Zhou Lin

The man in front of me asked me questions in a cold tone. Judging from his expression, he was undoubtedly used to similar processes.

Although I could easily end this farce, premature surrender and excessive resistance may create doubts or attract attention.

Even if the other party may not notice anything, I don't want to create additional risks.

so……

"What the hell..." I replied with a curse word at that time.

As soon as he started talking, this guy turned on the "therapy device" again.

The next second, an electric current passed through my body. The severe pain that directly acted on the nerves and the brief cardiac paralysis lifted my spirits.

If torture is an art, then I am the Van Gogh of this field, and the institution I am currently in... They are probably at the level of an open art course in a third-rate community college.

Of course, although they do not know how to accurately control the physiological response of electric shock by adjusting the intensity, wave type, phase, frequency and other parameters of alternating current, they at least know how to inflict electricity on people without causing serious trauma. Continuous pain. For a "treatment facility," this level of knowledge seems to be enough.

Oh, by the way, I haven’t introduced myself yet. My last name is “Zi” and my last name is “Lin”.

Right now, I am receiving "treatment" in a very famous "Juvenile Behavioral Correction Center". Today is my first day in the hospital.

At this stage, the process of getting into this organization is extremely smooth. They have no doubt that the two guys who have nothing to do with me are not my real parents. Their attitude towards the review of various documents is similar to that of a teacher. Summer homework... In addition to being extra serious when explaining the fees and counting money, their laxity in accepting "patients" is staggering; compared to my previous experience of applying to enter a mental hospital, getting here is as easy as following an express hotel.

However, the real difficulty is yet to come.

It is easy to lurk in a mental hospital, because at least 95% of the people there are really sick. As long as you pass the threshold and successfully sneak in, you can boldly do all kinds of suspicious things, and you will be discovered anyway. You can also pretend to be crazy and fool around.

But here, there are basically normal people. If you want to lurk among them without being noticed, you must appear "mediocre".

Mediocrity is a great quality.

Its significance to the entire human world is extraordinary.

Without it, our current social system will collapse immediately; without it, our civilization will not be able to continue from the beginning.

The human race needs mediocrity as much as it needs air and water.

From ancient times to the present, the operation and maintenance of human society has relied on those mediocre people everywhere; they are mediocre and dependent, but they are also pretentious and conscious of being different.

It is precisely because the main body of mankind is such a group of people that the Fifth Kingdom can be inherited, developed, and prosperous.

And what is the meaning of their existence for the very few extraordinary people who have high standards and stand up for their actions?

Of course...it's to trigger "change".

Change is an illusion. In essence, it is just part of a certain reincarnation.

The end point of change is still mediocrity, and the "reformed" world will eventually be returned to the hands of the mediocre. Then, for a long period of time, they will think that the world has changed, become different, and become better... Even if there are still some bad things, they are just the pain caused by change, sooner or later will be resolved.

But actually, no.

Nothing has changed, the reincarnation continues.

Still, change is necessary; it's like a shot of "muscle relaxant," a pleasurable dose of self-indulgence that can give the world a little relief from the accumulated pain and stress. A bit of a release.

I am a changer, and at the same time, I am also a successor.

If I learned anything from "that person", it might be the state of life in which "you can calmly say that your career is like helping the world."

In short, for me... being mediocre is very difficult.

Of course, it's also very interesting.

If philosophy can also summarize "theorems" like mathematics, one of them will definitely be - the more difficult things are, the more interesting they are.

Overcoming difficulties can give people a sense of accomplishment and superiority, and this feeling of satisfaction is directly proportional to the degree of difficulty; but people still don't like to deal with difficulties, because the process of overcoming difficulties is always accompanied by the risk of failure, and failure The result means... you put in the time and effort, but in the end you only get a deep sense of frustration and a mess to clean up.

I also don’t like to fail, so I have to seriously transform myself into a different person.

A normal person.

"Punishment or treatment?"

Another round of electric shocks ended, and the man asked me the same question again with a serious face.

I wanted to laugh, but I held it back. Not only did I stop laughing, I even cried.

Fortunately...you can squeeze out tears even if you suppress laughter.

After a few seconds, I adjusted my expression and yelled with full emotion, full of post-modernism and full of accusation: "Treatment! Ah-hahahaha..."

My tears eventually came out, and my uncontrollable laughter was brought out by my crying voice.

Alas, being an ordinary person is really tiring.