Chapter 17 Chapter 16 The Truth of the World

The first core meeting of the Saintess Cult was not in Shanghai. Yuan Ji and I were sitting on a long-distance bus, which was heading for Kunshan. It's Kunshan again! I finally persuaded He Xi halfway.The reason is half because this enthusiastic female forensic doctor still joined the brigade to suppress the cult.with the Inspector.I don't know what reason he used, maybe he considered that Lu Wanqiang's body would be found in the cult. Alas, He Xi's temper is really super stubborn, it seems that I will be verbal in the future.Thinking this way, for some reason, there was no smile on the corner of his mouth.

Cheap, men are cheap.I straightened my face quickly. There were 30 people in the air-conditioned bus, but it wasn't full. I don't know if there were any hidden clues followed by the police.Maybe there was a car following behind, maybe it was a combination of both.Yuan Ji was very alert. I wanted to chat with him in the car, but he indicated that it was inconvenient to talk here, and he leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes to rest. The driver drove the car crazily, no matter how big or small the car passed.My heart skipped a beat, and I closed my eyes like Yuan Ji did, but couldn't calm down and go to sleep. Scenes and scenes came and went like a revolving lantern year after year.

There are various indications that Zhou Xianxian may be the saint of the Holy Maiden Sect.But how did a missing little girl become the saint of a cult, and how did a former hospital nurse become a high-ranking member of a cult?What does the Holy Maiden mean to the Holy Maiden Cult? Is it the core, or is it just Xue Ying's puppet?Even though she was just a puppet with a high status, Huang Zhi was her biological mother. Why would a cult member go to kill Huang Zhi, and then be found innocent by the "Heavenly Lord" they believed in, and mysteriously disappear after performing a miracle?

In my career as a reporter over the years, I have had many bizarre experiences that ordinary people cannot imagine, but no matter which one, I can't compare with this time.In the past, for those weird events that I have encountered, I can always get closer to the goal step by step.I can do this because what I am facing is just an unknown phenomenon, just like a little bit of light in the dark, its own existence guides me in the direction.But if there are stars all around, and you are in the vast sea of ​​stars, you will lose your way and don't know where to go. Compare a certain strange event to a little starlight, and count how many stars surround me.

The reason why Huang Zhi was considered evil by the villagers was that her relatives died or disappeared one after another, and finally she was herself. Most people would not believe such a bad luck if explained by coincidence. After that is the paper baby incident.The sudden downsizing of the belly, the hideous figure of the paper baby, and the unexplainable reasons for its formation. One of Korea's refrigerator dead babies had such an incredible DNA test that I had to link him to a paper baby.But how did this dead baby disappear from Huang Zhi's belly and go to South Korea thousands of miles away?Why did the same dead baby have unexplainable long-term crawling marks on his body?

Why was Huang Zhi killed? Does Lu Wanqiang's murder represent the intention of the Saintess Cult's top management? Why did they kill the Saintess' mother?I thought about this for a long time, as if the answer was hidden somewhere in my subconscious, but I couldn't figure it out for a while. How did Lu Wanqiang disappear from the toilet?Is it really a miracle?Is it really "Tianzun" again? Unbelievable incidents happened one after another, and often when I tried to find clues to solve the mystery of the previous incident, a new strange incident would suddenly appear, leaving me dumbfounded.

What is the connection between these events?If I go deep into the Saintess Cult this time, will I discover the rope that connects all the incidents, or will I just add another weight to the existing pile of supernatural incidents? Every one of my brain cells had expanded by about a third, and to keep my head from turning into popcorn, I forced myself to start counting sheep. One sheep, two sheep, three sheep, four sheep... After more than a hundred sheep, it suddenly occurred to me that there seems to be a great similarity between the paper baby incident and the secret room disappearance incident.

If Lu Wanqiang really disappeared out of thin air in the toilet, instead of playing some tricks that we haven't thought of now. If Zhiying's brother also suddenly disappeared in Huangzhi's womb... I opened my eyes, Yuan Ji was looking at me, and he smiled at me. My face froze, and I reminded myself that the place I was going to was a cult! The place we are going to is not the urban area of ​​Kunshan City, but a small town nearby, and it is not in the same direction as Datang Village.Changed to another minibus in Kunshan, bumped on the trail for more than half an hour, Yuan Ji jumped up and told the driver to stop.

