After everyone had a great time, no one quit in the end.
The true strength of Group Nine should not be made public, and "secret testing" is indeed the best method. To Yin Ren's surprise, Professor Li also remained motionless - as one of the top leaders of the current Shian Haigu branch, he should have protected himself.
But he just stood there steadily, with half of his face illuminated by the screen on Jiao Lian's body.
"Can we start? I have a meeting later." Li Nian said.
Yin Ren was silent for a while, then raised his hand and drew a series of light paths in the air.
Fear, satisfaction.
Evil, sorrow, joy, and love.
He scribbled down the emotions one by one and drew red crosses on a few of them.
"Whether it was the divine advent 28 years ago or now, the number of people who go missing after being exposed to contamination is always small. If the premise of 'mental toughness' is correct, we need to determine what 'emotions' trigger the disappearances."
Yin Ren moved a chair and sat down in front of Jiao Lian.
Even though I knew that person was right beside me, the blood in the illusion was so sticky and warm, and the strong smell of blood was hitting my nose. The touch, the temperature, everything was so real.
Even though he knew it was all an illusion, Yin Ren's heart was beating wildly and his nerves were aching. The panic and helplessness he felt at that time were like a torn wound, oozing with rotten purulent blood.
With a good memory, it is not difficult to stir up emotions. When the situation requires, security personnel will use similar methods to comfort relevant personnel. Fu Xingchuan holds the expensive talismans between his fingers and distributes them among the crowd skillfully.
Yin Ren looked around. After Fu Xingchuan finished his round, in the dim room, except for Zhong Cheng, the "meat figurine" and Li Nian, everyone, including Yin Ren himself, received a square "sticky note" with spells written on it.
When it came to sending the talisman to his old partner Li Nian, Fu Xingchuan hesitated for a while and ultimately did not send it to him.
Sunset, stairs, and the exit of Fu’s basement.
The next moment, Yin Ren's eyes went dark. The old staircase disappeared under the setting sun, and he was back in the secret room in the Shi'an Building. If he hadn't forced himself to steady himself, Yin Ren would have almost fallen to the ground.
The sudden sound of gunfire, the splashing blood, and Zhong Chengshuo's confused look.
Yin Ren was somewhat dazed. Was the subsequent search, battle, and reunion, including this moment, all a grand illusion? Was it because he could not accept Zhong Cheng's death that he had such bizarre and twisted fantasies in his mind
As soon as this thought came to my mind, boundless fear came over me.
The Ghost King did not hesitate and stuck the talisman on his face like a sticker. Fu Xingchuan just stuck it on the back of his hand, with the same ease.
"The evil power in the wooden talisman didn't have any special reaction." He cleared his throat.
This illusion was not powerful, but it was very delicate. In an instant, the scene in front of him was zoomed out, and a familiar scene hit Yin Ren's eyes.
Only after feeling the rise and fall of Zhong Cheng's chest and his warm body temperature did Yin Ren calm down.
Fu Xingchuan glared at Zhong Chengshuo a few times. The latter tried his best to play innocent, like a large pendant on the back of Yin Ren's chair. Fu Xingchuan stared at him to no avail, and took his eyes off for a long while.
Fu Xingchuan tested Yin Ren first. Seeing the opponent's finger poking at him, Yin Ren simply lowered his defense and allowed the opponent to perform the technique.
Disgusted, no special reaction.
Fu Xingchuan, Ge Tingting... Finally it was Huang Jin's turn. Huang Jin didn't know what he saw, he looked like he wanted to pack himself into a cardboard box. Unfortunately, the wooden rabbit talisman went through everyone's hands firmly, like any other object, without any special fluctuations.
Yin Ren slowed down his voice: "I tested some last night. This time we only need to test a few emotions... There is no need to test the 'satisfaction' one. Next we only need to test the fear one. Next, Minister Jiao will monitor the other side, and I will watch the situation here."
He wanted to hand it to Fu Xingchuan, but was intercepted by Professor Li. The man held the wooden rabbit talisman tightly in his palm, closed his eyes, and pursed his lips tightly.
"There is no special reaction over there either." Jiao Lian reported dutifully.
