Reality or Virtuality

"Xiao Qin?!"

"Xiao Qin!"

"Very good!"

"He's awake!"

In a hazy state, Qin Yiguan clearly heard calls coming from beside him, the calls gradually changing from anxious to joyful.

Qin Yiguan felt a sharp pain in the top of his head and temples.

He slowly opened his eyes, and everything in his field of vision became clearer and clearer.

before.

Standing there was a girl wearing a white lab coat and with her hair in a ponytail. She was beautiful and had a gentle demeanor; she made people feel comfortable at first glance.

Qin Yiguan paused slightly, "Song Miao?"

"Yes."

The girl with the ponytail exclaimed happily, "I'm Song Miao!"

Qin Yiguan turned his head and looked around again.

This is a large office with clean white walls, surrounded by unfamiliar technological equipment.

Moreover, these devices look rather strange. They are clearly very high-tech, but upon closer inspection, these brand-new devices have an inexplicable feeling of being 'old', which is quite contradictory.

Qin Yiguan had no choice but to admit it.

He's completely bewildered.

It's like a temporal and spatial discontinuity, and then, with a 'snap,' it's haphazardly pieced back together.

Where is this?

Is this reality, or a hidden map?

Song Miao is Dr. House's girlfriend, what's she doing here?

Qin Yiguan also discovered that he was standing, with a white disc about one meter in diameter beneath his feet.

Feeling something strange on his head, Qin Yiguan subconsciously reached out to touch the top of his head.

"Xiao Qin!"

"Don't move!"

But Song Miao cried out in alarm, "Don't move!"

Qin Yiguan was slightly taken aback, because there were no mirrors around, and he had no idea what was on his head.

now.

A white door in the distance was opened.

An elderly man, about 60 years old, walked briskly over.

Qin Yiguan narrowed his eyes, "Dr. Jiao Shensan?!"

Then, Jiao Shensan, also wearing a white lab coat, approached Qin Yiguan, examined him carefully for a moment, and breathed a heavy sigh of relief. "Comrade Qin Yiguan, I'm very sorry, there was a slight problem with our experiment just now. Are you feeling alright now? Are you alright?"

"Experiment..."

At this moment, Comrade Qin Yiguan was even more bewildered, his face full of confusion.

Dr. Jiao Shensan his head slightly, frowned, and said to Song Miao, "His mind has been greatly affected and he should not have recovered yet."

then.

Jiao Shensan looked at Qin Yiguan and said gently, "This is my private research center. Just now, we were testing the first truly meaningful ' Brain-Computer Interface ' in human history."

"And you, Qin Yiguan."

He was a volunteer, and the first human to voluntarily undergo a live Brain-Computer Interface experiment.

At this point, Jiao Shensan paused, then said apologetically, "Unfortunately, in this first experiment, our brain-computer interface program experienced a huge lag and a serious program crash."

According to our testing.

"Your Brain-Computer Interface was connected for a total of 18 seconds."

"But for you... you've been trapped in the virtual world for 18 years."

"I am deeply sorry for this."

Jiao Shensan spoke, he suddenly bowed at a 90-degree angle.

Song Miao, standing to the side, also bowed deeply, her face full of remorse.

Qin Yiguan stood frozen in place.

At the same time, he touched the foreign object above his head. It was a cable about the thickness of a finger, and there must have been a hole drilled in the center of his skull because the cable had been inserted into his skull!

20 minutes later.

Through the precise work of several doctors in white coats, the cable overhead was finally removed.

Qin Yiguan looked at himself in the mirror. His face was unchanged, but his hair had been shaved off, and a dark silver metal base was inlaid in the center of his head. It was very intricate.

He turned his head and asked the woman with the ponytail standing next to him.

"Your name is indeed Song Miao?"

"Yes."

"Was that person really named Jiao Shensan?"

"Yes."

"My Qin Yiguan?"

"Yes, Qin Yiguan is 18 years old, a student in Class 11, Grade 12 at Mirage City No. 3 High School, and an orphan."

What year is it now?

June 8, 2023.

"It was 100 years ago?"

Qin Yiguan was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Is this the real world? Never mind... you won't give me an answer."

At this moment, the woman with the ponytail named Song Miao revealed a gentle smile, "I think you should rest well now. We can talk about other issues after you recover."

Outside the observation window.

Jiao Shensan looked at Song Miao as she returned, his brow furrowed. "I really feel guilty. Such a good child, and she's turned out like this."

Song Miao comforted him, "Doctor Jiao, the fact that he can accurately call out my name and your name proves that his memories in reality are not damaged. He has just been immersed in the virtual world for too long, and his consciousness is a little confused. He can't distinguish between reality and virtuality for the time being. Give him some time, and he will definitely recover."

Jiao Shensan sighed deeply, "I hope so! Otherwise, I'll feel guilty for the rest of my life!"

Immediately.

Jiao Shensan then asked, "Have you found the cause of the program crash?"

Song Miao paused, "The program corresponding to the Brain-Computer Interface, according to our settings, is only A1-level basic artificial intelligence. However, the moment it connected to Qin Yiguan's brain, it completed multiple iterations and updates in a very short time. Afterward, it created a complete and extremely realistic virtual world for Qin Yiguan Qin Yiguan, which he became Infinity immersed in. That program even gave itself a name— 'Gemini Superbrain.'"

Qin Yiguan was deep in thought.

Is this reality, or a hidden map of the Gemini?

Last time, I traveled to the year 2000, where only a brain remained after evolution.

Now, I've somehow traveled back 100 years! My body is still there, but someone drilled a hole in my brain?!

Can't you just leave my poor brain alone?

but.

Looking at it chronologically...

100 years ago, it really was the era of research and development of ' Brain-Computer Interface '.

Only after Brain-Computer Interface technology matured did the Nutrient Pod evolve, and these are the foundation of the Gemini Metaverse.

Am I really a person from the 'old era'?

Because of Brain-Computer Interface experiments, I was trapped in a virtual world... and then spent what I thought were eighteen years there?

Or is it...?

This is just one layer of the Gemini Metaverse.

After all, Qin Yiguan had personally witnessed the ' Qin Dynasty ' simulated by the Gemini Superbrain, which, due to its vast amount of historical data, could easily simulate any past!

Qin Yiguan stretched out his palm and examined it from all angles.

He attempted to activate ' Starvation Corpse Transformation ', which would mean he was still in the virtual world if this ability were activated!

But the palm remained unchanged.

Qin Yiguan frowned slightly, not particularly surprised.

This is similar to the Rust City incident. Now we know that it was a virtual world, but before, I couldn't use my abilities in it.

Because one cannot determine their location—whether it is reality or virtual—their consciousness is bound by a kind of shackle, equivalent to an uncertainty hidden in the subconscious, leading to an inability to release... a mental illness.

in other words.

He must have sufficient and irrefutable evidence.

Only then can the shackles of consciousness be broken.

Either regain your abilities, or face... reality!

now.

Researchers were whispering outside the door.

Have you heard?

"That kid who volunteered for the experiment... he's gone mad."