Chapter 23: Settingism

Luo Sheng confirmed the identity of the black shadow, and several of the strong pieces of evidence were enough to make him shudder.

First, this is also a shocking scene for Luo Sheng so far. It was on the night of the research institute that in the chaos of paper, with the person in black who was still wearing a baseball cap and a mask, why did he feel the electric current piercing his heart when he looked at him, and there was a kind of stunned and even frenzied that he had passed his past and present lives in a second. Isn't this the terrifying feeling of seeing another self with my own eyes and being so shocked that I don't want to see it again in this life.

The rest is the clothes, and Luo Sheng doesn't need to compare them again. He clearly remembered that on the night of July 2, when he turned back to the institute to find Connora's contact information, he didn't need to remember what he was dressed in. Among them, the baseball cap and mask were worn by him in the room on the second floor. After that, he infiltrated the third floor in the image of this theft.

Second, when he was shot at Tabulun Monastery, it was not so much that he was shot inexplicably, but that he was sneaking in the dark monastery, a dark place where even the moonlight rarely sees, and he saw a mysterious figure standing in front of his destination, and he saw the gun in the other party's hand while the other party lit the lighter.

Luo Sheng's purpose in shooting first was to lure away the suspicious person, but he didn't expect to be hit.

Walking out of Tabulun Temple, Luo Sheng told An Yi in detail all these reasons to prove that his judgment was based on evidence. It's not made up for nothing.

However, there is a key and uncontrollable factor in this - the change of the inducement in the middle of the event.

For example, he asked An Yi: "After going up from the stone room, did you just light the lighter and light a cigarette?" ”

An Yi nodded in amazement, mumbled, and then asked, "What do you mean by just lighting a cigarette?" ”

"Before I was shot in my right hand, I saw someone standing on top of the stone chamber and lighting a lighter, but instead of lighting a cigarette, he lit a candle. ”

Seeing that An Yi didn't know what to do, Luo Sheng continued: "What I want to say is that I shot first at that time to lure the person who lit the candle away, but Luo Sheng 2 shot at you, so I don't know if he had malicious intent." In other words, the person who lit the candle is not you, and it must not be, because there is a difference in time and space between the two. Again, when I found Connoola's contact address at the Institute, there was no shooting. So, the problem now is that although the whereabouts of Rasheng 2 are the same as mine, the intermediate events have changed. This means that if we go to Rasheng 2, there is a possibility that unpredictable events will happen, such as he may not be in the place where I was before, or he is, but the situation is different from what I used to be. ”

An Yi seemed to have a comprehension, and said, "The preconditions have changed-"

Luo Sheng nodded in agreement, and then fell silent. He had to think of the passage he had copied in the research institute—

Whether the world is determined or not, we do not have free will, because events are caused by causes, and even if there is no obvious cause, there are various antecedent conditions associated with them. So the cause determines our choice of events. And God determines the world, and God creates these reasons as well.

So, if you think about it, we are no different from the characters we are set up in the game.

If the game character realizes that he is only trying his best to clear the level, and the controller finds it boring, he can turn off the game and start again, re-select the mode, or rewrite the program, what does this mean for a game character?

Luo Sheng was silent for a long time, and a series of thinking conclusions made him powerless to refute himself, and he just walked side by side with An Yi on the way back to Siem Reap city.

Because it was the second half of the night, there was no means of transport like tuk-tuks, but as dawn approached, there were fishermen's boats to sit on.

The time was approaching 6 o'clock, and Luo Sheng's gaze jumped over the Siem Reap River, and looked at the sky in the east—where it joined the ancient buildings—and tore a red like a brocade, and the rising sun was about to emerge from the red opening, and then shine on the earth.

He narrowed his eyes and watched as a fishing boat was slowly rowing towards him and Anyi.

After the two jumped on the fishing boat, explaining that they were going to Xincheng City, Luo Sheng continued to resist and his tired body relaxed, and he was about to take a nap with his eyes open, when he saw the fisherman who rowed the boat staring at him, and his yellow, black and thin face was full of horror.

Then, the fisherman reached out and grabbed Ra Sang's clothes, pushed him hard, and babbled in Khmer.

Although he couldn't understand what the fisherman said, judging from his expression and body language, he asked Luo Sheng to get off the boat quickly. This made both him and An Yi feel extremely strange.

Luo Sheng was almost pushed into the water by the fisherman, he grabbed the edge of the boat and asked in rookie English: "What are you going to do?" ”

But the fisherman didn't understand at all, and his babbling became louder and louder, pulling Luo Sheng harder and harder, signaling him to get off the boat.

One of Luo Sheng's feet hung on the side of the boat and soaked in the river, at this time, An Yi seemed to understand what the fisherman said, he used to deal with Cambodians, and he knew a little bit of simple daily language, so he simply asked "what's going on" in jerky Khmer, which sounded very lame. But it worked, the fisherman understood, and then gestured and said a few words, Luo Sheng saw An Yi listen to what the fisherman said, and his face began to change, and he seemed to be a little dignified.

Luo Sheng didn't interrupt, just listened quietly, and it wasn't until An Yi finished talking to the fisherman that he asked, "What did you tell him?" ”

An Yi lit a cigarette and said, "The fisherman said that the last person on the boat was exactly the same as you, but he was injured and had blood on his body, and now he sees you in good shape, he thinks he's seen a ghost." ”

Luo Sheng was about to roll up his sleeves to prove that he was also injured, but was stopped by An Yi, he waved his hand and said: "No need, judging from the words of this fisherman, the place where Luo Sheng 2 was hit was his right leg, which is different from you, it seems that, as you said, the incident is changing uncontrollably." ”

"Did the fisherman say where he went?"

"Anyway, Old Town, I'll tell the fisherman that you're the man's brother, and let him pull us over too."

After speaking, Luo Sheng looked at the fisherman rowing the boat, and he obviously felt that the fisherman's eyes showed a look of half-belief.

Soon, the boat crossed to the old city, and Luo Sheng paid the money and said goodbye to the fisherman with An Yi. Looking at the rows of low-rise buildings on the side of the road, this street shows a scene of messy buildings and various styles, all of which are one- to two-story houses, but when he thinks of finding someone out of thin air, the low and simple houses in front of Luo Sheng seem to be endless, and there is no end to this street.

Luo Sheng felt powerless.

Even if it is another self, it is independent, and Luo Sheng has no idea where Luo Sheng 2 will go.

"What now? I was completely out of direction. ”

"I have, don't forget that I'm a police officer, and my skills in finding people are not bad."

As he spoke, An Yi took out his mobile phone and dialed a phone number.