"Mr. Yin Weijian, I'm sorry, this is bad news. Your old friend Academician Huo Xing has a serious mental disorder today, and he is completely insane, and he has been sent to the Chrono Psychiatric Hospital for treatment. —11:21 p.m., January 12, 2112. ”

The message Tang Xiaosheng received was automatically sent by the Chrono Psychiatric Hospital. When he saw the content of the message, he couldn't help frowning, and he was surprised.

"What's wrong?" Xiaolongnu noticed that Tang Xiaosheng's performance was a little abnormal, so she asked.

Tang Xiaosheng said truthfully: "I just received a message from the Chrono Psychiatric Hospital, saying that Academician Huo Xing is crazy. ”

"Huo Lao is crazy?"

"Yes. I would now like to go to a psychiatric hospital to find out what is going on. ”

In recent years, Tang Xiaosheng's field of research has undergone some changes, shifting from cosmology to "exotic energy", and he spends most of his time studying "exotic energy". Unlike him, Academician Huo Xing has always focused on the study of cosmology.

Due to the different fields of research, Tang Xiaosheng has less and less time to contact with Academician Huo Xing. Especially in the past year, Tang Xiaosheng felt that he had not seen Academician Huo Xing.

After learning the news that Academician Huo Xing had gone crazy, Tang Xiaosheng decided to visit him in a psychiatric hospital immediately. Zixia is the chief medical expert of the Chrono Science and Technology City, and she accompanied her.

Located in Xicheng District, Chaokong Science and Technology City, Chaokong Psychiatric Hospital is a highly intelligent hospital, most of the work in the hospital is completed by intelligent medical systems or machines, and there are not many doctors.

But. In the past nearly 100 years, Academician Huo Xing has made great contributions to the science of the universe of mankind, won the Nobel Prize three times, is a meritorious academician of science of the Union State, and enjoys the highest medical treatment in the Union State.

Therefore, when Academician Huo Xing was admitted to the psychiatric hospital, the director of the hospital and several top medical experts personally came forward to diagnose Academician Huo Xing.

After arriving at the hospital, Tang Xiaosheng directly found the director of the hospital and asked him about Academician Huo Xing's condition. After some careful inquiry. He finally knew what was going on.

Originally. At the beginning of last year, that is, in January 2111, Academician Huo Xing once submitted an application to the First Hospital of Chao Space, taking the initiative to ask to be infected with the "frozen worm" virus. I want to use this virus to put myself into a deep sleep.

Academician Huo Xing was born in 1970. He was 141 years old in 2111. He felt that his body was getting worse and worse, and he was afraid that he would not live long. So, in 2111. He decided to be infected with the "Frozen Worm" virus and fell asleep for a while.

Although Academician Huo Xing knew that he would lose part of his memory after being infected with "frozen worms", he felt that as long as he could prolong his life, it was worth losing a little memory.

At his strong request, on January 11, 2111, doctors from the First Hospital of Chaokong injected Academician Huo Xing with the "Frozen Worm" virus. After the virus injection, Academician Huo Xing soon lost consciousness, and his whole body became very cold, as if he was frozen.

In this way, Academician Huo Xing entered a state of deep sleep, and he slept for a year.

Before the injection of the "frozen worm" virus, Academician Huo Xing signed an agreement with the hospital, asking the hospital to let him wake up after one year, and he only needed to sleep for a year.

So, a year later, on January 12, 2112, that is, this morning, according to the original agreement, the hospital helped Academician Huo Xing remove the "frozen worm" virus from his body.

After the virus was cleared, Academician Huo Xing woke up this morning and regained consciousness.

However, what people didn't expect was that after Academician Huo Xing woke up, he became delirious, began to talk nonsense, his thinking was confused, and he was completely in a state of insanity, sometimes very low, sometimes very excited, and looked like a madman.

After discovering this situation, in the evening of this evening, Academician Huo Xing was sent to the Chrono Psychiatric Hospital for treatment, and it was also at this time that Tang Xiaosheng received a notification message from the psychiatric hospital.

