"Good evening, Gongsun Ce."
Qiluo would not talk like this.
In other words, this was her original way of speaking.
Gongsun Ce searched for the name of an idol on his mobile phone. 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 pretty, wearing a simple dress, singing loudly under the spotlight on the stage.
"Treading on the Stars"
No one would associate the idol in the photo with the girl in the pavilion. Their looks are different, and their temperaments are even more different. Even Rei Shigure and Alice look much more alike than these two people.
Mo Yuankai checked the idol's real name in the afternoon, and it sounded not only ordinary, but also a bit rustic.
Gongsun Ce put away his mobile phone and stood still in the pavilion.
"Should I call you Miss Qiluo, Miss Xingli...or is it more polite to use your real name?"
The pink-haired girl turned back 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 me whatever you want, as long as you like it."
He was very uncomfortable with the other person speaking in this tone. Just like the silly girl who plays in the yard every day, one day she suddenly swears that she is a postdoctoral student at a prestigious university. Compared with the suspicion of whether it is true or false, the impact brought by the contrast is even stronger.
Only then did he remember that he and Qiluo had only known each other not long ago. The few days she got to know him were not even 1/2000 in the girl's life so far.
He only knew Qiluo within these few days, so how could he say that the other person had become a stranger?
"I'll just call you Miss Qiluo."
"Okay~ So, when did you discover our identities?"
The gray-haired young man recalled the afternoon conversation.
It wasn't difficult to pinpoint the girl's identity.
Qiluo's name comes from an unreleased album, the new album of popular idol Xingli.
Xingli's voice has nothing in common with Qiluo's. However, Mo Yuankai found Xingli's audition materials from when she participated in the idol selection a few years ago.
Her singing voice at that time was very clear, but it was not as charming as the voice of famous idols in the future, but it was exactly the same as Qiluo's singing voice.
After having this clue, it will be much easier to follow the clues to investigate. They soon found the secret correspondence records between Xingli's firm and Cecil's laboratory. By this point, the entire incident had almost emerged.
"Mr. Gongsun, I am an experienced superpower user. I already made a good guess when I met you."
"Qiluo" exclaimed: "Really? It's amazing!"
You really believe it.
It seems that even if their personalities are different, some things won't change.
"I won't ask you about the reason for your deal with the white coat..." Gongsun Ce habitually said halfway, then he changed his mind and said, "Forget it, if you are interested, just tell me. If you are not interested, forget it."
"It's okay to tell Gongsun Ce...that, but, I..."
"I promise to keep it secret from everyone else."
"Thank you, I thought about it for a while before telling everyone!"
Qiluo patted her chest with relief, then quickly took her hand away and said shyly: "This dress is too revealing."
I'm glad you finally realized this.
How about wearing something more ordinary to your next club activity?
"My story, Qiluo's story, is neither romantic nor inspirational..." The girl lowered her head, "I'm just a stupid girl with an empty mind."
·
The whole process of the incident was quite different from what Gongsun Ce had expected.
A girl with a musical dream unfortunately failed after participating in many auditions.
Just 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 had listened to the advice of friends and teachers, but she really didn't want to give up on her dream.
The girl signed the contract and made a stupid decision.
With the help of a large amount 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 besides performing is used to cooperate with Cecil's experiments.
Cecil Laboratory chose Xingli because they focused on the girl’s superpowers.
Xingli's ability is called doppelgänger, which is the ability to summon another self.
The doppelgänger created through abilities will absorb information from the environment and thus have a different personality and slightly different appearance from the original one: when summoned in a shopping mall, it will look fashionable, and when summoned in an alley, the personality will become Gloomy... After returning to the original body, the memories and feelings during the activities of the doppelgänger will be obtained by the person.
This is a non-combat ability. In the past, Xingli only used his doppelganger to go to school occasionally.
What Dr. Cecil is interested in is the property of "absorbing environmental information".
The doppelgänger's superpowers require not only information about the body, but also information about the environment. The so-called doppelganger is actually a black box that transforms information into life.
If they can understand the mechanism of doppelgangers, can they find a different mechanism for the birth of intelligence life?
If the "personal information" that generates the doppelganger can be rewritten through technical means, so that different information covers Xingli's personality...
Can they create a human being that is completely different from the original body...a perfect experimental subject with pre-set personality and abilities?
