The monster appears.
This monster must be very ferocious, right?
Fortunately, they will transform into human beings, work and eat normally every day, abide by laws and regulations, be civilized and harmonious, and never have any bad behavior. I don’t smoke, don’t drink, and don’t even say bad words. I will support the elderly when I see them on the long road, give up my seat to children on public carriages, and keep a leash when walking my dog.
How were these monsters exposed?
Talking in sleep.
At this time, Zhou Li finally understood why the other party had a helpless and dumbfounding tone when mentioning this matter. After all, although these monsters they called "phantom people" existed, they had no impact on the entire Tianshui City. The impact is even vaguely positive. After all, apart from talking in their sleep, these phantoms are almost perfect beings, and they are the residents that any country can only dream of.
"But even so, it cannot be taken lightly."
After taking a sip of tea, Jiang Qi said with a headache: "These phantoms come quietly, and they are almost perfect memory substitutes. If it were not for the characteristic of talking in sleep, no one would be able to detect it. I have also asked scholars to study it, The conclusion that can be drawn is that except for some slight differences in their internal structures, these phantoms are no different from ordinary people, and even the barrier will not repel them."
"Then why not let them go?"
Jiang Qi was stunned for a moment. He frowned, glanced around, and then continued: "Although they are very peaceful and harmless at present, we have no guarantee that they will not create something that will surprise us one day in the future." An event that is beyond regret. There has never been a truly stable life in the Three Eastern Courts. The entropy spirit is still the sword hanging over our heads. We must guard against all possibilities."
"So you sealed off Tianshui City, right?"
After hearing Zhou Li's inquiry, Jiang Qi nodded. After a moment of silence, he said helplessly: "You may not know much about it, but now the entire Tianshui City has been filled with fantasy people. The original capacity of Tianshui City It was about 500,000 people, but now there are 750,000 people in Tianshui, and it is still increasing. But even so, we cannot open the circulation. "
After a moment of silence, Jiang Qi's eyes flashed with gloom, "The existence of phantoms is no longer something we can solve. In the final analysis, I am just a demigod, not a gift from God. For such an existence that is almost at the level of laws I don’t have any solution. In order to prevent the Phantom Man from spreading to other cities, I can only order a complete lockdown here."
"Then why not block the road between Tianshui and Shangjing? What if the Phantom Man spreads to Shangjing..."
Just when she was about to ask, Eluma saw the meaningful look in Zhou Li's eyes. Suddenly, Xiao Baihua, who had been baptized by Zhou Li for so many years, understood why Jiang Qi did this.
Tianshui City can no longer support so many people.
The structure of the courtyard is like a vertical tube, divided into several nodes. Tianshui and Shangjing are located at the top of the pipeline. The two of them opening up to each other will only affect each other and will not let the entire human family be polluted by phantoms. Now, Tianshui City's resources are on the verge of exhaustion. If it continues, Tianshui City will even break out in turmoil because of the resources. Therefore, Jiang Qi chose to connect with Shangjing City.
"So, Shangjing has long been occupied by phantom people, right?"
"That's right."
Hearing Zhou Li's somewhat questioning tone, Jiang Qi responded calmly without any embarrassment, "An Quan may not be aware of it, but a phantom person has indeed appeared in the capital."
"You didn't tell security?"
Zhou Li frowned and asked in disbelief: "You did this without getting in touch with him?"
"Lord Brave..."
After a brief pause, Jiang Qi sighed and said: "For us who are surrounded by entropy spirits, gaining some knowledge is likely to suffer invisible pollution. If the goddess of life was not here, I would not dare to talk to you. Tell me this information."
Zhou Li was stunned for a moment, and then fell into thinking for a long time. Needless to say, these so-called phantoms are most likely people who were inexplicably transported into the Three Eastern Courts from the outside world. But what Zhou Li didn't understand was what kind of power could allow so many people to appear in one city-state out of thin air, and perfectly fit these people into the original life orbits of these two cities through a trivial loophole. inside.
