On the morning of December 7, 149

Chu Yunlan, who was still imprisoned in a secret prison, met Xiao Qing.

One is an extinctionist who inherits her husband's legacy, and the other is the leader of humanity on Gaia.

It stands to reason that there is no need for Xiao Qing to come to see Chu Yunlan in person.

There are always people in charge of the related work.

But Xiao Qing still came.

Perhaps because of "going out for a spin", Chu Yunlan's mental state is much better than before.

Xiao Qing even saw some faint joy on her face.

It was an unsettling emotion.

At least for Xiao Qing......

"What more do you want?" Xiao Qing asked.

Chu Yunlan looked at Xiao Qing silently, and only after a long time did he speak: "Before I answer you, why don't you answer me a question first." ”

Xiao Qing's eyes flickered, she knew what Chu Yunlan wanted to ask.

"In two years at most, the central rappelling will be restarted, and then ...... You don't have any chips, you think, I can't afford to wait? ”

Chu Yunlan smiled: "Whether you can afford to wait or not is not your personal matter, but the business of all the humans living on Gaia Star...... I don't think you're qualified to negotiate terms with me. ”

Xiao Qing's eyes changed, and she was angry again, eager to tear the woman in front of her apart.

But she couldn't do that......

Seeing the anger in Xiao Qing's eyes, Chu Yunlan said, "Are you tired?" ”

Xiao Qing didn't speak.

"Before you, Han Kongwen had already looked for me...... That's a lot of the question...... You all want to try to understand me, but you are very afraid of this process of understanding......" Chu Yunlan lowered her head, there was a cup in front of her, but it was not a real cup, it was just a concrete projection constructed by her brain: "Actually, you don't have to be so troublesome...... Instead of coming to me for answers, ask yourselves...... How much time do you have left? Even if there is no me in this world...... There is no one who destroys the world...... How much time do you have left? A hundred years? That was a disaster a long time ago...... You don't have to worry about it for a long time...... Two hundred years? It doesn't seem to make a difference...... 300 years ...... 400 years ...... It doesn't matter how many years it takes......"

"Three hundred years." Xiao Qing said.

Chu Yunlan was stunned, this was the first time she had heard an accurate answer from a figure of Xiao Qing's level.

"What?"

"The final derivation result...... We still have about three hundred years to go, and then ...... Doomed to perdition. Xiao Qing told the truth.

After hearing this, Chu Yunlan was not happy in his heart, but gradually fell into a depression......

"It's a lot shorter than I expected......

"Yes, it's just a matter of generations." Xiao Qing was relieved after she spoke, and she suddenly found that she didn't seem to have any need to hate Chu Yunlan at all, even if many innocent people died because of her.

Regardless of their identity, they are only mortals.

For mortals...... Too much thought...... It's just a mediocrity.

"Then why ......" Chu Yunlan suddenly didn't quite understand, although Xiao Qing didn't clearly tell her how such a derivation result was obtained, she realized a very serious problem.

Since the result is the same?

Why do Xiao Qing and these people still organize the World Destroyer?

Is it just for the last rest?

For a moment, Chu Yunlan didn't seem to be so calm anymore.

She looked at Xiao Qing and asked again, "Why?" ”

Xiao Qing replied quietly, "In your own words...... Because of fear. ”

"Scared? Afraid of what? ”

"The results of the calculations expand the problem and only then give the final answer." Xiao Qing explained.

Chu Yunlan understood.

"I would like to see Professor Su again...... May I? Chu Yunlan asked.

Xiao Qing: "Yes, but first answer the first question I asked. ”

Chu Yunlan thought for a moment and replied, "Quantum mechanics is full of uncertainties...... It clarifies objective facts, but it cannot completely deny the subjective will of man...... In the spiral of contradictions, I could not find an answer...... So...... I've been waiting for ......"

"What are you waiting for?"

"The small things of firewood, rice, oil and salt are also indispensable things in the lives of the general public...... While those of us are doing our best for the so-called ideals, they don't stop either...... But...... What's the point of all this? Chu Yunlan looked up at Xiao Qing: "The flowers in the uninhabited deep valley bloom and fall, and no one appreciates them, what is the meaning of its existence?" Is it just to decorate the Creator's back garden? Just like us at this moment...... Even if we were to distinguish between winning and losing, what would it mean to beings who have no way of understanding the human mind? ”

Xiao Qing: "Meaninglessness...... Is that your understanding of the world? ”

Chu Yunlan shook his head again: "No, I still believe that all this is meaningful...... It's just that simple ideas become walls of estrangement in the process of interweaving...... In the spiral of contradictions, I could not find the answer......"

