Chapter 60: Knocking off A List of Creations (1/2)
”Are you willing to knock off a List of Creations to save Zhou Yuan?” Yan and Zhang Quan both stared at me at the same time, as if they could see through me.
”Ha ha-ha, ha ha-ha ha, ha ha-ha... .” I couldn't help but laugh loudly. These two lu-natics must be joking. They should have taken some medicine. After laughing for a while, I found that they still stared straight at me, so I lowered my voice. After that, however, they still stared at me without finding that I was laughing at them, thus I had to share my thoughts, “Uhm, what nonsense are you talking about? I don't even know anything about the List of Creations, so how can I make a knockoff? Further-more, I am a software product manager. Even if I have to make a fake one, I would have to find a hardware engineer to analyze the material and then make one out... ” By the end of my speech, I felt that I was talking nonsense, that my words were get-ting more and more outrageous, and that my voice was getting softer and softer.
”Brother Zhang Quan,” After hearing my response, Yan no longer looked at me but asked, ”Do you think he got it or not?”
Zhang Quan didn't answer. He asked me, ”Do you still remember Avalokiteshvara’s words, that where the mana of Immortals and Buddhas come from?”
This question again? Didn't I just say it? I blurted out, “It is from the power of people’s faith. Not only Avalokitesvara, Long Fei's mana also originates from the Formless Donations?”
”Then, if the mana of a true spirit originates from the power of people’s faith, what’s the best way to prevent these mana from dissipating?” Zhang Quan continued to ask.
”That's simple. You just need to let people always remember it and believe in it!”
“Believe in what?” Zhang Quan asked relentlessly.
“The history.” I said without consideration. Suddenly I understood, ”You mean, if a cultivator who has mana wants to keep his true spirt and mana intact after he dies, the best way is to let people remember him and believe in him forever, right?”
“Probably.” Zhang Quan laughed, ”The scientific term is leaving his name in the his-tory. Li Hong Zhang once wrote a poem saying that who wrote the history for the last ten thousand years and I wanted to be conferred a title by the emperor even if I was three thousand miles away, in order to be the man to write the history. To those of the ancients, being recorded in historical records is more honorable than being conferred a title. ”
That simple? I was so excited that I almost forgot to keep etiquette, ”Then what are we waiting for? We need to hurry up.” I pointed to this unknown quasi-deity in the tel-evision, while Liu Shuai tried to stop me but he did not succeed. “We need to write her bibliography so that she could be a god, then she will be able to save Zhou Yuan! ”
“You are too young.” Zhang Quan waved his hand, ”The key to leaving one's name in history is not about the history, but about leaving his name. How could one leave his name if no one ever knows him? Even if you write a book now, will people believe you? How many people would believe that the Internet has become a god? ”
”Then what should we do?” Tonight my mood kept going up and down. I was not used to it.
”Hahaha, just let me, a knock-off expert—” Zhang Quan realized that his secretes were leaked and he blushed, then continued, “A reference expert to think of a way. If there is no way to immediately leave a name in history, you can try something else indirectly. For example, we can make people believe that an object has a certain meaning, culture, or memory. ”
“He has.” Yan panted. “I have been searching through his place.” I was startled and furtively cursed this freak. Yan seemed to know what I was thinking, as he added, ”I don't care about the things in your computer. With my previous abilities, I could watch as much as I want, and all in live version. He doesn't have anything here but a fa-mous notebook. It is said that many foreign famous people used to use it, such as Picasso, Hemingway, and others. No matter if it is true or false, many people will be-lieve that this notebook was left by famous people.”
“It could barely work.” Zhang Quan nodded. “The next thing is that this quasi-deity must have a concrete idol.”
”I have idols. I like fresh boys the most. What’s the name of him, some kind of Boys?” ”Fan Bingbing” in the television could not help but say when she heard that they were discussing her.
”Err …” Zhang Quan scratched his head, ”This idol should be a puppet deity statue. It is a concrete object that people used to worship.” Then, Zhang Quan looked at me and Liu Shuai, ”When you guys were in the main hall of Dragon King’s Temple, you used the Formless Donations. Those Formless Donations can gather together, pre-cisely because the idol could not move around.
”But the special characteristic of the internet is that it constantly flows.” Liu Shu-ai understood now, and continued with Zhang Quan's words, ”Even if people were to gather some Formless Donations, it will quickly dissipate because of the internet's mobility.”
”That's right,” “Fan Bing Bing” nodded in agreement. ”Every time I manage to talk to you, I won't be able to appear again very soon. I must wait for a period to show up again. I feel like I can't control myself.”
Zhang Quan nodded and looked at Liu Shuai and me, ”So if you want to seal the Formless Donations of the Internet into a god, you need to fix these Formless Dona-tions on a fixed item on the Internet. We can temporarily call it Internet virtual idol. After being fixed, the Formless Donations within this virtual idol will not disappear and may even absorb other Formless Donations on the Internet. However, this virtual idol should be the one people always focus on and use. It should not be an Internet product that might disappear in a few days. In this respect, what product do you think will persist on the Internet these days? ”
Zhang Quan looked at Liu Shuai and me, but Liu Shuai did not dare say anything, so he looked at me, ”How would I know about it. The internet is changing so fast. Many things that are present today might be gone by tomorrow. Hao Ning, you are the product manager. You are the one who makes the decision.”
Shit! How could he share his role with me now? He always had lots of objections when I asked him to do something that I wanted him to do. I looked at him, “This is what you said. From now on, you are not allowed to ask about what I want you to do. You have to do it.”
Liu Shuai stared at me, wanting to slap himself twice. He gritted his teeth, ”The timing is wrong. I may get in troubles with my words. Alright, I'll listen to you.”
”Hahaha …” I was elated and relieved. After thinking carefully, I took out my phone, “In my opinion, this thing will preserve and grow in size for the foreseeable future.”
Liu Shuai looked at my phone, “Do you mean the WeChat Moments?”
I nodded.
Liu Shuai could not help but nod his head, ”That's reasonable. There are a lot of things in WeChat Moments that people pay attention to, and there are a lot of Likes and enough spirit power, so there should not be any problems in a short term.”
“Good, so the second part is done.” Zhang Quan nodded. Without waiting for Liu Shuai to speak, he continued, ”The third and final part, also the most important one, Hao Ning, is to use your talent to grant some abilities of the List of Creations to your notebook, then you will have the power to create a god because you are the creator.”