Chapter 219: dice, scheming, trolley puzzle.

"This place ......" " Anyi Bai" says, "is the official haven for psychics, their energy replenishment station ...... is also their breeding ground."

Even the winner of the final competition will be used for them, meekly sticking out their heads, voluntarily surrendering their freedom and wearing the collar.

" Anyi Bai" said, "This program, officially called it the 'Alien Protection Program'."

Xiaochi Chi laughed: "...... ha, 'protection'."

He looked to the sky, to the false bird trails, to the false clouds.

That false everything is as beautiful as it is real: "Isn't ...... 'protection'."

Xiaochi Chi has figured out a lot of things.

Opposition to the Alter Ego is not all blind opposition.

Each of these initiatives has an element of interest.

From the beginning of their concealment, for whatever reason, Anyi Bai's "psychics" have been labeled as "sinners" and "unstable elements" by society.

They want to make sure that they monitor every psychic, because once the secret of "psychics killing each other to improve their ability level" becomes public, there is no guarantee that the psychics will not kill each other for profit.

Therefore, in order to protect the personal safety of the "law-abiding" psychics, the authorities need to detain these "unstable" psychics, and "reasonably" use the laws of evolution to screen out In order to provide "sustenance" for the police force, and to give three surviving quotas, the authorities need to implement the "elite" policy to strengthen the power of the police force, so as to better maintain the existing social order and protect the obedient psychics and normal humans.

As for gambling with the lives of these "psychics", it is just one of the side businesses to maximize profits.

Seeing Xiaochi Chi's expression, "Anyi Bai" knew that it was not easy to digest this news.

Even he, when he saw the plan, smoked half a snatched cigarette at the computer screen.

Even if they succeed in escaping, they will become rebels who threaten the stability of society and will be wanted for life, unless they can escape to a country that offers shelter to the alien and live their lives in anonymity.

But if you compromise with the rules, fight for your life, give up your freedom, and actively choose to stick your head in the collar, what is Anyi Bai's insistence in the first place?

For a while, even " Anyi Bai " did not know how to choose.

He is not a person, he is just a shadow that exists because of the presence of Anyi Bai.

If it were Anyi Bai, what would he want to do?

Xiaochi Chi sat on the oasis and listened quietly to the sound of the wind for a while.

In the meantime, Ying Lou was half-kneeling behind him, doing nothing but holding his shoulders in a vague manner.

His heart was very still, and his expression was the same.

" Anyi Bai" watched the pair curiously from the sidelines, feeling that the aura between them was subtle, not like tension, but rather peaceful.

After sitting there for four to five minutes, Xiaochi Chi stood up, followed by Ying Lou.

Xiaochi Chi : "Let's go."

" Anyi Bai": "Where to?"

Xiaochi Chi : "Problem solving."

" Anyi Bai" was half surprised at his crispness and half curious about what he had thought of in those few short minutes, "How to solve it?"

Xiaochi Chi : "Killing people."

" Anyi Bai: "...... Are you going to follow the rules and get in the game?"

Xiaochi Chi : "No. It's using the rules."

" Anyi Bai" confesses, "I can't think of how you're going to use the rules in this trolley conundrum."

There are many versions of the so-called "trolley problem".

Broadly speaking, it refers to a train in a speeding state and can not stop, is preparing to pass a fork in the road. The fork is divided into two tracks, one on which only one child is playing, while the train is scheduled to travel on another track, there are five children playing in a group.

The protagonist facing this dilemma is holding a trigger gate that determines life and death.

In the case of too late to dodge, he should trigger the trigger gate to which side?

This dilemma was born and has sparked heated debates.

How exactly should I fix it?

Should we respect most lives and give up on the one child? Or to believe that any life has equal value and simply not pull the wrench and leave it to fate?

Extending to the situation at hand, the analogy can be made as to whether one should go against one's principles and sacrifice one's freedom in order to save oneself, or whether one should strictly adhere to one's principles and sacrifice one's life for the sake of freedom?

Xiaochi Chi asked rhetorically, "What do you think about that?"

" Anyi Bai" said, "That's not the version I heard. Of the two switchbacks, the one with only one child playing is a track that has long been semi-abandoned; the one with five children playing is a track clearly marked 'in use'. In other words, the five children were breaking the rules; the one child who obeyed the rules was at risk of being hit and killed. Ask, in this case, what are you going to choose?"

