"The body didn't notice anything abnormal, it was just unconscious."

"Is that an unexplained coma?"

Listening to the doctor's words, Shirai Kuroko concluded. And went around the doctor's back with Mai Trina.

"But the strange thing is that patients with this symptom have been admitted to the hospital this week."

"Ah...... It's ......"

In this position, Mai Sakato and Shirai were able to see the information in the doctor's hands.

"Unfortunately, due to the limited equipment and staff at our hospital, we had to hire outside brain physiologists to help."

As he spoke, someone approached.

At first glance, the woman looked as if she hadn't woken up, so people couldn't help but worry that she was okay like this?

"Keeping you waiting. I was hired by the director of the Mizuho Institution Hospital, Harusheng Kiyama. ”

"Ah, you're ......"

Mai Trito pointed at her rudely.

"Misaka-san, this is rude. Let's not disturb the doctors just yet. ”

From behind this seemingly unreliable expert, classmates who both Mikoto and Shirai knew each other walked around.

"Kaihara-san? How did you end up here? ”

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"Well, I see. Was the person who intervened at that time the elder brother of Kaihara-san? ”

"Well, so this matter has something to do with us somewhat. Although it shouldn't be the reason......"

"Of course, I don't believe that guy would be so vulnerable."

Kuroko Shirai is clearly dismissive of the parties.

"But, Kaihara-san, have you noticed the hospital's hospitalization list?"

“？”

Dome tilted her head, puzzled why Mai Trin had suddenly brought up such an unrelated topic.

"We've seen several of the people who have recently been admitted to the hospital for the same reason." Mikoto Misaka said, "We've already encountered the Eyebrow Girl in the Tokiwadai Hunter incident before, and the bank robbers before that. Now they are all hospitalized for the same reason. ”

"The common thing is that none of their abilities match the library records."

Kuroko Shirai added.

"In other words, the anomalous ability increase will cause an unexplained coma, right? Could it be that as I said before, the side effects of fantasy Mite? ”

"Well, if that's the case, then it's time to protect these users as soon as possible. However, at the moment, we don't even have any reliable information about the fantasy master. ”

So at this point, we have walked into a dead end again. There was not enough information in the first place, and it was extremely difficult to make even simple judgments.

"So, are we ignoring something? Like adding up the power of all people, and so on. ”

"I don't think so."

Dome shook her head slightly, negating Mikoto's judgment.

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"I don't think so."

At the other end of the hospital, the same conclusion was made.

"Can you give me a reason?"

There is no picture in the communication equipment, which is very special in the case of video communication, which is already very common. On the screen, which was supposed to be a video window, only a bright yellow color kept flashing.

"Leaving aside what can be ignored, are we missing out on any information that we can get but don't?"

"Nope. I must admit, there really isn't. ”

"That's just the way it is."

On the other end of the conversation, he looked very confident.

"Rude, I have something to confirm."

Mitsuki Umihara made a gesture to Yanbi. He approached the communications device and asked the person on the other end.

"I'd like to know first, which part are you responsible for?"

The man on the other end of the communications equipment paused visibly.

"You can think of me as an executive member, teenager."

Although it is in a very old-fashioned tone, it sounds like the exact opposite.

"Then Miss Executive, I would like to ask, do you know what the nature of superpowers is?"

This question seems to have a very obvious element of underestimation. But even so, the person on the other end of the line replied:

"Of course. Personal reality based on Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. Or rather, from Wigner and von Neumann's views on consciousness. ”

"Well, you must have a study report here. In the case of joint observations, the definition of an observer. ”

"I see. Very interesting, boy. Yes, the principle of complementarity and the explanation of probability in Wigner's theory have a certain problem of defining the consciousness of the observer. How does a single observer establish a relationship with a group of observations of a common consciousness? Indeed, the theory is that when an observer's consciousness intervenes in the process of collapse of the wave function, reality is determined, which is why it is called 'personal reality'. But here, the group consciousness, which is close to the unconscious, is overlooked. This concept is indeed a headache. ”

"You've got research on that, right? Any useful conclusions? ”

"Wait a minute, boy." The person on the other end of the communication said, "I'm asking you the same question. Just as Schrödinger asked, 'What is life?' Can you answer me, what do you think consciousness is? ”

“……”

"In the most mainstream view, consciousness is nothing more than a natural product of the arrangement of matter. But have you ever thought about it, our brains don't have a priority in the material makeup of nature? According to Wigner and von Neumann's theories, why can't our brains, the substance that produces consciousness, be seen as 'the way others perceive it'? That is, 'Because all of us are observing each other, we are able to observe each other.'" Do you think this conclusion is okay? ”

This time, it was Mitsuki Haihara who was asked. After a long pause, he asked.

"Are you serious?"

The words are full of incredible ingredients.

"Unfortunately, I'm serious. You asked me about the conclusion of the joint observation of multiple observers, so I cannot answer this question to you. For the 'individual reality' of all of us, as long as you will, the 'individual reality' of all of us, nay, the consciousness of all of us, can be defined as a product of the collective consciousness. If we fall into such thinking, then we will not have anything that can be called 'knowing'. ”

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"That's it. It stands to reason that no conclusions can be drawn from this way of thinking. So so far, we've tended to ignore it. ”

Dome explained to Mai Trin.

"Ah, that's a nuisance! On a hot day, it's really annoying to have to think about such a question. ”

Although she didn't understand most of it, she still grasped the core content of the point, that is, that this way of thinking is meaningless. She clutched the back of her head irritably, a sullen expression on her face.

