Chapter 1398 Fear, Desire, and the Era of Global Gods!
A long time ago, when Luo You was still a child full of longing for the world, he had seen and heard this sentence more than once from adults or in various extracurricular reading books:
'The progress of human civilization is always driven by curiosity, with the ultimate goal of finding answers.'
Luo You can understand the curiosity.
Just like his pursuit of foreign languages, that kind of pursuit from the heart can indeed be the driving force.
Even if there are many setbacks and tribulations ahead, we can rely on this driving force to get through it.
But why is the ultimate goal to find answers?
Luo You never thought so.
Just like he hates modern utilitarian education, every parent is telling their children that as long as they study hard, they will get a degree, and a good degree will lead to a well-paid job.
He only likes the process of deciphering foreign languages and enjoys the pleasure of gradually understanding a special culture. The final answer is actually an incidental product.
If the goal were to change the answer, to destroy the alien race and save the future of mankind, this kind of burden would weigh on him, and he would rather jump off the ship now.
Therefore, when he could not find answers or even questions, he felt that the meaning of his life was extremely meaningless.
So what if you are alive, so what if you are dead.
But now, Sumo suddenly stood up and told him that they were all living for the answer.
And his answer is to have no regrets.
Luo You subconsciously wanted to refute, but for some reason, he didn't know how to refute.
He does have a lot of regrets.
It's a pity that I didn't travel all over the wasteland and see this world that is completely different from the earth.
It’s a pity that I didn’t have contact with more foreign races and didn’t understand their culture and background stories.
It's a pity that the route level is not high, I don't have the superhuman physique like those on the World Channel, and I can't enjoy the exhilaration of transcending the limitations of the physical body.
Pity
He always looked down upon Lao Zhang, thinking that Lao Zhang was an out-and-out common man.
But then again, isn't he just a layman?
It's just that many times, due to some chains of contempt left in human culture, he doesn't dare to express these clichéd goals, always feeling that others will laugh at him and not understand him.
This made him subconsciously think that these things were not his regrets or his goals as time went by.
Now exposed by Sumo and nakedly brought up by Sumo, Luo You thought for a while and said:
"Then do you think it is reasonable to pursue pleasure and set some mundane goals as the ultimate goal of life?"
"What's unreasonable?"
Sumo turned around in surprise and leaned against the railing of the deck.
"It's okay if it's on earth, but in the wasteland, why do you still feel that your life goals need to be defined by others?"
"What is cliché and what is elegance? Why do you care so much about other people's opinions?"
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"Lao Zhang, come here."
Sumo stretched out his hand and shouted to Lao Zhang who poked his head out of the stern of the boat.
Lao Zhang quickly wiped his hands cheerfully and walked along the aisle of the cabin. He looked at Luo You who was a little embarrassed in surprise, wondering what the two of them were talking about.
"Mr. Ji, what's wrong?"
"What would you think if someone thinks that your goal of striving just to live a better life is meaningless?"
"That's not what I meant." Luo You quickly denied, but was unexpectedly interrupted by Sumo waving his hand.
"You answer this question."
"I don't have any ideas." Lao Zhang spread his hands and laughed at himself: "He thinks it's pointless for me to want to live a good life. Then I also think it's pointless for human being Su Shen to save the world every day. How tiring it is. Tell me.
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"Ahem, don't answer questions with questions." Sumo coughed twice. What are you implying by saying this?
"Actually, I think there are many people like Mr. Ji who have no goals, can't find the motivation to live, and feel that the things they do are meaningless. But this is normal. I read every huge event in the history books.
After the change, some people will not be able to accept the various changes in the new world and choose to commit suicide. Now from the earth to the wasteland, the intensity of this change is simply unprecedented and huge. If we humans on earth had not been influenced by the information explosion, I am afraid that at least
One-third of the people will not be able to accept it."
"But then again, why do some people accept and embrace change?"
"I prefer an answer, that is, they have obtained clear and definite benefits from this change."
"The slaves at the bottom stood up. They were no longer silent or surrendered. They overthrew the slave owners and lived the free life they dreamed of."
"The high-level deadlock has finally ended, and those politicians who have endured hardships and remained perseverant finally have a place where they can flex their muscles."
