[Well, I've confirmed the impact specifically. Apollonia handed back the examination report after 30 minutes, [Phaethon, you have lost 3% of your soul, and the condition is serious. 】

"Sure enough."

"Is 3% a serious attrition?" Shang Luo asked. Because literally, the numbers are not very big.

[3% is already very serious. To exaggerate it, I'll take 3% of your flesh at random, and then give you 100,000 taels of silver, will you do it? 】

"That's not going to happen. In other words, is it this level of churn? I thought it was just 3% blood. ”

[In fact, it is between the random sampling of 3% of the physical tissue, and the blood drawing-the soul, like the onion, is lost from the outside in, and it will be lost layer by layer.] From the outside to the inside, in order are the superego, the ego, and the id. The superego is an acquired reflex layer that relies on external stimuli. The symbol is the 'name', and if I call you, you will answer. She was unfamiliar with her name because the outermost superego began to drain. 】

"And what if we stay longer?"

[After the loss of the superego, then the ego.] The psychological state of the whole person will gradually return to before the age of 3, and begin to lose awareness of the real environment. It does not manifest as amnesia, but borders on amnesia. You will forget about cars, food, shoes. Forget that you can get on the car, forget that you can eat, forget that you have to wear shoes on your feet. When the ego is also lost, that is, the basic physiological functions of the person begin to be lost, and then it is over, and it has become a vegetative person. 】

"Wait, so her loss of 3% means that the outermost part of her loss has already accounted for 3% of the total?"

[That's right, that's it.] And the ratio of the three is not completely evenly divided. This 3% will probably exceed 10% in the outermost part. 】

"Good guy, can you still make up for this?"

[It's no problem to make up for it.] So before I said it, the effect is somewhere between taking blood and drawing tissue cells directly. Like blood drawing, the damage to the soul is self-healing, filling in from the inside out. The 'hematopoietic machinery' of the superego is provided by the next layer of self. She's mostly intact, so the 3% loss won't take long to recover – maybe two or three days. If you want her to recover faster, stimulate her a little more and call her name more. 】

"Phaethon? If I call you, do you dare to say yes? ”

"It's me—thank you, please remind me more in the next two days, and if you see me in a daze, remember to remind me immediately. I need to solidify my connection to my name. Other than that. I have to recall how I felt now. ”

"Why don't you wait two days?" Shang Luo proposed, "Since it makes you very uncomfortable, I suggest putting it back." ”

"I'll forget about it when I put it back. After waking up from a dream, don't you also forget the plot of the dream? You can only remember it when you wake up from a dream. While I still remember, I'm going to tell you how I feel. ”

"Okay." Shang Luo sighed, "That's really thanks, after all, since you know that this is harmful, you can't just send someone in to experience it on the spot in the future." So, I asked – will you lose your sense of self? ”

Shang Luo considered the use of the 18th floor of hell as a prison in the future. At this time, it is necessary to consider the impact of this prison on people.

"The first thing to do is to define what self-awareness is." "If you talk about the perception of names, it will indeed be dissolved. But if it is said whether self-consciousness can exist continuously, it must be dissolved by the lowest layer. ”

"In other words, I'm still me, but I feel like something that should exist is going to be lost?"

"Yes." Phaethon nodded, "You can feel it draining, and it's very painful. Do you have that kind of sneeze and are ready to sneeze, but that sneeze doesn't come out. And what I remembered, I forgot it when I turned my head—that sense of emptiness that I felt lost. You'll forget what your name is, but you'll know exactly that you did, and you'll be so painful that you want to remember what your name is, but you can't. ”

"Was there a moment when you experienced this feeling?"

"Well, so I didn't hesitate, I came out right away. I'm doing the test responsibly, but according to our agreement, I won't test at the expense of my body. When I know there's a problem, I'll come out right away. ”

"Yes, yes, you're right." Shang Luo also breathed a sigh of relief, "You have a good mentality, so that you can last a long time." ”

"It's convenient to continue being a guinea pig, right?"

"It's called 'spearhead', how can it be called a guinea pig. The guinea pig is at the mercy of the research institute. And as a pioneer in exploring uncharted territory, it's up to you to decide when you want to stop the action. Will the test stop after the mouse barks twice? Impossible. But if you find it dangerous to continue, then it makes sense that you should stop the operation immediately, or ask for reinforcements, or just call me along. ”

"Ah, I see. Next time, I just called you along? Maybe it does. The two of us called each other by their names, so we might as well walk all the way in. ”

"Pull it down. It's going to be a prison there, and I'm going to go to the prison to explore what I'm going to do. However, does it make you feel lost when you stay? But self-awareness is not lost? I wondered what it would be like if I threw people underneath. ”

"If you can keep yourself and make him dissolve the perception of his name, it will be the world's number one torture. He would be immersed in tremendous mental stress all day long, and I am afraid that it would not be long before he went crazy. Because it is." Faetong paused for a moment and uttered two words:

"Ling Chi."

"Ling Chi, is it" Shang Luo repeated the heavy word.

Ling Chi. Pawn out "the mountain of a hundred people, let the car climb, what?" Late death. ”。 The original meaning is "the hills and mountains are gradually slowing", and by extension, its meaning is the punishment of Ling Chi. To a certain extent, it can also be understood as the torture of "gradually leveling and destroying the mountains with one knife at a time".

"It's like it's quite painful in the death penalty. But when he had not seen blood and had died of a mental breakdown, since the sentence had not yet ended, he should have been healed according to the law, and then he should continue to serve his sentence. ”

"Good fellows." "How do I think this is a mental destructive for the overseers?" That's too bad, isn't it? ”

"To be an executioner, you really have to have a psychological defense line as strong as a city wall, otherwise I am afraid that the bloody human body will collapse long ago."

"How much of a crime does it take to be sent to a place like this?"

(End of chapter)