Chapter 6 Chapter 5: The Steel Knife Hanging Over Human Heads

Even people on Earth seldom do aimless things. It is hard to imagine that aliens would behave in such a boring way──Could it be that what I met at this time was an alien urchin? As I thought about it, I looked at the situation in the room in the dark. It's the same as when I came last time, the furnishings in the room are very simple, just a bed, a table and a chair.The chair was the same bamboo chair, and there was no one on it—no one in the whole room, I'm sure of that. I went all the way to the center of the room, then to the door, found the switch by the door, and turned on the light.The light wasn't really bright, but it was good enough for me at the moment, and I could see clearly what was going on in the room.

Probably because Bai Su and Hong Ling came here often, the room was very clean. I turned around, and there was really nothing in the room that I couldn't see, and there were definitely no strange aliens. Compared with the thrilling experience just now, the calm at this time is so different that it is indescribable. I was a little dazed. Although everything just now was so real, when I think about it now, it feels like a dream. This feeling of illusory, but not real, is extremely uncomfortable, because it makes people lose the ability to judge whether it is real or illusory──I even doubt the current situation where I am standing in this room , is true or not.I don't know if this status quo is an illusion. I went further and thought that if it is an illusion, where is the real me now and what am I doing?

It suddenly occurred to me that if a person clearly knows that he has had a dream and turned into a butterfly in the dream, when he wakes up, he will not have the question "Did I dream that I turned into a butterfly, or did the butterfly dream into a butterfly?" me" doubts. And Mr. Zhuang Zhou actually had such doubts, and his doubts have been passed down for thousands of years, so his experience at that time must not be as simple as a dream, and there must be other reasons for it-it is very possible that his The encounter is actually the same as I am now, in a situation where truth and illusion are completely indistinguishable, so this famous doubt arises.

(A few days later, I brought this point up for discussion with everyone. Wen Baoyu first applauded and agreed, and he said: It must be like that.) (Whether that is true or not, unless you find Zhuangzi's soul to ask, otherwise no one can answer for him.) At that time, I mainly wanted to relieve the uncomfortable feeling in my heart, so I yelled three times.Since my yelling had no purpose, I had no idea what I was yelling at, nor did I remember if I called Jin Wei's name. Unexpectedly, after I yelled, I suddenly heard a voice coming from afar. First, it called my name. Since the voice sounded from a very far away place, I was in a daze.In such an environment, hearing such a voice call my name, it feels like I don’t know what power is calling my soul, it’s chilling all over my body!

At first I thought it was hallucination again, but it sounded like Jin Wei's voice, and then I heard the voice calling: "Where are you? You were calling me just now?" I was sure it was Jin Wei's voice, and it turned out that he was responding to my cry! I hurried out of the room, it was still dark all around, I didn't see anyone, so I had to shout: "Jin Wei! Where are you?" This time there was an echo immediately, and Jin Wei's voice came suddenly—it gave people a "sudden" feeling, because it turned out that Jin Wei's voice sounded coming from a long distance, but suddenly it became very loud. It's close, although it's not close to the ear, but it's also unexpectedly close, only about ten meters away.

All I could think of at the time was that Jin Wei was moving so fast!He called me again, in a cheerful voice, and then I vaguely saw him turn the corner of the room, run towards me, and be in front of me in a flash. I was still wondering why he came so fast, so I blurted out: "You came so fast!" Jin Wei was taken aback for a moment, as if he didn't know what I meant by that. Although the sky was pitch black, but at a close distance, you could clearly see his expression of not understanding why I said that. His reaction made me know that something must be wrong with me. When I first heard his voice, he seemed to be a kilometer away, but suddenly appeared in front of me, isn't it weird?

At that time, my thoughts were very disordered, and I was not sure what was wrong for a while, so I first asked: "Where were you just now?" Jin Wei even had an inexplicable expression: "What do you mean where I was just now?" I waved my hand vigorously: "Where were you in the past half hour...or an hour?" Jin Wei also felt that my question was strange, so he took a breath before answering: "It's right here! After I contacted you, I have been waiting here for you!" I also took a breath: "Then why did I call you as soon as I came in, but you didn't answer?"

