Chapter 38 God's Space

It was getting dark.

After a day of killing, the land regained its tranquility.

A bonfire rose from the cliff.

After a busy day, everyone hasn't eaten yet.

Although with the current physique of the adventurers, it is not a problem not to eat for 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 fell and the bonfire crackled, Zhang Jianjun and the little nurse roasted a pheasant with great interest. Although the ant hills are dangerous, there is one advantage, that is, there are few other ferocious beasts around here, so you don't have to worry about possible dangers like when you first entered the wilderness, so you don't have to worry about the campfire attracting ferocious beasts. As for the pheasants, they were brought out from the city, but they couldn't be found in the wilderness—even if there were, they were mostly terrifying beasts. Creatures without strength cannot survive here.

Zhang Jianjun used to be a special soldier, and his roast pheasant skills are quite good. On the other hand, the little nurse's roast pheasant skills were not as good, and a large piece of it was accidentally burnt. She was annoyed by this and threw it directly to Zhang Jianjun. Then he snatched the one that Zhang Jianjun had baked, and Zhang Jianjun shook his head endlessly.

The little nurse came to Shen Yi with a pheasant in her arms: "Brother Shen Yi, this one is for you."

Shen Yi reluctantly turned his gaze away from the screen, and smiled at the nurse: "One thigh is enough."

"Eat more, you are exhausted today." The nurse stuffed the whole pheasant into Shen Yi's hands, and then sat down beside him: "I've read it a hundred and one times, why are you still watching it? It’s just these big bugs crawling around over and over again.”

"I'm observing their behavior." Shen Yi replied: "The biggest difference between fierce beasts and humans is that they have a fixed behavior pattern, including territory, coping methods, and attack methods. Especially this kind of group existence, As long as I master their attack rhythm, it will help me a lot."

"So that's how it is... I heard that you had a fight with Brother Zhang before we came. You spent two hours mastering the frequency of his shots, easily relieved him, and interrupted him." skills."

"Except for the statement that it is easy and easy, everything else is correct." Shen Yi laughed.

Not far away, Zhang Jianjun shouted: "I promise, if I fight with him for another two hours now, he won't be able to easily interrupt my skills!"

Shen Yi raised his voice and replied: "I also promise, give me another two months, I can still interrupt your skills again!"

Zhang Jianjun held up the grilled pheasant and pointed his middle finger to show his contempt.

Shen Yi continued to immerse himself in research on the attacking rhythm of the black ants, as long as he could master the attack details of these soldier ants proficiently, then he would have a greater chance 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 raise his head: "Why do you ask this?"

"If not, I'll be your girlfriend."

"You are young."

The nurse puffed up her chest: "Where is it small?"

"..." Everyone was speechless, and the gardener held his head and moaned: "Here we go again..."

Shen Yi also laughed, he finally understood why the Lord felt such a headache seeing the little nurse.

A typical young girl, dare to think and act, without any scruples, even in the place of killing, she will not change her wanton nature, her personality is flamboyant and escaped, she dares to hate and love, and she dares to show all her preciousness.

After thinking for a while, 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 those who could afford it were rich. Therefore, people like to wear loose clothes and long sleeves, because this type of clothing consumes the most fabric and can best reflect their wealth and strength. As time goes by, people look at loose clothes as beauty. The same is true for breasts, which are not covered when eating Being able to have a pair of plump breasts means that this woman comes from a rich family.

It will not cause sagging due to lack of nutrition. It is a manifestation of wealth and strength. It was not until the later period that it gradually evolved into a symbol of women's beauty. "

The nurse didn't understand at once: "So what?"

Shen Yi replied lightly: "Excessive breasts will cause more weight in front of the body, and it will 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 With the development of the city for thousands of years, perhaps the women here will regard small breasts as beautiful...you don't have to be proud of it."

The nurse was dumbfounded, and the gardeners not far away had covered their mouths and laughed.

After a while, the nurse finally came to her senses, yelled 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. The little girl should stop comparing her breasts with others all day long."

The nurse stopped moving her hands, she chewed her mouth, and looked at Shen Yi angrily: "You must have a lover."

Before Shen Yi could answer, Zhang Jianjun from a distance interjected: "Actually, it doesn't matter even if you have one, you can grab it. Anyway, it is impossible to get married here, and there is no marriage registration in Bloody City, and there is no legal protection... Even if there is registration, it is useless, killing people It's not against the law, 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 an idea."

