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Chapter 10 Chapter 9 Life and Anti-Life

Soling 倪匡 9325Words 2018-03-14
If something, whatever it is, constantly poses questions to people, and is able to achieve certain goals through actions, and is active for certain purposes, such as searching for people's souls, then, conceptually, of course, it should be A creature, no matter how weird and unbelievable its form is, it should still be a creature, nothing else. After thinking about it carefully, I said the above remarks as an answer to Jint's question. Jin Te looked at me, he didn't like to talk too much, but the matter in front of him couldn't be solved with simple words, and he knew this, so before he spoke, his expression had a helpless pain.

Then, he said, "Conceptually, you can only conceive in this way." I was naturally dissatisfied: "So, in your conception, how do you conceive?" Gent took a breath: "Have you never been exposed to the concept of 'antimatter'?" I frowned.I have heard of "antimatter", which was proposed by some cutting-edge scientists. The theory is very profound. As an ordinary person, it is impossible to have a deep understanding of this concept. In fact, even the scientists who proposed this concept are still in the groping stage.There's a conversation, I've heard it said, that might serve as a footnote to the concept of "antimatter."There are two sides in the dialogue, one is the scientist who proposed the concept, and the other is the challenger.

Scientist: Everyone knows the existence of matter.If there is matter, there must be antimatter. Questioner: Science emphasizes practice. You proposed the existence of anti-matter, but that is just a hypothesis, and it cannot be confirmed until anti-matter is found. Scientist: Since it is antimatter, the word "existence" is not applicable. Antimatter is not a kind of existence at all, and of course the word "find" cannot be used. If we can find it for our research, it is matter. Challenger: Haha, what is that?What is it that cannot be seen, touched, found, or even exists?

Scientist: Not funny at all, that's antimatter. This assertion is actually not helpful for understanding "antimatter".But it has a certain effect on the establishment of the concept of "antimatter". I don't know what effect Gent suddenly proposed at this time, a concept that was only proposed by some cutting-edge scientists.So I asked: "Having a little contact with antimatter, what does that have to do with the question we are discussing now?" Jin Te said in a very slow tone: "Matter, anti-matter; life, anti-life!" I looked at Jinte, and Jinte made an exception and repeated the ten words again.I took a deep breath.Really, I don't quite get it.The concepts of matter and anti-matter are already so illusory and elusive, let alone life and anti-life.

After hesitating for a moment, I asked again: "Anti-life, what do you mean?" Gent said: "It is the opposite of everything and life." I tentatively asked again: "You mean the halo, which is an anti-life...phenomenon?" Jin Te nodded, indicating that I was right, so I had no choice but to smile wryly.To be honest, I'm really baffled. Against life!What is anti-life?What is anti-life?Wrong, anti-life is certainly not a "thing", not even a being, just a phenomenon.The word "phenomenon" may not be appropriate.Or, in human language, there is no vocabulary at all that can describe anti-life or anti-matter, because human language is all created for matter or life.

Gent said that the halo is an "anti-life" phenomenon, what does this mean? I tried to keep my thoughts from being less chaotic, and then said: "Whether it is life or anti-life, there will always be an action in the halo, and it will emit a kind of light. This light can do many things, including Killing is included!" Jinte frowned, noncommittal to my words. I continued: "This halo will also make a sound, asking where the soul of the person is." Gent shook his head. I just wanted to refute, but he already said: "It's not that it's asking, but it makes you feel that it's asking."

I hummed, "What's the difference?" Gent said, "It's different." I thought about it first, and remembered Dante’s grandmother’s narration, the two guards who escorted her shouted loudly before the halo, but Dante’s grandmother didn’t hear any sound at that time, it was indeed different, the halo It can make people feel that it is asking questions. This point is relatively easy to understand. If the halo has a power that can directly affect people's brain activities, then it can make people feel that they have heard a certain sound, which is the function of the auditory nerve.

I agree with Gent: "Well, there's a difference. But anyway, they—the purpose of that halo, is to search for souls, human souls, right?" Gent said: "It seems so." After he said this, he paused, and suddenly said another sentence: "We, since people have thoughts, have been looking for our own souls." Jin Te's two words sound very mysterious.But if you think about it on a deeper level, it makes sense.Anyone, in his life, will have the idea of ​​finding his own soul.Everyone thinks they have a soul, but where is their soul? I felt that I understood the meaning of what Gent said, and I said: "The soul is anti-life?"