It is true that I yelled Jin Wei's name as soon as I entered the chicken farm, but there was no response at all. It was not dark at that time, and it was dusk. I then brought this up again. Jin Wei looked at me with a very strange expression, and then I noticed his unusual gaze, which glowed in the dark, usually only the eyes of cats can emit such light in the dark── Because they have night vision ability. I only know that Jin Wei is a very good hunter. Is my outstanding eyesight a prerequisite for a good hunter? At that time, I didn't know how many doubts I had in my mind, but I still thought about irrelevant issues in a rambling way, and I felt helpless about my habit.

I thought about it for a while, and made a gesture to Jin Wei, signaling him to go into the room and talk.Jin Wei glanced at his room, and asked in a low voice, "Have you been in this room all this time?" I said, "Not at all—what's wrong with this house?" Jin Wei shook his head, with a confused and weird expression: "I don't know, but... but... there..." He talked for a long time, but still didn't say anything. I felt that we were both in a state of trance, or confusion.In such a situation, it is not necessary to study why my state appeared. The important thing is to restore my mental state to a normal state before I can understand the ins and outs of the matter.

So I stopped asking him what's weird about that house (in fact, although I've only experienced the weirdness of that room, I can't tell why), I reached out and grabbed his hand, and we walked into the house together. We were at the door of the house at all, and we had already entered the door after taking two steps. Just now when I entered the door, there was a chill that hit me, which made me feel like I was fighting for survival, but now there is nothing strange. But because of the terrible experience just now, when I stepped through the door, I couldn't help but suffocated.

