The seriousness of the reality made Lu Ming feel as if a thick cloud was hanging over the conference room at this moment.
Thinking of the thousands of families and thousands of innocent people who are destined to encounter various tragedies in the future, and even lose their lives in tragedy, they claim to be the last line of defense for human civilization against supernatural forces to protect It is a sacred mission for ordinary people not to be attacked by supernatural forces, but there is no way to do it. This situation makes Lu Ming full of frustration.
There is really no other way to think of, and no plan to do.
If even "enclosed in the base and under strict protection 24 hours a day" cannot prevent the misfortune from happening, what else can we do?
We can't lock all those families who have not suffered misfortune in the base for a lifetime, right?
Even if we overcome all difficulties and really get the cooperation of those families to realize this plan, Lu Ming suspects that even if we are really locked up in the base for a lifetime, this bad luck will show up in some unexpected way. .
This makes no sense whatsoever.
For a long time, Lu Qingliang sighed quietly: "Those who were cursed by Wang Quan and committed suicide inexplicably, even if they are still alive today, if they see those closest to them die one by one, they will probably have a mental breakdown and eventually commit suicide. the way."
I'm afraid that's the case.
It is actually not as difficult as imagined to break the spirit of an ordinary person. When a family encounters misfortune, the situation is miserable, and there is no hope for the future, then committing suicide is a very reasonable and logical choice.
He Wei also sighed.
Lu Ming originally felt heavy in his heart. But for some reason, Lu Qingliang's words suddenly made him realize something.
That feeling was fleeting and disappeared without a trace before Lu Ming could catch it. Lu Ming frowned and began to think hard, trying to get that feeling back.
"Even if the cursed dead survive to this day, due to the tragic circumstances, they may not be able to avoid committing suicide...live to this day, live to this day..."
Lu Ming pressed his hands on the table and stood up suddenly. Zhang Dingshan, He Wei, and Lu Qingliang, who participated in the meeting via video conference, all set their sights on Lu Ming.
Lu Ming looked extremely serious. Facing the gazes of the three people, Lu Ming maintained a serious expression. For a long time, he did not speak, but sat down again.
The three of them were a little confused, but none of them asked. But Lu Ming pulled out the notebook, retrieved those pieces of information, and started typing on the keyboard quickly.
After a long time, Lu Ming breathed a sigh of relief, turned the notebook over, and displayed it in front of the three of them.
"I discovered something, but I don't know if it's a coincidence or if it indicates a possibility."
Lu Ming said in a deep voice: "Take Zhang Lu as an example. Zhang Lu committed suicide more than ten years ago. After that, not long ago, Zhang Lu's family encountered bad luck and was in a miserable situation.
So, if arranged according to the timeline, the chronological order is like this.
More than ten years ago: Zhang Lu committed suicide.
More than ten years later: Zhang Lu's mother was defrauded, her house was stolen, she owed a large debt, and she was mentally unstable. Zhang Lu's father was addicted to alcohol. He was drunk all day long and kept beating and scolding Zhang Lu's mother.
And, judging from the relationship between Cheng Yu and Zhang Lu, if Zhang Lu had not had an accident, the two would most likely get married. But Cheng Yu... got addicted to drugs. "
Lu Ming's tone became increasingly serious: "Everyone knows what drug addiction means. After being addicted to drugs, a person can no longer be called a human being."
After becoming addicted to drugs, addicts may even kill their parents and steal their bank cards in order to raise drug funds. For the rest, forcing wives to sell their bodies, children and daughters can be done without any psychological burden.
They are worse than animals.
He Wei was a little confused: "Yes, what's wrong?"
Everyone knew the things Lu Ming listed very clearly. There seems to be nothing unusual about this except for the possibility of "curse spreading".
As for the possibility of the curse spreading, we have already speculated on it.
Lu Ming said slowly: "My idea is, could the true logic of the incident be like this..."
He turned the notebook around, operated it a few times, and showed it to several people again.
This time, what happened more than ten years later is brought to the fore. What happened more than ten years ago was put behind.
