Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chen Yan didn't know what kind of state Miao Shuisheng was in.

He didn't care what state Miao Shuisheng was in, but being wary of Miao Shuisheng had almost become Chen Yan's conditioned reflex, because even now, when facing Miao Shuisheng, Chen Yan would still subconsciously regard him as Liang Ansheng.

Back then, Liang Ansheng was split into two, with one half continuing to live as Liang Ansheng, and the other half becoming Miao Shuisheng. When Chen Yan learned this fact, he didn't have any special thoughts, but until today, his own Experience told him that Miao Shuisheng and Liang Ansheng were more than just two independent individuals.

The simplest example that can illustrate this fact is that Liang Ansheng was able to invade Miao Shuisheng's dream - how did he invade the dream?How could he find a way to invade dreams?

Chen Yan prefers that the dreams of Liang Ansheng and Miao Shuisheng are connected from the beginning, so Liang Ansheng, who is half-dead in the zoo, can easily invade the dream of Miao Shuisheng in the real world.

Judging from the current situation, the dream itself is a special space, which is not limited by physical distance.

If Miao Shuisheng still retains the self-identity he had during Liang Ansheng's time, then he should be resentful of Xanthium. After experiencing great pain and being split in two, he would continue to undergo experiments. This kind of thing would be extremely uncomfortable for anyone.

Whether Miao Shuisheng resented Xanthium or had stronger emotions towards Xanthium than resentment, Chen Yan couldn't care about it and didn't care. He only cared about the knowledge that Xanthia had gained - even if it was of no use to him now. , but as long as he can know some knowledge, it is good for Chen Yan.

Chen Yan suffered too much from his short-sightedness before. Now whenever he encounters something he has never seen before, he has to take a look. When encountering something he doesn't know, he has to figure it out. This approach has given him unimaginable power. The sense of security and the strong sense of comfort that came from exploring the unknown and gaining knowledge even made him addicted to it.

'Anyway, if I know what they are going to do and exchange information with Xanthium, I might be able to better understand the BIOS, I might be able to help my wish, and maybe... I might be able to know what I am? '

Chen Yan has never faced this problem.

【who I am? 】

Chen Yan clearly knew who he was, and he could clearly state each of his identities. He was once very sure that he could have a clear understanding of himself.

But the more he saw, knew, and experienced, the answer to this question continued to become blurry in his mind.

How can people have an identity beyond their own awareness?

Chen Yan didn't know.

This has exceeded the cognitive scope of an ordinary person.

'The good thing is that I can continue to explore. '

Fortunately, his friends were still there, and someone was helping him.

When they returned to the mechanical hive, the time had already reached 3 o'clock in the morning. Chen Yan returned to his cabin on the ship and lay on the bed. He could no longer suppress the exhaustion and fell into a drowsy sleep.

What is different from the past is that the shadow of the tiger no longer appears outside the porthole window.

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Chen Yan had a dream.

He dreamed that he became a child and lived in an empty room since he was a child. There was no furniture in this room, only a single bed that was always clean, and books that appeared on the bedside from time to time.

When Xiao Chen Yan was awake, he went to class in the next room. The teacher taught a variety of things, including astronomy, geography, literature, history, and mathematics... It sounded familiar, but it was not the knowledge that Chen Yan had known before.

Listening to lectures in class and reading after class, this life continued for many, many years, until Xiao Chen Yan's feet had reached the single bed, and the beard under his nose had covered his mouth.

Suddenly one day, Chen Yan felt something was wrong with the teacher.

He found that the teacher was very stiff and only taught and answered questions related to the course. When Chen Yan asked other questions that had nothing to do with the course, the teacher froze there, like a specimen.

Specimen - this is a word Chen Yan learned from the book. The teacher is as stiff as a made specimen, not like a living thing.

The more Chen Yan thought about it, the more frightened he became. The teacher's demeanor during class every day made his reverie worse.

The teacher was the only person he had ever met who had been "dependent" on him over the past many years, and he almost regarded the teacher as a father.

Suddenly one day, the teacher turned into a specimen. This change gave him a lingering fear.

