ebonymovies Chapter 43 Consciousness Memes
Chapter 43 Consciousness Memes
"Zite, keep moving forward."
"Go in, and it will all be over."
"Go inside, and you will be free."
Countless sounds mingled and echoed in Zit's ears.
Clutching his head, which was throbbing with intense pain, he stumbled toward the twisting, spinning passage.
Step by step, and then another.
We're getting closer and closer to the white light; it'll be over soon.
"No, that's not right, that's not right!"
"I can't go there, I can't."
There are still people, there are still people waiting for me to go back, there are still people.
"I can't, I won't go, no, it won't do..."
Qi Te stood at the end of the passage, at the intersection of black and white. Just like countless times before, he had stood at the crossroads of his life.
With his grades, getting into the top university in Long County wouldn't have been difficult. However, he couldn't leave Haicheng, so he chose to skip a grade in his second year of high school and enter Haicheng University.
He could have chosen a more popular major, but Liu Baichuan was offering him far too much, helping him apply for a full scholarship and even giving him money out of his own pocket under the guise of a student grant.
It seems like he's making a choice, but in reality, he has no choice at all.
Qi Te's mind was in chaos. Those memories deep within him, those almost forgotten past events, poured out like a flood.
Fragments of scenes from his adolescence, childhood, and even infancy fill and tear at the last remaining shred of self-will in Zite.
『Little Te』
"Grandpa!"
"Little Te, Little Te"
Grandpa's voice came from the other end of the white light.
Completely shattered by reason, Zite took a step forward.
Just as his figure was about to completely enter the white light.
Tiny particles, in the void of consciousness, piece together to form a hand.
*Slap*
That hand grabbed Chit's ankle, which was just outside the white light...
...................
Haicheng Investigation Bureau, Counter-Terrorism Team, Interrogation Room No. 1.
"Any other questions?"
Fang Shu raised her hand and pushed up her glasses, the lenses reflecting the faces of Cao Tengfei and Lin Jun.
When the two arrived at the lecture hall, Qi Te had already fallen into a coma. Ji Chenyu quickly took him to the nearest hospital, but he has not yet woken up.
Fang Shu cooperated fully with the two and went to the Investigation Bureau, but to their great surprise, the testing equipment showed that the source of the interference signal from Qi Te was not from this elegant female professor.
"As Professor Fang said, you don't know Qi Te and have had no prior contact with him. So why did he appear in your class and suddenly faint?"
Lin Jun asked the question with a blank expression and in a very fast voice.
"If I don't know him, how would I know why he came to my class?"
Fang Shu maintained a perfectly angled, slight smile: "I think you should ask that unfortunate child who fainted more about this question."
Lin Jun was about to say something when the pager lit up red.
"Madam Lin, Ms. Fang Shu's lawyer has arrived."
Federal law stipulates that defense counsel, or the client's lawyer, has the right to participate in the trial. Furthermore, the client has the right to remain silent until their lawyer arrives.
"Gentlemen, my client has presented all the facts. If you still have doubts, please provide concrete evidence."
A middle-aged lawyer, dressed in an expensive suit and exuding an elite air, handed his business card to the two men.
"I have completed all the formalities. If you have any questions later, please feel free to contact me."
After saying that, the lawyer politely shook hands with Cao Tengfei, while Fang Shu stood up and smiled and nodded at Lin Jun.
After the two left the interrogation room, before Cao Tengfei could speak, Lin Jun frowned and said, "My test results show that she wasn't lying."
"But that doesn't mean she wasn't lying."
Cao Tengfei asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
Lin Jun is a human lie detector that's more accurate than the most precise food samples, how could she make a mistake!
"My ability can test most ability users with a Sequence A rank or lower. However, the upper limit for the Mental Sequence is rank B."
Cao Tengfei's scalp tingled: "You mean, the suspect could be, A?!"
"Uncertain, but we cannot rule out this possibility."
Lin Jun walked out of the interrogation room with a solemn expression. Watching the figure recede into the distance down the corridor, her intuition told her that the other party was definitely not that simple.
"We received news from the hospital ten minutes ago that the kid's condition is very bad and his life is in danger. Unfortunately, we don't have a single piece of evidence!"
Cao Tengfei frowned in reluctance. He wasn't relying on intuition; he simply trusted Qi Te.