"Could it be that... what happened more than ten years later was the reason why Zhang Lu committed suicide more than ten years ago? At first, Zhang Lu's suicide seemed to be unprovoked, but the reason why she committed suicide until now, more than ten years later, is Appeared slowly?"
He Wei was stunned at first, and then a ridiculous feeling emerged in her heart.
How can the result of an event appear before the cause? The effect happens first and then the cause? How can this be?
But after thinking for a moment, she discovered that Lu Ming's speculation was at least logically sound.
Of course, it's only limited to logic.
Lu Ming continued: "Apart from Zhang Luyu, that..."
He worked quickly on his notebook for a moment and called up another tune: "Zeng Jian.
The security officer from the Blue Lake City Public Security Bureau was Zeng Jian. Some time ago, it was revealed that he had assaulted someone a few years ago. If he were still alive, he would definitely be fired, and he might even be imprisoned.
His father was not only paralyzed, but also mentally ill and had a bad temper. His house was affected by the demolition of load-bearing walls by his neighbors on the lower floor, making it a dilapidated house, and it was almost impossible to get compensation. He himself also has a genetic disease and is likely to develop it in the near future.
Putting all these factors together, assuming that Zeng Jian is still alive, would he choose to commit suicide now to seek relief? "
Zeng Jian, who loves his job as a security guard, must have become depressed after being fired.
My father's illness cannot get better and he can only endure torture all day long. The house was destroyed, many years of savings were destroyed, and the genetic disease developed, which could only be controlled without any hope of cure.
Under such circumstances, it takes enough courage to survive. Dying by suicide is a relief.
So... is it possible that these things were the real reasons for Zeng Jian's suicide?
"And now Family No. 546 and Family No. 559.
In Family No. 546, the deceased's mother was very controlling and was good at mentally suppressing family members, even forcing the deceased's father to death. I checked and found that in that rural area, traditional values are strong. As the only son of the deceased, if he is still alive, in this case, the two sisters of the deceased can choose to break away from their mother and sever their relationship, but... it is impossible for him to break away from his mother. "
In many rural areas, there is a concept of "water thrown out by a married daughter". Regardless of whether this concept is right or wrong, it exists in reality. The existence of this concept prevents daughters from receiving much support from their original families, but in fact it also makes daughters bear less responsibilities to their original families.
Not so with the son. Especially, the son of family No. 546 is the only son.
He is destined to take on family responsibilities. According to the traditional concept of filial piety, after his sister left the family and his father died, he could only be restricted to his mother.
A mother who is good at mental control will not restrain herself because of her daughter's breakup and her husband's suicide. In fact, such people don't even realize that they are wrong. They will only think that it is the world that is wrong.
In this case, her mental control over her son will inevitably intensify, causing him to suffer even more severe pain.
Then... it is reasonable for him to choose to commit suicide.
As for family No. 559. Investigation showed that the son of family No. 559 was an honest man. After raising two children for more than ten years and pouring all his efforts and energy into them, he suddenly discovered that the two children he regarded as treasures were actually the children of his wife's affair. If it's not his own son, then...
Honest people are not without temper. Honest people are just better at suppressing their temper. But once something big happens and this temper breaks out, the result will be devastating.
Lu Ming even thought that after suddenly learning the truth,
In the end, this honest man will almost certainly do something extreme. He will most likely kill his wife, his daughter and her husband, and then commit suicide.
In this way, his suicide is reasonable.
In fact, Lu Ming sorted out the cases where families had suffered misfortune and found that they could all be explained by this set of logic.
"Perhaps...the bad luck those families suffered was not actually the spread of the curse, but the "cause" that happened? Inversion of cause and effect? Effect happens before cause?
We think the curse will spread from the victim himself to his close ones. Is it because we got the order wrong? It is the tragic experience of their close ones that is the real reason for the victim's suicide?
This can also explain the reason why the curse did not spread to those victims who did not have close people... because the reasons that led to their suicide came from other aspects, not from close people at all.
It is "the close person's miserable situation" or "the close person exerts too much negative influence on himself" that leads to "the suicide of the cursed person", not the other way around. The curse spreads from the cursed person to his close person. On the person..."
