Restricted Doomsday Syndrome

On the way to the medical examination office, the captain "Plus" told me a lot about the Victoria Heavy Industry Materialization Zone. Compared to the "ping" silence, because of the existence of the form, it seems that the more rigid "plus" should be kinder, even if she told me very directly: "I am most afraid of trouble, so do n’t say anything in case of trouble. Come to me ".

From these conversations, I have some understanding of the anxiety that "outsiders" bring to the gathering place. The outsiders that can be confirmed at present, except me and some scattered people, are mainly two groups of forces, one is the Doomsday Truth and the other is the Las Vegas Special Operations Forces. Of course, for these indigenous peoples, It is not so easy to distinguish the positions of our outsiders in detail. However, in the conflict and dialogue with each other, the difference between "outsiders" and "outsiders" can still be gradually distinguished. However, no matter what kind of outsiders, it has a certain influence on the living conditions of the gathering place, because the "outsiders" have a very strong alien breath. Their appearance, in the eyes of many indigenous peoples, represents " The meaning of "connecting the outside world", although these aborigines have settled in the core of the tree for a long time, and the life cycle has changed from generation to generation, however, the dissatisfaction with the current living environment still exists in the hearts of many people.

"Because it's only a hundred years or so, the ancestors who fled to this generation also carried enough information preservation equipment. Therefore, the impression of the outside world has been quite blurred to this day, but there are no important memories. Lost. The ancestors ’nostalgia for the past life is also preserved through these memory information. Our children here have been instilled with this memory information from a very young age to ensure that civilization will not be lost due to the dysfunction of memory, But because of this, it will be more or less infected by the nostalgia that the ancestors pinned on this memory information. "Jia said this.

"You have become like this, and your memory has been digitized. Will you be infected like this?" I asked.

"The digital personality seems to have no emotions, but it is not really nothing." Plus staring at me, his expressionless face, there seems to be something non-existent: "The kind seems to exist, The emotions that seem to be non-existent will become clear when you do n’t care. People who do n’t digitize their personalities ca n’t experience this feeling. That ’s not a pleasant thing, just like, you should have It ’s suddenly not found, and people ca n’t help but feel anxious, and once suddenly realize that it is here. And they will worry about when it will be lost. ”

"Sorry." I couldn't help saying.

"Well, it doesn't matter. I'm used to it." Jia said: "I remember very well that I had the idea of ​​'leaving the gathering place and searching for channels to the outside world', and, once, I was very keen. The same is true of others, in When I was young, I always wanted to continue what the old people failed to achieve. Find an exit, leave this materialized area, and go to a more livable place. Most of the young people here have this idea, which is only for practical reasons, and they ca n’t do anything. That's it. However, the appearance of you outsiders has made many people see hope. Because. You are like us humans, although it looks very powerful, but it should be better than the life of the body. We can not deal with the body Information from life can be obtained from you, right? "

Jia's voice was calm, but the content of the words was not so calm. The impact of outsiders on the aborigines. It is indeed expected, but if possible, I hope that these shocks will not become actual conflicts. This gathering place has been in battle for many years. Cultivated enough self-confidence in force, but whether it is on the side of the doomsday truth or our special combat forces in Las Vegas, this kind of force self-confidence is meaningless. If there is a battle, according to previous guesses, it is probably that the gathering place has the highest chance of collapse first.

However, even if the gathering place collapses, what good is it for us outsiders?

Judging from the traces of the actions of outsiders revealed by Jia, the ordinary people who strayed into this materialized area soon died, and were occasionally found by people in the gathering place, and they were only broken corpses; Lasvi There are not many contacts between the special combat forces and the gathering place in Gas, and they have adopted a vigilant attitude toward each other. Perhaps during this period, the large forces have also demonstrated their own strength, so that the gathering place has to evaluate the danger again; But a group of guys with a more wandering trail, even if they often go out looking for supplies, have little impression of the signs of the doomsday truth.

