Not long after returning from Paraguay, South America, there was another gathering at the same place and with the same people (without mining engineer Li Jia) as the beginning of the previous story. Yuan Zhenxia narrated to everyone the changes on the earth's surface...the catastrophe brought about by the changes in the earth's crust is enough to destroy all living things on the earth's surface. Hearing this, everyone felt very heavy. That gentleman even sighed: "The calamity exists, but when it will come, it is completely unpredictable..." Yuan Zhenxia also sighed: "The warning has come!"

Wen Baoyu shrugged: "It could happen within a year, or within 10,000 years, or even within 100 million years! Life and life on the surface of the earth are too short, so everyone is not worried... Perhaps it is the reason why human life is so short, less than a hundred years!" This beautiful young man has the ability to dream, and he continued to use it: "If each of us can live for 10,000 or 100,000 years, just worrying about the coming of doom, and worrying about death, how can there be any happiness in life? " Ma Xian smiled softly: "It's really interesting. Immortality has always been the ideal pursued by human beings, but you feel painful instead..."

She was still snuggled up to Yuan Zhenxia's side. From the appearance, she seemed to be a part of Yuan Zhenxia's body from birth. Wen Baoyu added: "Because this kind of catastrophe is completely unavoidable, and it is completely impossible for anyone to restore it, so if you live under the threat of catastrophe all the time, you will be trembling like a prisoner who has been sentenced to death. I don’t know when it will be executed, you say, is it painful or not?” Some of them laughed, some applauded, Liang Chenmei said in unison: "We are not afraid, because our vitality is very strong, the chance of escaping disaster is great, and the chance of encountering disaster is very small..."

When Wen Baoyu heard that the two of them also agreed with him, he couldn't help being overjoyed: "That's right, that's the reason!" Nonsense frowned: "According to this, the shorter a person's life is, the better! For example, if a catastrophe happens once in a million years, and a person lives a hundred years, the chance of encountering a catastrophe is one in 10,000. If people You can only live for ten years, and the chance of encountering a catastrophe is only one in a hundred thousand..." Wen Baoyu was happy, and clapped his hands: "Yes! Mayfly will never worry about doom, its life is only one day, doom once in a million years, the chance it encounters is..."

When he said this, he paused for a moment, and the beauty of the day had already been calculated: "One in 365.24 million! As a mayfly, there is no need to worry about doom. If the mayfly is worried about the coming of doom, then It's the biggest joke in the world!" Hearing what the two of them said jokingly, everyone laughed.Nonsense is very serious: "It doesn't make sense. Worrying about doom is nothing more than fear of death. In order to fear death, life is shortened instead. How can this make sense?" Yuan Zhenxia raised his hand, indicating that he wanted to speak... In such a situation, it is necessary to rush to speak, as long as it is half a second late, someone will rush to speak.As soon as he raised his hand, Ma Xian, who had been snuggling in his arms, moved slightly.

(There was a small episode about the intimacy between Ma Xian, the super witch, and Yuan Zhenxia.) (The gentleman said to Yuan Zhenxia in a low voice: "There are young men and women here, it is best to have a limit for your actions...") (Yuan Zhenxia blushed, and Ma Xian blinked her big eyes shining with strange brilliance.) (Although the gentleman's voice is low, everyone can still hear it.) (Liangchen Meijing, Wen Baoyu and Hu Hua all burst into laughter immediately, and said in unison: "It doesn't matter, he is old, and he doesn't know the truth that a man and a woman cannot truly express their love for each other without physical contact. No matter what, we will only feel beautiful...')

(Wen Baoyu added more old-fashionedly: "Look at the two of them, they are simply golden boys and girls...") (Thus, Ma Xian and Yuan Zhenxia snuggle up as before, which is logical.) (The gentleman reached out and stroked his face heavily, as if asking: "Am I really old?") Raising his hand, Yuan Zhenxia said, "The length of life is a natural law. If since ancient times, the lifespan of a person is only ten years, or even one day, then that is a lifetime, and there will be no long life." Or the feeling of being short. The life of a mayfly and a person is a whole life. People think that the life of a mayfly is short, but the mayfly itself never feels..."

