Do people have souls?

For ordinary people who have not been exposed to the heretical world, this question has always been an unsolvable topic that they relish. Modern science cannot confirm the existence www.biquge.info of the soul, but it cannot prove that the soul does not exist.

Normally, this kind of question is raised within the scope of research, but to this day, many scientists continue to explore this topic of human nature.

If they had access to the hidden truth beneath this world, they probably wouldn't have bothered to bother with the question that any monster knows the answer. However, even when he had not been in contact with heretical creatures, Zhang Luo had already affirmed his judgment:

The soul definitely exists.

- If there is no such thing as "soul", all my theories will be overturned.

It is precisely because of the existence of the soul that it is also possible to resurrect the dead in the legendary "forbidden magic".

And now, what Zhang Luo wants to do is to resurrect a corpse:

"I brought her here."

The man in black carried Lin Miao's already cold corpse, walked into the underground arsenal of the Strange Talk Research Society, laid the body flat on Frankenstein's workbench, and looked down at the woman's gray face.

Zhang Luo knew that although he might be able to repair her body through "domain control", the key problem at present was not to repair her body, but to be unable to restore Lin Miao's original consciousness, that is, her "soul".

After seeing all kinds of hells and the gate of Huangquan, Zhang Luo already had an answer to the question of where the soul of a person would go after death. However, he didn't know how the soul moved, and he couldn't find the entrance to the underworld and the Yellow Spring.

So now, I can only ask Frankenstein.

"Do you want to collect her soul?"

With a voice that seemed to be much colder than usual, the mechanical girl in the white dress stepped out of the shadow in the corner, stood in front of the workbench and looked at Lin Miao's smiling corpse, then raised her head and looked at Zhang Luo, and asked in a distrustful tone, "Who is she?" ”

"My friend." Zhang Luo's answer was very succinct: "Please." ”

Since Lin Miao's corpse was already cold, he was in no mood to explain anything to Frankenstein at all, but just watched with great interest as Frankenstein stood in front of the corpse and began to take off the clothes on the corpse.

Zhang Luo was still very interested in the process of "digitizing the soul", but just as he was staring intently, the long-haired girl in the white dress turned around again and ordered: "Zhang Luo go out." ”

"Why?"

"I'm going to take off her clothes, you can't look at it." Frankenstein said and repeated, "Get out." ”

"It's okay, I've seen a lot of unclothed ...... in hell"

Before Zhang Luo's words fell, he saw that Frankenstein had already taken out a thermal ray gun and aimed it at his head, so he could only sigh helplessly: "Okay, I'll leave ...... now."

He didn't realize that Frankenstein, as a robot, was unusually sensitive to this aspect.

Zhang Luo, who couldn't continue to watch, came to the empty conference room next to him, and when he sat in the dark and closed his eyes to recuperate, he heard a familiar male voice sound from the miniature loudspeaker in the room:

"Do you want to know what's going on?"

"Of course." Zhang Luo immediately opened his eyes, only to see a humanoid projection composed of blue and white electric light appeared on the curtain hanging on the wall in front of the conference room, needless to say that it was one of the leaders of the Strange Tales Research Society, the energy body made of thousands of Tesla coils and the first to be transformed by Frankenstein's "Digital Soul" plan.

"I wasn't too relieved before I participated, but Fran explained the principle to me." The energy body emitted an electronically synthesized laugh, which sounded a little creepy: "You should know that the 'soul' of a creature is actually some kind of energy field, which is why there are ghosts. While alive, it clings to the body of a living being, and when the creature dies, the soul detachs from the body and begins to wander, eventually being absorbed into a place similar to a 'recycling bin' and becoming a part of it. ”

"You mean...... Hell? Zhang Luo narrowed his eyes.

"Yes, a lot of hell is actually hidden underground, used to contain souls. As for why the soul inside suffers, it is actually out of Satan's evil taste. The energy body smiled: "In our research society, there are the most professional soulologists in the world, and these theories are actually taught to us by him, and you should have seen that guy, it is the ...... in the black cloak."

"You said that skinny guy?" Zhang Luo immediately recalled the black-robed figure he had seen at the promotion ceremony.

"It's him, his research in this area is unmatched, even little Fran can only bow to the wind." The energy body gave an affirmative answer: "Little Fran's digital soul project is actually mostly due to him. ”

"How?" Zhang Luo asked the key question.

"Well...... In fact, by detecting the characteristics of the body, the 'number' of the soul in the body is deduced, and then that energy is extracted and stored in a special airtight container to prevent it from being absorbed by hell. What little Fran hasn't solved before is the material problem of that container, and as for why it's solved now, that material is actually the same one you found......"

"The kind of black metal of the underground pyramids?" Zhang Luo immediately understood.

"That's right." The figure on the curtain nodded slightly: "That thing is really magical, fortunately it fell into our hands, if the Monster Administration really uses it to make weapons, the heretical creatures may be wiped out." ”

For the magic of that mysterious dark metal, Zhang Luo, who once used a blade made of that metal to kill gods with his own hands, could not be more clear. That metal could even absorb the power of the gods, and even the purple liquid on the corrosive star that burned everything could not cause any erosion on the ferrous metal.

To this day, they still haven't figured out where the metal came from and what it's made of, but through sophisticated reverse engineering, Frankenstein has been able to create some low-quality imitations without being able to analyze the composition.

"So, your soul is also stored in this vessel?" Zhang Luo frowned and asked, "What does 'number' mean?" ID when playing the game? ”

He was just complaining casually, but he didn't expect the energy body to give a positive answer: "That's pretty much it." You know that, right? By simulating the brain waves flowing in the cerebral cortex, it is actually possible to simulate a person's consciousness, but do you think this simulated consciousness is still your own consciousness? ”

"It's not." Zhang Luo shook his head.