Shen Yi said casually: "They are all bad ideas. In the world of death and life, we should think more about survival."

"Just because it's such a world, you should indulge yourself, shouldn't you? The traditional moral constraints are not so applicable here?" Zhang Jianjun asked.

Shen Yi was about to answer, but a voice suddenly sounded: "Indulging oneself will make life rotten, will will be decadent, make people no longer strong, and make people fear pain. But anyone who can achieve something must know restraint and be good at self-discipline."

Everyone turned their heads, only to see a young man in a black robe walking out from behind the forest.

Zhang Jianjun's instinctive reaction was to draw his gun, but was held down by the lord: "My own man, his name is Father, and he is our team member."

It turned out that it was the last team member of M7 who finally arrived at the designated location.

Only then did Zhang Jianjun heave a sigh of relief: "Father? No wonder he speaks like a stickler."

The priest's face straightened: "The priest is not a magic stick..."

Zhang Jianjun raised his hand: "Don't, don't tell me the lecture notes. I hate religious believers, especially fanatics."

"You don't need to believe in God, but where we are, there are miracles!" The priest said seriously.

Shen Yi asked back: "Are you sure this is a miracle? Isn't it some kind of 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 together.

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly, thought for a while before saying: "In the bloody city, many people now believe that this place is a miracle, right?"

"A lot, and that's the only reason to explain it all," replied the gardener.

The engineer also said: "People don't believe in gods because the gods have never appeared. But when the gods appear, you have no reason to doubt it."

The priest even loudly said: "Thus, those who do not believe in God will be punished! God's will must not be violated. God came to us in this world to sharpen us, strengthen us, bless us, and test us. We should Gladly accept it, face it with joy!"

"Wrong!" Shen Yi suddenly said: "The reason why the god is great is because he has never appeared. Because he never appeared, he is mysterious, omnipotent, and 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 are really gods in this world. But he is really not worthy of awe, not worthy of being regarded as Guigao."

"But God is the most powerful. He is omnipotent and omniscient! We should obey him!"

"Really?" Shen Yi looked at the priest, a smile suddenly appeared in the corner of his eyes.

He suddenly pulled 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?" Everything you say is a metaphor? You tell me, God is omnipotent, and what is the necessary connection with what we must listen to him? Tell me again, ten times stronger can kill you, and even twice as powerful can kill you You, what is the difference between the two? Finally, you answer me, if I, an unbeliever, kills you, a believer, how will God punish me?"

The priest froze, speechless for a while.

Shen Yi put the gun back: "I have no aversion to religion, but I am very disgusted with one thing: it is to regard God's will as divine will, and to regard all actions that violate God's will as blasphemy. God has never spoken , even in this so-called miraculous world, God never let go of a fart. You have to ask the old man to tell me the so-called will of God. Even if he said it, I might not listen to it. 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, or omniscient, or extremely powerful, or have insight into the world, or can create the world To destroy the world, but there is one thing that he will never be able to do, 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 submit to me, don't want me to believe in him. Since I blasphemed him, if he has the ability, now Just hit me with a lightning strike. He can use my life to prove his strength, but he will never be able to 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 towards the sky, as if waiting for the so-called punishment from heaven.

For a long time, there was no movement.

Shen Yi winked at the priest: "Sorry, it seems that even in this miraculous world, your god is not so effective."

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The atmosphere fell silent.

Some serious.

After an unknown amount of time, the Lord came to Shen Yi's side. He patted the nurse on the shoulder to signal her to get out of the way, but the little girl stubbornly turned her head and refused to let her go.

The lord smiled wryly, and could only sit in the back row, and whispered to Shen Yi: "Just now..."

"I apologize for what happened just now." Unexpectedly, Shen Yi said suddenly.

The lord was stunned, and quickly said: "You don't need to apologize, I just..."

"No, I should apologize for this. The priest is your team member, and you are my friends, so he is too. What I said just now was very rude... This is very bad."

"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, people with different personalities may not be able to be friends, but different positions may cause problems."

Speaking of this, he looked back at the lord: "You know that the better the university, the stronger the atmosphere of political discussions. When we were in college, our college students often expressed their opinions on various political environments. The result There are often two factions, one faction supports the current Chinese political system, and the other faction opposes it, hoping to follow a thorough Western democratic line. The two factions often quarrel and quarrel...even fight."

