159. Brain in a vat

"You're saying that I, like you, was born from the Sea of Souls, and I was created by the owner of the sub-human mother who completed the manual, and she disguised me as a human and put me into the world."

"The Chaos Species is just what reality calls us, and each of us is an individual who likes to watch what happens in civilization for a long time, rather than a race in the true sense of the word. We are a group, a collection of helping each other, coming together because we all come from the sea of souls. And you, the most precious being among us, have taken on the shape of the soul, the sea of the soul has taken shape because of you, and the authorities have ceased to repel each other because of you, revealing their true names."

Pisces bowed slightly, to which his answer seemed to be very sincere,

"The Sea of Souls is a masterpiece of creation from the great gods, a treasure beyond the imagination and comprehension of all gods, but the gods stole it, took it into their pockets, hid it in their walls, and perished from it. They have committed a crime, and it is tragic that a transpose, in order to prevent the perdition that will result from the payment of the sins, created you, forged you as a human being, instilled in their worth, and made you, who had been stolen by the gods, a tool to resist reckoning, and the one who transferred himself escaped, Fisher. ”

Destiny Qing's face changed slightly, just in front of her, Fisher was already stiff, and a trace of ominous premonition flashed in her heart, so she hurriedly called the name of the gentleman in front of her as a reminder,

"Fisher!"

“.”

Fisher came back to his senses, raised his eyes and looked at Pisces in the mist again,

"Pisces, your consciousness must have been born in the sea of souls and brought into the walls of the gods, right?"

"That's true."

"If that's the case, then everything you know should be told to you by other beings, and you shouldn't have confronted the gods anyway, have you?"

“.”

Pisces was silent for a moment, but said nevertheless,

"But we have witnessed that woman come to the sea of souls to fabricate you, and you hesitate, and I am afraid that you have long suspected in your heart that the mission you are carrying is fixed by others, and we are afraid that everything you have experienced has been arranged by others. As for confronting the gods, they have annihilated the Mother Goddess, connived at the outbreak of spiritual pollution, and made us fall into this, paying for their mistakes day after day for thousands of years, which is their usual trick.

"The newborn consciousness of authority has been deceived and domesticated by them, and they have been tied to the warship and cannot get out, and naturally abandon us for the sake of the so-called 'taking care of the overall situation'. And you, they have instilled in you that you are the key to salvation, that you are driven to suffer and to face choices, but they do not know how despicable it is that you are the source of destruction, and how despicable it is to fight against perdition with the sins that lead to perdition, and to use the treasures of the lost against the lost."

The magic escaping from the star magic scattered mist, blurring Fisher who was standing in it, Fate Qing couldn't see his expression clearly, she could only catch his silence with her ears, she couldn't help but take a few steps forward to grab Fisher,

"Fisher, don't forget that you're here to save Valentina, you"

"Boom!"

Pisces suddenly burst out because of her movements, but saw Pisces in the mist suddenly raise his tentacles and slam on the magic in front of him, and the terrifying power was instantly transmitted along Dallas Gon's body outside the crack.

"Click!"

The surrounding dream magic became crumbling, like a violent earthquake, which made Fate Qing dizzy, and at the critical moment, it was Fisher who stretched out his hand to stabilize Fate Qing's figure.

At this time, it was close to the fate of Fate Qing to see the calm expression on Fisher's face, he confirmed that Fate Qing was fine, and finally looked up at the magic again,

"I can't tell if what you're saying is true or not, or if it might be true. But now that the gods outside the world have told you these secrets, it means that you are working with Elizabeth to help her achieve the Trinity, right? ”

"That's true."

"So, if I am the core of the prophecy of the end of the world, let me be that the gods have committed the real sin, but if this is the case, then if the prophecy of the end of the world is finally fulfilled, I should also be part of the gods who must pay for their sins, but Elizabeth does not know this, she is stupid enough to think that as long as the destruction comes, the rules of the gods break down and new rules are made, I will return to my old self and continue to stay by her side"

Fisher's words were calm, and he didn't seem to be able to hear any other emotions, which surprised the fate secretary next to him,

"If the gods outside the region have withheld this from Elizabeth for the sake of their purpose, how can you be sure that the gods outside the world have not hidden anything from you for your help, and that they are telling the truth? Maybe in the eyes of those gods, you are no different from a human being, right? ”

“.”

Fisher's response was brief, but it silenced Pisces and the rest of the Chaos Species.