Xiaochi Chi nodded without making any extra comments, "Well, I've heard that version."

Ying Lou said, "I have also heard another version. That one kid is a good kid with good character; and those five kids are famous punks with bad character and extremely bad studies. Again, the question is, in this situation, what are you going to choose?"

Xiaochi Chi fell into silence.

Both " Anyi Bai" and Ying Lou are waiting to find out what answer Xiaochi Chi will give.

But Xiaochi Chi did not answer directly, but pursed the corners of his lips: "...... So, do you see it?"

Ying Lou mused.

" Anyi Bai," on the other hand, raised an eyebrow: "See what?"

"The person who came up with the questions was intentionally piling conditions on top." Xiaochi Chi said, "He's intentionally inducing the respondent to bump those five kids."

" Anyi Bai ": "......"

It seems that ...... does.

"It's like an application problem you did in elementary school, where all the conditions are laid out clearly and the ultimate goal is for you to come up with that one and only answer at the end. That's what the question maker wants us to do."

Xiaochi Chi says, "This kind of topic of deliberately adding conditions is meaningless. Because the conditions are infinite and can be piled up indefinitely. Suppose the five people are all murderers with a lot of money? Suppose those five people do not die, the next day there will be a global tsunami, will die millions of people; or simply assume that the existence of those five people, will lead to the destruction of Earth? Are you going to crash? If not, I can pile on countless 'hypotheses' until I break your bottom line and induce you to choose the answer the questioner wants."

"It's the same choice we face. Assuming that there is harm in concealing the identity of a shifter, and assuming that the disclosure of a shifter's secrets would lead to great social disorder, it makes sense to imprison and execute disobedient shifter. ...... This was the conclusion of the institution's founders based on conditions."

"And in such a situation, we are also induced. Either by killing to save ourselves, or by committing suicide to free ourselves, or by being killed by others, because this is the rule, the result of various conditions piled on top of each other. But I want to try and see if there is a fourth way to go."

" Anyi Bai": "What is the fourth way?"

Xiaochi Chi opened the warehouse and swiped the screen to find the card, "I'll solve whoever came up with this bogeyman question. That's what I call it, 'problem solving'."

" Anyi Bai" puts himself in Anyi Bai's shoes and asks, "What if you were required to kill someone in the process? Do you think that's what Anyi Bai wants?"

" Anyi Bai, since he chose to come back, it was clear what he wanted. -- he wants to live." Xiaochi Chi says, "Living itself, is an extremely utilitarian thing. And utilitarianism means that you can't achieve something without sacrificing something."

He said, "There are some things that Anyi Bai may know better than you think. People who have died once should always know that if they want to look up at the stars in peace, they have to walk through the thorny ground on the ground."

" Anyi Bai" said, "This Mr. Pragmatism, be clear, when you say 'solve the problem', you are solving an entire organization, or even an entire country."

"I know." Xiaochi Chi said, "That's why I need help."

"So? Our next target for action?"

Xiaochi Chi said, "Go back to the D20 area and pull in new teammates."

" Anyi Bai" became more and more interested: "...... Where is the teammate from? Is it someone you know?"

Xiaochi Chi rummaged through the warehouse for a card that could teleport and said, "I've only seen it before. But when I save his life, we'll be teammates."

" Anyi Bai" is confused: "...... eh?"

What happened in the hour he was gone?

It was Ying Lou who explained for Xiaochi Chi: "We were waiting for you to come back when we noticed that some contestants came in to rest outside the forest."

"You borrowed their bodies and went to their world, it's impossible to muddle through. When they find out the team members are dead, they will definitely check who has been in the D20 area. The worst, and most likely possibility, Chi Xiao said, is that you'll be found out as soon as you go out, and maybe someone is already checking. So, Chi Xiao didn't alert the alien who had entered by mistake ......"

" Anyi Bai" dawned on me.

He thought he was pretty much out of his depth until he met Xiaochi Chi.

Xiaochi Chi interjected, "To put it bluntly, I'm just trying to get someone to be my back."

" Anyi Bai: "Aren't you afraid of getting that person involved?"

"My brother has deactivated the poison injection from his collar. He won't die right away, at least." Xiaochi Chi said, "It's about time. Let's get going now to save him."

" Anyi Bai ": "......"

