Chapter 3 third chapter
When Professor Zhu returned home, he found the orthopter parked on the family helipad, and his wife had already returned from Beijing.Entering the living room, I heard my wife and son discussing enthusiastically, and the topic of course was the super powerful Dugu Hero.Seeing his father coming back, Xiaogang immediately jumped up: "Dad!" He walked over and said excitedly, "My classmates all said that you and your mother are great, and I hope you will succeed in human beings soon. I am willing to be the first experimenter." By!"
The father patted his head, went to take his wife into his arms, and kissed her forehead.There was joy in Tong Ming's eyes, but he complained in a low voice: "You shouldn't tell the child."
Xiaogang's father apologized: "Blame me. But they happened to come here uninvited in the excitement of my success. I couldn't help it. I want my son to share my joy."
Tong Ming smiled: "Actually, when I heard your call in Beijing, I couldn't help telling a few of my best colleagues. Alright, let's have dinner."
The professor took out a delicate vial from his breast pocket: "Put Shenli No. 1 in the safe first. Keep it safe."
Tong Ming took the bottle.The bottle is not too big, only equivalent to a 250g wine bottle.Inside was a dark green solution, shimmering under the light.Tong Ming stared at it for a long time, and sighed softly: "20 years of hard work." She and her husband went to the bedroom, unscrewed the safe, put the bottle in, and locked it carefully.He raised his head, and saw Xiao Gang at the door, staring at it with rogue eyes.
"Dad, Mom, it's time to eat—what's that? Is it an elixir for orangutans?"
The two responded vaguely, and led their son to the restaurant.The housekeeping robot had already prepared a sumptuous meal. After the three of them sat down, Xiao Gang pestered his parents all the time: "Dad, Mom, let me be the first experimenter. I am your son , don't you give me some convenience?"
The couple shook their heads and smiled at each other.Xiaogang’s dad said, “Didn’t I say that? It will take 50 years for this technology to be applied to humans.”
Xiao Gang shook his head vigorously: "No, this can't be the truth, you can't lie to me anymore. I know that the difference between human beings and animals is in the spiritual realm, and there is no clear boundary at all in terms of body structure. Especially chimpanzees , it has the closest blood relationship with humans. On the 4 billion-year biological evolution tree, it diverged from human ancestors only 6 million years ago. Chimpanzees and humans have 98% of the same genes. So I don't believe it at all , Drugs that are effective on the nervous system of chimpanzees cannot be used on humans! Dad, the 50 years you said must be alarmist, and you want to get rid of our entanglement, right? "
He squinted at his father cunningly, and found some embarrassment in his father's expression, and immediately shouted triumphantly: "I'm right, Dad, just admit it honestly."
Professor Zhu secretly admired his son's analysis—basically in line with the truth.He looked at his wife with a smile, and Tong Ming came over to help her husband: "How alarmist. There is still a big difference between humans and orangutans. At least, the brains of humans are twice as large as those of chimpanzees. Also, the use of medicines for the human body Experiments require many legal obstacles. The 50 years your father mentioned may not be certain, but there is always a time limit of 10 to 20 years."
However, today Xiaogang has become particularly eloquent.He eloquently said: "What is law? Law is only the recognition of the existing social order. If all human beings become light-speed people, can the old social order not be changed? Can the law not be changed? If so, why do you insist on bound by the old law."
The husband and wife looked at each other meaningfully—the children could not be underestimated, they grew up in a blink of an eye.But in the end they still issued a gag order: "Xiao Gang, let's discuss this issue later. We have worked hard for this success for 20 years and want to relax tonight."
Xiao Gang said with a smile: "Okay, go to the concert hall to listen to music after dinner, I will play "Eroica Symphony" for you. But I hope you will not forget my request."
At 10 o'clock, my parents went to bed and rested.Xiaogang went to his parents' bedroom to say good night, and honestly asked his mother to kiss his forehead.Originally, he was not willing to do this after he was 8 years old, because "I am already a man", so his generosity today made my mother very happy.He sat by his mother's bed for a while, chatted with his mother about some school chores, and then returned to his room with a smile.
Parents didn't even realize that this cunning little guy secretly picked up their phone before leaving and pressed the intercom button.After returning to his room, he picked up his extension again.In this way, the two extensions constitute a simple bug.Of course, this method is not bright, but those who do big things can be informal.Xiaogang is 100% sure that his parents will definitely talk about the topic of "Neural Pathways at the Speed of Light" tonight.Xiaogang needs to know the inside story, and then strive to be the first experimenter.
He lay on the bed with his feet up, listening intently.
On the phone, I heard my father say: "Ming, I'm so excited," said Xixi Suosuo, "I'm afraid I'm going to lose sleep today."
"Me too."
"I can't even believe how lucky I am today, how many times I have failed!"
"It's called 'No Ji Tai Lai'."
Below is the sound of passionate kisses.Xiao Gang knew that this was not what he should listen to, so he honestly pushed the phone away.He waited until the sound of normal conversation came through the microphone before picking up the earphones.It was my mother's voice: "Xiao Gang is right. Children can often tell some truths. The existing laws can only maintain the old order. If you are too constrained by it, you will accomplish nothing."
Dad said: "Yes, I will not stop. I want to start human experiments immediately." He stopped and said: "Actually, I have already made plans for the next step. I brought Shenli No. 1 back, just thinking about tomorrow." started taking it.”
tomorrow!Xiao Gang felt his blood boil all of a sudden, and listened more attentively.Mom hurriedly objected: "No, let me take it first. For this research, you are more important than me."
Dad smiled and said, "On the contrary. What I am better than you is that I am good at setting the direction by intuition. When it comes to concretely opening the way, you are better than me."
"no I do not……"
"That's it. From the test results on orangutans, this Shenli No. 1 is very safe, and there is no problem at all when it is used on humans. Besides, in case...don't forget Xiaogang, he needs his mother even more. "
silence.The father smiled slightly: "Everything will go well. I am really reluctant to give up the honor of 'the world's first light-speed man' to you....Let's not talk about it, good times are short."
Below is the sound of Xixisuo, and the two people's happy panting.This is not what Xiao Gang should listen to, but Xiao Gang is obsessed with his own thoughts and does not listen to these voices.He raised his head and thought foolishly: Mom and Dad are so great, they are vying to do the first experiment on themselves, leaving the danger to themselves... But, they forgot about me, there is no doubt that in children Doing experiments is more likely to succeed, because children are highly malleable.
Immediately, he felt his blood rushing, and he turned over and sat up.Yes, that's the idea.By doing so, he can not only take the place of his parents, but also become the world's first person with the speed of light.The best of both worlds, why not do it?When he also reaches the state of Dugu Xingxing, and can also catch flying arrows and hit missiles with a stick, Martin, Bai Yi and Feifei may all stare their eyes out.At that time, I will become a superman, punish evil and promote good, and push the wheel of history forward.This is exactly the loyalty and filial piety mentioned in martial arts novels, "For the country and the people is the greatest chivalry".
