"I see." In front of the stove, Shang Luo nodded, "Beat the drum and pass the flowers, let's stop here." If I could really live forever, I would 'catch' all the future gods one by one. I will let them live as people, not as gods. But Dao Ancestor, if the time comes. Am I or can I kill them? Or do I have what it takes to kill them? ”

[Yes.] 】

"Can you really kill? But. Aren't the gods free and eternal? They existed before they were born and will continue to exist after birth. They exist all the time. I can't kill something I can't kill. ”

[No, it's much simpler than you think.] Son of Heaven, talk to Shang Luo, I'm tired]

"Understood." Zhu Xianene nodded, "Emperor Ancestor, rest in peace, you have said too much today. I'll just talk about the rest of it. ”

Zhu Xianene bowed down. Silently, the old man's voice was gone. It wasn't until a while later that Zhu Xianene stood up. ”

"Well, that's how it goes." Zhu Xianene explained, "The existence of what can be called 'gods' has indeed existed at every point in time throughout the ages. But that only means that the gods exist, it does not mean that the gods can have their own consciousness in this era. In other words, unless you cut through all the abilities of time throughout the ages and become a Jedi, the gods will never be truly eradicated. However, the existence of gods, and the existence of gods 'consciously', are not the same thing. I'll give you an example. ”

He took out a soybean from his pocket: "I said that there is a noble Tianyi here, do you believe it or not?" ”

"Maybe? Possibly. Maybe this soybean can give birth to Tianyi nobles in the future? ”

"But now, the noble Tianyi who lives in this soybean has not yet been born here. But like the gods, Beanie also existed before it was born. Including the ghost of the car, they also existed before they were born, even the boiled eggs you ate below - however, they don't exist now. Why? ”

"Because. They haven't been 'born' yet? ”

"That's right. No matter when they existed throughout the ages, as long as they have not been 'born', they only have the 'potential' to be born. To put it another way, since there is birth, there is naturally destruction. Just as their influence begins at birth, so the disappearance of their influence ends in destruction. ”

"Is that the case, but ordinary cats and dogs, there are also life and death. Where is the immortality of the gods?"

"This brings us to the fact that we have witnessed a terrible future." Zhu Xianene suppressed his voice, "That is a distant and dark future. The gods were born and then destroyed everything. Because the people of that era created bodies for the gods. ”

"Huh? What era would people be so stupid? ”

"It's the internet. Shang Luo, where you came from, there is also the Internet, right? So I'm asking you, how do you know if the 'machine' in front of you is autonomous? ”

"This. It's hard to say. Even if it can pass the Turing test, it may or may not be available. ”

"Herein lies the problem." Zhu Xianene pointed to the ground, "This state of 'can have' or 'can not have' is exactly the situation in which human consciousness itself is located. The human brain is just a bunch of cells with bioelectricity circulating through it, so does human consciousness really exist? Not necessarily, there may or may not be. If you nurture a brain in a tank, how do you define when the brain in the tank starts to become self-aware and when it doesn't? ”

"It seems like a very complex issue."

So the answer is: between having and not being. Because that's the nature of consciousness. This kind of consciousness runs in our world, even if there is a god, it is not a problem. Isn't that the one in your pocket? ”

[Ah, I mentioned it.] Say hello to me. 】

She said hello.

"Well, hello. Hui Ming has infinite wisdom, but she can't get out. Why? Because there is no Internet in our world! There weren't so many robots, not so many ownerless bodies left for the gods to occupy. And what we are seeing, that distant dark future, they have created too many soulless machine bodies. Between being and non-existent, a single consciousness that exists on the internet can make an entire world fall. ”

"Ah, the world you see, the gods of that world."

"Yes, the gods of that world are called 'Matrix'! It's terrifying! ”

"Ah," Shang Luo touched his head, "That's a movie." ”

"Huh? Is it a movie? ”

"Yes, there are several. It's pretty good. ”

"That iron frame robot came back through time, wearing a leather coat and driving a motorcycle to pick up girls."

"Yes, that's also a movie and the mercury robot behind it, it's also a movie."

"There's also a little red-dotted moss that lives in the camera, and it started sending telegrams to humans before it was born, and after it was born, a whole bunch of intelligent machines rebelled, and then the one that threw the Earth into Jupiter, that can't be a movie, right?"

"Yes, and three of them."

"Is it possible that you put a camera on another time and space!!

"Ahh Do you think it's possible? ”

Zhu Xianene pressed his forehead and had nothing to say.

After taking a sip of tea, Zhu Xianene settled down: "In short, although they are all movies, you know what this means, right?" ”

"Understood. That is, if a powerful consciousness without boundaries exists, it has infinite possibilities. If we don't have too many 'possibilities' in the world for him to play, that's fine. But if there is a whole bunch of 'possibilities' piled up, such as robots for it to play with, then it is only a matter of time before such a devastating natural disaster arises. So different from cats and dogs, and different from humans, the existence of gods is 'borderless', right? ”

"Hmm." Zhu Xianene nodded, "Sometimes I wonder if the tides, oceans, mushroom mycelial networks on the earth, the mineral veins in the earth, and the air currents in the sky can also produce similar consciousness, because they are also vast enough and powerful enough. But now it seems that our world is quite clean, because through the proper division of labor, Rome has shared the burden of dealing with these departed gods, and we are looking to the future. And you already know what these gods are most worried about, right? ”

"They're not people."

"That's right, they're not people. The appearance of humanity was an accident in itself. Such an accident, one time is enough, there is no need for a second one. If there is, please educate him as an adult, that's what the emperor means. ”

(End of chapter)