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In September, when Xia was dying, the sun was still radiating heat recklessly.Looking down from the corridor of the teaching building, the trees washed by the morning mist are transpiring residual water vapor, the gray-white cement road is dry and dry, and the cracked gaps are like the roots of plants.

Shen Chunlan leaned against the concrete railing in the corridor, with the white porcelain piece sticking to the inside of his elbow, and he tried his best to put on a calm and gentle teacher.

"Why don't you write down the guardian's contact information?" He even changed his way of speaking, and even felt that his tone was a bit sticky, reckless, and outrageous, so he changed his tone again in the next sentence, "This It is good for class management, and the teacher is also doing it for your own good."

Rao Xinghai stood upright in front of him.There is no military training at New Hope Academy, but he seems to be standing in a military posture, which makes his waist straight and his body straight.Shen Chunlan found that he was a little taller than herself.The young man can still continue to grow upwards. For no reason, he imagined in his mind how his height would be different when he and Rao Xinghai were standing side by side.

"There is no guardian." Rao Xinghai said flatly.

Shen Chunlan tensed for a moment unconsciously, he moved his Adam's apple subconsciously, and swallowed half a mouthful of cramped air.

Rao Xinghai's eyes moved between his lips and neck, and then obediently returned to Shen Chunlan's eyes.

Shen Chunlan really didn't want to ask any more questions. "Why is there no guardian? What happened to you before?" Once he asked, the heavy story of Rao Xinghai would be on his shoulders.

So he changed it.

"Without a guardian, your personal information is incomplete, so the school has no choice but to appoint a guardian for you. As for who is appointed, I don't know." Shen Chunlan wanted to threaten him a little.If he refuses to write, then the school can assign it casually.

According to regulations, if sentries and guides do not have any immediate or collateral relatives, their managers are their guardians. In other words, Rao Xinghai's guardian should be the Dean Rao of the orphanage.

Rao Xinghai frowned.This was the first time Shen Chunlan saw an expression other than indifference and stupefaction on his face.This slightly distressed expression made Rao Xinghai suddenly come alive, even his thick eyebrows and dark eyes became a little more charming.

"I really don't have a guardian." Rao Xinghai said, "I am 18 years old. After I become an adult, the dean can no longer be my guardian."

Shen Chunlan was frightened by him.Rao Xinghai knew that he had read his files!This time, Shen Chunlan was caught off guard: "Uh... Dean..."

Rao Xinghai still stood upright.

Shen Chunlan was a little annoyed, he was teased by this annoying student. "Then I can write down my contact information." He said, "I'm afraid that I will be your guardian, and you will be under too much pressure."

Almost instantly, he saw a spark of joy flashing in Rao Xinghai's dark eyes.But the young sentinel nodded quickly, and this action counteracted the upturn of Rao Xinghai's lips.

"Well, it's okay." He replied proudly, his tone still unpleasant.

Shen Chunlan drove Rao Xinghai back to the classroom with gestures to drive away chickens and ducks.With one minute before class, he hurriedly called Cao back: "I have a question, after the sentinel who lives in the orphanage becomes an adult, the person in charge of the orphanage can't be his guardian?"

Cao Hui replied while eating potato chips: "Yes."

Shen Chunlan: "Then who will be his guardian?"

Cao Hui: "If you don't have a job, then you should be a police officer or the director of the neighborhood committee. If you have a job, then you should be the chairman of the trade union or your immediate supervisor. If you continue to study, then you should be the head teacher."

Shen Chunlan: "...Huh?"

Cao Hui: "A student asked you? Hey, these children are not obedient. I told the college freshmen the first day of school when I told the student rules. The guardian system is very strict..."

Shen Chunlan: "Why don't I know!"

Cao Hui: "You went to the new teacher's meeting that day."

Shen Chunlan walked back and forth with her forehead supported.So Rao Xinghai knew about this rule. He knew that Shen Chunlan would be his guardian, so when Yang Deyi brought the list, he didn't think it was a big deal. No matter who it was, Rao Xinghai would always have a "guardian".Shen Chunlan felt that his face was burning badly. He was indeed teased by Rao Xinghai. The nonsense he said just now didn't look like a teacher.

Cao Hui hadn't hung up the phone yet: "Is there an orphan in your class? It's not easy."

The class bell rang, and Shen Chunlan hung up the phone and walked into the classroom.The courseware and countless vivid and interesting cases that he spent a lot of time preparing are waiting for him to start the first class.

He glanced at Rao Xinghai in the last row.Rao Xinghai sat upright, staring at him like the other students.

