At the award reception, Gao Chuan saw all kinds of people, he could easily see the complex thoughts and emotions hidden in the hearts of these people, clearer than in the past, as if the hallucinatory scene passed through his mind, as if he was riding on a train that did not know where to go, through the glass you could vaguely see the outline in the fog outside the window, and at the same time, the scenery in the car was reflected on the glass, the two were hidden, full of psychedelic colors. Even though the ability to walk with consciousness is suddenly acquired, it cannot be controlled by the brain and hardware, and it is simply felt by instinct, but the feeling of flowing out of the network of many things is quite clear.

The two ends of the bridge connection, the network of bridges extends in all directions, from the invisible end to the same invisible end, only in this process, passing through Gao Chuan's side, will be clearly captured by Gao Chuan, the illusion it forms is overlapping, staggered, because the differences are confused together, so it is also confused, but, in this confusion, there are many parts that are similar, even the same - Gao Chuan subconsciously understands that similar or identical is the commonality in people's consciousness, and those who are different, It represents the personality in the depths of people's consciousness. The network structure of these bridges is itself the embodiment of the subconscious connection between people - there is a hypothesis in psychology that the deepest part of each person's consciousness is connected to the deepest part of another person's consciousness, and even any conscious thing, with the planet as the scope, also has some kind of secret and close connection, and the deep conscious world seen in the practice of the consciousness walker is indeed in line with this statement.

Is it the consciousness walker who agrees with this hypothesis, so that the world of consciousness embodies the characteristics they recognize, or is the world of consciousness what it is? Most consciousness walkers don't really pay much attention to the answer to this question. They recognize the world as they observe it, act according to what they observe, and that's it. In the face of something grand and mysterious, people who lack time cannot get a definite answer, the answer that they agreed in the last moment, even if they think about it. The next moment it may be overturned by a new situation, and so on and so on, it can be tiring.

The power of science lies in its falsifiability. Scientists also often say that when a theory is confirmed, it is already on the way to being overturned. In this respect, the mystery is very similar to science - in the hypothetical world, in the unfathomable unknown, there must be some high mystery. Never touchable, never proven, never falsifiable, its unknown is infinitely far from what is known, but not all mysteries are like this.

When the mystery is falsified, it ceases to be mysterious, however. Mystery is not just a thing, nor is it a situation that does not stand still. As long as we acknowledge that "the unknown is infinite", the mystery will always exist.

Mystery experts and consciousness walkers alike can all deeply understand this in their own forced existence - unlike science, which changes slowly. Although falsifiable, the falsification process can last for years, decades, or even centuries, during which value can be created based on science that has not yet been falsified. But the mystery is different. What you think you know will be overturned in a very short time, and you will prove your ignorance and stupidity. The process is too fast, too frequent, and far beyond people's capacity. When one intends to confront the mystery according to a theory that has been proven to be true, the consequences of sudden change are simply catastrophic.

In science, this phenomenon is regarded as "not really knowing its essence", and the requirement of science is to find out the laws of its essence from seemingly ever-changing phenomena. However, when faced with mystery, what is the law and essence of mysterious phenomena? No one can be sure that, in a volatile situation, for a short period of time, the occult expert will often have to choose one of two or three choices based on what he knows, and if the choice is correct, he will survive, but it is inconclusive whether the experience and laws obtained will be used next time.

Gao Chuan has always heard people say that science is a methodology for understanding the world, understanding the world, and transforming the world, and it is not a specific product, but only a method. The core part of it is to observe, summarize, reason, practice, and finally find the universal truth. However, this must be limited by the premise that the goal must be extremely reproducible.

So, if there is no reproducibility, or if it appears to be repetitive on the surface, but the essence is different, in such a situation, how to obtain effective results in a short period of time?

If only there was time - everybody says so.

However, the truth is cruel and there is no time.

In the face of the apocalypse, no one has enough time.

Whether it's science or mystery, everyone understands that there is a way ahead of them. But it is precisely because of this that the lack of time makes those who can see hope feel the deepest despair.

Obviously, if you have the opportunity to do it, if you can win, if you can take a step forward, you can get out of the predicament, and at least you can take a breath, but when the time is pressing, I don't even know if there is a chance to take this step.

"So, you have to buy time." In Gao Chuan's ears, the words that Dorothy once said vaguely echoed: "I and I have the deepest scientific knowledge in the world, and we can use these advanced theories to analyze the various thorny situations we are currently facing, and in the latest deduction, as long as it takes another year, we can perceive the truth of the 'virus'." But do we have a year? No. Therefore, in our latest deduction, the conclusions we have reached are still unsuccessful, and we still cannot know the truth about the 'virus'. We're trying to speed up as much as we can, but you should understand, Achuan, the 'virus' doesn't stop when we speed up. ”

Gao Chuan remembers what happened that day, the conversation and actions of the two of them. Dorothy pulled out a notebook full of fantasy fiction-like notes, or rather. It is a story written in a "recorded" way, and what surprises Takakawa the most is that many of the plots above are like a pair of eyes that no one has noticed observing themselves and observing the changing world.

"This is Takakawa's diary." Dorothy said, "I know, you're also writing in a journal. But this is another Takagawa wrote. I made a copy with a special method, but it was not complete. ”

"That boy-like me?" Takakawa understood.

