Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

When the wish "took" Chen Yan away from the maze-like building, it started to rain in the brand new city.

The rainfall in this city is much less than what I have experienced before. The pattering is like a shower, and the rainfall itself is just like watering the plants and flowers growing in the flower beds throughout the city.

I wish to walk into the crowd and blend in with the crowd, without seeing anything special at all.

Chen Yan's slightly confused voice - as if he was telling a story that had nothing to do with him - sounded in his wish consciousness:
'Wish, you say, the Chen Yan that Lawrence mentioned in the BIOS - he must also be the Chen Yan who later lived in the BIOS and became the cause of [The Great Disaster]. Does he have anything to do with me? '

Wishes was very cautious when analyzing this matter, and his views and inferences were very conservative, and he did not make any conclusions that were too far from the source of the information:

'The operating rules of BIOS are the underlying rules on which all world operations depend. In theory, everyone and everything is the result of the arrangement and combination of all the rules in BIOS——

From this point of view, you and Chen Yan in BIOS are actually the same person. It's just because of the different permutations and combinations of world rules that life is directed in different directions. '

There was clearly no panic in Chen Yan's voice, but the wish could hear the strong anxiety caused by panic:

'Since the tsunami flooded the world, the life of the mechanical hive has become increasingly difficult. Food is being consumed much faster than I expected. If a new source of food is not found soon, even if only two meals a day are provided for everyone, The mechanical hive cannot last two months. '

The wish told him:
'You have to give up some people, keep only those adults with a higher sense of morality, most children without antisocial tendencies, and give up the vast majority of the elderly, so that the mechanical hive will be able to sustain longer. '

Chen Yan said:

'I know it's possible, but I can't have such pure sanity.

Before the tsunami came, I learned that Starlink has a new technology called [Element Recombination], which can decompose, extract elements and make them into food. If we can have such technology, the food problem will definitely be greatly improved.

Only when people are full can they have the strength to do other things. Once the food crisis is over, we will have the strength to find a real way out... Maybe it is the starry sky, maybe it is somewhere else. In short, people will have hope in their hearts, and everything will happen next. Much smoother. '

Wish to ask him:

'Why don't you leave?I have a way to help you get to Starlink, so you don't have to waste most of your energy doing things that are completely useless to you. '

Faced with the almost accusatory question, Chen Yan did not answer directly:

'I can be an absolutely rational person, but first of all I am a human being. As a human being, I will have emotions, and if I have emotions, I will be tied down by the world. '

He rambled on about something that seemed completely irrelevant to the current topic:
'There is a ramen shop opposite our group building. I often go there to eat noodles, and I became familiar with the owner's eight-year-old daughter. The girl told me that in fact, his father often scolded me in private, saying that I relied on my own power to force him. Cooking, saying that without me, they would be able to eat at least three meals a day relying on the inventory in the store, instead of having to eat two meals a day with everyone as they do now, and worrying about their inventory being known anytime and anywhere.

I feel so damn wronged and wishful thinking, I didn’t expect his father to see me this way. I obviously felt like he was a pretty good person when I was chatting with him. When we talked about things, our emotions were very strong and real. It didn’t look like he was hiding anything at all. '

The voice of wish is very low:
'The human heart is separated from the belly. If you don't deliberately explore it, even the connected person will not be able to understand the person's mind. '

Chen Yan continued talking to himself:

'The girl also told me that her father secretly joined a cult and paid tribute to the cult, because the cult provided them with a place to eat, and all the members of the cult could have their third meal of the day.

I didn't investigate the cult. I've killed enough people these days. '

When he told these things, his voice was calm and there was no emotional fluctuation. I wish I knew that this was not calmness at all, but numbness.

The voice of desire is a little stiff:
'Who were those... people you killed? '

Chen Yan replied:
'Some of them are recidivists and senior gang members. They make the most small moves in private, are the most dissatisfied with my assignment, and create a lot of trouble...'

He did not tell them any more "crime".

