The last time Lin Fan came to the conference room was the day he first came to 800.
That day she had been avoiding people, unwilling to look up. When she went in again today, she saw that everyone inside was looking at her intently, with smiles on their faces.
"Lin Fan is here!" Yu Guangli also stood up and greeted him.
Song Ren pushed Lin Fan to the edge of the table, and Li Chunhua quickly removed a chair and put it aside.
Jin Sichen sat above Lin Fan, at the first seat at the long table. Wu Yusen was absent this time, so Song Ren took his place on Lin Fan's other side, with Li Chunhua sitting below him.
The main seat was still empty. I didn't know if it was specially vacated for Xie Bisheng or if they simply wanted to keep it out of sight.
The seats on the other side of the long table remained unchanged, in order: Yu Guangli, Dr. Xiao, Wu Yi, and Kuang Li.
Zhang Zhaojie hesitated for a while between being closer to Lin Fan or facing Lin Fan, and chose the opposite side where he could see Lin Fan.
Ke Wenbin chose to sit closer and below Li Chunhua.
Xia Jing was still sitting across from the main seat. Lin Fan had heard him constantly tapping away on his keyboard before he came in, but now it had been quite still for quite a while, which was quite unusual.
Lin Fan was not used to being in a room with so many people, but the kindness shown by everyone somewhat soothed her fear. She forced herself to suppress her discomfort and pretended nothing had happened.
Jin Sichen saw the struggle in her eyes and pretended not to see it.
No matter how others help you, there are some roads that only you can walk on your own.
"I heard there's a video of what happened yesterday." Jin Sichen deliberately turned away from Lin Fan and asked Yu Guangli, "Can we see it?"
"Of course," Yu Guangli agreed immediately. "Lin Fan hasn't seen it either, right? Then let's watch yesterday's video first."
As soon as he finished speaking, the blinds closed automatically, the lights in the room turned off, the projector turned on, and the picture was clearly displayed on the screen.
The videos played one after another, and no one spoke.
Although many people had seen it countless times yesterday, they were still all focused on the figure in the picture.
Lin Fan, like everyone else, watched the video carefully. It was her first time seeing a mecha like this, and it felt like watching a scene from a science fiction movie; it didn't feel real at all.
"Click" the indoor lights turned on, the curtains slowly rose, and the video was finished playing.
"How is it? Lin Fan, does it feel familiar?" Yu Guangli hoped that Lin Fan could feel something.
Lin Fan shook her head. She felt neither familiar nor unfamiliar. The mecha in the video seemed completely unrelated to her; she felt no connection at all.
Everyone was disappointed. They had thought that after seeing the video, Lin Fan would have some familiar connection or recall some helpful clues.
They were wrong again.
It seems like I really can't get any help from Lin Fan...
"I heard that you reached some conclusions after your discussion yesterday. Can you share them with us?" Jin Sichen promptly guided the topic to avoid a dull silence.
Seeing that Lin Fan didn't say anything, Xia Jing started typing on the keyboard again and clicking the mouse frequently, returning to his usual busy state.
"Yes, we did some analysis and inference yesterday. Everyone, please help check if there are any mistakes or omissions." Yu Guangli said nonchalantly.
It didn't matter if Lin Fan couldn't remember it now. Let her continue to listen. Who knows when she might suddenly remember something.
Besides, it was necessary to let her know the status of her mecha.
Zhang Zhaojie ran to the front happily and acted as an assistant.
The curtain rose, revealing the blackboard notes they had written during yesterday's analysis.
Everyone looked over.
Jin Sichen read it carefully word by word.
Song Ren took a quick look and memorized the words on the blackboard. He then paid some attention to Lin Fan who was also looking at the whiteboard, while slowly studying the contents of the words on the blackboard in his mind.
Li Chunhua looked at the whiteboard for a while, then at Lin Fan. He still couldn't imagine how Lin Fan had become the mecha man pushing Pangu in the video. She was clearly very weak!
"Did you come to a final conclusion from your analysis yesterday?" Jin Sichen didn't see the conclusion on the whiteboard and guessed that it was not written there, so he asked directly.
"We initially speculated that after Lin Fan transformed, the mecha would draw on her energy to operate. Since Lin Fan is weak, the transformation won't last long. And after the transformation, she will fall into a coma due to exhaustion of energy," said Yu Guangli on behalf of the others.
Jin Sichen nodded. This speculation was very reasonable. He then asked, "What about other aspects?"
"The principle of transformation is still unclear." Ke Wenbin sighed slightly unwillingly.
He couldn't just tell a group of people, "We suspect Lin Fan isn't human." Such baseless words weren't something a serious researcher like them could say.
Later, after discussion, they also felt that the definition of a person is not only about the body and appearance, but also about the inner humanity.
Lin Fan's three transformations were all for rescue purposes. It's undeniable that human nature is good, so why dwell on the unclear external appearance? So this speculation was unanimously skipped and no further investigation was carried out.
Besides, Lin Fan wasn't necessarily inhuman. Just like those people at the Bit Office who could transform, could you say they weren't human? It was just that they hadn't researched this aspect yet.
"But we have a new theory about the trigger for the transformation," Zhang Zhaojie said happily. "Didn't we always speculate that Lin Fan transformed because he felt threatened, triggering his self-preservation instinct?"
