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    • Chapter 68: Dialectical Game (VI) game theory model

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      by AshPurgatory2025 When Qi Si was sixteen, perhaps due to his eccentric behavior and the fact that an extra mouth to feed was indeed a burden, his uncle, who had volunteered to be his guardian, finally reached his limit and sent him to a youth summer camp. The summer camp was located deep in the mountains and old forests, practicing militarized management and promoting doctrines like "Absolute fairness, universal harmony; sin is eternal, the Balance Guild endures" all day long. It practically…
    • Chapter 67 Dialectical Game (5) Sunk Cost

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      by AshPurgatory2025 The uncanny valley effect brought about both psychological and physiological discomfort, the sense of incongruity weaving together like a net. Qi Si stared at the figure in the mirror, silent for a long time, before saying calmly, "If it's just that the appearance doesn't look quite human, it can be completely solved through makeup." Jin Yusheng said seriously, "You have no soul." Qi Si looked away and gave a chilly smile, "When the last plank of the Ship of Theseus is…
    • Chapter 66: Dialectical Game (IV) The Self-Justification Trap

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      by AshPurgatory2025 A numerical designation—a cold form of address that treated Qi Si as nothing more than an inanimate object rather than a living, breathing human being. Qi Si had expected as much. He looked at the person behind the desk and asked first, "What evidence do you have to prove that you are Jin Yusheng?" "I have no need to prove anything to you." Jin Yusheng pulled open a desk drawer and looked down, flipping through the documents inside. "You are just a clone; your…
    • Chapter 65: The Dialectical Game (Part 3) – Cognitive Paradox

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      by AshPurgatory2025 The man before him had brown hair tied in a small ponytail, and despite his serious expression, he still looked somewhat unorthodox. He was supposedly the dean of the Research Institute, but he seemed more like a fortune-teller running a street stall. This person was Qi Si's acquaintance, his only 'friend'—the kind bound by interests, with minor flaws that were tolerable, and highly useful in many situations. "Jin Yusheng," Qi Si smiled, gazing into the man's eyes, "Your…
    • Chapter 64: Dialectical Game (II) Death Records

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      by AshPurgatory2025 The meticulous scientific descriptions recorded a rather fantastical diagnosis, yet it eerily connected with reality, aligning with common sense as one knows it. Qi Si continued to browse the remaining paper records with great interest. Dozens of pages in a row were laboratory test reports, with arrows pointing up and down following the test data, and various unfamiliar scientific terms written below. In addition, there were several ultrasound images in shades of black, white, and gray,…
    • Chapter 63: Dialectical Game (I) Solo Puzzle

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      by AshPurgatory2025 Not all evil deeds will be judged as sins, Nor will all sins be punished. — "Volume II: Crime and Punishment" A pitch-black, lightless night shrouded the Graveyard. From time to time, a few red-eyed crows flew over and perched upon the tombstones. Qi Si sat leaning against a small burial mound, fiddling with a skeletal arm he had just pulled out as if holding a freshly picked bunch of Ghost Pipes. One by one, skeletal claws burst from the earth like grass sprouts,…
    • Chapter 62: Thoughts on Going Premium

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      by AshPurgatory2025 Exactly one year later, while rewriting the “Carnivore” arc, I figured I'd write a few words for the premium launch. A year ago, when the book first went premium, I was a clueless rookie who thought I knew everything. I'd also just had major surgery and, before I'd fully healed, threw myself into writing. The result was a mess for readers: constant hiatuses, random disappearances, wild swings in quality, moods that yo-yoed out of control… It took me a full year and 1.3 million words just to…
    • Chapter 61: Public Call-out: Beware of Chang Xu

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      by AshPurgatory2025 Throughout the entire day of March 14th, Qi Si scoured the game Forum for a vast amount of information related to "god-tier npcs," "Main God," and "Evil Gods." After finishing, he deeply regretted wasting his limited lifespan. Thirty-six years had passed, yet there were still massive gaps in the players' exploration of the Eerie Game. Some said god-tier npcs were clones of the Main God; some said god-tier npcs were ordinary NPCs that had evolved; others…
    • Chapter 60: Feeding

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      by AshPurgatory2025 On March 13th, Qi Si woke up early and took a shower. Perhaps due to the influence of the Carnivore instance, he found that his appetite had become much stronger—he had been woken up by hunger. Considering there wasn't a single food item in his house without meat scraps, he reluctantly put on a white shirt, went out, and plunged into the bustling morning market crowd. Black and white sunflower seed shells floated on the yellowish-green stagnant water. Tricycles and flatbed…
    • Chapter 59: Jin Yusheng

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      by AshPurgatory2025 In Beidu, deep in the mountains away from the bustling city, a building whose surface was completely covered in white metal stood silently. Streetlights among the bushes cast a bright white light, projecting sparse shadows of trees onto the building's shell through the leaves. There were no inscriptions or signs indicating its purpose around the building, yet several military trucks were parked there. Personnel in black uniforms moved back and forth between the trucks and the building, carrying…
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