- The Three Fundamental Laws of the Universe

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In fact, according to the plot capacity of the first volume of "Fishing for the Stars", it is easy to take full attendance with ten thousand words, but I am a perfectionist and don't want to pay attention to the story, so let's talk about feelings next. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The content of the feelings contains a bit of vulgar philosophy and poetry, you can think of it as the content of the little yellow book "The Eternal Kingdom" in the story, I don't like to unsubscribe it, the real second volume of the galaxy story I will write in the next book in September.

Before that, let's take a look at the philosophers of the Second Academy.

What is a philosopher of the Second Academy? In short, it's the kind of existence that is one level lower than "civil science", so low that I have already summarized a lot of theories when I was in college, and it is not until today that a small part of it is shyly made public in order to receive 600 yuan of milk powder money.

Life is not easy, I hope you will leave some morality, it's okay to scold me, don't call me crazy, I'm just a normal poor person.

What, you still write poetry?

Stupid without a doubt.

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Straight to the point.

In the youth when Xiao Sheng's shame exploded, Xiao Sheng unexpectedly discovered that looking at the entire history of philosophy in the world, no one has ever summarized which rules are the most basic laws in the universe from the perspective of macroscopic cosmology, or someone has already summarized it but I don't know, so I can only blame my country's quality education for being too high-quality.

So I gave it a try.

Universe ***, no...... The Three Fundamental Laws, also known as the [Three Fundamental Laws of Philosophy], are written to convince you of these three laws, which are-

[Law of Cause and Effect]

[Law of Limits]

[Law of Will]

If you already absolutely believe in the [Law of Cause and Effect] and [Law of Limit], then please fast forward to the [Law of Will] part, [Law of Will] is the original theory of Xiaosheng, of which [Theory of Evolution of Cosmic Consciousness] is the representative view of the philosophers of the Second Academy, 24k pure original, Tong Su is not deceitful, do not believe in money.

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【Law of Cause and Effect】

Because, therefore, this is the law of cause and effect.

1. Hey, you ask if the law of cause and effect can be proved?

If you ask again, I promise not to hit you!! The action of "proof" itself is a direct derivative of the [law of cause and effect], that is, the son cannot prove the father, because there may still be ......

The old king next door.

2. What, how do you tell me to believe something that can't be proven?

For example, if you suspect that you may not fall according to gravity after jumping off a building, or you think that God will definitely come to save you after jumping off a building, so you can ......

Go ahead and give it a try.

3. Okay, you told me to believe in the law of cause and effect, so what do you say about probability? For example, if the computer program only shows 1 and 2, then I press the button once, what is the root cause of the result and the button I pressed?

The reason you don't know doesn't mean that there is no reason, if you know the motion state of all elementary particles in this hypothesis of "program + hardware + timing of pressing", that is, if you look at it from God's point of view, the result of every occurrence you have is inevitable.

In other words, probability theory is also in accordance with the law of cause and effect.

4. You cow, it seems that I am going to use a killer weapon, according to the theory of cause and effect, knowing the state of motion of all elementary particles in the universe at any moment will be 100% sure of all the history and future of the universe, but quantum mechanical experiments (electron double-slit interference experiments and delay experiments) have proved that any fundamental quantum phenomenon is a phenomenon only after it has been recorded, that is, "history is not definite and real, unless it has been observed or recorded" - in this way, I have to believe in the law of cause and effect, Or do you believe in quantum mechanics?

Well, you almost stumped Xiao Sheng with this question, but unfortunately both the law of cause and effect and quantum mechanics are correct.

Your question is wrong with the phrase "knowing the state of all elementary particles in the universe at any time", not "the state of all particles in it", but "at any moment in the universe".

First of all, I can tell you that there is no such thing as a single moment on a cosmic scale (special relativity), and the next facts may surprise you even more -

There is no such thing as an absolute "moment" in the universe!

Our so-called "moment" is a very small period of time, but time also has a limit (see the limit law for details), and its minimum scale is still "time period" rather than moment, on this minimum scale, any observation behavior (photon) will cause a change in the motion state of the observed object, that is, even if the observed particles are included, you cannot measure the position and speed of the "observed particle" at the same time (the uncertainty principle), so you cannot accurately grasp its "motion state".