"Yes." Li Chunhua remembered that he also helped with the test to verify Lin Fan's stress response to danger.
"Later, because Lin Fan knew we were testing her and wouldn't be emotionally affected at all, we had no choice but to abandon that plan. But that hypothesis has never been disproven," Zhang Zhaojie continued. "And this transformation proves our previous thinking was completely wrong."
"I'd like to hear more about it." Jin Sichen actually had a guess, but he was well versed in the rules of making people happy.
"Pangu's accident happened nearly a kilometer away from Lin Fan. Unless there was a major explosion, it wouldn't have posed any threat to her, let alone life-threatening." Zhang Zhaojie's face was filled with excitement. "And yet, she transformed and saved Pangu in the end. Why?"
Why are you asking? Why don't you just say no?
"We haven't confirmed this yet. I'd like to ask Lin Fan something," Yu Guangli interrupted. Seeing Lin Fan's gaze shift towards him, he smiled and said, "Lin Fan, do you still remember your last thoughts before you transformed?"
Ideas? I don’t have any ideas.
Lin Fan lowered his eyes. She lost consciousness without even thinking about anything.
Seeing that Lin Fan didn't say anything, everyone looked at each other, at a loss.
It was Jin Sichen who broke the deadlock: "Lin Fan, don't worry about your thoughts. What was your last memory before you lost consciousness? Do you remember?"
"Pangu fell down, and his eyes were about to be poked by the sharp point." Lin Fan answered cooperatively.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time found that the answer was different from what they had expected.
"Didn't you think about saving Pangu at that time?" Zhang Zhaojie was anxious. The result of their discussion yesterday was that Lin Fan wanted to save Pangu, so he transformed and saved Pangu.
If not, then all previous inferences will be overturned.
Lin Fan shook her head. She usually tried to control herself from thinking too much; after all, thinking too much was a burden to her.
As the discussion began, Xia Jing stopped what he was doing and frowned as he began to think. He had originally thought that Lin Fan was subjectively determined to save Pangu.
"Don't be impatient!" Jin Sichen spoke, and the discussions disappeared instantly.
"You saw Pangu fall. Do you know what he will face?" Jin Sichen turned and faced Lin Fan.
"I know. Song Ren said so." Lin Fan still remembered what Song Ren had just said. If Pangu's glasses hit that sharp point, it would pierce the cab and the driver would either die or be disabled.
Pangu fell down just as he finished speaking, even spinning half a circle nimbly. He went from a simple situation to a position that could cause his own destruction.
At that time, she felt that Song Ren's mouth might be poisonous.
Thinking of this, Lin Fan cast a subtle glance at Song Ren. Even though she had her eyelids drooping and moved very quickly, Song Ren, who had been keeping an eye on her, still noticed.
Why is she looking at me? Song Ren was surprised by Lin Fan's sudden glance. He couldn't figure out what new label Lin Fan had just given him.
"You knew what the consequences would be if Pangu fell down, but you lost consciousness before you had time to think, right?" Jin Sichen concluded.
Lin Fan thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case: "Yes."
"If you were still conscious at the time and had the ability to save him, would you have saved him?" Jin Sichen asked again.
Lin Fan pondered for a moment, feeling the attention from all sides, she gently raised her eyelids and saw that everyone in the conference room was looking at her intently, waiting for her answer.
"Yes," she said softly but firmly.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Jin Sichen also smiled: "That's right."
"Why is it right?" Zhang Zhaojie asked.
"Human consciousness is divided into the conscious and subconscious. It is said that the subconscious is over 30,000 times more powerful than the conscious. In life, over 95% of our actions are natural, controlled by the subconscious, without much thought."
Seeing that no one was understanding, Jin Sichen had to start a small psychology class: "When we encounter a behavior we don't know how to do, our conscious mind will think about how to execute it. After countless successes, it will gradually be transmitted to the subconscious mind, and we can complete it automatically without deliberate thinking, and we can also carry out other activities at the same time. For example, walking, driving, typing, talking, etc., these are all subconscious behaviors."
"Subconscious behavior doesn't appear out of thin air. It's behavior we subjectively approve of, which is transmitted and accumulated in our subconscious mind after countless repetitions. Only behavior we subjectively approve of can be recognized by our subconscious mind."
"In addition to controlling obvious natural behaviors, the subconscious mind also controls invisible behaviors like dreams and biological clocks. We often dream of scenes buried deep in our memories; this is the subconscious at work. When you have a habitual biological clock, even without an alarm, you wake up at a certain time in the morning and feel sleepy at a certain time at night. This is also the subconscious at work. I won't go into detail about this and other things."
"Lin Fan's conscious mind was under her control, and she didn't have any subjective thoughts. But after hearing Captain Song's words, she subconsciously realized that Pangu was in danger and wanted to save it. So, without her realizing it, her subconscious mind controlled the transformation."
Oh, I see.
Everyone present suddenly understood.
Lin Fan seemed to be completely unaware, but in fact, she just didn't know.
It's time to finish the manuscript at night, and the progress is terrible when it is published the next morning. I revised this chapter twice, and I feel it is okay. I wonder what you think. Oli Ge, there is still the next chapter to be revised. If you think it is okay, please give some recommendation votes and monthly votes to encourage the author. Thank you
