At the exit of Geocentric Park, a Federation man was in a daze in the crowd.

The bustling crowd in front of him, the flying cars floating back and forth in the sky, and the huge whirlpool that was deeply sunken down to the center of the earth at the sea level in the distance, all made him feel a sense of strangeness at a loss.

A growing sense of strangeness.

This feeling is a constant reminder to the subject of the mind - as if he does not belong here.

He reached out and stared blankly at the back of his hand and the hair on his arm, which in his memory would have been faint and transparent, if there was hair on his arm.

And now, he touched it with his hand, and the unfamiliar touch reminded him once again that it seemed that these did not belong to him.

He tentatively scratched it lightly with his other hand, and then suddenly grabbed the hair fiercely, and pulled it hard, the slight pain was also unfamiliar, much lighter than the pain in his impression, as if he had only been bitten by a mosquito...... Mosquito?

Mosquitoes are tiny flying insects with six legs, wings and blood-sucking mouthparts that can easily puncture the skin, causing itching and swelling...... He still remembers that in that dilapidated house in Dayang Village, every summer, a large number of mosquitoes would grow in the stinky ditches at the door......

Dayang Village, stinky ditch, mosquito ......

Geocentric Park, Maelstrom, Flying Traffic Boats......

No, I don't belong here! The master of the mind suddenly realized this! I'm from Earth, I'm 18 years old, I'm a yellow-skinned Asian Chinese, my skin is bare, my world is ...... It was a world of cars, roads, villages, and cities......

And here, why am I here? Search and Rescue Team, Mission ......

Wrong!

Wrong wrong!

A sudden thought suddenly occupied the entire thinking space of the thinking master, making him instantly feel that the blood in his whole body was solidified.

Who am I?

I am...... Wu......

Wu what? Wu...... What the???

It was his name, but he paused for a moment.

Wu...... Small...... Clear?

It seems to be? But it seems, it's not......

If he is really Wu Xiaoqing, then he should still be in touch with the search and rescue team, he should have returned to the search and rescue ship, he should be discussing the progress of the follow-up mission, and he should be ...... There are many, many things that should be done.

Instead of just standing here and staring at the scenery that has already been seen once, as is the case now.

Only one thing is certain now - I don't belong here.

Without an interpreter from the search and rescue team, he could barely understand a word of what the people around him said, even though he had the same physical characteristics as the people around him...... But not to mention other people, even looking at his body, he will have a subconscious sense of rejection and strangeness.

So, why are you still here?

He clearly remembered that he had done all the work, and it seemed that at the very moment he had been in contact with the search and rescue team, and he was about to return himself to reality - back to the search and rescue ship.

But I didn't go out!

Did the search and rescue team make a mistake?

No...... No...... According to the plan, if his communication with the search and rescue team is cut off, it means that the Federation has completely turned against them.

But if that's the case, why are you still here? You should get back on board!

No! - Nope!

He suddenly realized an even more terrible fact, for Wu Xiaoqing, this fact was just a small trouble in the process of mission execution, but for himself!

For yourself!

Who are you?

Is he Wu Xiaoqing?

Absolutely!

No, it's not!

Maybe...... Should...... Right?

But...... More possibilities, maybe you are just ...... But that's it......

He felt that his mind was like a huge vortex in front of him, and the gravity of the entire planet was constantly rotating and tearing around him...... The brain keeps coming up with all sorts of hypotheses, which are constantly rejected by itself, and finally, a clearer and clearer conclusion emerges unconsciously.

This conclusion made him feel chills all over his body!

A hand slapped him on the shoulder at this moment, when his mind was almost frozen. He turned his head and saw a familiar face, and suddenly, it was as if the whole world had found a fulcrum all at once.

"Landrace!" He called out the other person's name, "Tell me, what the hell is going on?" ”

"Whisper!" Changbai subconsciously glanced at the people around him, and after making sure that everyone hadn't noticed them, he hurriedly pulled him and said, "Mr. Wu, come with me quickly." ”

Changbai's car stopped near here, and after the two of them got into the car, the car quickly accelerated through a section of track on the ground and quickly reached the flight state. Then in his surprised eyes, the whole car was like in a science fiction movie, the body of the car made a rapid transformation in the air, and a car that was originally driving on the ground became a flying machine flying in the sky. This realization completely confirmed his suspicion that he did not belong to this world.

"Mr. Wu," Changbai first operated on the vehicle console for a while, about setting up the driving route and the like, and then Changbai turned his head and said to him solemnly, "Your current situation is very dangerous. ”

He nodded, and in the short time he had thought of it in the short time before, especially "danger". But he only felt it subconsciously, and he was still vague about what the danger was.

"You...... Remember who you are? Changbai turned on his communicator and released the video clip of the previous exchange with Wu Xiaoqing to the other party, "This is our previous conversation...... Do you still have an impression? ”

He nodded, pointed to the talking figure on the screen and said, "I remember those words...... Seem...... It's me who said it myself, I'm from ......"

