Chapter Twenty-Eight: I Think, Therefore I Am

[I used a little bit of the small concept of quantum physics, and modified it a little to make it look more appropriate, and you who are proficient in quantum mechanics don't spray me.] ]

Liu Xiaoshan's words made Chen Yunsheng's heart sink, and he hurriedly asked, "Dare to ask Master Tianyuan, is what Xiaoshan saw true?"

Tian Yuan said with an unfathomable face: "Maybe it's true, maybe it's fake, it's true from another angle, it's fake from this angle." True and false, false and real, who can tell clearly. ”

"The old monk deceived me!" Liu Xiaoshan stood up, his face full of anger, as if he had been greatly insulted.

The smile on Tian Yuan's face did not decrease, and he said, "You two might as well follow me to see a very simple but interesting thing, and then understand what I am talking about." ”

With that, he waved his sleeves and closed the curtains, and the room became pitch black, and not even a trace of light could come in. Chen Yunsheng seemed to have fallen into another world. The old monk lit a lamp, and the light illuminated the faces of the three people, Liu Xiaoshan was slightly uneasy, Chen Yunsheng was slightly cramped, and the old monk was full of smiles.

He hung a piece of black cloth on the thatched roof, with two very thin gaps side by side, just enough to pass through two rays of light.

The three of them sat on one side of the black cloth, the candles on the other side of the black cloth, and the room was pitch black except for the light that came through the double slits. The black cloth completely blocked the light of the candle on the other side of the room.

"What are you going to show us?" asked Liu Xiaoshan.

Tian Yuan pointed to the wall directly opposite the black cloth and said, "Two of you." ”

Chen Yunsheng saw that there were alternating light and dark markings on the wall, and there was nothing else.

"Is it just these alternating light and dark markings?" Liu Xiaoshan said.

"It's a strange thing that there are so many markings in the two gaps, but what does this have to do with what we just said?" even Chen Yunsheng couldn't help but ask.

The smile on Tian Yuan's face disappeared and he said, "If you want to understand the world realm in the eyes of the Buddha, you must first understand this matter. ”

With that, he took out a huge piece of white paper from his sleeve and pasted it on the wall, and the bright and dark markings were printed on the white paper, there were as many as seven or eight stripes. Although it was unusual for this kind of white paper to be printed with light and dark stripes, it did not surprise the two of them.

The old monk took down the white paper, handed it to Liu Xiaoshan and Chen Yunsheng, and said, "You accept this thing." ”

He hid the curtain from two slits of light, and the room was once again darkened. The old monk said: "The two of you are all facing the curtain, I will not be silent, and I am not allowed to turn my head." ”

Chen Yunsheng did as he was told, but he could clearly feel that Tian Yuan had hung another piece of white paper on the wall. After doing this, Tian Yuan turned around and said, "The two of you are not allowed to use divine thoughts or Yuan Magnetism to detect the situation on the white paper behind you, do you understand?"

Chen Liu and the two nodded.

The monk stretched out his hand to remove the black cloth on the light slit, and the two light filaments shot into the room, and in the faint light, Chen Yunsheng and Liu Xiaoshan looked at each other with puzzled expressions, and even he wondered if the old monk was a little mentally abnormal.

After a few moments, the Tengen monk covered the black cloth on the light slit, and the room fell into darkness again. He took off the white paper on the wall, put it in Chen Yunsheng's hand, lifted the curtain again, and said, "Look at the situation on this white paper." ”

Chen Yunsheng lowered his head and found that there were only two bright lines printed on the white paper, which was very different from the seven or eight light and dark stripes on the white paper before.

"But what does that mean?" he wondered.

Liu Xiaoshan fell into deep thought, her hand grasped Chen Yunsheng's hand tightly, her fingers almost sinking into the flesh, as if she was thinking about an extremely profound matter. Chen Yunsheng kept quiet, keeping his doubts in his heart.

After a while, Liu Xiaoshan raised his head and said, "On the premise that we watch, those two light filaments will diffract into seven or eight light and dark stripes, and when we don't look, there are only two. This proves that our gaze plays a role in how things go. ”

Tian Yuan nodded and said, "Now do you understand why all you see is a bubble?"

Liu Xiaoshan nodded and said, "I saw that Yun Sheng died seventy-two times before, but they were all the results of my observation. If no one is watching, the results may be completely different. ”

"There are infinite ways in which each person can influence the future other than observation, so we can only see one possibility at a moment, and these possibilities all change with the actions of people. ”

Tian Yuan nodded and said, "Not bad." So those are all bubbles, even if you see him dead, don't worry, even if you see him alive and well, don't take it lightly. ”

"Then what is the use of the Buddha's eyes to look at the future?" Chen Yunsheng asked, Liu Xiaoshan also looked at Tian Yuan suspiciously.

The old monk bowed his head and said, "I can see a possibility." If you see him die a thousand times, but only once when he is alive, there is a good chance that he will die. ”

"So that means that there is still a great possibility of the destruction of this world?" Chen Yunsheng said.

Tian Yuan nodded and said, "It should be said that it is so. But there is still hope after all. ”

"How much hope do we have?" said Chen Yunsheng's voice.