Jin Te spread his hands and said, "I don't know." I know that if I continue talking with Gent, there will be no results. Gent replied "I don't know", which means that he really doesn't know, because he is also a human being, a form of life, and cannot be a life form. Any breakthrough outside of form.The anti-life is a completely different form, a phenomenon that cannot be touched by anyone who exists in the form of life. After thinking for a while, I turned my head to look at Aoki, who also shook his head: "I don't know, I don't know what anti-matter and anti-life are, I just can't answer that question."

I took a few steps back and forth and sat down: "Is there a phenomenon that is searching for human souls?" Kint nodded. I smiled wryly: "It's really strange why they are interested in human souls." "You can just ask them," Gent said. I was a little annoyed: "Where are they?" Gent's eyes looked a little dazed, and this was obviously another question he couldn't answer. I snorted again: "Okay, don't bother with all of this. Now, does the trouble Qiao Sen suffers from also come from that halo?" Gent thought for a while: "Maybe."

I raised my voice: "You should know pretty well. Yes, or no. What's a 'possible'? You suggested he answer with what happened on the Celestial. And you, apparently, were asked the same thing by the Halo. question?" This time, Gent answered very simply: "Yes." By this time, there was finally a great harvest.Not only did I know what happened to Qiao Sen’s mental distress, but I also combined two seemingly irrelevant things to know the existence of that mysterious aura—I don’t want to use the word "anti-life" , This is too difficult to understand, the existence of a halo is relatively easy to understand. At the same time, I also know that this halo has been doing one thing: searching for human souls. Incidentally, it is very interesting that the method of this mysterious halo searching for the human soul is very naive.Dante's grandmother said that "the soul is bought by the devil", so Halo asked if there was a devil who bought the soul, and Halo thought that the human soul was among the treasures.People's souls are sucked away by treasures and bought by money. This is just a "saying" and it doesn't really happen. This kind of "saying" has been circulating in human language for an unknown amount of time, and the mysterious aura, based on this "saying", really wants to find out the soul of a person, which is so childish and ridiculous! This mysterious halo, Qiao Sen is now troubled by it, as long as he finds Qiao Sen, he can see this halo. I don't care to be haunted by this aura of mystery and would love to see it.It just asks me where my soul is, and I can simply answer that I don't know. However, between the answers, I can figure out its ins and outs. I stood up and said to Jinte: "Thank you very much for your enlightenment, I will go to Qiaosen. Mr. Aoki, we should leave." Aoki stood up, and I walked out with him, Jinte did not Say what.After Aoki and I left Gent's residence, we entered the elevator. When the elevator began to descend, Aoki murmured: "I didn't know that Mr. Qiao Sen... also met that... kind of halo." I glared at him, Aoki is a cowardly person, and he narrated his experience and concealed a part, which is very disgusting.After listening to his soliloquy, I couldn't help but say, "Troubled? I found it myself." Aoki heard that I meant to blame, and lowered his head, but from his expression, he was not convinced by my words.I said again: "That halo kills people at every turn. I think it must be a strange life form, an alien creature that invaded the earth." Aoki didn't express any opinion, the elevator door opened, and he walked out silently.After leaving that building, the street was very quiet late at night.We kept silent and walked forward. After walking for a while, Aoki stopped and said, "Mr. Wei, what if Mr. Qiao Sen is no longer found?" I was startled: "What do you mean by saying that?" With both hands, Aoki began to twist his broken hat again, and said: "I know Mr. Qiao Sen, he is... a... persevering person, and he must pursue the answer to the question, unlike me..." He stuttered and irritated, and I asked, "So what if I'm like you?" Aoki's expression was very bitter: "Like me...Under that kind of aura of constant questioning, you know, they are not satisfied with the answer of 'don't know', and will keep asking until I admit it to them... I have no soul at all." After talking about Aoki's words, his voice became lower and lower, as if he was talking about some shameful scandal.Moreover, there was an expression of extreme pain and helplessness. I find it very strange that he attaches great importance to whether he has a soul or not.Generally speaking, unless it is based on religious reasons.Ordinary people don't think it's important whether they have a soul or not. I looked at him for a while: "As far as I know, Mr. Johnson has also admitted that he has no