[If you can't find a suitable eyeball, why not grab the mayor's one. ]

[Anyway, it belongs to me. ]

The elevator was falling, Hans heard himself say.

That voice came from the bottom of his heart, and the voice was exactly the same as his. Of course it was his own voice, and it was also his own will.

"But..." They were getting further and further away from the top floor.

Hans always felt that his body was locked there.

Speaking of which, Hans no longer remembers when he sold his body, nor what the reason was——

The circulation of the body in the market is faster than the circulation of bread. In fact, almost no one in Paradise City is still using their original body. little things.

Hans knew why, using familiar bodies, familiar voices and faces, they would always think of their names inadvertently, revealing their names in various details while alive, and even... meeting acquaintances.

He had heard of such an accident before: Someone bought the body of a gladiator and met a local citizen of Paradise City, and blurted out the name of this person... The name of the body is like the body's instinctive memory. Fortunately, this person changed his body.

But this has also become a public real name. There must be a soul hiding in the dark with this name. This soul changed his body by chance, but his name is like a password or a bomb. As long as someone calls it out, he will It's the same as dying completely, unless he drops it completely and becomes a different person.

This person may still be changing bodies frequently to hide his tracks, or he may have been discovered long ago and died quietly.

Because the rules here are like this - you stand on the street and call someone's name, if he is here, there will be an invisible contract between you, and he is yours.

——This incident caused two effects: the hospital in Paradise City was overcrowded, and everyone wanted to see if there was something wrong with the body they changed. How could such an accident happen?There was no one on the street anymore, and no one wanted their secrets to be exposed suddenly, regardless of whether they were using their own bodies or not.

After that, no problems were found, and changing bodies has almost become a daily routine for citizens.

Hans should have boarded the boat before the accident happened, right?But he didn't have much impression of it, and he couldn't even remember the person's name.

[Maybe I can see the details of the original incident on the Internet? ]

Paradise City's network is an intranet, which is probably a paradise for socially phobic people. Everyone is indifferent and straightforward. Their desires are already very low, so the demand for entertainment is not high. Instead, the rulers think conscientiously. Find a way to entertain the public with programs.

"Indeed," Hans thought, "but what's the use of me looking for reports... But anyway, there's nothing wrong, so just look for it."

The boss broke up with him, but he didn't let Hans go back to work, so he just pretended that he didn't need to go back.

The sky was clear. He sat on the bench opposite the White Tower, turned on the tablet and clicked on the betting app—they didn’t have a website for communication at all, but since the beginning of gladiatorial activities, gambling has also become popular, and the experience of the app The volume is getting bigger and bigger, and various sections are divided. In addition to the main content of "betting", there are many other content on it.

There is a post at the top.

[Question] How to save a city with a high suicide rate?

[rt, just an idea, I made a model, and found that the citizens already have everything, but as their desires are satisfied one by one, the suicide rate gradually increases, no matter how you adjust it.

Then, I adjusted the conditions. Their desires cannot be satisfied. They need to compete with each other to obtain resources to survive. But once the resource distribution points and distribution rules are understood, their survival rate becomes higher, and the suicide rate also becomes higher. .

Then, I took the initiative to provoke the struggle between them, and the society became dynamic and stable, and they formed the inherent class and the new society derived from the class. ]

Someone below replied: [Has the suicide rate decreased? ]

Reply from the original poster:

[It didn't, so I changed the underlying condition.

Suicide is banned. ]

Hans randomly swipe across this post, scanning the titles line by line, and finally enter "real name leaked" in the search bar, and choose a year ago.

This time there are a lot fewer posts.

[Chat] Theoretically, there is no real name exposure at all, what happened today is actually not important!Did no one notice more important things?

[Theoretically.

Because people have complex identities, it may be "Baby" or the stickiest nickname in the mouth of parents, a nickname or abbreviation in front of friends, even your game account id, in front of lovers is dear or other family members Identity, to be honest, are you really often called by your name in your life?In addition to being in front of the boss and colleagues, at least four or five people on the street will look at me when I call "Jie" casually. Therefore, the rules for calling "real name" to form a brand must be more detailed.

Either just shouting a long list of names on the street, like "Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy", and then someone actually called it (no way) and just happened to hear it clearly The full name responds in the mind, so that the imprint, that is, the contract, will be established.

