I'm not sick! So do my other personalities!

In the spacious yard, the sound of beating clothes could be heard rhythmically.

Shu Tao squatted by the pond, vigorously rinsing pieces of homespun fabrics. Above her, the old persimmon tree swayed in the north wind, and the persimmons on the branches swayed in beautiful arcs.

The "ghosts" were scattered in the middle of the yard, vaguely surrounding Shao Yuzhi, looking around with alert expressions, not letting go of any disturbance.

It has been some time since Liao Yonghong entered the kitchen of the village chief's house.

Everyone is waiting patiently.

Time passed slowly. Shu Tao finished washing his clothes and took the heavy wooden basin to the open space next to the hedge to dry them.

Her hands were red from the cold, and her fingers were swollen like carrots. After drying all the clothes clumsily, she also leaned the wooden basin against the earth wall to dry. Then, she picked up the hem of her skirt to wipe her hands, and walked under the thatch eaves. I picked out a less blunt sickle and a backpack, picked them up, and walked outside.

Looking at the direction, it seems that he is going to continue working in the fields outside the village.

After Shu Tao left, the yard suddenly became quiet.

The winter sky was already extremely cold and lonely, but at this moment, the "ghost" and his group suddenly seemed extremely desolate in the spacious courtyard.

Liao Yonghong still didn't come out, and there was no movement in the kitchen of the village chief's house.

The surroundings were eerily quiet.

The "ghosts" gradually felt that something was wrong.

A "ghost" wearing worn-out terry brown and a pair of newly knitted straw sandals approached Shao Yuzhi and whispered: "Researcher Shao, should we go in and take a look?"

Shao Yuzhi nodded slightly and said, "Go and have a look, but don't go in, just open the door."

A kind-faced "ghost" immediately stepped out and said briefly: "I'm coming!"

Shao Yuzhi looked at him and nodded. No one has "digital energy" now, and they are not using their own well-trained bodies. It will be the same for everyone who enters.

He didn't choose to go in by himself because he was the core of this mission. If something happened, the mission would directly fail!

Soon, the kind-faced "ghost" strode towards the main entrance of the village chief's thatched house. He quickly came to the gate, looked at the ajar door in front of him, turned slightly sideways, stood aside, and then stretched out his hand. He raised his hand and opened the door very cautiously.

The opposite wooden door creaked and receded, quickly opening a crack.

The crack in the door widened, gradually revealing what was inside.

This is a very ordinary main house of a farmhouse. The wall facing the door is hung with faded and mottled scrolls, which seem to be some kind of auspicious pattern.

Below the pattern is a long table with sacrificial function, and below it are some household items used for eating.

The ground is made of compacted mud. Although it is as smooth as possible, there are still many small bumps and undulations, but it is cleaned very clean.

On the left side of the long table, an old curtain hangs, which seems to lead to the inner room.

There is a door on the left and right of the main house. Judging from the position of the chimney, the left side is the side room and the right side is the kitchen.

At this time, both doors were closed. If you didn't get close, you couldn't tell whether they were locked or ajar.

The honest-looking "ghost" followed Shao Yuzhi's instructions and did not enter the room. He glanced at the furnishings in the room and saw no trace of Liao Yonghong. He immediately turned his head and looked at Shao Yuzhi with questioning eyes.

Looking at the clear environment in the room, Shao Yuzhi frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and quickly said: "Just now, Shu Tao said, the village chief is in the kitchen."

"The place Captain Liao went to just now should be the kitchen."

"No. 086, block the door and don't let it close."

"Go one more person and open the kitchen door."

"Remember, don't go into the kitchen, just open the kitchen door and look inside."

Upon hearing this, a "ghost" standing next to him immediately said: "I'll do it this time!"

As he spoke, this "ghost" quickly emerged from the crowd and walked towards the house.

He quickly entered the thatched house of the village chief's house, walked a few steps in the main hall, and after making sure everything was normal, he walked towards the kitchen.

Due to the design of the thatched house, the doorway to the kitchen is set deep into the side of the main house, and the situation here cannot be directly seen from the yard.

You have to stand at the gate of the thatched house like 086 to see this door.

The "ghost" who entered the thatched house followed Shao Yuzhi's instructions and came to the kitchen door, stretched out his hand and pushed the door open.

squeak!