soul. He would yell in the middle of the night: 'I don't have one, do you have one?' This proves that he has admitted." Aoki was still in great pain: "No, those are Mr. Qiao Sen's angry words. I'm afraid he...he will do everything possible to find out his soul and show it to them." Aoki's words can be said to be extremely absurd.No matter how hard he tries, no one in the world can find out his soul for others to see. Hearing Aoki's ridiculous words, I really wanted to laugh out loud.Aoki said solemnly again: "I don't understand the principle of life and anti-life. But I think, if the soul is anti-life, then it must first break through life—" I have been holding back laughing, hearing this, I no longer want to laugh, but a kind of horror instead. Aoki's words make sense. Generally speaking, people's understanding of "soul" rarely reaches new concepts such as "life" and "anti-life", and many people believe that after death, people become a kind of soul. This is a very traditional and stubborn idea. , It doesn't even make sense logically: if the soul exists, it should exist no matter whether a person is alive or dead.Why does it not exist when alive, but exists after death?But most people believe so. What Aoki was worried about at this time was that if Qiao Sen became stubborn, would he break through the form of life and show his "soul" to that mysterious halo?It sounds ridiculous.However, I know Jonson well enough to know that it is not impossible. I hurriedly said, "Go back to the hotel and see if he has already left?" As I said that, I hurried forward.At the intersection in front of him, a taxi was stopped, and he and Aoki boarded the taxi together.
Johnson never came. He was found dead in a back alley.When I saw him again, he was in the mortuary and had undergone a forensic autopsy. The results of the forensic autopsy on his body were also surprised by the cause of his death. The report of the forensic doctor was: "This person died from drinking a lot of alcohol, and there were more than three deadly poisons in the alcohol, and he was taken from a height of at least ten meters. Jump to your death." That was three days after I met Gent. On this day, that jewelry exhibition has been successfully held.Of course I didn't participate, I just read the big reports in the newspaper. On the day of the opening ceremony, there were many crowns, and the report described an "interlude", saying that there was a strange person who delivered an inexplicable speech at the opening ceremony, which caused a small commotion. As a result, this strange person, although holding An official invitation to the conference, but was kicked out by the security guards. Some newspapers also published a photo of this "weird man".When I saw it, I recognized the "weird" as Gent. How weird that Gent, who doesn't like talking so much, went to a world jewelry fair to "give a speech"! The newspaper did not record what Gent said.I want to know, just ask Dante, but I'm too busy looking for Jonson to meet Dante. I know that Dante came to see me the day after the opening, but I wasn't at the hotel. I was afraid that he would force me to meet his grandmother, so even though I went back to the hotel, I didn't contact him. I saw Qiao Sen's body in the mortuary, and I left with a heavy heart. A forensic doctor came over and said, "That corpse just now was your friend?" I smiled wryly and nodded.The forensic doctor shook his head and said, "Why must he die? No one has ever taken such a firm approach to end his own life." I kept walking outside: "Perhaps, he is pursuing the emergence of anti-life." The forensic doctor had been following me, but when he heard what I said, he stopped abruptly, so I didn't have to turn my head.I can also know that the forensic doctor looked at me, it must be extremely weird. I was in a bitter mood, repeating to myself what I had just said. "Pursue the emergence of anti-life", is it right?Since anti-life is the complete opposite of life, the word "appearance" is of course inappropriate. Qiao Sen's death hit me hard, and my thoughts were muddled. As soon as I walked out of the mortuary, I heard a strange cry, and Aoki was stumbling towards me. Before I came to the mortuary, I contacted Aoki and asked him to come too, but he came a little late.I reached out to support him.Aoki was still crying: "Mr. Qiao Sen, Mr. Qiao Sen...he..." I sighed: "He died, committed suicide." Aoki trembled violently, and I wanted to press heavily on his shoulders with both hands so that he would stop shaking.While trembling, Aoki was still struggling to speak: "He...really...is like that...I had expected that he would be like that." I smiled wryly: "His life is over, does it mean that when his life ends, anti-life is born?" Aoki covered his face with his hands: "I don't know, I don't know." Because Aoki and I acted very strangely, many people were paying attention to us. I pulled Aoki and walked forward.He walked forward aimlessly, not paying attention