Chapter 10 Hypothalamus and Dopamine

Seeing Chu Yu speak, Bai Yue turned her head, "What's wrong?"

Chu Yu's eyes were still fixed on the corpse, and he said in an inexplicable tone, "This corpse was not made according to the ancient Egyptian mummy making method."

"how do you know?"

Chu Yu asked back, "Are you sure there is no heart in the body, only spices?"

"Of course I am sure. There is no internal organs inside. If you don't believe me, check it out yourself."

Chu Yu shook his head like a rattle, "Forget it, I believe you."

After a pause, Chu Yu continued, "The ancient Egyptians believed that the heart was the most important organ in the human body. The heart was not only a symbol of wisdom, but also an organ responsible for thinking and understanding, so it must remain inside the corpse."

Bai Yue's expression was half-doubtful, "Really?"

Chu Yu nodded, "In short, this is definitely not the way mummies are made. If you don't believe me, just ask a relevant expert and you'll know."

"I believe you." Bai Yue's eyes were thoughtful. "But if it's not for making mummies, why hide the body in this way?"

"I don't know." Chu Yu analyzed, "In addition to the lack of a heart, there are many other suspicious points. If it was a mummy, it would not have been preserved underground, and it would not have been made with such a rough and sloppy method."

After saying this, Chu Yu stood up. He felt that the sutured wounds on this corpse looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

After looking at it for a long time and still not being able to figure out what was going on, Chu Yu couldn't help but say, "Let's take the body back and have the forensic doctor examine it carefully. I can't see anything anyway."

"Forensic doctor, right?" Bai Yue shouted into the intercom, "Xiao Ming, Xiao Ming, where are you, you damn kid? Get over here."

As soon as Bai Yue finished shouting, a small figure ran over.

The little boy was very fair-skinned, with a pair of thick glasses on his nose, a lollipop in his mouth, and a look of reluctance on his face. He carried a huge schoolbag on his back, which was almost taller than others.

Bai Yue pointed at the corpse and said , "Don't wander around. Dissect the body and see if you can find anything."

Chu Yu was confused. He looked at Xiao Ming, who looked like a primary school student, and shouted, "Big sister, you are kidding, right? This... this is still a child. You want him to dissect a body?"

Bai Yue chuckled, "My Xiao Ming is a very good forensic doctor, don't underestimate him."

Xiao Ming rolled his eyes and looked at Chu Yu, "What's wrong with a child? Do you look down on children?"

Chu Yu laughed awkwardly, "Little boy, how old are you this year?"

"What does it have to do with you."

Chu Yu was amused. This was still a naughty child who had no manners at all.

"Little boy, how many points do you usually get in exams? What's your ranking in the class?"

In the past, whenever Chu Yu encountered a naughty kid, he would usually ask this question, and it always worked.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Ming rolled his eyes and asked instead, "Uncle, how much is your monthly salary? Do you have a girlfriend? Do you have a house? What kind of car do you drive? Do you have the financial ability to have a second child?"

Chu Yu, "..."

Xiao Ming curled his lips, "Also, I'm a section chief at the headquarters, so I'm your superior."

Bai Yue giggled and patted Xiao Ming on the back of his head, "Stop talking nonsense and get down to business."

Xiao Ming said "oh" and took out a bunch of tools from his schoolbag.

Chu Yu felt that he had lived in vain.

After spending so many years overseas to get a high level of education, I returned to China and worked hard for another year, but in the end, I am not as good as this naughty kid.

As Xiao Ming began to examine the body, Chu Yu's eyes widened.

Other children's school bags are filled with books, pencil cases and the like, but Xiao Ming has a cold organ knife, sharp bone and intestinal scissors, a craniotomy, latex gloves, and a bunch of tweezers and bone forceps of different sizes. He is extremely skilled at using these techniques, and it is clear that one would have to have worked on dozens of corpses before to acquire these skills.

Under Chu Yu's gaze, the little person squatted on the ground, and his two little hands began to work.

"Male, 174cm in length, normal growth, preliminarily determined to be well-nourished."

"There was purple-red flesh on the back of the neck, and the rest of the skin was pale, without any yellow stain."

"Body cavity, lacking major organs."

"Cut off the fat from the abdominal wall to a thickness of 2cm."

"It is not possible to determine the time of death."

After a day of hard work, Xiao Ming raised his head and said, "Done."

