Paranormal incident investigation notes

Lu Ming's words disappointed a few people. But if you think about it carefully, this makes sense.

It is impossible that there is a clue that can go straight to the core and point to the truth. Once it is brought up, it will immediately make everyone realize and suddenly understand, and then they can investigate the case like a broken bamboo, waiting here for Lu Ming to discover.

If there were such clues, the early task force must have discovered it long ago. After all, when it comes to IQ, I am no higher than those on the task force. Our own advantages are simply that we have a broader vision, more available resources, more experience in such supernatural cases, and less restricted thinking.

"But that doesn't mean there's nothing we can do."

Lu Ming changed the topic: "At this stage, we may have some ways to confirm whether the star map affects human beings through known means or unknown means."

If it is a known method, it is what the previous task force investigated, such as psychological suggestion and image hypnosis. If it is finally found that it does fall into these categories, then "supernatural" factors can be ruled out.

If the method is unknown, it falls into the category of supernatural. Just like the so-called "spiritual pollution" and "psychological erosion".

At the current stage, experts from Luo Yang's team believe that the high probability does not fall within the category of known means. We have also dispatched psychological experts from other places to jointly demonstrate. But from this aspect, there is a high probability that no clues can be found to truly determine this matter.

"How to check?"

"Experiment on animals."

Lu Ming said a few words.

Lu Qingliang subconsciously patted his head: "Why did I forget this?"

As soon as this method was proposed, several people immediately realized its feasibility.

Frankly speaking, this method is not very clever. The task force has not proposed this method before, and it cannot be said that they are stupid. Lu Ming knew that it was just that his side had a broader vision and was accustomed to breaking away from the restrictions of conventional means.

After all, in broad daylight, everyone is used to doing things within the framework of science, and is used to talking about evidence and logic. But sometimes, when faced with cases involving suspected supernatural factors, we cannot just focus on evidence and logic.

This is also one of the advantages of Operation 2 Team.

Zhang Dingshan nodded slightly, accepted Lu Ming's suggestion, and then looked at Lu Qingliang: "Among the animals with higher IQs, get a batch of them. Well, get some of the animals with lower IQs as a comparison. Just take The birds are fine.”

"good."

Among all life forms on earth, mammals have the highest IQ. The tallest among them is of course humans. Apart from humans, there are dolphins, orangutans, monkeys and the like. Even animals such as pigs, horses, cows, sheep, dogs, and cats that are common to ordinary people do not have low IQs.

After finalizing this plan, Lu Qingliang immediately contacted various farms, pharmaceutical factories, animal research centers, etc., and found four types of animals with higher IQs: pigs, cows, sheep, and monkeys, a total of one hundred animals. We also got a batch of poultry from the breeding farm, including chickens, ducks and geese, also numbering a hundred.

He Wei temporarily requisitioned an abandoned factory, contacted the manufacturer of an ultra-high-definition projector, and installed one directly in the factory. In this way, the test site was ready.

Before the actual experiment, a group of animal researchers were also recruited to conduct a test on the animals that would participate in the experiment. The test content includes behavioral cognition, IQ, spatial perception, etc. to ensure that all animals in this batch have "online IQ", at least the average IQ level of their species, and have no cognitive defects.

At this moment, this batch of animals is placed in various cages outside the factory. Then Lu Ming's ears were filled with the humming of pigs, the bleating of sheep, and the clucking and quacking of chickens, ducks and geese.

After everything was prepared, Zhang Dingshan gave the order, and many staff immediately transported the batch of animals to the factory. Some more staff members came in and wrapped part of the eyes of each of the seven species of animals so that they could not see anything outside.

After that, the factory door slowly closed. Guards with armed guns guarded every direction of the factory and no one was allowed to enter.

After everything was ready, Zhang Dingshan pressed the start button. In an instant, a colorful "eye" appeared on the originally dark surveillance screen without any light.

Yes, surveillance cameras are installed in this factory, and Zhang Dingshan and others can view everything inside through the surveillance cameras without any obstruction.

He was not worried that he would be "infected" by looking directly into that eye. The reason is simple. No matter how clearly the eye displays on the projection screen and how high the resolution is, the clarity of the surveillance probe is always limited. After this change of hands, the clarity will immediately decrease a lot, and it will not even compare with the quality of pictures taken by some telescopes in the past. Of course, there is no need to worry about infection.

At this moment, all four members of Operation Team 2 focused their attention on the monitoring screen.

Before this eye appeared, the animals were all a little restless. The factory is as noisy as a vegetable market. The sound is not only transmitted through the surveillance system, but can also be heard directly by people even from some distance away.

But now, the moment the eye appears, there is an immediate reduction in noise that is clearly discernible to the ear.

Lu Ming clearly saw that the monkey that was originally jumping around in the cage was holding on to the iron bars at this moment, trying to push its head forward, looking at the eyes carefully, and its body remained motionless. The fat pig, which had been humming all the time, seemed to have been immobilized at this moment, no longer humming or moving.

On the contrary, chickens, ducks and geese do not seem to be affected at all. Moreover, the blindfolded animals were not affected and were still humming restlessly.

Next to them, a group of animal research experts were busy recording relevant data while watching the video.

The test lasted for half an hour in total. Compared with human standards, which is that "a person should not look directly at the star chart for more than ten minutes," this time is undoubtedly far beyond the safety line.

At first, Nancheng City Security Captain Li Hu only watched it for less than a minute, and he became addicted to it. If this star map can really affect animals, then there is no doubt that these test subjects are now "deeply poisoned."

After the test, Zhang Dingshan turned off the projection and turned on the light. Under the bright lights, Lu Ming saw from the surveillance cameras that the animals that had behaved abnormally began to become extremely agitated after their "eyes" disappeared.

