Cosmic Transcendence Guide

Chapter 10 Cloning Ethics
The meaning of living is only cared about by the living. ——Zen Master Kongzhou

1
Under Kongzhou's persecution, Chedan took the "Ethics of the Entire Area of ​​the Human Universe" exam.This is an exam recognized by all places where human beings live in the universe. After passing it successfully, you will be qualified to practice ethics, and you can preach (no matter what the religion is) throughout the universe, be a teacher, a killer, and send and receive for others. Express delivery, haircut... Of course, you can also do super business.

Che Dan: "But I don't take this certificate, and we have been doing supernatural tests."

Kong Zhou: "If you pass the exam, you will be legal."

Che Dan: "Master, since when have you cared whether it's legal or not?"

Kong Zhou: "I don't care, so I don't take the exam."

Che Dan: "... Is there any benefit in being legal?"

Kong Zhou: "There is no benefit. In many places, people with ethics qualification certificates are easily robbed."

Chedan was very distressed.

There was a slight wind blowing in the yard of the simulation cabin, and the door of a meditation room was open. Chedan was going to complete the exams in that meditation room in a short period of time - he remembered the pain of memorizing scriptures when he was a child.

Kongzhou has nothing to do with himself, holding a cat teasing stick in his hand, training Hunhu to jump on the refrigerator, completely ignoring how abrupt it is that there is a refrigerator in the courtyard of Yisi Temple.As if having a dinosaur wasn't obtrusive enough.

Chedan: "Why is it still easy to be robbed?"

"Because the winner of the ethics exam will have a big bonus." Kongzhou put down the cat teasing stick again, and went to the refrigerator to find something to eat.

Che Dan: "There is a bonus, why didn't you tell me earlier."

Kong Zhou took out an ice cream and ate it: "Is it for money to let you study ethics and absorb different knowledge?"

Chedan was momentarily at a loss for words.

Kongzhou swallowed a mouthful, and continued: "Besides, you filled out the registration form for you, and you got the bonus, and the money was directly transferred to our Naihechuan account."

Che Dan: "Isn't Nai He Chuan's account your account?"

Kong Zhou: "I didn't say no."

Cao De called Che Dan loudly: "The exam is coming! Come in!"

Che Dan: "Master, aren't you afraid that I won't do well in the exam?"

Kongzhou: "No. You and I still understand, although you don't want to do this, but if you promise to do it, you will definitely do it well."

Kong Zhou took another mouthful of ice cream, and spoke vaguely.

Kong Zhou: "You are not an advantage."

2
After registering for the exam, the sponsor of "Ethics in the Whole Area of ​​the Human Universe" will expressly send a chip to the applicant, who can use this chip to connect to his own simulation cabin, and then he can be in the exam room. The exam process is broadcast live to the whole universe.

Expressing chips across the universe is very troublesome, so this exam is held only once every ten years, and there are still many people who cannot enter the exam on time because of the chaotic timeline.Even found that he had become the champion but was eliminated in the first round.

Out of ethical considerations, the organizers insist on using the courier method. They also have their own ethical judgment rules as to whether the contestants can win the championship again if they return to the arena after winning the championship in the future.

Since it is held every ten years, Chedan doesn't know the grand occasion of the last exam and the format of the exam.Of course, Kongzhou would not bother to tell him these things.Che Dan took two steps at the scene, and quickly understood why Kong Zhou didn't explain to him, why there was a high bonus, and also why an ethics qualification exam was broadcast live throughout the universe, and the ratings were absolutely low. It will be low—the scene Chedan walked into was a jungle, and he saw a tiger riding an elephant running towards him not far away.

Che Dan also realized that he had a gun in his hand. Looking at the shape, if he shot it, the tiger's head should be smashed to pieces.Che Dan knew that he had entered this environment through the simulation cabin, but he was not sure whether the tigers and elephants were real or not. The technology in the universe is always developing rapidly on these useless things.Thinking that they had to prepare for an exam for ten years, and Kong Zhou didn't know what he had signed with him, Che Dan decided to shoot as soon as possible.

So Chedan yelled at the gun: "Shoot."

The gun didn't respond.

Che Dan thought, this must look very silly in the live camera.

But this is how to operate the guns he has mastered, and everything he doesn't know how to use.

