Chapter 126 Unusual
Du Jin noticed that there seemed to be some complicated emotions in this voice, regret? warn? mercy? No matter what the emotion is, it proves that the other party wants Du Jin to leave here. Compared with some form of eviction order, Du Jin definitely does not want to stay here and leave to return to the real world or the blood-seal world. This is also the last time he has entered this space. What he wanted to do, so just when he needed to ask how to leave, Du Jin suddenly felt that the layer of fleshy membrane attached to his body seemed to be greeted or controlled by some force, and he was instantly separated from the direct contact with Du Jin. connect.
What's even more ominous is that it suddenly began to shrink and pressed Du Jin's whole body tightly together, as if it was going to turn Du Jin into a living mummy. Of course, the latter is a dead thing... ........
"Oh no! That's not true. We are only taking action now. It's murderous and heart-wrenching!"
Du Jin shouted with some despair in his heart. He had just seen the hope of leaving alive and returning to reality, but at this time, this operation made his mentality explode. For a moment, he felt as if he was being pressed to the ground and rubbed, a strong The sense of oppression seemed to squeeze his whole body into a ball. Du Jin could even imagine the bloody scene of his internal organs being squeezed out by external forces. Of course, under normal circumstances, such extremely bloody scenes would not appear. Organ rupture can occur, both of which are undoubtedly fatal.
When Du Jin was struggling, he might not know that this was just a way for the "creature" attached to him to save him.
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In the blood-seal world, less than ten minutes had passed since Du Jin lost consciousness, traveled back to the present world and was "killed", but his physical condition was synchronized at the junction of different spaces and times. The man named Du Jinsong before was The female officer who returned to "Xiao Ai's" new home equipment, in order to protect Du Jin's secrets from being known to too many unnecessary people, and to prevent the United Church from sending a second wave of killers to attack, she did not put what seemed like Du Jin, who suddenly lost consciousness, was handed over to the follow-up support team. The previous killer of the Unity Cult who could affect the human mind on a large scale made her extra vigilant.
The Ganymede Colonial Government's layout within the Unity Church was very limited. Almost all the agents sent there lost contact with the relevant departments as soon as they were mixed into the management. Naturally, there were many of them who were left behind by the former Xia Kingdom. An elite agent. For this situation, the relevant authorities on Ganymede can only attribute it to the fact that the Unity Church has mastered some kind of extremely advanced mind control device, or some kind of brainwashing technology, which can ignore the installation on the agent, especially the brain. The internal suppression device directly intervenes and controls brain information. In any case, this cannot change the low penetration level of the colonial government into the Triune Church of Jupiter.
However, for the sake of the apparent "affiliation relationship" with the Interstellar Federation, conducting an armed investigation into this political religion officially supported by the Federation will undoubtedly increase many unpredictable risks. Governor Feng Jitong (also known as Tan Jialiang), in order to cover up His previous identity (Feng Jitong is a pseudonym) did not want the newly prosperous people in the colony to experience the devastation of war again. Without touching their core interests and bottom line, he still hoped to use a relatively peaceful way to Maintain relations with the Interstellar Federation.
But what Du Jin, Li Mengyan, and even Li Mengyan’s old subordinates Ren Chao and Xiang Yuan, who have become colonial middle management officers, don’t know is that the United Church used some unknown means to banish the governor a month ago. A senior staff member that Ji Tong trusted very much was "replaced". Although the word "replacement" sounds a bit "overly stressful", in fact, it is true. The consciousness and memory of that staff member seemed to have been artificially modified. After being discovered and arrested by the Governor in advance, through interrogation and the assistance of some external equipment, an extremely strange fact was discovered:
The memory of this staff member was implanted with the influence of abnormal worship and loyalty to the Unity Church. Many memory details were implanted with a lot of false information about the persecution of the Ganymede colony. In short, this was not the same as his colleagues, superiors, and even It was the memory of the family that made a huge difference, as if the life of this staff member had been subjectively rewritten. This method was used even when the Pan-Asian Alliance led by Xia Guo was at its most glorious in the field of consciousness structure. Unbelievable things.
