After a day of killing, the land regained its tranquility.
A bonfire rose on the cliff.
It’s been a busy day and no one has eaten yet.
Although with the current physique of the adventurers, there is no problem without eating for more than ten days, but sometimes eating is not only a need for energy supply, but also a kind of enjoyment - a kind of spiritual and spiritual relaxation.
As night falls, the bonfire crackles, Zhang Jianjun and the little nurse are roasting a pheasant alone with great interest. Although Ant Hill is dangerous, there is an advantage, that is, there are few other ferocious beasts nearby, so there is no need to be like the one just now.
Like when entering the wilderness, you are always worried about possible dangers, so you may go to the campfire to attract vicious beasts. As for the pheasants, they were brought from the city, but they cannot be found in the wilderness - even if there are, they are probably terrifying beasts.
. Creatures without strength cannot survive here.
Zhang Jianjun used to be a special forces soldier, and his skill at roasting pheasants was quite good. On the other hand, the little nurse's skill at roasting pheasants was not so good. If she accidentally got a big piece of it, she was very angry about it and threw it directly to Zhang Jianjun.
Then he snatched the one that Zhang Jianjun had baked, making Zhang Jianjun shake his head.
The little nurse came to Shen Yi holding the pheasant: "Brother Shen Yi, this one is for you."
Shen Yi reluctantly turned his attention away from the screen and smiled at the nurse: "One thigh is enough."
"Eat more, you are very tired today." The nurse stuffed the whole pheasant into Shen Yi's hands, then sat down next to him: "I've read it a hundred and one times, why are you still reading it? Why are you still reading it?
Repeatedly, it’s just these big bugs crawling around.”
"We are observing their behavior." Shen Yi replied: "The biggest difference between ferocious beasts and humans is that they have fixed behavioral patterns, including territory, coping methods, and attack methods. Especially this kind of group existence,
As long as I master their attack rhythm, it will be of great help to me."
"So that's it... I heard that you had a fight with Brother Zhang before we came. It took you two hours to master the frequency of his attacks, and you easily relieved him of his strength and interrupted him.
skills.”
"Except for the statement that it's easy, everything else is correct." Shen Yi said with a smile.
Not far away, Zhang Jianjun shouted: "I promise, if I fight him for another two hours now, he won't be able to easily interrupt my skills!"
Shen Yi responded loudly: "I also promise that if you give me two more months, I can still interrupt your skills again!"
Zhang Jianjun raised the roasted pheasant and held it in place of his middle finger to show contempt.
Shen Yi continued to immerse himself in studying the rhythm of black ant attacks. As long as he could master the details of the attack of these soldier ants, he would have a greater certainty of success in the next breakthrough.
The little nurse tilted her head and thought for a while, then suddenly touched Shen Yi with her shoulder: "Hey, do you have a girlfriend?"
Shen Yi didn't even raise his head: "Why do you ask this?"
"If not, I will be your girlfriend."
"You are young."
The nurse puffed up her chest and asked, "Where is it small?"
"..." Everyone was speechless, and the gardener even held his head and said, "Here we go again..."
Shen Yi also laughed. He finally understood why the lord had such a headache when he saw the little nurse.
A typical young girl who dares to think and do without any scruples. Even in a killing place, she does not change her wanton nature. She has a bold and bold personality, dares to hate and love, and dares to show off all her precious qualities.
After thinking about it, Shen Yi said: "Do you know that people's aesthetics have a lot to do with life? For example, clothes. In the past, cloth was a very precious resource, and people who could afford it were all rich. Therefore, people like to wear loose clothes and long sleeves, because this style of clothing consumes the most fabric and can best reflect their wealth and strength. As time goes by, people regard loose clothes as beautiful. The same goes for breasts, which are not covered when eating In the age when the belly was thin, being able to have a pair of plump breasts meant that the woman came from a family with abundant products and would not suffer from sagging due to lack of nutrition. It was a manifestation of wealth and strength, and it was not until later that it gradually evolved into a woman's beauty. Symbol.”
