Dead high school politics surprise attack
"I find it strange. You are obviously a weirdo, but you sound like you want to exclude yourself from the category of weirdos."
Ji Yunding was very careful with his wording, making sure that what he said could not be considered a "problem".
"If the team leader hears this, he might make a scene. But I feel like you are quite similar to him in this respect. That is, you always pretend to be something completely different from who you are. You are a creature with emotional fluctuations, but you seem to want to pretend to have no emotions."
“…”
"Every one of you guys in the other dimension is a psychopath, but never mind. Since you think highly of me, let's do a deal outside the rules. I have a 'bargain' that you absolutely cannot refuse."
Ji Yunding smiled and pointed at number zero.
"I will tell you why I am this kind of person. And you, answer me everything about Bailizhong. You must tell me everything you know."
"You seem to be proposing unfair terms."
"Yes, but you can choose not to accept it. Then again, didn't your boss teach you to be a little more cunning, not to say unnecessary words to outsiders, and to just talk nonsense when you really don't know what to say?
If someone guesses your purpose and what you care about, it means that your weakness is exposed and you may be at an absolute disadvantage. "
After saying this, Ji Yunding saw that Zero remained silent, so he continued to ask,
"Core desires are an inescapable part of weirdness. Weirdness is driven by core desires, which means that all weirdness must have unstable, variable 'emotions'."
Zero remained silent, standing in front of Ji Yunding. Ji Yunding didn't care, he just sighed.
"I know that there are things that intelligent life forms would never want to admit, even if they know it is the truth.
However, I don't care about you that much, so please end this farce quickly and let's hurry up and talk about the next one. If we exceed the time limit, I will have to submit two reports, which is very troublesome."
He also had to report to the logistics team, go through the review, and keep the files, which would take at least half a day. Ji Yunding really didn't have that much time to do all that.
Now that he had asked almost all the questions about Leviathan, Ji Yunding was ready to end the conversation with the most effective question.
"Yes, as you wish."
The small wings on both sides of No. 0's solar plexus slowly retracted into his eyes, and the black holes on his face quickly shrank, being covered by the wings and returning to their original appearance.
However, Ji Yunding could clearly feel that its actions were accompanied by an emotion that could be described as "eager".
Ji Yunding thought about it, stood up, put his hands behind his back, and then looked at Zero.
“Did you learn anything?”
“You are…”
"It seems like when I see my seniors go out to provoke or pick a fight, they often act like this... I just do this to fit in a little bit."
Ji Yunding said calmly, then tilted his head.
"Please cooperate with me, um...thank you, thank you for your trouble."
Zero repeated what Ji Yunding had just said about not saying unnecessary words. Although it tried its best to be patient, it was obviously feeling extremely helpless.
Ji Yunding nodded, then sat upright in the chair, waiting for Zero to continue speaking.
Zero was silent for a while, then grabbed Ji Yunding's hand and placed it on his forehead.
"Please try using your psychic powers, don't worry."
Since it said so, Ji Yunding had no reason to refuse. She just watched Zero's forehead slowly melt, and gradually touched the inside, but Ji Yunding suddenly heard a sound.
"Like, the sound of friction between parts when the machinery is operating."
"Yes, I, or we, are tools."
Ji Yunding withdrew his hand, a little confused: "I don't know much about technology, but as far as I know, there is no such technology now. Besides, aren't you weird?"
"Do you remember what I told you? The world doesn't care about humans. The world will always move forward. According to my built-in timekeeping ability, it is now 15:23:18 in the new calendar year 4030."
"Four thousand? Wait, that's not right."
Ji Yunding calculated and immediately felt something was wrong. Even if every special individual was counted, there would not be that many.
"It should be more than a thousand at most."
And for some reason, Zero didn't mention anything about the month and date.
"Have you studied materialism? If you have, I can tell you that mankind was destroyed at 15:23:18 in the year 4030 of the new calendar - or, this statement is not accurate, it means that mankind is about to be destroyed."