But things that can't be verified or falsified exist after all, and the fact that the sea of souls was stolen is probably true, but the purpose of the gods belongs to the former category.

The Chaos Species probably haven't seen themselves as part of this world, since they were born, and have been looking at this world for a long time, their source has been stolen, and their existence should have come from outside the world, not here.

"The reckoning with the gods will lead to the collapse of the rules, and I don't believe Elizabeth will be able to rebuild all of this with the power of the gods outside, even if she can save Nari, but everything beyond that will die"

"Does it matter, according to our long observations, the cumulative number of creatures in the world who die at each other's hands is far greater than at this moment. The oppression of other beings by the mythical species, the war between the mythical species, and the oppression of the subhumans and each other by the human race are just a cycle. ”

"You're right."

Fisher smiled bitterly, but still said,

"But among these creatures that are about to die, there are souls I care about, and I can't watch this happen."

Well, good luck. Fisher."

Pisces' originally high voice began to become choppy again, as if it was the same as at the beginning, as if this is how they normally speak? Or maybe it's just that the signal of the star magic is suddenly bad again.

In the next second, the magic of the stars around him gradually dissipated, and as the figure of Pisces disappeared, the terrifying aura continued to come from the sky.

The terrifying demigod's full force crash was no longer heard, and it seemed that the attack on the crack was also a costly act, requiring a brief correction before it could continue.

Fate Qing looked at Fisher's back again, obviously, although he was really firm when he refuted Pisces just now, and his positions were competing, but he still didn't know how much he believed the other party's words.

She walked slowly to Fisher's side and looked up at him, but saw that his expression was still calm, not knowing what he was thinking.

Destiny Qing was silent for a moment, looked at the scenery outside his desk window that was on the verge of shattering, and asked,

"Can I read your handbook?"

Fisher glanced at her, then reached into his arms and took out the complete manual with a quaint cover and showed it to Destiny. But because the sub-human mother still belongs to Fisher after completing the manual, so Destiny Qing can't read the contents, and can only look at the cover of it that is no different from other completion manuals.

"What's in there?"

"My research report doesn't really contain anything, and if I had to say anything, it's more like a wishing machine that can be redeemed for rewards, provided that enough subhumans are studied."

"Rewards? So, why do you like subhumans so much because of these rewards? ”

Fisher looked at the sub-human mother in Destiny's hand to finish the manual, and suddenly he was a little stunned, and a sense of nothingness arose from his heart, just like when he saw the statue of Teresa in the sub-human mother's residence.

Fate Qing looked at his pause and sighed, handed back the manual in his hand, and turned to another topic,

"In the past, when Asuka was still with me and Mr. Mikhail was still in contact with us, he used to ask a very interesting question."

As she spoke, she stretched out two fingers and gestured to a cylindrical tank the size of a skull, and asked Fisher,

"Suppose one night, while you are asleep, a man experiments on you, he anesthetizes you, takes the opportunity to cut out your brain while you are unconscious, puts your brain into a petri dish with flawless technology to keep it alive, and at the same time links your brain with extremely advanced cardinal instruments, and manipulates them to send exactly the same signals to your brain as you normally receive, causing him to hallucinate as usual."

As he spoke, Fate Qing also put his hand on the illusory desktop in front of him, and from there came a touch,

"From your point of view, you're going to have the next morning, staying with the women you know, talking to them, but in fact it's all simulated by the signals your brain perceives, not real, so if that's the case, how do you prove that it's not such a paradox that you see me, talk to me, and solve the prophecy of the end of the world? Maybe all this is just a dream, a forged meaningless thing? ”

Fisher was forced to use his mind and think of ways to prove it, such as engrave magic in an illusory world to provide a magic circuit? But hypothetically, that scientist must be perfect and able to replicate absolutely all the signals

If so, how can he prove it?

Prove that what you see is real and not faked

Death, death may be possible, but scientists can also simulate the feeling of death and stop supplying the brain

Destiny smiled, and did not rush to let Fisher give an answer, but turned her head to look at the gap outside, where the scorching flame of the soul had become more and more fragile at the moment, so she invited Fisher to say,

"It's okay, let's go inside the crack while we think about it, and check how much time we have left."

"Okay."

He took the Yaren Niang to complete the manual and took it back into his arms, while Destiny Qing raised his finger and used the power of fate to shorten the space outside, taking the two of them outside.