At first, he just deceived himself and attributed the teacher's situation to excuses such as "the teacher just doesn't have a high IQ" or "the teacher just doesn't have any knowledge of other things."

But the idea that "the teacher is actually a specimen" still lingered in his mind like a nightmare, until it fermented to a point where it was impossible to deceive himself and others, and the idea of ​​"exposing the teacher" was born.

In an ordinary class, during the question-and-answer session that was no different from usual, Chen Yan asked several questions that had nothing to do with the course - most of them were fanciful questions - and the teacher once again turned into a stiff "specimen" in front of such questions. ".

Chen Yan suddenly stood up and knocked the teacher to the ground with one punch.

The teacher fell to the ground, making the sound of metal hitting the concrete floor. An electric spark flashed in the teacher's eyes, and his eyes popped out of their sockets.

Chen Yan dodged the teacher's waving arms in fear, crossed the teacher, and walked towards the door behind the teacher - that door was the only way to the "outside world".

Chen Yan opened the door like a man possessed and plunged into the sky full of snowflakes.

This is a snowy mountainous area. Towering pine trees are sparsely displayed in the forest. Chen Yan did not see the road and could only walk aimlessly in the snow.

But he was only wearing thin clothes, and he didn't even have shoes on his feet. The sun's rays reflecting off the snow blurred his eyes, and the biting coldness caused frostbite on his feet. The cold wind took away everything on his body. heat.

So he fell in the snow, like a young eagle that had just left the nest and was about to die.

Fortunately he was lucky.

When Chen Yan woke up again, he smelled the pungent smell of beasts, the smell of fragrant broth, the unique smell of burnt pine wood, and the body fragrance of a girl.

He opened his eyes and found that he was in a hut in the forest. The chimney of the hut was blowing out white smoke. Strings of dried meat and garlic hung from the beams. There was a small boiler not far from the bed. There is a pot of water boiling, and the aluminum pot lid makes a slight and low sound when it hits the pot body. It mixes with the sound of the steam to form a nice white noise.

Such sights and sounds calmed his beastly body and mind.

He shifted his gaze and saw a girl.

He felt stiff and unable to move. When the girl saw that he was awake, she told him that his body had been severely frostbitten. Fortunately, her father had ointment to treat frostbite. She had already removed his frozen carrion and applied the ointment. It only takes half a month to lie down before you can walk on the ground.

Chen Yan thanked her, but he was still confused and uneasy, so he asked her where she found him.

The girl said that she was collecting truffles in the mountains dozens of miles away and saw him lying on the ground.

Dozens of miles...that means he is still very close to that terrifying prison...

Will he be taken back?What will happen after being captured?Will I be locked up again and never get out for the rest of my life?
He wants to leave as soon as possible.

He looked at the girl's innocent expression and thought, I will leave as soon as I can get to the ground.In the following conversation, he learned that the girl's name was Saphant White, who was a hunter in the mountains and had made a living by hunting for generations. Saphant's father went to the town because he needed to purchase daily necessities, and now his family She was the only one.

Chen Yan thought her name was very strange, because Chen Yan remembered that the name [Saphant] represented a kind of big snake in some myths, and was also used to refer to some kind of insidious and vicious person. How could this girl's family give it to her? Why did she choose such a name?

The girl didn't ask his name. The girl told him that the two countries were at war, and unidentified people often appeared on their border. No matter you were a soldier or a fleeing noble, you always had a life. Take care of it. If you are injured, I will send you out of the mountain.

She is a kind person.

In the following time, he stayed in the forest cabin to recuperate from his injuries. When he had nothing to do, he began to read the few books in the forest cabin. He knew that the current situation of the world was probably different from that recorded in any book. The history of human beings is almost the same - war, decline, peace, prosperity, outbreaks of conflicts, decline... Human history has always been changing, but it seems that it has never changed.

When he was able to sit up a few days later, he began to help Saphant do some simple tasks, such as threading ropes on snow clams, such as sewing animal skins with large needles and threads - this was something Chen Yan had never done in his life. The most difficult thing.

