I am immortal with scientific thinking

Chapter 853 Supernatural Events

Tianhai City, Supernatural Research Institute branch.

"Dr. Su Mu, all the information about the incident has been entered and the investigation is ongoing."

"The surveillance of the relevant area has been destroyed, but the spare parts image information has been synchronized to the central master brain. Here are the relevant records!"

"Let it out and see!"

beep!

As the computer host screen flickered, an extremely clear image appeared in front of everyone.

In the bright and empty corridor, a figure was knocking on the door of the room desperately. The suppressed and dull sound of "Dong Dong Dong" echoed throughout the conference room.

And the face of this figure looked like Su Mu!

"Fuck! These damn monsters turned into my appearance and almost stole my house!"

Seeing this scene, Su Mu's face became particularly ugly, and he continued to ask:
"Does this video contain 'memetic viruses', 'harmful information', or other means of killing people through sound?"

"According to the test number C-00138 [Ears that hear unknown sounds], there is no problem with this sound." The staff replied
"Does the video show any other supernatural phenomena?" Su Mu continued to ask.

"According to the test, there are suspected supernatural phenomena in the video, namely the so-called face changing and height changing. However, according to the preliminary speculation of biologists, according to the laws and structure of evolution of modern species, this ability has the opportunity to appear in our universe!" The staff member reported holding the research report.

"Hmm?! So, this supernatural incident can at least be defined as a B-level incident?!"

After hearing this report, Su Mu's expression instantly became extremely ugly.

Although he had just been introduced to this branch of the Supernatural Research Institute by his mentor, he dared not forget the classification of supernatural disasters.

From S-level to D-level, each one is enough to subvert the previous cognition of human civilization!
Class D refers to basically harmless supernatural events that do not affect a wide range of areas.

For example, the salted fish that can trigger laziness in humans. Once people come into contact with it, they will lose all desires and the urge to move, and will only think about lying around all day long. Even their basic physiological needs will disappear, and they will just lie on the bed and starve to death.

But as long as you can discover it in time and knock down the salted fish in the opponent's hand, you can restore the original situation. At least from the perspective of solving the problem, this is not too dangerous.

Class D supernatural events are mostly similar situations, and the population affected is not large. If we look at it from the perspective of social harm alone, there are few people involved, so as long as they are discovered early, they can be resolved early.

But once it reaches Class C, the danger and impact levels will rise sharply, and it is quite dangerous. If not handled properly, the handling team will be wiped out!
What's more, it is often contagious to a certain extent, and if you are not careful, it will lead to disaster.

For example, there was once a C-level supernatural incident [Statue of the Mother of No Birth] in the Eastern District.

Due to incomplete information, the handling personnel came into contact with the statue of the Mother of No Birth. Their personality and cognition were completely tampered with, and they became beings comparable to religious fanatics. They even had supernatural abilities such as super-speed healing of the body and hypnotic control of humans within a hundred meters of the statue.

He infiltrated the team without intending to do anything unusual, causing great damage and almost attacking the Supernatural Research Headquarters.

The next level is the B-level supernatural events, which can already spread to a city or even several cities. If they are not controlled, the population affected will be very large!

Moreover, this type of accident is difficult to handle and can often only be solved through considerable sacrifice.

The difficulty of handling Class A disasters has risen to a new level. Even conventional weapons such as bombs can no longer solve the problem. This kind of supernatural disaster often requires relatively high casualties before it can be handled, and even nuclear bombs may have to be used to destroy an area on a large scale.

Even some Class A events are defined as "super-natural disasters that are almost impossible to resolve in a short period of time, will cause huge economic losses, and trigger great social panic."

Its influence is comparable to a war between superpowers!
Ten years ago, a Grade A incident broke out in Western Europe, named [Si Sui's Name].

It is similar to memetic pollution, and anyone who hears the name of Si Sui, anyone who has believed in gods before, will gradually become the most loyal believer, and eventually become fanatical to the point of losing their mind.

Western Europe already had a large number of believers, so after the supernatural incident broke out, this group of fanatical believers actually imitated the Crusades in the Middle Ages and launched a holy war that affected the whole of Western Europe.

That war almost destroyed the entire Western Europe. If the other three major countries had not intervened in time, used nuclear bombs to destroy their holy places, and sent a large number of people to promote atheism, Western Europe would not have been destroyed. But even so, their population was still reduced by a full 30%.

As for the S-level, it is a terror that cannot be resisted even with the full strength of a country. This is also the reason why all academicians of human civilization are discussing countermeasures day and night, so that a large number of ambitious people can put aside their prejudices and overcome the disaster together.

As far as Su Mu knows, there is only one thing that is very likely to be judged as an S-level event, and that is the S-level disaster [Disaster of Evolution] that affects the entire world!
However, it is worth noting that this definition only refers to the degree of impact on human civilization, and does not represent the degree of horror of the event itself.

Especially for supernatural events of level B and above, there is a very obvious characteristic, which is that they are increasingly consistent with the rules of the real world.

