In this experiment, the Action 2 team and the expert team members tried a variety of solutions.

One of them, after coming into contact with Wang Quan and accepting Wang Quan's "curse", was immediately pulled to another city in a vehicle, and the straight-line distance from Wang Quan reached about 200 kilometers.

The other pig has a different form of curse. This time, the investigators did not give Wang Quan ordinary paper and pen, but a touch screen and a stylus. As for the idol, it was also replaced with another idol that was randomly purchased from one of these item shops.

The idol was covered with a headscarf, so that Wang Quan would not find out that the idol had been replaced and cause unpredictable changes.

The sewing needle was also replaced with a wooden barbecue skewer.

Under the guidance and reassurance of the interrogators, Wang Quan still carried out these two experiments very obediently.

In the first experiment, the pig that had been transported to another city did not show any abnormality. Except for a slight bit of agitation due to the change in the environment, the rest is normal, it is still healthy, and it eats and sleeps soundly.

This proves that even if you are cursed, you can still save your life as long as you can stay away from Blue Lagoon before the curse takes effect.

However, it is unclear whether this is because of the distance from Wang Quan, or because it is far enough away from Blue Lake City to be immune to the curse. This requires further validation.

As for the second test, after sketching the image of the pig with a stylus and touch screen, praying in front of the replaced deity, and piercing the touch screen several times with a wooden barbecue skewer - of course, it was not pierced, but only made a piercing motion, and that night, the pig still showed some abnormality, and the degree slowly increased over time, and finally committed suicide.

This means that Wang Quan's curse does not seem to have anything to do with the tools he used. It also means that the root of the special lies in itself.

In order to further verify this speculation, the second team of action specially assigned an investigator to reproduce the whole process of a curse with the props that Wang Quan had used before.

Another pig was herded in and interacted with the investigator. After that, he sketched the image of the pig with the pen and paper that Wang Quan had used, then knelt down and prayed in front of the idol that Wang Quan had obtained, and pierced the portrait with the same sewing needle that Wang Quan had used.

But this pig ended up without any abnormalities.

In Wang Quan's experiments, the only thing that remained constant was himself, and everything else changed, and the curse had an effect.

The only thing that has changed in the experiment's experiments has been him, and nothing else has changed. As a result, the curse did not take effect.

The comparison between the two completely proves that "the special thing lies in Wang Quan himself".

But another experiment after that called this conclusion into question.

This time, the second team did not provide Wang Quan with experimental props. After still making a pig come into contact with him, the interrogator said, "Wang Quan, I also want to kill this pig, you can help me kill him, can I invite you to a beer?"

"Okay."

When he heard the word beer, Wang Quan immediately became happy: "Give me paper and pen, as well as a statue of a god and a sewing needle."

"This ......"

The interrogator was so embarrassed: "You don't have anything at home, can you kill it without those things?" Don't worry, whether it works out or not, I'll invite you to drink."

"Okay, I'll try then."

Wang Quan closed his eyes as if meditating. After a moment, he opened his eyes hesitantly, "I've cursed it."

"Okay."

By the next day, the pig was still alive without any incident.

The three members of Operation 2 and the investigators were confused.

If Wang Quan himself is the source of the specialness, then why can't he complete the curse without the help of props? If those props also have a special function, why do ordinary things after replacing them also have a role?

After thinking for a moment, Lu Ming said slowly, "I guess it might be like this. possible

The props themselves don't really have a special purpose. Their role is only to provide some "sense of ritual" to assist Wang Quan, so that Wang Quan can concentrate more fully. Perhaps this concentration is the most important place."

"It's possible."

Sketching images of victims or pig victims allows Wang to concentrate on recalling the appearance of the victims. Praying in front of the statue of the god and piercing with a needle can make Wang Quan's thoughts and thoughts of killing the other party stronger and clearer.

This is where the sense of ritual comes in.

"If that's the case, an image drawn by someone else, or a photograph, should have the same effect."

"You can give it a try."

So this time, the investigators did not let Wang Quan sketch it himself, but directly gave him a photo of an experimental pig. And clearly told him that this time he was made to kneel down to a great deity called "Flying Pasta".

The flying pasta deity offered to Wang Quan resembles a ball of twisted yarn.

This deity was created by atheists and materialists to mock religion. However, this kind of niche thing, of course, Wang Quan can't know.

In order to increase the importance of the Flying Pasta God in Wang Quan's heart, the investigators told him that the Flying Pasta God was the creation god of the entire universe, and the Fulu God that Wang Quan had bowed down to before was just a subordinate of the Flying Pasta God, and it was a gadget made by the Flying Pasta God when he was bored.

In short, the Flying Pasta God is extremely great, and worshipping the Blessing God is definitely not as effective as worshipping the Flying Pasta God.

This information was processed by professional psychologists and psychiatrists and told in the language that was most acceptable to Wang Quan, and sure enough, Wang Quan immediately abandoned the god Fulu and worshiped the god of flying pasta.

So this experiment was carried out under the gaze of the flying pasta god.

Wang Quan knelt in front of the Flying Spaghetti God with reverence, and pierced the picture with a knife.

The next day, the pig crashed into its cage and the curse took effect.

Lu Ming's guess was verified.

After that, Wang Quan was taken to another city under strict isolation and protection, where he began the experiment again.

But this time, no matter how much he tried, Wang Quan's curse was all invalid. Whether it is a pig or a sheep, a dog or a cow, all are safe and sound.

This again reveals an important clue.

What is special is not only Wang Quan himself, but also Blue Lake City. Of course, it is not known exactly what aspect of Blue Lagoon is responsible for this specialness.