This is the edge of a small town. Yuan Ji led him into a small roadside restaurant. I was thinking that this place was too small, so I saw him beckon the waiter to bring the menu. "There's still some time, just go after lunch." He said to me. A plate of fried chicken, a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, plus two cold tofu, a bottle of cold beer. "How many people will there be today?" I asked. "I can't tell." Yuan Ji shook his head and said, "Originally there would not be many people, because the teachings that the master is going to preach today, like me, have been heard many times, and they are mainly aimed at you. But today there may be some gods. trace."

When he mentioned the word "miracle", Yuan Ji's voice was a little softer, as if he was afraid that people around him would hear it. Then he changed to Shanghai dialect and said to me: "If there are more newcomers who are willing to join the church, the church will hold an initiation ceremony. At that time, the saint will bless everyone and perform miracles. Newcomers who have heard the teachings and believe in the past few times will also come today. There should be enough to hold the initiation ceremony, so at least the core believers will come as much as possible. It is the supreme honor of every believer to see the saint and the miracle, which can bring us closer to God. It seems that today we can It's all over, I thought.

After eating, I rushed to pay the bill, saying that I could reimburse the bill with public funds. "Can it be reimbursed? Don't lie to me." Yuan Ji said. "Really can report, really can report." I said with a smile.It is indeed true, but the unit that reimbursed me is not the newspaper office, but the Public Security Bureau. Walk across a bridge and there is a straight road ahead.There are only a few streets in the town, and this is outside the town, and the population is getting sparser. "Where are we going?" I couldn't help asking. "Don't worry, we'll be there soon." Yuan Ji said, turning into a small road. This is a trail wide enough for only two cars to cross. It must have been a field ridge many years ago, but now there is still heaven and earth on both sides.Looking forward, there seems to be a low building through the gaps between the street trees. Is there the destination?I peeked behind me, but nothing happened.Those policemen won't be lost, I muttered to myself. The door was open, with no number or signboard.Yuan Ji's expression became very serious, or solemn.I guess this should be a fixed gathering point of the Saintess Cult, or even the headquarters, because Yuan Ji looks like he has entered a holy place that cannot be desecrated. I looked at the buildings here, they were not newly built, they must have been more than ten years old.What was it used for before?I noticed that there are several sets of outdoor exercise equipment in the open space next to the gate, all of which are small in size. Was this once a school or a nursing home? Except for a two-story building, the others are one-story bungalows.I followed Yuan Ji and walked to the large open space behind the bungalow. This open space is blocked by the bungalows in front and cannot be seen from the gate.I was taken aback when the crowd sitting in the clearing appeared in front of my eyes. Although Yuan Ji said that there should be many people during the meal, since I entered the gate, I haven't heard many people's voices.Under normal circumstances, three or four hundred Chinese people gather together, but they will not be so quiet. These people do it quietly in the shape of a half moon, facing a round altar.There is no one on the round altar. I know that the official start will not be until one o'clock in the afternoon, and there are about 20 minutes left. Yuan Ji pulled me to sit on the ground at the end. This open space facing the river is surrounded by bungalows outside. Across the river is a forest, which can be regarded as a quite secluded place. I don't know how much preparation the police have made. If they want to catch everyone here, it seems that even the river and the other side must be controlled.Thinking of the police, I took a sneak peek at the cell phone in my bag. My cell phone had already been set to vibrate, so that the message would not be easily detected.But when I glanced at it, I was shocked to find that there was no signal in the phone. I thought about it, took out the phone openly, and asked Yuan Ji softly. "Why is there no signal here?" Yuan Ji leaned into my ear and whispered: "There is no signal. This is a place close to the gods. The signal from the mortal world cannot come in." device?According to this deceitful statement, there are many places in Shanghai that are close to God, such as the Grand Theater. But in this way, if there is any news to spread, it will be troublesome. After waiting quietly for a while, the crowd on one side was a little agitated, and then I saw a man in a blue Hanfu walking towards the round altar in the middle. This Hanfu has wide robes and wide sleeves, and the skirt flutters when I walk, which makes me