'Sometimes, the disaster itself can be sublime …
Why are they asking this question? What are they testing for? '
Gu Jun looked at the five judges before him. The five faces appeared to be slightly twisted. The air in the room was laced with a putrid stench. It made it hard for him to breathe. The pressure continued to rise, rise, rise.
On the third day of the intelligence test, after he completed the infant development scale, Gu Jun understood that this evaluation was not as simple as it seemed.
He also realized the strategy of the judges. They were exerting internal pressure on him, causing his psychological defenses to crumble on their own …
Perhaps this strategy was indeed effective. After these twelve days, the agitation in his heart was about to break free.
He took a deep breath and said in a low voice,
"Edmund Burke believed that anything that can inspire human's sense of pain and danger, in other words, anything that can inspire fear in some form, is the source of sublimity. You should know this. Sublimity has always appeared when human beings are overwhelmed with emotions. Fear is the most primitive and powerful emotion that human beings can feel. Take death for example. The untimely death of a famous person will inspire a sense of sublimity in people, and they will then deify the deceased.
Therefore, you asked me, do disasters inspire sublimity in me? I think this is a nonsensical question. Yes, of course it does. All disasters are scary, filled with the unknown, and uncontrollable. Of course, they will inspire sublimity. This is like the apocalyptic disaster movies, they can often create a grand theme and artistic conception. However, please do not misunderstand my attitude. The sublimity I feel from disasters is human nature, but it does not mean that I like disasters, and it does not mean that I desire them.
I fear them, and that is why I feel sublimity. "
After saying all that in one breath, the agitation in Gu Jun's head started to subside. He thought about Wu Shiyu, thought about his other friends and family, and calmed down …
The five judges did not interrupt him. They did not take any notes. They just stared at him.
After he finished, they did not comment. After a few seconds of silence, Di Minghui asked the next question. "After you came into contact with supernatural beings again, in the past two to three years, have you felt like an external force could control your mind? Especially an external force from the foreign world? "
As Gu Jun listened, his agitation surged up once more …
It was as if, as if, there was another voice speaking faintly.
They want to know if you are you; they want to know if you are actually a puppet; they want to know if there are strings that even you can't see controlling you; they want to know if you are a human or something else … "Li Yundong thought to himself. He wanted to know if he was a human or something else …
They are not just the evaluators here, but also the higher-ups. There are many people who are dissatisfied with your free medical care plan for both worlds …
"No, four points." Gu Jun's voice had become hoarse. He saw the five judges' faces distort even more, or perhaps his own vision was distorting. "Many external forces have tried to control my mind. I've experienced it many times … but if I have to judge on my own, I don't think I've succeeded so far …"
Is that so? You don't think you're being controlled or even influenced by any external force.
But how was this possible? In this world, all sorts of cultures, knowledge, ideologies … everyone was affected.
There was no such thing as a pure self, it was absolute emptiness. The process of shaping oneself was a process of being influenced …
If an external force only told you some viewpoints that were not accepted by the secular world, then was that considered an attempt to control you? To explore the truth, one needed to listen and consider different viewpoints, even if one initially thought those viewpoints were ridiculous …
Many of the principles that one believed to be the norm today would be considered ridiculous in the beginning … Humans do not possess any immutable thoughts …
"Captain Gu, take a 5 minute break and drink some water," Di Minghui said.
Interrogation needed to be skillful. One could not blindly apply pressure. Sometimes, one needed to ease the atmosphere.
Currently, Gu Jun's expression had turned ugly. His eyes even showed hostility, which was in line with the principle of taking a break.
Over the past 12 days, Gu Jun had been very cooperative. He answered all the questions and rested all the time.
But now, Gu Jun said hoarsely, "There's no need for that. Continue. Ask whatever you want to ask …"
Every evaluator was wearing an earpiece. Their actions had to listen to the command from the control desk. Perhaps because of the command, Di Minghui added, "Very well. In terms of talent, do you think it is very difficult for Afterlife Cult, R'yleh Cult, Dagon Esoteric Cult, and other evil organizations to cultivate a Spirit Child like you? "
"Yes." Gu Jun's voice deepened. "Five points. I am a coincidence. I am thankful that it is so difficult for them to cultivate one. "
"Do you think it is because of your uniqueness that attracted Nyarlathotep's attention?"
Gu Jun frowned, and several veins popped on his pale face. "Yes, three points … I am unique …"
As he said that, something in his heart became clearer. It was about the real purpose of this comprehensive review, about what was going on.