While Yuan Zhenxia was speaking, Ma Xian kept looking at him with tender eyes, and when he finished speaking, she applauded.Everyone else (except one) applauded with her, and they all thought Yuan Zhenxia's words were brilliant. Indeed, the concept of length of life is determined by the length of life.If the limit of a person's lifespan is one hundred years old, ninety-nine years old is a long life; if the limit of a person's lifespan is only twenty-four hours, then twenty-three hours is also a long life! After listening to Yuan Zhenxia's words, the person who didn't applaud hasn't said a word since he came in.

He came with the gentleman, and after he was introduced, everyone greeted him, and he didn't speak, just nodded. The gentleman's introduction to this tall and thin man dressed in black, who seemed to exude a ghostly aura all over his body, was: "This is my friend Mr. Gent, an excellent psychic medium." Although the introduction was simple, there was still a minute of silence... People here are naturally familiar with the many bizarre experiences of that gentleman, and they also know who this Mr. Gent is.All of a sudden, even the super witch Maxian felt a strange feeling in her heart.

Because Jin Te is really a psychic...a person with special abilities who can have contact with the soul! When Jin Te just came in, others felt that this person's whole body had a gloomy air, which made people feel a chill involuntarily.However, Yuan Zhenxia, ​​who has been cuddling with Ma Xian's soft body, knows that the super witch Ma Xian, who also has incredible supernatural powers, must have had an unusual induction, because the delicate body in his arms vibrated. . At the same time, the eyes of Jin Te and Maxian immediately met, and it was obvious that Jin Te also felt that there was an extraordinary person in this space!

The two of them didn't look at each other for a long time. Yuan Zhenxia noticed that the eyes of the two of them could not be said to contain hostility, but they were not friendly, but a kind of appropriate degree of guarding... This kind of confrontation was only half-hearted. However, Yuan Zhenxia believed that in such a short period of time, these two people with supernatural powers must have communicated in thought to some extent. To prove his conjecture, he kissed Ma Xian lightly on the ear, and then asked in a voice so low that only the two of them could hear, "How is this psychic?" Ma Xian raised her head slightly, and brought her cherry lips closer to Yuan Zhenxia's ear: "He has a very strange power, which is connected to the power of contact with the soul in witchcraft. He is a real psychic, and he can really communicate with the soul. touch." Yuan Zhenxia looked directly at Ma Xian: "Can you?" Ma Xian thought for a while, but did not answer. At this moment, Jin Te seemed to pass by Yuan Zhenxia and Ma Xian casually.And when he passed by, he didn't look at the two of them, but said a word: "You can't, the part of witchcraft that studies the soul is very weak." Ma Xian didn't answer, just snorted softly, Obviously expressed disagreement with Gent's words. Yuan Zhenxia squeezed Ma Xian's hand hard to express his support for Ma Xian. Yuan Zhenxia thought that Ma Xian would definitely refute, but Ma Xian didn't make any further comments. Jin Te walked away and sat down in a corner.From then on, it was as if he didn't exist. No matter what people said, he just listened and didn't say a word. When others looked at him, they could only meet his cold eyes. Jin Te didn't applaud Yuan Zhenxia's words, but after everyone's applause stopped, he suddenly spoke.His voice is very high-pitched, which is very uncomfortable to listen to, but it is also because of this that you will not lose your attention when listening to him, and after listening to it, you will be very impressed. He straightened up first: "I want to ask a question, please answer it in the most direct and simple way." Everyone was very interested, because since Gent is a psychic, the questions he raised must be related to life and soul.The issues related to this aspect have always aroused everyone's interest. This is a question that everyone cares about, and it is also a mystery that has never been solved. Therefore, in the living room, everyone's eyes were on him. His thin face also showed a very serious expression, and he asked in a slow tone and clear voice: "Everyone, when you hear' What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word happy'?" Liang Chenmei and Wen Baoyu first said together: "Happy." Hu said: "Happy..." The gentleman pointed at Hu Hua, which naturally agreed with him. Ma Xian and Yuan Zhenxia looked at each other and said in unison: "Happy, happy." Yuan Zhenxia added: "The pursuit of a happy state in life, there is an old saying that 'a day's joy is the enemy of a thousand years'." Jin Te seemed not very satisfied with everyone's answers. It wasn't until Yuan Zhenxia said the