For example, in a D-level supernatural event, no matter if it is an animal without intelligence, a human with intelligence, or even a supernatural creature, once it comes into contact with it, it will inevitably lie down. This is almost similar to the rules in mythology, which cannot be studied or resisted at all.

Another example is the C-level event [Statue of the Mother of No Birth]. Within a radius of 100 meters, one can perform so-called magical powers that are completely inconsistent with the laws of the world.

These supernatural events have violated the rules of the world, and their scope of influence has been infinitely weakened, so the general pattern of these events is that the casualties caused are relatively small, but once encountered, there is almost no possibility of survival.

But supernatural events above level B are different. Their biggest feature is that they conform to the rules of their universe, can be spread for a long time, and remain in the world forever.

For example, [Si Sui's Name] is similar to religious brainwashing in reality, except that this ability is infinitely magnified. Although it is a supernatural event, it is more inclined to the real rules of the universe, because in human history, countless wars have broken out because of beliefs.

For example, the so-called S-level disaster [Disaster of Evolution] corresponds to the great explosion of species during the ancient Cambrian period, which can trigger a horrific disaster against human civilization throughout the world.

According to the Academy of Human Civilization, if these creatures from different universes want to try to enter their own universe and cause impact, they must comply with the rules of the present world. Therefore, the more these supernatural disasters are close to the present world, or the more they are close to the existence in the history of Blue Planet, the more likely they are to erupt.

For example, this pseudo-human incident, since it does not involve too much supernatural power, it can be completely regarded as an invasion of alien species, which has at least B-level or even A-level hazards, and will cause a very terrible disaster and cause great losses to human civilization.

Not to mention these large-scale supernatural events. If they continue to erupt, they will completely damage human civilization. Not to mention other places in this universe, but at least on Blue Planet, the rules belonging to other universes can completely replace the original physical laws of Blue Planet, allowing civilizations in different universes to invade on a large scale. At that time, it will be the real doomsday!
These disasters are collectively referred to by scientists as:

【Idealism Invasion】!
The mysteries and terrors in history and imagination are invading this materialistic universe!

This will be an absolute disaster for all the creatures living on it.

However, disasters and opportunities coexist. The more powerful the disaster, the more it conforms to the rules of the world, which means that the more humans can benefit from this disaster!

"Dr. Su, the A-level equipment you applied for has been approved by Academician Fang Changqing. Please confirm it!"

"it is good."

Su Mu withdrew his gaze, left this place directly and walked towards a place inside the branch.

Human civilization has indeed suffered heavy damage in the face of these disasters, but technology has also seen incredible growth in these disasters.

Many of the science fiction weapons that were originally envisioned have been put into initial use after being developed to deal with these disasters.

For example, exoskeleton armor, bionic prostheses, superconducting electromagnetic guns, and...controlled nuclear fusion!

The resilience of civilization is beyond the imagination of any existence. As long as you fail to destroy it in the first place, it will erupt with extremely terrifying power.

Just like what the saying goes, what doesn’t kill me makes me stronger!
……

At the same time, on the other side, at the police station.

"Psychologists, profilers, how do you analyze Lin Chen's personality?" The old detective took the young man to a monitoring room and asked.

"This is the analysis result." A female police officer handed over a piece of paper.

The old detective took it and looked at it, frowning:
"He has high emotional intelligence and high IQ, and possesses strong psychological qualities and analytical abilities... It seems that this student Lin is not simple!"

"So I said he must be the criminal, but he still refuses to admit it. Master, based on the evidence we have, we can definitely bring him to justice!" the young detective said indignantly, "We have video footage and fingerprints, so we can definitely convict him!"

"It's because the evidence is so complete that I feel something is wrong. Judging from his psychological quality and IQ, it's impossible for him to miss so many fatal loopholes at the scene, and there are still doubts in the case." The old detective put down the paper in his hand, "First of all, this is a closed room murder case, but the problem is that the person who called the police seems to know about it, but we didn't find any video footage of the third person arriving in the surveillance."

"In addition to the suspect and the deceased, there are fingerprints of a third person, but strangely, we can't find any trace of this third person leaving." "Not to mention the female clothing that doesn't belong to the suspect, and the fact that there was clearly a stabbing, but there were no obvious signs of blood splattering at the scene, and the initial forensic identification of the body's death doesn't match the time..."

"But we have confirmed that he was in and out of the scene at the time of the crime, and his fingerprints were also on the murder weapon. This is enough to convict the suspect!" shouted the young criminal detective.

"That being said, there are too many suspicious points. We cannot convict someone right away. We must find out the truth of the incident."

Hearing this, the old detective's face became extremely solemn and he said in a deep voice,

"We can't let any bad guy go, but we also can't wrongly accuse any good guy. This is our responsibility as criminal police! And..."

At this point, the old detective frowned and looked at the young detective:
"Xiao Wu, why do I feel like you want to convict the other party as soon as possible?"

As soon as these words came out, the young administrator named Xiao Wu's face froze, and then he said awkwardly:
"This...don't I hope to catch the murderer as soon as possible?"

