The Trickster's Ninth Episode

Obviously, neither Amamiya Ren nor Ya Sen had added friends before, and Amamiya Ren did not send an invitation to Ya Sen to go to her own world.

At this moment, Yasen is not using the appearance of the human body, but completely, the appearance of the persona Yasen, standing up straight and more than two meters tall. When in front of you, it will occupy most of the field of vision, which is quite oppressive.

"What's going on here?" Yu Gonglian asked, frowning. "Is this VR virtual world really made up of a certain aspect of the other world?"

The inner world in the Persona series is actually a unique form of expression presented when the collective subconscious comes into contact with human beings, whether it is the movie time of P3, the TV world of P4, or the impression space of P5.

These worlds are all different, but the essence is actually the same.

So if Yasen tells Amamiya Ren that there is an additional online VR world in the form of contact with human beings in the other world, Amamiya Ren will not be surprised.

"That's not true. This VR virtual space itself is indeed a product of technology, and has nothing to do with supernatural power." Ya Sen explained, first dismissing Amamiya Ren's guess.

"But this virtual space is currently in a special state - it interacts with the impression space, the digital world, and the underworld respectively. In this complex and complex state, it is contained in the fantasy small world originating from the light board. Among them, the two overlap each other, maintaining its own existence, and at the same time making its boundary with other worlds very blurred."

"..." Yu Gonglian frowned. "What is the purpose of this? Why is such a complicated environment created?"

"How do I know this?" Yasen spread his hands in a very lonely way.

"You don't know?" Yu Gonglian was surprised for a moment, then suddenly realized something, pointing at herself and said. "My own handwriting again?"

"..." Ya Sen smiled noncommittally, his inhuman face was quite evil when he smiled.

Yu Gonglian sighed, feeling very helpless and discouraged.

This feeling is like in a detective drama, at the beginning of the story, the protagonist has just got a little clue, and is planning to get more clues through reasoning, so as to advance the progress of the story by a tenth or five one-third.

And then... what?The mastermind turned out to be myself!

"So, are the Digimons and NPCs in the game really soulful Netherworlders and real Digimons? If so, what's going on with Ayaha Neo and Ayaha Rei?" Ren Amamiya frowned asked.

"You don't need to show such a tangled expression about this. The ecology of the Digital Gods game is very interesting. Your question can be divided into three parts, and I will explain to you one by one." Yasena is like a shadow and flames intertwined His facial features squirmed for a while, and he spoke in a very free and easy tone in Lu Luxiu's voice.

"Can you change back into a human body? It's weird talking face-to-face with your own Persona."

Usually the Persona stands behind the persona when chatting with them.

Cough, the focus is off.

"Yes!" Yasen replied indifferently, and then the chains on his body began to fly, and the blue spiritual fire wrapped his whole body in the blink of an eye.

In a blink of an eye, the spirit fire dissipated, and Yasen had returned to the appearance of walking in this world.

"You can use this look, why did you purposely change into the look just now?" Yu Gonglian looked at Yasen helplessly.

"I can't control this. If I want to come here without your permission, it will automatically become what it was before." Yasen added as if suddenly remembering the meaning. "Ah! In fact, it's okay to become like this."

Seeing the words, Ya Sen suddenly became exactly the same appearance as Amamiya Ren, but with the same evil charm and pleasant smile on his face, obviously he became like this with a mischievous mentality.

"Tsk...do you need me to hug you and say 'you are me'?" Umiya Lian looked at Ya Sen with three points of helplessness, three points of disgust, and four points of amusement.

The scene he said came from P4, when Naruto Yuu faced his own shadow.

When human beings do not admit that their shadows are themselves, the shadows will run amok out of control.If you admit that the shadow is yourself, then you can awaken the persona.

Usually the protagonist of the P series skips this link directly, but even if this link is skipped, the essence of the Persona is the other side of the soul, a shadow, and this will not change.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Yasen can become exactly the same as Amamiya Ren.

Seeing that the prank didn't work very well, Ya Sen didn't care. In the blink of an eye, he turned back into a handsome man with a mature temperament but not an old face at all.

"Continue to the topic just now." Yasen said proactively.

"First of all, you should be most concerned about the issue of Digimon. In fact...the players of the game Digigodon are not limited to humans in the real world~"

"Huh?" Ugonglian seemed to know something. "All the Digimon in the game are played by real Digimon...?"

