Delusion Master

The two returned to the woods again, parted the dense branches and leaves, and saw the open space where the gunfight had just occurred—the corpse of Bai Yuan, who had been lying prone on the ground, was standing up rigidly, with regular and mechanical movements, like a marionette .Li Minxing's face turned pale, and he grabbed Wei Lin's arm suddenly, his eyes full of fear.

Wei Lin also frowned, but his expression was still calm. He pulled out a pistol from his back and aimed at Bai Yuan who had come back from the dead, and fired six shots in succession, each of which hit the head, chest and abdomen and other vital parts.

Bai Yuan's body trembled again and again from the impact of the bullet, and fell to the ground again, motionless.

"...What, what's going on? Could it be that he didn't die just now? It's impossible, I clearly saw you hit the head, and the back of his head was covered in blood..." Li Minxing said incoherently, "Who the hell is he... ..."

"He's not an ordinary person. But when I fought against him before, I didn't find such a weird situation." Wei Lin patted the back of his hand comfortingly, walked over to look at Bai Yuan's body.

There were many bullet holes and blood flowed all over his body, and he was obviously dead beyond death.Wei Lin took out the car keys from Bai Yuan's pocket, and searched carefully from head to toe.Li Minxing saw that there was nothing unusual, so he boldly followed him, but he found Bai Yuan's corpse's fingers twitching slightly as soon as he approached within one meter.

"Ah—" he cried out in surprise, and scrambled back.

Wei Lin's face was sinking like water, and the muzzle of the gun was pressed against the back of the corpse's neck and fired again. Then he inserted his finger into the bloody wound, dug a while, and pulled out a three-centimeter long, slightly thinner than the little finger. Cylinder, wipe blood on clothes.

It looked like some kind of metal part, and Li Minxing himself was engaged in the electronics industry, so he quickly identified it: "'Cloud pillar' neural chip? It is said to have tens of millions of 'neuron' cores and billions of 'synaptic' cores , can perfectly simulate the human brain, and have computer functions such as supercomputing and application programs! This is a crucial step towards artificial intelligence! I thought this kind of chip only existed in the theory of the laboratory... Oh my god, Bai Yuan Not a human!" He jumped up as if he had been stabbed, "No wonder he couldn't die after firing so many shots. Is he a robot? No, it should be said to be a modified human, integrating biological body with mechanical and electronic components... …

"It's no wonder he said something like that before - 'To be born ignorant, to die meaningless, this is a human being'. Because in his self-cognition, he is already outside the category of human beings." Li Minxing seemed to push away someone. Opening the door to a higher-dimensional space, he murmured in shock and fascination, "Neural chips with self-learning ability...Compared with this, our company's research on electronic information technology and products is almost 50 years behind! It's unbelievable..."

Wei Lin stuffed the "Cloud Pillar" into his palm: "I don't understand the world of tech geeks, but I know that there is one—or more than one—who can never die who wants your life .If you are interested in these high technologies, you better live to the day when they are researched."

Li Minxing shuddered and clenched the chip in his hand.

"Let's go. Although I pulled out the chip, I can't guarantee that he won't resurface. Let's get out of here as soon as possible." Wei Lin got up and said.

Li Minxing immediately followed step by step, and walked out of the woods where the strangeness and mystery were buried.Until he drove on the road again, he was still thinking about Bai Yuan's true identity and the more frightening information revealed behind it: no matter who the instigator hidden in the dark is and what his purpose is, it means that he is behind the scenes that he is not aware of. In some respects, it has the value and necessity of being hunted down and silenced.

Now recalling what Bai Yuan said before, every sentence has a deep meaning:

"Once you die, the world will end."

"You have no idea what you mean to the world."

Could it be that I am more important to this world than I am to myself?Can I really affect the life and death of the world?Could it be... I am the one who is ridiculed by people at will, interpreted indiscriminately by film and television, but actually exists-the savior? !

