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Who was the first person to discover that the end of the world had come, it is now impossible to verify, as far as Dr. Nguyen Li himself is concerned, it was probably in February that he was invited by a psychiatric hospital in the 11th District (which was also called the Special Zone of Japan at the beginning of its annexation, but due to political and public security factors, the official document has officially banned the regional title of "Japan", but because of habit, there are still many people who use the name "Special Zone of Japan"). Go and participate in the diagnosis and treatment of a special case in the local area. During this period, it was naturally some extraordinary events that made Dr. Ruan Li pay attention to the flower "White Claudia".

Due to some complicated reasons, the consultation was not followed up, but it was like a switch, allowing Dr. Nguyen Li to gradually come into contact with more extraordinary phenomena. To put it simply, she came across more and more strange and complex cases – all of which were psychologically possible, but rarely encountered on a daily basis – and suddenly so many special cases had emerged in her field of vision in such a short period of time, that Dr. Nguyen Li realized that something was wrong.

What's more, if you follow up on the patient's condition in depth, the word "Claudia White" will always appear.

What kind of thing is "White Claudia"? Dr. Nguyen Le investigated it in as much detail as possible, however, despite its appearance as a flowering plant with an unpretentious shape, like a common wildflower along the forest road, it was. It doesn't really have a scientific name.

"No, really, it and its possible relatives are not recorded at all in the botanical illustrated book, as if it were suddenly realized of its existence." Dr. Nguyen Le said to me, "If you say, it's a very rare flower. It was an amazing discovery, but by the time I discovered it, there were already a lot of them. One day, I suddenly realized that it was like a weed, and even somewhere in the city, I could inadvertently detect its existence, as if it had been there all along. It's just that we've ignored it. ”

At this point, she paused and asked me, "Do you think it's really possible?" Is there really such a plant, which can be seen everywhere like a weed, but has been ignored by everyone in the world? ”

Of course not. That's how I answered her, and she nodded, continuing to tell me about "White Claudia" and "The End of the World".

The end of the world in 1999. In fact, it was this year that Dr. Nguyen Le came into contact with "Claudia White" in February. And quickly in the process of exploring this strange plant, he realized that the end of the world had begun, and, in fact, people had been caught up in it and suffered from it. And this point in time is only the end of February. In other words, it only took more than half a month, starting with that cross-district invitation for medical treatment, and the related situations were at a terrible speed and number. Poured into Dr. Nguyen Li's observations, and until then, she hadn't even heard of any news, let alone noticed anything like this.

This kind of change may not be so sensitive to the average person, however, as a psychology researcher, I quickly realized from the frequency of this change that something was happening on a global scale. In order to prove this speculation, she contacted her network one after another, and personally flew to various places abroad, and confirmed this in half a month of investigation.

"At that time, I only thought that the distribution of conditions was based on the density of the crowd." Dr. Nguyen Lê was immersed in that time, and his expression became heavy, "However, we soon found out that it has nothing to do with the density of the crowd, only with whether or not Claudia White appears in that place...... Realizing this seemed to be an accident at the time, but when I think about it later, it is inevitable. ”

What Dr. Nguyen Le means is that people like them, realizing that Claudia White is leading the end of the world, and that all the relevant situations, with Claudia White at their core, are not accidental discoveries, but a kind of necessity. How this inevitability was proved was not elaborated on, for it seemed to be very complicated, and although logical reasoning could lead to conclusions, it was more convenient to understand it with emotion. "Let's just think it's fate." She said it so casually, although, I know, she wasn't a believer in fate.