[The student did not receive any systematic guidance related to sentries, guides and other special humans in elementary and middle school...Unable to accurately understand sexual reactions...] He remembered the words in the sea area inspection report.

Shen Chunlan turned off the projector.The curtain rose slowly, and he turned around and wrote three words on the blackboard: Sexual Response.

"I know that everyone took the general education class yesterday. 'Sentinel General Studies' is in charge of Teacher Cao Hui, and 'Guide General Studies' is in charge of Teacher Zhang Xiaoyuan. Should I be in the third section of Chapter 1 yesterday?" Shen Chunlan said lightly. asked.

The students nodded one after another, a little confused.In the textbook "Introduction to Special Human Cognitive Science" in their hands, Chapter 1 is clearly "What is Cognitive Science", which has nothing to do with sexual response.

"Sexual response is Chapter 3, and it is estimated that you will not be exposed to its specific content until next month." Shen Chunlan pointed to the three large characters behind her, "Sexual response is a physiological phenomenon that will appear after every sentinel and guide enters puberty .Its distinctive feature is that it is uncontrollable, but suppressable."

Uncontrollable means that sentries and guides cannot control when, where, and who they touch to have a sexual reaction.

Inhibitable means that it can be resolved by drugs or self-repression.

Shen Chunlan kept paying attention to Rao Xinghai from the corner of his eye.When talking about this part, Rao Xinghai's posture changed, he leaned on the back of the chair, this is a defensive posture away from the speaker.

Huh, interesting.Shen Chunlan wanted to laugh this time.

His expression became more and more relaxed: "Then, the first question: Why is the sexual response uncontrollable?"

Most of the students looked bewildered and curious, only Gong Shang, who scored No. 1 in the class, lowered his head and touched his nose.

"The secret is here." Shen Chunlan pointed to her nose, "Many mammals, including humans, have an organ called vomeronasal organ in their nasal cavity."

The vomeronasal organ is an auxiliary organ of smell. When it was discovered in the 18th and 19th centuries and entered the field of vision of anatomists, people did not know its specific function until the middle of the 20th century, when humans discovered pheromone: Fei Lomon.

Almost all animals carry pheromones.It is a non-volatile substance that can be detected by specific olfactory organs and cause certain emotions, behaviors or physiological reactions of the other party.

When Shen Chunlan said this, all the students suddenly realized.

"The information brought by pheromones will be captured by the vomeronasal organ, and finally reach our hypothalamus, which is responsible for integration." Shen Chunlan drew a process diagram on the blackboard, "Second question: The hypothalamus is responsible for What?"

Gong Shang, who scored No.1 in the test, spoke in a low voice, as if answering his question, but also as if thinking: "Endocrine...hormone..."

"Yes." Shen Chunlan drew an arrow on the word "hypothalamus" with red chalk, and wrote in a flying style. His handwriting was beautiful, "hormone."

To put it simply, the pheromones on sentries and guides carry biological information related to reproduction, and their well-developed vomeronasal organs can accurately capture these information and affect their own hormone secretion.Hormonal changes trigger a series of physiological responses in the Sentinel or Guide: sweating, shortness of breath, dilated pupils, capillary congestion, tremors, and so on.

These are all symptoms of a sexual response.

"The third question." Shen Chunlan was very pleased to see that the people in the class were completely attracted by what he said, "and it is also the most important question: Why are the vomeronasal organs of the sentries and guides so developed?"

In fact, the vomeronasal organ of human beings has been almost completely degenerated in the long-term evolution, because it is not very useful.

A few students who reacted quickly opened their mouths slightly, and Zhou Shifei was the first to call out: "Back to the ancestors!"

"Yes, returning to ancestors." Shen Chunlan nodded, "There is a school of research in the academic circles that insists that sentinel guides are different from semi-zombified humans and underground people who have mutated due to the influence of viruses. Sentinel guides have obvious traces of human atavism. , one of the evidences is the vomeronasal organ."

He turned to face the blackboard and continued writing.

Because of this anatomical feature that is so different from ordinary humans, sentries and guides have a new biological meaning.There seem to be some abnormal nodes in the process of human evolution. Sentinel guides all over the world are the special human beings with the highest proportion. Although they are still far less than ordinary human beings in number, their number is enough to prove that this is not Accidental atavism.

