Xiao Yuanqiang suppressed his excitement and slowly walked into the light door, inside the light door was a dimly lit and quaintly furnished room, there was a man in the room, this man was facing away from the door, wearing a light gray jacket, a pair of dark gray pants underneath, and his hair was black straight short hair.

This person's figure is exactly the same as Xiao Changtian's, and even the clothes on his body are the colors and styles he often wears, and his mood can't help but become more and more excited, and his voice trembles and asks, "Dad, is it you?" ”

The man slowly turned around and said, "Son, you're here at last." ”

"Dad, is it really you?" After seeing the man's face clearly, Xiao Yuan hurriedly stepped forward, his eyes were a little hot, and he said even more excitedly.

"It's me." Xiao Changtian nodded slightly, a gentle smile appeared on his face, and he said with a slight bow.

"Dad, why did you get here, this is my brain system?" After the excitement, Xiao Yuan quickly calmed down, thought of the environment he was in now, and his heart was full of doubts, so he asked.

"To be more precise, this is a virtual projection of Dad in your brain system, sit down first, Dad knows you have a lot of questions to ask." Xiao Changtian said, pointing to a sofa in the room and motioning for Xiao Yuan to sit down.

Xiao Yuan walked over and sat on the sofa, but his eyes never left his father's figure, since he left at the beginning of that year, Xiao Yuan imagined many scenes of meeting his father, but he never expected to meet him in such an environment, and the process of meeting was still so bizarre.

Xiao Changtian sat on the sofa opposite Xiao Yuan, waved his hand, a blue and white porcelain pot appeared on the table, picked up the porcelain pot, poured a cup of tea, pushed it in front of Xiao Yuan, and said, "Let's take a sip of tea first, and ask questions later." ”

Xiao Yuan was completely disrupted by his father's sudden appearance, he had a lot of questions to ask, but he didn't know where to start, so he felt that he really needed to sort out his thoughts, so he obeyed his father's instructions, picked up the teacup, took a sip, but frowned.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Changtian asked.

"Hehe......" Xiao Yuan smiled, but did not answer Xiao Changtian's question, but asked, "Are you really my father?" ”

"Of course I'm your father, do you think I'm a programmer?" Xiao Changtian laughed and asked rhetorically.

"Yes, I think so." Xiao Yuan nodded and said.

"Alas-" Xiao Changtian suddenly sighed, leaned over and patted Xiao Yuan's shoulder, and said, "In order to complete the ultimate transformation of your brain system, your brain system has carried out a series of deductions, for you, each deduction is a different life experience, especially the most recent deduction, you spent forty-two years in it, and after you came out, you experienced Tang Sa's kidnapping, protecting Nanzhou and so many other things, no wonder you have such thoughts, but this time it won't be fake, I am really your father, More precisely, the projection of Dad in your brain system. ”

"Hmm." Xiao Yuan responded, lowered his head and took another sip of tea, and said, "After experiencing so many things in the virtual world for so long, I can gradually figure out some things, if it weren't for my concern and responsibility in the real world, the difference between the real world and the virtual world is not big." ”

"Dad, I have a lot of questions for you." Xiao Yuan temporarily accepted the fact that the virtual person in front of him was his father, and asked.

"Just ask whatever you ask, Dad knows everything." Xiao Changtian said.

"Dad, did you come to this base when you left me, and what is your relationship with the base?" Xiao Yuan asked.

"You're right or wrong, it's more accurate that Dad never left the base." Xiao Changtian said.

"What do you mean?" Xiao Yuan's hand holding the teacup shook and hurriedly asked.

"That's what you mean." Xiao Changtian said with a smile.

"What about Sister Sa and Yingying?" Xiao Yuan looked directly at Xiao Changtian and asked, his voice a little hoarse.

"That's what you're thinking about right now." Xiao Changtian replied.

"No, it can't be!" Xiao Yuan suddenly roared, and stood up from the sofa suddenly, the teacup in his hand was shaking violently, and the water was spilled everywhere.

"Why is it impossible, you spent the rest of your life in another virtual world, if you didn't know in advance, would you be able to tell if it was virtual?" Xiao Changtian asked rhetorically, and after the rhetorical question, he didn't wait for Xiao Yuan to answer, and continued, "Xiao Yuan, you just said that if it weren't for the concerns in reality, there would not be much difference between virtual and reality, in this case, even if Tang Sa and Xia Jiuying are virtual, why should you care so much?" ”

Xiao Yuan didn't speak, his face was gloomy and terrible, he slowly sat back on the sofa, lowered his head and was silent for a long time, Xiao Changtian didn't say anything more, but kept looking at him with a smile.

