Returning to the base, Yougege met a calm-looking Masato Qingshui in the general command center of the base.
She must have known about t's departure, but Yougege hasn't figured out how to persuade her to reconcile with her family yet.
"Before Hanako leaves, let me give this to you." Yougege took out a memory core from his pocket and handed it to Masato Shimizu.
After taking it, Qingshui Masato asked calmly: "What about me? Where do you want me to go?"
Yougege was stunned for a moment, then asked with a somewhat embarrassed smile: "Why do you suddenly ask such a question?"
"Isn't this what you arranged from the beginning? I feel like everything is going according to the steps." Masato Qingmizu said with a self-deprecating smile: "I have been running away from this feeling since I was born, but in the end...
…It turns out I was always where I was.”
"Ya Ren, it's not what you think. I don't intend to let you go anywhere, but..."
"Just what?"
"Have you ever thought about where you are going?" Yougege asked.
Qingshui Masato frowned, then found a seat and sat down casually.
The "people coming and going" in the general command center are just busy simulated by the illusory mimetic vision, which looks very unnatural.
"I've thought about it... I've thought about hiding my name, I've thought about finding a caring boy to get married, then raising a dog, having a child, and then living an ordinary life... That's about it." After Masato Shimizu finished speaking, I denied it.
Said: "But then I thought about it... Is this kind of life with such heavy social attributes really what I pursue and yearn for? Be it love... be it family... after all, it's not all about this society.
Is it imposed on an individual? Is this any different from my family giving birth to me, and then telling me that you want to be called the bride of 'god', that you want to combine with them, and then dedicate yourself to the entire family? Why do people want to live?
Have to be so tired?”
Yougege looked at Qingshui Masato quietly. She was not in a hurry to answer, nor did she intend to answer.
Qingshui Masato calmed down for a while and then said: "Forget it, just think that I am out of control and talking crazy...you don't have to worry about it."
Yougege said calmly: "Forefathers planted trees for future generations to enjoy the shade. This was a saying often said by the elderly in my era... But then the whole society began to think about the relationship and meaning between people and society.
Few people have begun to understand that it is impossible to achieve social success even if they spend their whole lives, so they choose a low-desire lifestyle in order to get rid of and escape from the social responsibilities and social attributes that this society imposes on them... But do you want to
Have you ever been able to stand here and say these things today, not because you are an independent thinking individual, but because you were born in society itself, you are like a child of society, and now you are cursing society in turn
I give you too many constraints... Let me ask you, in the era of war and chaos, if everyone ignored the righteousness, abandoned social attributes and sought true liberation, then there would be no successors...
…”
"Don't tell me these big things..."
"This is not a great truth!" Yougege suddenly emphasized her tone, and she said in a deep voice: "This is not a great truth, but something that you, as a human being, as a person living in the world, must understand! Don't give up on your own desires.
I'm looking for an excuse! Why do generations of predecessors go on and on for what? Just to make a certain generation succumb to the analgesia of an era? I don't mean to talk nonsense to you, I just want to ask you, what do you really want? Here.
Are you in heaven? Or will you be thrown into hell? Those are all empty fantasies. This is the human world, you have to figure it out for yourself how to live."
Qingshui Masato was obviously shocked by Yu Gege's sudden burst of momentum and remained silent for a long time.
Yougege walked to the high platform of the general command platform. Standing there, he could see the shocking pale Antarctic continent faintly visible in the darkness.
"Yes... Since my time, mankind has seemed to have entered a dead end. The political structure has gradually lost its control over society. A large amount of materials have been wasted. The golden age we expected has not come yet... Everyone is desperate
...There are countless people who are eager to climb... It was an era with no way forward, but have you ever thought about why so many people just want to ridicule and give up, but no one really stands up?
I consider myself an ordinary person and place myself at the bottom of the society. I don’t speak out and just submit. To put it bluntly, I am afraid of death and loss... I am confused... What is mediocre is not what the whole society gives you, it is your own choice.
