Urban Legends: The Legacy of Ancient Civilizations

For fear that the spirits trapped in the tunnel would rush out and cause further casualties, all the survivors only rested for a few minutes. They all struggled to keep up with the evacuation of the team and actively moved closer to the vehicle hiding place outside the mountain.

Everything went smoothly afterwards, and I met several lone escapees on the way. No one would ask how they escaped. Even if they escaped on the backs of others, everyone relied on their own abilities.

In the end, only a dozen or so people gathered at the hiding place of the vehicle. The personnel loss was roughly estimated at about 60%, which was considered a complete loss.

Everyone is a desperado, and no one mourns the sacrificed personnel. While they can only survive for the rest of their lives, they are all vaguely looking forward to the bonus from this mission, which is a lot of money.

Without any intention of waiting for other people who might be alone, a van and a meeting note were left behind, and everyone returned to Chita City in their own vehicles.

Those who returned to Chita City threw themselves into rest and recuperation without hesitation, and indulged in the sensuality and beauty of indulgence, so that the desperadoes could forget the fear and despair of dying.

Rewards are always the only means to counteract suffering, and the surviving hedonists will always be proud of their luck.

In the confused paralysis of survival and success, catalyzed by alcohol and lies, death is the misfortune of the incompetent and has nothing to do with me.

During this period, Jiang Yingxue led the key personnel to continuously study the top-secret research information brought back. The experimental process recorded in it was very boring, but the content related to it shocked everyone.

It is not difficult to see from the clues in the experimental materials that the initial research materials for the sleep deprivation experiment did come from the Tunguska region.

It is unknown whether this research material is all the known secrets of the Tunguska region, or whether it is just some extremely one-sided research directions.

Bai Ning is more inclined to a one-sided research direction, and is more eager to find an outpost research base set up by the Soviets in the Tunguska region.

In the follow-up research of the sleep deprivation experiment, the phenomenon of spontaneous combustion in the human body was also one of its research directions. Ivan did not lie about this, but he did lie about the overall number of spontaneous combustion in the human body.

In this research report, the researchers boldly discussed the correlation between the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion and the phenomenon of vampire body disintegration.

According to legend, whether a vampire is irradiated by the sun or pierced by a silver object, he will eventually be destroyed. The phenomenon of the physical body disintegrating and annihilating under the action of external inducements is actually similar to the spontaneous combustion of the human body to a certain extent.

Whether the biological organism collapses and annihilates by emitting black smoke, or produces flames during the process of collapse, both are the final collapse of the biological organism into inorganic ash.

It's just that the annihilation of vampires is due to sunlight and silver, but the cause of spontaneous combustion in the human body is not clear.

According to the general induction method, the cause of the collapse of vampires comes from external sunlight and silver, so the cause of spontaneous combustion of the human body is most likely to come from the inside of the human body.

To put it simply, it is the soul.

The internal collapse of the soul will cause the human body to spontaneously combust, and it will also lead to the death of vampires. However, due to the different physical attributes of humans and vampires, the collapse appearance of the two will also be different.

Regarding the hypothesis of the vampire body, the relevant researchers' theories are also very bold. They believe that vampires can live forever simply because they rely on the immortality of the soul.

The soul can live forever, but the body cannot, so vampires need to drink blood to maintain the basic state of the body.

However, time is inevitable for the wear and tear of any organic matter, and entropy increase is a basic axiom that cannot be disobeyed.

Once the vampire's soul is damaged by sunlight or silver and breaks apart,

The body of a vampire will be like silk fabrics that have been sleeping in tombs for thousands of years. They will quickly oxidize the moment they come into contact with the air, and eventually become a pile of decaying dust.

The body of a vampire will be quickly destroyed when the soul disintegrates. This is consistent with the basic law of entropy increase. However, the intensity of spontaneous combustion of the human body obviously cannot be explained in this way.

Based on this, relevant researchers gave a reasonable hypothesis.

They believe that the reason why spontaneous combustion of the human body can quickly turn an organic body into a puddle of inorganic matter is because the combustion process inside the body is mixed with other forms of heat release.

In other words, spontaneous combustion of the human body seems to be the self-combustion of the organic body, but it is actually analogous to rapid incineration in an incinerator.

The source of this extra energy, researchers hypothesize, comes from the disintegration process of the soul.

The soul may disintegrate to generate energy during the disintegration process. This assumption makes the human soul instantly equivalent to energy-state matter.

Although the annihilation of the human soul cannot release huge amounts of heat like the annihilation process of antimatter, the human soul is indeed a high-energy matter.

