Cyber ​​Sword Immortal Iron Rain

"Even so: 'Reincarnation' is not a solution that satisfies me."

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Patient Zero asked: "Why? Don't you have any regrets in your life that you want to make up for? There is no moment when you want to go back to the past... to change the mistakes that should not have been made?"

Fang Bailu sneered in response:

"Old man - there's no need to change the subject and focus the problem on myself... When we start discussing this topic, it's not just about your or my fate."

"Your view of 'Rebirth' is still rather one-sided."

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"First of all: the time point that all Resurrectors can jump to is related to the time when their cognitive abilities were born. I think I understood it correctly. They can't jump to a time point where they don't exist yet."

Patient Zero did not answer, which was a tacit agreement with Bai Lu's statement.

Fang Bailu: "That is to say - in the end, they still have regrets that cannot be made up for: there will be some things that the Resurrectors cannot 'cancel'."

Patient Zero: "There is a limit to human power. We are just panning for gold in the sand: you should know this too."

As if he hadn't heard Patient Zero's answer, Fang Bailu continued:

"Secondly—what about the others?"

Patient Zero: "I should have told you that people who have gone through 'Goodbye', their world has no other-"

Fang Bailu didn't wait for him to finish his words:

"You know exactly what I mean: I'm talking about the background characters in the so-called Resurrection world: everyone else besides them. Are the humans 'born' according to their moods not real humans?"

"Then, can these humans be happy? Who should make up for their pain and regrets?"

Patient Zero: "This is beyond our ability to intervene... In essence, they may just be hallucinations."

Fang Bailu finally caught the loophole in the other party's words again:

"Ha! Aren't the so-called Resurrectors just people trapped in an illusion?"

"Don't you usually go to Internet cafes? The software in the computers in Kuala Lumpur Internet cafes is much better than your so-called Fushi - they also have rouge-lite elements."

Fang Bailu hadn't played it much. But the garbage collectors who used to go to hardware stores and exchange scraps for internet fees were particularly keen on this kind of fantasy: the best-run platform with the most online users was naturally the "Three Thousand Small Worlds" of Siam Buddha Court.

But many people just use their own lives as a model and run a few rounds of stand-alone games: the number of years they have lived and the "achievements" they have achieved - the achievements in their lives - can all be converted into scores to provide different advantages for the next round. For example, they can change their original gender at birth, the ratio of their original family, and their financial situation.

And so on and so forth, to change conditions that cannot be changed after "birth".

The disadvantages are naturally:

It's fake.

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Patient Zero could not give a reasonable response to this; but Fang Bailu continued——

"In my opinion, there is not that much difference between 'Resurrection' and the electronic dreams circulating on the Internet: Can humans really tell the difference?"

"If I want billions of brains in vats, or want to play with the Matrix... I don't need to go to that trouble."

This time, it was finally Patient Zero's turn to frown:

"You should know very well that what is true is true - and what is false is false."

"Moreover, for those who have experienced the Golden Age, dreams are far from being 'simulated'. The sensory signals are simply not real enough."

"The perception they possess is far superior to that of the current humans. Of course, except for you... you know the difference very well."

"Before falling asleep, you should have used a computer and looked at a monitor, right? If you have been using 1080p resolution, you may think it is clear enough... But once you start using 2k or 4k resolution for a long time and then switch back——"

“You’ll definitely feel the blur.”

Patient Zero ends with a sentence:

"What I mean is this: for the people of the Golden Age...electronic dreams are already outdated technology, and only reality can satisfy them."

……

Fang Bailu suddenly discovered another angle to this question:

"Have you ever experimented with 'rebuild but not launch'?"

Patient Zero's face was tangled with confusion:

"You mean..."

Fang Bailu raised his hand and tapped his temple:

"Install the so-called 'gland' you mentioned, but do not separate the subjects."

Patient Zero closed his eyes - he seemed to be in pain at answering the question:

"We tried: but... it is clear that we cannot confirm the success or failure of the experiment."

But Fang Bailu is still asking:

"He or she: is he dead?"

Patient Zero finally took off his glasses and rubbed them with his palms:

"It includes him, she, and it; male he, female she, and animal it. We have tried them all. Those who participated in this experiment received intravenous injections while retaining consciousness samples and eventually died. But please also know that they all volunteered to participate in this experiment."

"In the bohemian age, death is also a beautiful adventure."

Fang Bailu continued:

"—but nothing came of it."

Patient Zero puts on his glasses again:

"It's natural... otherwise, we might live in a better world."

Fang Bailu said: "Have you ever thought: Perhaps, we are just their 'first life'? And the world they travel to in their consciousness will never have anything to do with us."

