Chapter 32: That Shout Nearly Sent Me Away
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Wu Bin said to the old professor, “Is there anything else you want to test? Let’s do it all at once.”
The old professor took out a booklet and handed it to Wu Bin.
“Now we mainly want to test your memory—in other words, the condition of your hippocampus.”
“You have five minutes. Read this book carefully, starting from the first page.”
“Afterward, I’ll ask you some questions about it. Just answer from memory.”
Wu Bin gave an acknowledging grunt and nodded.
He took the booklet from the old professor. As the professor began timing him, Wu Bin started leafing through it.
At first, Wu Bin read with some interest, curious about what the booklet was about. But he soon realized that this was a memory test.
He began reading ten lines at a glance, turning a page every few seconds.
Seeing this, the old professor could not help reminding him, “Student Wu, you need to remember what is written in the booklet. I’ll be asking you questions about it later.”
“All right, Professor.”
Wu Bin agreed aloud, but continued flipping through the pages at astonishing speed.
Five minutes passed.
Wu Bin had just finished reading the entire booklet.
Returning it to the old professor, he said with a smile, “Go ahead and ask.”
The old professor’s expression became rather strange.
Given the speed at which Wu Bin had turned the pages, what could he possibly ask? No ordinary person could have remembered more than a fraction of the contents!
As if he could tell what the old professor was thinking, Li Guotai said with a smile, “Go ahead and ask. The boy seems quite confident.”
The old professor sighed and casually picked one of the questions from the beginning of the booklet.
To his surprise, Wu Bin answered without hesitation the very next second.
The old professor froze.
“You can really answer it?”
Wu Bin smiled. “I’ve memorized everything in this booklet. Ask whatever you like. If I get even one question wrong, I’ll concede.”
The booklet was actually a fairy tale.
The old professor’s questions were not rigid mathematical problems, but questions related to the story.
This method had the advantage of testing not only a patient’s memory, but also their comprehension and analytical abilities.
At first, the old professor thought Wu Bin was simply bragging.
How could anyone finish reading an entire booklet in such a short time?
But after asking more than a dozen questions in succession, he found that Wu Bin had answered every single one correctly!
The group of neurological experts was once again utterly astonished. They stared at Wu Bin’s head with feverish excitement.
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“A miracle! This is simply a miracle!”
“Could it be that the cerebral infarction activated the potential of the functional regions of his brain?”
“Quick! Seal away all the surgical data immediately. Once we have some free time, we’ll study it!”
At that moment, every neurological expert was looking at Wu Bin with burning intensity.
They wanted to perform another craniotomy on him and find out exactly how his brain was built.
How had he suddenly become so outrageously extraordinary?
The way the experts were looking at him made Wu Bin feel deeply uneasy.
Could these people be perverts?
The old professor and the others already thought Wu Bin was incredibly impressive, but Li Guotai asked from the side, “Wu Bin, did you memorize everything in the booklet?”
Hearing this, the group of neurological experts thought he had gone mad.
How could anyone in this world memorize so much in such a short time?
Yet Wu Bin nodded.
“That’s right. I memorized it all.”
The experts collectively sucked in a cold breath.
The old professor asked solemnly, “Young man, this is not something to joke about.”
Wu Bin did not explain. He simply began reciting a passage.
When he finished, everyone stared at him in bewilderment.
“What are you saying? An alien language?”
“It sounds like English, but not quite.”
Wu Bin laughed. “Oh, you didn’t believe that I had memorized the entire book, did you? So I just recited a passage backward. You can open the book and compare it.”
The old professor hurriedly opened the booklet and read a short passage backward. It was exactly the same as what Wu Bin had just recited!
The hospital room fell silent.
Meanwhile, the livestream chat exploded with comments.
“As expected of Brother Wu! He suffered a cerebral infarction, yet not only did he avoid becoming a vegetable, he turned into the world’s greatest genius instead?”
“That ability is insane! If I had memory like that, wouldn’t every exam be the same as an open-book test?”
“If you had that kind of ability, why would you need to take exams? You could choose any university you wanted!”
“The ancients said one could recite something backward as fluently as forward. I never believed it before, but now I do. He really can recite it backward fluently!”
“This is beyond outrageous! I really want to know what illness could possibly kill Brother Wu in the future!”
“Fighting for his life in the emergency room, then chatting away in the hospital ward—is this the legendary Brother Wu? No wonder they call him Crunchy Shark!”
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“Why not make a movie? Call it The Crunchy Shark Hero.”
“Are you trying to kill me laughing? With that physical condition, how is he supposed to fight for justice?”
The viewers’ attention grew increasingly bizarre, but the way everyone present looked at Wu Bin had subtly changed.
Xu Wenyao’s heart gave a jolt. This was bad.
Before, he had only taken an interest in Wu Bin because Wu Bin came with his own built-in popularity. He had planned to use Wu Bin’s fame to launch a publicity campaign for reform.
But if Wu Bin truly had perfect recall, would he remain at the Agricultural University in the future?
With an ability like that, making a living by farming seemed like a waste of talent!
Xu Wenyao secretly made up his mind.
No. He absolutely could not let Wu Bin leave the Agricultural University. It looked like he would have to pay a heavy price.
Li Guotai, standing nearby, had come to the same conclusion.
The two reports he had previously submitted had already attracted the attention of the higher-ups.
There was no doubt that Wu Bin’s physical constitution was extraordinary.
If they wanted to obtain the latest medical breakthroughs from studying him, they absolutely could not allow another hospital to lure him away!
With that thought, Li Guotai smiled at Wu Bin.
“Excellent, excellent, Student Wu. It seems your recovery really is going very well.”
“How about this? I’ll immediately apply to the authorities for a special research grant. The money should be transferred into your account by tomorrow.”
“Just as before, you’ll need to cooperate with us in a series of examinations. Would that be all right?”
Wu Bin hurriedly asked, “Director Li, roughly how much will this special research grant be?”
Li Guotai smiled. “At least one hundred and fifty thousand.”
One hundred and fifty thousand!
Wu Bin’s eyes immediately lit up.
Seeing the strange looks everyone around him was giving him, he coughed lightly.
“Well, money isn’t important. The main thing is to make a modest contribution to the medical field.”
The moment Wu Bin finished speaking, a heart-wrenching cry startled him so badly that he nearly died on the spot.
“Student Wu! I was wrong! Please, I beg you to forgive me! I promise I’ll never dare do it again!”
Wu Bin looked closely and realized that the commotion was coming from Zhao Hao, who was kneeling at the doorway.
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