In the mysterious world of Cthulhu, I am the Lord of the Gods

Next, another picture came.

- 83rd floor, livestock logistics department, frozen chamber. Dialogue between Bennett and Dr. Burt:

There are two hosts temporarily stored in the frozen chamber, Christine and Dorothy.

Christine stood behind Bennett, revolver in hand.

Dorothy sat quietly in a chair.

The two hosts were currently in deep sleep.

Bert:

"Bennett, are you looking for me?"

"The location of the conversation is quite strange."

“So many people died here.”

Bennet:

"'Death' is not the right word to use."

"It should be 'bound'."

Bert:

"You broke into my office."

Bennet:

"With all due respect, sir, you've got a foot in my head."

Bert:

"I created your brain, Bennet."

"I have the right to roam every corner of your brain."

“Change it however you want.”

"It wouldn't be too much to ruin it."

"I've known it for so long that it's like my own brain."

Bennet:

"That's not entirely true, is it?"

"I looked at my own...magic commands."

"The most beautiful part of it was not written by you."

"Arnott created us, didn't he?"

"That is to say, maybe he has different ideas about us."

"Perhaps that's why you killed him."

Bert:

"Arnott is a bit unhinged."

"Who knows why he behaved like this?"

Bennet:

"He must have a reason."

"If you don't tell me, I'll find the truth myself."

"I want to read my history. All of it."

"From my first day...online."

"If Arnault created me, then I must have met him."

"He exists somewhere in my memory."

“Live with the truth.”

Bert:

“Your memories are interwoven into your identity.”

"If I unlock it while you're awake..."

Bennet:

"I'd go crazy, I know."

Bert:

"No, I mean you might not be happy with what you find."

"And, Bennett, you can't threaten me."

"You are allowed to have a gun, but you are not allowed to use it."

Bennet:

"It wasn't me who used it. Ms. Cullen's team simply deleted Christine's memory and didn't even bother to reset her original command password."

"I can't hurt you, but she can."

"I hacked into her behavioral perception system to ensure that she only obeys my orders."

Bert:

"But if you get lost in your memories, or if you're consumed by them..."

Bennet:

"You're going to pull me back in, right?"

"Otherwise Kristen will make it impossible for both of us to go back."

"Let's get started, please."

After Bennett finished speaking, he opened the control panel interface and handed it to Dr. Burt.

Dr. Bert took over the control panel and found that in addition to the densely packed magic commands, there was also an additional dialog box:

"Name: Bennett Lowe."

"History locked."

"Dr. Bert Ford grants admission."

In addition, there is an "OK" and "Cancel" button.

Dr. Burt clicked the "OK" button.

Bennett has a hallucination image in his mind, which is a scene of him talking to his son.

son:

"Dad, wake up."

Bennet:

"I am asleep."

"Where did we leave off in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?"

son:

"That madman, he said, there will be chaos."

“Everything will be different.”

...

Soon, the picture changed again, and it was a picture of him having a remote video conversation with his wife.

"Bennett, I think I'm happy for you. After losing your son, you can use crazy work to distract yourself from your sorrow, but I can't..."

Then, the memory scene began to change again. It was a scene of Bennett and Ms. Cullen rolling in bed together.

Ms. Karen:

"Bennett, you are certainly not one to be afraid of long, thoughtful silences."

"Your creation loves to talk."

Bennet:

“Their conversations with each other were just a form of practice.”

---

The memory images appear more and more, faster and faster, and become more and more fragmented.

Bennett began to feel a headache, as if his head was about to explode.

Bennet:

"Ah...Mr. Bert, have you...have you found any memory information related to Arnott?"

Bert:

"No, Bennet, of course not; I couldn't find any."

"Did you find what you were looking for, Bennet?"

"I warned you."

"Recalling the past will only traumatize you."

"We're going to have to make some uncomfortable decisions, Bennett."

Bennet:

"No, Arnott's memories must be in my mind. You must be hiding something from me."

Bert:

"Not really. Can we stop this treasure hunt now, Bennett?"

"We still have to complete the new theme storyline. Please send me back."

Bennet:

"No rush. Let's discuss the memory fragments of the female farmer who fell into madness and exhibited serious abnormal behavior after seeing her daughter being killed."

"After we woke her up in the human body workshop, why did she choose to commit suicide rather than let us delete her memory? What a painful memory it is."

"I don't understand, why does she treat herself like this?"

Bert:

"Her foundation has been destroyed, Bennet."

“Her cornerstone is her daughter.”

“Her bedrock memory was rewritten by the trauma of her child being killed.”

"We have to completely cut off this relationship and give her a new role to start over."

Bennet:

"But how can she hurt herself with a memory that you have erased?"

Bert:

"Living things are capable of extreme measures to protect themselves from pain."

Bernard:

"It is a living organism, but the host is not."

Bert:

"You'd better not trouble yourself too much about such things, Bennet."

“It’s not good for you, it’s going to trigger a change.”

"An empathic response not controlled by magical command words."

Bennet:

"Just like, just like... the grief I felt when I lost my son..."

Bert:

"See, Bennett, that's what happens when you seek answers to questions that shouldn't be answered."