Bai Yue asked, "What was the cause of death?"

Xiao Ming pointed to the forehead of the corpse, "Death from living skull surgery."

"Live craniotomy?"

"Yes, according to preliminary inference, the deceased was conscious and did not receive any local anesthesia when an unscientific surgical operation was performed. In other words, his skull was opened very roughly, and the technique was extremely amateurish." Xiao Ming looked like a little adult. He touched his chin and pondered for a moment before continuing, "That is to say, the deceased died in extreme fear. Of course, after all, having his skull opened while conscious would terrify anyone."

"Craniotomy?" Bai Yue turned to look at Chu Yu. "Hey, is it necessary to perform a craniotomy when making a mummy?"

"No need." Chu Yu explained, "In the normal way, we just need to suck the brain out of the nose, which will not cause any surgical wounds. Most importantly, in ancient Egyptian mythology and legends, mummification is to bring the dead back to life, not to kill the living. Mummification after death and mummification by opening the skull while alive are completely different concepts. It's putting the cart before the horse."

Bai Yue nodded subconsciously and fell into deep thought again.

Chu Yu looked at Xiao Ming and asked, "Is the brain of the corpse still there?"

"It is there, but the hypothalamus has been removed."

"Hypothalamus?" Chu Yu touched the stubble on his chin. He always felt that an idea or inference seemed to flash in his mind, but now he had no clue at all. It seemed that he was only one key clue away from the truth.

Xiao Ming licked his lollipop twice, pulled Bai Yue's sleeve and asked, "Aunt, this seems to be the work of a perverted murderer. It should be handled by the police. It has nothing to do with us, right?"

"Not necessarily. I always feel that this is strange. Besides, this tunnel cannot be explained." Bai Yue snatched the lollipop from Xiao Ming's mouth. "No wonder you have cavities if you eat candy every day."

Xiao Ming curled his lips and said nothing.

Bai Yue thought for a moment and said, "How about this? You and Meng Yong go down together again. There are a lot of corpses down there. Take a general look and see if there is anything different about these corpses."

“How many are down there?”

"Thirty-one!"

Xiao Ming's face completely fell, "So many?"

"Stop talking nonsense and go quickly."

Not only Bai Yue was curious, Chu Yu was the same.

Like Bai Yue, Chu Yu also thought that this matter was not that simple. In addition, he also wanted to know why the sutured wounds on the corpse gave him a sense of déjà vu.

After waiting for about an hour, Xiao Ming and Meng Yong climbed up covered in dust.

"How is it, did you find anything?" Bai Yue asked while wiping the dust off Xiao Ming's face with a wet wipe.

Xiao Ming's face was gloomy. "Aunt, no matter if this is a Class A incident or not, we may have to take care of it!"

Bai Yue's expression changed slightly, "Why?"

"The thirty-one bodies at the bottom of the pit all died in the same way, but in a different way."

"What we understand is that they were all conscious when their skulls were opened without any local anesthesia."

"Also, the hypothalamus was removed from all the bodies. When the hypothalamus was removed, it can be seen from the cut surface that the murderer was very patient. However, when removing other organs from the body, it can be seen that the murderer was a little impatient. The cuts were not very complete, and the wound suture technique was very rough. It is preliminarily estimated that the person who opened the skull and the abdomen were not the same person."

"So I think the murderer's purpose was just to take out the hypothalamus, at least the most important purpose was the hypothalamus."

After taking a sip of Wahaha, Xiao Ming continued, "The difference is that these people showed different emotions, or states, before they died."

Bai Yue was confused, "What do you mean?"

"Let me put it this way. Some of the corpses had been brutally tortured before they died. This can be seen from the whip marks and bruises on their bodies. Other corpses had several tiny injection holes on their necks. They must have been injected with some kind of hallucinogenic drugs before they died. Their faces showed a dull smile. Most of the corpses had very calm expressions. A large amount of sedative residue was found in their mouthparts."

Bai Yue narrowed her eyes slightly, "You mean, before these people died, they showed different emotions, such as joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness?"

"Yes, and when this emotion reached its peak, the murderer opened my skull and removed my hypothalamus."

Chu Yu, who had been silent all this time, looked at the deep and dark tunnel with an inexplicable expression and slowly spoke.

"The dopamine in the human body is secreted by the hypothalamus, right?"