Xiao Gang got out of bed immediately.Just do it, he is not the kind of nerd who just talks and doesn't make decisions.Moreover, there is no difficulty in carrying out this plan: Shenli 1 is at home, in the green bottle in the safe.As for the old-fashioned mechanical safe, it has long been defeated by Xiao Gang's men.
Five years ago, Xiaogang heard an anecdote about a famous scientist told by Grandpa Lin.When this person participated in the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory in the United States, he was too energetic. With his extraordinary intelligence and sensitive hearing, he would use a wire to poke open his colleague's safe and put a small gift inside.The security department discovered his prank and persuaded him many times before letting him wash his hands.This story aroused Xiaogang's competitiveness.He does not believe that he cannot do what others can do.
At that time, he also did what he said.Whenever he had a chance, he poked a thin steel wire into the lock of the safe, moved it lightly, and carefully listened to the structure of the lock with a stethoscope.Half a year later, he really poked open the safe in his home.Of course, he didn't move anything in the cabinet, he just put a flower in it, just like Chu Liuxiang.Later, when Dad opened the safe, he was taken aback when he saw the flowers, picked them up and smelled them, and then ignored them.He must have thought it was a little gift from his mother.Xiao Gang peeked at this scene at the time, held back his laughter, and did not "boast" to his father.
Now, Xiaogang has made up his mind. He first finds his "tool of crime" (a thin steel wire) in his bookcase drawer, gets a stethoscope from the medicine cabinet, and then sneaks into his parents' room.
Mom was lying in Dad's arms, and the two slept soundly.Xiao Gang sneaked over quietly and came to the secret room deep in the bedroom.He opened the door lock with a steel wire, pushed the door open gently, and closed the door carefully after entering.The following process went very smoothly. With the sound of the stethoscope, the safe door opened quickly.
The precious vial was in his hands.Xiao Gang closed the door, quietly slipped past his sleeping parents, and returned to his bedroom.He closed the door, drew the curtains, and admired it fascinated.The glass bottle is very delicate, exquisite and translucent, and the crystal wall of the bottle reveals a stream of emerald green.Shake it with your hands, the solution is slightly viscous, just like a kind of honey wine called "Toupingxiang" that Xiaogang likes to drink.The interior of the solution refracts mysterious shimmers that seem to be refracted from the depths of the universe, particles and genes.Divine Power No. 1.It does contain the power to change the world.
Xiaogang watched greedily, almost forgetting the passage of time.He thought, Sun Hou'er was not as excited as he was when he stole fine nectar and jade liquid, flat peaches, and the elixir of the Supreme Lord.Well, it's time to take it. At this time, Xiao just thought of a small problem: how to take it?How much do you take at one time?After all, this is medicine, not the nectar that the monkey grandson drank.It is also impossible for him to wake up his father: Dad, I stole Shenli No. 1, how can I take it?
However, this difficulty did not bother Xiaogang.According to the analysis of my father's words, this bottle of Shenli No. 1 is the dosage for an adult.I am a child, so take half of it.After thinking about it, he decided to be on the safe side and take a quarter of it first.
So he opened the bottle carefully, raised his neck and drank a quarter of it.Then go to bed and savor the feeling after taking it carefully.The entrance of Shenli No. 1 is smooth, with a slight aroma of wine, but there is no other feeling.He was a little puzzled, thinking about it, the medicinal liquid with such supernatural power must have a very strong effect, and the feeling after taking it must be as uncomfortable as that of Duan Yu (the protagonist in the film) after eating "Mangguzhu clam" by mistake.So his excitement was also tinged with apprehension.But ten minutes passed, fifteen minutes passed, and there was no movement in the body.It seems that its medicinal power is not as good as a cup of coffee or a cup of green tea. It must be too little.So he got up and drank another quarter.
After another ten minutes, there was still no movement.Xiao Gang was anxious - could it be that his father came back with a bottle of mead to lie to him?Mead should also have a bit of alcohol.He waited impatiently, simply got up, and finished the remaining half bottle of Gudu Gudu.
Ten minutes later, Xiao Gang was delighted to feel the strength of the medicine coming up—and it was very fierce when it came.Lightning bolts spread along the axons, dendrites, and cell bodies of his whole body, exploding, stirring, and expanding outwards with astonishing pressure.Soon, his chest, abdomen, head, limbs and even the two balls in his crotch were swollen, as if they were about to explode, and they were about to explode!The joy that had just surfaced turned into cold sweat in an instant.He lay on the bed panting violently, anxiously thinking about what to do.The scene in front of him is just like Duan Yu eating manggu Zhu clam by mistake, and inadvertently inhaling the internal energy of more than a dozen martial arts masters. The abundant internal energy is running through the limbs, unrestrained, eager to break the body.He tried hard to recall how Duan Yu escaped this difficulty at that time?Yes, he guided his true qi into the sea of qi in Shanzhong according to his uncle Nandi's guidance.Fortunately, Xiaogang knew the acupuncture points all over his body like the palm of his hand, and he also knew some breathing skills from martial arts books, so he hurriedly held his breath and tried to guide the lightning floating in his body into the sea of qi in front of his chest.
However, the method mentioned by Jin Yong is obviously not very effective.The body is getting more and more uncomfortable, more and more suffocated.He was already having trouble breathing.What was even more frightening was that the medicine force began to violently stir his brain, forcing his consciousness to slip into the bottomless darkness.Xiao Gang couldn't hold back the tears (this is really embarrassing).He wanted to get out of bed and call his parents, but he could feel that as long as he got up, he would lose consciousness.This is how to do?In fear, he suddenly remembered that the phone on the bedside table hadn't been hung up yet. He quickly closed his eyes and reached for the receiver, and shouted: "Dad, Mom, come and save me! Help me!"
no response.The only sound in the earpiece is the even snorting of the parents.Xiao Gang yelled, yelled, and finally couldn't help crying.
He must have lost consciousness temporarily after this, because when he woke up, his parents were lying in front of his face, calling anxiously.Seeing their son opening his eyes pitifully, the two breathed a sigh of relief.They've found the vial on the bedside table:
"Gang'er, have you drank Shenli No. 1?"
Xiaogang choked up and said, "Well, I want to do human experiments on your behalf."
"Did you drink the whole bottle?" Dad's voice was straight, but the question didn't really need to be asked—the empty bottle was there.Xiao Gang heard his father's fear, and wept with a wow: "I drank a little and a half first, and then I drank a little and a half, only when there was no movement..."
Mom said urgently: "Send it to the hospital quickly, enema!"
Xiao Gang anxiously shouted: "Don't enema! Don't ruin Shenli No. 1."