Lu Ming murmured and told his guess.
"In this case, we can also modify the definition of Wang Quan's Curse. Could it be that the final effect of Wang Quan's Curse is not to make the cursed commit suicide inexplicably and for no reason, but rather? Let the future fate of the cursed person be revealed in advance?
No, that's not right. The bottom layer of the universe is random, and people's future destiny cannot be determined. Since fate cannot be determined, how can the future destiny be revealed in advance? This is wrong, wrong..."
Lu Ming fell into thinking.
Zhang Dingshan said silently: "Those trees, that house, and that hilltop that were destroyed by Wang Quan's curse had clear causes, and there was no inversion of cause and effect."
Those trees were broken due to some random accidents and died. The abandoned old house was destroyed by heavy rain. The top of the mountain collapsed due to internal water erosion.
No matter what the reason was, there was a reason, and it was not destroyed without reason.
This is not consistent with the logic proposed by Lu Ming.
He Wei said: "I noticed that those things that are inconsistent with Lu Ming's logic are all incapable of 'suicide'. However, those who had the ability to commit suicide, whether they were humans or pigs, all committed suicide for no reason. "
Zhang Dingshan nodded.
And indeed it is. Although few people know exactly what this means.
"Is it possible that it is because of "economic" factors? "
Lu Qingliang made a guess: "For people or animals with the ability to commit suicide, letting them commit suicide is the most economical way to make their "information" disappear, so they choose to commit suicide. And for those plants or objects that do not have the ability to commit suicide, the most economical way to make their "information" disappear is through some accidental factors? For example, the storm that destroyed the old house, or the water erosion that caused the mountain to collapse. "
Lu Ming slowly shook his head: "There is no way to be sure. At the same time, there is a high probability that my speculation cannot be verified as true or false."
After the initial excitement at the sudden idea, Lu Ming had slowly calmed down and realized the many unreasonable aspects of his speculation.
The authenticity cannot be verified. The second thing is that although I have my own speculation about "economics", it is undeniable that there is "no inversion of cause and effect" in plants and dead objects, which contradicts my own speculation.
Combining the two factors, Lu Ming felt that his speculation did not have much value. He was already planning to give up this speculation and continue to think about other possibilities.
At this moment, He Wei suddenly said: "Wait a minute, that's not right. In the process of the death, uh, "information" of those plants and dead objects disappearing, is there really no inversion of cause and effect? "
Lu Ming was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"I mean, that house, that hilltop, those trees
, the reason why their "information" disappeared really happened before the results? "
Lu Qingliang said in surprise: "Isn't it already confirmed at that time? The house collapsed due to the storm, and the hilltop collapsed due to water erosion. Among the several trees, the first tree seemed to have been blown by the wind? The second tree collapsed Are the trees made of thunder? I remember there are a few trees where chemicals were dumped..."
"That's not what I meant." He Wei shook her head: "What I meant was, were the houses, hills, and trees already "dead" before these reasons? Do these reasons also appear after they die? Is it also an "inversion of cause and effect"? "
Lu Ming was startled again.
He understood what He Wei meant.
There is indeed such a possibility... Our side did not delve into this issue at the time.
After all, everything was so reasonable and reasonable, and I really didn’t see the need to dig deeper at the time. So, are there some details that have been overlooked by our side? Is it true, as He Wei said, that even in plants and dead objects, there is actually a phenomenon where the effect precedes the cause?
Lu Qingliang was excited for a moment, but also depressed for a moment.
"It's too late. Those plants and houses have long since disappeared, and there's no way to investigate anymore."
He Wei looked at Lu Qingliang like an idiot. Zhang Dingshan said solemnly: "Wang Quan is still in our hands. Just do another test."
Lu Qingliang was ashamed. He Wei said: "It just so happens that we can test it to see if it is really the inversion of cause and effect."
Lu Ming thought for a while and nodded.
The environment of plants and dead objects is relatively "simple". Things that cannot be confirmed from humans and animals may be verified from them.