Regarding the nature of memory, perhaps philosophers believe that memory is a person's self-awareness? Psychologists believe that memory is a person's identity? Sociologists believe that memory is the definition of a person's social role? Metaphysics and religion believe that memory is equivalent to a person The soul? In the brain science community, the more widely accepted understanding of memory is: memory is a process of strengthening the connections between neurons. After receiving external stimulation, the connection points (synapses) between neurons may become If similar stimulation occurs in a short period of time, these connected circuits will be reactivated and strengthened, which is also called synaptic plasticity of neurons. After repeated reinforcement, this connection loop will be preserved and form a long-term memory.
When forming new memories, most neurons follow the law of synapse reuse. That is, when forming new synapses, many "new" synapses are derived from "old" synapses. In this way, our brains cleverly optimize the use of space, materials, and energy when creating new memories. This may also explain why our memory is often disturbed by similar memories after adulthood, and from time to time we may misremember or feel that a certain scene seems familiar.
Therefore, according to this physiological "limitation", it is almost impossible for memory to be modified. Throughout a person's life, our memory is a process of being constantly cleared and overwritten, and we ourselves are constantly modifying the past. memory. Some people may want to ask, if another person's memory is moved to my body, will I still be the same person? As far as I understand, the reason why we become who we are is not actually determined by a certain memory or a certain characteristic. , but a holistic concept.
As introduced before, memory is actually very complex. It not only includes emotional memory, episodic memory, semantic memory, etc., procedural memory is also an important aspect of who we are. These procedural memories allow us to "subconsciously" or instinctively In this state, we can complete specific behaviors. These different memories are scattered in different brain areas, and the brain areas are not actually isolated, but are communicating with each other all the time. Therefore, the so-called memory transplantation should be like relearning something ourselves. Like a new skill, it quickly integrates into our bodies. You are both the old you and a brand new you.
But whether the person in charge of the interrogation believes this result or not, it already exists: the United Church has mastered an extremely high-end technology that can reorganize the structure and order of brain cells, and can modify large fragments of memory at once, with almost no side effects. , but before the aide was discovered and arrested by the governor, almost no one noticed his abnormality. Of course, this also had a lot to do with the fact that he rarely went home recently, but this method undoubtedly made almost everyone Tensions grew at the top, including the colonial governor himself.
With the existence of this kind of technology, you might one day have your memory modified by others and turn into a "demon" that you can't imagine, using your own skin and body to destroy everything you cherish and protect. No matter who you are, you will be afraid of this situation, no matter how wise and calm you are, the same will happen. It's just that the methods of dealing with this hidden danger are different.
Not long after this incident happened, when the governor was still hesitating about the risks brought by armed conflict, the stellar mining ship "Eden" where Du Jin and Li Mengyan were originally appeared, followed by what appeared to be a direct federal search force. The warships also took the lead in firing at the "Xunyang". All of this seemed to herald the arrival of a certain change.
In fact, as the governor of Ganymede Colony before, he talked to Li Mengyan and Du Jin alone, and did not hesitate to disclose his identity as the former chief of staff of Xia Kingdom. The first reason was to get Li Mengyan, a former Xia Kingdom from the "old era". The trust and following of senior military officers, and more importantly, the desire to find another possibility in Du Jin:
After Governor Feng Jitong received the report and combat records from the captain of the "Xunyang", he took a few glances and discovered some abnormalities. Necromorphs, monsters that mutate from the corpses of crew members, are basically the same as parasites. It has nothing to do with things like viruses. On the contrary, it is similar to the fact that Governor Feng Jitong saw similar hostile creatures during the suppressive operations in some outer galaxies before Xia Kingdom was merged into the Interstellar Federation. It was just that the domestic ones that needed to be dealt with at that time There are too many foreign hostile forces, and he is unable to deal with things in these border areas, but now he seems to have an intuition that there may be some secrets hidden between the two.
After a quick investigation of the surviving crew members except Du Jin and Li Mengyan, especially Captain McCas, it was learned that McCas had been injected with some kind of blood-red liquid by the Oneness Church and was infected and went into mental control. The state of alienation from the body was finally rescued by Du Jin with an ability that could intervene in the alienated state. After breaking off the mutated hand, he was able to escape from death. This news undoubtedly made Governor Feng Jitong aware of Du Jin's alienated state. There is something unusual about Jin.
