"Found it!" Zhang Zhaojie raised his arm and finally ended everyone's painful book-browsing schedule.
"Where is it?" Ke Wenbin asked with a pale face.
Kuang Li and Wu Yi hurried forward.
Dr. Xiao dropped the book in her hand and leaned back in her chair. She didn't want to read anymore for a while.
Xia Jing directly switched the image on Zhang Zhaojie's laptop to the large screen in front of the conference room.
The image of the mecha frozen in the picture is actually not the same as Lin Fan’s mecha, but it does feel very similar.
The shape looks like it came from the same production line as Lin Fan’s mecha.
If there is a production line.
The same black inner armor and white outer armor. The inner armor is also close-fitting, while the outer armor is wider, making it look like a male mecha at first glance.
The color was also much more colorful than Lin Fan's all-white mecha. Besides the large expanse of white, there were also many red and yellow color blocks for decoration. Compared to this, Lin Fan's mecha looked like a blank that hadn't even been painted yet.
This animation is a foreign work from thirty years ago. It has an old-fashioned style, crude production, and only 12 episodes.
Intrigued by the mecha, everyone in the conference room enthusiastically watched this cartoon, which is older than some of them. Each episode is just over 20 minutes long, and excluding the opening and ending credits, it took less than three hours to finish.
"They are not just similar in appearance..." Ke Wenbin's sigh is also the voice of everyone.
Needless to say, the level of animation production was very low thirty years ago. If people hadn't been patient and looked for it bit by bit, it would have been impossible to find such a small supporting role just by searching on the Internet.
Fortunately I didn’t miss it!
But why does the avatar from thirty years ago look so similar to Lin Fan's mecha? What's the connection between them? That mecha had a bad ending; will Lin Fan suffer the same fate?
Everyone was filled with questions. Unable to figure it out, they simply called Lin Fan to the conference room to ask him.
After a few days of recuperation, Lin Fan was able to get out of the wheelchair and move around freely.
She strolled into the meeting room, followed by the dizzy Jin Sichen and the other two.
As soon as he saw the animated image on the screen, Lin Fan blurted out, "It's him..."
"Do you remember? When have you seen it?" Zhang Zhaojie thought that no one would watch such an old cartoon except a mecha fanatic like himself.
Normally speaking, that was correct, but he ignored Lin Fan's age.
"When I was in elementary school, this cartoon was broadcast on TV," Lin Fan said with nostalgia.
When she was a child, TV stations would broadcast cartoons every 6:00 p.m. At the time, domestic animation production wasn't strong, so most animation was imported from abroad. Relations with foreign countries were also relatively friendly, unlike later times.
"How come you still remember it after so many years? You can recognize it at a glance. Is this image so impressive to you?" Ke Wenbin thought to himself, doesn't Lin Fan have a bad memory?
He thought, if Lin Fan had a deep memory of this image, then was it possible that she was subconsciously controlling the current appearance of the mecha?
To put it simply, she had this animated image in her mind, and when she transformed into a mecha, she subconsciously thought of this image and transformed into her own mecha based on that image. In this way, it was not surprising that Lin Fan's mecha was similar to it.
"It's true that I was impressed, but not by this cartoon." Lin Fan said slowly, "When I was little, my family didn't allow us to watch cartoons, so I watched them secretly. I would turn the volume down and sit close to the TV. If I heard anyone coming home, I would turn off the TV."
"I was watching it that day when I heard footsteps outside. When I turned off the TV, I accidentally knocked the lid of a teacup off the TV and broke it on the floor. My dad opened the door and saw I was secretly watching TV, so he punished me severely. This is the scene before I turned off the TV."
The group of people were speechless. It turned out that they were deeply impressed by the punishment, and the cartoon was just a by-product.
"Anyway, you are impressed by this image, right?" Zhang Zhaojie would never give up easily.
"I wouldn't say I was deeply impressed. I just remember being punished by my dad for this movie when I was a kid, nothing more...that's all." Lin Fan felt that it was a bit of a stretch to say that he was deeply impressed.
