Dark Logic Knowledge

"You're lying to me?"

Gaoxin hadn't expected Luo Yan to directly say his blood had no effect.

How could that be possible!

When Luo Yan said it was a one-time thing, he hadn't thought much of it. After all, Mind Shift No. 1 said the effect only lasted three hours, yet he could still enter the mind shift state at will.

So, the effect of 'Luo Yan's Blood' might have mutated on him.

But... Luo Yan actually said he was lying and that it had no effect at all?

This was utterly preposterous.

"No effect? But yesterday I clearly..." Gaoxin looked suspicious.

Luo Yan sighed, "That was the placebo effect!"

"Placebo effect?" Gaoxin was confused.

Luo Yan explained, "This is knowledge I found in the Emperor Penguin's bookstore, also known as the pseudo-drug effect."

"According to the description in that material, this is a phenomenon where patients, despite receiving an ineffective treatment, 'anticipate' or 'believe' the treatment is effective, leading to a relief of their symptoms."

Gaoxin's eyes widened as if struck by lightning.

He then grabbed Luo Yan's arms fiercely, veins bulging, "What did you say!"

His expression was like he was about to devour someone, as if he had discovered a great treasure.

Luo Yan thought he hadn't understood and said, "Simply put, it's tricking the patient into thinking the medicine is effective, when it's not. It's just ordinary nutrient solution, but it still results in a therapeutic effect."

"Ah, you're too strong, Gaoxin, calm down!"

"I had no choice but to lie to you. In that situation, you couldn't win against Daishan Beida, and you were in a very obsessive state."

"To save you, this was the only method I could think of. I decided to try this piece of knowledge with a 'treat a dying horse as if it were alive' mentality."

"Fortunately, it worked. You felt much better and relieved, didn't you? And it didn't hurt as much, like you were completely anesthetized? You even had that burst of power at the end, strong enough to pierce his throat?"

Gaoxin released his grip, but his eyes remained fixed on Luo Yan.

Suddenly, he laughed.

He laughed with extreme madness, "So that's how it is! So that's how it is!"

"All it takes is belief."

Luo Yan worried, "Hey, don't put too much stock in this effect, the success rate is very low."

"The fundamental way humans overcome all diseases is by letting their bodies heal themselves; medicine is merely an aid."

"And the placebo effect is the brain being tricked into thinking it has reinforcements, which then excites it to enhance the body's healing. Your inability to feel pain and that final burst of power were just the effects of adrenaline."

He tried to explain the principle, but Gaoxin waved his hand, "Don't tell me the principle, just tell me, is it real!"

"Is this phenomenon real!"

Luo Yan was stunned, "Yes, there are many clinical proofs."

"I've read a lot of related material. This situation was discovered as early as the last century. Even ancient historical texts have many examples that are suspected to be this effect."

"But it's really difficult, and 'belief' is too vague, too hard to quantify. You absolutely must not treat this effect as a life-saving straw. Yesterday, I was also forced into a corner..."

Gaoxin's eyes darted around, and he waved his hand, "Don't say that, just tell me, is this a phenomenon that humans have possessed since ancient times!"

"Yes... yes... so what?" Luo Yan didn't know why he was so agitated.

Gaoxin's face was flushed with excitement, as if he had discovered some earth-shattering secret.

"I know, I know... so that's how it is..."

"No wonder I couldn't figure it out, why didn't I know about this sooner? Right, this is a phenomenon I would have had difficulty accessing..."

"It's fine... it's not too late now, let me think, let me think..."

He muttered to himself madly, pacing unconsciously, like a fool searching for something.

"What's wrong? What do you know?" Luo Yan went to support him but was pushed away.

Gaoxin excitedly said, "Don't bother me, I'm about to figure it out!"

"No, no, almost there, ah, that's it! Mind shift! Mind shift!"

His eyes darted, and he immediately underwent a mind shift.

Instantly, external information received by bodily senses, vision, hearing, etc., bombarded his consciousness without any logical processing.

At the same time, he recalled various thoughts and conclusions from his childhood.

Those memories, as if in a way that language could not describe, appeared directly before his eyes.

Combined with his overflowing imagination and his current uncontrollable inspiration, Gaoxin's hands moved in the air, as if trying to combine them.

"So that's how it is... yes, all these phenomena are connected!"

"Good, good, good, then what about this? Excellent, this one is also figured out!"

He muttered to himself, eyes fixed on the air, gesticulating wildly.

He suddenly pointed at the dead pigs hanging in the cold storage and said earnestly, "Yes! And this one! And this one!"

"Xin!" Luo Yan was stunned. What was he doing?

Why was he talking to the air? Talking to pigs?

At this moment, Gaoxin looked exactly like a madman.

Like a lunatic, he was making movements in the air, running back and forth, sometimes caressing the hanging meat, sometimes hugging his arms and kneading his body frantically, and then, like chasing butterflies in the air, he let out dreamlike murmurs from his mouth.

In short, everything was too bizarre. Luo Yan felt... he seemed to have truly lost his mind.

"Xin! Don't scare me. Let's not think about it anymore, not anymore. Calm down!" Luo Yan rushed forward and hugged him.

But Gaoxin struggled desperately, his immense strength throwing Luo Yan aside.

