up at all.
When Fu Lin opened his eyes again, he realized that he had been in a coma for several days. During this period, he could only rely on intravenous drips to maintain his life. But on the first night after waking up, he fell into countless dreams.
Those dreams were very long and deep, like walking into a black tunnel with no end.
In this tunnel, he experienced a long life, a life that seemed like his own, but also like someone else's. He participated and observed at the same time, and thus he lived two lives.
We often hear that people have no feelings when they are dreaming, but in fact, they still have the influence of various emotions or feelings in their dreams, not to mention that they still feel pain.
As a result, this dream caused him to have long-lasting hallucinations or amnesia.
He forgot where he was.
He also forgot what he was doing.
He didn't even remember who he was.
It was as if I had become a kind of ash that had nothing to do with the world, and had done what I should have done in my life.
The doctor's voice came to his ears again, "Brain-computer interface devices bring excessive sensory input and high immersion, which can easily cause confusion. Not to mention that the device will directly affect neural activity and interfere with brain neural signals. Just take a good rest and gradually establish the correct identity guidance."
"Officer Fu Lin, did you hear me?"
Fu Lin listened to this calm voice, fell into a trance, and continued to lie back in his bed.
However, the first scene when you close your eyes is the scene of a massacre.
The bloody scene was like the moment of closing your eyes in the sunlight, and the scene you see is filled with dazzling and blazing blood.
Afterwards, the pungent smell of rust and gunpowder in the air seemed to stimulate the olfactory system. Screams, gunshots, and the sounds of gunfire colliding also came closer and closer.
All of this tells those who are recalling the past what kind of unstoppable and horrific purgatory they once faced.
And the memory puzzle also began to fly into my memory like snowflakes from point to surface.
He is a policeman.
He is looking for the truth behind the "suicide" of Li Zhi, the chief designer of the popular holographic game "City of Innocence".
From the clues he investigated, he discovered that although Li Zhi's friend Xin Qiao was not involved in the incident, he still could not escape the suspicion of crime. Therefore, with the help of hypnotist Shang Hexing, they successfully used Li Zhi's game world to find out the evidence of the crime and the truth.
After learning the truth, Fu Lin needs to take Shang Hexing, who is not yet fully awake, to leave this world.
Unable to contact Shang Hexing, he simply used the equipment at Vita headquarters to re-transfer the two people's consciousness, but was caught off guard by the desperate scene of massacre.
The entire city that was swallowed by the tsunami was once again engulfed in flames.
It turned out that Xin Qiao took advantage of the A stone mechanism.
Electromagnetic interference causes the already unstable citizens of Anubis to riot even more violently. They are no longer ordinary refugees, but a group of mindless puppets being manipulated. With the addition of hot weapons, violence and chaos have increased exponentially.
Flames shot up into the sky, corpses were scattered on the ground, and blood flowed along the ground in narrow streams, rushing towards an endless place.
Fu Lin's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he stared at the chaotic front.
He just wanted to make sure Li Zhi was safe.
But after he passed through the corpses and broken glass, he stopped under a torn curtain.
Right there, there was a man with messy black hair, a pale face, and clothes stained with blood. His originally calm eyes now revealed long-suppressed anger. The other young man had white hair and a calm look, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.
Fu Lin's fingertips tightened slightly, and logic told him that the white-haired young man was the familiar Xin Qiao.
But his intuition soon told him that this was not right.
——There is something wrong with the two of them.
Fu Lin stood in front of the two of them and had a moment of doubt.
Especially the strange aura emanating from the black-haired young man made Fu Lin hesitate.
At this moment, the black-haired young man said, "Fu Lin, come here and help me suppress him."
The familiar voice, just like the gentle tone Li Zhi had used when talking to him countless times before, once again calmed Fu Lin's shaken mind.
Yes, this person's identity has been changed.
Li Zhi would not say that.
Li Zhi is such a kind person by nature. Even when faced with danger, his first reaction is often to ask others to protect himself. He will not easily let others take sides and ask others to help him deal with another person. However, the "Li Zhi" in front of him was asking him to help suppress another person.
Fu Lin's thoughts were surging, and he subconsciously looked at the white-haired young man.
