Everyone took a deep breath. If what Situ Yuli said was true, it would be terrifying.

"How does the Internet... control those people?" Mei Yiqiu asked incredulously. Although it seems that this matter has nothing to do with him, every scientist is concerned about whether the Internet itself has such a big scientific subject as wisdom. If this is true, it will subvert the existing cognition and worldview of computers.

Situ Yuli said: "Almost all the people with the chip are crazy, like delusional schizophrenia, but there are many unexplainable common behaviors that can be distinguished from other patients with similar psychosis. Finally, the laboratory passed a large number of data comparisons. Analyzing with the signal source concluded that they are controlled by the Internet, which is equivalent to injecting a second consciousness, so their behavior is very similar to schizophrenia."

"Second consciousness?" This is something that both Aoki and Mei Jiqiu are interested in.

"Yes." Situ Yuli said, "Although it is impossible to prove its existence, all the people involved in the project at that time were very sure of this conclusion."

"How many experimenters are there?"

"A total of about 3,000 people in the world have been secretly planting chips. When I participated in this project, the chips had already developed to the fourth generation."

"The project is still in progress?"

"No, I said that the project has stopped because of inhumanity."

"I'm afraid it's not just because of inhumane reasons!" Mei Yiqiu said, looking at Situ Yuli.

Situ Yuli was silent for a while, and said, "The professor's eyes are like torches, and he can't hide from you. At first, it was because so many experimenters became lunatics. Some people proposed to terminate the experiment out of humanitarianism before finding a better method. The laboratory did not expand the scope of the experiment, but the data monitoring of the experimenters who had been equipped with the chip did not stop, and the chip was not recovered. Until five years ago, the 9th laboratory was suddenly attacked..."

"Attack? Whose attack?"

"I don't know." Situ Yuli let out a long sigh. "At that time, almost all the projects in Laboratory 9 had problems. Many staff members died inexplicably, and the laboratory was once paralyzed. I left at that time. Yes, my husband saved me."

"What happened then? What happened to the people and projects in the laboratory?" Mei Ziqing couldn't help asking.

Situ Yuli shook his head: "I don't know. Lab 9 was originally isolated from the outside world. After I left, I never heard from there. I don't know if there is Lab 9 in LBNL, but I One thing is certain-that project has stopped."

"How did you know?"

"Because when the laboratory was attacked, all the personnel of the project team I was in were dead, and the equipment was severely damaged. I only snatched out a little information." Situ Yuli pointed and handed it to Mei. The U disk that I asked for, "One more thing. Although the list of people with chips has been destroyed along with the equipment in the laboratory, I still remember some. Over the years, I have tried to track down the information of these people. , Found that they are also dead."

"All dead?"

"Yes, they are all dead! Most are suicides, and a few are accidental deaths. Of course, my sample is small, less than one-thirtieth of the total number, but since there is no survivor, I have reason to believe , All experimenters are dead."..

"Who would do this? Could it be... the Internet!" Mei Ziqing shuddered when she thought of this question.

Mei Yiqiu lit a pot of cigarettes, took a few puffs, and then rubbed the USB flash drive with his thumbs, while smoking cigarettes while muttering to herself: "The Internet... AI...Second Consciousness... Consciousness Invasion..."

While thinking, he suddenly turned his head and looked at Situ Yuli and said, "This experimental data is indeed very precious! However, it seems to have nothing to do with the virus mentioned in our email?"

Situ Yuli smiled and said: "You are the real discoverer of the gray brain virus. I have no more information to give you, but I can remind you that the origin of the gray brain virus is probably Toxoplasma gondii."

"Toxoplasma?" Mei Yiqiu felt a little weird.

Aoki touched his head and said, "What is toxoplasma?"

Mei Ziqing explained: "It is a parasite called protozoa with the smallest body and simple structure. It was discovered in 908 by the French scholar Nicole in the liver and spleen mononuclear cells of the North African comb-toed mouse. Toxoplasma gondii, hence the name Toxoplasma gondii. It parasitizes the nucleated cells of humans and many kinds of animals, causing toxoplasmosis, destroying the brain, heart, and fundus of the eyes, resulting in a decline in human immunity, especially when the host's immune function is low It is an opportunistic pathogen. More than half of humans in the world are infected with this parasite. In some countries, the infection rate is as high as 90%. However, humans are only their intermediate hosts. Cats and other cats are toxoplasma The ultimate host of the worm."

Aoki nodded and said, "Oh, it's something similar to roundworms."

"Um..." Mei Ziqing didn't understand why this person who can discuss quantum mechanics, high-dimensional space and non-material level theories with the professor, understands parasites as simple as a primary school student, "Poor...it's almost the same, it is compared with roundworms." bigger."

Aoki said: "Then what does it have to do with the virus?"

Situ Yuli said: "Parasites can sometimes control the behavior of the host. So far, scientists have discovered thousands of such parasites. For example, after the iron nematode infects the praying mantis, it will first grow in its body and gradually control it. Behavior. When the iron nematode grows into an adult, it will control the praying mantis so that it produces a strong attack on the water. Eventually the praying mantis will jump into the water and drown, while the iron nematode enters its own breeding paradise."

"The American biologist Kevin Lafferty proposed that Toxoplasma gondii can change human feelings and personality, and it may change human culture in a huge range. Dr. Gary Wink pointed out that Toxoplasma gondii can make the brain a lot Secreting the neurotransmitter dopamine, men become suspicious and stubborn after infection, and their aggressiveness increases; women are more likely to have suicidal tendencies after infection."

Mei Ziqing retorted: "These theories are not accepted by mainstream academic circles. They can only be said to be speculation. There is no evidence to prove it!"

"I've heard all these theories, and Ziqing is right. They are all speculations. Except for third-rate magazines and Internet editors who make irresponsible quotations for sensationalism ~lightnovelpub.net~ there will be no responsible science. Workers said these things casually." Mei Yiqiu looked at Situ Yuli and seemed a little disappointed.

Situ Yuli smiled slightly and said: "Regardless of body size, strength, neural response speed, and brain IQ, cats are the most perfect species on this earth. If there is no such thing as a human being as a BUG in IQ, maybe they are already. The ruler of this planet is now. From the perspective of domestication, cats are not suitable for pets, but humans’ preference for cats is getting heavier and heavier."

"You want to say that Toxoplasma gondii affects humans, so we like to keep cats so that it can find the ultimate host more easily?"

Mei Ziqing thought it was ridiculous, but Aoki thought it sounded reasonable, and Mei Yiqiu was lost in thought with his pipe in his mouth.

Situ Yuli looked at them and smiled: "Maybe it's a bit absurd, unlike a rigorous scientific researcher, but isn't science the truth often found in absurdity?"

"The ultimate host of Toxoplasma gondii is cats, and human society is the least suitable place for cats to survive. Toxoplasma chooses humans as intermediate hosts, which does not conform to the law of natural selection. So this parasite must be in the process of evolution. What’s wrong with it, and they’re currently correcting this error.”

"My husband and I have a guess that the parasitic objects when the parasitic consciousness first came to the earth were not humans, but cats, because from a biological point of view, cats are the perfect model of evolution. They discovered the existence of the human bug..."