Chapter 357 Beautiful Soap Bubbles
The police officer standing behind Sun Hang immediately pulled out his pistol and said very nervously: "Weird, weird, weird... weird thing?!"
"Don't be nervous, it's not a strange thing." Sun Hang waved his hand and motioned for him to put down the gun, "It's just a specimen of a baby's corpse."
"Just a corpse... a specimen?" The Sheriff put down his gun doubtfully.
"The monster meme detection equipment is not responding." The investigator holding a shield on the side nodded to him, "The hunter is right, this thing is indeed not a monster."
Sun Hang stepped forward and carefully took the glass jar out of the wall.
The glass jar is not very tightly sealed, but fortunately the gap at the mouth of the jar is not too big, and there is a layer of wall outside as a barrier. The solution in the jar only evaporates to below the bottleneck, and the entire corpse specimen is still intact. Soaked inside the solution, there was no serious decay.
"Give me the law enforcement recorder." Sun Hang turned to the police officer and said.
"Oh...oh! Okay!" The Sheriff immediately took off the law enforcement recorder hanging on his shoulder and handed it to Sun Hang.
Sun Hang took out his mobile phone and dialed Song Yarong's number.
"Are you watching the real-time footage from the law enforcement recorder?" Sun Hang asked.
"I've been watching." Song Yarong's voice came from the earphones.
"If I guess correctly, the corpse specimen in this jar is Zhao Ming's daughter, Zhao Xuan." Sun Hang said.
"Looking at the size of the specimen, this baby seems to be only two or three years old... In other words, Zhao Xuan actually died when he was very young." Song Yarong continued, "But Zhao Ming forged that Zhao Xuan was still The fact that she is alive and growing up little by little...no wonder, no wonder every time he shows us pictures of his daughter, they are only pictures of her babyhood.”
"For Zhao Ming, his daughter Zhao Xuan has never died." Sun Hang said.
"But, if that's the case... Zhao Ming is undergoing a routine mental status examination, it's impossible for him to pass... Those psychiatrists should be aware of these problems..." Song Yarong muttered softly.
"What if he is completely immersed in his fantasy world and is so perfect that even those psychiatrists can't see the flaws?" Sun Hang asked rhetorically.
"This..."
"There is a saying that goes well, if you want to deceive others, you must first deceive yourself... I think Zhao Ming really believes that his daughter is still alive. He believes that his daughter is growing up year after year. Yesterday, he just celebrated his daughter's ninth birthday, and her daughter blew out the birthday candles on the cake under his watch..."
"No, it's still wrong!" Song Yarong suddenly said, "If he believed that his daughter was still alive, then why did he go to the school to ask for a long leave with fabricated reasons after completing the admission procedures for Zhao Xuan? Could it be that people unconsciously Are you going to make up lies one after another that are logically consistent with each other? I don’t think this is something that a person who has been immersed in fantasy for a long time can do!”
"No, it can be done." Sun Hang rejected Song Yarong's view, "He believes that Zhao Xuan is still alive, but Zhao Xuan is dead, so when Zhao Ming finds out the evidence that Zhao Xuan is not alive, he will think that these things are related to His cognition is contrary to the BUG of this world... But he can't get rid of this irreversible BUG, so he can only try his best to forge this BUG. G. After the BUG is perfectly forged, he will immerse himself in the original fantasy again...just like a person with schizophrenia. One person has a normal personality, a loving father and a filial son, and lives a happy life...while the other person does not. It is a walking corpse without the ability to think independently, and exists simply to maintain that fantasy world.”
"If it is schizophrenia, some clues should be revealed during the mental status examination..."
"Then if his other personality is buried very deep and will only appear when he realizes that Zhao Xuan is really dead, are you sure that the mental state examination will be able to discover this personality? Is it possible that during the mental state examination? Will he also be asked: 'What would you do if you found your daughter dead?' If that were the case, then the group of psychiatrists you were responsible for reviewing were not dragged to an alley with sacks and beaten after work? The meal was truly a miracle.”
"..." Song Yarong fell into silence.
