Monsters

The so-called "Gestalt consciousness" was not decentralization in the usual sense.

It was the whole of all separation.

To put it more vividly, it was a psychotic superlife-form, organization, or even civilization.

One second, it might intend to behave like a proper person; the next, it would forget what a person was.

The Memory Matrix was a typical example of this. Every cyber wave gave birth to a personality, and when a new wave surged forth, the old personality was replaced by a new one.

Every personality was 100% different.

As someone capable of accessing the knowledge of the universe, Motoko Yagami understood all too well how bizarre a "Gestalt consciousness" could be.

No one wanted to deal with a lunatic, much less become part of one.

Yet she was inside a mental asylum right now.

From these ants, she sensed all kinds of distortions, as if a not-too-large consciousness box had been crammed full of all sorts of thoughts, ideas, execution programs, and cell replacements.

New consciousnesses were born every moment, and every moment, those consciousnesses were iterated, absorbed, and continued evolving.

In just a brief moment, Motoko Yagami felt her consciousness come under a severe assault, and her gaze grew hazy once more.

During this bout of dizziness, she saw the ants continually converge and form a humanoid figure. From the face formed by the writhing mass of endless ants, a familiar set of features squeezed its way out.

Bionic Human A!

As the number-one wanted criminal on this planet, Motoko Yagami naturally recognized that face. But at this moment, it gave her an utterly unfamiliar feeling.

She had hunted Bionic Human A more than once or twice. In her impression, this radical who pursued independence for bionic humans had always worn a resolute face, with flames in