"It can't be done."
Atalona on the side could easily tell from Zhou Li's eyes, "Can I have sex with you?" She put down her tea cup and said bluntly: "I am the Twelve Moments, not a wishing machine. A miracle of this level requires... My body can only be created when it appears here, and it takes a certain amount of time. If according to what he said, this is not only something that can be done by the power of gods, this should be something that can only be done by Gaia in her heyday."
Zhou Li could hear the profound meaning of Atalona's words, and he also knew that at this time, Gaia had even lost its true body and was unable to create such a miracle. Suddenly, Zhou Li fell into a brief confusion. He began to wonder if there was a god in the world that he had never understood, or a magical organization that controlled everything, but he quickly rejected it.
Impossible. If such a powerful force really exists, it will never let humans save themselves or destroy themselves.
"Let's take a look at the Phantom Man first."
Zhou Li stood up and said to Jiang Qi in front of him: "After all, we have a goddess of life here. If she can't even do this little thing well, she will really have nothing to do."
"The gods have no need for food or drink."
After replying to Zhou Li calmly, Atalona also spoke to the somewhat surprised Jiang Qi: "Go, lead the way, and let me see these phantoms."
Jiang Qi, who didn't quite understand the way Zhou Li and Atalona got along, was confused for a moment. After he recovered, he quickly gave instructions to the soul of his court master. After receiving a message, Jiang Qi looked at Zhou Li, nodded and said, "Then please come with me. It just so happens that there is a fantasy person in my house."
On the way to the Fuzhong Villa, Jiang Qi explained their policy towards fantasy people in detail. Since phantoms themselves have their own consciousness and emotions, phantoms also have their own civil rights in the human court. They are seen as outsiders, but they are not excluded. After discovering the identity of the phantom, they only need to go to the registration office to register, there is no other difference.
"The main thing is that they are still humans."
After pushing open a wooden door, Jiang Qi looked at the splendid screen, with a hint of helplessness on his face, "Jiang Cai, come out for a moment."
"Okay~~~"
With a sweet response, a young girl wearing red gauze and embroidered shoes slowly walked out from behind the screen. This girl's face is delicate and delicate, and her eyebrows are very similar to Jiang Qi's. Although she doesn't have Jiang Qi's cold sword eyes, her golden eyes still have a heroic spirit. She looked at everyone, bowed, and said softly:
"My name is Jiang Cai, and I am brother Jiang Qi's adopted sister. Now I am in trouble at home, doing some handicrafts to repay my adopted brother's kindness."
Jiang Cai's self-introduction was very simple and even a bit straightforward, which made people laugh even more. However, they could feel the rare sincerity in each other's tone, like...
Eluma's extremely clear stupidity.
"Cai'er, this sister is my brother's friend. She wants to check your body, is that okay?"
Jiang Qi seemed to have long been accustomed to Jiang Cai's simple and straightforward personality. He asked directly without being muddled or making excuses. Jiang Cai reacted after being stunned for a moment, and said with a slight smile: "Of course it's no problem. The matter of my sworn brother is my business to me, it's a trivial matter."
When his eyes fell on Atalona, who was tall and beautiful, Jiang Cai said, "Are you going with this sister?"
"That's right."
It may be that people with weak brains like people with even worse brains. As a madman in nature, Atalona has a lot of preference for clear and stupid girls like Jiang Cai, and her tone has softened a lot. "Don't worry, you won't feel anything."
"Sorry to trouble you."
Just like that, Atalona, like a strange uncle who kidnapped girls, pulled Jiang Cai, who had crooked eyebrows, into her hut. After the two left, Jiang Qi breathed a long sigh of relief as if his tense nerves were loosened.
"Huh~~"
As if aware of the gazes of Zhou Li and Eluma, Jiang Qi turned around and said calmly: "Can you two feel my nervousness?"
"I don't really know."
Zhou Li shook his head and his eyes fell on the window frame that was almost crushed by Jiang Qi, "But your window must know."
