Chapter Eighty-Five: The State of Nature
“...... The roar standing on the bell tower was heard by the entire elementary school. Argordo's first confession was a failure. Poor Madeleine, who was just a freckled ten-year-old girl, was stunned by his unrestrained approach. She hadn't looked at him for the next few months, but Argodor himself was even more unlucky, and he angered Mr. Grom. Since then, Mr. Grom has always been a little bit against him, but you all know that this guy has a big heart. He never took these things to heart, and in the time leading up to graduation, he tried the same way to woo Anne and Sophia, but of course he still failed shamefully. "Belmudo has always told the story of Argordo. Although both Carmela and Felicia have said that he is a quiet person, it seems that when it comes to his brother, he will gush a lot. Of course, Xiao Chen also had another guess, maybe it was because no one had accompanied him for too long to recall these past events.
"How come I never knew about these things, my dear?" said Felicia.
"This is the last thing the amorous Argodor wants Catherine to know. He threatened me so many times that I would never tell you. According to him, you women are like a network in your head, and telling one is equivalent to telling everyone. But now...... Nobody should care, does it?" Belmudo drained the glass of red wine in one gulp.
"Oh, dear......" Felicia gently stroked Belmudo's face with the back of her hand, who took her hand and rubbed it.
Xiao Chen listened to the story told by Belmudo, and the image of Argododo became vivid in his mind. However, perhaps because all of his knowledge comes from the stories of his closest relatives, it sounds like Argodo's man is not a person who is full of malice towards humans. On the contrary, under the influence of his father, he has a strong sense of protecting the environment and maintaining ecological balance, but he is also very caring for his friends and even willing to help strangers. He is not like a tyrant or a conspirator, but more like a little boy who loves life.
"What do you think of that extreme nature conservation behavior? Some people will oppose factories and scientific experiments because they want to protect nature. Even violence. Luo Ling asked casually.
"I have similar opinions with Argordo. What we object to is the unrestrained and destructive use of nature by human beings. If you can coexist responsibly with nature, then there will be no problem. "But as you know, most of the time it's a luxury. When people are stupid, they can always make irreparable mistakes. Just like the nuclear leaks in Chernobyl and Fukushima, like the Japanese and Norwegian whaling ships that never stop, and those toxic and harmful chemicals, when did these things stop? I sometimes think that if human civilization had stayed at a certain limit and had not crossed those thresholds, maybe the whole world would be much better. ”
"Does Argodor also have such thoughts?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Well, we all have similar opinions on these matters, but sometimes he may be a little more radical than me, and maybe that's the difference in personality. Belmudo said.
Luo Ling was not surprised to hear him say this, this should be the source of those things that happened in the other world. Maybe now is an opportunity, Luo Ling doesn't know if he will have a chance to confront the god of nature, Argodo, but now he can practice with his brother Belmudo. She took a sip of wine, sorted out her thoughts, and said: "However, have you ever thought that it is the development of science and the progress of technology that has strengthened our ability to protect the natural environment? The same is true in my country, where the problem of pollution is slowly improving with development. Maybe give humanity some time and everything will be fine. ”
Bermudo laughed, as if he had heard it many times, and he patted Felicia's hand and said, "See, there is one of your allies here, and you think almost identically." Maybe you women prefer to look at humanity from the good side, but I'm not that confident. It seems to me that humanity has been on the verge of destruction, and what we have done so far can be unpaid for after the fact, but as we become more and more powerful, perhaps one day the consequences we have caused will no longer be remedied. Everything that science explores is unknown, and you never know what kind of Pandora's box those scientists will open in their next experiment. ”
"You don't seem to have enough faith in human sanity. Luo Ling said.
"Yes. I admit it, because many times human beings are completely captured by feelings and desires. Anything can happen when curiosity overwhelms reason. Bermudo said.
Xiao Chen asked, "I have a hypothesis, if you suddenly have an opportunity to come to a world and become the master of a group of human beings, or a god, what would you do?"
Bermudo raised his eyebrows: "Why do you ask that?"
Xiao Chen said: "It's just a thinking game." How will you lead the development of these human beings?"
"Is this a bar game that you Chinese like? It feels weird, but it's also fun. Let me think about it. Bermudo closed his eyes slightly, pinched his brow with his hand and thought, "I will let human beings live freely, but I will let them respect a natural, simple way of life, and not focus too much on the development of science and technology." Their lives may not be as easy as they are now, but their populations may last longer than the current earthlings.
However, curiosity is in human nature, and in order to curb this, I am afraid that I will form some kind of sect to propagate this theory of my own, and since the natives are still in a state of ignorance, this kind of mystic trick may be more effective for them. ”
Felicia said, "But then they will be stuck in a miserable life like in the Middle Ages." Most of the people who have worked hard all day and still have not enough to eat, and there is no way to treat their illnesses, most of them will not be able to leave their villages for the rest of their lives, they will not be able to learn knowledge, and they are illiterate. And in the event of a calamity, they have little ability to resist and save themselves. ”
"But that's how the ancestors of the human race came about, didn't they? I think it's a stable and natural state. ”