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Chapter 22 Ginkgo Tree

The interval was 0.01 seconds.

After being slowed down by 10,240,000 times, the interval between disappearance and reappearance is 0.01 seconds.

That is to say...

In real time, how long does this "disappearance" last?

Lin Wei quickly calculated in her mind.

Approximately one hundred millionth of a second?

She was too lazy to calculate it.

Because even if you knew that number, it wouldn't make any sense.

The human brain cannot perceive that magnitude of time.

Just like an ant cannot understand an aircraft carrier.

Zhou Jingtian's voice continued.

"In other words, the child is 'skipping frames' in my field of vision."

"He didn't use any 'engineering' skills to turn a brick in his hand into a power bank, or switch their positions..."

At this point, his gaze locked onto Jiang Yu on the screen.

"He's just naturally fast."

"So fast I've never seen a creature that fast before, so fast that even slowed down by 10,240,000 times, I only managed to capture one frame..."

Zhou Jingtian looked up at Lin Wei.

Those eagle-like eyes held a complex light.

"And that one frame has exceeded my observation limits."

The office fell into a suffocating silence.

Lin Wei felt a chill run down her spine.

She was still processing the data that Zhou Jingtian had just provided.

Let's not discuss the speed issue for now...

According to Zhou Jingtian, Jiang Yu relied entirely on his speed.

It's not any kind of "engineer's" ability; it's simply speed in a purely physical sense.

The whole process was as follows: Jiang Yu ran to Wan Jiayu, who was 200 meters away, with a brick in his hand, took the power bank from her hand and replaced it with his brick, then returned to the spot where he had just been standing 200 meters away and maintained the same posture...

What's scary is...

The entire process was slowed down by 10,240,000 times in 0.3 seconds before a single frame was captured.

This frame switches every second.

The entire process of Jiang Yu replacing the power bank with a brick was not recorded.

If you want to see the whole process...

To what extent should it be slowed down?

This data is far too abstract.

The concepts were so abstract that Lin Wei no longer knew how to fill in the gaps in her mind.

"He's the fastest man I've ever met."

"No, to be precise, he is the fastest carbon-based life form I have ever seen."

"Or some other creature."

The old man added a very serious sentence at the end.

After all, the structure of carbon-based organisms simply cannot support that kind of high-speed movement.

Even if your body can withstand it, your shoes and clothes will definitely be "refined on the spot".

When an object moves at extremely high speed, the friction with the air generates extremely high temperatures.

The temperature was high enough to turn ordinary clothes to ashes in an instant.

Even disregarding Newton's deathbed, can your skin, hair, and eyes withstand that kind of friction?

But your clothes can't withstand it, and neither can your shoes.

If Jiang Yu really did run back and forth at that speed...

He should be naked.

This was also the part that Zhou Jingtian found most perplexing.

How could the other party stand there so "dignifiedly"?

"If I remember correctly, that child was a witness to the 'Ginkgo Tree Cannibalism Incident' back then, right?" Zhou Jingtian suddenly changed the subject, his tone becoming even lower.

"Yes, he witnessed the whole thing." Lin Wei nodded.

"It seems his sister also perished, right?" Zhou Jingtian continued to ask.

"Yes, that ginkgo tree ate his sister and Tan Shilin together..."

Lin Wei didn't continue speaking.

Because that ginkgo tree has been a shadow over the planning bureau for so long.

Or rather, it's a disgrace.

Two innocent ordinary people tragically died in that incident.

One of them is Tan Shilin, the director of the Happiness Orphanage.

He dedicated his life to abandoned children.

One is Jiang Yu's younger sister, Jiang Meng.

According to the information, the brother and sister were abandoned while still in their swaddling clothes.

Tan Shilin took the two in and founded the Happiness Orphanage for them.

As for why that strange ginkgo tree became a disgrace to the planning bureau…

That's because it not only ate Tan Shilin and Jiang Meng...