The lord shook his head, expressing his incomprehension.

Shen Yi smiled: "I can tell you very clearly that different political stances directly affect the friendship between each other. Even friends who have known each other for more than ten years, once the political stances are different, it may cause a huge rift in the relationship. Religious belief In fact, just like political stances, it is difficult to accept dissent. Unbelievers look down on believers, thinking that they are crazy and believe in an illusory future. Believers sympathize with unbelievers, thinking that they will be punished by God... So faith There is a natural opposition between believers and believers, and the contradictions cannot be reconciled."

The lord opened his mouth wide in surprise, he never expected that such matters of faith would be so important in Shen Yi's mouth.

Shen Yi has already laughed: "I'm not evaluating who is right and who is wrong, but I'm just saying that different beliefs will inevitably lead to huge friction. This is completely a conflict of beliefs and has nothing to do with feelings. I'm sorry for what I said to the priest just now. Impolite, but I'm sure he understands."

"Of course, he fully understands. It's just that after coming to the bloody city, his faith is being accepted by more and more people, and Christianity is re-dominating the world. There are a large number of believers in any district, so he encountered this This situation is much less. You just reawakened his previous experience."

"Then I have to be thankful that he is Chinese. After all, there are still a small number of believers. They are used to walking alone in the dark."

Said Shen Yi jumped out of the car and walked to the priest, and stretched out his hand to him: "I apologize to you for what I said just now, I hope you don't mind."

"It doesn't matter, God will forgive you." The priest shook back.

Shen Yi frowned, and finally suppressed the phrase "I don't care for his forgiveness". He smiled and patted the priest: "Even if you have different beliefs, at least pursue the same. From now on, talk more about your dreams and less about your beliefs, OK?"

"OK." The priest replied with a smile.

When walking back, the priest suddenly asked, "Which side did you stand on in college? I mean, I already know your religious stance, so 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 politics: dictatorship is more efficient, and democracy is more dynamic. I don't want to comment on the past world, but at least here, I Is a staunch authoritarian..."

"My team, only I have the final say!"

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It was dark.

Most of the people had fallen asleep, only Shen Yi was still studying the black ants in front of the computer.

"Brother Shen Yi." Someone called him softly.

Looking back, it turned out to be the staff officer.

He is sitting on his own doll soldiers.

"Hey, why haven't you slept yet?"

"I was thinking about something and couldn't sleep, so I wanted to ask you."

Shen Yi hugged the staff officer, put him into the car, opened a bottle of beer and handed it to him: "What's the matter?"

"You said... Gods are great because they are mysterious, not because they are omnipotent?"

Shen Yi nodded: "This is just my opinion. I'm not a psychologist, and I can't use scientific and professional terms to describe human psychological activities, but I know that an idol is an idol because you are far away from him. Child One does not worship one's parents because He is near them. All greatness comes from distance, but is divine only through ignorance. God is worthy of worship because He is farther than all idols and exists only in the heart ..."

As he spoke, he pointed to his heart: "So the worship of gods, in my opinion, is nothing more than a kind of worship of the unknown."

There was a sudden realization on the staff officer's face: "So it's like this..."

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, the Bloody City wasn't called the Bloody City before?"

Shen Yi was stunned, then nodded: "Yes, I know."

"In the west district, there is a rumor. It is not that the bloody city is without an owner. In fact, it has an owner, but the owner here is very mysterious and never appears."

Shen Yi was startled, and couldn't help but think of the space manager.

The staff officer continued: "I used to be very curious. If the bloody city really has an owner, then he must be a god. Because only a god 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 only felt a chill in his heart: "You mean..."

"It's a means of control. As you said, we are in awe of the mystery and make us worship it. Pure power cannot make us fearful, let alone make us submissive. Thousands of years of history in the world against * The war against the world has never stopped, and human beings have never lacked the courage to resist power in the dark..."

Shen Yi nodded: "So pure 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 interfaced: "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 gave us a hope of freedom... the Holy Tower of Babel."

"Then we obey like dogs and obey..."

"Until it becomes inertia..."

"I don't know how to resist..."

"Even if we have great power..."

"We still only know how to obey..."

Two people 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 a sense of astonishment in their hearts at the same time.

After a while, the staff officer said in a low voice: "The name of that monument is called the Third Era. If you have time, Brother Shen Yi, you must go and have a look."

Shen Yi looked up at the sky and was speechless.