Chapter 12 Speculation

The fact that the disaster was foreseen in advance and the people were evacuated in a very unconventional way is enough for the Public Safety Authority to define it as a supernatural event.

If the sinkhole had just appeared, it would not be a big deal, but someone predicted it, which makes people suspicious.

Anyone with predictive abilities will be defined as a target of supernatural events by the Public Affairs and Security Monitor, and this incident is no exception.

Unfortunately, after investigating, no clues were found, so it became an unsolved case.

But these were all things that happened twenty-six years ago. Chu Yu just asked a few questions and let it go without thinking too much about it.

It was Bai Yue who seemed to have opened up the conversation and turned the topic back to the matter of the corpse in the tunnel.

"I've been in this business for so many years, and I've seen a lot of perverts, but this is the first time I've encountered a pervert who specializes in removing the hypothalamus."

Chu Yu shrugged, "Yeah, that's the first time I heard of it, too."

"Do you have any special opinions?"

Chu Yu shook his head, "No, not to mention in China, I haven't heard of it even abroad."

"Oh, that's true." Bai Yue smiled. "It's probably useless to ask you. After all, you are a logistics person. What can you know?"

Chu Yu was not happy when he heard this. "Who told you that those who work in logistics don't know anything?"

"Isn't it?" Bai Yue smiled slightly, "From what you said, I still underestimated you. So tell me, what do you know?"

Chu Yu was silent for a long time, and then he said, "First of all, I think the murderer's goal should be the hypothalamus, or the dopamine secreted by the hypothalamus!"

"Everyone knows this, so say something useful."

Chu Yu smiled and said, "Then do you know the function of dopamine?"

Bai Yue shook her head.

Chu Yu explained, "Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, a chemical that helps cells transmit impulses."

"I hate dealing with civilian staff like you." Bai Yue rolled her eyes, "Speak human language!"

"To put it simply, this substance can transmit information such as excitement and happiness." Chu Yu explained, "If I eat something delicious or you catch a criminal, the hypothalamus will produce this neurochemical, and then make the brain feel happy, excited, happy and satisfied. Oh, yes, according to the latest research, dopamine can also affect a person's decision-making ability."

Bai Yue seemed to understand, "If you say so, without dopamine, no matter what I do, I won't feel happy even if I solve all the supernatural incidents in the world?"

Chu Yu nodded, "That's right."

Bai Yue continued, "In other words, even if I sit on the stool and do nothing, as long as my hypothalamus keeps secreting dopamine, I will always be happy?"

“That’s understandable.”

Bai Yue fell into deep thought, and it seemed that she was about to grasp some key information in her mind.

After a moment, Bai Yue asked in confusion, "If the murderer's purpose was to obtain the dopamine secreted by the hypothalamus, then everything would make sense. But even if the hypothalamus is extracted while the person is alive, after leaving the body, the hypothalamus should not continue to secrete dopamine, right?"

"of course."

"So what is the purpose of removing the hypothalamus?"

"I don't know." Chu Yu shook his head. "But we can come up with many assumptions, such as creating a circulation structure with human physiological characteristics. After installing the hypothalamus, it is not ruled out that it can stimulate the hypothalamus to continue to produce dopamine. At least in theory it is feasible."

Bai Yue was helpless, "You have a really wild imagination. This shouldn't be possible with the current level of science."

"Isn't it possible?" Chu Yu said with a hint of meaning, "Don't you know what we do?"

Bai Yue was slightly stunned.

Isn't it? All the supernatural incidents that I have dealt with over the years, not a single one can be explained by science.

"You mean, the murderer's goal is dopamine, using these hypothalamus to secrete more dopamine?"

Chu Yu said with a somewhat uncertain tone, "This is just my speculation. I can't guarantee whether it holds water or not."

"But Xiao Ming said before that the Dong'ou people had various emotions before they died. Many of them suffered different degrees of torture before they died. If that's the case, will dopamine still be secreted?"

"I don't know." Chu Yu shook his head, "Maybe he is doing some experiments."

At this moment, the waiter brought the ramen. The two people stopped talking. They ate the noodles while thinking about their own thoughts.

In fact, Chu Yu had made many speculations when he was at the scene before, and he did not reveal all his thoughts just now.

The reason why I can’t say it is because it is related to dreams.

Dreams represent the future, and the future evolves based on the past. Everything has a traceable path.