Now even Ji Yunding was a little stunned. She suddenly recalled one afternoon in high school when she was flipping through the political textbook and reciting the knowledge.
The world is material, the world is a material world.
After the outbreak of weirdness, materialism was on the verge of collapse, and after a few days ago, a study revealed that the essence of weirdness is the manifestation of sensory ability, the dualistic view has become more popular.
"Have you ever wondered why the world can restart over and over again?"
To be honest, Ji Yunding had thought about it, but she felt that she could not find the answer for the time being, so she put it aside. She thought about it for a while and returned to her own thoughts first.
"So, this isn't the real 'world'?"
"Have you heard of the theory about monkeys and typewriters? I hope you have some idea about 'infinity'."
Zero seemed to want to sigh, but he just maintained a calm tone and continued speaking.
“Humans in the real material world have conquered the weirdness and have been able to completely crack and utilize the rules, but they are still heading towards extinction for no reason.
Even if there is enough food, there are still people who don’t have enough food; even if it is not for survival, wars are still launched; everyone is talking about big principles in the virtual world, but the world around them is getting worse and worse.
Maybe it’s not that bad, the material level is gradually rising, but according to the most sophisticated instruments and the top scientists, it is a ‘rule’ that humans will go extinct. This world does not allow ‘eternity’ to exist.”
Zero seemed to be talking about a very serious topic, but Ji Yunding only felt that a series of knowledge points were floating before his eyes - humans can only use rules, not change them; absolute motion and relative stillness; everything that exists will eventually perish...
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"Do you know why consciousness can play such a big role and can even exist independently of what you call 'matter'?"
"I still care a little about this, but I don't know. I'm just a person who received a high school education in the civilized world, and I basically didn't learn anything related to it in college."
"I don't know either. This is all I know about the world."
"Thank you, you wasted my precious twenty seconds."
Ji Yunding sighed, but he wasn't really angry.
"So what is your purpose if you don't talk about the world's problems?"
"Collect perfect human samples. The standard is that they can exist forever like the rules, and then send them to Dongji. That's all I know."
Zero shook his head, indicating that he could not give a detailed answer.
Ji Yunding frowned and thought about it, but found that this logic didn't make sense anyway.
Forget it, if you can’t figure it out, just leave it alone. Maybe you will get the answer when you go to Dongji later. Let’s just focus on the present matter first.
"Then again, your inexplicable feelings towards me are because I am a human specimen that you consider to be close to perfection?"
Ji Yunding was keenly aware that when the term "perfect human sample" was mentioned, Zero had a subtly strange reaction.
Zero nodded, as if she didn't want to elaborate, but just looked at Ji Yunding, waiting for her to give her definition of herself.
"I have been thinking for a long time about why I am different from others, and I just figured it out recently."
Ji Yunding was sitting on a chair and spoke seriously.
"Because I value myself so much, I always put my own happiness first. The reason why I care about some people is that they become the necessary conditions for my happiness. They and I give to each other and constitute part of the 'happiness' in the concept of life.
My standards have never changed, but the values I use to measure happiness have changed. I always put my own happiness first, and all my actions and thoughts are based on this. ”
After listening to this, Zero looked at Ji Yunding face to face for a long time.
“…Just like that?”
"Yes. I never get hard on myself except when I think I might lose 'happiness' forever."
After saying this, Ji Yunding stood up and said goodbye politely.
"By the way, I personally think that when you have the emotion of 'jealousy', you start to have 'self'-centered thinking.
As for what you are jealous of me for and why, I don’t care, but I really don’t think I am perfect, nor do I agree with the standards you mentioned.
I just want to tell you that from the perspective of consciousness, I will treat you as... a human? Weird? Anyway, not a machine or a tool."
Ji Yunding doesn’t think that “jealousy” is a bad thing. It is just an emotion generated from the perspective of “self”, which is much better than losing oneself.
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After this incident, something not too big or too small happened - Ji Yunding experienced for the first time that his research team was asked to support negotiations at the national level.
