Maoshan Taoist priests practice falsehood and become reality

Chapter 146 Memetic Pollution

After Xia Xiaoling received the "Official Certificate" and burned incense and wrote the "Retribution and Appreciation Form after Filling the Job", the delivery ceremony came to an end.

However, the confusion in the hearts of everyone present was increasing.

As soon as the ceremony ended, Xie Zerong couldn't wait to step forward to ask Su Heng for advice.

"Who were you talking to just now? Is there anyone else there?"

"Earth God." Su Heng said calmly.

"Where is the Earth God?"

"Right in front of you."

Xia Xiaoling pointed out the location of the Earth God.

"right here?"

There was nothing in front of him, which made Xie Zero unbelievable. He reached out tentatively, trying to verify it by touch, "Is it okay?"

"Wait a minute, let me ask."

The earth god agreed.

Xie Zerong stretched out his hand.

"here?"

"kindness."

He waved his hand, but only touched the air. Furthermore, there are no superfluous feelings.

"Wearing...wearing a model!"

Xia Xiaoling was amazed. In her eyes, Xie Zerong's hand passed through the body of the earth, as if the earth god was a holographic out-of-body projection.

The earth god showed no concern for the hand that passed through his belly.

"Can't touch it?" Xie Zerong couldn't hide the disappointment on his face and said to the people behind him, "Why don't you guys come and try? Maybe someone can."

Everyone stepped forward to try, but without exception, they all couldn't touch the gods.

"The emperor's new clothes."

Shan Yujie muttered.

"Ah?" Zhou Zhuang was puzzled, "What does this have to do with clothes?"

Xie Zerong explained casually: "A piece of clothing that is transparent and can only be seen and touched by smart people."

As he spoke, he looked terrified.

"Professor, are you feeling unwell?"

Wei Zonglin said with concern.

"fine."

Out of reach of everyone.

Speaking of which, Su Heng has never touched a god. I wonder what the result would be if it were him.

"If we can make contact, it means the gods are real, right? It's strange, why do I still care about authenticity..."

Su Heng was eager to try.

"Taoist Master, why is this happening?"

Feeling the hand on his right shoulder, Land asked in confusion.

bumped into?

wrong……

The touch is quite strange, more like touching some kind of air current, or clouds, which seem to be absent.

Su Heng remembered that the essence of gods is the heavenly soul, which is transformed by Qi. It is normal that the body is mortal and cannot be seen or touched.

The reason why I can contact him is probably related to the Yuan Qi in his body?

If everyone really wants to open their eyes, there is no way out. They can refer to the example of Wang Zhiyuan City God.

"Draw out the soul?"

It sounded a bit suspenseful, and except for Xie Zerong, everyone else was a little hesitant.

"Let's talk about it next time."

Su Heng changed the topic, and Xie Zerong took the opportunity to propose a comprehensive scientific physical examination on Xia Xiaoling to confirm whether she was still human at the genetic level.

"I probably want to test me more, but I'm just too embarrassed to ask."

Su Heng thought.

"You don't want to draw blood!"

Xia Xiaoling instinctively resisted.

"Just a little bit." Xie Zerong gestured with his fingers. There was about three centimeters between his thumb and index finger.

"Master!"

"With simple cooperation, you can make a contribution to science."

"Okay." "How about arranging an additional practical test?" Wei Zonglin suddenly suggested.

"Isn't the actual combat test too hasty? She doesn't have any relevant experience. She needs at least a period of training." Xie Zerong shook his head.

"can."

Su Heng agreed.

"Master?"

"It will all be scheduled for the day after tomorrow. After the physical examination, the actual combat test will be carried out." Su Heng set a time.

"Row."

The three of them talked about other cooperation matters. Wei Zonglin wanted to organize a dinner party, but Su Heng declined. He had too many things to do and really didn't have time.

Su Heng sent everyone away from the Taoist temple.

……

At the Psychic Research Institute, the researcher who had just returned from the Taoist Temple was extremely excited and couldn't wait to analyze the latest research data.

Xie Zerong always frowned.

"What's wrong, professor?" Wei Zonglin asked curiously, and just now he noticed something strange about Xie Zerong.

"Take a step to speak."

The two walked into the office and hesitated for a while. Xie Zerong said:

"I have a hypothesis now. Note that it is just a hypothesis and needs to be verified. Just listen to it."

"explain."

"It is known that only Su Heng and his disciples can see the gods, and no one else can see or touch them."

"kindness."

"At the scene, we used the most advanced scientific instruments, but they are also unobservable, right?"

"Correct."

"This unscientific."

Wei Zonglin couldn't help but said: "The existence of gods is not scientific in the first place, right?"

"What if gods don't exist?"

"What do you mean?"

"The so-called gods may be the product of Su Heng's imagination. In medicine, there is a disease called schizophrenia. Patients can see things that others cannot see."

"You mean, Su Heng might have schizophrenia?"

Xie Zerong threw out a stack of documents, which contained research information on mutants and extraordinary beings:

"To obtain extraordinary power, you need to pay a corresponding price. This is the consensus of the scientific community in the past hundred years. The side effects of extraordinary people's fire, the mutant's instinct to eat people..."

"And Su Heng's schizophrenia?" Wei Zonglin continued.

"Su Heng's power is too incredible. If the price is just schizophrenia, it would be light."

Xie Zerong reminded Wei Zonglin that Xia Xiaoling could also see gods after going through the transmission ceremony.

"Two people observing gods at the same time, doesn't it just prove that gods really exist?"

Wei Zonglin believes that this can prove that Su Heng is not schizophrenic.

“What if it’s memetic contamination?”

"Memes...contamination?"

Xie Zerong explained simply that memetics is a theory that explains the laws of culture and evolution based on Darwin’s theory of evolution.

It refers to the ideas that are imitated and spread among people in the cultural field, and are passed down from generation to generation.

"Memes are like viruses that can infect human brains, change their behavior, and even cause hallucinations." Xie Zerong paused, "And Taoism happens to be a carrier of ideological culture. If schizophrenia is accompanied by memetic pollution, , it’s not surprising that Xia Xiaoling can also see gods.”

Wei Zonglin suddenly remembered what Su Heng said:

"The door to hell has been opened."

"Don't panic, this is just my hypothesis. There is still a possibility that our instruments are too backward to observe gods."

The latter looked pale and swallowed: "If the hypothesis of memetic contamination is true, what will happen?"

Xie Zerong adjusted his glasses and said meaningfully:

"As the scope of infection continues to expand, all humans on the earth will be infected and gain a consensus. For this reason, even if gods are the product of schizophrenia, they are real in the subjective perception of all mankind. This means Therefore, human beings will never be able to access the objective truth."

"Can you put it simply?"

"The world will become one giant mental hospital."

　I had something to do today that delayed my typing. There is another update that will be posted at 11 o'clock.

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(End of this chapter)