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Chapter 827 Cognitive Science

 The day of destruction.

 That was an unforgettable disaster in history for mankind.

That day, the black wall collapsed, the malicious AI of the old network broke out, people turned into beasts and killed each other, and the civilized world turned into a **** jungle.

 The remaining people embarked on a path of escape and resistance.

The same is true for the girl. She originally yearned for the prosperity of the city, so she came to a new city and worked hard to make money, hoping to live the same life as people in the city.

But in the blink of an eye, the nightmare comes, and the once ideal land turns into a **** where demons are raging. The girl escapes from the hell, but what she has to face next is an unimaginable reality - where will she go next?

The girl had no clue about this. She just struggled desperately to escape. The only thing that kept her alive was the thought of not wanting to die. She survived and, together with other survivors, began a journey of survival. They found a shelter outside and lived a short and peaceful life for a while, but soon the attacks of electronic demons and cyber lunatics destroyed everything, and the girl's lover also died during the attack. died in.

Facing the enemy rushing toward her, the girl could only hold the cross on her chest and pray silently at the last moment.

However, at this moment, suddenly, a holy light fell from the sky, and the monsters completely disappeared in the light. The girl opened her eyes in surprise, and saw an angel descending from the sky and coming to her.

 “You did not give up, Son of Man, and your piety kept you going until the end.”

 The angel smiled and stretched out his hand to the girl.

 “And now you will be rewarded.”

 Looking at the angel in front of her, the girl seemed to have found hope again...

 “What the **** is this!”

 Duanmu Ai threw the script aside, goosebumps almost appeared on his skin.

Conscience of heaven and earth, when did I say such a thing?

This is totally a fabrication!

 “Huh? I think this script is very good?”

Kuchikawa Rise looked at Duanmu Ai in surprise.

“The protagonist has gone through so many hardships and finally found hope, hasn’t he?”

 “Of course not.”

Duanmu Ai reached out his hand to hold his forehead speechlessly.

"Look at what nonsense the angel said at the end. Your piety allowed you to persist until the end, and now you will be rewarded? Let's not talk about how disgusting this is. Doesn't it mean that all her previous friends and lovers should die? ?Because they were ungrateful and therefore did not persist until the end, they deserved to die?"

"Well………"

Faced with Duanmu Ai’s complaints, Kujigawa Rise was speechless for a moment.

In fact, in this script, Kujigawa Rise plays the heroine, and Duanmu Ai plays the angel D who appears last - the director didn't lie to her. Only this scene, two or three lines, is basically speaking. The kind that you can turn around and leave when you're done.

 “Then...shouldn’t the protagonist cry with joy?”

"Crying with joy? According to my experience, this is generally divided into two situations, one is desperate suicide on the spot, and the other is cursing why they didn't come earlier."

 Duanmu Ai shrugged. When she was still D, she had seen similar things happen many times. Although she didn’t know which time this script was based on, you can’t say it never happened. But... to be honest, this kind of ending is usually not as dreamy as written in the script.

 “Why did you commit suicide? Aren’t you saved?”

Kuchikawa Rise stared at Duanmu Ai with wide eyes in surprise.

"Yes, you are the only one who was saved. Everyone else died, but you were the only one who survived. And just because you were lucky. Don't you think this is ironic? After witnessing the painful death of so many relatives and friends, originally Thinking that they would die together with them, but unexpectedly surviving just because of luck, do you think they would be overjoyed?"

Duanmu Ai curled his lips as he spoke.

"The majority of these people will either commit suicide on the spot, or go crazy and join the subsequent war, hoping that they can die on the battlefield so that they can be reunited with their relatives and friends. There are only those who are so afraid of death that they are moved to tears. There are people who want to survive. Of course, I’m not saying that such people are bad. After all, where is the human survival instinct? But this protagonist is not that kind of person, right?"

"Yes……"

Kujigawa Rise turned over the script and nodded.

“The script says that after her life was overturned and she lost hope, she once wanted to die, so she did those dangerous things, until the appearance of her lover later gave her hope of living..."

By the way, the lover is still a woman, so politically correct.

　　…Ah, that’s it, I understand.”

 After flipping through the script again, Kujigawa Rise seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly nodded in enlightenment.

 “What do you understand?”

"When I was practicing before, I always felt something was awkward, because according to the script, the protagonist's lover is her hope of rekindling life, but I don't know why, at the end of the performance of the scene of longing for survival, I always feel like something is weird..."

"Because her lover is dead, it is only normal that she also wants to die. If a person is hit twice in a row, anyone would be disheartened and waiting to die. The appearance of angels at that time was just good luck and had nothing to do with any religious beliefs. It doesn’t matter.”

 Duanmu Ai waved her hand, she has always been like this, it is my business whether I save you, and whether you die or not is your business, it has nothing to do with me.

 “Ugh...that makes sense. I will continue to study this character.”

Kujigawa Rise nodded in agreement, and then continued reading the script.

Watching Kujigawa Rise go to the side to study the script, Duanmu Ai didn't pay attention. Just then, her cell phone rang. She picked up the phone and walked to the balcony.

"What's up?"

