Superpowers of Sky City

Chapter 107 Who am I?
"Good evening, Gongsun Ce."

Qi Luo would not speak like this.

Or rather, this was her original way of speaking.

Gongsun Ce searched for the name of an idol on his mobile phone, and the first entry that popped up on the search engine was an encyclopedia entry written by fans, with a picture of a slender black-haired woman.

In the photo, she looks beautiful, wearing a simple and elegant dress, singing under the spotlight on the stage.

No one would associate the idol on the photo with the girl in the kiosk.Their looks are different, and their temperaments are even more different. Even Shigurei and Alice look much more alike than these two.

Mo Yuankai checked the idol's real name in the afternoon, and it sounded not only ordinary, but also rustic.

Gongsun Ce put away his mobile phone and stood still in the gazebo.

"Should I call you Miss Qiluo, Miss Xingli...or is it more polite to use your real name?"

The pink-haired girl turned around with a gentle smile and soft eyes.

"I am an idol artist. Everyone wants to find the side they desire in me. It is my job to satisfy this need. You can call it whatever you like, as long as you like it."

He was very uncomfortable with the other party speaking in this tone.It's like a silly girl who plays around in the yard every day, suddenly swears one day that she is a postdoctoral candidate in a prestigious university.Compared with doubts about whether it is true or false, the impact brought by the contrast is even stronger.

Only then did he remember that he and Qi Luo had only known each other not long ago.The short few days of getting acquainted with myself are not even 2000/1th of the girl's life so far.

All he knew was Qi Luo in the past few days, so how could he say that the other party had become a stranger?
"I'll just call you Miss Qiluo."

"Okay~ Then, when did you discover our identities?"

The gray-haired youth thought back to the afternoon conversation.

Locking down a girl's identity is not difficult.

Qiluo's name comes from an unreleased album, the new album of the popular idol Xingli.

Xingli's voice has nothing in common with Qiluo.However, Mo Yuankai found the audition materials from Xingli's idol selection a few years ago.

Her singing voice back then was very clear, but it was not as charming as the voice of a famous idol in the future, but it was exactly the same as Qi Luo's singing voice.

With this clue, it will be much easier to follow through the investigation.They quickly found the records of the secret exchanges between Xingli's office and Cecil's laboratory. When they arrived here, the whole incident had almost emerged.

"Mr. Gongsun, I am an experienced superpower user. I guessed a lot when I met you."

"Qi Luo" exclaimed: "Really? It's amazing!"

You really believe it.

It seems that even if the personality is different, some places will not change.

"I won't ask you why you traded with the white coat..." Gongsun Ce habitually said halfway, then changed his mind and said, "Forget it, if you are interested, you should tell me. If you are not interested, forget it."

"It's okay to tell Gongsun Ce... Well, but, I..."

"I promise to keep it secret from the others."

"Thank you, I'll talk to everyone after thinking about it for a while!"

Qi Luo patted her chest in peace of mind, then hurriedly took her hands away, and said shyly, "This dress is too revealing."

You finally realize this, congratulations.

How about some more ordinary clothes for the next club event?

"My story, Qi Luo's story, is neither romantic nor inspirational..." the girl lowered her head, "I'm just a stupid girl with an empty mind."

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The whole process of the incident was not different from Gongsun Ce's expectation.

A girl with a musical dream, regrettably lost out after participating in auditions for many events.

And when she was about to give up, a researcher from Cecil's laboratory handed her a contract.

"Work with us and you can make your dreams come true."

She has listened to the advice of her friends and teachers, but she really does not want to give up her dream.

Girl signs contract, makes stupid decision.

With the help of a lot of money and a modified singing voice, her acting career is in full swing.The price is that the songs she sings are all designed "perfect products", and all her spare time except for performances is also used to cooperate with Cecil's experiments.

Cecil's lab chose Xingli because they were eyeing the girl's super power.

Xingli's ability is called double body, which is the ability to call out another self.

The doppelgänger created by the ability will absorb information from the environment, and thus have a different personality and slightly different appearance from the original: calling it out in a shopping mall will look fashionable, and calling it out in an alley will change its personality. Gloomy... After returning to the main body, the memories and feelings during the activity of the doppelganger will be acquired by the person himself.

This is a non-combat ability. What Xing Li did in the past was only to use his doppelgänger to go to school occasionally.

It is the nature of "absorbing environmental information" that Dr. Cecil is interested in.

The super power of the double body requires not only the information of the body, but also the information in the environment.The so-called double body is actually a black box that transforms information into life.

