Lin Sanjiu could even sit on Exodus without a spacesuit.
Lin Sanjiu could only vaguely see a few silver threads floating in space when her vision was stretched as far as it could see. They were shrouded in a faint light, and they looked like small pieces of spider silk that were softly unfurled. She knew that was the Data Stream Library, and the darkness surrounding Exodus was where the grand prize was. Or rather, that was how she imagined it to be.
"Do you see that?" Lin Sanjiu pointed at a small aircraft that was flying below Exodus and said, "I think Yu Yuan is repairing the spaceship."
Rena shook her head. "I can't see it."
Lin Sanjiu thought for a moment and said, "Before I went to find Bohemia, I promised J7 that I would check the progress of my Higher Consciousness with it. You don't know how inflexible a robot can be. If I don't do what I promised it, it will lose all its trust in me … "
As she spoke, her voice became softer and softer. She slapped her forehead. "That's right. Since this is all my hallucination, the real J7 wouldn't be angry at me."
Lin Sanjiu thought for a while. "It's too real," she sighed. "It's too real … Now that I think about it, every minute and every second of the past few years feels like I've experienced it personally … It's clearly a part of my life. No, even now, it's hard for me to accept that I'm actually living in an illusion. "
"It can't be fake." Lin Sanjiu could still vaguely hear laughter coming from Exodus. If she hadn't existed for the past few years, wouldn't that mean that a part of her life had been taken away?
Rena sat beside her. Her legs, which were wrapped in black pants, were protruding from the snow-white hull of the spaceship.
She turned her head and curled the corner of her lips slightly. Lin Sanjiu had never seen Rena smile on her face before. It was so easy and natural, only involving the stretching and contracting of the skin. Beneath that smooth and stretched smile was something dark, cold, and hard. Lin Sanjiu didn't know what it was. She couldn't see it.
Other than that brief glimpse in House Yiliu's memory, she had never seen the grown-up Rena. Naturally, she had never seen her smile. Lin Sanjiu filled in the blanks with her imagination. She even turned Bohemia into a jellyfish, but she knew it was impossible for her to imagine such a smile, especially when it was on the face of the lively little girl from back then.
Moreover, there was still sound.
On Exodus, Reno still looked like the young man from many years ago. He still had the voice of someone who had just stopped puberty. But when Rena spoke, her once unique and lively voice was now much deeper and softer. It was as if she had just taken a sip of ice-cold bourbon.
At that moment, the voice that Lin Sanjiu knew was not her imagination rang in her ears again.
"The reason why it feels so real is because from a certain point of view, it's not as simple as an illusion."
Rena heaved a sigh of relief and looked at the pitch-black universe in front of her. What did she see? Rena spoke slowly as if she was telling a story, "Everything we experience in life is felt through our brain. Everything the brain creates and everything the brain experiences are essentially neural signals generated by the brain … To your brain, you have indeed spent a few years in this place. "
"But it's not real," Lin Sanjiu laughed bitterly, "It's just my imagination."
"What is real?" Rena tilted her head and said, "To you, the existence of this universe and this world, isn't it because of your existence? If you disappear, doesn't this world disappear as well? In that case, what your brain produces is naturally a part of your world, isn't it? "
Lin Sanjiu thought for a while and shook her head. She laughed, "I'm not good at philosophical topics. What was the cause of this effect? A pocket dimension? "
Rena was very honest. She had no intention of hiding anything. "It's the [Thought Experiment Series]. It can be considered as a Special Item … It has many sub-branches and contains many thought experiments. The one you are in now is called the 'Brain in a Vat'."
"So that's it," Lin Sanjiu thought suddenly. She really knew about it.
"If you don't appear and I imagine you, then everything will be fine, right? Then, will I live in the 'Brain in a Vat' for the rest of my life? "Lin Sanjiu asked.
Rena was silent for a few seconds. She didn't know what Lin Sanjiu was thinking about.
She picked her words slowly, almost as if she was deliberating, "My appearance is actually not a flaw. This is because a human's imagination is very inclusive and elastic. Many things can be explained … You must have experienced that before. When you dream, you feel that everything is natural and normal. But when you wake up, you feel that it's ridiculous. Similarly, even if you can't imagine my current appearance, if I appear in this form, you just have to sigh in your imagination, 'I can't imagine this' and you will pass the test. That alone is not enough to wake anyone up. "
Lin Sanjiu was stunned. "Then, why would I realize that this is an illusion?"
"I think the most important reason is that you don't want to immerse yourself in the life of the 'Brain in a Vat'."
When Rena spoke, Lin Sanjiu felt that Rena was thinking about something else. "Let's say … let's say that someone knows that there's not much left in the outside world and wholeheartedly wants to live another life in the 'brain in a vat'. Then, no matter how many so-called 'flaws' appear, it's impossible to wake him up. In his eyes, he has lived a complete and clear life, but in the eyes of the outside world, it might just be a day of sunrise and sunset. To him, I don't know which one is the real one. "
Lin Sanjiu realized that she could understand that feeling.
Even though she knew subconsciously that she had a lot of unfinished business and a lot of people she had yet to find, she still couldn't bring herself to leave. She couldn't make up her mind to leave.
She walked around Exodus a few times and greeted everyone. She reminded Hei Zhe to strike a balance between work and rest, advised Puppeteer to eat more, warned Soulsqn to stay away from Hei Zhe, and introduced Maxin to Hu Changzai. She said everything she could and saw everyone she could. Lin Sanjiu memorized the warmth of Maxin's body, the softness of his fur, the reflection of his black tattoo, and the fragrance of the figs. Only then did she walk towards Rena, who had been waiting for her for a long time, feeling a little lost.
"Where am I actually?" she asked. When she tried to recall, she had no choice but to go back a few years. She searched through her memories from a long time ago. "When did I enter the 'Brain in a Vat'?"
"Do you remember you went to Fanjia City?" Rena asked.
"I remember …" Lin Sanjiu frowned and tried to recall, "I walked into a street and saw a few people in biochemical suits and a row of screens …"
Rena smiled. She reached out and held both of Lin Sanjiu's hands. Then, she looked into Lin Sanjiu's eyes. Her twinkling eyes were filled with sincerity at that moment.
"I didn't put you into the 'Brain in a Vat' to harm or torture you," Rena said in a low voice. She said in a low voice, "I am reminding you of the future that is most important to you. If I told you that everything you have been thinking about for the past few years could become a reality, and I have the means to make it happen, would you be willing to make it happen? "
— — Digression — —
"I lost track of time while I was writing this chapter. I didn't set up an anti-theft device and accidentally broke my record! This is so unfair. I have been updating for five days in a row … "
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