Chapter 20. Professor Hong Tao's quirky question

Li Mengzhu also went to Sanshan Island? What does she do on Sanshan Island?

After a day, when Xiao Qicai told me the news, I also felt that things were a bit coincidental. During the day, I studied the map with Hong Tao and his students, and I guessed it was the map of Sanshan Island, and at dinner time in the evening, Xiao Qicai told me that Li Mengzhu also went to Sanshan Island.

But no matter what, after Li Mengzhu's news, my mood suddenly became a lot lighter.

So I asked, "When are we leaving?" ”

Xiao Qicai thought for a while and said, "It's best tomorrow, I'm in good health now, and I'm a little uncomfortable!" ”

"What's wrong with you?" I asked with concern.

"Stomach aches!" Little Colorful gritted her teeth gently.

I said, "Did you eat something bad during the day?" ”

Xiao Qicai shook her head, "No, I'm here for the eldest aunt!" It hurts so much! ”

“…… Well, you have a good rest and keep warm! We'll go again tomorrow. Seeing her look of pain, I had to help her onto the bed and cover her with the quilt. Later, Xiao Qicai rolled all over the bed in pain, I sighed and said, "I'll go and boil some hot water for you!" ”

"Okay! Shun...... By the way, get me out...... Buy a pack of sanitary napkins, I'm ...... Half an hour to come, no preparation! ”

"Got it!"

After boiling the hot water, I put the cup of water on the little colorful bedside table and walked out the door. At this time, it was only more than seven o'clock in the evening, and there were still many guests in and out of the hotel, so I didn't worry about what safety problems Xiao Qicai could encounter.

I walked to the front desk and asked the nearest supermarket from the hotel, and the staff told me, "There is no one nearby, if you want to go out to buy something, you can only go to Xumen." ”

I was about to walk out, when suddenly someone tapped me on the shoulder behind me, and as soon as I turned around, I saw the young paleontologist, Professor Hong Tao, looking at me happily and saying, "Mr. Jiang, what a coincidence?" Are you going out shopping? ”

I nodded and said, "yes." I'm going to the supermarket! ”

Hong Tao smiled, "It's too coincidental, I also have to go to the supermarket to buy some things, and I will go to Sanshan Island tomorrow to use them." Why don't we go together? ”

After a moment's hesitation, I never told him that I was going to Sanshan Island tomorrow, because I had to be careful about the young professor in front of me, who I didn't know too well. Besides, if he hears that I am going to Sanshan Island as soon as he hears that I am going to Sanshan Island, will I feel that I am profitable for him?

So I just nodded and said, "Let's go to the supermarket together." ”

"Okay! Good! Hong Tao happily followed me.

Along the way, we crossed the street and crossed the bridge, Hong Tao walked beside me, kept telling me about his profession, what paleontological classification, that is, the boundary, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, and there are some auxiliary units such as superfamily, superorder, superclass, superphylum (biology called the general family, general order), subspecies, subgenus, subfamily, suborder, subclass, subphylum, etc., when I heard that I was dizzy, Hong Tao suddenly changed his words and asked me a very strange question, he said, "Mr. Jiang, do you believe that people can be resurrected after death?" ”

I thought for a moment and said, "It's up to you to understand this question, right?" Do you think it's possible? ”

He replied seriously, "I think it might!" ”

I smiled and said noncommittally, "Really? ”

Still very serious, he continued, "The evolution of nature is the fundamental attribute of all things. The universe is constantly evolving, so the Milky Way and the Solar System are born; Celestial bodies are constantly evolving, so planets, moons, meteors are formed; Organisms are constantly evolving, so dinosaurs, apes, and humans appeared; Society is constantly evolving, so there are various classes such as the rich, the poor, and the powerful. ”

I frowned and said, "What the hell are you trying to say?" ”

Hong Tao said, "According to the theory of evolution, we humans are the descendants of apes, and after us, we will definitely evolve more advanced creatures, let's call them superhuman or posthuman, that is, the descendants of human evolution." In terms of intelligence, the intelligence of a 2-year-old human child can far exceed that of the smartest ape, so conversely, the intelligence of a newborn superhuman, a baby, may surpass that of the entire human race! ”

I shook my head and said, "What you're talking about is too far away from us!" ”

Hong Tao said excitedly, "It's not far, Mr. Jiang." Do you know that after the continuous evolution of human beings, what will happen when those superhumans are born? The first thing to change is the brain! At that time, the superhuman brain can no longer rely on the brainstem and the central nervous system above the brainstem for activities, and human breathing, swallowing, excretion, cardiovascular function, language, and even hearing and vision can be completely free of central nervous system control, and can work independently in the human body, in other words, when human beings have evolved to a certain extent, all organs can survive independently, even if they leave the human body, they can also live! ”

Hearing this, my feet involuntarily stopped. For a moment, I thought of the night eye of the white wall, this strange thing, I haven't figured out what kind of creature it is for the time being, isn't it just that you don't have to rely on humans, just hide inside the wall, you can live?

