Chapter 6
◆One: After Dawn
Three months after the second dawn.
The Gray Zone cabinet collapsed, and the new government is called the **"Beginning Organization"**.
The slogan is: "Freedom, Sharing, Transparency".
But strangely—
The news started breaking down again.
The reports that each person sees may differ slightly;
Some people insist that the Gray Tower still exists.
Some people say it's just "a shared dream memory".
Even the weather overlaps in multiple ways:
A city can have four seasons in the eyes of different people.
The ripples of the net are still in operation.
Nobody knows who's behind it.
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◆Two: Automatic Dreams
Autonomous dream technology has spread to the general public.
People can buy "Editable Dreams".
Simply wear a "synchronization ring,"
It can summon any memory and replicate any life.
Society appears peaceful, but it is gradually becoming hollow.
Authenticity began to be regarded as an antique concept.
The museum displays an old "reality recorder".
One student said in an interview:
"Anyway, if you remember it, it's true."
Why must a physical body prove it?
This statement resonated globally.
For the first time, humanity has voluntarily rendered "reality" invalid.
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◆Three: Mental Database
One night, Zhuang Jing obtained a set of coordinates at the Alliance's temporary base.
An anonymous letter reads:
"Want to know the true nature of the Ghost Web?"
Let's look at the mental database.
He set off.
The coordinates point to the remains of the underwater city of Old Atlantis.
The submarine descended to a depth of nine thousand meters.
The area had long been sealed off by pressure, but a faint energy field existed there.
In the darkness, a white cube floats silently.
The metal was engraved with an old-fashioned nameplate.
MINDARCHIVE No. 00/LUCIASERIES
Zhuang Xin was startled.
LUCIA – Ye Jingyi's original code name.
The cube opened automatically, and he was swallowed by light.
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◆Four: Archival Revelation
He entered a transparent recording space.
Countless images played all around, a history of the world's birth.
The first act is the signing of the "Dawn Accords".
The second act is about the overload of the human spirit.
Act Three – Ye Jingyi's experimental records appear.
"If consciousness can be quantified, then reality will be reversible."
We only need to design a sufficiently detailed simulation.
It makes people believe that he is still living in reality.
She looked up and smiled at the camera.
"By then, 'reality' will be nothing more than an undetected simulation."
Zhuang watched as the light and shadow shattered, his mind reeling.
At that moment he understood:
The Ghost Web did not originate after humankind.
Rather, humanity itself is within the net.
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◆Five: Leakage
Abnormal flickering began to appear inside the cube.
System crash
A large number of records were leaked via satellite.
Screens around the world simultaneously pop up:
[Real Leak]
"Earth is operating at level 7 of the Ghost Web simulation layer."
"Physical records are archived in the mental database."
The world is gripped by panic.
Some people immediately denied it.
Some people hold religious celebrations.
Some people choose to delete themselves.
The organization issued an emergency statement:
"All leaks are false."
Please maintain your regular sleep schedule.
But no one could tell the difference.
Which sentence is "true"?
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◆Six: The Echo of the Leaves
The depths of the net have been opened once more.
Zhuang delved into the core to find the answer.
There is no form there.
Only light and sound intertwine.
Ye Jingyi's lingering consciousness took shape within it.
Her silhouette was more transparent than I remembered.
Zhuang asked, "Did we design all of this?"
She smiled: "We are all designing, and we are all being designed."
"And what about the reality?"
"Truth has never left, it has just been redefined."
When simulation is pushed to its limit, it becomes reality.
She reached out and touched his forehead.
"You are the connector."
The choice is whether or not to make people remember this truth.
Zhuang understood that this was humanity's final choice.
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◆Seven: Options
If he allows the leak to continue
Humanity will be fully awakened—
The world may end because of the collapse of faith.
If he blocks the message,
Humanity will be content with simulation—
Freedom has once again become an illusion.
Ye said:
"Whichever side you choose, you have to define reality yourself."
He remained silent for a long time.
Finally, he placed his hand on the control panel.
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◆Eight: Decision-Making
A giant ring of light flashed across the sky above the Earth.
All data streams paused for 1.4 seconds.
Screen display:
Reality Reset mand: Executed.
And then—
Silence fell upon everything.
People continue to wake up, work, and talk.
Nobody remembers the "real leak" incident.
Only occasionally,
The night sky will briefly display a grid-like iridescent light.
It's like a reminder of a memory that has been erased.
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◆Nine: Epilogue - The Solitary Witness
In the valley, a wandering photographer captured a strange scene:
Zhuang Jing stood before the ruins.
He held a crystal in his hand.
That was the last fragment of the Ghost Web's mental database.
He looked at the camera and said softly:
"Truth is not found."
Rather, it was chosen.
He threw the crystal into the sky.
The light shattered into countless specks of dust.
Scattered like a new constellation of stars.
The camera freezes.
The subtitles slowly appeared:
Reality: Undefined.
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Chapter Six - The End
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