Nightcrawler: 20 Years of Peaceful Demons

Chapter 516 Gaia Hypothesis True and False

I also said earlier that the reason why people in this world are afraid of death is because they are afraid of the cold and emptiness after death, because no one can come back from the other side of death, and the sense of mystery of the unknown increases the fear, so they are afraid of the term "eternal life". This matter is so persistent and crazy, from Qin Shihuang to countless princes and generals, but here, Huo Erlang told us solemnly that he came from hell.

This matter is really a bit of a slap in the face, it's swollen.

But when I saw his serious and serious expression, I believed him inexplicably, thinking that he was not joking.

Ma Yi'ao also believed it, and he asked seriously: "What is it like there?"

Regarding the world after death, various religions have descriptions. Buddhism talks about "Six Realms of Reincarnation" and "Eighteen Hells", Taoism talks about "Ghost Town Fengdu", Christians talk about "Hell, Heaven"... However, in order to persuade people to be good, the world after death is polarized. Those who do evil will go to "hell", and those who do good and accumulate virtue will go to "heaven". No matter what they are called, all religions are polarized.

But in the eyes of modern science, after death, a person is just a handful of loess, the body dissolves, the consciousness dies, and there will never be anything else.

This is a rather terrifying thing, and because of this, people are more willing to have faith and obtain sustenance after death.

At this time, Huo Jing's words made us look forward to it.

Seeing that Ma Yi'ao and I looked at him eagerly, Huo Jing sighed and said, "I'm not sure if that's the state of everyone after death, so I can't give you a reference—— I only remember that I had died at that time, and then merged into countless light spots, sank somewhere under the ground, and kept falling. My consciousness is flowing, when I was immersed in the ocean, I felt the hugeness and vastness of a thing, just like the will of the whole world..."

I scratched my head, a little unclear.

And Huo Jing continued: "How to put it, I feel that everything I have experienced is so real, but to me, it seems to be just a dream. I am definitely not an independent individual there, and I am not Existing in a physical body, I feel the constant coldness, and I also feel that the consciousness around me is trying to swallow me. As long as I slack off a little, it seems to be swallowed, and then I have no will - this situation makes me I was trembling, not daring to relax at all, and the long stalemate made me feel like I was being tortured in a Buddhist hell..."

"Finally, when I gritted my teeth and persisted, I finally saw some rays of light that were different from those around me. They appeared more shining, outstanding and special, which gave people an inexplicable sense of familiarity, but they were not intimidating. Each of them They are all unique, these light spots in the ocean of light seem to have certain responsibilities and authority, know more, see farther, I touch them carefully, and they seem to regard me as the same kind , until one day, a voice said to me - your life is not over, go back..."

"The next second, I found myself lying down in the mud on the bottom of the sea. I climbed out of the mud and came to the surface of the water. I found that time flies, and I actually stayed on the bottom of the sea for too long."

After hearing what Huo Jing said, I couldn't help saying: "You are lucky, you finally came back alive."

Huo Jing said with a half-smile, "Do you think I'm lucky?"

After he finished speaking, he opened the collar, revealing the blue skin inside, and the dark red to dark purple spots appeared on it, some of which were cloud-like and strip-shaped, and they converged in one place to form flaky spots Come.

"Corpse spots?"

Ma Yi'ao saw it and blurted it out, but I was stunned and said in astonishment: "Why do you have corpse spots on your body?"

Huo Jing didn't explain, but stretched out his ten fingers.

His slender fingers are like bamboo shoots, but his nails are black and long. Although there are traces of trimming, they give people the impression that they are very sharp, and I have an illusion that Huo Jing is the whole person. , are not as vital as this nail.

The nails seemed to be growing even with the naked eye.

Ma Yi'ao raised his head, looked at Huo Jing, and asked slowly: "Aren't you human?"

