In the 1930s, the German psychologist Wolfgang Metzger's research confirmed that when a subject's entire field of vision was filled with featureless and undifferentiated colors, there would be changes in their EEG, and they might even experience hallucinations.
Miners who had been trapped in the darkness for a few days in a mine accident often saw hallucinations and strange phenomena. Arctic explorers who had been looking at the vast expanse of white snow for a long time also saw hallucinations and had mental changes. This was called the 'Ganzfeld effect'.
Ganzfeld. Ganzfeld's entire field of vision.
In 1974, psychologists Charles Hanauton and Sharon Harper published the first global experiment in the journal Journal of the American Society for Psychological Research.
Between 1974 and 1982, 42 global experiments were reported …
Now, in the quiet laboratory, Gu Jun was looking at the pictures on the computer screen.
If the first set of pictures was very simple, with only four single things, perhaps the teleporter would choose the dog because he liked the dog, and the receiver would subconsciously choose the dog because he knew the teleporter's preference.
But the second set of pictures was different. These four pictures all had complicated and even cumbersome details. On the upper left was a crowded mountaintop, on the upper right was a messy room, on the lower left was a mess of flowers and plants, and on the lower right was some sophisticated underground pipes.
Gu Jun chose at random. He clicked on the picture of the room and thought silently, Wu Shiyu, it's the room, the room …
The third set of pictures had the same simple description. They were all busy streets of modern cities, with pedestrians, cars, and skyscrapers. The style was the same, there were no landmarks, and there were no advertising words. He randomly chose the picture on the lower right and began to focus on the teleportation.
The fourth set of pictures were all densely packed human faces, all of which were strangers that he had never seen before …
The fifth set of pictures were chaotic and indescribable combinations of lines, dots, and graphics. They did not seem to have any meaning at all.
Starting from the third set, Gu Jun felt his brain was strained when he teleported. Even his heart felt suffocated, as if he had overexerted himself mentally. By the fifth set, his mind felt like it had entered a vortex. The lines, dots, and graphics were spinning and twisting, and there seemed to be unformed shadows flickering in them.
This made his head hurt a little, and confused thoughts surged in his mind. Illusion?
In this place, in this situation … what was the trigger?
"Okay, 30 seconds are up." At this time, the experimenter came up and told Gu Jun, "You can stop now."
"Oh." As soon as Gu Jun's attention left the picture, the illusion immediately dissipated.
The researchers immediately disconnected him from the equipment. Dr. Shen walked over and asked, "How do you feel?" Tong Ye followed him and stared at him.
Gu Jun said honestly, "At first, I didn't feel anything special. From the third group onwards, it became more and more taxing on my brain. In the end, I felt like I was hallucinating, but I couldn't see clearly."
At the same time, some researchers walked into the small room and asked Wu Shiyu to stop and remove the equipment for her. Her distressed voice could be heard, "My head hurts, it feels like it's going to split open … I did see something, but I don't know if it's the noise synesthesia, because I can see things at any time …"
Crack? Could it be because of my headache? Gu Jun's head suddenly moved. Her senses were connected?
Tong Ye and Dr. Shen looked at each other, and they both looked excited. Immediately, they walked into the inner room to see the results of the experiment. Gu Jun and Wu Shiyu could not know the results for the time being, in case their senses were disturbed, so Gu Jun could only stay in the outer room.
In the inner room, under everyone's gaze, Wu Shiyu began to choose in front of the computer. She held the mouse and clicked. The first group, apple.
"…" The researchers could not help but frown slightly. She did not hit the target. Gu Jun chose the forest.
The second group, Wu Shiyu continued to choose. The messy flowers and plants also did not hit the target.
"It can't be." Tong Ye suddenly became a little anxious. He muttered to his old partner, "Do you think this girl deliberately chose the wrong things?"
"Don't panic." Dr. Shen held Tong Ye back, but he understood why his old partner was so anxious. If there were no results from this, then what happened that year … that single case, those old friends who sacrificed themselves, the disbandment of Phoenix … would probably continue to be sealed in the unsolved files.
Before Tong Ye could say anything, his expression changed from anxiety to surprise and then to natural joy.
