"No matter what you think, no matter how you operate, I will not be with you, I just hope that the pristine ecology here can be fully protected, and not like the Hallelujah continent where we live, which has been exploited by humans. ”

As a conscientious scientist, Oda Rima has always maintained a caring heart for all living things, and Hallelujah is overexploited, and many species are disappearing, which is not the scene she wants to see.

"Don't worry, Professor Rita Rima Oda, you will see my efforts, and you will definitely be interested in joining our program. Bridgemorgan wasn't in a hurry, he was confident in his plans.

Pang Xiaonan and Wu Yongqiang walked out of the woods with firewood, and when they saw Oda Lima and Bridgemorgan talking happily, Pang Xiaonan couldn't help but quip: "What are you two talking about?

"We're talking about big dreams. In Bridgemorgan's plan, Pang Xiaonan was an indispensable part, so he was full of affection for Pang Xiaonan and took the initiative to stand up and help him carry firewood.

Several people piled up the firewood with all hands and feet, and Pang Xiaonan finally built a fire after wasting all his strength.

The sky was completely dark, and the raging flames lit up the area by the lake, warming the air again.

"There won't be dinosaurs attacking us at night, right?" Wu Yongqiang was very concerned about his own safety, since dinosaurs appeared here, it means that there will definitely be carnivorous animals.

"Don't be afraid, no matter how fierce the dinosaurs are, they should also be afraid of fire. Pang Xiaonan is convinced of the power of fire, and even an animal as fierce as a hungry wolf is afraid of fire.

"Don't be too confident," Rita Rima was glad that Pang Xiaonan came back in time, she didn't want to stay with BridgeMorgan to discuss his plan to destroy the ecology, and at this moment she had already done it by Pang Xiaonan's side, "Just such a fire, a bigger dinosaur was trampled on with one foot." ”

"Can you say something nice?" Pang Xiaonan looked at Oda Rima dissatisfied, and had already picked up a branch in his hand and walked through the rabbit, "It seems that stepping on this fire will do you any good, yes?"

"I'm telling you to be vigilant, not to be too optimistic, not to be paralyzed by the peaceful scene in front of you. Rita added a piece of firewood to the fire.

"Hey, it would be nice to bring some spices. Pang Xiaonan watched the red flames sizzle on the rabbit, and remembered his past cooking skills, "Although this rabbit is roasted, it is original, but it is more fragrant with a little seasoning." ”

"Forget it, even if you bring spices on your body, you can't use it for a long time. Wu Yongqiang interrupted Pang Xiaonan's fantasy with another blunt sentence.

Yes, a few people crossed the mountains and crossed the river in distress, and even if the seasoning was brought on their bodies, they would have been sprinkled or wet.

Soon, the aroma of rabbit meat wafted into the air, Wu Yongqiang breathed deeply into the fragrant air, and his stomach began to growl unconsciously.

"Do you think this fragrance will attract monsters?" Pang Xiaonan asked Rita Rima beside him.

Rita Lima gave a cold shiver, and then punched Pang Xiaonan's body, "Let you scare me!"

The surrounding sky was dark and in the middle of winter, only the stars in the sky sprinkled a dull silver-white light, and even with the firelight, the whole environment still looked quiet and terrifying.

Finally, the rabbit was roasted, the skin was golden yellow, oozing crystal clear oil, dripping on the flames and crackling, Wu Yongqiang stared at the golden roast rabbit, his eyes released green light, and he swallowed his saliva involuntarily.

Pang Xiaonan took back the branch, handed it to Wu Yongqiang, and said, "Look at your greedy appearance, I'll give it to you." ”

"No problem!" Wu Yongqiang took out the field saber from his leg and quickly divided the rabbit meat.

"Such a good meal, if only I could have a glass of wine. Pang Xiaonan couldn't help but think of the scene of drinking and chatting with Councilor Wang, although it was not long apart, but in the environment of New Bloss, it was like a world away.

"Why, you still drink. Oda Lima stared at Wu Yongqiang's sword technique, but chatted with Pang Xiaonan.

"Which hero doesn't drink?" Pang Xiaonan quoted from the scriptures, "Wu Song also killed a tiger with seven bowls of wine, if I drink some wine, that dinosaur is called Brachiosaurus, I can also kill it." ”

"Less bragging, that's a brachiosaurus. Oda Rima snorted coldly, "In front of you, it is an iron wall, and it wants to trample you to death, it is as simple as stepping on an ant." ”

"Come, lady first!" Wu Yongqiang generously handed a rabbit leg to Rita Lima, but at this critical moment, he didn't expect to eat it first.