"If you bring this glass jar in front of Zhao Ming, you may be able to induce his hidden personality. Unfortunately, we no longer have that chance."
"... Speaking of which, you didn't find anything related to strange objects in Zhao Ming's residence, right?"
"No, Zhao Xuan died a long time ago. Zhao Ming's nine-year-old daughter only exists in his fantasy." Sun Hang said in his heart at the same time - the girl with the weird smile does not exist either, everything is just Zhao Ming's fantasy.
It's just that... his fantasy seems to have been tampered with by "someone".
"Then the reason for Zhao Ming's deception...?"
"It's emotion, a sudden burst of emotion." Sun Hang glanced at the two people behind him from the corner of his eye and whispered.
Zhao Ming was not a lurker. The cake he ate was a genuine cake made of eggs, flour and cream, not some rotten meat with tentacles.
Except for the hidden personality that grew out of the loss of his beloved daughter, before his transformation, he was completely normal - both physically and mentally.
The reason why Sun Hang couldn't see his negative emotions was because Zhao Ming, who was immersed in the fantasy world, did not have negative emotions. Although he worked very hard, he would be happy whenever he thought of seeing his well-behaved and lovely daughter when he returned home. I feel extremely happy and satisfied, and all the negative emotions disappear...
Although all of this was fantasy, it was these fantasies that allowed his spiritual world to be restored to integrity after experiencing collapse.
As for the hidden personality, it is just some "residues" scattered after the mental breakdown.
But therein lies the problem.
Zhao Ming firmly believed that Zhao Xuan was still alive. This was almost as strong as a mental seal for him... But not long ago, this strong ideological seal was popped by "people" like a soap bubble. Just like that, it was shattered easily.
Shattering illusions, cutting off hope, distorting cognition... coupled with some small tricks, a "normal person" degenerates into a desperate monster in an instant.
He is very sad and pitiful, but even if Sun Hang knew all this in advance, he would still kill Zhao Ming without hesitation.
He would even take advantage of Zhao Ming before he was deceived.
In a situation like Zhao Ming's, deception is almost inevitable, his cognitive distortion is irreversible, and psychological counseling is completely useless - there are only two choices left for him, one is to try his best to maintain that beautiful world. Soap bubble, the other is to pop the soap bubble and tear apart the bloody reality to show him.
A lie needs to be covered up with more lies, and sooner or later the soap bubble will be popped.
Even if it's not today, at some point in the future, he will still become a monster.
It's just that a certain being noticed Zhao Ming's problem and took advantage of it in advance. As for whether this being is Chimera No. 17, it's hard to say.
Sun Hang is more inclined to be - otherwise, Zhao Ming would not regard Song Yarong as the target of attack.
If he wanted to hinder the development progress of PFDA, he could attack any engineer, and it would be easier to succeed. However, he chose Song Yarong, who was the second most difficult to kill among all the people present except Sun Hang. That was very doubtful.
Chimera on the 17th most likely eavesdropped on the conversation between Sun Hang and the others through this guy, and learned about the existence of such a secret with very few insiders - and the only insider present, besides Sun Hang, was Song Yarong (Tang Jing disguised as Fukada Miki) Instead, he was ignored), then his only choice was Song Yarong.
The only doubt is how Chimera No. 17 controlled Zhao Ming...
Sun Hang suddenly thought of the girl with a strange smile that he saw in Zhao Ming's memory screen...
Suppose that Chimera No. 17 used its ability to slightly modify Zhao Ming's cognition and memory, turning himself into Zhao Xuan... Then considering Zhao Ming's doting on his daughter, I am afraid that any unreasonable demands from her daughter would be unreasonable for him. I will agree unconditionally...
"Damn, the case has been solved." Sun Hang muttered softly.
"What did you say?" Song Yarong asked on the other end of the phone.
