Urban Soldier Young Master

Chapter 1018 - 1017: The Invisible Uninvited Guest

"Chu Ge, are you... okay?" Qin Ruojing asked worriedly and confusedly, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed."I'm fine, what could possibly be wrong with me?" Chu Ge tried to regulate his breathing rhythm, forcing a casual smile.

"If you're fine, why didn't you open the door for so long, and only answered the phone now? And your voice... why is it so hoarse?"

"Oh, Boss Su just taught me a set of traditional Chinese massage techniques. I learned from him, and this technique requires intense concentration, which is why I didn't come to open the door for you. Also, it's quite tiring to practice, and it made my voice feel a bit fiery. Anyway, I won't explain now; a sentence or two wouldn't make it clear. You two just go back to your rooms and sleep, alright, bye."

After finishing, without waiting for Qin Ruojing to say anything more, Chu Ge hung up the phone, then glanced at Su Yuanzhou, whose cough had finally eased, though his face was still flushed red, and slumped onto the sofa, burying his hands in his hair.

From the door came faint whispers of conversation between Qin Ruojing and Qin Ruoying, and after a minute, the sound of their footsteps returning to their rooms and the closing of doors followed.

Chu Ge gasped for air, his chest heaving violently. He lowered his head, pulling at his hair vigorously, then clenched his fists tightly.

He considered himself quite knowledgeable, having witnessed various bizarre phenomena and experienced strange scenes, but he still couldn't understand what had just happened to him. It felt like the legendary ghost possession!

Regarding everything that occurred just now, Chu Ge remembered it vividly, or rather, it might be more appropriate to say he "witnessed" it clearly.

Chu Ge indeed was hypnotized by Su Yuanzhou. Just as his consciousness was slipping into darkness and he was about to answer Su Yuanzhou's questions in a daze, suddenly an inexplicable consciousness emerged from somewhere.

Then, this bewildering consciousness took over his body in an unquestionable manner, controlling his arm to lift Su Yuanzhou, almost crushing his throat.

In fact, throughout this process, the moment that consciousness took control of the body, Chu Ge's consciousness suddenly became clear, yet he couldn't regain control over his own body, being just a "spectator" to the actions his body was taking.

Though he wasn't fond of studying in school, after joining the world's most cutting-edge organization, he had to master a lot of necessary knowledge. All in all, he considered himself a believer in science.

Despite there being too many things in this world unexplained by current science, he still believed that as science progresses, all things currently unexplainable by science would eventually gain scientific explanation.

Of course, this was Chu Ge's belief most of the time. As he encountered more and more strange things, this belief was shaken more than once.

For instance, he once encountered a hypothetical question: "What if a personality vanishes?"

Concerning this question, Chu Ge once pondered deeply, coming up with ideas that were both scientifically valid and bizarre.

If a personality disappears, will the brain, based on instincts, create another personality to inherit everything?

If this hypothesis stands and a new personality is created post-disappearance, then… is this person considered dead or alive?

Here's a simpler, more concrete, more vivid example.

If a game character is the body and the player is the personality, wouldn't "multiple personalities" equate to a "game character whose account password is known by multiple players"?

Is a medically termed "vegetative state" equivalent to an "account that can't be logged into due to indefinite server maintenance"?

Is a coma comparable to a "state where one has logged in but can't enter the game"?

So!

Why can the physical existence be explained, yet the personality, thought, and Spiritual World based on the physical body can't be explained?

If something cannot be explained physically, is it real or just a fantasy?

Furthermore, in a human body, only ten percent of cells are actually human. The rest, a full ninety percent, are microorganisms surrounded by bacteria. If calculated by genetic material, our own genes make up only 0.1 to 1 percent of the body, with the rest attributable to microorganisms.

Then! What exactly are humans?

This question has puzzled not only a bored Chu Ge pondering on his own, but also others who've said things like "Microorganisms created humans," or that humans are like aircraft carriers carrying microorganisms.

Moreover, human fingernails don't feel pain, don't move, and don't listen to human commands. Their sole task is to grow throughout one's life, and they even continue growing after a person dies.

So! Could humans potentially research nails to invent methods that might greatly extend human life or make it infinite? If such an invention emerges, would humanity face extinction?

Such questions have given Chu Ge a significant headache. Though pondering them seems like something done out of boredom, for him at the time, the detailed consideration was genuinely terrifying.

Today, just a few minutes ago, a question that Chu Ge had pondered desperately became reality. He personally experienced his body being occupied by another consciousness while he could only be the "spectator"!

To use an online game metaphor, it was like he was online, suddenly disconnected, and before he could log back in, someone else logged into his account. Yet, he wasn't completely kicked offline, still sharing the body but with the command over it stolen from him!

More terrifyingly, in that situation, Chu Ge's consciousness lurking in chaos didn't find anything wrong with it, as if it all was as it should be, completely logical.

If one were to describe the feeling, it was akin to..."Awake yet asleep."

Until Qin Ruoying's voice suddenly came from the door, causing a slight ripple in Chu Ge's consciousness. Later, as the voices grew louder at the door, and with Qin Ruojing's voice and the phone ringing joining in, Chu Ge finally awakened completely from that "awake sleep."

Then, it was a battle with that damned, unknown consciousness over the command of his body.

During this tug-of-war, the feeling was incredibly nuanced. He could distinctly sense that the other "consciousness" bore him no malice, but hesitated to yield control to him.

To draw a potentially unsuitable analogy, it's like playing a game while your parents nag you to stop and go to sleep, leading to reluctant negotiation for extra playtime.

Roughly, that's the feeling.

However, for Chu Ge, this situation was far more severe than this example, so he was absolutely unhappy, desperately attempting to regain control over his body.

So, under Chu Ge's "strong protest," that hidden consciousness finally "compromised," and Chu Ge recaptured control of his body.

Thinking of that consciousness, or rather that "formless unwelcome guest," Chu Ge felt on the brink of madness.

What the hell is this!

What the hell is this situation?

Although Chu Ge hoped that outlandish consciousness would disappear forever, he knew he couldn't afford to be naively optimistic or take it for granted.

In the best-case scenario, that consciousness "logged off" and is quietly "lurking" within his body, observing everything around while sharing the body, potentially resurfacing at any moment.

In the worst-case scenario, that consciousness's "log off" was purely because it hasn't mastered controlling the body, or... who knows why! Anyway, due to some reason, Chu Ge managed to seize the opportunity to regain control, but the consciousness hasn't given up, waiting to make a comeback.

Overall, no matter how optimistically Chu Ge tries to think, he feels scared out of his wits, with goosebumps popping up all over him.

"Thud, thud, thud, thud..."

Chu Ge's heart pounded uncontrollably, his temples throbbing. The cold sweat soaked clothes stuck uncomfortably to his skin, and despite the horror he felt, wishing his hair would stand on end, the excessive sweat had drenched his hair, leaving it limply plastered to his scalp.

Without exaggeration, Chu Ge now seemed as if he had just been retrieved from water. Although he had lived over twenty years, experiencing life and death matters, never before had anything terrified, startled, or horrified him to this degree.

This experience was utterly nerve-wracking!

So nerve-wracking that, even under threat of death, he wouldn't want to experience it again!

Yet... no matter how fearful Chu Ge was, he knew deep down that whether such occurrences would happen a second, third time, or whether one day his consciousness would be completely obliterated by that unknown consciousness, wasn't something he could decide.

At this moment, Chu Ge's mind was in utter chaos.

"Mr. Chu..."

A voice came to his ears, as Su Yuanzhou finally managed to catch his breath.