Abyssal Wanderer

Chapter 146 NO.0091: Carnival Day

According to them, when newcomers officially join the city of sages, it is a tradition here to hold carnival days throughout the city.

"This is a ceremonial process that can help all citizens build consensus with each other, and it can also help newcomers get used to it as soon as possible."

The person leading the way said so.

And Jiang Zhou followed that person, always feeling that the tone of the other person's speech was somewhat familiar.

"Have we met before?"

He couldn't help asking.

"So, are you going to break the most important rules on the first day you officially join the city?"

To this, the man replied.

It is the most important rule of the city of sages not to know the true identity of other people.

Jiang Zhou was silent.

"It won't take long for you to learn...things like that don't really matter. A little curiosity about the strangers around you is really nothing compared to what you'll get in the future."

The man continued.

It's not just a trivial curiosity about the strangers around me...

Regarding these remarks, Jiang Zhou thought to himself.

Having completely lost the ability to connect with others, how can the human instinct to be a social animal be overcome?

This point has been perplexing Jiang Zhou since he came to this city.

Human beings are the sum of social relations—whether it is the greatest sacrifice of character or the most despicable act of betrayal, it needs to be acted on between people.

Human beings are not computer programs, or replaceable parts—the effect will be the same on different computers—how can it be possible to remove personal identity so easily?

Speechless, the two walked for a long time in the bohemian-styled corridor, and they stopped at the same time when they came to a complicated and gorgeous gate.

"It's here. Inside is the elevator, leading to the outside of the venue."

The man stopped at the door, pointed to the doorknob covered with hollow patterns, and signaled that he had to walk the next road by himself.

At this moment, they are underground in the giant Colosseum. According to what Jiang Zhou heard before, whenever there is a large-scale event in the city of sages, the citizens of the whole city will come here to celebrate.

However, when Jiang Zhou thought of the disgusting things that had happened in this Colosseum that he had seen in the "Slaughter Museum" before, he couldn't help feeling weird.

Is there really no problem with carnival days here?

Even though he thought so, Jiang Zhou opened the door and walked into the elevator.

"Then, please enjoy the carnival day...

"I wish you a happy new life."

Pull the lever, said the guide before the gate closed.

What new student?

Before Jiang Zhou had time to ask a question, the elevator he was riding went up at an incredible speed. In a blink of an eye, he had arrived at the open-air tower standing in the center of the Colosseum.

The surrounding auditoriums were filled with a huge crowd, and with Jiang Zhou's appearance, cheers like landslides and tsunami erupted from the crowd.

"Newcomer! Newcomer! Newcomer!"

Everyone was pumping their fists to the sky, their mouths kept shouting the word, and some couldn't stop screaming and growling at themselves.

At this moment, Jiang Zhou felt like a rare animal exhibited in a circus. Surrounded by the bloodthirsty audience, looking forward to what kind of strange performance he can make.

He had never felt such a fanatical atmosphere in this utopian and peaceful city.

Have you been lied to all along?

This thought immediately made Jiang Zhou's nerves tense.

"He's going to be one of us soon!"

"New Minds! New Mindsets!"

"I heard that he is still a depth 2 adjuster? I don't know how many variables he can bring us?"

"Do you think he will voluntarily surrender his mind?"

...

In addition to those screams and roars without information, occasionally one or two incomplete words were blown into Jiang Zhou's ears by the wind, which greatly aggravated his sense of uneasiness.

There is no doubt that this is indeed a carnival atmosphere - just like in the sacrifice ceremony of Dionysus, the believers who went crazy after drinking strong alcohol are waiting to rush up and eat their own flesh at any time.

Gradually, the screaming and shouting subsided, and more whisper-like words reached Jiang Zhou's ears.

"The newcomer this time seems to be very interesting?"

"What do you think I should do with him?"

"I heard that he has a multi-use magnetic wax control system installed in his body, and has magnetic field perception."

"That's great, I just need such a person for the room temperature superconducting project."

"He looks very handsome, and I don't know if he has a good personality. If he has a good personality, it's good to let him be my lover."

"I don't know if he is suitable to be a son..."

...

What are they talking about...

Hearing countless weird conversations echoing in his ears, Jiang Zhou looked around in a panic.

At this moment, he was hesitating whether he should reveal the weapon in his hand and try to fight out of this place of right and wrong.

Although there is little hope of doing so...

"Please don't be nervous, newcomer friend No. 1033."

At this time, a familiar voice from Jiang Zhou echoed behind him.

"Madeleine!"

He turned his head abruptly, and sure enough, it was the stand-in who had been following him before reverberating—that lively and cheerful girl who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old appeared behind him at some point.

"Madeleine?"

Hearing Jiang Zhou call herself that, the girl frowned and repeated it, then smiled and said:

"Didn't I say it before, in this city, citizens can't name others at will?"

"So, have you been pretending to be a so-called 'wandering soul' all this time to spy on me?"

Ignoring the other party's nonsense, Jiang Zhou asked directly.

Right now, he strayed into the scene of the cult ceremony, and the people around him planned to tie him up to worship the heavens. If he still believes what they said before, the beautiful rhetoric about the city of sages, then his brain will be kicked by a donkey.

Jiang Zhou's words obviously stunned the other party for a moment, and then she realized that there was a misunderstanding, so she immediately shook her head and said:

"Surveillance? No, no, of course not..."

She said, taking a small step forward.

"Why do we go to such lengths to do this kind of thing? It was indeed my 'wandering spirit' who was entangled with you before... It is precisely because you brought my 'wandering spirit' to this city that the Dionysus Bureau was able to Will decide to let me come and explain it all to you. After all, you are more familiar with my image, aren't you?"

"Madeleine" said so.

"Then since the one who has been following me before is your 'stand-in reverberation', why are you still living here?"

Jiang Zhou asked with his back tensed.

As he spoke, Jiang Zhou was already fully prepared to fight - the distance between the two of them was no more than five meters, which was equivalent to comparing a dagger to the opponent's throat for Liao Qi's stand-in program.

At this moment, his eyes were fixed on the opponent's movements, and if the opponent made any rash move, the mantis knife hidden in his arm would pierce the opponent's throat immediately.

Then he went on to ask:

"Also... what do you guys want to do to me? Until now, I have heard those people in the audience chattering about how to deal with me... as if I am now The same meat on their cutting board.

"Also, what else were you hiding from me about this city? Just to trick me into coming here?"

Jiang Zhou was very puzzled by this point.

Just to deceive myself to come here, do I need to work hard to fabricate such a big 'Utopia' lie?

"Madeleine" seemed to want to go a few more steps, to get closer to each other before speaking. However, when she saw Jiang Zhou's guarded face and felt that if she took another step forward, she would be attacked by the opponent in an instant, she finally had to give up.

She stood there and folded her arms, first smiled helplessly, and then said:

"No...we didn't lie to you. Everything you saw in this 'utopia' before was not a lie. It's just that before the carnival day, there was the core part of the operating mechanism of the city of sages. We It’s just that I didn’t tell you. And now, at the moment when you are about to join us...you have the right to know the final truth.”

With that said, Madeleine took a deep breath, then looked around the crowd of guests and said:

"Everyone you see right now, has uploaded themselves.

"They are no longer abyss roamers, not even wanderers... They are essentially digital personalities uploaded to Narcissus Plain."