Chapter 1 Dreamland, Giants
"Hello, Mr. Lu, please sit down."
Lu Jingming walked into Dr. Sun's psychological treatment room with a heavy walk and sat opposite Dr. Sun.
"Why, I'm having that dream again?"
Lu Jingming nodded.
Dr. Sun did not immediately ask Lu Jingming about the details of his dream, but instead changed the topic: "Mr. Lu, how are you doing recently? Are you busy?"
Lu Jingming said: "It's okay."
"How are you getting along with your colleagues?"
"good."
"I have always been curious whether you scientists who are engaged in physical theory have different views on the universe, starry sky, and other things from ordinary people?" Dr. Sun asked with interest: "Just, just like when I occasionally see the starry sky, I just feel pretty. When you see the starry sky, do you think of some profound questions such as where the universe comes from and where it goes?"
"Sometimes." Lu Jingming smiled slightly: "We are ordinary people, so there is no such mystery."
"You told me last time that you are doing...what, oh, string theory, right?"
Lu Jingming corrected: "Membrane theory and superstring theory can be summarized under the framework of membrane theory."
"This thing is very profound and complicated, right? Mr. Lu, you are at most twenty-five or six years old this year? You started to study such profound things at such a young age, really, really..." Dr. Sun sighed, as if looking for an adjective: "When I was as old as you, I still tried to earn rent all day long."
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Dr. Sun guided the topic and tried his best to make the atmosphere easier. When he realized that Lu Jingming had completely relaxed, he began to ask about Lu Jingming's psychological state.
"Have there any changes in the 'it' you dreamed of this time from before?"
"No. It's still like that. Oh, by the way, the details seem to be richer."
“What is it doing?”
“It just stood there, motionless.”
"Mr. Lu, I contacted a portrait artist. Can you describe the appearance of ‘it’ in detail and let the artist draw it? This may help analyze your psychological problems."
"Can."
Dr. Sun operated on the computer for a moment. After a few minutes, the video was connected and a middle-aged man wearing a baseball cap and a long beard appeared in front of Lu Jingming.
To the painter, Lu Jingming began to describe the "it" he dreamed of. In the video, the painter kept adjusting on his computer. After tens of minutes, the painter sent a picture file to Lu Jingming: "Is that true?"
Lu Jingming's breathing became slightly rapid.
What appeared in front of him at this moment was a giant with a slightly dark green skin, a distinct edge structure, and a hard line, just like a casting of steel.
The giant has limbs similar to humans, with obvious structures of the head and chest and abdomen.
This is very close to the image he dreamed of, except for some details.
"It should be yellow here, light red here. And here, without this bulge, it should be more rounded here..."
Lu Jingming kept describing, and the painter kept making subtle adjustments. After about twenty minutes, when the picture appeared again, Lu Jingming was silent.
The image in front of him was almost exactly the same as the image he saw in his dream.
The painter said: "I have worked with several animation studios before and designed the images of several giants. How can I say this? It's a bit ugly and some are not in line with human aesthetics."
Dr. Sun said: "Thank you, I will contact you if you have any questions."
After the communication was cut off, Dr. Sun printed out the portrait, looked carefully for a long time, and asked, "Mr. Lu, were you an anime lover when you were a child?"
"I really like cartoons when I was a kid, but in my impression, I have never seen this giant type."
"Ask a wise man, did you have a harmonious family when you were a child?"
Lu Jingming was silent for a moment and said, "When I was still young, my parents died of an accident. My uncle raised me. Last year, my uncle also died of cancer."
"Sorry. Mr. Lu, do you have an impression of your parents?"
Lu Jingming shook his head: "I have no impression. Well, there is only a vague impression. I can't remember what they look like."
Dr. Sun asked many more questions, constantly letting Lu Jingming recall and think. After a long time, he said: "Dreams are usually reflections of the subconscious. Based on my analysis of your psychological state, I think there is such a possibility."
Lu Jingming listened quietly.
"This giant similar to a mecha may be a projection of your parents' images in your subconscious mind. Maybe when you haven't remembered it, your parents may have taken you to watch movies about giants, which left a deep impression on you at that time, so this scene stayed in your subconscious mind. Later, your parents encountered misfortune - this incident caused serious psychological trauma to you, and then in the subconscious mind, what your parents took you to experience was combined with them and eventually turned into your dream."