With a slight sound of the door, the kitchen was pushed open, revealing the scene inside.

Several village women were busy on the stove and behind the stove. The extremely beautiful concubine sat cross-legged on the adobe cabinet, nibbling on the half-cooked old hen as if no one else was watching.

Village chief Chu Hu stood in the open space of the kitchen with a cold expression.

Just where you entered the kitchen, there was a figure standing, it was Liao Yonghong!

Due to the angle problem, "ghost" No. 086, who blocked the door and prevented it from closing, can now only see his "ghost" companion who pushed open the kitchen door, but cannot see what is going on inside the kitchen.

Seeing that his companion had opened the kitchen door, No. 086 immediately asked: "How is it? Have you seen Captain Liao?"

As soon as the voice fell, the companion "Ghost" seemed to have not heard No. 086's words at all. He didn't even turn his head and shouted directly to the kitchen: "Captain Liao, how are you?"

Liao Yonghong in the kitchen also didn't look back, as if he couldn't hear the voice of No. 086, and looked at Chu Hu and Bo Gui quietly.

At the same time, other official members standing in the yard became energetic when they heard No. 086 suddenly speak.

Shao Yuzhi immediately asked: "086, how is it inside?"

Ghost No. 086 did not respond at this moment, looking at the companion "ghost" inside with bright eyes, as if still waiting for the other party's reply.

After waiting for a while, there was still no response from the two "ghosts" inside and outside the house.

Shao Yuzhi's expression suddenly changed.

The ghost next to him wearing newly knitted straw sandals quickly said: "No. 086 and No. 107, something seems to have happened!"

"Would you like to send someone over to take a look?"

Shao Yuzhi immediately shook his head and said with a frown: "It's a bit troublesome."

“These two ghosts have now become ‘observers’ and ‘observed’!”

"Not surprisingly, Captain Liao in the kitchen is the same."

"Captain Liao entered the kitchen and became an 'observer' of the kitchen."

"No. 107 opened the kitchen door and became an 'observer' of the kitchen and Team Liao."

"And No. 086 stood at the gate, watching No. 107, and became the 'observer' of No. 107."

"We are now standing in the yard and have become the 'observers' of No. 086!"

"At the beginning, No. 086 opened the door of the village chief's house. The reason why nothing happened was because there was one less 'observer' at the kitchen door."

"The abnormal situation in the kitchen is not connected to the outside, so I can't get out."

"But now, from the kitchen to the kitchen door, to the village chief's house gate, and then to the village chief's yard, it has become a line."

“On this line, everyone is an ‘observer’; everyone is also an ‘observed’!”

Observer?

Observed person?

The "ghost" next to him immediately asked: "Researcher Shao, you mean... this is Schrödinger's cat experiment?"

Shao Yuzhi nodded and continued: "Before the kitchen door is opened, everything inside is uncertain."

"Until the door of the village chief's house is opened, everything inside is uncertain."

"If these doors are never opened, the things inside the doors will always be a superposition of the two states."

"It's always uncertain!"

"It's very safe for us and there's no danger."

"However, if the door really doesn't open, we will never know what happened inside the door?"

"Only by opening these doors can we truly observe the situation at the village chief's home!"

Hearing this, another tall "ghost" wearing a faded light green shorts asked: "In other words, we just need to watch here now?"

Shao Yuzhi shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Schrödinger's cat, before being observed, was in a superposition state of dead cat and living cat."

“It needs to be observed for results to appear.”

"Without observations, there will be no results."

"So, before Team Liao entered the kitchen, the events in the kitchen were in a superimposed state of 'happening' and 'not happening'."

"This is equivalent to the timeline in the kitchen being in a 'pause' state."

"If it were normal time and space, time would not be suspended."

"But this is a time and space tunnel, and the timeline here has been infected by a 'digital virus'. Anything can happen."

"The situation at the village chief's house is the same."

"The situation in our yard is the same."

"We can't see anything now. The essence is that time here is 'suspended'!"

"If we want to 'observe' what's going on here, we're still one step away."

"Send a few more people outside the courtyard of the village chief's house, open the courtyard door, and then block the courtyard door to 'observe' us from the outside."

"People outside will become the new 'observers', and we will become the 'observed'!"