"Speaking of which, from the very beginning, I wanted to say why it is so hot when this is a hospital."

Shirai pulled his neckline and looked around left and right.

Indeed, people waiting in the hospital at this time have to endure the scorching heat, which is really not like what happens in a hospital.

"I'm really sorry, due to yesterday's power outage, the power in our hospital has not been fully restored."

The nurse, who happened to hear Shirai's complaints, explained.

"The sudden power outage...... It's not likely to happen. ”

Hearing what Qiongno said, Shirai Kuroko nodded vigorously, and then looked at the biggest suspect with her.

"What...... What. I—I'm not so unmeasured......"

"Occasionally, it does."

After being complained so calmly by such a dome, Mikoto, who couldn't refute it, could only remain silent.

"But to be honest, the connection is just our guess." Dome said, pointing in the direction of the inpatient area.

"At least not to rule it out, that's all we can do now."

Shrugging his shoulders, Shirai Kuroko frankly admitted. Although there are many unwilling elements in it.

In fact, in most cases, the job of the Discipline Inspector is only to assist the security guards. Like Shirai, there is already a suspicion of being too active.

"Don't worry too much. If you want to do something, you can always do something. It doesn't matter if you can do it all, nothing can be done by one person. ”

Dome comforted her.

After casually saying these comforting words, Dome himself felt a stir inexplicably.

If you want to do anything, you can always do it......

This seems to be used to describe superpowers, and it's also quite appropriate. But......

"Nothing can be done by one person......"

She unconsciously repeated it.

Not noticing her reaction, Shirai and Mai Sakato continued the topic.

"If you don't have a clue, can you ask the prophecy ability? While they usually need clues too, at least give it a try. ”

"Sister-sama...... What do you mean? ”

"Hoshikawa-san, of course. We are Tokiwadai, only she has such ability, right? ”

As he spoke, the two of them cast their eyes on Dome at the same time.

This is almost a consensus among Tokiwadai students. If Hoshikawa didn't help, it wouldn't have been possible without Dono's approval.

"Well, maybe, I'll ask."

Yesterday, after Hatsuharu and Saten's dormitory were separated from Hoshikawa, she went home and stayed until about half an hour before the Tokiwadai dormitory deadline. But when she returned to the dormitory, she didn't see Hoshikawa.

Even, until today, Qiongno has not been able to see her. She was still a little worried for a while, but she heard that a classmate had seen Xingchuan today, which made her feel relieved. However, she didn't know where Hoshikawa was at this time.

When she turned on her mobile phone and was about to make a call, she saw the unexpected person through the glass door.

The classmate they were talking about was walking towards their location.

Could it be such a coincidence?

Hoshikawa didn't even pass through the main entrance, but directly used her ability to pass through all the obstacles and go straight to them.

The girl's starry eyes seemed to freeze her gaze on Qiongno's body.

"Dome." She seemed to ignore Mikoto and Shirai who were present, "Please answer my question." ”

(What, what's going on?) Why is there such a strong force? Has my sister ever seen her like this? ）

(No, it's impossible to see it, right?) What's going on? ）

Not only was Mikoto and Shirai a little frightened by her, but even Qiongno was a little at a loss.

Hoshikawa reached out and grabbed Dona's hand with a "snap". It was like preventing her from escaping.

She stared straight at Dona's overly delicate and beautiful face, and slowly asked:

"Where the hell were you last night, at the time of the power outage, and for the next three hours?"

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Note to the uploader: Yurkin Wigner, one of the founders of quantum field theory. Johann von Neumann, the father of the modern computer and the greatest mathematician of the 20th century, is not one of them. These two men are undoubtedly great people who can go down in history. But what some people may not know is that the most important reason why the philosophical definition of quantum mechanics has become so confusing is also due to the two of them.

Von Neumann, in the field of quantum mechanics, pointed out a very strange phenomenon, that is, when measuring, no matter what method you use, as long as there is no conscious intervention, the wave function will never collapse. Because even if you measure with an instrument, the instrument itself obeys the laws of quantum mechanics, so when no one is looking at the instrument, the instrument itself is in a superposition state. This makes the answer to the wave function of the whole system always be an uncollapsed superposition state until human consciousness intervenes. Until the intervention of human consciousness, man will not be in a superposition state because he is observing himself. So until we "realize" that matter doesn't really exist, it's just a bunch of mathematically expressed wave functions.

This bizarre theory is vividly expressed in Wigner's paradox of "Wigner's friend": no matter how you measure it or even if you don't measure it at all, as long as the consciousness of your friend is encapsulated in the system, Schrödinger's cat will not be immortal; And when the friend's consciousness is excluded from the system, the cat is immediately immortal.

So these two superbulls deduced a conclusion from this: "Consciousness and matter, like Newton's first law, act and react, interact with each other." Matter can have an effect on consciousness, and consciousness must also have an effect on matter. ”

Wigner also wrote a paper on this purpose, entitled "A Commentary on the Question of the Soul and Flesh"—yes, the title of a chapter from a previous chapter.

To this day, the noose of von Neumann and Wigner's thinking still haunts all physicists, who dare not think deeply about it. Although the general view on this is that "if you are serious, you will lose". But in all fairness, isn't this an escape?

But for science fiction writers, it's a great thing. At least, they were endowed with too many themes and inspirations. For example, the original work of this fan.,It's also like this fandom itself.。