Chapter 210

19th District.

The city was divided into 34 districts in total. The city was not big, but every area was highly prosperous and extremely three-dimensional.

Huge billboards cut the space extremely three-dimensionally.

In the gaps between many electronic screens, billboards, and neon lights, there was a relatively small plaque that read "19th District Psychological Clinic."

Generally speaking, those who could come here for consultation—were all patients with severe mental illness.

At least that was what this doctor said to Wen Xishu.

It is said that coming here would leave a file, making it difficult to find a job in the future. Of course, one could also undergo a prefrontal lobotomy and become a superior person in the factory.

Doing assembly line work in the factory, doing that kind of high-end work that didn't require using one's brain, only mechanical repetitive movements, and utilizing muscle memory.

"You mean... people who come here are all people with serious mental illness risks? Do you think I look like one?" Wen Xishu asked the doctor.

The doctor's smile was very stiff:

"Of course."

"But I was just lazy when sweeping the floor," Wen Xishu said.

The doctor shook his head, but because his memory was not very good, he was equipped with an operation manual voice version. In his Bluetooth headset, Wen Xishu heard such a voice:

"The amplitude of shaking the head cannot be too large, conforming to the doctor industry standard for shaking the head."

Although the sound was very small, it could not withstand the fact that Wen Xishu had the Power of Three Phases at this time, and his five senses were extremely powerful. Hearing this, Wen Xishu really wanted to capture the... pain in the doctor's eyes.

Being tortured and restrained, would one feel at ease?

But Wen Xishu soon remembered, he was wrong.

Because pleasure and enjoyment appeared in the doctor's eyes, which also made the doctor start to follow his operation manual more.

Wen Xishu remembered that when he completed certain actions that met the specifications, he would also feel a huge sense of pleasure.

Dog training mechanism.

If you do it wrong, you get punished; if you do it right, you get rewarded.

After the conditioned reflex is established, the dog will become very obedient.

Without a doubt, this island... or rather this mental world, all citizens were very obedient.

As long as they were not made to realize within 24 hours that they shouldn't be so obedient, then Tianlangxing... would also likely become very obedient?

But what exactly was that word?

Chaos? Irregularity? Selfishness? Variable?

Wen Xishu thought of many words, but still couldn't remember.

The doctor saw Wen Xishu's appearance:

"As expected of someone who can bring a 2% butterfly effect fluctuation alone, sir, you make me feel afraid."

"What is called being lazy? You should know that this society follows a unified will. How can we be lazy when we should be doing something?"

"The birth of this kind of thought will itself corrode you bit by bit like a virus!"

"Your situation is too serious. The last time I saw a situation like yours... was a student who, when encountering a multiple-choice question he couldn't do, chose to pick one randomly instead of leaving it blank as the operation manual said."

"This is too serious. This incident caused a sensation in the whole school. He was expelled from school, and his parents also accepted the parents' operation manual suggestion and severed ties with him..."

"He indeed became a criminal just as the operation manual predicted. Then... justice was executed."

The doctor was indeed afraid of Wen Xishu. Would such a person do any unexpected actions? Would he cause any variables in the orderly and harmonious world?

He gave his own suggestion.

Of course, the suggestion was also provided by the operation manual.

Wen Xishu frowned.

This action scared the doctor again.

Wen Xishu himself also realized that doing so was wrong. Now he should accept the suggestion, let the doctor help make an appointment for the Fourth Hospital surgery, go to the 11th District, and have a small prefrontal lobotomy.

In this way, his life would be envied by countless people—becoming a superior person working in the factory.

Is there something wrong with this world?

And for a student to make a choice on a multiple-choice question he doesn't know, logically speaking, there is nothing wrong with it. Picking one doesn't mean it's right, but leaving it blank is definitely wrong.

But inexplicably, once Wen Xishu thinks deeply, he will feel a headache. He remembered that it was the same before; once he thought deeply about women and gender, he would have a headache.

Only when the degree of incongruity is high enough is it possible to get an answer.

But the problem is, now Wen Xishu seems to feel that there is some external force restricting him from thinking deeply.

He can only rely on instinct to deal with this world.

"Doctor, do you have your own thoughts?" Wen Xishu couldn't help asking.

The doctor looked at the butterfly effect dosage table and found that Wen Xishu's butterfly effect dosage had become 0.025.

