"If a train is about to pass by, the teammates you care about are on the left track, and the hundreds of millions of civilians are on the right track. Su Mingan, what decision will you make?"
"I'll destroy the tram."
"What would you do if the tram was indestructible?"
"Stop it."
"The tram is so heavy and unstoppable that you can't stop it."
"There will always be a way. Destroy the tracks, smash the wheels, stop the drivers... There will always be a way."
"No. The train will run over them in the next second. You can't do that."
"Then there is another way."
"What?"
"I'll stop it."
"The tram won't care about your face. Even if you wave at it, it won't stop."
"I mean, I'll stop it. I'll stand on the track. If it gets over me, it might have trouble moving forward."
“…”
…
"Su Mingan, you have to know that you are very important."
"I know."
"Now that you are in this position, you must be prepared to make trade-offs. Be decisive and not idealistic. So the correct answer is that when the trolley comes, whether you pull the lever or not - you are right."
"...are both correct? No matter if I run over the person on the left or the person on the right...I am correct? So this question has this answer?"
"Yes. You have to know that it is because of your existence that the railroad tracks are divided into two ends. Otherwise, no one would survive if the train ran over them. Your perspective should be 'I successfully saved the people at one end', not 'I killed the people at one end'. This is the thinking of a savior. Otherwise, the number of cruel choices like this will increase, and you will be crushed to death by more and more guilt."
“…”
"Someone has to pull the lever, doesn't he?"
“…”
"Ignore those voices that rebuke you, because whether you pull the lever or not, there will always be people who disparage your behavior - ignore these voices. You have to know that only if you keep, keep, keep pulling the lever... will there be more and more 'people on the other side of the rails' saved by you."
“…”
"Do you understand?"
"Asagao. Actually, I have understood this truth for a long time. Ever since... I killed other players in a competitive dungeon, many people have insulted me. They said that I... deprived them of their future and judged other people's lives arbitrarily by relying on my own strength."
"You have the highest weight, and you have the highest success rate in making wishes. Only by making wishes can civilization be preserved. It is only natural for you to do so."
"Asagao. Actually, I understand most of what you said. When the situation really happens, if I really can't stop the train, I will definitely be the one to pull the lever. But I will think... if there are other opportunities, if there are still ways to save everyone. I have the time authority of the Old Gods, so I can go back. If I keep going back and find a way to stop the train, maybe... I don't have to keep pulling that lever."
Asagao was shocked.
In teaching Su Mingan, she gradually discovered that this 19-year-old god was not completely ignorant. In fact, his mentality was already very similar to that of a universal savior, and she didn't need to teach him too much.
He knows how to make choices, how to weigh things, and how to pull the lever to maximize benefits. When the tram comes, he will not miss the opportunity because of soft-heartedness, nor will he be at a loss because of foolish kindness. He will make a decision more firmly than anyone else. However, the difference between him and others is that in those few seconds of thinking time, he will constantly and constantly think about whether there are other ways.
In the black and white pigments called rationality, calmness, and indifference, he added a little extra color called "idealization". This color will not affect others, but is just a childlike innocence, seemingly fragile and helpless to fight against this black and white world. With a newly grown sprout, he wants to block the sky that is about to overturn.
Just as he gave her a somewhat naive and unexpected answer when he made the choice - because I have the power of time, I don't need to pull the lever, I can just stack my own body high enough to stop the tram. Compared with other people's answers such as "I killed the driver" and "I blew up the tram", it seems more naive, but more feasible - because he can really do it.
Chao Yan thought, maybe, she could keep this innocence. This is what makes him different from other leaders.
This is precious and uniquely personal.
But Chao Yan still had to help him drive away some of the softness that belonged to 19-year-old youth. Because many times, they didn't even have the chance to stand next to the tram. If you indulge in idealized salvation, you will only burn yourself.
"...Hold this sword, it means 'judgment'."
She placed her calloused fingers on the back of the young man's hand and held his hand.
In front of them was a man kneeling on the ground.
The man was a commoner, but he encouraged others not to believe in gods. He was not deceived by the overlapping shadows, nor was he deceived by others. He was just pure and determined to believe that there was a conspiracy behind the Millennium Plan. This mentality puzzled Chao Yan - this kind of person would have conspiracy theories about everything and always think the worst of people.
In the past, the man could escape punishment because the person he spread rumors about was just a commoner like him, and no amount of dirty water could cleanse him up. But this time it was different... He spread rumors about God.
This was a public trial, taking place under the scorching sun.
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