last sentence that he said "ah": "This sentence, one day is happy and the enemy is a thousand years, what book is it in?" (It should be noted that the language they were talking at this time was Chinese. Jin Te’s ability to speak Chinese is very good, sometimes a bit blunt. The Chinese of Liang Chenmei and Wen Baoyu each have a northern or southern accent, but everyone I can understand them all. Ma Xian’s Chinese is so standard that he can record a demonstration record.) (It must be explained that the reason for the conversation in Chinese is that Gent proposed another interpretation of "happy", which fully shows the many changes in Chinese words... other languages ​​​​do not have this feature.) Yuan Zhenxia thought for a while: "It seems to be recorded in the Twenty-Five Histories. In the biography part of the History of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was such a sentence." Jin Te nodded: "This... the word 'happy', what if we add the word 'secret recipe'?" Wen Baoyu has always been unwilling to be outdone in his speech: "The secret recipe for happiness? That is naturally a way to make people happy. If there is such a secret recipe, all people in the world will be happy and free from sorrow and pain, that would be really ideal !" He spoke happily and danced, but Gent said coldly: "I said 'happy', not 'happy'!" He spoke very seriously, and everyone was taken aback for a moment, not knowing why he would say that. Because he asked the first question just now, and everyone gave the answer, and in the answer, the meaning is the same. "Happy" is synonymous with "happy" and "happy", so it doesn't make any sense for Gent to say this. After everyone fell silent, the gentleman said: "I think Mr. Gent's 'happy' may have another meaning." Wen Baoyu said whatever came to his mind, not to mention that Jinte was just a psychic who seemed to be spooky, even if he was the king of heaven, it would be very difficult for him not to express his opinion.He immediately said: "What other meanings can 'happy' have..." Jin Te raised his face, with a look of disdain to talk to Wen Baoyu.Wen Baoyu was even more dissatisfied, and when he wanted to speak again, the gentleman made a gesture and interrupted him: "Xiao Bao, use your brains, think about it, what we were discussing just now..." Wen Baoyu blinked his eyes: "We are discussing that the length of life has nothing to do with whether life is happy or not. In some cases, the shorter the life, the less the worries..." The gentleman nodded: "Yes, try to explain the word 'happy' literally..." As soon as this sentence came out, everyone said "ah".Everyone here has extremely quick thinking, never thought of it, it was just a matter of a moment, once reminded, is there any reason why it was unexpected? Immediately, everyone including Wen Baoyu said in unison: "Live faster, let life pass faster..." Jin Te's eyes quickly swept over everyone, and finally stopped on the gentleman: "It was you who first thought, yes, happy, it should mean to live life faster. So, what the former doctor quoted just now That sentence caught my attention.” When he said this, he paused for a while, and then read the sentence again word by word: "One day is happy to defeat a thousand years..." Yuan Zhenxia was horrified. He just quoted this sentence casually, but he didn't expect Jinte to use it as an explanation for the length of life. He hurriedly said: "I'm afraid this sentence cannot be interpreted as a life span of only one day. , is better than a life of a thousand years..." Jin Teshen said: "Why not? There are only seven words in total, and that's what it means: Happy one day, enemy for a thousand years." Wen Baoyu shook his head: "Sir, you have a problem with your understanding of Chinese characters. The real meaning of this sentence is that a happy day is better than not being happy or not being happy for a thousand years! If you are happy for a thousand years, it is naturally better than being happy for a day. That's what I said!" Wen Baoyu's explanation was quite rational in his nonsense, but Jin Te turned his eyes up and shook his head: "No! A happy day is better than a thousand years of slow life... This sentence is just It shows that a short life is better than a long life..." Wen Baoyu also imitated him, turning his eyes upwards.He was handsome, and when he was making such a weird appearance, he looked very funny, and he laughed a lot when he saw the beauty of the day. At this time, Yuan Zhenxia asked a question, because the question was quite shocking, so even Liang Chen Meijing immediately stopped laughing. Yuan Zhenxia asked: "If 'joyful' can be interpreted as 'quickly live', then, does the 'secret recipe for happiness' you mentioned just now mean that there is a secret recipe that can shorten a person's life?" Jin Te didn't answer immediately, his eyes were deep, and for a while, he didn't know what he was thinking. Ma Xian sighed: "All kinds of murder