Shocked by his own thoughts, he couldn't help turning his head to look at Wei Lin who was driving.

Wei Lin's handsome profile looks like a carefully crafted movie poster.

"I..." He felt a little guilty, but he felt more happy, and asked tentatively, "Do you think I'm... different?"

"Undoubtedly, at least in my opinion." Wei Lin replied without thinking, thinking: It is rare to see a paranoid patient like you who can build a delusional world like a high-cost sci-fi action commercial blockbuster.

Li Minxing slowly pulled the corners of his lips, showing the first smile since they met.

Wei Lin steered the steering wheel and drove the car quickly and steadily, and Xunhuan vibrated imperceptibly on his left middle finger.Because he turned off the reminder light before, and it is inconvenient to turn on the holographic projection system at the moment, the incoming call is converted into a specific brain wave signal sent to the wearer's nervous system, almost equivalent to the person speaking directly in his brain.

He chose to switch on his brainwaves.Then Bai Yuan's voice appeared in his brain, with a little pride in his words: "How about it, is Li Minxing scared enough?"

Wei Lin replied silently: "Don't worry, his psychological quality still has room for further improvement. Speaking of which, how did you manage to materialize the entire reformed person? I guessed before, you can only materialize the infinite A living object, did you guess wrong?"

Bai Yuan seemed to be in a good mood at the moment, and said in a rare voice: "You guessed right. But who told you that 'Bai Yuan' is alive?"

"To put it simply, you used a moving dummy to play tricks on the 'creator' of this world, be careful of being punished by heaven." Wei Lin complained.

Bai Yuan smiled coldly: "This time you are wrong, it's not me, it's 'us', so if you are punished by God, you are also responsible."

"Okay, then in order to please God, I decided to see you once and for all. Next time you show up, be careful that I don't say hello." Wei Lin said, and suddenly found that the good words came out of his mouth, always with So those impure meanings, will they be misunderstood by the other party as verbal sexual harassment?

It took him two seconds to reflect on his three views, and he felt that he was impeccably correct, so he put this little self-examination behind him, changed the subject and asked: "By the way, what did you store in that chip?" Information, to lure Li Minxing to continue the investigation?"

The other end was silent for a moment, just when Wei Lin suspected that the other party got angry for no reason, Bai Yuan said, "You guess slowly." Then hung up the call.

... Cheapskates!Wei Lin thought resentfully.

Looking at the pitch-black sky outside the car window, Li Minxing asked, "Are we going directly to the base, or should we find a hotel to stay overnight?"

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Wei Lin decided to take Li Minxing to a hotel for one night, and contact Bai Yuan on the way to discuss the next step.

They came to an unstarred small hotel near the outskirts of the city, and booked two single rooms—actually, Li Minxing wanted to book a double room, thinking that there was a protector next to the bed, and he could sleep soundly at night. some.But Wei Lin refused with the excuse of "I'm afraid it will affect you by snoring while sleeping", so he chose two adjacent rooms.

After entering the room, Wei Lin locked the door, turned on the bathroom faucet, and washed his face casually with a splash of water.The face of a young man with handsome eyebrows was reflected in the mirror, the corners of the eyes were slightly curved, and the corners of the mouth were slightly raised, looking kind and pleasing.In Wei Lin's hometown, people call this temperament of smiling before saying a word "so painful". This "pain" is not pain, but inviting pain.So he has a good popularity wherever he goes. Girls think he is cute and flirtatious, while men think he is cheerful, talkative and easy to get along with.

There is only one Bai Yuan, who always picks his nose and eyes because he doesn't know what's going wrong.Wei Lin thinks that Bai Yuan is the type with a naturally crooked temper, and this "crooked" has not reached the point of "curious and withdrawn". To put it bluntly, he thinks highly of himself, lacks goodwill and is more than alienated from people other than himself.Therefore, I feel that the problem of the two not being able to get along is all due to the other party. Now I am forced to partner with him, and I can only try my best to accommodate him for work. If the other party is really annoying... I will find an opportunity to punish him.

