"You’re deceiving ?"
Gao Xin hadn’t expected Luo Yan to outright say that his blood had no effect whatsoever.
How could that be possible!
When Luo Yan ntioned a one-ti effect, he didn’t think much of it—after all, Heartswitch No.1 was said to only last three hours, yet he could still enter the Heartswitch state at any ti, couldn’t he?
Therefore, the effect of ’Luo Yan’s blood’ could also have mutated in him.
But... Luo Yan actually said he was deceiving him, that it had no effect at all?
This was just a huge farce.
"No effect? But I clearly felt sothing yesterday..." Gao Xin looked doubtful.
Luo Yan sighed, "That was the placebo effect!"
"Placebo effect?" Gao Xin didn’t understand.
Luo Yan explained, "It’s knowledge I ca across in Emperor Penguin’s bookstore, also known as the fake dicine effect."
"According to the description, it’s a phenonon where a patient undergoes ineffective treatnt but ’expects’ or ’believes’ it to work, thus alleviating their symptoms."
Gao Xin’s eyes widened, as if struck by lightning.
Then he suddenly grabbed Luo Yan’s arms with such force that his veins bulged, "What did you say!"
His expression was fierce, as if he’d seen so great treasure.
Luo Yan thought he hadn’t understood and said, "Basically, it’s about tricking patients into thinking the dicine is effective when it isn’t—just an ordinary nutrient solution—but still, it leads to a therapeutic effect."
"Ouch, you’re holding on too tight, Gao Xin, calm down!"
"I had no choice but to deceive you, given the situation at the ti. You were simply no match for Oyama Mas, and you’d fallen into a highly paranoid state."
"To save you, I could only think of this thod, taking a shot in the dark with this piece of knowledge."
"Fortunately, it actually worked. Didn’t you feel like your injuries improved a lot, and the pain wasn’t so bad anymore, like your whole body was numb? Even eventually got a surge of strength powerful enough to pierce through their throat?"
Gao Xin let go, but his eyes were still fixed on Luo Yan.
Suddenly, he laughed.
He laughed manically, "So that’s how it is! That’s how it is!"
"As long as I believe, that’s enough."
Luo Yan worriedly said, "Hey, don’t take this effect too seriously, it has a very low success rate."
"The fundantal way humans overco all diseases is to heal themselves, to recover on their own—dication is rely an aid."
"The placebo effect is when the brain is tricked into thinking there’s backup coming, which then excites the body to intensify its healing. Not feeling pain and the final burst of strength are just effects of adrenaline."
He tried to explain the rationale, but Gao Xin interrupted with a wave of his hand, "Don’t tell about the principles, just tell if this is real!"
"Is this phenonon actually real?"
Luo Yan was taken aback, "Yes, there’s a lot of clinical evidence."
"I’ve read many related materials, and this situation was discovered as early as last century. Even in historical ancient texts, there are many cases that seem to be examples of this effect."
"But this is really difficult, and ’believing’ is too vague, too hard to quantify. You mustn’t consider this effect a lifesaver—I was desperate yesterday when I..."
Gao Xin’s eyes roved, waving his hands, "Forget about that, just tell if this is a phenonon that has been inherent to humans since ancient tis!"
"Yes... it is... so what?" Luo Yan didn’t understand why he was so agitated.
Gao Xin looked ecstatic, as though he had uncovered a monuntal secret.
"I get it now, I get it now... that’s why..."
"No wonder I couldn’t figure it out, why didn’t I know about this earlier? Yes, this is a phenonon that I could hardly have co across..."
"Never mind... it’s not too late now, let think, let think..."
He mumbled to himself, pacing unconsciously, like a fool searching for sothing.
"What’s wrong with you? What do you know?" Luo Yan approached and tried to support him, but was pushed away.
Gao Xin exclaid excitedly, "Don’t disturb , I’ve almost got it!"
"No, not quite, ah that’s it! Heartswitch! Heartswitch!"
His eyes swiveled, and he imdiately entered Heartswitch.
Instantly, sensations of touch, sight, and hearing, without logical processing, directly bombarded his consciousness.
At the sa ti, he recalled all sorts of thoughts and conclusions from his childhood.
Those mories appeared before him indescribably, as though laid out right before his eyes.
Combining them with his explosive imagination and the inspiration he couldn’t contain, Gao Xin now fluttered his hands in the air, seemingly trying to rearrange these elents.
"So, it’s like this... Yes, all these phenona are connected!"
"Good, good, good, what about this one? Excellent, this makes sense too!"
He mumbled to himself, eyes fixed on the air, gesticulating wildly.
Then suddenly pointing at the dead pig hanging in the cold room, he said earnestly, "Yes! This one too! This one too!"
"Xin!" Luo Yan was dumbfounded, what was he doing?
Talking to the air? Talking to a pig?
At this mont, Gao Xin looked too much like a madman.
Like soone with a ntal breakdown, fiddling in the air, running back and forth, one mont caressing the hanging at, the next hugging himself tightly, frantically kneading his body, and then like chasing nonexistent butterflies, uttering dream-talking murmurs.
In short, everything was too bizarre, and Luo Yan felt... he might have really lost his mind.
"Xin! Don’t scare . Let’s stop thinking, stop thinking, calm down, will you!" Luo Yan rushed to embrace him.
But Gao Xin struggled fiercely, flinging him aside with trendous strength.
"Don’t bother ! I’m so close!"
"I’m going to succeed! I’m about to make it! Dad!"
