Chapter 403 Tired
Su Ming did not respond. He lowered his head and walked quickly towards the main house.
'You know I'm just a program that tells you what you think is right, and you don't take me seriously at all, but you are curious about why I appear again, right?'
Su Ming remained silent, his mind spinning rapidly.
"Ah, you still don't answer? In that case, let me tell you something interesting. Bai Chifei is preparing to attack you now."
Su Ming's steps suddenly paused, his pupils contracted, and his expression was surprised and shocked.
This sentence gave Su Ming a very special feeling. His intuition told him that the information was true. Before this, every sentence of the voice in his head did not contain subjective consciousness, except for the sentence just now.
This feeling is very special, as if the person you are talking to is a soulless robot that operates completely according to the program, but suddenly the robot says something that is not included in the program and only humans can say.
This shows that the voice in the head is not just a closed logic "program" that targets an individual's thought cycle, but a peeping "program" with sharing capabilities.
Before, Su Ming always regarded the voice in his head as a projection of his subconscious mind, and this projection only affected himself. As long as the person concerned completely ignored these words, it would not have any impact on reality and social relations.
But the new discovery just now made Su Ming realize that this voice was much more dangerous than he had imagined.
Imagine, since this voice can tell Bai Chifei his inner thoughts, why can't it also tell Bai Chifei and others his own thoughts?
At this moment, Su Ming felt as if there was a pair of invisible big eyes above his head, looking at all of them and seeing their hearts clearly. The owner of those eyes dug out the dark side of everyone's heart, exposed it to others, destroyed everyone's trust, and watched everyone kill each other.
"This is simply outrageous." Su Ming murmured to himself with emotion.
It is really hard to imagine that there is such a weirdness. If a normal person encounters such a weirdness, he will feel desperate. After all, with such a weirdness, even all the tricks are useless. All the thoughts in the heart can be seen clearly, and these thoughts will be made public and exposed to other people.
"Hey, have you told anyone else about my plan?" Su Ming finally asked the voice in his head the first question.
'not yet.'
This sentence is not a "program" either; the information it contains does not come from one's heart.
"What on earth are you?"
"I don't know. Since you outsiders call this place the devil's land, then I am probably the devil."
This sentence is a "procedure". It seems that the other party is answering, but in fact it is Su Ming's own inner thoughts expressed in a different voice, and the other party did not actually answer at all.
"Will you tell others about my plan?" Su Ming asked.
"Hahahaha! It's great to have super intuition. You won't be led by me at all. But do you think I will answer you casually? Hypocrite?"
Do you think you've defeated me? Just treat me as a soulless voice?
But what I said is what you think in your heart. Your actions are completely inconsistent with your previous decisions. Hypocrisy is hypocrisy. This is a fact and you cannot deny it.'
"You talk too much nonsense. No matter if you are a devil or not, I will defeat you!"
"Better than me? How? You don't think that letting thirteen normal people out is a perfect ending, do you? No way, no way?"
"Do you have self-awareness? If you do have self-awareness, what is your purpose?"
"What do you think? I am too lazy to repeat what you are thinking. Whether you assume that I have self-awareness or not, it is up to you. I am only responsible for telling you that Bai Chifei is ready to attack you. It's that simple."
This sentence was just Su Ming's inner thoughts. From beginning to end, there were only two pieces of information that were not Su Ming's inner thoughts.
First: Bai Chifei was going to attack him.
Second: Your inner plan has indeed not been known to others yet.
Su Ming thought that the thing hidden behind the voice was self-aware, because the two very brief pieces of information it revealed had a huge impact on his next actions.
But Su Ming could not sense the other party's existence or its purpose. It seemed as if there were layers of veils between him and it. A piece of information was relayed through various messy channels, indirectly and then indirectly again, completely erasing the original traces.
This is normal. Since the other party can see into your heart, it will definitely take advantage of the super-intuitive loopholes and hide its true purpose.