"Specifically, what kind of situation did White Claudia cause to make you realize that the end of the world was coming?" I can't help but ask, after this question, there are some questions worth pondering, such as: who are the "we" in the mouth of Dr. Nguyen Li, and what kind of particularities do these people have, so that they are more sensitive than others to the situation caused by Claudia White, so that they can perceive the coming of the end when others are not aware of it; Secondly, the end of this repeater world happened in 1999, that is, now, which is inconsistent with my observation time after entering this repeater world, not to mention, "Gao Chuan" was already a mental patient before 1999. So, what kind of connection will there be between the mentally ill and Claudia white? Dr. Nguyen Le said that the first time she learned the term "Claudia" was when she was treating a mentally ill person. Will the time, place, and people of that time be related to the next series of circumstances, and even now they have not been able to escape the influence of that time?

There's a lot of information I want to know, but it's not worth interrupting Dr. Nguyen Li's story, because these questions will disrupt the coherence of the context compared to her collation.

She and I walked along the forest path, which winded its way to the observatory with a dirt road followed by a stone path, like an ancient road, which has not been repaired and has been used to this day. Under the shard-like sunlight, the wet emerald green is dotted all the way. The beautiful scenery and the excellent atmosphere do not make the atmosphere relaxed and cheerful, but make people feel that during the telling of the story, there is always a shadow hanging over them, and some kind of omen is like a cold silk thread. Wrapped around the limbs and spine. However, this sense of ominousness is already a common occurrence for me.

Where the white Claudia blooms, everyone's spirit is abnormal. This anomaly is not noticeable in ordinary people, although it exceeds the normal value when compared purely by numbers. However, when the number is enlarged to the value of "human beings all over the world", it is necessary to make people care, and some of the characteristics of clinical phenomena are excluded, and some of the coefficients that distinguish between "normal" and "abnormal" rarely play a role. Sudden changes that exceed normal cognition. Once you combine these changes with what you have seen, you will definitely go further, and you will have a considerable understanding of the fact that "something is happening".

Dr. Nguyen Le and others continued to pursue these phenomena, changes in values and feelings, and encountered accidents that they had never seen or heard of before, and in March, some people began to develop symptoms consistent with the "Claudia White" phenomenon. Then there was a series of accidents, and many people died. A litany of little things. It finally evolved into a big event that felt like "being chased by death". As a last resort, everyone gave up continuing to track, because if they continued, it would only make people feel that someone was dead. Purely because they are chasing "things that should not be known", as if a god is punishing such behavior - after all, not every expert is an advocate of materialist science, and conversely, it is precisely because they have encountered situations that they cannot understand. There are not a few scientific theorists who are aware of their own limits in materialist science and choose to enter the field of idealistic philosophy.

"It seems that there is an ominous follower of him, and he will only feel an inescapable and fateful fear all the way after him, and then, he will feel that there is a god in control?" I deliberately confirmed this feeling to Dr. Nguyen Li: "I also wrote about this feeling in my diary. ”

"Yes." "You've heard me tell me about this more than once, and it's not strange to turn it into a storyline, but the problem is that you've forgotten it, and you're not just listening to me about it now," Dr. Nguyen Le said. ”

I don't think Dr. Nguyen Le is making up a story.

In late March, Dr. Nguyen Le returned home and conducted a comprehensive examination of her adopted son and patient, Gao Chuan, to confirm the effects of the Claudia alba phenomenon, and the results did not surprise her. When people in the entire city are infected, it is unlikely that "Takakawa" will be a special case. Moreover, Dr. Nguyen Li's previous investigations have shown that the effects of the Claudia white phenomenon are particularly severe in the mentally ill. This also means that until this time period, "Takakawa" had always been a "normal" mental patient, but after being influenced by Claudia White and becoming an "abnormal" mental patient, the deterioration of his condition became very rapid. For the sake of getting along and healing, Dr. Nguyen Le decided to treat this "abnormality" relative to the past mental illness as normal, and the past "normal" as mild, so as to make a smooth observation of the state of "Gao Chuan" before and after the influence of Claudia White.

Of course, this practice is not a normal method, and it is forbidden under normal circumstances, but Dr. Nguyen Le is not a layman, and since she decided to do this, there must be her reasons, and I understand it this way, so there is no surprise or uneasiness.