"Do you have any new ideas?" Jin Sichen pulled out a chair for Lin Fan to sit on, and sat down next to him.
"A little bit. I'm wondering if it's possible that Lin Fan had a very deep impression of this mecha character in his childhood, and it's always been in his mind." Ke Wenbin said to Jin Sichen excitedly, "Didn't you say that the subconscious mind can control invisible behaviors?"
"Yes." Jin Sichen nodded.
"So we speculate that maybe Lin Fan has this image in her subconscious, so when she transformed, her subconscious mind moved closer to this image and became the similar image she is now." Zhang Zhaojie also had the same idea as Ke Wenbin, and the others were similar.
"Is that so..." Jin Sichen mused, "It makes sense logically, but there's no way to prove it."
"It's not just the appearance that's similar," Wu Yi added with a smile, "that character also transforms to save people and is constantly fighting."
"Oh?" Jin Sichen looked at Lin Fan.
Lin Fan shrugged, indicating she had no recollection. Feeling nostalgic for the past, she suggested, "Please bring this cartoon back for me to watch."
Everyone was eager to see what Lin Fan would remember after reading it, and they hurriedly handed the film to her. After seeing Lin Fan off, everyone looked at the pile of books in the conference room, and the smiles on their faces gradually disappeared...
In the activity room, Lin Fan was sprawled comfortably on the sofa, watching cartoons. Jin Sichen and the others were also there.
The anime is set in an era of advanced aerospace technology, where humans can freely travel back and forth between space stations in spacecraft. A mecha, similar to Lin Fan, appears as a supporting character.
After being captured by aliens, he was devoured by them, evolved into a mecha, and became their thug. However, because he refused to give in, he fought against the aliens again and again to protect his compatriots. Ultimately, he helped the protagonist resolve the alien invasion crisis.
Because he disobeyed the aliens, the mecha based on alien technology backfired. Every transformation caused damage to his body and brain. He eventually collapsed on the hospital bed, gradually lost his memory and waited for death.
The people who celebrated regaining their freedom only knew that the protagonist rescued them, and they didn't remember that there was such a lone hero who risked his life for them.
"This guy is so stupid," Li Chunhua complained after reading it. "He knew that continuing to transform would lead to this, but he still did it. What's even more hateful is that no one is grateful to him."
"What would you do if it were you?" Jin Sichen asked with a smile.
“…” Li Chunhua thought for a while and had to admit that if it were him, he would probably make the same choice, but the price was a little too high.
Lin Fan watched the ending theme song silently, his eyelids drooping as if he was in a daze, or perhaps thinking...
Things with similar images were left unresolved and put aside temporarily because there was no follow-up.
The researchers at 623 are busy with 3D images every day, without any distractions.
As for Lin Fan, Song Ren gave her new training tasks since she was able to move normally.
After the transformation, everyone unanimously guessed that Lin Fan's physique was an important factor affecting the state of the mecha, so Song Ren thought about giving her more training.
Lin Fan's physical condition had improved after a period of morning and evening strolls. However, the intensive training still left even a calm person like Lin Fan stunned for a long time.
Aerobics?!
She thought Song Ren should arrange some strength training for her.
But it doesn't matter. She will do whatever she is assigned to do. When it comes to exercise, Song Ren is more professional than her.
When Jin Sichen saw Lin Fan doing aerobics slowly in front of the TV for the first time, she was also stunned.
He expected Song Ren to give Lin Fan extra training, but he didn't expect it to be this.
Nothing wrong with it, but totally unexpected.
Aren't their reserve team's training methods weightlifting, cross-country running, hitting sandbags, and rolling in the mud the same kind? Jin Sichen couldn't help but doubt his own knowledge. Do the professional team members also do calisthenics?
"Captain Song, I didn't expect you to adopt this training method. It's different from what I thought." Jin Sichen walked to Song Ren with a smile.
He watched Lin Fan stretch his limbs stiffly, then looked at the standard movements demonstrated on TV... It was not a movement at all, okay?