Only then did Che Dan realize that the elephant ran so fast.

He could already smell the stench of an elephant or a tiger.

Che Dan's legs went limp, and he sat cross-legged on the ground, clasped his hands together, and put the gun on his lap.

The elephant ran up to Chedan, stopped, and slowly fell down on the ground.

Chedan suddenly remembered that he had read in the scriptures that the Buddha had also subdued a mad elephant in this way. It turns out that this exam is not random, is it a rule based on the identity of the contestants?

Before Chedan could figure it out, he saw the tiger leaping from the elephant's back and pounced towards him. Chedan instinctively grabbed the gun to block it, but when the gun rang, the tiger was beaten to pieces.Through the pink blood mist, Chedan saw elephants running with tigers on their backs in the jungle in the distance, and some tigers still had people calling for help in their mouths.

Chedan climbed onto the back of the elephant, holding a gun, hating Kongzhou in his heart, and couldn't figure out what kind of ethics this was.

3
Three days later, Chedan, who passed the initial test, came out of the meditation room to rest.

He was covered in injuries, lost a lot of weight, and his eyes were no longer as ignorant as usual, but more fierce.

Che Dan: "Master! Come out!"

Naturally, guns cannot be brought out. The organizers of the ethics exam have considered the issue very carefully, knowing that many contestants will fall into great mental fluctuations after the first exam.

Cao De: "You actually came out? How did you do in the exam?"

Che Dan: "Where is my master?"

Cao De: "Master has gone out to work."

Che Dan didn't want to argue with Cao De this time, and really hoped that Kong Zhou was his master.

Che Dan: "Where is it? I'm going to find him."

Cao De: "It's just outside."

It was only then that Chedan realized that the Naihe boat had stopped on the surface of a planet, and he could see the blue sky and white clouds, and the beautiful nature.Che Dan didn't dare to watch too much, he had already seen enough beautiful nature in the past three days—beautiful nature is ruthless, especially the kind that will be broadcast live.

Chedan puffed out of the spaceship and found that they were parked in the backyard of a family. Through the window, Chedan saw Kongzhou sitting beside a person's bed and talking.

Normally, no matter how angry he is, when there are outsiders, especially clients, Chedan will not quarrel with Kongzhou, and if he wants to quarrel, he will go back and quarrel again, but today he can't stand it anymore.

Chedan opened the door and went in, walking to the side of Kongzhou.

Che Dan: "Master! You know I almost died..."

"Shh!"

There was someone in the room who stopped Che Dan from yelling. It was not the seriously ill person lying on the bed, but a hurried standing person.He looks exactly like the guy on the bed.

The person standing: "I don't know who you are, so don't introduce yourself. I still have a lot of things to do. I've explained the situation clearly. I also have complete legal documents. Zen Master Kongzhou, please excuse me. I'll go first .”

The person lying down: "Be careful on the road."

The person standing: "You don't need to ask for such words."

Lying person: "Thank you for always..."

Standing person: "No need, isn't this the purpose of my existence?"

After speaking, the man went out.

Che Dan was about to speak just now, but was stopped by Kong Zhou again.

Kong Zhou: "There is no need for a funeral, just use the method I said that can completely eliminate traces, right?"

The person lying down: "Please trouble Zen Master Kongzhou."

Kongzhou called Cao De and began to chant sutras.Che Dan didn't understand the situation at all, and he still recited the scriptures following Kong Zhou's eyes.The lying person lost his breath very quickly, and Cao De used the machine to process all the evidence of his existence.

Kong Zhou got up, and at this time a few people came in from the next room, and there was no one who was standing just now.These people were old and young, and there was a woman who was obviously a family member of the deceased, but there was no sense of grief.After asking Kongzhou if he wanted to eat fruit, he politely sent several people back to Naihe Boat.

Che Dan: "What's the situation?"

"The clone is dead," Kong Zhou looked at the changes in Chedan's body and eyes. "It may also be that the master died. Who knows, their cloning technology is so advanced here."

Che Dan: "The person who just left hired us?"

Kongzhou: "Well, the law here is loose, and many people have clones. The main body does part of the work, and the clone does part of the work, and the income is counted to the main body. Most of the time, the main body does nothing, but it will soon be divided. It’s not clear who is the main body and who is the clone.”