"Three hundred years ago, when I looked at it, there was a 1 in 10,000 chance, but at this time, it was only 1 in 10,000. Tianyuan Monk's face showed a trace of compassion, as if a compassionate old man had walked to the kind of indifference that shocked the world at the last moment of his life.

Silence spread in the room, and the two young men undoubtedly believed Tian Yuan's words, but the one in 10,000 possibility was too small after all, and it made sense to work hard for such a small hope.

"If silence works, the old monk is willing not to speak for the rest of his life. But there is not only one path before you. At least I can see that there is only a fifty percent chance that Chen Shizhu and Miss Liu will not survive this catastrophe, and a thirty percent chance that the two will survive the catastrophe at the same time. Tianyuan Monk said lightly.

"The possibility that this world will be destroyed by a catastrophe is almost certain, and there are no eggs under the nest?" Chen Yunsheng said.

"Yes. You can leave this realm. After the poor monk figured out how to use that astrolabe, he would teach it to you, and the two of you could naturally use it to get out of this realm. Aurora's life and death have nothing to do with you. ”

"I don't understand. You start saying let's go collect all the golden skeletons, unlock their secrets, and fight against the coming White Pole. But why did they agree that we would leave without permission? These are clearly two contradictory approaches. Is the master going to ignore the common people?"

"I'm not a guardian, so why can't I ignore it?"

"But you once said that you believe in the benevolence of Buddhism, isn't this contrary to the morality advocated by Buddhism?"

Tian Yuan smiled faintly and said, "Do you believe in the six realms of reincarnation?"

Chen Yunsheng didn't know the meaning behind Dao Tianyuan's question, he shook his head and said, "I don't believe it. ”

Tian Yuan said: "The reincarnation of all beings is the fundamental doctrine of Buddhism. It is not because of the fear of retribution in the afterlife, it is estimated that few people are willing to completely accumulate virtue and do good deeds and do something contrary to human nature. ”

"Do you mean that the saying of the Six Realms of Reincarnation is just to make sentient beings more religious?" Chen Yunsheng felt more and more that this Tian Yuan Master was unfathomable, and he felt more and more that he was a little unreliable.

The old monk nodded and said: "What the Buddha said is naturally correct, I myself believe in reincarnation, but in whose hands is this reincarnation, whether it is really in the hands of the Buddha, I don't know, maybe it is really only after I go to the underworld can I really understand." ”

"Are you going to die too? Aren't you immortal after sleeping?" asked Liu Xiaoshan.

Tian Yuan said: "Of course you will die, there are many kinds of disasters in the Buddhist family, and the heavenly thunder is just one of them, such as choking to death while eating, arguing with others and dying of anger, and accidentally falling to death while walking." Life is originally a river that flows against the current, and one day it will flow down the terrain and complete a cycle, only going up to the land, not going down, which is against the way of heaven. ”

"What the master said is profound, but what does this have to do with saving the common people?" Chen Yunsheng asked.

"If there is reincarnation in the six realms, then the number of living beings in the world must be a fixed number, but some people are reincarnated as animals, and some people are reincarnated as humans. What does it mean that the number of living beings in this realm has skyrocketed since the cataclysm 200,000 years ago?"

"There must be other astral creatures that have decreased in number. Liu Xiaoshan said casually.

"The child can be taught. The old monk deduced from this that for the Heavenly Dao, the destruction of one realm is like the destruction of one person, which happens every moment of every day. If we can't stop this from happening, then at least leave some seeds for this realm to take root and sprout in other astral planes. This is also great compassion and great wisdom. ”

Chen Yunsheng and Liu Xiaoshan looked at each other in silence, a tragic feeling sprouted in his heart, the vast sky may be a huge black forest, there are countless ferocious races in it, if the human race wants to continue to survive in Aurora, they must either sharpen their minions, or hide in the dark to avoid letting the enemy see you.

"Having said so much must have made the two little donors feel depressed, in fact, there is no need, there are some things but just be worthy of your heart. Do your best, and the rest is up to providence. ”

Although Tian Yuan said it very easily, Chen Yunsheng didn't feel that the burden on his body was much lighter. If this world is destroyed because of his own slackness, the billions of living beings who died in vain will carry a heavy burden on his heart.

"We try to gather as many golden skulls as we can and try to solve the secrets within, Master, don't worry. Chen Yunsheng said in a calm and resilient tone.

Tian Yuan said with a smile: "The little donor is really a character, and the old man thanked him in advance." ”

With that, he stood up, folded his hands, and bowed to Chen Yunsheng respectfully. Chen Yunsheng accepted Tian Yuan's worship, and he already planned to risk his life to complete this matter when necessary, so he naturally accepted the other party's worship.

With a wave of his sleeves, the wooden door of the grass house was opened, and the two monks at the door respectfully saluted the three people in the house.

"Wu Ming, Wu Liang, take two guests to the scripture cave to choose scriptures. ”

The two Zhike monks took Chen Yunsheng and Liu Xiaoshan and disappeared between the rows of halls of Chongfa Temple.

A figure suddenly flashed before the grass house, and Wu Nian quietly appeared in front of Tian Yuan.