Now you see, there is no contradiction between [the law of cause and effect] and [quantum mechanics] (this point will be explained in more detail in the law of will), the law of cause and effect is that you have to believe in the drop!

5. Although it is impossible to observe the state of all particles in the universe at a certain time, from the perspective of the omniscient and all-powerful God, my future has not been decided early, so what is the point of me living and working hard?

I'm sorry, I really can't argue with you, just like I can't argue with you if you don't believe in causality.

Whether you choose to believe that "determinism" is better for the future or "changeism" is better for the future is an obvious thing.

Of course, I myself will choose to believe in the "theory of change" and try to find theoretical support, and I will explain this in detail in [The Law of Will] so that you can understand the true meaning of the word "freedom".

6. Can the law of cause and effect be reversed?

The law of cause and effect has a direction, which I call [one-way derivation], for example, 1+1 can only = 2, but 2 does not have to be a combination of two 1s.

The one-way derivability of the law of cause and effect also determines the direction of the universe and time, that is, time cannot be reversed, and in a single closed system, the past cannot be changed in any way.

7. Is the law of cause and effect absolutely correct?

It is necessary to emphasize here that [the law of cause and effect] is only an intuitive experience, and it is not certain that it is completely true, and that the "scientific theory" that is counter-deduced by experiment and causality can be considered a "higher experience" and cannot be absolutely regarded as the essence of this world.

Human beings are a kind of "empirical" wisdom, we cannot absolutely experience what is "right", we can only summarize from the past and predict the future!

But no one can say what will happen in the future, maybe one day God gets drunk, and after a big wave of his hand, "1+1=3" may not be said from now on.

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【Law of Limits】

Any physical phenomenon in the real universe has a limit of large and small limits, which is the [law of limits].

The term [law of limits] may have been coined by me, but this theory of thought was discovered at least 2,000 years ago; Of course, in modern times, it has been re-emphasized by the scientific community, thanks to Einstein's "quantum theory of light".

What is a little surprising is that the law of limits, unlike the law of cause and effect, can actually be proved by the "method of counterproof".

In the summer vacation of my junior high school graduation, I saw a "Zeno paradox" in a magazine, and here to put it simply, Zeno's paradox says that it is impossible for a person to move from a fixed point A to a fixed point B, because from point A to point B, one must pass through point C on the AB line segment, and from C to B must pass through point D on the CB line segment, and from D to B one must pass through point E on the DB line segment...... So endless, this person will never reach point B.

At that time, the magazine said all kinds of suspense, what Zeno's paradox has not been perfectly explained, which aroused my great interest at the time, but unfortunately I didn't have a mobile phone or computer to immediately check the encyclopedia at that time (of course, until today, Wikipedia's explanation of Zeno's paradox is inappropriate, Baidu Encyclopedia has not explained it at all), at that time I didn't even understand the mathematical limit theory, so I just thought out of thin air with enthusiasm-

I really figured it out.

The answer is too simple.

It's embarrassing to say, but the crux of this paradox is that there's no end to it in the real world...... There's no end...... It's endless...... Endless...... Yes!

Zeno's paradox mistakenly blends mathematics (infinitely divided) and reality (people from A to B), whereas in real physics, it is impossible to divide infinitely from a to a to b, and it is impossible to cut it to the elementary particles.

But those who come up with paradoxes are geniuses!

Democritus, who was twenty or thirty years younger than Zeno, soon came up with the famous doctrine of the "atom", and I can not guarantee that Democritus was not inspired by Zeno's paradox in the city-states of ancient Greece...... It is amazing that Mozi of China made a similar point of view at about the same time, which is a bit mysterious, as if the civilizations on Earth discovered the limits of the universe at the same time.

So-

Mathematics is an idealized tool, whereas physics is an idealized reality.

We often synchronize mathematical concepts to reality as a matter of course, but in reality, mathematics is just a tool, mathematical concepts are idealized existence of artificial simulation, mathematics has infinite and infinitely small, the real universe has a fixed size (although constantly expanding) and a fixed total number of particles, and elementary particles also have a minimum scale.