The nurse didn't understand it for a moment: "So what?"
Shen Yi replied calmly: "If the chest is too large, it will lead to more weight in front of the body, which can easily lead to an imbalance of the center of gravity during exercise. In an environment that requires strenuous exercise and high-intensity confrontation, it is a meaningless burden. If you give bloody After thousands of years of urban development, perhaps the women here will regard small breasts as beautiful... You don’t have to be proud of this."
The nurse was stunned when she heard this. Not far away, several gardeners were covering their mouths and laughing so hard.
After a while, the nurse finally realized what she was doing. She screamed loudly and slapped Shen Yi desperately: "Brother Shen Yi, you are teasing me!"
Shen Yi laughed and evaded: "I'm just kidding you, don't mind. Little girl, it's better not to compare your breasts with others all day long."
The nurse stopped her movements, chewed her mouth, and looked at Shen Yi angrily: "You must be in love."
Before Shen Yi could answer, Zhang Jianjun interrupted from a distance: "Actually, it doesn't matter even if there is one, you can rob it. It's impossible to get married here anyway, there is no marriage registration in the bloody city, and there is no legal protection... Even if there is registration, it is useless to kill people. It’s not illegal, let alone bigamy. If you can’t break them up, you can just step in.”
The nurse was very angry and put her hands on her hips: "You are not allowed to interrupt!"
Zhang Jianjun spread his hands: "I'm giving you some advice."
Shen Yi said casually: "These are all bad ideas. In the world of life and death, you should think more about survival."
"Just because the world is like this, you should indulge yourself, right? Traditional moral restraints are no longer applicable here?" Zhang Jianjun asked rhetorically.
Shen Yi was about to answer when a voice suddenly sounded: "Indulging yourself will make your life rotten, your will will be depressed, it will make you no longer strong, and it will make you afraid of pain. Anyone who can achieve something must know how to exercise restraint and be good at self-discipline. .”
Everyone turned around and saw a young man wearing a black robe walking out from behind the forest.
Zhang Jianjun's instinctive reaction was to draw his gun, but he was held down by the lord: "One of our own, his name is Father, he is our team member."
It turned out to be the last member of m7 who finally arrived at the designated location.
Zhang Jianjun breathed a sigh of relief: "Father? No wonder he talks like a magician."
The priest's face straightened: "The priest is not a magician..."
Zhang Jianjun raised his hand: "No, don't talk to me about the lecture notes. I hate believers the most, especially fanatic believers."
"You don't have to believe in God, but where we are is a miracle!" the priest said seriously.
Shen Yi asked back: "Are you sure this is a miracle? Is it not some natural or scientific phenomenon?"
The priest replied: "Of course, this is a miracle. Only the power of God can create such a great city!"
Shen Yi looked at the lord and then at the nurse: "What about you? Do you think so too?"
Several teenagers from m7 looked at each other and finally nodded.
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and thought for a while before saying: "There are many people in the bloody city who believe this place is a miracle, right?"
"Many, this is the only reason that can explain it all." The gardener replied.
The engineer also said: "People don't believe in gods because gods have never appeared. But when gods appear, you have no reason to doubt them."
The priest loudly said: "So, those who do not believe in God will be punished! God's will cannot be violated. God comes to us in this world to temper us, strengthen us, bless us, and test us. We should Accept it gladly and face it with joy!"
"Wrong!" Shen Yi suddenly said: "The reason why God is great is because he never appears. Because he never appears, he is mysterious, he is omnipotent, and he illuminates all things! But when he really appears, he It becomes no longer mysterious and no longer worthy of our worship."
He looked back at the priest: "Maybe there is really a miracle here, maybe there is a god in this world. But he is really not worthy of awe and not worthy of being worshiped as Guigao."
"But God is the most powerful, He is omnipotent and omniscient! We should obey Him!"
"Really?" Shen Yi looked at the priest, and a smile suddenly appeared in the corners of his eyes.
