Half an hour later, following Sunnymo's announcement, energetic men and women arrived one after another, and the originally deserted club suddenly became lively.
As soon as this group of people arrived, they gathered together in small groups, laughing and playing with each other, and the community was filled with a happy atmosphere.
And every time these people asked Sunnymo what huge discovery he had made, Sunnymo did not answer directly, but said that he would wait until others came to complete the discovery.
"Sunnymo, you said you made a huge discovery, what was it?"
Until President Marcus arrived, he looked at Sunnymo who remained mysterious with a calm expression, and then asked.
As a club president, he always needs to show a calm character and convincing ability, and his efforts have indeed paid off. Many people in the entire club have deep respect for him. It is very difficult to achieve among peers.
After hearing the question from the dormitory leader Marcus, Sunnymo said obediently, "Marcus, I discovered this huge discovery inadvertently. I suspect that I found a pattern with hypnotic power. This pattern It can affect the human subconscious and cause nightmares one after another.”
"oh?"
After hearing this, Marcus looked at Sunnymo and saw that Sunnymo was indeed holding an A4 paper with something printed on it. Then he smiled and said, "You shouldn't be talking about this pattern in your hand." Bar."
Sunnymo nodded.
Seeing this, Marcus continued, "Sunnymo, I have said it many times, the amount of information carried by pictures is actually not large, and it is far from enough to use it as a hypnosis tool. In the application of psychology At best, it can only be used as a suggestive condition. If used for hypnosis, songs at the auditory level are much more effective than pictures at the visual level."
Sunnymo shook his head and said firmly, "Marcus, if you said this before, I would definitely agree, but it is different now. The pattern in my hand is definitely unusual. The first time I saw it You can notice it from the moment you start!”
"Then let me see."
Seeing this, Marcus did not refute again, but stretched out his hand and placed it in front of Sunnymo's eyes.
Sunnymo hesitated for a moment, but finally put the picture in Marcus' hands.
Marcus smiled and spread out the patterns in his hands. At the same time, a group of club members quickly gathered over.
Immediately, a strange-looking man's face appeared in front of everyone...
The moment they saw this picture, everyone present was stunned. In an instant, the entire club became silent. However, this scene did not last even two seconds, and the next moment was diluted by the fiery atmosphere of the club.
"Is this the picture?"
"Other than being very strange, I don't see anything special about it."
"Maybe it involves the language of advanced psychology, or maybe its origin itself is a hint?"
"He looks so ugly..."
"Hahahahaha!"
For a time, everyone was talking about it. Everyone commented on the pictures in front of them to express their fearlessness.
Among the crowd, only Marcus and a few others showed signs of contemplation.
"Where did you get this picture?"
Marcus suddenly turned his head and asked Sannimo.
"I drew it myself unintentionally."
The inner possessiveness made Sunnymo reluctant to name the forum, so he said vaguely, "I named it Dreamboy. The important thing now is that we must understand whether he is a hypnotic picture, right? I believe it." The moment you saw him, you had a special feeling in your heart, right?"
"Maybe it's because he's so weird."
A man immediately explained, "I did feel something strange the moment I saw it, but I think this is a hint. First, you hinted at us and made us think it was mysterious, and then waited until you showed it." At that time, we were all stunned because we were caught off guard, which is probably why we had a special feeling in our hearts."
This view immediately attracted widespread support.
"In the final analysis, it's all about being first, and this picture seems to involve the 'uncanny valley' phenomenon. This is the reason for the weirdness in our hearts."
Another girl followed.
The so-called "uncanny valley" is actually a hypothesis about how humans feel about robots and non-human objects - displaying humans' favorability towards a certain human-like thing (robot, movie, anime character, etc.) on a curve. The reason why things are similar to humans in appearance and actions is why humans will have positive emotions towards robots. This emotion value will increase as the similarity between the anthropomorphic thing and humans is higher.
However, when the similarity between anthropomorphic things and humans reaches a certain value, humans' reaction to them will suddenly become extremely negative. Even if the anthropomorphic things are only slightly different from humans, they will appear very conspicuous and disgusting. Even the emotion of fear, at this time is equivalent to the curve of the emotional value plummeting.
And when the similarity between anthropomorphic things and humans continues to rise, equivalent to the similarity between ordinary people, humans' emotions towards them will return to the positive again, resulting in empathy between humans, which is equivalent to emotions. The curve straightens up again, and rises to a level similar to the previous peak.
As a result, a situation emerged: the curve of human emotions towards anthropomorphic things rose slowly at the beginning, dropped sharply in the middle, and then increased again at the end. An "East African Rift Valley" appeared in the middle of the curve.
This great rift is called the "Uncanny Valley" effect, which refers to the fact that some anthropomorphic things are too similar to humans, but are somewhat different from humans, so human senses will perceive the appearance of the other person. Extraordinary, dazzling, etc...
The reason given by this member is the uncanny valley effect.
"I admit, it does look ugly, but I swear, this is definitely not the uncanny valley."
Sunnymo shook his head, feeling extremely disappointed. He didn't expect that everyone would not believe him, so he had to take the pattern back from Marcus, then turned and walked out of the club.
"The only way to verify it is that you just have to wait until tonight to find out."
After saying this, Sunnymo walked straight out of the club, ignoring the people who kept shouting behind him.
Only Marcus silently savored the creepy feeling before, and gradually, a thoughtful look appeared on his face.