Hell, rounding up, that's 3%!

Someone with a 2% butterfly effect variable came to him and became 3%. How can he work in the future if this gets out?

Does he still want his face? Being a psychiatrist is originally a very lowly, dangerous, and hard-working job. Saying one wrong word could lead to him turning from a doctor into a patient.

Actually, the doctor had applied for a prefrontal lobotomy many times, but due to the needs of high-level positions and insufficient butterfly effect variables, the application was not passed.

He didn't understand much before, but now he seems to understand. This man in front of him actually asked if he had his own thoughts?

He could never ask this question to anyone else in his life.

The doctor decided to speak according to the contents of the operation manual:

"Of course, we all have our own thoughts. Our thoughts are not controlled by anyone, but we must be neat and keep in step."

"You only need to do what the operation manual says, and you can get happiness. Why violate it?"

"Look at our city, everything is so neat and orderly, everything is full of the beauty of order, and the dust on every floor is evenly distributed!"

At this moment, black clouds gathered in the sky above the two of them again.

"Your illness is too serious, but precisely because of this, you have gained an opportunity to reach the sky in one step. Honestly, I envy you."

Wen Xishu stood up.

At this time, his actions did not conform to the "Behavior Specification Manual - Patient Regulations," so Wen Xishu's butterfly effect variable had already exceeded 3%.

The doctor was terrified.

Wen Xishu said:

"You seem to be addicted to that kind of huge pleasure, that kind of reward mechanism. Unfortunately, doctor, I don't think I'm sick."

Wen Xishu did not say this sentence coherently. After saying it, Wen Xishu's butterfly effect variable had reached 0.037.

Heading towards 4%.

At this time, the Behavior Specification Manual - Doctor Version issued instructions to the psychiatrist.

【Potential criminal detected, please execute paralysis means immediately! This behavior will contain more happiness value rewards and be evaluated as a social contribution means.】

The doctor took out a pistol that could fire anesthetics from under the table without hesitation.

Then he pulled the trigger.

In his eyes, this was a weapon that would hit the opponent immediately and make them fall into a deep sleep as long as the trigger was pulled.

But in Wen Xishu's eyes, everything was very slow.

Wen Xishu didn't even dodge, just activated the invincible frame of perfect counter-attack, accurately blocking this strike.

【Your behavior does not conform to the Patient Operation Specification Manual. Current butterfly effect variable 0.049.】

About to exceed 5%.

The doctor immediately raised his hands:

"I'm sorry, don't kill me... don't kill me! I'm just making a living! My current job is already very hard!"

"If... if I can't keep this job, I'll have to go into the more dangerous and lowly novel and film industry!"

Wen Xishu almost couldn't hold it together. The more dangerous and lowly novel and film industry?

He was stunned, then pondered the logic inside. The more creative the industry, the less constrained... the more lowly and dangerous it is?

Wen Xishu of course would not kill the doctor.

He just asked a question, but this question immediately scared the doctor into fainting.

"You tell me, how can I get rid of these prompts? You should be able to see them, right? How can I remove this so-called Operation Specification Manual?"

Wen Xishu's behavior now counts as very crazy.

He himself also felt that this was very crazy, and there was a huge, abrupt emotion trying to stop this madness.

But on the other hand, although Wen Xishu could not think deeply, his instinct still realized—everyone in this city was connected to something.

Something that could make everyone produce "I shouldn't do this" and "huge pleasure."

At the same time, it would constantly prompt the variables that everyone's behavior produced for society.

This variable was controlled to an outrageous degree.

Wen Xishu felt that he was about to find the answer.

The concept... that does not produce variables.

But after he asked this sentence, the doctor had already fainted.

【Your behavior does not conform to the Patient Operation Specification Manual. Current butterfly effect variable 0.072.】

It soared directly to 7%.

【Arrest personnel have been dispatched. If you choose to surrender now, you can enjoy the free prefrontal lobotomy policy.】

Wen Xishu felt the sense of incongruity again.

Those novelists and directors looked down upon by the doctor... if the underlying logic is the desire to do better, then why don't these people choose to have a prefrontal lobotomy and work in a factory to become superior people?

Didn't he get this opportunity very easily?

But after pondering slightly, Wen Xishu figured out the logic inside.

"They are not as rebellious as I am."