Larger than the cosmic scale and smaller than the smallest particle scale still make sense mathematically, but in the real universe it doesn't make any sense. In the same way, time and space have a minimum scale, and the time it takes for the speed of light to travel across the width of the smallest particle is the minimum scale of time, which can be approximated as a "moment"; The narrowest scale of the smallest particle is the smallest scale of the size of space.

Now let's go back to the proof of the law of limits.

Because Zeno's paradox conforms to the law of cause and effect, and people in reality are certain that they can go from A to B (the empirical principle), it can be reproved that the real universe has a small limit of existence.

How can we prove that the limit of the real universe is great?

I'm sorry, but physics today can directly observe the limits of the universe (the total number of particles and the speed of light), and there is no need to prove it; Of course, if you haven't observed it yet, you only need to determine the limit of the speed of light to prove that the limit of the universe is large (because I think the speed of light is due to the total gravitational force of the universe).

Of course, there is a more genius and convincing proof:

In 1823, the German philosopher Henri Schieobers came up with the famous "Olbers paradox". He pointed out that if the universe is infinite, which means that the universe has infinite stars, then the end of each line of sight of the observer, no matter how many distances traveled, will always end on a star. Then it is not difficult to imagine that the whole sky will be as bright as the sun even at night. A counter-argument has been made that the light of a distant star is diminished by the material it passes through. In fact, this plausible refutation is untenable, because calculations show that the matter that absorbs light will eventually be heated to the point where it emits light as strong as a star. If the universe were infinite, not only would the universe be chaotic, but the whole sky would be as bright as the sun even at night, which means that everyone would be sunburned!!

There are still geniuses in this world.

This concludes the proof of the law of limits.

In addition, there are several interesting corollaries of the law of limits.

Such as:

(1) The world of jumping: There is no absolute continuity in any real phenomenon in the universe, this is a jumping material world, and it is precisely because of jumping that matter can have accurate measurements, large and small, more and less, so that it seems meaningful.

(2) Quantitative change will inevitably cause qualitative change: because quantitative change to a certain extent will naturally reach the limit, of course, most of them can cause qualitative change before that. For example, if the toilet is clogged, I use the toilet to pump the toilet again and again, once or twice three times...... Either I ended up unclogging the toilet, or my arm was tired and broken, or I stinked to death.

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【Law of Will】

Finally, the most exciting moment for this paper has arrived.

Well, what follows is mostly my personal opinion, so it's good for you to be selective.

0. Wait, let's not talk about whether your law of will is correct or not, you quote a concept of psychology to the basic laws of cosmology, are you sure that your brain is not bad?

Okay, I'll wait for you, did you mention my brain, every word and concept in your question is related to consciousness, you are reading this passage and it is related to consciousness, you can't escape consciousness, I can't escape consciousness, all human beings or intelligent beings in the whole universe can't escape consciousness, without conscious awareness, who the cares about the universe? It can be said that the [law of will] is more fundamental than the [law of cause and effect] and the [law of limit]!

Before we understand the [law of will], it is necessary to confirm the concept of "consciousness".

1. What exactly is consciousness?

Consciousness is the human brain's awareness of the appearance inside and outside the brain.

That is, consciousness may be closer to a verb than a noun, expressing a phenomenon rather than matter.

If we compare neurons to combustibles and oxygen, and nerve impulses to the act of "burning," then consciousness is a flame, a faint flame on red-hot charcoal when we sleep, a blazing flame when we wake up, and one that dies forever (or burns in another, more advanced way, if you have faith in that).

2. What is the essential difference between consciousness and flame?

The essential difference between consciousness, a higher life phenomenon, and ordinary physical phenomena such as flames, is that consciousness can change cause and effect by freely manipulating matter—this sentence is the so-called [law of will]!

It can be said that the entire theoretical system of the [law of will] exists to describe the relationship between consciousness and matter, and [the law of will] is in accordance with the law of cause and effect.

Before we explain this, let us throw out the whole content of the theory [of the law of will] -

3. What is the relationship between consciousness and matter?

(1) Consciousness is produced by matter, which is not matter, but constantly consumes matter; It is higher than matter, but it cannot exist independently of matter.

