Chapter 57 sFan Bing Bing” Was The New God? (2/2)
”Me? I don't know,” Fan Bing Bing presented an ignorant face. “Speaking of that, Hao Ning, you're too unhospitable. I came to find you several times, especially when I heard you and Yan talking about the Avalokiteshvara's kalasa water, I wanted to join your discussion, but every time I turned on the TV, you would turn it off right away. ”
I looked at ”Fan Bing Bing” and suddenly comprehended something, so I asked, ”That's why these days my TV always turns on automatically. Is it you who made it, right?”
”I'm so unhappy.” “Fan Bing Bing” pouted, ”Every time I struggled to turn on your TV, before I got the chance to appear and talk to you, he —” “Fan Bing Bing” glanced at Yan and said, ”He switched the channel. Furthermore, there were several times that you weren't home, and he was the one I saw. I was so scared. He is not the same as you. You are a human, but he is not.”
”What do you mean I'm not a human? I'm a god, alright …” Yan could not help but laugh bitterly. Although she was right, but when it came out of a girl's mouth, it was as if she was scolding a heartless man who had let down a little girl.
”Are you the new god?” I found Yan's expression to be funny, but I felt that having a new god at home was very interesting, so I curiously asked, ”Then what ability do you have? Powerful mana? And what kind of new god are you? ”
“Haha, you're so forgetful. I told you that I didn't know.” Fan Bing Bing smiled mis-chievously again. It was a beautiful smile that could bring down a nation and make my heart flutter.
”Alright,” Yan sighed, ”This possible new god, if I'm not wrong, was born from human being’s donations to the Internet.”
Pardon? The Internet? And donations? What was Yan talking about? Seeing that Liu Shuai and Zhang Quan were deep in thought, I couldn't help but ask Yan, ”What are you talking about? What do you mean donations to the Internet? When did you see people burning incense to a computer? ”
”Oh, so it's like that.” Zhang Quan's eyebrows suddenly furrowed. Liu Shuai seemed to understand as well, and after hearing my question, he explained to me, ”Hao Ning, do you remember what Avalokiteshvara said about the creation of gods?”
”Of course I remember it.” I thought for a moment. ”He said that gods were born be-cause of human’s faith and donations.”
“Exactly.” Liu Shuai nodded, and then looked at Zhang Quan, ”If I’m right, the so called donations are not the incense that people burn or the lamps that people offer, but the spiritual power of people constantly kowtowing to the same object.”
Zhang Quan nodded his head in satisfaction, “You did improve. You have started getting free from external objects.”
Liu Shuai pretended not to notice Zhang Quan's praise, but I could see the corners of his mouth curl up into a smile. Then he look at me, “Actually, we should have realized this possibility earlier, Hao Ning. Think about it, there are a couple of billions people here today who put all their energy on the Internet everyday. How strong will that kind of spiritual power?”
I began to understand, ”You mean, because everyone was so focused on the Inter-net, it gave birth to this,” I pointed to “Fan Bing Bing” in the TV, “This god? Then why does each of us see a different person? I saw Fan Bing Bing. You thought it's Zhao Li Ying, while Zhang Quan saw Li Xiao Hua? This is more like the story in the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, that a fox demon changed its appearance to seduce scholars.”
”Talent.” Yan muttered to himself, “That’s a talent of the new god. Do you remember what I talked about the features of internet and artificial intelligence? There is no ap-pearance of self, but others, humans and longevity. If that's really the case, then the talent of this new god is to reveal the shadow in your heart. It might be the person you love, the one you hate, or the one you care about the most. ”
”So that's how it is!” Liu Shuai slapped his thigh, ”No wonder why Hao Ning saw Fan Bing Bing; I found Zhao Li Ying; Zhang Quan saw Li Xiao Hua, while Zhou Yuan,” Liu Shuai looked at him and his expression changed sorrowfully, ”Zhou Yuan only saw a blue screen …”
“Is that so powerful?” I exclaimed, not caring about Liu Shuai's unhappiness. “That’s extraordinary mana? Could she save Zhou Yuan? ”
“You never distract away from your desire in three sentences,” Yan said with a wry smile. ”Unfortunately, no matter how formidable her talent is, it can’t help.”