Mom and Dad's eyes were red, and they could hardly hold back their tears.This little injustice can't save his life, and he's still worried that he won't ruin Shenli No. 1!Dad said resolutely: "It's too late. Judging by his reaction, most of the liquid medicine has been absorbed, so I have to... go for magnetic field guidance."
He swallowed the last sentence in his stomach: a dead horse should be treated as a living horse doctor.The medicinal power of Shenli No. 1 is ferocious. This bottle of liquid medicine is the dosage for an adult’s one-month course of treatment. When taking it, it must be taken step by step and accurately measured. More than a dozen instruments must be used to monitor the physiological changes of the user 24 hours a day: pulse, blood pressure, cerebral blood flow, Brain waves, electrocardiograms, nerve conduction velocity, etc., are fighting each other like walking on eggshells.This little devil simply poured it all in with a gurgle!
It seemed he was hopeless.Xiaogang's parents were so regretful that they really wanted to stab themselves with a knife. Why were they so careless?They already knew that Xiao Gang could open the safe, and also knew Xiao Gang's desire for Shenli No. 1, why didn't they connect these two things together.Xiaogang's father held back his grief and drove the car. Although Xiaogang's mother was shocked and sad, she did not mess up.While her husband was driving, she first notified the lab attendant to turn on the machine and wait, then called Teacher Lin and asked him to go as soon as possible.The Audi car drove up, she hugged Xiao Gang and sat in the back seat, and the car rushed out of the gate immediately.
Xiao Gang's face was flushed and his whole body was hot, like a bomb that could explode at any moment.Tong Ming pressed him tightly in his arms, and kept calling: "Xiao Gang, hold on! Xiao Gang, hold on, we will be there soon..." Zhu Yizhi kept silent, driving at high speed, nervously Considering the details of Xiaogang's treatment.
In the turbulence of the vehicle, Xiao Gang felt even more uncomfortable and wanted to vomit several times.His consciousness has split into several pieces and is falling to a very deep place.Only his mother's cry and her warm body are his support in nothingness.He gripped his mother's arm tightly and closed his eyes tightly. Even the dim light was unbearable to him at this moment.He touched his mother's face and whispered, "Mom..."
Tong Ming hurriedly agreed: "Son, I'm here! Do you have anything to say? I'll be in the laboratory soon."
"Mom, Dad, in case I... don't be sad."
Tong Ming's nose was sore, and tears rolled down his face.She wiped her tears and tried to comfort her: "My child, don't think about it. You won't die, you won't. Just do the magnetic field guidance." Xiao Gang said something in a low voice, and she leaned over her son's mouth Side, "What are you talking about? What are you talking about?"
Xiao Gang said with difficulty: "...tell Bai Yi and the others not to be sad..."
Dad Xiaogang also heard this sentence, and he quickly glanced back.The son's "pretending to be an adult" is very ridiculous, but at the moment it only makes his heart heavier.They arrived at the institute, which was already brightly lit.Xiao Zhang, who was on duty, rushed up and said, "The magnetic therapy machine has been warmed up." Another black Audi drove by, and Lin Jun got out of the car in a hurry.He went down so fast that he staggered and almost fell.He walked over, took the child from Tong Ming, and asked anxiously, "Did you drink all the bottle?" Tong Ming nodded sadly, and Lao Lin whispered: "My God!" and hurried down to the laboratory.
The lights in the room were bright, and Xiao Gang felt that he had fallen into the white light of a nuclear bomb explosion. He closed his eyes hard, and hugged Grandpa Lin tightly, not daring to let go.Lin Jun said softly: "Don't panic, don't be afraid, let go, now I'm going to put you in the magnetic therapy machine."
Xiao Gang let go of his hand obediently, and Lin Jun gently placed him in the human-shaped pit of the magnetic therapy machine and closed the lid.The shape of this device is very similar to the hexagonal coffins used by Westerners, so after putting Xiao Gang in, the hearts of several adults can't help but tighten.
The white light in front of Xiaogang disappeared, and now the surroundings are absolutely dark and absolutely quiet.He slowly opened his eyes, but couldn't see anything.Judging from the reflected heat of the exhaled breath, it seems that the place is very narrow, and the cover seems to be tightly attached to the face.The body is getting more and more suffocated, and it seems that it will explode if it is touched with a needle.It seemed that he was really going to die.Thinking of this, my heart is empty and I can't express my regret.But he immediately thought that when reading martial arts novels, so many great heroes and even big villains can treat death as home, so he can't lose face.So he turned his head and put life and death aside.
Xiaogang's father said to the intercom: "Xiaogang, I'm going to start." Xiaogang's voice came from the intercom: "Let's start, Dad, I'm not afraid at all. In case I...you don't want to be discouraged."
Xiaogang's father's eyes were red, and he hurriedly pressed the button.There was a low, even humming sound in the machine.The sound rose slowly until it became a thin chirp.The pointer of the magnetometer had already pointed to the position of 300,000 gauss. Teacher Lin said worriedly: "It's time to stop." Xiaogang's father gritted his teeth and said: "A little higher, he took too much medicine and the magnetic field Low intensity doesn't work."
He didn't stop until the pointer pointed to 500,000 Gauss.At this moment, it has become the place with the highest magnetic field strength on the earth.Xiao Gang, who was sleeping in the magnetic cover, saw bright green light, like soft clouds, pervading his surroundings.He closed his eyes, but the green light remained unabated.It turned out that the green light was illusory, an illusion caused by a strong magnetic field acting on the nerves.
The green light gathered in the brain first, and then slowly flowed to the extremities.With waves of green light rippling, he felt the suffocation in his body lessen, really lessened!He couldn't believe it at first, but after tasting it carefully, it really eased.Now, it seems that the internal force of many masters is injected in through the acupuncture points, gently rubbing his blood vessels and meridians, and there are indescribable benefits.I heard Dad's voice coming from the depths of the distant universe: "How are you doing, child? How do you feel right now?"
Xiao Gang said excitedly: "Very effective, Dad, Mom, I feel very comfortable!"
Only then did the people outside the hood breathe a sigh of relief.They observed carefully and asked questions from time to time.An hour later, the echoes in the enclosure gradually weakened, and then there was the sound of hearty snoring.Several people knew that the dangerous period had passed, so they wiped the cold sweat from their brows.Lin Jun said in a low voice: "It's so dangerous. Think about it, dozens of times the dosage." Zhu Yizhi said sharply: "Mr. Lin, if Xiao Gang is really safe and sound, it means that our past medication was too conservative. gone."
Tong Ming clasped his palms together in thanks: "Thank God!"
Under the gentle pressure and guidance of the alternating magnetic field, Xiaogang slept for a whole day and night.He slept very soundly, but images that seemed like dreams but not dreams kept flashing in his mind.He saw that the bottle of green liquid medicine had gradually penetrated into the nervous system of the whole body, reaching the nerve endings of the fingertips and toes.The branched nervous system became transparent with a greenish tint, emitting a strong glow, even submerging the body, leaving only an upside-down neural tree, slowly swimming in the darkness.He wanted to lift his toe, well, a flash of light rushed to the toe at the speed of light, the toe lifted, and then an echo was fed back to the brain at the speed of light.Oddly enough, despite his certainty that the signals traveled at the speed of light, he was able to observe their propagation with ease.
He has indescribable comfort all over his body, just like what is said in martial arts books: Ren Du's two veins have been opened up, and he is full of true energy.He saw Dugu Xingxing waving to him in the distance, and behind it were continuous snow mountains and pure white snowfields.Before he could walk over, Xing Xing turned around and flew away, Youhu had passed away, leaving only a series of shallow footprints on the snow field.Xiao Gang also let out a long laugh, and raised his breath to chase, only to feel that his body was as light as a goose, and the mountains swept back quickly.He was very happy, it seemed that he had also practiced peerless lightness kung fu—then he woke up.
His abundant internal energy made him see and hear.Although separated by the magnetic cover, he can still hear the movement outside the cover.He heard light footsteps, and then Grandpa Lin asked: "What's the matter?" Dad's relaxed voice: "Everything is normal, it must have passed the dangerous period." After a while, it turned into a girl's voice: " Uncle, aunt, what's wrong with Xiaogang?" This was naturally Bai Yi's voice, and her mother was comforting her: "It's nothing, he took a medicine by mistake." Then there were noisy voices asking questions, including Martin, Feifei, There are also Yuan Bo, Zhang Ke, Bai Tian, Zhao Yu and other students.He wanted to sit up and tell his classmates that he had practiced peerless martial arts, but his body seemed unable to move.He was very anxious, and suddenly thought: I am still practicing in seclusion at the moment. According to martial arts novels, one cannot speak before opening the gate.So it was calm.
He relaxed his mind, slowly shut down the various systems in his body, and fell asleep peacefully again.
This sleep lasted until the early morning of the third day, of course he didn't know until later.When it's time to get up, the biological clock in the body starts to ring, and a wave of electrical impulses spreads quickly along the transparent neural network to the whole body——Zhen Qi circulates in the small cycle.he woke up.
When he woke up, he realized that he had moved from the magnetic cabin to the outside, onto a bed.Parents and Grandpa Lin looked at him with great concern beside the bed.But this scene is quite weird-they are all still, with frozen expressions of joy on their faces, and the father and mother still have their mouths open, but there is no opening and closing of their lips, let alone a sound.The scene in front of them is very similar to them being greeted by themselves, but suddenly their acupoints are tapped.
Xiao Gang shouted in panic: "What's the matter with you? Why don't you move and talk?"
Now, he found himself under the spell.His nervous system in charge of speech works normally, but the bones and flesh of his mouth and throat are rusted and rigid, far behind the speed of thinking.He wanted to sit up and touch his loved ones, to see if they had turned into cold statues.But long after the "get up" command was issued, the muscles in the waist and legs slowly began to move.
But during this time, he had seen that they were not frozen statues.They were all moving, but very slowly.My mother was obviously crying, weeping with joy, a teardrop broke free from the adhesion of the eye socket, dripped into the air, and slowly turned into a streamline shape with a lower circle and a sharper top.Xiaogang's first thought was: Is this in the weightless environment of the space capsule?You can see that the movements of the three adults are all slow and light.
But Xiaogang quickly overturned this guess. The reason is very simple: he can feel normal gravity when he raises his arm, and, in a weightless environment, his mother’s teardrops will become precise circles due to the surface tension of the liquid, rather than in front of the eyes. streamlined.Strange, why can I see the shape of water droplets?The falling speed of water droplets exceeds the ability of human eyes to distinguish, so usually only a white line or a rain column can be seen, and only under the high-speed camera can they reveal their true appearance.
high speed!
By this time, Xiao Gang had figured out the whole story of the situation before him—everything was normal.Parents and Grandpa Lin saw that they had woken up at first glance, and they were pleasantly surprised and leaned over to greet him.The only abnormal thing is that my thinking speed and nerve reaction speed have been greatly accelerated, approaching the speed of light.Yes, that's the reason.Looking at the shape of the mother's mouth, it seems that she is saying "Xiao--", she must be saying "Xiao Gang, are you awake?" But the stage of "Xiao--" is still far away.He also began to hear voices, but it wasn't his mother's usual round and melodious voice, but a very slow subwoofer, like a 100-kilometer-long thick string vibrating slowly.
Now, the faces of the three of them slowly began to show puzzled and serious expressions.With Xiaogang's speed of light brain, even before their expressions fully surfaced, he had already guessed what was going on: It must be that his question was too fast just now, like a flash of lightning in mid-air, so the three of them Did not hear clearly.
Excited waves bombarded his seven orifices.There is no doubt that he succeeded, and he has become the world's first light speed (nerve reaction speed) man!
Taking advantage of his mother's question (she just said "—just—you—"), Xiao Gang greedily looked elsewhere, curiously admiring this brand new world.He heard the voice of "Zi—— Weng—", hoarse and deep, and looking along the sound, the second hand was lazily beating forward.Needless to say, this is the "comprehensive" sound of the sonorous and pleasant clock.The electric light above the head gradually dimmed, and when the luminosity slowly fell to the bottom, it began to increase slowly.Of course, this is also normal. This is the characteristic of alternating current, which changes according to the sinusoidal waveform 50 times per second.It's just that such a rapid change is usually invisible to the human eye.
The screen over there is on, but there is no image on the screen.There is only one spot of light scanning from top to bottom, from left to right, unhurriedly.Swipe to the lower right end of the screen and then return to draw a trail of echoes on the screen.This is of course normal, that's how TVs work.The image that people see is actually scanned by such a light spot, and only due to the phenomenon of people's persistence of vision, the movement of the light spot can form a moving picture.Now, these images have been restored and decomposed in my own light-speed brain.
Now that you know the reason, it's easy to deal with it.Because it is impossible for people to deal with the high-speed world with a slow reaction, but there is always a way to deal with the slow world with a high-speed reaction.Xiaogang quickly adjusted the frequency at which his brain receives external signals, which is equivalent to installing an "information compression" software in his brain, and his mother's voice was immediately recognizable:
"-woke-up? Thank-god-thank!"
They didn't notice Xiao's mental trek just now.Because in their eyes, this is an insignificant moment.Xiao Gang smiled, without further explanation, trying to slow down and say:
"Mom, I'm fine, don't worry about me. I'm hungry."
Even though he tried to slow down as much as possible, the three of them still only heard a voice "chirping" across.Mom guessed what he meant half by mouth and half by instinct: "Are you hungry? Come home with me. You haven't eaten for three days."
Xiao Gang rolled over and got out of bed, he felt the sluggishness of muscle response again.For the nervous system at the speed of light, the muscle response is too slow, just like directing the snail with electrical signals.However, in the eyes of others, his movements were already extremely fast, far surpassing the pounce of cheetahs and the escape of antelopes.Dad hurriedly pulled him and warned him earnestly:
"Xiao Gang, you must pay attention to controlling the rhythm in the first few days. Dugu Xingxing couldn't adapt to it for a long time after acquiring the 'light speed reaction speed', and often strained his muscles as soon as he moved. You know, it still took a month to recover. After taking the medicine, there is a period of adaptation." He said happily, "As far as I see, your 'upgrade' is more successful than it. You have to be careful, don't jump around and exceed the escape velocity of the earth's objects, swish , jump into outer space, tell me and your mother where to find you?"
Xiaogang listened to his father politely and patiently—it turns out that human beings (including the past self) exchange information at such a slow speed, it is so lamentable!Under the support of his parents, he put on his shoes, stood up, and walked a few steps.In order to match the speed of his parents, Xiaogang suffered enough—he needed to slowly raise his legs, stretch them out slowly with strength, and then lower them down slowly, putting down his toes first, then his heels... He said with a wry smile:
"Mom, no!" He realized that his speaking speed was too fast, so he slowed down and said, "It's too uncomfortable to walk slowly like this, let me walk at my own speed."
Parents laughed and let go, but still earnestly told him to slow down as much as possible.Xiao Gang was very obedient, and tried to walk around the room slowly.Even so, he was already walking like flying, his figure flickering back and forth in the room, like a shuttle on a loom.The three adults were all dazzled.
At this time, my mother saw a girl on the surveillance screen: "It's Bai Yi, she has come to visit you for the fifth time." The basement door was open, and Bai Yi came down in a hurry. A lark rushed over and grabbed his shoulder: "You're awake! We came to see you last night, and you slept like a dead... We're all so worried! You..." She looked up and down, " Have you become a Lightspeed Man?"
Her voice is clear and sweet, her face is as delicate as a flower, her breath is like orchid, and her two little hands are warm and smooth.Xiao Gang suddenly felt a sudden heat in the deep part of his brain.With such heat, he couldn't help but loosen his control over the nerve response, which was equivalent to unintentionally deleting the "information compression software" added just now.As a result, Bai Yi's words and actions were immediately slowed down.She was fluttering her long eyelashes, but now the eyelashes are still; she is rolling her eyeballs, and now they are turning to the corners of the eyes, but they are stuck there and will not return; White Fang, and he could still see the pink tip of his tongue behind White Fang.When all these things came together, it looked both cute and weird, and Xiao Gang couldn't help laughing.
Bai Yi also smiled gratifiedly, but she didn't know where Xiao Gang's smile came from.
Bai Yi accompanied them back home, and the housekeeping robot quickly brought a sumptuous meal, and politely asked, "Miss Bai Yi can also use some as you like."Bai Yi had already had breakfast, so he declined with a smile.She rested her elbows on the table, admiring Xiao Gang's eating.Xiaogang, who has been hungry for three days, is like a black bear after hibernation, gobbling it up, causing the housekeeping robot to keep delivering food.Bai Yi couldn't help laughing.Xiao Gang said: "What are you laughing at? You're laughing at my appetite? My metabolism has sped up, and my appetite will definitely surpass that of a bear in the future."
Bai Yi smiled and said, "This analogy is not appropriate. I have a good comparison here."
"What?"
"It's like Zhu Bajie's meal before the battle of Jinyu Jing in Chenjiazhuang. A bowl of rice was poured into his mouth and it disappeared. It was too late for 12 servants to serve the meal. Or, like Zhu Bajie's most glorious meal one time."
"Which time?"
"Think about it, it was the time when even Monkey King was helpless, and it all depended on the old pig to show his supernatural power."
Xiao Gang remembered: "Zhu Bajie ate eight hundred miles of thin shit hole! Okay, you dare to arrange me!"
Bai Yi was already prepared and ran away with a smile, but she forgot that Xiao Gang is no longer what he used to be.He stretched out his hand easily, and pinched Bai Yi's nose: "Are you still swearing? Beg for mercy!"
Bai Yi hummed and said, "Please spare me, Zhu Xiaogang Zhu Daxia!"
Xiao Gang let go of his hand proudly, Bai Yi rubbed his nose, and said in surprise and envy: "Xiao Gang, your skill has really improved. I didn't even see you stretch out your hand, and your nose was pinched."
Xiao Gang is very proud, but he thinks that his identity is different now, and he can no longer "exaggerate" casually-think of Guo Jing, Yang Guo, Dongxiexidu, Nandibeibei, who is not open-minded.So he just said lightly: "It's nothing, it's all thanks to my parents and Grandpa Lin."
Mom came in: "Is Xiaogang ready to eat?"
"Eat. Mom, I want to go out with Bai Yi for a while."
"Go, be careful, don't cause trouble. Bai Yi, watch him."
The two came to the courtyard.Xiao Gang has quickly learned to adapt to the normal speed of this world.For example, walking and talking with Bai Yi at the speed of the slow world.Of course, this is still very awkward.Now, he saw a butterfly at a slow speed, and it was flying on the autumn chrysanthemum.可是忽然脑子里一滑，变成了快节奏，于是蝴蝶忽然静止了，翅膀上的斑点，头上的触须，都看得清清楚楚，而这只蝴蝶就这么奇怪地悬在空中，翅膀一动也不动，完全不理会重力规律。小刚赶紧摇摇头，在头脑里恢复了慢世界的图像。
白易歪过脑袋：“你怎么啦？”
小刚没办法真切地向她描绘自己的感受——你怎么可能向一个天生的聋子描绘水声的叮咚，向天生的瞎子描绘虹的七彩呢。至少到目前，他是世界上唯一有这种特殊感受的“快人”。他想，独孤求败武功臻于化境、刻意求败而不能如愿时，大概也是这种寂寞心境吧。他说：“白易，我想试着跑一个百米，看能不能打破世界纪录。”
白易犹豫着：“伯母刚才说……”
“不要紧，我会小心的。我对自己的新节奏已经熟悉了。”
"Ok."