'The other part - most of the people I killed didn't do many bad things... Let's use [bad things] to describe what they did... They were just part of a huge gang, using force to fight My seizure of gang assets resulted in serious bloodshed. '

Thoughtful wishes:
'Judging from the current environment of the Mechanical Hive, bloody conflicts are inevitable. '

After she finished speaking, she added:
'I am not looking for a legitimate excuse for your killing... I have seen too many things that lumpen proletarians have done. Such things will be born in any civilization. It is like a malignant tumor. You have nothing to regret. '

Chen Yan said:

'I'm not repenting...and don't have a lot of regrets.

You may not believe it, but what makes me regret is not the killing itself, but the fact that I let their family go.

I still remember the way that child looked at me. Even though he was not looking at me, but at one of my quantum clones, I still felt such strong hatred - hatred and desire. I have never felt such a deep feeling in my life. A shuddering emotion, it turns out this is hatred.

I let their families go because I knew it was right, but morality has very few constraints on me. I let them go not because I have morals, but because there are other reasons - I know that once I don't If I let them go, my behavior will arouse the fear of many people - those rats in the shadows. They are spying on me all the time. Once any of my actions give them an excuse, they will gather all their strength and swarm. Go up and feed me.

Hatred, desire, and hatred are their strength, as powerful as greed.

Those who have hatred will become one of them, and this hatred will be passed on to their descendants, and will continue as my control over the mechanical hive strengthens. '

Wish finally understood. What frightened Chen Yan was not only the killing itself, but also the hatred created by the killing.

She knew that there was something else that made Chen Yan anxious.

She realized that Chen Yan could not handle these things well. Even though he had changed too much due to the arrival of the end, it was difficult for his personality to undergo a fundamental change in a short period of time.

Thinking of this, she suddenly realized that maybe it was because of this that Chen Yan was eager to know the difference between Chen Yan and herself in the BIOS.

Chen Yan's life in BIOS was too dazzling, which made Chen Yan think that he might be able to reach that point. The reason why he asked about the difference between himself and Chen Yan in BIOS was because of this - he wanted to brainwash himself, he wanted to tell himself that he was You should be able to become a very powerful person, and you can do it yourself.

But he couldn't do it.

In the final analysis, he is just a young man in his 20s. Even though he has traveled through several long journeys before, when he returns to normal human society, everything he experienced during the journey is like a dream. Looking back, it is just like a dream. In a dream.

Experience, knowledge, ability and IQ are not enough to support his ideas. Just because of the changes in the world that have triggered psychological maturity, how can he achieve what he wants to do?

At this moment, Wishes understood Chen Yan's suffering - he probably knew what was right, but he didn't fully understand; he did some things he thought were right, but he had a lot of negative consequences because of them. Strong anxiety; he probably knew where he should go in the future, but when he actually implemented it through his own methods, he discovered that it was so difficult. It was so difficult that if he didn't take a step carefully, he would sink into the abyss and never be able to extricate himself.

Or maybe he didn't want to ask me anything.

At this moment, Xixi suddenly understood Chen Yan's current state.

He just wanted to find someone to talk to because he was too stressed.

When he has finished talking, he will continue to do what he wants and must do.

Chen Yan didn't know what Wishong was thinking. He continued to say:

'I have killed many people, and I do not regret it. I am even used to blood, just like I am used to the coldness of the mechanical hive... just like I was used to the coldness of Yharnam City.

Human beings are so adaptable that I often get confused by this and think I am a natural-born murderer.

I know that I just don't have the ability to balance the interests between the forces and feed most people at the same time, so I can only use the most clumsy and stupid method.

I offended a lot of people because of this - if I want to keep everyone fed, it's impossible not to do this - I confiscated the material reserves of almost all private forces and enterprises in the Mechanical Hive, and distributed these reserves evenly after statistics.

——Just like this, I have to deal with assassinations anytime and anywhere every day, and I have to clearly consider the stakes caused by resource allocation when dealing with personnel relations.

