Paranormal Investigation Notes

Chapter 312 Cordyceps sinensis
The universe is boundless and the galaxy is vast.

The temporary base is located in the outskirts of the city, which also has a certain amount of light pollution.But today the weather is not bad, you can still see a lot of stars.

Lu Ming sat on a chair on the edge of a gazebo, leaned against the back of the chair, looked up at the stars in the sky, and fell into deep thought again.

What he is facing is the direction where the CSK-9602 galaxy is located.

It is of course impossible to see it with the naked eye.Even standing on the top of Mount Everest, isolated from all light pollution and air pollution, combined with the best weather conditions, it is impossible to see it with the naked eye.But Lu Ming still looked there fixedly.

He seemed to feel that the galaxy as huge as the Milky Way was quietly rotating in the vast universe more than 1 million light-years away.

It is the origin of everything.

Lu Ming sketched one image after another in his mind.There are magic eye galaxies like eyes, there are Professor Zhou Tianyang, there is Professor Luo Yang, there is Shu Changshan, there is Shu Yang, there is Shu Yue... There are many, many people or things that keep appearing and disappearing in his mind.

He kept thinking until late at night, then shook his head, got up, and returned to his room while stroking his dizzy head from overuse.

Still nothing today.

During the daytime the next day, Lu Ming slept until ten o'clock before getting up.

The return time set by our side is early tomorrow morning.

Today is the last day Lu Ming can use.

But today, he didn't plan to think about it anymore.

"I still believe that the universe we live in must have laws, can be understood, explained, and described by the language of mathematics and physics. We can't see the truth of the universe now, just because the current scientific level is too low .

The unknowability and chaos considered by the Cthulhu system must not be the essence of the universe.It must be wrong.

Perhaps, when our technology has developed to a certain level and we look back at this matter, we can easily draw accurate conclusions.Just now..."

He silently shook his head in his heart.

He has accepted this ending.

He is clearly aware that at the current stage, it is impossible for him to complete the analysis of this incident purely by logical combing and persistence in science.

In any case, all visible crises have been resolved and hidden dangers have been eliminated.As for some things that are really unclear in the process, let's leave it for later.At least the result is good, so why care so much about the process, isn't it?
So he had to let his heart down and let himself divert his attention through some other things.

He showered, shaved, and left the room.

"I figured out the captain. Let's go back tomorrow."

Zhang Dingshan paused and said, "Okay."

That's the end of the matter.

Lu Ming changed the subject: "Where's He Wei?"

"The kitchen. She said she would cook a dish for us to try at noon, and it would be a celebration."

"Oh? Doesn't she only know how to eat? She also cooks by herself? You have to try it out." Lu Ming smiled, "I'll go and see."

When he came to the kitchen, he saw He Wei busy there.

An old hen has been plucked and its internal organs have been taken out. He Wei is holding a kitchen knife and chopping it into pieces one by one.The knife is skillful, and the strength is just right, and a piece of it will be cut off immediately with a single stroke.Even if there is an occasional knife that fails to cut through, the second time the knife is cut, it will always land on the scar of the previous knife without any mistakes.

Looks like an old chef.

"He Wei, I didn't see it, the knife skills are good."

He Wei, who was concentrating, came back to her senses, and looked at him with some surprise: "You don't want to?"

Lu Ming shook his head: "I can't think of it. Let's close the case."

He Wei went down with the knife and chopped off a piece of the hen, but she didn't raise the knife again for a long time.

After a while, she seemed to be talking to herself: "Alright. We can't solve it, so let's talk about it later."

Afterwards, she raised the kitchen knife again and continued chopping the chicken, saying, "How can I say this so-called knife skill? Chopping a chicken is actually the same as chopping a person. You have to pay attention to strength and accuracy. People are not allowed to chop, and the strength is not right. As a result, those who do not want to be chopped to death are chopped to death, and those who want to be chopped to death cannot be chopped to death. It is the same when chopping chicken nuggets. It's easy to cut out dregs and minced meat..."

Lu Ming laughed: "Cutting people and chopping chickens, can it be the same?"