After a long time, the water in his hand had become cold, Xiao Yuan put the water cup on the table, raised his head, looked directly at Xiao Changtian, and asked, "Who am I?" ”

"I know what you're trying to say, but you don't have to doubt it, because you are who you are, and in all the life deductions you have experienced, you are real." Xiao Changtian said.

"I don't really understand what that means." Xiao Yuan asked.

"In all the life you go through, you are not some intelligent program, but a real consciousness that comes from yourself, other people, your enemies, or your friends, mostly virtual." Xiao Changtian said.

"You said that most of them, that is, apart from me, are there virtual or not, who are they, you, my mother, grandfather, Lin Ran, Tang Sa and Yingying, are they real?" Xiao Yuan asked.

"I'm real, your mother and grandfather died early, they are virtual, Lin Ran, Tang Sa and Yingying, they can be said to be virtual, or they can be said to be not." Xiao Changtian said.

"Why do they say they are and they are not?" When Xiao Yuan heard this, a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart, and he hurriedly asked.

"It's no accident that they appear in your world, because in reality they all love you deeply, so in the virtual world, you will be attracted to each other and come together naturally." Xiao Changtian said.

"Doesn't that mean they're real too?" Xiao Yuan continued to ask.

"They're different from you, you're still alive, they're all dead, and what you see is actually the consciousness that the intelligent mother sampled their brains before they were alive, and because they weren't virtualized by algorithms, they were real, and biologically speaking, they're dead, and from that point of view, they're not completely real." Xiao Changtian said.

"You said they were all dead, how did they die?" Xiao Yuan felt unacceptable to Xiao Changtian's statement, his eyes turned red, and he asked word by word.

"Everyone is going to die, you and I are no exception, but ordinary people are a hundred when they die, and you and I, as well as them, can preserve their consciousness in this way, and even experience different lives, wouldn't it be better, why should you bother with how they died?" Xiao Changtian said.

"Nope." Xiao Yuan shook his head and said, "Virtual is virtual after all, I want a real life, I still can't accept that my lover is dead, Dad, this must not be true." ”

"That's the case, I don't have to lie to you, kid, you have to accept the reality, they are really dead." Xiao Changtian persuaded.

Xiao Yuan fell silent again, lowered his head and pondered, and after a while, he raised his head again and asked, "What is my identity in reality?" ”

"I won't talk about this, when you return to reality, all your sealed memories will come back, and at that time, you will naturally know what your identity is." Xiao Changtian replied.

"When will I be able to come back to reality?" Xiao Yuan asked.

"Once you're done with the ultimate remodeling of your brain system, you can go back." Xiao Changtian replied.

"What is the ultimate project of my brain system, and how long will it take to complete it?" Xiao Yuan asked.

"The ultimate transformation is to systematize your cerebral cortex 100%, this is a very large and complex project, all your experiences in the virtual world are related to this project, according to the normal progress, it will take a while to complete, however, Dad's body has recently had some problems, and I am worried that I will not be able to last until you can complete it normally, so I interrupted your normal transformation process and brought you here to help you. Help you speed up the renovation process. Xiao Changtian replied.

"You're going to help me speed things up?" Xiao Yuan asked.

"Yes."

"Will there be danger, as you just said, this is a very large and complex project."

"There will be no danger, you are my son, and I love you more than my own life."

"What do you need me to do?"

"You don't have to do anything, Dad does everything."

Speaking of this, Xiao Changtian changed his gentle expression just now, became very serious, and said: "But there is a request for you, when Dad helps you, there will be some pain, and there will be a period of time when you will be a little chaotic and encounter a lot of illusions, you can't resist in this process, otherwise not only will the transformation process fail, but it will also be very dangerous for Dad, you must remember that no matter what you see, it is all an illusion, it is all fake, you must not resist." ”

"Can't you resist anyway?" Xiao Yuan frowned and asked.

"Yes, this is a very important point, if you want Dad to live and see you in reality, you must fully cooperate with Daddy, be patient, and not resist." Xiao Changtian emphasized again.

"Well, I remember, don't resist no matter what, Dad, you can start." Xiao Yuan said.

"Good boy, Dad believes you can do it, okay, close your eyes, and here we go." Xiao Changtian said, stood up as he spoke, came to Xiao Yuan and sat down, gave him an encouraging look, and then leaned his forehead against Xiao Yuan's forehead.