Chapter 189 Two Selves Exist
This is a furry, round spirit.
Its body is covered with thick black and white fur, its limbs are short and sturdy, its paws are chubby, its big black eye circles look like it is wearing sunglasses, and its black ears are fluffy and stand up cutely.
The guide's scent made it feel very comfortable.
Its eyes were closed, and it seemed to be thoroughly enjoying Yun Zhao's touch, looking particularly adorable.
Yun Zhao blinked. "Giant panda?"
"Hmm." Xie Tu sat down next to her, his expression indifferent, without any other reaction.
The small sofa, crammed with two people and a round, chubby spirit, looked exceptionally crowded.
The little bluebird was very curious and jumped onto the giant panda's body. However, it found that the panda's fur was too stiff and not as comfortable to the touch as that of the lion. So it flapped its wings and returned to the panda's head.
Look at me! Look at me!
Fire Phoenix was very dissatisfied and acted even colder than its original form, looking at the giant panda spirit with hostility.
The rest of Team Zero looked at Liu Hong with surprise.
This guy is clearly an A-level spiritual entity.
Of the nine sentries present, only Liu Hong was an A-level sentry.
The remote town outside is truly a place where hidden talents reside.
First, there was the S-class guide from Qingshan Town, and now they've encountered an A-class sentinel with a rare spiritual body.
Liu Hong scratched her head a little embarrassedly, her face full of pride, and finally she grinned foolishly.
"hey-hey……"
Giant pandas have become so beloved that they are loved by almost everyone, including spirits.
Anyone who has seen her spiritual form is invariably curious.
The sentries at the outpost joked more than once that she could go to the big base and live a good life.
Everyone was worried that after seeing the large base, she might never return.
Everyone was preoccupied with their own thoughts along the way.
Liu Hong may seem carefree, but she has actually already sensed what everyone is thinking.
Her ancestors had lived in Dongcha Town for generations, nestled between the Qinling Mountains to the south and the Wei River to the north. No matter how good the large base was, it was not her hometown.
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Yun Zhao touched the giant panda spirit's furry ears again before finally withdrawing his hand.
The important matter at hand is what matters right now.
"What's this about the corpse collectors?" Yun Zhao asked again.
The message was brought by a lynx.
The fact that Jiang Mu took it seriously and sent a special message shows that the 'corpse collector' is no ordinary person.
Liu Hong snapped out of her reverie and said, "The two sisters mentioned earlier that today's lottery participants are residents from districts 12 to 15. At six o'clock, the body collectors will come to deal with the corpses on the street."
The nine sentries took refuge in this house after entering the contaminated area.
No other findings were made.
Upon hearing this, Xie Tu took out the phone.
When Team Zero left the room, they took the laptop and the cell phone with them.
The above shows that the time is 2 PM.
There are still four hours before the body collectors arrive.
"That's not right."
Duan Xi spoke up, "Since they won't appear until six o'clock, how did Captain Jiang and the others know about the body collector?"
Xie Tu calmly said, "Just because we're coming to collect the body at six o'clock doesn't mean we'll actually show up at six o'clock."
It's possible that the body collector was in another area before 6 PM.
Shortly after Jiang Mu and his group entered, they discovered those people.
We'll have to wait for Jiang Mu to arrive to find out the specifics.
“This house is on the street and it’s not safe. We’ll move them as soon as they arrive.”
Xie Tu shared the same thought as Yun Zhao.
The fact that Jiang Mu specifically sent a message to warn them to be careful indicates that these creatures are very powerful, and it's best not to confront them head-on before obtaining the key.
"yes."
Song Liang found a corner in the living room, sat down on the floor, opened his laptop, and searched for information about the digital life world.
There is internet in this contaminated area, but it seems that the network can only be accessed through the digital life system to view the lives of family members who have entered the digital life world.
If there were a microphone, one could even speak with the woman and the two elderly people inside.
It's like talking to a living person via video, only everyone is in a different time and space dimension.
Wait, different dimensions of spacetime?
Song Liang recalled the unseen mutants and seemed to have made a new discovery. "Captain, I have an idea."
Xie Tu turned his head and gestured for him to speak.
"The digital life world is a created virtual dimension, so are the mutants the remnants of failed attempts to cross this threshold?"
Song Liang's thoughts became clearer. "The woman in the white dress on the street just now wasn't bitten by the mutant, but blood suddenly spurted from her neck. Are they products of the imbalance between the digital life world and the contaminated zone?"
The contaminated area has already interacted with the digital life world.
One might boldly speculate that the mutant that bit the woman in the white dress to death could be herself.
The emergence of the contaminated zone proves that the plan to usher in the data world has failed.
The woman in the white dress has become a mutated species.
Only one can exist: a copy or self-awareness.
So even though she wasn't bitten by the mutant, she still died.
The mutant bit itself to death after it committed suicide.
Could that mean that... the creatures in the contaminated area might unknowingly become mirror images of their own digital lives?
Under certain conditions, that 'mirror image' may return in the form of a mutant and take lives.
Those who understood Song Liang's reasoning felt their hair stand on end.
A huge wave of emotion surged within me.
If this hypothesis holds true, then every creature in the contaminated zone that has entered the digital life world exists as two versions of itself.
What about these outsiders?
Is the space they are in now the gatekeeper's mental realm, or a digital life world that exists in a bizarre way?
Could consciousness be pulled into the abyss of digital life at any moment, becoming another version of itself?
Or worse—become part of the gatekeeper's spiritual realm, forever lost.
The atmosphere in the room froze.
For a moment, the living room was so quiet that only their rapid breathing and the pounding of their hearts could be heard.
There was still movement outside the window; every now and then, people would run out, laughing as they embraced the so-called immortality.
The laughter of those who yearn for so-called "immortality" grows ever more grating.
It sounds so eerie now that it sends chills down your spine.
Xie Tu frowned, pondering the possibility of this inference.
He pulled out paper and pen from his backpack and quickly sketched out the clues and possibilities they currently had.
The lines are simple yet powerful, as if constructing a complex mental maze.
Yun Zhao held up the flashlight and steered the beam toward him.
She said softly, "If that's the case, we might have a hard time getting the key."
People who commit suicide are obsessed with entering the digital world.
Obsession is death.
But because of the existence of replicas, outsiders cannot interfere with their deaths.
This means that no key will appear after death.
This contaminated area seems to have exceeded the four-star danger level.
Yun Zhao even wondered if this place... might be the five-star contaminated zone where no one has survived to this day?
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