The scarlet mist filled the cracks, contrary to the scene seen when they looked up at the cracks in reality, and when they looked down at the moment, they could faintly see the mountains and settlements they quickly passed through the scarlet mist.

Down from the Sema Mountains are the northern kingdoms, then the sardinian kingdoms, then the oceans, and then the Schwali

"Huh."

Looking down slowly, Destiny Qing put his hands behind his back and suddenly smiled softly, making Fisher, who was still thinking, turn his head to look at her,

"Laughing at what?"

"I suddenly remembered thousands of years ago when I first got along with Asuka. She is like a teacher to every transferee, not only to teach us to control the chaotic forces that are growing within us, but most importantly, to help us fill the void that exists in our hearts, which is why the manual we have has such a name. ”

"When did you meet?"

"Very early, early in the morning, before the stars invaded the north, about 7,000 years ago."

"It's hard to imagine what it's like to live for so long."

"I don't feel anything, because I often cut out my brain, and I give up everything but some necessary memories. So, mentally I'm probably going to be young all the time, and that's the secret of my longevity."

"The problem you said earlier seems to be solved, and even the brain is cut, it seems to be more terrible than putting it in a tank, right?"

"Haha." Fate Qing was amused by Fisher's serious analysis, she pointed to her head, and then said, "How can it be so terrifying, I am not the holder of usurpation chaos, I just restored a part of my brain, time back. The chaos and madness that has accumulated in this way will also disappear together, so . I've only lived so long. ”

"Is this what Asuka taught you?"

"No, I figured it out myself. There's basically nothing she can do about the chaotic aspects, and more of what she teaches us is on the inner level. Except for those who can't really help, like Caleb Uzi, she'll use magic to seal their memories and immerse them in memories that will always be still, at least for a few decades."

Destiny Qing lowered his head wistfully, looking at the hazy scarlet mist below, in which the sea could be seen,

"Actually, I was only nine years old when I crossed over."

"Nine? How did you survive?"

"It's amazing, but I was actually seventeen years old mentally at that time, because I seemed to have a strong connection to the forces of chaos since I was a child, and I could often see what was happening in the future, and it was a series of things that even grew so long that I couldn't tell how old I was and which was real."

Destiny Qing made an analogy to make her situation more concrete,

"Do you know what it's like? Like one day, on the afternoon of your high school cheerleading team, you suddenly go back to when you were nine years old, and then your familiar friends instantly became your elementary school classmates? After a year or a few months at the age of nine, and then suddenly you are back to the age of three, and then you are at the age of seventeen in an instant, and in the process, my cognition begins to crumble, and I often don't know which side is real and which side is unreal."

"Brain in a vat, right?"

"That's right, when I was seventeen, I could instantly know what happened at the age of three, but when you go back to the age of three with this vague memory, that memory makes you a character in the script, you don't know exactly what will happen in the next second, but you are familiar with everything you see, like it has been rehearsed countless times, everything seems to have been arranged."

Fate Qing compared the shape of a pistol and pointed at his brain, as if he had changed from an old woman who had lived for thousands of years into a seventeen-year-old little sister who was going through this kind of collapse process in an instant.

"So I began to get confused, and I began to doubt the truth of everything, which led to endless indulgence in my seventeen-year-old memories of drinking, smoking, taking my parents' pocket money to buy hemp cigarettes, in short, I did all the bad things you can think of. I would even forget that I had several different parts of my life and become one. A stinky girl with a bad mouth like a madman. But that all changed when I met Asuka, and she was like my companion, setting off with me, helping me find the truth and find the answers together. ”

Fisher looked at her and noticed that the corners of her mouth were unconsciously smiling, so he asked,

"Looks like you've found the truth now, right?"

"Well, but this is my approach and Asuka's, and it's not a standard answer to a brain in a jar or rather, everyone's answer is different, and we're all born to defend the answer in our hearts."

"yes."

"I mean, Fisher"

The smile on Destiny Qing's face faded, but her expression became very serious, she turned her head to look at Fisher, looked into his eyes very seriously, and pleaded with him,

"Meeting Asuka was a milestone in my life, the beginning of my new life, and I am grateful to her, so I tried my best to inherit her wish after she disappeared, trying to find her, and although it still seems that I am not qualified to be called her successor, I hope to see her again. At least to know her whereabouts and not to know nothing about it now.

