Chapter 7 Unavoidable
Jiang Qian came to the door of projection room No. 2.
To be on the safe side, he once again looked at the poster hanging next to the door:
Against a dark blue background, a huge vortex is located in the center, and a white ship is sailing into the vortex from the outside to the inside, with the bow directly against the center of the vortex.
"The large dark blue background gives people a feeling of sadness and depression; the huge vortex can easily make people fall into it after looking at it for a long time, and the white ship seems to be something that breaks the situation."
Jiang Qian tried to get some helpful information by interpreting the poster.
Then, he got ready and pushed open the door of projection room No. 2...
The scene in front of him surprised Jiang Qian a little.
The door opened, but it seemed not to be completely opened.
The door in front of him seemed to be closed by a barrier like water waves, or the whole room was filled with water, relying on some kind of force to prevent the water from pouring out of the door.
In short, if he wants to get into the house, Jiang Qian must pass through this "water curtain cave".
[Hint: Your stay in the corridor is about to exceed the time limit, please act quickly]
"Okay, I'm just an ordinary human, I don't have the ability to dive for a long time, this copy shouldn't drown me so blatantly."
Jiang Qian resolutely walked into the blue barrier and entered the room...
The world was spinning.
The copy prompt came from afar:
[You are about to enter the movie viewing session]
[The film "Choice" is adapted from the real experience of the trialer. You will play the role of yourself in this film and get an immersive peak experience]
[Please find the initiator and prevent all tragedies from happening]
[Scene 1-Action! ]
...
When Jiang Qian's vision became clear again, he saw a familiar and unfamiliar person, his mother Wen Han.
"Ah Qian, what are you doing, come and help!"
The mother still looks like she did when she was young, with an oval face, fishtail braids, and likes to wear a wide-brimmed hat and a long floral dress.
She was kneeling on the picnic mat, spreading out fruits and snacks.
Picnic in the park.
In the distance, his father Jiang Xuesong and the annoying Jiang Yang were playing Frisbee on the grass.
Jiang Xuesong was handsome and fit. He wore a dark blue sportswear and ran on the green grass with great power.
Jiang Qian followed his late father as he ran, feeling more confused than emotional.
When his father was alive, he was a dedicated geologist who traveled with the scientific expedition team for exploration all year round and could not spend most of the year with his wife and children.
In the year when the accident happened, his father finally took out a whole block of time to take his two brothers, who were on summer vacation, and his mother, who was a freelancer, to a summer resort with mountains and water.
In fact, Jiang Qian had thought that this copy would make a fuss about his father.
Even daring to set a trap to kill his brother, is there any bottom line for this copy?
But when this incident really happened, Jiang Qian felt more "intense" than he expected.
"They are my closest family members, but now they are drifting away from me." Jiang Qian seemed to hear his own voice and was surprised.
This feeling of loss was something he had not experienced for a long time.
"Ah Qian? Hey..." The mother stretched out her hand to Jiang Qian with a little helplessness, "Give it to me, it's all ready~"
Jiang Qian was stunned for a moment.
He was busy looking at his father just now, and then he realized that he was holding a fruit knife in his hand.
Jiang Qian handed the fruit knife to his mother.
"Really, you only know how to stare at your father and your brother, and don't come to help your mother." The mother murmured in dissatisfaction.
Then, she looked up at the sky.
"Ah, the weather has changed?"
Jiang Qian followed his mother's gaze and saw that dark clouds had floated over their heads without knowing when.
Above the park, half of the sky was sunny and the other half was covered with leaden clouds.
Jiang Qian became alert.
His father died during a self-driving tour in a rainstorm and flood disaster.
As survivors, the mother and her two children were all affected by post-traumatic stress and could not recall the details of the time.
Jiang Qian's super memory talent was also developed after the brain damage in the accident. Before that, he had almost no impression of the process of the accident.
"It seems to be raining. Qian, go and call dad and brother back. I'll call the guide to ask about the situation and see if we can still go to the ancient city in the afternoon."
Wen Han has already started dialing the phone.
Jiang Qian just stood there and observed his mother's reaction during the call.
My goal is to find out the initiator of the tragedy and prevent it from happening... Assuming that "tragedy" refers to the accident that year, then the afternoon trip is undoubtedly the beginning of the tragedy.