If they can explain the mechanism of the double body, can they find out another mechanism for the birth of intelligence life?

If the "personal information" that generates the doppelganger can also be rewritten through technical means, so that different information can cover Xingli's personality...

Can they create a human being that is completely different from the main body...a perfect experimental subject with pre-set personality and abilities?
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"As the experiment progresses, the environment for calling out the doppelganger is constantly changing. Two weeks ago, I tried to call out another self in the virtual reality created by high-precision equipment. Replaced all the world I knew After forming the illusion of 0 and 1, the double body that appears is completely different from the past..."

Coincidentally, that happened to be the day when the Glazed Disaster came.

The urgent energy switching test caused an accident in the experiment.As far as the conclusion is concerned, Xingli fell into a coma before merging with the double body, and the temporarily separated double body gained the main body consciousness of this body.

Therefore, Xingli, the conscious subject of existence, has become an energy life form that is based on intelligence and generated through a black box with superpowers—that is, an information lifeform that is born capable of manipulating information.

"My consciousness fell into a deep sleep. You also know what happened after that."

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Information lifeforms have the ability to manipulate all environmental information.

The moment Qiluo was born, she learned the truth about the doppelganger experiment plan and the fact that the researchers planned to erase her personality.

She decides to run away.

As an entity, it is difficult for her to escape pursuit.If one wants to become a phantom composed only of environmental information, a large amount of personal information must be discarded.That is, abandoning the definition of self - abandoning most of the memory.

The key to determining its existence between the virtual and the real, that is, the key point of its life, is whether it has a clear self-cognition.

What kind of person am I.

who I am.

Finally, the newly born Qi Luo made a choice——

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"So you abandoned your memory, transformed into an incorporeal body and escaped?" "Yes."

"Is that guitar?" "It's part of my will. Like the clothes on me, for example."

"Qi Luo" concluded: "That's all. It's nothing out of the ordinary. It's just an ordinary and ignorant fool who got retribution for being greedy and short-sighted."

After telling everything, the pink-haired girl stopped talking, waiting for the young man's evaluation like a prisoner on trial.

Nothing special at all.Not at all romantic.

The word self-inflicted is really appropriate when applied to her.

She heard Gongsun Ce say.

"Then is it possible that this outfit is also the result of information interference?"

"………………what?"

"I can see through normal information manipulation, so if I look at it with my heart, maybe this costume also—"

Qi Luo blushed and shouted: "I can't see through! These are the clothes I had when I appeared!!"

"I was wondering if you could change the clothes directly if you figured out a way for yourself."

"Why bother with clothes!!"

Gongsun Ce turned his head and said, "After all, you see, it would be impolite to ask if you can change your body, skin color, and hair color."

Qi Luo pressed her skirt and shouted: "It's already very rude! Really! Pervert!!"

"Finally revealed."

Gongsun Ce stretched out his hand and flicked it.Snapped!

"Woo!" The pink-haired girl covered her forehead.

"If it was the former Miss Xingli who was talking to me, she would respond more professionally when she heard such a question - warn me about x-harassment, call a lawyer, etc. She will call a pervert like an animation character , so far I have only seen one person."

"This is our common habit..."

"Where did we come from? Isn't the so-called double body returning to the same personality after becoming one?"

The mechanism of ability action will not change.

Even if Qi Luo suffers from complex amnesia due to an accident in the experiment, now that her memories have all come back, she will not be treated to a split personality.

After changing the hairstyle, the atmosphere has changed drastically, even the manner and way of speaking are different from before. At first glance, such a change looks like a switch of personality, but in fact...

Gongsun Ce concluded: "Isn't it all about your acting skills. As expected of a powerful idol, your acting skills are really not good enough."

Besides, you habitually called out your full name when you greeted me as before, and you missed the bottom of the address.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"

Qi Luo waved her hands indiscriminately, her face turned even redder: "Don't say it ahhhhhhh!"

The gray-haired youth sat down on the other side of the gazebo.

"So, why do you pretend that you have a split personality? Why don't you think of your memory and find that you are not as pure and flawless as you imagined, but full of worldly fame and fortune, so you abandon yourself and simply divide yourself in front of others? "

It's like shouting with a loudspeaker: Everyone, this personality is the past me, and the person you know is the present me!Don't confuse the two!

He looked up at the girl's expression.

Qi Luo hid her face in her hands, it seemed that he was right.

"Don't be so childish?"

"I don't want to talk to Gongsun Ce anymore..."

The girl curled up her legs like she was on the street, and hugged her knees with her hands, like a poor little animal that was kicked out of the house.