…
When it was lunch time, everyone in the club gradually dispersed. As the last person to leave closed the door of the club, the entire venue fell into complete silence.
But this silence only lasted for a few minutes. Soon, the bathroom door creaked, and the door slowly opened, and a blond girl with blue eyes walked out of the door.
This girl was the one who proposed the uncanny valley theory before. She first looked around to make sure that there was no one in the club, then she quickly walked to the computer and started to retrieve the previously printed files.
Soon, a thankful look appeared in the girl's eyes. She briefly pressed the print button. Suddenly, the printer made a squeaking sound again, and a pattern was printed out.
That was the weird face from before.
Seeing this scene, the girl picked up the pattern with satisfaction and was about to leave. However, when she turned around, she suddenly discovered that a tall man was behind her at some point!
"ah!"
The girl suddenly sat down on the ground, until she saw clearly that the person standing behind her was actually the president Marcus.
"Marcus, what are you doing sneaking around behind me?"
The girl stood up angrily and subconsciously hid the paper behind her back.
"No need to hide it, I've seen it."
Marcus stretched out his hand, snatched the pattern from the girl's hand, and said calmly, "It is very immoral to privately print other people's items without permission."
"I'm just a little curious."
The girl hurriedly tried to take it back, but she couldn't get it, so she had to stamp her feet. Then she rolled her eyes and immediately said with a smile, "Mr. President, why haven't you gone back?"
"I'm just getting ready to clean up."
Marcus replied, putting away the pattern in his hand and preparing to pick up the broom beside him.
"Marcus, you haven't left yet. Isn't it because of that weird picture of Sunnymo?"
The girl made a condition and at the same time persuaded, "How about this, I'll draw another one, we each get what we have, and no one tells anyone, how about it?"
Marcus hesitated for a moment, then nodded, agreed, and then left the club.
It wasn't until he walked out of the club and came to the campus that Marcus took out the pattern again. He looked at the strange face in the pattern, and a flash of contemplation flashed in his eyes.
The reason why he stayed at the end of the club and even broke up with the girl who had been staying for a long time was because he felt a special feeling in this picture.
It was a feeling full of coldness and weirdness. The moment he saw the picture, he seemed to see the face talking to him, and at the same time, there seemed to be a dark whisper in his ears.
This feeling cannot be achieved by any movie, book, or even painting. Perhaps, as Sannimo said, it is indeed a pattern that can hypnotize the human spirit.
So he was the last one to leave the club just now.
But now it seems that in the entire club, except for Sunnymo, only he and Molly feel the extraordinaryness of this pattern, while others seem not to be able to feel it at all, otherwise they would not be interested in this mysterious pattern. Disdainful...
Thinking of this, Marcus returned to the dormitory. He recalled Sunnymo's previous words, so he simply put away the pattern and lay directly on the bed.
Then, he slowly closed his eyes, preparing to use his sleep to verify whether all this was true, or whether it was just Sunnymo's arrogance.
Gradually, Marcus fell into sleep.
…
"Who are you?"
Marcus looked around. At this time, he was on a desolate road. He was walking alone, surrounded by fog that made him unable to see his fingers.
And at the very front of the road, a black figure stood quietly not far away.
The limbs of this black figure are extremely slender, as if they are just skin and bones, but unlike the limbs, he has a huge head. The big head is placed on the body, showing an extreme sense of incongruity.
After seeing this, the weirdness of the scene made Marcus stop on guard. He stood still and said to the black shadow in front of him, "Who are you?"
"Shashasha..."
There was a sound of movement in the fog, and at the same time, the figure began to move slowly, getting closer to Marcus.
Marcus wanted to run away, but at this moment, he only felt that he was standing in a pool of asphalt. No matter how he moved, he was firmly stuck to the ground and could not move at all.
So, he could only watch the black shadow slowly approaching...
Ten meters, nine meters, eight meters...
As the figure got closer and closer, Marcus became more and more frightened. He seemed to understand instinctively that the person approaching him was definitely not a kind person!
At the moment when the opponent was only three or four meters away from him, the black shadow finally revealed his face. When he saw this face, Marcus couldn't help but take a breath!
Dream boy!
For some reason, the name suddenly popped into Marcus' mind. He shouted, and at the same time the whole world shook rapidly, as if a mountain was falling apart!
The dream collapsed!
A flash of enlightenment appeared in his heart. At this moment, Marcus suddenly regained consciousness from the dream. He looked at Meng Nan who was still standing in front of him in shock and said immediately, "Who are you!"
This question has a completely different meaning from the previous one...
"I am not anyone, I am me, I am you, I am everyone in the world..."
However, a surprising scene appeared. The strange man in front of him did not do anything to harm him, but said directly, "And now, I am the embodiment of your dreams and unknown fears."
After hearing these words, Marcus suddenly showed a shocked expression. For some reason, his emotions in the dream were more flexible and richer than in reality. He suddenly raised his head and asked again, "Why did you appear? "
"Didn't you ask me to show up?"
The weird man replied solemnly, "Because you want me to appear in your heart, so I will appear. It's that simple."
Marcus took a deep breath when he heard the words. He felt that he seemed to be inspired by something deep in his heart. The other party's words seemed simple, but they were extremely profound, and even made his soul tremble...
So, he finally couldn't help it and asked the final question, "Are you...are you God?"
"god?"
Hearing these words, the corners of the strange man's mouth seemed to become even more curved, and he said noncommittally, "You can regard me as God, because there is no difference between God and me. He exists in the hearts of believers, and so do I. "