From the end of the world

Chapter 373: Gua Tianshi Doctrine

Did the World Vision Society attack its colleagues and snatch the fragments of the divine seal just for its own selfish desires?
I recalled the Xuan Ming I met in the virtual world. Although it is impossible to determine a person's true nature based on those few exchanges, it is hard for me to imagine that Xuan Ming would suddenly betray his own people because of some personal desires. Although he appeared in the virtual world in a different way, he seemed to be similar to Gua Tianshi and Fa Zheng, and had the motivation to prevent the end of the world.

Gua Tianshi said that the source of the end of the world is closely linked to human consciousness activities, but Xuan Ming clearly pointed his sword at the Lord of the Divine Seal.

Which is the correct direction, or are both sides correct?
In my opinion, even if the source of the end of the world is really in human consciousness, it does not mean that it has nothing to do with the seal of God. In the past history, the seal of God has always played a behind-the-scenes role in interfering with human consciousness.

If the fusion of the weird world and the common sense world is closely related to the progress of the end of the world, and at the same time, human beings' cognition of the weird world will intensify the fusion of the weird world and the common sense world, then the divine seal that has interfered with human consciousness in the countless years of the past and made it impossible for people living in the common sense world to recognize the weird world is like a firewall that has been preventing the end of the world.

The occurrence of the "Fantian Incident" is equivalent to the disappearance of this firewall, and the doomsday began to come from the Fantian Incident.

However, Gua Tianshi said that the end of the world happened in the past... Although the Fantian incident was also a thing of the past, what Gua Tianshi was pointing to was obviously a past even longer ago.

Can I regard it as the doomsday that should have come long ago, but has been delayed until now due to the intervention of the Divine Seal in human consciousness?

I feel like I have really made progress in my investigation of Doomsday, although strictly speaking I have only shared the progress of the Great Impermanence, but at least I have come to understand that perhaps preventing Doomsday requires obtaining the complete Divine Seal, but making it come does not require the promotion of the Divine Seal - at least not in the future.

In other words, if I just want the end of the world to come, I may just need to prevent the seal from returning to its original state. In terms of approach, it is similar to preventing the master of the seal from collecting all the fragments of the seal. I just don't know what the master of the seal's purpose is. Once the end of the world comes, he may not be able to escape. Is his purpose also to save the world?
Also, I am still a little confused about Gua Tianshi's position.

According to Gua Tianshi, Mingzhuo, Shenzhao, and Zhuanlunwang... these three transcendentalists all expressed the attitude that the destruction of the earth has nothing to do with them. On the contrary, Gua Tianshi seems to have the will to coexist and die with human civilization, which coincides with Fa Zheng's insistence on the path of governing the world.

Even his apprentice Dong Che chose to jump ship to the political faction.

“There’s one thing I don’t understand. Since you, like Fa Zheng, both want to save the world, and you seemed to care about the lives of the common people at the foot of Yueyin Mountain when you were there... why do you stand on the side of the transcendentalism that wants to turn humans into consumable resources?” I wondered.

"Well, regarding this matter, I originally wanted to tell you when I was trying to win you over, but it's not too late to tell you now." Gua Tianshi said, "First of all, I don't really like transcendentalism. Although I don't really support Fa Zheng's rule of the world, if I have to choose, I am more inclined to rule of the world."

"But you still side with Transcendentalism," I said.

"Because I think Fa Zheng is too anxious." Gua Tianshi said, "In fact, even the other three extraordinary people did not underestimate the technological civilization built by ordinary people. Thousands of years ago, or even hundreds of years ago, we would never have thought that human civilization could rely on knowledge and technology to reach this point today, and now we don't even doubt that human civilization can reach the starry sea sooner or later by its own strength.

"For us, the Earth is too small. Just one of us can clean the surface of the planet and reach any place on the planet in an instant. Although we can also travel to the stars, it is too lonely, so we also hope that human civilization can sail into the sea of ​​stars.

"However, in the distant future, civilization will inevitably develop to a level that even the Great Impermanence cannot control. Therefore, some people hope to control the steering wheel of civilization development and transform it into an interstellar civilization that concentrates all resources on the strong.

"What they want is a world where individuals are above everything else. Fa Zheng and I believe that Da Wu Chang is only the helmsman of a certain period of human civilization."

After thinking about it, I said, "I heard that even if it is political governance, it will eventually turn into transcendence in practice. According to the current trend, before civilization develops to a level where even great uncertainty cannot be controlled, a world where individuals are above everything will arrive first, right?"