After confirming that Wang Quan's abilities were out of action outside of Blue Lake City, he was brought back and began another round of experiments.

In this experiment, the object of the curse was changed from the animal to the rest.

The first is a tree that has been randomly selected from a forest.

Of course, before the experiment, the tree was carefully examined by botanical experts to confirm that it was very healthy, and it was closely protected against accidents.

Wang Quan was brought to the tree, and under the leadership of the investigators, there was some interaction with the tree.

The investigator patted the tree in an annoyed tone: "This tree scratched my clothes and bullied me. But I didn't dare to cut it. Wang Quan, my friend, help me kill it, let it die, and I will invite you to eat roast chicken."

"If you want to get fatter, get two more beers!"

"Okay."

Wang Quan, who was taken to the experimental base and once again accepted strict guards, began to attempt the curse again.

That night, the tree, which had been very healthy, was blown off by a sudden gust of wind.

It is cut off directly from the roots, and it is impossible to live anymore.

Everyone was in doubt.

Obviously, being blown off by a strong wind is killed by an external force. This cannot be considered suicide in any way.

But the tree is still dead after all. So, was the curse a success or an unsuccessful one?

To explore this question, we need to increase the sample size. end

In fact, it may be an accident or a coincidence that a tree was blown down by the wind during an experiment, but if ten trees were selected and all ten trees were blown down, it was unlikely to be a coincidence.

In the following experiments, the investigators did not provide additional protection to the selected trees, but only observed them secretly.

The final conclusion negates the possibility that this is a coincidence. Because the next five selected trees of different sizes and varieties all died for various reasons on the night of receiving the curse.

There was a tree that was struck by lightning and caught fire and was burned to death, a tree was hit by an out-of-control car and died, the roots of a tree were dumped with some kind of chemical and showed signs of withering on the same day, and it was obviously unable to be saved, another tree was affected by a large tree next to it and was directly crushed by it, and the last tree was secretly cut down at night.

"From this experiment, it seems that suicide is not the only means of death for the cursed. But suicide is probably the most economical and convenient means. When it is not possible to end life by suicide, there are other means of death. In short, death is certain, but how to die is not certain."

Lu Ming believes that even if he provided strict protection for these trees to prevent any man-made accidents, they would eventually die due to unavoidable natural accidents.

Like the first tree that was blown off by the wind.

This was followed by experiments on inanimate objects.

This time, Wang Quan was taken to an abandoned courtyard.

There are three adobe houses in this compound, and the windows are all broken and leaking on all sides.

"Wang Quan, help me collapse these houses, and I'll invite you to drink."

The king was embarrassed across the board: "This ...... I don't know if it's going to work."

"Try it."

"Okay."

For the sake of wine, Wang Quan reluctantly agreed. Back in his place of detention, he unfurled the curse once more.

Lu Ming was also very curious about the results of this experiment.

The house, of course, is a dead thing, without life. Previous experiments have shown that Wang Quan's curse can cause the death of humans, animals or plants.

So how should the house die?

That night, the abandoned courtyard, which had not received special protection, was directly washed down in a torrential rain. The walls and houses have all fallen, and they can no longer be called a courtyard.

"Is this how inanimate objects die?"

Lu Ming thought silently in his heart.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Ming said, "Judging from the results of the current experiment, Wang Quan's so-called curse causing death is still a bit one-sided. I think a more accurate description would be to cause the cursed person or the cursed thing to disappear conceptually."

"Conceptually? Disappear? How so?"

He Wei was a little puzzled, and some couldn't understand this statement.

"Is there a physical difference between a second before a person dies and a second after death?"

Lu Ming asked a question.

He Wei thought for a moment again and shook her head: "There is no difference."

It's the atoms and molecules that make up the human body, or the elements. On a physical level, it doesn't make any difference, or only a tiny difference.

"But the concept of being a 'human' is gone. It's no longer a person, it's just a corpse."

Lu Ming said: "You, me, captain, Lu Ming, He Wei, Zhang Dingshan, house, car, this kind of special reference to the title is actually very unrigorous at the physical level. For example, on a physical level, what does the name He Wei refer to?"

"Of course it's me."

"What is 'you' in the physical sense? Is it a collection of specific elements and atoms?"

"I guess that's what I can say."

He Wei hesitated.

"However, people need to eat every day, and they also excrete. People also sweat, breathe, and constantly exchange substances with the outside world. People also keep shedding dandruff, and so on. Every minute and every second of you, its concreteness

The composition is all different from the previous moment. I've heard that almost every few years, almost everything that makes up the human body is renewed. So, what kind of beings are you referring to?"

He Wei fell into deep thought. After a moment, she shook her head, "I don't know."

Zhang Dingshan said quietly, "You or me, or any name, or house, tree, or car, do not have a strictly corresponding physical entity. Every person or object exists only conceptually. Just like the name He Wei, strictly speaking, it only refers to "a collection of elements arranged and changed in a specific way", not "a real human body".

Lu Ming said, "Yes. The most important thing is not the elements or atoms themselves, but the way they are arranged and operated. We might call it "information". This is the conceptual essence of an object.

The substance itself is not important, but the information of the substance is important. It is this information that allows a conceptual person to exist."

It's like taking a person's body in a strict way, refining every element that makes him up, and then mixing these elements to get a mixture that is exactly the same as the human body.

But this hybrid clearly cannot be called one person.

That's the importance of information.

"Lu Ming, are you saying that Wang Quan's curse is not actually killing people or destroying inanimate objects, but just making the information of cursed objects disappear? Uh, or rather, conceptually no longer true?"

"Yes."