After learning about these situations, Tang Xiaosheng did not stay too long, and immediately went to Academician Huo Xing's ward.

When he entered the ward, Tang Xiaosheng saw at a glance that there was an old man with white hair and a wrinkled face in the ward, the old man was standing on a chair, grinning crookedly, smirking twice from time to time, and whispering to himself in his mouth, because his language was vague, it was difficult for outsiders to understand.

This old man who was standing on the chair and behaved a little abnormally was none other than Academician Huo Xing.

"Huo Lao? How did you get on the chair? Seeing this, Tang Xiaosheng stepped forward and asked.

It's a pity that Academician Huo Xing turned a blind eye to Tang Xiaosheng's greetings, as if he didn't see him, he didn't even turn his head, and just cared about doing his own thing. He continued to stand in his chair, giggling happily as he muttered something.

Seeing this, Tang Xiaosheng was basically sure that Academician Huo Xing was really crazy.

Tang Xiaosheng had spent some time in a psychiatric hospital and was very familiar with the state of the mentally ill, and Academician Huo Xing was now showing exactly the same symptoms as the mentally ill, and he was obviously crazy.

It's just that Tang Xiaosheng is puzzled, how could Academician Huo Xing suddenly go crazy?

Just as he was thinking, at this time, there was a sound of footsteps, and then he saw a familiar figure walk into the ward, and it was Zixia.

After Zixia accompanied Tang Xiaosheng to the psychiatric hospital tonight, she went to the hospital's medical system center to check the data on Academician Huo Xing's condition.

Seeing Zixia coming, Tang Xiaosheng asked, "Zixia, what's the situation?" Has the cause of Huo Lao's illness been found? ”

Zixia stepped forward and explained: "The hospital has conducted a detailed scan of Academician Huo Xing's brain and found that there is a problem with his memory system, and some memories are frozen. ”

Academician Huo Xing was actively infected with the "Frozen Worm" virus last year, and it is not surprising that some of his memories will be frozen.

It's just that Tang Xiaosheng still didn't understand a little, and he asked: "Even if ordinary people are infected with 'frozen worms', they only lose part of their memories. Mental health is still normal. Why did Academician Huo Xing become insane and become a madman after being infected with the 'frozen worm'? ”

Zixia said: "The reason is very simple, this is because the degree of correlation between these knowledge in Academician Huo Xing's memory is too high, and when part of the memory is lost, it will have a significant impact on its entire memory system, resulting in mental confusion. ”

The knowledge points that ordinary people remember in their minds are usually relatively scattered, and the connection between these knowledge points is not too close. In this case, even part of the memory is lost. It doesn't have much impact on the mental state of the average person.

The situation of Academician Huo Xing is different. Since he had studied "Yin's Multiverse Theory", the various knowledge in his mind was highly interrelated and highly integrated, and the relationship between knowledge points and knowledge points was very close. Inseparable. So. When some of the knowledge in his mind was suddenly frozen. Just as a structurally sophisticated edifice is suddenly stripped of some of its facilities, it is likely to cause the entire edifice to collapse.

It is precisely because of this that Academician Huo Xing was partially frozen in his memory by the "Frozen Worm". Immediately there was a serious problem with the mind, and the mind became a little confused.

To cure Academician Huo Xing's mental illness, he can only find a way to awaken his memory of being frozen by the "Frozen Worm".

Hearing this, Tang Xiaosheng also roughly understood the situation, and said: "At present, human medicine has not found a way to awaken the frozen memory, isn't Academician Huo Xing going to be so crazy all the time?" ”

Zixia sighed and said helplessly: "This can't be helped. We have been studying the issue of soul revival for more than ten years, and we still have found nothing. ”

Decades ago, after Tang Xueen's soul was refined into a Soul Pill, her consciousness was also frozen. Since then, Tang Xiaosheng has been trying to find a way to revive his soul for the past few decades. And Tang Xiaosheng himself actually has eight souls in his body that have been refined into soul pills, Zixia, Xiaolongnu, Zhao Min and others have also tried various methods over the years, hoping to awaken these eight souls.