So Xiaochi Chi was just dazed, not regurgitating the information he had obtained, but calculating to save the alien who had been pulled down for no reason?

"If you go early, the fight may not happen yet; if you go late, it will be too late." Xiaochi Chi said, "As long as I save his life, there's a greater than 70 percent chance he'll choose to join us, and it's worth a try."

"You're not afraid he's a 'catfish'?"

Xiaochi Chi took out a card and held the glowing poker-like object between his index and middle fingers, squinting at him with faint eyes.

"'Catfish' aims to kill, and always try to do it. It all depends on whether you are alert enough." Xiaochi Chi laughs, "It's up to you."

" Anyi Bai" gazed at Xiaochi Chi's back and suddenly asked without thinking: "...... What have you been through?"

He remains unconvinced that Xiaochi Chi is from normal human society.

A normal social background should not give birth to a freak like Xiaochi Chi.

Xiaochi Chi turned his back on him and spoke in a calm tone, "It's not worth mentioning."

"I took the liberty of asking. Are both your parents still around?"

Xiaochi Chi has dealt with similar questions from reporters many times, and answered them right: "Both parents are still alive and not divorced."

"Do they beat you?"

"Are you Lu Yu." Xiaochi Chi said a cold stunt, but amused himself pursed his lips, "They do not hit me ...... rarely hit me. At most, they ignore me."

"Classmate relationship?"

"It's all okay."

"Haven't run into school bullying?"

"Met it, a small group. Later I told one of the participants that whatever bullying I got, whether he did it or not, in the end I would just settle the score on him: I couldn't beat up the five of them, I could always beat up one of him. After he got a few beatings from me, they stopped looking for me."

"Workplace bullying?"

"I'm a film maker. The starting point is not bad, also a little relationship, the crew is basically acquaintances, always hold me up."

"Is work stressful?"

"Not really. It's not that hard for me to act."

"Will I get scolded?"

"Often. So I occasionally scold marketing numbers to relieve the boredom."

After answering so many questions, Xiaochi Chi smiled, "Reporter Bai, is the interview over?"

" Anyi Bai" came to the conclusion, "You really are a freak."

Xiaochi Chi gave a noncommittal nod, "Thank you."

Thinking that Xiaochi Chi must have experienced something else, " Anyi Bai " asked Ying Lou with her eyes.

Ying Lou shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.

But he knew that Xiaochi Chi, as a man who once liked to look up at the stars, had traveled through thorny ground for thirteen years.

In the end, it just turned into a few light-hearted laughs from his mouth.

While Xiaochi Chi was picking out the cards that were still available and was going to put them in the spare slot to be used at any time, "Anyi Bai" approached Ying Lou: "Aren't you a friend of his?"

"A friend doesn't need to know everything about him." Ying Lou is calm, "I just need to know what he wants me to know and believe it."

He added, "...... And, may I correct you a little?"

" Anyi Bai": "Correct what?"

Ying Lou : "I'm his boyfriend."

Xiaochi Chi, who just now had a steady hand and a steady heart, had a shaky hand and almost teleported them to the N20 area, which is far away from D20.

After the alarming realization of the teleportation, and then into the destination has been a sore.

A huge sinkhole had been blown up at the edge of the woods, and at the bottom of it lay a bloody corpse, dressed like them, but with clean soles.

...... should be someone sent by the agency.

"The agency people might be out of their minds with the loss of a squad, but they'll never send too many of them in order not to draw attention to themselves." Xiaochi Chi lit up the odds table displayed on the watch screen. "Because I have observed that this person called Wei XVI, the odds are not low, and there should be people involved in gambling watching him. The people from the agency wouldn't dare to move too much."

" Anyi Bai" looked at his wristwatch and gave a light laugh.

Anyi Bai's name was really at the bottom of the odds table, with very high odds, but no one asked for it.

However, a digital account without a username bought a hundred bets for Anyi Bai.

Although " Anyi Bai " thought that it was possible that some rich person was casting a wide net to catch fish, he still took a silent note of the nine-digit ID.

They chased deep into the dense forest.

In order not to expose the strength, " Anyi Bai " early into Xiaochi Chi's body.

The location of the battle is constantly changing, as evidenced by the sound of gunfire that is constantly changing directions.

Xiaochi Chi could not run, so he simply lay on Ying Lou's back and let him carry him all the way forward, approaching the center of the battle.

