Chapter 264 The dimension of immortality!

"Are not you afraid?"

Wang Yuanjing withdrew his hand and asked as he looked at the man hanging upside down in a miserable state.

He knew that the other party had similar means of perception and must have considered the consequences before taking action.

"If it were just the instinct of a living organism, I would undoubtedly be afraid."

Daodiao recovered his breath a little and spoke in a calm tone.

When the two met for the first time, he felt a strong sense of threat from the other party.

He paused, and what he said next puzzled King Nathan beside him.

"The Hanged One was killed by Po Xun, but something survived and continued to struggle under the constraints of the objective world."

"Oh?"

"I'm not a charlatan. Since you call yourself 'Bo Xun', you should know about reincarnation in Buddhism, right?"

He stretched out his hand while hanging upside down, his eyes shining with a strange light.

Wang Yuanjing nodded slightly.

The so-called reincarnation means that sentient beings have been suffering from various afflictions leading to continuous birth and death since time immemorial, because they have no knowledge of the truth about the impermanence of the world, or because of their ignorance of the true nature of life. They have not been able to eliminate them, and have been wandering in the three realms and five destinies, or rotating like a wheel in the six paths, which is the "six paths of reincarnation." One must at least become an Arhat or even a Buddha, otherwise there is no way out.

This is actually the result of Sakyamuni Buddha developing the reincarnation concept of ancient Indian Brahmanism.

In fact, various religious cultures have similar definitions of "reincarnation".

"But what I want to talk about is not what you mean by 'reincarnation'.

“In every cultural context, people have their own conclusions about this matter, and they all believe they are absolutely right.

“But in my case, they may all be valid, but they are not the most basic ones. They just build their own styles based on the basic ones.

"I call it 'subjective' continuity."

Talking while hanging upside down.

Wang Yuanjing remained silent. What he actually wanted to know was what was the relationship between the other party's attack on him and this so-called "subjective continuity"?
King Nathan standing aside had a bewildered look on his face.

"Crack!"

Daodiao thought about it, then stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers.

A purple figure pulled out from his body, and his appearance was exactly the same as his.

"It's a fantasy, but what if he's a person who is exactly like me? What's the difference between him and me?
"'Objectively', he is identical with me, but he is not me because he does not possess my 'subjectivity'.

"'Subjectivity' is the only thing in this world. Even if I admit that you and I have the same subjective perspective, it can only be called 'you', not 'me'."

Wang Yuanjing moved slightly. This tone of argument seemed familiar, as if it was what Daodang said to Bestia in the plot.

However, when Wang Yuanjing actually listened to the other party's long talk face to face, he seemed to have caught something.

suddenly
He chopped hard with his hand upside down, and blood oozed from his white and tender palm, but he didn't care much:
"Like this, I admit that objectively I am in pain, but what about 'you'?"

The purple-haired young man suddenly smiled meaningfully.

"Your mind is dangerous."

Wang Yuanjing had the same expression.

"so what?"

Daodiao said without comment.

Queen Nathan, who was listening in on the situation, was completely confused. She raised her hand with a confused look in her eyes:

"Excuse me, what are you two talking about?"

How come I became confused while talking?

Fortunately, Queen Nathan had not experienced the era before Wang Yuanjing traveled through time when Internet slang was prevalent, otherwise she would definitely say - the Riddler deserves to die!

Daodang turned his eyes to the side and sighed.

He stretched out his finger and drew a horizontal line in the air:
"If we only count the Earth and only count humans, there are about 70 billion individuals in this world. In other words, at this moment, there are 70 billion 'individuals' with subjective perspectives at the same time. This is the horizontal axis.
"What about the vertical axis? Let's calculate it according to the Big Bang theory. From the explosion to the present, the subjective subject has only existed on the vertical axis for a short moment of less than a hundred years.

“From another perspective, the relationship between the subjective and the objective is not equal.

"The death of a life cannot make the 'subjective' disappear. This possibility at least exists. After sorting out this point, from one day on, everything I did revolved around this matter. I wanted to get rid of the constraints of the 'objective' on 'me' as much as possible, and in turn use everything in the objective world to complete the shaping of the subjective 'me'.

“Desires, feelings, emotions, none of these are unique, they are all products of objective conditions, and every decision must be examined to see if it is beneficial to shaping the ‘me’.

"I can adjust my subjective emotions and behaviors without any objective conditions. You can kill me, but I can love you very much, because 'I' do whatever I want.

“In this way, when death comes, the objective part will return to the objective world, but the polished subjectivity will continue in the form of expectation.

