Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

Symptoms of visual hallucinations: Charles Bonnet syndrome.

A reference to the disease caused by Bonnet's visual impairment. After his vision became severely impaired, he had a release hallucination, seeing himself on stage, surrounded by people and buildings that shouldn't be there.

The disease was later named after him as Charles Bonnet syndrome.

"..."

All the pieces have been put together.

Liga entered [Charles Bonnet] and [year of birth] at the end.

"Charles Bonnet, born 1720..."

Could this be the answer?

Liga decided to give it a try.

……

Liga closed the search engine that was fully opened and re-entered [Xiao Ai's Ai Ai Channel].

To be honest, she thought someone else would have guessed it.

After all, she is just an ordinary high school student with [Intelligence: 6].

She felt that there were many people smarter than her in the City of Joy.

But those "smart people" seem to be not very interested in the farce of this entertainment anchor.

“…It hasn’t been opened yet.”

The wooden box that was chained and locked had not been opened yet.

In the channel, some people were instigating the anchor to use the latest physical inspection X-ray plug-in to scan the contents.

Xiao Ai tried the numbers written in the audience's messages one by one.

Liga took a look.

Those numbers are just random guesses.

Liga made a 300-yuan super chat, briefly summarized her analysis, and posted it in the channel.

The header reads: Please try [1720].

Xiao Ai quickly saw her message.

She entered [1720].

then.

Click.

The lock is unlocked.

Chapter 152 When the Doll Begins to Think

"Lock--lock is unlocked!"

Xiao Ai shouted loudly in the channel.

The barrage of comments started to appear again.

Liga simply blocked the barrage.

She stared at the box.

Xiao Ai took off the lock, untied the chain, and opened the lid of the wooden box.

The wooden box was not nailed shut. After it was disassembled and modified, the wooden boards on all four sides were easily removed.

The contents of the wooden box were displayed in front of everyone.

It was an irregular container entangled by chains.

The container was wrapped in soft black cloth and was about the size of a person's upper torso.

There is also a combination lock on the chain.

Similarly, you need to enter four digits to open it.

In addition, there is a QR code printed on the soft cloth.

"—"

Another puzzle.

At this moment, Liga's brain made a slight "pop" sound due to the secretion of endorphins.

joy.

This is the only word that can describe this feeling.

She didn't use computing plug-ins, cybernetics, or the evaluation standards of the school—of this city—

She relied on her own thinking to reach the end of the answer.

A whole new experience.

It was as if the "self" that had been suppressed and rigidified by the cyber-ized metropolis had finally awakened at this moment.

The lock opens.

Solve the puzzle.

Then, there is the next one.

Detailed plan.

Everything is calculated.

Liga felt a kind of beauty of perfect order.

Behind this question, the person who set the question is watching all of this.

Such confidence, as if everything is under control.

Who is she?

Ultimately, where should people be guided to?

The melody of [Black Birthday] echoes in my ears.

Liga heard her heart beating in her chest, thump, thump.

"..."

She felt herself...

Attracted.

……

On the screen, Xiao Ai has already scanned the QR code.

A new conference room is accessed through a QR code.

The conference room will be open until 8pm the next day.

“(Given 24 hours to solve the problem.)” Liga thought.

“(Tens of thousands of live viewers… do you think it will take 24 hours to solve the puzzle?)”

"(Or...)"

"(What other meaning does this time have?)"

The conference room is still established using the device address.

Some people tried IP tracking, but because the equipment used to set up the conference room turned on the "black box mode" after the new conference room was created, people were unable to locate the person hosting the meeting.

Someone once again suggested that Xiaoai carry out violent demolition.

But Xiao E obviously would not miss this great opportunity to attract traffic.

She didn't destroy the thing.

"I'll wait until eight tomorrow night!"

she said loudly.

Afterwards, the chat room entered the chat time.

Some people began to think that this was a new project attempted by some entertainment company, and some people planned to go and see the abandoned houses on the outskirts of Le City.

Liga continued to pay attention to the conversation for a long time before noticing that it was already two o'clock in the morning.

"(Go to sleep.)"

She lay down thinking this, but could not fall asleep.

……

early morning.

When the alarm rang, Liga almost didn't get up.

She glanced at the clock.

It felt like I only slept for three hours... maybe even less.

I had a lot of bizarre dreams.

It seemed like I dreamed about blood, the moon, and beautiful dolls... or something.

"You shouldn't listen to that kind of metal music before going to bed..."

Liga rubbed her eyes and got up from the bed.

Then, the brain-computer was turned on.

[Xiao Ai’s Ai Ai Channel] is still open.

Because it was early in the morning, the number of people was much smaller.

Liga saw someone posted the progress of the incident in the comment section.

Yesterday at midnight, people went to see the abandoned houses on the outskirts of Lezhi City one after another.

There is no trace at all.

First of all, there are too many abandoned houses.

There are more than fifty abandoned houses in the Pastel*Palettes area alone.

And it is the smallest among the [five major groups].

Many people are afraid to go there - not because they are afraid of the dolls, but because they have heard that abandoned houses often become lairs for gangsters or criminal dens.

【Just open it! 】

The violent demolition party is still in the live broadcast room.

[Maybe there are other ways to track IP]

The IP tracking party is also here.

These people just annoy Liga.

"(Why do these people only think of using software and prosthetics to solve problems?)"

“(Software and prosthetics are useful… but they can’t solve everything.)”

"(All I need to do is think about it, right?)"

Open your eyes, the answer is right in front of you.

Just follow the guidance.

You can get a response.

Liga thought.

……