🔍 What is 749 rounds?
Bureau 749, whose full name is "749th Research Institute of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense", is one of the most mysterious institutions in Chinese history. It is said that Qian Xuesen personally decided to establish it in the 1970s, specializing in the study of supernatural phenomena, human body's special functions, UFOs and unknown energy fields.
与专门研究航天技术的507所不同，749局的方向更为”偏门”——超感官知觉、意念移物、气功外气、以及一些官方至今不愿公开的”异常事件”。
📜 The real mission of Bureau 749
According to various public information and insider disclosures, Bureau 749 is mainly responsible for the following tasks:
- Research on special functions of human body — 包括遥视、意念致动、耳朵识字等。这些现在听起来像天方夜谭的能力，当年是被当作国防技术来研发的。
- UFO and Unidentified Flying Object Investigation — 中国多地曾出现不明飞行物目击报告，749局负责调查并归档。
- Supernatural incident handling — 某些地方出现的”无法用科学解释”的现象，军队处理不了，就会移交749局。
- Decoding ancient documents — 据说他们还研究过一些出土文献中记载的”失传技术”。
🀄️ Traditional perspective: the relationship between 749 Bureau and folk culture
Interestingly, many of the research directions of Bureau 749 are highly overlapped with the cultivation content in the field of traditional culture.
比如他们研究的”外气”，在传统修炼文化中叫”采气”；他们研究的”意念力”，道家称之为”心念之力”；他们研究的人体能量场，道家几千年前就有了”经络”和”丹田”的概念。
Over the years I have been a Taoist priest, I have come into contact with some seniors, and they revealed that Bureau 749 secretly visited many inheritors of traditional folk culture in an attempt to use scientific instruments to measure energy changes at the ritual site.
Science has its limits, and Taoism has its boundaries. Bureau 749 uses scientific methods to study the supernatural, while our traditional cultural field uses another way to deal with the same thing. Different paths, maybe the same destination.
❓ Why did Bureau 749 suddenly disband?
There has been no official announcement regarding the outcome of Game 749. There are three most widely circulated theories:
- Research out of control theory — 某些实验超出了控制范围，造成了不可挽回的后果，上级紧急叫停。
- Achievements storage theory — 研究确实取得了突破性成果，但由于过于敏感，被永久封存，机构也转入地下。
- resource reorganization theory — 随着国际形势变化，超自然研究不再作为优先项目，资源被重新分配到其他领域。
Regardless of the theory, the files of Bureau 749 are still classified. Maybe one day these secrets will come to light.