361 - Subconscious Alert
"Dreams are the most forgettable thing for human beings."
Chen Chen whispered as he walked, "I once read a research paper on dreams, which said that within 5 minutes of waking up from sleep, the content of the dream will be forgotten about 50 percent, and within 15 minutes after waking up, the details of the dream will be forgotten more than 90 percent. ”
"Therefore, it is indeed possible that dreams are a kind of 'counter-information' that exists in reality."
Chen Chen continued to speak, "Of course, there is no connection between counter-information and antimemetic effects here, and the reason why dreams are easy to forget is actually because there is a class of 'MCH neurons' in the brain, which can secrete a 'melanin aggregation hormone', and this neuron and the secreted hormone can be mapped to the hippocampus, which is the area of the brain that mainly controls memory. ”
"In experiments, activating these neurons inhibits memory, and these MCH neurons that can inhibit memory are only active during the 'REM phase', which is a characteristic of human dreaming, that is, the brain happens to inhibit memory formation during the sleep phase that produces the dream."
"Because dreaming mainly occurs during the REM phase, which is the period when MCH neurons are active, it prevents the hippocampus from storing the memory of the dream, which is why the dreams that humans have often forget when they wake up......
Hearing Chen Chen's explanation, Xiao X immediately pulled up the paper from the Internet, "I have already checked it, and it is indeed as you said, but what does this have to do with the 'method of hiding yourself' that we are looking for?" ”
"Uh......"
Chen Chen shook his head, "We can start from this aspect and try to create a dream-like meme, so as to achieve the same effect as antimemes, let's be regarded as a research direction." ”
"Okay."
Little X said thoughtfully, "I can try to use E to calculate and see if I can find the memetic effect that can affect human dreams, but I'm afraid it will take a long time, but it's easier than directly extrapolating antimemes." ”
Chen Chen nodded, even if this policy was tentatively decided, "Very good, but it's better to try to be as fast as possible." ”
As he spoke, Chen Chen frowned slightly.
"Are you worried about the Federation's quantum computing?"
Xiao X suddenly had some doubts, because in her cognition, Chen Chen had never urged herself, because this kind of urging was a sign of no confidence, and this situation was difficult to happen to a person with a strong heart like Chen Chen.
Chen Chen suddenly stepped on his feet when he heard this, he frowned, and finally said the thoughts in his mind, "For some reason, I have always had an inexplicable uneasiness since I fused the T virus and became a non-human. ”
"At first, I thought it was just a delusion, or the discomfort of transforming into a non-human, but now a month has passed, but this uneasiness has not diminished at all, but has begun to intensify, and even taking NZT-48 cannot alleviate it......"
Little X snorted, "I've also noticed that this uneasiness has begun to affect your judgment, and your decisions have become more and more radical recently, and I still wonder why you are suddenly willing to increase your efforts to study the memetic effect!" ”
Hearing this, Chen Chen couldn't help but nodded, "In this way, all this is not my delusion...... When I fused the T-virus, there were hidden dangers that I didn't notice. ”
"Dream ......"
But at this moment, Xiao X suddenly said, "Do you remember, when you woke up from the life hatching warehouse before, you said that you had a dream, but when you woke up, you forgot it, but when you were uneasy just now, you mentioned the dream again, if this is a subconscious hint, does it mean that the source of uneasiness in your heart is related to dreams?" ”
Chen Chen's pupils shrank.
Only then did he suddenly recall that he had indeed had a very terrible dream when he fused with the T virus, but when he woke up, he had forgotten it completely, and the only thing he could remember was the dream itself......
For Chen Chen's willpower and self-discipline to be called a terrifying person, this is almost impossible to happen.
The only explanation, then, is that there was something in that dream that was enough to make your subconscious feel ominous.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen suddenly realized that he was almost certain that the source of his uneasiness must be something in the dream realm!
"That ominous doesn't come from the T virus itself."
Chen Chen suddenly muttered, "After all, I have been taking blood tests every day recently, and if there are any follow-up problems with the T virus, I can definitely find it, but if it is not something wrong with the T virus and my body, what will it be?" ”
"Do you need hypnosis to get that dream back?"
Little X asked, "Maybe hypnosis can make you remember everything in your dreams." ”
Chen Chen hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "You can try ......"
Saying that, Chen Chen left the park directly and stood on the side of the road, but in half a minute, a business car stopped in front of Chen Chen, and Chen Chen directly pulled the car door and sat on it.
"Don't go back to the Spire Experimental Base."
Chen Chen shook his head, "Go to the Faraday cage built in the industrial park and put me in again." ”
"You ......"
Little X wanted to speak again and again, "You suspect that this is a memetic effect?" ”
"It's not."
Chen Chen shook his head, and just when Xiao X breathed a sigh of relief, Chen Chen suddenly said, "I suspect this is an antimemetic effect. ”
"Ah......h
Little X let out a low snort, "It shouldn't be possible, right?" ”
Chen Chen shook his head and didn't say anything more.
Dreams, antimemes, ......
Maybe it's really my subconscious that keeps warning me that will let me push down the antimemes and dreams, which are the key factors.
For ordinary people, this is of course a very outrageous thing, how can the subconscious mind be so intelligent? However, if you take NZT-48, all this is not impossible......
After all, the drug has never failed me.
Chen Chen thought silently.
However, if this is the case, then all this is terrible, and I am infected with an animame and I don't know it?
But where does this antimemes come from? The plane of "Killing City"?
No!
If it is transmitted from the plane of "Killing City", then doesn't it mean that the USB flash drive does not have the power to shield the memetic effect? Then it would be impossible for me to get rid of the memetic effect of "impact sound" in the first place.
So, these two causal relationships are in conflict.
So, since it didn't spread from the plane of "Killing City", where did this antimemes come from?
The van sped along the flat road and soon left the Life Science City and headed for the industrial park.
Inside the vehicle, Chen Chen fell into deep contemplation.