After Dual Pupils was upgraded.
Jiang Qiao gained the ability of the Weird Tales Inn, allowing him to instantly return to a certain point in time.
It was like loading an earlier save.
However.
After the upgrade was complete, a strange prompt appeared after the Simulator: Please use this ability with caution, because you cannot determine whether it is the you from the past or the you from the present.
These words reminded Jiang Qiao of a philosophical topic—Ship of Theseus.
If the planks of Theseus's ship were gradually replaced until none of them were the original planks, would the ship still be the same ship?
If it were no longer the original ship.
Then at what point would it have ceased to be the original ship?
This question.
Could also be extended into other questions.
If a ship were built one-to-one from the old parts removed from Theseus's ship.
Then.
Which of the two ships would truly be the Ship of Theseus?
It was a fascinating question.
Not only had ancient philosophers discussed it, but some religions had also explored similar questions. For example, some beliefs held that the you from one second ago and the you from one second later were actually two independent individuals.
Of course.
That was merely speculation.
Taking it further.
In reality, ordinary people generally regarded self-awareness and personality as the markers of an independent individual.
And that raised a question.
If a person lost his memory and began a new life.
Socially speaking, he was still himself, but in terms of personality, was he still himself?
A clone.
Even if it looked exactly like you, people generally would not consider it to be you.
Because it was only physically identical.
But.
If your memories and life experiences were copied perfectly and implanted into