Seeing that his old friend was so eager, Niu Lao couldn't hang his appetite anymore: "Actually, at the beginning, I also lived a normal life with you, but I found that my body was only a little better, and it didn't change as much as the two rabbit cubs just now." Later, I specially asked the two of them to find out why they were able to do this. ”

"Why?" Li Lao was eager to know, and the three people next to him also wanted to know, and they also stretched their necks like giraffes, wanting to hear clearly.

"That's what they believe."

"What letter? Believe in what? The four of them looked at each other, not quite understanding what they meant.

Niu Lao did not answer directly, but said: "Do you think animism is correct? That is to say, all living beings have their spirits and spirits. ”

Everyone shook their heads and said they didn't believe it: "If you believe it, isn't it idealism?" ”

"It can't be said to be idealism, if you look at this spirit, the spirit, as a kind of substance, then it is materialism. Like animals, everyone knows that they have their own minds, they can be happy and sad, they can think. That's right. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"I think that although plants do not have the ability to walk in space and express emotions like animals, they are the same as animals in terms of life and death, health and disease. So, why can't they be thought of as having spirits like animals? And some time ago, some scientists announced that plants can also listen to music, and feel music and feed back to the body's metabolism. ”

"Also, I think that in addition to animals and plants, other things also have spirits. Just like jade, there is a saying about raising jade in ancient times, that is, every day with a specific method to "panyu", while playing, while thinking about the virtues of jade, cultivate their own temperament, over time, to achieve the noble realm of the unity of jade people, jade is psychic, and the spirit of panyu people has also been sublimated. ”

4 It makes sense that animistic instances are universal.

Some ethnic minorities in southwest China (such as the Dong people) and some ethnic groups in South Asia (such as the Karen people) all believe that rice has a "rice soul", and the fate of the rice soul determines whether the rice grows and is strong, so there is a very grand ritual of sacrificing the grain soul. When the Karen people did not grow well, they would hold a ceremony to collect grain and pray for a good harvest.

In traditional Chinese beliefs, everything has a spirit and is a living life. Foxes can become immortals, turtles and snakes can become gods, not only the common people believe in it, but also worship it if there is something; It has even been introduced into the scriptures by Buddhism, and poets and novelists have written about it in their works.

The gods of the sect in "The List of Gods", the fox immortals and ghosts in "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai", the snake spirits in "The Legend of the White Snake", etc., are certainly fictions of novelists, but they also reflect the animism that has been passed down in China for a long time and has a deep belief.

So, since plants have spirits, why don't you think that this vitality also has spirits? There's a good saying, believe it or not

Anyway, I believe it. ”

“……”

"So when I was exercising, meditating, and cultivating my body, I tried to calm my mind, meditate, and not to mention, in the end, I really felt the existence of vitality. At that time, I didn't know why, but I felt a special feeling. In the days that followed, I tried to meditate in everything I did, and sometimes I felt it all around me without having to feel it. As a result, my body became what it is now, which is amazing. ”

"That's it, it's just a reversal of my worldview." After hearing this, Li Lao simply couldn't believe it. The other three felt as if they were listening to a mythical story.

"Believe it or not, you have to speak with facts, you can try, and there should be results in 1 month."

Even if Niu Lao doesn't say it, 4 people will want to try the effect.

Aoki had been paying attention to what they were saying, and after listening to it, Aoki was also awakened by the old cow's words. In the past three years, Aoki has been studying the role of vitality, but there has been no progress.

In Aoki's spiritual world, there have always been various animals and plants that have a feeling of admiration for Aoki, it is a grateful thought, and the area of origin is all creatures within the scope of the vitality. But it is strange why human beings have always had only two similar thoughts, and they are not of the nature of gratitude, but only a thought of joy and awe. Aoki has always been puzzled by this.

Now hearing this old cow's speech, Aoki suddenly became a little enlightened, and began to have a certain conjecture about his vitality.

First of all, because the vitality Aoki is produced or indirectly produced by Aoki, all living beings will have a dependence on Aoki after receiving the "gift" of this vitality, such as admiration, gratitude, awe, etc. It's like a trading activity, you get what you get, you have to give, and you have to get something in return.

The degree of "gifting" of the vitality depends on the input of the living beings to the vitality, and it is currently speculated that there are three stages.

The first stage is that they/they are completely unaware of the existence of such a thing, and their bodies are relatively slow to react instinctively, so they are only very passively "absorbed" by the vitality, and the evolution of the body is naturally very slow.

The second stage is when they/they discover the existence of the Vitality and believe that it can do them a lot of good, and they are able to meditate on it. They only think about such things as vitality from a rational aspect, and only to the level of believing in vitality, but not to the level of gratitude and faith. This stage absorbs the amount of vitality faster than the first stage.

The third stage is when they/they are fully committed. For example, the current anacondas, leopards, etc., were originally in the second stage, but in the process of continuing to absorb the vitality, they found the benefits and because of their simple minds, they were quickly "lured" to the third stage by the vitality. In this third stage, gratitude and faith are generated, just as Aoki often receives in the spiritual world something like: "Father! , Mother Goddess! "What a word. The absorption rate is relatively fast, so the evolution rate is relatively fast.

Of these three stages, there are undoubtedly many animals that have reached the third stage; And Amu, Dagen, and Niu Lao are now in the second stage; As for the rest of humanity, it is in the first stage.

With the above guesses, it is possible to know why some animals evolve so fast and others so slowly.

"If the above analysis is correct, it seems that I want to be a god stick. But it's true that ginger is still old and spicy, and I haven't figured it out after studying it for so long, but now I understand it when I am reminded by this old man. It seems that it is not wrong that I have been focusing part of my mind on human beings. ”

After thinking about this, Aoki began to think about the future development path.

In terms of growth resources, Aoki does not have the slightest pressure, there is enough sunlight, there is enough space, and due to the deep roots of the tree, there is no pressure on the source of nutrients.

In terms of non-growth resources, except for the indirect crisis of the last secret agent exploration, Aoki has not encountered any survival crisis so far, and on the Chinese ZF side, Aoki does not have to worry. Moreover, in the near future, there will definitely be institutes built nearby, as well as garrisons. I believe that no one will refuse the temptation of vitality at that time, and as long as Aoki works harder, it is entirely possible to develop them all to the second or even third stage.

At present, Aoki has to consider whether he is developing in a low-key manner or in a high-profile manner. For the first three years, Aoki has not been able to grow at full strength, and the ground has basically not grown, and the root system under the ground has expanded in full force.

If the ground branch system were to be grown at full capacity, Aoki believed that he could grow himself into a 60-meter-tall tree in less than a year. But that's too high-profile.

If you keep a low profile, you will continue to grow deep underground and absorb more growth resources, so that you will have the opportunity to quickly develop yourself into a towering tree that attracts the attention of the world in the future.

Aoki finally thought for a while: "Forget it, let's continue to keep a low profile, I don't see what benefits I can get from being high-profile for the time being." ”