Che Dan: "That person is so busy, is he going out to work?"

Kong Zhou: "Yes."

Che Dan: "The main body is dead, who else does he work for?"

Kong Zhou: "Did he originally work for the main body?"

Chedan fell into thought.

Kong Zhou: "Look, the reason for you to take the exam well is to think about the answers to these questions in ethics. Hurry up and prepare, the next round is about to begin."

Che Dan lowered his head to think about something, walked towards the meditation room, was pushed by Cao De, and came to a desert again.

Looking at the green shark swimming towards him in the sandy sea in front of him, Che Dan realized that every time he quarreled after holding back and going back, he never had a successful quarrel.

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The ethics exam entered the third stage, and finally no longer had to fight against nature. Human contestants from all over the universe were eliminated until only 100 remained, and one of them was an alien.But he insists that he is human for reasons that make ethical sense.

One hundred people came to a certain metropolis, and the exam at this stage was to let them work, live, and deal with people.

Everyone relaxed their vigilance for a while, and half of the people were eliminated in just two days.

Someone was hacked to death by a crazy boss; someone was hacked to death by a crazy boss; someone ate a virus in a takeaway, and was killed humanely by law enforcement during the prosecution...

The test that Che Dan encountered was also terrible, and a girl fell in love with him.

Chedan had Xiaobei in his heart, so he should have passed the test easily, but he still underestimated human nature.

The girl pursued Chedan desperately, and sent nude photos through various technical means, but the nude photos were not acceptable, and she went downstairs to Chedan and cried loudly, claiming to commit suicide.

Chedan was really sad for her, so he replied: "Don't be sad, we are really not suitable, besides, I am a Buddhist disciple..."

Before he finished speaking, another contestant rushed out of the diagonal thrust, trying to kill Chedan, and it turned out that the girl also said that she liked him.

Before Che Dan recovered his senses, a gunshot fired, and the contestant was killed by that alien—it wasn't that he was also pursued by a girl, but he wanted to pursue this boy who was beaten to death by him.

Chedan fled in a hurry, leaving an ethical tragedy at the scene.

Chedan left the meditation room and found that the Naihe boat was still parked in the backyard, and a week had passed.

Not only is it parked in the backyard, it seems that there are people outside attacking the spaceship with sticks, wine bottles and the like.

Kong Zhou leaned on the refrigerator drinking beer and saw Che Dan coming out. "Cao De, tell Chedan what's going on."

After listening to Cao De's explanation, Che Dan became even more confused.

The person who was saved that day was named TT.He was rescued, but the boat had already left, and the job was over with a short payment.As a result, the final payment was not received for a long time. After an investigation, the TT clone who was invited to come by empty boat did not have the qualifications to work. He was under investigation and his assets were frozen.

There is no control over cloning on this planet. There is only one rule, that is, the main body and the clone cannot appear in front of a third person at the same time.The empty boat was invited that day, and the whole family was not there. It was also because of this rule. TT thought that the aliens who were invited should not be restricted by the law.

This matter was reported to the law enforcement agency because TT's wife felt that something was wrong: this living TT was not a clone, but the real body.

Che Dan: "Wait, what's wrong with her? Isn't it better?"

Kong Zhou: "She has fallen in love with TT's clone, and has a relationship with the clone. Think about it, one is making money to support the family all day, and the other is lying at home all day, which one is more attractive?"

Che Dan recalled what he had encountered in the examination room in the past two days, and realized that it was the exhaustion that made him attractive?

Che Dan: "But this TT was very busy that day. If he is the main body, why does he still have to work? Then what is the purpose of cloning yourself?"

Kong Zhou: "I don't know. Intelligent creatures, no matter which planet they are from, are a bit cheap."

Che Dan: "Then TT loves work, shouldn't her wife love him more? Why does she still like clones...I'm confused."

Kong Zhou: "The biggest characteristic of intelligent creatures is that they are sometimes very unintelligent."

A burning bottle hit the outer wall of the Naihe ship, and the spaceship finally suffered a decent attack. The alarm sounded, and a water hose was quickly put out to extinguish the fire.

Kong Zhou: "You have entered the final round of the ethics exam. Even if you can't win the championship, your level is still in the top ten of all human beings. Tell me, what should we do now."