It was only for a very short time, but Jin Wei's sense was very keen. He immediately looked at me and cast a questioning look. I immediately said: "It's a long story—I believe you have a lot of things to say. Let's talk about the same thing, otherwise it will be more chaotic and we will not be able to make sense of it." Jin Wei nodded in agreement, and I said, "Let me talk first." We had reached the center of the room, and I motioned for Jin Wei to sit on the bamboo chair, and I sat down by the bed, thinking about how to start. Finally I decided to cut to the chase.I said: "This chicken farm must be very weird, and this room is even more weird." At this beginning, the listeners should at least be skeptical, but Jin Wei immediately nodded when he heard it. His reaction like this proves that he must have had an unusual experience here as well. Although I really want to know what strange things happened to him, I still insist on explaining the problems one by one in order to avoid confusion. So I just keep talking. I said: "I used to have strange encounters in this chicken farm, you know that?" Jin Wei nodded: "If you think I need to say it again, just say it." I said: "Simply, he said, the last time I entered the chicken farm, I was affected by a force and entered a fantasy. The content of the fantasy was a day before the chicken farm. The way I feel—looking back on it now, is that the experience was a time-lapse that took me back a few years. But I believe it was the result of some kind of force invading my brain." Jin Wei nodded in understanding. I continued: "For me, it is an extremely serious matter for the brain to be invaded by external forces. For that kind of force, since it can invade the human brain, it is actually equivalent to controlling people. Do anything, so that's a no-nonsense ability that shouldn't belong to Earthlings." When I said this, I paused for a while, and Jin Wei nodded: "That's very true." I smiled wryly: "I made all kinds of assumptions afterwards, and until now I still don't understand the purpose of that force that invaded my brain and made me enter the illusion? Because the whole thing was just a strange encounter for me. That's all, it has no other effect!" I say this, of course, to seek Jin Wei's opinion. Jin Wei also smiled bitterly: "I can't think of why that power would use its incomparable ability to do such purposeless things." I took a breath and said, "Today, I saw your message when I got home. It was three hours after you sent the message. I came immediately and came to the chicken farm before dark. When I came in, I yelled loudly, but No reply." Jin Wei opened his mouth to speak, but I gestured to stop him: "Let me finish my story first, and then talk about yours—the weirdness here is unimaginable, we must figure it out carefully, and we can't mess ourselves up." I have repeatedly emphasized that "no chaos" is really because things are extremely chaotic—it is difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction, so I would rather use a stupid method and say one by one. Jin Wei was very understanding of what I meant, and made a gesture to let me continue. I said, "So I called and walked in..." I told Jin Wei in detail what happened after I entered the chicken farm, especially what happened after I came to the door of this room. I explained my feelings at the time very thoroughly, and Jin Wei listened attentively, frowning.After I finished speaking, he still held his breath, and after a while, he let out a long sigh of relief, with a somewhat terrified look on his face. He is a member of the Non-Human Association, and he has experienced countless dangerous things in his life. It is extremely difficult for him to feel scared and show it in his face, so it affects me when I think of what happened just now, and I can't help feeling awe-inspiring. Jin Wei said in a rather surprised voice: "This... what kind of phenomenon is this?" I pointed to my head: "Obviously, there is a force invading, controlling the activities of my brain and making me feel." After I said these two sentences, I paused and said again: "For people, the truth or illusion of things depends on whether they have feelings or not. That is to say, it doesn't matter whether something is true or false. Feel it or not feel it." I know that my statement is not easy to be accepted by ordinary people, so I explained it to Jin Wei in detail. But Jin Wei accepted it very naturally, and he nodded repeatedly: "That's how it is—all human cognition comes from brain activity, and the feeling of brain activity is true, and that's why I feel scared, you Don't laugh at me, I'm really scared... Having the power to control human brain activity... is equivalent to controlling everything!" After he said this, both of us were silent for a while.We are all thinking about the seriousness of this matter. Controlling human brain activity is equivalent to controlling everything about human beings! This situation is more terrible than all other situations! When human beings' brain activities are controlled, it is equivalent to losing themselves completely, and becoming a walking dead at the mercy of manipulation! There are no advanced creatures with their own thoughts on the earth, and human beings have completely become...become...become something that cannot be expressed in words or language! And all this is not that we scare ourselves, but something that actually happened. I have experienced it again and again, and I believe Jin Wei has also experienced it here! Thinking of all this, it is natural to feel unprecedented fear. I'm sure Kingway feels the same way I do -- you can tell by the look on his face. And yet we have another thought of the same kind: the force doesn't seem to be manipulating us by controlling brain activity. At that time, I didn't know how Jin Wei's Dao Yu was.As far as I am concerned, the last time I was completely unprepared, I was brought into the illusion by that kind of power, and I was in a