Chapter 60 Dialectical Game (5) Sunk Costs
The uncanny valley effect brings about both psychological and physical discomfort. The skin is depleted of heat by the air conditioning, like falling into an ice cellar.
The feeling of disharmony was like a web, and Qisi felt the uneasiness he had not seen for a long time. His blood vessels were constricted, his blood flow was accelerated, and his breathing was short. Instead, he seemed to be surprised and excited.
After a long time, he said calmly: "If you just don't look human on the outside, you can completely solve it with makeup."
Jin Yusheng said seriously: "You have no soul. ”
Zeis stared at the image in the mirror and shook his head amusedly: "In your opinion, is it the body or the soul that determines what makes a person human?"
"If it is the soul, why are you obsessed with maintaining the body of Zeis? If it’s a body, why should you use the soul as the criterion?”
Jin Yusheng said: “It doesn’t matter to me, the criterion for the weird game is the soul.”
What are the criteria for judging weird games?
Zis caught the key word and smiled happily: "Then what do you think is the criterion for judging whether a person has a soul?"
"African peoples insist that newborns have no souls, so they can abandon their wives and children with peace of mind to reduce the cost of raising children; some religions need to scare believers into giving birth to more children to increase the number of people who can support them and expand their influence. Therefore, it is claimed that the soul exists..."
"Some people think that the soul is the self-awareness of human beings, and some people think that it is the invisible thing that is rumored to be 21 grams. So what about you, I'm curious? What kind of standards are used to judge the existence of a 'soul'?"
Jin Yusheng put away the tablet and said in a bad tone: "You promised just now that you would not discuss these boring things with me. Question, don’t leave it unanswered.”
Qisi tilted his head, showing moderate confusion in his unfocused eyes, as if he wanted to know the answer.
"I don't know." Jin Yuchang exhaled a long breath, his expression showing a bit of exhaustion, "I believe in the judgment of the weird game. When it determines that I have fulfilled my wish, it means that Qisi's soul has returned. ”
"You regret making that wish."
Chis's smile did not fade, and his tone was firm: "You have known Chiss for six years, and you know what kind of scum he is. Death is the best ending for him. , all the crimes have been settled, and the conclusion of right and wrong has been finalized; as a mediocre and normal person, you never dare to bear the responsibility of bringing evil spirits back to the world."
"More importantly, you understand. , once he knows that you have become a player, he will definitely find ways to deal with the hidden danger of you knowing him too well. After an impulse, you realize this belatedly, so you start to be afraid and start to hesitate... The soul is the last. A key, and you dare not open the blind box of life and death."
The atmosphere was stagnant for a moment, and Jin Yusheng's face turned ugly, because what Qisi said was exactly the truth that he could not refute.
After pondering for two seconds, he sighed quietly: "But I have to resurrect him. Once the wish is made, it cannot be changed. If I don't resurrect him, I can't make new wishes, and I will never be able to get rid of the weird game. .”
Can't it be changed? Is this a cheating game?
Qisi's smile hung on his face like a mask: "If you just want to change your wish, maybe I can help you."
Jin Yusheng did not answer, but picked up the food on the table. A walkie-talkie said: "It's over, send No. 9 back to the observation room."
......
Going around in circles, Qiss returned to the observation room again and was fixed. He lay on his back and stared at the surveillance camera on the ceiling.
Although the fact that "I am a clone" is somewhat difficult to accept, under rationalist analysis, more and more evidence has been put on the table, making the conclusion tilt towards the bad side.
First, his three questions have been reasonably explained.
The reason why he was left alone in a room was because the researchers were irresponsible, and looking back at the attitudes of those in white coats, we can indeed find that they lacked enthusiasm for work.
His body in reality did not die immediately. Most likely it was because Jin Yusheng casually made a wish to resurrect him. Weird Game was happy to use him to hang Jin Yusheng in order to extract more sins.
The existence of the research institute and resurrection technology is more reasonable. The gadgets exchanged from weird games do not need to be scientific.
Second, Jin Yusheng’s attitude is very real.
If this guy is exactly the same as Qisi remembers from beginning to end, Qisi will be relieved and confirm that he is the NPC reproduced one-to-one in the copy of the weird game.
But he maintained a mask-like indifference at first, just like an old player who has been playing in the dungeon for three years, only the phantom of the past was inadvertently revealed... This is very realistic. .
Also, at first, I wanted to resurrect him out of some kind of messiah complex, but ended up regretting it halfway through the resurrection, and just muddle along like an ostrich. This kind of reaction is also not fake.
In reality, Jin Yusheng is such a hesitant person who has both ends. Although he often helps him with some dirty work, he never has the courage to commit major crimes against humanity. He may encounter a murder case on the road. I will also call the police...