"They have been disciplined enough to be obedient."

"So this world, for those who are obedient enough, doesn't need them to be puppets, because appropriate thinking ability can allow them to better execute the laws of this world. But for those who don't follow the rules of the world, they are all recommended to have a prefrontal lobotomy."

"At the same time, it promotes the tool people who don't have thinking ability after a prefrontal lobotomy. It holds these people up as superior people..."

"Damn, why is Tianlangxing's world so perverted?"

Wen Xishu seemed to be able to understand.

After losing many concepts, Tianlangxing must already look very much like a "puppet," but he is not a true puppet yet. Only after this most important concept is lost—

Will Tianlangxing truly be tamed by the Captain.

Sirens sounded outside. Less than one kilometer away from Wen Xishu, several police cars began to rush towards Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu had a premonition—the law enforcers had come to catch him.

It was also at this time that Wen Xishu suddenly received a message. A call from Huo En.

"Huo En?"

"It's me, Wen Xishu. How are you? You haven't been tamed by the Operation Specification Manual, have you?"

"A redundant question."

"That's good. I think if it were you, you would definitely be able to realize something is wrong like me."

"Shall we meet up first?"

"No problem, but before we meet, you need to remove something from your arm."

"Sure enough, there is an implant."

"Yes, it seems you have realized it too," Huo En's tone sounded very happy.

"Left hand or right hand? About where? Have you removed it?" Wen Xishu asked.

"Hmm... it still hurts a bit," Huo En smiled.

Wen Xishu was secretly shocked. How did Huo En find it? His five senses were so powerful, yet he also reasonably accepted the fact that his body was implanted, and he couldn't detect exactly where it was.

How did Huo En do it?

He thought of a possibility. Maybe other things had long been implanted in Huo En's body. To deal with the Captain, Huo En had probably also conducted many perverted tests.

For a person like Huo En, saying it hurts a bit must mean it really hurts.

"Right hand, three centimeters above the wrist. But I'm not sure if it's the same for everyone, but according to the near-perverted neatness of this world, it should be the same."

"Are you safe now, Huo En?" Wen Xishu asked while using the Scorpion Blade to cut open his right wrist.

Huo En said:

"Not very good... I'm hiding, hiding in an office building. Theoretically, this should be all high-level white-collar workers. But their social status in this world is not very high."

"This place also often provides patients from mental hospitals, so I'm hiding inside. But I will be discovered soon. Wen Xishu, I have to trouble you to save me."

"I think both of us have realized what is missing in this world, but we just can't find that precise word..."

"If we exchange information, maybe we can succeed."

Wen Xishu indeed found a chip from his right arm. Under his perverted resilience, the wound began to scab over rapidly.

"No problem. Although I can't beat the Abyss Behemoth, I think in the controller state, I can easily deal with the law enforcers in this city."

Huo En's tone was somewhat pessimistic:

"Don't be careless. You've already taken out the chip, right? Although they can't locate you for a short time... but this city is full of electronic eyes."

"Also, Wen Xishu, besides dealing with the core of the mental world this time... we also have to deal with three companions."

"That is, the three ability users arranged by the Captain."

"Their abilities are terrifying. They have violently suppressed riots on the Ark many times. Their strength... I'm afraid it's even above yours. Three people, each of them is not simple."

To find the missing concept in such a city and face the Captain's three capable subordinates...

And even deal with the more powerful, re-evolved Abyss Behemoth.

Wen Xishu also felt that this island landing trip was not simple.

But it's strange to say.

"Huo En, I won't be careless, but you might not believe it, I just feel that if we join forces, we can do anything."

Huo En was silent for two seconds, then smiled:

"Me too. Let's meet up first. I'm on the 35th floor of the highest office building in District 14."

"You come over first. On the way, you might see many strange scenes. But those are all unreasonable."

The siren approached.

Just because he didn't obey, just because he asked a few questions, Wen Xishu, who became a wanted criminal, had to hang up the phone at this time.

Wen Xishu left from the back door of the clinic and began to run wildly between buildings using parkour techniques.

Everything was as Huo En said, the strange world began to appear.

And he couldn't help but think... what exactly is Tianlangxing's ability? Ding Dong creates items, what about Tianlangxing?

Are these mental worlds of his really completely unrelated to the outside world?

(End of chapter)