Life in the collapsed world from scratch

The girl looked at him strangely and asked.

You call me Bronya, and ask who am I?

Shouldn't it really freeze the brain?

She thought to herself, but felt that her mind was also a little confused.

……acting?

Cheng Xi frowned slightly, thinking in his heart.

He couldn't be sure, at least he couldn't see any signs of pretense in the girl's expression at the moment.

In addition, it cannot be ruled out that her existence itself, like this house, is a possibility created by illusions. If this is the case, entanglement with her is just a waste of time.

But if it is the latter situation, where is the real Bronya now? Did she have the same experience as herself?

And, who is the person who did this kind of thing?

Cheng Xi's mind began to spin rapidly.

First of all, what is certain is that since he has already insured his consciousness with the imitation Yu Duchen, it is not something that anyone can do to break through the barrier of this layer of consciousness and pull him into the illusion , in Cheng Xi's impression, it is possible to do this kind of thing only with the constraints of Yu Duchen or Void Wanzang.

However, it is impossible and unnecessary to play such a joke with him. With her current character, even if she wants to do such a thing, she should tell herself (bdff) in advance.

Then the only other existence that can do this kind of thing is the Herrscher of Knowledge who specializes in the field of consciousness.

Cheng Xi didn't know much about the Herrscher of Knowledge, but according to previous civilization's records of his Herrscher's power, theoretically speaking, this Herrscher does have the ability to do this kind of thing.

However, the Starlink system did not warn of the birth of a new Herrscher.

As a result, there are only two explanations.

Either I have already fallen into the illusion early, and under the modification of consciousness by the power of the Herrscher of Knowledge, I forgot that the Herrscher of Knowledge has already appeared.

Or, that Herrscher, like the constraint, is an existence from another time and space, so it can avoid the monitoring of the imaginary void that appears when the Great Crash occurs by the star chain system of this world.

If this is the case, a new question arises... How did she come to this time and space?

Cheng Xi thought to himself and shook his head again.

No, no, this is not the crux of the matter now.

The important thing is, what is the purpose of that existence to create this illusion?And, how should I get out of this illusion now?

Just when Cheng Xi was thinking hard in his heart, he suddenly felt a slightly warm little hand caressing his forehead.

He froze for a moment, recovered his senses and raised his head, only to see a delicate face close at hand.

"I don't have a fever either..."

The girl muttered to herself, but the breath she exhaled was a little hot, and there was an unnatural blush on her cheeks.

"... Bronya."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"The person with the fever should be you, right?" Cheng Xi asked, feeling the warm touch from her forehead and the slightly hot breath that was close at hand, and looking at her flushed cheeks.

Ah?Yeah?

The girl thought in a daze, and wanted to stand up again, but felt a burst of weakness, her body shook, and she fell down slowly...

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After putting the girl back into the quilt and covering her with the quilt, Cheng Xi was slightly relieved.

He didn't know when Bronya caught a cold, but the child's body was not very good, and with the blizzard outside, even if the house was burning firewood, the temperature was still very low, and it would be cold if he caught a cold. very normal thing.

It's no wonder that she hasn't been in a good spirit since before.

Looking at the girl lying on the bed with her eyes closed and her cheeks flushed with fever, Cheng Xi sighed slightly.

Just when he was about to stand up and leave, he felt his sleeves being pulled tightly by someone.

"do not go……"

In the ear, the girl's weak voice came.

"I'll go and boil some hot water for you." Cheng Xi explained.

However, the girl didn't intend to let go, she still held onto his sleeve tightly.

After thinking about it, Cheng Xi turned to comfort her and said, "Don't worry, I won't leave."

Hearing his words, the girl hesitated for a moment, then slowly let go of her hand.

"There's not a lot of firewood...don't waste it..." she said weakly.

"Anyway, it's always necessary to keep warm, so it's not a waste."

As Cheng Xi said, he stood up from the bed, reached out and touched the girl's forehead, and found that it was still hot.

After simply taking a wet towel and putting it on her forehead as a temporary physical cooling, Cheng Xi turned and walked out of the room to the kitchen.

However, he didn't look for the kettle immediately, but instead looked at the kitchen knife on the kitchen counter.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Cheng Xi stepped forward and picked up the kitchen knife.

Of course, he wasn't planning to go back and kill Bronya.If he had fallen into an illusion according to what he had thought before, then even killing Bronya would not help.

In the case of being dragged into the illusion, he didn't have a good way to break through it. Even the last time he faced the constraints, she was the one who broke out of the illusion by herself.

