He turned to look at me: "You also have the same experience. You are alone. Apart from going to work and sleeping every day, your life is too monotonous. You have to find some hobbies for yourself.
You liked playing games and watching movies in those years, but I was very interested in biology, so I made a small ecological tank and put some soil, plants, and insect larvae in it.
Gradually, those plants took root and sprouted, and the insects began to grow and reproduce, and the population gradually grew. This made me very happy, and I was observing the small world I created with my own hands every day.
After some time passed, maybe a few days, or maybe a few months, I discovered that the ants in the ecological tank had undergone some wonderful changes.
They began to live in groups, forming tribes, becoming social, and began to finely divide labor and jointly resist powerful enemies. Although the individual strength is not strong, they unite to become the most powerful group in the ecological tank.
What's even more amazing is that after their survival was no longer threatened, some ants in the group actually gained intelligence.
They walked around the ecological tank to explore the surrounding things; they created words to record the history of the entire ethnic group; they studied astronomy and geography, trying to figure out the nature of the world they lived in.
But with their simple neural networks, they will never understand that the so-called sunrise and sunset only depend on whether I open the roof to let in sunlight, and earthquakes are just the bumps caused when I move. It is even less possible for them to see the whole world clearly, because the tank is
It's completely sealed, even if you keep going forward you will eventually return to where you were.
The powerful ants kept squeezing the living space of other creatures in the tank. I had no choice but to modify the tank and install a device to allow the strong and aggressive ants with the ability to climb to the highest place to enter the other tank.
A small ecological tank that is sealed and cannot be entered or exited, thereby weakening the ability of the entire group.
The modification requires opening the tank, which will inevitably destroy the original environment. I must add water, oxygen, and food to it to repair it and rebalance it.
And during operation, some emergencies will inevitably occur, such as damage caused by dropping it on the ground, or a problem in a certain link of the circulatory system that needs to be repaired. You know, it is very refreshing when you first start doing something.
, I spend my free time every day busy with this small world and never tire of it.
And so theology was born.
The wise men among the ants believed that this was a miracle. Those powerful tribesmen who disappeared were because they understood the essence and soared to another world.
And everything I do to maintain the ecological tank is called by wise men: the way of heaven."
What he said completely overturned my ideas.
I didn't know what to say, or even what questions to ask, so I could only look at him blankly.
He ignored my gaze and continued talking to himself: "Actually, as a human being, I really want to tell him that the so-called miracle is just because I don't want my toys to be destroyed, and it has nothing to do with the way of heaven you talk about.
But I can't tell these ants what I think. After all, three-dimensional creatures can never communicate with two-dimensional creatures. All I can do is continue to admire my toys until one day I get tired of them.
The destructive power of the ants made me physically and mentally exhausted. They were too powerful. In order to get rid of it once and for all, I simply found a group of ants that were not as capable as them, but were more intelligent and social than them.
I continued to create favorable conditions for new ants, and even allowed a few powerful ants that had been genetically modified to obey my orders to lead them. With my intentional intervention, the new ants gradually replaced the original batch of ants and became the ecological tank.
The new king finally solved one of my worries.
A few ants established a new order in the ecological tank under my instruction, the world was rebalanced, and their mission was completed, so I naturally wanted to take them out of the tank.
This phenomenon is called by the wise men in the new ant community: Returning to the Way of Heaven."
After saying these last four words, the man in front of me reached out and wiped my face.
Only then did I realize that I had started to shed tears without realizing it, and I quickly wiped them with my sleeves.
"What a terrible story."
"Yes, this is a tragedy and a fate."
He took out a tissue from his pocket and handed it to me: "Ant, do you still have the idea of fighting against Heaven?"
"I don't want to be someone else's toy."
"I said, this is fate."
There was no emotion of joy or sorrow on the man's face, and he seemed to have long accepted this outcome: "Ants can never escape my ecological tank, just like people can never understand what exists outside the universe.
This is not a gap in strength. Low-dimensional creatures are destined to be unable to complete the leap to high dimensions. High-dimensional creatures look at you just like you look at ants in a tank. You think this group is so ridiculous and you study it over and over with a toy.
If you close your eyes now and recall the Dayan Star Map in your mind, you will find that its scope is only tens of billions of stars around the solar system. It cannot even see the entire Milky Way, and this is already tens of thousands of people from the Wu Clan.
It is the result of the joint efforts of countless wise men over the years.
No matter you, Shen Gongxu, Zhu Rong Qingluan, including Dongyue and Sanqing, we are all ants, at most a group of powerful ants. I will not advise you to accept your fate, but time will prove your fate.
All efforts are in vain.”
"Then what you mean is that I should do nothing and wait to die?"
"No, you can also choose to follow the 'way of heaven'."
The man smiled and shook his head: "'Heaven's choice of you proves that you must have what it wants.
It won't let you die. Do you still remember the inner demon in you? Have you ever thought about why every time it appears, someone helps you seal it? Why can you save the day in every critical moment?
There are not so many coincidences in this world, unless it is specially arranged. If you are the protagonist in a novel, God is the author of the novel, and a few strokes can change your destiny.
So stop trying to act against nature. The decline of the Wu clan is inevitable, and the annihilation of the Liu family's ancestral spirits is also inevitable. The strange powers and chaotic gods in the world will eventually die. This is not an ending that an ant can change. All you can do is obey it.
The idea is to proceed step by step."
"Where am I going?"
I was quite desperate. I spread my hands and said, "Brother, how can I have so much time to fight against the way of heaven? It's obviously the one who keeps causing trouble for me, okay?"
"Have you ever wondered why it troubles you? What is its purpose?"
He took my hand, took out a lighter from his pocket and put it in my hand: "Think about it carefully. Once you have figured it out, you will know what to do next. I will give you a piece of advice before I leave. Some things are unnecessary."
To get to the bottom of it, what would happen even if you knew who your biological parents were? It would only cause more trouble for you, so it would be better to just get over it like this.
Also, don’t treat your inner demons as a scourge, try to accept them. You are one and there is no reason to separate from each other.
The above is the reason why I came to you. Now that I have finished talking, we will meet again indefinitely."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man's eyes immediately lost their look.
I was just about to say wait a moment and let him clarify his identity before leaving.
But then a doubtful look appeared in the man's eyes. He looked at me confused and asked, "Brother, who are you? I'm not sleeping at home. Why am I standing here with you?"