Dr. Sun took a sip of water and continued: "Mr. Lu, have some things recently aroused your longing for your parents? Or have you encountered some stressful things that make you subconsciously want to find a support?"
Lu Jingming looked a little confused: "I'm not sure. Maybe. I only remember that in dreams, no, in reality, I always vaguely feel that the giant is very important. But it doesn't seem to be important to me. It seems that some things have been forgotten by me, as if I have seen them somewhere before, well... Sorry, I can't explain them clearly."
Dr. Sun comforted: "This situation is actually very common. You don't need to feel too much psychological pressure or take medication. After you go back, you can chat with your friends, lovers, relatives, have a big meal, take a walk, and relax. Come and have a review later, and I will evaluate your mental state again."
Lu Jingming stood up: "Okay. Then, goodbye."
"goodbye."
Looking at Lu Jingming's departure back, Dr. Sun casually put the portrait in a stack of documents next to him and started the rest of the work.
The days ahead were still ordinary. Lu Jingming continued his work and continued his simple life at the two points and one line between home and research institutes. He occasionally went on business trips to communicate with other research teams in other places, or coordinated some transactional things. Everything was no different from usual.
The image of the giant appeared several times in his dream, but it was not frequent. Moreover, this did not have any bad effects on him. He went to see Dr. Sun for a few more times and evaluated his mental state several times, and gradually let go of this matter.
But the peaceful life was broken on a sunny afternoon.
On that day, Lu Jingming was discussing with the responsible agency of the teod proton synchronous accelerator, hoping to use the equipment to conduct an experiment to obtain data to improve the theory of his team. At this moment, several uninvited guests suddenly broke in.
They were all wearing casual clothes, but the military aura was still very obvious. After the leading soldier entered the office, some of the remaining people immediately scattered, put their hands around their waists, and looked around with great vigilance, as if this was a dragon's and tiger's den.
The team leader rushed over and asked loudly who they were and what they were going to do, with anger on his face. But after a soldier took out his ID and looked at him, he immediately closed his mouth.
Lu Jingming looked at the soldier in surprise, waiting for him to explain his purpose. The soldier took out his ID and reached in front of Lu Jingming: "We are from the Planet Security Department. There are some things that require you to cooperate with the investigation, please come with us."
Lu Jingming originally wanted to ask something more, but outside the office door, the team leader Professor Shi shouted: "Jingming, you must cooperate with the investigation of the superior department."
Lu Jingming nodded: "Okay."
The soldier waved his hand and said, "Let's go."
Lu Jingming was not panicked because he knew clearly that he was innocent and obeyed the law, and he had no handle to be caught. This time the matter should be a misunderstanding, just figure it out.
Along the way, even in the corridor, several alert expressions were always on their faces. It seemed that the strong man who was about to hurt people would suddenly rise up and surround him around him, never leaving him. When he walked out of the gate of the institute, the leading soldier took out a walkie-talkie. Although the voice was low, the words were still clearly heard by Lu Jingming: "The sniper evacuated, the mobile team followed, and the clearance was cleared..."
Lu Jingming became slightly nervous. He felt that the show seemed to be a bit bigger than expected.
Sure enough, when Lu Jingming was sitting in an explosion-proof car under the hostage of several big men and driving on the highway, he saw that there was no car on the highway except his own convoy. It seemed that the entire road was blocked and the yard was cleared.
He wanted to ask the soldiers next to him what was going on, but seeing that the soldiers were obviously not easy to communicate with, he closed his mouth again.
The car finally stopped in front of a low and ordinary building, and several more soldiers took Lu Jingming to a room.
The building looks dilapidated, but it makes Lu Jingming feel murderous.
A middle-aged soldier in a military uniform and a young soldier holding a stack of documents in his hand walked towards Lu Jingming. Lu Jingming, who had a brief understanding of military rank, suddenly discovered that the middle-aged soldier turned out to be a general.
The general handed a document to Lu Jingming: "According to our investigation, do you often dream about this image?"
Lu Jingming took the document and suddenly saw that the giant was on the white paper.
The giant I often dream about.
Lu Jingming murmured: "Yes, what's wrong?"
Chapter completed!