24. The Great "Into Science"

How to conceal the true inside story of supernatural events from the public, maintain the scientific outlook on development of the whole society, prevent the proliferation and spread of all kinds of mystical cults, superstitious activities and anti-human cults, and avoid the decadence and regression of human civilization and the revival of ignorant theocracy is a huge systematic project involving psychology, education, human relations, and sociology.

To this end, following the merger and streamlining of the original dragon group and other old units, the three famous new generation main battles of the super-space-time urban management, the ability security, and the ability demolition team, have appeared on the supernatural front in China, and the "Into Science" action department directly under the central government has also come into being.

Initially, the Operations Department of "Into Science" was just a supernatural reconnaissance team that had been operating around the world for a long time under the banner of a science and education television program film crew, and its main job was to provide intelligence and clues for the three major supernatural organizations. But later, its main task became to launch all kinds of targeted propaganda and education, to help the public establish a scientific view of Shijie and development, and to limit the social influence of the supernatural Shijie to a small range as much as possible. Insiders nicknamed the crew the "Burial Mechanism" — the mechanism that buries all supernatural truths.

Overall, the department's goal is to counteract the social repercussions of supernatural existence with sound scientific explanations.

The responsibility of this department is to clean up unscientific supernatural existence in reality and public opinion, and strive to achieve a clean and thorough final solution.

Since the "Into Science" Operations Department officially entered the battle, it has not only worked closely with other paranormal combat units. It has obliterated and cleaned up a large number of powerful supernatural beings, and its promotional works have won numerous awards in various program awards, often airing in evening primetime. Because of its excellent work performance. The Action Department of "Into Science" has been praised by party and state leaders many times and has become a banner on China's supernatural front.

This is a bit of the real inside story that Wang Qiu only learned roughly after joining my country's supernatural front. And in the process of walking and talking with the film crew of "Into Science", he has a deep understanding of the supernatural news manipulation method of this unit.

For example, "Into Science" once did such a program, about a country boy who suddenly had a zombie attack from time to time and did all kinds of strange actions. Such as rolling your eyes and biting. Straightened his arms and jumped forward with his legs, and even wanted to drink blood...... "Into Science" interviewed many local villagers for this, and everyone was scared. Later, a professor was called to investigate. I can't find out why. The professor dragged the child to the hospital for examination, and the conclusion was that he was in good health and had no problems. zuihou, the reporter took the little child to see a psychiatrist. The doctor asked a few questions. It came to the conclusion that everything was funny because the child wanted to attract the attention of his family. Because his parents are usually very busy at work. didn't care much about him, which made the child feel very lonely inside. But since he started to learn the scenes of Hong Kong ghost movies, he had nothing to do and pretend to be zombies, his parents were shocked and began to care about his every move......

Of course, the above is only a public statement, as for the secret mission report of the "Into Science" operation department: the possibility of zombie virus infection in another time and space has been ruled out. It is believed that a Western vampire failed to conceive the child for the first time, causing him to be cursed as a vampire zombie who loses his mind from time to time...... After the Marxist scientific education of Political Commissar Kong. The curse on the victim has been removed, and the body and mind are completely restored to normal.

In addition, the vampire has been arrested and pleaded guilty at the Hong Kong port, and it is recommended to refer to the Public Security Administration Punishment Ordinance for the handling of his previous illegal acts.

In another episode of the same show about vampires, there is a man who claims to be a vampire, gets dizzy when he looks at the sun, and can suck blood from his own and other people's skin with a single effort, and there is no wound when he touches it...... Zuihou's investigation concluded that he was weak and had bleeding gums......

The secret mission report of "Into Science" on this matter is that this person was unconsciously attacked by vampires while traveling overseas, and was infected with a vampire curse, causing his body to gradually turn into a ghost...... After the Marxist science education of Political Commissar Kong, he has basically recovered his health.

There is also a program about a farmer who sprinkled white radish seeds in his field, and turned into carrots in the fall! For a while, it was a strange story in the local area. In response to this strange incident, the Action Department of "Into Science" convened experts from all over the country to discuss the matter collectively, investigating water quality, fertilizer, terrain, air, climate, seed varieties, and even planting methods. Zuihou came to the conclusion that the local seed store clerk had confused the different types of radish seeds, accidentally put the carrot seeds in a bag of white radish seeds and sold them, and then let the guy win the lottery......

Of course, the statement on the secret mission report is another matter: Zhang Moumou, a farmer in a certain town in a certain city in a certain province, has been verified to have awakened the ability of the druid, and has the ability to unconsciously change the characteristics of plants. However, its ability is unstable and unwieldy. Therefore, after absorbing them into the organization, they were prepared to send them to the Druid Order of Ireland for further study, obtain the "Oak Heart" degree, and then return to China to participate in the research of hybrid crops......

