Chapter 2491 The Boundary of Humanity

"Joan, your confusion boils down to one sentence, which is 'what is the meaning of life', and this is also a question that plagued me for the first half of my life. Fortunately, I finally found a path that satisfies me and gained liberation."

The "Seal of Rebirth" allowed Professor Moriarty to retain his physical body after he became a lich, and the smile on his face was still vivid and charming.

"Your so-called solution is to turn yourself from a living person into a cold lich?"

In Joan's words, she couldn't help showing a hint of sarcasm.

"That's right, if you transform yourself into an undead creature and get a literal 'immortality', you don't have to worry about how to survive or how to live longer, so asking about the 'meaning of life' itself It doesn't make sense."

Joan could see that the mentor was satisfied with the path he had chosen and thought he had found an unassailable answer, but he couldn't agree with it.

"When we discuss 'life', the default premise is that everyone is a real person, but you are no longer a human being, so why talk to me about the 'meaning of life'?"

"Your self-deprecating behavior is not solving the problem at all, but avoiding the problem!"

"If liches are not afraid of death, why do they carefully hide their phylactery for fear of being found? This proves that liches are more afraid of death than living people!"

"In fact, even if you become a lich, you may still be destroyed by the phylactery, and you will still be destroyed. Isn't it the same anxiety of survival? It is nothing more than replacing thinking about the meaning of life with thinking about ghosts. The meaning of life', there is no essential difference between the two, but you think you have found the answer to the ultimate question, this behavior is like nailing a signboard of 'mansion' to your thatched hut, pointing to the black bread on the dinner plate Saying it's a cream cake, and being complacent about it, thinking that you are really rich and powerful, and you can look down on poor brothers from now on, isn't that just lying to yourself?"

Joan's series of merciless and sharp questions made Professor Moriarty quite embarrassed, and he refuted coldly with a dark face.

"According to what you say, even the true god may be killed. The universe will be destroyed one day, and even time will eventually end. There is no eternal thing in the world, and the question you are looking for will never be able to get a satisfactory answer , from the first step on this road, it is doomed to fail, so why bother yourself?"

Joan shook his head lightly, pointing out the logical loopholes in the instructor's remarks in a calm and sad tone.

"You said 'There is no eternal thing in the world', and you said that the question I was looking for 'can never be answered satisfactorily', don't you find that these two statements are self-contradictory, and one of the propositions must be false?"

"Don't tell me the law of excluded middle, this world is illogical at all!" Professor Moriarty couldn't help becoming anxious, "Take a step back and say, even if there is a satisfactory answer to that ultimate question, the possibility of finding this answer is still high." Insignificant, it's like hitting your head against a copper wall and expecting to pass through the wall unscathed, in the short life of a human being, how low is the probability of triggering such a miracle, don't you have any idea?"

Joan nodded.

As the instructor said, this possibility is as low as almost zero.

"If you want to solve a difficult problem, you must first try to make yourself live longer. The longer you live, the higher the probability of finding the answer, right?"

"indeed so."

"Very good, we have finally reached a consensus!" Professor Moriarty took out the "Holy Grail of Death" from the storage bag and handed it to Joan, "There is still the remaining 'Wine of Eternal Life' in the cup, you can analyze it After a while, it is not difficult to crack the brewing formula, drink this cup of wine, obtain immortality, and whether to pursue that question later is up to you, anyway, there is plenty of time."

"Thank you for your kindness, but I refuse." Joan pushed the "Holy Grail of Death" without hesitation, "Unlike you, I don't want to give up my identity as a human for the so-called immortality."

"What's the point of maintaining a human identity?" Professor Moriarty smiled contemptuously, "Joan, you don't seem to realize that you are the same as those 'racists' you hate, but they There's no real difference between what you identify with as 'white supremacy' and what you believe in as 'human supremacy'."

"You treat all human beings with fraternity. In your eyes, colonists and natives are equally noble, and men and women have equal status. You don't want to humiliate a tramp just to please the king, because all human beings are equally worthy of respect. But for human beings Even if they are all intelligent creatures, you cannot treat them equally."

"Think about the top of Bailun Mountain. It is your testing ground and the purgatory you created for the goblins! When you slaughtered the goblins, did you ever think that there are smart and kind individuals among the goblins? Have you ever considered that goblins also have relatives and friends, as well as courage and dreams?"

"You object to me using black slaves for human experiments, but when you experiment with goblins, have you ever respected their wishes, and have you ever had a little compassion? Is the life of a goblin not life?"

"Facing human beings, you are obedient, and facing 'monsters', you strike hard—isn't this the 'double standard' you hate the most?"

"Human beings are just one category among the many species in the world, and there is nothing particularly noble. When you kill other species for one reason, you also have the same reason to kill other species."

"When it comes to all sorts of despicable behavior, humans do just a lot more than other species."

"You say that the same kind should not kill each other. This is really a great irony. Isn't human beings one of the best species in the world that is good at killing each other?"

"If you admit the above facts, you have reached a consensus with the primitive religious order, and you have to agree that the revenge of the "primitive religious order" on modern human society is justifiable."

"If you deny the above idea, you have to accept the creed that human beings are inherently nobler than other species, and some people are more noble than others! Then you turn to the side of the "Cult of Conqueror", and you should accept The gangster logic of the weak preying on the strong supports the sale of black slaves, recognizes the right of the colonists to slaughter the aborigines, and favors the strong plundering the land and wealth of the weak."

"If you don't agree with the above two paths, you don't want to go to extremes, and try to make a moderate compromise, you will fall into a dilemma, follow the trend, and nothing will change in the end."

"If you refuse to accept the ugly side of human beings, then what you love is not real human beings, but just your beautiful fantasy of human beings."

Finally, Professor Moriarty warned his students again:

"You can't see human society clearly if you've never been outside of it and observed it!"