"Hu, hu..." Not caring about face or not, he tried to regulate his breathing, his stomach churning.
Zhong Chengshuo walked forward naturally and put his hands on the back of the wooden chair.
"And then..." Yin Ren's memory was a little fuzzy. He took out his cell phone and tried to look up Shi An's emotional classification.
"No special reaction." Yin Ren said.
He thought that after Zhong Cheng came back, the impact of this scene would disappear. But when it appeared in front of him again, Yin Ren found that he was still almost unable to think. His head was buzzing, and the blood in his body was as cold as ice water.
Sad, neither side showed any special reaction. Yin Ren just looked around cautiously, fearing that Ms. Qi would suddenly break through some corner to eat.
Lu Xiaohe and Ge Tingting held it solemnly in their hands. Only Huang Jin had a sad face, and the eldest brother picked it up reluctantly with his fingertips.
"Then let's take the next one." Yin Ren handed over the wooden rabbit talisman in his hand.
In less than five seconds, Li Nian's face began to turn pale, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead. His hand holding the rabbit wooden talisman trembled slightly. There was no doubt that he was suffering from deep fear.
"Sounds like it should work."
"There's no need to go any further."
As a top scientist, Li Nian cannot rely on talismans, and no one knows what kind of horrible memories this expert who never shows his emotions has found.
That already serious face seemed even more inhuman.
"It will have limited effect on you, just imagine it yourself." Fu Xingchuan said softly.
"Speaking of emotional adjustment, I do have a quick way. Time is limited, so let's do this."
Fu Xingchuan fished out a box of sticky notes from his pocket and tore off a few of them. "These are illusion spells, good stuff that's readily available. I'll draw out the corresponding memories."
Yin Ren subconsciously wanted to shake Zhong Chengshuo's hand on the back of the chair, but he finally held back. He quietly separated a soft wing the size of a knuckle, slid down along the chair leg, used the shadow to sneak into Zhong Chengshuo's trouser legs, and climbed all the way to the man's chest.
Zhong Cheng was talking about blood.
And a moment later, the head suddenly exploded in front of Yin Ren.
First there was fear.
"Same." Jiao Lian was frugal with his words.
After being tortured by three negative emotions three times, even a strong man like Fu Xingchuan turned a little blue in the face.
"Didn't you say that the more primitive the emotion, the stronger the elemental substance it generates? If you rob people so openly, you won't just take them to the other side to feed the minor characters."
"That's true, but I have indeed tested the one about satisfaction." Yin Ren frowned, "Satisfaction, happiness and love..."
“How did you measure it?”
Fu Xingchuan wanted to say something but hesitated several times. Before he could open his mouth, Li Nian spoke first.
For some reason, even without the aid of a spell, Professor Li's reaction was greater than any of them. After three rounds, his hair was soaked with sweat and he looked like he would faint at any moment.
But his voice was still steady.
"Is this an experiment conducted on living people?" His sharp eyes were directed at Yin Ren.
"That's not the case. I have my own way."
Thinking of the huge amount of property that was destroyed by Miss Qi Xin, even though it was not his own property, Yin Ren couldn't help but feel crazy and upset.
"Then are you sure that there is no problem with the experimental materials?" Facing this senior who traveled through time, Li Nian remained neither humble nor arrogant, and was merciless. "I suggest verifying it again. If you satisfy the positive emotions, everyone should be more receptive."
"It's possible..."
But in theory, Zhong Cheng said that using data to accurately simulate emotions is definitely better than using magic to stimulate emotions. These people are all his friends after all. Magic has an impact on people after all, and the ups and downs are even more tormenting.
Now they have little time, so it is not appropriate to waste energy on taking a detour.
Yin Ren was about to explain the situation when a voice suddenly emerged in his head.
[For the first question, you can solve it. But a small suggestion, don't use those brains just now... they have flaws that just make you miss the correct answer. ]
etc.
"I just missed the correct answer..." Yin Ren clenched the talisman paper in his hand and muttered softly.
There are more brains there, what common flaw can they have? Serial killers are also human beings, whether it is fear or satisfaction, they will always have corresponding perceptions, unless... unless...
In the haze, Yin Ren seemed to have grasped something.
satisfy.
Joy and love.
