Song Lan stopped the meaningless discussion on the topic of "Little Blackspot", because he suddenly remembered the question that RT6 asked Lu Xiang a few minutes ago:

How can you be sure that the conversation that is going on right now is happening?

When talking about this topic, she is still filling in a lot of "settings" about the "Sea of Souls".

For example, this prison for imprisoning human consciousness exists in the deepest part of the data world, and only human consciousness can skip the process of deep diving and be directly entered into it.

As an artificial intelligence, RT6 cannot actively enter the "Sea of Souls" in a short period of time, and can only stay in the real world and play an auxiliary role.

Or maybe they will encounter anything in the Sea of Souls.

There they may encounter the reason why he is called a "devil" and a "man-eating monster" by the shadows, and what they see is an extension of their subconscious.

In addition to the dangerous events, they may of course only enter another "real world".

So here's the problem.

If this conversation is not actually happening now, but a few hours or even days ago, and their consciousness has somehow entered the 'sea of souls', how can RT6, who are in the real world, help them expel their illusions?

Song Lan thinks RT6 may have made an attempt.

The illusions created by the Sea of Souls are highly similar to dreams, and cracks appear in the dreams when the "dreamer" notices something that is clearly out of the ordinary.

And just now, RT6 suddenly said a detail that she shouldn't know anyway.

Only when everything he experiences at the moment is refracted by the subconscious, it is possible for RT6 to know the details of the conversation between him and δ when they first met, and Song Lan guesses that this unreasonable detail is RT6's hint to them in the real world.

As for verifying if they are in an illusionary world, the way is simple.

Death represents the end of consciousness, enough to upset the balance of the world of illusions or dreams.

When Song Lan noticed this unreasonable detail, some knowledge from nowhere poured into his mind.

This knowledge seems to have been told to them by RT6, but in the conversation that just took place, RT6 did not explicitly mention any means of breaking the illusion.

Song Lan guessed that maybe this was the content of their last conversation.

Later, in order to "pick up" the "Sea of Souls" before the Lord of Genes, he began to explore this container of consciousness.

But at the same time, it's a risky way to verify.

Because the researcher who once proposed this theory himself ended up dying on the method he created.

The researcher was obsessed with the exploration of dreams and illusions, until one day he finally took the real world as an illusion and tried to wake up from it through "death".

During the course of the last study, he never woke up again.

When his assistant found him, only a research notebook was left on the countertop.

The research notes are soaked in blood, next to which is a pistol, and the bullet casings left behind after the shot.

One can only know what kind of journey the researcher went through from the research records left behind by the researcher.

This information comes out of nowhere.

Song Lan didn't remember RT6 saying this to him, but an unknown researcher came to mind, and he guessed that RT6 should have strongly persuaded him not to take such a high-risk action.

There is another drawback to "death".

The illusions created by the Sea of Souls are far more complex than dreams, and if his willpower is not strong enough, or if his observation is not sharp enough, then the new illusions will soon fill the void caused by "death", and they will soon fall into new illusions again.

The Sea of Souls proved to be much more cunning than they had imagined.

It didn't set up any obstacles, it just played out what had happened in the past in front of his eyes again, and even Song Lan couldn't detect the abnormality at the first time.

"That's what two people come in together."

Lu Xiang suddenly spoke, she understood Song Lan's thoughts, and took out a blade from the pocket on the inside of her clothes.

It is difficult for a person to observe the whole process of his or her own "death", but if the perpetrator becomes someone else, the possibility of breaking the illusion is much higher.

She didn't know why she had a blade in the pocket on the inside of her clothes, as if it was created when they had an idea.

Now she, like Song Lan, has some "knowledge" that came out of nowhere in her mind.

Song Lan suddenly felt the malice of the illusion world.

Everything it presented was so real that even if it was only part of the plan, it seemed that he had to go through the whole process of Lu Xiang's death.

"You wait a minute."

Song Lan stopped Lu Xiang.

Lu Xiang knew the reason why the other party stopped him, and smiled slightly, "I trust your judgment, all this is a false illusion." ”

"No, I suddenly had a new idea."

RT6 only mentions the possibility of using death to break illusions, but she doesn't seem sure that this method will succeed in the world of Sea of Souls.