’s... just like your family, it was indeed born from a freak accident... For you, marrying a 'god' is unfair... There is no need for you to think about whether your choice to escape is right or wrong...
But do you know? The world is not either/or, and right and wrong are not so easy to explain... Do you think Qingshui Huan really did something wrong? Did you really do something right?" Yougege suddenly became very angry.
, the reasonless anger, just like the anger and sadness she felt when she wrote that famous book.
Masato Shimizu was silent.
"Just now a friend who I have known for many years told me... why do you still care so much about this skin? You should think about things other than the skin... After thinking about it, what do you mean by things other than the skin?" You Gege said.
Sit on the high platform next to the window.
As long as there is a strong enough insulation layer in time, the coldness of this world without the "sun" can still penetrate it and reach the palm of Yougege's hand.
"I want to have a chat with you today. You might as well let go and think about it. What do you mean by things other than skin?" You Gege turned around and asked Masato Shimizu.
Masato Qingshui thought for a while and then replied: "Maybe... it's some kind of spiritual awakening?"
"Hmm... maybe that's a good answer." Yougege paused and said, "I still remember that when I first established the Department of National Security, countries around the world were still pursuing economic experientialism, which aimed to improve people's understanding of society through economic development.
The types and standards of life experience... are like a grand carnival after peace, everyone is immersed in it and can't extricate themselves... Thinking about it this way, maybe things outside the skin refer to things other than this experience, at the spiritual level.
Pursue it..."
Qingshui Masato was a little confused. She looked at Yougege: "Are you also confused?"
Yougege smiled bitterly: "Of course, I am not an omniscient and omnipotent god. I am just a mortal. I have just lived longer than many people. There are things I don't understand, or things that make me trapped in them that I don't want.
It’s normal…”
Qingshui Masato sighed softly: "You are really impressive..."
Yougege smiled and ignored Qingshui Masato's slightly strange comment.
"Actually... I don't want to run away, but... I don't know how to reconcile with my family. You should know that, right? What has the Qingshui family been doing in these years... Do I have to go back and be honest?
Is it okay to accept the family's arrangement?" Masato Shimizu was very distressed.
Yougege said: "Takahashi Yinzi has already released your shackles. Now even if you are willing to go back and help Qingshui Huan, you will not be able to continue on the same old path. What's more... the problems the Qingshui family is facing now are not
It is just a question of family continuation, but a question of whether he will become the biggest sinner in human history... No matter how strong the hunting moon is, and no matter how hard Luo Baoer tries his best, it is impossible to fight against Yaramsi... You should have already done this
Clear."
"Yaramus...yes...manpower is limited after all, but is there really no other way?" Masato Shimizu felt desperate.
"Yes, I will show you two paths, you can choose your own." You Gege said.
Masato Shimizu was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "We're in a good relationship. You've been saying it for so long and you're just waiting for me to take the bait?"
"Not bad, your tone really sounds like old Beijing? Did Natsume teach you that?"
Qingshui Masato had a strange look on his face when he heard this, and Yugege understood better and stopped talking about Natsume.
"One is to go to the sky, and the other is to go to the earth." Yougege said: "Going to the sky is to go to Mars, and going to the earth to find the 'key of checks and balances' left by the Coibo civilization at the place of origin. Both roads are narrow escapes. Of course you
You can also choose not to."
Masato Shimizu frowned and said, "Go to Mars? Why go to Mars?"
"It seems that Qingshui Huan did not tell you all the plans." Yougege was a little embarrassed. After thinking about it, she said: "The Qingshui family also learned some things about the origin through their contact with the 'old gods' over the years.
, things that transcend and go up to the Yuan civilization, it is probably clear that if you want to deal with these gods, you must first get in touch with the 'divine nature'."
"Divinity?!" Masato Shimizu felt uncomfortable when he heard this word.
