CHAPTER XIX
After the few decisions, the Reasoning Club experienced a big discussion of the red-eyed blue-eyed paradox and teamwork in the Gold Rush game (aka the smuggling game).
It's basically a game of games, and Zhao Bai'an didn't get any inspiration about dreams during the whole activity, but felt a little tired from using his brain.
"I didn't expect it to be dark!" Zhao Baian looked at his phone, it was almost nine o'clock in the evening. Although I played a total of three games, more than three hours passed before I knew it.
"Ah, the bag is really heavy." Before he walked out of the activity building, Chen Yudi had already deeply felt the weight of the prize.
Of course, nine books, thanks to your schoolbag. Zhao Bai complained in his heart.
She said to Chen Yudi: "Then why don't I help you get a few copies?" Anyway, let's stop by and walk back to the dormitory together. ”
"Ah, I'm sorry...... "Chen Yudi scratched his head.
"It's okay, anyway, by the way, I'll help you get three copies, and three won't be heavy."
After all, the two dormitory buildings for boys and girls are only a few dozen meters apart, and if you want to walk back to the dormitory from here, Zhao Baian and Chen Yudi must be on the same route. It's better to walk together, otherwise if you don't talk much on the same road, you will be embarrassed.
"I thought that today's event would be more about case reasoning and modus operandi reasoning, and the result was all game psychological warfare." Zhao Baian kicked the pebbles on the road, probably because he couldn't get any inspiration, so he wanted to complain.
"But I think it's a lot of fun, after all, it's hard to make some kind of reasoning that requires a lot of logic."
The two of them chatted while slowly walking in the direction of the dormitory building.
"Aren't you having much fun?" Chen Yudi asked Zhao Bai'an.
"Oh no...... It's just ......," Zhao Baian waved his hand, "How can I say that it would be better...... I have a mystery puzzle that has been bothering me for a while, and I thought maybe today's event would open my mind. ”
Chen Yudi was interested when he heard this: "Eh, do you want to talk to me?" I especially like to do this kind of reasoning puzzle. ”
"Enm ......"
Do you really want to say it? How can I say it, I must say it like a reasoning game.
This may be the only good time for Zhao Bai'an to find someone to discuss, Chen Yudi seems to be quite clever, and there is no sense of disobedience at this time, the opportunity is fleeting, and she can't hesitate anymore.
"That's right, the whole incident is relatively simple......"
It took more than ten minutes for Zhao Baian to simply package Siqing's suicide into a mystery story.
"That's it in general, the main thing is to find the motive for A's suicide, after all, this is the strangest part of the whole story."
"Oh yes, I also have such a sense of disobedience as I hear." Chen Yudi held his chin and fell into thought, "I think I need a little time......"
Zhao Bai'an waved his hand: "Well, it's okay, I'm just asking casually, you don't need any pressure." ”
The two of them did not continue to speak, she held the book, he carried the schoolbag, and walked forward in silence together.
There were no street lights on this section of the path, and the sound came from the direction of a few large trees nearby, trying to catch the last tail of this midsummer, which stood out in the quiet environment. Zhao Bai'an took a deep breath and looked up, because of the absence of artificial light, the stars on the dark blue sky twinkled even more dazzlingly.
A gust of wind blew, and the light gray clouds opened like a curtain, and the bright moonlight poured down.
"Ahh I seem to have a little idea......" When the path was about to come to an end, Chen Yudi suddenly broke the silence.
"You say, could it be ......?"
Chen Yudi's mouth opened and closed, and his voice was not loud, but every word clearly entered Zhao Bai'an's ears.
"In that case, will it be able to explain it a little more?"
There are only a few words, never more than five sentences, but they are like a filament, connecting all the details.
Originally... So that's what happened!
Maybe it's only by thinking of it as a story or a challenge puzzle that you can see the mystery!
The road in front of them widened, and the two of them had already crossed the path that was not illuminated by street lights. Orange artificial light shone from the front of the overhead, illuminating almost every corner of the spectrum.
And they're almost halfway there.
"I think what you say makes a lot of sense!" Zhao Bai'an praised after thinking about it.
"But I think there are still some details missing..."Chen Yudi is not very satisfied with his inference.
Zhao Bai'an hurriedly explained: "Oh, that's because there are some small details that I haven't told you, because it's only ten or twenty minutes since we walked over, and it may be too time-consuming to explain everything clearly." But what you said felt like it showed me the way! ”
"Ah, that's good, so that's the puzzle you saw there? It doesn't feel like what I usually see. ”
Faced with Chen Yudi's small problem, Zhao Baian sloppy eyes: "Hahaha, I'm ......"
What should I say......
"A friend of mine gave me the puzzle, and I don't know where she got it."
"Oh~ Okay." In this way, Chen Yudi no longer asked.
"Yes, I want to ask you for your opinion on other things." Zhao Baian once again provoked the topic.
"Yes, you say." Chen Yudi nodded.
"Do you believe there are superpowers in this world?"
I don't know why, some inferences about the dream, Zhao Baian hopes to hear Chen Yudi's thoughts.
"Hmm... For someone like me, who values logic and facts, I don't believe it. ”
"That's right."
"But there are many kinds of superpowers, that is, sometimes we just don't understand some rules of the world, so we regard some things as superpowers, such as some miracles in ancient times, and now we can give scientific explanations." Chen Yudi lifted his bag and continued, "If it's this kind of 'fake' superpower, I believe it." for it is true; But I don't believe in the superpower of teleportation and reversing time, which is logically paradoxical. ”
"So you believe in the existence of 'fake' superpowers, but you don't believe in the existence of 'real' superpowers that cannot be explained by science." Zhao Baian summed up his words.
