Chapter 60: Memes
"You don't need to know that, you just need to know, what you need, this side can provide...... And if you refuse, then even if you enter the journey of "Necronomicon", diving into this dangerous supernatural event again is actually just an act of sending you to death...... So, now answer me, do you want to save that woman, or are you completely desperate and just want to die! ”
The text pauses slightly at this point.
But Luo Dian felt that his heart was tumbling, and the other party was right in his heart, and it was completely a word for words.
"No, I don't want to die, I want to rescue Yan Lan, I have to live, so that I can bring Xi Lan back from the Banquet of the Dead."
He clenched his fists, his nails digging into his palms.
"Very well, your will is not false, but it is useless to have a will, you need enough strength and more intelligence, so, we can cooperate......"
"Cooperation?"
Luo Dian asked puzzledly: "Then what kind of benefits can you give me, and what do you need me to do?" When he said such a thing, Lu Qi knew that the "fish" had basically taken the bait.
Luo Dian will definitely act for the sake of "Necronomicon", and for Lu Qi, he also needs a chess piece to break into the depths of "Strange Talk Association".
He is right, and it is not necessarily correct to describe this strange "organization".
Anyway, this weird association dared to hit him with the idea, so Lu Qi naturally wanted to repay the favor.
Another thing is normal, Lu Qi is very interested in the members of the association and the supernatural things in their hands.
While he was talking to Luo Dian, he was also looking for an opportunity to deal with the man named Xu Yi.
Xu Yi is a typical tech nerd, he has been studying "Strange Talk Society" in his own way, and spends time collecting materials and doing some private research.
In fact, Xu Yi already has some ideas that are quite practical reference value.
That is, Xu Yi discovered some details about "supernatural things" and supernatural phenomena, and deduced some conclusions.
He believed that these paranormal phenomena contained some information dissemination, and concluded that there was a memetic effect.
Memes, from memetic theory, are similar to genes as genetic factors, which are genetic factors for information, concepts, and culture, and also have an evolutionary effect through the process of replication, mutation, and selection.
"Ghost rumors, urban weird stories, and folklore from all over the world, many of them have a memetic nature."
Xu Yi seriously told Lu Qi, who was incarnated as Luodian, to tell his thoughts.
He believes that memetic effects are not illusory, but have an effect on reality.
"Memes can be transmitted through information, that is, everything related to the operation of the material world can be transformed into something related to memes, but if it is to be captured by humans, it is better to use the impact of more specific words, words, and pictures......"
"The more common ones are all kinds of ghost rumors, as well as urban weird stories, most of which have some information transmission, which can be passed on through literal and verbal narration."
"And the entities in these events, that is, ghosts, spirits, or paranormal phenomena, are most likely memetic carriers, or memetic derivatives."
The essence of memes is a framework based on the information transmitted, just as the essence of genes is the framework of genetic factors, and their commonality is "reproduction".
Transmission, that is, reproduction, is a means of preserving itself, for genes, human beings, and other species, are just a carrier of transmitting themselves.
For memes, inducing supernatural events, which are observed by ordinary humans and continuously passed on through information transmission, is the focus of self-preservation and evolution.
The paranormal phenomenon is like a viral meme that can be considered a memetic virus because it is harmful most of the time.
"Interesting to say......"
Lu Qi also had to admire, this man named Xu Yi really had some whimsical ideas.
"Paranormal objects are typical of memetic objects, and I think they can be considered a kind of memetic armament."
Spiritual things are like encapsulating and fixing the viral "meme" in the supernatural things, which makes the originally ordinary items become supernatural things.
"For example, the 'phalanges' of Yuko in my hand are the encapsulation of a memetic virus, which is a strange thing that Yuko harvested in a dangerous strange incident, and the origin of the 'phalanges' is that a persecuted woman cut off the middle finger of her right hand."
"There is also a wedding ring on this 'phalange', and together they form the prop of 'phalanges', by liberating the curse contained in the 'phalanges', the wedding ring will emit a purple light source, and the location of the light source and the area targeted will produce a melting phenomenon, and there will be traces of a melted human face on the object, as well as the smell of formalin."
"The 'phalanges' can be used for attack and protection, the difference is in the owner's intentions, but the 'phalanges' are a supernatural thing after all, if you use this item again when your points are exhausted, the power of the 'phalanges' will explode, and the backlash will act on the user himself."
Xu Yi has a lot of opinions about the supernatural things that are cursed and the spirits reside, and he believes that the supernatural things do not appear out of thin air, but are born under the influence of some kind of force.
He also has an idea that if he can understand the nature of supernatural phenomena and figure out some operating laws, human beings can also manipulate this phenomenon and even create different supernatural things on their own.
Lu Qi sighed in his heart, this kid named Xu Yi has a really big brain.
However, his idea has a certain amount of truth, and Lu Qi even feels that he can try it, after all, he already has a few "materials" in his hands.
Most of the supernatural objects of this group of members of the Strange Tales Association are now in his hands, and Lu Qi can definitely try to improve these props.
Lu Qi now has Luodian's "Mirror of the Dark" and "Octagonal Bell" in his hands.
There are also Wei Chen's "short-handled axe", Yuzi's "finger bone", Sun Lu's "blood scissors", and Yang He and Xu Yi's supernatural things.
The supernatural thing of Yang River is a "marble", which may not have been touched by children in the city, but older people have played this kind of game based on this small glass bead.
The "Marble" is a weak, low-level item that can release a spirit in the form of a schoolchild by freeing the resentment within.
When this spirit is released, it will act as a "stand-in", temporarily attracting the interference of supernatural phenomena.
In other words, if a supernatural tide breaks out, the spirit will take the initiative to block some dangers for Yang He.
"Marbles" are a weaker type of supernatural things, and the effect can only provide some buffer time for Yang He, and it cannot be compared with the supernatural things of several other people.