We had thoroughly inspected every room in the hotel, and were sure that there were no more people left here except for the four of us, but we did not expect that after the beacon fire was released, the first person to come to meet was actually out of the hotel. This man named Mitsukasuka grew up in the 11th district of the Central Principality, and before he became an adult, his family moved to Canada, but his name, words and deeds still have a very strong characteristic of the 11th district. The 11 wards of the Central Principality, which is now also known as the Special Administrative Region of Japan, have been independent of the history of the Central Principality for a long time, so after being incorporated into the Central Principality, the uniqueness of its customs is still very strong, and it is easy to distinguish the people who were born and raised in that area from the people of other wards in Central Park. This uniqueness is not only a difference in the pronunciation of the language, but also a cultural similarity and difference.

However, in the face of such a strange situation at present, Mitsui Tsukao does not have too good ideas. After we communicate our experiences, we can't help but have more associations because of some coincidental circumstances.

According to Mitsukasuka, he was also exposed to a deathly silence in an extremely sudden situation, and then found that he was the only one left in the entire hotel, and the hotel was in flames. Until then, there was no time or opportunity to be informed. From the perspective of human sophistication and timeline, it can be regarded as indistinguishable from the weirdness we encountered, and what is more interesting is that the time of the fire he personally experienced seems to coincide with the time when we lit the beacon fire.

In this way,

"Could it be that the fire you lit didn't burn you, but only burned me?" Mitsukasuo teased with a wry smile. However, this statement does not explain at all why we can't see each other. And there are many differences in each other's experiences. At least, Mitsukasuo didn't have time at all to confirm what happened to the people in the other rooms before the fire. And in our case, some dead people were found. Moreover, these dead people are more like murders, and there are no signs of fire at all.

"It's like ......" the fitness trainer said uncertainly, "parallel space? ”

The theory of parallel space, as a science fiction theory, is often known in works, even for middle-aged people of Mitsuka's age. To put it simply, if the hotel where Mitsukao is located and the hotel where we are located are parallel spaces. These differences will occur, and it will seem to be explainable. However, such speculation is nothing more than a forced explanation of the anomaly that one has encountered without more evidence.

Just to get a plausible explanation, to put forward an unverifiable and empty theory can be regarded as a way to stabilize one's own feelings in the face of "mystery". Be able to think so. Even if it's not reliable at all, it's better than keeping yourself confused all the time. I think so.

"Could it be that what we do will also affect another parallel space?" The soothsayer jokingly said, "For example, we have done a good job of fire prevention, but in Mr. Mitsui's parallel space, we have not done a good job of the other one. So started a fire? But I don't think even if I'm in a parallel space, I'm not so stupid. After all, the reason we're here is because we get an invitation to the seminar. We are both accomplished in psychology, and since we in parallel space are also here, the details may be different, but in terms of reasons, I don't think there will be much difference. ”

"Since your brains are so big, why don't you assume that it was actually us who were divided into parallel spaces, and not us in parallel spaces who did the same thing?" Dr. Nguyen Li rolled her eyes, everyone knew that she would never believe this kind of banter assumption.

Actually, I think that since the gray fog has appeared, it is not impossible that in a temporary hedge space, experts enter hotels in different parallel spaces due to some mysterious effect, and what they do with each other will intersect and interlock in some situation.

"Suppose that we are indeed isolated in parallel space for some reason, and our own actions will also have an impact on another parallel space." I looked at them and said very seriously, "For example, if we light a beacon fire here, it is true that Mitsui Tsukasuka's hotel in his peaceful space will cause a fire, then it is also possible that the murderers who killed those experts in our space will also come from other parallel dimensions." It is entirely possible to explain why, we could not find more people, nor could we find more clues, and Mr. Mitsui would run out of the hotel that should have been empty at such a coincidental time. Because, only when something bad happens, the two parallel spaces overlap. ”

I'm probably the first of the five people here to take this assumption so seriously. For other people, I am obviously abnormal when I am so serious, even Mitsukasuka, who has just met, looks at me with strange eyes. Dr. Nguyen Le calmly said to everyone, "I'm sorry, Ah Chuan is a mental patient. ”

Fitness instructors and soothsayers also knew this for a long time, but it was only at this time that they expressed the expression of "it turns out that he is really a mental patient".

