PFC Chapter 3042 Mercury Notes (28)
Chapter 3042 Mercury Notes (28)
Chapter 3042 Mercury Record (Twenty-eight)
Schiller turned his eyes away from the handouts, looked at the student who asked the question, shook his head slightly and said, "In-depth analysis means in-depth feelings, but it is almost impossible to have in-depth feelings with photos. It is better to be in the scene."
If it were the students from Gotham University, they would have been fooled by him, but everyone present was a talented person and they immediately noticed the rejection in Schiller's words.
Finally someone asked the key question.
"Professor, I heard that you are very good at psychoanalysis. I guess you must have strong empathy. Can you show us a real in-depth analysis?"
Schiller sighed helplessly, looked at him and said, "I've already said that looking at the photos is far from being an in-depth analysis, but there's no crime scene here..."
Just as I said this, the door of the classroom was slammed.
The student closest to the door walked over and opened it. A student rushed in anxiously and said, "Professor, Professor Diana and the others found a body in the empty classroom on the lower floor. Professor Wayne asked me to call you over!"
For some reason, Schiller felt that this scene looked familiar. He thought to himself, are you sure that there are people in the underground classroom and not a troll?
In fact, Schiller was not unwilling to show the magic of psychoanalysis to his students, because he knew that many students present had certain talents in this area. Although not as strong as Jenna, they were also outstanding among ordinary people.
If he could successfully arouse the interest of this group of people and let them appreciate the charm of psychoanalysis, he might have a few more outstanding graduate students in the future, so Schiller was very happy to show it to them.
But unfortunately, his current condition is not very good.
In order to lure the witch into the trap, Schiller now even refuses to drink snowdrop tea, allowing the curse to continue to erode this body. Maintaining his human form is his last bottom line. If Circe doesn't come again, he will be ready to turn into a snake again.
However, maintaining the habits of snakes in human form comes at a price. Let's put it this way, snakes have such habits because they have evolved a body that allows them to live with such habits. Conversely, it is because they have such a body that they can live with such habits.
Humans did not evolve in the direction of snakes. The habit of relying solely on sunlight to maintain body temperature is not enough to support such a large body. Moreover, human skin is different from that of cold-blooded animals, and the ability to perceive and absorb temperature is much different.
Schiller is now like a supercomputer with Windows XP installed. The power of any hardware cannot be fully utilized and the running speed is worrying.
So is he incapable of empathy in this situation?
In fact, it is just the opposite. The worse his condition is, the stronger his empathy is. This is true in both pathological and normal situations.
The ability to empathize with others and conduct psychoanalysis belongs to the underlying logic of Schiller's spirit. It does not disappear just because the family is separated or no longer in the tower. In fact, every personality trait has this ability.
The empathy that each personality trait possesses is actually the same, and will become stronger as the mental state deteriorates.
This is a basic law of the human spirit, just like the worse your mental state is, the more you tend to have wild thoughts, and the most important support for empathy is association.
What’s worse, when the mental state deteriorates to a certain extent, hallucinations will begin to appear, and the hallucinations seen by empaths are often composed of the concrete images of the information received by their empathy organs.
The picture is of course much more concrete and accurate than the hazy feeling, so once the mental condition deteriorates to the point where hallucinations occur, the empathy and psychoanalytic abilities become very strong, which can be regarded as the peak state of an empath.
Schiller previously commented that Jenner's peak state was comparable to his pathological state. In fact, what he meant was that if one day Jenner's mental condition deteriorated to the point where she began to have hallucinations, it would basically be at the same pathological level.
But now Jenner's mental condition is a little too healthy, which results in her inability to fully display her empathy ability. Not to mention seeing the specific pictures, she can only barely feel the emotional atmosphere. Although it is enough for her at this stage, it is still unknown what will happen in the future.
However, excessive empathy can lead to a problem. If one's mental state is already not good, and one has to empathize with those strange murderers, it will easily lead to an even more disordered mental state. In many cases, one may even become addicted and unable to extricate oneself, and the behavior of the empathy object will tend to be consistent with that of the empathy object.
This is why natural empaths can easily become serial killers. Because they are unable to control their empathy and are tortured to exhaustion, their mental state is already disordered, and they are easily influenced by other criminals in areas with poor security, so the probability of them not committing crimes is low.
So Schiller is not worried about the inaccuracy of his empathy now, but he thinks that if he undergoes psychoanalysis now, it is likely to further deteriorate his mental state.
He was already feeling listless due to the curse, and if the situation got worse, he might not even be able to sleep.