"You're such a tangled person." Xiao Qing said.

Chu Yunlan smiled when he heard this: "Once upon a time, we trusted the standards of external objects, and believed in the meaning and form of existence given to us by God...... But later, science told us that there was a mutual connection between the objective existence of the world and the subjective identity of self-consciousness, so overnight, many standards collapsed...... Freely...... That is, the noblest ideal! ”

Xiao Qing was silent, she knew that no matter how much she didn't like Chu Yunlan's speech, she had to listen to it...... Because biased ridicule will blind her.

"Stories have always revolved around generals, heroes, princes and princesses...... They are the protagonists of the world, and the other ordinary soldiers who die for the will of the general are nothing more than worthless sets...... It is used to highlight the tall and majestic shore of the general! Can ...... now When we heard that a general sacrificed tens of thousands of his soldiers in order to capture the city, as ordinary people, we suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of sadness...... It's like in the story on both sides of the river...... One person who picks up the gun first has a compassionate consciousness, but the other person tells the sentient beings with practical actions...... We are just mortals who obey orders......" Chu Yunlan said this, her tone gradually calmed down, and she looked at Xiao Qing: "Do you believe that there is some kind of advanced civilization with compassion above us?" ”

Xiao Qing didn't speak, she looked at Chu Yunlan quietly, she knew that Chu Yunlan hadn't finished speaking.

"Compassion...... Everyone has it...... It can be connected to the instinctive desires of mortals...... Compassion has become a shackle again...... It's like...... We feel that the killing is cruel, and it is more than right

Killing of the same kind...... It also includes the killing of all lives...... So some of us started calling for vegetarianism...... But it is precisely because the essence of vegetarianism is still the deprivation of one life to another, that those who are not vegetarians call these vegetarians the overflow of the 'heart of the Virgin'! Hehe...... Our Lady's heart overflowed...... "The cup in front of Chu Yunlan turned into a plate, and the plate contained fresh flesh and blood.

"Are you vegan?" Xiao Qing asked.

Chu Yunlan shook his head: "No, I quite enjoy the satisfaction that meat products bring me...... I especially like fried chicken, and it's even better if it is served with beer. ”

Xiao Qing smiled and smiled dryly.

"Does what you're saying have anything to do with your purpose?"

Chu Yunlan froze when she heard this, and then looked at Xiao Qing with some disappointment, she asked rhetorically, "Do you think these are boring and meaningless things?" ”

Xiao Qing shook her head: "No, I know these questions, the world is changing all the time, the thoughts of individuals, the thoughts of society, and the thoughts of human beings as a whole are changing, but what can this prove?" ”

Chu Yunlan's disappointment was getting worse, and she said softly: "All these seemingly subtle changes actually require serious thinking and observation...... That's something that seems to have nothing to do with science, but in fact we still need science to help us move forward...... Like the compassion I mentioned...... Because people are physically unable to give up the need for meat products, the real man accepts the arrangement of reality and is truly grateful to the world for its generosity, while the 'Virgins', whose existence seems unjustified, should be despised...... But if in the future we no longer need to satisfy our desire for meat...... Does this kind of thinking help us to progress? …… In a good direction...... A direction that is different from the confined reality? ”

Xiao Qing was silent after hearing this, and after a while she asked rhetorically, "Do you really think so?" ”

Chu Yunlan: "Desire is like a factor, existence is the true contradiction, desire can make us crazy, and it is instinct to release the original...... At the same time, desire catalyzes social progress, making people want to live and be happy...... But we seldom seem to think about how to make desire itself progress......"

"Let Desire Itself Progress ......"

"Yes...... Buddhism associates desire with vanity, and tells us that we should set precepts for life, and this view of the world aims to reduce desires, or even deny desires, in order to achieve relative spiritual satisfaction, and to learn from them that 'emptiness is color is emptiness'......"

"Emptiness is color, color is emptiness?" Xiao Qing suddenly felt that this Chu Yunlan was really interesting...... Even Buddhism is quoted.

"You have to admit that it is only our bodies that are always restricted, and our ideological consciousness has long been transcendent......" Chu Yunlan said lightly.

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In the end, Xiao Qing couldn't get a complete and definite answer from Chu Yunlan's mouth.

But this uncertain answer...... Just like the quote she quoted from the Heart Sutra, "Emptiness is color, color is emptiness...... Floating life is a definite reality, but also an illusion in the hearts of all beings......

If civilization really exists like this.

What kind of realm is that transcendental?

Xiao Qing couldn't see it, and couldn't guess it...... But she understood a truth.

Progress based on reality should not be constrained by the limitations of reality...... Perhaps the real path to transcendence lies in it.

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