Chapter 686: Teaching an Apprentice

"If you're from the capital, your family's circumstances should be quite good, right?" Jiang Yuan could tell that Zhan Kan had some intention of learning skull reconstruction.

Zhan Kan also felt that an opportunity had arrived. While thinking about Jiang Yuan's thoughts using the reasoning ability he had honed since starting work, he said, "It's the kind where you don't have to worry about food and clothing. My parents both work in state-owned enterprises, and they bought me a house. My salary is just enough for one person to spend."

This counted as having the foundation to learn skull reconstruction.

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but nod. It was only at his current LV5 state that he clearly knew the complexity and the massive cost of cultivating an expert in this field.

Without some family background, one might not be able to persist while learning.

And skull reconstruction, even if the goal is set only to LV2, still requires a few years of study. During this period, it is best to study full-time; otherwise, the learning time will be prolonged.

Besides this, the materials for skull reconstruction also cost quite a bit of money. Activities like sculpture have never been prepared for poor families.

Even if you usually use the bureau's resources, occasionally you still have to buy some things to study yourself. This is the same principle as art students buying pigments and paper for painting.

"You studied sculpture for two years? To what extent can you do it?" Jiang Yuan asked another question.

"Right, I learned sketching first, then sculpture. As for the level, I actually played with sculpture myself later on, and I can make figures and such..." Zhan Kan didn't dare to overstate it.

Jiang Yuan nodded; this skill was still quite rare. Nowadays, most people haven't even come into contact with sculpture. Art academies do have sculpture majors, but after five years of study, who knows how much time was truly spent on practical operation.

Although skull reconstruction is known as the art of forensic pathology, if pure art sculpture students really participate, pathologists will complain that they are too artistic.

In general, having studied sculpture is a very good starting point for skull reconstruction; the thinking mode will be vastly different. And in the process of practical operation, because mainstream skull repair is done by computer, the foundation of sculpture can still play a role, making 3D modeling twice as effective with half the effort.

Jiang Yuan looked Zhan Kan up and down again. The two had cooperated many times, and judging from Zhan Kan's state when assisting, his basic skills and obedience were quite solid.

"As for anthropology, how well have you studied it?" Jiang Yuan continued to ask Zhan Kan while operating the computer.

Skull reconstruction is difficult to learn, and the main problem is that there are too many prerequisites.

Otherwise, forensic pathology, a job that mainly relies on experience, could produce quite a few people through raw practice.

Zhan Kan blinked and said, "As for anthropology... how should I put it..."

"Take this skull, for example; what can you see?" Jiang Yuan made the question specific.

Zhan Kan was stunned, then stared at the skull nearby for a while, and couldn't help but start walking around it.

Jiang Yuan didn't care about that much and continued to do the 3D modeling for the skull.

If this step were put into an internet company or a game company, the workload and cost would not be small. It can only be said that the monetization ability of socialized companies is much stronger than that of forensic pathology.

"The eye sockets tend to be circular, the brow ridge is not obvious, and the piriform aperture is also rounded, so it is a female skull."

"There are signs of trauma on the top of the skull, but judging from the abrasions, they should be post-mortem wounds."

"Age can be judged by tooth wear, and another is the cranial sutures. In this regard, I have to check the data."

Zhan Kan looked at the skull, thinking while answering, and gradually became proficient.

Jiang Yuan said "Um" at this time and said, "Go check."

Zhan Kan was stunned. There was no other way; he washed his hands, took a few more photos, and went out to flip through books.

It sounds simple, but it's difficult to do.

It's like a symptom of a cold; it could be caused by pneumonia, or it could be caused by stress. Ordinary people might have colds their whole lives and never summarize any accurate experience, just like most doctors.

Anthropology is much the same. A viewpoint is a viewpoint, and analysis is analysis. The books are written clearly and the data is listed in detail, but when reflected on the scene, it is completely different.

Zhan Kan hadn't done much forensic anthropology work before. At this moment, having to answer Jiang Yuan's questions, he felt overwhelmed.

Only vaguely did he perceive the meaning of Jiang Yuan's questioning.

A big shot wouldn't spend time and energy asking a kid questions just to make him look bad.

A big shot wouldn't even express himself in this way.

Because of this, Zhan Kan checked very carefully and resisted the urge to secretly ask his seniors.

The autopsy center of the Beijing Bureau was big and good, and the internal competition was fierce. If they only relied on forensic pathology and forensic clinical medicine like pathologists in ordinary county bureaus, in the end, they would only be able to do the most bitter and tiring work.

Swish, swish...

Zhan Kan flipped through the books quickly while staring at the computer screen and typing.

Judging age based on tooth wear is a simple idea, because permanent teeth are non-renewable; the longer you live and the longer you use them, the higher the degree of tooth wear naturally is.

But this is like what people often say, "a 20-year-old person with 40-year-old teeth." But for a pathologist, if you judge a 20-year-old person's age as 40, is it wrong to be scolded?

If the victim lived a wealthy life from childhood, to the point of eating coarse grains every day, and died young, how would a pathologist reach a conclusion?

"Tooth wear is unreliable." Zhan Kan pondered and muttered to himself.

"Using tooth wear as a foundation and looking at it comprehensively, the accuracy is very high." Zeng Lianrong walked over from the side and gave Zhan Kan a pointer.

Zhan Kan quickly thanked him.

Zeng Lianrong said "Um," walked away a few steps, then turned his head and said, "Work hard; this is a rare opportunity."

Zhan Kan quickly smiled with the simple honesty of a little fatty.

On the screen, the outer circle of the skull was being painted and filled layer by layer.

Placing the small white cylinders on the skull, the thickness marked is the thickness of the head's soft tissue. The height of the small cylinder is also the same value.

If it were a traditional method, the later stage would require applying things like clay layer by layer until it was level with the small cylinder at each position; then the thickness of the soft tissue would be determined.

Thinking carefully, this step is actually not very difficult; it's mainly that the task is decomposed finely enough.

The only problem is that the more finely decomposed a place is, the greater the pressure of judgment.

A single lip can be decomposed into 4 different heights, and each judgment basis may be incomplete.

Therefore, to truly make a final judgment, mutual verification is needed, leading to constant modifications.

This part of the work took Jiang Yuan several days.

During this period, Zhan Kan always followed Jiang Yuan. Although he couldn't do much, he understood more and more as he watched.

Task: Teaching an Apprentice

Task Content: Zhan Kan has followed and learned for 48 hours; you can teach him skull reconstruction to reach the LV1 level.

Task Reward: Handgun Shooting (LV3) ===== CHAPTER 687 =====