Urban Legends: The Legacy of Ancient Civilizations

"If you have such needs, this fantasy maze will satisfy you.

However, there are indeed countless of me wandering in this maze of illusions. The me you see now may only stay for a moment and then disappear. "

Gogol's response is getting more and more weird. If it is only a part of Gogol's spirit, then it should exist here forever.

Could it be that the pale Gogol in front of him is just a copy?

However, why can a replica communicate with other subject consciousnesses?

Judging from its overall tone, it seems that it has a deep understanding of all Gogol's experiences and has stayed here for a long time.

It even has its own independent room in the three underground floors, marked in a fixed room on Gogol's 3D diagram. How could it be fleeting?

"The Gogol outside once gave me a 3D diagram of the base. Does every entrance to the third underground floor lead to you now?

What you mean by fleeting means that after I leave, this virtual space will be hidden again.

You will return to the core of the illusion. Is this brief separation and return what you call fleeting?

In addition, if it is you I meet here, then who will the Gogol outside meet when he comes here?

Could it be some other intruder? "

Bai Ning's series of questions caused the pale Gogol opposite to be silent for a moment. He seemed to want to answer, but he hesitated.

It's as if the core of the illusion supporting this phantom is being blocked by something, or perhaps this is an external manifestation of the incomplete core function of the illusion.

“If you can, you can let him come in and try.

However, I do think that the Gogol you mentioned did not dare to come in. "

After a long silence, the pale Gogol responded like a childish arrogant general.

Could it be that, as Bai Ning had speculated before, the real Gogol was trapped and died here, and the Gogol dominated by the core of the illusion escaped?

In other words, Gogol's so-called ability to forget before was not that he really had the ability to forget, but that he himself was a program that could be deleted.

Perhaps, after being lost for a long time, even Gogol himself can't tell which one is his real self. Going back and forth in the maze of illusion, it may be Gogol himself, or it may just be simulated by the core of the illusion. Gogol clone.

“I don’t think there is any need to distinguish between dare and dare.

If my guess is correct, the core of the illusion and Gogol's consciousness have already been mixed together, right?

In a way, Gogol is the core of the illusion, and the core of the illusion is Gogol.

You are now one body with two sides. You are the thought used by Gogol to control the core of the illusion. The core of the illusion may also partially control Gogol's body.

The reason why Gogol came here frequently was because he wanted to completely distinguish the difference between himself and the core of the illusion, and to obtain a complete self.

Unfortunately, Gogol, already trapped in the core of the illusion, could never do this.

The blurring of the boundary between reality and illusion is the most serious drawback at the core of the environment, and it is also the fundamental reason why you were abandoned in the Tunguska area. "

If the core of the illusion is an artificial intelligence program, it may still know some secrets of the Tunguska region.

Bai Ning added some extra details during the inquiry process, just to find out more content.

As Bai Ning asked these questions, the pale Gogol opposite fell into silence again, as if there was something wrong with the core of the illusion behind it again.

It was obvious that either Bai Ning's inquiry just now touched the rules of the Fantasy Core again, or there was something wrong with the database of the Fantasy Core and he could not give feedback to Bai Ning's inquiry.

While Bai Ning was waiting quietly, the pale Gogol opposite suddenly fell into an illusory state of swaying and disappeared out of thin air like a bad signal.

As it disappeared, the fragrance of moss that filled the entire space also disappeared. A blank wall suddenly appeared in front of Bai Ning, as if to prove that the pale Gogol just now was just a program projection.

Was the scene just now a double-blind test?

Because Pale Gogol could not respond to Bai Ning's question, let alone successfully deceive Bai Ning, this artificial intelligence program was annihilated by the core of the illusion.

This rapid iteration process also verified Pale Gogol’s prediction that it would die out quickly.

If Pale Gogol is not a fragment of consciousness or a memory fragment of the Gogol outside, then is there really a memory fragment of Gogol in the other three underground spaces of this fantasy maze?

Or perhaps, the fragments of Gogol's consciousness have actually been completely integrated into the core of the illusion. The double-blind test presented at this time is just to complete Gogol's ideology.