"Most of them don't have the ability to 'love.'" Zhong Cheng said, lowering his body, his gentle breath brushing the skin beside Yin Ren's ear. "Although you haven't studied these, you should have watched a lot of related film and television works."
Indeed. Mr. Qiu corresponds to "evil" and Qi Xin corresponds to "sorrow". Mr. Qiu is dead, and Qi Xin is the one who forages for food himself. The only high-level elements left are "joy" and "love". Combined with what Zhong Cheng said just now...
"We can try it again, but let's try 'love' first." Yin Ren made a prompt decision.
Having said that, he put the note on his face again.
The illusion was activated for the fourth time.
Yin Ren saw Zhong Chengshuo wearing a rabbit mask and shooting bubbles from the muzzle of his gun in the abandoned amusement park. He also saw the lovers sleeping soundly on the table, breathing as slowly as the tide.
Light and shadow flow, and the illusion turns into touch and body temperature. The touch on the skin is so real that it almost burns the brain dry.
The rabbit wooden talisman moved in his palm.
"There is a reaction." Jiao Lian said, "The space on the other side is vibrating."
Yin Ren ended the illusion in a daze, turned around and looked at Zhong Cheng and said. There was a reaction, but he himself did not disappear like Xiaohe's mother.
For some reason, this discovery made him a little depressed. Yin Ren felt mixed emotions, and he couldn't figure out the source of his depression.
"I'll be the next one!" Fu Xingchuan had no way of sensing the old man's subtle thoughts, and there was a hint of joy in his voice.
It's a pity that Comrade Fu Xingchuan, who has been single for more than 40 years, failed to perform a miracle. Compared with Yin Ren at that time, Mu Fu and Bi'an's reactions were even weaker.
Fu Xingchuan: “…”
"You work too much overtime," Minister Jiao Lian pointed out seriously. "Life is poor. What did you see just now?"
Fu Xingchuan struggled, but considering that it was not easy for Minister Jiao to talk, he bravely gave the answer: "… When I was a child, I went to the beach with my family to sunbathe, and my mother bought me three scoops of ice cream."
Jiao Lian: “Haha!”
The screens all over her body flashed with a happy and hapless look. Yin Ren's mood finally eased a little. Although this Minister Jiao was in a bad situation, his temperament was really... quite different from what he expected. After this little episode, the originally tense atmosphere finally relaxed a little.
Fu Xingchuan ignored everyone's sympathetic gazes and handed the wooden talisman to Li Nian, but Li Nian rarely took it: "I'm the last one."
He didn't say why.
However, since the leader said to postpone it, Ge Tingting took the lead in grabbing the wooden talisman. Unfortunately, the degree of abnormality she caused was almost the same as Fu Xingchuan, and it was unclear who deserved more sympathy.
Next was Lu Xiaohe.
The moment the illusion was activated, Lu Xiaohe's tears suddenly flowed down her cheeks. She held her breath without making a sound, only tears kept flowing down her cheeks. The wooden talisman exuded a cold aura, and Lu Xiaohe's feet had become a phantom, and the whole person seemed like a living ghost.
"Stop!" Yin Ren made a gesture, and the wooden talisman flew out. Lu Xiaohe's feet instantly became solid, her legs went limp, and she sat paralyzed on the ground.
Her sneakers disappeared, leaving only a pair of clean bare feet.
"The reaction on the other side is stronger." Jiao Lian spoke faster, "I need more data."
"Same here." Yin Ren agreed. He let out a long breath, and the strange feeling of frustration in his heart became even stronger.
“Give it to me.” Huang Jin walked up to Yin Ren with a bitter face and took the wooden talisman obediently. “Don’t hold your hopes too high. I… ah ah ah!”
The illusion had not yet been activated, and the lower half of Huang Jin's body disappeared in an instant, as if it had sunk into invisible sea water.
He raised his arms in fear and grabbed Yin Ren's hair. He pulled it so hard that he almost pulled out Yin Ren's tears.
There was no magic light, no strange sound, only the fierce power on the wooden talisman surged rapidly. Seeing that the man's body quickly disappeared to the front of his chest, Yin Ren made a quick decision and directly stretched out his hair in front of everyone to dig the wooden talisman out of Huang Jin's hand. The next moment, it was completely sealed by the black hair.