As for Su Ming himself, he could only do what he could.
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In the afternoon, everyone was gathered together. The color of the sky did not change at all, but the air became inexplicably hot, as if summer had arrived.
The moonlight is cold, but the temperature is rising. This phenomenon, which goes against common sense, affects everyone's brain just like high temperature, making people anxious.
At noon some of the men had the nerve to go back to their homes and get their summer clothes, while others, fearing the murder, did not dare to go home, and asked Elton for summer clothes for the servants.
Now, everyone gathered on the large lawn in front of the main house, waiting for Su Ming to appear.
This kind of gathering for two consecutive days is very rare. When they heard Su Ming asking everyone to gather, everyone was looking forward to it.
After the last number guessing game, those who did not get any food have been looking forward to Su Ming distributing food, while those whose personal safety was threatened because of getting food are expecting Su Ming to give a specific solution to ensure their personal safety.
Finally, Su Ming walked out of the house.
"Shhhhh! Mr. Xia is coming out!"
"Mr. Xia!"
"Mr. Xia!"
The originally scattered crowd all faced Su Ming at the same time, their eyes full of hope focused on him.
Su Ming walked down the steps slowly, saying as he walked: "Something unpleasant happened last night. Some people disobeyed my warning and made a deal with the devil. In the end, they became like that. It's a pity."
"But!" Su Ming changed the subject, "Just last night, something very strange happened. It happened after I asked Elton to take the body away. I hope someone can be honest."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone began to whisper to each other. When they heard that Su Ming was not going to distribute food or guarantee the personal safety of certain people, they all showed disappointment on their faces. The men wiped the dirty sweat mixed with black mud from their necks, complaining that they had to go out in such a hot day and that they had no water to drink despite sweating; the women muttered that their children cried again yesterday, and wanted to use this opportunity to convey their expectations.
They didn't hear what they wanted to hear, and immediately lost interest in the gathering, and few people cared about the strange things that happened yesterday.
Su Ming saw all of this.
In Su Ming's opinion, most people are useless. They have no sense of crisis and don't even think about how to survive. This group of people has completely handed the right to survive to him, and even regards keeping him alive as his obligation.
Stupid, why are people so stupid sometimes?
But he didn't come here today to see everyone's ugly behavior, he came to find the black sheep.
Those faces with different expressions were reflected in Su Ming's pupils. Su Ming stretched out his hand and quickly pointed at several people in the crowd.
"You, you, you, and you, come with me later."
"Ah? Me...me?"
"Yes, it's you. And you, stop looking around. You have to come with me too."
The faces of those people turned pale instantly, and one of them even felt his knees weaken and he fell to his knees on the ground. He heard the voice in his head yesterday, which said that if Xia Ming found out about this, he would definitely be killed like the mutated rich man yesterday.
"No! Mr. Xia! Mr. Xia, please listen to my explanation...please listen to my explanation!"
The man kneeling on the ground suddenly seemed to go crazy. He suddenly jumped up and rushed towards Su Ming, grabbed Su Ming's sleeve tightly, and repeated excitedly: "That way you can survive! Everyone can survive if you do that!"
Su Ming stared into the other person's eyes. He saw some complicated things in those panicked eyes. These things made Su Ming vaguely guess what the other person was thinking.
"Don't get excited, I won't do anything to you, I just have some questions to ask you." Su Ming comforted.
After saying this, the other party suddenly fell silent. He stared at Su Ming blankly as if in a daze, and slowly loosened his hand that was clutching Su Ming's sleeve.
Su Ming saw the other person's eyes gradually changing and guessed what was happening at the moment, so Su Ming decisively shouted coldly: "Don't listen to that voice!"
The man turned around suddenly and shouted to everyone, "You can live by eating corpses! You can live by eating corpses!!"
Shocking remarks echoed over the garden, and the crowd fell into dead silence.
Su Ming's hand had already covered the man's mouth. The words just now were not shouted by the man in front of him, but by another person in the crowd... After all, was it too late?
