Whether you observe or not, study or not, a galaxy that exists in the vast galaxy always exists objectively. Its birth and evolution follow the laws of physics. How could such a naturally occurring object cause scientists studying it to go crazy? It's a bit ridiculous.

Not only Li Hu felt incredulous, but also the investigators of the special team. However, the clue is clearly laid out here, and there seems to be nothing else to believe except this conclusion.

In particular, with further investigation, more and more evidence has emerged.

The first is a large number of alarm recordings and video recordings. Through the investigation records, the investigators called up the call records of a total of 28 people led by Zhou Tianyang. There are not only records of the police claiming that something strange has happened, but also records of them confiding in friends and relatives on the phone or in communication software.

They entered the Public Security Bureau, were questioned, and many records of taking notes were found. There are also comprehensive records of going to the hospital for examinations and going to a psychiatrist.

The center of everyone's conversation revolves around that star map.

From these records, Li Hu can clearly perceive the fear and confusion of these people at that time. They are clearly aware of the changes that are happening in their bodies, and then they ask for help in various ways, hoping to get help. But......

Not a single one believed them. Not a single one.

Reassurance from relatives and friends is usually something like "you've been too tired lately", "too stressed", "take it easy, take a break", and so on. The results of the hospital examination were all normal. Psychologists have also failed to give effective advice.

Li Hu seemed to experience the despair of these people at that time. In desperation, they can only save themselves.

They opted for a team building. This can be found in call logs, video records, bank transaction records, etc.

In particular, the tour guide and driver who led Zhou Tianyang's team was also invited to the Public Security Bureau. His confession directly confirmed this incident.

After hearing the description of that group fight, Li Hu knew in his heart that the last self-rescue attempt of Zhou Tianyang's team also failed. After a complete failure to resist that desire, the scientists in Zhou's team chose to give in.

They rushed back to the laboratory overnight, threw themselves into the "embrace" of the star map, and sank completely.

After that, there was nothing to investigate, nothing more than that the family began to sense their abnormality, complained about it, and even broke out into a fierce quarrel. But all this can no longer change their minds.

They are like interstellar dust that has crossed the event horizon of a black hole, and the only way forward is to fall into a black hole, and there is no longer the power to save them.

Then, until they went completely insane, they were finally discovered by the janitor.

The next day, astronomers and computer experts from other places arrived and began to investigate the computers and data in Zhou's team's laboratory.

Their investigation once again confirmed the conclusions of the previous investigation from the evidence.

The whole thing was presented to everyone so clearly and clearly.

From the perspective of all aspects such as factual relationship, logical relationship and time relationship, this is a real iron eucalyptus, and there is no possibility of turning it over.

Then, there is only one doubt left in the eucalyptus.

Why did that star map make the scientists in Zhou Tianyang's team all fall into madness? What kind of magic does that star map have?

Due to security concerns, all previous investigators were forbidden to look directly at the star map, and at most they could do some analysis of the data at the data level. But now, Li Hu felt that it was necessary for him to really take a look at the star map.

"Although all the evidence, all the confessions, all the clues point to the strangeness of that star map, and it was that star map that led to the result at this moment, I can also believe this result intellectually, but, presumably, everyone feels the same way as me. Emotionally, this kind of thing ...... It's really hard to believe. The families will never accept this outcome. ”

In the conference room of the special group, Li Hu expressed his opinion.

A psychology expert who attended the meeting, Li Hu knew him, knew that his name was Luo Yang, I heard that he was a genius in the field of psychology, who had made many discoveries at a young age, and was very proud of the one, said: "Theoretically, there is also this possibility: the picture of the star map happens to meet a certain requirement, and can cause some kind of psychological suggestion to people's psychology, and after a long time, it may lead to the consequences of madness." ”

"Is there an actual example?"

"There are no actual examples, but I'll give you an example. For example, pictures of certain murder scenes, horrific pictures of corpses, and so on. Imagine if a normal person was forced to watch such pictures or videos for a long time, would he be psychologically disturbed?

Or, you may have heard of AI painting. Some AI-drawn paintings may look normal and beautiful at first glance, but if you look closely, you will find many subtle abnormalities, such as the direction of the leg is reversed, such as an extra finger, such as the abnormal position of the ear. This subtle abnormality will give people a feeling of 'thinking about it and being terrified', and it may also cause mental discomfort.

Or 'dense phobia', which can make people feel chills all over the body and feel uncomfortable, is also an example of how pictures affect the spirit. ”

Li Hu retorted: "However, in this eucalyptus, the situation faced by scientists is that the star map has a certain irresistible attraction that makes them involuntarily addicted to it. ”

Luo Yang pursed his lips and said casually: "If a certain picture can cause people's mental abnormalities and make him feel panic and anxiety, then why can't it make him feel attractive?" ”

Regarding Luo Yang's attitude, Li Hu was a little unhappy. But for what he said, Li Hu felt unable to refute.

"At the end of the day, I'm going to take that picture and take a look."

In the face of Luo Yang's proposal, the rest of the special group were silent.

If you don't really look at that picture, do a psychological evaluation, and study the content of that picture and the effect on the human body, you can't determine it from the level of evidence. However, if you look at it in person, there are unpredictable risks.

After all, so many people have gone crazy because of this star map.

"Let's take a look at the pictures taken in the past."

In the past, the human scientific community has not carried out observations of the CSK-9602 galaxy, and has also generated pictures, but the clarity, or information content, is not as high as this time.

At that time, the pictures were seen by an unknown number of people, but there was nothing wrong.

The crew pressed the button, and the images of the CSK-9602 galaxy taken in the past appeared on the screen.

People look closely at this "eye".

Unfortunately, there is no unusual feeling in people's hearts.