"Well, even if this simulation is successful, it is just a replica, not the original soul." "As for the reason, it is precisely because each person's soul is subtly different, and it cannot be exactly the same. ”

"Is that what a number?" Zhang Luo asked?

"Exactly, it's so easy to explain to you." The projection of the energy body nodded: "The characteristics of the soul will react in the body, after all, everyone is afraid that everyone has some special habits that are not known. For example, I like to ...... at night Off topic. In short, when extracting or searching for a wandering soul, the first thing to do is to determine the characteristics of the soul by analyzing the body of the other person. This feature is then used to locate and pinpoint his soul. ”

"Does everybody have to parse? That is, how many souls can a person have? Zhang Luo sensed the hidden message in his words.

"Well, what you humans call 'schizophrenia' is actually the embodiment of multiple souls in the same body." The energy device smiled: "In addition, there is that rare disease, the kind that suddenly 'awakens' after a person's brain is injured, and it is also due to this reason. ”

"I see." Zhang Luo folded his arms thoughtfully.

- In this world, there are indeed some people who have awakened abilities that they did not have before after being traumatized or having an accident. For example, an American who has never studied Chinese suddenly speaks authentic Mandarin after hitting his head. Or a boxer who gets shot in the head during a match and suddenly becomes a famous artist.

While scientists have tried to explain it in terms of "personality changes after brain trauma", personality changes do not allow people to suddenly acquire abilities that they have never been exposed to before. If there is a change in the soul, there is an answer to the cause of this disease.

This happens because that person's soul merges with other souls and absorbs some of their power. It's similar to how your 'Collector' constitution works, but it's very rare, as ordinary people don't have such abilities. The energy body continued to explain.

Realizing that the topic had gone off the rails again, Zhang Luo immediately got back on track: "So now just need to get my friend's soul back and store it in a container, right?" ”

"Yes, after the storage is done, the next set is what little Fran is best at. How to control non-human bodies with consciousness, no one is more specialized in this area than Fran Jr. The energy body replied.

Zhang Luo knows very well that as a scientist who has lived with a mechanical body for hundreds of years, Frankenstein is undoubtedly a top expert in the field of "how to create a body for consciousness".

Regarding the problem of Lin Miao's new body, there is no need to worry at all, what Zhang Luo is more concerned about now is whether Frankenstein can successfully recover Lin Miao's soul.

……

The city is shrouded in deathly silence, and Frankenstein, dressed in a long white dress, looks like a wandering spirit in the night.

After checking Lin Miao's body and reading the data, she left the base and returned to the city where a major war had just broken out, and came to the paradise community where Zhang Luo lived, and began to search for Lin Miao's soul.

Due to the long time of death, there was no trace of any soul left on Lin Miao's corpse. Now we can only go to those places where there is a chance that the soul will remain to find clues. But......

Remembering that Zhang Luo had made a female friend, the girl in white clenched her fists slightly, and squeaked the instrument used to measure the energy field in her hand.

She didn't know why she was feeling this weird way, and she didn't bother to pay attention to it. Just stood at the door of Zhang Luo's house, took out the key he got from that guy and inserted it into the lock hole.

Click.

The sound of unlocking lights lights up the voice-activated lights in the corridors, which are particularly loud in the silence of a residential building.

Since the "Lord of Paradise" was killed not long after it appeared, the inhabitants of this city did not actually die, but only fainted from the shock. However, this situation of "all things are silent" also avoids the trouble of negotiating with humans for Frankenstein.

Because, if she meets a stranger, she may want to kill.

“……”

Maybe it was because something was released before, causing him to become irritable, and when he remembered that Zhang Luo asked him to resurrect a woman, Frankenstein suddenly became angry again, and his eyes lit up with a dangerous red light.

Pushing open the security door and entering the spacious living room, Frankenstein casually turned on the light, stood in the center of the living room, and used the detector in his black shell to sweep the walls of the room.

That seemingly inconspicuous detector is the famous "EMF detector", which can be used to detect anomalous electromagnetic fields in the vicinity. The well-known leader of the Winchester Brotherhood, a pair of brothers with the surname Winchester, also often used this detector to detect ghosts.

Frankenstein stared at the pointer on the probe, listening for the rustle of the thing. If Lin Miao's soul was still here, the detector would definitely check something.

There was no reaction in the living room, she came to Zhang Luo's bedroom, and just walked in front of the scarlet coat of arms exposed on the wall, the detector suddenly reacted:

Buzzing......

Sensing the vibration of the detector in his hand, Frankenstein looked up at the coat of arms on the wall, and then suddenly frowned, and a solemn expression appeared on his little face.

- As a widely used instrument by exorcists, the EMF detector can detect not only ghosts, but also demons, gods, and angels that are invisible to the naked eye. And this kind of strong fluctuation that is now appearing is not like a woman's ghost can be released.

"What is this?"

After staring at the "Paradise Crest" on the wall for a while, the girl in white suddenly put down the detector and threw a punch at the wall.

Bang!

The punch, which seemed to be insufficient, directly opened a large hole in the wall, and then what was revealed was not reinforced concrete, but a hollow internal space.

"Sure enough."

Frankenstein's eyes widened as he looked over the large hole in the wall and turned on the video recording function.

Because he didn't expect that there would be a cliché plot like "hiding a corpse inside the wall", which is used by horror movies, Zhang Luo didn't check what was in the wall. Now, Frankenstein has found what he couldn't.

Looking at the inside of the wall, Frankenstein's face became even more solemn.

"Oops." She said. (To be continued.) )