Chapter 429: Science and the Occult
In the afternoon, when Liu Pian went back to school, she vaguely heard a classmate discussing witches in class.
"The three missing people don't seem to have been found. β
"I heard that, I also heard that the police have intervened, they went to search in the mountains, and they didn't find the body, only some video equipment. β
"Wouldn't they? Were they really secretly killed by witches?"
"Bullshit, how can there be a witch?"
"Why can't it be? I've looked it up on the Internet, and there have always been witch legends in that town, hundreds of years ago. Those three unlucky guys went there to shoot a documentary because of the witch, and maybe they were actually captured by the witch. β
"Uh... Perhaps, but I still don't want to believe in witches. β
"I don't believe it either, but it's all too real. β
"Really? Are you sure they actually went to town? Maybe it's a rumor. β
β... This one... , look at it again, it will always be investigated. β
At this time, the teacher noticed the two whispering, frowned, and showed displeasure.
"Lucy, Marry!" the teacher called on the names of the two, "I see that you are having a good chat, would you like to tell everyone about the topic you discussed?"
Lucy smiled awkwardly, "Teacher, although I'd love to share, it's not something worth discussing. β
"It's okay, you say. β
"Uh... We're talking about witches. β
"Witch?" the teacher's expression instantly stiffened.
Many of the classmates were also shouting and seemed to have heard about it.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little wrong, the teacher said sharply: "This is indeed not a topic worth discussing.
Recently, there have been some superstitious things circulating on campus, and I hope everyone will stay sane and not be blinded by rumors. β
The students nodded yes, but many people's eyes were still full of doubts.
I always feel that this matter is not as simple as superstition.
Liu Pian sat at the back, taking in everything, and a shallow smile was raised at the corner of her mouth.
.....
"The program is progressing very well. β
In the evening, in a restaurant outside the school, Liu Pian and Zhou Mulan sat opposite each other, and Xiao Min sat next to Liu Pian and listened to the discussion.
Zhou Mulan sighed: "I didn't believe that anyone would believe in this kind of ghost thing before, but now I believe it, some people really don't even have a little opinion, listening to the wind is rain, and they really think that witches exist." You don't know, my roommate has been talking to me about witches all day today, and she not only thinks witches are real, but she also admires the courage of the three Jesses, oh, she looks like a fool in my eyes, and I can't help but tell her the truth. β
Liu Pian thought of the events in the afternoon class, and couldn't help but smile dumbly, "The situation on my side is similar, some people are still discussing witches in class. β
"Me too. Xiao Min said speechlessly, "If I hadn't known your plan in advance, I guess I would have been brainwashed by those fanatics by now." Your plan has worked, very successfully, at least for now, so that USC, so many students at this top university who have received a modern elite education, believe your lies. β
Zhou Mulan looked at Liu Pian playfully, "No, this is a lie that Liu Pian came up with alone, I'm not that crazy, I didn't think about deceiving so many audiences." β
She looked at Xiao Min again, "Your boyfriend is a big liar, you should pay more attention, don't be deceived by his nonsense." β
Liu Pian rolled her eyes, this girl is sowing discord.
Xiao Min shook his head and smiled, "Sometimes the truth is too cruel, I'd rather listen to some lies." β
The corners of Zhou Mulan's mouth twitched and shrugged, "Okay, you husband and wife worked together, which made me feel the sour smell of love." β
Liu Pian asked rhetorically, "You can go to Liu Yi, that guy is filming in Xiangjiang now." β
"Him. Zhou Mulan's eyebrows added a smile, "He said that after he finished filming, he would come to Los Angeles to see me." β
Liu Pian raised her eyebrows, "Then you have to be careful, a man's words may not be true, his plane may have to fly in the sky for a year before landing in Los Angeles." β
Zhou Mulan glanced at Liu Pian angrily, "That's all your fault, Liu Yi must have learned to lie with you." β
Liu Pian: "....."
Liu Teddy, that guy lied and still wants me to teach him? Damn, he is more powerful at deceiving women, okay?
.......
At the moment, the school of Nanda is in charge.
Notices of the three Jesse's disappearances were posted in Los Angeles, especially in USC, which was more dense. This has now spread in the mouths of the students, and the school will certainly not turn a blind eye.
In fact, after seeing those gruesome notices, many teachers have reacted to the school more than once, hoping that the school can take action to nip this unhealthy trend in the bud as soon as possible.
