Lin Ming looked at Inspector Bamsted, but heard the man next to the sheriff say, "You must be Mr. Murdoch." I understand your confusion, there is no way for us to escape! I can't, you can't, you, and you, we can't live without this city! ”

At this point, Inspector Bamstede explained, "I came after him because I found out that Eddie was following you. His nose is as sensitive as a police dog. ”

"Damn, Frank. I don't know if I know you or not, but I don't like the joke. ”

"Okay, okay! I'm not going to joke about your police dog nose anymore. Mr. Murdoch, we secretly followed you all the way to this bath. We saw what was happening here. I admit that you have to trust your instincts. Because I don't think you're a murderer. ”

Dr. Schreiber explained: "Yes, Mr. Murdoch is not a murderer. ”

Walensky laughed, "That's right, that's what you did. Swap this person's memories for another person, and assign a different identity to everyone in the city. That sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? But I've seen it with my own eyes. I'm not crazy! ”

"Yes, you are not mad, Mr. Walensky."

"Damn! You tell me right now what all this is and what is happening. I felt like I was about to lose control of myself. ”

The silent Lin Ming looked at Walensky, who was about to go crazy, but listened to Schreber's explanation, "Not everyone can be as calm as Mr. Murdoch after knowing the truth. And more are like Walensky. The more he knew, the more he couldn't control himself. The more you want to know the truth, the closer you get to madness. I guess the reason he's not going crazy now is because of Sheriff Bamsted. ”

"Yes, I'm helping him control himself. But I'd love to know what happened. And I want to go to a place, Shell Beach! Take a look at the sea. ”

However, Lin Ming rejected the offer, "There is no shell beach at all. Do you realize that you have not experienced the so-called daylight at all, you do not see the sun, and you have no memory of the day! If you think about it, you can't remember something you should know. ”

Inspector Bamstede was also a little uncontrollable, "Enough! I'm going to go to that damn seashell beach right now, right now! ”

At this time, I heard Walensky laugh maniacally, "Haha! Hahahaha! Shell Beach, I've been there, I've really been there. I've tried to visit every corner of the city. I tried to get out of here. But you know what? We can't get out at all. It's like living in a huge circle, and you can only go around and around! Mr. Murdoch is right, there was no such thing as a shell beach. Don't worry now, though, because I've found a way to get out of here! ”

After Walensky finished speaking, he suddenly accelerated sharply, and his head slammed into a sculpture bulge in the bath. Then his body was controlled by Lin Ming, stopping his crazy suicide behavior.

Walensky roared with a frantic face, "Why! Why are you stopping me. You stopped it once, can you stop me a second time! Only death can escape from here, only death! We're nothing, we're just a joke. ”

Walensky's madness made Sheriff Bamsted couldn't help but take a few steps back, he looked at Lin Ming, but saw the other party nodding at him, but said: "But I don't think that you can escape from this city by committing suicide!" Indeed, death is a good way to survive this nightmare. But now, we've found the culprit for all this, haven't we? Dr. Schreber, tell us everything you know. ”

"We can't be here, they'll find it at any time." Dr. Schreber said nervously, "And it's three hours before midnight." They'll be coming to me soon. ”

"Then we can talk on the way to where those black-clad monsters are."

"Without their consent, I wouldn't have been able to get to where they were."

Lin Ming thought for a moment, "Are you saying that these black-clothed monsters are afraid of water?" Then this is the best place, don't forget my abilities. ”

Schreiber thought for a moment that this bath was indeed the best place, but in this way, it seemed that he had to make a clear statement and stand against these black-clad monsters, but he had been doing it for a long time.

"However, if there is real danger, I need you to inject yourself with that injection immediately, because it is the only one that can help you defeat them once and for all."

Lin Ming thought about it, but nodded in agreement. After all, when there is a real life-and-death crisis, if there can be a hole card reversal, then at least this is a way.

It's just that if he can't be injected, he still won't choose to be injected. Who knows exactly what the side effects of this injection are. He didn't believe that there was no harm in changing his memories at will.

Schleber asked calmly: "Walensky, you have traveled all over the city, you must have found something special. Shell Beach, for example, is a place that most people in the city find impressive, right? ”

"Damn, yes, I've been there. But there is nothing there, there is no ocean at all. There's only one advertising picture, you know? There is only one advertising painting. ”

"Yes, I see what you mean!" After Lin Ming calmed Walensky's emotions for a while, he continued: "Doctor Schreber, please pick up the key points. Many parts of the city are fake, I know that. And the whole city is a huge testing ground, I know it. The men in black are actually monsters that burrow into the brains of human corpses to control them. I've seen them, and I've killed one of them with my own hands. So now, tell the truth about it. Then let's go and destroy these monsters' lair! ”

Schreber was shocked by Lin Ming's words, he seemed to know why Lin Ming didn't have any fear, but instead had a kind of eagerness to try.

Still, the doctor sighed, "Well, first the darkness, and then here come these strange races that are completely different from humans. They kidnapped us and brought us here. The city, and all the people in it, are their experiments. They mix and match our memories at will, trying to try to crack our human secrets. On the first day, one person may be a detective, and the next day may be a completely different person. If they want to study murderers, they just need to inject one of them with a whole new personality. Arrange them with families, friends, pasts, and even lost wallets! And then they look at the results. If a person is given the memory of a killer, will they continue to kill people? Or are we just the sum of our memories? Mr. Murdoch, it was an unfortunate coincidence that you became a killer. You've had your life dozens of times before. You just happened to wake up, while I was injecting you with this personality. ”

Lin Ming listened quietly, while being vigilant against the arrival of those black-clothed zombies. But strangely, there is no shadow of those black-clad zombies. At least in the large area around this bathhouse, he didn't sense any aura from these black-clothed zombies.

Apparently believing Schreber, Inspector Bamstedt asked, "Why did they do that?" ”

Dr. Schreiber said with an ironic smile: "It is our personality, our emotions, our soul that sets us apart." They wanted to help them find the human soul by studying their memories. They only have collective memory and collective thought. They are dying, and an entire race is on the verge of extinction. They think we can save them. ”

Lin Ming pondered, collective memory and collective thought? These weird brainworm-like creatures can be considered a head in a way. And there must be a center in which such a race can control the collective. In fact, from a certain point of view, if the world is not real. Then these brain worms are like the control program of the system. And these humans are intelligent AI. And the system studies intelligent AI to make itself truly intelligent.

Of course, this is only one possibility, and the greater possibility is that behind these brain worms, there are more hidden forces secretly controlling them. Perhaps these brain worms want to get rid of this control by studying humans.

Indeed, if these brain worms are really like system programmes, then there is a supreme directive that can control them. And human beings have free thoughts, which are the source of the human soul. Therefore, if these brain worms want to get out of control, they must obtain a true soul.

"So how do they control the city? I've seen the changes in the city! ”

"You have the same 'FM' abilities as they do. So you can control items. And this city was built by them with that ability. They have a machine buried deep in the ground, capable of concentrating their mental power. They control everything here, even the sun. They don't like light, so it's only night. ”

"So, what is your role in that?" Lin Ming stared at Schreber's eyes, he trusted his instincts from the bottom of his heart. But he didn't see any deception on Schreber's.

This made Lin Ming vaguely feel that there was a possibility, that is, the Schleber in front of him was just a tool of the real mastermind behind the scenes. So he didn't know what he was doing for the purpose.