At this time, the white-haired young man looked at him with great trust. His eyes were clear and innocent, without any aggression.
The identities of the two people are obvious.
Fu Lin immediately knew that Xin Qiao had changed his body on purpose.
He used a sleight of hand.
After helping to suppress "Xin Qiao", Fu Lin soon received contact from Shang Hexing, whose body had been restored.
While confirming the identities of the two people again, they also successfully destroyed the electromagnetic wave transmitter of the entire A-stone mechanism.
Thus, the final secret of the entire Anubis city was finally revealed.
They mistakenly believe that God's judgment is real.
But in the end, I discovered that all this was actually still under the control of the so-called human heart. The A stones that are scattered throughout the city have long been subtly manipulating the thoughts of other people's limbic system brains, thereby affecting their emotions, behaviors and even thoughts.
This is the main culprit for the high crime rate in the entire city.
These A stones are not created by gods, but are man-made tools.
The mystery set by the game's chief designer in this game was finally revealed.
After understanding this, citizens will truly understand that this is the key to breaking the so-called "fate" and escaping from the eternal cycle of endless hell.
In this world, only the dead are eternal.
The real way to save the citizens is not to help them leave the city, but to find out what is affecting their emotions, behaviors and thoughts. Only in this way can they be freed from the endless threat of terror.
This is like when we thought this was Einstein's story of "God does not play dice", and that fate and human nature were already preset and prepared in advance, and we could only go with the flow. But in fact, it was as Hawking said, "God not only plays dice, but he also always throws the dice where we can't see them to confuse us."
After everything calmed down, Fu Lin and Shang Hexing clearly felt that the world began to become like a wall that had been peeling off due to a long period of time. Fragments fell like rain, and cracks spread.
The two men realized that the time had come.
A familiar figure slowly walked out from a group of people who were still confused.
It’s Li Zhi.
He walked slowly towards them through the chaotic ruins, and while extending his hand to Fu Lin, he whispered, "You are really going back this time."
Fu Lin looked at him, his throat tightening.
But he knew that this time they were really separated.
No wishes, no luck.
He once seriously thought about how to take Li Zhi away.
But Fu Lin, who had regained his consciousness and memory, was suddenly stunned.
He couldn't help but think - perhaps the reason he cared so much about Li Zhi was because he knew subconsciously that he was the dead person he was looking for.
Because he is a policeman, he is so persistent in trying to save someone who needs to be saved.
In the chaos of memory and reality, Fu Lin saw his outstretched palm, empty, trying in vain to grab something.
But in the end, he was still deeply trapped in his own powerlessness.
Even though he still felt numb all over, Fu Lin was still eager to confirm the situation on the other side: "Where's Shang Hexing? Which ward is he in?"
"Are you talking about Mr. Shang, the hypnotist?" The nurse was a little stunned. "He, he's gone."
"Am I the only one sent to the hospital?" Fu Lin couldn't help but feel a headache and tried hard to recall the last scene of leaving Anubis. He was not sure whether Shang Hexing had successfully escaped from the subconscious space.
"Yes," the nurse confirmed.
Fu Lin suddenly became depressed, "How could it be..."
Reading that Fu Lin seemed to have a misunderstanding, the nurse quickly added: "You were sent to the hospital by Doctor Shang. After sending you there, he had to get busy with work, so he left."
“…”
Fu Lin was stunned, his Adam's apple rolling up and down. He felt that he could already recall the scene of Shang Hexing coldly throwing him into the hospital and leaving.
The nurse smiled and said, "Officer Fu, are you a friend of Doctor Shang?"
"What's the meaning?"
"Just curious. Because Dr. Shang rarely greets the residents in person and asks them to keep an eye on you."
Fu Lin smiled, somewhat relieved and a little surprised, but still said: "Maybe we became friends while doing the mission."
Fu Lin asked again: "What about Xin Qiao?"
"Mr. Shang said he was acquitted."
Fu Lin frowned subconsciously, "...what do you mean?"
*
Shang Hexing had long known that Fu Lin would appear in the office again.
When there was a knock on the door, he asked the guest sitting on the chair not to move and to continue sitting on the sofa with his back facing the door.
So, the black-haired guest subconsciously watched Shang Hexing move to the door.
