Chapter 351 Ye Xiaomei, You Are So Good at Pretending
The experts were naturally crazy about the research results. After digging for a while, Lao Mi stood up, pointed to the place where he had dug the trench and gestured upwards. He asked his assistant to bring a few people to dig upwards with shovels to see if they could find the source.
Ye Xiaomei fell into deep thought: "Qijun, you haven't had lunch yet, you should go back first. I will study with Professor Qin here in the afternoon."
The meaning is very simple. Pay close attention to it and study it here for a while, and then come back to tell the man the result.
Ma Qijun did not refuse: "Just be careful."
In the afternoon, Lao Mi and his men were busy. Ye Xiaomei's little face was reddened by the sun. Qin Rong called her into the tent while they were drinking water. Qin Rong looked at Ye Xiaomei with hesitation, wanting to say something.
After she finished her tea, she said, "I think you should know a lot about the White Snake and the Black Toad."
The sudden question caught Ye Xiaomei off guard. She had never revealed any clues she knew, and if she had revealed them, it would probably be the words she had just said inadvertently.
Since she knew about it, Ye Xiaomei didn't hide it: "I heard a little bit about it."
Qin Rong asked suspiciously: "Just heard about it?"
Ye Xiaomei nodded cautiously: "There is an old Chinese doctor in the Military General Hospital. I saw the black toad stone medicine from him, so I have heard a little about it. In fact, I don't know much about it."
A hint of disdain flashed across Qin Rong's eyes. She absolutely didn't believe that Ye Xiaomei only knew a little bit.
Qin Rong already knew the secrets about her very clearly. When the white snake becomes a spirit and looks for a physical body to inhabit, it will definitely not look for an ordinary girl. It will definitely bring all the memories of its past and present lives with it, and Ye Xiaomei will definitely inherit the memory of the spirit snake.
How could she not know? I don't believe it.
The human-snake research project has been carried out for decades, and now there is a new breakthrough on the verge of happening. Why is Ye Xiaomei still hiding it?
Qin Rong was observing Ye Xiaomei while sipping her tea. Seeing that she looked innocent and acted like a real person, she asked tentatively:
"Do you believe that animals can become spirits?"
Ye Xiaomei was stunned. She was obviously testing him. But even if she pulled her conscience out of the cocoon, Ye Xiaomei still didn't know the relationship between herself and the White Snake.
"How is that possible? Besides, these feudal superstitions are just rumors. When we were destroying the four olds, we were not allowed to talk nonsense. Besides, Professor Qin, you are a scientific intellectual. You wouldn't believe in folk legends, would you?"
Qin Rong frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed his brows imperceptibly and said with a smile:
"Einstein once said that the end of science is metaphysics. Why can't I believe it just once?"
Ye Xiaomei became more alert and pretended to be curious with her eyes wide open:
"No way, Professor Qin. Then tell me a story. When I was little, I loved listening to my grandfather tell stories the most. But he only told stories about wars. I have never heard of a story about an animal becoming a spirit."
When the teacher heard this, Ye Xiaomei was not really unaware, but, judging from her research results, the spirit snake would definitely find the spirit host with its memories and some special abilities. This was beyond doubt. She would be so sure even if the king of heaven came:
"Well, I didn't believe it before, until I met my mentor ten years ago. She is a well-known biologist. When she was studying the immortality of jellyfish, she found that jellyfish don't have a brain but can use the function of cell replication to achieve a kind of metamorphosis immortality. However, the biggest disadvantage of this type of metamorphosis immortality is that it cannot replicate memory, which means that the jellyfish themselves don't even know that they can replicate immortality.
At that time, the mentor's daughter was seriously ill. She wanted to get a breakthrough in treating the disease from the jellyfish experiment, but her daughter had no memory at all and was like a walking corpse.
At that time, she changed the direction of her research, looking for animals that have spirituality, memory and immortality. Later, she began to visit the people and gradually collected legends about animals becoming spirits for research.
It was not until ten years ago, when she was almost at retirement age, that she discovered the method of possessing the spirit of a white snake. In this way, a person can not only possess the memory of a spirit snake that is hundreds or even thousands of years old, but also possess the spiritual energy of a thousand-year-old spirit snake. "
Speaking of this, Qin Rong subconsciously glanced at Ye Xiaomei, hoping to find some clues. Unexpectedly, she listened very seriously, without any expression of surprise.
Qin Rong had no choice but to continue: "She started to study the relationship between the human body and soul, and then discovered that humans really have souls, and the body is just a container for the soul. At this time, it is very difficult to study animals."
"What's the difficulty?" Ye Xiaomei asked curiously.
Qin Rong wanted to die. Was she really stupid or was she just pretending? He continued patiently:
"The most difficult thing is to find animals that are thousands of years old, because some animals cannot be judged by their size to see whether they are spirits or not. However, there is one kind of animal that can be judged by its size and spirit, and that is the snake."
Ye Xiaomei nodded in agreement.
Qin Rong sighed and said, "The most famous one is the mythical story of Nuwa. The White Snake was discovered by my mentor when he retired. This kind of snake is different from ordinary snakes. After becoming a spirit, it can change its appearance to confuse people. However, some subtle habits cannot be completely eliminated."
Having said that, Qin Rong looked at Ye Xiaomei's waist a few more times. Her back looked like a snake when she walked. This was also the reason why Qin Rong was particularly shocked when he saw Ye Xiaomei for the first time.
Sure enough, surprise flashed across Ye Xiaomei's eyes. No, it was shock.
Yes, Ye Xiaomei immediately thought of the abnormality of her body, but the shock was fleeting, and she quickly said:
"Will it cause scales?"
"..." Qin Rong was speechless. How long would she keep pretending?
"Not necessarily. The higher the level of Taoism, the better it can hide. If it transforms into a human with scales, it only means that the snake is still a child." Qin Rong's tone gradually became a little impatient, as if he was too lazy to explain to you.
After saying that, Qin Rong prepared to get up and leave. After all, you can't wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep. If he continued like this, he would be made a fool of by Ye Xiaomei.
Ye Xiaomei quickly grabbed Qin Rong and said, "Professor Qin, if what you said is true, and a snake can become a spirit and turn into a human, then if she gives birth, will she lay eggs?"
"..." Qin Rong's forehead was sweating because of her question. She felt that Ye Xiaomei was pretending a little too much. Isn't this stupid?
However, she maintained her kind look as always and tapped Ye Xiaomei on the head:
"It seems that you don't usually read mythological novels. Since you have already admitted it, then the descendants must also have spirituality. How could it be an egg?"
Phew, she was scared to death. Ye Xiaomei was inexplicably afraid that Cheng Shuang and Ziqiang would suddenly turn into snakes one day. Fortunately, it’s okay.
"Let's go and take a look." Qin Rong patted Ye Xiaomei's shoulder and left the tent first.
Ye Xiaomei was amused by her own strange thoughts just now. What was she imagining?
At this moment, Qin Rong outside suddenly shouted: "Xiao Mei, come and see."
Ye Xiaomei ran out as fast as she could. It was a big deal to see this. Her life was not lived in vain. This was the first time she had seen a living person in her life.
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