It is precisely because, among all outsiders, the closest to the gathering place is the Las Vegas Special Combat Force. Therefore, the gathering place ’s concerns about the use of violence may only be limited to the scope of the special combat force. . It feels like there is only five or five points of possibility of being able to suppress it without aggravating the situation. In this case, I went deep into the gathering place alone, and even if I reported the name of the big army, I would probably not get preferential treatment.

This is probably the trouble with "plus". My matter has been reported, and soon someone with a higher status will come to take over. Whether they are benevolent or malicious, they are no longer within the scope of "plus" and "ping". I can't say "no need to worry" to them, because this kind of statement means that I have the ability to cause serious harm to the gathering place. For them, this is the most worrying situation. Although they were not so hostile to me because they inherited the "Jiang" humanity, they were definitely not kind enough, let alone standing on my side. The stronger I am, the greater the threat to them.

Therefore, although "Ga" talks with me naturally, there is no deliberate exclusion from "Ping". However, in the mind of "Ga", this kind of communication probably only elaborates part of the facts and warns me and " "Exploration" only.

I observed the attitudes of these aborigines and considered the next test. However, recognizing the actual situation can not bring fundamental help to myself, because, I can not invest too much time in obtaining intelligence. All my actions in this temporary data hedging space must be completed on the "fastest" route. If the gathering place does not intend to negotiate with a direct attitude, then I must make a direct action unilaterally.

In this materialization area, the most important survival equipment for the aboriginal people is the ash fog materialization device remaining after the disintegration of Victoria Heavy Industries. Their knowledge of the gray fog. Naturally there are more outsiders than us. I mentioned the matter about the purification of fog, because although there is also a recognition that "fog is not a good thing", but in the ruling bureau, a large amount of fog is treated as a "pollution source", it is still a person shocked. From the appearance. I can't tell the difference between my common fog that can be transformed into a mysterious force, and the fog that permeates this Victoria heavy industry physical zone.

Of course, gray fog is a sophisticated product, but there is no clear information about how to distinguish and deal with gray fog.

"Of course you can't see it from the outside." The added tone and expression did not change. But I intuitively think that if she has emotions, she will be surprised. After all, from the perspective of her growth environment, this part of cognition is some basic knowledge, if you do not master this knowledge. It is difficult to survive in the ruling bureau-I think that since she understands where she is, it is just an area of ​​the ruling bureau ruins, and the memory information of her predecessors' ancestors has not been lost, then she must understand the "rule bureau" The concept also limits the scope of the term "outsider" because of the limitations of its environment. Characterized as "people from other areas of the ruling bureau".

For these aborigines, "there is another world with different culture and environment outside of the ruling bureau" is very difficult to imagine, they want to go "outside", it is probably that the ancestors remember information Under the influence, I want to go to other areas of the ruling bureau. We outsiders come from the "outside world" and should not be the answer they want. From this perspective, we do not have intelligence in this regard. And their original idea of ​​obtaining information from the body life was correct.

However, I can't explain the actual situation to them, the perception of "there is a world beyond the ruling bureau". Once they appear in their concept, what kind of changes will occur, I can't be sure, but I don't think it will be a beautiful thing. For example, let ’s move out of this world that has been severely alienated by the gray fog and start a new life in the new world-as a result, it should exacerbate the mystery of the “new world”. The technology and force of these people and the complete breakthrough The node of the is likely to cause many bad things in the ruling bureau to surge out.

What's more, the "new world" connected to the Victoria heavy industry physicalization area already has a lot of troubles, whether it is the whole world of doomsday illusion attacked by the Nazis, or the world of the repeater trap that is changing Will not welcome the re-emergence of the ruling bureau. Maintaining the ruling bureau in the "doom ruins" state is an important foundation for maintaining the current fragile and balanced situation.

Of course, this kind of thinking is probably something that will be considered from the standpoint, and instead of the doomsday truth religion, it is not surprising that there is the idea of ​​"restarting the ruling bureau". However, because of this idea, I think that the Las Vegas special combat forces probably will not use the node information they own to exchange information with the gathering place. Therefore, I think that it is perhaps an inevitable situation that the Las Vegas special combat forces did not have an "in-depth" communication with the gathering place. Their next action is also very likely to "do not need the help of the gathering place" .