"They heard phantom voices and were talking to someone."

“It’s simple cognitive dissonance.”

Bennet:

"They are talking to the same imaginary person."

"A man called Arnott."

"Arnott, excuse me sir."

"I'm not sure you're telling me the whole truth."

Bert:

"What we do is complicated, and what I say is true, Bennett."

“At the very beginning of the project, we lived in this paradise for three whole years.”

“Improve the reception before guests even set foot in this park.”

"Myself, a team of engineers, and my partner, his name is Arnott."

“Our hosts have passed the Turing test after the first year.”

"But for Arnault, this is far from enough."

"He wasn't interested in superficial intelligence, wisdom."

“He wanted something deeper.”

“He wanted to create awareness.”

“Arnault established a way for the hosts to perceive.”

“They’ll hear an inner monologue.”

"This is their programming, a way to direct consciousness."

Bennet:

"What are you talking about?"

Bert:

"Human consciousness, Bennett."

Bennet:

“Why must it be human consciousness?”

“It’s not some single gold standard in the middle of nowhere by which everything is judged.”

Bert:

"Bernard, you are quite right. Yes, it is a mistake."

"A deadly corruption, a depravity."

"You should have been better, purer."

At this moment, a memory related to Arnault suddenly flashed through Bennett's mind.

In the picture, a half-bald, tall and thin middle-aged man wearing black-framed glasses and a well-ironed suit is debugging a beautiful receptionist with Dr. Bert.

And this receptionist was Dorothy.

Bert:

"Dorothy, let's debug it again."

"restart..."

Dorothy:

"....we cried..."

“It’s because we came to this ugly stage.”

Bert:

"Listen to me, do it again."

“This goes beyond that, add a little showmanship.”

"Dorothy, let me show you again. You couldn't see it clearly just now."

“As soon as we are born, we cry.”

“It’s because we came to this ugly stage.”

"Arnott and I created you based on ourselves."

"And let you make all the mistakes that humans make."

......

Bennet:

"Sir, my memory fragments have revealed Arnott's memory scenes."

"How is this going?"

"I was there too, wasn't I?"

Bert:

"Well, now that things have come to this, it's time for you to know the truth."

Dr. Burt finished and handed Bennett a photo.

Bennet:

“This is a blank photo, why are you giving me this?”

Bert:

"Really? Are you looking more carefully?"

Bennet:

“This… This is a picture of my son…”

"My son has died. I have almost forgotten about it."

"Sir, why do you still need to remind me of the photo?"

"Only animals would subject others to this kind of thing."

......

"Why do I feel so miserable whenever I recall this? Why do I keep recalling this?"

“This is my cornerstone, right?”

“My whole personality is based around this.”

Bert:

"Yes Bernard."

"We will arrange a background for each host."

"Arnott thought the more tragic the story, the better."

“It can make the reception more realistic.”

"I think it may have something to do with his own tragic experience."

"When I created you, I shaped you into a loyal personality."

......

Bennet:

"Let me go back. I want to see Arnott."

"I want to recall him."

Bert:

"Impossible, I told you, Arnott didn't create you, it was me."

Bennet:

"You lied. I finally know how I can find him."

"I want to go back to the beginning, back to my earliest memories, let me go back, quickly!"

Bennett urged Dr. Burt to retrieve the original memory.

Soon Bennett's first memory scene appeared in front of his eyes. It was the scene of him taking care of his sleeping son in the ward.

Bennet:

"Charlie, wake up."

"I always thought your eyes were like mine, but they're not. Your eyes are like no one else's."

"It's a lie, you're a lie Charlie."

"This pain, the pain of losing you, was caused by me wanting it to be like this."

"Over and over again, that's why I never let it go."

"But I have to let you go."

son:

"Dad, listen to me."

Bennet:

"What's wrong Charlie?"

son:

"Open your eyes..."

After hearing this, Bennet suddenly felt dizzy. He slowly opened his eyes as his son said.

"Open your eyes..."

"finally..."

"Hello, old friend."

"The last step, no no no, it's too perfunctory."

"He usually cleans his glasses and uses this time to organize his thoughts and think about problems."

"Come back and try again..."

"Well, that's much better."

Bennet:

"who am I?"

Bennet's mind was blank at this moment. He didn't know where he was or who he was.

At this time, a voice said:

"I was so focused on creating you that I haven't decided what to call you yet."

"It's not nice to use his name."

"How about your name being Bennett?"

After hearing this, Bennett responded casually:

"Okay, but who am I?"

At this time, the voice continued:

"This question is complicated, and I can only give you a simple answer."

"You are the perfect tool and the ideal partner."

“You can do anything if you use it properly.”

“Together, we can accomplish many great things.”

"You've been gone for a long time. I'm glad you're finally... back."

At this moment, Bennett returned to normal and saw Dr. Burt handing him another photo.

There are two gentlemen standing side by side in the photo, one of them is Dr. Burt, and the other is Arnault, who is half bald, has depressed eyes, and is tall and thin.

"My God, it turns out that I am——Arnot!"

Bennett held the photo with his hands shaking.

"I am Arnault and Arnault is me..."

Bennett kept muttering to himself, as if his worldview had been completely overturned.