Oda Rima took the rabbit leg and began to nibble on Teken without any scruples, and after a day of escape, she was indeed hungry, especially the roast rabbit meat was so fragrant.

Then, Wu Yongqiang handed a rabbit leg to Bridgemorgan and said, "Mr. Bridgemorgan, come, you can eat a hind leg too." ”

"Thank you. Bridgemorgan took the rabbit leg, but he was not as anxious as Oda Lima, but tore the muscle fibers of the rabbit leg in small bites, and then chewed carefully to fully taste the simple game. A nobleman, from the usual gestures, has been well cultivated, no matter how hungry he is, he will maintain his demeanor.

Then, Wu Yongqiang cut off a front leg, immediately stuffed it into his mouth and bit it, and then handed the rest of the rabbits to Pang Xiaonan, saying, "I won't serve you, you can do it yourself." ”

"You guy, I roasted the rabbit, I found the firewood, what's wrong with you serving me, ah, what's wrong?" Pang Xiaonan can't get used to Wu Yongqiang's attitude of valuing sex over friends, valuing wealth over righteousness, what kind of thing, filial piety to the beauty and the boss, just don't care about him, a teammate who has carried a gun together.

"I also found firewood!" Wu Yongqiang didn't care about Pang Xiaonan's opinion, and retorted, "You are a big living person, the highest martial arts in the Black Mamba Escort Team, and you still want others to serve, are you embarrassed? You are embarrassed to serve, I am still embarrassed to serve you, you can decide on your own." ”

Pang Xiaonan grabbed the remaining rabbit meat, and with a knife, he cut a piece of tenderloin, his eyes squinted, and he said to Wu Yongqiang: "Come by yourself, come by yourself, the leg you cut is all dead meat, how can the tenderloin I cut be delicious." ”

A few people gnawed on the whole rabbit for a long time, and they actually ate the whole rabbit.

Pang Xiaonan touched his bulging belly, lay on the ground with difficulty, and said lazily: "No, I'm tired of eating, I have to take a rest." ”

Wu Yongqiang also fell to the ground, burping, and said, "Our combat power is so strong that we actually killed such a big rabbit......"

"I'm thinking, how happy they should be when other people guard those dozens of rabbits......" Pang Xiaonan remembered the rabbits all over the mountains, and the rest of them just stayed there for a few days, and they wouldn't starve to death.

"I don't think so," Xiao Tian Lima's belly seemed to be pregnant for a few months, she lay down with her head at Pang Xiaonan, looked at the stars in the sky, and sighed: "Eat rabbits every day, I'm afraid that they will get bored, I think they can't last a few days, no, they shouldn't last 2 days, and they will stay away from the taste of rabbits." ”

"Yes, although this rabbit meat is delicious, it still smells a little sassy, I'm afraid I'll vomit if I eat it for a long time. Wu Yongqiang commented on the taste of rabbits, and several people were about to vomit.

Pang Xiaonan kicked over and said, "Don't make a noise, what you just eat, you will vomit out, don't be so high, some are good to eat, and you are picky." ”

"Eh, do you think there are any fish in this lake?" Wu Yongqiang looked at the dark water surface, and suddenly a question appeared.

"The rabbit you just ate, don't you want to eat grilled fish again?"

"I can't eat today, but tomorrow's breakfast, you can think about it. Wu Yongqiang glanced at Pang Xiaonan, how to look at it.

"Yes, you can think about it, you get up early tomorrow, go into the water to touch the fish, and I will wait for you to catch the fish and grill the fish for you myself." "Pang Xiaonan is not a fool, he dug a pit for Wu Yongqiang to jump.

"Eh, you're shirking your responsibility," Wu Yongqiang reacted and began to counterattack, "A few of us, in terms of kung fu, you're the best, you can fight with the dragon in the sea, the creatures in this lake are definitely not your opponents, but I'm different, I'm not as good as you in the water, I'm not as good as you, if I meet a monster in the water, I'm afraid that I will die in this water......

"you," Pang Xiaonan kicked over again, "Don't talk about yourself so badly, I guess you can't float, you should be buried in the belly of the fish and turn into a part of the fish's body......"