Unfortunately, all attempts were unsuccessful, and none of them found a proven way to revive the soul.

The situation of Academician Huo Xing's memory being frozen by the "Frozen Worm" is very similar to the situation where the soul is refined into a Soul Pill, and there will be a temporary loss of memory or consciousness.

The souls of the eight soul pills in Tang Xiaosheng's body had been sleeping for nearly a hundred years, and they had not been able to wake up until now, so it was unknown when Academician Huo Xing's frozen memories would be restored.

"Haha

While they were chatting, there was a burst of laughter in the ward.

Hearing the voice, Tang Xiaosheng and Zixia followed the prestige at the same time, and found that the person who laughed turned out to be Academician Huo Xing.

Academician Huo Xing had already gotten down from his chair at some point and stood on a higher table. What's even more strange is that he still has a paper book in his hand, putting it in front of him, and is reading it intently. He laughed wildly as he read the book in his hand, and he did not seem to be in good spirits.

Today, in 2112, e-books have long become the main medium for carrying knowledge, and paper books have been completely eliminated in more than 20 years, and can only be seen in history museums.

Now seeing that Academician Huo Xing was holding a paper book in his hand, Tang Xiaosheng couldn't help but be a little curious, and after careful identification, he found that the book in Academician Huo Xing's hand was a philosophy book, called "The Meaning of Madness: Nietzsche's Superhuman Philosophy".

When he saw the title of this book, Tang Xiaosheng suddenly remembered the scene when he first met Academician Huo Xing more than 80 years ago.

In 2028, when Tang Xiaosheng met with Academician Huo Xing for the first time, Academician Huo Xing was holding a book and reading it with relish, and the book that Academician Huo Xing was reading at that time was this "The Meaning of Madness: Nietzsche's Superman Philosophy".

After more than 80 years, Academician Huo Xing was suddenly reading this book again, and Tang Xiaosheng couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"Haha

At this time, Academician Huo Xing, who was standing on the table, suddenly laughed again, his face showed ecstasy, and his whole mental state was extremely excited, and he was almost about to jump up from the table, as if he had seen something in the book that excited him.

Seeing this, Tang Xiaosheng stepped forward quickly, walked to the table, and persuaded: "Huo Lao, if you want to read, you can go to the bed to read, don't stand on the table, it's too dangerous." ”

Academician Huo Xing turned a deaf ear to his reminder, as if he hadn't heard it at all, and continued to stand on the table and look at the philosophy book in his hand with great concentration, the more he read, the more excited he became. The face was full of exaggerated ecstasy, and the whole person seemed to be ignited, full of passion, almost difficult to suppress.

If this continues, Tang Xiaosheng is really worried that Academician Huo Xing will accidentally fall off the table, and at that time, the consequences will be unimaginable, after all, Academician Huo Xing is more than 140 years old.

Thinking of this, Tang Xiaosheng stretched out his right hand and grabbed Academician Huo Xing's arm. Ready to pull him off the table.

Unexpectedly. But he was strongly resisted by Huo Xing, he forcibly broke free of Tang Xiaosheng's hand, his eyes were round, and he glared at Tang Xiaosheng angrily. Seems a little angry. A moment later. The anger on his face instantly turned into a smile again, and he smirked happily and said, "Do you know who I am?" ”

Hear the words. Tang Xiaosheng couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't know why Academician Huo Xing suddenly asked such a strange question, but the words of mental patients were often illogical, so he didn't care, but continued to persuade: "Huo Lao, you get off the table first." ”

Academician Huo Xing didn't seem to hear what Tang Xiaosheng was saying at all, he just squatted down and said to Tang Xiaosheng mysteriously: "Let me tell you a secret, in fact, I am Superman." ”

"Superman?" Tang Xiaosheng's brows moved slightly.