No one can predict what death will bring to consciousness.

Maybe after that, Lu Xiang's mind folder will have more content, or lose some important documents, which are all inevitable risks to take when exploring the 'Sea of Souls'.

"Death is just the lens through which we see the world, but it doesn't have to be us who dies."

"What do you want to say?"

Lu Xiang was a little confused.

"Let's assume that this is an illusionary space constructed of illusions, so that means that no matter what damage happens here, it will not be refracted into the real world?"

As he spoke, Lu Xiang saw that the blade in his hand had been destroyed and deconstructed by psionic energy, and had turned into scattered dust.

At the same time, she felt a strong wind blowing in her face.

She could have a premonition that an unprecedented storm was coming.

The roar came from above their heads.

Chloe Films' biolabs were underground, and the storm was strong enough to blow the buildings above them, allowing outside light to shine in.

But now, instead of the sun above their heads, there were dark clouds and a sky torn apart by a storm.

Lu Xiang understood Song Lan's thoughts.

A psionic storm.

If he had put his abilities to good use in the real Fourth District, he would have become the coalition government's number one terrorist that night, bringing untold deaths in addition to destroying the city.

Now, however, there were no pedestrians above them, and the part destroyed by the Psionic Storm revealed its true form.

A world punctuated by a pale blue shimmer.

When the illusion was dispelled, even the ground beneath their feet disappeared, leaving only a trail of pitch-black cubes, which could hardly be called roads, and looked more like building blocks piled up on the ground.

Within a minute, they were leaving the "fourth zone" and entering a deeper data space.

Lu Xiang was suddenly in a trance.

She thought of RT6's evaluation of Song Lan.

Destroying a city seemed to be easy for Song Lan, as if it had been rehearsed many times.

"The experiment was a success."

Song Lan stepped on one of the black "building blocks", he bent down and touched the substance under his feet, the surface of the "building block" rippled slightly, and then it suddenly jumped up and hit Song Lan's arm as if it was given consciousness, and then flew into the distance with a "whoosh".

Under the call of "building blocks", the ground under his feet also followed suit, and they began a great migration, causing the ground under Song Lan's feet to become shorter and shorter, and within half a minute, a deep pit was formed under his feet.

"Indeed, whatever damage you cause to the world will not be reflected into the real world."

RT6, who was implicated in falling into the pit with him, spoke, "But it will make the Sea of Souls hate you, congratulations, you should have become the object of its most hated by now." ”

Even RT6 didn't expect Song Lan to do this.

Making the entire illusion world "die" is the new answer that Song Lan got based on the theory of the dead researcher, but it also weakens the firewall of the "Sea of Souls" to a certain extent, allowing her to start a conversation with the two directly.

"I've created a temporary place for you to stay, and you'd better stay here now and don't go anywhere."

RT6 said.

With Song Lan, a "nasty ghost", they will never find the location of the 'Sea of Souls' program.

"You scared it, it just wants to get away from you now."

Although RT6 also thinks it sounds a little strange to say this, but now Song Lan is like digging in "Minecraft", no matter where he goes, the ground under his feet will disappear all the way until he is kicked out of the "Sea of Souls".

For the "Sea of Souls", Song Lan is still a stubborn mutant virus.

Even the owner of the server can't kick him out.

And at this time, it is up to her to come forward to solve the problem.

The panicked program urgently needs the comfort of a big sister to temporarily settle its frightened heart.

Lu Xiang looked at the empty ground under Song Lan's feet, leaving only a floating barrier to drag him so that he would not fall out of the map, coupled with Song Lan's innocent appearance, all this was really a bit funny.

"Then you stay here for now. I'm going to help her. ”

As the illusion dissolved, Lu Xiang gradually recalled the plan they had made.

RT6 couldn't get here, all she could do was guide them to the process of approaching the Sea of Souls.

In her words, it is an artificial intelligence that now controls the Sea of Souls.

What Song Lan did just now had made him lose the possibility of peace negotiations, and all the pressure at the moment had come to her.

Hearing this, Song Lan reflexively stretched out her hand, showing the posture of Er Kang.