In the dream, that is, in the future, NH company owns a famous beverage factory, and the products produced by this beverage factory have the effect of making people feel happy, angry, calm, fearful and other different emotions.

The reason why it can have these effects is that the beverages produced by this beverage factory contain a kind of artificially synthesized dopamine.

Of course, in the future world, the boundaries between morality, ethics, good and evil have long been blurred. Even if people know that the beverages they drink contain a small amount of living dopamine, they are still happy to buy and drink them.

In the beverage factory's promotional advertisements, people of different ages are "stored" in glass containers with a metal tube connected to their skulls and inserted directly into the hypothalamus. The dopamine secreted by the body is extracted anytime and anywhere, and the dopamine is then decomposed and diluted. After a secondary synthesis, it is then incorporated into the beverage, allowing people who drink it to feel different emotions.

Chu Yu just did a search on his phone. Not to mention in China, there are no similar beverage factories even abroad. At least there is no beverage brand that can make people feel different emotions after drinking it, including Fat House Happy Water.

Of course, such a horrific thing is impossible to happen.

After finishing the noodles, the two returned to the car and drove all the way back to the Agricultural Supervision Bureau without much communication.

After returning to the branch, Bai Yue briefly pointed out the direction of the investigation.

One is to investigate in the direction of religious worship, and the other is to use missing foreign population as a starting point. Bai Yue did not mention the dopamine thing that Chu Yu mentioned to everyone.

However, this did not surprise Chu Yu too much. After all, all of this was just his speculation. Bai Yue was able to become the deputy governor, so she had her own way of doing things.

Lying in front of the computer, Chu Yu was lost in thought. In the afternoon, Sun Minhui came back.

It looked like this guy had just returned from the hospital for a check-up. As soon as he came in, the clerical staff in the office stood up and gave him warm applause, as if welcoming a triumphant hero.

This is an unwritten rule that as long as the members of the team who deal with supernatural events can come back alive, they will be treated like heroes, even if Lao Sun has a very bad reputation.

Old Sun, who was carrying a cardboard box, was embarrassed and his face turned red.

Chu Yu, Meng Yong and several strong men from the tactical support team all had smiles on their faces.

Even within the same department, the authority of each position is different.

Young civilian workers like Chu Yu have the lowest authority, so they cannot view the content of the on-site recorder.

Those with authority, including Meng Yong and the strong men from the tactical support team, would not say anything to them about what was going on.

So, everyone thought that it was Lao Sun who handled the Type A incident last night, but no one knew how he handled it.

Old Sun smiled awkwardly and opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say, and his face was as red as a monkey's butt.

Because the department has regulations that no first-hand information can be disclosed to civilian and technical staff without the permission of superiors.

With a gesture of his hand, Lao Sun asked everyone to continue working, and then walked straight to Chu Yu.

The desk was in the corner. Chu Yu crossed his legs and looked at Lao Sun with a smile as warm as spring breeze.

"Hello, Brother Sun, you've worked hard."

Old Sun cursed, then took a deep breath, hooked his fingers, and walked towards the bathroom.

Chu Yu stood up and followed closely.

A female clerk joked, "Brother Chu, Brother Sun has been discharged from the hospital, why don't you buy some fruit to show your appreciation?"

Chu Yu smiled and said, "I will buy it, of course. After all, Brother Sun saved my life last night, twice."

The female clerk's eyes lit up, "So Brother Sun is so capable. I thought he would think you were a drag when we were on the scene."

Walking in front, Old Sun wished he could stick his head into his crotch.

When he got to the bathroom, Lao Sun put the cardboard box on the sink.

"For you."

Chu Yu didn't understand what was going on, so he walked over and opened it, and found that it contained some apples, pears and other cheap items.

"They were all given to me by others. I couldn't bear to eat them, so I brought them back to you. That's fair."

"Forget it, just keep it for yourself." Chu Yu smiled, didn't take it seriously, and turned to leave.

If it was cherries, mangoes or something like that, he would keep it, but who would care about apples or pears?

"etc!"

Chu Yu turned his head, "What?"

Old Sun hesitated for a long time as if he was constipated, and finally put on a smile that was more embarrassing than crying.

"Well, um...thank you."

"You're welcome. After all, if you hang up, I'll have to come back and write a report."

After finishing speaking, Chu Yu shrugged and left the office.

Old Sun looked at Chu Yu's back for a long time, then smiled.