Listening to him shouting about succeeding and calling out to his dad, Luo Yan simply broke down in tears.
He felt even more convinced that Gao Xin had experienced so many failures that he finally couldn’t hold on any longer and had gone insane.
After all, there were already signs of this yesterday, but he had managed to pull through that ordeal by relying on the placebo effect.
Perhaps, deep in his heart, Gao Xin had co to view "Luo Yan’s blood" as a life-saving straw, as an important cornerstone on the path to success.
As a result, when Luo Yan told him today that everything was false, that he had been deceived, and that his body had rely overproduced adrenaline, Gao Xin couldn’t handle it.
The longing for success had already made his heart tense like a string, bearing too much pressure, and now his inner pillars collapsed, leading to his direct ntal breakdown.
"I’m not your dad! Pull yourself together, Gao Xin, I’m Luo Yan, I am Luo Yan!"
"It’s okay, we will escape from here! You still have !"
Luo Yan called out to him, seemingly hoping to awaken his reason.
But at this mont, Gao Xin had completely lost his sanity!
It was as though he was imrsed in so great experint.
Even if he was only fiddling with the air! Even if he was muttering unintelligible sounds under his breath as if whispering to the Ancient God.
For who knows how long, suddenly Gao Xin shouted indistinctly.
"It’s linked up! It’s linked up!"
"This works too, then it’s all connected! Everything’s connected!"
"I’ve figured it out! I’ve figured it out! I’ve finally figured it out!"
Gao Xin stopped flailing his arms and collapsed as if deflated.
He lay sprawled on the ground, laughing heartily with tears streaming down his red-rimd eyes!
"Dad, humanity has always been sacred!"
Luo Yan rushed over to embrace him, feigning a mature tone, "Son, I understand now, I understand."
"Do you understand too? Luo Yan?" Gao Xin asked joyfully as he sat up.
Luo Yan was startled, "You still recognize as Luo Yan?"
Gao Xin laughed happily, "Luo Yan! I’ve penetrated a cosmic mystery! A mystery belonging to humanity!"
"..." Luo Yan looked at him as if he were looking at a fool, "Ah yes, yes..."
Gao Xin’s eyes were filled with moved tears, "Each one of us is perfect, we are all children of the cosmic mother."
"Ah yes, yes..." Luo Yan replied with a bitter choke.
Gao Xin wiped away his tears, "The spirit in everyone is equal, and the talents in our souls are also equal. Whatever talents people have, everyone has them! If soone hasn’t manifested them, it’s just because they don’t believe they have them."
Luo Yan shook his head, "Why are you still obsessing over the placebo effect?"
"Of course, everyone’s personality is equal, but our bodies are not born equal."
Gao Xin smiled, "That’s because everyone believes that our bodies are born unequal..."
"Don’t you know? Consciousness can influence the brain, and in turn, affect the whole body. So as long as you believe enough, consciousness can directly change oneself."
Luo Yan’s mouth twitched, "How is that possible!"
"You’re delusional, Gao Xin, do you realize you were going insane just now?"
Gao Xin said, "Just now, I was simply combining all the phenona I’ve recognized from childhood into a complete body of knowledge."
"I’ve succeeded... I’ve done it, I’ve penetrated a dark logic of knowledge!"
Luo Yan was bewildered, "A dark logic of knowledge?"
"You were talking to the air!"
Gao Xin pointed to the air, "That’s because my hallucinations are invisible to you."
"No, fuck... You know they are hallucinations! Floaters? Delusions? You’re ntally ill, you know that? You’re sick!" Luo Yan exclaid in anguish.
Gao Xin smiled wryly, "I’m not sick! Hallucinations are a function of our brain, of course I can have hallucinations if I want them!"
"Just now I was projecting things from my mory into visual hallucinations in my mind, just to organize them more conveniently."
Luo Yan asked, "Organize what? What were you thinking about?"
Gao Xin grinned, "I’ve finally understood... who I am, where I ca from, and where I’m going..."
"Ah?" Luo Yan’s head buzzed.
"Man, the three ultimate questions of human philosophy?"
"You were thinking about that? Who else but you would go crazy over this! These are ultimate questions with no answers!"
Gao Xin laughed heartily, "Who says they’re without answers, I’ve figured it out."
"So they’re called ultimate questions, huh? No wonder, then the answer to it must be so ultimate answer to the universe, representing so kind of ultimate truth..."
"So I’ve penetrated a truth of the universe!"
Luo Yan couldn’t help but roll his eyes, thinking it was useless to go along with him, and said sternly, "Gao Xin! I know, you feel resentful, defeated!"
"But reality is reality, you’ve got to pull yourself together!"
"Forget about that placebo effect, can you just pretend I was talking nonsense? Yesterday was just an adrenaline rush from a near-death experience."
Gao Xin looked at him and sighed, "Your phenonon is just one part of it, your denial now is aningless, for I’ve already completed the validation."
"What did you validate? Just gesticulating randomly in the air?" Luo Yan said angrily.
Unexpectedly, Gao Xin turned his head and grabbed the giant frozen mouse, lifting it with a whoosh!
The thing must have weighed at least two hundred kilograms, but he lifted it high above his head.
"Eh?" Luo Yan’s eyes widened, completely dumbfounded.
Gao Xin slamd the heavy object down with a crash, "My strength, it has truly been unleashed, Luo Yan... all thanks to your blood."
Luo Yan was completely stunned, his worldview shattered in that mont.
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