I am immortal with scientific thinking

Taoists call the collection of a living being's memories, thoughts, ideas, and other things that cannot be clearly expressed in words soul, Buddhists call it consciousness, gods call it spirit, and scientists call it wisdom.

But it is undeniable that in Lin Chen’s previous life, from ancient times to the present, whether humans have souls has always been an uncertain question.

After all, in the physical universe of previous lives, there are three major criteria for judging whether a theory is mature and scientific.

They are: whether the results of the original theory can be reproduced; whether results that contradict the original theory can be explained; and whether new, testable predictions can be made.

Since the soul cannot be verified and it is impossible to predict how to verify it, "the soul exists" is not a scientific theory or a scientific hypothesis, but a personal hypothesis.

So no one ever knew whether it existed.

But in the chaotic universe of this life, Lin Chen can say with certainty that the soul, that is, the three souls and seven spirits mentioned by Taoists, the immortal primordial spirit, the true spirit of the life... exists in the true sense!
At least in this seemingly similar real space and time, its existence is determined not only by matter but also by the soul!
And this soul comes from the top of this world of light and darkness, the core of the endless light, and the Soul-Returning Tree, which is the foundation of heaven and earth!
The billions of pollens that the Soul-Returning Tree scatters into the world constitute the soul of every living being in real time and space.

The cognition, ideas, and thinking of the souls of billions of living beings in this real space and time, combined with the material laws of the world, constitute physical laws similar to Lin Chen's.

In this real time and space, the so-called true immortals, gods, demons and all other extraordinary existences are fantasies of the creatures in real time and space, and should never be possible to realize.

However, as they sank to the lowest level of the world of light and darkness, the souls of the immortal cultivators that had been trapped in the world for millions of years returned from death. Their real souls and insoluble obsessions shook the laws of real time and space, leading to the birth of one supernatural event after another.

This is also the origin of the so-called disaster, [Idealism Invasion].

"So the opportunity to transcend this world probably lies in this consciousness, or the so-called soul..."

This thought flashed through Lin Chen’s mind.

And in front of him, accompanied by rumbling sounds, multiple access control systems were activated one after another.

Biometrics, password cards, pupil tests...

Explosion-proof walls, bullet-proof glass, real-time monitoring systems...

After passing team after team of robot security personnel, Lin Chen and Fang Zhengyang finally arrived at the supernatural storage room located at the bottom of the Supernatural Research Institute.

This place uses a negative pressure environment to ensure that air can only enter but not exit. Each system is completely sealed, making it an airtight structure. There are also double-door airlocks to prevent people entering and leaving from being directly exposed to unknown experimental subjects. People entering are also specially equipped with positive pressure protective clothing... It seems that all means to prevent unknown life forms from escaping have been arranged to the extreme.

In addition, a double lock system and an automatic destruction mechanism are used, so this place can be physically destroyed at any time.

But even with all the means, this place can only store supernatural objects below level B. Those special supernatural objects and objects of level B and above have been transported to the headquarters in Yunjing for sealed storage to avoid the risk of leakage.

However, the transportation process is very difficult. Not only does it require super-large transport aircraft, exoskeleton armored tactical teams, and organized aircraft squadrons for escort, but special routes must also be planned to ensure that they bypass every densely populated area to avoid accidents that could lead to major casualties or the outbreak of secondary incidents.

Therefore, some supernatural objects cannot be transported back to the headquarters immediately.

Not to mention that as the invasion of idealism becomes more and more fierce, in order to be able to transform into technology as quickly as possible, some supernatural things are simply left in the local area for specialized scientists to study.

After the pseudo-human incident was resolved, the remains of the real person were sealed in the basement of the branch of the Supernatural Research Institute.

"Female tree..."

After entering the last level of the sealed laboratory, Lin Chen saw a... curled up corpse in the safety container.

The corpse seemed to be burnt, with a charred black surface. It was curled up into a ball and lay motionless in the sealed container, as if it had been dead for a long time.