weapons manufactured can shorten people's lives..." "There are also all kinds of naturally occurring diseases, and the erosion of all kinds of bacteria," Hu said. Liangchen Meijing added: "All kinds of accidents, natural disasters and man-made disasters, regular calamities..." Jin Te didn't express his opinion, Wen Baoyu almost wanted to push him, but he said first: "If you want to live faster, your life will end long ago, there is no need for any secret recipe..." Only then did Jin Te speak: "All the situations you just mentioned are just ending your life early, not shortening the course of life. To shorten the course of life, people need to live for decades now, shorten it to a few years, or even A few days, this is called a quicker life, and the secret method that can shorten a person's life is the 'secret recipe for happiness'..." Jin Te said these words in a slow manner, but he was so angry that he heard them, and even Ma Xian, who had been snuggling by Yuan Zhenxia's side, straightened up and separated from Yuan Zhenxia for about three seconds .Liang Chenmei let out an exclamation, and Wen Baoyu stared at Jin Te with burning eyes. Wen Baoyu likes to read martial arts novels, and always puts himself on the side of justice.His behavior at this time, in his own words, is to "burn up evil with the flame of justice shot out of his eyes." Hu Hua said in a deep voice, "Is that the secret recipe for killing people?" After hearing this, Jin Te frowned and looked impatient. The gentleman waved his hand: "Killing and being happy are not the same in Mr. Gent's mind. To be happy is to shorten a person's life, but it is still a person's life; but to kill is to cut off a person's life. Then you can’t complete a person’s life, but only a third, half, or most of a person’s life!” Wen Baoyu stared at the gentleman honestly and bluntly: "What's the difference?" The gentleman said: "It's very different. According to the ancient records, the life span of a person is eight or nine hundred years old, and a thousand years old is very common. Maybe at that time, people's life span was really that long. Later, I felt that the life span was too long. , is equal to the continuous continuation of pain, so I don’t know what method is used to shorten the life span of a person to less than a hundred years. Over time, a hundred years will become the limit of life. As long as you accept it conceptually, a hundred years And ten years, it is a life course, no different!" Gent said to the gentleman, "Maybe I didn't express the meaning, but you explained it much more clearly than me." Yuan Zhenxia snorted: "Ten years is a life course, and people are still in the stage of children..." As soon as he said this, he stopped abruptly, with an expression of knowing that he had said something wrong.He shook his head: "I'm too stupid. When a person's life span is only ten years, naturally in about two years after birth, everything will be fully developed, which is twenty years today!" No one spoke, because the situation, when you think about it, is very scary... Everyone has only ten years of life, and one year is equal to ten years now, and people who are six or seven years old are equal to sixty or seventy years old now , This is really an unimaginable terrible situation! Yuan Zhenxia was the first to break the silence. He is a doctor, so he asked: "Control the body's anti-aging hormone?" Gent was silent, neither affirming nor denying. There are anti-aging hormones in the human body, and if the anti-aging hormones are out of balance, people will age rapidly.Such "progeria" cases, although rare, are not unique.Photos of eight or nine-year-old "progeria" patients are often published. They look wrinkled and senile, just like old men. Yuan Zhenxia first thought of this, and only then asked this question.Jin Te didn't answer, and after a while, Ma Xian said: "Probably not, controlling anti-aging hormones can only make people's bodies age. An old man who looks like eighty years old, his intelligence, his Thinking ability, still only eight years old!" Wen Baoyu suddenly screamed: "While making people look old, speed up brain activity ten times to match the aging speed of the look... This is simply the murder of all human beings, and no one can do it Get this!" Hu Hua took a deep breath: "Theoretically speaking, if the brain activity of human beings suddenly speeds up ten times, then the feeling and concept of time will be very different. At that time, one minute will become ten minutes?" Yuan Zhenxia laughed "haha": "It's still impossible, unless there is power to speed up the rotation and revolution of the earth by ten times... A day and a night are one day, and this concept can no longer be changed." Jin Te shot cold eyes at Yuan Zhenxia: "If the lifespan of human beings is shortened by ten times, of course the stars in the entire solar system must move ten times faster. People's concepts do not need to be changed. One