Chapter 829 Cognitive Science

Doomsday.

That was an unforgettable disaster in history for mankind.

On that day, the black wall collapsed, the malicious AI of the old network broke out, people turned into beasts and killed each other, and the civilized world turned into a bloody jungle.

And the remaining people embarked on a path of escape and resistance.

The same is true for the girl. She originally yearned for the prosperity of the city and came to the new city. At the same time, she worked hard to make money, hoping to live a life like the people in the city.

But in the blink of an eye, the nightmare came, and the former utopia turned into a hell ravaged by demons. The girl escaped from hell, but what she had to face next was an unimaginable reality—where should she go next?

The girl had no idea about this. She just struggled desperately to escape. The only thing that supported her survival was the thought of not wanting to die. She survived and started a journey of survival with other survivors. They found a shelter outside and lived a short and peaceful life for a while, but soon, the attack of electronic demons and cyber madmen destroyed everything, and the girl's lover also died in this attack.

Facing the enemy rushing towards her, the girl could only hold the cross on her chest and pray silently at the last moment.

However, at this moment, suddenly, a holy light descended from the sky, and those monsters completely dissipated in the light. The girl opened her eyes in surprise, and saw an angel descending from the sky and coming to her.

"You didn't give up, son of man, your piety made you persist to the end."

The angel smiled and stretched out his hand to the girl.

"And now, you will be rewarded."

Looking at the angel in front of her, the girl seemed to have found hope again...

"What the hell is this!"

Duanmu Ai threw the script aside directly, and goose bumps almost appeared.

Heaven and earth, when did I say such a thing?

This is completely fabricated! !

"Hey? I think this script is good?"

Kujikawa Risei looked at Duanmu Ai in surprise.

"The protagonist has gone through so many hardships and finally found hope, right?"

"Of course not."

Duanmu Ai speechlessly stretched out his hand to press his forehead.

"Look at what nonsense the angel said at the end. Your piety made you persist to the end, and now you will be rewarded? Let's not talk about how disgusting this is. Doesn't this mean that her previous friends and lovers deserve to die? Because they were not pious, they didn't persist to the end. They deserved to die?"

"Uh............"

Faced with Duanmu Ai's complaints, Kujikawa Risa was speechless for a while.

In fact, in this script, Kujikawa Risa played the heroine, and Duanmu Ai was going to play the angel D who appeared at the end. The director didn't lie to her. There was only this scene and two or three lines, which basically belonged to the kind that could turn around and leave after saying them.

"Then...shouldn't the protagonist cry with joy?"

"Cry with joy? According to my experience, this is generally divided into two situations. One is to commit suicide on the spot in despair, and the other is to curse why you didn't come earlier."

Duanmu Ai shrugged her shoulders. When she was still D, she had seen similar things many times. Although she didn't know which time this script was written based on, you can't say it didn't happen. But… to be honest, this kind of ending is usually not as fantastic as written in the script.

"Why would you commit suicide? Didn't you get saved?"

Kujikawa Risa widened his eyes in surprise and looked at Duanmu Ai.

"Yes, you are the only one who got saved. Everyone else died, but you survived, and it was only because you were lucky. Don't you think this is ironic? You witnessed the painful death of so many relatives and friends, and thought you would die with them, but you didn't expect to survive just because of luck. Do you think they would be ecstatic?"

Duanmu Ai said, curling her lips.

"This kind of people, either commit suicide on the spot, or go crazy and throw themselves into the subsequent war, hoping that they can die on the battlefield and reunite with their relatives and friends. What tears are flowing down their faces, this is only for those who are afraid of death and want to survive at all costs. Of course, I'm not saying that this kind of people are bad, after all, human survival instinct is there. But this protagonist is not that kind of person, right?"

"Yes..."

Kujikawa Risa flipped through the script and nodded.

"The script says that after her life was overturned and she lost hope, she wanted to die, so she did those dangerous things, until the appearance of her lover gave her hope of life... ..."

By the way, the lover is a woman, so politically correct.

"... Ah, I see, I understand."

After reading the script again, Kujigawa Risa seemed to have thought of something, and nodded suddenly.

"What do you understand?"

"When I was practicing before, I always felt something was wrong, because according to the script, the protagonist's lover was her hope of life again, but I don't know why, when I performed the scene of longing for life at the end, I always felt something was weird..."

"Because her lover died, it's normal for her to want to die. If a person suffers two consecutive blows, anyone would be discouraged and wait for death. At that time, the appearance of the angel was simply good luck, and it had nothing to do with any religious piety."

Duanmu Ai waved her hand, she has always been like this, whether I save you or not is my business, whether you die or not is your business, it has nothing to do with me.

"Ugh... That makes sense. I will continue to study this character."

Kujigawa Rise nodded in agreement, and then continued reading the script.

Watching Kujigawa Rise go to the side to study the script, Duanmu Ai didn't pay attention. Just then, her cell phone rang. She picked up the phone and walked to the balcony.

"What's up?"