"You guy, can you be a little more vicious, you have the ability to be a little more vicious......" Wu Yongqiang also stretched out his foot and kicked Pang Xiaonan, but unfortunately Pang Xiaonan turned over and dodged.

Two people scolding and fighting, which can be a way to promote digestion.

Rita Yama watched the two of them fooling around on the sidelines, and couldn't help but feel a warm feeling.

The flames were beating, the air was smelling good, Pang Xiaonan was a little drowsy, he sat up from the ground, and said: "It's not early, let's rest early, Wu Yongqiang and I will divide the work, I will keep the first half of the night, Wu Yongqiang will keep the second half of the night, Professor Oda Lima and Mr. Bridgemorgan, you can sleep at ease, there is still a way to catch up tomorrow, and you can rest assured." ”

Pang Xiaonan does not let down his vigilance at any time, especially this four-person group, as Wu Yongqiang said, he is actually at the helm, and he can't let his teammates make any mistakes.

"Okay, that's it, I'll sleep first, I'll leave it to you here. Wu Yongqiang had already been sleepy, the so-called full and warm thought of sleepiness, if it weren't for Pang Xiaonan's explanation, he would almost fall asleep.

BridgeMorgan was also tired, the battle with the killer bee during the day had consumed too much physical strength, and he had walked so far, and now his stomach was so full that he had no strength to speak, so he narrowed his eyes, began to nap, and soon fell asleep.

But Rita Rima couldn't sleep.

If the discovery of so many prehistoric monsters made Oda Rima excited, then the discovery of dinosaurs today has made Oda Rima out of cognition, because the appearance of dinosaurs has really hammered the prehistoric status of New Bloss, and, unlike the previous prehistoric monsters, dinosaurs appeared in groups, and the evidence expressed was more powerful.

It was a sensational discovery that kept her awake at night more than any previous award Rita had won.

Xiao Tian Lima quietly sat down beside Pang Xiaonan and asked, "Why aren't you tired, I see that you haven't slept well for several days." ”

"I'm the youngest, so I have the best stamina. "Pang Xiaonan has actually absorbed the dark matter in the air when he is meditating, and there is no difference between him and other people sleeping, but no one believes such an unbelievable thing, so he can only pass it perfunctorily with his youth.

"Are you also excited about the discovery of dinosaurs?" is enough to have a confidant, and Oda Rima thought that Pang Xiaonan was also sleepless all night because of this discovery.

"Hmm. Pang Xiaonan nodded and said, "I'm a little excited, if I can make a movie here in the future, it will be realistic, but if I really shoot, I'm afraid that those dinosaurs won't cooperate." ”

Pang Xiaonan has watched several sci-fi films, and the dinosaurs in them are very realistic, but no matter how realistic they are, they are not really real.

"You men, why do you always think the same?" Rita Rima was a little disappointed, "Bridgemorgan is thinking about how to develop this place, you are good, you remembered to make a movie." ”

"I'm just using an analogy, but I think it's not the best thing to do if it's just plain. Pang Xiaonan looked at the dancing flames, a little distracted.

"Do you really think so?" Rita Rima finally found her soulmate.

Pang Xiaonan nodded and said: "I always feel that there must be some secret to the ecology that can be maintained here, it is not as simple as we see, I think there is an artificial component in it." ”

Pang Xiaonan blinked, looked at Oda Rima again and added: "No, it's not man-made, people don't have such great ability, it should be the act of God, or rather, a civilization higher than ours." ”

Thinking that the entire Bloss Disc was shielded by a protective cover, and the creatures inside were all prehistoric creatures, Pang Xiaonan couldn't help but suspect that there was some kind of force that deliberately wanted to preserve so many disappeared species in New Bloss.

It's as if humans have built a zoo, or a national conservation park, to protect some species that are about to disappear, but in New Bloss, it's as if all the species on Hallelujah have been preserved since the beginning of life, except for those that are not uncommon in Hallelujah.

"According to what you say, in fact, we humans are also a kind of animal studied by this advanced civilization. "Rita Rita's divergent thinking is not inferior to Pang Xiaonan, which is the foundation of her becoming a famous scientist.

"There is this possibility, and you must not forget who created us humans in mythological stories. Pang Xiaonan still has a considerable understanding of ancient myths and legends, and it is said that human beings were made of mud by human ancestors.

