Beijing..,
In a village in the suburbs..,
"Do you like to observe the lives of ordinary people?"
Er Zhuang walked out of the bungalow with his arms crossed. He saw a small square table not far from the door, and Liu Xiaojiang, who was holding an erguotou in his hand, but his eyes were fixed on a few children playing in the small square in the distance.
"This can't be considered observation." Liu Xiaojiang didn't turn around when he heard the voice. Instead, he took an extra stool and placed it beside him.
"I'm just wondering if the life of an ordinary person is as boring as some people say."
"Then..." Er Zhuang walked over and sat beside Liu Xiaojiang without hesitation. He snatched the erguotou from his hand and drank a few mouthfuls. "Do you have an answer?"
"Yes, but it can't convince anyone." Liu Xiaojiang looked at Er Zhuang with a gentle expression and said,
"After all, everyone's love is slightly different. Some people just like a calm and stable life, some people just like to pursue a little excitement in life, and some people... he just likes to act like a beast just for desire."
"Moreover, not everyone can be the same as when they were young. A simple joy is enough to be happy for a long time."
"Unfortunately, people will change..."
"Although most people know what is right and what is completely in line with their moral standards."
"But most people are better at finding the 'simple' path, and are better at judging others with standards that they can't achieve, instead of upholding the right views and their own morals as usual."
As he said that..,
He saw that Er Zhuang's pretty face was already blushing, so he reached out and took the wine bottle in his hand.
"Even the children in the square who love to play by nature, even if they had a very happy and satisfied childhood, when they grew up, they lived among a group of people who couldn't combine knowledge and action. In the end... how many of them could not be assimilated by the so-called majority?"
"But this kind of thing can't be changed in a short period of time... right?" Er Zhuang didn't deny Liu Xiaojiang's words, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this was even harder to change than the xenophobic nature of people.
After all, this world was a very contradictory world, and humans were also extremely contradictory existences.
Those lofty moral standards were clearly set by humans themselves, but very few humans could reach that level. They even needed the law to force everyone to maintain the most basic moral bottom line.
There are no limits to kindness. If you do it, you will even be worshipped by people. However, very few people are willing to live the way people want them to.
Evil had its limits. If it crossed the line, it would be spurned and punished. However, there were people who were willing to challenge it for various reasons.
Furthermore,
If this matter were to happen in this era, it would be a compliment to say that humans were extremely contradictory. It would be more appropriate to say that most of them were extremely hypocritical!
Mutants were still humans.
Apart from having more individual strength than ordinary people, they were no different from ordinary people in all aspects. No … Or perhaps it was due to the fact that they possessed a certain level of strength that the evil talents they displayed were more representative.
As a temporary worker of the company, Er Zhuang was used to seeing the evilness of Inhumans due to his special abilities. Therefore, he felt that if Inhumans didn't cultivate and only had strength, most Inhumans would turn into those all-purpose demons who indulged in sensual desires.
Because …
The Inhuman circle didn't have the mandatory restrictions of the law like ordinary people. There were only rules similar to the law of the jungle in nature where the strong preyed on the weak.
And these so-called rules, to put it bluntly, were only applicable to the Inhumans.
In truth, it was only useful for non-humans who were 'dutiful' to begin with, but it also made it convenient for the company and the Ten Leaders to manage non-humans. In essence, it was something that required non-humans to 'actively' cooperate with them.
To some 'beasts', there were no mandatory rules. In fact, they were only deterred by the so-called unspoken rules. Who could expect them to open their eyes all the time and take a good look at the rules that were always asking them to go against their nature?
In the Inhuman circle, there were those who turned a blind eye to the rules for their own sake. They knew that they were wrong, but they still wanted to test the bottom line.
There were too many people who closed their eyes to the rules, ignored the importance of rules, and only cared about whether their desires were satisfied. No matter how one looked at it, one would think that there were too many of these people.
Considering the difference between Inhumans and ordinary people, Er Zhuang realized that the reason why ordinary people were more obedient than the so-called Inhumans was because of the existence of law among ordinary people. Therefore, Er Zhuang was quite pessimistic about human beings.
"Yes." Liu Xiaojiang drank up the remaining wine in the bottle, then he nodded calmly and said, "Yes, I'm going to do something.
"Humans might have had the chance to become better, but when they evolved to the point where they needed the law as an auxiliary tool, a series of instincts that were almost no different from beasts were completely confirmed by themselves."
"I don't know if the law is correct, but it seems that it does have a good restraining effect on humans. But if you look at it from a human's perspective, wouldn't morality … be more correct than the law?"
"Like I said …"
"The law doesn't require people to be kind to a certain extent. It only restricts you, as a human, to a certain extent … you can't be bad."
"But I think the law actually has a chance to replace morality with a clear record. The reason why it is still a bottom line for so many years is because … it was created by humans, and humans don't like the feeling of losing 'freedom'."
"Even if this' freedom 'causes more problems than' not being free ', as beasts, they still think that they are noble. They think that even if everyone is in a state of' freedom ', they can still abide by the bottom line and gradually improve their moral standards. They are very confident in themselves."
At this point …
He picked up a few peanuts from the plate on the small square table and threw them into his mouth. "If you are pessimistic …"
"You can even think that the reason why it can't replace morality is that most people don't want to become saints, nor do they want the so-called 'beautiful' things to really come to them."
"After all, in the hearts of those guys, they don't worship saints from the bottom of their hearts. They just think that the other party is very powerful. They don't want to live a life that looks beautiful, but in fact, they don't feel happy at all."
"Because …"
"The happiness in their hearts is not that they can become better, but that they have to become the so-called 'strong man' in all aspects so that they can become emperors in modern times in a different way. They can casually use some 'strong man's means' to determine the 'life and death' of others."