In the distance, they saw two people.

The right arm of the pursuer emits a mechanical turning sound that makes the teeth tingle, the gun-body clicks and twists, and the hot and soft gun-barrel gradually expands and thickens, transforming into the shape of a Bazooka.

"Chirp-boom-"

Tongues of fire gushed out from the gun - muzzle, while the person who fled in front of the flash, flexible movement between the dense branches and leaves, the body is like a chameleon, pale green, and the surrounding green leaves mixed into one.

However, under the impact of Bazooka's air wave, three giant trees side by side suffered, and he stumbled and flung himself onto a slightly shorter branch, his forehead immediately stained with the dark brown of the trunk.

The leaves bullet-like hit Wei XVI's back.

He let go and rolled down from the tree, his tightly clenched right hand unclenching and tossing up something.

...... is the very same 24-sided dice that he used as hard candy in his mouth in the car earlier.

When the dice were still rolling in mid-air, he picked them up with his left hand, opened his palm and hastily swept them.

To see clearly, Wei XVI turned pale, cursing, not daring to have the slightest slack, clutching the dice, running deeper into the forest.

Strangely enough, his hand did not change color again when it touched the tree on one side.

The man who was chasing him came closer, intending to add another shot.

When the muzzle began to glow red and gather energy, the barrel of the gun, which was steaming with heat because of overheating, was actually tied in a knot in the air.

By the time the pursuer notices, it is too late.

The ...... cannon -ball exploded with a loud bang.

Xiaochi Chi watched as the man was shattered to cinders by his own cannon ball in front of him.

Ying Lou, who caused all this to happen, picked up a tarp that had been prepared and waved it in the air, covering Xiaochi Chi's body and stopping a wave of blood from raining down.

Ying Lou gritted his teeth, swallowed a wave of acid, rushed through a field of corpses and stood still in a clean and bloodless place.

Xiaochi Chi jumped off of Ying Lou and raised his voice, "Come out. I know you're hiding behind a tree."

Wei XVI from behind a tree peeked out a half head, and when he saw the person in front of him, immediately happy, regardless of the fact that just life-threatening, the words thickened twice: "small glasses? I remember you called white ...... white what? We took a trip to the car, you still remember me. I was across from you, and also with you to talk--"

Xiaochi Chi: "Yes. I remember. You are Wei XVI."

Wei XVI jumped out from behind the tree, the whole messy hair: "Thank you, thank you, you are late again, I will burp cold finished calf."

"You're welcome."

Xiaochi Chi is sincere in saying this.

As Xiaochi Chi expected, when faced with these two people who "saved his life", Wei XVI offered to team up without him even asking for it.

"Just in time." He cheerfully, "I just thought, to form a three-person squad. No more, no less, just three people, and then live together, did not expect to think what comes. This mask buddy, hello, just now that gun barrel is you screwed, right? You are so damn handsome. If you were a woman I would kiss you. What kind of psychic ability do you have? I didn't see you when we stopped just now. Do you two know each other?"

Ying Lou faced a series of questions from him, a non-answer, and asked instead, "What is your supernatural power?"

He and Xiaochi Chi had just seen his movements, and had guessed his psychic abilities eight to nine.

But it is still necessary to try it out.

Wei XVI smacked his lips: "Well ...... if I were to say it, it would be 'luck'."

"Luck?"

"My luck hasn't been very good since I was a kid, and the drinks haven't even won the 'one more bottle' draw." Wei XVI lit up the 24-sided dice in his palm, "All my good luck, it's all on there."

The 24-sided dice, on each side, are marked with an ability.

On the side facing Xiaochi Chi, there are three small letters "Chameleon" written on it.

...... happens to be the skill that Wei XVI just used when he was escaping from the tree.

"The duration of each supernatural ability is five minutes, and it can only be rolled 10 times a day." Wei XVI said, "The next day the dice will be updated on each side of the ability displayed, and there will usually be three to five blank sides."

With the experience just now, Wei XVI must have regarded them as real partners, and poured out his supernatural abilities like a bamboo bean: "Fortunately, there are you guys. Just now I shook a blank surface out, almost went straight to meet Marx to sing the Internationale."

After talking about himself, Wei XVI eagerly looked at them, "What about you guys? What are your supernatural abilities?"