This picture, if you want to say beautiful, it is indeed beautiful. But it is not fundamentally different from some other pictures of the starry sky, it is just that people can sigh at the vastness of the universe and the vastness of the galaxy.

"This image is the clearest picture of the galaxy that we humans have taken before the Mercury space telescope. There's nothing unusual about this picture, everyone agrees, right? ”

Everyone in the room nodded.

There really is nothing unusual about this. Everyone can really feel it.

What is certain is that the picture that triggered the collective madness of Zhou Tianyang's team is not fundamentally different from this picture except that it is richer, more realistic, and has higher resolution. So the question is, can increasing the resolution of a picture and filling in more details complete the transformation from 'no abnormality' to 'abnormal'? ”

This is obviously also somewhat unreasonable.

How clear can it be?

"We can't tell. In the end, we still have to see the real thing. ”

He still insisted on looking at the star map.

None of the members of the task force have the authority to make a decision on this request.

"Report it first, and wait for the decision of the superiors."

The reply to the matter was quickly received. The superiors agreed to the request to go to the field to see the star map, but at the same time, based on the known clue that "the longer you see, the deeper you are addicted", the total viewing time of each person must not exceed ten minutes. Unless a follow-up investigation proves that this addiction has nothing to do with this picture.

In this way, security can be basically guaranteed.

Before actually setting off to see the picture, all the members of the team also went to the psychiatric hospital that provided treatment for Zhou Tianyang's team members, hoping to try to see if they could find any more clues here.

Here, Li Hu saw Professor Zhou Tianyang.

At this moment, he was lying on the hospital bed in a daze, his eyes wide open, only looking at the ceiling, and he didn't react at all.

He saw a middle-aged woman standing by Zhou Tianyang's bedside, her expression dark. After a little recollection, Li Hu recalled that she was the wife of Professor Zhou Tianyang.

Seeing Li Hu, the middle-aged woman wiped her tears and said secretly: "Lao Zhou was not normal during that time, I felt it, but I didn't think much about it, I just thought he was busy with work, who would have thought that it would be like this...... If I had found out earlier, Lao Zhou wouldn't have gone crazy...... I divorced him some time ago, it's all my fault, woo woo woo ......"

"Mom."

At this time, a slightly immature voice sounded behind Li Hu. He turned around and saw a boy with glasses walking up.

"Hello Uncle Vigilante."

After saying hello, the middle-aged woman wiped her glasses and said, "Xiaoyu, come and see your father." ”

Zhou Yu secretly walked to Zhou Tianyang's bed and called in a low voice. After that, Li Hu saw that Zhou Tianyang's dark eyes seemed to have a little more brilliance.

He snorted twice in his throat, as if he wanted to say something. Seeing her husband's reaction, the middle-aged woman was full of joy.

"Lao Zhou, Lao Zhou, my son has come to see you......"

"No, no...... Want...... See ......"

Zhou Yu said sadly: "Dad, what's wrong with you?" Why don't you let me see you? I want to wait until you get better, and then ......."

As he spoke, Zhou Yu couldn't cry.

Li Hu's brows gradually furrowed, staring at Zhou Tianyang tightly. saw that the brilliance in Zhou Tianyang's eyes gradually dimmed, and at the last moment, he squeezed out a word from his throat.

The word was not clear, it sounded like a snort, and it was like the word "Qing", and it was like the word "star".

Star?

Li Hu's heart tightened.

Perhaps, when facing his son, Zhou Tianyang, who had slightly recovered his senses, wanted to say that the words he wanted to say were actually "don't look at the star map"?

What did Zhou Tianyang know? He wants to tell others what he knows?

It's a pity that after that, Zhou Tianyang returned to that stunned state, no matter how his wife and son shouted, there was no response.

This scene made Li Hu have some shadows in his heart.

In the ward next to him, Li Hu also saw sad parents calling for their son, and newlywed wives calling for their husbands, and so on.

Back in the conference room, people's hearts were a little heavier.

Luo Yang spoke again: "I am already aware of the possible consequences of this incident. But I still stand by my previous decision. I'm going to see the star map with my own eyes. ”

He seems to see it as a challenge in his career. Or, what new psychological laws does he hope to discover from this incident?

Li Hu sighed and recounted what he had seen and guessed today. Luo Yang was silent for a moment, but still insisted: "I want to take a look first." ”

The members of the task force had no choice but to agree.

Li Hu was silent for a moment, and then stood up as well.

"I applied to see it too. There is only one person, and the sample may not be enough. ”

"Sit down! Li Hu, you're crazy! ”

In the face of the reprimand of his superiors, Li Hu did not back down.

"Luo Yang can see it, and I can watch it too. It's all about eucalyptus. Besides, just watch it for a while, it's fine. ”

Li Hu's request was finally approved after careful discussion. As a result, the number of people who were authorized to go to the field to view the star map became two.

Surrounded by the members of the special group, Li Hu and Luo Yang stood at the door of the conference room in the laboratory.

Without hesitation, Li Hu directly pushed the door and entered. Luo Yang waited outside and did not enter.

Later, he would look at the picture in another place, with a different model, but with the same definition, so that the influence of a particular device and a specific place could be ruled out.

At this moment, the curtains in the conference room were tightly drawn, and the door was tightly closed. Li Hu turned off the light, turned on his mobile phone and sat down in his seat, holding the remote control switch of the projector in his hand.

As soon as you press it, a clear large image of the CSK-9602 galaxy will appear on the curtain.

Closing his eyes and doing psychological construction, Li Hu opened his eyes, looked ahead, and pressed the power button.

The next moment, a huge "eye" that was so clear that it seemed to be delicate appeared in front of Li Hu.

The vastness of the universe, the vastness of the starry sky, the magnificence of the galaxy and so on came to his face, instantly submerging Li Hu.

He felt like he was instantly hooked.