Chapter 190 A Name
"If the assumption holds true, there is another possibility."
Xie Tu drew a few different lines in his notebook to represent different dimensions: "The rabbit killed the mutant, so the woman died."
Every effect has a cause.
If suicide can enter the digital life world, then the self-awareness dies, the copy does not die, and the copy dies, the self-awareness perishes simultaneously.
"These two possibilities actually share the same viewpoint."
Xie Tu: "Only one can exist: a copy or self-awareness."
Hypothesis 1: The rabbit killed the mutant, directly or indirectly causing the death of the woman—that is, the individual in the real world corresponding to her.
Hypothesis two is based on the theory of suicide entering the digital life world.
The relationship between self-awareness and its replicas presents a subtle state of symbiosis or mutual exclusion.
If self-awareness chooses to 'die' and enter the digital realm, then although its physical body in the real world dies, its digital copy can continue to live.
Conversely, if a replica dies, the self-awareness behind it also disappears simultaneously.
This actually implies that the two share a certain life essence, but cannot simultaneously occupy the existence of two worlds.
Xie Tu calmly worked out the complex chain of logic in his notebook.
"If the assumption holds true, both possibilities actually point to a core truth—self-awareness and its replica in the digital world."
Xie Tu said calmly, "They are like two sides of the same coin, inseparable and unable to coexist in two dimensions."
The rabbit's head was spinning from listening.
She asked in a low voice, "Does that mean that if I killed the mutant, the woman in the white dress also died, but if I killed the woman, the mutant might not necessarily die?"
Yun Zhao nodded gently, "Yes, because the basis for the existence of replicas is the self-awareness of suicide."
That's absurd.
It touches upon the essence of existence and the relationship between consciousness and matter.
Seeing this, Liu Hong had many questions in her mind, but she also knew that it was not appropriate to ask too many questions at this moment.
The gray sky outside the window seemed even more somber.
Intertwined with the occasional breeze, it brought a subtle chill, mixed with the lingering smell of blood.
Song Liang sat on the ground, fiddling with the two computers in his hands.
After listening to the captain's explanation, the three people standing by the window—Rabbit, Duan Xi, and Tao Haohao—opened the window a crack to observe the scene outside.
The King Chameleon was perched on the window, its round eyes darting around.
As time passed, the noise outside subsided somewhat.
Fewer and fewer people are taking to the streets.
The rabbit saw again that in the void behind the man, a mutant covered in black slime slowly appeared, pounced on the man, and opened its mouth to tear him apart.
Blood splattered everywhere.
The man did not struggle at all.
This time, the rabbit didn't raise its gun to shoot; instead, it carefully observed the mutant behind it.
The monster, shrouded in black mist, resembled a skeleton.
Within that grotesque and distorted outline, a body structure resembling that of a man could be vaguely seen, only distorted beyond recognition by endless pain and mutation.
The assumption that Song Liang and the captain made is valid!
Duan Xi saw it too; the scene was too creepy. He didn't say anything and reached out to close the window again.
The peregrine falcon and lynx were still perched on the windowsill outside the window.
Duan Xi asked his spiritual body to inquire about how much longer it would take for Jiang Mu's team to arrive.
Lynx: [On its way here.]
Xie Tu remained calm throughout. Upon hearing this, he stopped writing and casually placed his notebook on his lap. "Everyone, eat something first to replenish your energy."
Team Zero, consisting of nine sentries including Liu Hong, obeyed orders and each found a corner in the living room to sit down.
People didn't care much; they would sit on the ground or lean against the wall to eat or rest.
There is very little food in this contaminated area.
Like the room where Team Zero stayed before, the man was so eager to enter the world of life numbers and reunite with his family that he didn't have any food stored at home.
Liu Hong and the others did find some food in the house.
The portion wasn't much; it was barely enough for the nine of them to have one meal.
Xie Tu took out a box of strawberry cookies and milk from his bag, opened the bag, and handed the milk to Yun Zhao first.
We have important business to attend to right now, so we can't start a fire.
I could only eat something quick and easy to fill my stomach.
Yun Zhao thanked him and took the notebook. Noticing the notebook on his lap, he reached out and took it, holding up a flashlight in one hand to look through it.
Xie Tu used simple lines to outline the logical chain, and even drew a simple layout map of the polluted area, marking the streets they walked through with the areas.
Simple and easy to understand.
Unlike her paintings, which are incomprehensible to anyone but herself.
"There's nothing to see, let's drink the milk first."
Xie Tu took her flashlight and held it for her. "We don't have many clues right now. Writing them down is just to help us organize our thoughts."
Yun Zhao gave a soft "hmm" and handed the notebook back to him.
It was dark all around, with only a beam of flashlight shining from the sofa.
She didn't see that the man was holding a flashlight in one hand and a strawberry cookie in the other, and his hands were full so he couldn't catch it.
The laptop fell off the sofa and onto the floor.
"Sorry, I didn't notice." Yun Zhao quickly bent down to pick it up.
She picked it up, dusted it off, and was about to help stuff it into his backpack when she inadvertently saw the doodles on the notebook through the flashlight beam.
The stiff lines are crooked, messy, and look chaotic.
Yun Zhao was slightly taken aback.
That was something she scribbled on a pirate ship when she was a child, while waiting for someone at the train station.
Yun Zhao didn't actually remember what happened back then.
She only had a vague impression in her mind.
Xie Tu saw her suddenly stop moving and her gaze wander over the notebook. He reached out to take the notebook, but found that his hand holding the notebook was not moving at all.
Yun Zhao's fingertips turned slightly white from the force, and his face looked even paler in the dim light.
Xie Tu sensed something was wrong. "What's wrong?"
Yun Zhao's eyes gradually cleared, and he released her hand. "It's nothing."
Others might not understand the doodles in her notebook, but she could.
The top features crooked house outlines, abstract trees and letters and numbers, and slightly blurry, awkward strokes created by excessive force.
There is a name mixed in among them.
Yun Zhao's tone was very calm.
She was in poor mental condition after coming out of the contaminated area, and occasionally showed different traits.
Their behavior will be different from before.
Xie Tu didn't notice anything amiss. He put the notebook back in his backpack before handing her the strawberry cookies.
Yun Zhao quietly thanked him and accepted the gift.
She lowered her head slightly and ate the cookies one by one, taking small bites.
The only sounds coming from inside the room were the sounds of people eating.
Outside the window.
Screams and maniacal laughter could be heard intermittently.
A new figure will emerge from some corner, ending their life in a resolute manner.
His body slammed heavily onto the ground with a dull thud.
As time slowly passed.
Around 5 p.m.
The noises came from both the door and the window at the same time.
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