Fu Xingchuan rushed forward and activated dozens of spells instantly. Lu Xiaohe and Ge Tingting hurriedly reached out their hands, grabbed Huang Jin's clothes, and pulled him out like pulling a radish.
“Fuck fuck fuck, be gentle, it hurts!!!”
Huang Jin's face was pale, and he frantically grabbed things around him, like a person about to be washed away by the flood. Ten seconds later, everyone finally pulled Huang Jin back from the brink of disappearance. The suction force from the other side was extremely difficult, and the whole process was more difficult than rescuing someone from a swamp.
Lian Zhongcheng said that he took a bed sheet with a stern face and covered the man's lower body - only Lu Xiaohe's shoes disappeared, while Comrade Huang Jin's clothes from the chest down disappeared without a trace.
After being pulled out, Huang Jin shivered and shrank into the corner, wrapping himself tightly in sheets.
"This is unscientific!" Huang Jin leaned against the corner of the bed, almost breaking his voice, "How could my situation be worse than Lu Xiaohe's...!"
"Maybe you really like Sister Ding Lizi." Ge Tingting inferred objectively. "Besides, this is not a scientific topic."
Huang Jin's face turned pale and blue, and he looked around at his leaders and colleagues, and finally pulled up the sheet and covered his head with it. Then Huang Jin turned to the corner, and it seemed that he was not going to say anything.
"The other side's reaction was very, very strong."
Jiao Lian commented.
"The data is almost there, but it's still okay. I need to supplement it."
Hearing this, everyone turned their attention to Li Nian. She said that it was possible to add more, and now this was the only person who had not been tested.
"I don't need it." Professor Li said lightly, without touching the wooden rabbit talisman that was as cold as an ice cube.
Fu Xingchuan looked at him for a while: "...That's fine."
"Why?" Huang Jin muttered under the sheets, "You just said you wanted the last one."
"Because I'm different from you."
Li Nian still had that calm and peaceful tone.
"If it were me, there's a 90% chance that I would disappear in an instant. I still have a job in Shi'an, so now is not the right time."
Huang Jin finally poked his head out from under the sheets and looked at Li Nian with a little surprise.
"Then we'll stop here today." Hearing this, Yin Ren stood up with a bad look on his face. "Everyone needs to rest. Minister Jiao and I also have the data. Minister Jiao, when you have the results, remember to let Fu Xingchuan and the others notify me."
In conclusion, he was the first to leave the room, which was rare, without waiting for his companions.
Zhong Cheng said he quickly followed and was the second one to walk out the door.
"There are still three hours until the end of the get off work day. We can go home first. You can apply to work from home." Zhong Cheng said, discussing today's plan as usual. "We have gained a lot from Shi'an today. It is suitable for us to study together."
"Well, okay..." Yin Ren responded uninterested.
"I can also cook your favorite food at home."
His lover is in a bad mood, Zhong Cheng said with a wink, and took out the number one solution in his mind.
"Don't you have any feelings about what happened just now?" Yin Ren stepped into the elevator with ease and pressed the "1" button.
Zhong Cheng said he looked around and saw that there were only two of them in the elevator, but the atmosphere was not as gentle as usual.
"The reason why those people disappeared may be related to the emotion of 'love'. However, the specific conditions and whether it is consistent with the divine advent 28 years ago require looking at the specific data before making a judgment."
So that's the case. Yin Ren might be concentrating on the case. Zhong Cheng thought for a moment and gave his opinion affirmatively.
"That's all?" Yin Ren turned his head, his face showing no sign of concealing his frustration.
Zhong Chengshuo's thoughts were spinning wildly, and he couldn't think of anything he had missed, so he shook his head sincerely. Yin Ren sighed lightly, and the mini wings that were originally attached to Zhong Chengshuo's chest slid out and turned back into ordinary hair ends.
"Are you angry?"
Zhong Cheng said that he would uphold the fine tradition of Ke Xue Gang and ask questions when he did not understand something.
"No." Yin Ren stopped by the side of the road and stared at the busy afternoon traffic.
"But you're in a bad mood, is it because of me?"