to where he was. When I was calmer, I found that we had come to the park.Aoki and I sat down on a bench, there was no one in the park.After sitting down, I sighed again, feeling sad and angry at the same time, and said bitterly: "That halo, he was actually killed by that halo." Aoki snorted, but didn't respond.My emotions became more and more agitated, and suddenly, I shouted: "I have a soul! Are you looking for a soul? I have it, and I can show it to you. Come on, I have a soul, I have it." Qiao Sen's death made me feel depressed, so I screamed nervously. Because of my gaffe, Aoki stood up in shock, at a loss, I yelled twice and stopped.Panting, I felt childish and ridiculous for my behavior just now. Aoki obviously knew the purpose of my shouting. After I calmed down, he whispered: "If they find Mr. Qiao Sen's soul, they should be satisfied and will not appear again." My mind was in turmoil. The "soul" was elusive. No one in the world could explain what it was.Some people think it is a set of radio waves.But radio waves are not anti-matter, nor are they anti-life. The soul and human knowledge, thoughts, and words are completely irrelevant phenomena. If they exist, they must exist in another dimension. I couldn't continue thinking about it, so I had to clenched my fists and took a deep breath: "What are you going to do?" Aoki thought for a while: "Of course I have to go back to Japan. The money Mr. Qiao Sen gave me has not been used up yet. Alas, I really can't think of such a good person." When Aoki said this, he sobbed again.I took out a business card and stuffed another roll of money into his pocket: "I hope we will keep in touch in the future. If...if...you encounter that aura again, no matter where you are, how difficult it is, Try to let me know." Aoki nodded his head vigorously, indicating that he will definitely do this.I said: "You should know what I mean, the halo is searching for souls, and I want to search for them to see what it is." Aoki's expression was a little startled, but he still nodded. Aoki and I walked out of the garden together.As I walked, I was thinking, there are only three people who have seen that halo and are still alive, as far as I know: Jinte, Dante's grandmother and Aoki. The rest of the people who had seen the halo were all dead, and among the three, the most mysterious was Jin Te.There seems to be a certain degree of connection between Jint and that aura.If I want the halo to appear and find out what it is, I should start with Gent. Once out of the park, I decided to check out Gent again.I have already figured out a way to deal with Gent, no matter how stubborn and quiet he is, even if he is violent, I will force him to tell everything. But, I.All the calculations were in vain. As soon as I got out of the car in front of that building, Si Yan came out to greet him: "Mr. Wei? Mr. Jinte has moved out." I was shocked for a moment, I was suffocated and had nowhere to vent, extremely depressed. Nasi Yan said again: "He knew you would come to him, so I left you a letter and a package." I hurriedly asked, "Where did he move? There are a lot of things in his residence, how could he move away all at once?" Nasi Yan took out a letter and handed it to me, and said, "It's been two days since he moved away, I don't know where he moved to." I held back the disappointment in my heart, took the letter, tore it open, and pulled out the letter paper.The handwriting on the letter was so illegible that at first glance, it was impossible to make out what it was. I collected myself and looked carefully, only to realize that the letter was actually written in Chinese.I never thought that Jin Te was so proficient in Chinese.The content of the letter is very simple: "Mr. Wei, I know you will definitely come to me, but I don't want to talk to you anymore, because it will be fruitless. Anti-life is not something ordinary people can understand. I leave you a bag Things are part of the notes I made, if you are interested, you can take a look. Finally, I want to tell you that I have been searching for the soul of human beings all my life, so far, there is no result." After reading such a letter from Jin Te, I could only smile wryly. Si Yan took out another paper bag and gave it to me, and I took it: I don’t know what kind of note it is, but I guess it’s probably related to his experience of searching for the soul. related.After giving Si Yan a tip, he left with Aoki. Aoki has been very sad, and I can't think of any words to comfort him.We walked side by side for another distance before he said, "It's time for us to break up." I shook hands with him and parted at the fork in the road.I went back to the hotel by myself, and as soon as I entered the hotel, I heard Dante's voice calling my name.I looked up at him, he was so anxious that he ran towards me regardless of politeness, pushed away two fat women who blocked his way, and rushed straight in front of me. As soon as he came in front of me, he