As soon as he entered the door of Secretary Zhang's office, Da Jiang felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info This meeting is not a simple briefing, there are only four people in the office, in addition to Secretary Zhang and Lao Luo, another tall and big, somewhat pale police officer, Da Jiang has seen twice, is the director of the technical department of the city bureau, it seems that the surname is Ma. But on the office sofa sat a middle-aged man in his fifties, wearing a pair of black wide-rimmed glasses, with an expressionless face, his eyes were glancing out the window, as if he was thinking about something, this person Dae did not know.

Da Jiang couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart, he saw that his briefing to Secretary Zhang had been copied a few times, obviously before he came, several people in the office had carefully read it, and from the cigarette butts piled up in the ashtray, they had also made a detailed discussion. Could it be that there has been some new change in the case? Or is it that his recent investigation, which attaches too much importance to rumors in the market, has aroused everyone's criticism?

Secretary Zhang introduced Da Jiang and Lao Xue to the guests in the office, and Da Jiang knew that the black-rimmed glasses he didn't know were actually anthropologists and geneticists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Han Qiming. Why is this case still related to the Chinese Academy of Sciences? Dae was even more puzzled in his heart.

Secretary Zhang looked at Da Jiang and Lao Xue's surprised expressions, smiled slightly, and said: "Da Jiang, Da Xue, you have investigated this case well, you have ideas, angles, and execution. The city bureau attaches great importance to the case, and yesterday decided to raise the level of secrecy of the case to the highest level. ”

Hearing Secretary Zhang's praise, Da Jiang's heart was steady, but a new question plagued him: Why did this case mention the highest level of secrecy? As far as Da Jiang knew, in the past few years, there have been only a handful of cases that the city bureau can list as Class A in secrecy, and their Xuanwu Sub-Bureau has never had one, let alone the highest T-level secrecy. But how do you look at the corpse sinking case of this brewery, it has nothing to do with national security and technical secrets?

"Lao Luo, you are the coroner, you can explain why this corpse has become top secret. Secretary Zhang nodded and gestured to Lao Luo.

Lao Luo raised his head, smiled at Da Jiang, and said: "Da Jiang, this corpse is too unusual, I have been a forensic doctor for decades, and there are thousands of corpses I have seen, but this one is the most peculiar." In the words of Professor Han of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this is a corpse that is enough to rewrite the history of human evolution. ”

"Remember the original conclusion of my report? I initially found that the ribs and spine of the corpse were separated, and at the time I thought it was caused by an external impact, such as the broken ribs when the body was stuffed into a brewing tank. But on closer inspection, there are traces of damage on the ribs of the corpse, but the old, calcified situation, at least more than 20 years, was not formed when it entered the tank. ”

In other words, before the body died, it had a special ability to enter a small space, and the deceased could reduce the size of the chest cavity by changing the structural position of the ribs. Of course, I didn't believe this inference at the time, and only thought that it was an old trauma caused by the deceased's previous broken rib and not being treated in time. But later, I found that the pelvis, elbow, and knee joints of the deceased all had similar structures, which cannot be explained by coincidence. ”

To be honest, Lao Luo's words Da Jiang only understood a small part, but he understood that Lao Luo's conclusion was the key to the whole case, so he couldn't help but blurt out: "Lao Luo, what do these injuries mean?"

Lao Luo smiled at Dajiang, "If you stand in my point of view, then it can only be said that the deceased has experienced inhuman suffering, coupled with congenital osteomalacia, due to severe trauma, a body structure that is different from ordinary people. This body structure determines that the deceased did not die from homicide, but from an accident, and of course, this corpse has another meaning for Professor Han Qiming. After Lao Luo finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Han Qiming.

Han Qiming's eyes were a little dark, and his voice trembled slightly, and it seemed that he had survived the night. "Comrade Lao Luo's autopsy may rewrite many definitions of biological evolutionary history. Evolutionary theory has always believed that the evolution of species is closely related to the living environment, the so-called survival of the fittest, but this process is a long process, and most species need tens or millions of years to complete adaptive changes in their body structure. ”

"But in recent years, more and more archaeological excavations have shown that many paleontologists can complete changes to the environment in a very short period of time, as if they were genetic mutations. Of course, such a mutation is only relative to the age of the earth, and for species, it still requires several generations of life to evolve to achieve, which is also the basis of our modern genetics. ”

"But all this will be rewritten by this corpse. The body of the deceased has changed a lot from that of a normal person. The hair is thick, and the part that originally had no hair is also covered with about five to seven centimeters of body hair, and the diameter of body hair is two to three times that of a normal person. But the hair of the deceased was very oily, but the hair follicles were very shallow and slowly fell off after soaking in water for a while, which we had never seen before. ”

"In my opinion, this is not a characteristic of terrestrial mammals, the shallow hair follicles are for the need to adapt to temperature changes, for hair removal, so the hair of the carcass grows quickly in autumn and begins to fall off in spring. This phenomenon is related to the sweat glands of the human epidermis, which sweat in the summer to lower body temperature. But it is precisely because of the existence of sweat glands that humans slowly lost their body hair more than 100,000 years ago. Professor Han's words were a little incoherent, and he seemed to organize his thoughts as he spoke. He saw the expressions of Da Jiang and Lao Xue for some reason, and scratched his head apologetically.