Even so, as a gathering place, the ground snake must have a certain monitoring ability for outsiders, just exchange this information, and not seek more help, what price does it have to pay? What kind of benefits does the high level of the gathering place hope to get from me? In fact, there are not many things I can give. If you negotiate seriously, it must be a series of lies. This is not an interesting situation.

Just when I was thinking, the team had crossed the long tunnel and entered a completely remodeled pipe. The inner surface of the pipe is covered with cocoon-shaped transparent cabins. A bridge-shaped structure traverses from one end of the pipe to the other end. Lifting your head, lowering your head, looking left and right, you can see the flashing indicators outside the transparent cabin Blurred light fog formed by lights. This area is completely illuminated by these mists and mists, and it looks a bit gloomy, making people feel as though many things are missing.

We didn't finish the long bridge, and we walked down a pipeline along a staircase that turned down. There are many such staircases that turn downwards, and the interval is about 20 meters. From the side of the stairs overlooking that side, you can also see many aborigines who behave like ours. Perhaps it was infected by the cold and silent atmosphere in this area, and the whole space only heard the footsteps of the heel and the metal stairs colliding. The atmosphere was a bit tense, and both Ping and his teammates looked serious. People feel that "physical examination" is actually a fearful thing-maybe this is the fact. "Plus" has also said that in addition to the core area of ​​the tree tube where the physical and chemical devices are functioning normally, other places, especially the waste capital, are gray. Fog alienation pollution is very serious, and it is very dangerous for the indigenous people to go out without any protection. Even if you wear protective clothing, it is not uncommon to be eroded by fog for one reason or another.

Even so, in many cases, some people will still take off their protective clothing in such a place and be exposed to gray fog.

"Ping" when meeting me. Just do that, of course it is illegal.

It was precisely in the past that "Plus" had a similar move, but failed to escape the "Physical Examination". The eroded body part had to undergo transformation, and since then lost its identity as "Origin". Although after being transformed, it will not produce adverse reactions such as a decline in status and strength, it can even be said. At the level of dataization, it has the advantages that the "primitive" does not have, and the resistance to gray fog alienation will also be improved several times, so it will undertake some independent work. However, losing the identity of the original person is also a difficult process for normal people to adapt to.

"Physical examination" is to determine how much the fog affects the body when going out, and whether the adverse effects can be eliminated within the safety limit. This is a "diagnosis" behavior. For most people. When doctors assert that they are sick, they will feel uneasy, not to mention the "gray fog alienation" situation that has been intensively educated.

Of course, some people do not care too much. "Alienation of fog" is no longer an incurable disease in the development of the gathering place, and some people hope to get a physical transformation and personality data similar to "Plus". Thereby deliberately exposing the body to gray fog for alienation, because one of the prerequisites for transformation is "body alienation".

What did you think of exposing your body's "flatness" when you met me? I do n’t know very well, maybe he also wants to make a body transformation to move in the outside world “more freely”. Judging from the attitude of these people, the scope of activities is limited to the small area of ​​the tree core, even if it is safer, it is very suffocating.

If you want to go to a wider world, even if it is dangerous, and you want to find a closed exit, these ideas prove that this gathering place still has a positive activity and vigorous vitality. Such an idea is a good thing in itself, but it will also bring some negative effects on "stability".

At this moment, the depression that pervades the pipeline, in my opinion, is actually the confrontation between this strong desire for life and the conservative survival instinct.

When we reached the bottom of the pipeline, a special person came to deal with the preparations before the "physical examination". Everyone except me used the terminal to verify the data. In this way, my special nature was completely exposed, but Perhaps it was due to the fact that "Plus" had been notified in advance. The person in charge just looked at me more and asked a female subordinate to lead me to a dedicated medical examination cabin.

