In the afternoon Lu Shen made an appointment with a friend and had tea in a refreshment restaurant.
Lu Shen stretched out his hand from the second floor: "Here!"
A man in the lobby saw him and immediately walked up to him with a smile.
Jackie is an internet writer and a college classmate of Lu Shen. He is the kind of person who knows a little bit about everything, but he's not someone with whom you can have an in-depth conversation and can only make small talk.
Lu Shen likes to chat with him. He likes to talk about science and science fiction, mythology and history, astronomy and geography, military and civil news, etc. It's not very strict, it's pure nonsense, but it makes people feel very relaxed.
This time, the two talked about mythology from history, and then from mythology to strange and more strange novels, which were also mixed with Western elements.
Lu Shen suddenly said, "Recently, when I fall asleep in the middle of the night, I always feel that another self of mine suddenly rises from my body, then all night, I watch myself until I woke up again in the morning"
"It's like... from that movie about Dr.Strange where the soul gets thrown out of the body through the soul projection"
"What did say happened to you"
Jackie did not laugh at Lu Shen's words which were full of absurdity. Instead, he thought about it for a while and organized what he wanted to say.
"The first thing to understand is that if a person has a soul, what is the composition of a person's soul?"
"Is it matter or energy?"
Yin Shen thought for a moment and said uncertainly.
"It doesn't seem to be."
Jackie then asked again, "So what about memory and consciousness? Is it in the soul or still in the brain."
Lu Shen confirmed again: "It's in the soul, I feel my body is like an anchor point, anchoring my soul to this point, this plane of existence we call reality"
"I obviously can get free as long as I struggle a bit, but I feel that when I get out, something terrible will happen."
"This feeling made me feel inexplicably panic, and then I didn't dare to go there anymore."
Lu Shen suddenly laughed: "Do you think I want to awaken some superpowers or start to cultivate like Chinese immortals?"
Jackie shook his head and said, "For the time being, it doesn't matter if what you are saying is true or not, if a person has a soul, and it is not a matter and energy, even memory and consciousness can be stored in it, then it's not a superpower or some cultivation bullshit"
"Even what Ancient Gods, it is just an existence imagined by the ancient people Compared with it, it is like the difference between heaven and earth."
"Even the gods in historical mythology and the immortals in Taoist legends can't match this kind of existence."
"Even Pangu, the creator God, Brahma, Kaos, and Asathos, who pioneered the world, have nothing to do with you."
Lu Shen was stupefied on the spot when he heard these words. He was still talking about human souls just now. Why did he get involved with these creators and the supreme gods in the myths?
"Are you saying that someone can be as powerful as those gods? According to what you said, if a person has full control over his soul, he can be directly invincible."
Jackie looked at him and said seriously: "I didn't talk nonsense just now Lu, I have solid evidence to back my statement."
"Because the universe is composed of matter, and time is the manifestation of the movement, the continuity of change, and the sequence of matter."
"If your soul does not belong to matter and energy, then consciousness is not based on the brain but the soul."
"What does this mean?" Lu when asked.
"It means that your soul and this universe are like two non-overlapping planes. You can detach from this universe, even without being constrained by time."
"Think about it, isn't it like this?"
Lu Shen continued: "Doesn't that mean that once the soul is free from the bondage of the body, it will immediately leave the universe?"
"If the soul can directly transcend the long river of time, travel through space and years, then I can become an existence floating above the timeline, I can even travel to any era, even tampering with history?"
When Lu Shen was lost in fantasy Jackie interrupted popped his imagination bubble and gave his idea: "This is not necessary."
Lu Shen, who was now not daydreaming asked: "Why?"
"I just said that the soul and the universe you are talking about are like two non-overlapping planes. Two non-overlapping planes have no cross-linking points at all." Jackie used his hands to make Lu Shen understand by bringing both hands parallel to each other.
"If you are not related to the Universe, so from what angle do you perceive the existence of the Universe?"
"If You can't even perceive the Universe, how can you perceive time, and if you can't perceive time then how can you travel further or backward in the timeline?"
In Lu Shen's mind, there was a sudden answer to his source of fear.
"That said, once the soul leaves the body, it is like a ship that has lost its coordinates and direction. It will likely leave this Universe and never find its direction back?"
Jackie nodded: "One possibility is that you still have a connection with the real universe, and there is an anchor here."
"In this way, you can observe the Universe through this anchor point, and as I said before, become an observer outside of the universe and time."
"If you have different anchor points in different periods, you may even become the same as you said, becoming a shuttle in the timeline."
At this point, the words of Jackie's words have become gloomy.
"But there is another possibility."
"The moment you leave the anchor point of your body, you are thrown into an unknowable place outside the universe."
"There may be another universe, it may be the source of time, or it may be another dimension or unknown that humans cannot imagine."
"There may be nothing there, just like a prison, but where your soul will be trapped, for ten million years, 100 million years."
"until..."
"eternal."
The scene fell silent for a moment, and no one spoke for a long while.
At this time, Jackie suddenly laughed, and he picked up the teapot and filled it for Lu Shen.
"You have a good idea, quite innovative."
"My next new book can use your setting, maybe it will be popular?"
Jackie of course didn't take what Lu Shen said seriously, he thought it was just the same as usual, and he had another running horse imagination and unrestrained empty talk.
However, Li Shen's mind was complicated, and he stood up and prepared to leave.
"I'm leaving now!"
"If you write it out, or if you have any new ideas, remember to tell me and we will discuss them together."
However, before he can leave Jackie suddenly stopped him and took out something from his backpack.
"Wait a minute don't leave yet"
"With your settings and idea, I will give you a good thing and make sure to make your day."
Lu Shen took the box given to him by Jackie and opened it to see that there was an irregular stone with an exquisite insect pattern on it.
"What is this? A Fossil?"
Jackie replied "Ledniche, a kind of trilobite."
"Although this fossil is not worth a lot of money, when I think about seeing creatures from hundreds of millions of years ago appearing vividly in front of me, I feel that I can't buy such a shock for a lot of money."
"Take it back and put it at home, imagine and feel the vicissitudes of the Primordial Earth and these ancient creatures hundreds of millions of years ago!"
Lu Shen thanked Jackie sincerely, walked out and looked at the present while holding the gift.
However, just as he had walked out to the lobby, an out-of-control car suddenly crashed into the glass door of the lobby at a speed of more than 100 yards from the street outside and rolled onto Li Shen with layers of glass shards.
Lu Shen took the fossil in his hand and was knocked out like a rag.
In the pool of blood, Lu Shen's eyes gradually blurred.
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