Chapter 2074 Melancholy Beetle
Joan held the apple in a trance, and suddenly lost his appetite. He sympathized with the beetle's lonely situation, and felt a little guilty. Maybe he shouldn't have enlightened it in the first place, so that it could acquire the wisdom and knowledge that insects shouldn't have.
As the ancient philosophers said, children are free from worries because of ignorance, but from the day a person is literate, the more he knows, the more worries he will have.
"Are you satisfied with your current life?" Joan asked the Enlightenment Beetle in a low voice, "If you don't like yourself now, the promise I made to you at the beginning is still valid, except for turning you back into a stone statue, there is another discount The option in the book is to turn you back into a beetle with normal intelligence, in that case, maybe you will no longer be regarded as an incomprehensible monster by your kind, and you will no longer be rejected."
The 5th ring "mentally handicapped technique", in addition to turning normal people into fools, has another usage, which is to counteract the effect of "enlightenment", so that the intelligence of enlightened creatures will degenerate back to the level before being enlightened.
The beetle pondered for a long time before gently shaking its tentacles.
"My kind and I are like living in a sealed room. The other beetles don't know what to do and don't understand the world outside the room at all. The only two important things in life are feeding and reproduction, and we don't care about anything else."
"Master, you are the only one who chose me among the insect swarm, and opened my eyes so that I can see the vast, boundless and colorful world outside the house through the wall. And because of this, I feel alienated from the whole group, lonely and depressed, but if you blindfold me so that I can no longer see the world outside the house, even if I can live my life carefree and peaceful like other beetles, I will have a heart Unwilling."
Joan listened to what it said, and was deeply touched, as if she was talking to another self.
Living among the crowd, don't you often feel out of place with the society you live in, can't find a proper position, and always feel at a loss?
However, if someone persuades me to leave the human world, wander in the wilderness, and live alone in the dark region, I can't let go of my concern for my relatives and friends.
More importantly, choosing to escape is tantamount to admitting that he is a loser who cannot integrate into the crowd, a defective part that has been ruthlessly eliminated by the huge machine of "modern civilized society", which will make him feel unwilling.
"You can't allow yourself to stay away from people and become a dehumanized monster."
Grandpa's dying words are still in his ears, which is the source of motivation to encourage Qiao An to stay in the crowd. Even though he has hit the wall countless times, he is unwilling to break the promise he made before grandpa's bedside, and he does not want to give up " The identity of "being born as a human being", abandoning one's own personality, and becoming a shameful deserter on the battlefield of "society".
After hanging his head in silence for a long time, Joan looked at the Enlightenment Beetle again.
"Actually, there is another way, that is, I pick a female beetle from the woods, enlighten her, and make a pair with you. You will form a partner, and you will have children and reproduce in the future. feel lonely."
"This sounds like a good idea, but master, why do you and I, the female enlightenment beetle designated by you, will definitely fall in love, and we will marry and have children? Don't we quarrel and hate each other? Or even turn against each other?"
"It's also possible." Joan admitted helplessly, "Unfortunate families each have their own misfortunes."
"Even if we could really love each other, breed offspring, and when our offspring grow up and have more offspring, do you think these children, who are as smart as humans, would still be willing to live the life of insects?" asked the beetle.
"Probably not."
"When our enlightened beetle family grows to a certain extent, what will they think of this fruit forest, and those ordinary beetles that look the same as them but are dull-minded, and can they still regard them as their own kind?" The beetle continued to ask. .
"I'm afraid not." Joan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Your descendants will regard themselves as civilized races, think that they represent a more advanced way of life, and have the right to occupy the entire orchard. As for those ordinary beetles, they are nothing more than uncivilized aborigines. Ratify the civilized Zerg as slaves. If they refuse to be enslaved and refuse to escape from their homes, they will be mercilessly massacred by your intelligent descendants... The tragedy I described has happened more than once in the history of the human world. I'm afraid it will repeat itself countless times in the future."
"So you propose to find a mate for me to reproduce, is that really good?" the Enlightenment Beetle asked softly.
"I didn't think well." Joan sighed, dropped the core in his hand, turned over and jumped off the apple tree, and waved to the enlightenment beetle, "I have to go, if you change your mind in the future, remember to tell me The agreement between them is still valid."
"Goodbye, my master, and I wish you happiness."
The Enlightenment Beetle lay on the branch, shaking its tentacles towards Joan, as if waving goodbye.
Walking along the white-stone-paved avenue to the end, Joan stood in front of the gate of the Castle in the Clouds and clapped his hands. The applause echoed in the empty courtyard, and the gate responded and opened itself in front of him.
The layout of the restaurant on the first floor was exactly the same as a year ago, and Joan walked up the stairs to the second floor. The two stone golems guarding the door of the living room sensed that someone was coming in, and slowly turned their heads to look at him. A blue beam of light came out from behind the grille of the mask, turning around on him, and recognized that it was not an intruder. Just stop ignoring him.
Joan knew that the two stone golems had no self-will, so it was impossible to say hello to them, so he went straight to one of the stone golems, and stretched out his hand grandly to touch its thick thigh. The cold and smooth marble column felt very pleasant to the touch. good……
The stone golem stood obediently, not resisting his caress.
Joan tried to shout to the stone golem, trying to control it to walk in the hall, but the other party ignored him.
Joan recalled that the authority granted to him by Papa Gushu back then included freely entering and leaving Cloud City without being attacked by guards and defensive measures, using the fan lock of Cloud City under the authorization of Papa Gushu, and using the castle at will. The laboratories and libraries in the library do not include the guards in the control castle - such as the stone golem in front of you.
Only when he fulfills the last wish of Archmage Vavrunil, builds the "Adamantine Colossus" in the construction factory, and obtains the highest authority of Cloud City, can he become the master of all the golems in the castle.
Taking the "wind ladder" to the third floor of the castle, Joan came to the "gym" in Cloud City again.
It's the end of the month, please ask for a monthly ticket, thank you everyone.