Soon, Lumière’s voice came from the other side.

"Lord Inquisitor, I found some clues about subspace."

"oh?"

Hearing this, Duanmu Ai's expression suddenly became serious.

"Tell me more carefully?"

"Yes, when I was reading through the paper, I found that the research institution here conducted a study a long time ago on group cognition and other worlds... This is very consistent with the Tribunal's description of subspace. Specifically That is, personal cognition will produce an existence similar to a special space in a different world, as well as another self..."

"Well, it's really similar."

Duanmu Ai nodded, just like Amagi Yukiko's castle and her soul projection before, I really didn't expect that humans had already started to study this.

"Later, due to the outbreak of the Doomsday, the research institution lost control and the research was stalled. But ten years ago, the government departments here restarted the research."

"Restarted?"

"Yes, but five years ago, due to the accidental death of the main researcher Isshiki Wakaba, this experiment was sealed again... But I think things are not that simple."

"Oh? What do you say?"

"According to this paper called Cognitive Science, several possibilities are discussed, including the possibility that if you kill the self in the other world, the self in the real world will also die or lose self-awareness. When I entered the government database for comparison, I found a series of accident records called "waste incidents". The common feature of these accidents is that the parties involved did not remember what they did at the time of the incident, and their mental state after the incident was Abnormal state, unable to communicate with others, as if completely losing self-awareness..."

"So you are saying that someone within the government agency is using this research to cause trouble?"

"At present, this is indeed a possibility. I investigated the surveillance video of Wakaba Isshiki before her death. At that time, she felt as if she had lost consciousness..."

"So are there any papers on how to enter the warp?"

"It was destroyed and I can't recover it. However, I did find Isshiki Wakaba's daughter. I hope I can find some clues through her..."

"Okay then, do your best and just tell me if you need anything."

Duanmu Ai gave a few instructions and then hung up the phone.

I never expected that people in this world could actually have such abilities.

I have to say that Duanmu Ai was quite emotional after hearing the information obtained from Lumière. Some civilizations began to study subspace without even leaving their own galaxy. And some civilizations have conquered half of the galaxy, but still know nothing about subspace...

So this is the benefit of diverse civilizations. You never know whether there will be a village that can share nuclear fusion technology with you.

At the same time, the atmosphere in the Phantom Thieves was not very good at the moment.

Not long ago, Anko Takamaki chose to quit the Phantom Thieves, and she had a big fight with Ryuji Sakamoto. After that, Ryuji Sakamoto kept holding his breath, wanting to let Anko Takamaki take a look at the Phantom Thieves. Very powerful. So they're always looking for their next target.

As for the existence of the Phantom Thieves, the Internet is still divided evenly. Some people believe in the existence of the Phantom Thieves, while others do not. Of course, some people asked the Phantom Thieves for help on the Internet, and the Phantom Thieves did help them and accumulated some reputation--unfortunately, this was not enough.

"Really, who will you choose as your next target?"

"We must choose a famous big shot and let Takamaki take a good look! We will be fine without her!"

While scrolling through the list on the website, Sakamoto Ryuji said viciously. Upon hearing his words, Ren Amamiya and Yusuke Kitagawa looked at each other helplessly and sighed.

Sakamoto Ryuji is like this, stubborn and always likes to stir up trouble. To be honest, if this continues, they are worried that one day they will suffer a loss.

"Ah! Look at this!"

Suddenly, Ryuji Sakamoto, who was browsing the website, seemed to find something and pointed at the computer screen excitedly.

"Look! I didn't expect that guy would be on the list!"

"What? What's going on?"

Seeing Sakamoto Ryuuji's excited expression, Amamiya Ren and Kitagawa Yusuke also approached in confusion, only to see a post asking for help from the Phantom Thieves. The poster claimed to be a drama actor and was working hard for the upcoming drama. Training, but was framed, causing him to lose his job, and was kicked out of the drama troupe. So she found the Phantom Thieves, hoping that the Phantom Thieves could help her take revenge and make the person who ruined her career change his mind.

And that person's name was not unfamiliar to them.

"... Duanmu Ai?"

I have to say that Ren Amamiya was stunned when he saw this name.

"How could it be her?"

"Sure enough, I knew that guy was no good!"

Compared to Amamiya Ren's doubts, Sakamoto Ryuji looked very proud. He had hated Duanmu Ai since she mocked the Phantom Thieves for being worthless on the show. Now that he finally found an opportunity, he was unwilling to let it go.

"It's settled, our next target is her!"

"Wait, this is just one-sided on the Internet, at least we need to investigate..."

"It's not that simple, just enter her name and see if she has a palace!"

As he spoke, Sakamoto Ryuji snatched Amamiya Ren's phone and entered Duanmu Ai's name.

Then... the air around them suddenly changed.

"Sure enough!"

Seeing the words appearing on the screen, Sakamoto Ryuji clapped his hands excitedly.

"It's settled! We must make her change her mind! Admit her sins and mistakes!"