The girl seemed to know everything. She took care of Chen Yan's daily life. She didn't care about the filth at all and always took care of everything. As the only little friend who came into the world, Chen Yan had an indescribable affection for her. Unknown affection.

Half a month later, Chen Yan was able to walk. To celebrate his recovery, the girl cooked a big meal - a whole-meat barbecue that was clean and had no fishy smell at all!

That was the most delicious thing Chen Yan had ever eaten in his life.

Even though he was nostalgic, Chen Yan still told the girl his intention to leave.

The girl said that she had decided to keep you until you recovered.

The girl's free and easy attitude made Chen Yan feel much better.

The night before leaving, the snow stopped, and the two went up to the roof and saw the moon and stars, which had not been revealed for a long time.

The girl asked Chen Yan, what are your wishes?

Chen Yan said, my wish...my wish is to see what this world is like.

The girl said that her father told her that as long as you wish on the stars, the stars will become your wishes.

Chen Yan was so excited that he made a wish to the stars.

I don't know if it was his imagination, but after he made a wish, a star actually became brighter than before.

Maybe...my wish can really come true?

In an excited mood, Chen Yan asked the girl, what is your wish?
Who would have known that after this question was asked, the girl was stunned - she sat there blankly, her eyes completely blank, like...like a teacher-like specimen!

Huge fear struck Chen Yan's entire body and mind. At this moment, he suddenly realized that he had never escaped from that cage!
Fortunately, he already had thick clothes and snow boots. He quickly got off the roof and ran wildly in the snow.

He walked up and down that night, exhausted several times and recovered several times. The howling of wolves at night made his scalp numb. Fortunately, the moonlight illuminated the path under his feet, preventing him from getting lost in the pine forest.

He walked in the direction of the town pointed in the book. He wanted to get to know more people and have his own power. He couldn't be imprisoned in a cage for the rest of his life!
The next day Chen Yan entered the town and saw many lively people. He chatted with those people, but no one showed a "specimen" attitude.

Chen Yan felt happy and finally escaped from the prison.

In order to prevent himself from being caught back, he joined the army and entered the battlefield.

After several major battles, he was lucky enough to survive on the battlefield and was promoted along the way due to his good luck.

The war ended more than ten years later. He was honorably discharged, entered the government of his region, and became a sinecure official.

In the following decades, he got married and had children, and lived an ordinary life. The decades passed by just a blink of an eye.

The incident in the prison seemed to have been completely forgotten. No one came to look for him anymore, and no one tried to imprison him. Only the gun he carried around his waist every day proved that he was still vigilant in his subconscious.

At the end of his life, the aging Chen Yan was sitting on a recliner, basking in the three o'clock sun, with a well-fed and drunk dog lying at his feet.

He held his wife's hand with great satisfaction and called in a low voice:

"Maria, I want to eat the little cake you made~"

The wife responded gently:

"Are you confused? I am Saphant!"

Chen Yan looked up in shock, only to see the old Saphant in front of him!

I...I have been living with Saphant all these years? !

Chen Yan looked at the small courtyard he was in with great fear. The small courtyard he had decorated with his own hands had changed at some point and turned into a woodland covered with pine needles!

I...back then, I never walked out of that pine forest? !
me!

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"Fuck!"

At this moment, in Chen Yan's cabin at Dais Island Pier, Chen Yan suddenly opened his eyes. He was sweating profusely, and fear broke out in his heart. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether he was in reality or a dream.

"A nightmare...it's just a nightmare!"

Suddenly all the familiar memories came to his mind. Chen Yan forced himself to calm down and quickly regained his senses.

"Damn it! What the hell kind of dream was that?"

He quickly had a guess.

"Is this me from previous generations?!"

Memories of the fake trusteeship days came flooding back.

"Imposters used to be like this too. They had nightmares every night... Now it's my turn!"

Although Chen Yan had a guess, the guess could not be verified at all and was just a wild guess.

Distraught, he closed his eyes.

The next moment, Chen Yan gained a view of the transistor on the wish strap bracelet in the BIOS.