·
"As the experiment progresses, the environment in which the doppelgänger is summoned is also constantly changing. Two weeks ago, I tried to summon another self in the virtual reality created by high-precision equipment. The world I knew was completely replaced. After becoming an illusion composed of 0 and 1, the doppelgänger that appears is completely different from the past..."
Coincidentally, that happened to be the day when the Liuli Disaster struck.
The emergency energy switching test caused an accident in the experiment. As far as the conclusion is concerned, Xingli fell into a coma before merging with her doppelgänger, and the temporarily separated doppelgänger gained the main consciousness of this body.
As a result, Xingli, the conscious subject of existence, became an energy life based on intelligence and generated through a superpower black box—that is, an information life form that was born with the ability to control intelligence.
"My consciousness fell into a deep sleep. You also know what happened after that."
·
Information life forms possess the ability to manipulate all environmental information.
The moment Qiluo was born, she learned the truth about the doppelgänger experimental plan and the reality that the researchers planned to erase her personality.
She decided to run away.
As a physical entity, it is difficult for her to escape pursuit. If you want to become a virtual body composed only of environmental information, you must give up a large amount of personal information. That is to say, give up the definition of self - give up most of the memories.
The key that determines its survival between virtuality and reality, that is, the key point of its life, is whether it has a clear self-understanding.
What kind of person am I.
who I am.
Finally, the newly born Qiluo made a choice——
·
"So you gave up your memory, transformed into an incorporeal body and escaped?" "Yes."
"That guitar is?" "It's part of my will. For example, it's the same as the clothes on my body."
"Qi Luo" concluded: "That's everything. It's not anything out of the ordinary. It's just an ordinary and ignorant idiot who got retribution for his greed and short-sightedness."
After telling everything, the pink-haired girl stopped talking and waited for the young man's evaluation like a prisoner facing trial.
Nothing special at all. Not romantic at all.
The word "self-inflicted" is really appropriate when applied to her.
She heard Gongsun Ce say.
"Is it possible that this costume is also the result of information interference?"
"………………ah?"
"I can see through ordinary information manipulation, so if I look at it carefully, maybe this costume will--"
Qiluo blushed and shouted: "You can't see through it! These are the clothes I had when I showed up!!"
"I was wondering if you could change your clothes directly if you think of a way."
“Why bother with clothes!!”
Gongsun Ce turned his head and said, "After all, you see, it would be rude to say whether you can change your body, skin, skin, and hair color."
Qiluo pressed her skirt and shouted: "It's already very rude! Really! A pervert!!"
"Finally the secret is revealed."
Gongsun Ce stretched out his hand and flicked it. Snapped!
"Ugh!" The pink-haired girl covered her head.
"If the person I was talking to was Miss Xingli from the past, she would have responded in a more professional manner when hearing such a question - warning me of harassment, calling a lawyer, etc. She would have called me a pervert like an animated character. , I have only met one person so far.”
"This is our common habit..."
"Where did we come from? Doesn't the so-called doppelganger return to the same personality after becoming one?"
The mechanism of how abilities work will not change.
Even if Qiluo suffers from complex amnesia due to an experimental accident, she won't have a split personality now that her memories are back.
After changing the hairstyle, the atmosphere changed drastically. Even the manner and way of speaking were different from before. At first glance, this change seemed like a personality switch, but in fact...
Gongsun Ce concluded: "Isn't it all your acting skills? You are worthy of being a powerful idol, but your acting skills are really not up to par."
Besides, you always used your full name when greeting me as usual, and you already missed the mark when it comes to salutations.
"Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow..."
Qiluo waved her hands randomly and her face turned even redder: "Don't say it out loud!"
The gray-haired young man sat down on the other side of the pavilion.
"So, why are you pretending that you have a split personality? Why don't you think about your memories and find that you are not as pure and flawless as you imagined but full of worldly fame and fortune, so you give up on yourself and simply separate yourself in front of others? "
It's like holding a loudspeaker and shouting: Everyone, watch out, this personality is the me in the past, and the person you know is the me now! Don’t confuse the two!
He looked up at the girl's expression.
Qiluo hid her face in her hands. It seemed that he was right.
"It's better not to be so childish, right?"
"I don't want to talk to Gongsun Ce anymore..."
The girl curled up her legs like she did on the street, holding her knees with her hands, like a poor little animal that had been driven out of the house.