grabbed my shirt and shouted, "I'm finally waiting for you. Do you know how long I've been waiting for you?" He screamed, panting for breath.Everyone in the hotel lobby looked at me with strange eyes.I said to an old woman beside me: "No way, who told me to owe him money." The old woman showed a look of helplessness, shook her head, and walked away. Dante said angrily: "It's easy for you to say, owe me money? You owe me someone. Let's go, everything is arranged, go to the airport." I yelled: "But let me go back to my room to tidy up." Dante showed a ferocious and cunning expression: "No need, the luggage has been packed for you, and it's in the car, let's go." Dante said, and actually pushed me to go outside.I was angry and funny.At this time, I can easily knock him down, but I didn't do it. He pushed me all the way to the door before he let go of my clothes and waved his hand.Immediately, a large RV drove over, and it was only then that Dante regained his composure: "I'm sorry, I'm really in a hurry. Grandma's illness is very serious. We must go to see her before she leaves." I was stunned for a moment. Originally, I had planned to do some tricks to punish Dante for his rudeness, such as slipping away suddenly at the airport.But hearing him say this now, we can see that his anxiety is not without reason.I had no choice but to say, "Why didn't you say it earlier?" Dante said angrily: "Say it earlier? To whom, you won't even see your shadow." I sighed and got into the car with him: "I didn't mean to hide from you, I've been looking for Qiao Sen." Dante waved the driver to drive and said, "Hurry up, as soon as possible!" Then he turned his head and asked me, "Did you find it?" I replied, "I found it, in the mortuary." Dante suddenly turned around and looked at me with an extremely surprised expression. I spread my hands and said, "For some very strange reason, he killed himself, alas." Dante said nothing.I said again: "One thing, the halo in your grandmother's story, I can be sure of it." When Dante heard it, his expression became extremely excited: "How to prove it? I have never been able to fully believe it." I said: "Someone else has seen it, that Japanese, you have met it, Aoki, he has seen it. There is also a very weird person named Jin Te, who has also seen it; Qiao Sen, may have seen it too. " Dante's expression was a little nervous: "Then, will they also know what we know?" Dante was really careful. He didn't even mention the word "treasure", for fear of being heard by the driver in front. I shook my head, "I don't think so." Dante frowned, but suddenly, he laughed again: "Which Gente you mentioned, did a very funny thing on the opening day of the jewelry exhibition." I thought of the news in the newspaper: "Yeah, it says he gave a speech?" Dante said: "Yes, this man, I think he has a neurological problem." I said very seriously: "Never! Do you still remember his speech?" Dante's eyes widened: "It's like talking in a dream, why do you want to listen?" I said: "Don't worry about it, tell me the situation at that time in detail." I wondered about it because I was sure that Gent would never waste his time on things that didn't make sense.He gave a speech, and I am more sure that he had planned for a long time, which is why he asked for invitations to attend the opening ceremony. Seeing my insistence, Dante had no choice but to tell me the situation at that time. He described it in great detail. Several times, when the car was turning sharply, he leaned over and did not interrupt the narration. Under tight security, the jewelry exhibition opened.The deep purple curtain slowly opened, and noble people slowly entered the venue. The well-designed lighting shines on the treasures on display, making the brilliance of the treasures even more eye-catching. All cabinets are made of non-reflective glass.As a result, it seems that the treasure is not covered by anything at all, and it can be touched as soon as you reach out.Many people stretch out their hands involuntarily, wanting to touch the dazzling and extremely alluring treasures. Only when their fingers touch the glass do they realize the fact that there is a barrier between themselves and those beautiful things that cannot be broken through.Therefore, every person who stretched out his hand and withdrew his hand showed a disappointed expression. Of course, this look of disappointment must be deliberately concealed so that others cannot see it. Dante.Osman is the most active figure in the audience.It's not that he wants to be active, but because of his extraordinary appreciation of jewelry, everyone who intends to buy treasures wants to hear his opinion first. Dante was busy entertaining various people, so when Gent came in, he didn't pay attention. In fact, when Gent entered the venue, he did not attract any special attention. He was dressed in all black. Although he looked weird, he had an official invitation card—there was a magnetic tape on the