"I said, the clue is broken." Sun Hang said, "Zhao Ming is a mental patient, and his daughter Zhao Xuan is a baby girl who died young. It's a pitiful family. The whole thing has no direct connection with other strange things. ...It was simply that he suddenly realized that his daughter was really dead, couldn't stand the stimulation, fell into madness, and then became deceitful...It's just that in the latter process, Chimera No. 17 took advantage of it..."< br>
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"A loophole was taken advantage of? What do you mean?"
"If there were no Chimera No. 17, Zhao Ming would attack all living creatures indiscriminately after his transformation." Sun Hang said, "But Chimera No. 17 used Zhao Ming... guess why Zhao Ming did it Suddenly falling into madness at that time? There was nothing nearby that could prompt him to think of his daughter who died young."
"You mean, Chimera No. 17 shattered his illusion?"
"Yes, Zhao Ming will turn into a monster sooner or later in this state, but Chimera has advanced this time on the 17th, and also used Zhao Ming to attack you." Sun Hang said, "Except In addition, I suspect that Chimera No. 17 has been targeting Zhao Ming for a long time and used him to eavesdrop on our conversations.”
"Hiss..." Song Yarong couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
"I know this is impossible to prevent, but I should try to prevent it as much as possible. Strengthen personnel review and confidentiality, and try not to say anything that can't be said when not working... After all, if there is the first Zhao Ming, there will be others. The second, the third..." At this point, Sun Hang suddenly paused, "Tsk, that's disgusting."
"What's so disgusting?"
"I suddenly realized that Chimera No. 17 is killing two birds with one stone. In fact, another purpose is its main purpose... and this is a conspiracy, a conspiracy that we can't see through even if we see through it. Conspiracy." Sun Hang frowned.
"What you want to say is...a crisis of trust between people?"
"Yes...how much do you think the progress of the pesticide program will be slowed down when everyone starts to be wary of their colleagues?"
"Then...should we make this public?"
"You can figure it out, right? Maybe ask the old guys from Tianshu Tower how to solve it... They should be quite experienced in this aspect." Sun Hang returned the law enforcement recorder to the sheriff, " I’m tired. I’m going home from get off work to rest.”
"Okay... I'll contact Tianshu Tower right away." After Song Yarong finished speaking, she simply hung up the phone.
Sun Hang turned back and looked at the sheriff and another investigator standing in the room.
The two looked at each other, and after a few seconds, they shook their heads in unison: "We just pretend we didn't hear anything, we don't know anything."
"Logically speaking, I should ask you to sign a confidentiality agreement, but that thing is very troublesome, and it may not be useful... Oh, don't get me wrong, it's not that I think you can't keep your mouth shut, but there is something , you don’t need to volunteer to dig out the memories from your brain... So, the safest way is..."
There was a hint of panic in the eyes of the two of them.
"Crack."
Sun Hang snapped his fingers, and the panic in their eyes quickly turned into confusion.
Sun Hang handed the glass jar in his hand to the sheriff and said: "It's time to collect evidence and record it. After that, go to the incineration station to burn the specimen and find a cleaner place to bury it."< br>
"Okay, okay." The Sheriff took the glass jar blankly, "Then, do we still want to continue investigating Zhao Ming's residence?"
"For me, this matter is over. But if you still have some procedural things to do, then you can do it yourself." After Sun Hang finished speaking, he put his hands in his pockets and walked towards the door. .
He was a little confused. Ever since the Chen Hongjuan incident, he had been thinking about a question - why do humans turn into monsters because of some "negative emotions" that don't seem to affect the real world at all?
What are the conditions for the transformation of monsters? What is the nature of strange things?
Old Man Pei told Sun Hang about the evil thoughts of human beings last time, but it seemed as if he had not said those words... Luo Liba talked a lot, but did not explain at all how these evil thoughts turn people into monsters...
Evil thoughts can make people commit crimes and do all kinds of things that break the moral bottom line and violate ethics... But how do evil thoughts make a tongue with fangs grow in a person's throat?
Damn it, even the species has changed, right?
Sun Hang was stunned, and he suddenly thought of his own ability.
May all your wishes come true?
Those people think all kinds of ugly things, so they turn into ugly monsters?
Um? ?
(End of chapter)