Schiller originally thought that these students would spend at least a year here and then return to Earth for internship. It would not be too late to show it to them after the witch incident was resolved and the curse was lifted.
As a result, the crime scene was delivered to our doorstep.
Some things just have to be believed. Schiller once questioned Murphy's Law, but it turns out that there is a reason why this law can be so widely spread.
He originally thought that if the witch dared to come over, there were Superman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash, all of whom were enough to hold down Circe and beat her up, so he wouldn't need to do anything himself.
But it turns out that this cunning witch has not completely lost her mind. She will not show up in person so easily, but can hide in the dark and do things.
Although the Mercury Base has quite complete security measures, it was brought from another universe after all. The scientific differences between the two universes are not that big, or even basically nonexistent, but magic is totally irrelevant and they are not the same thing in essence, so there are indeed loopholes that can be exploited.
As for solving the case, Clark and Diana can't really help much, Oliver and Arthur are almost there too, the only ones who can really be of use are Bruce, Barry, and Schiller.
However, Barry in Schiller's universe is still very young, and he has not studied forensic science, so he can't be of much help in criminal investigation.
Originally, he could have traveled back in time to see the answer directly, but coincidentally, there was another person present named Booster Gold, the young superhero from the future.
Don't be fooled by this guy's inappropriate behavior, like he's hanging out with Blue Beetle every day and chasing chickens and dogs. Those are all disguises. The real identity of Golden Booster is the Guardian of the Timeline. His job is to protect the stability of the timeline. He does the work of the Time Administration. He won't let the Flash travel through the timeline so easily.
Moreover, the DC timeline is more complicated than Marvel's. It is complicated because it is full of Flashes and his various enemies running around. If a collision occurs, it would be no different from an ordinary person hitting a fully-insured semi-trailer.
Both Schiller and Bruce do not agree with Barry going deeper into the timeline now, even though he has integrated dark forces before, it would still be very dangerous.
Therefore, the only ones who can work now are Schiller and his disciple.
If the full power is handed over to Bruce, Schiller is really worried. He has four classes with a total of about 100 people, but he can lead them to this state. What do you think he can trust him to do?
Schiller sighed, knowing that he had no choice but to go.
Before he could say anything, the students below started cheering first, then halfway through they realized something was wrong and stopped with some embarrassment.
"Okay." Schiller knocked on the table and said, "This is such a big incident, everyone must be present. Please be quiet. When you arrive at the crime scene, don't make any noise or rush in. If you encounter any unexpected situation, don't panic. The professors will protect you..."
Theoretically, hearing that someone had died in their base should have caused panic, but Schiller had whetted their appetites so much that these students didn't feel panic at all. They were all eager to see how Schiller would solve the case, and they ran out the door happily.
Looking at their energetic backs, Schiller thought that no matter what method the mastermind behind the scenes wanted to use to cause panic among the students, they would probably not succeed. This is the charm of education.
Schiller was not in a hurry to leave. He first put away the lesson plans on the table, then gave a look to Jenna who was also packing up. The little girl immediately understood what he meant, fell to the end of the crowd, and walked forward shoulder to shoulder with Schiller.
"How do you feel?" Schiller asked. He actually just wanted to ask Jenna if she was tired, because when she first started developing her empathy talent, it was a bit too exhausting. When she was immersed in empathy, she felt nothing, but once she came out of it, she would feel very tired. His original intention was to let Jenna go back and rest.
Unexpectedly, Jenna said excitedly: "There are a lot of ideas lingering in my mind. I want to write them down, but I have no idea. I tried to observe Professor Wayne before, but at that time my own thoughts were very confused and I couldn't find the right path. Now I think I can try again..."
Schiller had to admit that young people are full of energy. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I have no objection to you doing this, Miss, but I think Professor Wayne's question can be put aside for now. Let's focus on the case at hand."
Sure enough, Jenna's attention was attracted. She seemed to think seriously for a moment and then said, "Professor, what race do you think the victim will belong to?"
“Do you think race matters?”
"Of course, to be precise, it is one of the key information." Jenna nodded and said, "Killing an ordinary human being is not as difficult as killing me. The choice of race must be an important clue to identify the murderer."
"You can discuss this with Professor Wayne."
"So what are we discussing?" Jenna looked at him and asked, "How does psychoanalysis work without knowing any information?"
Schiller shook his head and said, "Psychoanalysis is not just about analyzing the murderer. When a murder occurs, all the atmosphere related to it may be important clues."