"The world in which the individual is above everything as depicted by Transcendentalism will not be the 'end of history'." Gua Tianshi said, "To be honest, apart from the coming of the end of the world, I don't know where the history of human civilization will reach its end. But I have lived for countless thousands of years and have witnessed the beginning of civilization. I existed long before humans learned how to use fire correctly, and I have been watching the development of civilization until today.

"So I can directly make a conclusion here. The creativity that erupts from the troubles and conflicts of millions of flawed creatures is far stronger than the closed and self-perfecting world of transcendentalism where a few individuals suppress everything. Perhaps transcendentalism can dominate for a very long time, but sooner or later it will be overturned and a truly advanced civilization will come.

"And this is where Fa Zheng and I come into conflict. He hopes to skip the historical stage of transcendence that humans are very likely to encounter in the future and directly enter the next stage of development of civilization. I hope that transcendence can rule civilization for three to four centuries first."

"Why is that?" I wondered.

"... What I am going to say next is my personal experience. I don't know if you can agree with it." Gua Tianshi pondered, "Although it may be a bit of an overconfidence to say this, Fa Zheng is still too young to be the Great Impermanence. He has only lived for a few hundred years. And my experience tells me that it is not a good thing for a civilization to make too few mistakes in its development stage. "The lessons that have not been learned in the past will only be made up in a more painful form in the future. This phenomenon can be observed in some countries and civilizations that lack historical background. Although people like to say that human beings are always fighting for the same reasons, this is just like children fighting for snacks and toys, and adults clashing for profit and face... The essence of the two is the same, but adults know the consequences and limits better than children.

"While the Great Impermanence still has the power to protect the civilization, I hope that the civilization can make more mistakes and engrave more memories of 'what not to do' into the cultural genes... But Fa Zheng is too soft-hearted, he can't be so hard-hearted."

"Do you think I can do it?" I asked.

Gua Tianshi asked back: "Don't you want to play a role like 'looking cruel and cold-blooded, but actually far-sighted, and having to become a devil in the eyes of the world for the sake of civilization'?"

Is it too late for me to switch to Gua Tianshi now?

Although I really wanted to say this, I had already promised Fa Zheng, so I could only swallow the words back with great regret.

Is this the Great Impermanence who is good at fortune-telling and knows the past and the future? Even though we haven't met for many times, the fortune-teller seems to have figured out my true character.

"That's all I want to say to you. If you can't stay with Fa Zheng anymore, you can consider standing with me."

Gua Tianshi smiled first, then said: "Well, do you have anything else you want to ask me?"

I do have a very important question.

"Since you can see fate more clearly than other great impermanence...then you should also be able to see the fate of the companion next to me," I said.

Ma Zao realized that I was talking about her, and her movements became a little tense.

I continued to say to Gua Tianshi: "For some reasons, we are unable to confirm whether she is the original owner of this body... Can you tell?"

"She is the girl who woke up from amnesia and was said to have returned from the afterlife." Gua Tianshi glanced at her. "Although I don't know why you have such doubts, at least in my opinion, there is no discernible conflict between her and this body, whether in terms of compatibility or fate. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is the original owner of this body."

Ma initially showed a relaxed expression, then frowned slightly.

In our past discussions, there was also a hypothesis that Ma Zao's soul came from a parallel world in the apocalypse era. This was a speculation to explain why Ma Zao in the apocalypse era looked exactly the same as the body in the modern world. If it was the same person in the parallel world, then it would make sense that there would be no discrepancies when exchanging bodies.

However, the "parallel world theory" is only a scientific hypothesis with a strong science fiction nature. It cannot be a fully reliable basis for speculation, at least it cannot be compared with the testimony of Gua Tianshi. Therefore, it should not be an exaggeration to preliminarily determine that Ma was the original owner of this body.

So, can this be used as evidence for the speculation that "Ma Zao was originally a person of this era, but his soul traveled to the apocalyptic era and then traveled back"? When it comes to the argument of time travel, only Gua Tianshi's testimony seems not very strong, and the initial conclusion that "Ma Zao was the original owner of this body" seems to need to be re-examined.

If it is just for the sake of making a quick judgment, it is not impossible to use only the testimony of the hexagram master as the judgment material, but there is no time limit to rush to draw a conclusion. Because this is a very important matter, since there are conditions, we still want to get more and stronger evidence.

At least now Ma Zao can have enough hope that "he is not an evil spirit that has usurped the magpie's nest."

And the Gua Tianshi continued speaking.

"In addition, if I'm not mistaken... her fate seems to be entangled with strange things." he said.

(End of this chapter)