When the words came to his lips, he changed his words, "Lao Lu, I'll leave the rest to you." ”

Thanks to Song Lan's "intimidation", it has become much easier to find artificial intelligence, and under the guidance of RT6, Lu Xiang is greeted in the depths of this data world by a palace made of shimmering light, and the light blue light is much weaker, and it becomes flickering in front of her.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Lu Xiang actually felt the subtle flow of emotions from the cold data.

As RT6 said, the Sea of Souls is now in a state of panic.

For a long time, no conscious entity had invaded the area, and it had caused a psionic storm in the world it had constructed.

As an honor student who graduated from Daystar, Lu Xiang has learned a lot about negotiation, but he has never written a book on how to negotiate with artificial intelligence.

First, she had to find a way to say a few nice words to the dumb bird.

But when she thought about it, her head ached.

Actually, there is nothing bad about the nerd bird?

Did he start a psionic storm with good intentions?

Not to mention convincing the frightened AI, it is a little difficult to convince her herself.

But no matter what, Lu Xiang also walked into the palace that emitted a glimmer of light, which seemed to be affected by the spiritual energy storm, and the structure in the palace was also damaged to varying degrees, and just before Lu Xiang took the initiative to greet the artificial intelligence, an unexpected figure appeared in her sight.

She saw the Qi River.

At this moment, Qi He is no longer a suit and leather shoes.

His hair is disheveled, and his upper body is bare-chested and breast-bared, which looks extremely unsightly.

If his image leaks out at this moment, it is likely that the Lagus Foundation will consider replacing a representative.

After all, Foundation representatives are their public image.

"Long time no see, Director Lu."

Qi He didn't care, and took the initiative to say hello to Lu Xiang.

"Can you put your clothes on first?"

Lu Xiang had to remind the other party.

Qi He's current image, as well as his behavior of staying alone in the palace, always makes people feel that he has some ulterior habits.

"Oh, that's what you say."

Qi He calmly bent down and picked up a strip of rag from the ground, which was his suit, or more precisely, the remains of his suit.

He has always been a man who pays attention to appearance, but not long ago, an unexpected storm hit him, resulting in the death of his shirt in this attack.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not exhibitionist, I was supposed to be dressed."

"Smack-"

Lu Xiang's eyes darkened, her left hand covered her eyes, after such a break, she forgot most of the negotiation content she had thought about along the way.

She saw the program that RT6 mentioned.

It was a dazzling blue ball of light, and the first time Lu Xiang walked into the palace, she hid on Qi He, which was the main reason why she always had to notice Qi He's appearance at the moment.

She had to change her tone and ask, "Why are you here?" ”

"I've wanted to come here for a long time."

Qi He said, "It's really not easy, and you have to bear the corresponding risks." ”

For example, if you abandon your physical body for a while, you don't even know if there is any possibility of returning your consciousness.

But risks often correspond to opportunities.

"Because, there are many answers to these questions."

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The small theater of its two hundred and nine:

Friday, early in the morning.

The next day, with the children reluctant to say goodbye, Song Lan and Lu Xiang left the orphanage.

They could see that the loss of the title of Hide-and-Seek King seemed to have dealt a strong blow to Song Lan, and he didn't look like he was in any spirits.

The dean was very pleased with the result.

He readily agreed to Lu Xiang's invitation, and gave them a handbag containing the gifts he had carefully prepared before the two left.

"I really didn't expect you to have such a good relationship with the dean."

Song Lan leaned on the soft cushions of the hovercar with sleepy eyes, he didn't expect the dean to join forces to stab him in the back.

Lu Xiang is very good at using sugar-coated cannonballs to handle interpersonal relationships.

In her words, it's the interpersonal skills she learned from him.

"Actually, the dean has always cared about you, including your personal emotional problems."

In addition to the anecdote of Song Lan's hide-and-seek champion, the dean also talked about some other past events.

For example, the dean also knocked on Song Lan's side about the imagination of her future lover, although Song Lan was vague on this issue every time, she could find out the truth through various signs.

This "truth" also made Lu Xiang have another level of awareness about Song Lan's abandonment of the title of hide and seek champion.

"You lost on purpose, and definitely not just to make the kids happy."

Lu Xiang's eyes are as sharp as when she usually works, "'High-end hunters often appear in the form of prey', this is your real strategy." ”

(End of chapter)