Chapter 57: The Boundary Between Reality and Illusion

Looking at the four people who followed around, they didn't show any abnormality, all of them were in a normal state of exploration, holding a strong flashlight to explore around, and the pillars of light moved rapidly in the pitch-black environment, jointly outlining the fragmented dusty secret room.

As Gorey suggests, this basement floor is a very ordinary Soviet-style building, and there is nothing unusual about it.

Commonplace offices, occasionally dormitories and large laboratories, most of which are broken and dusty, give people a sense of old dilapidation.

This is the dusty taste of history, and there is no danger in the ordinary.

If they explored at this pace, it seemed that their five-person team would soon find the entrance to the second basement floor.

Where exactly is the labyrinth of illusions that Gogol is talking about?

Or where is the illusion trigger in this area? And in what way will it be triggered?

On such critical issues, Gogol does not seem to lie, and there is no need to lie.

Could it be that we are already in an illusion, but our self-consciousness cannot distinguish clearly?

The doubts in my heart flashed, and the scene in front of me seemed to fluctuate for a moment, just like the ripples of water waves rippling in the space, making the scene components at this time unreal.

Because of your own doubts, do you have corresponding hallucinations?

Immediately firm in the thought in his heart, trying to expel this strange picture, and then touched the wall beside him, and the feeling of water waves seemed to really disappear.

I was determined that because of the language barrier, Bai Ning couldn't pass on this experience to the outlaws on the side.

It is only hoped that they will gain basic beliefs by following and will not have doubts about what is here.

Continuing to walk forward for a distance, Bai Ning stood still suddenly, because he found that this section seemed to be very familiar, and glanced around with the help of a strong flashlight, and the cold sweat behind Bai Ning was instantly dripping.

A swarthy cave was standing silently behind Bai Ning, as if he had just stepped out of the tunnel and installed the repeater around the corner.

When did you fall back into hallucinations?

Bai Ning thought about it carefully, and as a result, the feeling of confusion seemed to be even more serious, making people a little unclear about what was reality and what was an illusion.

Forcing himself to calm down and looking at the current situation from a third perspective, Bai Ning also had a certain understanding of the reasons for his doubts.

When he had doubts for the first time before, Bai Ning strengthened his belief, but then he touched the wall again to confirm the hallucination, which in itself was an outward manifestation of a doubtful mentality.

A person with a truly firm mind will never doubt whether his environment is real.

A person who is good at doubting, once this kind of doubt arises out of thin air, then the doubt will multiply infinitely in his heart, generating a series of doubts that are difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

Once a group of doubts arises, then together they will form an illusion, which will make people perpetually confused.

The so-called Zhouzhuang Dream Butterfly, when a person can't distinguish between reality and dreams, he can't distinguish the relationship between butterflies and Zhouzhuang.

A person who is deeply in doubt no longer has the ability to prove or not, because all the basis of proof or denial can become doubt itself.

At this moment, the line between the real and the unreal will blur, and you will never be able to get out of it.

In this way, the real is false, and the false is modified by the real, and this outpost research base has become what Gogol called a labyrinth of illusions.

Based on this reasoning, it seems possible to draw a very simple conclusion:

This phantom labyrinth can only confuse the kind of people who are confused in their hearts, and for those who are simple in nature, or simply some young children and mentally retarded patients, this phantom labyrinth is a vain shell.

This also seems to further prove that an existence like Gogol who is good at backstabbing is so suspicious that he is not qualified to delve into this phantom labyrinth, and all he knows about it is through external observation.

No wonder Gogol was so limited before, it turned out that he didn't know anything about this place at all.

As for the so-called third underground floor, Gogol has never been there, so he really has to be suspicious.

There were many thoughts in his heart, and Bai Ning quickly completely extinguished them, and his chaotic thoughts were even more susceptible to the influence of the illusion labyrinth.

The more confusion there is, the richer the illusion here becomes, and the more difficult it is for people to get out of here.

Bai Ning was a little curious, now that he was in the illusion, what kind of state his body was in.

Whether it is in a static state, or follow the illusion feedback to make all kinds of unbelievable movements.

In addition, the four outlaws in his fantasy world, they feel extremely real, is it just because Bai Ning's imagination is extremely rich?

In the midst of this chaotic thought, Bai Ning was shocked again, because he found that he couldn't really concentrate and meditate!

Even if Bai Ning has tried to calm himself, his thoughts are like being on a flat boat, you can make your emotions on the boat very calm, but your body can only go with the flow, and you can never really be still.

Is the real power of this fantasy labyrinth in this never-ending illusion corridor?

As Bai Ning speculated before, once the heart is confused, then it will never stop being lost in the confusion!

Do you regret leading the team to test an unknown danger?

Because of Gogol's suspicions, if you want to verify the truth of Gogol's words and deeds through practical actions, is it really necessary to put yourself in danger with this cruel zero-sum game demand?

If he regrets it, Bai Ning doesn't think so.