(2) Consciousness, in turn, can perceive matter, manipulate matter, and ultimately change matter. Just as a flame is generated by the combustion of matter, it can eventually ignite or heat other substances (of course, it is not free to choose). The ultimate purpose of consciousness to artificially change matter through "free choice" is to change the outcome of the universe determined by the [law of cause and effect] and [law of limits]], so as to ultimately extend the life of the universe and consciousness!

(3) Consciousness is the inevitable result of the evolution of matter in the universe, and those universes that have not evolved consciousness will inevitably die according to the [law of cause and effect] and [law of limit], and over time, the rest of the universe is the gene with evolutionary consciousness, which has a bit of Darwinian natural selection - you can call it ☆☆☆ cosmic consciousness evolution theory ☆☆☆, according to quantum mechanics, we can even go further and say that the existence and evolution of the universe is a process determined by consciousness step by step - believe it or not, I believed it anyway.

The above is all that my [Law of Will] contains - one-way dependence + anti-control matter + cosmic evolution.

The next question is the nature of the universe!

4. How does consciousness change the outcome of the universe?

Let's start with the fifth question [of the law of cause and effect]: "Has the universe already determined the outcome of the universe at the beginning of its existence?" ”

From the [law of cause and effect] and the [law of limit] alone, there is no doubt that yes; It is a pity that the universe is not only matter, but also phenomena in addition to matter, especially one of the "sublimated" higher phenomena, called-

Conscious.

The strangeness of consciousness can be said to be the greatest mystery in the whole universe.

The matter that illuminates consciousness follows the law of cause and effect, and the change of matter by consciousness also follows the law of cause and effect, and if consciousness can change the outcome of the universe when it is surrounded by the [law of cause and effect], then it must be-

There is more than one cause in the universe itself!

There is more than one cause in the universe itself!

There is more than one cause in the universe itself!

Say important things three times, and think about it carefully.

How can there be multiple "causes" in such a clear universe and clear starry sky, and how can the universe itself be a chaotic mass of "causes"?

I am sorry to tell you that the universe itself is not an absolutely fixed thing, it is a dynamic system, and its essence lies in the fact that the universe itself contains a large number of "causes".

To understand this accurately, it's time for quantum mechanics to come into play.

Bohr said, "All those who are not confused by quantum mechanics do not really understand it." ”

So I had to pretend to say:

"I'm a little confused, too."

One of the most confusing is this - "Electron Double-slit Interference Experiment" and the follow-up "Delay Experiment", if you are interested, you can directly check the information and watch the video, the conclusion of these two experiments is very simple:

The electron behaves like an uninhibited "wave" when no one observes (no photon interference), and behaves like a well-behaved "particle" when observed.

Electro god acting, is there any?

The explanation of quantum mechanics is that electrons are in a coquettish superposition state of "this and that, here and there" at any time, that is, there are many "causes" (finite) in the current electron, and the aggregate of these causes can be accurately described by a "wave function", which is an equation that describes the position and velocity of the electron.

Now, here comes the observer, and if we try to see it, or intercept it with a plate (atom), the behavior of the electron will immediately be fixed, that is, the "wave function" containing all possibilities will immediately collapse into a single reality, and all possible "causes" will become a "cause", from a wobbly ghostly superposition to a well-behaved "particle" with an exact position and velocity!

What is the essence of the collapse of the "wave function"?

Is it a camera photon? Or the atoms of the slab?

Yes and no, if it weren't for the special "awareness" of human beings, neither photons nor atoms would be able to collapse their wave functions (delayed experiments), that is, electrons do not change from coquettish to well-behaved simply because they are physically disturbed.

It is only after it is perceived by consciousness that it becomes well-behaved!!

It's amazing, isn't it?

Some people have introduced "God" to this, and they say that the electron itself is conscious, and it can detect whether someone is looking at it in the first place.

This is really Nima's great delusion! These people miss another necessary condition for the collapse of the electron "wave function": physical interference, that is, the two-in-one of "physical interference" + "consciousness awareness" (the latter can be delayed) in order to cause the wave function to collapse, and it is impossible to determine the exact state of the electron by "imagination" alone.