The pigs that had been motionless began to bump against the railings crazily, the monkeys squeaked like crazy, and a cow kept spinning in circles, pawing the ground with its hooves, looking very agitated.

Even the cries of chickens, ducks and geese seemed a little louder.

The guards opened the factory door and transported the animals out one by one. Animal experts immediately moved forward and began testing the animals' behavioral and cognitive abilities again.

Specific data will probably not be released until tomorrow. But at this moment, just looking at the appearance of these animals, Lu Ming already had the answer in his heart.

This star map can indeed have an impact on animals. And, it really affects the animals after seeing it through their eyes. Because in comparison, those animals that were blindfolded looked very normal and not abnormal at all.

The data from the next day undoubtedly proved Lu Ming's guess.

"Behavioral and cognitive ability tests have shown that all animals that are not blindfolded have experienced a certain degree of cognitive decline. Some of them began not to recognize their companions, and some lost their previously trained ability to press buttons. Some of them can no longer pass the mirror test in terms of their ability to obtain food. In addition, their behavior begins to have a tendency to become "crazy", such as violence, self-mutilation, attacks on peers, and illogical behavior.

Specific data analysis shows that animals with higher IQs have greater cognitive decline. Among the several animals involved in the experiment, monkeys are the smartest. Their cognitive abilities declined by about 36% on average, followed by pigs at about 29%. The least affected were chickens, with cognitive abilities declining by only about 9%. "

After getting this data, the four members of the second action team held a meeting again.

"This experiment has three conclusions.

First, the way the star map exerts an influence on the living body and makes it crazy is through the living body's eyes. It can be deduced from this that creatures without eyes and unable to receive light information are not affected by star charts.

Second, the higher the intelligence, the greater the degree of influence of the star chart. For example, monkeys are much more affected than birds.

Third, and most importantly. "

When he said this, Lu Ming paused for a moment, and then said slowly: "The method used by star maps to drive living organisms crazy has nothing to do with psychological and spiritual factors. It is not psychological suggestion or hypnosis."

Psychologists cannot draw a 100% conclusion, but in this experiment, they can unambiguously deduce this conclusion.

the reason is simple. The psychological mechanisms of humans and pigs, horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese are obviously different - their physiological structures are different, how can the psychological mechanisms be the same?

It is difficult to imagine that there is a method of psychological suggestion that can have the same impact on so many different psychological mechanisms at the same time. Rather than insisting on the existence of such a method, it is better to abandon this assumption and directly think that it relies on methods other than psychological suggestion to achieve this point.

This is the logic behind Lu Ming's complete denial of the possibility of psychological suggestion.

But……

In this case, after negating the psychological and spiritual methods, what other methods are left?

I'm afraid the only ones left are so-called supernatural means, such as "spiritual pollution" and other mysterious things that only exist in the Cthulhu worldview.

Lu Ming himself denied the possibility of psychological suggestion and hypnosis. But at the same time, he was somewhat unable to accept the so-called "spiritual pollution" and the like.

Lu Ming frowned and thought hard.

"Let's dissect those animals first and then talk about it."

Zhang Dingshan finally made a decision.

Among the animals that had gone "crazy", three of each species were taken to the laboratory and underwent dissection and study to find out what changes had occurred in their brains. The rest of the animals remain here to continue the experiment.

Researchers are trying to refine the star map's ability to cause organisms to "go mad." For example, for a certain animal, the relationship between the time spent viewing the star chart and its degree of madness, the relationship between its intelligence level and the degree of madness, etc.

In the laboratory, the researchers directly opened the heads of the animals, took out their brain tissue, and began to conduct research and verification by various means.

The results appear after about a few days. The report finally presented to the four members of Operation Team 2 once again exceeded people's expectations.

"...Through the above thirteen technical studies, we have come to the following conclusion: This is completely the brain tissue of a healthy pig. We have not found any macro-level lesions, hyperplasia, defects, poisoning and other injuries in its brain .”

This is the conclusion of research on pig brain tissue. The same goes for the rest of the research on monkeys, cows, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese.

Completely normal, no trace of pathology found.

You know, in order to ensure that the research process is not interfered with by any external factors, each animal was sent to three different research institutions with corresponding capabilities, and these three research institutions did not know in advance the special characteristics of these animals. at.

So many research institutions have given completely consistent answers, which almost undoubtedly proves the credibility of their conclusions.

"However, these animals have clearly shown cognitive decline and a tendency to go crazy. How can there be nothing wrong with their minds?"

He Wei felt a little unable to accept this conclusion.

Lu Qingliang murmured: "Don't forget, the brain scans of those on Zhou Tianyang's team, Luo Yang, and Li Hu also showed that there are no abnormalities in their brains."

Of course, it is impossible for Operation Team 2 to directly open a person's head and take out the brain tissue for research. Regarding the previous scan conclusion of "no abnormalities in the brains" of these people, several people are more inclined to think that it is a flaw in the scanning technology. They tend to believe that once they can open their heads and conduct direct visual research, they will definitely be able to find abnormalities. No one expected that if they opened the animal's head directly at this moment, the result would be normal.

"Could it be...that this is really some kind of mental pollution?"

There are no abnormalities in the brains of animals after going berserk, and it is not psychological suggestion or hypnosis that leads to madness. Together, these two items rule out almost all possibilities except the so-called "mental pollution".

But Lu Ming really couldn't accept the ridiculous explanation of "mental pollution".

If the possibility of "spiritual pollution" is established, then almost the entire scientific system of the human world can be overturned.

Lu Ming murmured: "I'll think about it again."