177. The Curse of the Gods
Grete walked in the street with a deep expression, looking at the blue "sky". He had almost forgotten that this place was actually in a high tower, but Grete had no energy to think about this at the moment.
He still couldn't get out of Antom's words. It was extremely difficult to accept the fact that the living humans in front of him had no souls, because Antom and his daughter had some metal on their bodies, but they still looked familiar to him.
of human beings.
And this brought an extremely strange feeling to Greg, because these phenomena made him realize the meaning behind it - the two souls without flesh and blood who had just spoken to him felt that the things in their skulls were not the same as those in their bodies.
The nervous system is enough to constitute consciousness and intelligence.
In Greg's eyes, what they said seemed to be true. The brain itself, a piece of flesh and blood, could carry personality and consciousness, and this inevitably made him feel profound fear.
As a person with abnormal abilities, Greg didn't know much about the nature and theory of the soul, nor had he seen dead souls with his own eyes, but he was clearly aware of the existence of ghosts. The famous Skywalker once had two resentful soul followers.
Moreover, some powerful telepaths have transcended the constraints of the physical body and can travel through time in a pure spiritual form. They are close to the so-called soul in legend. All these things prove that the soul is the carrier of consciousness.
But Antom spoke as if his flesh and blood alone could think, have memory and personality, and all these things were preserved in his flesh and blood. As long as he performed special rituals, a normal human like him could become a flesh and blood Titan.
The flesh and blood Titan's body structure is very similar to theirs, and Antom even claimed that the flesh and blood on Grek's body at this moment is actually alive.
So what is he?
Is he a soul that can survive after death, or is he a body of flesh and blood that can breathe and exchange matter?
If you still have the same consciousness and personality after undergoing transformation, and if you can think with flesh and blood alone, then what is the soul? Isn't it important that the soul is really what they say it is?
And these thoughts that troubled him finally converged into the last crucial question...
Can he use this to free himself from the shackles of his body?
Greco sat on a chair in front of a pond with a depressed expression. The flesh and blood Titans who saw him were hiding away from each other as if they were seeing monsters, making him look like he had been affected by Antom's words.
Feeling lonely and confused.
But at this moment, he was actually weighing whether there was any chance of escape.
After thinking briefly, he immediately figured out the situation.
First of all, he has no research or understanding of the soul. The other party's words alone are not enough evidence, and they probably want to get the memory and knowledge in their own brains, which is also very reasonable...
Because the other party is a creature without a soul and spirit, his memory cannot be obtained through simple spiritual means.
He couldn't afford the risk.
The bet is his soul, which Greg can barely accept, but the problem is that the bookmakers of this gamble are these flesh and blood Titans, and all the information he has is just heard from their mouths. In this case, the most important thing is that the gambler is his soul.
Even an excellent gambler cannot make a fortune.
And aside from this, the control of Ma En and others who can deprive him of his abnormal power may not be changed by the ritual of transforming into a flesh and blood Titan. What's more, even if he doesn't know whether he is a soul or a body, he can still draw a simple conclusion.
If he is still the same person after the transformation, then the possibility of getting rid of Ma En's control will not be particularly great. And if he is already another living entity after the transformation, then the person who survives will not be the person he is today.
He doesn't think that the consciousness that simply has the same personality and memory is his. If you think about it, you will know that if the consciousness of these flesh and blood titans is composed of cells that do not have uniqueness, then as long as the technology is enough, they can create two identical ones.
The flesh titan.
Then these two copies with the same "consciousness" are definitely not the same creature.
While Greg was meditating in loneliness, crisp footsteps came from behind him.
He turned his head in surprise. After seeing the figure walking towards him clearly, Greg felt relieved again. The person who came was none other than Mira, a beautiful young woman who did not look like a natural human being.
"My appearance seems to be what you expected?" Mira strolled up behind him, jumped over Greco and looked at the pond in front of her.
Greg replied:
"The other flesh and blood Titans seem to be afraid of me. It's obvious that I am the prisoner."
Mira sat down next to him:
"They are not afraid of you, but of the terrifying existence that may be hiding in your body, our birth, the destruction and doomsday we encountered, the near-eternal war, and the turmoil after the break...
"It all comes from the gods that once existed in your body. They personally created our difficult situation today and left many difficulties that are difficult to overcome and solve."
Greg said:
"There's something else in their eyes."
Speaking of this, Mira paused and said:
"They do have some not-so-favorable views on you. After all, you are a flawed version of us. My companions will naturally look down on you. Even my father deeply believes that you are a degraded version of us.
"But in fact, some scholars have put forward some more reasonable views. We infer that although most humans on the ground will not be directly affected by those gods, there may be products of their metabolism in the spiritual realm, and these things will be produced in a rather inconspicuous way.
The way quietly changes you.
"Logically speaking, this kind of influence is actually not under the control of the gods. It's more like your understanding of the world is transforming you twice, but you don't live in a normal mental environment.
"Because although those gods are almost immortal, some of them were actually completely killed a long time ago.
"Almost these dead gods are good gods who voluntarily fought against their former companions, including the God of Kindness and the God of Justice. They voluntarily transformed their bodies into a special state that could cause the death of the gods for use.
Kill the other gods who were trying to enslave mankind at that time.
"And countless years have passed, and almost all the opponents of the good gods have survived. Even if these good gods were lucky enough to escape the massacre of that war, these years are enough to destroy all of them.
"They abandoned immortality.
"After that, kindness and justice have completely died on the ground. You humans can no longer get responses from the gods through justice and kindness, but many other atrocities can get positive encouragement and feedback. The gods are
Corrupting you in a subtle way.
"When the good god died, human beings were already destined to degenerate into the current state of ignorance of morality. Your compatriots who arrived decades ago vividly proved this point of view of scholars to us.
Chapter completed!