The faces of the 5 evaluators were twisted into a whirlpool.
The extravagant scenes of the charity banquets, the old men setting up stalls on the street, the shivering stray dogs, the hospital corridors filled with patients begging for help during the legionella pneumonia, the faces of Yu Chi, Xue Ba, the fragments of consciousness with negative choices, and the Malformed Banyan Tree flashed across his mind …
These things were pulling at him, and he felt like he was being twisted as well.
Suddenly, Di Minghui's voice came again. It was like a sharp blade that pierced his heart. Blood gushed out.
"Do you think it is because of your arrival that Afterlife Cult has established a special connection between Earth and the foreign world, and that it has caused the abnormal forces related to the foreign world to become more active on Earth? And because of that, it has attracted the attention and interest of other dark forces? "
The pain in Gu Jun's heart was so intense that he could not breathe. It was as if millions of tons of turbid substance had been pumped into his heart.
The empty space appeared to be spinning. Inside the room, the wind was bone-chilling.
'They are suspecting whether it is you who has brought disaster to this world, whether it is you who has plunged this world into misfortune again and again …
But is that really the case? What is it that makes the higher-ups so anxious about you?
Are they worried that you will attract disaster to this world, or are they worried that you will lose control and fall under their control …
'Gu Jun, you have become untrustworthy. Even though you have done so much and sacrificed so much, you have become untrustworthy …'
'If you want to pin a crime on someone, you can always find a pretext …'
'But if you ask yourself, are their suspicions completely unfounded?' 'Are you sure it is not because of you, Son of Misfortune?'
"Captain Gu, please answer this question."
'Answer, answer, answer, prove yourself, prove yourself, prove yourself.'
"I …" Gu Jun gasped for air. His lungs felt like they were getting clogged. "I don't know … I really don't know …"
The five faces of the evaluators appeared to be cold and detached. The voice came from them again. "That is somewhere in between. Please give your evaluation."
All of a sudden, an indescribable flame burst forth from the restlessness, almost engulfing him.
"I don't know!" Gu Jun felt his body shaking. He stood up from the chair. "So you have been asking this question for the past few days … You have done so many tests and wasted so much time. You could have done so much other work! We do not have so much time to waste here … "
The voice panicked. "Captain Gu, calm down. Pay attention to your rationality assessment stone!"
The people around the table stood up. Action members with guns rushed over from all directions. There were also members from the Occult Spell Department.
'Rationality assessment stone?' Gu Jun glanced at the rationality assessment stone on his left wrist. He saw a red light coming from it and it grew brighter and brighter …
'Is this the power of darkness … or is it a power beyond human comprehension and control?'
'Gu Jun, they will not listen to you. No one will listen to you. The greedy and arrogant upper class, the cowardly and cowardly lower class, they will not listen to you … Unless you possess a greater power, the power to make them obey … to make your words carry weight … '
'The legionella pneumonia is the dawn of a new era, a great turning point … Mankind's history is a history of war and also a history of plague … The legionella pneumonia will reshape the world …'
'Misfortune is fair. The Conqueror Worm does not differentiate between the rich and the poor. No matter what level you are at, whether you are high up in the sky or underground, misfortune will descend upon you.'
'Difference breeds pain, difference breeds disease. Positive choice, negative choice, tie, if you cannot eliminate the difference, you cannot eliminate the disease.'
'This world is sick, this civilization is sick …'
'You can disagree with these views, you can use your own perspective to change the world, you can gain greater power.'
'You hate Nyarlathotep, hate Shub-Nicolas but the power that exists in the cosmos is not limited to these …'
'Haven't you realized, your insistence on a mortal body is merely a stubborn habit?'
'Persistence for the sake of persistence, persistence in ignorance, persistence in numbness …'
"Captain Gu, please be careful, we will be using the Ancient Seal on you!"
The alarm in the room blared. The footsteps around him increased. A group of people surrounded him. They were equipped with stun guns, rifles and Ancient Seal stones.
Gu Jun studied the nervous people around him. His gaze seemed to pierce through them and he could see the dark shadows behind him.
The spacious judging room seemed to have melted into another place. No one knew which space or dimension it was.
In the darkness, there were many shadows. They were hazy, swaying and tall. They looked at him and spoke to him.
"Gu Jun, our Great Old Ones have prepared a demon seat for you. Above human knowledge, there is an even greater profound meaning. "
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