"We fear something because we don't understand it, and when we start to understand the mechanism of 'sexual response', sentinel guide is no longer synonymous with indecent, shameless. Our stigma is due to the vomeronasal organ and Due to the discovery of pheromones.” Shen Chunlan did not look at Rao Xinghai, but he did say these words to Rao Xinghai, “Sexual reaction is just like the knee jerk reflex we receive in the physical examination for admission. It is caused by external stimuli. What happens is a perfectly natural physiological phenomenon. We have a sexual response to someone, and it doesn't make any love sense unless we really like that person."

The students all stared at him.Shen Chunlan knew that although he didn't know much about managing students, he was still able to do a job well in class.

"Understanding sexual responses is an important step in understanding the identities of sentries and guides. Exploring the atavism phenomenon of special humans can make us more familiar with our own history. How to understand special humans, how to understand sentries and guides themselves, and how to understand human beings, this It is the meaning of cognitive science." Shen Chunlan said, "Man is a biological person, but also a historical person and a social person."

All eyes are on.

"Cognitive science is an emerging discipline. It was created to understand people and their history, present, and future." Shen Chunlan pointed to the words he just wrote one by one: "neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, Anthropology, pedagogy, linguistics, artificial intelligence, these are the seven disciplines covered by cognitive science. And our "special human cognitive science" has an additional biology. Together they support this scientific field, In the next four years, we will explore an important question from different angles and levels: how our brains, ourselves, deal with the world."

This is the first course that students in special human cognitive science majors take.What Shen Chunlan told them was the meaning of the existence of an unfamiliar subject and how it was related to everyone's life.

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The three classes in the morning were over, Rao Xinghai miraculously did not yawn.On the way back to the dormitory, he heard Zhou Shifei chatting with a classmate who seemed a little familiar.Rao Xinghai still couldn't remember the names of all the people in the class, and he couldn't match the names with the faces. He only knew that they were people from 415 upstairs.

"Ms. Shen is not very decent as a teacher," the man said, "but the class is still very interesting."

Zhou Shifei: "Wanli, you are really rude."

Rao Xinghai immediately remembered his name, with a trace of malicious resentment.

Wan Li added: "This is the most polite way of saying it."

Rao Xinghai and Zhou Shifei returned to the dormitory. He packed up his things and prepared to go out. He went to the battle training room in the skill building to find the instructor to familiarize himself with the work.When he was about to leave, he turned his head again.

"Is there a list that contains the communication methods of everyone in the class?" He asked Zhou Shifei.

Although Zhou Shifei had a small argument with him, he didn't care about it long ago. "Yes." He quickly found it and handed it to Rao Xinghai, "What is your phone number? At least the people in our dormitory can know it, right?"

Rao Xinghai stared at him, and after a while he said, "I can give you and Qu Wu, but you don't want to make Yang proud."

The two exchanged contact information, and Rao Xinghai went out with the mailing list.He didn't have any interest in other people's mobile phone numbers, just staring at the first row of the form.That was the number of the counselor Shen Chunlan.

He read it once and remembered it. After stuffing the paper back into his schoolbag, he took out his mobile phone and typed seriously.

A moment later, Shen Chunlan, who was chatting with Cao Hui at the Student Affairs Office, received a message.

[The class was good. 】

Shen Chunlan was at a loss, the number was unfamiliar, but this kind of begging tone was somewhat familiar.

Cao Hui on the other side was still chattering: "I heard that Rao Xinghai works in the skill building. Is it safe? Isn't he unstable in the 'Sea Territory'? It seems that the work-study position does not depend on the mental state of the students, but in case something happens, you will Take joint responsibility, you are his guardian now..."

Shen Chunlan: "...I am so fucking tired as a counselor."

He slumped on the chair, almost screaming on his back.

The author has something to say: The reaction process of vomeronasal organ, pheromone and pheromone: it really exists.After learning the relevant knowledge, I tried to briefly summarize this process (it’s really interesting, this organ and the human body itself), I suggest you search for this organ, it’s very interesting.

Cognitive Science: This is also a real discipline, and it does encompass several areas of knowledge mentioned in the article.The LOGO of the International Society for Cognitive Science is a brain-shaped maze, which very vividly illustrates the research object of cognitive science.

*Special Human Cognitive Science: An emerging discipline that focuses on the history and social studies of special human beings, especially in anthropology, sociology and artificial intelligence, and has proposed many new ideas, which have promoted the development of cognitive science in specific fields.At present, the most authoritative research institution in special human cognitive science is the Geoffrey Institute of Science in Hobart, Australia.

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The "sexual response" mentioned in my series is different from the similar response in the ABO setting. Just remember [uncontrollable, but suppressable] and that's it.

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