"You could say..."
"I understand, because I covered Huang Jin with a sheet and saw him without clothes." Zhong Cheng said and began to analyze his love-themed works accumulated over the years, "So you are unhappy."
Yin Ren looked at him in shock. He touched his own forehead, then touched Zhong Cheng's forehead. There was a lot of doubt in his melancholy expression.
Fortunately, at this time, the taxi they had called in advance arrived, so that the Ghost King's physical examination did not escalate further.
“… I just thought maybe you should be angry.”
After getting in the car, Yin Ren immediately opened the window. The late autumn air was filled with the strong fragrance of osmanthus, which filled the car all at once. Zhong Cheng tilted his head slightly, and a bit of confusion appeared on his face.
"Why should I be angry?"
Yin Ren glanced at the driver in front and started typing on his phone.
[The reason for the missing person's disappearance is related to "love", but this set of rules has a very slight effect on me, just a little better than Fu Xingchuan and the others. ]
[Ge Tingting is young and inexperienced, Fu Xingchuan is thinking about a family trip to the seaside. My love for you doesn't seem that great at the moment. I thought about it myself, and what I did for you sounds great, but it's all based on the premise that "I know I'm a strong person." It's not that great. ]
Zhong Cheng said as he lowered his eyes and looked at the words quietly. After coming to the modern world for some time, Yin Ren's typing speed was getting faster and faster.
[Your mind is always quick, how could you not have thought of this? But you don't seem to care about this matter, and I have some inexplicable feeling. It seems that it is wrong to be angry with myself, and it is also wrong to be angry with you.]
[I am worried]
After typing these three words, Yin Ren's fingers stopped for a moment. His hair swayed gently, and the warm afternoon light slowly flowed along his black hair. The Ghost King sighed to himself for a few seconds before continuing to move his fingers.
[I'm worried that our love method is not right, I don't know what to do. I understand the ways of the world better than you do, and I should be the one to guide you.]
Zhong Cheng blinked and said, he stretched out his hand and slowly pulled the dog's thing out of Yin Ren's hand.
[I can’t answer that.]
He typed sincerely amidst the refreshing and sweet scent of osmanthus.
[I can only tell you that this experiment has not been thoroughly analyzed. Theoretically, Lu Xiaohe's "love" for his mother should not be weaker than Huang Jin's "love" for Ding Lizi. I think emotions are very complicated things, and there are many variables in the experiment.]
[“The intensity of love” may be just one of the conditions. You don’t need to be discouraged until you get more certain conditions.]
Zhong Cheng said he typed this sentence very slowly. Yin Ren couldn't help but turn his eyes to the side and look at Zhong Cheng who was typing seriously.
Zhong Cheng said he was sitting on the side facing the sun. The sunlight poured in through the car window, and the man's black eyelashes were reflected into golden brown.
"Are you trying to comfort me?" Yin Ren forced a smile, and the confusion faded a little. But it was still like a dark cloud that lingered in his heart.
Zhong Cheng turned his dark eyes away and shook his head vigorously.
[This is science.] he pointed out seriously.
"Well, I hope I'm not worrying too much."
Zhong Cheng said what Zhong Cheng said, and this explanation was so rational that it was outrageous. Before getting down to business, Yin Ren decided to pack up this mysterious emotional issue and put it away, and try to solve it himself.
"Anyway, let's focus on the experiment first... Okay?"
Zhong Cheng said he did not stop there. He didn't know what he noticed and started typing seriously again.
[Personally, I think it doesn’t matter if I choose the wrong way to fall in love, and it doesn’t matter if my emotional intensity is not as high as others. I don’t need your guidance in this regard.]
[You are using human emotions as a benchmark for judgment and guidance. We are not human, and those benchmarks may not be appropriately applied.]
After typing this, a hint of subtle pride appeared on Zhong Cheng's tense face.
[Objectively speaking, we are each other's only kind.]
"That's true."
Yin Ren was startled, then burst into laughter. Looking at Zhong Cheng's vivid pride, for some reason, his distress suddenly dissipated.
"I didn't realize, Brother Zhong, you're quite good at talking... Wait."
Yin Ren's expression suddenly froze.
(End of this chapter)