Huo Jing responded with a crying smile: "I, I don't know what I am - no matter how hot the day is, I will feel extremely cold. When I sleep at night, I cover seven or eight layers of quilts, and I will freeze. I couldn’t get a good night’s sleep, but when I lay down in the freezer where food was refrigerated at home, I felt extremely peaceful, and I could sleep until dawn; as for the food, as I just said, except for these top-quality tea leaves , I can eat as usual, I ate it, it was as disgusting as chewing shit..."

Ma Yi'ao fell into silence, and after a long time, he said to Huo Jing: "You have swallowed the demon Yuan of Yujiang Great Demon, right?"

Huo Jing didn't hide it, nodded and said, "Yes, but I didn't mean it."

Ma Yi'ao thought for a while and said, "This, maybe it's some of the side effects..."

The two sides didn't talk any more, drinking tea, pouring tea, and after a while, Huo Jing said: "Thank you very much for coming to my wedding, you are one of my few friends, although this is not a future wedding. The ceremony is dominated by my will, but it is still very important to me to be able to get your witness."

Ma Yi'ao said, "It's a matter of duty."

Huo Jing pointed to his chest, and then said: "I have changed a lot, but this heart will never change, so I will always treat you as friends, and I call you here today, what I want to express , that's it."

Ma Yi'ao and I both said in unison: "We are the same."

The two sides met, and after getting to know each other briefly, they did not continue to chat in depth, but chatted about some anecdotes about the world. When the time was almost up, we got up and bid farewell, while Huo Jing came out and sent us off for a while , and then turned back.

On the way back, the two of them didn't talk much, until they boarded the boat and left the outlying island, Ma Yi'ao said to me: "Do you believe Huo Erlang's words?"

My head is about to explode, because the amount of information in this meeting is too much, so I am still a little confused until now.

I said I didn't understand a little bit.

Ma Yi'ao said: "In fact, what he said was mysterious, but it is not difficult to understand. As early as the end of the 60s, the British scientist James Lovelock put forward the 'Gaia Hypothesis' after a number of investigations and studies. ', that is, the earth's life and non-life form a complex system that can interact. This system has an independent will in the long process of life evolution. It can affect all things through macro-control. Some people call it It is the 'Will of the World', and some people call it 'Tao', or 'Changshengtian', 'The Only True God'..."

I was very shocked and said in surprise: "Gaia hypothesis?"

Ma Yi'ao said: "If you want to learn more, I will recommend a few professional books for you to understand later, and what Huo Erlang said just now is actually very similar to the Gaia hypothesis, and in fact I have always believed in this theory." Yes, including our gods, the Luzu I met before, and the ancestors we worship are actually spirits integrated into Gaia, but some spirits have a higher realm in front of them, so they will In the face of the will of the world, maintain sufficient independence and sobriety..."

I finally understood: "And these spirits are actually the gods in our mythology system, right?"

Ma Yi'ao nodded, and said that it is indeed possible to explain it this way, but I think that when Huo Erlang said this, he actually had some reservations. Look at me, as if afraid of being exposed by me.

what?
I was about to believe it, but Ma Yi'ao said such a thing, which made me even more confused.

When I told you what the hell was going on, I thought you believed what he said.

Ma Yi'ao shook his head, saying that no one knows exactly what happened, but what is certain is that Huo Erlang should have fused Yujiang Yaoyuan. Although there are some side effects, most of the results are still perfect. In this way, he already has a very strong cultivation base, so the transfer of power after two days should be very smooth, but it's a pity that the little girl who married him...

Hearing this, I couldn't help laughing, saying that you are quite sympathetic.

Ma Yi'ao said: "You, you, if the little Japanese girl was replaced by Qin Liluo, you wouldn't be so calm."

I glanced at him and stopped teasing.

Indeed, people are selfish. If it was Qin Liluo, I might be furious, but for others, I really can't empathize with them.

Ma Yi'ao raised his head, looked at the outlying islands in the distance, and murmured: "Although I said that, but I don't know why, I always feel that something big will happen in two days' time..."

(End of this chapter)