Chapter 552 There is only one kind of heroism in this world
Russell closed his eyes and was silent for a long time.
When he opened his eyes again, the slightly wet look in his eyes that contained complex emotions made Lycaon tremble in his heart.
——He has never seen Russell show such a look.
Russell's emerald green pupils are always very clean, as if they can reflect all the colors in the world and everyone's heart.
But now, Russell seems to have a thousand lives flowing through his eyes.
He seemed to want to cry, but also felt relief and tranquility; he seemed to feel joyful, but full of despair; he hated something, but felt happy at the same time. It was similar to the great fusion of "Andrew" and "Lycaon"
Different...another way of carrying other people's lives.
"I've seen a lot of people cry in front of me."
Russell's voice was slightly hoarse: "They may be powerless, they may be in pain, they may be weak. They may have taken the wrong path, or no one will remember their names until they die. They have no talent, and they cannot choose their own lives. They are trapped
Destiny pushes me away, like a child drowning in the river.
"But I think they are all heroes. No one remembers them, but I remember them; no one thinks they are valuable, but they have become an irreplaceable part of me.
"——Heroes don't need tombstones. I am their epitaph.
"Because there is only one kind of heroism in this world: that is to look at the truth of the world - and to love the world.
"Live seriously and die cleanly. Reminisce what you should reminisce and regret what you should regret. Laugh when you are happy and cry when you are sad. Show off when you have done good things and be honest when you have taken the wrong path.
Acknowledge your mistakes without attaching any extra value to your life or death.
"This is why I hate His Holiness the Pope and that man.
"This is why I am still willing to sit down and talk with you, Lycaon. I told the Pope many secrets, but he finally set his sights on the 'Twilight Egg.' It seems that in all of this,
Only the Twilight Egg has value... nothing needs to be valued except my uniqueness.
"But you are not exactly our powerful and wise Pope who desires self-sacrifice, is unattainable, and hopes to save the world... You are also my friend Lycaon.
"If it was Lycaon, he wouldn't lie to me here. Because he would know that what he did was wrong."
The golden cat stared at the wolf who was a little embarrassed, a little depressed, and a little confused.
Just like they were before.
Just like they are still classmates and friends. They are sitting under the bright sunshine, drinking tea and chatting.
After being silent for a long time, Lycaon slowly lowered his head.
"...I will tell you."
Lycaon spoke in a low voice with a hoarse voice.
The pope's "promotion" did not snatch control of the body.
He just watched everything quietly from the other side - or in other words, he also fell into his own thoughts.
As Lycaon told it, Russell finally understood everything.
Lycaon was found by the Pope, and he was willing to sacrifice - he volunteered to become a test subject for mind uploading.
In fact, when Lycaon entered the church for the last time, he was already "dead."
At that time, he removed his head and uploaded it, replacing it with "Yi Shou" - the only prosthetic body that could not exist, a brainless righteous head.
When he left the church, his head was false.
After that, he remotely controlled his body through the cloud network by controlling Yishou...
"——It's the same as 'promotion'."
Russell sighed.
Andrew hid his will in the Pope's halo, and used the brainwashing technology of the divine descending device to control the new body every time he passed the halo.
He didn't erase the other person's memory, nor did he overwrite the other person's personality. He just rewritten the other person's subconscious and allowed the other person to act according to his will. When he took off his halo and resigned,
The other person will regain his or her original personality.
He is a will, a thought, a ghost. It is transmitted with power.
But the pope must wear a halo before he can take over mortal authority. He is downloaded into that small halo, and his true form is stored in the "Holy Scripture" server.
So, is there another way to influence the will of others without wearing a halo?
Of course, this may have some ethical issues.
But Andrew's technology allows everyone to control their "original" body.
Storing your life and thoughts on a cloud disk, and then remotely controlling your body through the Internet is like a role-playing game.
This is eternal life in the truest sense.
"...Cyber immortality has been completed?"
Russell murmured.
Lycaon shook his head and replied honestly: "It's not really finished yet.
"Because we still can't download the uploaded consciousness without loss - once the consciousness is uploaded and digitized, some part of it has been permanently damaged. Even if it is downloaded back, it is only for '
An imitation of the original me. Every upload and download will cause irreversible losses.
"We are just taking a trick at the moment... Since there is no way to achieve lossless downloading, we will not download it. Control the body directly from the Internet and use 'Yishou' to control the body. As a mechanical thing, 'Yishou' can also be used perfectly.
Accept digital signals.
"Below the neck, it's all real flesh and blood; and above the neck, it's just a signal receiver and information processing device.
"I walked out of the church, and I was still able to move. At that time, the experiment had been successful - we had completed technology that was more advanced than the monkey-faced eagle."
"…I see."
Russell suddenly understood.
Those who disappeared out of thin air, and then came back with changes in their thinking, completely turning into "new werewolves"——
They were probably secretly kidnapped by the church and replaced with righteous heads. Their position suddenly changed... because they obtained eternal life through this method and completed "self-backup". This is a huge benefit.
"Wait, in that case..."
Russell suddenly reacted: "Then you probably won't die either.
"You don't need to 'die' at all, because you can come again at any time..."
When he said this, he suddenly paused.
Russell was silent for a while and suddenly realized something.
He said word by word: "But your soul is stored in the 'Sacred Scripture' server. You shouldn't be able to become a cyber ghost and send messages to other people on the sky island server.
"But, Redram said categorically...you sent him a message. You sent him a message from a banned account. You shouldn't be able to do this."
[——Renee, do you believe there is such a thing as a soul in this world? 】
【——There must be a soul in this world. 】
Russell looked at Lycaon and was silent for a while again.
"You fused with His Holiness the Pope and learned some prehistoric secrets. Then you should also learn the meaning of some ancient languages...
"Redrum, 'red wine,'... Big Ben's code name is quite inconsistent with him.
"But if you turn Redru around, it's Murder - murder.
"Mirror of Murder - You want to express that you killed Big Ben, right?"
"...No, I didn't. I didn't kill him. That's all..."
Lycaon was weak and murmured in a low voice: "He was dead before... He was the security captain of a small company. He died in a chaos caused by a 'werewolf' more than a month ago.
"But... I hope he can at least survive. Because you and he are also good friends, and you are coming back. I don't want you to see him die with me; I don't want you to investigate the cause of our death and end up investigating
It's on me.
"So, I used Yishou to control his body and impersonate him. Finally, you came back... I originally wanted to use his identity to mislead you in the direction of your investigation.
"But at that time, I suddenly felt...this behavior was disgusting. It was like I murdered him, took his identity, and brought him back to life; but I did preserve his body and ensured his social relations.
Continuing, but one day I will leave him...by then, he will still be dead.
"...Murder is a continuous act, and after the completion, the other person dies. And after the other person died, I carried out another kind of murder, and let the other person come back to life during this act... Just like
It's the mirror image of murder.
"So, I gave him a code name... I hope someone can discover my behavior and come forward and say what I did was wrong."
The somewhat haggard werewolf showed a forced smile: "I'm very happy, Susu. You really noticed everything...
"But I'm still sorry...I've let you down in every sense of the word."