The third group, fourth group, and fifth group, Wu Shiyu's choices all hit the target. Three out of five, a hit rate of 60%.
"What's going on?" Tong Ye asked his partner again. Historically, the simpler the picture, the easier it was to hit the target, but now it was the other way around.
"Maybe the simple transmission was distorted by her synaesthesia." Dr. Shen said, but it was just a guess. "The more complicated the picture, the more stable it is. Or maybe Gu Jun did not have enough Psychic power at the beginning and only became Psychic later. "
The two still did not understand, but the middle-aged man's face lit up. This experiment was effective.
Next was the swap. Wu Shiyu would be the transmitter, and Gu Jun would be the receiver.
"Later, your mind might become very active, and there will be a lot of fleeting images." Dr. Shen told Gu Jun, "Don't resist it, and don't think about it. Just relax and feel it."
"Kid, listen to me." Tong Ye had a serious look on his face, even more serious than when he was teaching during the day. He did not seem to be drunk at all, and his tone sounded like he had been through it.
"The so-called chaos and disorder is not something that needs to be organized to understand. It is something like that in itself. You don't need to organize it, and don't think about how to see it clearly. You just need to feel the chaos itself, and the light and shadows will give you a hint. It's like a Picasso painting. "
Gu Jun nodded silently, and his heart sank. This was probably the most profound and logical thing he had ever heard from Tong Ye …
Soon, Gu Jun was lying on the bench in the inner room. He was also covered by a white half-ping-pong ball. According to Gu Jun, it was a common blindfold used in this experiment. Then he put on the earphones, and all he could hear was a constant rustling. It sounded like the noise of an old television without signal, or like … the sound of waves.
He opened his eyes, but he could not see what was outside. The red light from the ceiling filtered in, and it was an even and stable patch of dark red.
"Phew." Gu Jun exhaled. It was like he had fallen into a foreign fog, and some bloody scenes flashed in his mind.
The blood in the surgery room, the blood of the people from the Afterlife Cult …
Rustle, rustle, rustle. The longer he stared at the red light, the more his heart started to tremble. His heart rate was rising rapidly.
As expected, the thoughts in his mind became turbulent, and the shadows kept changing before his eyes.
Gu Jun thought back to Tong Ye's words. He did not try to see them clearly, but he calmed his breathing and allowed the shadows to move. However, because of that, some of the scenes became clearer. He did not know whether this was Wu Shiyu's teleportation, but it was more like the arrival of an illusion …
The prickling pain in his head intensified, and the illusion became clearer and more stable.
However, this time, it was different from the dream-like feeling. It was like he was watching a television, but he could clearly see some fragmented scenes.
There was a group of children sitting in a circle singing, but he was not among them. The children were wearing clothes from the 80s and 90s …
The children were running, playing, sleeping … the background was blurry …
Suddenly, Gu Jun saw these children sitting in a classroom. This time, the background was clear. It was an old primary school classroom with dusty ceiling fans and rows of old wooden tables and chairs. There was a poster at the back of the classroom. The words on it were blurry, but it appeared to be a happy Mother's Day greeting …
The 30 plus children sat upright on the chairs with their hands on the table. They stared at the podium and the blackboard before them, their faces expressionless.
Among the rustling noise, he seemed to hear other voices …
A familiar voice, a familiar woman's voice.
"Let him see …" she told the children.
It was their mother's voice.
Gu Jun saw the scene at the podium. There were five figures wearing masks and black robes standing there. They were not from the Afterlife Cult.
Even though they were well hidden, Gu Jun could recognize one of the figures. It was his mother, she was the one who was talking.
On the ground next to the podium, there was a young man kneeling there. His limbs were bound by thick ropes, and his face was swollen from the beating. There was a protrusion on his shoulder that appeared to be fractured, and blood leaked from his abdomen …
The man's eyes were covered by the hemispherical blindfold used in the Global Experiment. Suddenly, his face contorted in pain. His whole body started to shake, and he screamed madly.
It was the sound that Lou Xiaoning made when she peeked through the red door like she had seen the scariest thing in the world.
Gu Jun also recognized this young man, it was Tong Ye.
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