Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

What are those monsters called fusion beasts hiding in the gaps between people's figures?

Miao Shuisheng said that those things are not living things, but "life" itself - the fusion beast is the creation of the "Great Fusion of Life". It is the healthiest and best form of "life" itself that integrates all excellent genes. It is a carbon-based life. The end point of evolution is the optimization of the logical structure of carbon-based life.

They have the life form of any carbon-based organism and the optimized form generated by their own life logic. They can be eukaryotes or prokaryotes, bacteria or viruses, and independent cell bodies or cells. Any independent biological entity produced by body fusion.

They exist to adapt to the environment, and in order to survive, they change themselves into the material form of any carbon-based life.

When Klein heard this explanation, he felt that it was absurd. Carbon-based life - also genetic life, the combination of all advantages could turn out to be such a monster.

The purpose of creating a fusion beast is clearly reflected in its behavior - hunting, eating, reproduction, and evolution. All their behavioral motivations are based on this.

This space city is the nest where they carry out all biological behaviors, and the people in this space city are the source of the carbon base they need for all life activities.

Klein can still use the little spiritual power left in his body to resist, but the price is "decay" due to overdraft of power - he will turn into a skin bag that stores all dehydrated biomass when his power is completely exhausted. Miao Shuisheng had made a malicious joke before, saying that the executor's skin was equivalent to meat buns to the fusion beasts, and had no other function except filling their stomachs.

He couldn't kill a fusion beast completely even though he tried his best to kill it, let alone there were so many of them in front of him now?

They surrounded him, they were very curious about him, they seemed to want to take his unique, lower life form as their own, so the crowd kept transforming into them.

After Klein thought briefly, a sea of ​​fusion beasts appeared in front of him——

They combined together to form a liquid less dense than water. They rushed toward him, sealing off the entire space, making it impossible for him to avoid it.

At the moment when he was surrounded by fusion beasts, Klein's inner spiritual power exploded, knowing that he might not be able to escape this time.

Time temporarily stops at this moment.

"I've fantasized about my end countless times."

Klein looked at the other self that appeared beside him without any warning, and realized that that person was not his physical self, but just his [superego] that transcended death when he faced death - the executioner exploded when he was about to die. His idealistic power amplified his [superego], so that for the first time he looked directly at his [superego] and talked to it.

"The first time I faced death was when I was a child. I came home from a missionary school that day. When I entered an alley, I was blocked by two senior students. They were holding paper knives stolen from the school's art studio and followed me. I demand money."

Klein's [Superego] quietly listened to his words - it was his most loyal audience in the world.

“Although my family was not short of money, I didn’t want to give it to them either—I refused, and during the push, they poked me in the arm with a paper knife.

The blood stained the clothes on my arms red, and they started to drag my bag. I yelled loudly and finally called the passers-by outside the alley.

They escaped and I was able to escape with my life.

I walked out of the alley, dizzy from blood loss, and fell to the ground. The next time I opened my eyes, I was in the clinic, with my father by my side.

He said to me, well done. "

[Superego] said to him:

"You have the courage to face violence, which is very difficult for a child. Unfortunately, this courage has not benefited you throughout your life."

Klein acknowledges this fact:

"Yes, courage is easily forgotten with age and experience."

Klein added:

“The second time I faced death was in my second year at work.

At that time, Yanan City was in chaos. As a youth reserve cadre, I took the initiative to request to be dispatched to Kapen Lane in the Xiacheng District of Yanan City to perform arrest tasks.

My colleagues and I miscalculated the gang strength of the criminals. When we chased the criminals to the factory where they were hiding, we fell into an ambush prepared by the gang.

My colleagues died one after another. They fell beside me without even a chance to say their last words.

I took their gun and fought with the gang for a long time. I was seriously injured - I was shot in the shoulder, thigh and waist and abdomen. The pain made me almost faint.

If it weren't for the fact that my child had just been born at that time, I'm afraid I would have given up.

I survived for a long time and escaped for a long time. I met people with a sense of justice who helped me call the police, so I was very lucky to be saved. "

[Superego] said to him:

"It's love that saves you."

Klein said:

"Yes."

“I have since become more aware of the importance of enforcing [justice].”

"Since facing death for the second time, I have a new understanding of [Justice] - the so-called [Justice] cannot be achieved with courage and passion alone, [Justice] must be achieved with strong reason and prudence. Only by relying on thinking and executing can we influence reality.

I lived a more careful life later - I took care of my relationships with my colleagues and superiors more carefully, and used the power in my hands to do what I could to do the justice I could.

I restrained my personality, made more friends, and used gifts more frequently to manage various relationships. In this way, when I did something out of line in my position, at least someone would cover it for me. As for leaving my post for any other reasons - once I lose the right to use violence as a police officer in accordance with the law, it will be difficult for [justice] to be served.

I am not as upright as I say.

When facing beings who are weaker than me - such as ordinary people with little power, I use my identity to scare them, because dealing with ordinary people is very labor-intensive. The literacy rate in Yanan City is less than 3%. , from the perspective of a police officer, almost everyone is unreasonable - I think that an identity that is powerful enough to be intimidating can better allow me to perform my job more smoothly.

My job - to do justice, does not require completely visible means.

The shady methods include taking advantage of the flaws of beings weaker than me to enslave them - I once asked a demihuman clan to serve me and used their shortcomings to force them to carry out my orders - the result was naturally good, I discovered at that time Before that, those guys would only eat homeless people who unfortunately fell into the sewers and steal chickens from Al's chicken coops.

I began to execute my justice more gently——

I began to interact with gangs and establish personal relationships with their bosses to gain access to certain things.

I practice my marksmanship hard in private, and carry a pistol and more magazines with me when not necessary to prevent unexpected situations that may arise at any time.