"The nature is similar."

"Why do you remember to cook by yourself? You also got an old hen, tsk tsk."

He Wei rolled her eyes: "During this period of time, I have been eating in the cafeteria, and I almost vomited. I just heard that the free-range hen in Nanlishan is delicious, so don't try it. Don't underestimate this chicken, it costs more than 400 yuan , I entrusted the people from the Public Security Bureau here to find it."

"More than 400 yuan? Are you crazy about poverty?!"

Lu Ming was taken aback.

The ordinary white striped chicken in the supermarket costs only 30 yuan.It is understandable that old hens are more expensive, and more than 400 yuan is an exaggeration, right?
"Don't think it's too expensive, it's not easy to buy. More than 400 yuan is still a friendly price. I'll ask Qing Liang if we have any food allowance left, and I'll find a way to reimburse it."

He Wei felt a little heartbroken.

The salary of the second action team is not low, but He Wei also spends a lot of money, and she is not willing to use the privileges like the rest of the team, so of course she has to save some money.Those who can be reimbursed within a reasonable range must of course find a way to reimburse them.

Lu Ming looked at the kitchen, and saw some strange fungi besides the old hen.Needless to say, it is definitely going to be stewed together.

Looking to the side, Lu Ming's eyes became a little straight.

"What the hell is this? Cordyceps? Why are you doing this?"

"Stewed chicken, it's so expensive, it cost hundreds of dollars..."

"You still believe this?"

Cordyceps sinensis is actually the larvae of a certain kind of fungus infected with a certain kind of insect. In summer, it sprouts from the corpse of the insect. The ancients saw that they were still insects in winter and turned into grass in summer, so they named them Cordyceps sinensis. .

Legend has it that this stuff is a great supplement, and the price will also rise.But Lu Ming didn't really believe in this.

In his heart, He Wei has always been a relatively rational person, and he never thought he believed in this stuff.

"Believe it or not." He Wei shook her head: "I'll just taste it. The famous local dish, stewed chicken with Cordyceps, must have Cordyceps to make that taste. Tsk tsk, look here, both Cordyceps and old hen are 1000 The local restaurant only sells this dish for 500 yuan, so you think it might be authentic."

Lu Ming immediately felt reasonable.

"I said, why did you buy chicken and caterpillar fungus today, and then cook for yourself...Okay, I'll wait for you, you have to try it out."

"Just wait, two hours will be fine."

After leaving the kitchen, Lu Ming actually had a little expectation for lunch.

At noon, a pot full of stewed chicken with Cordyceps was brought to the table, and it was really fragrant.Lu Ming took a piece of chicken and put it in his mouth, and immediately there was a strange smell, which whetted his appetite.

He Wei took out a bottle of jujube juice, a local specialty, while Lu Ming got a bottle of sugar-free drink, and Zhang Dingshan's cup was filled with boiled water.

The three raised their glasses at the same time.

"Cheers! Eat!"

After a meal, Lu Ming's stomach turned round and he was extremely satisfied.

After taking a walk to digest food, the three of them separated.Zhang Dingshan continued to read books, He Wei followed dramas, and Lu Ming planned to find a movie to watch.

Just to pass the time, anyway, I will go back tomorrow.

Lu Ming found a comedy that he had always wanted to watch but had no time to watch, opened it, and lay down comfortably on the bed.

The plot begins.

The movie is very good, the actors are very good, and very funny.Lu Ming originally thought that he would spend this pleasant time watching the movie while laughing, but for some reason, he always felt that there seemed to be something in his heart, and he couldn't concentrate on the movie.

I don't know why, the scenes in the morning are always replaying in my mind.

He Wei quickly and neatly chopped the hen into pieces, fried it skillfully, added water, added various fungus seasonings, stewed it and put it on the table, everyone started to eat...

Lu Ming forcibly expelled these pictures from his mind, forced himself to stay focused, and tried to focus on the movie, but he failed again.

Lu Ming realized something.

