"Who on earth came up with such a perverted question?"
Ying Meng held her head in distress——
"What's the point of making a new ship out of dismantled old materials? Isn't it because the materials are damaged that they need to be replaced? After replacing them, make another one based on the original design - if it can still be used, why replace it? If it can't be used, will the new ship be just a model ornament... But what's so good about a ship -"
Chu Shangli complained in his heart that your concern was too strange - this was not a question of what this ship made of old materials was used for - it was just purely using this representative image to describe a situation that we often have to face -
"It's obvious that the person who made a new ship out of old materials is bored. Since he is bored, it's not surprising that he did anything. The reason he made a new ship out of the dismantled old materials is just to make things difficult for people, that's all." The Cheshire Cat said lightly.
"Yeah, yeah, that's right! I ask such stupid questions just to embarrass people. If I dwell on stupid questions, I'll definitely become stupid myself!"
Ying Meng hummed twice and said, "I don't care. Whatever happens to these two ships, as long as there are no accidents! As for which one is newer, which one is old, and which one is the original one, just leave it alone!"
"What a cool attitude. But, if that ship is the only relic left to you by your only friend—"
"Don't make such tragic assumptions! The only relic given to me by my only friend, yet I insist on using it instead of carefully caring for it, even replacing all the parts. Am I crazy?"
"Then let's assume it was a gift from the ship's owner's only friend..."
"Please, my only friend, go get your eyes checked after your reincarnation. Don't be friends with such a psychopath in your next life. I guess the reason this friend died was because he was about to vomit because of this damn question, right?"
"Can't you just accept the existence of IF?"
"Yes, yes, yes. So let's assume this guy has no friends and perished along with those two unfortunate ships—" Ying Meng said with a bitter face: "Can I ask Miss Chu Shangli again—is the skeleton used in the new ship remade, or is it also disassembled from the skeleton of the old ship?"
"This isn't an important question, is it?"
"No, no, it's very important! If you only remove the outer layer and build a new ship with a new frame, then it's just a facade. In essence, the old ship, which has been completely replaced with a new one, is the original ship. However, if you also remove the frame, then the old ship will be reincarnated, and the original ship will have long since become irrelevant..."
"Ah, aha, that's what you think? Then, what does Miss Chu Shangli think of her opinion? Do you support or oppose it?"
"I...I object." Chu Shangli replied, "It's wrong to think this way—"
"Why is it wrong? What's wrong?"
"Because—if the skeleton is replaced and becomes completely new, then aren't we humans constantly programming something new? During metabolism, even bone marrow cells die and are replaced. As we grow, our skeletons become completely new, our blood, our skin—all become different. So, does that mean we die every once in a while? Are the skin scraps we collect the real us?"
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