I believe that a contract is like a certain program, which needs to be completed through the process of "making a call-confirming the call-responding (whether in reality or in your mind)" before it can be truly established, otherwise the world would have been messed up.

Another possibility is that your friends call out your nickname, your family members call out your nickname, and your lover calls you "My Love" directly. In this way, the full name is not given, but the contract remains the same. Established, because the relationship between you is itself part of the "call to certainty," so you can skip the process.

There is no need to worry about what happened today. On the one hand, the relationship between the two bodies in the accident center is "lover". On the other hand, since they are lovers, it is obvious that what they called was not a formal name at all, but a short nickname.

I don't know whether it is such a relationship, but I am very sure about the "short nickname".

Now, except for the person who called out the name, no one should be able to use the same "spell" again to find the person whose real name was exposed, but what is certain is that he was not around at the time, or did not hear the name, so he did not make a decision. "Response". ]

Someone replied: [The more important thing... what is it? ]

[Reply to the upper level] [It is the name.But not real names, in fact, our "real names" are plural, and the total number will gradually increase.

Why do names increase?Because as long as we are alive, we will be connected with other people, and to have a connection will establish a relationship through the medium of "name, title", so once both parties admit that the "name" refers to you, isn't it Is it real name?

However, no one is willing to reveal their real names. It is too dangerous. Although it is meaningless to live, but one's name is controlled by others, it is like going from heaven to hell.

What I see is: in order to protect their own names, on the one hand, everyone only hides their names in their heads, and even forgets them on purpose; decide" yourself.

However, such behavior is actually wrong! ]

[Reply] […… came out of the building. ]

[Reply to upper level] [Think about it, do you still remember your name?It’s not a nickname, it’s not a short name, it’s your longest and most detailed name, you’re the only one in the whole world with this name, and even your name hides the shadow of patrilineal and matrilineal, you can know who your parents are through just one name… …But now we are deliberately forgetting it, and the final result must be to completely forget ourselves.

At that time, even if we are still alive, what is the difference between death and death?It's just a different kind of suicide in a world where suicide is impossible.

Anchoring is not necessarily a bad thing.

Wouldn't it be safe to be able to form an intimate relationship with a trusted person and exchange names? ]

[Reply][Don't reply!The owner may be a lunatic! ]

[Reply to the upper level] [No, I am calm and rational.So I haven't found that person yet. ]

Someone replied: [The host has said so much, do you know what the real name is in today's incident? ]

[Reply to upper level][Is this important?I just remember it being a very popular name. ]

Someone posted again after a long time: [Does anyone know the follow-up?Follow-up to those two!Are not two bodies the bodies of a couple?So there are still residual instincts, and even rely on instinct to call each other, what happened afterwards? ]

[Reply to the upper level] [Only know the follow-up of the caller. ]

[Reply][What's wrong? ]

[Response to the upper level][Of course the original soul is not in the body, the original soul is the winner of the gladiatorial match, it has been cleared out long ago, but for some reason, that person committed suicide later. ]

"As a result, I looked through a lot of posts," Hans said, "No one mentioned that name at all?"

He spread his hands on his knees and looked straight ahead, which of course was the White Tower.

During his stay here, many people left from the White Tower.

He raised his head and looked into the sky, as if he could see through the outer wall of the building and see the...Mr. Mayor on the top floor.

However, Jianghuai saw more——

The group of people who left the White Tower were different from those who were waiting outside with them when they entered the tower.

They look different.

Citizens no longer need to remember people around them by their appearance. Maybe the person you remember today will have a different face tomorrow, which is meaningless at all.

But Jiang Huai is different from the locals who have long been accustomed to them. He has a whole library of citizens' faces in his mind, including those he meets on the road, sees on the screen, and flashes on the Internet. He cannot see through countless strange faces. To see the soul under the faces, he can only remember these faces.

Anyway, the total number of bodies will only decrease and not increase, but the number of souls cannot be clearly counted.

However, in the eyes of the locals, soul-checking machines can be seen everywhere here, and it is necessary to enter an important building like this, so naturally they don't worry about the people around them being replaced.

Leaflets floated down from the sky——

It's about the new show.

The discussion is completed today, and the promotional video will be shot tomorrow to show to those little mice, and the new program will be seamlessly launched the day after tomorrow.