I know this is a stupid way, but I don't know a better way.

I probably have a specific idea, and I can execute it through my own abilities. I even thought about the massive conflicts that would occur during execution, but I didn’t know that these conflicts would cause me so much trouble——

Troubles come from emotions and desires. I am a synaesthete. The ability of quantum entanglement has strengthened synaesthesia countless times. As an independent will, I have experienced countless negative emotions, even if I can completely suppress those emotions. Digestion and mental strength are almost exhausted by those negative emotions.

And at the same time, I also felt a fair amount of positive emotions—much more positive than negative!Because ordinary people still make up the majority——

48 people. This is an accurate number. Most of these 2191 people among the more than 50 people in the Mechanical Hive are migrant workers from all over the world. They have nothing to live on and rely on the affordable housing and housing allocated by me. Maintaining a stable order and living on two meals a day, and the positive emotions they provide are the only things I rely on to persist until now. '

In the consciousness of wish, Chen Yan let out an abnormal and neurotic laugh:

'I hedge these positive emotions against those negative emotions!Guess what, I succeeded!Although these emotions are not strong, they are numerous in number and almost completely wash away the negative emotions!
I have overcome most of the troubles caused by my emotions, and I have a group of people around me who are smarter than me to help with countermeasures. Until now, I have signed contracts with most companies in the Mechanical Hive. They promise to continue to provide people's livelihood protection. I guarantee that they have Food, electricity and a stable social environment... Although it is mandatory to a certain extent, they have no better choice now - most companies are not founded by gangs - most companies in the Mechanical Hive , companies, and workshops were all established by ordinary people. '

After Chen Yan finished speaking, Wishful felt that his thoughts were very clear. Although he was a little mentally collapsed due to the emotions he felt in synaesthesia, he didn't seem to be on the verge of collapse.

Since it's not on the verge of collapse yet, just give it another try and slow it down a bit, and maybe things will work out.

The two people who knew what was going on fell silent at the same time.

They enjoyed this silence until Wish passed one street corner after another, and the scenery and pedestrians in front of them remained the same.

Wishes sat down on a bench outside a garden, looked up at the huge holographic advertisement suspended in the sky on the opposite block, and said to Chen Yan:

'Actually, none of this matters. '

He knew that she was a warrior, that she knew what she was doing and that once she made a decision, she would move forward.

He couldn't do it as well as she did.

Chen Yan responded to her in a very slight voice, as if he was telling her something ordinary:
'Wish, I don't have your vision, nor your knowledge. I can't see the world in your eyes, and I can't think so rationally.

But the good thing is, I know I'm right. '

Wish looked at the dark sky, and her vision seemed to be empty:

'This is a good thing, Chen Yan, do what you think is right, and then think and reflect... do everything you can to do things well. '

After talking about it, Chen Yan, who felt much better because of it, tried to ask her:

'I know you won't have the same confusion as I did, but... you might be able to share your progress with me. '

I wish I couldn’t see the slight smile on my face:

'I...I like to guess, Chen Yan. I like to make all kinds of guesses about what is happening in front of me.

After entering the BIOS, I saw many people, many things, and at the same time, I made my favorite guess.

I guessed some things. Those things may not be the truth, but they are my understanding of the world.

The world is a very interesting thing. If you see it enough, you will have your own unique understanding of the world. These understandings are indescribable, but most of them are correct.

Therefore, I am even more eager to pursue the truth. Chen Yan, the only thing I can tell you now is that you are one of the ways for me to obtain the truth. '

After telling a long series of riddles, the wish returned to the topic:

'Next, I will continue to contact people related to Chen Yan in BIOS.

At the same time, I will look for something that only exists in legends. That thing may be the answer to all our questions.

The good news is that many events that happened between the "people related to Chen Yan in BIOS" and "the legendary thing" are almost inseparable and can be investigated as the same subject. '

Desire stood up:

'Then, Chen Yan, remember to visit me often. '