"Is it okay to say that? He was just a child. The fitness instructor came back to his senses and was not very satisfied with Dr. Nguyen Li's calmness and straightforwardness. She seemed to think that saying such things in front of me would hurt my self-esteem. But in reality, I didn't care that I was being seen as mentally ill, and I never thought that other people would immediately accept my claims. However, I have always believed that as long as I take something seriously, this seriousness and sincerity, even if it is considered a psychotic episode, can affect other people.

I have always believed that what really affects others is not the truth in the words, but the feelings released from the words. Even if there is a congenital restriction on identity, as long as you can express your kindness and let others realize that this is not a joke and mockery, but that you really think so, you will definitely make others have to think about your own side.

"It's okay." I smiled peacefully and said, "I know I'm a mentally ill person, but there's something wrong with my mind. It doesn't mean that my thinking is not clear, I made this guess after thinking carefully about the current situation. I know that it may not be true, however, there is also a possibility that it is correct. Isn't it? ”

"Sure enough, as Ms. Ruan said, your situation is a bit special." The soothsayer smiled as well, "Be careful, Takakawa. Your situation is very dangerous, and you must know that those sane murderers had signs similar to you before they became like that. ”

"I'm not going to kill people casually. I never thought it was fun to kill people. I calmly replied, "I don't like to hurt other people if I can." ”

"But. When you're threatened, when something terrible happens, you're going to fight back, aren't you? Mitsukasuka, who was just asking my fitness trainer about me, immediately said to me, "The question is, under what circumstances do you feel like your life is in danger?" And how to distinguish the demarcation between resistance and non-resistance. I've heard that you often hallucinate. ”

"Yes." I have to admit. From the point of view of a person with doomsday syndrome, there are no hallucinations. On the contrary, it is not normal.

"Illusions can cause you to misassess your situation and allow yourself to do things that you regret not to do, which in turn can lead you to escape and distort your mistakes into reasonable situations." Mitsukasuka's tone was a little stern, "Maybe, every one of your actions." It's all well-intentioned, but the appearance of hallucinations makes you kindly make a mistake, which is much greater than that of ordinary people. For example. will see a normal person as a monster who wants to hurt himself......"

He was right, Dr. Nguyen Lê observed me and determined that I was a "dangerous and severely mentally ill person" who could harm others at any time. My diary is full of inhuman killings, and the description of the mysterious world is also full of blood, which is a fact of personal experience for me, but in the eyes of Dr. Nguyen Li, this is proof that I am full of aggression. A psycho who may see ordinary people as monsters at any time is calm and full of violence, and in a world where there is no mystery, it is naturally extremely dangerous.

Herein lies the problem, in the eyes of some people, the world is always normal, and anything that is abnormal is just an illusion created by some ingenious criminal tricks. And in the eyes of people like me, the world is already abnormal, on the verge of collapse of the apocalypse.

If, among the five of us, there are other electronic demon messengers besides me, then there is a higher chance that what I say can be trusted, but I can't tell who is the electronic demon messenger other than Dr. Nguyen Li. Or, except for me, they are all ordinary normal people.

Normal? Normal field of view? These words made some thoughts come to my mind. Perhaps, the mysterious events that appear in this journey are all for the purpose of screening, and the people who are in the "mysterious" but still can't recognize the "mysterious"?

According to the previous inference, a person who has never been able to recognize the "mysterious" after the mystery has spread to a certain extent, or something that has always maintained the phenomenon of "isolating the mystery", may be the controlling core of this repeater world. Then, in order to find out the core of this control, it should not be too early to start screening people with possibilities from now on.

In any case, if the recognition of mystery has become the mainstream of the development of this repeater world, then in such a trend, people who are difficult to recognize the mystery must be special. This peculiarity may be negative, and may be seen as a kind of "cripple", as conspicuous as the presence of a disabled person in an able-bodied population, but it can also be positive, because the "mystery" itself is special enough to make people think that the "inability to know the mystery" itself is an extremely precious mystery.

