Normally, picking an apple involved grabbing it with one hand.
But at this moment, all the sleepwalking volunteers groping for apples were using both hands, with a wide gap between them, as if they were trying to feel something much larger.
A moment later, the volunteers found the apples one after another. Their movements paused noticeably, as if they were bewildered.
On the computer screen, the brain waves of all the volunteers began fluctuating violently.
The corners of Song He's mouth curled up. "This is going to work."
"Your experiment is certainly designed quite interestingly," Xiang Xiaotong said.
"What?" Ding Yangze still didn't understand. "Isn't it just a dream where they eat apples?"
"It's not that simple. We've already tested eating apples in dreams, and the data has long been collected." Xiang Xiaotong explained in a low voice, "The command Song He just entered was meant to guide the monkeys to look for watermelons to eat in their dreams."
Ding Yangze caught on. "They eat watermelons in their dreams, but in reality, they touch and eat apples?"
"Exactly," Xiang Xiaotong said. "Song He wants to know how the monkeys will react when their physical sensations don't match their hallucinations."
The volunteers picked up the apples with both hands. After hesitating for a moment, they brought them to their mouths and began crunching away.
After only a few bites, the volunteers froze again. Several seconds later, they cautiously resumed chewing.
Once the apples were finished, Song He typed in a command: Wake up!
One by one, the volunteers opened their eyes, looking dazed.
"Write down your dreams!" Song He urged. "You'll forget them if you don't!"
The apes and monkeys removed their Dream Control Helmets, grabbed the notebooks and pens beside them, and began writing. They quickly filled a long passage