Patient Zero obviously thought of what Fang Bailu would say:

“It may not be the ‘first life’, it may be an arbitrary and random ‘life’: if we are in a world where there is really a person who repeats himself over and over again… but no one except the person who repeats himself can know the truth.”

"I know what you mean. But—"

Fang Bailu interrupted:

"So, what's the difference between this and failure? I guess you can't verify this after all."

"Which probability is greater? The technology has succeeded, but we are just one of the endless reincarnations in other people's minds, and no one can really make this world a better place..."

"Or is it that, in reality, recovery is simply impossible to succeed?"

Patient Zero shook his head slowly:

"I don't know. But I can be sure that the people who were separated from our universe - they must have obtained a complete 'resurrection'."

Fang Bailu still sneered in response:

"Oh, come on - you can't be sure. Well, you haven't convinced me yet..."

"So, go ahead: What other types of goodbyes are there?"

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Chapter 352: Mental Image (Part )

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Patient Zero's mouth, which had collapsed due to missing teeth, swelled slightly. Although his mind was still as clear as that of a young man, the subtle movements of his body revealed the confusion that is unique to an octogenarian:

"Well."

"The second is what most people just loosely call the 'new world.'

Fang Bailu suddenly interrupted the other party's narration -

"Wait a minute. If the remaining two are as boring as the 'rebirth' you mentioned... just tell me briefly."

"This is easy to understand literally... or maybe I misunderstood the meaning."

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Patient Zero didn't seem to be affected. He just raised his hand and snapped his fingers:

"Except for the Resurrected who have undergone surgery, when the other separated ones are ejected from our universe, a completely new world will be born around each of them."

"Perhaps it will be a purely idealistic universe, or it may be similar to our universe."

"Perhaps there will be countless praying mantises as huge as planets, but they will not collapse and break due to their mass; more likely, they will be something that we humans cannot understand at all."

"But no matter which one it is, it will no longer be the same as our universe."

Fang Bailu: "It sounds like the chance of survival is very low - but I don't think you can determine the final chance of survival. They sound like mosquitoes in amber: just more numerous."

Patient Zero: "No, actually: they will become the creators of the universe; they will shape the universe into whatever they want according to their mood."

Fang Bailu: "Why? Is the universe so obedient that it can be shaped by humans at will? Never mind; just assume that what you said is true - then isn't this separation far better than 'rebirth'? If I could become the Creator, I wouldn't have to worry about the delusions and entanglements of being a human."

Patient Zero: "Everyone has their own preferences. After all, for many people, if there are too many choices, they will not know which one to choose."

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Fang Bailu raised three fingers and signaled to the other party.

Patient Zero: "The third type is called 'egg' or 'ovum'."

Fang Bailu: "I've read a science fiction novel with the same name - you mean, in this possibility: the separated individual will reincarnate in all the time of the new universe; and all the humans or other creatures born in history are just a reincarnation of this single individual after his death."

Patient Zero: "Yes, that's exactly what I mean... If that's the case, you shouldn't feel that they are suffering from loneliness anymore."

Fang Bailu: "This is really a kind of human chauvinism - or, in other words, human arrogance. Why do they always think they are different from everything else? Without verifiable and reproducible experimental results, I think this is the most impossible to achieve."

Patient Zero: "What matters is what people want to believe. It doesn't matter what the real ending is... As you said, nothing can be verified."

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Seeing that the other party finally agreed, Fang Bailu did not feel any joy:

"You've told me so much... It shouldn't just be about introducing history to me."

"I see - what you really want to do is -"

"Let me help you to separate the human beings all over the world... these new humans."

Patient Zero: "I'm pretty sure you have this ability: like releasing spores into the sky and changing the form of humans all over the world - this will help them prepare for separation."

Fang Bailu: "Your statement sounds familiar... I remember watching a similar animation before - or was it a game?"

Patient Zero: "I don't know where you learned this from. I thought of this after playing Saya no Uta."

Fang Bailu: "As an old man, you are still quite fashionable."

Patient Zero: "Although my body is much older than yours... please remember that I was born after you."

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Fang Bailu suddenly asked a question that made no sense:

"Isn't this the time to ask that question?"

Patient Zero was waiting for Fang Bailu's questions.

Fang Bailu: "So, are we living in a huge illusion?"

Patient Zero: "Hallucinations, dreams, the Matrix - we may even be characters in novels or other literary works. I have read Sophie's World, and the concept of the fourth wall is not unfamiliar to me."

"But this is a question that will never have an answer—"

Fang Bailu interrupted him: "It's meaningless, I know. But I always wanted to ask: I just haven't found the right person to ask this question."

Patient Zero shook his head: "Your sense of humor is still limited."

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Fang Bailu: