Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Head Robber

"The reason why pests are called "pests" is of course a conclusion drawn from the standpoint of people. From the perspective of insects, the natural way of life is either chewing and eating the seeds of plants, or sucking the seeds of animals. Blood is the instinct of living things, so why is it 'harmful'?" The person who said these words had an impassioned expression, and at the same time, there were many gestures to strengthen his tone. The person who said this was a biologist, and his surname was Chen Mingdao—this name should be familiar to friends who are familiar with the stories I narrated.Yes, he first appeared in this story, and later, he also appeared one after another.

Chen Dao is a very interesting biologist——I always think that all biological experts are very interesting, because they are all stubborn and persistent in researching things that humans can never understand. "The Perseverance" is already tragic enough - but to the bystanders, it has become interesting. At this gathering of mostly biologists, such interesting situations also emerged endlessly. First, an expert who studied dragonflies provided a set of video tapes. According to his explanation, it was the scene seen by computer simulation of the compound eyes of dragonflies, which is called "the world in the eyes of dragonflies".

When this set of video tapes was shown, the dragonfly expert's face was flushed, his forehead was sweating, and his expression was excited and nervous-this was the result of his tireless research for more than 20 years! What you see on the screen is a hazy piece refracted by the compound mirror. The biologist explained that it is the image seen by the compound eyes of the dragonfly, and all the insects with compound eyes see the image. They are all the same. When I said this, because I didn't want to make fun (it would be too embarrassing), but I couldn't bear to laugh, so I put my hands on my chest and fled in despair, leaving the hall where many people gathered.

I felt someone follow me out of the hall, and I let out a big breath. The person who followed me was Leng Ruobing, a female psychiatrist, who was also Chen Dao's girlfriend. The reason why I came to this party was because It was she who called me.Three days ago, she called and told me: "Chen Dao is coming to attend a symposium for biologists. There are quite a few amazing discoveries and research to be presented at the meeting. You will be interested." I am indeed interested, because biology has now entered the research era of biochemistry, bioengineering, genetics, etc. The weirdness of the research projects is simply jaw-dropping.

Asexual reproduction is an old topic, and the new topic is the creation of new species of organisms.There is a new species raised in the aquarium that has been multiplied. It looks like a goldfish but is not a goldfish. Its eyes are big and its body is flat and red. Its intelligence is higher than that of ordinary ornamental fish. It has very strange "eyes" (really). It's like mocking something, and seeing it makes people feel uncomfortable. However, it is still a fish after all, and it has the appearance of a fish, and through bioengineering, it is not impossible to produce a creature with four different shapes and an extremely weird appearance.

There is a joke that says: A person eats an apple and accidentally swallows a core.Not long after, the navel was itchy, and a bud sprouted, and not long after, a sapling grew, blossomed, and produced fruit. So, the man wanted to eat apples, so he picked them from his stomach. This was once considered the most ridiculous joke, but it is completely within the scope of the rapid advancement of bioengineering science. It is completely possible to combine animals with plants to create monsters with apples and vegetables on their stomachs! Therefore, it makes sense for Leng Ruobing to conclude that I will be interested in this gathering of top biological experts in the world.

Unexpectedly, after listening to a few boring papers, I met an expert who specializes in compound eyes of dragonflies, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and came out! Leng Ruobing obviously knew why I left, so as soon as she saw me, she said: "That dragonfly expert is too horny!" Her comment was too polite, and I shook my head: "It's a self-deception - he made up some pictures like this, he believed that it was the scene seen by the eyes of a dragonfly, and asked others to believe it - the more stupid the person , the easier it is to think that everyone in the world is as stupid as him!"

Leng Ruobing was silent for a while: "To be honest, what is the scene seen through the compound eyes of the dragonfly?" I waved my hand: "No one will know. Forever and ever, no one will know—only the dragonfly will know—unless one day, the dragonfly can communicate with people and tell people what it sees, so that people will know." Know a thing or two!" As I spoke, I raised my voice unconsciously, and when I finished speaking, I heard applause, and saw Chen Dao also come out. Chen Dao came to Leng Ruobing's side, and said to me: "The reason you just said is extremely simple, but there are too many so-called experts who don't understand it!"

After he finished speaking, he paused for a while, and then said again: "However, there is another possibility, which is to make people grow a pair of dragonfly compound eyes!" He spoke very seriously, and I listened very seriously. For a while, everyone was silent. Because we all know that under the "bioengineering", it is not impossible for such a situation to occur-combining the life genes of tobacco and fireflies can already produce luminous tobacco. Naturally, in theory From a technical point of view, it is entirely possible to create a person with a pair of dragonfly compound eyes.

Leng Ruobing broke the silence first: "It's terrible!" Chen Dao suddenly became excited: "Every new thing that appears is terrifying to human beings! The development of bioengineering is the general trend, but researchers have not been able to carry it out with great fanfare. The problem is that it is 'too scary' and robs God Don’t forget that Copernicus was burned to death by some people who borrowed the name of God, and human beings don’t understand God at all, and prefer to act in His name!” It was a surprise to me that Chen Dao would be so excited all of a sudden, but Leng Ruobing was obviously used to it, and she said calmly: "People have this ability, it is also given by God!"

I had no intention of discussing the relationship between God's creativity and human creativity with them, so I opened the topic and said, "Is it your turn to speak?" Chen Dao nodded: "Yes, after that dragonfly idiot." Just as he was speaking, there was a burst of applause in the hall. Chen Dao walked into the hall, and Leng Ruobing followed. I expected Chen Dao's speech to be more interesting, so I also went in.After hearing the introduction of Chen Dao by the host, Chen Dao started to speak. From the very beginning, he defended the insects—that is the passage I recorded at the beginning. Chen Dao continued to play: "The earth belongs to all living things, and every living thing should be given the space to live. They also have this right to protect the space to live!" I couldn't help frowning when I heard his arguments, and sure enough, a person in the front row screamed: "When a creature takes the lives of other creatures for its own purpose of survival, the creature , have no right to live on earth!" I shook my head again, Chen Dao's arguments are highly debatable, but the person who raised the objection rambled a lot, but his words were even more vulnerable. Chen Dao laughed "haha": "According to Your Excellency's theory, first of all, the right of human beings to live on the earth should be revoked. Humans rely on the lives of other creatures to maintain their own lives!" The man's voice sounded sharper: "We are human beings, and everything should be based on human survival!" Chen Dao said: "That's a matter of concept. I think that all living beings are equal, and everyone is life, and the way of life is also the operation of natural laws!" The man simply stood up, and saw that he was ordinary in stature and not impressive in appearance, but his voice was piercingly piercing: "So, human beings cannot eliminate pests, and it is also the operation of the laws of nature!" Chen Dao took a breath: "Humans can never eliminate pests, this is the law of nature!" The man said loudly: "Yes! Smallpox, now only exists in the laboratory!" Chen Dao was taken aback for a moment, as if for a while, he never thought that the person would include bacteria in the list of "pests", but when he thought about it, it made a lot of sense. Harmful bacteria did meet the definition of pests. At this time, the host stood up and said loudly: "The purpose of this gathering is only to hold your own opinions. It does not discuss other people's arguments, and it is not necessary to agree with other people's arguments. Therefore, there is no debate. Dr. Chen is invited to continue to speak. Don't interrupt his speech." The man waved his hands, and seemed to want to say something more, but he finally sat down without making a sound. Chen Dao paused for a while before continuing. I couldn't finish listening to Chen Dao's words, because at this moment, someone whispered behind me: "Wei Jun, what a coincidence, I was just looking for you!" Perhaps it was because I was nosy, and this kind of situation often happened, but this time it was different, because as soon as I heard it, I recognized the voice of an acquaintance. So, without turning around, I said, "Director, is there any intractable disease?" The person who spoke turned to me, and it turned out to be Huang Tang, the director of the special police office that I hadn't seen for a long time. Huang Tang has cooperated with me in many cases. He is shrewd and capable, and has strong reasoning ability. It is a pleasure to get along with this kind of person.Huang Tang shook hands with me, and then heaved a long sigh. I laughed: "If you have something to say, please say it, just do it, and win sympathy!" Huang Tang also laughed: "You really are so stinging when you talk to old friends!" I replied: "There is no way. There are too many boring people. In order to dismiss them, I have to put aside the reserved exchanges and speak directly. Over time, it becomes a habit!" Huang Tang took a deep breath, and really went straight to the point: "Have you ever heard of 'Head Robber'?" I stayed for a while. "Head Robber"! These four words are very frightening when they are turned around, and in fact, such a frightening name was born because of the frightening behavior. I don’t know too much, but I just learned from some reports. First, in Birmingham, England, in a funeral home, there were three dead waiting for an inquest. Two men and one woman, with their heads above their necks, suddenly disappeared. Then, in several places in the UK, such incidents happened every once in a while. After a total of nine incidents, the atmosphere of terror permeated, and Scotland Yard was also very tense. People, what is the purpose. What is the value of a dead head, worth stealing? Since every time a head was stolen, it happened in the funeral parlor, so the police had no choice but to strengthen the defense of the funeral parlor. After taking strict guarding measures, sure enough, there was no head theft incident for several months. After learning from the painful experience, Scotland Yard also made a summary of the nine head theft incidents. In nine cases, a total of twenty-two heads were stolen. There were both men, women, and children. It seemed that there was no pattern. The head-stealers did not "choose what to drink and what to eat." Suitable. The head of a dead person should be meaningless to anyone except for the relatives of the deceased. To a normal person, even if someone holds the head of a dead person with both hands, please accept it I must be grateful and insensitive, and will not accept it. Therefore, someone who took the trouble to steal the head must have a special effect. Scotland Yard has several conclusions. First, he is a psychopath and an extremely dangerous lunatic—beware that after stealing dead heads, he will develop into stealing living heads. Second, it has something to do with cults—perhaps the end of the world is coming. There are so many cults of all kinds. Among all kinds of cults, there are all kinds of strange religious rituals, and some of them must use the head of the dead , the only natural way out of theft. Third, the British police are not lacking in imagination, thinking that the activities of headhunters may be extended to the civilized world. Fourth, the imagination is richer. Assuming that it is possible, some aliens are collecting specimens of people on earth—the whole body is too heavy, so only the head is taken. This situation is a bit like an illegal antique dealer who left a huge Buddha statue , but the head of the Buddha statue was stolen. It is common for some so-called foreigners who "revere oriental culture" to use the head of the Buddha statue as a decoration in their living room. After a lot of commotion, the head theft of people waiting for burial in the funeral parlor crossed the English Channel and spread to France.First, in Lyon, then, in the western district of Paris, and then, a mountain in the south. As a result, the French police were also very nervous, and immediately formed the "British-French Allied Forces" with the British police to jointly investigate. In this investigation, excellent police officers from Britain and France were gathered, some of whom were acquaintances of mine, but they were also not found. It's just that in terms of the method of committing the crime, there is a consistent conclusion - it is not easy to cut off a person's head up to the neck, even if it is a dead person's head, it is not so easy to cut off.And from the body whose head was stolen, it can be seen that the method of the head robber is extremely clean and neat. Anatomy experts in the two places agreed that such "surgery" is a world-class technology. Therefore, the target of tracking was once set on the surgeon, but there was no result. Since there are funeral homes everywhere, and customarily, there are no special guards for the dead who stay in the funeral home, so it is extremely difficult to completely prevent the head of the dead from being stolen. After a lot of commotion in France, there were seven cases in total, and a total of nineteen corpses had their heads cut off, and their whereabouts are unknown. Then, after another period of silence, four more cases were discovered in Belgium, and then two more cases in Luxembourg. After the head theft incident also occurred in Luxembourg, the case had an important breakthrough—the investigators found that every time such a strange case happened and head robbery activities were frequent, there was some kind of large-scale crime in the country. A scientific meeting is underway. The first was in the UK, the 10-year congress of the Genetics Society, worldwide, and in France, the European Union's medical conference, and in Belgium, a worldwide environmental conference - the theme was how to save endangered species In Luxembourg, at the time of the crime, a large gathering of brain doctors from all over the world was held. This is certainly not a coincidence! However, it is not easy for the investigators to come to a conclusion