Chapter 44: The Power of the Human Imagination
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"You say that's why...... But what does this have to do with the soup just now? β
Wu Ansu couldn't care about Li Mengnan's prank on her at the moment, and her heart was completely occupied by strong curiosity.
Li Mengnan picked up a piece of red vegetable from the soup bowl with chopsticks and asked, "What is this?" β
"It's a tomato, what's wrong?" Wu Ansu looked puzzled.
"Just imagine, you are very hungry right now, and you ask me what I have for dinner, and I say eat tomatoes, what is your first reaction?"
"Uh...... Flow...... Slobber? β
"Ahem...... It's close! Li Mengnan didn't expect Wu Ansu to give such a cute answer, and suddenly felt that this grumpy little policewoman still had a cute side, and couldn't help laughing: "Do you suddenly feel a little sour in your mouth, as if you are already eating tomatoes?" β
Wu Ansu nodded repeatedly, this phenomenon is indeed extremely common in life.
"For example, when you see someone giving an injection, or a bloody wound on your body, will you feel a faint pain in the same part of your body?"
"I know, it's called compassion...... But does that have anything to do with the real reason you're talking about? β
Wu Ansu became more and more confused, Li Mengnan could understand these words alone, but he didn't know what he wanted to say.
"In the final analysis, the reason why human beings have this phenomenon of sympathy is actually the imagination of the human brain." Li Mengnan picked up the chopsticks and took a few bites of food, wiped his mouth and continued: "You should know that the human brain is a very magical organ, what we see, hear, and feel is not really seeing, hearing, and feeling, but by the stimulation of sensory organs such as eyes, ears, and skin, which are converted into neuronal signals, and then transmitted to the brain through guΓ² nerves, and the brain reproduces the scene according to these signals...... In principle, it is somewhat similar to today's digital products. β
Although Wu Ansu still didn't understand why Li Mengnan suddenly mentioned this, he faintly felt that he seemed to have touched the core of the whole thing, and couldn't help asking, "So what?" β
"There is such a classic technique in torture, blindfold a person's eyes, and then cut a knife on the wrist, but it does not cut, and then put a warm water pipe on the person's wrist, simulating the illusion of bleeding, after a certain period of time, the person will die, and the appearance of the appearance is exactly the same as the state of death due to blood loss, this is a kind of deception of the brain...... And what I did before was the same thing. β
Wu Ansu looked puzzled, she had indeed seen this incident in the book that Li Mengnan said, but she still didn't understand what it was like saving people just now.
"Look at this." Li Mengnan took out the disposable lighter he used to light a cigarette from his pocket, and a light blue flame jumped slightly at the top, "Do you dare to put your hand on it?" β
"Are you stupid for me?" Wu An didn't give Li Mengnan a chance to see her make a fool of herself.
Li Mengnan seemed to have expected Wu Ansu's reaction for a long time, smiled indifferently, and suddenly hung his other hand on the top of the flame.
The flames greedily licked the flesh of Li Mengnan's palm, making a squeaky and burnt sound, and a strange smell like barbecue gradually permeated the box.
"You...... You are crazy? What are you doing here? β
Wu Ansu hurriedly grabbed Li Mengnan's hand and poured the iced drink in the cup, but was surprised to find that Li Mengnan's palm was still intact, and there was no trace of burning at all.
How is this possible? Just now, I obviously saw that his palms were burned, and even smelled the smell, how could there be nothing at all?
"It's hard to understand, isn't it? Then look at this ......."
Li Mengnan casually picked up a napkin on the table and put it under the flame, it was incomprehensible that no matter how much he burned it, the thin napkin could never be ignited by the flame.
"It's ...... What's going on? β
Li Mengnan smiled noncommittally, stretched out his arm and put the lighter in front of Wu Ansu, Nunu smiled and said, "You put your hand on it and try it." β
Wu Ansu carefully stretched out a finger and quickly swept over the flames, and was suddenly surprised to find that the flames did not seem to have any temperature.
After a slight hesitation, Wu Ansu took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and placed his entire palm on top of the flames.
Sure enough, just as she had just felt, this flame didn't have any burning sensation at all, it was almost like it didn't exist!
"Why is this happening?"
The scene in front of him was beyond Wu Ansu's comprehension, you must know that even low-temperature chemical fire must be at least thirty or forty degrees, and it is impossible not to feel the heat at all like this.
"It's a lighter, right?" Li Mengnan asked, pointing to the lighter.
Wu Ansu nodded.
"It's fire, isn't it?" Li Mengnan pointed to the flame again.
Wu Ansu nodded again.
"Is there any necessary connection between the two of them?"
