The previous owner of the Two-Dimensional Evolution Laboratory was named Chen Ang, and Zheng Qing knew him.
After the freshman School Hunt Competition ended, Zheng Qing had once run into Doctor Chen outside the Experimental Building when he went to Su Shijun's office. They had even exchanged a few words.
At the time, Doctor Chen's pale violet illusory form, wreathed in strings of glowing motes, and his extraordinarily clear, bright eyes had both left a deep impression on the young scholarship student.
Of course, what had impressed Zheng Qing even more was that Doctor Chen had split his own soul into 129,600 pieces for his experiments, as well as his request to cut off a small piece of Zheng Qing's shadow for further experimentation—though Doctor Chen had insisted that he was not insane, merely that "there were a few too many counterpart variants left behind in the 2D World, causing matching anomalies when the Timelines and worldlines converged." In Zheng Qing's mind, however, he was the very image of a mad scientist.
Hearing the Shadow Cat mention that Doctor again, the black cat could not help spacing out for a moment. When he came back to himself, he dug up something Su Shijun had once said from his memories.
"Dissection is the sole criterion for testing truth." The black cat unconsciously raised a paw, spread it, curled it shut, then spread it again. He felt that phrase could not have suited a mad scientist better.
"What?" The Shadow Cat's ears twitched slightly as it looked at the black cat warily.
"'Dissection is the sole criterion for testing truth.' That was a saying Doctor Chen... the previous owner of the Two-Dimensional Evolution Laboratory, was especially fond of," the black cat explained helpfully.
"That's exactly why I said he's a lunatic!" The