Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 38: The role of the "madman"
First, Star combined his memory, which had been enhanced by the "gambler", with his ability to "roll the dice" to dig out the "madman" with the most information from his mind for analysis.

"The mind is a prisoner of the body, and the body is a prisoner of the world, which refers to bound madness and repressed desire."

"Prisoner" refers to people who are imprisoned, and also represents those whose spirituality and desires are restrained by reason, body, and the world.

In connection with the original work's introduction to the "prisoner" route, Star, based on what he saw and heard today, guessed how he should play the role of a "madman".

The "Bound One" path, also known as the "Prisoner" path, the extraordinary people in this path are cursed and prone to madness.

The Beyonders of this path have a prominent “abnormal” characteristic. Starting from Sequence 8 “Madman”, each sequence can be said to bear a curse.

The "prisoner" of Sequence 9 is crazy inside;
Sequence 8 "madmen" are prone to losing their minds;
The "werewolf" of Sequence 7 has completely become an "alien species" and is no longer human.

Becoming a complete cursed being, every time the red moon becomes full, he will lose most of his sanity, grow black hair all over his body, and his desire for killing and bloodthirstiness will reach its peak...

Sequence 6 zombies would be as pale as living corpses, giving off a rotting feeling, and craving for warm human blood and fresh flesh. This condition would be particularly severe during a full moon.

The only consolation is that the curse of the "zombie" replaced the curse of the "werewolf" and the curse of the "madman", and they did not exist at the same time, and it was the same afterwards.

Sequence 5 "Ghost" can easily transform between physical body and spiritual body, presenting a floating state like a ghost.

The curse is similar to the "ghost" in supernatural events. On the night when the red moon becomes full, it will either absorb a certain number of human souls or become extremely weak.

……

As for the transformation of this "alien" path itself into a "non-human" alien, the extraordinary people of this path can be said to be on the verge of losing control at all times.

The mental states of "prisoners" and "madmen" have been running at a low point for a long time, or they are frequently abnormal, and the probability of losing control is higher than that of other extraordinary people.

The "werewolf" who is always unable to suppress his killing and bloodthirsty desires on full moon nights will become more and more cruel and twisted, gradually losing the emotions that normal humans should have.

The extraordinary people who become "zombies" will feel very painful every time the red moon becomes full. If they do not give up self-control, they will suffer so much that they will lose the ability to fight. If they indulge themselves, they will become less and less like humans, and the risk of losing control is very high.

Even in normal times, the "zombies" are always fighting against the desires in their hearts and against strong malice.

……

Based on this, if the extraordinary people of this path do not want to become like the "Abyss" path next door, they must become cold and twisted and completely abandon themselves.

Star felt that the only option was to follow the path of "temperance" - the idea of ​​repression and moderation.

Instead of being like the "hedonists" who were influenced by the Mother Tree of Desire and believed that indulging desires would help improve their own will, the indulgence of many people together could influence each other, add to the fanaticism, and bring the state to its peak.

The way to do this is to indulge and burn your own desires, and drive away all day long.

If combined with the description of the "Prisoner" sequence: the body is the prison of the mind, the world is the prison of the body, madness is bound, and desires are suppressed.

It is not difficult to draw such a conclusion:
The concept of moderation in the "prisoner" alien path is obviously more in line with the needs of the role-desire must be suppressed in the heart at all times, just like the fire and magma under the ground, and it will erupt at the critical moment to produce terrifying power. Even if you are cursed, you must bear it and be "moderate" enough.

Instead of being like the "hedonists" who make themselves inhuman, this approach is no different from the "abyss" approach next door.

If this is true, Star feels that he really cannot accept crossing the path to such a path that would destroy his conscience and humanity.

Even as a person who likes to stir up trouble, Star has his own persistence, or at least a flexible bottom line.

Otherwise, Xiao Ke might not agree with him and he wouldn't be able to pet the cat with peace of mind.

What's the difference between him who has no conscience and that "God of Heaven" who hates people and dogs and whom foreign gods would press on the coffin lid a few times when they saw him?
However, Star had also felt it before, that the extraordinary characteristics of the "madman" belonging to the field of "desire" were suppressed and absorbed, and most of them turned into the tampering path between the virtual and the real.

Not only is the priority of its role-playing digestion lower than that of the "Whispering Patient" who is also passively played at other times, but the curse of "easily losing reason" is also mixed with the passive role-playing of the "Whispering Patient".

Star's somewhat neurotic behavior today may also be due to the effect of the "Madman" potion.

Correspondingly, it is not so easy to lose your mind so often compared to the real "alien" path.

Star couldn't say for sure, it was just a guess, after all, he was only promoted today.

There were only a few actions that gave digestive feedback. One was that he disposed of the inheritance that he had intended to leave to Xiao Ke and swallowed the note with the account password; the other was that he could not stand Darkwell's big mouth in the end, and coerced and induced him to give out some of the "pharmacist" formulas.

These two behaviors also have the implication of a "temperance" group bearing a curse, suppressing their desires, and finally exploding.

For example, Sta had no real interest in collecting the "pharmacist's" recipes, he just wanted to have one. Who could have given him such an opportunity without being able to control his mouth?

For now, Star believes that he can get inspiration from these events. He probably suppresses a certain desire of his own and then explodes when the critical moment comes when he must act. This way, he can play the role of a "madman" more efficiently.

Otherwise, if you go crazy anywhere, there is a high risk of losing control.

Having said that, if that's the case, can I just make breakfast and not eat it, then put it in front of me while I'm typing to tempt myself, and then go "crazy" at noon and wolf it all down in one go?

Star suddenly felt that this idea was promising and that he could adjust his future schedule to experiment with this role-playing method.

After all, who would put delicious food in front of them and not eat it?

Besides, even if this role-playing doesn't work, Star shouldn't lose much.

At most, I'll just starve myself...

Right?
Star shook his head, thinking that he shouldn't care too much about food, otherwise he would choke himself before he even started.

While he was making the above guesses, he was preparing to summon the messenger to communicate.

(End of this chapter)