Multiple Personalities

Shen Jingqi wandered alone on the Shen University Campus.

The concept of [Mirror Neurons] mentioned by Wang Zhichen gave Shen Jingqi an inspiration.

The ginkgo trees reflected through the stairwell glass served as a reference.

The girls' dormitory building, the intersection outside Shen University Campus, the elevator and fourth floor of Shen University restaurant, Li Yuanshin's office, the rooftop of the biology building...

These nodes formed a network space.

Shen Jingqi closed his eyes, feeling the surrounding environment, and the hallucinations of Li Baiyu, the trajectory of Cong Nanxue.

The grid cells began to play their role.

Firing in a hexagonal pattern, forming a grid-like spatial representation in Shen Jingqi's brain.

Moreover, the grid-like representation in Shen Jingqi's brain was taken to the extreme, not only able to navigate and recall the spatial environment of these nodes, track his own movement within these environments, but also able to capture all the information bars in this environment.

However, according to current discoveries, Cong Nanxue may not have any information bars.

As for why Wang Zhichen could see Cong Nanxue, it remains an unsolved mystery.

In any case, Wang Zhichen can now write his paper with great anticipation, and Xia Kang has also bid farewell to Shen Jingqi to rest.

Shen Jingqi wandered in the campus, initially feeling some excitement, but gradually became somewhat bored.

Thousands of information bars swayed before his eyes, yet not the one he wanted to find.

The answer should be here, so why can't he discover it?

Shen Jingqi saw an armchair and quickly walked over to it.

Sitting on the chair, soothing his body that had been on the move all afternoon.

This was on one side of the biology building, diagonally facing the west gate of Shen University and the ginkgo trees.

Shen Jingqi remembered entering from the west gate, and later entering the biology building, he did not notice this armchair when looking out from the stairs.

Could it be a matter of angle?

Ding——

Information notification.

[Zhao Xin'an] @ everyone: The second round of testing will open this Sunday (tomorrow afternoon) from 2-5 PM. Due to the large number of applicants, after selection by Technology Zheng @ Zheng Lin and Nurse Qin @ Qin Si, a total of 15 subjects have entered the test. Please @ Zheng Lin @ Qin Si @ Shen Jingqi attend on time tomorrow afternoon.

[Zheng Lin] @ Shen Jingqi: Subject No. 1 LSW continued to experience the online game of [Sensory Paradise] this afternoon, I monitored in the background, everything is normal, Dr. Shen can check the background data when available.

Shen Jingqi quickly responded.

[Shen Jingqi]: Got it.

[Shen Jingqi]: Okay.

Shen Jingqi suddenly recalled his experience with Lin Shuwang in [Sensory Paradise].

Both went to the same sandwich shop, yet saw different contents.

Shen Jingqi saw a [Conan-style sandwich] at the entrance of the sandwich shop, while Lin Shuwang didn't see anything.

The menu Shen Jingqi looked at did not have the food Lin Shuwang ordered.

And vice versa.

Everyone's experience was different, so were the projections.

Including the fact he never noticed the presence of this armchair before.

Only when he took a specific path, from that specific perspective, could he see this armchair.

Does this mean that the Cong Nanxue seen by himself, Li Baiyu, and Xia Kang is also different?

And Wang Zhichen has seen that girl only in the biology building, never in other places.

As for his other classmates and teachers, they have also never seen that girl.

When he thought of this, Shen Jingqi's brain suddenly throbbed with intense pain.

As he continued to think further, Shen Jingqi could no longer bear the pain.

"Don't overuse your brain, avoid excessive neuronal damage."

Shen Jingqi suddenly remembered Dr. Chang's reminder.

Clearing his mind, the pain in Shen Jingqi's head ceased as expected.

Shen Jingqi slowly stood up.

He started to walk along each path.

He had lived at Shen University for eight whole years.

From age 18 to 26.

He was familiar with every flower and tree here through spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

Starting with that ginkgo tree.

Shen Jingqi thought of nothing, walking slowly.

In winter, after the snow.

The muddy ground, with sunlight reflecting off the potholes.

His feet stepping on the ground felt a habitual sense of solidity.

Turning a corner, it was a long narrow road.

Leading to the lakeside.

Walking a few steps closer, one could see a tower.

The tower was surrounded by thick chains blocking access.

From the path beside the tower, you could see a small lake.

Next to the lake was a small house.

A cat went in and out of it.

This was also the first time Shen Jingqi saw it.

Previously, he had always walked along the main road, past the straight lakeshore, reaching the popular spots where people often stop, and take photos.

The main road was very wide, although it was by the lake, it could accommodate a motor vehicle driving through.

Often, one could see several bicycles riding side by side.

Shen Jingqi gazed at those few photography spots.

It was Saturday, and many people were visiting Shen University.

Most of them had their backs facing Shen Jingqi's direction, taking photos with the tall tower beside him.

They posed in various ways, all aiming to make the tower a feature in their social media image display.

But the lake under Shen Jingqi's feet was a hidden corner.

Almost no human traces around.

Except for one individual.

On his head flickered an information bar, reflecting against the silver-white lake surface.

[Biology freshman, single].

It was him.

The Cat Association guy.

He was bending to place things in the small house, cleaning out the accumulated snow inside.

Then, he took a can from his backpack, soon a ginger cat rushed out.

The ginger cat was eating the canned food in big bites.

The guy then poured cat food and water into the bowl at the small house's entrance.

After the ginger cat finished the canned food, it began to eat the cat food.

Shen Jingqi felt a warmth surging in his chest.

He started walking again, moving forward.

The road over here was also wide enough, at least for a bicycle to ride easily through.

About over ten meters of road.

Further ahead, there was a tall rock formation.

Once Shen Jingqi sidestepped, he could no longer see the small house he just saw.

The Cat Association guy had finished feeding the cat and was walking in the opposite direction to the outside.

Shen Jingqi didn't think, he just quietly observed the space structure that had been built in his mind.

If one were not on that over ten-meter path he had passed, no matter what perspective in Shen University, they wouldn't see that small house or the ginger cat inside.

However, if the ginger cat stepped out of that small house, it would be a different scenario.

Shen Jingqi saw the ginger cat's golden ears appearing at the edge of the space.

But soon, the ear disappeared.

Shen Jingqi stepped onto the tall rock, around him the world once again changed in his eyes.

He saw the small house and the ginger cat at the house's entrance.