"It's like if we created robots, but we were created by a civilization that was much higher than us. Rita Rima became more and more sympathetic to Pang Xiaonan's assumptions.

"Have you heard the story of Zhuang Zhou Mengdie?" Pang Xiaonan suddenly thought of an ancient story.

It seems to say that Zhuangzi found that she had turned into a butterfly in a dream, and when she woke up, she was confused, and he did not know whether he was a butterfly or a person. As a scientist, Rita Rima certainly knows this famous story.

"It seems that you still know something about Taoism, this story is roughly like this," Pang Xiaonan is very familiar with all the legends of Taoism because of his cultivation, because these principles will help his cultivation, "In the past, Zhuangzi dreamed that he had become a butterfly, a very vivid and vivid butterfly, how happy and comfortable he felt! But he didn't know that he was originally Zhuang Zhou." Suddenly, he woke up, and in a panic, he realized that I was Zhuang Zhou. So he had doubts, I don't know if Zhuang Zhou turned into a butterfly in his dream, or did a butterfly become Zhuang Zhou in a dream? There must be a difference between Zhuang Zhou and a butterfly. This is called the intersection and change of the crop and me. ”

"It's so profound," Rita shook her head, "Philosophy is more complex than science, and I sometimes don't understand it. ”

"There are several levels of difference between philosophy and science, I don't know if you have heard of this theory," Pang Xiaonan thought for a while before recalling the complete theory, "Above science is literature, above literature is aesthetics, above aesthetics is philosophy, and above philosophy there is another level, that is, metaphysics." ”

"There is another level above metaphysics," Oda Rima added, apparently having heard of this theory, "above metaphysics is theology." ”

"That's right," Pang Xiaonan nodded, "Metaphysics is close to theology." This shows that science is a very low-level philosophy, and what science can't explain can be classified as metaphysics, just as you can't explain why there are so many animals of different ages coexisting at the same time in Neoblos, maybe this is theology, and only God can realize the environment. ”

"Let's continue to talk about the story of Zhuang Zhou Mengdie, which seems to be closer to science. "Rita Yama has been very interested in the story of Zhuang Zhou Mengdie since she was a child, but she has never known what kind of point of view this story wants to express.

"Zhuangzi transformed into a lifelike butterfly in his dream, forgetting that he was originally a human, only to wake up and realize that he was still Zhuangzi. It is really difficult to tell whether Zhuangzi became a butterfly in his dream or a butterfly became Zhuangzi in his dream. Here, Zhuangzi raises a philosophical question – how do people know the truth. If the dream is real enough, one does not have any ability to know that he is dreaming. ”

Pang Xiaonan lay on the ground and looked up at the stars, "This involves a philosophical question, whether the real world is a dream, or a dream is real." In the eyes of ordinary people, what a person sees and feels when he wakes up is real, and dreams are hallucinations and unreal. Zhuangzi thought otherwise. Although waking up is one realm, dreaming is another, the two are not the same, Zhuang Zhou is Zhuang Zhou, and butterflies are butterflies, and the two are also different. In Zhuang Zhou's view, they are just a phenomenon, it is a form and a stage in the movement of the Tao. ”

Xiao Tian Rima followed Pang Xiaonan to lie on the ground, and said thoughtfully: "What this story wants to express is, in fact, that I am not me, you are not you, I may be you, you may be me, this mysterious feeling is the real cosmic avenue studied by Taoism." ”

"It seems that you have also studied the Tao, in fact, I didn't understand Zhuang Zhou's artistic conception at first, until I watched a movie," Pang Xiaonan recalled the science fiction movie with a very high rating and a very high box office, "The name of the movie is The Matrix." ”

"Well, I've seen it too. Rima Oda recalled, "It was about a software network invented by humans that eventually controlled human life." ”

"This is just part of what this movie wants to express, that is, the things we humans create sometimes get out of human control, and finally control human beings in turn, for example, many viruses are synthesized by humans, and if they are accidentally leaked in the end, they will harm human beings in turn, and machines are the same, once artificial intelligence develops to the point where human beings cannot control it, it is likely to control human beings in turn. Pang Xiaonan's understanding of the Matrix was the same at the beginning.

