It's not difficult for Duanmu Ai to deal with the lion boy justice, which is a hammer thing——— I originally thought that this thing was the final boss behind the scenes, but I didn't expect it to be just a small character who accidentally learned about the existence of subspace and tried to use it.........

And for the spiritual projection of the lion boy's justice, Duanmu Ai naturally tortured it, and the news obtained was similar to that of Wise Wulang, in the final analysis, it was a small evil party of this level, so Duanmu Ai did not hesitate to smash the spiritual projection of the lion boy's justice after getting the information, and then turned around and flashed.

And her next goal is what Akechi Goro said, the group unconscious located under the subway station.

But...............

"This thing looks really weird."

Standing on the subway station, Duanmu Ai looked around, the entire subway station was the same as the world above, it looked dilapidated, and there was blood everywhere, but it didn't matter, what mattered was the people standing on the platform at the moment.

Duanmu Ai was curious before, where did the soul projection of hundreds of thousands of people in this city go?

Well, now that question has been answered.

It's all nested in this subway station.

It's just that the spiritual projection here is not as energetic as Duanmu Ai saw in the palace before, on the contrary, each of them is depressed, looking like they are working overtime until the early morning before dragging their tired bodies to go home, everyone is bowing their heads and not saying a word, even if Duanmu Ai talks to them, they only reply a few words weakly.

The people of this city look in a terrible state of mind.........

After connecting a few times to no avail, Duanmu Ai also gave up, and it was obvious that the spiritual projections here all looked almost like they were going to die of overwork......... I don't know what happened to them, after all, most people in reality should seem to be quite normal, right?

And there's not anything going on in the city lately that would make most people feel tired.

But the mental projections here feel like the walking dead one by one.........

"Bang dang bang bang ............!"

At that moment, under the dim red light, a subway pulled out of the darkness, stopped in front of the platform, and then opened the door. Then, the men staggered their heads up and entered the subway.

"How do you feel that this is like a dead person queuing up to cross the Nai He Bridge, isn't it a modern version of the Hades Palace below."

Silently complained, Duanmu Ai also walked into the subway with the crowd, and soon, the door closed, and then the subway drove all the way down the tunnel.

The whole subway gives people an unusually strange and frightening atmosphere, in the narrow carriage, under the dark red light, the passengers who seem to be walking corpses sit or stand silently, everyone is bowing their heads and not saying a word, and they do not speak. If this is put in a movie, it is pure and pure is the image of a ghost train. One can't help but suspect that the people sitting on this subway are dead, and the subway will take them to the underground Hades Palace, and the passengers who accidentally strayed into it will also be taken to hell.........

Well, it's still very interesting as an urban ghost story.

Duanmu Ai sat on the chair and yawned——— then began to close her eyes and recuperate, so that she was not worried about what these soul projections dared to do to her, and if they dared to do anything, they would be dead.

However, it seems that those soul projections don't seem to pay attention to Duanmu Ai, so the subway goes all the way forward, and I don't know how long it took for the originally speeding subway to slow down and slowly stop. Then the door opened, and the passengers in the car slowly walked out of the train, and Duanmu Ai also mixed in and walked out.

Obviously, this is the end of the subway, with a huge platform in front of you and a smooth, eerie-looking stone gate. The spirit projections stepped off the subway and headed forward in twos and threes, and then Duanmu Ai saw the huge stone door open with it, revealing the bright red light inside.

“…………………”

It's getting more and more like a weird story, and it's not really hell inside.

However, when Duanmu Ai walked in, he realized that this was not hell.

It's a prison.

That's right, on both sides of the passage, you can see the fenced prison, and many people are sitting or standing there. However, they look strange, and it stands to reason that most of the people who are locked up in prison will either try to escape, or will yell in anger, or sit slumped in despair. However, these people in prison are different, they seem very laid-back, as if they are quite comfortable.

"Hey."

At this moment, a man suddenly accosted Duanmuai.

"What are you doing there? You don't want to stay in that kind of place, come on in, it's very comfortable. ”

"Comfortable?"

Hearing the man's words, Duanmu Ai frowned, and carefully looked at the prison in front of him——— there was nothing but people in it, to be honest, it was not comfortable at all as a prison Okay, of course, what appears here is a spiritual projection, and there is no need to eat, drink, and Lazar......... But why is it comfortable to be locked up?

"yes."

Just then, another woman spoke.

"Come in as soon as you want, I don't want to go out at all........."

"That's right, it's better to stay here, and in the depths of here, there is a system for wishing you go......... Just stay here and leave everything to it, then you don't have to worry about anything......... Because you stay outside, you are full of troubles, people are alive, and it is better not to know some things. ”

"Oh he..............."

Hearing this, Duanmu Ai narrowed his eyes.

"It's comfortable in there, isn't it, you don't have to think about anything, right?"

"yes, I don't have any worries, just stay here......... Ah, I just want to stay here forever......... I don't want to go anywhere......... Finally, I can live like this without thinking about anything........."