"It's been quite a hit."

"After I think about the past, I can't believe that I am still myself."

Qi Luo murmured: "My appearance and figure are different from before... My personality is also the same. I subconsciously want to speak in the current way... I want to act in the way I like..."

"Even if I still have all the memories from the past, can I still claim to be the former Xingli?"

Am I still me?
He was reminded of a wooden boat that exists only in philosophical discussions.The wooden ship was damaged during the long voyage, and the crew had to replace the planks on the ship.The voyage lasted for a long time, and the boards were replaced one by one, until one day, someone asked a question.

How many planks have been replaced on your boat?Is it still the ship it was when it sailed?
None of the crew could answer.

Just as no one can tell Qi Luo whether she is still her past.

The appearance has changed, the personality has changed, and the way of speaking has also changed.As proof of oneself, memories from past lives still remain in the heart - but is that the only decisive factor?She is a different character with the same memory, a cyber ghost who has invaded the consciousness of the original owner, which is also a reasonable explanation.

Continuing to imagine along this line of thought, he thought of himself again.

What about the individual named Gongsun Ce?His heart was replaced two weeks ago. One of the abilities he used was the method of impermanence given by others. The wounds on his body were repaired with white matter countless times. Who knows how much of his current body really belongs to "Gongsun Ce" "Own substance.

Is he still the same as he used to be?

He is a college student, not a scientist nor a philosopher.It is absolutely impossible for him to clarify the questions that countless sages have failed to answer.

Therefore, Gongsun Ce decided to answer the girl's questions in a simple and rude way, which belongs to the students.

"Speaking of Miss Qiluo. Why did you name yourself this after you lost your memory?"

"...Actually, this is the first word I thought of. I subconsciously thought it was my name."

"Then why are you still singing after losing your memory?"

Qi Luo said angrily: "I have always liked to sing. Besides, I practiced for a long time, and I can't forget the songs!"

The first word that comes to mind is the title of the new album.

Even if I forget the past, I can't forget the songs I practiced on weekdays.

With your level of dedication, even the harshest critics can't say you're not an idol, right?
"What you think about yourself, I have no way of knowing. But in my opinion, regardless of amnesia or not, appearance—"

The Qi Luo he knew appeared because of an accident in the experiment, a person who did not exist in reality.

But even she, who is like a phantom, has things she can't forget.

The pink-haired girl raised her head, the young man's gentle smile reflected in her eyes.

"You have always been the idol lady who loves to sing."

Qi Luo said softly.

"...do you like my song?"

If you want to comment truthfully, Qi Luo's singing voice is not as good as Xing Li's.

However, what the other party asked was not high or low, but preferences.

In this case--

"I'm your fan, Miss Qiluo."

The pink-haired girl stared at him blankly, and rushed over with a wow.

"Thank you, Gongsun Ce!!"

"The memory has been restored?! Miss Qiluo, I am very grateful for your kindness, but also think about my reputation!!"

"If you kill your fans, you will die."

"I knew I shouldn't be so handsome and say that kind of thing!!"

In the end, I used super powers to pull it away.

For some reason, the pink-haired girl looked happy.

"Gongsun Ce, can I still stay in the club in the future?"

"You've only joined the company for a few days and you want to quit? You have no choice but to give up. You can't leave unless President Caldesia approves."

"This time it's because of me—"

"You've helped everyone so much, so it's even [-]-[-]."

"But I still feel..."

Qi Luo still looked a little unrelieved.The superpower user remembered his excuse when he went out.

"It just so happened that I promised them that I would buy popsicles back home, why don't you treat them this time?"

"—Okay! Leave it to me!!" Qi Luo was stunned for a moment, then laughed happily, "After I go back, I would like to thank everyone!"

The superpower and the idol went to the convenience store in the community to buy a lot of popsicles, and he opened a chocolate-banana flavored one and ate it.

"I have to say that you are very used to our rhythm, Miss Qiluo."

The idol unwrapped the package in a similar manner, licked the matcha popsicle and said, "After all, we are friends, right?"

"How cruel is your heart to say that you are a stranger even now."

"Then you still use the title Miss Qiluo."

She looked up at the gray-haired youth.

The girl's eyebrows are curved, and her smile carries her unique innocence, as well as the playfulness that belongs to a professional idol.

"Call me Qiluo, okay?"

... Girls who mix showbiz are really amazing.

Even with eyes that see through the truth, it is difficult to see through all the true meaning in the smile.

While thinking about such rude thoughts, he nodded silently.

(End of this chapter)