Hongjing City Detention Center.
The place where the government guards the prisoners should have the same good work and rest habits as the mental hospital.
The night was deep, and the sound of the news on the TV was humming. At twelve o'clock in the evening, voting had been going on for four hours.
The LCD color TV placed in the chat room of Lin Chen and Shen Lian has been broadcasting the voting results one after another, and Lin Chen has not stopped drinking water.
Although during this time, there is still a lot of news happening all over the place.
For example, some students collectively protested against voting for the execution of prisoners, which is a random violation of the legal system, or there was a big boss-level fight in the dark room of Minjiang No. 1 Prison, which finally ended in the forced persuasion of Inspector Huang.
But in general, there is nothing major about this night, it can be bigger than the opening of voting.
But probably because of the late night, the voting speed slowed down and there were some slight fluctuations.
The official website of the government still maintains a high ratio of 1:4. No one is surprised by this result.
In the words of a statistician, when the sample population is larger, the data tends to be more stable, that is to say, when one-sixth of the total voting time has passed, it is almost certain what the final result will be. .
Shen Lian was not surprised by this.
To be honest, although she didn't know the exact ratio that the final result would be, of course, most people would trade the death of four criminals for the antidote that could save more people. The overwhelming advantage was certain and inevitable.
Therefore, what she is most interested in now is what medicine is being sold in Lin Chen's gourd
"Did you know, Consultant Lin..." She said suddenly, seeing that Lin Chen stopped while holding the water glass.
During this period of time, her and Lin Chen's roles seemed to be reversed. She became the one who kept talking and asking questions, while Lin Chen asked for a square stool to rest his feet, and half leaned on the back chair to sleep lightly.
Lin Chen raised his eyelids slightly to look at him, his face was extremely pale, showing a strong supportive spirit.
"I'm thirsty, so I keep wanting to drink water, which is also a kind of acute withdrawal reaction." She said to Lin Chen.
Lin Chen hooked the corners of his lips, tapped his fingertips on the wall of the cup, and smiled reluctantly: "In this case, you might as well cooperate and give me the antidote so that I can rest."
"Tsk." Shen Lian smiled happily, "No, how cute you are like this, weren't you still confident before?"
Lin Chen coaxed her like a little girl: "I'm still very confident now."
Shen Lian frowned and said, "I really doubt it now. From the very beginning, you wanted to kill those four people in exchange for the antidote. You are cruel and sometimes even more inhumane than us."
Lin Chen tapped the wall of the cup lightly with his fingertips, making a crisp ding ding sound, he suddenly looked at her seriously, his dark eyes were full of exploration: "You always use 'you' and 'us' to make What is the basis for the division of the human species?"
"Huh." Shen Lian was surprised, "Isn't it 'you' who first separated 'you' from 'us'?"
"It sounds like a tongue twister." Lin Chen shook his head.
"Criminologists have spent hundreds of thousands of years to study why a person becomes a criminal, from the earliest phrenology to the current genetic determinism. Don't they go to great lengths to single out potential criminals?"
"This is just human beings' exploration of their own unknowns." Lin Chen said.
His face was calm, and this attitude made Shen Lian suddenly angry: "Yes, yes, it is like the study of human diseases, we are the part that needs correction, treatment, and must be cut out when we have to, you all call 'us' Treat yourself as 'you' know it in your own heart!"
"What do you think it is?" Lin Chen asked back.
Shen Lian suddenly choked, and she found that she really couldn't find the exact adjective for a while.
"Potential criminals, objects that must be eliminated?" Lin Chen pulled the clothes covering his legs with some effort, then turned around and pointed to the TV, "Then now, the four real criminals I have selected, in a more extreme situation Next, you can take a look and see what we think of you."
Although Lin Chen was as weak as a drug addict, his tone was firm, making Shen Lian wonder where his confidence came from: "1:4, brother, you can't win!"
"In your mind, what is the result of my so-called winning?" At this moment, Lin Chen seemed to have grasped something key, and answered himself with a very suspicious mental state, "If I win, In the end, those four people won't die, will they?" Lin Chen stopped tapping on the glass, this pause made Shen Lian even more irritable, but Lin Chen always knew how to stimulate her, "Look at Shen Lian, it's just that you are very ordinary An idea, but if I were your psychiatrist, I would tell you that you simply don't realize the cognitive issues behind this problem."
"Unfortunately you are not."
Before Shen Lian finished speaking, she was interrupted by Lin Chen.
"You're scared, yeah, it looks like you're confident and taunting me from the position of the imminent winner, but you're scared what if I win? You don't really care about winning or losing, you do. It's the idea behind this. You win, it means that your old beliefs are correct. Humans are selfish animals, and you are just one of those animals that is closer to your nature. And what if I win?" Lin Chen finally showed a real smile, with an extremely bright breath, "What does it mean if I win, have you really thought about this?"
"Shut up, do you think there is such a possibility?" Shen Lian said coldly.
"'Denial' is the most basic and primitive psychological defense. If I were your therapist, I would take this opportunity to say a few words. Although winning or losing is only a very simple word, in my opinion, this The words reflect that you actually have the basic cognitive ability of moral evaluation, you actually have a clear understanding of what views I will hold, and you even fully understand the social moral evaluation system, but this thing can't impress you at all, so you choose not to. To abide by it let alone respect it, but deep down you really know what kindness is."