certain scene three years ago. Although it was weird and inexplicable, it was not harmful. If you are prepared and resist with all your strength, although you have suffered a lot, you have no actual loss, and you can easily make that force retreat. It can be seen from this that although that power can manipulate and control the activities of the human brain, it does not seem to use this to do anything wrong and turn humans into its tools. From this point of view, it seems safe to say that this power has no ill will towards mankind. Then you shouldn't be so afraid. But thinking that all human activities are controlled by a kind of power, although this kind of power is not malicious, it is also a great threat, just like a steel knife hanging above the head. It fell and cut people in half! The best, of course, is to eliminate this kind of power, and secondly, at least there must be a way to resist this kind of power, and the destiny of mankind cannot be placed above the likes and evils of that kind of power.The fate of mankind cannot be placed in a situation where there is a power to control it. Human beings should have the right to control their own destiny──simply put, it means that human beings cannot live in a certain shadow, and cannot live under the threat of becoming a walking dead at any time! So the existence of this kind of power, whether it is benevolent or malicious, is a great bad thing for human beings! Jin Wei and I thought the same, so we shouted together at the same time: "Find out this power!" After shouting together, we looked at each other and smiled wryly. It's easy to call out such a sentence, but I really don't know how to do it.The power that can enter the human brain is certainly not a knife or a bullet—it will not be a physical object, but just a kind of energy without a trace.Think about the fact that human beings know almost nothing about the energy generated by their own brain activities, how to deal with other energies that do not know where they come from or what they are? We found out immediately that we were simply incapable of doing anything in this matter! Before this kind of power, human beings have no resistance at all. This kind of power has no malice towards human beings, and human beings can live normally. Once this kind of power suddenly has evil thoughts towards human beings, human beings will have no choice but to be slaughtered! For a moment we were all very depressed, Jin Wei even put his hands on his head and shook his body vigorously, it can be seen that he was in great pain. After a while, he put down his hand and looked at me. My mood is also very bitter, but it may be better than his, because I have fought against that force before, and it is not considered a surrender, nor will I be completely controlled by that force. I repeat the situation again. Jin Wei remained silent, and I asked, "How is your experience here?" Jin Wei looked blank, as if he didn't know what to say. I waited patiently for him to start the day, but he kept silent. I said again: "I've already told what happened to me, now it's your turn!" Jin Wei still didn't seem to know how to speak, I reminded him: "I called you loudly as soon as I came in, where were you at that time?" Jin Wei finally opened his mouth, but his tone was hesitant, as if he didn't have much confidence in his own words—this kind of situation happened to a person like Jin Wei, it was really scary. He said: "I have been at the chicken farm, but I didn't hear you call me." After Jin Wei said something, he paused, and then said: "I'd better start from the beginning. I woke up early that morning and saw you were sleeping deeply, so I went out for a walk by myself. I didn't plan to go to the chicken at all. go to-" Jin Wei's drinking capacity is far higher than mine (I'm afraid there are not many people who can drink more than him, but Hong Ling must be one of them), so although he drank a lot last night, he still woke up early in the morning. He took a few more sips of wine--this hangover solution is called "drinking rejuvenation wine".Then he walked out the door briskly. His original intention was just to walk around the nearby hills. He has lived in a sparsely populated place for a long time, and what he is most unaccustomed to city life is the air in the city.He said repeatedly last night that although the air on the Tibetan Plateau is thin, it is much more comfortable than the air in the cities. This is of course a matter of habit. Many urbanites almost cry when they arrive at the plateau because they cannot adapt to the air on the plateau. Jin Wei felt that the air in the morning was relatively fresh, and there was a mountain nearby, so the air on the mountain was naturally better, so he came to this mountain naturally not long after he went out.When he arrived on the mountain, he not only felt that his breathing was still smooth, but also had another thing that made him very happy, that is, in the midair of the mountain, many of my eagles were circling and soaring. Since Jin Wei has lived with the big sheep eagle on the Kangzang Plateau for a long time, he has a good impression of any kind of eagle. The hawk flying above the city is a common species of hawk with a small body, but hawks are always hawks. Even the most common hawk is magnanimous and pleasing to the eye when it is circling and soaring. Jin Wei looked at it for a while, and on a whim, he thought that he had communicated with the big sheep eagle for so many years, and wondered if he could also communicate with ordinary horse eagles? As soon as Jin Wei thought of this, he naturally paid more attention to the movements of those hawks. He also immediately discovered a strange phenomenon—it was not too strange, but he had never thought that the size difference between a hawk and a big sheep hawk was so big. , The living environment is completely different, but there will be similar actions. What he saw was that there were dozens of sparrow hawks circling in the air, and