The mass-energy equation was proposed in 1905, and sleep deprivation experiments were conducted in 1940, when the hypothesis of the connection between matter and energy was still in full swing.

The hypothesis that matter is energy is also a trend to some extent.

Atomic nuclei can split into smaller nuclei under the impact of neutrons, thereby releasing a large amount of heat. This is the basic principle of the atomic bomb. This release of energy is explained as the release process of atomic energy.

However, during this process, the mass of the atomic nucleus will decrease slightly. This situation of generating energy through the annihilation of matter is the basis of the hypothesis that matter is energy.

We can even boldly assume that when the universe exploded, it was actually the process of a huge mass of energy collapsing into various basic particles, including positive matter and antimatter.

So, is the soul also an energy substance?

Through the phenomenon of spontaneous combustion in the human body, relevant researchers have given a bold new research direction.

Unfortunately, there was a big deviation in the subsequent experimental process, which led to the interruption of this research route. When Bai Ning heard this, he was also sighing.

In addition to research related to spontaneous combustion of the human body, the phenomenon of vampire body disintegration was mentioned in this rigorous experimental discussion, which also interested Bai Ning very much.

This is obviously not due to the whim of the relevant researchers, and it is even less likely to be because the supernatural nature of the sleep deprivation experiment led to the analogy and association of the relevant experimenters.

The research level of this secret base is extremely high, and the information channels available must be national-level, so the relevant records about vampires may not be just an urban legend.

Thinking of this, Bai Ning once again thought of the urban legends related to the Tunguska region:

Some animals that had never been seen before appeared in the forest. They looked like pigs but not pigs. They walked listlessly. Wherever they went, leaves fell and flowers withered. So the villagers chased them with guns, but the animals ran very fast and could not be beaten. It doesn't matter, it disappears in an instant, just like the earth has escaped.

This pig-like but not pig-like animal may have escaped from the ancient ruins in the Tunguska region, so where did species like vampires escape from?

Nuwa created human beings in her own image, and God created Adam, the first human being, in his own image. This is the common origin of Eastern and Western mythology.

Let’s not talk about what this commonality represents. Isn’t it possible that when the gods created humans, there would be some defective products, or maybe they would create some sub-human species on a whim?

During archaeological excavations, various skeletal fossils also proved that humans are just a branch of various humanoid creatures, and the human genetic structure also contains genes from other subspecies of humans.

In the course of millions of years of evolution, human beings have never been alone.

Just like the five ancient civilization systems mentioned by the Mayans, are the human races that dominate the direction of civilization history really just some ancient humans who look different from modern humans?

Isn't it possible that they are sub-humans created by gods when they created humans?

All demi-humans together dominate the direction of history, and each type of demi-human will usher in its own moment of glory in a certain historical period. After the final cruel selection of civilization, only the human race that represents Homo sapiens can Take over the inheritance banner of the fifth civilization.

Just through an experimental report related to the sleep deprivation experiment, such a broad range of possibilities can be extended. Bai Ning was also overwhelmed by the various possibilities in his mind. He was really looking forward to the next adventure to the Tunguska region.

As for Ivan, who was researching with him, his focus was completely different.

In Ivan's eyes, there is only a soul super-control machine, but this information alone cannot replicate the original research miracle. Just that huge piece of top-grade raw mineral crystal cannot be obtained without the efforts of the whole country.

If Ivan wanted to recreate the original research process, he would have to risk going back and dig out the old and heavy machine.

But no one knows when the spirit riot inside will end. It is absolutely impossible in the short term, which makes Ivan very sad.

It is precisely because of the continuation of this obsession that Ivan still hangs around Jiang Yingxue, and occasionally comes to Bai Ning to drink and chat.

Bai Ning was well aware of Ivan's troubles, and was secretly thinking about whether to continue using Ivan.

After being baptized by the previous wave of spiritual riots, Bai Ning deeply realized that the subsequent expedition must be equipped with a large number of manpower.

The team is currently short of people. As long as new people come in, members of the Night Demon Society will take the opportunity to sneak in, so it doesn't matter whether Ivan's team is replaced or not.

Now that Ivan is interested in exploring the Tunguska region, his own knowledge accumulation will be beneficial to subsequent actions, and Bai Ning has facilitated such a journey.

Ivan's men had been resting in Chita City for a week before everyone recovered from the initial fear of death.

In other words, under the influence of strong alcohol and tenderness, these desperadoes are once again filled with a profound longing for the beauty of the material world. The rapid decrease of money in their hands makes them willing to take risks again.