"So, what the hell is this place?"

Faced with Duanmu Ai's inquiry, the male prisoner inside opened his mouth to answer.

"It's said that this is called the Prison of the Beginning of the Beginning."

"Back to the prison?"

"Yes, in your opinion, there is no freedom here at all, but it is not, in fact, here, no matter who you are, you can get the best freedom. You can be freed from your worries and thoughts......... That's right, you don't have to make any choices, just go with the flow. That's right, this is a joint creation of the ......... The best ......... in the world"

"Hmm......... Then you can continue to enjoy it, there are not many comfortable days. ”

Duanmu Ai complained, then raised her head, and soon, she saw something similar to blood vessels above the prison spreading all the way forward, and continuing forward, she could see these blood vessels that appeared from all directions intertwined, stretching all the way down. Disappear into the dark cavern.

It's right there.

Looking at the bottomless dark cave in front of her, Duanmu Ai's face was gloomy, and she could understand what those people meant. According to them, the prison here is the people themselves——— which is not surprising, the mainstream thinking of the masses is a prison to some extent, and most people will not hesitate to accept all this, which is the collective unconscious.

In fact, as a judge, Duanmu Huai has seen too many similar things, and most people's thoughts are conformist, just like the king's new clothes——— it doesn't matter whether the king himself knows that he is wearing new clothes, what matters is whether other people think that the king is wearing new clothes, if everyone thinks so, then there will be a group unconscious effect.

Only those children who do not lead the way with a sense of collectivity will tell the truth.

And the reason for this situation is very simple, in fact, whether it is in schools, units, or enterprises, it is the same.

Every place has different rules, and everyone follows them and feels comfortable doing so. But conversely, if someone doesn't follow the rules, then they are naturally seen as heterogeneous and excluded.

I gave up thinking, handed over the power to make decisions to others, and just went with the flow——— in fact, most people are like this, and this world is just the embodiment of the human world.

This kind of thing is also very common in reality, for example, in the past, everyone turned a blind eye to the behavior of corporal punishment in schools, because teachers teach students that it is natural, what the hell is corporal punishment? When Duanmu Huai was in elementary school, he didn't finish his homework or was late for class, so he really knew how to use a ruler to hit his palm, and his palm was red.

Does this count as corporal punishment? Or education?

It's the same with domestic violence, everyone used to think that it was natural for a man to beat his wife, and there was nothing wrong with it, but what the hell is domestic violence? They've always done that, right?

Because it's always been like this, everybody does it, so there's nothing wrong with me doing it.

This is group consciousness and thinking.

However, that doesn't mean that this won't change, or that no one won't stand up and resist.

There will be students who stand up and scold teachers for not beating students like animals, and wives who stand up against their husbands' domestic violence.

Under the influence of these leaders, others will gradually change their minds, so there will be a trend of anti-domestic violence and anti-corporal punishment. That's another kind of groupthink.

But that's the end of it?

Of course not.

Even if the public thinks that corporal punishment is wrong, there will still be people who stand up and protest, claiming that this practice turns students into untouchable little emperors, greatly reduces the dignity and prestige of teachers, and reduces the effectiveness and quality of education, and finally it is the children who suffer.

There are also people who denounce that only women are the target of domestic violence, which is obviously gender and sexism, and it is clear that there are many men who are tortured by women to survive and die, but society only pays attention to female victims, and it is better not to do it.

So, will this become the new mainstream again?

No one can say.

As for which side is right, it is even more uncertain.

Therefore, it can be seen that the mainstream thinking is not immutable, on the contrary, it may directly turn 180 degrees, like schizophrenia.

In the past, it was illegal to fall in love with the same sex, but now it is illegal to discriminate against the same sex to fall in love, you say it's not strange.

Of course, if it's just like this, Duanmu Ai doesn't care, human beings themselves are like this, and groupthinking and homogenization are one of the forces for human survival.

The premise is ......... It's a choice made by humans themselves, not some messy thing behind it.

Duanmu Ai jumped in.

The whistling wind blew past his ears, and for a while, Duanmu Ai even felt as if he was being swallowed up in darkness. I don't know how long it took, a bright red light appeared under my feet, and as far as the eye could see, there were cells with a dark red glow everywhere, and a spiritual projection of an individual was locked in it, but they did not cry or shout, sitting in it like walking corpses, motionless.

"Boom!"

The next moment, Duanmu Ai fell from the sky like a stone, slamming heavily on the ground, she raised her head and looked in front of her——— only to see that surrounded by countless cages, in the center of the clearing in front of her, a huge, black dark holy grail was impressive. And the veins that flowed from those prisons went deep into the Holy Grail.

"Hehehehehe............"

At the same time, a deep voice rang out.

"I really didn't expect anyone to be able to find this ........."

"Was it a surprise?"

Duanmu Ai said as he took out his war hammer.

"I don't know what you are, but ......... Prepare to die! ”

(End of chapter)