If the mayor's behavior is very urgent, but he didn't go into the details of the accident that happened in the previous gladiatorial show, but if he is not urgent, entertainment activities such as entertainment and gambling have completely entered everyone's life, even if there is a pause And vacation, the longest is this time, actually rested for three days!

Hans: "Speaking of which, can I have a day off in the afternoon? Or..."

[It's better to lie here and sleep, I'm a little sleepy. ]

Is that right... Am I sleepy... His brows twitched, but he still couldn't resist the exhaustion rising from the bottom of his heart, and his body cooperated very well, as if all the pores in his body were open. This feeling is so rare, he I haven't felt this way for a long time, even a little greedy.Now there is no time to go home at all, he just wants to sleep in place.

Hans supported the edge of the bench with one hand, his eyelashes fluttered, he tilted his head, and leaned his shoulders against the chair.

He fell asleep.

One minute later, he moved his wrist, touched the tablet, and sat upright again, his eyes were clear, as if the sleepiness just now had never appeared.

Jiang Huai manipulated his body and saw more details than Hans.

However, there is not much information on the Internet, so we can only conclude that the original name was "a very common short nickname".

He tapped the tablet with his fingers to prevent it from automatically blacking out.

The technology in this city is too twisted—

There is no need for fingerprint iris binding, all machines are directly soul bound, just like the tablet in your hand.

Of course, Jiang Huai can switch Hans instantly when he needs to use it like last night, regain the initiative in the body when the other party can't react, and then let him "fall asleep", but the same method is used too much and accidents may occur. He has always believed in the great destructive power of "accidents".

JAC is thinking about one thing:

What's so special about Hans?

"This place is too...ordinary."

Of course the rules of the city are not ordinary, but the people here are too ordinary, they are not even as powerful as those "unusual people" at the bottom, anyway, there are still people who can transform themselves and link their minds, and here on the second floor, maybe it is because of the excessive development of soul technology , even ghosts cannot illegally pass through walls.

Jiang Huai has observed and tried, everyone is just ordinary people with ordinary physique, it seems that he has never seen anyone with special functions.

However, their bodies were provided by people who "possess special functions". Could it be because...in gladiatorial matches, both the dead and the living were replaced with bodies, and now they are artificial bodies?

[The power contained in the soul is much higher than that of the body, and this is how the domain is formed.Even if it is the original body, if it is not the original soul, it is almost impossible to exert enough power]

The person who spoke was actually a system that had been offline for a long time.

[You get the main task: climb to the top]

[Mission description: You must go to the top floor to see, you can find the answer you want there, and whether you can reach the top floor may affect your future]

[Mission Reward: Clear the copy of "Ghost Ship"]

This copy is really enough to go through the process...

Jianghuai held his chin, and asked it casually: "Does 'even if' mean that black blood is indeed flowing in their bodies? The original body... By the way, my current body is my original body, and it has not been replaced. Pass."

Wouldn't Jiang Huai become the only superman on this level?

In the past two days, on the one hand, it was Hans who used the body instead of Jianghuai, so his ability was greatly weakened. On the other hand, it was because of his luck that Hans did not realize that the body he bought was so "special".

"How many floors are there on the top floor?"

The system went offline again.

Jiang Huai looked into the distance, there were rows of ghosts avoiding the light and walking through the shadows, their faces were slightly distorted, but they were so far away, Jiang Huai felt that they were quite happy.

He laughed along with him: This is indeed a ghost ship.

Because the entire second floor, or the entire first floor, are actually ghosts.

They are not using their own bodies, they have all been replaced. Jianghuai speculates that there are rumors at the bottom that "drinking blood can strengthen oneself and gain superpowers", and Jianghuai also found that some people have indeed obtained extraordinary powers through this method. Power, but now that I think about it, they may be very talented themselves. If it is the original body, in this environment, they have already been called capable people, and because the body is not original, the existence of blood does have some power. Let them touch a little bit of the side of the capable person with blood.

And then it stops there.

The future of the capable person has been ruined.

"Unless..." Jiang Huai froze for a moment, thinking of himself, "Unless their souls are separated from the ****."

However, seals were engraved on their skins, and they formed a society by means of seals. If their souls were separated from the body...is the power of the seals still there?