"Becoming a 'king' is also a biological instinct …"
"… So those rich guys outside, after saving up wealth that they can't spend in a few lifetimes, still have to increase their efforts to squeeze more benefits from the hands of the common people?" Er Zhuang thought for a moment and asked.
Hearing this …
Liu Xiaojiang glanced at Er Zhuang and did not answer the question directly. "I have to say that compared to the barbarians outside, we are already very lucky. At least in the land under our feet, normal people would not allow such people to appear."
"Moreover, in my eyes …"
"Even the guy who relied on some external help to barely destroy Ying Gou's physical body, even at that time … the power of the land under our feet was extremely abundant, but in terms of the development of social path and order, it was far from as correct as it is today."
"… It seems that you agree with Huaxia today." Er Zhuang was rather surprised by this.
"Ah …" Liu Xiaojiang did not deny this. "Although the problem does exist, these are the problems of human beings themselves, so it's the same no matter where it is. If you really care about it … the problem here is relatively smaller."
"After all, even if it's just a natural problem of rejecting foreign species, there hasn't been a huge conflict in the land under our feet. As for the outside world … you'll understand when you ask Windsor later."
At this point …
He took out another bottle of erguotou from the wine box at the side and slowly unscrewed the cap.
"As for whether these problems can be solved quickly in a short period of time, that's a question that I'm not a foreign species should think about."
"What I have to do is to be a bad person …"
"And at a relatively suitable time, let some people see the small mistakes that they think are 'harmless'. As time gradually accumulates, it will also cause major problems. I'm just providing them with an opportunity to seek change in the future."
"As for the rest …"
"It will depend on their own fortune. Fortunately, the group of people who can play a decisive role in the world is still the kind of good people who live very tired lives, so there's no need for a foreign species like me to worry about such troublesome problems."
"Destruction is the business of a foreign species like me, and reconstruction is their responsibility. Each of us has our own duties … That's good."
"…" Er Zhuang was very clear about Liu Xiaojiang's plan from the beginning to the end, but she didn't know that she had been excluded from the upcoming battle. Therefore, when she heard these words, she didn't doubt whether the plan would really succeed.
Instead, after a moment of silence, she glanced at Liu Xiaojiang, who was sitting at the table drinking and watching the children play in the distance. Then, she put her hand on her leg, held her chin, and looked up at the gradually dusky sky.
"It's winter …"
"When the hidden fortress makes enough artifacts, I'm afraid it will be the Lunar New Year soon …"
"Isn't that good?" Liu Xiaojiang calculated the time, turned back with the bottle of wine, and smiled.
"Before the end of the year, wash away the haze and get on the right track, and then celebrate the new year in the thriving 'reconstruction'. If you really want to talk about meaning and hope … It's just right."
Er Zhuang couldn't help but roll her eyes at Liu Xiaojiang. Normal people obviously didn't think that they could really have a good new year after a disaster.
"Hmph, it's up to you. Anyway, you'll definitely have to go home with me for the new year. I really want to see what kind of interesting expression my family will have on their faces when they see that I'm safe and sound, especially … my stinky sister who always thinks that I'm not feminine!"
"Well, if there's a chance, I'll go back with you." Liu Xiaojiang looked at Er Zhuang and couldn't help but scratch his head and laugh foolishly.
"You have to go even if you don't want to!" Er Zhuang said firmly.
"Let's go, it's dark. Don't drink outside. Let's go in and drink together."
"…" Liu Xiaojiang.
…
In the evening.
Charles drove the old man steadily back to his residence, then parked the car alone in the parking space by the pond in the courtyard.
However …
Just as he pulled out the key, opened the car door, and was about to leave, he found a figure not far behind him.
And …
She was holding a kitchen knife in her hand!
When Charles saw the masked, long-haired woman holding a kitchen knife, he couldn't help but sense the situation in the side attic. However, he found that there was almost nothing wrong with the old man inside and he was still drinking tea in the study room as usual.
This situation was a little strange.
It wasn't that he felt regretful that the old man was fine, but he thought that he was a nameless person who didn't come in contact with many people in China, so normally … there shouldn't be a 'hitman' coming for him.
But if he guessed wrongly and this woman was actually coming for the old man, then wouldn't it be the best plan to assassinate the weak old man while he was parking the car?
The current situation was so strange that Charles didn't dare to act rashly, for fear of provoking the woman and affecting the safety of the old man in the attic.
"You …"
Whoosh!!!
Just as Charles was about to open his mouth to find out the real intention of the hitman, he saw the woman throw the kitchen knife in her hand directly at him. And there was even a gust of blue air surrounding the blade.
Sure enough, she's also a super … No! Mutant!
After confirming that the other party was also a mutant, even if Charles had the so-called undying body, he did not dare to be careless. He did not dare to easily take on the kitchen knife that was swiftly coming at him, afraid that the other party would use some method that he could not understand.
So …
He instantly raised the qi in his body and relied on his excellent reaction speed, coupled with his body's toughness strengthened by the corpse poison, to dodge the attack before the kitchen knife hit his glabella.
The next moment …
Just as he was about to turn around to deal with the hitman who threw him, he found that the other party had already used her ghostly speed to stand directly in front of him. At the same time, using her height that was far shorter than him, she immediately pulled out a square kitchen knife and slashed from top to bottom at his face!
Puchi!
Blood splattered!
The woman easily cut through Charles's skin that he thought was hard with just a simple knife, leaving a terrifying and permanent scar on his face!
And!
This was just an ordinary kitchen knife that had been nourished by aura!
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