A teenager who remained calm and collected when his college was hijacked by armed men, who deduced that the kidnappers might use a truck to escape and even slipped a cell phone into the bottom of the truck bed to provide tracking signals to the Bureau of Investigation, would never have accused a university professor without reason.
As soon as she finished speaking, Fang Shu, who had already reached the end of the corridor, suddenly paused.
At the same time, the phone vibrated.
Cao Tengfei immediately answered the phone, and Ji Chenyu's excited voice came through the receiver: "Officer Cao, Qi Te is awake!"
Immediately afterwards, a weak voice came from the other end of the phone.
...................
Just before Fang Shu and the lawyer were about to enter the elevator, Cao Tengfei flashed and used his supernatural abilities to successfully intercept them.
"Professor Fang, I'm afraid you can't leave for the time being."
Just as the lawyer was about to step forward to argue, Lin Jun, who had rushed over, only said the word "silence," and the lawyer immediately shut his mouth obediently.
Fang Shu's usually calm and composed expression finally showed a slight change. Her once gentle gaze was now filled with icy coldness.
She turned her head to look at Cao Tengfei, but to her surprise, he seemed completely unaffected.
"So, Professor Fang hasn't reached Rank A yet. What misled me wasn't your rank, but your true abilities."
"You are not a mind control ability user, but rather a consciousness meme, the rarest type in the mental sequence, right?"
Lin Jun took off her glasses and stared intently at Fang Shu.
Fang Shu suddenly felt a jolt in her head. It wasn't that she was being invaded by the other party's reverse consciousness, but rather that her abilities were being blocked, resulting in a similar reverberation effect.
"You split your consciousness in two, or rather, to be precise, you split it into multiple completely independent consciousnesses. My test results are correct; it's just that when I asked the question, you had already switched to a consciousness that wasn't involved in all the events."
"Your development and application of your abilities have truly broadened my horizons."
"With your abilities, let alone controlling Inspector Cao, it wouldn't be difficult for you to even walk out of the Investigation Bureau openly."
"However, unfortunately, you've run into me."
Fang Shu closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly. She then opened her eyes and looked at Lin Jun.
"So, what exactly is your ability?"
Lin Jun did not answer the question. Instead, she showed her identification again and said with a cold expression, "Ms. Fang Shu, you are suspected of using your supernatural abilities to murder Qi Te, a sophomore student in the School of Biology at Haicheng University."
"You have the right to remain silent, but anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law..."
....................
When Qi Te called Cao Tengfei for help, he only mentioned Fang Shu.
Time was of the essence, and there was simply no time to explain the whole story.
Of course, most importantly, he didn't want to reveal his ultimate ability.
This trump card should absolutely not be revealed unless absolutely necessary and there is no other way.
Therefore, Cao and Lin were completely unaware of Nie Zhifeng's role in the incident. They didn't even know he existed, so naturally they wouldn't trace it back to him.
Since they lacked direct evidence and had lawyers involved, they would have to submit a report even if they wanted to detain Fang Shu for 24 hours.
Fang Shu cooperated with the investigation and followed the two to the investigation bureau because she was absolutely certain of the outcome.
She was certain that the boy would never escape the "purgatory of memories".
However, to everyone's surprise, Zite, who was originally on the verge of death, not only miraculously survived, but also woke up at a critical moment.
With key witnesses, Lin Jun had ample reason to temporarily detain the suspect.
Most importantly, Qi Te also provided a new crucial clue: Nie Zhifeng.
Lin Jun immediately realized that she had misjudged Fang Shu's true abilities.
Consciousness memes are a rare superpower that is a higher level than mind control.
Simply put, it means being able to convert another person's consciousness into the consciousness of a person with superpowers.
If we compare the superhuman to the mainframe, then the others whose consciousness has been invaded by the superhuman are the "meat machines".
The most terrifying thing is that the superhumans can also use the "meat machine" as a springboard to anchor to the next target and continue their invasion.
Like meme contamination, this ability was therefore named the consciousness meme.
Based on the new clues provided by Qi Te, the Investigation Bureau's monitoring center quickly located Nie Zhifeng's position.
Cao Tengfei rushed to the scene and arrested Nie Zhifeng, who was destroying the studio!