Jin Sichen raised his eyebrows, and probably knew why Lin Fan was asked to do this.
"This is an exercise I found specifically for her, with the right intensity," Song Ren said, correcting a rather drastically incorrect position on Lin Fan's part. "Although Lin Fan's strength has increased, her bones are stiff and her limbs are extremely uncoordinated. This exercise will help stretch her limbs and loosen up her joints."
Needless to say, Lin Fan's movements were substandard. She hadn't practiced for long, and after just a few light movements, sweat began to pour down her face.
Jin Sichen understood. It was better to use low-intensity movements to help Lin Fan get used to it first.
"These movements look simple, but it's not easy to perform them correctly. An average person would be sweating after completing them all. But they do work well for joints and muscles." Song Ren didn't correct Lin Fan's movements too much. Given her abilities, she could only do as much as she could, taking her time. "Once she can perform the movements correctly and breathe smoothly, her physique will almost surpass that of most normal people."
Indeed, the way of exercising is not important, what is important is the effect. If the movements are correct, radio gymnastics can also exercise the body.
Jin Sichen nodded and looked at Lin Fan lying on the ground with sweat all over his face. The recording had only started for 10 minutes.
There is still a long way to go...
He smiled and went out to look for his colleagues from 800.
Kuang Li had previously suggested that Lin Fan's transformation might be caused by a cross-talking variable caused by the side effects of the drug, and this theory caught his attention.
He immediately contacted colleagues at home and abroad to collect extensive data on side effects and medical examinations of patients who had taken the same medication. He couldn't sift through the overwhelming number of reports alone, so he was fortunate to have the help of 800 psychologists.
Lin Fan’s matter cannot be told to anyone outside of 623, but there is absolutely no problem in simply analyzing other patients’ cases with colleagues.
The researchers were all studying mechas, Jin Sichen was busy screening data, and Lin Fan was busy exercising. In contrast, the medical trio had nothing to do.
After hearing that Lin Fan's condition might exceed the current detection level, Kuang Li was discouraged for a while. But he quickly cheered up and started looking for faults everywhere.
Not only did he find faults in the biochemical experiments, he also took a magnifying glass and ran to Dr. Xiao to find faults.
Doctor Xiao didn't care. He was free anyway, so he decided to pool his wisdom. There is strength in numbers.
Kuang Li was always making trouble out of nothing, and he actually found a problem.
"Here! Is there something wrong here?" Kuang Li shouted, pointing at an MRI.
It was a X-ray of the skull. Dr. Xiao pulled it up on the computer and looked at the spot Kuang Li pointed at. "This is the junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures. It's normal for the shadows to be darker or lighter."
"No, look carefully, there is a small dot at the junction, and the color is different." Kuang Li handed over the magnifying glass in his hand stubbornly.
Dr. Xiao took the magnifying glass and looked at it without paying much attention, and indeed found the problem.
There is indeed a regularly shaped area at the intersection of the three lines, which is one shade whiter than the bone joints.
That doesn't make sense... Can't you see it without a magnifying glass?
Dr. Xiao subconsciously took a look at the menu bar with a magnifying glass, and the words were frighteningly large. "How many times do you have this magnifying glass?"
"50 times." Kuang Lihun answered nonchalantly.
Well, this guy used a 50x microscope to examine the film in front of her for a few days and finally found the problem.
"Let's go see Lin Fan." Doctor Xiao acted decisively and left as soon as he said.
Well, the progress has accelerated from here, have you felt it? Although I still write very slowly, hahaha, it's past 9 o'clock now, and I have to revise it again later. There is no plan for tomorrow's double update. Cheer yourself up. Every day I hesitate whether to give up the double update. Considering that there may be no chance of recommendation in the future, I won't update twice so frequently. I think I should force myself. Hasn't it been 3 days? There are still 4 days left, almost there. Fist. I still ask for votes to encourage me, recommendation votes, monthly votes, come on. Heart. Thank you all