Paintings of Terror

"This is impossible." Qin Ci categorically denied, "Our current physiological state is a living person, and it is impossible to have this state of being both alive and dead."

"What did the program want to do to get these out?" Ke Xun pointed to the waves and grains above his head.

"Whether it is the name of this painting or the wave-particle duality pattern of the particles displayed in each room in the painting, it seems to point to the phenomenon of quantum superposition state." Mu Yiran said, "in the physics world. , The equation used to express this "superposition of multiple uncertain states" is called the wave function.

"In layman's terms, the wave function can be regarded as a list, which lists all the possible states of a quantum superposition system. At the moment when people are measuring or observing, the wave function of this multi-state superposition It immediately collapsed into one of the superposition states.

"The wave-particle duality of particles is a wave function, and "Schrödinger's Cat" is also regarded as a wave function in the program, so I think the signature must be related to the wave function."

"Could it be..." Ke Xun was about to speak, when he received a prompt for help, he quickly clicked on it-now only the group of Wei Dong and Zhu Haowen are still sending help. "What's wrong? What problem is encountered? ?"

When Ke Xun started to ask, the opposite was also starting to ask him: "What's wrong with you? Have you encountered any problems?"

It was Zhu Haowen's voice.

Ke Xun was taken aback: "No, we have already passed the barrier, how about you?"

A string of ellipsis seemed to float on the opposite side: "...Why don't you come out after you break the customs."

Ke Xun: "What about you? Have you broken the barrier?"

Zhu Haowen: "It's broken, it's already outside."

Ke Xun: "...Why did you ask for help after the barrier was broken? I was shocked, thinking you had something wrong."

Zhu Haowen: "...I was shocked. When will you come out?"

Ke Xun: "Go out now."

After hanging up the call with Zhu Haowen, Ke Xun said to Mu Yiran and Qin Ci: "It looks like everyone has passed this level. We have to go out and continue to roll the dice."

The three people didn't delay anymore, and immediately returned to the room through the exit, seeing that the other groups were all there, and there was no shortage of one.

Ke Xun glanced at the time on the phone. It was already 11:32 at night.

This is usually the most dangerous period in the painting.

"Yan, after casting the dice into groups, let's tell the results of the analysis just now to the people in the same group. Let's think about clues together," Ke Xun took the time to say to Mu Yi, "Also, don't waste your help requests. Although you will always be omnipotent in my heart, but in case, in case you need it, don’t waste it for me. Don’t worry, if you encounter a level that I can’t pass, I will be the first to tell you Ask for help, and if you don't receive my help, then it proves that I can pass the test with confidence and wait patiently for me. I will wait for you in the same way, okay?"

"Good." Mu Yiran nodded slightly.

The countdown required to roll the dice on the interface had already started, and Ke Xun had to stretch out his hand, preparing to start another endless round of rushing.

If the formula thinks that all matter has a quantum superposition state, Ke Xun suddenly thought, then does this dice also have the same properties? For example, is it both turning and stopping?

If matter is determined by consciousness, when I "observe" it, it will definitely stop and show at a certain point, then, if I don't "observe" it, will it show another result? What? For example... keep turning?

Ke Xun thought so, and moved his outstretched finger to first click on the book icon above the dice icon.

[Please state the content of the law you want to apply]

"Electron double-slit interference phenomenon," Ke Xun quickly recalled all the knowledge points Mu Yiran had told him just now, "wave function, quantum superposition state." He said everything he knew.

[The law passed. Please go to the item box to select the item you want to use. 】

--it works! Ke Xun pressed his heart with excitement and pointed his finger on the box icon.

[Please state the name of the item you want to use. 】

Ke Xun tentatively said: "The dice on the interface."

[Request passed. 】

Ke Xun looked at the dice on the interface and found that it hadn't changed much. Seeing that the countdown was almost over, he could only start to roll the dice no matter whether the idea was useful or not.

Ke Xun pointed the middle of the dice, and the dice spun quickly, closing his eyes before the dice stopped.

After four or five minutes of work, Ke Xun heard Mu Yiran speaking in his ear: "Ke Xun, keep your eyes closed, don't open them for now."

Ke Xun knew that Mu Yiran had understood his thoughts, and his thoughts had really become a reality!

When everyone rolls the dice, only they can see it, and others can’t see it, so in other words, in the “box” of their “interface”, they are the only observer. Once they close their eyes, it is equivalent to a box After removing the camera, the wave function of the dice will collapse to another possibility, which is to keep rotating.

Mu Yiran noticed it because he was the second-ranked dice thrower. When the 60-second countdown started, it proved that it was his turn to roll the dice. However, he waited four or five minutes for the countdown on his interface. It has never been turned on, which means that the dice on the Kexun interface has not yet come to a result!

After the crowd came out of the first level, due to the restriction and pressure of the countdown, they soon began to roll the dice of the second level, so there was no time to exchange information with each other or discuss ways to find clues. Now, they are entering the first level. Before the Three Passes, Ke Xun used this method to hold back time, so that everyone does not have to be forced to enter the Pass, and finally has a chance to communicate.

