The Three-Body Problem: The Most Competent Wallfacer of All Time

Chapter 97 Atavism
Jiang Yu asked the question he had wanted to ask for a long time: "Can you see Sophon?"

36 smiled and said, "I'm not a superhero, and I don't have superpowers. How can I see things in other dimensions?"

He learned about Sophon from Shiliu.

36 paused and then said: "I did research on this issue last year, and I can feel the existence of sophons, thanks to the phenomenon of human atavism."

Jiang Yu only had a half-knowledge about the phenomenon of atavism. He joked in his heart: You look quite atavistic when you grow up.

36 continued to explain: "Do you remember that a few years ago, a three-year-old child saw the news that his relative had cancer with his naked eyes?"

Jiang Yu thought for a while: "It seems that there is such a thing."

At that time, he took this news as an anecdote and talked about it with his roommate, so he still had a little impression.

It was said that a three-year-old child pointed to a relative's chest and said that there seemed to be a problem there. It happened that the relative's lungs were not feeling well, so he went to the hospital for a check-up and found out that he had lung cancer.

Fortunately, it was discovered in time and rescued.

36 smiled and said: "Some people say that the child is Bian Que alive, but it is not. I have studied many cases in the past two years, and it is almost certain that the child will more or less have atavistic phenomena when he was a baby."

Jiang Yu really wanted to ask why he wanted to do this kind of research, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it, probably because of his atavistic appearance, which made him feel a little inferior.

"The process from a fertilized egg to a human is almost in the female womb, and the evolution from a single-celled organism to a human has been completed." 36 said:
"When everyone is born, they all have some instincts that humans only had in primitive times.

"At a time when humans were often in danger in the wild, natural selection allowed humans with heightened senses to survive.

"It includes the premonition of danger. Some people who have participated in wars still have this ability. As long as they step into a dangerous area, they will feel uneasy for no reason."

Jiang Yu nodded, he had a similar feeling before.

36 continued to explain: "This ability can be called the sixth sense, and it has now been confirmed that when people are in different emotions, they will send out different bands of brain waves.

"For example, if there is an ambush to ambush the enemy, or if there is a murderous intention, you can't see it with your eyes, but you can feel the signal of danger around you just stepping into the ambush circle.

"Although it has not been confirmed yet, I guess that people who stepped into the ambush circle should have felt the brain waves of different bands of the ambush.

"Or people on the battlefield, because they are hovering on the edge of life and death, their five senses are sharper than usual, and they have caught some clues that they would not notice at ordinary times, and the brain will immediately think that there is danger after analysis.

"This is some survival instinct carried in our genes. In modern society, only those who have experienced the test of life and death can awaken them."

36 paused and then said: "In the infant stage, human beings can see some things that adults cannot see. This is also evidence... Oh, I am not talking about ghosts, but, for example, infrared rays.

"Let's go back to the 'Bian Que is alive' child, now it has been proved that the temperature of cancer cells is higher than that of normal cells due to the characteristics of rapid division.

"In the observation of adults using visible light, the difference between the temperature of cancer cells and normal cells cannot be distinguished, but under the irradiation of infrared rays, the difference between the two can be found.

"It was the child who, using his ability to capture infrared rays, discovered abnormalities in the diseased organs of his relatives.

"Of course, the infrared rays captured here can only detect changes in infrared rays to a certain extent. Children's vision is the same as that of normal people, but they can see more information than normal people.

"It's not like an infrared imager where everything has a temperature profile.

"This must be explained clearly. This is not a superpower, and the child is not a superhero, nor is Bian Que alive. It is just a phenomenon of atavism."

Jiang Yu nodded: "I understand, the more difficult the environment is, the more amazing potential the human body will explode.

"In that era of ruthlessness and blood drinking, the human body is much stronger and has relatively more functions than the human body living under the technological products.

"It's a need for survival."

36 smiled and said: "That's right, I have a lot of atavism in my body, and I can feel Sophon's gaze, but I can't see him.

"As I get older, because I have been exposed to technological products, some atavistic phenomena in me are gradually disappearing, and now I can hardly feel the existence of sophons."

Jiang Yu glanced at 36's high cheekbones without leaving a trace, thinking that the phenomenon of atavism was gradually disappearing and he didn't notice it.

He changed the subject: "The conditions here are too difficult, I'd better pick you up and go to China."

36 shook his head: "The environment here allows me to think quietly."

Jiang Yu was a little curious: "What are you thinking about?"

36 Picking up a stone on the side: "Do you think it has life?"

Jiang Yu replied earnestly: "At least it doesn't meet the human definition of life."

36 played with the stone in his hand: "Yes, 5000 years ago, people thought it was lifeless. But it may have existed for tens of thousands of years, 10 years."

Jiang Yu immediately understood the meaning of 36: "Human wisdom has never progressed since the 'Axial Age'.

"Every time after encountering a huge disaster, I hope to draw strength from the 'Axial Age' and continue to tinker with it."

However, it is different now. The emergence of Trisolarans forces human beings to make certain progress in their wisdom.

Otherwise, with the inherent cognition of human beings, there is no way to solve this crisis.

Just like the stone in Sixteen's hands, people think it is lifeless, but humans have never seen the process of this stone from its formation to its scattering here.

The conclusion that there is no life is just the result of its present observation, so everyone thinks that the stone has no life.

But what about before humans have the concept of life?Is the human being's concept of life correct?

Today's human beings need to jump out of the wisdom of ancient times and have a higher vision.

Jiang Yu also understood that 36 was trying to find a way for the progress of human wisdom.

36 got up and made a gesture of invitation to the mountain pass: "Please."

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "How about I introduce you to Shaolin Temple or Mount Wutai? Talking to you is more difficult than talking to a Zen master of Zen."

He then sighed again: "Hey, it's our fault that we are not as good as others! We are always under the watchful eyes of others, so we can only talk in this way."

36 just smiled, but didn't say anything.

Jiang Yu waved to him and drove away.

From the rearview mirror, Jiang Yu saw that 36 was thin and lonely under the night.

During this trip to Mongolia, although I chatted with 36 for more than ten minutes, Jiang Yu was not disappointed. There are still many people in this world who are looking for a way out for mankind.

Back in Beijing, I rested for half a day, and it was Monday.

Jiang Yu came to Director Ji's office early, and to his surprise, only Director Ji was in the office, and Chang Weisi was not seen.

Chief Ji smiled and said, "Are you here so early?"

While speaking, he turned on the recorder again, then pointed to the door of the office, motioning Jiang Yu to lock the door.

Jiang Yu was taken aback, isn't this a small meeting?Is it a conversation with yourself alone?

After locking the door, Jiang Yu sat opposite Chief Ji.

Director Ji said: "The Star Defense Department has decided to recommend you to implement the Wallfacer plan and become a Wallfacer."

　Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a recommendation ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)