As if he had been accustomed to it for a long time, Jiang Qi didn't even look at it. He pinched the window frame and it returned to its original shape. He sighed inexplicably, and then said to the two of them: "I made you laugh, sister-in-law... alas..."
"So, what do you think of your sister?"
Zhou Li raised his eyebrows and asked with interest: "Especially after finding out that she is a phantom, what do you think?"
"I thought I developed a heart of stone a long time ago."
Unable to hide the bitterness of his smile, Jiang Qi shook his head and sighed: "I have been fighting for six years, and I always thought that I had no feelings for a long time. I was that unattainable but careless jade unicorn. But when Jiang I really feel happy when Cai appears next to me.”
"Her liveliness, her kindness, and her quirky yet straightforward character all make me feel that she is a treasure given to me by God. In my mind, I have all the things that happened to her and me when we were young. Playing with water, kicking Cuju to my father’s house together, stealing honey together, everything is really incomparable.”
Jiang Qi pinched her fingers and slowly released them. Jiang Qi's voice was a little heavy, "But, I still discovered it. Or, in other words, she discovered it herself."
Discover it yourself?
Seeing Zhou Li's doubts, Jiang Qi nodded and said, "Yes, Cai'er is the only one who knows that she is a fantasy person. I had doubts when the fantasy person was exposed before, but I didn't dare to go I didn’t dare to guess even if I asked for confirmation. However, one day, Cai’er found me and told me that she found out that she was fake.”
Jiang Cai was the only one who saw through that he was an illusion. No one knows why or how she does it. Even she herself doesn't know.
For Jiang Qi, that day was the most painful time in his life.
His parents died young, and he struggled to survive on his own from childhood to adulthood, and finally grew up in a military camp. For Jiang Qi, he has never experienced family affection. It can be said that the appearance of Jiang Cai has brought glory to his originally imperfect life. However, when he learned that all of this was false and those beautiful memories were false, he felt suffocated.
"I don't dare say these things to others."
It seemed that he would feel better after telling these things. Jiang Qi's originally manic and depressed heart also calmed down. "These things will make others think that I am weak and indulge in fantasy. However, I know that if it really happens, If possible, Cai'er will be the key to us deciphering the phantom. Because she is the only one who doesn't care about her phantom identity and is willing to fully cooperate with my research."
"alright."
At this moment, Atalona's voice appeared from the side. She walked out holding a piece of wooden paper, and beside her was Cai'er who was a little nervous. She looked at Zhou Li and said, "I've finished the test."
"It can be said that Jiang Cai's body is no different from ordinary people. Even her soul is in perfect harmony. The only difference is that her memory is more solid than ordinary people."
After a pause, Atalona explained: "In other words, Jiang Cai's memory will be much better than that of ordinary people, even a little pathologically good. She will write down everything she has seen in detail. Ordinary people Her brain will automatically filter out some meaningless memories and retain her own will, but she can't do it. So..."
Staring at Jiang Qi who was clutching her sleeves tightly next to Zhou Li, Atalona said: "If this continues, Jiang Cai will suddenly fall into confusion one day, and then be trapped in her own spiritual world. She will lose My consciousness is dominated by those complicated and useless memories."
Jiang Qi was stunned when he heard this. Obviously, he didn't expect it to be like this. He looked at Jiang Cai aside, frowned slightly, and said, "Cai'er, why didn't you tell me?"
"I thought everyone was like this."
Jiang Cai was also a little confused. If Atalona hadn't told her that this kind of almost perverted memory was not available to humans, she might still think that this was an ability that everyone had.
"If my guess is correct, the same is true for other phantoms."
Atalona glanced at Jiang Cai and said calmly: "Although they will appear suddenly, once they pass a certain critical point, their brains that have to remember everything will shut down and eventually lose their consciousness completely. .”
"City Lord, congratulations, the Phantom Man incident does not actually require intervention."
"In the end, all fantasy people will die.,"
(End of chapter)