The illusion cannot be transmitted through the camera, and now all his abnormal reactions must have been transmitted back to Jiang Yingxue through the camera, and Bai Ning is also willing to believe that Jiang Yingxue will take rescue measures in time.

Even Gogol, who has a sinister heart, will not stumble on such a major issue of right and wrong and delay the best rescue event.

As Bai Ning expected, the people on the other end of the video did find a lot of suspicions in the surveillance camera.

"I don't know if you've noticed, the five people in the video, their expressions seem to have become sluggish."

Ivan was the first to discover the anomaly, and hurriedly shared this discovery.

"They've only just stepped around the corner, how could they be so fast?"

After hearing this, Jiang Yingxue was also a little surprised, he felt that with Bai Ning's strength, it shouldn't be so unbearable.

"It is better to believe what you have than not to believe what you don't.

We're going to have to get in touch with them through a communication device. ”

Ivan is in a hurry to perform, which means contacting Bai Ning through the walkie-talkie.

You know, they have agreed to contact them on a regular basis, and now they don't meet the time interval requirements for the first contact.

In the face of this dangerous environment, Jiang Yingxue also felt that it was better to be cautious, and hurriedly signaled Ah Long to start contacting Bai Ning.

The signal of contact has been sent, but there is no reaction from Bai Ning's side, and the seriousness of the matter is self-evident.

"Pull the safety rope."

Without hesitation, Jiang Yingxue directly ordered the outlaws guarding the tunnel entrance to quickly recover the safety rope.

As the safety rope tightened, all five people in the video fell to the ground, and the four outlaws remained motionless as if they had fallen into a coma, only Bai Ning tried to get up from the ground again.

Bai Ning, who was stunned, suddenly darkened in front of his eyes, and the previous illusions in his mind also disappeared, picked up the flashlight on the side and looked around, and found that he was being pulled backwards.

The safety rope has been activated, and it seems that as long as the brain is temporarily incapacitated due to the concussion, it can be revived for a short time after being hit by an external blow.

As for why the four outlaws didn't come to their senses, it may be that they fell into too deep a vision, or maybe the bump just now was too hard, and they had fallen into a coma.

Bai Ning, who realized this, suddenly shook again, the light in front of him disappeared again, and he felt that his head seemed to have been hit again.

The bright flashlight was tied to his wrist through the rope, and Bai Ning looked up and found that he had arrived at the original corridor area.

With such a short moment of stunned effort, has he been dragged so far?

Obviously, after reawakening just now, Bai Ning fell back into the illusion because of his cranky thoughts again!

Such a powerful illusion can affect people's thinking so strongly and continuously.

It can be seen that even if a person who is awakened by any means and falls into a hallucination, he will fall into the hallucination again after a short period of lucidity.

At that time, the so-called brief wakefulness is just the beginning of another dream.

It was not clear whether he was hallucinating or awake, Bai Ning naturally did not get up again, but was very obedient and was constantly dragged back to the original underground warehouse by the safety rope.

"It's out! It's out! ”

Ivan's familiar voice came from the direction where the light was cast behind, and at this moment Bai Ning was in a trance, he seemed to be a little confused about whether this was the content of the illusion or something real.

Is this the aftermath of repeatedly falling into a fantasy?

The boundary between the real and the unreal has been blurred, the boundary between the butterfly and Zhou Zhuang has been illusory, and nothing can prove the real and nothing can prove the unreal.

Once the senses are completely eliminated, the brain has no ability to distinguish between the real and the unreal.

It wasn't until he was helped up that Bai Ning was confusedly sure that this was reality, and the color in his eyes gradually became clearer.

"Replay me from the previous video."

Bai Ning coldly commanded, which made everyone watching the excitement breathe a sigh of relief.

Bai Ning's performance just now was too scary, his eyes were confused and full of confusion, like a faint after a long nap, not at all like Bai Ning, who has always been shrewd and calm.

Staring closely at the content on the screen, Bai Ning realized that he had fallen into the illusion earlier than expected, and it seemed that no matter whether he had doubts in his heart or not, he would be affected by the illusion unconsciously.

It may even be more severe, the doubts in the human heart are generated all the time, and some subconscious doubts cannot attract the attention of the subjective level, but they can lead the illusion to confuse the brain, and make people unconsciously fall into the illusion.

Once the illusion starts, even if you are awakened halfway, you will fall back into the illusion because of the uncontrolled crankiness.

In this way, one will sink deeper and deeper into this multiple illusions.

If you are not rescued in time, and your mentality is a little worse, you are likely to be lost in the illusion forever, and you will not be able to distinguish the difference between the illusion and reality.

Thinking a little deeper, once people can't distinguish the illusion, and fall into the point of cannibalism because of the fear in their hearts, then the biggest threat in the illusion maze does not necessarily come from the outside of the great terror, it is very likely to come from the inside itself.

In other words, what Gogol said before, there are indeed a lot of mistakes!