It's just that this flash of aura is just a conjecture, and more evidence is needed to confirm it. For example, it is up to the perpetrators themselves to say it.

However, since I can't feel that the four people, including Dr. Nguyen Li, have the aura of electronic demon messengers, then, I prefer that they are all normal people. It's just that how far will this normality last? The mystery has come so directly to everyone that it is not so easy to ignore it all the time. I think that at this time, one of the four should have been shaken.

"Don't worry. I will be optimistic about Achuan, he is my child. Dr. Nguyen Le stood in front of me and said to the three of them, "In my research, he has never misidentified me once, so if it happens." I can also remind him when it matters. ”

"I'm sorry, Ms. Nguyen, I'm not hostile." Mitsukasuo hurriedly said: "I just hope that this child can be more soberly aware of how dangerous his situation is." IMHO, although I'm not a well-known expert, I still think that the next thing will happen. There is a risk that his condition will be exacerbated. ”

"It's possible." The soothsayer nodded, and said, "If all the theories of false emptiness are implausible, then what is the possibility that we are all hallucinating?" For example, what we ate on the way, or, what the environment is here. Has some kind of strong hallucinogenic properties. Personally, I think it's the fog that is weird. ”

Both Dr. Nguyen Li and Mitsukasu began to think about this possibility. Because, the hypotheses put forward by the soothsayers are closer to the world of ordinary people than parallel spaces or something. Hallucinations arise because of the strange fog, and then chain feelings arise because of the behavior of the people around them. It has been documented in a number of unpublished drug studies. For example, hallucinogenic pollen is scattered in the air and forms a fog, which can be breathed into by humans, which can have an effect on the brain. And this case. Fitness trainers have obviously had a similar experience.

"I'm going to have this kind of thing." "However, the location took place in a more remote mountain," she said very cautiously. ”

"Indeed, this possibility is much more credible than parallel space." Dr. Nguyen Le said: "However, the place where we are, although there is no village in front of the village and no shop in the back, it is still not a real barren mountain and wild mountain, this rest point is always in operation, and there are many people who run long distances on this road, why have we never heard of this kind of thing happening before?" Has someone covered up the truth? This kind of place with a certain amount of traffic will definitely attract attention if there is a tragedy due to collective hallucinations. ”

"But we're not locals, so we can't confirm if the same thing has happened in the past." Mitsukasuo said calmly, "If it really happened, and the locals did not plan to make the situation public for economic reasons, then it is possible that the situation that hinders the investigation may occur." The worst-case scenario is that the same thing has happened in the past, but no one has ever found the truth, and over time, it has to be over, and we happen to hit the worst-case scenario. ”

"Hallucinogenic pollen? I know one. I interjected, "Have you ever heard of a flower called White Claudia?" Some people use this flower to create a strong hallucinogen called 'Paradise'. ”

Hearing me say this, the fitness trainer, the soothsayer, and Mitsuka's first reaction was to look at Dr. Nguyen Li. Dr. Nguyen Li explained: "This is a kind of hallucinogenous object that Ah Chuan, a child, describes in an adventure novel in which he is the main character, but I have never actually seen or heard of it. If it's the other drugs with the same name as 'Paradise,' there are some, but white Claudia—" she shook her head, and asked rhetorically, "have you ever heard of this flower?" ”

Both the fitness instructor and Mitsukao shook their heads, they thought it was the imagination of me, a mentally ill person. However, at this time, the soothsayer said, "I have heard of Claudia White. ”

Everyone's eyes couldn't help but fall on her, and the soothsayer hesitated, but still said, "I like to travel around the world and use my identity as a soothsayer." By chance, I heard about this flower from the mouth of a guest - Claudia white is not an official scientific name, it is said to be a small white flower, Claudia is the name of the wife of the first discoverer, and the discovery of this flower is a touching love story. However, I have not seen such words in person, and all I know is from the mouths of guests. At that time, the guests also said that there were some people who were cultivating and cultivating this flower, but planting and buying it was a very personal thing, like a niche preference. I didn't really care about it at the time, you know, there are always people who like flowers that are inconspicuous and have a story. ”

The soothsayer recounted the description of the white Claudia by her guest from his memory. Dr. Nguyen Le looked surprised, because this description was very similar to what I described in my diary.