But this is just a rumor, just a topic of discussion on the lips of students, and it can't be forbidden at all, so you can't keep the students' mouths shut, right?
Now, the USC side has torn up all the missing person notices around the campus, but this is useless, the news has already spread, and it can't stop everyone's mouth at all.
If you want to talk about elite students with high academic qualifications and people with low culture, who is more likely to accept these rumors, many people feel that the lower the culture, the easier it is to be fooled. Coincidentally, this is not really the case. The easiest to be fooled, the easiest to follow, happens to be these students. Students are too receptive, and it is easier to follow the trend and be fooled.
This is true in China, and the United States is no exception.
Education and the difficulty of being fooled really have nothing to do with half a dime, which is more related to age and experience.
Maybe it's hard to fool students by discussing their courses and majors. But the witch thing is occult, it's supernatural, it's something that all humans haven't fully figured out. Whether supernatural things exist or not, this is an idealist thing, you believe and deny are subjective thoughts, objectively, who knows?
Who knows if God and Buddha exist? At least those religionists will not renounce their faith. It just so happens that in Europe and the United States, many people, including students, are religious. On the contrary, Huaxia, a place that was super superstitious in ancient times, has lost a lot of faith in today, and has lost a lot of things in just one or two hundred years.
Science and materialism lead the progress of human civilization, and idealism and belief bind and regulate human beings in terms of spiritual morality and code of conduct.
Perhaps, Europeans and Americans are more receptive to the existence of supernatural forces than Chinese.
For example: witches.
......
The witch website established by Universal behind the scenes has attracted a lot of netizens so far, and many melon-eating friends have come to this website after learning about witches, and then under the guidance of some "caring people".
Here, they saw mysterious cases that had actually appeared in history, and saw the legend of witches that had been circulating in the town of Maryland for hundreds of years. Although there is no definite evidence of the existence of witches, let alone photos and videos, the source of all clues points to witches.
In just over half a month, the number of visits to the website has increased day by day, and thousands of netizens here every day discuss witches, or tell about the supernatural rumors they have personally experienced and heard.
It's a bit like a supernatural forum, with countless weird legends scattered here.
γThe Secret Story of the Maryland Witchγ
[What a Bouzwille Man Sees: Witches, Real!]
[Ellie Cayward: An Evil Witch!]
[Do witches really exist?]
When you open the website, it's full of similar posts, as well as other supernatural events that have nothing to do with witches.
But the most striking thing is the mysterious disappearance of the three Jesses on the homepage.
The headshots of the three people, like posthumous portraits, remind netizens who come to browse all the time: three people are missing now, and the culprit is likely to be a witch!
"Can anyone tell me if this shit witch disappearance is true or not!"
"Of course it's true. β
"Fake. β
"Who knows? But all I can tell you is that these three men are missing. β
"Friend, you need to have your own opinions, to trust your own judgment. In fact, no one knows if a witch was responsible for their disappearance. β
"Isn't that enough to prove that witches don't exist? You want to tell me that so many legends about witches in Maryland town are all in vain? No, as a local, as someone who grew up listening to these legends, I can tell you that witches probably don't exist only in legends. Most of these three people were killed by witches. β
"But no one sees a witch, does they?"
"No, there are old people in the local area who have seen it. β
"Does he have any evidence? A picture of a witch would do. β
"Not really. β
"So what? I keep my opinion, witches don't exist!"
Liu Pian browsed these posts and watched with interest as netizens quarreled around, but no one could prove the existence of witches, nor could they prove that witches...
Non-existent!
This is the most troublesome thing, just like SchrΓΆdinger's cat, without opening the box, you never know if the cat is dead. No one can prove the existence of witches without conclusive evidence.
Some people say that we have to believe in science, not superstition, and that there is no such thing as a witch who does not need to be proven, she just does not exist. But there are also people who say that science has not yet developed to explain everything, and even the mysteries of the human body itself have not been studied clearly, so how can we explain supernatural powers?
This struggle has risen to the point where even Liu Pian is ashamed.
The existence of a witch has turned into a struggle between science and the occult.
At this time, Liu Pian suddenly flipped to a post, and it was a live post.
"Anchor?" Liu Pian was stunned, "Maryland's anchor personally went to the small town of Buzizville to decrypt the witch?"
Liu Pian's eyes widened, "This really doesn't make a big deal out of it." β
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