How can I put it? The negotiation experts from various countries were engaged in heated arguments, while the investigators were chatting happily because it had nothing to do with them.
Perhaps the people on the administrative side all felt that it was too troublesome for the investigators to chat nearby, and basically none of them were the kind of people who could stand quietly, so each country would tacitly pull a few investigators from its own country over and then prepare a quiet place nearby for them to play on their own.
Maybe investigators are bold and have good logical thinking. At least according to statistics, among the top investigators, almost no one discriminates against others because of race, gender or appearance, so everyone actually gets along well, but each has a weird personality.
"So, foreign weirdness is like werewolves, vampires, and the like?"
Ji Yunding asked curiously. Weirdness has obvious regional characteristics and is closely related to culture.
A blonde, blue-eyed sister in her twenties rested her chin on Ji Yunding's head, supported her shoulders, and spoke a lot of English in a familiar manner.
Although she had passed the CET-6, her English level was too weak. At least, Ji Yunding, who hardly used English, could only understand a little bit. But her manner made Ji Yunding feel quite friendly, just like Lin Shu.
"Miss Chloe said yes, but remember that those things can't be dealt with by wooden stakes. However, an investigator of your level should not need such reminders. In addition, she also said that it is amazing that a student of your age can be pulled over to participate in such an occasion."
"Thank you. I didn't want to come either."
"She said she didn't want to come, but she had a mission and it would be very troublesome if she didn't come."
After all, most people here know each other, and they need to deal with ghost stories together from time to time. Some people even have life-threatening friendships - although for investigators, life-threatening friendships are not that uncommon.
Chloe also told Ji Yunding a funny story with a smile. When she came to attend the national conference for the first time, she saw Ji Liuxing and thought he was from the English-speaking area so she wanted to say hello. She was a little angry that he ignored her. Later she found out that he didn't speak English.
When talking about foreign countries' attitude towards Ji Yunding, Chloe's expression became serious and she spoke a long string of disturbing English words to Ji Yunding.
"She said she was sorry that her country had such a wrong attitude, but she could do nothing about it. This is not just a matter of weird talk. If necessary in the future, she may stand on the side of national interests. Please understand."
The negotiations still did not produce any results, and the plan to explore the East Pole had been shelved due to the blizzard. Ji Yunding thought for a moment, walked to Ji Liuxing, and spoke in a low voice.
"Team leader, can we go to Dongji from the other plane?"
"No, according to calculations and surveys, we have to pass through a natural chasm in another dimension. It's too dangerous. We won't consider it unless it's absolutely necessary."
Ji Liuxing thought about it and realized that Ji Yunding didn't seem to have much experience in fighting in other dimensions, so he explained it again.
"The alien dimension is a naturally occurring chaotic zone, which can be thought of as a 'natural disaster'. The rules there are unknown, and there is even the possibility of death if one takes a wrong step."
"What if, when it comes to the last resort?"
"Use human lives to fill the gap, and we may even need to recruit ordinary people... should we say people who are sent to die? But this will not happen. The probability of that country in Dongji fighting the whole world is greater than the probability of launching this plan."
Ji Yunding was silent for a moment about this matter. He listened to the dispute between countries in the next room, and found a chair to sit down, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Obviously, as long as a group of people are involved, the problem can be solved. Obviously, many investigators in their country have also lost their lives because of the blizzard. Obviously, this is a matter that concerns the whole world...
Ji Yunding felt that it was wrong, but this kind of thing was complicated and one move could affect the entire body. It was really hard to sort out the right and wrong.
Just like Zheng Nuo said, everyone has their own expertise, and this is not something Ji Yunding or the people in the research group are good at - she is too used to thinking things through, but some things cannot be understood once too many things are involved.
At this time, the only criterion is interests rather than right and wrong. Behind them are their people, and behind us are our people.
They each serve their own master and have no grudges against each other, but they are sworn enemies at the negotiating table.
The negotiations on Dongji were still not smooth, but fortunately, regarding Leviathan, all countries agreed to control the relevant public opinion on Ji Yunding.
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