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Lu Di believes that since superpowers are no secret at the national level, synesthesia is even less of a thing.

As expected, Professor Xia was not surprised. He asked earnestly, "How much do you know about 'synesthesia', or I should ask, to what extent has Lu Yun's 'synesthesia' reached?"

Lu Di thought for a while, and then said slowly: "It is very serious, it will affect her life, and as she gets older, this aspect seems to become more and more prominent, which is not normal."

Lu Di, or all personalities including Lu Yun, have inquired about "synesthetes" on the Internet.

This is a large group, but most of them have mild symptoms. They just feel that they are colored when they see numbers or notes, and they can smell different flavors of certain words when reading books. It makes them feel that the world is much more wonderful, and in most cases it does not affect work and life.

For the phenomenon of "synesthesia", the scientific community also has different opinions.

Some people think it is a kind of mental illness, some people think it is a kind of abnormal physical development.

The latter believes that human beings in early childhood have the gift of "synesthesia", so babies can always "see" things that adults cannot see. The idiosyncrasy persists into adolescence, and very rarely—some people don't go away in adulthood.

But this is not a big problem, let alone something wrong with the brain.

In other words, it is not even eligible to be classified as "tasteless super power".

Those who can’t live a normal life generally have synesthesia between hearing and vision. For them, everything may make sound, and they have a headache because they can’t concentrate on understanding the content of the book, and they suffer from dyslexia passively. , can only apply for a special living environment and receive special education.

In some places, these unfortunate people are considered mentally ill, taking daily drugs that damage the body and brain and dull the sensory nerves.

After Lu Yun checked here, he didn't dare to check any more.

Nobody wants to be in a mental hospital.

So this matter has become a secret, and all personalities will never be revealed to the outside world unless it is absolutely necessary.

Of Lu Yun's seventeen sub-personalities, except for Lu Di, none of them has the ability to "synesthete".

"...Not only do they not have this ability, they even have a vague memory about synesthesia, or even no at all." Lu Di sighed, so if Professor Xia wanted to ask about the specific situation of synesthesia, he really had to ask himself.

"Perhaps in Lu Yun's heart, this ability is also one of the reasons for her misfortune?" Professor Xia asked tentatively.

Lu Di shook his head: "I don't know. Although Lu Yun's seventeen sub-personalities theoretically have all of Lu Yun's memories simultaneously, this does not include what Lu Yun is thinking."

The seventeen sub-personalities have different personalities and ways of thinking, which makes them think differently when they look at things-this is what Lu Di said, the sub-personality has no right to make decisions for Lu Yun, Because they are not Lu Yun.

Professor Xia nodded in understanding, and continued to ask: "What about your personal guess? About why Lu Yun's sub-personality doesn't have the ability of synesthesia?"

"Oh, scientifically, it's amazing."

Lu Di felt that when he had reached the point of using the book, he felt less hatred. He said embarrassingly, "I don't know how to describe it, but—since a person can distribute his IQ, EQ, and ability unevenly among seventeen individuals, Then it should be possible to control the 'synesthesia' ability not to appear on the secondary personality?"

Then he said mockingly: "I was an accident after all."

The movement Professor Xia recorded—a pause, then raised his head and said, "You are very important, Xiao Lu."

"Ok?"

"According to our research, Lu Yun's 'speciality' can be divided into three stages. The first stage is that she, like other multiple personality patients, split into a 'personality' at the age of six due to the stimulation of the external environment. Ah Ruan, who is loved by everyone, because she cannot be loved by her elders and parents, this personality appeared in her expectation, and she shoulders such a responsibility..."

Then Lu Yun failed.

But Lu Yun realized that this was not a mistake of personality. After all, other old people in Xingtan Town liked the self dominated by "Aruan personality". Lu Yun was forced to accept the fact that his parents and elders just disliked him, no matter which one he was .

"Lu Yun is sensible and smart, she didn't continue to split her personality to take on this responsibility, but soon the second stage appeared..."

The accidental death of Zhang Le and the death of the old factory manager.

Lu Yun began to realize the fact that he had nothing and was extremely lonely.

During this stage, the personalities are literally jumping out one by one, and one will appear every three months.

"Ah Ruan's naming rules are similar to yours, but not the same." As expected, Professor Xia spent a lot of time in psychology, and found out the abnormality at a glance.

The room was very quiet, Lu Di recalled it for a while, and then said slowly: "Ah Ruan is a coincidence, the little girl in Xingtan Town happened to be named Ruan, six-year-old Lu Yun didn't even know that 'Ruan' was a musical instrument , but later it was not the case. The old factory manager once took Zhang Le and Lu Yun to the county park during the tourism festival, just in time for a small concert. The children of the Children's Palace, they performed with musical instruments, and there were chorus and song and dance programs. There are also teachers from the Children's Palace next to them, and parents of interested children can sign up on the spot."

