Abyssal Wanderer.

Chapter 264 NO.0107: Simulation

No matter what, the clue should still be in the pseudo-simulation movie called "Doppelgänger".

When he thought of this, Jiang Zhou immediately put his thoughts away from those more distant topics and returned to the present.

Although there is no trace of that simulacra movie in reality, there is no doubt that it clearly exists in the memories of Jim and Hanel, and the current Eden settlement is based on 20 years ago. The base to be built is being constructed.

Not only that, the simulated promotional poster still used Jiang Zhou's own image.

This was a hint that couldn't be more obvious - no matter who the "people" who were hinting at him were.

"We won't go into details about the relationship between you and the female police officer... Let's talk about the simulacra movie in detail first."

Interrupting Fanny's narration, Jiang Zhou suggested.

"It's not anything particularly impressive..."

Perhaps because Jiang Zhou's tone of voice was a little unfriendly, Fanny glanced at him first, and then continued to answer:
“One day when we were lying on the hotel bed after a date, Hanel took out a piece of memory for storing simulacra for no reason and said that she hoped I could experience this one of her favorite simulator movies— —Before this, I had never known her to be a fan of simulacra movies.”

So-called simulacra is an art form that records brain perceptions and plays them back to another person.Strictly speaking, it is also a type of virtual reality experience.

However, unlike the cyberspace generated based on "stand-in program" and "base construction" technologies, the virtual reality experience brought by simulacra is not interactive.It simply presents one person's perception to another person from a No. 1 perspective.

If we use a metaphor from the AD era: cyberspace is similar to a game, and interaction is the key to virtual reality; simulacra is equivalent to a movie, and you can only enjoy the scenes arranged by the director for you.

For this reason, simulators are often called simulator movies - especially in this era when the traditional film industry is completely defeated by AI generation, complex experiences based on mental models have undoubtedly become one of the few that has not yet deprived humans of their ability. A dignified art form.

The production of simulator films requires the implantation of special recording equipment into the actors' bodies. They will record everything the actors experience in detail - including their five senses and emotions, but not their thoughts and memories. Flashback.

If it is a "romantic" work, in order to weave a surreal and perfect dream, the pseudoactors are usually required to use psychotropic drugs that enhance their emotions or perceptions, which will make their five senses more sensitive and their emotions become more intense. More intense.But long-term drug abuse also makes actors in this industry almost all have strong drug dependence, and this dependence in turn allows the film company to firmly control the actors themselves.

As for those "realistic" works that focus on "realism", they are even more cruel in comparison - in order to make the chaos of reality controllable, those directors have built countless dark versions of "The Truman Show" .

On the day of graduation, the child learns that his parents are just two professional actors; after he and his first love pledge each other, he is told that everything is just a performance; and after the entrepreneur who has experienced countless failures finally sees the dawn of victory. At that time, a group of strangers came to his home and told him that the workplace drama had been completed and that the small company he owned was just a prop for filming and would take it back tomorrow...

Actors who star in realistic simulations are often just disposable items, leaving only endless doubts and confusion in their subsequent lives.

Of course, the above-mentioned are all pseudo-simulation movies distributed through formal channels.Although it is inhumane from the perspective of the AD era, at least it still maintains the most basic bottom line of life.

In the private underground black market, underground simulacra with themes of sex, violence, death, and torture, there is no such concern at all.Most of them are shoddy and disorganized, with almost no decent editing or post-production.Except for large-scale novel content, they have almost no competitiveness.Therefore, photographers usually take this advantage to the extreme.

In recent years, due to the promotion of synaptic connection synchronization technology, some drug dealers have directly videotaped addicts' feelings of being high and made them into new soft electronic addiction drugs for sale - even the most professional State-of-the-art recording equipment can only restore less than 60.00% of the feelings. Therefore, in order to achieve drug-level effects of simulation, when recording addicts, they basically use lethal doses.

“Is Doppelgänger an underground simulacrum?”

Jiang Zhou confirmed.

If it were an underground simulacra film that no one cares about, then it would make sense that I couldn’t find any clues about “Doppelgänger” on the World Wide Web—this thing is like a private video in the 21st century, and God knows the market is full of it. How much.

"This is where things get weird. According to Hanel's description, this should be a work that cost a lot to produce. But I looked for it on the World Wide Web afterwards, and there was no such simulator that matched the description. work."

The answer Fanny gave was consistent with what Jim knew. "Have you ever seen that movie?"

Jiang Zhou continued to ask.

"I've said it before, no... there was no projector in the hotel at that time. I originally planned to rent one when I went home. But when I got home, I found that the memory was missing. I think I lost it on the subway. Afterwards, I I called Hanel to apologize, but she didn’t seem to take it too seriously.”

Fanny replied with a frown.

In other words, what Fanny knows about the simulation of "Doppelgänger" only comes from Hanel's memory...

Jiang Zhou thought to himself.

Next, he asked in detail how Hanel introduced the simulacra movie.The answers he got were quite different from those in Jim's memory.

In a cold and dilapidated city, an ordinary company employee who could be picked up like a screw encountered his evil doppelgänger - a rebellious, reckless, self-righteous version of himself.

Although he has the same appearance, personality and intelligence as himself, his will is far stronger than mine.That doppelganger always maintains an extremely egocentric behavior, and this version of himself is unbearable to everyone around him.

As a result, the supernatural being who looked exactly like himself gradually destroyed the protagonist's originally orderly work and life into a mess.

After a long struggle, after preventing the other party's conspiracy to completely replace his life.In the end, with the support of family and friends, the protagonist manages to defeat and expel the evil doppelgänger from hell, and returns his life to the peace it once was.

This is what Fanny still remembers about the simulation of "Doppelgänger".

"The plot is right."

Hearing this, Qianxia Ying on the side said.

She had previously taken out another ticket stub from the drawer, scanned the QR code and clicked on the promotional page of the simulacra movie, and found many movie reviews with spoilers in the comment area.

"What she just said is also written on the official website."

Chinatsu Sakura continued.

Jiang Zhou couldn't help but nodded.

The plot in Jim's memory was consistent with Fanny's previous description, which further convinced him of his suspicion that the simulacrum of "Doppelgänger" was just a false memory, or a mark for confirmation.

Even the concept of "doppelgänger" is essentially a metaphor that there will be an evil version of personality that will replace your life.

For a moment, Jim thought of Hanel and the changes in her.

"If that's the case, then let's go directly to the Mimetic Cinema."

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhou said:

"The next clue must be in that simulator."

(End of this chapter)