Quadruple split.

Chapter 2255 Camel Straw and...Silence

unhappy.

Not angry.

Unhappy.

This is the only emotion that Mo Tan can clearly perceive in the bizarre chaos.

That was his own emotion, it was Mo Tan's displeasure, Mo Tan's insatiable anger, and also Mo Tan's unhappiness.

It was cold, hot, toxic, and disgusting negative emotion.

That was not good, he knew it was not good, but he could not stop it.

Mo Tan kept his mind active so that he would not lose consciousness due to being completely swallowed by the chaos. He knew very well that the only result would be that he would be forced offline by the system and disappear from the field in a ridiculous manner in full view of everyone, making the girl's kindness go to waste.

She was a beautiful girl, but he didn't really care about her appearance. Or rather, her appearance didn't account for too large a proportion among other factors that also attracted him. It just occupied an equal part among the countless charms that intoxicated him.

There is no doubt that I like Ji Xiaoge.

Maybe it was after a casual greeting, maybe it was during a telepathic eye contact, or maybe... who knows, at least the first time I was amazed by her, apart from lamenting that there was such a beautiful person in the world, I did not develop the slightest admiration for that girl.

I feel a little disappointed. I heard that love at first sight is quite romantic.

But he was more relieved, for the same reason that the other person suddenly became sentimental when they were walking in Academy City that night.

But no matter what, at this moment, Mo likes Ji Xiaoge.

That's right, in fact, this matter was very simple from the beginning. Although he had always insisted that he was the same person in the past twenty years, the so-called atypical split personality was only one side of "Mo Tan". But after the three identities of Hei Fan, Tan Mo and Mo appeared one after another, the situation had gradually changed its nature imperceptibly.

After witnessing and leading the "fusion" of Remlia Keyvos and Salia Keyvos, Mo Tan, who had long ago mastered a large amount of knowledge and miscellaneous studies with "spirit" as the keyword through self-study, and had almost mastered experimental psychology, psychological statistics, psychometrics, developmental psychology, social psychology, biological psychology, cognitive psychology and personality psychology, had already learned one thing.

That is, one's own 'condition' is deteriorating irreversibly.

The game "Boundary of Innocence" fulfilled its slogan that was not clear but impressive, but successfully moved Mo Tan to spend a huge amount of money to purchase a game cabin - [Want to try living in another way? Here you can be the most authentic self]

The only deviation is that the 'another' in the slogan becomes three or even four, and the truest self also becomes three or even four.

The person in the world who knows Mo Tan's mental state best is Mo Tan himself, who knows better than anyone else that [The Realm of Innocence] has never been a major turning point that changes life and destiny, but a straw that speeds up the camel's fall.

In other words, as he grew older, Mo Tan had long since determined that his "disease" would one day irreversibly trigger a chain reaction, leading to extremely serious consequences including but not limited to sudden death. The reason why the absolutely neutral personality named "Hei Fan" in the game appeared was that it was a "self-rescue" measure after Mo Tan's subjective and subconscious mind reached an agreement.

To put it more clearly, the personality of absolute neutrality has never been a cure for a disease, but rather a manifestation of the concept of "antibody".

All in all, Mo Tan knew that "losing control" was almost inevitable, and when he found the game "Boundary of Innocence", he held the mentality of "it's better to unblock than to block", thinking that if this thing was really as awesome as it was hyped, it might be able to relieve the pressure on himself.

And the facts have indeed proved that the Realm of Innocence can indeed relieve the pressure on people like Mo Tan who find it difficult to integrate into normal society, but...

In terms of "it's better to unblock than to block", the effect of this game may be a bit too good, so that when Mo Tan came to his senses, he had already begun to "lose control".

But with the beginning of this "loss of control", Mo Tan was no longer as "self-aware" as before, but continued with "his" daily life as if nothing had happened.

The reason is actually very simple. At least at this moment, it seems to be "in" a chaos, but it seems very clear to Mo Tan what he is doing. It is really simple and pure.

In a nutshell, it is the survival instinct.

This is a trait shared by most creatures, including Motan. However, unlike the previous "self-rescue", when he came to his senses, he found that the self-rescuer this time was no longer "Motan".