"Soon I will die, I will give you the [Destiny Completion Manual] that I have written a long time ago, and look for her on my behalf, just for these ten thousand years, and she has called you and waited for you many times in these ten thousand years."

Fisher looked straight at her, but after a moment of silence, she suddenly withdrew her gaze, and her serious expression smiled silently, turning into a helpless teasing,

"Of course, I don't know what she'll do when she sees so many more women around you. I'm afraid I'm going to want to cut you with a thousand knives, it's none of my business, I can't see it anymore Well, at present, it seems that the crack can still be supported, although it has reached the edge of shattering, but it can't be broken anyway, even if there are twelve demigods outside attacking with all their might, but only Dallasgon will still exist without dying out, it really deserves to be a god."

Feeling the sincere expression of fate at this moment, Fisher's heart was slightly touched, but at that moment, the fleeting inspiration he felt in front of Tao Gong just now suddenly came to his mind again.

Only this time, he was caught.

He suddenly figured out some things, not only Taogong's, the fate of his side, and the prophecy of the end of the world, but the most important thing was actually the thing that Pisces mentioned just now.

He may have felt conflicted at first.

If everything about him was fabricated by the sub-humans and the gods, he had the three views he has now because of staying by Teresa's side, thus standing on the opposite side of the gods outside the square.

It sounds like a pseudo-proposition simulating a brain in a vat, and in this environment, his mind seems to become a hypocritical and artificially given thing, and he has changed from a living person to a tool that is stored in a vat and fed various signals

But it was only at this moment, when he really felt that his heart was touched, and he felt that some kind of thought called "emotion" poured into his brain to bring inspiration and thought, and he seemed to have figured it out again.

He looked at the cracks around him, and said with shining eyes,

"That's right. Right. As long as Dallasgon doesn't die, as long as he doesn't die, the crack won't melt, and it doesn't matter how the Chaos Species attacks the outside."

"Well, it really looks like this, it's worthy of a god, even if you lose consciousness, you're so strong."

Fisher looked around, as if to withdraw his gaze, and a brilliant plan seemed to take shape in his heart, making his heart beat faster.

Maybe it's nervousness, maybe it's sorrow, maybe it's joy.

But in the end, he had a plan.

"Ashley-senpai, I seem to have an answer of my own"

"So fast?"

Ashley turned her head in some surprise, not expecting him to have an answer so quickly.

At this moment, they also crossed the wide western continent and came to the top of its westernmost point, Nari, and the scene in front of them made Ashley particularly shocked.

I saw that the original boundless scarlet mist seemed to have stopped here, and it completely dispersed in mid-air, forming a huge blank circle with a diameter of about the size of Saint Nari, and it seemed that this was the place where the chaos species collided, reducing the state of Dallas Gun to a minimum, and by the way, it also dispelled the scarlet mist above, so as to ensure that Elizabeth could witness the "death of the gods".

Looking down from here, you can also see the thriving city of St. Nari, where all the citizens seem to have their own jobs under the leadership of the Golden Palace, and I don't know what Elizabeth will do for the next decisive battle.

Here, with the scarlet mist in the sky to hide, it has become the center of the world, and it is about to be the center of destruction.

Fisher and Destiny stood alone in the sky above, and the golden and noisy Saint Nari stared at them coldly like a golden hollow eye, setting off the size of the two of them like ants.

At this moment, there is Elizabeth on the ground, there is chaos in the spirit world, and there is the pedestal of the embodiment of chaos in the cracks, and a game of chess has reached checkmate.

"Huhuhuhu"

The wind blew in the sky, and Fisher stood for a long time, saying nothing else, but giving the answer in his heart,

"I think, therefore I am."

Hearing this, Fate Qing was slightly stunned, and smiled again,

"That's a clever answer, yes, if you think so, I can put it too."

"Senior Ashley, I still need you and Taogong to help me next, I have a plan, I don't know if it can be realized, but at this moment, I have to do it."

“.”

Ashley was stunned again, as if in front of Fisher, she felt more unexpected than ever,

"What did you say?"

"I am very concerned about what Pisces has just said, and if, as he says, there is something precious about me, then the plan can be carried out, and it is more of a conjecture than a plan."

"Exactly?"

"Specifically?"

Fisher looked at Saint Nari below, and involuntarily focused towards the Golden Palace,

"With any luck, we can all live."

"Bad luck?"

"I die, you live."

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