Chapter 9 Everything is False
As the clock rang again, time began to return to normal from standstill. As if they had been rewound, the sleeping passers-by continued to follow their fixed life trajectory, the designed life.
The traffic that had stopped on the road began to continue to flow, and the elevated subway resumed normal operation. Everything seems to have recovered from the weirdness of Fang Cai again.
Those humans whose memories have been altered, they are not aware of any changes in their surroundings. It's like that's how it should be. Life is like a dream that you can't wake up from, isn't it?
But at this time, Lin Ming didn't see it that way, it was true that the doctor was changing the memories of these people. But at the same time, the social relationships of these people have also been changed. And the buildings that were supposed to exist disappeared and new ones appeared. But it didn't arouse anyone's curiosity.
This is a disguised proof that this alteration of memories is not just for one individual, but for the whole city. The memories of all are changed to a greater or lesser extent.
So even these people, they don't know how many times they've slept. I don't know if I'm still the same person I used to be. I never even thought about whether I had experienced the daylight or not.
They don't think about it, but it's only when you mention the key points that you perceive the vagueness of your memory. For example, the inaccessible Shell Beach.
Lin Ming wouldn't look for it, he already knew that place was like a memory, but it didn't actually exist at all. In other words, even if there is, it is completely different from the place you imagined.
And such a power can no longer be explained by medics alone. Perhaps the real source of this is this power called "FM".
This power is not just a simple application of telekinesis and changing matter. It can change the environment, change cause and effect, and even create directly. Such a power, if it is more precise, is the ability to manifest itself in an illusion.
If all of this is in front of you, the whole city is virtual. Then this ability to modulate the frequency can be changed from the lowest level of the data structure. Thus radically changing everything in the whole world.
In fact, it has changed from the bottom level, which has affected the changes at the output end, and this kind of equipment has already taken shape in 2017, where Lin Ming lives. This is the case, for example, on a high-tech stage with physical properties combined with 3D virtual technology.
By changing the program code control, the environment of the whole stage is changed. Such facilities are really very similar to the city in front of you. If the whole city is a huge virtual world, then there must be a central structure at the bottom of this world that controls the whole city.
If you want to change all this, you have to be able to go to the center. And it is clear that Dr. Schreb has the ability, or he knows how to get to the center.
Dr. Schreber sat on the ground, surrounded by three black-clad zombies.
The doctor hurriedly explained, looking frightened: "He attacked me, I don't know where he went!" ”
The black-clothed zombie did not blame the doctor, but said indifferently, "Follow me, Dr. Schreber." We've got a lot of things to do, right? ”
Lin Ming was going to go straight to the plant and wait for the rabbit, and Dr. Schleber was either in his clinic or in the bath he used to hide from those black-clothed zombies. And in terms of possibility and importance, it is the bath that is the most likely. And the most important thing is that there are hiding places there, and they are hidden enough.
And what made Lin Ming feel weird the most was that even though it had been so long, it had been about ten hours, and he had neither felt tired nor hungry.
Obviously, this is even more proof that he doesn't need to eat and sleep. But who can survive without this? Unless everything in this world is fake.
Lin Ming is very similar to experimenting, what if he starts to wreak havoc now? But soon he suppressed the crazy thought that suddenly came out of his heart.
Indeed, the order of the city is maintained by the police and government departments on the surface, but in fact it is the zombies dressed in black.
And those zombies must be looking for him by all means now, Lin Ming was thinking about what means they would use to find him. Apparently they don't have a high-tech network to monitor the entire city.
I have to say that the technology level of these black-clothed zombies is lower than expected, so if they want to find themselves, they can only find them through those who have been in contact with them. That is, those who are related to John Murdoch.
So all those who might be associated with the original body can no longer be contacted now. The most important thing right now is to find the doctor.
So Lin Ming stayed in this bathhouse and stayed in a corner. There are very few guests, and most of the time there is no one. Sure enough, it's a great place to talk.
Lin Ming had to take a gamble, at least that Dr. Schreber's had revealed a lot of important information. For example, the actual controllers of the city are the zombies in black. For example, his ability to change items is said to have the power to change the world. And Schreiber had in his hands the means that would help him better control that power.