After Dr. Nguyen Lê's team was disbanded, the thrill of the quest seemed to have lost its source, and life began to become stable, but through various modern contact methods, Dr. Nguyen Lê and those people were still sure that a stable life did not change the abnormal facts, and finally determined this deepening abnormality, which could not be felt normally, as the "end of the world".

"That is, the so-called 'end of the world' is just a term for this state of affairs, and not in a purely literal sense?" I can't help but say.

"No, it's the end of the world." Dr. Nguyen Le answered in the affirmative. But the term "apocalypse" was also somewhat exaggerated when it was first established. Although the scope and form of the anomaly and the dangers encountered in the pursuit of the anomaly make people feel a strong sense of crisis and fear, the real end of the world is not the process of "human beings are dead". In the early days, the source of those feelings of crisis and fear was only the process of "human life is in danger", in fact, human beings are so fragile, even a small germ. It also kills people. Therefore, "human life is in danger" and "the end of the world" cannot be compared.

The evidence that really makes "the end of the world" worthy of the name is detected in further research. And that is already a situation involving cutting-edge mathematics and physics, and even Dr. Nguyen Le himself can't really understand it. It's just that the other party gave a conclusion. And she had to believe that the end of the world was indeed coming, and that the source seemed to be White Claudia, because the mathematical model pointed to it.

What exactly is White Claudia? At first, it was thought to be a hallucinogenic plant that would lead to physical and mental alienation of humans. But in the derivation of mathematical formulas and the construction of physical models, Claudia White presents a non-vegetal side.

"To use a little popular science parlance, the posture it presents when the quantum state of the white Claudia is observed. It is different from normal plants. "Under normal observation and quantum observation, Claudia White is like two completely different things, but it is really one, so there are also doubts that it actually has a third state or more observational state, and we should be able to observe at least the third state - that is." This is the third state of observation that smoothly joins the normal and quantum states of Claudia in white. ”

"It sounds complicated, but. Isn't it natural to look at the same object from different angles and find out that it is different? I asked rhetorically.

"A plant is a plant because it meets the plant standards for normal observations, as well as the plant standards for other observation angles." "But the white Claudia is different, it is the standard of the plant during normal observation. But from other perspectives, it is a completely different form of existence. Mathematically, it cannot even be described by a definite numerical value, but is a variable that can only be proved by the method of counterproof, and has no regularity. For example. To describe Claudia as a white flower or a bunch is completely incorrect. ”

I understand that in this world of repeaters, the white Claudia is not a flower or a bouquet of flowers, it cannot be characterized by these quantifiers, nor can it be described simply in the form of "flower". White Claudia, that is, White Claudia, is not a flower or a bouquet of flowers called "White Claudia", just "White Claudia".

This is a statement that did not exist in the past, neither in the apocalyptic realm nor in the reality of the hospital.

However, it was precisely because of Dr. Nguyen Li's description of "White Claudia" that some elusive and vague thoughts flashed through my mind. And I suddenly felt that this idea must be an important guide to break through the current problem. However, until this vague idea is delved into, Dr. Nguyen Li's story is not over.

The anomaly caused by Claudia White, like its own observational uncertainty, appears completely different in the eyes of experts in many different fields, which proves that Dr. Nguyen Li feels helpless, because he can't really understand this thing correctly from his own side. This situation is somewhat similar to "virus" and "river", and in Dr. Nguyen Li's view, Claudia White is the origin of the setting of "virus" and "river" in my diary.

However, in terms of materiality, the white Claudia can indeed be observed and touched, it is the appearance of a flower, which is more simple than the "virus" that is conceptually defined as "unobservable", and has a closer connection with the "river", which has a humanoid posture that can be touched and observed, and is also a beautiful woman like a flower.