The human subconscious is a strange thing.Sometimes, people have obviously let go of thinking about a certain thing, but in fact, at the subconscious level, where people can't detect it, the subconscious is still thinking and chewing on this matter carefully.

Sometimes, the results of the subconscious mind will be presented in the form of intuition, and sometimes it will be presented in the form of dreams.

Sometimes people will suddenly feel enlightened, and suddenly they want to understand something that may have been a long time ago, or sometimes people will subconsciously feel whether they have forgotten something, but if they think about it seriously, they can’t think about it. It is the embodiment of this subconscious thinking.

Of course, sometimes the result of this subconscious thinking may be expressed in such a subtle way that it is even impossible for people to clearly know what information it is conveying.But generally speaking, these things are meaningful, not indiscriminate.

The brain is an amazing being.Modern technology still has a superficial understanding of it, and there are still too many things not clear about its specific operating mechanism.

So... At this moment, I always subconsciously recall the scene in the morning. Is it because my subconscious is reminding me of something?
Realizing this, Lu Ming no longer resisted the lack of attention at the moment, but actively obeyed and accepted it, paused the movie, and began to actively recall the pictures in the morning, and think carefully, scene by scene.

But... those pictures and things in the morning were all normal, and there didn't seem to be anything worthy of my attention.

He Wei always likes all kinds of food. Whenever she goes to a place, as long as she has time, she will always take the initiative to find local specialties to taste. This is normal.

Realizing that the local specialties in the market are not authentic, it is normal to buy ingredients and cook by yourself.

At noon, the three of us had a big meal, and it was normal to have a good meal.

Everything is normal.

So, what is abnormal, which has aroused the vigilance of my subconscious mind?
Moreover, in the past few days, I have been thinking hard about this case. Is my subconscious vigilance related to this case?
After all, as the saying goes, what you think by day is what you dream by night, and the subconscious mind is pretty much the same.

So……

Lu Ming continued to recall carefully, and slowly, a term broke into his mind.

Cordyceps.

Cordyceps sinensis.

It is obviously the larva of the bat moth, but unfortunately it is parasitized by the Cordyceps fungus.Afterwards, the Cordyceps fungus grows and develops inside the bat moth larva and takes its life.When the temperature is right, the Cordyceps germinates and grows using the body of the bat moth larvae as a source of nutrition.

It was originally a bug, but later "changed" into grass.

It has completed the transformation of life form in a certain sense.

In this case, it is...

People are people.But because he saw the picture of the CSK-9602 galaxy, he mutated into a monster, and also completed a transformation of life form in a certain sense.

If you think about it this way, then...

Lu Ming once again began to carefully sort out all the processes and changes of this case from the beginning to the end, and adopted the current thinking and framework to interpret these events from different angles.

It completely belongs to the scientific system and can be described in scientific language, without any interpretation of the so-called "Cthulhu system".

So, in this quiet time, the last missing piece in the logical system that has troubled Lu Ming for an unknown amount of time in the past, which exists within the scientific system, is to interpret this incident. was quietly added.

At this moment, Lu Ming's body tensed up suddenly, and his eyes suddenly widened.He subconsciously sat up suddenly, and his heart started beating wildly.

His hands even began to tremble slightly at this moment.

He casually pulled on his shoes and rushed out of the room.

In the previous thinking, several hours had passed quietly.It's evening now.

The sun has already set and will soon set.In some places lights have been turned on.Night is coming soon.

And... the time between getting off work in the afternoon and going to bed at night is the most active time in a city.

After a day's work and a day's hard work, people often call friends, go shopping, eat, buy things, have fun...

After rushing out of the room, Lu Ming looked up at the sky and noticed that the weather tonight was slightly different from the past few days.

The past few days have been sunny with no clouds in the sky.Today the weather is cloudy with clouds in the sky.

His heart beat more and more violently.

He ran a few steps to the door of Zhang Dingshan's room, slammed the door violently, and shouted wildly: "Captain! Come out!"

Then, without waiting for Zhang Dingshan to reply, he rushed to He Wei's room and slammed on the door again: "He Wei, come out!"

(End of this chapter)