Along the way, Wei Chiran was thinking and reminiscing, and strangely, when he came to the gate of the hotel, he found that it was already dawn.

Captain Chi Chi was stunned, and he looked at the time on his watch—half past eight.

When he left the Northwest Police Station, it was half past nine last night, and from the Northwest Police Station to the door of the hotel, it took an hour to drive from the Northwest Police Station to the door of the hotel, and it took about 25 minutes without traffic jams.

From half past nine last night to half past eight in the morning, that is, driving for almost seven hours by yourself?

How is this possible? No matter how confused Wei Chi Ran was, he knew that he couldn't drive for seven hours, but the daylight above his head and the time on his watch did tell him that it was already half past eight.

It's all just weird.

Wei Chiran called again to ask about Chu Xia, and Chu Xia kept asking him on the phone why he didn't answer the phone last night? Where did it go? Is there something wrong or something?

Wei Chiran knew very well that he hadn't turned off his phone, but why did Chu Xia say that he didn't answer the phone? When he went to check his phone, he really found that there were more than a dozen missed calls from early summer.

What do you mean? Wei Chi suddenly found that it seemed that in this world, many things were beyond his control, and even matters involving himself were not within his control.

I obviously didn't do something, but after a while, the people around me told me that I did, and I went too far.

Wei Chiran asked Chu Xia about the case of Di Ming Lou again, but Chu Xia told him that Di Ming Lou was just a serial murder case, and Xiang Hua, the housekeeper of the Xiang family, used Di Ming Lou to kill countless people who went to find secrets, just to satisfy his desire to kill.

Although Wei Chiran's previous investigation was similar to this, the origin of the case was completely different.

In other words, all this I experienced seemed to have nothing to do with Diming Tower.

So is the key point really in the elevator?

Wei Chi walked into the hotel lobby and went straight to the elevator.

There are a total of four elevators in the lobby, which are located side by side on the right side of the lobby, directly opposite the check-in counter in the lobby.

The elevator is not unusual, just like a normal elevator.

After the prompt, the elevator door opened, and Wei Chiran walked into the second elevator, that is, the one he had almost killed by Zhong Fang, and the one that changed his life after he took it yesterday.

After standing still in the elevator, Wei Chiran did not notice the abnormality of his body, but he clearly remembered that after he and Chu Xia walked into the elevator yesterday, he felt his heart beat faster and even had a feeling of vomiting.

However, there is no dizziness.

He still vividly remembers asking him if he had PTSD.

At that time, it became a little difficult for him to breathe, and Hatsu also said that he had even died once before, and he had not suffered any psychological problems.

So let's analyze, when did you mean to die once in early summer?

Wei Chiran called Chu Xia again to inquire, but Chu Xia was very strange, because in her memory, Wei Chiran was on the verge of death more than once. In other words, when she was in the elevator, early summer was still the early summer of the previous world, and she was referring to even dying once, that is, in the coffin rental house of the Two Realms City.

At this time, the elevator door stopped on the 20th floor, and Wei Chi walked out and looked at the place a meter away.

Yesterday, after I got out of the elevator, I rushed there directly, and began to breathe heavily, and I didn't even have the courage to look back at the elevator.

At that time, Hatsu Xia said a sentence - "I used to be like you, and then I got used to it." ”

What does it mean that early summer said here that he used to be the same as himself? Could it be that this early summer is the original early summer, but after she came to this world, she adapted to this place, recognized it, and no longer insisted on it?

It's not right, it's still wrong, it's all so weird.

"Finally I realized it." A voice rang out from the darkness.

The lieutenant turned around and looked in the direction where the voice had come from, but did not notice anyone there.

However, Wei Chiran could tell that the voice was none other than Hou Wan.

But where is Hou Wan? Wei Chi didn't notice that the voice seemed to come from the ceiling. When Wei Chiran looked at the ceiling, Hou Wan's voice sounded again: "Do you feel that you are happier to live in this world?" ”

Wei Chiran asked, "Hou Wan, what the hell is going on?" ”

Hou Wandao: "You take the elevator to the first floor, you can see me." ”

Wei hesitated, and finally took the elevator back to the first floor.

After the elevator door opened, Wei Chiran naturally noticed Hou Wan standing at the gate, this naturalness did not mean that he knew Hou Wan, so he subconsciously looked at him, but the consciousness in his mind controlled him to notice Hou Wan.

At the moment when Wei Chiran walked out of the elevator, Hou Wan also raised his hand and pushed down a waiter next to him, and at the same time quickly pulled out his gun and shot at Wei Chiran.

At the moment when the gun rang out, Wei Chi knew that he was finished, but at this moment, time seemed to stand still.