"Probably, it was you who subconsciously combined my image, the situation of White Claudia I told about, with the image you expected, to create the character of 'Jiang'. In my opinion, 'Jiang' is more complex than 'virus' because its image is mixed with too many factors, and 'virus' is just playing the simple role of an ultimate enemy. ”

If the contents of my diary are merely regarded as the story of a mentally ill person created with the world as a reality, it is indeed possible to think of it in this way. I can't refute it, because I promised Dr. Nguyen Li that I would put myself in her shoes and look at this situation as a "reality" for the time being.

"Of the phenomena I have been able to observe, White Claudia has no effect on the world, but on humanity, and moreover, this effect is limited to the spiritual aspect." By the time Dr. Nguyen Le said this, we had already arrived at the Observatory. A more neatly crafted stone staircase is set on the hillside. The walls around the observatory are covered with vines, like the remains of adventures hidden deep in the forest.

"Yes, I can only see mental anomalies, however, others also see anomalies in their own domains." "We can't deny that what others see is really true, but we all believe it. What you see must be saved zài. If these anomalies are combined, the scope of the anomalies completely encompasses the existing scientific classification - I think that's where the 'mysteries' in your diary come from. ”

White Claudia plunges humanity into an unconscious "associative mental hallucination". To put it simply, it is to make human beings mentally connected, and at the same time, to spread illusions in the network.

"People's actions seem to be normal, but the source of the actions is different from what is normal under normal circumstances. And. Under certain conditions, those sources of hallucinations can of course also make people's behavior abnormal. However, human beings themselves cannot feel that their behavior is abnormal, and even that they do not feel that their thoughts are abnormal, because people's thoughts and behaviors are abnormal. It is often based on the environment that you can feel. Dr. Nguyen Li looked at me and said, "Just like you are now." Achuan. Although we are in the same world, your feelings about the world are skewed, so your behavior seems to me to be very abnormal, and it is difficult for you to think that you are abnormal. Instead, I think I'm abnormal. In addition, you can mentally interact with other people who are also abnormal. She paused, and then added, "Like me, I have not been affected by the white Claudia. Or there are very few people whose influence is too shallow and whose thoughts and actions have not been distorted. You can look at it this way, the people who are affected by Claudia White are the same kind, and the people who are not affected are the outliers, and now, there are more of your kind, and it can be said that today's human society is composed of you and your kind. But the problem is that you believe that you really think that only zài exists in your spiritual network and not in the material world. ”

Therefore, even I, a fourth-level demon pattern envoy, would not be able to inflict any mysterious damage on Dr. Ruan Li. Is that so? I think I understand a little bit of Dr. Nguyen's understanding of her own peculiarities - it's not that she's abnormal, it's that most of the human beings in the whole world are abnormal, so a small number of normal ranges are considered abnormal. The truth is clear.

"Some time ago, people who were previously affected by the white Claudia phenomenon, but did not manifest it in their behavior, for some reason, gradually became manic." "The impact of Claudia on humanity is becoming more and more superficial, and the real purpose of this symposium is to deal with this situation," said Dr. Nguyen Li. ”

"But are the invited experts really all people who are not affected?" I asked.

Dr. Ruan Li shook his head and said, "Maybe not all of them are unaffected, but as long as they don't show the state of being affected in their behavior, they will be invited." There are too few of us, and because we are not completely immune to White Claudia, the number of people is still decreasing, and maybe, one day, I will be affected by White Claudia and become a patient like you. People affected by Claudia White, no matter how long they can live, and what kind of changes will occur in their minds and bodies, but one thing is fatal, which can directly be called the end of humanity: although the patient can still reproduce, he no longer has the ability to reproduce. ”

So far, 80% of the human race in this world is no longer capable of reproduction.

"Perhaps, the ability to reproduce has become the magic of your story?" Dr. Nguyen Le said in a joking tone, "No matter how you look at it, your description of the electronic demon and the demon has the feeling of giving birth to your own child. (My novel "Restrictive Doomsday Syndrome" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)