The ultimate blue sea

Chapter 73: Mirror Image

As soon as these words came out of Zhong Shiliang's mouth, the unusually relaxed group immediately felt heaviness in their stomachs, their digestion becoming poor. But Zhong Shiliang seemed entirely unaware of his own lowering popularity. Beaming, he got out a walkie-talkie. "Dr. Kou, Xiao Kou, are you here?"

"I'm coming, I'm coming."

There was a bit of an echo on the second "I'm coming." Dr. Lu, for once seeing a fellow member of his profession, sat up straight and looked over. He saw a young man run over gasping for breath. This Dr. Kou was very skinny and looked like a moving bamboo pole when he ran, swaying in the wind as though beset by perils. His hair had been blown into a mess. There was a very retro little satchel under his arm.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was out paying a house call. I hurried over as soon as I received the training base's notification."

Zhong Shiliang pointed to him and introduced: "This is our base's specially employed outside expert, Dr. Kou Tong."

Kou Tong smiled very amiably. This young man's appearance couldn't be called very remarkable, but his features looked particularly tidy, especially when he smiled. It seemed as though spring had come and flowers were blooming. He seemed to have flapping wings and the radiance of a halo over his head, like the Holy Father.

He truly was the type to make a favorable impression on people at first sight—especially when he was sitting with Zhong Shiliang.

Then Zhong Shiliang continued: "Dr. Kou took part in planning the construction of the Multi-Frequency Dimension-Changing Space."

Everyone: "..."

Dr. Kou, finding that everyone's expressions were very stiff, took no notice. He dredged up a wire from his retro bag. He connected one end to Zhong Shiliang's laptop, then took out the other end and held it in both hands. Everyone's eyeballs immediately fell all over the ground—the beaming Dr. Kou, smiling like a lucky cat, was holding out a furry ball!

Xue Xiaolu swallowed and pointed shakily, saying, "Did the base...send this to be cute?"

Dr. Kou brought the furry ball to her hands. Xue Xiaolu made contact with his mild eyes, and her face inexplicably turned red. She accepted with both hands, holding the furry ball as though it were a pearl from the East Sea. A coordinate grid appeared at once on the laptop's screen. It had two lines on it, a fluctuating red line and a practically motionless white line.

Lu Qingbai gave an "ah." "This is a mirror image projector. I know about it. Are you a psychologist of the Ding school?"

Kou Tong lowered his head slightly. His brows were particularly long. When he lowered his head, he gave off a slight sense of still waters running deep. "Only an itinerant doctor. I'm here to give you all a simple mirror image appraisal."

Kou Tong took a notebook out of his bag and flipped to Xue Xiaolu's page, comparing her to her photo. Then he said in quiet reassurance, "Don't be nervous. I'm only going to do a simple test using emotional simulation. Just follow my instructions. Take a deep breath. Relax."

Tears nearly came to Xue Xiaolu's eyes. She thought, they were both white coats, so why was there such a difference between them? Kou Tong was like a living Buddha helping the dying and healing the injured, while Lu Qingbai was like a malevolent spirit of vivisection.

Kou Tong said, "Everyone, please remain quiet. Miss Xue, close your eyes."

There seemed to be magic in his voice. Xue Xiaolu, red-faced, closed her eyes. The red line on the screen began to move more energetically. Kou Tong laughed softly. "Take some deep breaths. Try to calm down. Feel what the mirror image terminal in your hand is conveying to you."