Full of doubts, Chengshuo walked around and returned to the hospital.
Considering that this world is full of weirdness, Chengshuo stayed in the hospital honestly for the next seven days.
During this period, the hospital required Cheng Huo to take a drug called 'Chanxin' every day.
Under the exploration of his surviving consciousness, he quickly analyzed the ingredients of this drug - it is a drug with strong antidepressant effects and trace amounts of hallucinogenic effects.
In short, people who are depressed will become relatively more positive after eating it.
It is clear.
The ruler of this time, 'High', seems not to want to see people with negative emotions.
In order to make everyone more positive, they even use drugs to control people's mental states.
After staying in the hospital for seven full days, artificial intelligence judged that Survivor's mental state had reached the standard for discharge.
So after completing the discharge procedures, Chengsheng was allowed to see the parents of the original host.
Thanks to the world's advanced technological level, human lifespans are generally over one hundred years old. And because of their long lifespans, people generally take marriage and having children very lightly.
It is easy to understand that the longer a person lives, the less willing he is to have children.
Under the influence of this concept, young people's outlook on love has also been affected to a certain extent. It is normal for couples to break up and get back together, and divorced couples are even more common.
Just like the body currently occupied by the survivor.
Traveling's parents are a family that was reorganized after divorce - and what Life wants to see this time is Traveling's adoptive father and his biological mother.
Both of them are currently living in the No. 1 Mental Hospital of Yingdong City.
As for why these two people were imprisoned in a mental hospital, the original owner, Traveling Cultivator, suffered severe brain damage during his lifetime, so he cannot recall such details now.
Riding the anti-gravity aircraft, Chengshuo soon arrived at the gate of Yingdong No. 1 Mental Hospital.
Looking inside the mental hospital from outside the door, what comes into view is a drone flying in the sky constantly patrolling back and forth.
Just within the sight of Zhengsheng, there are at least twenty more.
In addition to drones, there are several high towers inside the hospital, equipped with ion turrets and robot guards.
With such a battle, people who didn't know it thought this was a special prison for some dangerous prisoners.
In view of the abnormality of this mental hospital, Cheng Sheng was worried that there was black technology here that could detect human consciousness, so he did not dare to release the spiritual consciousness in his body.
After he completed the registration procedures according to the procedures, he put his hands in his pockets and walked into the mental hospital building with his head down.
On the way, a sound quickly attracted Chengshuo's attention.
The sound came from the ward on the first floor.
"A bunch of bastards, I told you to go away because you don't understand human language, right?"
"I won't eat! I told you I won't eat!"
Finally, the patient yelled the word "no eating".
Driven by curiosity, Chengshuo carefully explored a little of his body's consciousness and enveloped the ward that made the sound.
The next second, everything in the ward came into view:
Perhaps to prevent the patient from developing negative emotions, Cheng Xing discovered that in the ward he was exploring, a patient was being force-fed 'heart-changing' pills.
That is, the kind of drug with strong antidepressant effects that I took in the hospital before I survived.
The patients who were force-fed pills didn't seem to be very cooperative.
In order to make the patient take medicine, a nurse and four robot caregivers forcibly tied the patient to the hospital bed and tried to force the 'heart-changing' pill into his mouth.
As for the patient who was tied up and struggling, he kept shouting the word "zagen" at the nurse.
Sounds like some kind of curse word
Chengsheng kept this scene in mind, took the elevator, and found Ward No. 404 on the fourth floor.
in the corridor.
As soon as Cheng Sheng arrived outside Ward No. 404, before he could knock on the door, he heard an exclamation coming from inside: "Is it Xiao Xiu here?"
Judging from the voice, the speaker seemed to be a woman.
Soon, another man was heard saying happily: "It's Xiao Xiu! I've sensed the fluctuation of Xiao Xiu's evil power. It's definitely him."
Perception? Evil force?
Hearing the conversation in the ward, Chengshuo couldn't help but frown.
He released the consciousness in his body and enveloped the two people speaking in the ward.
Under the exploration of spiritual consciousness, the familiar faces in the memory of the original owner soon appeared in the sea of living consciousness.
That's right.
The man and woman in the ward were indeed the adoptive father and biological mother of the original traveler.
It's just that these two people seem to be a little bit different from normal people on this planet.
outside the door.
Chengshuo tried to speak: "Dad, Mom? Can I come in?"