 Soon, Lumière’s voice came from the other side.

"Your Majesty the Inquisitor, I have found some clues about the subspace." "Oh?"

 Hearing this, Duanmu Ai's expression suddenly became serious.

 “Tell me more carefully?”

"Yes, when I was reading through the paper, I found that the research institution here conducted a study a long time ago on group cognition and other worlds... This is very consistent with the Tribunal's description of subspace. Specifically, Personal cognition will produce an existence similar to a special space in a different world, as well as another self..."

 “Well, it’s really similar.”

 Duanmu Ai nodded, just like Amagi Yukiko’s castle and her soul projection before, I didn’t expect that humans have already started to study this.

“Later, due to the outbreak of the Doomsday, the research institution lost control and the research was stalled. But ten years ago, the government departments here restarted the research.”

 “Restarted?”

"Yes, but five years ago, due to the unexpected death of the main researcher Isshiki Wakaba, this experiment was sealed again... But I think things are not that simple."

 “Oh? How do you say it?”

"According to this paper called Cognitive Science, several possibilities are discussed, including the possibility that if you kill the self in the other world, the self in the real world will also die or lose self-awareness. .When I entered the government database for comparison, I found a series of accident records called "waste incidents". The common feature of these accidents is that the parties involved did not remember what they did at the time of the incident, and their mental state after the incident was Abnormal state, unable to communicate with others, as if completely losing self-awareness..."

“So you are saying that someone within the government agency is using this research to cause trouble?”

“At present, this is indeed a possibility. I investigated the surveillance video of Isshiki Wakaba before her death. At that time, she felt as if she had lost consciousness..."

 “So are there any papers on how to enter the warp?”

“It was destroyed and I can’t restore it, but I did find Isshiki Wakaba’s daughter, hoping to find some clues through her...”

“Well, do your best, and if you need anything, just tell me.”

Duanmu Ai gave a few instructions and then hung up the phone.

 I really didn’t expect that people in this world have such ability.

I have to say that after hearing the information obtained from Lumière, Duanmu Ai was quite emotional. Some civilizations began to study subspace without even leaving their own galaxy. And some civilizations have conquered half of the galaxy, but still know nothing about subspace...

So this is the benefit of diversified civilizations. You never know whether there will be a village that can share nuclear fusion technology with you.

At the same time, the atmosphere in the Phantom Thieves is not very good at the moment.

Not long ago, Anko Takamaki chose to quit the Phantom Thieves, and she had a big fight with Ryuji Sakamoto. After that, Ryuji Sakamoto kept holding his breath and wanted to let Anko Takamaki take a look at the Phantom Thieves. Very powerful. So they're always looking for their next target.

 As for the existence of the Phantom Thieves, the Internet is still divided evenly. Some people believe in the existence of the Phantom Thieves, while others do not. Of course, there are also some people who seek help from the Phantom Thieves on the Internet, and the Phantom Thieves have indeed helped them and accumulated some reputation - unfortunately, this is not enough.

“Really, who should you choose as your next target?”

"We must choose a famous person and let Gao Juan take a good look at it! We will be fine without her!"

While scrolling through the list on the website, Sakamoto Ryuuji said viciously. Upon hearing his words, Ren Amamiya and Yusuke Kitagawa looked at each other helplessly and sighed.

 Sakamoto Ryuji is just like that, he is stubborn and always likes to stir up troubles. To be honest, if this continues, they are worried that one day they will suffer a loss.

 “Ah! Look at this!”

 Suddenly, Ryuji Sakamoto, who was browsing the website, seemed to have discovered something and pointed at the computer screen excitedly.

“Look! I didn’t expect that guy to be on the list!”

 “What? What’s going on?”

Looking at Sakamoto Ryuji's excited expression, Amamiya Ren and Kitagawa Yusuke also approached in confusion. They saw a post asking for help from the Phantom Thieves. The person who posted the message claimed to be a drama actor and was working hard for the upcoming drama. Training, but was framed, causing him to lose his job, and was kicked out of the drama troupe. So she found the Phantom Thieves, hoping that the Phantom Thieves could help her take revenge and make the person who ruined her career change his mind.

 And that person’s name is not unfamiliar to them.

　　　… Duanmu Ai?”

I have to say that Ren Amamiya was stunned when she saw this name.

 “How could it be her?”

“Sure enough, I knew that guy was not a good guy!”

Compared to Ren Amamiya’s doubts, Ryuji Sakamoto looked very proud. Ever since Duanmu Ai mocked the Phantom Thieves as worthless in the show, he had hated them. Now that he finally found an opportunity, he was unwilling to let it go.

“That’s it, our next target is her!”

“Wait, this is just a one-sided statement on the Internet, at least we need to investigate...”

“This is not easy, just enter her name and see if she has a palace!”

As he said this, Ryuji Sakamoto grabbed Ren Amamiya’s cell phone and entered Duanmu Ai’s name.

 Then...the surrounding air suddenly changed.

 “Sure enough!”

 Seeing the words appearing on the screen, Sakamoto Ryuji clapped his hands excitedly.

"That's it! We must make her change her mind! Admit her sins and mistakes!"

 (End of this chapter)