Then someone asks, imagination can't collapse, reasoning can - I tell you, the so-called reasoning is based on at least one observation, and the process of collapse is already over the moment this observation comes out.

However, it can also be seen from this that the universe is not as fragmented as it seems, but a highly unified whole, what is the specific thing that binds the universe together, I introduced a concept of "Force" in "Fishing for the Stars", and I myself believe that there is a similar thing, of course, this thing will definitely not derive superpowers like the Force!

Back to the point-

It can be seen that the universe is a superimposed integration of multiple causes and effects, and it is the choice of "consciousness" that indirectly turns the "multiple causes" of the universe into "single causes", transforming the universe from an unknown dynamic to a definite static, thus determining one of the countless results.

In other words, the existence and evolution of the universe is a process that is determined step by step by consciousness.

Any fundamental quantum phenomenon is a phenomenon only after it has been recorded, and what is recorded is considered to be the history of the real occurrence, that is to say that our observational behavior itself participated in the creation of the universe! This is the so-called "participatory universe" model, in which the universe itself does not have a definitive answer, and the intelligent beings in it participate in the construction of the answer to the puzzle itself!

Isn't this conclusion shocking?

But there is nothing wrong with our reasoning, and our intellect thinks that everything is explained, but it is still difficult for us to accept this in our hearts, because we cannot accept the uncertain state of the universe itself for a while.

Congratulations, you and Einstein feel the same way.

It's also a false feeling.

Because human consciousness is too good, they not only rely on looking, but also rely on establishing theories to infer the rules of the universe itself, what we observe, what we infer about the posture of the universe, in fact, has been mostly recorded accurate history, human beings have basically speculated the general model of the universe, although this is not completely accurate, but in fact has caused the partial collapse of the superposition state of the universe. Macroscopically speaking, this universe may have been determined a lot, and most of the undetermined superposition states are in the details, and these details have been firmly constrained by various physical laws (physical laws are also summarized according to the observation results).

Imagine the life or death of a cat on a planet n light-years away.

Before we humans crossed the starry sky to this planet, it was possible for this cat to live, it was possible to die, there might be no cat at all, there could be no planet at all, do you imagine that there were cats? But in any case, it probably will not exceed the laws of cosmic physics that we have already observed and reasonably deduced.

Again-

The law of cause and effect is only experience, not infallible, so the universe has not completely collapsed until we see every inch of the universe.

So it's possible that the whole universe is the regular imagination of some big man!

Going around and going around is ultimately a matter of faith.

Science is not necessarily superior to religion, but it seems to be more effective than religion, which is called "pragmatism."

Religion and science, from a philosophical point of view, are only fifty steps and a hundred steps, from a practical point of view...... You jump off a building and try it.

5. Is the universe itself conscious, or does God exist?

From a personal point of view, the universe certainly does not have a consciousness like human beings, but there must be something like the "Force" that transcends the category of particles, and governs various physical laws.

6. Do humans really have free will?

The so-called freedom, to put it bluntly, is the right to choose.

Before the emergence of "self-awareness", for example, in infancy, the [law of cause and effect] or "instinct" accounted for a large proportion of our behavior, such as innate genes, acquired environmental influences, crying when you don't have milk to drink, laughing when you have milk, these are not free will.

Gradually, through various accidental "awareness", we caused many details that others did not notice to "collapse" locally, and continued to accumulate "collapse" experience, until one day, through "awareness", we suddenly discovered -

Myself.

Freedom begins with "self-awareness".

Once there is self-awareness, human beings will look inward, and once they will look inward, they will slowly produce logical thinking, through logical thinking, we can control matter at will when we can, so as to produce a feeling that we can control (choose) many things, this feeling is called:

Freely.

The essence of free will is that consciousness can counter-control matter through artificial selection, intervene in the superimposed "multiple causes" in the universe into "single causes", and obtain "single effects" that are beneficial to itself through step-by-step "single causes".

Free will is also the ultimate form of the long-term evolution of the universe.

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Hey, it's not even 4,000 words?

Help me up, I want some water......

Everyone probably understands the three basic laws of the universe, but unfortunately the number of words has not reached the four thousand required for full attendance, so I am going to make up another "Three Basic Laws of Civilization", which can be regarded as the sister article of "The Three Basic Laws of the Universe".