Because of the effect of synaesthesia, it was the most beautiful performance Lu Yun had ever seen.

The musical notes are like colorful ribbons floating in the air.

The chorus brought Lu Yun to the side of the Yellow River, to the endless grassland.

What attracted Lu Yun most was a girl dancing ballet. She gently swayed her arms and spun around gracefully. She danced an excerpt from the Christmas ballet "The Nutcracker". Although the difficulty was very low and the movements were not standard, she The notes in the air are like beautiful candies, colorfully decorated on the girl's body.

"Lu Yun is very talented in music and dancing... She is very yearning."

Lu Di didn't continue talking.

It is impossible for Lu Yun, who was sensible early on, to propose to sign up. The fee for the interest class in the Children's Palace is not a small amount.

Music and dancing, that's something in dreams, buy a tape of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker soundtrack, put it on the radio and listen to it on weekends - listen to it, and watch the candies emerge in the air one by one, you will be very happy.

A warm home, a group of people who care about themselves, and everyone formed a band that didn't exist.

"Actually, Lu Yun doesn't know any musical instruments... Well, she can play leaves, nothing else." Lu Di said with some embarrassment, "Huqin can't play the violin, Jiang Yu can only make up for it. I can't tell the difference."

The secondary personality cannot have abilities that the primary personality does not.

Even if it can exist independently from the subject and learn, but other than Lu Di, no one else can touch the real thing at all.

The orchestra is, after all, an empty dream.

"...You may not have noticed that when Zhang Le had an accident, Lu Yun hit his head and was seriously injured." Professor Xia said softly.

Lu Di was slightly stunned, and then began to recall, but there were not many useful things in his memory, and it was like watching a movie, not a personal experience.

"Professor, do you think—"

"I think Lu Yun's brainwaves changed at that time, and it has since been distinguished from ordinary multiple personalities." Professor Xia looked down at the record and said, "As for the changes in the third stage, I won't talk about it."

The third stage is the birth of Lu Di, headed by him, the spiritual body like a "ghost" began to appear.

"So you are very important, Lu Di, you may not have noticed this."

Professor Xia stood up and showed Lu Di a document that had just been delivered, "The instruments that Yuan Zhongxia found in the abandoned town in the snow field, as well as the contents explained by the senior management of the Qifang Group, all show that Lin Beitang is secretly carrying out The experiment is to stimulate the revival of 'synesthesia'. His conclusion is that if a person does not have synesthesia, it is impossible to give birth to a perfect spiritual body."

Lu Di was dumbfounded.

"So the accidental bombing of a school in Donghui Province—"

"Yes, when you went abroad to carry out missions this time, we interviewed those who witnessed the incident. From the mouths of the unfortunate child's classmates and neighbors, we learned that the child was able to see 'dirty things' from an early age, saying— some weird words."

Of course, ghosts do not exist. The so-called dirty things are special effects of synesthesia.

"However, Lin Beitang believes that the spiritual body born of human beings stimulated by the outside world has a strong sense of destruction and is very dangerous. It is born at the cost of consuming the main body. This kind of spiritual body cannot be called perfect, but an evil body , like cancer. So he doesn’t think your data is valuable, and he sold your data to other consortiums.”

The corners of Lu Di's mouth twitched when he heard it, and he felt that the black pot on his back was getting heavier again.

"Lin Beitang thinks I'm a monster, and biological AI is more valuable?"

"Yes."

Professor Xia put away the notebook and handed the glove—a pen.

"This is?"

Lu Di lowered his head and realized that this was another confidentiality agreement about Yan Long, or about bionic neurons.

"I seem to have signed it?"

"Not the same, this time I will take you to see Yan Long's main body and enter a base with a higher level of secrecy." Professor Xia said kindly, "Next, if you don't know the specific situation of the biological AI, it will be very difficult. Understand the existence and use of that strange spiritual body in Lin Beitang."

Holding the pen, Lu Di felt as if she had been clearly arranged by Yan Long.

On the plane, Yan Long talked about the original form of the subject, and Yan Long said that Lin Beitang should not think too much about it.

"When did Yan Long suspect that I had synesthesia?" Lu Di couldn't help asking.

Professor Xia had a strange expression on his face.

Lu Di tilted his head and asked, "Uh, is it convenient to say?"

"No."

Professor Xia was choosing his words carefully, and Yan Long's doubts started from his conversation with Professor Xia.

It was Professor Xia who told Yan Long that when he talked with Lu Di for the first time, it involved advanced scientific content. Lu Di had an expression of about to ascend to heaven, which was similar to the expression of some soldiers in the base when they read the report of the scientific research team. -Sample.