Perhaps, the Illusion Core has also been looking for existences like Gogol for a long time. As long as it is completely integrated with Gogol's consciousness, perhaps the Illusion Core can produce a different qualitative change.

Therefore, during the dialogue with Bai Ning, it inspired Bai Ning to bring Gogol back in.

Thinking from this perspective, there is an essential need at the core of the illusion. Through this need channel, you may be able to successfully leave here.

Suppressing the chaotic speculation in his mind, Bai Ning quickly left this virtual cavity, and when he passed the entrance of the second underground floor through the elevator shaft, Bai Ning subconsciously glanced inside again.

There seemed to be something squirming in the endless darkness.

This feeling is very mysterious, like a stream of consciousness communication, and also like an unstoppable act of brainstorming.

I scanned the inside with the strong flashlight in my hand and found nothing out of the ordinary. It was just as empty as when I arrived, with nothing special about it.

At this time, Bai Ning was suddenly startled again, because he suddenly realized something. If he was in a fantasy maze now, would the bright flashlight in his hand really be useful?

If the irradiation range of the strong-light flashlight is just the result of imagination, then what is the thing that interacts with Bai Ning's consciousness?

What was that thing swimming in the second underground floor just now?

If the three underground floors in the elevator shaft are illusory, then what is the second underground floor connected to it?

Is it also virtual?

If it is virtual, is there another Gogol guarding it?

Or, are they other people who have explored this fantasy maze?

Anyway, it was an exploration at the level of consciousness. Bai Ning simply climbed directly along the elevator door to the second underground floor.

As Bai Ning fully entered, a mysterious feeling flashed here, and a strange water ripple pushed the dark environment in a circle, as if something was about to rush out.

I picked up a strong flashlight and looked around again. It was still empty, like a dark universe. The light was swallowed up by the darkness, leaving only boundless depth.

The feeling at this time is like walking from a dark door to a wider darkness. Apart from darkness, there is nothing here.

There was a slight sound from the footsteps on the ground, but there was no huge echo in the empty space. Just like the disappearing light, the sound waves transmitted were also exhausted in the endless propagation path.

Such a huge space definitely does not exist in the real world, but what purpose does the core of the illusion build it to achieve?

If the third underground floor is some kind of illusion for Gogol, and it is also the deepest maze that traps him, then what does the second underground floor mean to Gogol?

It can't just be a meaningless space, right?

Or, does this space represent Gogol’s overall state of mind as he travels through the second underground floor?

With this empty space, it is indeed difficult to make any more guesses.

Emptiness can give people infinite fear, and it can also imprison all fantasies. Nihility and boredom are equivalent here.

We continued walking forward for a while, still not intending to reach the end, as if this place was really an infinite space.

Such exploration was a waste of time, so Bai Ning turned around and left.

But as soon as he turned around, the space behind him seemed to have disappeared, and the empty elevator shaft disappeared without a trace.

At this time, Bai Ning was really like a refugee trapped in an infinite space, surrounded by endless darkness and confusion.

This is like the longest dream that will never end and never wake up.

Is this the overall state of mind trapped in an infinite illusion?

An endless cycle of hopelessness, the purest despair.

Walking back silently, the light beam of the strong flashlight was still a cone-shaped pale space. Not to mention the elevator shaft door, there were not even other objects.

For a moment, Bai Ning seemed to have inexplicably broken into other people's dreams, with a strange and unpredictable nothingness and an elusive unknown.

The previous elevator doorway was like the origin of this endless void. Now that the origin has disappeared, it seems to mean that Bai Ning will stay here forever.

If ordinary people suddenly fell into this endless state of nothingness, they would obviously fall into the most desperate fear.

The repetitive maze, even if every choice is wrong, at least gives you the opportunity to choose. Even if this opportunity is essentially in vain, as long as the hope in your heart remains, this illusory sense of control will eventually It can also be soothing.

However, in the current absolute nothingness, any choice is meaningless. There seems to be no difference between being trapped to death in place and dying of exhaustion in the distance.

Being complicated and difficult to solve is not a kind of despair. Being unable to solve it is the real despair in this world!