Wei Lin was rubbing his chin to figure out how to deal with his deadly enemy, when the other party called at this moment as if telepathically.He pressed the mirror surface casually, and after a very short fluctuation of light and shadow, Bai Yuan's half body clearly appeared in the mirror.

Seeing him for the first time, Bai Yuan seemed to be taken aback for a moment, but it seemed to be just his illusion - he still had that indifferent and arrogant expression.

"Did you guess it?" Bai Yuan asked furiously.

"What?" Wei Lin immediately responded, "Oh, I haven't had time to read the information in the chip."

Bai Yuan habitually tilted his head, showing a mocking expression: "Ineffective. Incompetent?" He hung up without waiting for his answer.

Wei Lin rolled his eyes in the mirror: What is the purpose of this call, just to laugh at him?Or is it that Bai Yuan is very proud of the design of the chip, and in this awkward and coquettish way...seeking praise?

Wei Lin's eyes widened, and suddenly he couldn't help laughing: If this is true, it would be interesting!

He leaned back and forth with a smile, and the water droplets trembled from the wet to his cheeks and neck.Now he felt a bit of urgency, wanting to unlock the secret information in the chip as soon as possible, and see what kind of duplicity Bai Yuan is playing.

He looked at his watch, it was 8 o'clock in the evening, it was still early, so he even forgot to wipe his face, and walked out of the room to knock on the door next door.

Suspiciously, Li Minxing checked the micro-probes and monitors that did not exist in the room, and just after taking a shower, he heard a knock on the door.

"—Who?" He nervously raised his voice, ready to call for help to Wei Lin who was separated by a wall at any time.

"It's me, Wei Lin."

Only then did Li Minxing heave a sigh of relief, and walked over to open the door.

After seeing the other person's appearance, he was a little surprised - Wei Lin had always been a resolute and calm image in his eyes before. Whether he was talking, driving or fighting, he always had the air of a well-trained and vigorous warrior. Reliable, but not particularly approachable.The Wei Lin in front of him now is subtly different from before.This difference does not come from appearance, but a kind of taste that can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words, similar to the sudden emergence of new green and red on the vigorous twigs.

In particular, the bangs that were originally neat and docile were scattered between the foreheads, dripping sticky and wet, and the water traces were winding on the side of the ears, temples and neck, which further highlighted the handsome facial features, clean skin, and slender neck of the young man at the door. A small piece of the edge of the neckline of the T-shirt got wet, the fabric turned dark, and the vague collarbone was lined with an unusually white and timeless...

Li Minxing stared at those water marks stiffly, and suddenly felt dizzy as if his blood pressure soared.He shook his head slightly, waved away the discomfort, and stepped back to make way: "Come in, come in and say."

Wei Lin walked in and sat on the edge of his bed, "I guess you haven't rested yet, so you want to come over and talk about something."

"Oh." Li Minxing scratched his nose uncomfortably, "What's the matter, tell me."

"What are you going to do with the chip taken out of 'Bai Yuan'?" Wei Lin asked.

Li Minxing took out a cylindrical chip from his pocket and fiddled with it, "To be honest, I'm quite interested in this. If time permits, I'd like to take it to the computer room to study it... But it's definitely not possible under the current situation. And I don't have any special equipment to access the interpretation."

"Can't ordinary computers work?"

"No, it must be the operating speed of the optical brain to support the 'cloud pillar'."

Wei Lin thought for a while and said, "It's not uncommon to see optical brains, some large institutions or government departments have them."

"Our company also has one," Li Minxing added, "in the technical director's computer room, low-level programmers can't get in touch."

"What's your level?" Wei Lin asked.

Li Minxing smiled triumphantly: "It's not too high or too low, it's just enough."

