Chapter 014: Prisoner
Jiang Jianxue was speechless, he didn't know how to answer this sentence.
He respects Zhao Hongbin very much, no matter what achievements he has made in the field of science, Zhao Hongbin will always be an unattainable existence in his heart. Hearing Zhao Hongbin say such words at this moment, Jiang Jianxue instantly felt a feeling similar to the collapse of faith in his heart, he looked at Zhao Hongbin's face, and could no longer find the high-spirited bearing when he sat in the classroom and listened to him talking, only an old man in his last years was left, full of powerlessness and fear. He now looks like a defeated half-kneeling warrior, he may have been brave and invincible, but now he has no fighting spirit. What exactly is he afraid of? Is he afraid of death? Jiang Jianxue didn't want to believe it.
Zhao Hongbin saw disappointment in the eyes of his students, but he did not explain. He has done a lot of things in his life, what he left behind to mankind, and what kind of person he is in the hearts of future generations. He really didn't care at all. He has been doing what he thinks is right all his life, and that's enough, and the merits and demerits have their own descendants to comment, and that's someone else's business. There were a few days left in his life, and he didn't want to waste it on this kind of thing. At this moment, his state, what he thinks, is no longer limited to individuals.
Zhao Hongbin has never felt as detached as he is now, he has been trying to explain everything with science all his life, and found the way to the truth in the process of constantly solving problems. It was only at this moment that he felt as if he had found his way, but time was running out.
If there is God, God He wins. In the last hours of life, let you see the margins, let you know that everything you are looking for in this life has the value of existence, but it does not give you the opportunity to see the truth. Perhaps, this is the distance between God and man.
Zhao Hongbin just wanted to share his thoughts with his students as much as possible at this time, he didn't have time, but Jiang Jianxue still had. Jiang Jianxue is not a genius, but he has persistence that ordinary people do not have, as long as he chooses a path, he will go on without hesitation. Among all the students he has taught in this life, Zhao Hongbin likes Liu Jie the most, he has courage, talent, can think of angles that ordinary people can't think of, and he dares to do it. His ability to act keeps up with his thoughts, even ahead of his thoughts. Jiang Jianxue is just the opposite, he always takes things step by step, and if he doesn't study a thing thoroughly, he will definitely not express his opinion. But if he gives an opinion, it means that he believes in this truth, and it is almost impossible to think about him.
Many years ago, Jiang Jianxue misunderstood Zhao Hongbin and thought that he chose Liu Jie as his successor. But the fact is that Zhao Hongbin has never thought like this, and the candidate in his heart has always been Jiang Jianxue. Jiang Jianxue was cultivated by him, and his theories and ideas were greatly influenced by Zhao Hongbin, and there will be no obstacles to inheriting his theoretical system and continuing to study. But Liu Jie is different, Liu Jie is a soldier, he is a natural warrior, and there is a gunpowder-like rage hidden in his personality. He became a scientist only because mankind had once again entered an era of peace, and the necessity of military existence was greatly reduced, and he would devote himself to science when he had nothing to do. Being a scientist is always his side hustle, and fighting is what he desires from the bottom of his heart. He is not the kind of person who can sink down to do learning, Jiang Jianxue is such a person.
For so many years, Zhao Hongbin has been blaming himself in his heart, and he didn't teach his two favorite students well. When Jiang Jianxue's thoughts were biased, he didn't stop it in time, and for Liu Jie, he was too doting, even if he saw his shortcomings, he didn't point them out. Now that he has little left to live, he wants to make up for it as best he can, for which he has prepared two 'inheritances'.
"Never underestimate the wisdom of a civilization." Zhao Hongbin whispered in a low voice: "What a person knows and thinks has very big limitations. Every era has great people in every era, and they are also unable to break through this limitation, because this limitation does not come from the outside world, but is imposed on themselves by themselves. ”
"When you are convinced that something is right, you have already stepped into this limitation. Because all your thoughts after this are based on this thing is right, this foundation. If this premise is wrong, everything you achieve will be wrong and will collapse in an instant. ”
The more Jiang Jianxue listened, the more confused he became, and said, "Teacher, do you want to tell me now that science is wrong and myths and stories are true?" ”
"There is such a possibility, at least you have no evidence to rule it out." Zhao Hongbin said: "A simple truth, if science is 100% correct, then why can't we use science to explain everything? ”
Jiang Jianxue was a little excited and retorted: "That's because we haven't found the right key yet!" ”
"Where's the key?" Zhao Hongbin looked at Jiang Jianxue's eyes and said, "I've been looking for this key all my life, where is it?" ”
Jiang Jianxue opened his mouth and had no way to answer.
"Jianxue, I don't say this to make you abandon science, I just don't want you to be superstitious about the science you master." Zhao Hongbin sighed and said earnestly: "Today, we can even change our genes, but we still maintain our human form, why is this?" Why can we do it but we don't? Why do we have a choice but we don't? What are we afraid of? When we have this kind of thought, why do we subconsciously deny, what puts this spell on us, doesn't this look like a prisoner? ”
"We can treat 99 percent of the diseases now, but we still get old, we're going to get sick, we're going to die. Why is that? If I was given unlimited time, I believe I could find the truth, but why can't I have infinite time, and where is the mastermind behind me? ”
"Jianxue, science can't explain everything, some things are like laws, it's there, it exists like that, we are human beings and not gods, we can solve one problem after another, but there is always one problem that will stump us, it will make you feel powerless from the bottom of your heart, and doubt what you believe in...... Jianxue, can you understand? It's ...... feeling."
Zhao Hongbin muttered, and finally almost whispered, he fell asleep. In the second half of the conversation, it was not so much that he was talking to Jiang Jianxue as that he was talking to himself. Jiang Jianxue sat next to him, looking at this scientific giant who had been evaluated as the 'light of mankind', and deeply felt his aging for the first time.
Jiang Jianxue took the blanket and gently covered the teacher. He didn't leave, at this moment, he felt that the teacher was lonely, and he wanted to stay with him for a while. Zhao Hongbin's words had a great impact on Jiang Jianxue, and after sitting for a while, he opened the terminal next to him and logged in to the system with his personal permissions. Using the story of that prison as a keyword search, I found the lesson plan used by Zhao Hongbin forty years ago.
This lesson plan is not a confidential document, and everyone on the Kirin can access it. Jiang Jianxue carefully read the content of this lesson plan, and his memory gradually became clearer. At the end, he found the original pictographic rubbings of this prophecy collected by Zhao Hongbin in the notes of this lesson plan. He continued to search based on these images and found a paper dedicated to analyzing these rubbings, signed by Zhao Hongbin himself. The dissertation was completed when Zhao Hongbin was 25 years old, more than 60 years ago.