他们来到院墙外，眼前是收割过的金黄色的稻田，只有阡陌小路上长着翠绿的青草。田间有一个浅浅的水塘，水草在清水中轻轻摇曳。小刚很谨慎，把水塘选为赛跑的终点：“万一速度太快收不住脚，我就跳到水塘里。”他说。他们用脚步大致量出100米，划出起跑线。白易回到水塘边，拿出电子表，又举起自己的手绢当令旗：
“准备好了吗？”她大声喊，“预备——跑！”
一道蓝影闪过，扑通一声，小刚跳进水里。白易目瞪口呆——她还没得及看时间呢，小刚已经到终点了！他跑动时带起的狂风吹得白易摇摇晃晃，所经之处，稻叶尘土飞舞着，在他身后留下一个清晰可见的走廊。小刚这时从水里爬出来，浑身水淋淋的，用力甩着头发上的水珠，大声问：“几秒？”
白易遗憾地说：“太快了，我没来得及看时间。我想顶多两秒吧。小刚，别说贝利、格林这些百米名将了，就连段誉的'凌波微步'也赶不上你！”
小刚得意地笑着，头上挂着绿色的水草。回头看看刚才跑过的田野小径，草叶尘土还在飞旋着，慢慢扩散开。白易说：“不过，我看你的轻功还不到家，人家楚留香啦，段誉啦，施展轻功时绝不会弄得身后飞砂走石的。”
“你才是瞎说呢。按物理规律，人在空间移动时势必挤走人体那么大体积的空气，走过后四周的空气必定要来填充这块真空。所以，如果我1秒钟跑完100米，必然带出秒速100米的狂风，咋能不把尘土草叶吹起来？轻功再好也不行。”他笑着说，“金庸一定是没学好物理，吹牛吹得穿了帮。还有，他说的什么踏雪无痕也办不到。要知道高速并不能抵消重量，这是儒勒·丹尔纳犯过的低级错误——他在《80天环游地球》中写过这么一个情节，说火车司机通过危桥时，用高速抵消了重量——到20世纪60年代，金庸还跟着犯错，太没水平了！”
白易笑他：“你这是歪批三国。小刚……”她难为情地央求道，“帮我求求朱伯伯和童阿姨，也让我服一瓶神力1号，怎么样？我太羡慕你了。”
“行！”小刚兴奋地说，“我正发愁呢，如果世界上只有我成了'快'人，没有一个可以互相理解的同伴，那该多寂寞呀。独孤星星再聪明，也不能成为知音吧。你要是也变成'快人'就好了，咱们闯荡江湖，双飞双栖，那才叫棒呢。”
白易面孔微微一红：“你真是信口开河，知道'双飞双栖'是啥意思么？满嘴胡柴。”不过她并没有认真生气。小刚想想自己的话，不好意思地笑了。看着白易轻嗔薄怒的样子，心头很深的地方又是突然热了一下。他想，真要能同白易双飞双栖，一定是很幸福很惬意的事。他觉得自己这个想法很不光明，面孔一热，赶紧把话题岔过去。
吃过午饭后不久，白易就领着马田和菲菲一块儿来了。“小刚对不起，”白易首先垂着目光道歉，“按说我该让你安心休息几天的，可我实在忍不住就告诉他们啦，他们又忍不住就跑来啦。”
小刚奇怪地说：“道什么歉？咱们不是常来常往吗？”
“可他们说，你已经不是凡夫俗子了，你已经是并世无二的大侠了呀。”
果然，两人看小刚的眼神已经不同了：钦佩、虔诚、胆怯兼而有之。想来段誉对自己心目中的“天人”王语嫣凝神端祥时也是这么个尊容。马田嚅嚅地说：“小刚，你真的练成了绝世武功？”
小刚想，越是这时越应该谦虚：“不不，咱们在看独孤星星表演时，我爸爸已经解释过了嘛。这算不上绝世武功，我既不能掌噼巨石，以气驭剑，吸星大法，也不会金刚罩，缩骨法，九阴白骨爪等等。我这点本事只是缘于一个'快'字，只是因为神经反应速度加快了。”
“那……为什么这会儿说话走路还象我们一样？”
“这不奇怪。我已经学会了从两种状态跳进跳出：进入慢态——就和你们一样。进入快态——就和独孤星星一样。”
“给我们表演一个快态，行不行？求求你啦。”
小刚想，真正的大侠都是深藏不露的，不过看来自己还没有达到那种修为。不在朋友面前显摆一下，心中未免痒痒。再说，眼前三人都是自己过命的朋友，似乎也不能让他们太失望吧。他迟疑地说：“好——吧。不过你们不要对外张扬。”
“保证！”
“表演什么？”
肥肥看来已成竹在胸，立即从口袋里掏出四颗很光滑的白色石子：“来一个四连珠，好吗？”
这是杂技团常玩的杂耍，就是一手抛，一手接，扔的物件可达3只，4只，甚至6只，7只。有一段时间，四个朋友迷上了这个玩意儿，练得走火入魔，最后都能熟练地扔出三连珠来。但此后再也不能提高了。令人惊奇的是，只有菲菲——浑身滚圆的，行动象鸭子一样笨拙的菲菲比他们强，能偶尔扔出个四连珠来。当时菲菲很为此傲视群雄，其他三人也连声叹息：人不可貌相！
小刚笑笑，从她手里接过四个石子，笨拙地向空中扔去，四个石子噼噼啪啪落在地上。小刚难为情地拾起来，再扔，再摔落。肥肥和马田露出极度的失望，白易则睁大眼睛——从早上的情形看，小刚不该这样笨拙呀。
朋友们不愿伤小刚的面子，沉默着不加评论。小刚忽然哈哈大笑：“肥肥，你口袋里还有几颗？”肥肥困惑地说还有五颗，咋啦？小刚说全拿来！肥肥迟迟疑疑地掏出来，放到小刚的手上。小刚微微一笑：“刚才是逗你们呢，现在我要进入快态了，看好！”
他屏息静气，气沉丹田，开始抛出石子。9颗石子你追我赶，在空中划出一道连绵不绝的白光，就象是用绳子串了起来。小刚越抛越快，并且上抛的轨道拿掐得极准，在外人看来，就象他用双手托着一个刚性的金属框子，只是略有摇摆。三人大声叫好。小刚一边扔，一边气定神闲地问：“怎么样？还要不要再加几颗？”
三个朋友手舞足蹈，乐得不知高低：“太神了！这已经是世界纪录了。你能坚持多长时间？”
“多久都行啊，只要不饿不累，坚持到过年也没问题。”
马田兴奋地说：“真棒，比杂技团的顶尖高手还高，小刚，只要你一出道，非把他们的饭碗全砸啦。”
小刚笑笑：“我要停了。”那道白色弧线从左手起拉断，在右手处收拢，满满一握石子！他把石子还给肥肥，谦虚地说：“其实也没什么了不起。真的，我的神经反应速度比你们快，所以在我看来，九连珠只不过相当于过去的二连珠，不值得惊奇。”