"That's right." Chen Yudi nodded.
"What if it's something like mind-reading? For example, can you indirectly see something in your dreams that you haven't revealed much? Zhao Bai'an asked tentatively.
"Ah, that's the case...... I think there's a difference between the two you said. ”
"How?"
"It's just that if it's that kind of instantaneous mind-reading, he can read everything I'm thinking about now and he can read it completely accurately, then I don't think it exists, and it's quite scary to think about it."
Pretty scary, isn't it? That's true.
Zhao Bai'an felt a mixed feeling in his heart.
"But if it's the latter case you said," Chen Yudi continued, "first through a medium of dreams, and then I didn't say much about it, but maybe it revealed some information in my words and deeds, right?" ”
"Well, that might be the case."
"Is that what you want to see?" Chen Yudi asked.
"No, the other person may not be able to control what they will dream about. Or maybe she can only dream about things that have a significant impact on people who are particularly close to her life. Zhao Bai'an analyzed her current situation as much as possible.
"Then I don't think it's in the category of superpowers."
"Huh? How so? ”
"Do you know the vomeronasal apparatus?" Chen Yudi threw out a biological term.
Zhao Bai'an vaguely understands this: "It's a receptor in the nose, right?" But I remember that we humans seem to have degraded. ”
"That's right, it's a pair of pouches in front of the nasal cavity," Chen Yudi pointed to his nose and continued, "We have a relatively obvious vomeronasal structure in infancy, but it will be highly degenerated in adulthood. Generally, snakes, lizards and the like have a particularly developed vomeronal apparatus that is used to sense some of the surrounding breath. ”
"But you know what?" Chen Yudi suddenly looked at Zhao Bai'an very seriously and said, "There are so few human beings, their vomeronsal organs are very developed, so they can feel things that ordinary people can't feel, as if they are similar to the sixth sense. You can't tell, but it's real. Just as you can't describe exactly what it's like to see to a blind person, a degraded human can't really appreciate what it's like to have a well-developed vomeronasal apparatus. ”
"I heard that people with developed vomeronasal apparatus can accurately smell who a person is from a distance of 100 meters just by breathing, and even more, they can obtain more concrete information through the feeling of vomeronasal apparatus."
"More concrete information?" Zhao Baian asked.
"If you describe it mysteriously, it's that this person seems to have superpowers that can see you, and even before he sees you, he perceives some information about you in some magical way. But in reality, it's just the well-developed vomeronasal apparatus that's at work. ”
"So," Chen Yudi still looked at her with that very serious look.
Zhao Bai'an couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.
Could it be that he found out that the example given by Zhao Bai'an was actually saying herself?
"Judging by your description, it may just be a particularly well-developed organ that we don't know. Or it can even be said that if she has a strong ability to gather information and reason as an aid, everything can actually make sense. ”
"It's not that it has superpowers, it's just that some unknown receptors are particularly developed?"
Ah, an analogy with a vomeronasal device?
It's really reassuring. Zhao Baian couldn't help but show a faint smile.
Chen Yudi also responded with a smile: "What do you think of my explanation?" ”
"It's as satisfying as the inference you give." Zhao Bai'an looked directly into Chen Yudi's eyes and responded, "But if your friend has such an ability... Would you be scared? ”
"Anyway, there must be some concerns about being snooped on by others about things that you don't want to expose, right? But didn't you also say that there is no way to control it? So what reason should I blame my friend? ”
"Puff-" was the sound of Zhao Bai'an's heart beating rapidly.
She couldn't help but stop and close her eyes, seeking more time to reflect on the moment.
"What's wrong?" Chen Yudi turned his head
"Nothing." Zhao Bai'an opened his eyes and showed a bright smile at him, "Fellow magician, we have arrived." ”
"Ah yes, what ...... that"
"Huh?"
"I'll give you these three books in your hand!"
Zhao Baian was a little shocked by this: "Eh? This is the prize you have won after gambling for most of the day. ”
"There's a lot of credit for that, and you helped me get all the books back."
"But you helped me solve the mystery puzzle. You don't owe me any favors. ”
Chen Yudi pursed his lips: "Hey, but I can't finish reading so many books at once, and I happen to have read all three." ”
"Although the other two are from the original system, but this Keigo Higashino's maybe you will like it more?" He was a little unsure, "I think this book is ......."
"Stop, stop! No spoilers!! Zhao Bai'an shouted loudly.
"Ahh Chen Yudi asked.
After Zhao Bai'an glanced at him, he wanted to see through it and said, "When you gave me these three books for me to take, you already wanted to give them to me, and you picked them, right?" Otherwise, how could it be so good. ”
"Ahh People are hard to dismantle. People are hard to dismantle! Chen Yudi's ears turned red again.
"Poofhaha-thank you, I'll take a good look! And thank you very much for giving me some ideas for the mystery puzzle~"
"Ah, it's okay, it's all trivial, and I'm quite happy to do such a little reasoning, and you're welcome to come to me next time if you have it."
"Okay, I'll remember, so let's do it first, goodbye magician." Zhao Baian stood at the door of the dormitory building and waved goodbye to Chen Yudi.
"Well, I hope you like these three books, Bai An."