"Not exactly." Yasen corrected. "Almost all hostile Digimon are played by Digimon. The Digimon raised by the player, as well as some unimportant friendly NPC Digimon, are really handed over to the AI ​​​​algorithm for simulation."

"Of course, players can also raise real Digimon. Although the bodies in the game are fake, the player's Digimon partners can be manipulated by real Digimon. As for how to do this, it all depends on the Digimon. A member of the beast itself."

"To put it simply, if there is a Digimon who appreciates you and takes a fancy to you, then the player's Digimon partner will suddenly become smarter without him knowing. Of course, if the Digimon suddenly feels that he has misjudged you one day If you lose someone, then your Digimon partner may suddenly become stupid one day without your knowing."

"...Let's not talk about normal Digimon, can those Virus Digimon follow the arrangements so peacefully?"

"Heh! The digital world is currently an unprecedented peaceful generation! What if they don't want to hear it?" Yasen said with a smile. "Furthermore, following the arrangement to join the game of Digigodom is beneficial to the Digimon itself, and most Digimon will not refuse this matter."

"What's the benefit?" Yu Gonglian asked curiously.

"The survival instinct of Digimon is evolution, and evolution requires data. In the primitive era, Digimon would kill each other and absorb each other's data in order to seek evolution. Even if this primitive way of survival has been improved later, there are still militants. Experience and data will be accumulated through battles."

"In a sense, without the interference of the human world, the total amount of data in the digital world is limited. From another perspective, humans can produce data from outside the digital world."

"Digital Gods formalizes such a channel. Players play games to enjoy the fun, and Digimons play games to obtain data. Even if the needs of evolution are put aside, the battles that some Digimons crave can be satisfied here. If you want to experience Of course, there is no problem with the feeling of having a human partner. Even the evolution that has never been controlled by the Digimon itself can be experienced here."

"The benefits gained by Digimon through Digigod are much higher than that of humans, so how can they resist the existence of this game?"

Hearing what Yasen said, Amamiya Ren originally thought that many aspects of the game that were inconsistent were explained.

For example, the novice wild monster Pagu outside the central city. It stands to reason that Pagu is a complete bully.

The co-authors are also playing games, and death in the game is not painful for these Pagu beasts, so they release their instincts and make troubles.

"What about the human NPC in this game?" Umiya Ren continued to ask.

"This is the second part. Most of the human NPCs in the game are played by local residents of the underworld." Ya Sen smiled and said an answer that did not surprise Amamiya Ren.

"However, their situation is different from that of Digimon. If we say that for Digimon, this game is a trial secret to experience Second Life and hone themselves; then for people from the lower world, this game is their work."

"Their bodies are still in the lower realm, but they need to come to this world to work as NPCs. This is a kind of employment."

"Those who were originally blacksmiths come here to be blacksmiths, those who were originally farmers come here to be farmers, and those who were originally in the service industry come here to still work in the service industry."

"Digital Gods is absolutely safe for the people of the lower realms. At the same time, the materials and currency here are all connected to the lower realms. Working in the Digital Gods is the same as engaging in any normal occupation you can think of in the lower realms for the lower realms."

"It's a life for them."

"Of course, since it's work, there are still some rules to follow, such as how many hours you must stay here every day, you must ask for leave in advance if you have an accident, and you cannot log off in front of players."

Hearing this, some doubts in Yu Gonglian's heart were solved again.

"That's why the novice guides the independent copy to be so short of manpower."

"Yes, because we intend to present the second reality of the game to the players at the beginning of the game, so the independent scene of the novice guide does not use AI algorithms at all, and the whole process is carried out by NPCs played by people from the lower world. .”

"Today... ah! It should have been yesterday. The server was just launched, and there were too many newbie guides at the same time, which led to this situation of insufficient manpower. When the rhythm of the game is on the right track, new players and newcomers What the characters experience is 100% like a second reality gaming experience."

"...But none of these can explain the reason why Caiyu Neo and Caiyu Rei appeared." Amamiya Ren stopped analyzing and looked at Yasen again.

Caiyu Neo and Caiyu Rei are neither from the digital world nor from the underworld, they do not exist in this world at all.