He suddenly took out the shooting moon and pointed it at the priest's head. This action shocked everyone, and then he said: "If I want to kill you, it only takes four seconds. I am stronger than you, so is it me?" Is everything said a metaphor from God? Tell me, God is omnipotent, and what is the inevitable connection with us having to listen to Him? Tell me again, if I am ten times stronger I can kill you, and if I am twice as strong I can kill you. You, what is the difference between the two? Finally, answer me, if I, a non-believer, kill you, a believer, how will God punish me?"
The priest was stunned and speechless for a moment.
Shen Yi put the gun back: "I have no objection to religion, but I am very disgusted with one thing: treating God's will as sacred will, and treating all actions that violate God's will as blasphemy. God has not spoken. , even in this so-called miraculous world, God has never given up a single fart. As for the so-called God's will, you have to ask him to tell me personally. Even if he says it, I may not listen. Although he is stronger than me, in this bloody city, there are many people stronger than me, but they are not gods. Gods are either omnipotent, omniscient, extremely powerful, have insight into the world, or can create the world. Destroy the world, but there is one thing he can never do, and that is... he is not the truth."
After a slight pause, Shen Yi continued: "There can be a god in this world, but he can only kill me. Don't try to surrender to me, don't want me to believe in him. Since I have blasphemed him, if he has the ability , strike me with lightning now. He can use my life to prove his power, but he can never prove that it is the truth! Even if he is... it doesn't mean I have to obey."
As he spoke, he spread his arms toward the sky, as if waiting for the so-called divine punishment.
After a while, there was no movement.
Shen Yi blinked at the priest: "Sorry, it seems that even in this miraculous world, your god is not that effective."
The atmosphere became silent.
Somewhat serious.
After an unknown amount of time, the lord walked up to Shen Yi. He patted the nurse on the shoulder and motioned for her to get out of the way, but the little girl stubbornly turned her head and refused to let him go.
The lord smiled bitterly and could only sit in the back row and whispered to Shen Yi: "Just now..."
"I apologize for what happened just now." Contrary to the lord's expectation, Shen Yi suddenly said.
The lord was stunned and quickly said: "You don't need to apologize, I just..."
"No, you should apologize for this. The priest is your team member, and you are my friends, so he is too. What I just said was very rude... This is not good."
"In this case, why do you still..."
Shen Yi thought for a while before answering: "After all, it takes time for people to understand each other. Many times, if you have different personalities, you may not be unable to be friends, but if you have different stances, problems may arise."
Having said this, he looked back at the lord: "You know that the better the university, the stronger the atmosphere for political discussion. When we were in college, we college students often expressed our opinions on various political environments. views. The result is often two factions, one supports the current Chinese communist system, and the other opposes it and hopes to follow a thorough Western communist line. The two factions often quarrel with each other... and even fight."
The lord shook his head, expressing his incomprehension.
Shen Yi smiled: "I can tell you very clearly that different positions of the two parties will directly affect the friendship between each other. Even if we are friends who have known each other for more than ten years, once the positions of the two parties are different, it may lead to huge changes in the relationship. Cracks. In fact, religious beliefs are the same as those of ***, which are difficult to accept dissent. Unbelievers look down on believers, thinking that they are crazy and believe in an illusory future. Believers sympathize with unbelievers and believe that they will be punished by God. Punishment... So there is a natural opposition between believers and believers, and the contradictions are irreconcilable."
The lord opened his mouth in surprise. He never expected that such a thing about faith would be so important in Shen Yi's mouth.
Shen Yi had already laughed: "I'm not judging who is right or wrong, I'm just saying that different beliefs will inevitably lead to huge friction. This is entirely a conflict of beliefs and has nothing to do with feelings. I'm sorry for what I said to the priest just now. It's not polite, but I believe he can understand."
"Of course, he fully understands. But after coming to Bloody City, his faith is being accepted by more and more people. The Christian religion is re-unifying the world. There are a large number of believers in any district, so he Encountering this kind of situation is much less common. You just reawakened his past experience."
