Chapter 151 - Inventing the Soul (1/2)

Chapter 151 Inventing the SoulHao Ning thought in mind: “I wasn’t expecting anything quite so… elaborate.” But he still made a gesture to let Xiao Hong keep talking.

Looked at Hao Ning, Xiao Hong said, “Hao Ning, after investigating every related fact in all respects, I knew how the Wishes Scriptures was intercepted.”

“What was going on?” Hao Ning realized why Xiao Hong was here. It was because Zhang Chi Hang had been irritated by the interception of the Wishes Scriptures and then Xiao Hong came to this company.

“It was caused by this kind of bug that could steal an idea from someone’s mind,” Xiao Hong explained. “It is the secret organization you are in,” said he as he pointed to Nezha. “this group that invented this new type of … What should I call it? A new item. It can burrow into a human body and steal the idea from someone’s mind. And if someone has an idea that the bug wants to know, the bug can intercept and report it to anywhere it is needed.”

“Like the hacker who gets secret information on the internet?” Liu Shuai said as he listened to the description. “This is just like the hacker on a human consciousness level!”

“Yes!” said Xiao Hong, slapping his thigh gleefully. He looked at Liu Shuai excitedly, “We see eye to eye! I said the same at that time, but Hao Ning just didn’t believe it.”

“Well…” Hao Ning was embarrassed but he continued to ask, “But how could the bug know, intercept and report people’s minds? As far as I know, there is no technology like this. Liu Shuai, you are a biologist and technologist and your teacher specializes in neurology. Have you heard of it yet?”

“Well…” Liu Shuai thought carefully. “Indeed, I have never heard of a technology like that. Today’s brainwave research is on the elemental level. As for reading people’s minds and transmitting such information, it is only the scenario from a science fiction movie.”

“Truly so,” answered Xiao Hong, with a smile. “I was thinking the exact same thing at first. I told myself it was impossible. But one day I finally figured out what happened.”

“What?” Liu Shuai was clearly very interested in technological problem like this. “What have you figured out?”

“This is not a technological product at all,” said Xiao Hong enthusiastically, “Let me ask you one question. Why are people’s wishes recorded on the Wishes Scriptures?”

“Well…”Liu Shuai froze as the question baffled him. Hao Ning picked up on that very quickly, “Because the belief they have?”

“Bingo. Then why the Buddha can get to know people’s wishes through beliefs?” Xiao Hong suggested, just like a teacher who was telling a story.

“Because it is exactly what people are thinking,” The words just tumbled out of Hao Ning’s mouth. Then he looked at Xiao Hong and said, “I see. You mean that the sources of belief and thinking are…”

“It is likely that they are the same!” Xiao Hong looked as excited as a geek who just uncovered a big mystery of the world. “So, the abilities to steal an idea and make a wish do not depend on the current technology, but on belief!”

“Belief?” Hao Ning gazed at Xiao Hong with his eyes widely opened. The theory was highly imaginative. “How?”

“Soul. It is about the soul,” said Xiao Hong, laughing. “Because people have souls. Souls have beliefs, which brings God into existence. At the same time, the God knows the wishes of people. So, does this mean that the soul has something to do with the thinking?”

Xiao Hong created a bug in a swing of the finger. Except this bug was red, it was as the same as the one before. Obviously, this bug was an illusion cast by Xiao Hong. “Why this kind of bug can peep at people’s wishes? Because it emerges out of the soul. It is not the real thing at all!”

“It emerges out of the soul?” said Hao Ning while slapping his thigh. “Yeah. It comes out of the soul. Of course, it is connected with the soul. Although we are not clear about the connection between soul and thinking. But the two must be related in some way. So, it is not strange that the bug can read people’s minds.”

“Right. Hao Ning, you are so clever!” Xiao Hong thumbed up to his words.

“It is nothing.” Hao Ning was a little embarrassed about the praise. “Deduction. It’s nothing but the deduction.”

“Excuse me,” Liu Shuai interrupted their heated discussion and pointed to Nezha, “Why would Nezha have such thing on him? He doesn’t need to make a wish to anybody.”

“As the bug is able to know what people are thinking and transmit such information to somewhere,” said Xiao Hong, looking very serious. “Then what else can it do except spying on people’s wishes? You are a computer expert and I’m sure you know it better than I do.”

“What do you mean? Is it…” Liu Shuai stared at him in disbelief, “monitoring?”

“That’s right!” Xiao Hong said and pounded on the table. He looked at Nezha and said, “I had not thought about that. I can’t believe that someone put so many bugs on you. All of a sudden, your four sense organs, including eyes, ears, nose and mouth, were all being watched. I have thought one bug that spies on mind is enough. It is not easy to make. But you cost them a lot of money. You must have been worth a great deal.”

“Can you be more specific about the four sense organs?” Hao Ning whispered to Liu Shuai this question he was burning to ask.

“It’s not the four sense organs. They are eyes, ears, nose, mouth, body and consciousness,” explained Liu Shuai, “It is written in the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra. But the inserts in Nezha’s body only appeared in eyes, ears, nose and mouth. So, Xiao Hong called them the four sense organs.” After the explanation, Liu Shuai asked, “Why would you think one bug is enough?”

“Because what you think,” explained Xiao Hong, “is more important than what you see. In this way, the reason they put many bugs on Nezha is that…”