Wei Chiran clearly saw the warhead flying in front of him, and everyone around him also stopped moving and froze in place, and the waiter who was pushed down by Hou Wan also maintained a falling posture.

Wei Chi looked around in surprise, Hou Wan then walked towards him, and even raised his hand to directly take a sip of the drink in the hand of a person next to him: "Very surprised, right?" ”

Wei Chiran asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Hou Wandao: "Your analysis is good, this is indeed not the world you are in, it should be said that this is not the real world at all, but a virtual world built on the real world, the scope of this world is limited to the Chinese Town, if you leave the Chinese Town and go out, even if you walk for 10,000 years, there is no end." ”

Virtual worlds? Wei Chi was stunned: "I, how did I get here?" ”

Hou Wan pointed to the elevator behind Wei Chiran: "It's that elevator, which has been slightly transformed by us, so your analysis and judgment are completely correct, you passed this assessment, not only were you not confused, but you also did not recognize the world, and you did not deceive yourself." ”

Wei thought for a long time, and suddenly realized something: "You mean, this is a virtual world similar to a computer game, and my body is not here, everything is fake, right?" ”

Hou Wan smiled: "Yes, that's right, know virtual reality and augmented reality, right?" That is, VR and AR. ”

Wei Chiran said: "I've heard of it, but I don't know much about it." ”

Hou Wan explained: "Virtual reality is the use of computer simulation to generate a three-dimensional virtual world, providing users with simulations of vision, hearing, touch and other senses, so that users can observe things in three-dimensional space in a timely manner, even without restrictions. Augmented reality is the application of virtual information to the real world through computer technology, where the real environment and virtual objects are superimposed in real time and coexist in the same picture or space. ”

Virtual reality has played an important role in today's various fields, in the field of medicine, it is possible to build a mannequin in a virtual environment, with the help of tracking balls, sensory gloves, etc., so that medical practitioners can better understand the structure of various organs inside the human body, and of course, more applications are also used in the field of games.

For example, in museums, augmented reality can be used on top of a cultural relic, so that visitors can see the process of cultural relics analysis and research more intuitively.

Wei Chi Ran's reaction was also extremely fast: "But this place is neither VR nor AR, right?" ”

Hou Wandao: "That's right, your comprehension is good, this is a combination of the two, and it also combines the related categories of human nerves, in short, that is to say, this is a perfect projection of the real world Chinese town, the human nerves are connected to a computer, and then combined with the world through the neural fusion system, but this projection world is controllable." ”

Understood, now everything can be explained.

After entering the elevator, Wei Chiran entered this projection world through the neural fusion system, no wonder he felt nauseous and wanted to vomit at that time, but he didn't notice all this.

Therefore, everything in this world is originally set, which is why I have a different life, and why time changes rapidly.

Sure enough, everything was fake.

Wei Chi Chi thought of this and smiled bitterly, Hou Wan saw this and said, "What? It's a pity, right? ”

Wei Chi said: "No, I have always believed that these are fake. ”

Hou Wandao: "That's good, this world is just something that we have built with great difficulty using existing technology, in fact, it is not large, the scope is only a few locations, hotels, police stations, Northwest Police Station, your home, bars and PW headquarters, these locations are blank, but you are in it, plus the implanted consciousness will not let you go." ”

Wei Chiran asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

Hou Wandao: "This is your next task, this is a simulated exercise, you have to cherish it, because this simulated exercise, we spent a huge amount of money, and this mission is not only a lone mission, but also a PW task, understand?" ”

Wei Chi shook his head: "I don't understand." ”

Hou Wan raised his hand and looked at his watch: "There are still about two hours before the end of the exercise, we are still free, I will invite you to have a drink, although it is fake, but it is no different from the real one." ”

After Hou Wan left and walked to the hotel bar, the people in the lobby resumed their movements, but before he left, he easily removed the bullet that stopped in mid-air and threw it into the trash, and the waiter also fell to the ground, crying out in pain.

When he came to the bar, Hou Wan asked for two beers and sat in the corner with Wei Chi.

Wei Chiran looked at the beer in front of him, sniffed it, and took another sip, he didn't feel that all this was fake.

Hou Wan smiled: "Because consciousness is in this projection world, therefore, all your perceptions follow the system, the system tells you, this is true, then it is true, you will feel hot and cold, feel pain, feel yourself drinking, all this is just the feeling that the system gives you through consciousness, in other words, the system controls your consciousness, and your consciousness deceives your brain, and your brain then transmits wrong instructions to your other senses." ”

Wei Chiran asked: "I don't understand, why is this happening?" ”

Hou Wan looked at Wei Chiran and said, "It's not that we want to, it's that we have to simulate such an environment in order to better deal with our enemies." ”