He subconsciously wanted to talk about the earth, but a sudden thought in his mind reminded him that he was here on a mission, and the identity he used was a member of the search and rescue team civilization.

"I'm from the search and rescue team." He said with great certainty.

"You're pretty sure of your identity, that's good," Changbai brought up the picture of Shen Changwen and Xu Yan at the party at this time, "Do you remember them?" ”

"Remember, they're my companions." He noticed that in the video screen, Shen Changwen and Xu Yan began to lie on the ground to dodge, and asked anxiously, "What's wrong with them?" ”

"Don't worry, they're safe for the time being, and they're waiting for you to come over and meet," Changbai seemed relieved, and continued, "Your situation is much better than I thought, now, last question, do you understand your current situation?" ”

When he said these words, Changbai's tone was serious and solemn, and when he said this, this seriousness and solemnity added another layer: "Or, do you have this desire to understand your own situation?" ”

Even if he ignored Changbai's attitude, such words were enough to make him subconsciously vigilant in his heart, and the emotions that had just settled down instantly began to tense again.

They were already flying quite high at this time, and the whole world seemed to become clear when they looked out the window.

He saw that there were many flying objects like their flying cars on the ground, and he saw that on the ground, there were constantly traffic from the city converging into the sky, and at the same time, there were also cars returning to the city under his feet—many cities on the ground had huge holes, like the big whirlpool he had just seen in the center of the earth.

A large amount of traffic fell from the sky, and was drawn into the whirlpool of those land, directly into the depths of the earth's core...... As he looked at these scenes, he could also feel his own consciousness, constantly searching for his own memories, going deeper into the deeper place......

The traffic in reality continued, but his consciousness stayed in his memory, as if a person had suddenly lost his way......

He remembered Dayang Village, the search and rescue team, the mission, Shen Changwen and Wang Youquan...... He remembered that a lot of things must have happened between them, and just by seeing the photos of the two of them, he could subconsciously feel a sense of familiarity and security in his heart. But as he delved into the source of this feeling, he found a problem......

How did they meet? What tasks have you performed before? When did he and Shen Changwen first meet? What about the first task? When did you first meet Xu Yan? …… Even, when did he first meet the search and rescue team?

He doesn't know, no...... He felt like he knew, and he should have known! He even took it for granted that he knew all this, but when it came time to recreate it in his memory, he realized that he couldn't.

At this time, he suddenly understood the two questions asked by Changbai.

Do you understand where you are right now?

Do you have the will to understand your own situation?

What situation?

Obviously not referring to their safety...... When it comes to security, he has no say at all. In the Federation they are just strangers, they do not belong to this world, they do not understand this civilization, what is not specially prepared for the corresponding - maybe they did, but that preparation is clearly not done for themselves.

He turned his head and saw Changbai's eyes staring at him, this look was like a light, directly illuminating the huge and vague fact he had just constructed in his mind, and the moment he saw this fact, he found that he felt fear from the bottom of his heart.

He opened his mouth and tried to tell the truth, even if he hadn't thought about how to face him at all: "I ...... I ......" his lips trembled, and he pointed his finger at himself with difficulty: "I...... It's not the real Wu Xiaoqing, right? ”

Changbai looked at him, his eyes unconsciously showed worry and deep sympathy, and then Changbai nodded lightly, as if to encourage him to continue.

"I ...... It's just a copy of the program...... It's just ...... Simulating Wu Xiaoqing's existence," after the hardest part was over, he said the rest with a wry smile, "The real Wu Xiaoqing has returned to the rescue boat in the morning, and I'...... It's just that he stays here as him...... An alternative. ”

Changbai looked at him and was silent for a while before he said: "What you said is quite close to the truth, and I add that in our existing moral system, we do not think that personified data is a substitute for the corresponding personality, or some kind of backup, we recognize the independence of data itself." ”

"Really?" He smiled more obviously, and his muscles pulled out an ugly shape on his face, "But I'm not you, I just want to be the only Wu Xiaoqing in my cognition." ”

Then he raised his head sadly and looked up at the blue sky and white clouds above his head: "But now...... It's no longer possible...... Also, why do my memories appear so incomplete? ”

"Because all your current data is the real Wu Xiaoqing's time in the game, the system's scan of brain information, generally speaking, the longer a person stays in the game, the more comprehensive the information will be...... The higher the degree of simulation. ”

"In other words, my essence is imitating Wu Xiaoqing's thinking."

"Yes," Changbai glanced at him and reminded him carefully, "Wu Xiaoqing has only been in the Second Earth for a little more than a day, and most of the time it is his activities alone...... Of the three of you, you have the least amount of data. This will make you ...... It is more likely to fall into emotional depression. ”

"I've already realized," he looked at the picture on the communicator more worried about another question than he was depressed, "so what are we going to do next?" ”

"Lower your head," as soon as Changbai finished speaking, the flying car began to show slight weightlessness at this time, as the range of sight in front of him decreased, the entire flying car began to fall, the heads of the two people were slightly lowered, he could feel the light flickering in front of them, before raising his head, Changbai turned his face sideways and said, "Two choices, surrender, or resist." ”