"I'm sorry, it's too bizarre, even if you tell it again, it will feel unscientific and unrigorous, and you always want to find some loopholes in it. In short, this carcass has the characteristics of annual moulting, but you can't put it in any one category. We have never found such a record in the literature. Of course, that's not what puzzles me the most, his bone structure is even more surprising. ”

"When I first saw Lao Luo's autopsy report, I couldn't believe it was the truth. Not only humans, but also all the creatures we know, can change the form of the body by changing the way bones are connected. The bones themselves support the body and protect the internal organs and soft tissues, and generally speaking, the misalignment of the bones will directly cause the loss of part of the physical activity and the damage of the internal organs. Therefore, it is impossible for an organism to actively change the position of the bones. ”

"Professor Han, there seems to be a kind of jiu-jitsu in Brazil and India, which is to make the body softer and make movements that ordinary people can't do. Dae has always been skeptical of the conclusion of Lao Luo's autopsy, and it is still at this point, so he hopes to find some examples to prove that this phenomenon may be just a coincidence.

Professor Han shook his head. "Jiu-Jitsu is actually similar to our ancient bone shrinkage, which is more about dislocating people's joints, and at the same time, using the will to overcome the pain, and finally allowing the body to complete some actions that ordinary people can't do. But I've never seen a way to get my ribs out of my spine and move freely and then get back on my own. And not only the ribs, but also the shoulder blades, clavicles, and pelvic bones of the corpse have such characteristics. This is not an accidental phenomenon caused by trauma. ”

"If there is a reasonable explanation for this phenomenon, I think it can only be because of the influence of the harsh environment. For example, this creature lives in a small space for a long time, and often has to go in and out of caves that cannot be accessed by normal bodies, etc. Lao Luo and I tested the bones of this corpse, and its bone density was only 40% of that of a normal person, and the trace elements such as potassium, lead, and sulfur in the skin and hair were five times that of a normal person, and the bones were seriously softened, which may be the reason for its specific bone structure. ”

Oe noticed that when Professor Han talked about the corpse, he had replaced the "deceased" with "this creature", and it seemed that in Professor Han's subconscious, the corpse had been classified as an unknown creature, and it was no longer a human being.

"But in any case, such a skeletal structure and function has never appeared in any of the creatures we know, and if it is really the environment that prompts the emergence of these functions, it is a miracle of evolutionary theory, and the mutation of body structure is completed in a generation of lifeforms, which is incredible, of course, unless we can find the population of this underground creature, and find evidence of their continuous evolution. Professor Han spread his hands and closed the notebook in front of him.

"Professor Han, judging from our investigation, I'm afraid you can't find the population, I think this corpse is a person, a normal person who used to live around us. Oe couldn't help blurting out on the side.

"Da Jiang, have you made any new progress in your investigation today?" Secretary Zhang listened to Da Jiang's words and put down the cigarette he had just picked up and was about to light again.

"Yes, Secretary Zhang, although we can't draw conclusions yet, we should be able to roughly restore this case. Of course, Dajiang also judged that Mr. Li and the deceased should be acquainted, and the deceased is likely to be an old employee of the No. 3 Automobile Factory.

(Rabbit silk is born without roots, snakes walk without feet, fish hear without ears, and cicadas sing without mouth.) There are also those who are. The crane is a thousand years old, and the mayfly is born and dies at dusk, and it is happy. The king of Wen and the princes made him, and the soup made people cry. Wild horses do not touch wood, dogs do not throw themselves into the river, although deaf insects do not fall into themselves, and people do not care! Love the salt that bears eat, love otters and drink wine, although they want to raise it, it is not their way. The heart says, destroy the boat for the sake of the heart, and do what the heart wants, destroy the bell for the priest. The pipe becomes a great honor with a small humiliation, and Su Qin becomes a sincerity with a hundred births. The quality of the bow and arrow is gathered, the forest is lush and the axe is pounded, and it is not called to it, and the situation is also caused by it. --"Huainanzi")