"What...what corpse?" asked a pale and thin woman in a hoarse voice.
The other person who was just named by Su Ming, with trembling hands, excitedly explained to everyone: "We thought about it yesterday, maybe we can survive by eating the meat of the person who turned into a monster, and then...then we, we tried it! It's delicious! The hunger is completely gone! It's really edible!"
The eyes of men and women were focused on that person, and everyone's eyes were filled with fear, as if the man speaking in front of them was a complete lunatic... In fact, this was already the truth.
"That's a lot of meat. If we share it among everyone... we'll be fine for a long time and we can all survive."
"Damn it! This lunatic!"
"He's crazy... He's going to become a monster too!"
"Damn it, stay away from me!"
The man closest to him, in anger, punched the other person in the face. This action seemed to trigger a switch somewhere in everyone's body, and in an instant, fists and feet fell on the man who was speaking like raindrops.
Su Ming reacted immediately and rushed towards the crowd: "Stop! Stop it!"
No one listened to him, everyone lost their minds, and Su Ming had to push through the crowd and move closer to the center to protect the man who was being beaten.
Although Su Ming had unparalleled strength, he could not hurt anyone. All he could do was to stop those who were beating him as quickly as possible.
"Stop! Do you want to kill someone? Do you want to kill someone?" Su Ming asked harshly, while standing in front of the person being beaten and enduring several punches and kicks.
In an instant, the cursing and punching stopped, as if the boiling water had cooled down again, and everyone's out-of-control emotions returned to normal again. They looked at Su Ming in confusion, wondering why Su Ming wanted to protect this madman who ate corpses.
Su Ming leaned over and quickly checked the injuries of the person who was beaten. Several teeth were missing and one of his eyes was bleeding severely. He should be blind, but his life was not in danger.
Fortunately, this way we can ask for relevant information. As long as the other party cooperates, we may be able to summarize the logic of how the voices in the brain affect ordinary people's thinking.
"Are you okay? Get up."
Su Ming went to help the other person, but the man supported himself with his hands in the mud and struggled to stand up, while shaking off Su Ming's hand.
"You guys are a bunch of lunatics!... I'm expecting you to kill me first, so why don't I... Gulujigu ~~"
The man's voice became severely distorted, and the skin on his back suddenly burst out. At the moment he transformed, Su Ming used a wind blade to cut off the other's head.
Another person turned into a monster in public... Even though Su Ming did not let him complete the transformation, the white spine protruding from his back alone was enough to have a huge impact on the spirits of the surrounding onlookers.
"Everyone, everyone calm down... Don't believe the voice in your head, otherwise you will end up like him." Su Ming sighed.
He spoke softly at first, then realized that the people behind him might not hear him, so he raised his voice and repeated it.
Everyone could see that Su Ming was very tired.
For the first time, he showed his fatigue in front of the crowd.
He looked at the people he had named before. The remaining three were all terrified, standing there with their mouths wide open, like a wooden sculpture.
"Elton... transport him away." Su Ming pointed at the twisted corpse on the ground, then took a deep breath. "Also, the three of you come with me. The rest of you can go home. I will announce the preliminary plan for food distribution in an hour. If you have any opinions, you can talk to Elton directly."
Su Ming led the three people into the mansion. Some people left one after another, while others stood where they were, carefully discussing what had just happened.
Everyone was feeling very uneasy, especially those who had just committed violence. At this moment, they felt a sense of relief at having survived a disaster.
Su Ming had clearly said before that making a deal with the devil would gain power and turn you into a monster, so don't hurt others, but they were all overwhelmed by their emotions and let their instincts control their bodies. If Su Ming had not killed the monster immediately, many people might have died.
Cao Fengling felt mixed emotions as she looked at the ordinary people who were still frightened.
"Big sister, Xia Ming is almost losing control, what should we do?" Luo Bing, who was standing behind Cao Fengling, said.