Wen Han smiled and said a few words while holding the phone, then heaved a sigh of relief, hung up the phone happily, and said to himself: "It's okay, it's just cloudy."
This means that the afternoon schedule will remain the same...
"Hey, Qian, why haven't you called them yet? You look a little strange today..." The mother turned around, with worry and confusion on her face, "Are you feeling unwell?"
Jiang Qian squatted down and covered his forehead: "Mom, I feel so uncomfortable, maybe I have heatstroke..."
"Ah?" Wen Han's face was even more worried. He squatted down and reached out to touch Jiang Qian's forehead, muttering, "The body temperature is normal, where are you uncomfortable, tell mom, okay?"
Jiang Qian pretended to be sick: "Dizzy, nauseous, can't walk."
"Come, sit down first, drink some juice to relieve it." Wen Han said while feeding Jiang Qian a drink and wiping the sweat from Jiang Qian's forehead with a handkerchief.
The first solution to deal with heatstroke is to replenish water. Juice is light sugar water, which can have a good relief effect.
"Mom, I want to lie down and take a nap."
"Yeah, then the afternoon plan will have to be changed to tomorrow. It's okay, my son's health is the most important."
"Thank you, Mom."
"Silly, why are you thanking me? Are you still not feeling well? Mom will go to the car to get the Huoxiang Zhengqi water. When you feel better, let Dad take us back to the hotel."
"Yeah, it's okay..." Jiang Qian looked at Wen Han, still saying one thing and thinking another.
The mother created by this illusion showed more concern and care for him in the copy than the mother in reality showed him all year round.
Then, at the mother's call, the father and Jiang Yang returned to Jiang Qian.
The mother hurried to the private car to get medicine.
"What, my brother has heatstroke? So useless!" Jiang Yang acted a little gloating.
Jiang Xuesong gave him a slap in the face: "I'm still here, stop bullying your brother!"
"Ouch! Dad!" Jiang Yang felt pain.
You deserve it... This time it was Jiang Qian's turn to gloat over the misfortune.
Just when the three of them were enjoying themselves, there was a loud bang behind them!
Jiang Xuesong and Jiang Yang looked in the direction of the sound, and Jiang Qian stood up from the picnic mat with a start. The three of them saw a truck that had lost control and rushed out of the green belt!
In front of the truck, there was a private car...
This unfortunate private car had been hit and rolled along the road, scorching a piece of green land.
"Wen Han!"
"Mom... Mom!"
Jiang Xuesong and Jiang Yang rushed over desperately!
Jiang Qian also stood up and followed his father and brother, desperately running towards the private car. From a distance, Jiang Qian had already seen the bloody scene in the car...
He stopped, and his chest was hit hard.
The next moment, the world was spinning upside down.
[The movie viewing session is about to begin]
[The film "Choice" is adapted from the real experience of the trialer. You will play the role of yourself in this film and get an immersive peak experience]
[Please find the instigator and prevent all tragedies from happening]
[Scene 2-Action! ]
...
The same prompt, the same scene.
Jiang Qian's heart is still beating.
The living Wen Han is smiling again in front of him: "Ah Qian, what are you doing? Come and help!"
"Oh..." Jiang Qian reached out and put the fruit knife on the picnic mat, and went to help his mother put the cake and plates.
Everything started from scratch, as if nothing happened.
Did I think things were simple? This part of the memory was originally incomplete, but I wanted to avoid the disaster by ruining the travel plan. The copy will not let me pass so easily... Jiang Qian thought.
Beside him, his mother looked up at the sky.
With a worried look in his eyes, he said, "It looks like it's going to rain. Ah Qian, go call Dad and brother back. I have to call the guide to ask about the situation and see if we can still drive to the ancient city in the afternoon."
It was a repetitive plot again.
This time, Jiang Qian did not have any heat stroke drama.
He went to call Jiang Xuesong and Jiang Yang back honestly. When the family gathered in front of the picnic mat, Wen Han also put down the phone. She announced with relief:
"The afternoon itinerary remains unchanged!"
"Great!" Jiang Yang was excited, "Frisbee is really boring, I want to go out and play!"
The family chatted while enjoying snacks.
Jiang Qian's attention was on the direction of the parking lot:
Will the car accident just now happen again?