This woman was a girl of only 17 or 8 years of age until I was taken to the medical examination cabin-that is, the cocoon-shaped cabins that were seen on the bridge and attached to the inner wall of the pipeline. The cabin I used was tight Close to the bottom of the tube, the other cabins in the left and right rows were empty-after that, she used the terminal to say something I can understand: "Go in."

Yes, from beginning to end, she didn't have too much desire to understand me, an outsider, and even made me feel that even the word "go in" was barely spoken. The hatch was opened by her briskly, and then she stood and stared at me. Her body is a plastic one-piece gown, wearing gloves, masks and hair hoods, and her skin is bare only from the eyes around her body. Being stared by such a person, even if the other party may be a girl, it may also be a "beautiful girl", which is not a pleasant thing.

I was about to get into the cabin, and she said a second sentence: "Undress." Then, those eyes still stared at me without blinking.

Not to mention what her eyes are like, just being watched by a strange young woman and taking the initiative to strip off her clothes is enough to embarrass me. Even so, she didn't feel it, and didn't mean to avoid it at all.

"Can't you stare?" I tried a few times, and I couldn't take off my pants. I only asked daringly.

"No." The electronic sound from the terminal is very simple, and there is no room for recovery.

I can't think of any reason why you can't take it off when you look at it. There is no benefit to stalemate here. Therefore, although a little embarrassed in sensibility, but reason finally defeated sensibility, all the last concealment was stripped away in one breath, and a brain burrowed into the cabin. The only thing that makes people feel at ease is that the young women who saw them from the beginning to the end did not have any changes in their attitude and eyes. After I entered, words and patterns appeared in the hatch, and the woman operated a few times in front of me, turned and left.

The hatches gradually dimmed, the outside scene became dim, and it seemed to have become quieter all at once. In this small, enclosed space, I feel reassuring. Then, a liquid sprayed out, pouring cold temperature on the skin, and immediately made people squeeze. More and more liquid sprayed from more and more holes, pouring me from head to feet, like a bath It ’s the same, but it ’s not comfortable at all. When these liquids accumulate and slowly fill the entire cabin, the feeling of suffocation will also appear-this feeling is not the first time I have experienced it, the experience in the reality of the hospital, Let me understand what to do at this time.

I lifted my subconscious breath and let the liquid enter the lungs from the trachea. There is no problem in breathing, but it is more irritating than soaking in the liquid. The cold feeling is like cutting down the trachea all the way. At this time, the fluid outside the body also began to stir, seemingly caressing every inch of my skin, and the sensitive parts could not help but feel strange. Finally, a slight yellow luster appeared in the cabin. It seemed that the liquid itself bloomed. Some instrument dials placed in the corners could also be seen clearly. Although I did not recognize the above text, I guessed it, I also understand that it is about my physical data.

Although the whole medical examination process is not pleasant, it is not as serious as "Plus". My situation seems to be no problem, and there is no sign similar to "Warning" on the instrument dial. About twenty minutes later, the liquid returned, and the young woman in charge of me returned with a suit similar to the patient's uniform, and pulled me out of the cabin.

"Don ~ www.readwn.com ~ Her meaning is still simple and clear.

"What about my clothes?" I asked.

"During disinfection, it will be sent directly to the room assigned to you." She replied.

There was another silence afterwards, and she did not mention the next thing to do. She just led the way ahead. After a while, we did not return to the original meeting point, but walked into another route alone and came to a lifting track. before. It seems that they did not intend to let me and "plus" them merge. What kind of attitude they have towards the outsider cannot be distinguished for the time being. I do n’t think they can get any information from my clothes. The electronic demon has always been in my shadow. Other weapons besides are not mysterious. For their technology, they are "simple tools." That's it. Even the harlequin mask is nothing more than a hint of spiritual awakening. I hope that this "nothing" result will allow them to decide to meet me as soon as possible, rather than just drying me in the gathering place and waiting for the opportunity.

Think of it this way, maybe the high level of the gathering place will use my arrival as a reason to actively contact Las Vegas special combat forces? This would save a lot of trouble. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Please read it for mobile users.)