Mu Yiran didn’t delay a second, and immediately told others about the process and results of discussing and analyzing with Ke Xun Qin Ci in the pass, and finally said: "The three of us think that such endless hurdles are for finding Clues are useless and will only keep us attrition, so we must find a way to get rid of this dilemma as soon as possible. We take advantage of the present, brainstorming, and diversify our thinking as much as possible."

"But we are not studying physics, what can we think of?" Deng Lin was anxious.

"Imagination is more important than doing things well and according to the rules," Mu Yiran said, "The program thinks so too. So, put aside our inertial thinking and let go of thinking."

"Guys," Ke Xun closed his eyes, but it did not prevent him from communicating with everyone. "Through the test just now, it can be proved that the rules and props can also be applied outside the level. I think we can use these two to find signatures."

"So what rules can be used to find signatures?" Deng Lin asked hurriedly.

"Yes." Ke Xun said.

"Well, in this kind of emergency, there is no way to figure it out immediately." Deng Lin scratched his hair hard.

"What I said is," Wei Dong struggled hard from the state of being refreshed in his worldview, "Just like we broke the barrier just now, if we think about many laws and methods slowly in normal times, maybe we can come up with seven or eight. , And it may be better and more effective than what we have come up with now, but in that state of tension, the train of thought seems to be choked, and you can only come up with a limited number of things. So don’t be nervous, try to relax, you have to I know, in this painting, consciousness determines matter...My mother, I still can’t believe that the real world might be like this. I don’t even dare to go back..."

"Bah, stop talking about unlucky bullshit." Ke Xun said, his voice solemnly, "Yan, you pay attention to the prompt on your interface. If the countdown starts, it means that my dice has stopped.

"Brother Qin, pay attention to the time on your phone. Although we delayed the entry time, we did not delay the time in the painting. Once the phone time exceeds three o'clock at night, you will notify everyone.

"Hao Wen'er, you and Yi Ran know a lot about physics, and you two are responsible for thinking about finding the rules for signatures.

"Tongzi, you and Turnip usually play games. I think these levels are very similar to the type of mini-games. You two are responsible for figuring out from the perspective of the game whether there is a quick way to clear levels or find ways to hide clues.

"Mr. Shao, you and Brother Qin are both careful, and then reorganize all the text that has appeared on the screen from the beginning. Maybe you can find the loopholes in the rules.

"Deng Lin, He Tang, and the beauty with the shawl..."

The shawl sent a girl interrupted: "My name is Wu You."

"Good name." Ke Xun said, "You three, don't worry about everything else. The task is to calm down. To survive, you must calm down what you say."

"What about me?" Fang Fei asked.

"You give them a demonstration, what is the standard calmness." Ke Xun said.

Fang Fei: "..."

Eleven people became methodical from the dazed shock just now, and three or two groups focused on finding clues for their signatures.

Ke Xun closed his eyes, his left ear listened to Mu Yiran and Zhu Haowen’s low-pitched discussion, and his right ear listened to Shao Ling and Qin Ci’s meticulous arrangement. The voices of Weidong and Luo Ge in different levels of the game were also heard from time to time. All kinds of sounds converged in one place, but gradually became a little fuzzy, buzzing into a piece, floating around like a film.

Ke Xun's mind slowly settled, and the darkness brought by his closed eyes made him stupefied as if he had returned to the painting "A Rhinoceros on the Sea".

Every night is so dark, every night has a different illusion. Of these visions, the most memorable thing for him was, of course, that night when he heard his father's voice.

Although it was an illusion, it mimicked the father's voice and character so truly.

If... If all matter is really determined by consciousness, then the body, this mass of matter, is also determined by your own consciousness? If consciousness is above the body, will consciousness still exist after the body dies?

It should exist, otherwise, if the consciousness of physical death disappears, wouldn't it still be equivalent to the consciousness of matter?

Therefore, if the body cannot affect consciousness, after it dies, consciousness must still exist. Then, what we call soul, is it the loss of physical consciousness?

So, where is the consciousness of the dead people? Is it uncontrollable to wander everywhere, or does everyone have a place to go?

If consciousness can control the range and location of oneself, then...then father, he...will he always be by my side? He kept looking at me, watching me eating, sleeping, wandering idle on the road, watching me smiling, watching me in a daze, watching me crying.

Watching me grow up day by day, as if he was still alive.

If this is true, then I would also like to believe that all matter in the macroscopic world has a quantum superposition state.

I am willing to believe this whimsical view like a program.

As long as I can keep my dad by my side, even if he can only exist in another state.

...

and many more.

After losing my son's program, will it be the same as mine?

The longing for his son made him crazily believe this point of view-he thought that even though his son was dead, it was only the flesh that died, and the son's consciousness was still alive, but he couldn't see it!

——That’s why he kept going to look for his son!

——The reason why he committed suicide was to let his body die in the same way, and in the same state of consciousness, to find his son!