Chedan really couldn't tell.The trick he used to escape from the dead in the exam was either to destroy the opponent, or by chance, to eliminate the opponent by luck.

Che Dan: "I'm just waiting for good luck to solve the problem."

Suddenly there was no noise outside.Chedan Kongzhou, Cao De and Hunhun all lay on the window and looked out, only to see the crowd dispersed and then gathered in another direction.There were two identical women standing there. The woman Che Dan had seen before was TT's wife.

Now it's hard to say which one is TT's wife, and it's hard to say which one is TT.

Che Dan had a headache again, and he even took the initiative to go back to the examination room.

That simulated world is no more absurd than this one.

5
The ten finalists came to a set up studio, with a live audience, a huge and very artistic logo of the "Human Universe Ethics Association", and three judges.

The ten contestants who entered the finals will decide the winner here. Those who pass the exam will not only obtain the qualifications, but also receive generous bonuses.

Everyone takes turns to walk on the stage, and the test content of the past ten days will be reviewed on the big screen, and the judges will comment on the spot, explaining why a certain contestant made a certain choice in the face of a certain dilemma is in line with ethical standards.

Afterwards, a final dilemma will be arranged on the stage, where the three judges and the audience vote together to select the champion.

It was the alien who played in front of Chedan, and Chedan didn't understand how he could still enter the final after killing someone.When the clip of him killing people was played, the camera was close-up, and the alien had tears in his eyes.The judges' comments are: "Killing the one you love, but shedding tears, is ethically self-consistent."

The video also showed the subsequent development of the story after Chedan escaped that day: After the alien killed the man, he knelt beside the corpse and cried bitterly. The girl was moved by this scene, hugged and kissed the alien... At this time, an advertisement pops up, and the subsequent screen will be charged.

It was Chedan's turn, and the screen first showed him killing the tiger, and then he was chased by the shark. After being swallowed, the person who was swallowed first in the shark's stomach wanted to kill Chedan again...

After the video was broadcast, the stage was suddenly completely black, and the audience was still looking at it, without the slightest notice. It was obvious that the organizer had used some technology to block the audience.One of the judges told Chedan: "Every contestant will wonder whether the animals and people who died during the competition are simulated images or real dead. We have told the public early in the morning, and we have also obtained legal evaluation. It's a simulated image, of course. But no one can say anything about the reality, right?"

When the lights came back on, Chedan was still in a daze, and the last question belonging to Chedan came.

He found himself in the wilderness with nothing but a railroad.

The voice of the judges explained the situation to him: "The train came to a fork in the road. There was a man tied to the track on one side, and a cat was tied to the track on the other side. The train driver had to decide which side to go."

"But I'm not on the train." Just as Che Dan finished shouting, he found that he couldn't move, and saw a kitten tied to the railroad track in the distance.

The train was coming in his direction, Chedan clearly saw that the driver was empty.

Che Dan: "What kind of exam is this? Is it a test of my ethics?"

After Chedan shouted, he found that the gun he had killed the tiger was in hand. Chedan remembered its power, if he hit the train, the train would disappear in smoke.

But the driver is indeed an empty boat.

The train is getting closer.

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The siege of the Naihe ship has not been completely lifted, and the situation is getting more and more chaotic. After the two wives appeared, two children and two pairs of parents appeared. This is not the most chaotic, but another TT appeared.This TT claims that he is the first version of the clone TT, and has been working outside for many years.

When Chedan came out of the meditation room, the chaotic situation finally came to an end—the real body TT appeared, and he sent a holographic projection from another planet.

There are two reasons why he didn't come back in person: one is that the original inhabitants of the planet like him stick to the principle of "no simultaneous appearance", and he knows the consequences of doing so; the other is that he is busy traveling in the universe.

In a very relaxed tone, he explained the situation they faced to the gathered local residents, law enforcement agencies, and multiple media in one sentence: "All the people living on this planet are clones."

Apparently this situation is not even known to law enforcement, but in fact it's not a secret, it's just that the clones are too busy with their lives to care about such insignificant things.

The planet was the first to open up cloning technology, hoping to use cloned organs to delay aging.Soon after the goal is achieved, these healthy residents feel that aging has been delayed. Why do we have to use the extra life to work? Isn't that delaying in vain?Decided to simply let the clone work instead of me, and I rest at home.