Another episode of the program is about spontaneous combustion of the human body, that is, an old man was surprised to find that the cotton clothes on his body and even the objects he touched would spontaneously combust inexplicably...... Zuihou found out that these flames were secretly lit by the old man's granddaughter! and also led to the topic of unfilial family - it is said that there seemed to be many viewers who watched spraying rice, squirting tea, smashing cups and dizziness at that time......

The internal secret mission report of the relevant departments on this matter is: a miniature fire element spirit has been found, suspected of being an interloper from the other world, and has now been successfully eliminated.

In view of the increasing frequency of wormholes, disguising the tracks of the Otherworldly Travelers (or more precisely, the returnees returning to the modern Shijie) is also an important part of the Operations Department of Into Science. For example, there is a program about traversers, which is in the men's toilet at a long-distance bus station in a county in Jiangsu. Suddenly rushed out a man wearing chain mail, a bucket helmet, and a cross cloak. A medieval knight armed with a blood-dripping sword, shouting slogans that no one could understand, swung his sword everywhere and slashed more than a dozen passengers, hawkers, security guards and conductors, causing a terrible riot and stampede at the bus station, and two middle-aged women were seriously injured...... Zuihou, across the road from the coach station. The medieval knight was knocked over by an enraged Xinjiang vendor with an electric tricycle after overturning a cake-cutting vendor, and then knocked unconscious with an iron rod. and then send it to the police station to report the case......

For such a sensational news, "Into Science" naturally had to conduct a special investigation on the ground, not only interviewing the first witness, who was also in the station toilet at the time, and many victims who were cut in the station hall. Xinjiang hawkers who are brave and brave. The police who received the report also filmed the prisoner in a state of madness in the police station - a white man with a scruffy beard, unkempt hair, bloodshot eyes, and foaming at the mouth......

Eventually, based on the prisoner's luggage, passport, and belongings (which were actually forged), Into Science successfully deduced the truth of the "Traveler Incident": this man was a lover of medieval knightly lore, and an avid fan of the TV series "A Song of Ice and Fire", who had just arrived in Shanghai to participate in a cosplay tournament in Hangzhou. But here's the problem, this guy is still an addict. And on the way, he became addicted to drugs, hid in the station toilet and smoked a large amount of the notorious potent drug "bath salts" - the drug that makes people attack and eat people like zombies - and then fell into a trance. Therefore, he rushed out of the toilet in a cosplay costume and attacked tourists everywhere......

The truth in the secret mission report is that the identity of the prisoner has been verified, a missing German citizen, who was accidentally struck by lightning in his backyard 20 days ago, traveled to the era of the First Crusade, was carried by the Crusaders all the way to Palestine, and suffered from battlefield syndrome in the brutal killing, and was in a state of mental collapse, and finally traveled back to modern Shijie again in the bloody Jerusalem massacre, and committed wounding and destroying public property in our country. Offences such as obstruction of traffic...... The above information was obtained through hypnotism and confessions, and the individual is still in need of long-term psychiatric treatment and is ready to be handed over to the German authorities for processing......

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“…… Ahem, it's unthinkable! That's how your show came out, but I used to like it! ”

Facing the bustling flow of people and dazzling street lights, Wang Qiu walked in London's Chinatown with the film crew of "Into Science", and couldn't help but sigh again and again while talking casually, "...... Promote science and culture, create a good social atmosphere, and guide people to a positive and healthy path...... Hehe, after knowing the truth behind these shows, I always have a feeling that my shijie outlook and outlook on life are collapsing together! ”

“…… What's the solution? If we want to guide public opinion and avoid the emergence of various cults, we can only pinch our noses and deceive. ”

Comrade Kong Huan, the leader and political commissar of the "Into Science" shooting team, shrugged his shoulders and replied helplessly, "...... For example, the Aztec priestess in your house has mastered ancient American spells that should have been long lost. If the scene of her sacrifice is seen, and there is no public opinion to guide us, Zuihou is imitated by some foolish men and foolish women, and makes a tragedy of human sacrifice - what do you say? ”

“…… That's the same thing...... Well, at least in our own shijie, it should still be necessary to break down public superstitions......"

“…… Broadly speaking, if we want to purge public opinion of supernatural events, the most important thing is to grasp the following points: First, whenever there are witnesses, we should try to portray them as drunkards, hysteriates, mentally ill people, drug addicts, and grandiose liars - so that their eyewitness testimony will naturally become uncredible. Comrade Kong Huan continued.

“…… Huh? Doesn't that turn into slander? Beware of people coming to you in a rage! Wang Qiu asked with some confusion.

“…… This one...... In this kind of situation, where we need to call people bastards, we generally don't look for real witnesses, but use actors......"