The entire safety container adopted the most advanced protection measures, both internally and externally, and the corpse was also frozen using sub-zero technology to completely eliminate the possibility of it waking up.

This demon, who had been in the world of immortal cultivation for nearly millions of years, died here so quietly unexpectedly. It was truly like a phoenix with feathers fallen is no better than a chicken.

If the opponent was in his prime, and if this real time and space was not based on the laws of his previous life, it would be impossible for him to die like this. It can only be said that it was fate that played tricks on him.

After all, a Tyrannosaurus Rex would be drowned if it went into the sea, let alone live on another planet. This monster changed its world when it was at its weakest, and encountered a real time and space that was completely different from this chaotic universe. It encountered all kinds of worst coincidences. It can only be said that its luck has run out and its life is taken by God.

"At the last moment of this supernatural incident, it was Su Mu who drove the exoskeleton armor and perished together with the pseudo-human mother body, which completely resolved the matter." At this moment, Fang Zhengyang said, "And the remains of this monster mother body were also collected by us and sealed in this laboratory."

"Are there any preliminary test results on this corpse?" Lin Chen walked forward, reached out and touched the glass of the safety container, looked at the corpse inside, and asked.

"We have arranged for someone to conduct a preliminary test on it." Fang Zhengyang said, and then handed over a document, "This is the result of the preliminary test."

Lin Chen took the information, opened it and his expression changed.

Although the female tree had been burned beyond recognition, based on the debris left at the scene, the staff of the branch of the Supernatural Research Institute were able to deduce and trace back its original model within just a few days.

Through various detection methods, it was found that the original trunk of the female tree showed a twisted linear structure of a spiral gene chain, and the surface was covered with a wrinkled cortex similar to the gray matter of the human brain.

There are tens of thousands of neuronal synapses in every part of the cortex, forming a bioelectric signal transmission network under the skin. The drooping branches are actually improved nerve bundles, and the brain-like organs hanging at the ends seem to be synchronized with the main brain tree through the neural sheath in a quantum entangled state.

Its cell structure is extremely complex, and even in some areas, structures similar to human neurons appear. Although these neurons have lost their activity, they still retain some strange fluctuations, causing each test result to show slight differences... "No..."

Lin Chen carefully read the research report, frowned slightly, and asked:
"These research findings can prove that this monster has the ability to control humans through brain waves. But what about its ability to create pseudo-humans? You know, it was because of the appearance of pseudo-humans that we discovered this supernatural incident."

"But why didn't I see any research report on how to create the monster called pseudo-human in the report?"

"Junior brother, this is the analysis report on the remains of this monster. The speculation about its birth and growth is in this report." Fang Zhengyang spoke quickly and handed over another report.

Lin Chen took it and looked through it carefully, then raised his eyebrows:
"They analyzed that the structure of this monster is similar to that of a woman's ovaries and uterus, and that it can breed mammalian embryos and give birth to pseudo-human monsters."

"But when the gestation reaches a certain stage, or in other words, when the number of pseudo-humans reaches a certain critical point, the monster will undergo a secondary evolution, from the original birth mother to the controlling subject. And the birth of pseudo-humans is bred by other female mammals?"

"And this can be proven by the fact that there is a uterus that is constantly degenerating on the remains of this monster's corpse, as well as the pseudo-human that was dissected from the body of a female pig on the spot..."

"Second evolution?" Lin Chen closed the report and looked at the wreckage in front of him with an interested look on his face. "Can we open this safety container and observe it firsthand?"

"No, although we have confirmed that the monster's corpse is not alive, supernatural events themselves are against common sense and cannot be handled casually." Fang Zhengyang said hurriedly, "If you want to restart the research on this monster, you must apply for the use of a BSL-4 laboratory. Otherwise, this safety container cannot be opened under any circumstances!"

Huh? So strict?

Lin Chen couldn't help but be a little surprised after hearing this.

But on second thought, he understood that he had his own way to confirm that the female tree could die, but those researchers did not have this ability.

Even if the other party has become a corpse from a biological point of view, in the face of supernatural events that go against common sense, even a civilized academician would not dare to make a conclusion as to whether the other party is dead or not.