"The frustrated entrepreneurs were not swallowed up by the shadow of failure. They seized the opportunity to rise and found an opportunity to create a century-old enterprise."
"The lost artists found light in the darkness, and countless works were finally seen by the world, blooming with unprecedented artistic light."
It was hard to imagine that these were the words spoken by Lao Zhang. Even Luo You, who had always looked down on Lao Zhang, was shocked.
He raised his head blankly and looked at the bearded middle-aged man, as if he had met a new person again.
"Isn't it weird? I used to be a high school history teacher, but you never asked me."
Lao Zhang scratched his head honestly: "In addition to the types of people I just mentioned, there are many other examples that I won't mention one by one. In short, in my opinion, people who feel that their lives are meaningless are often in the process of change.
People who later find that their income has not only not increased, but has shrunk significantly.”
"Just like Mr. Luo, he is a well-known entrepreneur on Earth. He has food, water, children, and a wife who loves him. But after coming to the wasteland, what kind of life is he living now?
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"Then you think I don't want to live because I can't bear the pain?" Luo You stood up angrily.
It is said that intellectuals are really cruel when it comes to scolding others. Lao Zhang, who is usually silent, is very aggressive when he takes action.
Luo You always ridiculed Lao Zhang for being a common man, but now people directly said that he didn't want to live because the gap in living standards was too big, that he was a remnant of the old era and was not worthy of being on board the ship of the new era.
"Boss Luo, I didn't say that." Lao Zhang shook his head repeatedly: "What I said was only one of the possibilities. Aren't there other possibilities?"
"Then tell me, what other possibilities are there?"
"Um" Lao Zhang looked at Sumo with a pleading look. He felt that if Luo You said something wrong again, he might have sex with him.
"Just tell me, we are not in the same position as each other. Luo You, don't rush to take the position."
Sumo stepped forward, pressed Luo You's shoulders and forced him to sit down.
Seeing this, Lao Zhang continued with confidence: "There are many possibilities. For example, the development context of the old era has been fixed. We only need to move forward step by step without thinking too much about other things. However, all the context of the new era has been fixed."
If we break and reshape things, some people will naturally be confused and unable to find the way forward.”
"Also, the development dividends of the old era may be aimed at those in their thirties and forties, but the development dividends of the new era are aimed at those in their twenties and thirties, so people in their forties will feel abandoned by the times.
, losing the upward goal in life.”
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Lao Zhang said seven or eight things in a row. Not only did Luo You's temper disappear, but Su Mo's eyes also changed.
Unexpectedly, I just found a guide in the wasteland and found a treasure, right?
Even if Lao Zhang's awareness and speech ability were brought to the Tianyuan territory, he could still be regarded as a different kind of talent.
Especially for those confused newcomers, there is absolutely no problem in letting Lao Zhang become a psychological instructor.
"Then which kind do you think Luo You is?"
Su Mo thought for a while, then pointed at Luo You and said directly: "You don't have to be afraid of saying the wrong thing. I guarantee that Luo You will not have any complaints about the answer you gave."
"Boss Luo."
Lao Zhang hesitated and immediately realized that now was his best opportunity to perform.
Especially after two days of contact, he knew very well that once he went to Somo's territory, given his status and ability, it would be difficult to have such a alone conversation with Somo again.
Now these days on the ship are the only opportunities for him to show his value.
"In my opinion, Mr. Luo has lost his confidence."
After organizing his words, Lao Zhang said this sentence.
The confidence he talks about is naturally not the confidence to accomplish something, but the confidence in the power to control it.
"The emergence of supernatural forces has caused too many people to lose confidence, especially those who were already very conceited on the earth. The current situation is completely beyond their control and ability."
"They can no longer rekindle their confidence in controlling this power. They are only afraid of the consequences of this power. As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of the well rope for ten years!"
"Boss Luo, if I guess correctly, all these thoughts you had recently came about after your leg was bitten off by a frogman, right?"
After finishing speaking, the two of them looked at Luo You at the same time.
I saw the latter thinking slightly at first, with a slightly tangled expression on his face, and then nodded silently.