Jiang Huai spread his hands and looked at the back of his hand. There was once a seal engraved there, and the power of this seal forced him to fight for others and become one of their possessions—if it wasn't for Shirley herself As long as she makes any trouble during Jianghuai's planning, as long as she is more independent, Jianghuai will not be able to force the "master" to obey him as a "pet", and any idea of ​​Shirley will become something he must complete. task.

Now the seal has disappeared, but the feeling of being engraved is still there.

Even if you tell those who have been engraved with the seal that they can release the restrictions as long as they abandon the body that does not belong to them, the place you are staying in is the realm, where the soul is often more wanton than the body, and the restrictions on the soul are far stronger than the body. Less... On the one hand, they don't have this ability, and on the other hand, they don't believe it.

The bottom layer is branded on the body, the second layer is branded on the soul——

Jiang Huai once again surrendered his eyes to the White Tower.

When the two entered before, he manipulated the body without paying attention to Hans, and co-tuned people from other companies by touching them, but until now, they haven't come out yet.

The moment he left the White Tower, Jiang Huai lost contact with them.

What is so special about Hans?

He even has an ordinary name. This is the most commonly used name in a certain country, and it is also a pronoun that everyone likes to use.

And he couldn't even remember his last name, let alone his full name.

While Jiang Huai was thinking, he was already standing at the gate of the White Tower.

So close, even if you look up, you can't see the whole picture of the top of the tower.

The first door will detect the soul, and then it will definitely detect the strange soul "Jianghuai". He is not worried that he will be stuck here, but he has not saved it yet.

He used to have one, saved from the moment Shirley pressed the seal on the back of his hand, but when he summoned his companions to come in, the save file turned gray.

Jiang Huai understands that in this field, in order to obtain archives, one has to form a connection with other people - to be branded or to be branded, on the body...on the soul.

"And the locals..." He took a deep breath, "and my own failed."

Why!JAC clearly has more than one "self"!

But the rule here is that if you don't admit it, there's nothing he can do about it.

If he was the only one, even if he didn't have a save file, he probably would have gone in. He wasn't worried about making a wrong choice.

— but he's not alone here.

Go and Natives... Form...

Jiang Huai looked at the glass door that opened to both sides, and the spacious and empty hall behind the door. He raised his foot, turned suddenly and walked to the left.

The bottom of the entire white tower was covered with glass walls. He walked around the white tower, put on the hood on his coat, and took out a mask from his pocket.

The mask covered the face, and the face slowly distorted, turning into the appearance it had seen on the top floor.

Jiang Huai stared at this ordinary face, his maroon eyes showed an amber-like luster under the backlight.

He closed his eyes and woke up Hans who was asleep.

Hans felt himself being possessed by a ghost.

His consciousness is in the body, but he can't seem to move, no... His body can still move, but he can't control his body.

There was darkness in front of him, he knew it was his body, but there was a frightening, uneasy sense of strangeness... as if, as if such a thing had happened before!

Seems to be……

He panicked for a long time, and suddenly found that he could control his hand, so he raised his hand, and immediately chose to touch his face.

Yes...this is my body?

I seem to see my body today, could it be that I am dreaming?

It should be like this, but Hans was still a little uneasy.

He touched his eyeballs, wondering why he couldn't open them——

The moment he thought of this, his eyes suddenly opened.

Hans' eyes were filled with light for a moment, and then, the next second, he saw his own face reflected in the glass curtain wall.

There was no panic on that face, "he" even smiled, and then said: "Hans..."

Hans Reilly Guderian, my name.

Such thoughts flashed through his mind for an instant.

He thought he had forgotten his name, but in fact, he hadn't.

Moreover, such a scene has happened before!

The dusty memories of the past seem to be awakened!Hans' consciousness merged with his past self in an instant!It's him"!It is "he" calling him!It was "he" who came!

[You got the buff: the owner of the contract]

[Contract content: You can do anything to Hans Reilly Guderian]

【His soul belongs to you, the imprint cannot be removed】

[Automatically archived, archive [-]: Contract-Hans Reilly Guderian]

[The time point is when the contract is formed]

There was a flash of astonishment in Jiang Huai's eyes.

He just wanted to deceive Hans' name, in his eyes, he was just trying, and he didn't have time to do anything else!

Did the relationship formation, he just now, replace someone's relationship with him in Hans' perspective?

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