"Then I have to be lucky that he is Chinese. After all, believers are still a minority. They are used to walking alone in the dark."
After saying that, Shen Yi jumped out of the car and walked to the priest, stretching out his hand to him: "I apologize to you for what I just said. I hope you won't mind."
"It doesn't matter, God will forgive you." The priest shook his hand back.
Shen Yi raised his eyebrows, and finally suppressed the sentence "I don't care about his forgiveness." He smiled and patted the priest: "Even if we have different beliefs, at least we should pursue the same thing. From now on, talk more about dreams and less about faith, okay ?”
"Okay." The priest replied with a smile.
When walking back, the priest suddenly asked: "Whose side were you on when you were in college? I mean I already know your religious stance, but what about your political stance?"
"Me?" Shen Yi looked up at the sky, thought for a while and replied: "There is an old saying in the world, which is: *** is more efficient, *** is more energetic. I don't want to comment on the world of the past. But at least here, I am a staunch ***ist..."
"Only I have the final say on my team!"
The night is already dark.
Most people have fallen asleep, but Shen Yi is still studying the black ants in front of the computer.
"Brother Shen Yi." Someone called him softly.
Looking back, I saw it was the staff officer.
He is sitting on his doll soldier.
"Hey, why aren't you sleeping yet?"
"I was thinking about something and couldn't sleep, so I wanted to ask you."
Shen Yi hugged the staff officer, put him in the car, opened a bottle of beer and handed it to him: "What's the matter?"
"You said...the reason why gods are great is because they are mysterious, not because they are omnipotent?"
Shen Yi nodded: "This is just my opinion. I am not a psychologist and cannot describe human psychological activities in scientific and professional terms, but I know that the reason why an idol is an idol is because you are far away from him. Child He does not worship his parents because he is very close to them. All greatness comes from distance, and it is only because he does not understand that he becomes holy. The reason why God is worthy of worship is because he is further away than all idols and only exists in the heart. …”
As he spoke, he pointed to his heart: "So in my opinion, the worship of gods is just a kind of worship of the unknown."
The staff officer's face showed a look of sudden realization: "So that's it..."
Shen Yi was a little surprised: "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"
The staff officer thought for a while and said: "Remember what I told you, Bloody City wasn't called Bloody City before?"
Shen Yi was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Yes, I know."
"In the West District, there is a rumor that Bloody City does not have no master. In fact, it does have an master, but the master here is very mysterious and never appears."
Shen Yi was shocked and couldn't help but think of the space manager.
The staff officer continued: "I was once very curious. If Bloody City really has a master, then he must be a god. Because only gods can create such a great world. But why do gods never show up?"
He looked at Shen Yi: "You gave me the answer."
Shen Yi felt a chill rising in his heart: "What do you mean..."
"It is a means of control. As you said, the mystery creates awe and makes us worship it. Simply being powerful cannot make us fear it, let alone obey us. There have been thousands of years of confrontation in world history. The war between Japan and China has never stopped, and human beings have never lacked the courage to resist power in the dark..."
Shen Yi nodded: "So simple oppression is meaningless, creating a suitable atmosphere is more important... There used to be no bloody cities here, only death camps."
The staff officer also continued: "The city appeared later, but the person who created it never appeared."
Shen Yi responded: "Maybe it's not that he doesn't exist."
The staff officer continued: "It's because it's better for him not to show up than to show up."
"He gave us an environment suitable for survival... the bloody city."
"He gives us a hope to reach heaven...the Holy Tower of Babel."
"Then we obey like dogs..."
"Until it becomes inertia..."
"I don't know how to resist anymore..."
"Even if we have great power..."
"We still only know how to obey..."
The two men said at the same time: "It is great because of its mystery, and it makes us pious because of its greatness."
They looked at each other, feeling horrified in their hearts at the same time.
After a while, the staff officer whispered: "The name of that historical monument is called the Third Era. If you have time, brother Shen Yi, you must go and take a look."