"Come in, why are you standing outside?" As soon as Cheng Huo finished speaking, he saw someone opening the ward door from the inside.
Behind the door, I saw a girl with messy hair like a chicken coop, and a bald man who looked equally young.
Chengsheng couldn't help but be stunned by the appearance of the two of them:
Under the investigation of the living consciousness, the age of the traveling cultivator's adoptive father and biological mother was almost in their forties.
But when Cheng Huo looked at these two people with his naked eyes, he found that based on their appearance, they all looked like they were only twenty-three or fourteen years old.
At such a young age, not to mention his parents who are traveling as monks, even if he is said to be brothers and sisters who are traveling as monks, some people will believe him.
"Why are you looking at us like that?" Seeing Cheng Huo standing there in a daze, the traveling cultivator's mother said, "You don't recognize us, do you?"
"I guess so." The adoptive father on the side agreed: "He probably just had the operation to restore his sanity not long ago, and now his memory is confused, so it's normal that he can't recognize us."
After hearing what his adoptive father said, Cheng Sheng was thoughtful:
Therefore, the memory in the mind of the original host was confused. Is it because of the so-called 'san value restoration surgery'?
Thinking of this, Chengshuo said to his biological mother and adoptive father: "I really don't have much impression on you. So is the way I am now due to the influence of the 'san value restoration surgery'? What effect does the surgery have?" ? And ‘san value’, what does it specifically refer to?”
Seeing that Chengshuo had thrown out so many questions in one go, the traveling cultivator's biological mother and adoptive father looked at each other in a tacit understanding.
The mother smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that my son really can't remember anything now, and I don't know how long it will take to recover."
The adoptive father acted relatively carefree: "It's okay if I really can't remember. We just need to slowly tell him no."
After saying that, he looked towards Chenghuo: "Son, have you seen anything unusual in the past few days since you woke up?"
"This" the adoptive father's words made Cheng Sheng subconsciously recall the crawling ground like flesh and blood that could swallow blood.
He thought for a while and said, "I've really seen it before, so what I saw was not an illusion?"
"Of course not."
In the ward.
The adoptive father looked around, lowered his voice like a thief, and said mysteriously: "There are some things that I can't tell you clearly here, otherwise once the keyword is triggered, the robot guards in the building will be attracted. , so I can only remind you a few words now."
"Why is it inconvenient? Is it because there is monitoring equipment in this ward?" Hearing his adoptive father's answer, Chengshuo immediately released his consciousness and enveloped the entire ward.
Seeing that his adoptive father was about to say something, Chengshuo interrupted him quickly and said, "You can talk later, give me some time."
After saying that, Chengshuo closed his eyes and used his consciousness to carefully search every corner of the ward, even the walls and the floor.
Lean less.
Chenghuo opened his eyes and said, "Okay, I have turned off the monitoring equipment."
"Ah?" The adoptive father was dumbfounded after hearing this: "Really or not, you just closed your eyes for a short while and turned off the monitoring equipment in the room?"
"It's not difficult." Chengshuo explained: "Almost all high-tech equipment cannot operate without electricity, and electricity is a type of energy, so it can be pulled by humans with spiritual power, that is, with spiritual consciousness. Control. That’s why I turned off the monitoring equipment easily.”
If "this" comes true, the adoptive father will only feel confused and don't know how to answer the question.
He looked at his birth mother, a traveling cultivator, with confusion on her face.
The latter shook his head and said that he was not very clear either.
Seeing the reaction of the two, Chengshuo urged: "Anyway, don't worry about how I turned off the monitoring equipment."
"While the monitoring equipment is turned off now, if you have anything to say, please speak up quickly. Otherwise, it will be too late to wait for the hospital staff to react and repair the monitoring equipment."
"Indeed." Upon hearing this, the adoptive father immediately stopped worrying about the monitoring equipment and spoke very quickly: "Actually, our world has been polluted for a long time, including me, your mother and others. Including you, we are all contaminated people."
"Pollution?" Hearing the word "pollution", Chengshuo showed a look of surprise on his face: "Is it because of unspeakable creatures?"
"The indescribable creature? What is that?" The adoptive father asked in confusion: "The pollution in this world is brought by the evil god. What do you mean by the indescribable creature?"
"nothing."
On different planets, there are different names for indescribable creatures.
Maybe the people on this planet are accustomed to calling indescribable creatures evil gods.