I joined the Conservative Party in Yanan City and gained some resources within the Conservative Party. Therefore, I frequently attended banquets held by some private social circles in Yanan City, even though it took up a lot of my time.

I put an end to lynchings in my neighborhood and expanded the size of my police department. My police officers are more manpower and armed. Once a conflict breaks out with criminals, they carry enough bullets to hold on until reinforcements are sent. come. ” ˆ ˆ Klein paused here.

“Later, I came into contact with more and more things, my horizons broadened, and I realized a more powerful force that can implement [justice]—policy.

I started trying to get into politics..."

[Superego] interrupted:

"That's not what you want to do."

Klein said:

“I didn’t realize it at the time.

At that time, I only knew that when people live in society, they must abide by the society's survival rules. This kind of "observance" will create a strong inertia in life, so that once you start, it is difficult to stop.

I started to do some things against my will for the policies of the Conservative Party. I was very painful at the time, but I told myself that these things helped me gain status within the Conservative Party, and I would be able to use my status to carry out more justice. ——No matter the means, just look at the results. This is right and what I have always wanted to do.

This pain lasted for three years.

In the past three years, a large number of immigrants have entered the empire. At first they were just smuggled in, but later they became legal. People with various accents entered Yanan City and became the most popular immigrants in this land. A member of the group also created more conflicts.

Three years later, the parliamentary system jointly formulated by the Imperial Capital and the Northern Federation was about to be implemented. I finally accumulated enough political capital. As long as I got enough votes, I could become a member of the Yanan City Council and realize my revenge.

At this time, I encountered a very bad case. A young life was trampled on by means that I could not accept. This has exceeded my bottom line.

Ha, bottom line.

For me at that time, even if the bottom line was exceeded, what could I do?

But I couldn't care about this matter at the time - this incident did not happen in the neighborhood under my jurisdiction, and the police stations in various neighborhoods in Yanan City were like armed separatists on this street - I was on someone else's territory Arresting someone is equivalent to declaring war on that person!

At that time, the police chief of that neighborhood had connections within the Yanan City Council and had many tricks. He would collect money from below to handle things. If I left this matter here and let him handle it, there would definitely be no follow-up.

I was very angry, but there was nothing I could do about it. It was my most critical moment. I couldn’t make the slightest mistake or conflict with anyone. I just had to wait for another half a month... No! Even just have to wait another week! I could become a Conservative MP for Yharnam City Council! Now you truly have the power to execute [justice]!

I was helpless, I was extremely depressed, and I almost went insane because of it!

This was the third time I came closest to death—I was dying inside. "

[Superego] looked nervous: "Similarly, that was the closest I've ever been to death."

(PS: Superego is the part of a person’s moral conscience and self-ideal)

Klein said in a calm tone:

"What made me very angry at the time was that a guy I looked down on very much - a fool who tried to live by collecting rents, opposed the police all day long, was extremely uncooperative in his work, and couldn't even speak the imperial language well, actually did this He did what I wanted to do - he tortured and killed the criminal!"

[Superego] frowned: "[Id] is laughing."

(PS: The id is the most primitive part of the personality and will seek satisfaction and pleasure at all costs)

Klein nodded:

“I watched justice being served, and I felt great pleasure in my heart that I had suppressed for the past three years. My heart, which had been out of control due to exposure to unknown knowledge, amplified this pleasure, making me addicted to it and couldn’t extricate myself!

But that's not what I did.

It's so sad.

At this time, the guy I once looked down on gave me a chance - and this is what I will do. "

[Superego] frowned even more tightly: "I remember that time, [Id] opened its eyes for the first time."

Klein said to him:

“So, when the street police came, I passed it off as something I had done—

The moment I saw their shocked faces, I almost went crazy with joy, because at that moment——

In that moment, and all the time that followed, this is what I did—

I, Crane Justice, I did it, I upheld the justice within me, I punished the criminal through violent means, I did what I had to do, I did what I loved , I did what I wanted to do, I pursued my pursuit. "

A smile appeared on Klein's face that could only appear on a dying person.

"The fourth time I came closest to death was not the time I was transformed into an executioner."

Klein's mood gradually calmed down.

"When I became the executor, my material life was completely changed and I became a monster in the true sense. However, I did not feel that I was dead. I only felt that my spirit had become cold and I had lost a lot of emotions due to the influence of my material life.

I later deceived the executor's power through his own means and got back my own will, so in general, the executor's abnormal spirit had little impact on me. "

"The fourth time I was closest to death was when the executor's power was exhausted and he was about to die."

"At that time, I was almost at the end of my rope and was really about to face my final death. I saw flashbacks of my life just like I do now. Everything in the past flashed in front of me like a slideshow, infinitely affected by the damage to my brain. enlarge.

Slideshow... It was not just my life in this life, but also everything that had existed before me. Those strange and familiar pictures appeared in front of me in turn, letting me know what kind of things I had done, and let me know what I had done. I understand what I have to do now——

I finally understood what was in my heart at that time - I had something I had to do - protect my wife and children, and let ordinary people like them... let all the people I could influence, have [ Justice] - I will continue to be a law enforcer - a person who controls violence and uses violence to protect my justice. "

When Klein looked at [Superego] again, [Superego]'s clothes had changed. He was no longer wearing the miner's uniform he got from Jack Baldo, but an ordinary white-collar work uniform.

Klein asked: "So, who are you now?"

The superego says, "I am your ego."

(PS: Self is all a person’s knowledge of his or her own existence)

After [Self] finished speaking, he passed through the completely stagnant fusion beast herd, came to the door of the street cafe, and opened the door.

Behind the door is a bright office. Employees come and go in the office, and everything is in order.

[Self] said:

"Now, we have the qualifications to go to the real world together."

Klein instantly understood that behind the door was the BIOS!