Chapter 78 of 100

Chapter 78

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What do people see when they close their eyes? With light, they will see a red, hazy scene; without light, it will be complete darkness.

In the lighted environment of the basement, Chen Yang closed his eyes and naturally saw the red, hazy scene caused by the light penetrating the blood vessels in his eyelids.

But in just a moment, the scene before Chen Yang's eyes changed, as if he had shifted position, and he suddenly found himself standing on the rooftop of a building with over a hundred floors.

The blue sky, the howling wind, and the vehicles below that looked like ants—all of this was so real that it was hard to believe!

"Commander Luosi, Commander Luosi?"

Chen Yang didn't dare to move, his body stiff, not daring to move even a fraction of an inch.

His current position was very precarious. He was standing on a steel plate extending out from the top of a building with over a hundred floors, about twenty centimeters wide and about five to six meters long. Chen Yang stood on this extended steel plate.

Although he knew everything was definitely caused by virtual reality technology, the environment was so realistic that even the dry smell in the air was simulated. Such a realistic scene made it difficult for his deceived senses to distinguish.

Chen Yang's heart rate not only accelerated to about 150 beats per minute in an instant, but his adrenaline also surged, causing his face to turn an abnormal red.

This was also because he had undergone some courage training by exercising in the air on a five-story building. Otherwise, an ordinary person would definitely be so scared that they would lose their senses and fall down.

"Very good, your emotional fluctuations are quite significant, which is exactly the effect I want."

The right hand made a few circles in the air, clearly satisfied with Chen Yang's current performance.

"Commander Luosi, Commander Luosi, can we go down and talk?"

Just a slight downward glance made Chen Yang feel dizzy. It was simply too high, already beyond the tolerance limit of an ordinary person. Not to mention standing on the extended steel plate, the constant strong wind made him feel a constant fear of falling.

As soon as Chen Yang finished speaking, the surrounding environment changed again, as if layers of shells were peeling off, and the entire city's buildings began to collapse.

"Rumble..."

"Are you kidding me?"

Just by looking down, Chen Yang could see the foundation of the building starting to sink, causing loud noises and smoke that filled the entire street.

Not only was this building collapsing, but all the surrounding high-rise buildings were also collapsing. Even the blue sky seemed to fade and tear, like leaves falling from the sky, exposing black spots.

"Bang!"

The extended steel plate could no longer withstand the collapse and vibration of the entire building, and with a loud noise, it snapped at the connection point. Chen Yang's breath caught, and he saw himself falling from a great height in shock.

I'm dead for sure!

It is often said that when a person dies, they see a montage of memories, but Chen Yang only felt a blank mind, unable to imagine anything, watching the collapsing sky and reaching out his hands in a daze, trying to grab something.

"Whoosh..."

In just seven or eight seconds, Chen Yang fell from a great height to the concrete ground. According to common sense, he should have been smashed into a pulp, but it felt as if he had fallen into water and arrived in another place.

Only then did Chen Yang realize that what he was facing was not reality but a virtual scene.

But even knowing this, Chen Yang was drenched in cold sweat.

The scene was so realistic that the human brain could not distinguish it. If a person really died in such a situation, their subconscious might truly believe they were dead, which would be disastrous.

"Host, this is the deepest level of the Core Foundation..."

The voice from the right hand came from all directions, as if speaking right next to his ear but also from a distant place. This feeling of not being able to pinpoint the exact source of the sound was quite strange.

"This is..."

Chen Yang had no time to dwell on this strange feeling; his attention was immediately drawn to the scene before him.

Hundreds of meters in the air, countless transparent fibers were interconnected in an incredibly complex way, forming an unimaginably large neural network.

Endless and boundless, the vast neural network extended far beyond the range of human vision.

On the transparent fibers that formed the neural network, pulses of blue light traveled rapidly along the dense network, moving without interfering with each other at an extremely high speed.

"Commander Luosi, what is this?"

Chen Yang forced himself to calm down.

"This is the deepest level of the Core Foundation."

The voice from the right hand came from all directions again: "This is also the key location for controlling the Core Foundation. All neural pulse waves generated by intelligent beings linked to the Core Foundation are summarized here."

Chen Yang was surprised: "Neural pulse waves? What are those?"

"Whether it's humans or other intelligent beings, whenever their emotions fluctuate intensely, they will generate ultra-high-level 150Hz pulse waves. These pulse waves are crucial for maintaining and repairing the Core Foundation."

"How is that possible?"

Chen Yang interrupted the right hand's explanation and asked: "The spirit and consciousness of intelligent beings are intangible and formless. How can the pulse waves they generate be the key to the operation and repair of this thing?"

"Your human technology has not yet reached this level, host. It's understandable that you have this question."

The right hand asked: "What do you think human consciousness is? How does it occur?"

This counter-question caught Chen Yang off guard. He didn't rush to answer but pondered for a moment before saying: "The human brain processes the information it collects, and this process of information exchange is analysis. When a person analyzes and thinks, consciousness is generated."

"Information, in the end, is a combination of light signals and neural pulse signals, which are tangible substances. These real substances can excite and activate brain cells. But why does the effect of these substances cause the intangible and formless spirit and consciousness to be influenced?"

"Why can the spirit and consciousness affect cells composed of electrons and atoms?"

"Why can cells composed of electrons and atoms produce intangible and formless spirit and consciousness when combined?"

A series of questions left Chen Yang speechless.

"In short, when your human advanced physics further explores the fundamental particles of the universe, it will inevitably involve the study of the spirit and consciousness of intelligent beings. I can't easily explain these things to you now."

To explain so much, the right hand was already quite patient today. Chen Yang didn't dare to ask more.

"Then, what specific situation do you mean by intense emotional fluctuations?"

Chen Yang had a bad feeling.

"When humans are tense and afraid, their brains will generate ultra-high-level 150Hz 'β' waves. The more fear and terror, the more intense the changes in adrenaline and serotonin, which will profoundly affect the neural network here. So, host, I hope you are prepared for the training that follows..."

Are you kidding me?

From the right hand's words, it seemed that the scene of falling from a great height would be repeated several times. Who could endure such a thing happening multiple times?

Chen Yang shrank back, felt afraid, and wanted to run away...

Unfortunately, the surrounding scenes began to peel off layer by layer, and before he knew it, Chen Yang was standing in another scene.

"So cold..."

Snowflakes fell heavily from the sky, and the endless snow-capped mountains stretched as far as the eye could see. The real, intense cold under his feet made Chen Yang involuntarily stamp his feet.

"Is this... a snow mountain?"

It was so cold that Chen Yang was only wearing a short-sleeved shirt. The cold wind and snowflakes hitting his body made him extremely uncomfortable.

This wasn't the most painful thing. The most unbearable was that with every step, the thick snow would bury his knees. After just a few steps, Chen Yang stopped moving and called out: "Commander Luosi, Commander Luosi..."

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