The light in Karma Taj's meditation room is always dim, but when the sun sets, the golden light falling on the ridges of the Himalayas is reflected by the white snow into the circular meditation window, making it even brighter.
The two people sitting in front of the window seemed a little silent. After a while, Stark was the first to speak: "Do you think what the owner of the notebook said about 'absurdity has absurd beauty' is right?"
Strange frowned, looked into Stark's eyes, his eyes were very serious, and said: "I may not have the answer you want here. In the eyes of the mages, no matter how vulnerable it is, Neither the body nor the thin and fragile soul can be said to be useful, it can even be said to be a drag."
"You look like a complete black magician."
"I am."
"You know? Stephen, you have changed a lot." Stark tilted his head and looked at Strange, as if he wanted to put pressure on him with his eyes, but Strange shook his head and said, "You don't have to be with me." Just because I played this trick doesn't mean you haven't changed."
"We are all exploring the future path of mankind, so we have done a lot of inhumane thinking. Of course I have thought about how to sublimate the human soul into a more powerful existence, and don't tell me that you haven't thought of treating it this way. Their flesh.”
"You used 'them'." Stark opened his eyes slightly, as if he was dissatisfied with the word, but Strange shook his head bluntly and said: "You and I both understand, it's not you who doesn't By being promoted to the Iron Demon, you will really be exactly the same as those ordinary people working on the ground. This is impossible, Tony."
“Whether it is physical or psychological, what we see, hear, and think, we can no longer be completely consistent with ordinary people, because we must not only go in front of them and explore the road for them, but also walk behind them, Drive them forward.”
"If we pursue too much to stand with ordinary people in a crude way, it will only lead to our narrow vision and make everything into a mess. We are not that group of young people, and no one has the ability to explain our wrong decisions and Humanity pays for its misdirection.”
"So why do you have to be ashamed of your superior perspective and the thoughts in your head that may be evil to ordinary people?" Stephen stared at Stark and said: "You didn't really arrest them. Experimenting, so do I.”
Stark seemed a little silent. He seemed to be experiencing a change in his thoughts, and then closed his eyes in pain, and said: "Even if I think the most precious thing about human beings is their wisdom, but such a monster shape can Was it accepted?”
"Or is it that I have never given up my superficial sense of belonging and love for human appearance, but cannot accept that in fact, when a group of monsters possess human intelligence, they should also enjoy the same civilized society as us, instead of being destroyed?"
"I'm not a psychiatrist." Stephen shook his head and said, "But I can guess that after you saw the truth revealed by the owner of this notebook, you did not feel sympathy for the group of destroyed monsters, nor did you feel sympathy for the people who destroyed them. The idea that people have any sense of blame is inconsistent with the theory that you previously insisted on the supremacy of wisdom and reason.”
"That's right." Tony showed a wry smile and said as if joking, "You should get a psychiatrist license."
"Stop talking nonsense, I don't have a degree." Stephen shrugged and poured Tony another cup of tea. Tony picked up the tea cup and took a sip and said: "My reason is telling me that the process of humans transforming into monsters is just In the throes of evolution, they might just be on a different path.”
"Just like I once thought, can ordinary people take the path of mechanization? But now think about it, what is the difference between connecting a circuit in a certain part of the human body and growing tentacles?"
"Of course, you will get their consent."
Tony was stunned for a moment, but Strange leaned back on the back of the single sofa, raised his chin slightly, and said in an extremely arrogant manner:
"Human beings will never accept any destiny that is dictated to them."
This was like a bell ringing deep in his heart, shaking Stark out of those trivial and tangled philosophical thoughts.
"Perhaps, humans abandoning some of their limbs and growing tentacles and mucus is an alternative path in physical evolution. They can abandon the existing achievements of civilization, destroy them, and unconsciously transform into another kind of life. form, without even realizing the transformation, is this evolution? No, this is a massive kidnapping and illegal transformation that has affected all of humanity.”
"Tony, you are always arrogant, but you are not arrogant enough." Strange changed his leg and put it on his lap, and said: "The direction in which humans will evolve is determined by humans. Humans only recognize humans." a savior, not an illusory god.”
"No matter how beneficial this evolution is to mankind and how great it is, it cannot be without the consent of the subject of evolution. If they do this and even want us to regard this as a gift, then think about your old profession - —How humans used the industrial revolution to kill the god who blessed good weather.”
Tony smiled, looked at Stephen and said, "You should get a psychiatrist's license, I'm serious."
After speaking, he picked up the tea cup again, took a sip of tea, lowered his eyes and said, "I think you are right. Human wisdom and reason do determine that they have the right to choose and decide. We are a kind of people who can choose and decide." Intelligent creatures who are responsible for their own choices, rather than blind lambs kneeling on the ground waiting for someone to give them gifts.”
Strange changed his direction and leaned on the armrest on the other side, and said: "Schiller and I hold the same view. The dark side of human nature is the driving force for the development of civilization."