Comrade Kong Huan explained, "...... Don't be surprised. Television stations in the United States and Japan often do this. In order to save on the cost of sending correspondents, American reporters used to stand on the streets of Chicago to cover Detroit's 'live news,' and the Japanese side even more exaggerated, with a lot of war news in the Middle East and Africa. It was actually filmed in the studio of a TV station, using a special effects model, the kind of model city where Ultraman fights monsters. Because, compared to the cost of sending war correspondents and camera teams around and buying them war insurance, the price of building a studio and finding a group of extras is much cheaper. Moreover, such a studio can be used repeatedly. I saw a 'street view model of Iraqi ruins' in Japan, and Nippon TV used it to shoot an unknown number of war stories over the course of ten years, and later. The war in Iraq was almost over, and the model was slightly revised, and then continued to be used to broadcast the 'war on the ground' in Syria and Libya......"

He stretched out his hand and pointed to a tall, thin black man beside him who was helping to carry his luggage, "...... Today. I'm going to play Mike as a marijuana addict. and Deng Wenwen playing the role of a Chinese student in London...... Only those characters who don't matter will go and interview real passers-by. ”

“…… Second, in order to create a sense of huge disparity, it deepens the subjective impression that 'all pseudoscience is a paper tiger'. At the beginning of each episode, we will try our best to render the atmosphere very mysterious, so that every audience can't help but have infinite curiosity; Insert some romantic legends, tickle people's imagination and tickle their hearts...... zuihou, when all the romantic fantasy coat is stripped away. After laying out the pale, boring and ridiculous 'facts', the audience must be very impressed! ”

“…… You don't seem to need to explain this. Every time I watch your show, I almost feel like this......" Wang Qiu muttered.

“…… zuihou, although the main purpose of our show is to cover all kinds of supernatural events, we can't talk so nonsense in every episode of the show. There's always some real science in the middle, and some hilarious stupid stuff — basically, the stupider the better.

For example, there was an old farmer in the countryside who used an electric pen to measure that his wall was electrified, so he immediately shouted everywhere, attracting our film crew. Then, during the field shooting, it was measured that the ground was electrified, the furniture was electrified, and even the air was electrified...... Zuihou's conclusion is that the electric pen is broken. ”

Speaking of this, Kong Huan turned his head and winked at Wang Qiu, "...... What would you think if you saw this conclusion? ”

“…… Of course, he was so angry that he knocked on the table and yelled 'Daddy'! Wang Qiu rolled his eyes.

“…… That's right, our ultimate goal in doing the show is to make the audience fall to the ground at the moment of seeing the conclusion, and then faint for a while......" Kong Huan replied, "...... The audience has been cheated many times, and they naturally have immunity in their thoughts. Even if you really see some supernatural phenomenon with your own eyes in the future, you will be very accustomed to using scientific thinking to infer and then come to a 'reasonable' conclusion......"

- Well, I have to say that such a subtle propaganda effect should be much more profound than the orthodox plain and straightforward popular science propaganda.

Talking about this, Wang Qiucai suddenly remembered that he hadn't figured out where he was going tonight and who he was going to talk to about business......

After questioning Comrade Kong Huan, he learned that the trip to England of the "Into Science" Action Department was because of the acceptance of the European vampire True Ancestor Queen, Margaret. Taylor and his descendants, as well as her cohabitant, the hereditary vampire hunter of the Church, Jenny. Glaus's commission, because they have been on the "live hunt" in London's Chinatown for too long, although they have been trying to keep it secret, they have still been noticed by many interested people. Glaus had to prepare for the vampires to move their stronghold and change their next quarter.

And before leaving London, in order to clean up the tail, so as not to be tracked down by "outsiders", so that there is something unstoppable, the guardian of the vampire true ancestor queen Margaret, the vampire hunter Jane. Glaus specially commissioned the "Into Science" operations department to help make a program to "debunk the truth about the vampire incident in London's Chinatown" and give a "reasonable" explanation to the panicked local residents.

Wang Yao took the opportunity to ask Kong Huan for help and set up a line with the other party, wanting to introduce Liliang of these old European organizations for Wang Qiu's small group, and carry out transnational joint development of ancient Egypt time and space, which has always been difficult to achieve balance of payments, let alone violence.

In this regard, Comrade Kong Huan said lightly, saying that this was just "the simplest and most small task", but Wang Qiu was a little shocked when he heard it.

“…… What the? Vampire hunters and vampire ancestors live together?! Oh, my God! It seems that they must be mortal enemies?!! ”

“…… Alas...... Brother Wang Qiu, after watching so many episodes of our program, don't you still understand the truth that everything in this world is mutually reinforcing? ”

Kong Huan sighed and explained flatly, "...... Without vampires, would vampire hunters still have a point in existing? (To be continued......)