Therefore, Cheng Sheng was not entangled in the issue of the name. He only asked: "So what exactly does the evil god refer to, and how does it pollute the world?"
"We're not sure about this," the adoptive father replied, "but in short, people like us who are contaminated by evil gods are generally called 'evil magicians' in the circle."
"The magician possesses a power called 'evil power', which is extremely powerful and cannot be explained by any laws of physics or knowledge."
"In addition to magicians, there are countless things in this world that are contaminated by evil gods. They may be some kind of animals and plants, or they may just be a table, a chair, or even a certain movement or a certain dance."
"In short, contaminated things are very dangerous to humans and can even threaten the lives of thousands of people."
"Things like this that are contaminated and have certain evil powers are called 'evil things'."
During the conversation, the adoptive father's expression gradually became serious: "'Evil things' are often extremely powerful. Even soldiers equipped with various high-tech equipment often have no good way to deal with 'evil things'."
"If we want to deal with evil things, we can only let the magicians who have also mastered the power of evil take action. In other words, let people like us take action."
"So as warlocks, we have the obligation to fight against the evil things in this world and find ways to destroy, control, or seal them."
Good guy.
His adoptive father's words made Chengshuo feel like a door to a new world had opened up.
But at the same time, he was puzzled: "Since you are so important as magicians, why are you still locked up in a mental hospital?"
"I can feel that there are far more contaminated patients like you two in this mental hospital."
"You can even feel this??" The adoptive father and biological mother of Traveling Cultivator did not know the concept of 'spiritual consciousness'.
So they just attribute Cheng Sheng's ability to sense this to Cheng Sheng's unique talent.
After a brief shock, the adoptive father explained to Cheng Sheng: "Although we magicians can master powerful power, this power comes from the pollution of the evil god, so in the end it is actually a double-edged sword."
"The more serious the evil god's pollution, the more powerful the magician will be. But when the pollution exceeds the limit that the human body can bear, the human spirit will completely collapse. In the words of the circle, it is the san value. Completely cleared."
"After the san value returns to zero, the warlock will become an evil creature due to too serious pollution. In this case, the warlock will either die or be captured by someone from 'high places', and then recover through the san value. Surgery completely removes contamination from the human body.”
The technology in this world can actually completely remove pollution from a person's body? ?
What his adoptive father said made Cheng Sheng feel a little incredible.
After all, the pollution of unspeakable creatures is overbearing and powerful. As a monk in the transformation stage, I have a deep understanding of it.
At the moment, he followed his adoptive father's words and inquired: "So the reason why I can't remember what happened before is because I was too seriously contaminated before, and then I was taken away from a 'high place' to undergo an operation to restore my sanity?"
"Probably." The adoptive father said uncertainly: "We have been locked up in a mental hospital and have no news from the outside world, so we don't know exactly what happened to you. But in short, there is one thing you must know. of."
"What's the matter?" Chengshuo asked.
The adoptive father said: "Don't think that because 'Gaofeng' helps the magician clean up the pollution in his body, they are good people. In fact, 'Gaofou' arrests people regardless of whether the magician's sanity level has been cleared or not."
"As far as the 'High Places' are concerned, as long as they are magicians, they will arrest them without fail. This includes magicians with normal minds, such as me and your mother."
"Even if there are no more sorcerers caught in this world, even if evil things are raging everywhere, the people in 'high places' probably don't care."
"The purpose of 'High Place' is just to catch the magician at all costs."
"So, what's the purpose of catching the magician from 'high places'?" Cheng Sheng asked.
"I don't know." The adoptive father shook his head and said, "That's why I reminded you to pay special attention. When you first came to visit us, I thought you had been completely cleansed of the pollution in your body by the 'high place' and had turned back into an ordinary person. But It doesn’t seem to be the case now.”
"You seem to be one of the very few among the magicians. Even if the contamination in the body is cleansed, you can still retain a small amount of evil power. Otherwise, you would not have been able to turn off the monitoring equipment in this room just now. , am I right?”
"Well," Chengshuo didn't know how to explain the concept of 'spiritual consciousness' to his adoptive father.
I heard my adoptive father say again: "Also, I asked you before if you had seen anything unusual, and you said you had."
"Being able to see strange phenomena is actually a manifestation of the pollution still remaining in the body."
"So to sum it up: Even if 'Higher' has performed an operation to restore your sanity, you are still a magician after the operation."
(End of chapter)