If the car accident did not happen, it would most likely mean that my personal choice would directly trigger the rude feedback of the plot;
On the contrary, if the car accident happened as usual, it would mean two possibilities:
The first possibility is that this "accident" is a pure accident, which has nothing to do with anyone's behavior here, and it will happen regardless of my reaction;
The second possibility is that the triggered "accident" will continue from the previous scene to the next scene...
The former is not bad, if it is the second possibility, it means that every "Action" prompt will bring about the superposition of new elements, and if this element is negative and catastrophic, it will only make things more and more troublesome and worse.
While Jiang Qian was thinking, a loud bang broke the comfortable and leisure atmosphere of the park.
The out-of-control truck rushed out of the green belt with a private car on top, rolled along the lawn, and scorched a piece of green grass.
The family looked in the direction of the sound, and Jiang Yang was the first to curse "Fuck!"
Jiang Xuesong and Wen Han stood up at the same time, looking at the victim of this accident with astonishment - their car was scrapped!
Jiang Qian remained silent.
What should happen will happen.
As for whether this is a pure "accident" or a superimposed "element", more tests are needed to judge.
Jiang Qian is very clear that everything that is happening now has nothing to do with reality. Whether it is his father, mother, Jiang Yang, or even the property, they are not real.
They are just "tools" to cooperate with the copy.
But is it really necessary to continue testing?
How many "restart" opportunities will he have to complete the test and make a judgment, and finally find a safe solution?
The answer is unknown.
Maybe he will die next time.
Wait, my goal is "please find the initiator and prevent all tragedies from happening." At present, if the car accident does not involve my family, it will not be a tragedy for me... Jiang Qian returns to the source to sort out the clues and begins to brew a new plan.
...
The sky is overcast.
While everyone was worrying about the "car accident", Jiang Qian followed the crowd and paid attention to the information he was concerned about.
The car accident was caused by the new driver driving under the influence of alcohol. The perpetrator has been taken away by the public security department.
The remaining thing was to contact the insurance company to determine the damage and settle the claim. After dealing with these matters, the family took a taxi back to the hotel.
Without a car, the self-driving trip to the ancient city was about to be cancelled.
However...
"Ah~ Then don't we have to stay in the hotel for two days?" Jiang Yang was very unhappy when he heard that the travel plan was cancelled.
You can shut up, disaster star... Jiang Qian complained in his heart and rolled his eyes at Jiang Yang with the back of his head.
At this time, he only heard his father in the passenger seat smiling with a relaxed face and said: "I just asked, there is a place to rent a car nearby, we can set off at any time."
Jiang Qian immediately admired his father's efficiency.
In order to allow his wife and children to enjoy a high-quality entertainment experience during the rare reunion, his father was still willing to spend a lot of money.
So he couldn't keep silent anymore.
He then said after careful consideration: "Dad, so many things happened today, you and mom are exhausted, why don't we take a day off before making plans?"
Jiang Xuesong thought for a while: "That's fine, we did waste a lot of time today."
"Ah~" Jiang Yang stared at his brother with displeasure.
Jiang Qian ignored him directly.
"Are you going to visit the ancient city? Oh, it will rain heavily tomorrow night!" The driver said, "Go there today, stay in the ancient city for one night, and return before noon tomorrow, just in time..."
Seeing the driver's gesticulation, Jiang Qian suddenly became nervous: "Master, drive slowly!"
Before he finished speaking, an orange light flashed in front!
The taxi was deviated by a speeding motorcycle. The distracted driver reacted and slammed the steering wheel, but failed to control the balance of the car body, and was hit by the bus behind...
At that time, the front airbags were sprayed, and the mother and her two children who were squeezed in the back row without seat belts were thrown heavily and hit the inner wall of the car.
Under the intense sensory stimulation, Jiang Qian's consciousness was blurred, and he heard the familiar prompt sound again:
[You are about to enter the movie viewing session]
[The film "Choice" is adapted from the real experience of the trialer. You will play the role of yourself in this film and get an immersive peak experience]
[Please find the instigator and prevent all tragedies from happening]
[Scene 3-Action! ]
…
Open your eyes suddenly!
Jiang Qian, who was still in pain, took a deep breath.
He held the fruit knife in his hand, raised his head in a daze, and was greeted by his mother Wen Han's familiar smile:
"Ah Qian, what are you doing? Come and help!"