Facing Yu Gonglian's gaze, the corners of Yasen's mouth couldn't help but curl up again, and he said in a closed voice:

"Do you still remember, the apricot in Kamoshida Takaden?"

"Huh? Of course I remember, now mention this...wait!"

"There is also Okumura Kuni and the rich second generation in the hall; or Akechi Goro in the Shidou Justice Hall." Yasen continued to give examples without pausing.

Before Yu Gonglian could say the answer, Yasen told the truth very simply this time.

"That's right, in this game, apart from the residents of the digital world and the underworld, there is a third special kind of character."

"They are from our spiritual palace, from this second reality that covers almost the entire present world. Like real life, but only in our cognition—"

"shadow."

Chapter 140 Nine Blue-Eyed Boys

(About the update, because the main line is difficult to write, and I was gank by reality again, above.)

shadow......

Those NPCs who look like real people but shouldn't exist in this world are actually shadows.

This kind of shadow is essentially [someone in someone's impression], and does not represent the owner of the appearance. For example, it is similar to the illusion in some works that borrow someone's memory to construct There are differences and flaws between characters and ontology.

Although Neo and Rei in Digital Gods did make Ren Amamiya rush to disobedience, but to say that they are just the [illusion] of Ren Amamiya, they are too human-like.

"Are there many shadows like this?" Umiya Ren asked, frowning.

"Well...in terms of quantity...it's really a lot." Yasen touched his chin for a moment and said so.

"I still don't have a very specific impression, whether these shadows are like a paper man, relying solely on my one-sided [impression] as a behavior pattern; or are they like AI, possessing highly simulated but mechanical intelligence; or To be honest, it is like an independent life, with its own will and intelligence."

Umiya Ren tried her best to express several different understandings in her heart with words.

"Well... why do you think that the first and third behavior patterns are in conflict with each other?" Yasen asked back.

Although Amamiya Ren's question was a bit complicated, it was easy for Yasen to understand.

And Yu Gonglian, who was asked back by Yasen, was also a little dazed.

Why are the first and third behavioral patterns considered to be in conflict?

That is of course because [personal impression] alone is difficult to present the appearance that a person should have in a perfect and three-dimensional way. One person's understanding of another person is limited. Even Amamiya Ren dare not say that she can completely Get to know a character.

Not to mention that for Ren Amamiya, characters such as the Iroha brothers and sisters are originally paper people and fictional characters. It is normal for him to have a one-sided impression of these people.

Therefore, the shadows in his heart should also be exhausted, with one-sided cognition as the core.

To give a simple example, even if you like a certain anime character and know all his character settings and life experiences, can you know every minute and every second that the other person has experienced in the past?

"You're still digging into a dead end. So, even if there is such a person as Ayaha Neo in a certain world, the [Impression Ayaha Neo] in your heart is not exactly the same as him, but this is the same as [Impression Ayaha Neo] ] What is the conflict of being an independent being?"

"Can a paper man also become an independent life?"

"Tsk, I think you should restore your memory as much as possible first, which is much more convenient than me explaining it to you here." Yasen said helplessly.

"...All right, then I won't ask any more." Yu Gonglian tilted her head, but ended the topic very simply.

In fact, he has his own understanding of the situation that Ya Sen said, and the reason why he is more truthful is to confirm the guess in his heart--Amiya Ren feels that the existence of these [shadows] in the palace of his mind should have something to do with his purpose before amnesia Associated.

It's just that the matter Yasen said is a bit unimaginable after all, and if you continue to struggle, it will become a dead end with no clues, so there is no point in continuing to ask.

As Yasen said, instead of deducing the truth by himself, it is better to spend more time on restoring memory.

Of course, trying to reason by yourself is also a kind of romance, and it is still very interesting for Umiyaren herself, reasoning with the trend does not conflict with restoring memory.

Rather, sometimes he needs to understand some things through his own reasoning, so that those who don't want him to restore their memories can let go, just like the twins back then. Lian had already retrieved part of her memories, so she let go and told part of the truth about the world today.

"Let's not talk about that, I called you here today, in addition to answering your confusion, there are some things to explain." After the topic led by Amamiya Ren ended, Yasen stood up from the sofa Said.

"follow me."

It was clearly the virtual space of Ren Amameiya, but Yasen was familiar with her as if he was at home. He took Ren Amamiya away from the living room on the first floor and came to the second basement.