Chapter 2358: (1/2)
”The residents of District 10084 do not have the concept of'work at sunrise and rest at sunset.' They have not seen the sun for 10,000 years, so they all use the'three shifts' never-ending schedule.”
Li Jialing said with deep feeling, ”Early and early every day, they have to get up to fertilize various underground plants, mosses and mushrooms-these crops do not originally grow underground, even if they are genetically modulated, they are quite delicate. The weak, they need to mix various minerals ground into fine powder in the rock worm's feces to become fertilizers and growth agents, and sow them in different ways in order to thrive. If they are not careful, they will wither in large areas. It was a disaster for the entire town.
”Having finally waited for the vines, moss and mushrooms to grow, and risked their lives to climb the rock wall, enter the crevices to collect them, and then transport them to the cave to chop them up and feed them to the rock worms. When eating, they have to painstakingly massage the rock worm. The skin of the rock worm is extremely tough. The massage force is not enough. You must use the force of a great deal to activate its flesh and blood. Busy for more than a dozen hours without stopping, there is almost no second, it is not exhausted.
”With such trembling, sweating and busying for several years, only one rock worm can mature into flesh, and hundreds of rock worms can be carried to a four-digit town more than a few thousand meters in exchange for only a handful of magic weapons. And energy, and a can of ultra-high compressed air that is worthless on the ground.
”Let’s not talk about the problem of not having enough to eat. Because of the serious shortage of fresh air, the residents here never even dare to get too emotional, because whether it’s crying, laughing or making a fuss, it will increase the consumption of oxygen and give the towns The total quota of fresh air in China has brought unnecessary losses. Over time, they become such a dead-hearted, ashamed face, and unsmiling appearance.
”Only carefree children who are ignorant and don't know the preciousness of fresh air will laugh unscrupulously and consume oxygen that is more precious than spar.
”This is still no accident. The condition of being able to survive peacefully and reluctantly makes life worse than death, and it is miserable, let alone in case of the invasion of savages and monsters deeper underground, or the collapse of the entire town due to an earthquake, or The magma shot out, causing everyone to turn into ashes in an instant. These natural disasters, all of which are sharp blades hanging high above their heads, might fall in the next second, bringing them all-time and ubiquitous mental pressure.
”This is a natural disaster, and there is also a man-made disaster, that is the accidental discovery of mineral veins or ancient ruins!
”It should be a good thing to discover mineral veins and relics, but the residents here are too weak, and the upper-level towns are stuck in the throat of oxygen supply. They have no ability to protect themselves. If mineral veins and relics are really discovered, it is very easy to attract them. Come to the gangsters in the upper towns that are unpredictable and difficult to fill, or the cultivators in the shallow underground and on the ground.
”At that time, they will be arrested to serve as slave laborers and cannon fodder for exploring relics, and at worst they will not even have the qualifications to be slave laborers and cannon fodder. They will either be expelled to deeper underground and become savages, or they will be killed. ——Cultivators naturally have more powerful and well-trained slave laborers who can take their place.
”This kind of tragedy has never been encountered in District 10084, but it has been encountered many times in other five-digit towns. If a town finds valuable mineral veins and ruins, it often means destruction. Over time, most of the five-figure towns have learned their lesson and stayed honestly to plant mushrooms and raise rock worms in their one-acre three-quarters of land. Residents are strictly forbidden to go out to explore and take risks. Whoever finds something new The veins and relics, even the things that are suspected to be veins and relics, are often killed mercilessly, leaving the secrets in the dark forever.
”Brother Yao, from Xinghai Republic to the real human empire, no matter how the political situation and social changes on the ground, these underground people have always lived this kind of life for thousands of years. If they really retain strong emotions. , That emotion has long been condensed into the word'pain', if they really have desire, the only desire, that is, to live, continue to live in despair.
”Brother Yao, you just said that I was fooled by Sister Long. I also thought about it carefully. I don’t think Sister Long’s approach to brainwashing is correct. I can only say that if there are really many underground residents willing to accept Sister Long’s practice. Brainwashing, washing away most of my emotions, then I understand their practices very well, because what they wash away is nothing but pain that can never be resolved, and despair that can never be reversed.”
Li Yao was silent, lost in thought.
Li Jialing seemed to pour out all the depression that had accumulated for ten days or even ten years, and continued: ”Brother Yao, I heard that in the world of Xinghai Republic more than a thousand years ago, there was a kind of The concept of'humanism' believes that when a person is terminally ill and falls into pain that is absolutely impossible to get rid of, he has the right to end his life, which is called'euthanasia'.
”In our true human empire, it is also advocated that when a cultivator can no longer contribute to human civilization, for the dignity and decency of the cultivator, he should die generously and leave resources to others.
”When I accepted Li Lingfeng and Wu Yinglan's modulation that life is better than death, I didn't even think of death once. For me at that time, death was not pain, but a kind of relief.
”The most precious thing for human beings is life. If we all agree that in the face of unstoppable and unbearable suffering, people can choose to give up life on their own initiative. Then, if we only voluntarily give up some emotions, desires and free will, what can't What? It must be a violation of ethics, completely unacceptable, or even completely incomprehensible?”