"I think if God comes in person now and announces that humans must do what he says, and his orders really touch the interests of some people, then they will definitely dare to take guns and kill God."
"Whatever is lacking, we sing praises. Human beings are Judas, so they imagine Jesus."
Strange also picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and said in a slightly cold and ruthless tone: "I am very sorry for the suffering of human beings in this world, but since they were not aware of the disaster at all and had no chance to resist, , If the resistance is not successful, then they deserve the ending of destruction."
"Not to mention that they can still maintain life in a normal and orderly society. Before the lamb is slaughtered, it also thinks that it owns the entire grassland. If the entire civilization has no chance to strive for independence, it is better to sleep forever."
"Give me freedom or give me death?"
"Give me freedom or give me death."
"How do you feel?" Jarvis asked as he wrapped Wanda in a blanket he found downstairs.
As the breath of the night became thicker and thicker, everyone began to feel frightened. The experiences of the previous two nights had given them a huge blow.
Young people never lack courage. Even a short-term failure will not make them too disappointed. They can quickly adjust their state and rejoin the battle. But what makes them feel most powerless and panicked is that they don't even look at it. If you don't know who the enemy is or how you were attacked, you have already failed.
The so-called scars on the back are the shame of a soldier. These panicked little lambs didn't even know where their backs were, so they were severely scratched. If they were stabbed again, I'm afraid the slaughterhouse wouldn't want them. .
Night finally fell.
Several people shivered and sunk themselves into the sofa, waiting for the trial that would come. Jarvis made some coffee for everyone, which he also found downstairs, but no one was in the mood to drink it, and they all looked pale. , looking dull.
An hour passed quickly, and nothing happened. An eerie silence was the only thing in the room.
Another hour passed, and the night was so dark that it was hard to see. If Jarvis remembered correctly, it was at this time that Riley lost control when the first night came.
"Riley, how are you feeling?" Jarvis asked.
Riley was visibly shaken. He almost jumped off the couch, then shook his head vigorously and said, "I didn't feel anything."
"Are your ears okay?"
"I..." Riley paused, then looked at Jarvis with some embarrassment and said, "I know you want us to feel better, but you really don't have to be so loud."
In an instant, everyone looked at Riley with wide eyes. Riley blinked, not understanding why they did this. Soon everyone came to Riley's side again. Wanda raised her tone and asked: " can you hear me?!"
"Of course I don't..."
Riley suddenly froze, then he touched his ears with his hand, shook his head vigorously, but nodded again, stood up from the sofa in a panic, and said: "I heard your voice Yes, but, but not with ears."
"My ears still hurt, my eardrum was ruptured, and I used too much force at the time, which may have damaged the auditory nerve. I couldn't hear anything before, and the world was so quiet that it seemed like it was dead."
"But, but Jarvis's voice just appeared in my mind, I didn't hear them with my ears."
So, Jarvis turned around so that Riley couldn't see his mouth movements, and lowered his voice and said, "Can you hear me now? Do you want a cup of coffee?"
"Of course I can, and I'm not a big coffee drinker," Riley replied instinctively.
He stood there in shock, looking down at himself in disbelief, while Jarvis motioned for him to sit down and began to ask him:
"The voice came directly into your head?"
"Yes, it's a bit like what I heard when I was talking to myself in my head. What I heard seemed to be my own voice. The tone and attitude of your words were all imagined by me."
"Then what about the song you mentioned?" Wanda leaned over and asked.
"I'm not sure if it's still ringing." Riley frowned and said, "There were too many voices in my head. My Spider-Sense came back online and it was a little different, I don't know what to say."
Suddenly Riley was startled, looked at Jarvis and said, "Jarvis, your water is boiled."
Jarvis was stunned. He didn't understand why Riley suddenly said this. A few seconds later, the sound of boiling water came from downstairs. He had indeed boiled a pot of water just now.
Several people walked downstairs together, and Jarvis asked: "Did you hear the sound before the water boiled?"
"Maybe, but the form is a little different than you think."
Jarvis stopped, and Riley danced and explained: "I saw a picture - a silver coffee pot was hung on a makeshift stand, with a fire underneath. The lid jumped up from the boiling water and then fell to the ground on the right side."
Wanda rushed past the two of them recklessly, then turned her head and looked at Jarvis who was walking over, silently asking if the scene was like this. When Jarvis held her hand, Wanda Da knew that everything Riley said was true.
"Incredible." Jarvis commented: "Is this a form of spider sense? Predicting the future?"
"I don't know." Riley shook his head and said, "I can only tell you that I heard it all, and the things I heard formed a picture in my mind, and I spoke them out."
Several people tested it several more times, and then discovered that Riley's lost hearing and his spider sense seemed to be integrated. He could hear everything around him, and even the future of everything a few seconds later, which was simply incredible.
"ah!"
Wanda suddenly screamed.
(End of chapter)
