Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 718 Clues
"Chen Yan" sat up from the bed every day after dawn like in the past, hysterical for 2 minutes, then got out of bed, washed up, got up and went out to buy breakfast.

Chen Yan, who has been observing the movement of "Chen Yan", is a little anxious. He can't just watch the impostor leave the apartment like this. Who knows what the impostor will do after he goes out?
But now he is just a wandering soul who cannot protect himself, and it is impossible to leave the apartment with the counterfeit. There are too many shadow creatures in the world of wandering souls, and Chen Yan cannot afford the risk of being attacked by shadow creatures.

'Ogami, help! '

After Chen Yan expressed his concerns, Ogami patted himself on the shoulder and said it was okay.

Chen Yan was attached to Ogami's shoulder, and the latter followed "Chen Yan" out the door with light steps.

Ogami stayed behind "Chen Yan" not too far away, so Chen Yan was able to observe every move that "Chen Yan" was familiar with.

He recalled the experience of last night, and there were all sorts of puzzles in his mind, and many doubts came to his heart:
'If he's my backup, does he know he's my backup?
Does he know that he...is just a copy? '

Chen Yan is very disturbed, because this is a very critical issue, which is related to the self-cognition of "Chen Yan".

Chen Yan knew in her heart that once "Chen Yan"'s self-awareness became confused, she might take extreme actions——Chen Yan put herself in the situation and thought that if one day she was told that she was a fake, just a stand-in, she would Most likely will also have a nervous breakdown and lose their minds.

'I have no way of knowing the answer to this matter. '

He turned to think of other important things—

'Where did the technique of backing up consciousness and soul come from?Is it a technology unique to the William Adams family?Is it also technology from the Outer Gods?Is it the same kind of foreign god technology that created the violent spirit? '

Chen Yan was full of doubts.

'Maybe... maybe he doesn't have a soul, just a copy of my memory. '

'So, who backed me up?

Is it Chen Changsheng?
Why is he backing me up?
When was it backed up again?

It is estimated that this backup process has been going on all the time, because he knows everything that happened before the quantum clone entered the network world for the last time.

When he backed me up, I didn't notice it at all, just like when I didn't know who synchronized my bioelectric waves, and thus made a bioelectronic device like a mobile phone that was completely adapted to me. '

Even though there was only the spirit body left, Chen Yan felt cold all over, and couldn't stop shivering.

'Maybe...it was not Chen Changsheng who backed me up, he just had the right to use the backup. '

Forcing oneself to calm down is a kind of ability. After repeated exercises many times, this ability has gradually been mastered by Chen Yan.

'I must know the exact ability of Chen Changsheng before I can make a judgment on it. '

'I must regain my quantum clone in the online world, so that I can hack into Chen Changsheng's cell phone, know his secrets, and perhaps re-enter that dark world where there are countless backup 'files', and track down the truth. '

'...'

Chen Yan looked at "Chen Yan" who stepped into the wind and snow, and Ogami who followed quietly behind, and thought about it several times.

Maybe it was because the spirit vision was not turned on, or maybe it was because there was no need to turn on the spirit vision, "Chen Yan" never showed any abnormal behavior.

"Chen Yan" is like Chen Yan in the past, except for the gate of No. 33 Walker Street, all the way south, wanting to buy breakfast for the tenants.

However, the breakfast vendors were unable to prepare this morning's breakfast because of yesterday's riots. Whether it was cooked food or instant food packaged in plastic, they could not be supplied because the riots affected the market.

"Chen Yan" called Jack Baldo, told them the current situation, and then walked towards the north.

Ogami is obviously proficient in tracking. He always keeps a certain distance from "Chen Yan", following him neither far nor close, so that Chen Yan can observe him.

After a while, "Chen Yan" came to apartment 33 not far from apartment 17.

He knocked on the door, and the people inside saw his face through the glass, so they opened the door for him without saying a word.

Ogami lightly stepped on the eaves of the snow, and crouched on the side of a skylight facing a dark alley.

Chen Yan easily saw everything that happened in the house:
"Chen Yan" simply said that he needed to investigate Nate Jacob. After a while, an ordinary middle-aged man handed him half a piece of paper, and Chen Yan could even see what was written on the paper. Text:

No. 3871 Market Street, Xiacheng District, formerly known as Nate Jacob, changed his name to Mike Rauls a year ago, and now operates an intermediary business, the scope of business...

This paper wrote everything about Nate Jacob in detail. In addition to the status quo, it also traced the source of the status quo, and listed all the changes that happened to Nate Jacob from leaving prison to now. Timeline, all privacy is invisible on this piece of paper.

Chen Yan didn't see it clearly, because "Chen Yan" quickly took the paper, put it in his pocket, thanked him, and prepared to leave.

Most of the habits of "Chen Yan" are exactly the same as Chen Yan - for example, when in a dangerous situation, he will let himself focus.

'He was originally me...'

Chen Yan looked at "Chen Yan" doing exactly the same thing as himself, and thought to himself, what is the difference between him and himself?Does he have a soul?But how to define something like soul?Even if it is defined, can having a soul or not be the key to judging whether a person is himself?

Chen Yan was a little confused, he watched what "Chen Yan" did, and gradually calmed down in his heart, because what "Chen Yan" did was what he wanted to do, and what "Chen Yan" thought in his heart when facing all this, It is also no different from what he thought in his mind when facing this kind of scene.

Before "Chen Yan" left, the middle-aged man at No. 17 Walker Street told him that due to complicated reasons, Great William had already been released from prison, and told them to say hello when they saw him, and it would be best for him to go to meet him.

Chen Yan was quite surprised when he heard the result, because he knew that Exquish Nestor had carried out a massacre in prison, and Great William survived.

The reason is mostly because he was still staying in the infirmary on the third floor of the office area, and just escaped the cleaning of the cell area.

What a lucky guy.

After experiencing a series of incidents in the prison, and facing the huge changes in the society of Yanan City, Great William must have been very busy at this time.

What Chen Yan felt a little uneasy about was that once "Chen Yan" went to see Great William, established a certain relationship with Great William, or reached some kind of agreement with Great William, then, once he got back The body, the follow-up of these relationships and agreements must be borne by him.

'I hope he doesn't do anything outrageous... He shouldn't do anything outrageous. '

Chen Yan reminded himself again.

'He is me...Moreover, judging from his previous performance, it is likely that he has been [corrected] some mistakes and changed me with some personality defects. '

'He...he might do better than me. '

Even knowing this, Chen Yan was still uneasy in his heart, this time he did not appear confused because of the uneasiness, because he clearly knew the source of the uneasiness——

He was afraid of facing such a better self, afraid of the fact that such an "upgraded" version of Chen Yan could completely replace him without any side effects.

(End of this chapter)