Dow and Carbon-Based Monkey Breeding Guidelines

Chapter 807

Because of the accident, Zhou Yu was speechless for a while.After a long time, because he felt that the other party didn't want him to say some comforting empty words, he still asked directly: "Why?"

"I'd love to have a reason too, sir, but I don't know. It's been on my mind since that day. Surveillance footage in the hallway shows that my sister walked out of her own volition. Go to the window, stand on a chair and wait, and when the moment comes, she jumps over the window by herself. She was waiting for me, no doubt. But why? Why at that moment? I think There is no reason to force her to end her life in this way."

"Is there no possibility of being coerced by others?"

"I had the same idea at first, however, after half a year of investigation, the answer is no. There is no motive, no timing, no suspects. My sister stays at home for many years and hardly sees outsiders. Her tutor and nanny There is enough evidence to prove her innocence. I can't think of any reason to coerce her to commit suicide. However, it is unreasonable to describe it as a deliberate suicide. The day before the incident, she was sorting out her mother's opera recordings, Only halfway done. From this, I had to have a third suspicion, that my sister suffered from some kind of mental illness. While she was waiting at the window for my return, the onset of this hidden disease prompted her to suddenly take suicide. Behavior."

"I don't know much about psychiatry. Are there any symptoms that match this behavior?"

Zhou Yu asked unconsciously while thinking.He found that following his questioning, a subtle expression appeared on Li Li's face, as if he had discovered something interesting.

"Psychiatry is a very broad discipline, involving genetics, psychology, neurology...some things are difficult to quantify with data, and it is difficult for us to understand the pathology of a certain mental illness until there are enough examples Mechanisms and manifestations. Even if it does, it can be very different when it manifests in different people. I spent a lot of time researching this, and at one point I thought about hiring your father to participate in this project—since you should have no impression of this, I need to tell you that he is a leading expert in brain science—however, he quickly said that he could not leave his homeland, so he declined my invitation, and I I have to let it go. In fact, I have also paid attention to your career intentions. This is a very interesting thing, Mr. Zhou Yu. Your father is an internationally renowned expert in brain medicine, and your main research direction is unexpectedly Cardiac surgery."

"You mean I used to be a doctor?"

"A medical student to be precise. According to my guess, you haven't finished your studies, but all the performances prove that you have not changed your ambition after we first met. I am very curious about this. Why is it the heart? This is you Or is it a negative choice based on your father's influence? But even you can't answer at the moment, so we have to put this question aside for now. Closer to home, when my research was bogged down, I accidentally got Ophelia Contacts with relatives. They, who are cousins ​​of Ophelia's father in terms of family relations, mailed me some belongings of Ophelia's parents, including a family photo. This photo led me to discover that my sister It is no coincidence that heredity is stubborn, and Ophelia's appearance is also completely inherited from the maternal line, without any trace of the paternal line. In addition, I also found some strange documents in the cracks of Ophelia's photo album. On it According to my trustee, its vocabulary and syllables are closest to Yiddish, but its grammar is very different. He maintains that it records some kind of ancient witch ritual, but unfortunately, because the language used dead, its details have been unable to decipher."

When she said this, she showed a self-deprecating smile.

"It is very frustrating to admit this, Mr. Zhou Yu. My biological mother is a Christian, but I have received strict science education since I was a child. My tutor told me that everything can be conquered by reason. However , It was just a photo and a piece of paper that finally forced me to transfer my thinking to the field of occultism. The difference in our DNA sequence is less than one-thousandth, which already makes us thousands of different, and this has not taken into account the acquired The differentiation caused by the environment. My sister, Ophelia, and Ophelia's mother have inherited all the facial features through three generations, and the probability of this matter is even smaller than the mass suicide of people in the delivery room."

Zhou Yu shook his head in disapproval and said, "Even people who have no blood relationship may look very similar by chance, not to mention that they are mothers and daughters. The inheritance of appearance tends to be maternal within three generations. This may be due to recessive dominance. The probability of the problem is not as small as you said."

"No, sir, twins aren't similar enough to describe them. I took my sister's facial bone data and compared her to Ofili's skull. To the computer, it was completely a person. To further confirm, I I also managed to get a model of Ofili's teeth to compare with my sister's remains, and the conclusion is that they are completely consistent. They are copied exactly like clones, without any interference from paternal inheritance. I tried to compare my sister with my father Their DNA, their genetic traits are highly consistent, she is undoubtedly my father's biological daughter - but it happens that none of them is reflected in the appearance. Even if the dominant factor should be biased towards my father in theory, it is only in my sister in the end Showing the characteristics of Ophelia."

Zhou Yu wanted to speak, but before that, Li Li interrupted him by raising his hand.

"We can discuss this matter later. I know that genetic traits are a complicated issue, and there are always small probability events. I have more evidence about my sister's special connection with Ophelia, but I don't need it right now. The point is that when I was in trouble again, someone successfully deciphered the document I found. This person pointed out to me that the method recorded in the text can lead the living to the capital of the dead. Specifically Said, you need to put on a blood-stained garment on the night of the full moon, wander at the crossroads at midnight, until a three-legged carriage passes, and follow it over the seven hills. When you reach the starless wilderness , Climb into the carriage in the dark, sleep until dawn, and enter the city where the dead live."

Li Li stood up suddenly and walked to the vase placed on the counter. There was a red flower in the round white porcelain vase.The color was brighter than the sheets of origami roses hanging on the wall, but Zhou Yu couldn't recognize the species of the flowers.

"I was skeptical at first, but I had no choice, and ended up taking the description this man provided. I got some animal blood on my clothes, and I came to the crossroads alone at night, and saw what he said was a carriage .I followed the car through seven hills and slopes—in particular, the city where I live is tens of kilometers from the edge of the nearest mountain—the road was really difficult, and I tried my best to ensure that I would not be left behind. As I passed the last hill, the wagon passed a sea of ​​bright red flowers, not roses or amaryllis, but a rare species I could not identify. Out of curiosity, I plucked a flower in haste, and climbed behind I got into the slow-moving carriage. The interior was very empty, enough for three or four people to lie down side by side. I even realized that the driver sitting on the pole was a man in a black robe, and because the paperwork warned me never to look directly at the parade I immediately closed my eyes and lay down in the car. It was a very difficult occasion to fall asleep, but I fell into a deep sleep in a few seconds. I dreamed that I was on an island and my sister was standing on the waves , yelling something at me. And when I tried to cross the waves to find her, she turned into a seal and disappeared in the waves."

She stretched out her hand, and gently picked up the vermilion flower, which looked like a rose as a whole, but with heart-shaped petals, from the bottle.The flower branches exposed outside the bottle are also similar to roses, with small and sharp flower thorns all over.Li Li held the flower branch with his fingers and carefully observed its opening state.

"When I woke up from my dream, I found that the carriage had disappeared. I was still holding the flowers I picked at night, and I was sitting in the subway train. This is how I entered the city with it."

(End of this chapter)