'Aren't you afraid of death?
How can a human not be afraid of death?
Your body will harden, rot and disintegrate, but is that the scariest thing? No, young man, that is not it.
You are still young, all of you are still young. You have not understood the meaning of aging and death …
The scariest thing about death is not the physical pain, there is something scarier than that.
When one was young, everything was always bright and fresh. Nothing had the taste of decay, wasn't it?
However, have you ever felt that when you were young, every day was very slow? Even an hour could be very long, and a semester could be as long as an eternity, but time passed faster and faster, faster and faster, so fast that you were caught unprepared. It was so fast that a few moments were like a day, and a few moments were like a year.
It was like a flood, rushing past. Other than some broken pieces, there was nothing left behind.
Chen Jiahwa felt his right hand being gripped tightly by a hand. Even though he was wearing the respirator, the pressure of the tunnel made it hard for him to breathe. The woman in his arms became heavier and heavier. He wanted to let go, to push her away, but his body seemed to be stuck. He froze, unable to move.
It was unclear whether it was his muscles or nerves that were being stripped away from his brain. It was like he was in a nightmare.
The flood surged around him, and there seemed to be an old voice coming from it. It rushed into his brain together with the flood, trying to occupy his every thought.
"I know what you are …" Chen Jiahwa said with difficulty. Perhaps it was the truth or the thought that crossed his mind. He could not tell whether he could speak or not. "I learned this during training … If you want to fight for my will … I might not be as powerful as Captain Gu but it won't be that easy …"
Fight for your will? Why do you think your 'will' is so important?
Why do you think you have free will …
One of the saddest things about humans is that they need time to grow. I mean, the growth of your so-called willpower.
No matter what kind of willpower you want to have or what kind of person you want to be, it doesn't matter when you are ten years old, twenty years old, or thirty years old … Gradually, you will discover more. You will change your way of thinking, you will think, you will grow … Then, you will realize that your body is no longer young, and you will no longer have the strength and spirit to put your thoughts into practice. Most importantly, you will not have the time, and you will not be able to realize the mature willpower you finally have.
Then you see some young people, stupid young people, shouting their stupidity.
The era and the world around you seem to have completely changed, but that is just another reincarnation.
Another group of foolish people matured, and when they finally had the will to do something truly great, they grew old and died.
It is this kind of reincarnation that has always dominated us. Young people, our civilization has always been young, too young, so young that it's childish.
Whether it was a thousand years or ten thousand years, as long as this reincarnation cycle did not change, it would still be so childish. The main body of this civilization was not intelligent enough to conquer the weaknesses of humans. But how many of these so-called weaknesses were just naivety? Arrogance, lust, impulsiveness, anger, carelessness, ignorance …
"Perhaps that is what it means to be young …" Chen Jiahwa tried his best to pull his hand out. He was drenched in cold sweat. "Old age is also a weakness. Many old people are worse than young people. Not only are they stupid … they are much worse …"
That's right, because time and experience were only one of the conditions for maturity, not all.
Too many people enter their coffins with stupidity, but that stems from another problem, a small problem within a big problem.
And you simply divide good and evil, just as I have said, you are still young … you still have a hope that is almost delusional …
Suddenly, the words stopped. The rationality monitoring stone on Chen Jiahwa's left hand cracked, as if the impact of all the floods that were happening all over the world, every flood since ancient times, was rushing towards him through this narrow passage.
First, a wave of pure physical pain exploded from all over his body. The beating of his heart was like the sound of bones cracking.
Chen Jiahua felt himself being pushed back into the first chamber. The power he was facing was something he could not resist at all. With this thought in mind, a wave of pure mental pain erupted. He did not know if it was his soul, or if it was Ka or Ba, but it was being pulled and torn apart …
You did not understand what I meant. This is not because you are not intelligent enough, but because you are young, only twenty years old. You cannot feel what I am saying.
Only a naive young man like you would sacrifice himself in order to feel noble and great.
"Why should I listen to a bunch of beasts controlled by darkness to tell me what greatness is!"
Chen Jiahwa roared. As he was rushed out of the passage, he used his hands to grab the walls to stop himself from being swept back into the tomb. He knew that if he couldn't block it, the flood's power would go straight into the tomb, and it could easily destroy his colleagues inside. Then, the mission would only fail …
But before the team set off, Little Xu and the others had warned them that this power might be purely spiritual, just like the temperature of the water here.
It was not an unstoppable force, as long as one could hold on mentally … just like how Captain Gu had done so many missions …
The image of him worshipping the tomb that buried the hero at Phecda Cemetery surged in his mind.
"I am young, I might still be naive." Chen Jiahua said solemnly, not completely avoiding the dark words, "I really don't understand what you're saying. I don't even understand what you're trying to say. But I know that there are also some older people who still believe in the greatness that they felt when they were twenty years old … Have you ever thought about why you must be right? Everyone is afraid of death. Even if everyone wants to live longer and have more time to realize their dreams, does it have to be the way you do …? "
His voice was as heavy as a rock. The more he spoke, the more strength he exerted in his hands. His trembling hands actually began to stabilize.
The woman floating in front of him seemed to lose her inexplicable strength. Her messy hair started to droop.
The dead body's hand that grabbed him started to tremble.
It was then that Chen Jiahwa noticed the rationality assessment stone on his left wrist had cracked but it did not feel like it was swallowed by the power of darkness …
On his right wrist, a black symbol mark faintly appeared.
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