Shen Lian was speechless for a long time, she really felt sick to her stomach, and retched at Lin Chen: "Lin Chen, congratulations, you succeeded in making me sick."
"My honor." Lin Chen said.
According to the general process, when Lin Chen finished his four-word summary, the conversation should come to an end.
But it was probably because Lin Chen's words just now really made her feel unhappy, or maybe it was really purely a psychotherapist's technique, she couldn't help but retort: "Please, my meaning is very simple, no matter from the selfishness of people. Or from the point of view of blind obedience, they will all throw the four criminals to death."
"Appreciate further details."
Lin Chen only said four words, no matter how much he talked or not, Shen Lian was angry.
"I always thought that you would forge a batch of accounts to spread great beauty and goodness online, to induce stupid people to make choices, in order to reflect your so-called brilliance of humanity."
"It's not pretty, I've said it long ago. Since it's everyone's choice, it should be decided by everyone's free will."
"But if you don't guide, it doesn't mean others don't guide." Just like Lin Chen always wanted to dig out the truest thoughts in her heart, she also wanted to see what Lin Chen exposed, such as being crazy and ugly, so she said , "People are blindly obedient in a group environment, let alone the Internet. Once someone expresses a point of view, as long as he speaks early, has a loud voice, and looks very reasonable, many stupid people will be affected and spread continuously. , it forms an inherent concept." Shen Lian paused and said, "And often, those who can't wait to express their opinions, tsk..."
Lin Chen shook his head, and his toes also swayed, as if expressing his helplessness together.
Shen Lian knew that, in a sense, Lin Chen had a clearer understanding of this matter than she did, so she had nothing to say.
When she was about to continue, Lin Chen's cell phone rang. Although there was no ringtone, Shen Lian clearly heard the vibration.
This was the first time that Lin Chen had been sitting in this interrogation room, the phone rang for the first time, Shen Lian knew that something must have happened.
However, when she subconsciously stared at Lin Chen, the weak man who had been sitting on the chair suddenly stood up, pointed to the secret door in the interrogation room, and coaxed her, "I'll go to the toilet, you'll be alone for a while, good."
This is simply talking nonsense with eyes open, and Shen Lian is going to be mad.
…
The toilet in the interrogation room is very small.
Two steps can go to the end, when standing to pee, the back can only be pressed against the cold back wall.
The toilets and sinks are of the worst quality. In order to prevent impulsive prisoners, even the mirrors on the walls are covered with a simple layer of cellophane.
So when I stand in front of the sink and look at myself, I always feel like hell.
He turned on the faucet, pointed his finger pointlessly, and answered the phone with the other hand: "Hello."
"Why is your voice so hoarse, and how much nonsense are you talking about?" Su Fengzi's understated and slightly mocking voice sounded in the receiver. Lin Chen finally heard the tone of a normal person and felt a little warm.
"I was talking with Shen Lian about the psychological defense mechanism, and I talked about the psychology of conformity. If we talk more deeply, it is estimated that we will talk about the field of mirror neurons. Fortunately, you called."
Su Fengzi is obviously not a normal person in the traditional sense, and only said: "Are you interrogating or falling in love, does Xing Conglian care about you?"
"I'm a more assertive person, he can't control me." Lin Chen laughed helplessly again, he turned off the faucet, sat down on the toilet, his knees against the wall, this posture was very uncomfortable, but somehow made people feel uncomfortable. sense of security.
Su Fengzi probably also knew that he was seated, so he changed the topic: "What time is it now, your dear Inspector Huang almost shot in the cell, but luckily the director cut off the signal in time, did you find Shen Lian? Breakthrough?"
"No, I haven't talked to Shen Lian about anything about her." Lin Chen told the truth.
"There are still 20 hours, classmate Lin Chen, that is, the time to take a shot and sleep, can't you be direct to Shen Lian?"
"I've always been gentle with girls."
"So you asked me to go to Yongchuan Medical College to find something related to Duan Wanshan and that can break through the heart of infatuation, while you talk to the little beauty about poetry, poetry and life ideals?"
Su Fengzi rarely has such a bad mood. Lin Chen can almost imagine him standing under the street lamp and sulking. Although he knows that this is what Su Fengzi said on purpose to make him relax, it is hard to laugh. Sheng: "After all, I'm counting on you, Senior Brother."
"I've already searched for it. After so many years, who can remember a small detail from many years ago, you don't even tell which details it might be. This is the same difficulty as finding another planet with life in the universe. "
Lin Chen hurriedly said, "Brother, your metaphor is truly beautiful."
On the other end of the phone, Su Fengzi let out a long sigh and finally said, "I'm very worried."
Lin Chen knew that this sentence was really not a joke. He looked at the depressed wall in front of him, and heard Su Fengzi continue: "If more people really think that those four people should die, would you kill them for the antidote?"
"Yes."
"Then?"
"Pay them back."
"It doesn't make sense," Su Fengzi said.
"But what can I do?" Lin Chen smiled calmly.
"I see." Su Fengzi said solemnly, "Although I don't think it's worth it, I respect your choice."
"thanks."