Volume 1: Dance of the Black Dragon Chapter 27 Electronic Ghost
Murphy was excited when he saw this, this feeling sounded quite similar to his own.
No, it should be said that it is even more serious than his. At least he has not been affected by the black dragon when he is awake. Only in dreams and games can he not distinguish between reality.
Murphy: “What happened next?”
Shadow Fang: "I was afraid that I would get sick after eating raw meat, so I went to the hospital. After the examination, I found that I had digested all the raw meat without any abnormalities. The doctor even said that I was in amazing health after examining me. I didn't have any of the work-related diseases that office workers usually suffer from. He also asked me if I ran regularly or exercised.
But I’m actually a homebody. Apart from working, I go home and lie on the bed playing games .”
Murphy: "How did you feel at that time?"
Shadow Fang: "I feel scared and excited at the same time. I feel like I am evolving. Maybe if I continue, I will gain super powers. But at the same time, I am also worried about whether my mind will be affected by the game and whether I will turn into a beast in the end.
Because I can really feel that my mind seems to have changed a bit. I started to become more aggressive. Sometimes when I was taking the elevator to work, I would look at the neck of the person standing in front of me and imagine what it would feel like to suddenly pounce on him and bite him.
I went to see a psychiatrist, but it was no use. I tried my best to maintain human living habits, but I was still uncontrollably affected by the game. To be honest, I was a little scared and even dared not enter the game for a while. "
Murphy: "So how are you now? Are you still like this?"
Shadowfang: "No, I have recovered now."
Murphy: "Ah, how did you do that?"
Shadowfang: "Because my character died, you know Nesingwary Hemet?"
Murphy: "The legendary dwarf hunter?"
Shadow Fang: "Yes, it's that bastard. He heard that a powerful black panther appeared somewhere, so he ran to my territory and started a plot event called [Hunting 'Shadow Fang'].
I could have survived by hiding, but many adventurers came to take up the hunting mission and helped the dwarf search for me. They searched for three consecutive days. I was so scared that I logged off. I thought I would be safe after another three to five days, but I was caught by surprise when I logged on. This guy didn't even use the animal taming skill and shot me in the head. I was a level 50 rare elite who was about to advance to the BOSS, but I was killed in an instant."
Murphy: "And then you're fine?"
Shadowfang: "Almost. That night was the last time I dreamed of Shadowfang. I dreamed that it was standing at the edge of a jungle, looking at the dark forest in the distance. I knew at that time that this might be the last time I saw it. I thought it would say goodbye to me, rub against me, or look at me intently. But no, it just stood there, not even looking at me, looking at the forest in the distance.
When I couldn't help but call it, it suddenly ran into the jungle without looking back and disappeared. This heartless bastard...
I haven't dreamed about it since.
For a long time afterwards, I felt empty inside and very uncomfortable, but later I slowly came to terms with it. If I hadn’t died, I don’t know what I would be like now.”
Murphy keenly grasped the hidden meaning in the other party's words.
"So you think of Shadowfang as an independent entity, rather than an incarnation of yourself?"
Shadow Fang: "Yes, although it's strange to say this, I never thought of it before, but until that moment I suddenly realized that it and I were not one, maybe at the beginning, but as time went by, the real me and Shadow Fang became more and more different, and gradually we became two people, or you can say one person and one beast.
Although normally we overlap, that night I saw its true form.”
Murphy: "So what do you think it is? Is it your subconscious?"
Shadowfang: "No, definitely not. At first I thought it was because I was too immersed in the role. You know the actor who played the Joker, what's his name?"
Murphy: "Phoenix?"
Shadowfang: "No, I'm talking about the Joker in The Dark Knight."
Murphy: "Heath Ledger?"
Shadow Fang: “Yes, yes, that’s him. It is said that he committed suicide because he was too immersed in the role and couldn’t get out of it. I began to wonder if I was too immersed in the role and really regarded myself as Black Panther.
But later I found that this was not the case. I was very clear that I was a person, not Black Panther. I could clearly distinguish between the two. When , I was more like being possessed by some kind of program or spirit. This spirit was controlling me to do those things. I actually became a bystander. It was just that I could feel Black Panther's emotions and the feedback from reality at the same time, so I couldn't clearly distinguish the difference between the two. "
The more Murphy listened, the more frightened he became. This description was almost exactly the same as what he felt at the time.
Murphy: "Are you still playing this game now?"
Shadowfang: "I'm still playing it. I can't help it. This game is so fun that I can't put it down. But I rebuilt a new character, a thief leader. I found that as long as I don't deliberately role-play, it won't be affected. I'm now over level 30 and I haven't dreamed about this new character once.
So I guess this phenomenon may be related to role-playing. We deliberately play a virtual role in the game, and after playing it for a long time, this virtual role becomes real. "
Murphy nodded secretly. This theory could barely explain the conditions for the birth of this kind of "virtual life". He had indeed been playing the role of the Black Dragon Lord Morpheus. Its behavior, habits, speech and manners were completely different from his real self. It seemed that they were all given by him during the live broadcast.
But this still doesn't explain what the black dragon is.
Murphy: "What do you think these things are?"
Shadow Fang: “Who knows? I have made many speculations and guesses. It may be that the computer program simulates some kind of intelligent AI based on our previous behavior patterns , and then loads it into our brains like a program, affecting our thinking and changing our behavior habits.
Or maybe it's some kind of supernatural electronic ghost...
Or maybe I have awakened my second personality...
But none of these hypotheses can explain why the body changes as well.
To be more ridiculous, it could be some kind of system. If Shadowfang hadn't died, I might have awakened superpowers or something...
This game is too weird, and it may be impossible to verify it in the future. I don’t plan to delve into it any further. I have actually let it go.
The reason why I told you so much is mainly because I feel very uncomfortable keeping this matter in my heart. Being able to tell this to people who have had the same experience can be regarded as a reconciliation with my past self.
As for you, your situation is much more serious than mine, so you'd better be careful."
Murphy: "I'm not as serious as you. At least until now, I haven't been affected in reality."
Shadow Fang: "That's true, but what bothered me then was just a beast, a rare elite, but what's bothering you now is a black dragon, a world boss. Although there are no such creatures as dragons in reality, according to the official monster introduction of the game, shouldn't dragons be very cunning, cruel, and good at disguise?
Maybe there is some kind of supernatural power.
You said has been communicating with you in your dreams. According to your words, maybe it has been able to control you for a long time, but has just been hiding itself.
So I think you'd better be careful. My experience can be a reference for you, but you'd better not take it seriously.
Whether it's good or bad, I feel like whatever's happening to you is going to be much more serious than it is to me."