这种虚怀若谷的气度更是令朋友们钦服。马田想了想，问：“那你也一定能达到小龙女的'天罗地网势'了？”
“天罗地网势？把九九八十一只麻雀圈禁到怀中？恐怕一时还做不到，不过我想三五只没问题。”
“要不，咱们试试？”
小刚迟疑地说：“可以是可以，到哪儿去找麻雀呀。好象从我记事起就没见过。爸爸说中国的麻雀太不幸了，1958年被冤枉列入'四害'，全民围歼，差不多断子绝孙了。死里逃生的残渣余孽肯定已经逃亡，而且会把这段悲惨经历编成氏族传说，代代相传，永世不回故土。”
马田神秘地一笑：“用代用品呗。我已经做好准备了。”
他跑到屋外，从自行车上拎下两只鸟笼，笑嘻嘻地跑回来。每只笼中有两只百灵，吱吱地叫着，上下窜跳。小刚好奇地问：“从哪儿弄来的？”
“偷的！”肥肥大声揭发。
“偷的？”小刚瞪着他，“咱侠义道可不能……”
马田截断了他的训诫：“哪能是偷呢，是拿，不过拿的时候没让我爷爷看见。另一只笼子是胡爷爷的，是我爷爷的老朋友，都不是外人。”
白易噢了一声：“原来鸟笼是这么来的呀，两个老人家这会儿一定急坏了。”
马田大包大揽地说：“没关系。我爷爷最疼我，出了事由我应付，你就亮招吧。”
小刚取笑他：“万一百灵跑了？万一我不小心把它给拍死了？看你咋交差！”
“绝不会，我信得过你。”
马田这么义气干云，小刚也不多说了。他扎好“天罗地网”的架式——当然是按插图上的姿势，点点头说：“把百灵扔过来吧。”马田打开鸟笼，抓住一只百灵扔过去。不过这家伙太让人扫兴，不等小刚拦挡，它已经死死抓住小刚的衣领不松爪，吱吱叫着，拿一对小眼睛惊愕地瞪着众人。
四人又好笑又好气，马田感慨系之地说：“不行不行，这些笼中鸟关得太久，已经没有野性了，蓝天白云，碧草绿树，对它已经没有一点儿诱惑力，干脆说吧，它已经惧怕自由了！”
白易和菲菲说：“那该咋办呢。”
马田说：“我有办法。”他从小刚身上抓起那只百灵放回笼中，然后又到门外折了两根树枝。白易和菲菲不知道他要干啥，前前后后盯着他。马田运运气，忽然呀呀地怪叫起来，满脸凶神恶煞的样子，用树枝在笼子里猛劲搅动。四只百灵吓得灵魂出窍，尖声惨叫着，在笼中乱窜乱飞。两个女孩生气地嚷：“马田，你……”这时马田已把充分的野性贯到了百灵体内，这才拉开笼门，把它们一只只扔到小刚怀里。百灵这次不老实了，立即振翅飞出。于是小刚挥动手臂，轻轻拦住往外飞的百灵，在胸前围成一个无形的囚笼。
三个朋友大声叫起好来。可惜这次的表演还是没能持续多久，因为百灵很快从惊慌中平定下来，它们又牢牢抓住小刚的衣服不再松爪。马田他们还远没有过瘾呢，但此时无可奈何，只好把呆立不动的百灵们抓回笼中。然后，马田和菲菲不约而同地长叹一声。小刚奇怪地问：
“你们叹什么气？有心事？”
马田感伤地说：“小刚，我们太羡慕你啦。是羡慕，不是嫉妒。你能碰上这样的不世奇遇，我们都为你高兴。可是，为什么我们就没有这样的福份呢。小刚，”他诚心诚意地央求道，“开个后门，求你爸妈把那种神力1号让我们也喝一点儿吧，行不？如果咱们四个人功力相若，并肩子行走江湖，该有多好！”
菲菲也眼巴巴地看着小刚，小刚和白易互相看看，不由暗生愧意。昨天只想到让白易服药，双飞双栖，咋就忘了这两个好朋友呢，这是不是有点重色轻友的味道？小刚忙说：“咱们之间还用得着客气？我一定好好向爹妈求告，不过我听妈妈说，已配好的神力1号已经用光了，独孤星星一瓶，我一瓶。他们肯定要继续配制，只是不知道啥时候才能出来。”
马田和菲菲已经乐得不知高低了：“不急不急！一个月也行，两个月也行。就是一年半载的我们也等得起。还有白易呢，可别忘了她。”
白易微笑着说：“对，等神力1号配出来，伯父伯母答应给我们的话，就让马田和菲菲先喝。”
马田没听出她的话中隐含的意思——想弥补昨天自己的自私——便大大咧咧地说：“分什么先喝后喝呀，让朱伯伯和童阿姨一次配够三瓶不就行啦？我是说多配三瓶，朱伯伯、童阿姨和林爷爷喝的不算在内。”
“对，咱们都喝，一窝子大侠！”
四个朋友开心地笑着，乱成一团。忽然外边有生气的喊声：“田娃！田娃！你把我的百灵弄哪儿去了？”
马田的脸色变了：“是我爷爷！他老人家咋能摸到这儿？”
脚步声登登地进来。来的是两个老人，手里都拿着拐杖，但他们步履雄健，拐杖不是拄在地上，而是象军刀一样斜挎着。马田爷爷一边走一边气哼哼地说：“马田你别躲了，有人看见你偷了我的鸟笼，不光偷我的，连你胡爷爷的也偷了。哼，皮肉发痒了不是？”
他们进得屋来，一眼就看见了桌上的两只鸟笼，连忙走过去，提在手中，心疼地检查着。这会儿四只百灵早已恢复了安静，它们优雅地抓着横杆，冷静地瞥着主人。两个老人看见宝贝安然无羔，把心放到肚里，然后回头找到马田，又开始兴师问罪：
“马田，你个混小子……”
白易忙迎上去：“马爷爷，胡爷爷，请坐。”
马爷爷摸摸她的头发：“你是叫白易吧，多可人意儿的姑娘……马田，你说！”
马田已经还了魂，笑嘻嘻地说：“爷爷，胡爷爷，对不起啦。你看百灵不是毫发无损吗？我刚才借来有正事。”
“啥正事？”
“是科学试验……”
两个老人立即瞪大眼睛：“科学试验？你把百灵咋啦？”
菲菲只好过来帮他圆谎：“爷爷，不是科学试验，是……变戏法。这是我们学校晚会上要演的节目。小刚能把百灵变没，你们信不？”
她向小刚眨眨眼睛，从笼中抓出一只百灵放在马爷爷胸前。“来，小刚，把它变走！”马爷爷虽然不大放心，怕他们伤了百灵，但看菲菲说得有板有眼，也就静待小刚来变。到此时小刚只好上阵了，他在马爷爷面前站定，笑着说：“马爷爷，我要变了，你们看好，啊？”
