Chapter 44: Memetic Virus, Mental Bondage, Rescue? Don't save!
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"Ann, come over here and help." Ed handed over a camera tripod.
An Yi took it and placed it in the corner of the room, and now the camera scanned the room through the mirror to see if it worked: "Mentor Eddard, why do we need to prepare so many things?" ”
Tie a bell to the doorknob, Ed tapped the bell and said lightly, "Rowling should have told you too, I don't have talent." ”
"Well, but Mentor Eddard is still a very good exorcist." An Yi let go of the camera and made a little ass.
"No need to say these nice things." Ed glanced at him curiously: "No talent is no talent, there is no need to hide anything, no matter how powerful people who can't awaken, they are always ordinary humans, and mortals can only rely on these foreign objects if they want to fight against supernatural creatures." ”
"But......" An Yi hesitated, because he didn't know whether to say what he wanted to say.
"You kid!" Ed smiled helplessly: "I know that you kid has awakened, but can you search for twenty-four hours a day?" ”
[It's a little difficult, but you might be able to give it a try.] 】
Because of the improvement of mental power during this time, An Yi thought so.
"Even if you really can't do it, the result will be very passive, because only you can see, if we can only judge based on your speech, it will undoubtedly cause a lot of interference, so we need to let ordinary people have the power to see the weird!" Ed told Anyi the reason word for word.
An Yi nodded, in fact, what the other party said was very reasonable, he casually picked up the lampstick-like item on the table: "Are these things really useful?" ”
"Of course, otherwise why did I prepare so much?" Ed snatched it from him: "Whether it is an evil spirit or an evil spirit, it is essentially a ghost, and ordinary people cannot see it if they are not awakened if the ghost is unwilling, but with the help of foreign objects, the result will be different." ”
I have to say that although Ed was not able to become an awakened person, his skills are really not bad, and he is worthy of being a disciple of the Pope.
"For example, in ancient times, exorcists or people without talent could rely on special phosphorus powder to make ghosts manifest, and the biggest change of modern technology for supernatural people is probably the change of some methods."
"For example, with the development of technology, cameras or video cameras are now used instead of phosphor powder to capture the traces of ghosts, which has more advantages than the limited cameras of phosphor powder."
"Firearms and weapons are also far more lethal than bows and swords."
"Huh?" An Yi seemed to have heard something amazing: "You still use firearms to exorcise demons?" ”
"Any questions?" This time it was Ed's turn to be a little confused.
"Ahem." This is a little embarrassing, in fact, Anyi is just a little unexpected, as a "sunny" teenager who grew up under the red flag, where can he come into contact with any gods and ghosts in a harmonious society, he has always thought that exorcism and catching ghosts are the same as in the novel, what holy water is used to pray, or beep beep magic and other special effects.
I didn't expect to catch up with the trend so much, and use the sword and magic that the gun said was good?
"Some sacred items such as holy water naturally won't change, but how can a cold weapon like a metal sword compare to the power of a firearm and artillery unless it is an alchemy weapon?" As if seeing what An Yi was thinking, Ed gave a direct answer: "The power of a grenade is equivalent to the fireball technique of an ancient wizard, a pistol bullet can easily end the life of a weak monster, and the power of a heavy sniper rifle can even directly penetrate the armor of a troll, times are changing, and human beings are becoming more and more creative, which is why I failed to awaken the Holy Light but was able to become an exorcist recognized by the church for the first time in history." ”
"In fact, with the exception of invisible monsters like ghosts, humans can rely on themselves to defeat them." Ed concluded.
An Yi was shocked by his speech, and at the same time, the original fixed thinking was also newly expanded.
In his inherent thinking, he has always thought that mystery and technology are actually two different things, and he always does not put the two together, which is actually a misunderstanding of thinking, but this can't be blamed on him, not everyone can accept it instantly when entering a completely different worldview, and the previous peace of mind is actually a little dazed.
For example, since I was a child, I was exposed to something that I couldn't do and that nothing didn't exist, but one day I suddenly realized that such a thing could really exist.
However, the inherent thinking has formed a habit, and we will subconsciously adhere to the original way of thinking, until a certain moment suddenly awakens because of an opportunity.
For example, peace at the moment.
"Ann, why don't you speak?" Ed patted Anyi's shoulder curiously.
I don't know why he felt that the person next to him suddenly gave him a new sense, just like a person who was originally bound by death suddenly got relief, relaxed, freehand.
"It's okay, it's just that I suddenly feel that people should be able to see farther." Coming back to his senses, he looked at Ed and suddenly smiled.
"Uh...... It's inexplicable. Ed glanced at An Yi suspiciously.
An Yi didn't explain anything, just kept smiling and turned her head but quickly looked at Ed again and asked, "By the way, what about Aunt Rowling?" ”
"Rowling......" Ed replied nonchalantly, shifting his belongings, "I guess I'm with your aunt." ”
"That's ......" An Yi said thoughtfully, and suddenly said with a smile: "That's the case." ”
Although the plot has been changed beyond recognition, it seems that it is still moving forward smoothly, and Aunt Rowling, who has a psychic physique, will not surprisingly see that memory in the cellar, and at the same time encounter the evil spirit of Basima.
In this way, the meme of the evil spirit spreads, and uses the pocket watch photo left by Rowling to infect his meme into the Warren couple's home, so as to attract each other with the Annabelle doll to achieve the purpose of intimidation.
The biggest feature of memes, supernatural ghosts, is an immaterial existence that can be infected like a virus.
An Yi had seen information about memes in the original invasion of information, memes are things that are similar to the role of genes in the process of biological evolution in the transmission process of language, concepts, beliefs, behaviors, etc., it can quickly and continuously replicate and infect in exponential units in a short period of time, and has a strong ability to spread like a psychic virus.
Many of the SCP containments in that SCP file, including goblins, have memetic viruses, and the spirits in the conjuring have fortunately only infected her family through Rowling's belongings, while the Perrons, who are also in the same house, have not encountered a similar situation.
An Yi speculated that this may have something to do with Rowling's own psychic physique, coupled with the limitations of Pasima's evil spirit itself, the memetic virus is not very obvious.
Sadako, a famous ghost who is also a ghost, perfectly interprets the meme virus in the movie, and anyone who sees her curse tape will be cursed and killed, and her power will become stronger and stronger.
In the American version of "Sadako", because the video came to the United States across the ocean, she was even able to appear in the United States to kill people!
In the real world, once a model virus-level containment object appears, it is often a catastrophic existence, and the number of appearances is not much, but each time it means the disappearance of a town, but the strange thing is that there is never a relevant impression in An Yi's memory, which makes him a little creepy.
Presumably, this is also the effect of the containment that can interfere with memories, which is also the reason why An Yi decided to find out the SCP shelter in his city first, because he didn't dare to joke with Xiao Yi's life, once there was a catastrophic memetic virus, it would definitely be an existence that he couldn't resist before he grew up.
"Ann, you go and call your Aunt Rowling to come over and help, why did you stay so long." Ed put down the props, wiped a handful of sweat and said to Anyi.
"Okay." An Yi nodded, pushed open the door and walked out, but his steps were deliberately as slow as ordinary people.
Indeed, with his physical fitness, he can quickly get to Rowling's side, and even prevent the memetic spread of evil spirits.
But in this way, many benefits cannot be realized, and there is no reason to get the mask he got with all his might.
So......
"Ahh Rowling's panicked cries suddenly came to mind in the house.
An Yi stopped, and the corners of his mouth slowly cracked into a weird smile.
So, why would I do this?
PS: Mosquito pushes ...... It's really a mosquito push...... Socio-social