Thus, in the continuous process of "self-rescue", Mo Tan became a loyal supporter of the Realm of Innocence, but there was no sign of "Mo Tan" in the Realm of Innocence.

When I came to my senses, the camel had fallen down and the straw was burning silently.

Referring to everything he had seen, heard, and learned in reality and in the game, he had also proposed the hypothesis that the "camel" did not exist. After all, after tracing back to the source, when Shao Mo Tan realized that he had awakened from a nightmare, there was no camel at all.

Self-rescue, sense of crisis, survival instinct... all of these combined together made him insist on the truth that 'Camel' still existed, just as Mo in the Realm of Innocence was still avoiding the lie that 'Camel' was no longer there.

Unfortunately, the straw that can break the camel's back can also break the person's back. Putting aside the reserve and riddles, he can easily come to a conclusion.

Hei Fan was overwhelmed by his love for Yu Chen and Chen Wang Yu.

Mo was overwhelmed by his admiration for Ji Xiaoge and Ye Ge.

Eventually, the shattering sound became too loud to ignore and deafening, impacting his spirit like a flood.

  So the question is, is the so-called "love" really a concept that transcends all emotions and is magical enough to create miracles?

At this moment, Mo Tan felt that this theory was both correct and absurd, and was full of contradictions like its existence itself.

It is correct because in the vast majority of cases, "love" is indeed the most intense, craziest and most capable of breaking through the rational defense line among common emotions, so it is indeed very suitable to be the first crack when the dam bursts.

The reason why it is absurd is that compared with Mo Tan's "life" of the past twenty years, the influence of the so-called "love" on his mental state is infinitely close to zero, which means that it cannot play any decisive role.

To put it neither in a positive nor negative way, neither Hei Fan's feelings for Yu Chen, nor Mo's feelings for Ji Xiaoge, cannot shake their mental state, but they can also make them collapse much earlier when they are destined to collapse.

Admittedly, it is not surprising that Tan Mo's mental state is incredibly stable, but the reason why Mo is more "fragile" than Hei Fan, who seems to have been struggling for a long time, is also completely within the scope of logic.

If we abandon the long and boring speeches and get straight to the heart of the matter, we can simply assume that 'Hei Fan' is under almost no additional pressure except for his difficulty in letting go of his feelings for Yu Chen and his struggle. However, Mo, who seems to be in the most stable state and the most resilient in spirit, has endured too many things that he should not have endured over the years, so that under his soft shell that can warm almost everyone around him and is so tough that it is almost unreasonable, there are already sores and cracks that almost tore apart the core of his personality.

And under the heavy rain that drowned out the sound of the shattering thunderstorm just now, a shocking crack finally appeared in the strong shell.

However, for 'Mo' in the game, even though this crack successfully broke through his defense, as long as he was given enough time, this wound still had a very high probability of being repaired by his extremely strong will like steel. But the fact was that Mo Tan was completely unbalanced on the mental level due to triple coincidences in this game, and thus fell into the current very delicate state.

Among them, the first coincidence is actually the most "unfortunate", that is, during the [Crime Debate], he was always affected by the Innocence Realm Lord System of the person who called himself "Ms. Night/Mr. Night". Although he temporarily gained the ability to actively choose characters in public spaces, which can be called a BUG, ​​a certain barrier on the mental level was temporarily weakened. Although he did not go crazy directly because he paid the price of his appendix, under certain circumstances, the corresponding resistance will still be greatly weakened, and the threshold for triggering the system alarm will be pushed to a very low level. In other words, unless he suffers mental damage that is infinitely close to the fatal level, Mo Tan will not be forced to go offline by the system.

Strictly speaking, the second coincidence and the third coincidence are actually the same thing. They are both related to the extremely special weapon [Akatsuki]. One is the additional skill [Blood Release] unlocked after the advancement of the Wushuang Axe; the other is not a skill in the strict sense, but [Likudō·Shura Transformation] which can activate the evil spirit of Shura Halberd to the greatest extent.