They also tortured and killed twenty-three patrol officers, six special investigation officers, and one engineer.

This would be an absolutely devastating tragedy in any city's planning bureau.

Because there has never been a case of an engineer dying in the line of duty.

When engineers encounter problems they cannot solve, they can use "blueprints" to extricate themselves from the situation.

Even if the sky falls, an engineer can simply draw up a "safety door" or something similar and it will be fine.

Therefore, in the eyes of engineers, there is only mission success or mission failure.

However, there is no such thing as dying during a mission.

This shows just how shady that ginkgo tree must be, that even the engineer planted one.

That operation caused Lin Wei psychological trauma, forcing her to transfer from the patrol department to the personnel department.

Zhou Jingtian has also permanently lost his mobility and will be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.

It can only be said that fate plays tricks on people...

A single tree has connected the destinies of countless people.

"Oh, what a poor child..."

Zhou Jingtian sighed: "Did you give him a physical exam back then?"

"Yes, it was done. According to the records from that year, the child's physical condition was perfectly normal."

"Moreover, after his identity as an 'observer' was exposed five years ago, he was sent to our mental hospital for secret protection, and his medical examination report at that time was fine."

After speaking, Lin Wei glanced down at Jiang Yu's medical examination report again.

"I wonder when he became like this..."

The office fell silent once again.

It's possible that both of them are still caught up in those painful memories from the past.

The painful memories chilled the atmosphere.

After a while…

Lin Wei was the first to break the silence.

"Director Zhou, I have a question."

"explain."

"If Jiang Yu is truly as you say, simply possessing extreme speed, then why would he do it?"

"When he first met Zhou Zhu, he could have easily won by speed alone, because no one could outrun him."

"The main thing is to run back with that watch, and that will be the end of it."

"But he didn't do that; instead, he chose to drag things out for a long time and make things very complicated..."

"Could it be... that he's humiliating his opponent?"

"Or are they trying to humiliate us?"

Lin Wei's voice lowered considerably towards the end.

She probably thinks it's outrageous.

Zhou Jingtian didn't find anything wrong with it; instead, he shook his head dismissively.

"If he really wants to humiliate us, he'll go even further than this."

"Don't forget, at that speed, the world appears completely still to him."

"He can do whatever he wants, without being detected by anyone or any device."

"Is it really necessary to go through all that trouble only to end up swapping out a brick?"

"That's a bit of a perverse sense of humor."

Lin Wei nodded in agreement.

But his face still showed a puzzled expression.

Because Zhou Jingtian's words are logically correct.

But the correct logic didn't bring her any closer to the answer; instead, it made her even more confused.

"Director Zhou, what do you think Jiang Yu's purpose is?" Lin Wei pressed.

Zhou Jingtian fell into deep thought.

Then, he closed his eyes.

This action caught Lin Wei completely off guard.

Because Zhou Jingtian almost never closes his eyes to rest in front of others.

He once said that closing your eyes means giving up information input, and information is everything.

But now he's like this...

This means he needed those few seconds of darkness to clear his mind.

Half a minute later…

He slowly opened his eyes.

I have two guesses.

"First, for some reason, he was unaware of his own abilities."

"You said before that his medical reports have been normal for the past few years."

"His ability to achieve what he has today is likely related to his sudden emergence of a 'hibernation' constitution."

"Due to some kind of pressure, his body acted suddenly out of control, but he had no recollection of what he did."

"Otherwise, he would definitely skip the physical examination."

"Or... he might not even come here."

Lin Wei felt that this guess was indeed reasonable.

If Jiang Yu knew his own situation, he would never have gone into the medical examination room.

Even if he doesn't know what this place is for, he will definitely find all sorts of excuses to make excuses and disappear at the last minute to run away.

But he obediently accepted the medical examination as if nothing had happened.

This guess fits the current situation very well.

"Secondly, he wants revenge."

"He wants to take revenge on that ginkgo tree," Zhou Jingtian said with a solemn expression.