"In this way, the airtight container that contains Schrödinger's cat is completely opened."

"The 'cat' in the container can truly appear in front of the 'observer'."

"The pause is so that normal flow can begin and we can see the village chief's home. What will happen next?"

Hearing this, the surrounding "ghosts" nodded, and three thin and agile "ghosts" quickly said: "Let's do it!"

Shao Yuzhi nodded slightly.

The three "ghosts" who volunteered immediately walked out of the courtyard. They came to the courtyard door and stretched out their hands to pull the door latch. However, the door latch seemed to be glued to the door. No matter how hard they pulled, it would not move at all.

Without any hesitation, they immediately began to use brute force and kicked the seemingly weak door in front of them.

Bang bang bang...

After kicking and bumping, I even tried to remove the door shaft directly. However, after struggling for a long time, the courtyard door still stood in front of me, with no intention of opening it.

Knowing that something was wrong, the three people left the door, came to the nearby earthen wall, and began to climb over the wall.

Although they did not have "digital energy" in their bodies and used bodies that had been malnourished for a long time in this village, the earth wall in front of them was not high to begin with.

The three of them used a little strength and quickly rolled out smoothly.

As soon as they landed outside the wall, they discovered that an extremely thick fog had arisen around them.

The fog was like cotton wool, layer upon layer, covering the entire village and blurring the vision.

The three of them were surprised, but they didn't want to think too much. They immediately went over to open the courtyard door. Suddenly they noticed something from the corner of their eyes. They turned around and saw two unfamiliar figures walking out of the mist.

The visitor had a solemn face and a guarded expression, and headed straight to the village chief's house for his purpose.

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Yue's Blacksmith Shop.

Zhou Zhen pushed open the ajar door and walked directly in.

When we were outside, the fog was thick, turning the entire yard into a mass of shadows. The high and low eucalyptus trees seemed to have become all kinds of weird and bizarre shapes, and it was impossible to see what was going on inside.

But after entering the courtyard, all the fog seemed to disappear, and the spacious courtyard was clearly presented in front of Zhou Zhen.

There are a few clumps of weeds growing here and there on the compacted ground.

The doors and windows of the thatched house facing the courtyard gate are closed.

There is a shed on the left and right sides of the yard, with straw mats hanging on the sheds, covering the situation inside.

The eucalyptus trees growing along the courtyard wall have lost all their leaves in winter, leaving only gray-brown branches and leaves criss-crossing into outlines of varying shades like distant mountains.

A little further away, there is a vegetable patch surrounded by hedges, covered with straw, and you can vaguely see a bit of green.

Zhou Zhen looked around carefully, and after making sure that he found no problems, he took a very cautious step forward.

After taking this step, he suddenly heard a sound in his ears.

Ding ding ding…

The sound was clear and loud, with a certain rhythm, as if it was forging iron.

There's someone in the blacksmith shop!

Is it the official ghost team that also came here just now?

Or a craftsman in a blacksmith shop?

Zhou Zhen immediately stopped and wanted to carefully identify the source of the sound.

But as soon as he stopped, the sound of blacksmithing disappeared instantly, as if it had never appeared.

Zhou Zhen stood there for a moment and didn't hear any sound again. It seemed like an empty courtyard. He frowned and continued walking forward.

The next moment, ding ding ding... the sound of blacksmithing sounded again.

Accompanied by intensive knocking sounds, there was also a billowing heat wave coming from the greenhouse on the left.

It is winter in the village and the temperature is very low.

This heat wave hit him head-on, making Zhou Zhen feel very warm for a moment.

He tentatively stopped again, and the sound of hammering disappeared, and the heat wave that made people want to get closer also disappeared in an instant.

The air around him became cold and damp again.

Zhou Zhen nodded slightly, vaguely understood something, and walked forward again.

Ding ding ding…

Amid the sound of the blow, there was a wave of heat.

Zhou Zhen quickly walked through most of the yard and came to the straw curtain of the greenhouse on the left.

Through the gaps in the straw curtains, you can see the dancing firelight.

Boom, boom, boom!

Zhou Zhen knocked on the wooden pillar next to the straw mat and asked calmly: "Is there anyone there?"

This time, a voice soon came from the greenhouse: "Yes! Come in!"