"Actually, your current state is the same as Luo Xiang's. You two, father and son, have exactly the same thoughts."
Lao Zhang smiled with emotion and pondered for a while. Maybe he didn't expect that what he said next would become a wise saying sung by countless people and gods.
Even after hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of years, it still hasn't stopped.
"If the awe and fear of power are greater than desire, you will lose the confidence to fight."
"What we have to do is not to reduce fear, but to amplify desire!"
Like a morning bell ringing suddenly in a quiet valley, the clear and profound sound penetrated the mist.
Luo You was stunned.
Sumo was also stunned.
"If there's nothing else, I'll go back first and boil a pot of hot water for you. The tea is already cold."
Realizing that Luo You and Su Mo had not spoken for a long time, both of them lowered their heads in deep thought. Lao Zhang left the deck with a smile.
Until he left the sight of the two of them, his heart was still beating fast, as if it was about to explode.
He vaguely felt that what he had just said seemed to have touched something, completely breaking and confusing some of the original things.
It was a very special feeling, as if he had accomplished some historical mission that was destined to weigh on him.
It is unclear, the way is unclear.
Anyway, it's very magical, exciting, scary, and inexplicable.
"It's not about reducing fear, it's about amplifying desire."
Luo You murmured, but this actually had nothing to do with the question he originally asked.
Lao Zhang did not answer directly what the meaning of living was, but instead raised a new point of view and a new question, thinking that he lost the confidence to live because he was too afraid of power.
In other words, Lao Zhang has already answered the question, but what he answered was the solution.
The final answer needs to be found by Luo You himself.
And this is probably the correct way to solve the problem.
Use the method given by Lao Zhang to find your own line segment, and then walk the entire distance to get the final answer.
"Yes, I have always been afraid to face my own fears and my own answers!"
Luo You suddenly stood up, he was a little excited, and finally began to understand what Su Mo meant before, and also understood the profound meaning that Lao Zhang wanted to express.
When he studies frogmen, he is actually not just interested in their culture or their language.
But he never dared to admit that he longed for the power of aliens and the kind of otherworldly superpowers.
This is because subconsciously, he is very afraid of that kind of power. Perhaps the seeds of fear were planted from the moment the false god Tengu appeared.
This fear is far greater than the desire to control this power.
He was in pain, suffering because he couldn't satisfy his desires but couldn't change them.
The subconscious is also suffering, suffering from the inability to reduce the fear caused by the false god Tengu.
Especially after being bitten by a frogman some time ago, the torture caused by this double pain reached such an extreme that he almost lost confidence in living.
But after thinking about this, Luo You was a little confused again.
Lao Zhang didn't make it clear just now. If you don't reduce your fears, how can you amplify your desires?
Is it necessary to set a desire to become a god? But this completely unrealistic desire seems to have no meaning.
It must be something that you believe in and feel that you can get it one day in order to be counted as a desire, right?
"Lord Ji"
"Luo You."
The two spoke in unison and stopped thinking at the same time.
"You say it first."
"you say."
They all said in unison again, Sumo was no longer polite and simply said directly:
"Let's make a hypothesis. If all scenarios are possible, what kind of future in the wasteland do you think is the most attractive?"
"Of course it is to return to the earth, or restore order, the disaster stops, and this becomes our second place."
Luo You said without thinking, but he stopped on his own initiative before he finished speaking.
"Assume all scenarios are possible?"
Whether it's returning to Earth or turning the wasteland into a second Earth, these are the thoughts of the human survivors at the beginning of the year in the wasteland.
But today, there are indeed many people who do not want to return to that blue planet.
Here they discovered new strength, new goals, and a new meaning of life.
"Yes, you can fantasize as much as you want, don't stick to the current situation."
"It's just a fantasy. Then I think it's better not to return to Earth, just stay in this damn wasteland. Let's decipher the secrets of alien races, study those strange powers, and give every human being a chance to become a god, let alone a disaster.
Well, even the game is capable of killing it.”
"This kind of future may be the most attractive."
Luo You smiled and no longer concealed his true inner desires and thoughts.
"If something like the false god Tengu appears in front of me again, I can kill him with just one slap."