they flew towards each other rapidly in threes and fives from time to time, until they reached the point where their bodies touched, and then separated again, and then did the same thing with others. touch.This kind of situation is compared with human behavior, "groups of three or four, whispering to each other" is the most appropriate. Jin Wei knew that if such a situation occurred in the flock of sheep eagles, it meant that something happened among the flock of falcons, and they were discussing countermeasures. Eagles are used to being alone, and usually don't get along with groups, so once this happens, it means that something very unusual has happened, so they break their normal living habits. Jin Wei, who has lived with big goat hawks on the Kangzang Plateau for many years, has only seen this kind of situation two or three times. He never thought that he would accidentally see ma ying doing this kind of behavior here. Of course he didn't know what was going on among the flock of hawks at that time, he watched it for a while, and then tried to untie a cloth bag tied around his waist in the same way as the big sheep eagle.This cloth bag Jinwei called himself "Hundreds of Treasure Bags", which contained all the necessities for his life in the wilderness, forests, mountains, and grasslands. It included a set of whistles that Jin Wei took out at this time. The whistles were of different sizes and made of different materials. Some were made of animal bones, some were made of bamboo, some were made of ceramics, and their shapes were also different. Later, Jinchu explained to me that his set of whistles is unique in the world and is the brainchild of his many years of research. Some ceramic whistles have to be fired hundreds of times to achieve the ideal and effective sound. To put it simply, the various sounds that this set of whistles can make represent a set of language of the sheep eagle—or, the sound made by the whistle, the sheep eagle can understand the meaning it represents. a one-way language. Jinwei invented this method of communicating with the big sheep eagle, inspired by the method of training dogs.People may not be able to understand the language of dogs, but they can issue various instructions to dogs in sharp and one-way language. After countless experiments, Jinwei established a method of communicating with the big sheep eagle.At this time, he tried to use it on Ma Ying. He selected three whistles and blew a series of sounds. The sound from the whistle is very sharp and can be heard far away. The message he sent at this time was: If you have any difficulties, I can help you. Since he was not sure whether Ma Ying could receive his message like Big Yang Ying, he tried to keep the message as simple as possible. (When I heard him say this, I was already amazed. His so-called simple information is actually extremely complicated, and it is really hard to imagine what complex information would be like. From this, it can be seen that the communication between him and the big sheep eagle has already been completed. It has reached a very advanced level, and its level may not be lower than that of Hong Ling and her condor.) As soon as the whistle sounded, it took effect immediately.I saw that more than half of the eagles were concentrated and hovering above Jin Wei's head, and the others quickly moved closer to this majority. When Jin Wei saw this situation, he was overjoyed and sent the same message three times.During this process, the flock of hawks flew lower and lower, making very piercing noises.According to Jin Wei's understanding, this sound means that something very abnormal happened in the flock of eagles, and the flock of eagles is in a state of extreme panic. If it were an ordinary person, nearly a hundred hawks were flying rapidly above their heads, and they would definitely feel terrified. Although Jin Wei had a good relationship with the hawks, he naturally covered his eyes with one hand at this time to prevent them from flying. just in case. The flock of hawks flew low to the point of circling around Jin Wei, and then suddenly several hawks came towards Jin Wei. Jin Wei didn't evade at that moment, his courage was beyond compare. His shoulders, shoulders, and even his hair were caught by the eagle's claws, and such an accident happened suddenly when he came up.He was surprised too! But he immediately understood that the hawks had caught him, obviously trying to catch him and fly him to an unknown place. Jin Wei couldn't help being angry and funny at this time, he was indeed caught and flew by an eagle, but it was not an ordinary hawk, but a huge sheep hawk, the wings of a big sheep eagle can reach five meters Above, the strength is infinite, and it is no problem to fly with a weight of 100 kilograms. However, the size of an ordinary sparrow eagle is about the same as catching chickens. Can't succeed. And even if he could catch him, Jin Wei didn't dare to take the risk. If he fell off during the flight, it would be all over. Fortunately, he understood the intention of the hawks, so the problem was easy to solve. He blew his whistle quickly and sent a new message. This time his message is: You are going to take me to a place, please lead the way in the sky, I will follow you. As soon as the message was sent, the flock of eagles soared into the sky and flew forward. Jin Wei looked at the direction the eagles were flying out of, and followed them. The eagles did not fly to the city, but flew over the mountains. Climbing mountains and ridges is Jin Wei's forte, not to mention that even if the flock of eagles flies far away by chance, they will fly back soon.Jin Wei followed them, turned over one hill after another, until noon, Jin Wei estimated that he had traveled at least fifty or sixty kilometers, and then he saw the eagles flying low, leading him down the mountain, and finally came to " He's Chicken Farm". When Jin Wei came to the gate of the chicken farm, his surprise was indescribable.