Academician Huo Xing asked again: "What is Superman?" ”

Tang Xiaosheng shook his head: "I don't know what to do." ”

"Haha A mortal is a mortal! Haha Even Superman doesn't know what to do! Haha ”

After speaking, Academician Huo Xing suddenly burst into an unrestrained laugh, and then, without warning, with an uproar, he suddenly stood up, held his head high, held his chest high, his face sank, and said in a righteous and awe-inspiring voice, "The so-called superman is the strong who surpasses himself and the weak." Superman must be able to fully express himself and dominate mediocrity; The superman is the criterion of truth and morality, and the creator of norms and values; Superman is adventurous, fearless, and able to face any challenge. ”

The more Academician Huo Xing spoke, the more excited he became, and he suddenly took a step forward, walked to the edge of the table, and continued to say loudly: "Superman has to face the greatest suffering of all mankind, and can rise strongly from the pain, and reach the pinnacle of mankind with an indomitable iron will, standing above the entire human race. Superman has to face the greatest hope of all mankind, and in the ocean of hope, he is the only guiding light. Superman is proud of everything, he is the most transcendent existence, but also the loneliest existence...... Yes!! ”

When he said this, Academician Huo Xing suddenly took another step forward, stepped directly out of the table with his right leg, stepped on the air, and his body instantly lost his balance and fell directly off the table.

Seeing this, Tang Xiaosheng pushed his palm, and a true qi shot out of the air, wrapping Huo Xing's body that fell in a hurry, and sending him to the ground steadily.

It's a false alarm.

After falling from the table to the ground, Academician Huo Xing still did not stop, and continued to talk about Nietzsche's philosophy of superman, the more he talked, the more energetic he became, the more excited he became, as if he had been injected with stimulants, his whole face was flushed, his hands were dancing, he looked very crazy, he continued to say loudly with foam: "Superman has to endure the most intense and painful torment, and only the most painful genius has the most hope of becoming a superman." Superman's mission is to create the world, to create the non-existent, to create the impossible. Superman must move forward with indomitable courage and overcome obstacles until he reaches the other side of the truth......"

Whoosh!

When he said this, Tang Xiaosheng raised his right hand, and two internal energies shot out, directly injecting into the "Jizhong Acupoint" on Academician Huo Xing's chest, sealing his faint acupoint and making him unconscious.

Academician Huo Xing's state was too abnormal, his mood was too excited, Tang Xiaosheng was worried that Huo Xing was old, and if he continued to be so excited, something would likely happen, so he sealed his acupuncture points and let him sleep for a while.

After being sealed in the acupoint, Academician Huo Xing lay down on a hospital bed and fell asleep quietly.

After that, Tang Xiaosheng and Zixia left the hospital together, and before leaving, they specially instructed two female nurses from the hospital to help take care of Academician Huo Xing.

When they left the psychiatric hospital, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening, and Xiaolongnu and the others were still on the top of the light, so Tang Xiaosheng and Zixia decided to return to the top of the light.

On the way to Guangming Peak, Zixia asked curiously, "Supreme Treasure, what did Huo Lao mean by 'Superman' just now?" ”

Tang Xiaosheng said: "Did you see the old man holding the book in his hand?" ”

Zixia nodded: "I see, the title of the book seems to be "The Meaning of Madness: Nietzsche's Superhuman Philosophy". ”

Tang Xiaosheng explained: "The 'superman' mentioned by Huo Lao is an important philosophical point in Nietzsche's philosophy. ”

Although Zixia does not have a deep understanding of philosophy, she is not too interested. However, he still heard of Nietzsche as a person.

Nietzsche was a famous German philosopher in the 19th century and the founder of modern Western philosophy. Especially in the second half of the 21st century, Nietzsche's philosophy was once a smash hit and received unprecedented attention.

In the second half of the 21st century, especially when mankind developed the first multiverse connector and found conclusive evidence of the existence of the multiverse, mankind knew for the first time that there was really a universe beyond the original universe.