Third, Jin Yusheng believed that "wish cannot be changed."
Based on Zeiss’s experience, wishes can be changed by spending points; Weird Games naturally knows this, and if it is deliberately designed, it would not be able to reveal such an obvious flaw in this aspect. Game copy is about logic, only reality does not need logic. Although I don’t know why Jin Yusheng was unable to change his wish, it just shows that this situation is the reality.
Finally, and most importantly, Qiss saw that his image in the mirror was obviously not a living person.
In the past thirty-six years, game forums have summarized countless laws, one of which is "Only role-playing copies will change the player's image." The player will either become a completely unrelated person, or it will be in his own face, and only the eyes and other details will not change.
Of course, it may also be due to survivor bias. People who encountered special circumstances died in the dungeon. After leaving, they were busy leaving their last words and had no time to pass on their experiences.
——But this is not good news either.
Thoughts wrapped around Qisi like vines. After a long silence, Qisi grinned and showed a bright smile: "I look like Qiss, I think I am Qiss, and my thoughts and memories are... Qisi, the choice of behavior is also Qisi... Then why can't I be Qisi?"
...
About two hours later, the nurse came in again pushing the trolley. .
While she was taking out the blood pressure monitor to adjust the test, Ziss said, "I want to see your dean. I forgot to tell you something." Not daring to neglect, he ran out in a hurry.
Ten minutes later, Jin Yusheng appeared in the observation room with an impatient look on his face: "Do you have anything else to say?"
A smile appeared on Qisi's face again : "You just want to end the current wish as soon as possible so that you can get rid of the weird game as soon as possible."
"Then you said, if in the process of realizing the wish, the difficulty of the wish soars, the estimated required The points are far lower than the actual situation. Will Weird Games be willing to continue this loss-making business? ”
Jin Yusheng was stunned: "You don't mean to say..."
"That's what you think."
Jin Yusheng's face suddenly became ugly, and his voice became colder: "You have his memory, and you should know that no one I hurt could hurt him. In that summer camp nine years ago, if he hadn't saved me, I would have been burned to death in the fire..."
"He set the fire."
Chis raised his eyes and stared at the ceiling: "If it weren't for the purpose of creating chaos, he wouldn't have picked the locks of every room. He was actually very curious. The speed at which human flesh was charred in such a spectacular bonfire still makes me regret that I didn’t try it.”
Jin Yusheng sneered: "Do you think I'm a fool? My leg was injured at that time. There was no need for him to turn around and carry me on his back. That would only slow down his escape..."
"Oh, Of course it was because he was thinking long-term," Chiss recalled. "As a child, Chiss didn't have much confidence in his acting skills and didn't think he could win the sympathy of others without props..."
"And you look miserable with injuries all over your body, which is enough to show the seriousness of the problem. In this way, it will be much easier to call the police and stay overnight."
He paused for a moment, his eyes There was a hint of pity in it: "As for the fact that you were so grateful to Chiss and were willing to be used by him for six years, that was beyond his plan."
"Chiss originally wanted to just provide help in the snow Establish a connection with you in exchange for a certain level of help. After all, you look pampered and you don't look like you were sold into the relationship by a relative. If he sends you home and pretends to be pitiful, your family will have to take him in for a while. .”
"It turns out that he had a good idea. Since your parents are unreliable enough to send their children to that kind of summer camp, you will naturally not doubt what he did. You just funded him for half a year, until he inherited his parents' "Legacy."
Chis is a person with a strong desire to perform, and he likes to describe everything he has done in front of his victims.
He happily smacked the artistic lies weaved in the past, and the fingertips of his right hand tapped the rhythm of TwistedNerve on the bed rail.
"Looking at your expression, it seems that the eight seniors in front of me didn't tell you this? By the way, do you really think that the death of your parents was an accident? Subsequently, you encountered a series of accidents, and each time Tsitsis can always help you solve the problem in an understatement - do you think all this may be a coincidence? "
"To be honest, I'm really curious, why do you naively think that even your parents don't? Qisi who cares will cherish you as a 'friend' who can be regarded as a common tool at best...self-PUA?"
Jin Yusheng interrupted in a cold voice: "Why do you think I will believe a clone of you?"
Qisi raised his face, his tone became solemn and solemn: "Actually, you already believe it. Emotions and Gratitude is fragile, and interests are the eternal measure. There is no doubt that letting an unstable factor like Qis survive will do more harm than good - isn't it? In his eyes, he smiled and sighed: "It's time to end this farce. It starts with 'me' and ends with me. It's a very interesting ending - what do you think?"
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