Feng Yi chose to go out today after checking the weather forecast.
Before leaving, he thought, should he try to smell how many people the elevator has carried in the past hour? What secrets are hidden
After leaving the house, he met a middle-aged man in the elevator. He probably just came out of the kitchen and fried some food. The smell of grease and spices penetrated his nose through the mask, making him want to sneeze eight or ten times. This was already the result of Feng Yi's control, otherwise he could smell more.
Feng Yi held his breath and gave up the idea of exploring the "secret in the elevator". He didn't show anything on his face and responded politely when the other party greeted him. Living in the same building, it would not be good to act too unfamiliar.
The elevator was narrow, with limited air circulation. Many people took the elevator every day, and the smells were complex. There were also some smells that Feng Yi didn't want to explore, so he gave up.
With so many places to explore, why choose an elevator
After getting out of the elevator, Feng Yi went to a nearby park.
There weren't many people in the park at this time, and the weather wasn't very good today, so it seemed quite empty.
But for Feng Yi now, it’s just perfect!
Take off your mask and breathe.
It had just rained, and the polluted particles in the air were either blown away or settled with the rain. The gaseous pollutants were not so obvious. For Feng Yi, who had a sensitive sense of smell, such an environment was quite friendly.
The public bench had been painted recently and there was a noticeable smell, so Feng Yi avoided it and chose a stone bench to sit on.
This stone bench must be where people often sit. There is no dirt on it, and it is very clean after being washed by rain.
The nose captures odor molecules in the air, as well as particles stuck in water vapor. The brain identifies the source of these odors.
After a week of closed-door practice, my brain's ability to distinguish these odor molecules has greatly improved. When the odors are complex and the jumps are large, there may be a delay, but I can still cope with it here.
Feng Yi distinguished the smells, those of flowers, trees, soil, and a faint scent of medicine, which should have been sprayed by the people who take care of the park.
There were too many plant species, and Feng Yi could name less than 10% of them. However, he remembered most of the smells of these plants, and perhaps he would slowly learn their names in the future.
If he blocks his vision, what kind of world can he "see"
Tourists, flowers, birds, and benches all have their own scent.
The smell envelopes these people or objects, forming air masses with similar shapes to the original body. People are human-shaped, and trees are tree-shaped. These smell masses change shape depending on the wind direction and wind strength.
When air flows into the nasal cavity, it not only brings these odor molecules and particles, but also transmits other information. The sense of smell cannot accurately locate, but it can perceive.
For example, the water vapor that rolls with the wind.
Another example...
Looking up at the sky, the clouds seemed to convey other information - when it would rain and when it would be sunny, he could sense all of this.
A group of tourists walked past him, clapping and laughing at something they were talking about.
If you block your vision, you can "see" that there are other wonderful information molecules in the smell cluster around the two tourists, but the information molecules that Feng Yi can capture now are too few to accurately distinguish.
However, he speculated that those wonderful information molecules might be emitted by people themselves when they are emotionally excited. Different emotions will release different information molecules.
Feng Yi had been "watching" the world in the park, and only got up and left when night fell.
A gust of wind blew by, Feng Yi raised his hand, picked up a fallen leaf that passed behind his head, and threw it into the trash can next to him.
You don't need to use your eyes to see, you can sense the leaves passing by and catch them.
After leaving the park, Feng Yi did not go home immediately, but walked on the streets of the city.
There are not many people walking on the streets on rainy days, but the shops and shopping malls are still bustling.
The smell here is more complex and a little difficult to distinguish, but Feng Yi still tried to identify and record it.
He will also observe the information released by passers-by with different psychological emotions, but his perception of these is still vague. Perhaps, as evolution continues and his senses are upgraded, his perception will continue to improve, and at that time he will be able to perceive these information molecules released by emotions more accurately and see the "truth" of this world.
For example, under disguise, anxiety, restlessness, joy, indifference... those real psychological reactions. Expressions can be disguised, but emotional information molecules cannot be covered up.
In the city at night, neon lights flicker and various light sources interweave, forming a gorgeous city night scene.
Feng Yi walked on the street and through the residual odor molecules, he "saw" the person who was walking his dog 10 minutes ago, the passengers who were waiting for the bus at the bus stop 5 minutes ago... The person waiting for the bus also ate a spicy hand-pulled pancake.
By identifying those residual odor molecules, Feng Yi can "see" pictures that the eyes cannot see. Although these pictures are composed of individual odor groups, his appearance cannot be seen and his age cannot be distinguished, but he can know what they have done.
Feng Yi walked towards home without wearing a mask, distinguishing various odor molecules and the stories behind them along the way. It was quite interesting to slowly adapt to the information impact brought by such complex odor molecules.
Today's super olfactory exploration√
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At the door of the delicatessen, a little boy about five years old, wearing a dinosaur raincoat, used the large floor-to-ceiling window outside the store as a mirror.
A gust of wind blew the hood of his raincoat behind him, but he didn't care.
When Feng Yi passed by him, he raised his hand and swept over his head, catching a large drop of rain falling above the child.
The little boy noticed the movement and suddenly looked up at Feng Yi, quickly covering his head with one hand, as if he was guessing what Feng Yi had taken from his head.
Feng Yi stopped three meters away from him, turned around and said with a smile: "The candy in my pocket has melted."
The little boy quickly covered his pocket through his raincoat with his other hand.
At this time, the mother of the little boy who had been paying attention to this side of the store came out quickly, glanced at Feng Yi who was leaving, and said to the little boy worriedly: "Why are you covering your head? Take your hands away and let me see!"
The little boy took his hand away.
There was nothing unusual on his head except for a few tufts of hair blown up by the wind.
The parents checked carefully and were relieved to make sure there were no injuries or pranks. But when they thought about what they had just seen, doubts arose in their hearts again.
The parent asked: "What did that uncle...brother do just now?" I didn't see his face clearly, but he should be quite young.
The kid's eyes widened with confusion, and he made a quick sweeping gesture: "He just did this, shush."
"Then what?"
"Then...then he told me that the candy in my pocket had melted...Wow! It really melted and stuck to my clothes! How did he know? Does he have X-ray vision?!"
"How many times have I told you that this candy melts easily! Don't hide it in your pockets... Okay, we'll talk about this later. And then? What else did he say?"
"And then he left!"
"Have you ever seen him before?"
"I've seen it!" The little boy jumped excitedly as if he remembered something.
"Where?"
"In your phone!"
"Nonsense! It's not on my phone!!"
"You did! You said last time that this snake spirit was really pretty!"
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