The first is [Blood Release]. Admittedly, this skill is considered standard for the Berserker class in the Warrior branch of the Realm of Innocence. However, now that the game has been launched for nearly a year, everyone is very clear about one thing, that is, the same skills of different players actually have very different effects. Similarly, the additional skills of equipment will also vary depending on the equipment.

Take [Blood Release] for example, some people's strength is at the level of "I'm going to fight you", while the [Blood Release] of Wushuang Axe is at the level of "Even if thousands of people oppose me, I will go forward". In the final analysis, the standards of "A common man's anger will cause blood to splatter five steps" and "I will drink the underworld with my axe and offer my blood to Xuanyuan" are two different things after all.

It was precisely because of this that after Mo Tan activated [Blood Release] with the Wushuang Axe, he was almost subjected to the highest level of impact. Although this impact would not affect the player's emotions too much in principle, given that Mo Tan's mental state was already very bad at this moment, the consequences would naturally not be very good.

And if Mo Tan could still hold on in this situation and keep his mind with his iron will, then the moment he transformed [Akatsuki] into the Shura Halberd form again and began to prepare to activate [Likuki·Shura Transformation], everything was irreversible.

In fact, even Mo Tan himself didn't know that when he used [Akatsuki·Ashura Halberd] in the game, the violent, rude and impetuous Halberd Soul was always helping him secretly. Although it never actively communicated with Mo Tan like the Axe Soul and the Killing Soul, it silently blocked at least 60% of the side effects of the corresponding form for him. The reason why Mo Tan was able to unlock the characteristics of the Shura Halberd in advance was also because of the same reason.

If you think about it carefully, you will know that how could a ferocious soldier who can be felt to be extremely crazy and brutal just by looking at him from afar be so easy to tame? It was only because Mo Tan, who had Ji Po to help share the pressure from the beginning, was unable to realize the truth due to the effect of being in the dark.

However, in the Akatsuki during the Guilt-Asking Battle, there is no Halberd Soul. Although the system faithfully reproduces the shape and spirit of each form one-to-one, unlike the Merciless Sword, Suxue Spear, and Wushuang Axe, the Shura Halberd without the Halberd Soul is a completely different weapon.

  Indeed, if Mo Tan was in a normal situation, such as the individual match between him and Ji Xiaodao, with his physical fitness of fully liberating [Reverse Scale] and [Resolution of the Herrscher] + his firm will under his lawful good personality, even the Shura Halberd would not be able to shake his mind. But what a coincidence, Mo Tan is now at his most mentally vulnerable moment since he started playing the game!

So, at the moment when Mo Tan was about to use [Evil Ghost·Ashura Transformation], the violent resentment and ghost power on the Shura Halberd, which was no less powerful than Mu Xue Sword's [Demon Sword], directly penetrated his repeatedly weakened mental defenses.

Almost at the same time, Xinglong also used that incredible [Blue Dragon·Yingjie] to hit Motan's chest with almost no space to attack, causing considerable damage to his body.

At this point, all the conditions that could cause his mental collapse were completely assembled, and the moment 'Mo' was knocked to the ground, he lost his surface consciousness.

When he regained his ability to think, he was already in chaos, and his perspective was split into two, one belonging to his conscious mind that had just awakened, and the other belonging to his subconscious mind that was fighting with Xinglong.

Again, in this situation, if it were an ordinary player, he would have been forced offline by the system long ago, but for Mo Tan who had a backdoor opened, the current state still has not reached his collapse threshold.

So, he numbly experienced this increasingly bizarre battle from the perspective of his subconscious mind, and after a few moments he was shocked to find that his 'subconscious mind' seemed to...

  Terribly strong!

[Sword of the Wind and Moon]

That was the sword skill that originally belonged to Ji Xiaodao. It was the one that shattered his strongest killer move [Black Sakura·Guanghan] head-on not long ago. It brought out the three elements of "speed", "skill" and "strength" to the extreme, and it was the ultimate move that was unique to No. 3 on the ranking list.

At this moment, under the edge of the Merciless Sword, the auspicious dragon energy on Xinglong's left arm, the tattooed arm armor with green light flowing like a totem, and even his left arm itself -

They all fell apart and shattered in an extremely dazzling burst of blood light.

Chapter 2246: The End