day and one night are still one day... " Yuan Zhenxia opened his mouth wide and couldn't speak. After a while, Ma Xian said in a low voice: "At that time, people still feel that they have lived for a hundred years... Maybe we are now Treat a year as a hundred years, or even a year as a hundred years! In short, how many years are in a lifetime, it has no meaning..." Wen Baoyu shook his head: "It's so weird!" He looked at Jin Te: "How did you have such a weird idea?" Jin Te didn't answer, but just stared blankly. At that time, his face looked extremely pale.Everyone waited for him to speak, and after waiting for a minute or two, when he spoke, what he said had nothing to do with Wen Baoyu's question. He looked at Yuan Zhenxia with strange eyes. At that moment, Ma Xian, who was nestled in Yuan Zhenxia's arms, suddenly raised his eyebrows, as if he had sensed something.Jin Te said: "Doctor Yuan, not long ago, you had a very strange experience?" Yuan Zhenxia smiled: "I have always had a very strange experience, I don't know which one you are referring to?" Gent took a deep breath: "Some information from... an indescribable realm, a kind of life that is completely opposite to the life form on Earth, um... It's still hard for me to explain..." Yuan Zhenxia waved his hand: "I see, you mean, the messenger from the 'Ghost Constellation'..." Jin Te let out an "ah" and nodded again and again: "Ghost Constellation, well, this is a very appropriate name..." Hearing him say this, as if hearing the name "Ghost Constellation" for the first time, Yuan Zhenxia couldn't help being very curious: "Master, have you also had contact with the life of the Ghost Constellation?" Jin Te frowned tightly: "Yes, not long ago, they even wanted my soul! I tried my best to resist, knowing that I would fail, and when I was helpless, they suddenly gave up." Both Yuan Zhenxia and Ma Xian let out a sigh of relief. They both dealt with the messenger from the ghost constellation, and the twists and turns they experienced were bizarre and thrilling. Looking back, it was like a nightmare. Ma Xian looked at Yuan Zhenxia affectionately: "The course of this is too tortuous. The messengers from the ghost constellation are willing to sacrifice themselves to fulfill the love of the people on earth. They are a very noble life. Excuse me, how about that? What is the connection with the so-called 'happy secret recipe' you just proposed? They want to change the life form of people on Earth?" Gent thought for a while about Maxian's question: "I'm not sure. When I dealt with them for the last time, they told me that they had no intention of changing the life forms of people on Earth, but there are people who want to do so. It should be said, There are forces...doing this..." Yuan Zhenxia immediately asked: "Why did they tell you?" Jin Te smiled bitterly: "Who knows, maybe they wanted to take my slave soul and felt sorry, so they first revealed the news to me about the disaster facing the people on Earth." Ma Xian's voice was low and moving: "What's the use?" Gent's expression and voice were full of confusion: "Maybe, after knowing that there is such a crisis, we can prevent the crisis from happening?" The gentleman stood up and paced back and forth a few steps: "What form of change? Shorten people's lives by ten times or more?" Wen Baoyu said with a smile: "If there is any power that can change the rotation speed of the sun, moon and stars, thereby affecting the lifespan of life on earth, it will have no effect on life on earth at all." Liang Chenmei stared at Wen Baoyu with a questioning face.Wen Baoyu said: "If there is any power that can change the movement of the sun, moon and stars, it is the power of God. How can human beings resist? Moreover, in that situation, human beings don't feel the fact that their lives are shortened at all. , exactly the same as now!" Wen Baoyu's words were very reasonable, Liang Chenmei sighed naturally, everyone looked very helpless... Thinking of the fate of all people on earth, they are all at the mercy of unknown forces, no one will feel happy. After being silent for a while, Wen Baoyu said in his lively and optimistic voice: "Since there is no influence at all, let's just pretend that there is no such thing at all..." His optimistic personality is very contagious, and even Jin Te said: "The children's words make sense..." Wen Baoyu raised his fingers, and solemnly declared: "First, I'm not young; second, whether I'm friends with you or not, I can't decide yet..." Jin Te didn't think it was disobedient: "Yes, I was wrong!" After he said a word, he shifted his gaze to Ma Xian. Before he could speak, Ma Xian said: "Master's psychic ability is very strong, can it make up for the lack of witchcraft in this area? Are you interested? Some first-class wizards and witches, discuss and exchange?" Gent tilted his head, thought for a while, and then nodded.Ma Xian was very happy: "Then please pick a random