The old detective frowned even more, inexplicably sensing something was wrong, but he didn't know what the problem was. He took a closer look at Xiao Wu, but didn't find anything wrong, so he finally said:
"This case cannot be solved overnight. It's already midnight. I'd better go back and rest for a while. I'll visit the suspect's network tomorrow to see if I can find any problems."

"it is good."

Several team members in the monitoring room nodded, and after arranging for people to stay on duty, everyone went back.

"Master, I'll give you a ride." Xiao Wu suddenly said when leaving the police station.

"Okay." The old detective nodded. The other party often took him home, so he was not worried about not knowing the way.

hum-

The car started to move and the scenery outside the window quickly receded.

It was already late at night, most of the shops on the street were closed, there were few pedestrians on both sides of the street, and the bustling city fell into silence at this moment.

The old detective just sat in the back seat of the car, closed his eyes and rested, constantly reviewing the process of the case in his mind.

This was a habit he had developed over a long period of time.

By constantly reviewing the case, we discovered subtle inaccuracies in the case, and then unraveled the mystery to find the ultimate truth.

In this murder case at Tunghai University, all the evidence, whether it is video, fingerprints, traces at the scene, etc., has perfectly pointed to Lin Chen, and it can be said that it is clear at a glance.

But the inconsistency in subtle details made this experienced old detective keenly aware that something was wrong. He always felt that there was another hidden story behind this case, but he couldn't figure out where the problem was.

He was so busy arresting, interrogating and profiling people that he hadn't been able to calm down and think.

Now that he has some time in the car, he can naturally calm down and sort out the process carefully.

From the initial unknown phone call to the alarm, to Tunghai University's screening, discovery of the crime scene, testing, identification of the suspect, and interrogation... there seemed to be no problem with this series of processes.

But with his experience, he was able to keenly grasp the many doubts that existed, which made the whole incident seem clear on the surface, but secretly strangely confusing to him.

But where exactly is the problem? The traces at the scene, the murder weapon, the surveillance video, the suspect, the fingerprints, etc., all seem to be fine except that the time of the crime doesn’t match up…

and many more!

The old detective's thoughts suddenly came to a halt at this moment.

These human and material evidences seemed to be fine, but he had never carefully observed the most crucial thing, that is - the body of the deceased!

The body... Where's the body? !
Where is the autopsy report of the deceased? !
From the time the case occurred to the present, he seemed to have never seen the autopsy report of the body. He only knew that it was confirmed to be a knife wound and that the time of death was a bit inconsistent. However, the specific test report and the forensic doctor who asked him to observe the condition of the body seemed to have never been reported to him proactively!

The old detective seemed to have a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he seemed to have grasped something. He suddenly opened his eyes and said sternly:
"Xiao Wu, stop the car! Go back to the police station immediately!"

"The body, there's something wrong with the body, I need to go back and take a look!"

"Xiao Wu! Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu..."

The old detective who was speaking suddenly stopped talking.

Because at this moment he noticed that the car had driven into a dark and remote alley without his knowledge.

It was pitch black all around, with no one passing by. It looked desolate and dead, with only a little light coming from the lights in the distance. But instead of giving people a sense of security, it made them feel an inexplicable fear.

The car had stopped at some point without anyone noticing.

It was dark inside, and only the faint light from the dashboard allowed for clear vision, but it was also blurry.

The young man named Xiao Wu just sat motionless in the driver's seat. No matter how much the old detective called him, he didn't respond.

He just sat there in the darkness, straight and stiff, his face staring blankly ahead. He was shrouded in darkness, making it impossible to see his expression.

What, what’s going on…

The atmosphere suddenly became strange and creepy, and there seemed to be a chill in the air.

Even the experienced detective who had been through many battles and experienced countless incidents had his heart pounding at this moment, and any words that reached his throat could not be uttered.

The car fell into silence, and even the sound of breathing seemed to become particularly harsh.

Snapped!
The phone screen lit up at this moment, and some light shone forward.

Under the bright light of the screen, the old detective saw the neck of the person in the driver's seat. There was not a trace of blood on it, but it was pale instead.

He was very familiar with this kind of paleness and had seen it many times. It was the color of the bodies of those who had died in the freezer and were taken out. It was pale and bloodless, like flesh and blood that had been frozen for a long time. This was the color of death.

But why would a living person driving a car look like a corpse...

pale?

"you……"

The old detective gritted his teeth, mustered up his courage, and reached out to touch his shoulder, but before he could do so, a series of extremely dull sounds rang out in the silent car.

click-

click-

This is... the sound of cervical vertebrae breaking.

The person sitting in front of him actually turned his head a little bit at this moment, from front to back, a full 180 degrees twist, revealing a very pale face that looked as if it had been dead for a long time.

The moment he saw that face, the old detective froze in place, his pupils suddenly shrank, as if fear had taken root deeply in his mind and spread to the depths of his soul.

It is passed down from blood, and it is the fear that humans have when facing unknown things.

Because at this moment, in front of his eyes, the extremely pale face that turned around, like a dead person, had no face, no facial features, no skin or flesh...

But as time passed, it continued to distort, and finally turned into a face that was particularly familiar to the old detective.

That face was none other than...himself.

(End of this chapter)