Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 210 Dialectics

'How did you... think of this? '

Wish couldn't help asking his own questions.

'How on earth do you stay sane in a world that's [so real]? '

Chen Yan grinned, and there were bloodshots on his dry lips.

He seemed to be talking about something that couldn't be more normal.

"The world is made of matter."

His full mental state and weak body did not match at all.

"The world composed of matter is a unified whole of universal connection and constant movement and change."

"If I [extract] some events that happened in this world, I can dialectize it from several aspects:

Phenomenon and essence, cause and effect, necessity and chance, possibility and reality, form and content...

In fact, it doesn’t matter so much. Just looking at [phenomenon and essence], there are many things in the world in front of me whose [phenomenon] and [essence] do not match.

Those things are too subjective, like a man-made story, not like a reality that actually happened. "

Wish could barely understand what he was saying.

She could only roughly hear that what he was talking about seemed to be some kind of theoretical system.

But his description was overly generalized. Although they were all words she understood, they became strange knowledge that could not be understood when combined.

'for example? '

Chen Yan quickly said:
"The strangest thing is: the people on board are doing common sense things.

For example:
People in the lower class cabins work diligently in the steam turbine cabin in order to eat better three meals a day. If there is a sudden increase in working hours or a reduction in wages for some reason, they will raise objections .

The impromptu gang collects the protection money of the people in the lower class, and provides these people with extra help, including but not limited to helping them deal with each other's conflicts, repaying their debts, and sometimes even helping them Ask for wage arrears.

The rich people who live in the luxury cabins in the center of the ferry concentrate on socializing and enjoying life, and at the same time play the role of "Being rich and not benevolent". . "

Here he pauses slightly.

"It's not normal."

"It's not normal to have distinct characteristics of each type of person."

"Everyone in every category represents the interests of the group to which they belong, which is not normal."

He whispered in a very sure voice without any waves.

"In fact, the reality is very magical, and there are even many people who betray the group they belong to for various reasons."

"There are asses everywhere who stand in the shoes of the ranchers."

“Gangs, as rogue proletarians, do not maintain anyone’s order, let alone go head-to-head with the masters of order in order to help workers—no matter what era it is, this is impossible.”

"As for the middle class and the rich... I am here to solemnly state that I am not making excuses for them, or whitewashing, or beautifying, but there are really some people among them who are trying to make changes."

He whispered:

"Canglan knows etiquette, 'rich' is the reason why they don't need to run around for life, have enough money and time to think about the world, and are qualified to have [empathy]."

"On the contrary, it's extremely vicious..."

He shook his head and didn't continue talking.

"All that I've said, I can't generalize to everyone."

"People are complex and cannot be simply summarized by any one of [good], [ugly], [beautiful], [true], [false]..."

He changed the subject:
"But here—the world—is full of such people!
People with kindness will only do good things, people who are defined as ugly are really garbage people without any hope, mediocre people are mediocre everywhere, and you can't see a little bit of advantage from him——

These situations are almost impossible!There is no such person! "

He firmly said:

"This world is so idealized that it's completely unreal."

Wish looked at Chen Yan, who was a little excited, and complained in his heart:
The "unreal" world in your mouth is the world made up of your own memories.

Even if it was interfered by that girl, it is still a world reconstructed by your memory as the main body—everything that happens in this world will inevitably be affected by your consciousness.

That is, everything you said—

idealized people, idealized things;
Everything that is abnormal with strong subjective consciousness;
the facts you said;

Those events that happened in front of you, "phenomenon and essence do not match";

People with fixed faces and objective impressions...

All of this is the "hope" in your own memory that does not conform to reality!

Wish realized for the first time that before entering the empire, Chen Yan was so naive—he hoped that kind people would be kind, and that ugly people would be ugly, and he hoped that what people did would be in line with the interests of the group he belonged to... …

Wishing and thinking, finally understood the "hope" in Chen Yan's subconscious——

He wishes the world could be a little simpler.

This……

Chen Yan is only in his early twenties, so he hasn't experienced anything, right?How can there be such an idea that only those who have experienced vicissitudes of life will have?
She looked at his eyes that seemed to be shining in the dimness, and felt that he was so strange and yet so familiar in front of her.

He is naive, but he is also mature—even with such naive hopes in his heart, he can still judge subjectively that the world is not black and white.

In addition, she felt a very strange thing - that set of "magical theories" seemed to be rooted in his soul, even if the memory was reconstructed, it would still not be forgotten.

Where did this theory come from?
Brought from Tianshen State?

But as far as she knew, Tianshen State had been in constant war for years, and there had been no scholars who could change the direction of history for a whole thousand years.

If this set of theories didn't come from Tianshen State, where did Chen Yan get it?

A theory that can be rooted in the soul... She has never seen it after opening her eyes to this world as the spirit of the universe.

Until this time, Wish finally figured out that the reason why Chen Yan has such a strong sobriety is probably because of this miraculous theory.

At this time, the waves outside the cabin became more ferocious, and the turbulent waves hitting the hull even covered the portholes in an instant and surged onto the deck.

When the waves receded, the sound of the rotten creatures' continuous movement finally disappeared outside the cabin.

Wish finally came to his senses and asked in a low voice:

"What's the name of that theory you just used?"

Chen Yan grinned, and there seemed to be fire in his eyes:
"dialectics."

(End of this chapter)