"So, what about Paradise?" Mitsukashi asked.

"I haven't heard of it." The soothsayer said: "In the conversation at that time, I did not think that the guest knew much more. As for whether the trade in this flower is for the purpose of making new drugs, it is even more uncertain. It is also unclear whether the flower has hallucinogenic effects. And. It's said to have hallucinogenic effects, but it's only in the adventure story of Takakawa, a child, right? Her tone accentuated the "adventure story" a bit, as if to emphasize the artistic processing of the story itself.

"Perhaps, we can find out if there are such flowers around. If it's really pollen, it leads to such a big fog and hallucination. Mitsukashi said: "Moreover, after such a long time, no one else has converged, I don't think there is any need to wait any longer." If they are also hallucinating, then it is possible that they cannot see us. ”

His mention was recognized by everyone. During this time of our conversation. If someone finds the beacon fire, no matter how hesitant, it shouldn't be like now, there is still a dead silence around it. What's more, with the addition of a man named Mitsukasuka, this team is also much more reassuring. As long as you don't get left alone, you probably have a way to deal with a murderer - I believe it. Everyone has such a mentality to some extent. Before the arrival of Tsukao Mitsuki. We're either women or children here, and the children are mentally ill, so just from the outside, there's really no deterrent.

"Until then, I think we'd better check the room again." The fitness instructor also mentioned yì. This is a good way to confirm whether it is an illusion or not, and if it is an illusion, how strict it is. Although, at this time. Everyone is more inclined to the possibility of hallucinations, but they are still more vigilant about what the factors that lead to hallucinations and whether there is a human factor. If it is a large-scale hallucinogenic drug that is artificially distributed, then there is no doubt that its danger will be greatly increased.

We worked together to extinguish the beacon fire and throw everything to the ground so that the fire would not rekindle and damage the building. After that, we returned to the hotel together.

This time, the interior of the hotel we saw was a little different from what we had seen before. There are a lot of blackened places in the hotel, as if it really suffered a fire, but the fire is not big, not even the wooden door can be burned, only partially burned. In the nasal cavity, you can faintly smell the stench of burning, and the heat seems to have increased, but these sensations are hazy, and it is impossible to determine whether they are real or just an illusion caused by empathy. However, since everyone can feel it, there is a certain consistency in the situation that everyone encounters.

"Mr. Mitsui saw a big fire, right?" The fitness instructor asked calmly.

"Yes, there are flames in almost every room." Mitsui Tsukao was still suspicious and frowned at the scene.

"On our side, there is no fire." The soothsayer said, "But what we see now is ...... Split the fire of the two scenes evenly? The latter words are full of self-deprecation.

Indeed, no one could have imagined the changes in the interior of the hotel today. I'm not surprised by this, but for others, it's probably a little surprising.

"You say, will you meet new survivors when you come back this time?" Dr. Nguyen Le said, "Although Ah Chuan is a mentally ill person, the sensitivity of a mentally ill person is not always wrong. He said earlier that two parallel spaces would only overlap when something bad happened, and I think there is a certain degree of correctness. It is quite possible that as soon as a new situation arises, another group of people will be discovered, just as we met Mr. Mitsui. ”

"Is anyone there?" Mitsukasuka used practical actions to verify this guess.

At the same time, the fitness instructor once again kicked open the door as she passed through the rooms, which she had done before, but the change of scene had made the rooms lock again. Of course, when the door was called, there was no response either, which is why such an outrageous method was needed. Although the fitness instructor is a woman, she can have stronger leg strength than ordinary men.

Naturally, there was no one in the room, and there were signs of burning everywhere, but even cloth products such as curtains were not completely burned, as if, before the fire increased, the fire was extinguished due to some factors, and generally water and fire extinguishers were thought of, but there were no traces of both in the room. The soothsayer unscrewed the faucet, and except for a few droplets of water falling, the faucet made a shriveled empty sound.

The water has stopped? Everyone looked at each other, and this is a new situation. (To be continued......)