"Virtual Reality" (OtherLife), ★★☆. In order to save the drowning and brain-dead brother, she invented a kind of "eye drops", one drop can make the brain enter the set virtual time and space, and enjoy the scenes and things that have or have never been experienced. "Memory is just a chemical substance", not only can it be copied, but it can also be created. Although there are flaws, the huge business opportunities make the demand for this product available to market soaring. Regarded by the merchants as the most popular commodity, no predecessor can bring such a real sense of excitement. Regarded by ordinary users as a tool for "expanding life", this is a brand-new dream factory, and people in need are in droves. This kind of "biological software" was even expropriated by relevant departments as a "virtual shackle" for punishing prisoners. In one minute, one can experience the purgatory in that space for one year, two years, twenty years, one or two centuries...an empty confinement room, surrounded by walls, and only given basic living material. It is set that the body will not grow old, but there is no change in any kind of emptiness, and the mental damage is far greater than the physical. Although the body has only experienced a short minute in reality, it is impossible to predict how terrible things will happen in that world. Whether it is heaven or hell, a drop of ink determines your future. The most terrifying thing is the infinite loop. One year later, the fear of 365 returning to 001, the system collapses, and it will never come out. Her boyfriend died in a failed immature experiment, and she herself was stuck in the vicious circle of reality and virtuality. The initial wish was shattered, and amidst the piercing sound of the machine, the younger brother's body also rushed towards death. "Eye drops" is like the savior's gospel, but also like an apple full of evil thoughts. She can't save her brother's life in fantasy or in reality, and the movie is shrouded in desperate "mourning" from beginning to end. Some people say that this is a low-profile version of Inception, but it has an ending without any light. After reading it, I always feel uncomfortable, like a labyrinth with no exit, like the overwhelming depressed sea, like a nightmare that wakes up and wakes up again.
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