tsk-tsk, it really looks like a magic stick, but it is the sun at noon, how much prickly heat powder will be wasted when I go back dressed like this. The person next to me turned his head and looked at me, as if he thought I was not dignified enough, so I quickly adjusted to the most devout expression, keeping my eyes on it. This man was in his forties and looked thin. He walked up to the round altar and sat down cross-legged. "Why isn't it Master Xue that I saw last time?" I asked Yuan Ji. "Master Xue may be accompanying the saint. This Master Liu is Xue's husband, and his cultivation is very advanced." Master Liu?Ha, no wonder the style.The police have already started to investigate Xue Ying. Her husband is Liu Jiangzhou. He is an idle liar and has a lot of criminal records in the police. "Master Liu and Master Xue, are they the two masters with the deepest internal cultivation?" I asked. Yuan Ji nodded: "They were the first to follow the saint." Maybe the entire Saintess Church was created by the two of them, so today the police can really catch them all in one go. "Before I start talking, please let your hearts calm down slowly. Friends who have been here many times, please be in awe; as for those who set foot on this holy land for the first time today, you will listen To more than you imagine, maybe you will doubt, fear anger, sadness, disappointment, but please remain calm." Without the hustle and bustle of the city, without the faint sound of the wind, Liu Jiangzhou's voice was heard clearly in everyone's ears. "Everything I want to say comes from the Holy Maiden, from the great God—Tianzun. Those who believe in God will see the truth and no longer be confused." After saying this sentence, Liu Jiangzhou made a gesture, like a ghost drawing amulet, Then most of the people present followed suit.I think this is about the same as the folded hands in Buddhism and the cross ceremony in Christianity. "When we were born, came into this world, and opened our eyes, all those colorful and bizarre things began to imprint on our minds. As the days went by, all the novelties that excited or frightened us disappeared. Become ordinary and take it for granted. What is this world like? From ancient times to the present, any wise person has never given up exploring, but almost all of them have gone in the wrong direction, because what we see and hear Everything we come into contact with misleads us all the time. "Newborn babies are the greatest geniuses. They have many times more neurons in their brains than any scientist. However, over time, most of these neurons will slowly shrink. Maybe you have forgotten, maybe You still have a little memory. When we were young, we had a unique experience of the world, and often had all kinds of doubts and conjectures. Now the source of these thoughts has dried up, and we can no longer even understand our own thoughts at that time But you must know that you may have been only one step away from the truth. I listened attentively to Master Liu’s preaching. The teacher said that although I did listen attentively, I didn’t take it seriously at first. What kind of means to fool the mentality of the people, I laughed to myself while listening. But after hearing it, I couldn't help but wonder. "What is this world like? Is what you see real? Every child has thought about this question from a different angle. Some precocious children even began to doubt that the world in front of them, In fact, it is nothingness, and everything is just an illusion of the mind. Parents, brothers and sisters, delicious candy, etc., are all magic cast by an unfathomable being. In fact, everything is just an illusion. Maybe except Apart from myself, everything else does not exist.” Speaking of this, Liu Jiangzhou looked at the people sitting in the audience with scrutiny, and asked: "If you think about it carefully, have you ever had similar thoughts?" I noticed some people nodding slightly.In fact, I was also touched in my heart, because I did have this idea once, and as I grew up, I naturally understood how absurd the idea was when I was young.Master Liu asked in such a tone, could it be that their teachings are actually like this? After a short pause, Liu Jiangzhou continued to speak after the audience in the audience had a short thought. "This kind of unbelievable fantasies that ordinary people have is actually the closest to the truth, the truth that makes people despair. This world is a vain illusion." As soon as he said these words, there was a small commotion among those people who came here for the first time like me. "Let us ask ourselves, can we find any evidence to prove the real existence of this world? For example, a flower, you can see its shape and color with your eyes, smell its fragrance with your nose, and touch its petals with your hands. Can you prove that this flower really exists? Isn’t all this your feeling? When you can’t feel this flower, how can you know that this flower still exists?” I suddenly knew what was puzzling me. He actually took the philosophy of idealism as the teachings of the Saintess to spread