Gradually, I found that resting at home and dealing with family conflicts is also very tiring. The longer I stay at home, the more conflicts there will be.So they cloned new people to face different relationships for themselves.To satisfy all parties, the number of clones is increasing.There are special husbands, special sons, and special lovers.

In addition to facing others, it is also impossible to face yourself. When a person is fully relaxed and does not have to do anything, he will start thinking, and thinking about the meaning of life will always lead to an unclear ending.So some clones were created to be responsible for thinking.

The only rule that maintains the operation of so many clones is "No Simultaneous Appearance". This rule has been strictly enforced for many years. It is simple and effective. Once they appear at the same time, they will be physically eliminated.Not appearing at the same time, even being cloned a dozen times will not affect his life, on the contrary, his life is getting better and better.

But as time goes by, each resident has an average of hundreds of clones. If you are cautious, you will accidentally bump into them on the street.The newly cloned people are very numb to this law, so TT's clone dared to appear in front of Kongzhou at the same time, which also led to today's chaotic ending.

The Ontologies who are familiar with the laws and regulations, for the sake of safety, left this planet one after another, and received the money earned by the clones on time, and also received the thought reports of other clones on time.This is how the original inhabitants of this planet lived.

The holographic image of TT disappeared after saying this, and the residents standing in place, as well as the entire planet, fell into silence.Kongzhou asked Cao De to launch the spaceship and leave quickly: "There is going to be a riot here."

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Che Dan didn't say a word, and looked at Kong Zhou suspiciously.

Kong Zhou: "Congratulations, champion."

Che Dan still didn't speak.

Kong Zhou: "Don't think about it, what you did was right."

Che Dan: "That's not a simulation, it's really you?"

Kong Zhou: "How is it possible, I have been fighting clones here."

Che Dan: "Then how do you know?"

Kongzhou: "Live broadcast throughout the universe."

At that time, the train driven by Kong Zhou was getting closer and closer. Che Dan broke free from his hands and picked up the gun, but he still couldn't shoot.

What to do, such a situation.

Chedan didn't know if that person was really Kongzhou, anyway, only Kongzhou would handle such a situation...

That's right, only the empty boat can handle it.

Che Dan waited for the train to get closer, raised his gun with all his strength, and threw it to Kong Zhou.

Then let Master handle it.

Kong Zhou took the gun, without hesitation for a moment, first killed the kitten in the distance, then killed Chedan, then killed all three judges on the stage, and finally killed himself.

When Chedan woke up, he found that he was still on stage with three new judges beside him. The audience applauded and awarded him the championship trophy.

It seems that the kitten, Chedan and Kongzhou are all imitations, but the three judges and the gun may be real.

Chedan didn't ask why he won the championship.

The judges gave the reason when presenting the award: "At a critical moment, it is obviously the most perfect ethics to choose to be irresponsible, hand over the difficulties to someone stronger than yourself, and let better people deal with the predicament."

Che Dan gave the trophy to Kong Zhou: "I hate this competition, and I also hate those judges. Master, you did the right thing."

Kong Zhou: "I don't want it, I already have this trophy."

Kongzhou opened the refrigerator and took out a new beer: "Otherwise, how could the simulated image be simulated so well? I was the champion 20 years ago, and they simulated it according to the way I competed in the competition."

Che Dan: "What was your last question that year?"

"I was also facing a shit crisis. I forgot, I beat the judges to death when I got angry." Kong Zhou took a sip of beer. Let's do it again and pay tribute to the classic."

Che Dan: "Master, did you really kill them?"

Kong Zhou: "Do they really exist?"

Che Dan: "It doesn't feel like a simulation?"

Kongzhou: "Even if it's not a simulation, does it really exist?"

The Naihe ship slowly lifted into the sky, and through the screen, you can see that the planet below is on fire everywhere, and many people are about to die.In other words, no one died.

Che Dan decided not to think about it anymore, anyway, he would never go there again.

"By the way, Cao De," Che Dan took something out of his pocket, "The champion can recommend someone to participate in the next competition, and I recommend you."

Seeing Cao De's painful expression, Chedan felt a little fun that only Kongzhou can feel. It seems that this competition is quite helpful for human growth.

Che Dan: "You must win the championship, I have already filled in my bank account number."

(End of this chapter)