"Yes, 'divine nature' itself is neither good nor bad. The key lies in how individual human nature can be reconciled... What happened in Xiongan seems to be a complete tragedy... But as far as I know, there is a
After being infected with divinity, the girl named Zhang Miao not only regained control of her humanity and self-awareness, but also learned how to control the power of divinity... This proves that 'divinity' is not completely poisonous to humans."
Yougege's words are more rational.
But Masato Qingmizu couldn't listen rationally.
She smiled miserably: "Yes...more than a million people tried the poison and finally succeeded in becoming Zhang Miao. This 'divine nature' is indeed not poison..."
Yougege glanced at Qingshui Masato and knew that this little girl had not really experienced the pain of life and death like T, so she did not struggle with her on this point.
"No matter how you say it, 'divine nature' is poison, but in its current form, it can only fight poison with poison... If humans can't master enough power, how can they compete with 'gods'? So... your family opens
They used the practical method to create a small society on Mars using the checks and balances between the 'divinities.'" Yougege couldn't help but sigh when he said this: "But what surprised me the most is that they can actually do that so accurately.
The girl is trapped..."
"who?"
"Xian Qianhua." You Gege said.
Qingshui Masato was surprised: "Who are you talking about!?"
"You know her?"
We don't just know Masato Shimizu! We have a creepy feeling!
"She is me...my...male...uh...a colleague of a very good friend of mine. I had indirect contact with her in my friend's life diary!" Masato Shimizu touched her unconsciously after finishing speaking.
I touched my arms and felt goosebumps rising.
Yougege was also surprised, and then slowly calmed down: "So that's it... It seems that I was still careless. I originally prepared two ways for you, but now it seems that you are the only one to go to Mars.
Already."
Masato Qingshui asked in confusion: "Why do you say it's me?"
Yougege smiled ambiguously: "The very important friend you mentioned, if I know the situation well, should be named Yan Sichen!"
"Ah!? You! You know all this?" Qingshui Masato, who even turned into you in his excitement, felt a little horrified by Yougege's "understanding".
Yougege said calmly: "This century and a half has not been in vain, but there are still some omissions in what I know. Just like just now, if you hadn't remembered this girl named Xian Qianhua, I really didn't expect that you would be Yan Sichen's daughter.
friend."
It was normal to hear the first half of the sentence, but when she heard the word "girlfriend" at the end, Yougege's face suddenly turned red. She hesitated and said: "No... I'm not his girlfriend."
Well...he has never officially confessed his love to me!"
Youge Ge curled his lips when he heard this and couldn't help teasing: "But at the end of every article about life, I have the sentence 'The moonlight is so beautiful tonight'. Isn't this the most direct confession?"
Masato Shimizu blinked when he heard this, obviously not understanding the relationship between this sentence and confession.
Yougege was speechless and couldn't explain directly, so he changed his words: "No matter what your relationship is with Yan Sichen... If I tell you that he is very likely to be alive and on Mars, will you be willing to do it for me?"
Is your lover brother going to take a desperate risk?"
Masato Shimizu replied almost without hesitation: "Yes!"
But as soon as she said the words, she saw Yougege's ambiguous smile, and her face turned even redder.
Yougege didn't deliberately make things difficult for this young girl who was just starting to fall in love. Thinking about it, it was really a beautiful thing, and she even felt a little bit more envious in her heart.
"It's best if you are willing, but this operation is indeed very dangerous. You should also know that the first central axis is in a mess caused by Takahashi Yinji's people. The original launch platform is almost paralyzed. Now we
The only rocket that can send you to Mars is hidden in Africa, and Africa is at war...so...you have to be mentally prepared, this will not be an interesting trip." Yougege said solemnly.
Qingshui Masato nodded seriously when she heard this, but what she cared about more was...
"Can I really do it? Is it really okay to leave such an important matter to me?"
After thinking about it, Yougege smiled and said: "It's not up to me. I once had many choices, all of which seemed better than yours. But now they have either become traitors or have died."
In a corner... So, I really don’t have many cards in my hand.”