In the midst of this great change. Many traditional values and morals have been subjected to unprecedented and violent shocks. In the middle of the 21st century, the minds of all mankind have entered a period of incomparably chaotic disorientation, and many people are full of doubts and worries about the world and life.

It is under such historical conditions that Nietzsche's philosophy, which was born more than 200 years ago, has attracted more and more attention.

Because in Nietzsche's philosophy. One of the most important problems is this: in an era of total collapse of traditional values. How can human beings re-establish the meaning of life?

And in the search for an answer to this question. Nietzsche put forward his ideas more than 200 years ago, the so-called "philosophy of the superman". This philosophical view of his was once misunderstood, but more than 200 years later. However, it has given many people who have experienced the great changes in human civilization in the 21st century.

Therefore, in the second half of the 21st century, Nietzsche's philosophy has gained the favor of many people.

"Does Huo Lao also like Nietzsche's philosophy?" Zixia asked curiously, "Otherwise, why did he just repeat Nietzsche's superhuman philosophy?" ”

Tang Xiaosheng nodded: "More than eighty years ago, when I first met Huo Lao, he was holding a book on Nietzsche's philosophy. Huo Lao likes to read Nietzsche's philosophy, I think it is because Huo Lao and Nietzsche have many similarities in their life experiences. Huo Lao has dedicated his life to science, never married, and has been lonely all his life. And Nietzsche was also a lonely philosopher, who was not understood all his life, and in his later years, because he could not bear the long-term loneliness, he lost his mind, suffered from schizophrenia, and was sent to a mental hospital. Soon after, he died. ”

Hearing what he said, Zixia's heart moved slightly, and she said with emotion: "Lonely people are really miserable, but they make me awe-inspired. ”

……

Not long after, Tang Xiaosheng and Zixia had already arrived at Guangming Ding on the "Golden Pigeon No. 1", and met Xiaolongnu, Zhao Min, Ren Yingying and others.

After arriving, Guo Xiang immediately asked with concern: "Big brother, how is Huo Lao?" ”

Tang Xiaosheng said: "Due to his infection with the 'Frozen Worm' virus, part of his memory was frozen, which caused confusion in his thinking, so he went insane. ”

"Oh, I see." Guo Xiang said, "I originally thought that Huo Lao was also pierced by the soul of the traverser!" ”

Judging from the traversal events that occurred in the past, once people in the modern city are possessed by the souls of other worlds, they are likely to have mental confusion, and Guo Xiang himself has had a similar experience. So, when she heard that Academician Huo Xing was crazy, she thought that another traverser had appeared.

After Tang Xiaosheng's explanation, Guo Xiang realized that there was no traverser in the Dao, but because of the "frozen insects".

After talking about Academician Huo Xing, it was already late at night and the time was not early, so Tang Xiaosheng and the others decided to rest first. So, the fifteen of them came to the Pansi Cave on Peach Blossom Island and slept on the stone bed in the cave.

After tossing and turning for two whole days, they were a little tired, and after lying down, after a short time, they were all but sleeping.

Nothing was said all night.

When Tang Xiaosheng woke up again, it was already early the next morning.

After waking up, Tang Xiaosheng looked around in the cave and found that except for Xiao Huang Rong and Tang Xiaoyu, everyone else had already gotten up and was busy outside the cave.

Without thinking much about it, Tang Xiaosheng also put on his clothes and prepared to get out of bed.

Airplanes!!

At this moment, he suddenly received a message, a message from the Chrono Psychiatric Hospital.

The message read: "Mr. Yin Weijian, I'm sorry, this is bad news. At 6:12 a.m. this morning, your old friend Academician Huo Xing died at the age of 142 due to a sudden heart attack and cardiac arrest due to excessive emotion. —8:12 a.m., January 13, 2112. ”

"Huo Lao died of illness?" After reading the information, Tang Xiaosheng couldn't help but be surprised. (To be continued......)