invitation card, which was checked by special equipment. Checked for authenticity, absolutely impossible to counterfeit. Moreover, when Gent came in, the chairman of the exhibition, who was walking on a lecture hall, was about to give a short talk, so everyone's eyes were drawn to him. The chairman's speech was very short, and anyone who made a long speech on this occasion was a standard fool.The Chairman's last words were: "Now, everyone..." What he was going to say was "now please appreciate the rare treasures left by nature carefully." However, he was only halfway through his speech, and at some point, Gent had already come to his side, and with a loudspeaker, he continued: "Now, everyone, please listen to me." The chairman was taken aback for a moment, that was a procedure that shouldn't have happened.But before he had time to make any protests, he felt a tube-shaped hard object against his waist. The chairman's face became extremely ugly in an instant.He couldn't know what was holding his waist, because the black clothes on Gint's body were of a very strange style, with wide sleeves, which completely covered his hands, and he couldn't see what was in his hands. what is holding. Gent winked at the chairman: "Mr. Chairman, everyone is interested in my words." Under such circumstances, the chairman has to consider his own safety, and there seems to be no other way but to nod.Jint's sudden appearance caused some surprise in the crowd, but everyone saw the chairman nodding, so they quickly fell silent. Jin Te said with a loudspeaker: "Everyone: What is in front of you now are many beautiful treasures. Its value does not lie in their beauty. There are so many beautiful things in nature, why are they the only ones that make people feel beautiful?" Possessed? Is it our soul, in the treasure?" After Jin Te's words came to this point, several security personnel rushed in, and there was a commotion in the venue, but after all, the participants were all people who were used to big scenes, so there was no confusion. Gent also obviously saw a security guard rushing towards him, so he spoke much faster. He raised his voice and said, "Everyone, where are your souls? If anyone can answer, I hope he will tell me right away." Someone in the crowd shouted: "I want to know too, haha." The man's joke caused a burst of laughter.Four security guards came to Gent's side, but they just watched and did not take further action. Jinte continued: "Don't laugh! Where are your souls? Where are human souls? Maybe people originally had souls, but under the value represented by treasures, they all disappeared?" The crowd began to boo, but Gent continued to watch his speech: "Everyone, where are the human souls? Everyone..." Someone in the crowd shouted again: "Everyone has gone to heaven, but if the soul does not go to heaven, what are you doing here?" Jin Te's voice became extremely sad: "I don't want to ask this question, but some people feel that it is a rare opportunity for a gathering like today, where the participants are the elite of human beings all over the world, so I just want to ask, in addition, there are so many treasures here, why do treasures attract people, the value it represents, why can they drive people to do anything, why..." When Gent spoke here, perhaps because he was too excited, he waved his hand away from the chairman's waist. As soon as Gent raised his hand, the chairman also saw that what he was holding in his hand was definitely not a pistol, but a pipe. Suddenly, the chairman became brave and shouted: "Get him out, this man is crazy." The four security guards started to act immediately, skillfully and quickly, took Jinte down and pulled him outside. At this time, the noble ladies with male companions around them all uttered appropriate calls, fainted, and fell down, but they were all supported by their male companions, and no greater tragedy was caused. While being carried out by the security guards, Jin Te was still shouting: "Everyone continue to appreciate, in the beautiful brilliance of the treasure, there may be a human soul." Gent was carried straight out. It is said that he was carried all the way to the gate of the hotel, where he was pushed onto the road by the security guards, and he was barely hit to death by passing vehicles. After Gent was carried out, within two minutes, the venue had completely returned to normal, and no one mentioned him again.Only a few reporters wrote down the situation at that time, and it was published in the newspaper the next day, and it was just a small lace news. "Gint was still yelling after being carried out of the venue." Dante said, "I wanted to chase him out to see him, but the security guards advised me not to go out, so I didn't hear what he was yelling clearly. .” After listening to Dante's narration, I stayed for a while.At this time, the car was still heading towards the airport at a very high speed.
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