Li Mengnan suddenly asked a question that seemed very inexplicable.
"You have to have a lighter to light it...... Be...... Right? β
Wu Ansu was a little confused by Li Mengnan, isn't this an obvious problem?
"That's true, but the question isβdid you see me light the fire?"
As soon as Li Mengnan's words came out, Wu Ansu suddenly noticed that although Li Mengnan's finger was placed on the lighter's igniter, he didn't press it!
How is this possible? If you don't press it, where does the flame come from?
Li Mengnan gently put the lighter on the table, let it burn weirdly like that, and said indifferently: "You just saw the lighter, why do you think there must be fire on it?" Can you be sure that this fire is real? β
What does this mean? Don't......
As soon as a strange thought came to Wu Ansu's mind, the strange flame suddenly disappeared in front of his eyes.
It's not the kind of contraction that cuts off the gas, but it really disappears out of thin air, as if it never existed!
No, perhaps...... It really didn't exist at all!
"Heh, armed police officer, your reaction is not slow, basically above the normal human level......"
Li Mengnan had been observing Wu Ansu, and seeing her surprised and sudden expression, he knew that she had vaguely guessed some keys, picked up the lighter on the table and lit a cigarette.
"Because there is an inevitable connection between the lighter and the fire, it only takes a small psychological hint to make people see the burning flame, and this is the power of the human imagination...... The scientific community calls it epiconscious hypnosis, and we magicians call it illusion. Su Hui reacted indifferently, and suddenly hung his other hand on the top of the flame.
The flames greedily licked the flesh of Li Mengnan's palm, making a squeaky and burnt sound, and a strange smell like barbecue gradually permeated the box.
"You...... You are crazy? What are you doing here? β
Wu Ansu hurriedly grabbed Li Mengnan's hand and poured the iced drink in the cup, but was surprised to find that Li Mengnan's palm was still intact, and there was no trace of burning at all.
How is this possible? Just now, I obviously saw that his palms were burned, and even smelled the smell, how could there be nothing at all?
"It's hard to understand, isn't it? Then look at this ......."
Li Mengnan casually picked up a napkin on the table and put it under the flame, it was incomprehensible that no matter how much he burned it, the thin napkin could never be ignited by the flame.
"It's ...... What's going on? β
Li Mengnan smiled noncommittally, stretched out his arm and put the lighter in front of Wu Ansu, Nunu smiled and said, "You put your hand on it and try it." β
Wu Ansu carefully stretched out a finger and quickly swept over the flames, and was suddenly surprised to find that the flames did not seem to have any temperature.
After a slight hesitation, Wu Ansu took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and placed his entire palm on top of the flames.
Sure enough, just as she had just felt, this flame didn't have any burning sensation at all, it was almost like it didn't exist!
"Why is this happening?"
The scene in front of him was beyond Wu Ansu's comprehension, you must know that even low-temperature chemical fire must be at least thirty or forty degrees, and it is impossible not to feel the heat at all like this.
"It's a lighter, right?" Li Mengnan asked, pointing to the lighter.
Wu Ansu nodded.
"It's fire, isn't it?" Li Mengnan pointed to the flame again.
Wu Ansu nodded again.
"Is there any necessary connection between the two of them?"
Li Mengnan suddenly asked a question that seemed very inexplicable.
"You have to have a lighter to light it...... Be...... Right? β
Wu Ansu was a little confused by Li Mengnan, isn't this an obvious problem?
"That's true, but the question isβdid you see me light the fire?"
As soon as Li Mengnan's words came out, Wu Ansu suddenly noticed that although Li Mengnan's finger was placed on the lighter's igniter, he didn't press it!
How is this possible? If you don't press it, where does the flame come from?
Li Mengnan gently put the lighter on the table, let it burn weirdly like that, and said indifferently: "You just saw the lighter, why do you think there must be fire on it?" Can you be sure that this fire is real? β
What does this mean? Don't......
As soon as a strange thought came to Wu Ansu's mind, the strange flame suddenly disappeared in front of his eyes.
It's not the kind of contraction that cuts off the gas, but it really disappears out of thin air, as if it never existed!
No, perhaps...... It really didn't exist at all!
"Heh, armed police officer, your reaction is not slow, basically above the normal human level......"
Li Mengnan had been observing Wu Ansu, and seeing her surprised and sudden expression, he knew that she had vaguely guessed some keys, picked up the lighter on the table and lit a cigarette.
"Because there is an inevitable connection between the lighter and the fire, it only takes a small psychological hint to make people see the burning flame, and this is the power of the human imagination...... The scientific community calls it epiconscious hypnosis, and we magicians call it illusion. β