He patted the "Cloud Pillar" on the quilt, "You remind me now, as long as we decipher the application program and loading information in the chip, can we figure out the identity of the messenger and what is behind it?" conspiracy?"

Wei Lin stared at Li Minxing for a few seconds before he said, "Are you sure you want to understand? Doing so will increase the level of danger. I suggest that we still follow the original plan and send you to the 'Tianji' base, where you can get a complete Protection, as long as you don't go out, no one can hurt you."

Li Minxing's back was sweating when he saw him, and he looked away at the dark TV screen on the cabinet next to him, where his blurred figure was reflected: "I know I have no ability, neither as strong as yours, nor Top IQ. I'm just an ordinary programmer with average looks and average income. I work hard all day for my life and worry about not finding a girlfriend. But it doesn't mean that I have no idea about the weirdness and conspiracy behind the whole thing. I just avoid it, and I don’t have any willingness to explore. Especially now that it’s about my family and life, I don’t want to die for no reason, and I don’t want to rely on the protection of others for the rest of my life, shrinking in a protective shell and not daring to show my head. Yes, I'm timid -- but I'm actually not that timid.

"Do you believe it?" He chuckled self-deprecatingly, "It's normal if you don't believe it, after all, I behaved so badly before."

"I believe it." Wei Lin said seriously, "When you had the opportunity to drive away, but turned around and risked being shot into the battlefield between me and Bai Yuan, I knew you were not a coward. Cowardly people. There are some potentials, whose existence cannot be seen usually, and are only stimulated at critical moments-many people will never encounter that "critical moment" in their lives, so they are like fossils buried in mediocre soil. And you meet it, inspire it, and that's it."

Li Minxing turned to look at him, a little excited and a little embarrassed: "Why do I feel that you know me better than I know myself?"

Because I memorized your relevant information, including growth experience and psychological analysis, a total of [-] words, thank you.Wei Lin complained in his stomach, and smiled at him, saying everything without saying anything.

"I've decided!" Li Min stood up briskly, clutching the chip tightly in his palm, "Let's not go to the base yet. I'm going back to the company, plugging the chip into the optical computer, and seeing what's inside. I can't always be Chasing and running, just for one life; I want to take the initiative to uncover the truth behind the hunt, destroy the conspiracy behind the scenes, and bring them all to justice!"

"..." Wei Lin remained silent.

Li Minxing looked at him a little surprised: "You...don't agree? Will you continue to protect me and help me?"

Wei Lin got up, flicked his bangs, and wiped the wet hair back.Little drops of water splashed onto Li Minxing's cheeks, and he felt a kind of uneasiness and anticipation that he had never felt before, even more anxious than waiting for the goddess to reply whether he would like to watch a movie together.

"I said that I will protect your life and sacrifice myself if necessary--do you think it's just talking, or you can give up halfway?"

Li Minxing's throat was congested, he tried his best to swallow the soreness, and used a dry smile to cover up the hot eye sockets, "The only trouble now is that I didn't follow the prescribed procedures to ask for leave today, if I show up at the company tomorrow, I will definitely be scolded by the department head Bloody head."

"Do you want me to block the scolding for you? Or keep the other party from scolding?" Wei Lin asked.

Li Minxing quickly shook his head: "No need. You don't need to worry about such a trivial matter, I can take care of it. I will get you an ID card and fingerprint password at that time, and you can find a way to sneak into the computer room in the north area on the 27th floor during your lunch break."

"No problem. Your working time is 8:7, right? Then you rest first, and we will leave at [-]:[-] tomorrow morning." Wei Lin said, nodded to him and left, then turned around at the door and asked: "Breakfast tomorrow What do you want to eat?"

Since Li Minxing left his childhood, he has not enjoyed this kind of care and meticulous treatment for more than ten years. At this moment, he feels that he is being treated as a woman.

Wei Lin smiled, walked out of the room, and closed the door behind him.