"Don't mind me! I'm so close!"

"I'm going to succeed! I'm going to succeed, Dad!"

Hearing him shout about succeeding and calling him Dad, Luo Yan burst into tears.

He felt even more that Gaoxin had finally collapsed after too many failures and gone mad.

After all, there were signs of this yesterday, but he had managed to get through it with the placebo effect.

He was afraid that deep down, Gaoxin had already regarded 'Luo Yan's Blood' as a life-saving straw, as an important cornerstone for success.

And today, he had told him that it was all fake, all a lie, and that it was just his own body's excessive adrenaline secretion.

How could Gaoxin handle that? His desire for success had stretched his inner self taut like a string, bearing too much pressure. At this moment, the pillar of his inner world collapsed, and he finally had a complete mental breakdown.

"I'm not your dad! Calm down, Gaoxin, I'm Luo Yan, I'm Luo Yan!"

"It's okay, we'll escape! You still have me!"

Luo Yan called out to him, as if hoping to awaken his reason.

But Gaoxin, at this moment, was completely mad!

As if immersed in a great experiment.

Even though he was just fiddling with the air! Even though he was mumbling unintelligible sounds, like the whispers of ancient gods.

After an unknown amount of time, Gaoxin suddenly shouted indistinctly.

"It matches! It matches!"

"This one works too, then they all match! Everything matches!"

"I figured it out! I figured it out! I finally figured it out!"

Gaoxin stopped moving his arms and collapsed as if all his strength had drained away.

He lay there sprawled out, laughing heartily, yet his eyes were red and tears streamed down his face!

"Dad, humans have always been divine!"

Luo Yan rushed to hug him and said in a mature tone, "My son, I understand, I understand."

"Do you understand too? Luo Yan?" Gaoxin sat up excitedly.

Luo Yan was startled, "You still recognize me as Luo Yan?"

Gaoxin laughed happily, "Luo Yan! I've uncovered a cosmic secret! A secret belonging to humanity!"

"..." Luo Yan looked at him as if he were an idiot, "Ah, yes, yes, yes..."

Gaoxin's eyes were full of tears of emotion, "Every one of us is perfect, a child of Mother Cosmos."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes..." Luo Yan choked back bitterly.

Gaoxin wiped away his tears, "Everyone's spirit is equal, and the talent in their souls is also equal. Whatever abilities a person has, everyone has them! Some people don't manifest them simply because they don't believe they have them."

Luo Yan shook his head and said, "Why are you still stuck on the placebo effect?"

"Everyone's personality is naturally equal, but bodies are not born equal."

Gaoxin smiled, "That's because everyone believes that everyone's bodies are inherently unequal..."

"Don't you know? Consciousness can affect the brain, and thus affect the whole body. So as long as you believe enough, consciousness can directly change yourself."

Luo Yan's mouth twitched, "How is that possible!"

"You've gone mad, Gaoxin, do you know you were just acting crazy?"

Gaoxin said, "I was just combining the phenomena I've perceived since childhood, integrating them into complete knowledge."

"I succeeded... I did it, I've uncovered a piece of dark logic knowledge!"

Luo Yan was bewildered, "Dark logic knowledge?"

"You were talking to the air!"

Gaoxin pointed at the air and said, "That's because my hallucination, you just can't see it."

"No, what the hell... You know it's a hallucination! Muscae volitantes? Delusion? You've lost your mind, do you know that? You're sick!" Luo Yan said with heartache.

Gaoxin chuckled, "I'm not sick! Hallucinations are a function of our brain, so naturally, I can have hallucinations whenever I want!"

"I was just projecting what was in my memory into a hallucination in my eyes, just to organize it."

Luo Yan asked, "Organize what? What were you thinking about?"

Gaoxin grinned and said, "I finally understand... who I am, where I come from, and where I'm going..."

"Huh?" Luo Yan's head buzzed.

"Good heavens, the three ultimate questions of human philosophy?"

"You were thinking about that? If you're not crazy, who is! These are ultimate questions with no answers!"

Gaoxin laughed heartily, "Who says there are no answers? I figured it out."

"So this is called an ultimate question? No wonder. Then its answer must be some ultimate answer of the universe, representing some ultimate truth..."

"So I've seen through a universal truth!"

Luo Yan couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking he couldn't go along with Gaoxin anymore and had to be serious. "Gaoxin! I know you're unwilling and frustrated!"

"But reality is reality, you need to pull yourself together!"

"That placebo effect thing, just pretend I was talking nonsense, okay? Yesterday, you were just on the verge of death, and your adrenaline exploded."

Gaoxin stared at him and sighed, "The phenomenon you're describing was just one part of it. It's meaningless to say it's not there now, because I've already verified it."

"Verified what? By just making a few gestures in the air?" Luo Yan said angrily.

Unexpectedly, Gaoxin turned his head, grabbed the giant frozen mouse, and lifted it up with a whoosh!

The thing weighed at least two hundred kilograms, yet he lifted it high above his head.

"Huh?" Luo Yan's eyes widened, and he was completely stunned.

Gaoxin slammed the heavy object onto the ground with a thud. "My strength has been truly developed, Luo Yan... thanks to your blood."

Luo Yan was completely dumbfounded, his worldview shattered at that moment.

p.s: Sorry.