Therefore, no matter whether the other party is dead or alive, they must be treated as the most dangerous items, and each one can only be experimented on in a modified BSL-4 laboratory.

"That means that if we want to conduct research, we must use a laboratory of this level to ensure safety..."

Lin Chen stroked his chin, thinking. He knew very well that the conclusions drawn when faced with such dangerous items were usually drawn with the loss of human lives as the price of blood.

"In that case, how do scientists, led by academicians, usually study these supernatural things?" Lin Chen asked after thinking for a while.

"In the scientific community, there are usually three ways to study and utilize this kind of supernatural things."

Fang Zhengyang introduced it at this moment. After all, he is also an old man who has entered the industry first.
"That is, the mechanism of action, the pattern or method of killing, and the characteristics of the mechanism itself."

"Mechanism of action, pattern or method of killing, and characteristics of the substance?" Lin Chen understood it after just a quick listen.

"The so-called mechanism of action is to observe how these supernatural events affect reality, and then use this ability to reverse or derive corresponding technologies." Lin Chen looked at Fang Zhengyang on the side, "For example, the [Taisui Disaster] is caused by the infection and parasitism of mutant fungi, so that this supernatural thing can act on reality. Using this alien fungus, we can create [Artificial Taisui], and then improve the cloning technology?"

"That's right. After so many years of observation, the larger the impact range and the wider the impact of supernatural events, the closer they are to the laws of our universe." Fang Zhengyang nodded, confirming Lin Chen's speculation, "Whether they are through fungal infection, genetic mutation, carbon atom displacement, invisible electric field, etc., they essentially follow the physical laws of our world."

"If we can figure out its mechanism of action, we can use this method, using these supernatural objects as materials and human theoretical foundations as a foundation, to create supernatural science fiction weapons and turn them into part of our human technology."

"As for the research on the killing patterns, this supernatural being has aspects that cannot be understood by our current human theories, so we can only observe and use its killing patterns to our advantage."

"For example, we once solved a C-level incident and obtained salted fish that can induce laziness in humans. Once someone comes into contact with it, they will lose all desire and the desire to move. They will only think about lying around all day long. Even basic physiological needs will disappear, and they will just lie in bed and starve to death."

"This kind of thing, which is almost a rule itself, has no way to be studied with our existing theories, so we can only analyze and summarize its killing patterns, then find its use points and integrate it into our technology to try to use it."

Having said this, Fang Zhengyang paused, cleared his throat, and continued:
"As for its own characteristics, we can infer them from our existing theories. However, due to the current level of technology, we are unable to fully understand its mechanism and manufacture it repeatedly. We can only use its own characteristics and make it a part of our technology."

"The most famous one is the exoskeleton armor. It contains energy technology, and even after three seasons, we humans still cannot overcome it."

"It was the outbreak of the evolutionary disaster that caused the electric eels in the deep ocean to undergo unpredictable mutations. Among them, there is a species of electric eels whose characteristics just meet the energy requirements of the exoskeleton armor."

"But how did the other party get this characteristic? It involves the deeper secrets of genes. Our human theory can speculate the possibility of this realization, but technology cannot completely figure out its existence and replicate it, so we can only use its own characteristics."

"So far, the energy configuration of all our human exoskeleton armor is through the directional cultivation of this alien electric eel, and then embedded in the exoskeleton, forming a kind of biotechnology for use..."

After some explanation, Lin Chen instantly understood how humans studied these supernatural events.

"So that's how it is. In other words, the key to studying these supernatural things is whether humans have a basic theory to infer their existence and how they work."

'If it can be inferred and is practical, then study it from the perspective of its mechanism of action; if there is no corresponding theory to infer its existence, then apply it by studying the law of killing; if there is a theory that can infer its existence, but it cannot be applied with existing technology, then study it through its own characteristics?'

"When I think about it this way, it's surprisingly rigorous and scientific..."

So, how should he study the remains of this female tree, and what should he do with it? (End of this chapter)