S-Level Weird? Sit Back and Have Some Psychotherapy First!

Hello, my dearest readers, I am the author of this book, Jian Jiao Xu Xian. If you have read this far, it means that there is some kind of tacit understanding between us - you are willing to continue reading without a system, no time travel, and no counterattack at the beginning of the book. It's not easy. I have a few words to say about this book. First, this is a "slow" book. The protagonist Zhuang Sheng is not a genius, not a strong man, not the kind of character who can crush everything in three chapters. He hesitates, commits foul play, and hides in his office after a mission to stare at a peeled apple. His way of curing strange things is not to remove them by force, but to go into their core, find the original, distorted trauma, and then - dialogue, understanding, and rewriting. This takes time. So the pace of this book is slow. If you are used to a climax in three chapters and a breakthrough in ten chapters, it may not be suitable for you. But if you want to see how a person faces the malice of the world with empathy instead of fists, and if you want to see him tearing himself apart every time he heals the weird - then you can stay. Second, the villain of this novel is not the monster, but pain itself. Every strange birth is a tragedy that no one listens to. Educational anxiety is condensed into "perfect life", cultural obsession is condensed into "rituals and music", control in the name of love is condensed into "pampering"... They are not born monsters, they are collective emotions that are ignored, distorted and suppressed, and finally become devouring everything at a certain critical point. Zhuang Sheng is not here to eliminate them. He is here to listen. The question this book wants to explore is not "how to become stronger", but "what happens after pain is understood." Thirdly, this novel has a "healing" component, but the protagonist himself may not be cured. Zhuang Sheng is a genius psychoanalyst with a 100% cure rate. But he was also his own most failed patient. His abilities are effective for others but not for himself. He helped countless weirdos get out of trauma, but his own trauma - on the university rooftop seven years ago - is still weighing on his heart. The ultimate proposition of this book is not to "heal everything", but "some pain does not need to be cured, but only needs to be understood. Some pasts do not need to be erased, but only need to be reconciled." Fourthly, this is not a single-male protagonist, but a story about two partners. If you like the combination of "a genius + a cold partner", this book may make you feel comfortable. Zhuang Sheng's partner Lu Ban is a systems engineer who is absolutely rational, believes in data, believes in firepower, and believes in everything that can be quantified. It took her a long time to accept Zhuang's way of working - not "chatting", but "treatment". The way she expressed her concern was not with words. She turned on the safety of the gun when he entered the gap, handed him a signal transmitter developed by herself, and stood behind him when everyone doubted him and said, "The data is not enough and it does not constitute an investigation priority." Their relationship is not love at first sight or happy enemies. It's the trust that was slowly built up. They are two completely different people. After countless life and death missions, they have become each other's only flaw. Fifth, the foreshadowing will be buried deeper and requires a little patience. This book is a long novel, and some clues will be picked up again after dozens of chapters. For example, why did the AI ​​that had been dormant for thirty years in the first generation machine mark Zhuang Sheng when he was nineteen years old? For example, what does the gray zone signal mean? For example, who is the enemy Zhuang Sheng will eventually face? I'm not in a hurry to give an answer. I hope that when you read it, you will have a sudden realization that "it turned out to have been laid down at that time." I try my best to make every foreshadowing have a reasonable recycling, so that it will not be unfinished. This is my promise to you. Finally, if you read this book late at night. Then I want to say something superfluous. There are lines in this book that I would love to hear myself but have never heard. "Your imperfections are your most unique beauty", "You're not good enough, you've just been burdened with expectations for too long", "You can be imperfect, but it doesn't affect your being loved." These words are addressed to Strange, to Zhuang Sheng, and perhaps to you who have read this. I hope it gets you through some not-so-good nights, if only for one. Thank you for your patience. See you in the book. ovo