There is no solution to the dilemma of the brain in a vat. The only possible solution Cheng Xi can think of is to let himself die once and try.

It is said that if a person dreams of a death that is too real, he will actually die in reality.

Although Cheng Xi felt that this kind of thing sounds like it was made up by someone, but one thing is certain, too strong mental stimulation will indeed affect the body itself.

So, what stimulus could be stronger than death?

Without thinking of other possibilities for the time being, Cheng Xi could only try this.

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however……

Looking at the sharp tip of the knife in his hand, he couldn't help hesitating.

It's not that he has acute phobia, but... it hurts to think about sticking a knife into his neck or heart.

Maybe other protagonists can do it, but Cheng Xi still can't be so cruel to himself... He is just a civil servant, so it's normal to be afraid of pain, right?

He made excuses for himself in his heart.

...... 0

so?Or change the method.

Is there any way to kill myself safely and painlessly?

...burning carbon?

After thinking for a long time, Cheng Xi still shook his head.

That was too painless. After all, I was looking for excitement, so I should die in a less peaceful way.

After a compromise, Cheng Xi chose to put down the sharp knife in his hand, boiled hot water and returned to the room, changed the towel for the girl, and briefly wiped the sweat off her face.After waiting for a while, after confirming that she had fallen into a deep sleep and showed no signs of waking up, she got up and walked out the door again.

Coming to the door downstairs, Cheng Xi opened the door, and suddenly a cold wind mixed with ice and snow blew in, almost causing him to lose his footing and take a step back.

Looking at the white snow and the biting cold wind outside the door, Cheng Xi took a deep breath, walked out...

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As soon as he walked out the door, Cheng Xi couldn't keep his eyes open due to the oncoming cold wind.

The howling wind came violently and icy cold, and the thin clothes on his body couldn't resist the low temperature at all. The cold wind mixed with ice and snow quickly took away the temperature of the body surface, making Cheng Xi shiver involuntarily.

This kind of real feeling makes it hard for people to believe that they are in an illusion.

Cheng Xi sighed in his heart, and after closing the door behind him again, he took a deep breath of the cold air, turned around and "[-]" walked towards the depths of the white blizzard.

He didn't know if there was a boundary to this illusion, and he didn't know if he could walk to that place, but since he was free now, let's verify it by the way.

Cheng Xi thought to himself, feeling that his hands and feet had started to freeze.

At this moment, he is not the physique of a Herrscher, not even the body that has been strengthened by the stigmata before. If you insist on comparison, it is almost equivalent to the appearance of his body when he just traveled to this world.

Such a child's body, of course, can't last long in this ice and snow.

He could feel his breathing quickening and his heart rate rising as his body lost heat.This is the body's instinctive consumption of energy to generate more heat to resist the external cold.

The white wind and snow covered his sight, and there was also a thick layer of snow under his feet, which made him unable to tell how far he had gone. When he turned his head, he could only see that the snowstorm had completely buried his footprints when he came.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Cheng Xi finally couldn't move anymore.

At this moment, he only felt that his thoughts had become extremely sluggish, his hands and feet didn't feel anything, and he couldn't even tell if he was still exercising.

Forget it, here it is.

Cheng Xi is not good at persistence, and in fact there is no need to persist, he sighed slightly, and simply sat down on the spot.

At this time, the surrounding wind and snow seemed to have finally weakened a little. Cheng Xi turned around and could see a blurry black shadow in the distance.

"Tsk..." Cheng Xi clicked his lips in displeasure.

What, after working so hard for so long, I didn't get very far.

Fortunately, no one saw it, otherwise it would be a bit embarrassing.

Cheng Xi thought to himself, and after sitting there for an unknown amount of time, he felt that his body didn't continue to get cold, but a very abnormal hot feeling emerged.

He is very clear that this is because the human body will shrink the blood vessels that easily lose heat in order to save life during the process of hypothermia, but this can only last for a while. With further loss of physical energy, the human body will not be able to continue to shrink blood vessels. The constricted blood vessels will dilate, allowing blood to flow back into the extremity, creating the illusion of heat.

At this time, due to their blurred consciousness and the sudden "hot" feeling, ordinary people can't help taking off their clothes, which leads to a further drop in body temperature, and finally freezes to death naked in the ice and snow. ...

Now that he knew about this, Cheng Xi naturally wouldn't do this.It wasn't for saving his life, but... Although it was very uncomfortable, he still wanted to die with his clothes on in the end.

However, even this phenomenon has been simulated, this illusion is really real...

Or is it constructed from your own thoughts and memories?