"I can't guarantee this." Shangguan Xiuming said with a wry smile, "Do you remember? I just told you that every time tracer has his own special difficulties, which makes their fate difficult to move forward under normal circumstances.
, only in the repeated cycle of reincarnation can there be a slight respite."
"you mean……"
"As you can see, this bomb is my dilemma, the doom of my fate, and a threshold that I cannot cross." Shangguan Xiuming's tone was a little weak, "In fact, although the accelerated detonation device in the transformer box and the communication
The detonation signal emission source in the device is indeed my handiwork, but the poison gas bomb itself was neither made nor planted by me."
"What--?!"
Zhang Ke only found it very incredible. He had always been sure that Shangguan Xiuming was the initiator of planting the bomb, so he had always made inferences based on this assumption. After all, Shangguan Xiuming's behavior pointed to this, and he himself did not deny or refute it.
But I didn't expect that he would actually say this now.
"The first time I realized that I had the ability to travel through time and space cycles was thanks to this bomb. After it blew me up, I woke up from home in the middle of the night, and then gradually realized that it was not a
A nightmare." Shangguan Xiuming said:
"Since these reincarnations, I have been trying to dismantle the bomb and find the real culprit who planted it. However, I have not been able to completely complete both tasks for the time being. It has taken many reincarnations of energy and attempts. What I can do now is just
I am temporarily using a homemade jamming device to delay and adjust the detonation time... Of course, if used in reverse, it can also accelerate its explosion. I have installed a similar emission source into the communicator."
"No...it's clear that in the previous reincarnation, the bomb disposal and explosive disposal team had successfully defused the bomb." Zhang Ke said, "Even I have thought of something that you, as a professional, can't do, right?"
"Bomb disposal? That's just a superficial appearance. That cycle ended after the bomb was defused, so you didn't see the follow-up development." Shangguan Xiuming shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Ordinary bomb disposal methods will only accelerate the explosion of the remaining ones.
, causing more serious consequences.”
"The rest??? You mean, there's more than one bomb??"
"Yes - actually, various types of explosive bombs are buried at every exit of this subway. The principles and structures of each one are very different. They have almost become military museums. After spending so many reincarnations, I also
I just have a deeper understanding of the short-circuit circuit used as the detonation source of the bomb, and can interfere to a certain extent." Shangguan Xiuming said:
"As for the others... I'm afraid it will take four or five times the current reincarnation before I can have some clues."
The gas bombs scattered everywhere in the subway station reminded Zhang Ke that the murderer had used something similar to gas bombs when he attacked before. Although the murderer could not do such delicate work, but - provide him with this destructive weapon
People must be closely related to the situation in the subway.
"In other words, you just used this bomb, the principle of which you are most familiar with, to cover your actions today?" Zhang Ke seemed to understand, and said, "In order to take Yuan Mengmeng away?"
"In fact, it doesn't need to go very far, as long as I can completely control her will through the Rorschach inkblot awakening experiment." Shangguan Xiuming said.
"Ah? What is this?" Zhang Ke felt that he knew every word the other person said, and when they were put together, it became very strange.
"This is the basic but crucial information I just said I would tell you. But before that, you must promise me not to interfere with each other." Shangguan Xiuming reiterated.
"As long as you don't cause any more trouble for me, this matter can be put aside for now." Zhang Ke nodded.
"Okay, then I will keep my promise -" Shangguan Xiuming said while holding a dark black, long square object from his arms. It looked a bit like the kind of ruler that old gentlemen use to slap their palms.
.
However, there are many strange patterns painted on the ruler, which seem to be made of very bright ink fuel. If you look carefully, its outline is not completely disordered, but has some specific patterns similar to butterflies, flowers, clouds and so on.
"This is..." Zhang Ke's eyes suddenly became confused, but he never noticed this. He only felt that all his attention and mental energy seemed to be sucked away by the pattern on the ruler, and he felt that he could not extricate himself.
, the inexplicable feeling that I can't look away.
However, he did not lose his basic rationality and self-will. Although he did not want to take his eyes away from the ruler, he felt that the patterns on it were very unfamiliar, so after a while, he forcibly covered his eyes with his hands and asked: "What is this?"
"There is no recognized name, but everyone generally calls it the Rorschach Ruler. It is something that every time-traveler has come into contact with and owns." Shangguan Xiuming said, "But judging from your reaction just now, you obviously don't have it.
"
"Ah...?? I really don't have one, does everyone have one?" Zhang Ke asked in surprise.
"Sure enough, you are indeed a bit special. You are different from most of the time-traversers I know." Shangguan Xiuming nodded and replied, "Yes, all time-traversers have this thing, but everyone's Rorschach
The patterns on the rulers are all different, which is almost equivalent to a time-travelling ID card or a certification code, and it also has a more important purpose."
"You mean...?"
"If you can fully understand the patterns on the Rorschach ruler of another time tracer, and completely restore them in the blank spaces on your own ruler, and then let the other person see these patterns, you can completely control his mind." Shangguan Xiuming said:
"In other words, it is a situation similar to deep hypnosis. When you see your Rorschach inkblot diagram appearing on someone else's ruler, the other person will seem to have been given a psychological suggestion, without even noticing it.
I will obey you."
"This... what is the principle of this? Isn't it too strange? This has nothing to do with time travel??"
"Indeed, everyone is puzzled by the origin of the Rorschach ruler, but what is certain is that before you, every time tracer I met had this thing, so everyone is used to it." Shangguan.
Xiu Ming said:
"As for the principle, it is generally believed that this is an efficient and mysterious method of hypnosis. After all, the Rorschach inkblot experiment was originally a famous experiment in psychology used to test people's psychological conditions and mental states. To create a person in a ruler, I'm afraid
I think this experimental principle is applied to the level of forcibly creating psychological suggestions."
"There are also people who are trying to find out who made the Rorschach Ruler, sent such things to the time-tracers, and gave them the initial psychological hint - making them believe [the three initial ink marks on the Rorschach Ruler]
Chapter completed!