day, master, to come to the Institute of Witchcraft." Jin Te shook his head: "Now I can't set a date. When I come, I will come naturally." The gentleman clapped his hands: "This sentence is full of Zen." Jin Te's expression suddenly became very serious again, and he pointed to the gentleman: "I heard from him that I have an appointment with you today, Doctor Yuan, I came here specially to see you." Yuan Zhenxia bowed his body: "It's a pleasure to meet you, really, it's a pleasure to meet you, you are an authority on psychics!" Jin Te shook his head slowly: "But, Doctor Yuan, you have had the experience of your soul leaving your body and then returning. Moreover, during the period when your soul left the body, you were escorted to the ghost constellation by the messenger from the ghost constellation. Pass……" Yuan Zhenxia spread his hands, and did not express any opinion on his strange experience. (What Jin Te said is already bizarre enough, but in fact, what happened to Yuan Zhenxia at that time was even more bizarre. After he "returned", the body that his soul entered was not his original body, but the one from Leman Hospital. Doctor, another body copied.) (The twists and turns and weird experience are all described in detail in the two stories.) Gent took a deep breath: "I have been engaged in the study of the soul all my life, and no one has had a more interesting experience than you. I want to ask you some questions. I wonder if you are willing to answer..." Yuan Zhenxia hesitated for a moment before saying, "If I can answer, I will be happy to tell you..." Jin Te said: "I'm very greedy. I want to know all the experiences of your soul after leaving the body, the situation of the ghost constellation, the way of existence of the soul, everything, in short, all the experiences you can remember." After Jin Te finished speaking, there was silence for a while... Everyone here knows that Yuan Zhenxia had such a strange and inexplicable experience, but the details of it, even the gentleman did not know. Know! For a long time, every time Yuan Zhenxia had a new adventure, he would always discuss with that gentleman and listen to his excellent opinions on all incredible and strange things. However, since he returned from the Ghost Constellation, he hasn't done that. So at this moment, all eyes were on him, wondering how he would answer. After a while, Yuan Zhenxia said: "Of course I can, but I didn't go to the Ghost Constellation alone, I went with young people... There is also the princess, three people from the earth, who have been to the Ghost Constellation and come back. We There was an agreement that the three of us should go together and narrate the story to our good friend, but the young man and Princess Hei Sha have not heard from each other, so we can't contact them..." Jin Te didn't continue to ask, but said indifferently: "When you find them, please be sure to notify me!" Under such circumstances, the gathering can be regarded as sweeping away most of the unpleasant emotions encountered in the discussion just now.The things they had discussed were, after all, very illusory and had no real basis at all, so naturally there was no way to worry about them. After leaving Wen Baoyu's big house (given to Wen Baoyu by Chen Changqing), Yuan Zhenxia and Ma Xianqing got into the car with their arms around each other. When they got into the car, Wen Baoyu said loudly: "Theoretically, brooms are the means of transportation for witches..." Ma Xian was not angry at all, just smiled at Wen Baoyu and made a weird gesture to him at the same time.Wen Baoyu was startled, he waved his hands wildly, looking panicked. Before he could ask Ma Xian what witchcraft he had cast on him, Ma Xian had already started the car and drove away. With Wen Baoyu's expression, he giggled wildly at the sight of the beautiful scenery.Hu Hua shook his head disapprovingly: "Really, how could she harm you?" Wen Baoyu still had a frowning face: "There is no need to be serious, it will be very bad if I have a nightmare every night..." Whether Wen Baoyu would have a nightmare every night is not known.Yuan Zhenxia and Ma Xian hugged each other tightly, lying on the thick carpet, of course there were only sweet dreams, no nightmares. They were in the small bungalow where Ma Xian lived before, Ma Xian's body was as soft as cotton, she pressed her delicate face against Yuan Zhenxia's chest, and gently scratched Yuan Zhenxia's broad shoulders with her fingers He said, and asked in a tired voice: "Do you still remember everything that happened in this room?" Yuan Zhenxia will never forget everything that happened in this house (he has too many unforgettable experiences in his life), but he did not answer the question: "Don't leave at dawn──" Ma Xian sighed lightly, and her light sigh made people feel nervous, so Yuan Zhenxia pulled her hard. Ma Xian's body twisted slightly: "No, I'm a witch, and I must obey the laws of witchcraft..."