“For me, it’s freedom!”

As he spoke further, the yearning in Daodiao's tone became stronger.

Can.
"But didn't you just say you were scared?"

King Nathan asked, raising his hand.

"..."

Daodiao was suddenly speechless.

Wang Yuanjing looked at this scene, a smile flashing in his eyes.

"This shows that my subjective consciousness cannot completely break away from the existence of the objective world, and I am still bound by the instincts of the organism." After thinking about it, Daodiao finally admitted it.

For a long time, after he completely accepted "SP1", few external threats could shake his subjective consciousness.

Even for Sean, a hero who is also a receptor of "sp1" and has developed the full potential of his body, the other party is just a pleasure for him to polish his subjective consciousness in his spare time.

That person is still immersed in the simple worldly concepts of justice and evil, unable to truly discover the existence of his own subjective consciousness.

When facing him, Daodiao was confident of winning even in the aspect of fighting which he was least good at.

But when he saw the person in front of him, he found that things did not seem to be as he had imagined.

I cannot do whatever I want subjectively.

"As an 'individual', I only have one life, and it's gone when I die. Objectively speaking, I'm not sure whether my subjective consciousness will continue after I die.

“This was especially evident when I met you.

"Can you tell me the reason?"

Daodiao asked softly.

The power of an individual is extremely small in front of a country. He doesn't think that the other party can give him this feeling simply because of his individual strength.

No matter how strong you are, you can never be stronger than a large-scale modern army or high-tech weapons such as nuclear bombs.

There must be something in the other person that awakens the feedback of one's own subjective consciousness.

This is the real reason why he took action.

"I told you your idea is dangerous."

Wang Yuanjing shook his head, turned around and prepared to leave. The dissatisfaction in his heart had long disappeared in the fight just now.

There was a flash of anxiety in Daodang's eyes:
"Answer me, have you already embarked on this path?"

There was an imperceptible sluggishness in Wang Yuanjing's body, which was keenly noticed by Daodiao, and he suddenly shook his body.

The guess in my mind was finally verified at this moment.

"Hahahahahaha!"

Hearing the ecstatic laughter coming from behind, Wang Yuanjing's body was sucked into the whirlpool and disappeared from their sight.

Return to the royal city again.

Wang Yuanjing took out the Book of Runes that he had studied halfway before, and his eyes suddenly became deep:
"Subjective consciousness and the objective world? Interesting."

The inverted hanging theory gave him new inspiration.

What is subjective?

What is objectivity?

Is the boundary between the two really as clear as the other side says?
If so, then what category should "Xu" be classified into? There is also the innate ancestral qi when a person is born.
Are these things subjective or objective?
Who has really seen, felt and manipulated these things? Since no one has done this, how can they be classified?

If we have to categorize it, perhaps it would be more appropriate to describe it as the unity of subjective and objective.

"If I die? Will my subjective consciousness be preserved?"

Wang Yuanjing suddenly remembered the question that Daodiao asked before leaving.

After pondering for a long time, he finally shook his head.

He didn't know the answer either.

Just like what the Hanged Man said, people only have one life.

If you don't really push open that door, you'll never know what the outcome will be?

but
“Maybe I’m on that path.”

Wang Yuanjing gave a meaningful smile.

This is what Daodiao wants to prove.
He mastered more secrets and had a vague image of "immortal" in his mind.

"Why are there so many legends about becoming immortals in ancient times? Even Zhuge Kongming could sense the existence of that road. What is certain is that immortals must exist."

Wang Yuanjing's tone was firm.

If immortals do not exist, who was the person who preached to him in Yongle Palace?

But why are there no traces of immortals in the real world? Are all these immortals dead? Even immortals cannot live forever?

No.
This possibility cannot be ruled out, and even the fact that Yongle Palace preached for him can be attributed to the existence of some kind of Taoist fruit.

But Wang Yuanjing's intuition told him that this was not the case.

In comparison, he is more inclined to believe that the immortals are still alive in this world, but they live in a higher dimension.

"The continuation of subjective consciousness means that it is no longer bound by the objective world, but can also break away from the existence of the objective world and even manipulate the changes of the objective world to a certain extent."

Wang Yuanjing murmured in his heart.

If this guy hanging upside down also lived in the same Eastern land with him, perhaps he would have his own answer.

Even so, he may not be far from being "right".

But another question follows: since immortals exist, how can one become one of them?

Have you completely completed the return to the void? Have your essence, energy and spirit completely merged into one and achieved the complete unity of the subjective and the objective?

Maybe it's not enough.
(End of this chapter)