Chapter XVIII The One Who Joined

In front of the stairs of an entire research building, a floor sign is hung, accompanied by a background drawing of the elementary school level, which vividly illustrates the structural distribution of each floor.

Lintor and Figley descended the staircase to the central department, and on the left was the attached biological research room. The slightly convex glass gathers light, as if it were inlaid with a small chip, and specimens of strange shapes of various sizes are imprisoned in the glass frame.

Unable to see clearly, Lintor pressed the sound button next to the door.

"Professor Deng, is Professor Deng here?"

There was no response from inside, so Linto reached for the doorknob, and Figley asked, "What are you doing?" What if the door is unlocked? ”

"Wouldn't that be better?"

At this moment, someone opened the door from the room, and the other person was an intellectually attractive brown-haired woman, wearing a white lab coat and holding a stack of papers in her hand.

"Wow!"

"You're ......," the woman looked them up and down curiously.

"Hello!" Figley stood up and said, "I'm a friend of Professor Lin's, and this is his son. ”

The woman stepped out and gently closed the door, keeping her position unchanged.

"What's the matter?"

"That's right, we came to see Professor Deng at the recommendation of Professor Lin."

"He doesn't see anyone during his work, I'm his assistant, and if there's anything he can tell me directly."

"Uh, okay." Figley cleared his mind and said, "We wanted an electronic device that could see images in our minds with the naked eye. ”

The female assistant said: "Well, it's interesting, that's one of Professor Deng's main research projects, and it's still in the experimental stage. ”

"That means it's theoretically feasible."

"Yes, but after all, the structure of the human brain is too complex, and even if Professor Deng is committed to research, it is unlikely that he will succeed in a short period of time."

Perhaps this idea is too whimsical, and if it is exploited by the unscrupulous, it is likely that an unprecedented battle for memories will erupt. Because it is so convenient and avant-garde, it is a new format for people to exchange ideas and appreciation, saving most of the tedious time.

Lintor looked a little disappointed, it felt easy to think about, but it was a different story altogether.

When he almost wanted to give up, Figley asked, "How can we meet Professor Deng?" ”

"It's not difficult to meet him, but the difficulty is that he is pedantic and rigid in his concepts, focusing only on research and hardly communicating with other people, especially contemporary young people."

"And how did you become his assistant?"

"Huh." The girl scratched her face and smiled mischievously, "Of course, it's because I'm his most proud student, that's why he hired me." ”

"Eh, it's really strange, could it be that kind of relationship you have?" Linto smirked.

"What? Children can't think about that. Her face turned slightly red.

Figley looked at the two speechless, don't they only have two relationships? One is the relationship between work and the other is the relationship between master and apprentice, is there any other relationship?

"Even if he doesn't see us, it's just that we really need that kind of device to spy on brain activity, even if it's a makeshift improvised device."

"It also depends on whether it will help his research."

"Haha, sister, we have the most suitable test subject."

"Hey, Lintor, do you mean ......?"

"Well, maybe it works, this subject must be a living person, and have a relatively strong ideological activity, and one of them is voluntary."

"That's for sure, listen to me, I have a friend's mother-in-law downstairs, and she ......," said Linto, who was about to continue, but Figley had already covered his mouth with his hand.

"You don't have to mind, in fact, he wants to say that the mother-in-law always thinks about a lot of inexplicable things every day, and if you don't agree, at least you have to ask her first."

"Oh, in that case, you can write down my phone number, here's my business card." The female assistant pulls out a white card from her jacket pocket.

Linto and Figley looked at each other, looked up and asked in unison, "Lin Yin?" Your name is Lin Yin? ”

"Yes, is there anything wrong?"

The two of them then explained to her what had happened on the supernatural forum, and then said their names. As soon as Lin Yin became excited, she bent down and hugged them, and the two were caught off guard by her enthusiasm.

"It's you, I've wanted to see you for a long time."

"We all live in the same city and will meet one day, but you use your real name in the forum, I really didn't expect it."

"I just want to make more friends, and a large number of them use their real names, such as Yao Taro is Yao Taro."

"Oooh!"

"He will come to this city one day, and whether he can meet him depends on fate."

The three of them were so happy that they decided to go to a restaurant together in the evening, during which they discussed a lot about the supernatural forum, especially the mysterious altar master and the big names. Figley also invited Lin Yin to join their Soul Exploration Society to discuss the world's secret myths.

On one day off, the two of them went to visit Marianne's mother-in-law, and of course, Lin Yin, who seemed to be very interested in her mother-in-law's abilities.

After understanding the general situation, Lin Yin nodded his head and said, "Well, I think, you will evolve such an ability, probably because of the surrounding environment." Have you been feeling any discomfort lately? ”

"Yes, I used to have a slight dizziness in the past, but it seems to have worsened recently."

"This is because you feel tired more easily than normal people, plus you have been living alone, and under the double pressure of mental and physical strength, your body will be exhausted."

"Huh? So serious? Linto asked.

Lin Yin nodded again and said, "Such side effects will gradually worsen with age, you should rest more and find someone to take care of yourself." ”

Marianne closed her eyes silently, and Linto said in her place: "There used to be people with her, but then they were separated. ”

Lin Yin asked him, "Hasn't that person been found yet?" ”

"No, we only heard his name and appearance, and my mother-in-law only found this place by intuition, but he is not from the city, and the police have no way to find him."

At this time, Marianne suddenly opened her eyes, and she said slowly: "It's not intuition, I'm pretty sure he's here, and the soul I saw in the hospital last time is exactly the same as his." ”

"So, wouldn't he be the one who caused the two cases?"

"No, no, I know him, he is a kind-hearted child, and he will never do such a hurtful thing."

"All in all, we've got to find him first."

"Gurley is right, so we need to build a shared device as soon as possible, and we can't let the image only stay in the mother-in-law's mind."

"Granny Marianne, we need your help for this, would you like to?" This is Lin Yin's last request, and if the other party is unwilling, she will not force it again.

I saw Marianne pondering for a long time, and then slowly spoke: "I am already a dying person, and there are not many opportunities to benefit the society, so I really thank you for coming." ”

"So, you agreed?"

"Mother-in-law, you are too modest, you are only 80 now, and you will definitely live a long life."

"Hehehe." Marianne grinned happily, revealing half of her golden dentures.

Lintor shook Figley on the side, who awoke with one hand on his temple.

"What's wrong with you? Didn't sleep well last night? ”

"No, nothing."

After discussing it, the three of them left Marianne's house, and Lin Yin would arrange for the staff to come and pick her up tomorrow. Marianne will be staying at the Academy for a while, and the medical staff will also perform a full body examination.

Linto was still worried, fearing that Marianne would be sent to the dissection table. Lin Yin reassured him that the researchers would not do that, they would only do some simple tests.

"That mother-in-law......" After sending Lin Yin away, Figley stopped talking.

"What do you want to say?"

"You say she can see living souls, and she can see some of the memories of the dead souls before they were alive, so is it possible that she can also see our memories?"

"I didn't ask her about that, but I don't think so. It's like fighting monsters to level up, you have to kill monsters to get equipment. ”

"Your analogy is a bit ......"

"Moreover, she usually does not see the dead souls, only for a period of time after their death."

"Oh yes, I guess I understand."