The Three Laws of Civilization

I didn't think about these three laws when I entered the magic philosophy, because the second philosopher only thinks about the ultimate problem, and the sociological problem is not at all high-grade, but now I have figured it out, for the sake of the two buckets of milk powder money for full attendance, I will fight.

The [Law of Cause and Effect], [Law of Limit] and [Law of Will] in the "Three Basic Laws of the Universe" represent "direction", "scope" and "order", and with this as the same three representatives, Xiao Sheng forcibly summarized the following three laws of civilization: [Seeking Advantages and Avoiding Harms], [Infinite Pursuit] and [Law of Reason].

Civilization here does not simply refer to a conscious individual, a society, or a race, it can be any single collection of civilizations led by higher intelligence.

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【Seek advantages and avoid disadvantages】

It is an instinct that life has gradually fixed in long-term evolution (natural selection), the first step in the evolution of the consciousness system of life, and the most basic foundation of free will.

From a single-celled animal, to a person, to a society, to a civilization, the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages has continued to spread, and finally provided a relatively clear direction for the development of the entire civilization and even the entire universe.

In other words, like the law of cause and effect in the three basic laws of the universe, "seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages" points out the direction for individuals or civilizations, but this direction is not fixed, and seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is something based on values ([laws of reason]).

For example, a psychopath, who does something that seems to us to be trying to avoid profit, in his own values, he thinks or he subconsciously thinks that he is doing something that is good for him.

Well, if you continue to explain, that must be an insult to everyone's IQ.

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【Infinite Pursuit】

Infinite pursuit means that there is no limit to the greed of consciousness (free will) or civilization as long as conditions allow.

This is different from the [law of limits] in the three basic laws of the universe, there is no limit to human ambition, and there is no limit to human beings, which has created the continuous development of science, and at the same time created the indelible nature of war.

You may think that human greed is a double-edged sword, but I disagree.

I think greed is a big good thing for civilization as a whole.

Without greed, human beings would not have evolved the wisdom they have now, let alone stand out from all living beings, whether it is science or war, as long as it is within the scope of reason, it will be of great benefit to human evolution.

What the? You say war is good?

Belch...... In a way, science and war are essentially two neutral words, and if human civilization loses [the law of reason], and all of them go crazy, or if some dictator with great power goes into madness, then either science or war is enough to destroy humanity.

As for the inference of war, let's call it "infinite struggle".

According to the [Law of Limits], there is a limit to the resources within a single system, but there is no limit to human greed, according to [Profit and Avoid Disadvantage], after a system consumes resources (or even before), it is bound to compete for the resources of other systems, and the war begins......

Wars don't end forever.

The war here is divided into system infighting and external fighting, and my point of view is that there are benefits to system infighting, and system infighting depends on whether you are on the winning side or not.

One of the major reasons why human beings have survived on the earth is infighting, through which human beings sharpen themselves and make more advanced productive forces stand out, so as to promote the faster development of all mankind, adapt to the drastic changes in the external environment, and improve the resistance of human beings, so as to improve the survival rate in the face of invasion from races, such as plagues, such as aliens.

From the perspective of human beings, we have conquered the entire planet, and other animals have basically become our tools, if you are human, obviously you will be happier if you have meat to eat; But if you're a pig...... Belch......

In addition to war, I believe that "evil" in human beings cannot be eliminated, and "evil" is also good for all mankind, which is equivalent to planting pox in the body, so that you have resistance, so as to improve the survival rate in the face of real evil.

Struggle is evolution itself, and evolution is not good or evil.

The innocent society of the Peach Blossom Paradise is doomed to tragedy.

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【The Law of Reason】

Struggle is good for evolution, but if infighting is allowed to develop unchecked, humanity may hang up before a foreign invasion. The same goes for science.

So we need a set of rational laws to regulate human beings.

The most important of these is the law, followed by the education system, and finally morality and faith.

I can't go into the details of these things, because the word count is up.

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Preview: The next chapter will begin a light-hearted poetry journey, with modern poems and ancient poems~ (To be continued.) )