about the connection between the two. Naturally, after such a discovery, the investigators first thought that the perpetrator was also a participant in the meeting. Therefore, the names of all the participants and clerks of the four meetings were listed together. This "arrangement method", although very primitive, is a good way to find the perpetrator. If one of the names appeared in all four meetings, then this person can be regarded as a suspect, and a further breakthrough can be made on him. However, after arranging the names of the people, it was found that no one attended these four meetings. So, it ran aground again. And after that, there was a period of time when no one's head was stolen anywhere in the world. I learned all this from the reports, and I had imagined that there might be some use for dead heads, but to no avail. And at this time, Huang Tang asked me suddenly, and I immediately understood why he appeared here! A big gathering of biologists is being held here, and the environment is similar to the environment of the previous four head robber activities. I said loudly: "Head theft has also been discovered in the local area?" When I asked this question, Huang Tang immediately understood that I had a certain degree of understanding of the head theft case. He took a breath: "Not yet, but Interpol has warned us to be careful, it may happen." I said, "You're looking for me for this?" Huang Xuandao: "Yes, such strange things happen continuously, isn't it enough to arouse Wesley's interest?" I raised my head halfway, looked at the decoration on the ceiling, thought for a while, then nodded and said: "It certainly should arouse my interest - if you ask my opinion, I think there is more than half of the possibility, during this gathering period , a head theft incident occurred." As soon as Huang Tang heard me say this, he was shocked: "So, the perpetrator must be a participant?" I sighed: "Where did your reasoning ability go? Why do you have to be a participant in the meeting? Can't you be an observer? Can't you be a reporter covering the news? You should take several actions immediately——" Huang Tang couldn't help but stood at attention and saluted me: "Yes, first, try to track down the immigrants in this gathering as much as possible, and second, strengthen the security work of each funeral home." I added: "If you want to lure the head thief into the bait and capture him alive, then you have to send plainclothes to monitor him 24 hours a day!" Huang Tang was very excited: "Yes, arrange fragrant bait to catch the robber, and see where he escapes!" I understood his intentions very well, and said: "If you solve this case, your counterparts in Europe must admire you very much." Huang Tang's face was full of pride, and he was eager to win, which is common to everyone. I patted him on the shoulder: "Wait for your good news——after you have the result, please don't forget to notify me as soon as possible. I really want to meet this person, I am curious, I want to know what is the use of stealing so many dead heads." At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the venue, and many people shouted: "It's too much!" Because I was concentrating on discussing the "Head Robber" matter with Huang Tang, and this matter can indeed attract people's attention, I didn't pay attention to what happened in the meeting place at all. This naturally goes against the principle of "listen to all directions and look around", but since I never thought that there would be any accidents on such an occasion, I relaxed a little until someone shouted, I know, there is something It happened. I immediately raised my head and saw a mess on the podium. Chen Dao was standing in front of the loudspeaker. pushed aside.And the host and several other people wanted to snatch the loudspeaker back from that person. And that person's skill is actually very good, pointing east and west, using both hands and feet, so that the few people around him can't get close to him.Everyone in the audience shouted and cursed, and suddenly became a mess. It didn't look like a scientific gathering, just like a group of hungry dogs fighting for food. I thought this kind of scene could only happen in Taiwan's Congress, which is known as "democracy and progress", but it turns out that it can happen at any time, and it is really lively to experience it personally. In addition, Chen Dao, who was forced to one side in the chaos, raised his voice and called: "Let him speak, let him speak!" Originally, it must have been Chen Dao who was still speaking. That person went up to the stage to make trouble, and everyone stopped him. Now that Chen Dao said this, the stoppers stopped. As soon as the man stood up, with a confident expression, he said sharply: "I'll say it." As soon as he opened his mouth, I thought that he was the one who interrupted from the audience when Chen Dao started his speech. I saw that he was not tall, with an ordinary appearance and half bald hair, but he had a "female voice" that was extremely uncomfortable to hear, and his voice was sharp. He said loudly: "The master said: Is it tolerable or not, so I must rush to say it."