to us. China's current education divides the various philosophical schools of mankind for thousands of years into two, materialism and idealism, and each doctrine is subdivided.All schools of philosophy based on human spiritual experience are called idealism.Because it is incompatible with the mainstream Marxist school of materialist philosophy, it has appeared in a less positive image in recent decades, from basic to higher education.So over the years, the impression in the hearts of Chinese people has been deeply ingrained. Under such circumstances, why did the Saintess Church choose idealist philosophy as its doctrine? Wouldn't this make it more difficult to absorb the congregation? "Many people will retort, saying that modern physics has studied the material world very deeply, how can it deny the existence of matter. However, how does modern science understand this world? The detailed structure of matter can be seen from the electron microscope , Isn’t this detailed structure still visible with our eyes? All research results, in the final analysis, can only be truly accepted by our hearts through our personal sensory organs. If there is a great magic , can deceive the eyes, nose, mouth and heart of everyone. How can we know what this world is like? Now, let me tell you that time is illusory, space is illusory, and the material world is illusory. We All we can grasp is our heart, our spirit, and this is the precious Shinichi.” He listened to Liu Jiangzhou talking nonsense above, and he thought of a person in his heart.What he said is almost exactly the same as Berkeley's point of view. Berkeley, Locke, and Hume are called the three representatives of modern British empiricist philosophy.Berkeley's most famous view is "to be is to be perceived". He believes that all matter comes from experience, and matter only exists in the mind.Isn't this exactly the same as what Liu Zhoucheng said at this time? "What I'm talking about is all matter. Everything you see and touch, even our flesh and blood, is actually nothingness. And to perform this great magic, is the only true god, Tianzun. Only by abandoning material desires, Believe in Tianzun, the soul can be sublimated." This is too negative, I thought in my heart.According to such teachings, wouldn't every saintly believer have to abandon all material desires and live like a Puritan? "Those who came here for the first time, I know what you are thinking at the moment: doubt, disbelief, disdain. But look around you, we already have such firm believers, they have already recognized the truth of this world , the absolute truth, the irrefutable truth. Why do we believe in Tianzun, and our church is not called Tianzun religion, but is called Saintess religion, because Tianzun has descended his incarnation, that is our saint. Saintess She is a person who walks on the ground of God, she has the power of God, and this power is the core of our gathering so many believers." Speaking of this, Master Liu showed a strange smile: "Stupid mortals, you can only believe it if you see it with your own eyes." What he said whetted my appetite, waiting to hear what kind of power this saintess has. "The world is false, and mortals can't believe it. Because mortals only believe what they see, hear, and touch. So God let them see, let them smell, let them touch. The power of the saint lies in that she can easily dial Open the fog, in front of her, flowers, rocks, plants, and everything in time are just fog that can be easily pushed away." Liu Jiangzhou stood up suddenly, pointed to the audience, and said loudly: "In other words, you, each of you, as long as the saint is willing, you can return to the original nothingness. Because everything in the world is vain , so as long as the saintess thinks that something can disappear and there is no need for it to exist, that thing will disappear, erased from this world, clean, without leaving any traces. Yes, as long as one of the saintess Will, as long as the Holy Maiden says 'it, does not exist'. This is a miracle, and such a miracle will come today for all of you to see!" These few words, like a thunderbolt of lightning, hit my forehead, and opened up a path in many links that could not be connected with each other before. I turned to look at Yuan Ji, the expression on his face was firm, pious and somewhat fanatical.Has he actually seen that kind of power?There is actually a person in this world. In front of her, any flesh or steel are just phantoms that can be blown away at any time?Does this world, the world I have lived in for more than twenty years, actually not exist? Or...the miracles they saw were just magic tricks, just like the great magicians who traveled around the world, they could use tricks to make a Boeing airliner disappear in full view. But I know in my heart that some things can only be explained if they are true to what Liu Jiangzhou said. The truth of the world that Liu Jiangzhou said can explain the mystery that has troubled me for a long time, but it negates the whole world. Which side should I choose? In fact, the truth is not optional.