It's "I work very hard", but I really can't do it, can you give me a summary or speak Chinese?

It was obviously just a conversation, but Lu Di seemed to be buried by a mountain of reports, looking around helplessly with empty eyes.

"Yan Long said that the way you looked at him was rather strange. At first he thought you could see through him who was attached to Chen Yan, but later he felt...you seemed to be able to see his main body through the air."

Lu Di: "..."

Wait, are they really black holes?

impossible!

"That's it? You guessed it?" Lu Di continued to doubt life.

"Of course not, it's just a suspicion. It won't be confirmed until we have the interrogation records of relevant personnel from the Qifang Group."

Professor Xia's words made Lu Di feel better.

He signed the non-disclosure agreement in a hurry, and suddenly said: "Okay, take me to see Yan Long!"

Two hours later.

Lu Di, who went through several sealed doors and entered the core of Shangdu's underground base after numerous examinations and inspections, entered the huge room, even though he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the scene in front of him.

— The entire wall is clear glass.

Or rather like a glass shockproof vessel.

The "black hole" completely revealed its secrets in front of his eyes—a swirling golden rainbow, absorbing—at the end of cutting light, there is a more magnificent and wonderful universe, a smoky nebula created as if it devoured all life.

The beautiful luster radiates radially to all sides, and these lights are composed of countless star points, which slowly change.

This kind of magnificence is hard to describe in words, as if it is wrapped in a hazy mist, and it can imagine the shadows of countless gods.

It is three-dimensional, the part of the nebula is fluorescent blue, and part is rose red, and the middle is dreamy-like purple. These lights complement each other, without a definite shape, because the whole nebula is moving slowly, There are also slight changes in brightness.

What Lu Di glimpsed on the snowy field is nothing but a bustling and twinkling star curtain, and the most beautiful Milky Way is nothing but a strip-shaped aggregate, because that is the side of the Milky Way, and human beings cannot see the whole picture of the Milky Way with the naked eye.

Now the entire nebula suddenly appeared in front of him, and the whole house was like a star projection with special effects.

Lu Di couldn't help drifting closer.

As the distance got closer, he finally saw the whole picture of the nebula clearly.

Light spots are emitted by floating transparent cavities. The "fog" is precisely because of the reflective effect of these colloidal transparent objects. The anti-shock container is filled with a special conductive liquid, so that the body composed of bionic neurons can Suspended in it, while the liquid flows through the dark blue fluorescent light from time to time.

The slender and slender tentacles constitute the cantilever of the "nebula", and the countless luminous cavities are like starlight.

——Isn’t this a jellyfish?

"It's very shocking, so Yan Long wondered if you could see his main body from a distance. Your expression is quite like those who saw him for the first time."

Professor Xia stopped in time before Lu Di's finger stuck to the glass.

The main body in the anti-shock container still changed, it expanded rapidly and stretched to the extreme.

Then the sounding device mounted on the ceiling of the room rang.

"You are here?"

Lu Di looked at this subject who had no "human appearance" at all, and listened to the familiar voice belonging to Yan Long, and was very confused.

"This is--"

"It imitates the form of a piropagoid, which can expand individuals infinitely, replace the body, and never age. Each individual siphon jellyfish is very small and has no strength, but when combined, it has the ability to defend, fight, hunt, etc. At the beginning What we value is the simplicity and perfection of this aggregated form, and the 'single-will' it produces."

Professor Xia thought for a while, and made a joke that wasn't funny, "Of course, siphonophores in nature can reproduce by themselves, and Yan Long can only rely on us to help him continue to increase and replace the main parts. Don't look at these as jellyfish cavities. The smallest components are only a few millimeters, but all of them are precision components, and the cost of each is five to six figures."

The sum is not lower than the price of the quantum computer next door.

The author has something to say: Some people in the comment area also guessed that it is indeed a pipe jellyfish

After all, the author will not give up the wonderful marine life (×)

The jellyfish is not a single living body, it is a large collective, and it is a large collective with a clear division of labor and a tacit cooperation.

In fact, it cannot be said that a will was produced, after all, jellyfish do not have brains.

How the jellyfish gathers individuals, assigns functions, and lives as one is also a mystery

The jellyfish looks like a long belt, but it is swimming and moving. If it is too long, the body will hover. In the dark deep sea, it looks similar to a "nebula".

Of course, the Yanlong in this article is much, much taller than the real jellyfish. It is not a long strip, but diffused from a spherical shape. For details, please refer to the image of the search nebula.

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Lu Di: Looks good!

Professor Xia: The expensive ones are all money

Lu Di: ...