What does this Hong Tao mean by telling me this?

But at this time, the very young professor did not notice my abnormality, and continued to walk, his face was full of red light, and he imagined that he would say in his own world, "At that time, the human brain will no longer become so important, all organs will have their own thoughts, as long as they are not all destroyed, human beings will definitely find other ways to regenerate themselves!" Hey, why don't you leave? In the end, Hong Tao discovered the abnormality, quickly turned around and trotted, returned to me, scratched his head embarrassedly, and said, "Am I talking too much, Mr. Jiang, make you feel annoyed?" ”

I stared at him deeply, wondering what kind of idea this man had in mind, but at first glance, I could only tell that he was a very eccentric scholar, and that there was nothing special about what he had just said.

So he asked tentatively, "Professor Hong, I admire your imagination, but it's really too far away from us, by the way, it's inconvenient to ask, what are you going to do on Sanshan Island tomorrow?" ”

Hong Tao leaned over, looked around, and then suddenly smiled strangely, lowered his voice, and said, "I said, Mr. Jiang, it's not too far from us, this time I took the students to Sanshan Island, in fact, for the goal I just said, to achieve superhuman super evolution!" ”

In an instant, I suddenly thought about whether the evolution that Hong Tao said was related to the white wall night eye, and the two seemingly unrelated things would have some kind of wonderful connection in themselves? Hong Tao, could it be that he already knows the secret of the white wall and night eye, so the purpose is to find the various clues left by Wu Zixu like Li Mengzhu?

Thinking of this, although I was extremely uncalm in my heart, there was still no expression on my face, I only pretended not to be interested, and said, "Oh, I see, then I wish you success." ”

Hong Tao saw that I didn't care, and immediately showed a very disappointed expression. Next, I heard, he sighed slightly, and muttered to himself, "Evolution is not the goal, what I really want to find is the mystery of whether human beings can be resurrected after death, isn't immortality what human beings have been pursuing?" ”

I was shaken and speechless.

At this time, we returned to Xumen, and the bustling excitement around us suddenly pulled me back to reality. Hong Tao's idea was too advanced for me to accept. Just the white wall and night eyes have already made me anxious, how can I have time to pay attention to how human beings are resurrected or not?

Continuing to walk forward, we found an alley opposite the city wall of Xumen, and after asking the locals, we learned that if we walked ten minutes further, we would see a snack street, and across this street, there was a large supermarket. After we expressed our gratitude, we followed the instructions of the man, walked in the direction of the supermarket, sure enough, not long after, the snack street was vivid, the sound of fireworks and firecrackers sounded behind him, the time is now 19:46 in the evening, on the city wall of Xumen, blooming colorful fireworks, very dazzling. It seems to reflect the whole city of Suzhou.

"It's hilarious." Hong Tao looked at me and said.

I felt like we had been talking nonsense with him for a long time, and our walking time had slowed down significantly, so I urged, "Let's go, Professor, I'll have something else to do later." ”

"Okay, okay!"

After more than an hour, Hong Tao and I both bought what we needed and started walking back.

This time, I learned to be obedient, and I didn't continue to discuss with him the question of whether human beings are resurrected or not, but I just accelerated my pace vigorously, and kept moving forward, Hong Tao was out of breath, and he was very difficult to follow behind, and called me several times, "Mr. Jiang, slow down!" "I pretended not to hear, carried the supermarket bag, and walked faster and faster.

In the blink of an eye, we arrived at the narrow alley where even the car could not enter, I looked at the time, at 21:04 in the evening, at this time, there was no one in the alley, only the wind in the hall, whistling in the ears.

Professor Hong Tao took three steps and two steps, trotted to my side, panting, and said with a slight complaint, "Mr. Jiang, you are walking too fast, can't you wait for me?" ”

I teased him, "Is it because you used to only spend all day in the study or in the laboratory, so your physical strength is so poor?" ”

He had a good temper and humbly accepted, "Yes, yes, I must exercise hard when I go back this time, the human body is the most important!" ”

Here we go again! Being human at every turn, evolving at every turn, really annoys me!

"Let's go back!" Throwing this sentence down, I turned and left. Hong Tao continued to follow me. At this time, none of us spoke, except for the wind, the whole alley was only the footsteps of the two of us, one fast and one slow, echoing in the empty night, very rhythmic.

However, after walking for less than five minutes, all of a sudden, Hong Tao and I heard a sudden "crunch" sound next to us, which seemed to be the sound of an old-fashioned door being pushed open in an instant! Hong Tao and I were all stunned at this moment!