"It was quite a shock."
"When I think about the past, I can't believe that I am not myself anymore."
Qiluo murmured: "My appearance and figure are different from before...The same goes for my personality. I subconsciously want to speak the way I do now...I want to act the way I like..."
"Even if I still have all the memories of the past, can I still claim that I am the Xingli I used to be?"
Am I still me?
He recalled a wooden boat that existed only in philosophical discussions. The wooden ship was damaged during the voyage, and the crew had to replace the planks on the ship. The voyage lasted for a long time, and the planks were replaced one after another. Until one day, someone asked.
How many planks have been replaced on your boats? Is it still the same ship it was when it set sail?
No crew member could reply.
Just as no one can tell Qiluo whether she is still the same person as she was in the past.
The appearance has changed, the personality has changed, and the way he talks has changed. As proof to myself, the memories of my past life still remain in my heart - but is that the only decisive factor? She is a different person with the same memory, a cyber ghost that has invaded the original owner's consciousness. This is also a reasonable explanation.
As he continued to think along this line of thinking, 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 impermanence method given by others. The wounds on his body have been repaired countless times with white matter. Who knows how much of his body now truly belongs to "Gongsun Ce" "My own substance.
Is he still the same person he used to be?
He is a college student, not a scientist nor a philosopher. It was impossible for him to clarify the questions that countless sages had failed to answer.
Therefore, Gongsun Ce decided to answer the girl's questions in a simple and crude way, belonging to a student.
"Speaking of it, Miss Qiluo. Why did you give yourself this name after you lost your memory?"
"...Actually, this was the first word that came to my mind. I subconsciously thought it was my name."
"Then why are you still singing after losing your memory?"
Qiluo said angrily: "I always like singing. Besides, I have been practicing for a long time, so I can't forget the songs!"
The first thing that comes to mind is the title of the new album.
Even if I forget the past, I can’t forget the songs I practice every day.
With your level of dedication, even the harshest critic can't say you're not an idol, right?
"I have no way of knowing what you think. But in my opinion, no matter whether you have amnesia or not, your appearance--"
The Qiluo he knew was a person who appeared due to an experimental accident and did not originally exist in reality.
But even though she is as ethereal as a phantom, there are things that cannot be forgotten.
The pink-haired girl raised her head, her eyes reflecting the young man's gentle smile.
"You have always been the idol lady who loves to sing."
Qiluo said softly.
"...Do you like my song?"
To be honest, Qiluo's singing voice is not as beautiful as Xingli's.
However, what the other party asked about was not the level, but the preference.
In this case--
"I'm your fan, Miss Qiluo."
The pink-haired girl stared at him blankly, then rushed towards him with a whoosh.
"Thank you, Gongsun Ce!!"
"My memory has been restored and you are still like this?! Miss Qiluo, I am very grateful for your kindness, but you should also think about my reputation, okay!!"
"Anyone who kills fans will die. "
"If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have acted cool and said that!"
In the end, I had to use my superpower to pull away.
The pink-haired girl looked happy for some reason.
"Gongsun Ce, can I still stay in the club in the future?"
"You've only been in the club for a few days and you want to quit? There's no way you can give up. President Caldesia won't be able to leave until President Caldesia approves."
"This time it's because of me that it became like this——"
"You've helped everyone so much, so it's even at 50-50."
"But I still feel..."
Qiluo still seemed a little unable to let go. The superpower remembered his excuse when he went out.
"It just so happens that I promised them to buy popsicles back, why don't you treat me this time?"
"——Okay! Leave it to me!!" Qiluo was stunned for a moment, then laughed happily, "When I go back, thank everyone!"
The superpower and the idol went to the convenience store in the community and bought a lot of popsicles. He opened a chocolate-banana flavored one and ate it first.
"I have to say that you are very accustomed to our rhythm, Miss Qiluo."
The idol unpacked the package in the same manner, licked the matcha popsicle and said, "After all, we are friends, right?"
"How cold-hearted you are to still call me a stranger now."
"Then you still call me Miss Qiluo."
She looked up at the gray-haired young man.
The girl's eyebrows are curved, her smile carries her unique innocence, and she also carries the playfulness that belongs to a professional idol.
"Call me Qiluo, okay?"
... Girls who are in the entertainment industry are really amazing.
Even if you have the eyes to 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.