Then it is also said that the sudden amnesia of his original body is probably not an accident, but a plan planned by Dr. Schreber. He deceived the black-clad zombies in order to raise a superman who could be used against them.
The whole city, except for himself and the doctor, seemed to be living in a false dream. They don't know what's going on and never think about it.
In a space at the bottom of the city, the black-clad zombies gathered together again, and the leader of the zombies said, "The next experiment will take place in the following places. ”
In front of the leader is a prototype 3D virtual projection panel, on which miniatures of some of the city's towering black buildings appear, representing the area where experiments are about to begin.
"The first injection subject is on Avenue M." The leader of the men in black pointed to a street path on the panel.
However, at this time, another black-clothed zombie hurriedly said: "Mr. Shu, something went wrong, and we can't complete it without M Avenue." Last time FM, we lost control there. ”
The leader of the black-clothed zombies asked a little strangely, "The machine has been damaged?" Murdoch has become more powerful than we ever imagined. ”
One of the black-clothed zombies said, "He'll be able to match us soon!" ”
Another leader of the men in black said, "So we have to be stronger than him." ”
The leader of the black-clothed zombies saw the leader coming with the doctor, and then asked, "Did the doctor do what we asked?" ”
Dr. Schreiber held up a syringe and said in a very strange and trembling tone, "The second episode of the life of John Murdoch has been prepared. ”
And that's the memory that Dr. Schreiber was going to instill in John Murdoch. It's just that there was a slight deviation in the previous experiment.
It was clear that there was no unity of opinion among the men in black, and one man in black objected: "We can't do this!" ”
One of the leaders asked, "Murdoch doesn't have any of these memories, does he?" So how can these memories help us find him? ”
At this time, another leader of the men in black who was trapped on a shelf said: "Every place he has been, everyone he has seen, he can control everything. ”
Mr. Shu, the leader of the black-clothed zombies, explained, "Since he will follow these clues to find, then we will follow the memories that should belong to him." ”
Obviously, this explanation will not make these men in black unanimous, and one of the zombies in black said: "Have you forgotten the consequences of the last injection? When we ......"
Another man in black said, "Yes, poor, poor fellow. ”
The leader of the men in black obviously would not stop the experiment because of the objections, but listened to him: "We have not forgotten, since Mr. Hand is willing to sacrifice for a greater cause, then let's do it!" ”
One of the zombies in black objected, "But the past has failed to instill memories in ourselves. ”
"But Mr. Hand's proposal is clearly the only way we have to go, start the injection!"
But these black-clad zombies obviously didn't know that inside John Murdoch's body at this time were souls from another time and space. Therefore, after he learned more and more about the reality of this world, his behavior was completely detached from the predictions of these people.
Lin Ming no longer chose to continue to pursue the clues that remained by his side, he now had a guess, and these clues were obviously a second life prepared for him.
But that was John Murdoch's life, not his own.
Therefore, Lin Ming would not choose to contact those who knew him, or those who knew him in his memory, and those who were familiar with him. Instead, he wants to get to the heart of the matter.
As the city entered midnight, there was another human being who could move besides him, Dr. Schreber. And this doctor is very important to those zombies in black.
What is the purpose of these unique beings who control the entire city? The whole city was obviously their testing ground, but they didn't brazenly disrupt the city's order.
They want humanity to continue to live in this never-ending cycle of nightmares. And they don't want humans to know the truth about it all. It's clear that they want something very important from humans.
On the other hand, Inspector Bamsted, who has been investigating this serial murder case, is becoming more and more curious about some things that he cannot understand during the investigation of this case.
Do memories really deceive themselves? He is also a person who trusts his instincts more. John Murdoch, who he had been investigating intuitionally, was not a murderer.
But all the clues and evidence pointed to this man. But what made him feel the impact of reality the most was the fact that Murdoch suddenly stunned him with an invisible force.
At this moment, another murder case of a female callee occurred, and the police station was also called. This immediately alerted Inspector Bamsted, who immediately set off for the scene of the murder.