两个老人很好奇，目不转睛地盯着这只百灵。忽然一条黑影一晃——百灵真的不见了！两人嘴里“咦咦”地叫着，转来转去地寻找。“真的变没了，真的变没了！”
四个孩子乐得捂着嘴笑。马田把爷爷转过来，“在这儿哪。”胡爷爷失惊打怪地嚷：“真的，在你背上。这小家伙——是叫小刚吧，真有两下子！”
他从老友背上抓过百灵放到笼里，两个老头又高兴又新鲜，乐得象两个孩子，也就忘了对马田的惩罚。临走时马爷爷还慷慨地说：“等演节目时，到我那儿去拿好啦。”
两人带上鸟笼兴冲冲地走了。马田在他们背后伸伸舌头。白易说；“小刚，咱们去试验室吧。”
小刚说：“我爸妈让我过几天再去。他们说五天后药效将达到最大值，那时要对我进行一系列的测试。”
“不是去测试，是去看看咱们的新朋友。”
“独孤星星！”马田和菲菲异口同声地说，“去吧，去吧。”
小刚答应了，推出自己的自行车。四个人象上次那样，并肩骑行在绿草茵茵的小路上。途中，菲菲问：“独孤星星真的有五岁孩子的智力？”
白易说：“当然啦。这一点还用怀疑？你该看到的，它能听懂人话，还能用哑语表达一些想法。”
菲菲怀疑地说：“对，它好象能听懂一些人话——不过连某些聪明的狗也能做到这一点。至于它会哑语……我不懂哑语。”
小刚解释道：“听我爸妈说，小星星从小就接受了智力强化训练，它大脑皮层的沟回比一般猩猩要多。何况又服用了神力1号。虽说神力1号主要是改变神经传导速度的，但神经反应速度加快了，智力自然也提高了。所以，这一点不用怀疑。其实，连很多普通黑猩猩在训练后还能用手势语说话呢。”
这一段路没有行人，他们把车速调到最高档，骑得两耳生风。白易忽然说：“我完全相信小星星的智力赶得上五岁的人类幼儿——可是，为什么要在它身上拴一根练子呢，这不是侵犯……人权吗？”
马田笑着说：“是侵犯猩权！不是人权！”
白易坚持着：“管它是人还是猩猩，反正只要有人的智力，就应该当作人来对待。”
这个问题着实叫小刚伤脑筋。想了很久，他才勉强为父母辩解道：“我爸说小星星太厉害了，就象上古传说中的无支祁。知道无支祁吗？'无支祁乃淮涡水神，形似猿猴，缩鼻高额，青躯白首，金目雪牙，搏击腾踔疾奔，轻利攸忽，闻视不可久'。它不是一个恶神，但调皮捣蛋，在大禹治水时尽给大禹添乱，最后大禹终于擒住它，锁在淮水之源。我爸说，小星星还是个不懂事的小孩子，偏偏本领又太强，如果放任不管，它就会象无支祁那样给人类添乱。”
白易不满地说：“那也不能整天锁着它，拴着它，太可怜了。”
小刚只好叹息道：“希望它的智力能再提高，就象咱们一样，那就不必锁它了。”
马田马上侧过头问：“要是那样……它和谁结婚？”
“当然是母猩猩啦。”几个人笑道。
“可是，它已经有了人类的智力，再让它和一只蒙昧愚蠢的母猩猩结婚，那不是太残酷了吗？”
小刚说：“这容易，把那只母猩猩的智力也提高嘛。”
但马田不是那么容易被说服的：“好，假设这只母猩猩也有了人类的智力，你凭什么认为它俩就一定会两情相悦？如果硬拉它们成夫妻，不是强迫婚姻吗？请记住，它们已经有了意识，有了人权。”
白易说：“那就多培养一些，让它们自由恋爱。”
“建立一个猩猩社会？它们的体能又是那么优异，会不人向人类夺权？”
四个人争来争去，一直到进了研究所大门也没争出名堂，只好宣布暂时休战。菲菲说，这些伤脑筋的问题留给科学家们考虑吧。小刚很“大人”地说，科学家们也不见得就有万全之策，因为世界上很多事本来就没有绝对的答案。这个结论让大家心里沉甸甸的。
地下试验室的门开着，四人熟门熟路地走下去。小刚父母正在对小星星进行某种测试，而这位功力超绝的独孤大侠仍是那么个德性：懒散，傲然，对旁边的人不屑一顾。它看见了走下楼梯的四个孩子，表情马上明朗了，高声唿喊着，用两手拍着自己的胸膛，这分明是表示欢迎。
妈妈笑着迎过来，小刚忙解释道：“妈，我不是来做测试的。我们想和独孤星星玩一会儿。”
“好，你们过去吧。”妈妈让孩子们过去，拉住白易问了几句话。她喜欢小刚的所有朋友，但无庸讳言，对白易的喜爱最为强烈。这里面有当母亲的隐秘心意。不过孩子们还小，她把这点心意妥妥地藏起来。
三个孩子欢欢喜喜地跑到猩猩身边，但猩猩却生气地咆哮起来，因为白易还没有过来。白易猜到了它的心意，忙跑过来，象昨天那样同它握手：“小星星，我和你是好朋友，对吗？”
星星用力点头。
“我的这三个朋友也都是你的好朋友，对吗？”
猩猩似乎听出白易话中轻微的责备，忙转过身，向三个孩子伸出手。三个孩子欢天喜地地抢着同它握手。白易说：“小星星，你身手敏捷，谁都比不上，所以，你有一点骄傲，对不对？”猩猩似乎没有听懂，茫然地看着她。“可不能骄傲呀。再说，你的武功并不是天下第一，这位朱小刚朱大侠的武功就不比你差。”她用哑语也比划着。
猩猩听懂了她的话，拿眼斜睨着小刚，分明是怀疑的神色。马田和菲菲都怂恿小刚：“露一手，露一手给它看看！”
小刚笑着说：“小星星的武功高明得很，我是很佩服的。”
马田臭他：“哟，摆出武学宗师的派头啦。小刚，甭来这一套'虚怀若谷'，露两手给它看看，别栽了咱人类的面子。”
小刚笑道：“好吧，我就向独孤大侠讨教一两招。我现在要摸它的鼻子了，白易，请告诉它。”
星星点点头，表示听懂了，目运神光盯着小刚的双手，同时微屈两腿，作好准备。小刚忽然猱身而上，在它的塌鼻子上刮了一下。猩猩急忙伸出两臂来挡，但终究慢了一拍，小刚已经收势站好。这一串动作发生得太快，三个朋友只看见人影一晃，小刚仍笑眯眯地背手而立，猩猩则摸着鼻子，万分惊愕万分不信地盯着小刚。三人兴高采烈地问：“刮鼻子了吗？刮上了吗？看星星的样子是刮上了，对不对？”小刚平和地说：“是星星让了我一招。”
但独孤大侠看来还没达到这样的修为，它简直有点恼羞成怒了，摆好应战的姿势，