"That's right...... Although I don't want to admit it, but, too, or color, I can't directly find evidence that he is not Gao Chuan, but some kind of puppet who seems to be Gao Chuan. Dorothy said, "Even so, I still think that his existence itself." It's the conspiracy of the virus. You see, this diary is proof, there is something, using his mind as a carrier, recording everything in the reality of the Doomsday Fantasy and the Hospital, although I don't understand why it did it, but there is no doubt that even if it leaves the Doomsday Vision. We're still under its observations. We have to suspect that another Takakawa is the carrier of such observations. ”

"I know. I know. Takakawa said, "But we still have to be one. ”

"Yes, I know you'll do that, Agawa. But do you understand what you have to do? Achuan. Dorothy asked.

"In order to become a super Takakawa." Takakawa gave the answer that he had stated countless times a long time ago.

"So, why do you want to be Super Takakawa?" Dorothy continued to ask.

"Super Takakawa is more capable. We can do things that we can't do now. Gao Chuan said very bluntly that this is also a very standard answer.

"So, where is Super Takakawa Qiang? How can we do what we can't do now? He's an expert in mysteries? Is Superman? No, you should know that Super Takakawa is placed in the reality of the hospital. It's just a mysterious expert who is stronger than ordinary people, but still not as good as a mysterious expert, and in the doomsday illusion, it won't be the most powerful mysterious expert. Dorothy said, "He's going to be physically strong and strong-willed. It is true that it is good to be physically strong, but will you and Takakawa in the past be weaker than him? Without waiting for Gao Chuan to answer, she said categorically: "Of course not." The only thing that surpasses you and those Takakawa in the past is the real body in the hospital. Knowledge, wisdom, will, and cognition are not that much different. It is not because of becoming Super Takakawa that you can directly produce virus antibodies in your body, so Super Takakawa is actually still a patient with doomsday syndrome. ”

What Dorothy said, in fact, Gao Chuan has long understood. The so-called Super Takakawa is still Takakawa, neither becoming a monster nor a superman, nor has any special and mysterious powers, which is a very cruel fact.

"However, Super Takakawa does have the possibility of defeating the virus, and this probability is higher than any Takakawa in the past, why is that?" Dorothy asked.

"Why?" Takakawa didn't figure it out, he was just the executor of the plan, although he could understand the original Takakawa's battle plan, but after the original Takakawa died, in the doomsday illusion again and again, it was modified many times by Dorothy and the color system, and it had become unrecognizable. Super Takakawa, in the original rudimentary plan, did not exist, or rather, did not consider the possibility of its existence at all.

"Let me ask you, what is the most basic and core aspect of defeating an enemy?" Dorothy didn't answer directly, but asked from a different angle.

"Find out the weaknesses?" Takakawa said, however, he knew that his answer was too shallow.

Sure enough, Dorothy shook her head and said, "It's to determine where the enemy is." After a pause, she continued: "When you know that such an enemy exists, you have to know where it is, find it, face it, and then you can do more things, such as understanding and analyzing it. But if you can't even figure out where it is, how can you deal with it? So, I ask you, our enemy is the 'virus', so where exactly is it until we analyze what the 'virus' is? ”

Takakawa was speechless and could only be silent, he wanted to answer "It's in the bodies of us patients", but the question arises: Who has found the "virus" in the bodies of patients? No. So far, no observations have been able to confirm the existence of the virus from the patient's body, and the so-called "virus" is more like a certain etiological hypothesis summarized from the disease - it is clearly written in the actual data of the hospital that the researchers have concluded that there is a "virus" that caused all this, and because of this, the virus is marked in double quotation marks, which means that it is different from a virus in the sense of common sense.

"The existence of the virus cannot be observed, but the phenomenon caused by it exists, and it can be confirmed that there is such a source, which has created the doomsday syndrome and is spreading around the world." Dorothy said: "Maybe it's because our observation ability has not yet reached the level where we can observe the virus body, and if we have time, of course, we can slowly improve our observation ability, but we don't have time." Therefore, it is impossible to find and confirm the existence of the virus by normal means. ”

"So, Super Takagawa is an abnormal means?" Takakawa realized this.

"That's right. Takakawa is special, and among all patients with doomsday syndrome, Takakawa is special for all to see. Dorothy picked up Takakawa's diary, raised it, and said, "You see, there is a lot of evidence that Takakawa is actually closer to the 'virus' than anyone else, and has a closer relationship. Ah Chuan, when you admit that the other Gao Chuan is also yourself, you are also the most special one. ”

"So, the existence of Super Takakawa will amplify this connection?" Takakawa understood.

"Yes, according to my inference and that of the color, Super Takakawa will feel the existence of the 'virus' very strongly - it is not enough to just feel it, the key is that since the 'virus' makes Takakawa special, then Takakawa itself has a different meaning to the 'virus'. It will definitely come to reclaim that meaning. Dorothy said, "When Super Takakawa is completed, there is a great chance that it will be found by a 'virus'. Whether it is looking for the virus or being found by the other party, the two have come into contact more deeply than any in the past. Again, that's for sure. ”

"That way, we can confirm the 'virus.'" Takakawa was thoughtful.

"That's right, we'll find it, confirm it, and after that, we can do more." Dorothy said, "The real codename for Project Super Takakawa is 'Pathfinder.'" (To be continued.) )