"Then what else does this movie want to express?" Rita Rima is not very interested in movies, because she has not been in a relationship for a long time, and it seems too lonely to watch movies alone. So many movies, she just watched them once, purely to kill time, without a deeper understanding.

"When I watched it a few times, I realized that in fact, what the Matrix wants to express is the artistic conception of Zhuang Zhoumengdie. Pang Xiaonan finally understood the Matrix, that is, he thought of Zhuang Zhou Mengdie, "Its connotation is to reveal the state of human existence, whether we live in the world created by ourselves, or in the virtual world created by the machine." ”

"I don't understand. Oda Rima shook her head, obviously Pang Xiaonan's science popularization ability is not up to par.

"I'll give you an example, it's like the video game we played when we were kids, have you ever played a video game?" Pang Xiaonan turned his head and looked at Rita Yama suspiciously, he was worried that girls would not play video games when they were young.

Oda Rima nodded and said, "I've played, and my favorite game is to play the game, such as jerking off." ”

"Well, take the plane as an example," Pang Xiaonan explained, "This plane is an artificially created character, but in the game, the plane will think that it is real, let's change the game, take the game of Three Kingdoms as an example, the characters in it are made according to the original form of historical figures, so these characters are controlled by the player, but the characters themselves, do you think that I am real?"

"You're saying that we created the characters of the game as if God created us. Rita Rima finally understood what Pang Xiaonan was trying to express.

"That's right. Pang Xiaonan feels that chatting with smart people is easy, "The world we live in is like a game environment created by God, and everything we can see has already been created." ”

"Then why is everyone's experience different?" Rita Rima studied abroad in her early years, and one of the most advocated theories in the West is that all human beings are born free and equal, which is obviously impossible.

"The characters in the game are originally set to be different," Pang Xiaonan has a deep understanding of the game, because going to the game hall was his greatest pleasure when he was a child, "You see, there are heroes in the game, that is, the protagonist, there are villains, and more are those unknown soldiers, so the life you can experience is actually set up by the program a long time ago." ”

"This is what Taoist thought says, there are times in life that you must have it, and there is no time in life when you don't force it, right?" Oda Rima vaguely remembered that this sentence was said by Taoists, but it was not accurate.

This sentence is not that Taoism has this theory, which religion is almost the same, fate is predestined, that is, you are born a human or an ant, this is a program has been determined, you can't change it. Pang Xiaonan thinks that the idea that man will conquer the sky is simply poisoning creatures, how can man win the sky.

"Then you are fatalistic, if fate is destined, then people don't have to think about things, just eat and drink every day and wait for God's arrangement?" Rita Rima vaguely felt as if something was wrong.

"No," Pang Xiaonan shook his head and said, "Fate is destined, but there is another luck you don't understand, for example, my role in the game is a hero, the protagonist, but if the operation is not good, I am likely to be killed by a small soldier in the middle, or killed by a villain, that is, in the game you did not clear the level, you did not become the final winner, this is people's luck, luck can be changed, how to change, it depends on how you control your life." ”

"Well, I kind of get what you're saying. Oda Rima looked at Pang Xiaonan and felt that this guy's Taoist theory was simply unfathomable, "But no matter what, we still live within the framework that God has set for us, and you can't jump out of the frame, for example, in the game, you are a small soldier, even if you kill the hero, you can't become a hero, and there will be other heroes to pass the level." ”

"Yes, that's right," Pang Xiaonan got up and added a few sticks of firewood, and came back to continue lying on the ground, "unless this game has loopholes and flaws." ”

"What do you mean?" Rita Rima was really fascinated by Pang Xiaonan's theoretical system.

"Just like in the Matrix, the virtual network originally created by humans should be within the control of human beings, but in the end it was out of human control, why, it is because when human beings designed this virtual network, they did not design it perfectly, causing the virtual network to surpass human wisdom and finally get out of human control. ”

Pang Xiaonan also gave the example of a real virus, "Do you remember the new virus incident decades ago? In the end, all kinds of evidence show that it was an experimental specimen leaked from a human laboratory, and this is why when people designed this virus, they did not think of corresponding countermeasures, which caused a situation that got out of control. ”

"So, although we don't seem to have any certainty of escaping in this new Bloss environment right now, if we find a loophole, there is still a way. Oda Rima listened to Pang Xiaonan's theory and began to be full of hope for the future.

"No, if God were going to put us to death, I don't think we'd be here. ”