Shang Hexing could only repeatedly ask him to turn his head back. Only after he stopped looking back did Shang Hexing open the door with relief.
This is Fu Lin in casual clothes.
Fu Lin looked at Shang Hexing, who was wearing a mask in front of him. He felt familiar and strange for a moment, but he always returned to his initial impression - Shang Hexing was the cold and distant person in his memory.
Seeing that he knew his purpose but had no intention of letting him into the room, Fu Lin simply stood at the door and asked, "Why do you say it's an acquittal?"
"I wrote a report." Shang Hexing would usually only say this, but now he thought about it and said, "You should have seen the report. There is no motive or method for Xin Qiao's murder in the subconscious space."
Assisting hypnotists often work as recorders because they have stronger cognitive discrimination and memory abilities than the police. Therefore, when entering different subconscious spaces, they can help the police remember more details.
Of course, most of the time the police are still required to make statements, with the hypnotist as an assistant. This time, since Fu Lin had been lying down for too long, he might have symptoms of memory impairment, so the police authorities proposed that Shang Hexing issue a report.
In addition, the records of this part are often artificial and cannot be recorded, so in fact most people still use subconscious detection as a method of solving cases. It is the same as a lie detector, and neither of them can become complete evidence that can be presented in court.
However, because even the subconscious space could not find out Xin Qiao's motive and method of murder, the police station also expressed gratitude to Xin Qiao for his cooperation.
Seeing that there seemed to be a cloud of fog in Fu Lin's eyes, Shang Hexing calmed down, raised his eyes and said, "Aren't you awake yet?"
This sentence made Fu Lin waver, not sure what problem he was referring to.
Because his amnesia lasted longer than expected, the police report on him was only for reference. Generally speaking, this will not proactively inform the specific content of the report. However, Fu Lin still knew that there was a difference.
Now seeing Shang Hexing so confident, Fu Lin also realized that this report should no longer count.
"Do you still remember the information about the case?" Although Shang Hexing's voice was cold, it was very calming.
Fu Lin also calmed down and started to think again, but he couldn't help but pay attention to the person sitting in the seat.
There is no quick and easy way to solve a case, so why didn't Shang Hexing let me into the room to discuss it from beginning to end?
Is it because if there is no time, there is no need for him to guide himself to recall this matter here?
This seems like a closeness and patience that actually brings the relationship closer, but also like a urgency to resolve things quickly.
Fu Lin was more inclined to the former. After all, he had accumulated a lot of emotions in his subconscious mind, and Shang Hexing did send him to the hospital.
He replied, "In my subconscious mind, I saw that it was Xin Qiao who killed Li Zhi from behind."
Shang Hexing asked back: "Why was the case initially classified? Do you remember?"
Fu Lin was shocked, "...commit suicide."
If he was killed from behind, the police would not have ruled it a suicide in the first place.
In other words, what he saw in the white space was not completely accurate, or he could no longer remember it.
Shang Hexing said: "It is normal to have memory confusion. It is not so easy to stabilize. This matter ends here."
If Fu Lin had thought that this was Shang Hexing's gentle persuasion before, now he could hear that he was trying to drive him away.
Fu Lin felt more and more that the existence of the black-haired young man was like a cluster of dark fire, silently falling on his heart, burning it, and burning a hole that would take a long time to heal.
Before Shang Hexing slowly closed the door of his office, Fu Lin subconsciously called out in the direction of the black-haired young man, "Xin Qiao?"
The person who turned around from the sofa revealed a familiar face - it was the "Li Zhi" deep in his memory.
His long eyelashes trembled and drooped slightly, like wind blowing across goose feathers, causing ripples for a moment, but then quietly and silently returned to silence.
At that moment, Fu Lin heard the echo in his heart surging in his chest, and his fingertips tightened slightly.
The boundaries between memory, reality and subconsciousness were torn apart again, and the truth poured in like a tide.
However, what made him breathless even more than the truth was the trance at that moment - what exactly did he want to get back?
Before Shang Hexing completely closed the door, Fu Lin reached out to hold the door open in time, looked at the person in the room with a serious look, and whispered: "The suspect I've been looking for... turns out to be here."
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