Deceitful Game

Chapter 184 Alaya

Chapter 184 Alaya

—They finally caught up.

Mingpo sighed silently.

He had known this day would come, so he hadn't even considered running away. Besides, there was nothing to run for.

Moreover, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce lacks a "Tianwen" (a type of online inquiry platform), which makes its response somewhat slow.

Now that Mingpo has reached the level of Zhou Zhiqing Lead, he has finally come knocking on our door—why didn't he wait until he advanced to the level of Age Gold before coming?

"I'm in Shanghai."

Mingpo casually replied, "And you?"

"Haha, I knew it!"

Shen Yiqi laughed heartily, his voice bright: "I'm in Shanghai too, I just landed today!"

His smile was so hearty, as if nothing in this world could defeat him.

"—Was it guessed?"

Mingpo found it difficult to handle Shen Yiqi's personality.

How can there be people who act first and ask where you are after flying over directly?

If I'm not in Shanghai, wouldn't you explode?

Since we have plenty of chips, we can afford to waste a day or two, right?

"Haha, just kidding."

Shen Yiqi seemed to have guessed what Mingpo was thinking, and simply smiled and said, "Actually, I came to Shanghai on business—you know Gaotian Construction Group, right?"

Upon hearing this, Mingpo's heart stirred slightly.

He glanced subconsciously in the direction where Ai Shiping was.

Fortunately, he is currently in his manifest state, and can only hear faint, intermittent sounds from the other world. It's also fortunate that Gao Fan hasn't emerged from the instance yet.

It wouldn't be good to involve them.

"What's wrong?"

Mingpo asked calmly, "Is there trouble?"

"It's so troublesome—"

Shen Yiqi sighed softly—this was the first time he hadn't laughed after the call connected: "Their chairman, Gao Song, is also one of our people. He's considered our senior."

"Wow. That's surprising."

Mingpo replied emotionlessly, "And then?"

"Then—I had an important project that required his skills, so I came over to get to know him and have a chat beforehand. But it turned out he had been killed."

Shen Yiqi said with some distress, "This is troublesome. He was one of the leading artificial intelligence experts in China, and even the world. His progress was the fastest. With his death, the development of the entire artificial intelligence industry will probably be delayed by several years."

"Shouldn't we try to save it?"

"It's beyond saving."

Shen Yiqi answered decisively, "I've tried it. He died in his own palace, not from an attack on the material world. Besides, too much time has passed—modifying this part of history would be a modification of the deceiver," and it can't take effect until the timeline completely collapses.

"From what you're saying—can an attack from the material world be saved?"

"It's actually quite difficult. At the very least, his chips can't be taken away by anyone—that way, if we asked the vice president to intervene, we might be able to save him. But that's definitely not possible now."

Shen Yiqi sighed, "If only he hadn't died. With his help, I feel that in ten years at most, I could change the whole world."

Mingpo frowned slightly.

He could tell that Shen Yiqi wasn't joking or bragging.

That calm tone reflects absolute self-confidence, because Mingpo herself has a similar habit.

This guy—

"Maybe it's because you're too capable that the world can't let you do it."

Mingpo said casually.

"You mean Alaya?"

Shen Yiqi thought for a moment and immediately replied.

—Why is there something about Alaya?

Mingpo was taken aback: "What did you say?"

"Hmm—this concept might be a bit complicated to explain to you. Have you seen the Type-Moon anime?"

"—Just say it. I can understand."

"Ah, that's good."

Shen Yiqi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "By the way, you're a veteran anime fan too—I won't go into the background. Simply put, some of the more experienced charlatans have researched that our title abilities actually come from the collective subconscious. Rather than 'facts,' it's closer to an impression."

"For example, the Mayan culture that everyone has in mind is related to the end of the world. Although in fact it was just the end of the Mayan calendar, since everyone thinks so, the Mayan titles and abilities may be related to the end of the world."

Similarly, crop circles, UFOs, the Shennongjia Wild Man, the Loch Ness Monster—these legends evolve into abilities based on cognition, rather than being grounds for fact.

Upon hearing this, Mingpo's heart stirred slightly.

If that's the case—

That would explain "Frankenstein" and "The Silence of the Lambs".

"Go on," Mingpo said softly.

"Therefore, some seniors believe that since our power comes from the collective unconscious, it means that the collective unconscious has power. By the way, I personally think this logic is not very rigorous, but it is barely plausible. And many people think so."

"The existence of charlatans has existed since at least before Christ. Jesus, Han Xin, and Xuanzang are all considered well-known charlatans—those who were resurrected after death around the world." Most of these legends are evidence of the manifestation of charlatans.

"Since the Deceivers have existed for at least two thousand years, and the Deceiver game has been passed down through generations, why hasn't the world become a complete mess?"

"—That's not necessarily true."

Mingpo shook her head slightly and said softly, "A fish born in a river will never know whether the river's water is clear if it can't enter the sea. Since we were born downstream in this timeline, we can't know whether its upstream is normal—because in our worldview, our 'normal' is based on deduced facts that have already occurred."

"Let's put it this way."

Shen Yiqi bluntly stated, "If that's the case, then can we conclude that the occurrence of various major historical events was all orchestrated by charlatans?"

I think so.

Mingbo replied, "Because they have no reason not to do it."

"Yes, that's what the people from the Noble Blood and Witch Gathering think too. You might be able to get along with them."

Shen Yiqi made a sarcastic remark, his mood less enthusiastic: "But we—for example, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce—have a different perspective."

"That is, there is a general trend in history." It is "destiny," "luck," "divine will"—this general trend is the collective subconscious. Initially, some people called it Alaya—of course, not the Alaya of Type-Moon, but the Alaya of the Faxiang school of Buddhism.

"Alaya is called the storehouse consciousness." The storehouse consciousness has three meanings: the storehouse, the storehouse, and the storehouse.

"It can store" means that it contains and stores the seeds of all good and evil karma and phenomena. In other words, our titles come from these good and evil karma and phenomena;

"What is stored" refers to the new seeds formed through the activities of the seven senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, etc.), meaning that new titles and copies will be born according to our behavior;

"Holding onto the treasure," or "I love holding onto the treasure," refers to an innate talent that everyone possesses. It is a "last-come-first-served" kind of talent. In other words, everyone has a natural personality and talent—this is the inertia that occurs when a new world is formed after each collapse, and it is precisely the instruction left to oneself by one's past self.

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Shen Yiqi said seriously, "In other words—it's a 'command' that the deceiver used the power of time to issue to their past self."

Upon hearing this, Mingpo suddenly thought of raccoons.

"This past life" does not refer to reincarnation. Rather, it refers to the repeated collapse and formation of the world—even machines get tired, ordinary people have déjà vu, and the collective subconscious will naturally leave traces. These "natural traces" are what we call "attachment."

"So sometimes, no matter what you do, you feel like the world is against you; the inventor of some technologies will suddenly die before they are discovered, or they will suddenly die when their great achievements are about to be completed—because inertia" crushes them to death.

"Because this was a great undertaking that did not exist in the original world, they had to fight against the inertia of history when they tried to open it up."

That is, it can lead to accidents.

"If Gao Song triggered Alaya's attack, it can only mean one thing."

Throughout countless ages past, no one has ever been able to do this.

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