Cosmic Transcendence Guide

Chapter 4 The Quantum Clown
Death is something that sometimes happens more than once to a person. ——Zen Master Kongzhou

1
The appearance of the Naihe boat is a golden Buddha head.

Such an exaggerated shape is the result of Kongzhou's careful consideration: first, it is easy to do business, and you can tell that it is serious at a glance; second, it is flying in the universe. The shape of the spaceship is also weird, fearing that it will hit its peers and cause retaliation.

Today this Buddha head is flying to "heaven" - that is a planet known for the highest level of entertainment experience in the universe, Kongzhou and Chedan are going to meet a clown, he is the customer of this trip.

Chedan was sitting in the spaceship thinking about the meaning of "today" and "at this moment".In interstellar travel, these two words may never be used correctly, but when you are on the earth, isn't it the same as interstellar travel, but the earth moves slower.So what day is today, and has this moment already passed when this thought arises?

It was summer in the spaceship simulation cabin today, and Chedan still felt hot sitting under the shade of the bodhi tree, so he asked if he could cool down.Cao De replied: "No."

Che Dan: "Why?"

Cao De: "The simulation cabin must strictly simulate reality, and the biggest feature of reality is that it is not controlled by anyone."

Chedan regretted insisting on bringing the robot back to Naihe Ship.

It is a by-product of a transcendence, the master passed away, but it has nowhere to go in the vast universe, and Che Dan thinks that he and his master have always been in need of a robot to help.At that time, Kong Zhou strongly opposed it, but when Cao De came back, Che Dan gradually suspected that Kong Zhou might just be putting on a show, and this robot was obviously more like Kong Zhou.

Che Dan: "Where is my master?"

As soon as the surrounding air cooled down and the sun was not so hot, Kong Zhou walked in.

Che Dan was very angry: "Hey, why can he cool down when he comes, I..."

Kong Zhou: "Next time you want to cool off, just say, give me an afternoon. The time is easier to control than the weather."

Cao De: "Master's teaching is correct."

No matter how Che Dan objected, Cao De insisted on calling Kong Zhou his master.

Che Dan: "Are we about to arrive, who is the clown going to save?"

Kong Zhou: "Hisself."

2
The Buddha's head was parked in the satellite orbit, and Kongzhou's master and apprentice came to heaven in another small shuttle boat shaped like the Buddha's head.This is the service here, providing a customized journey for each visitor, starting from the pick-up boat, every detail is your unique private experience.Even the receptionist driving the feeder boat had his head shaved and dressed like a monk.

Receptionist: "Welcome to heaven and be alive!"

This is the welcome word from heaven, which can be seen from a long distance from this planet, and it is played continuously in the form of space fireworks in orbit.

Che Dan: "Nan Wu, are you really a monk?"

Receptionist: "Amitabha, are you really a monk?"

Well, don't learn, learn to play the machine, Che Dan thought to himself, but didn't say it out.

The receptionist smiled: "You have been following Master to save souls in the universe, taste alcohol from various planets at the same time, and still love a girl named Xiaobei in your heart. I'm afraid this is not what a monk should do?"

Che Dan was startled: "How do you know?"

Kongzhou flipped through the service catalog in front of him, thinking whether to go to the clouds to drink a glass of rainbow bubble wine at night, or go to see his favorite punk band perform and play bass, and replied to Chedan without looking up: "In heaven, Man has no secrets."

Chedan: "What?"

Kong Zhou: "Secrets are the root that hinders happiness."

"Amitabha," the receptionist said with great satisfaction on his face, "Zen Master Kongzhou is indeed our regular customer."

Che Dan: "Old customer? You never brought me here before."

Kong Zhou: "You have slept on the orbit of heaven many times. I am also surprised how the loud music in this place has never woken you up. Maybe Cao De has done a good job of sound insulation."

Che Dan: "Why didn't you bring me here?"

Kong Zhou: "I see that you enjoy loneliness all day long, and I don't want to destroy your depth."

Che Dan couldn't argue, he thought, if he answered "I'm not deep, I think high", Kong Zhou would definitely take him to some weird place and do something that would affect his life.

Che Dan: "Then how do you know my secret, what technology does Heaven use?"

Receptionist: "Amitabha, there is no technology here. Your master will talk about your business when he is too drunk, and half of the people in heaven will know about it."

Che Dan thought, Master is really a regular customer, but luckily his secrets are not shady.

Receptionist: "Your master's favorite talk is that once you went to rescue a two-ton Kaxing person, the body kept spraying out various liquids during the burning process, and you stayed where you were because of your professionalism. I don’t hesitate, but I was held up by hundreds of Kaxing women and took turns rubbing their faces. The liquid that comes out of the Kaxing people is considered to have a beauty effect in the local culture. You don’t know what the whole universe knows. Those who have heard the story Everyone thinks that dedication is the quality that should be discarded most in the universe."

Che Dan had nothing to say, he lowered his head and flipped through the catalog, he seemed to have seen a place where murder is not illegal, and wanted to find out how to make an appointment to bring Kongzhou with him.

Kong Zhou: "Don't be angry, that's what heaven is like. Pick the expensive ones, we're all paid by clowns this time."

Che Dan was not angry with others, but angry with himself for his ignorance.Most of the time, Chedan was angry with himself.

Che Dan: "Is that clown so rich?"

"Not 'that' clown." The receptionist looked respectful, "In heaven, there is only one clown."

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How many years the clown has been in heaven, he himself does not remember.When he first came, he was a programmer, responsible for providing the technical support needed for the entertainment experience. As for the specific experience, he had to listen to a robot, who was his immediate leader, and his position was product manager.The professional qualities required for this position include insight into human nature, understanding consumer needs, creating needs, understanding design, and making aesthetic products. Finally, the most important thing is to clearly put forward requirements for technical personnel and realize ideas.The bosses of all major entertainment venues in Paradise think this position is very important, and there is a simple theorem in the universe that important positions must never be handed over to humans, so all product managers in Paradise are robots.This also established the original style of heaven.

All entertainment in paradise started out ridiculous, with entertainment experiences like quietly charging for a day without sweeping the floor, being pushed and shoved by humans to talk back, and obviously these product managers had a lot of other jobs before they took over.Faced with the unsatisfactory sales situation, the bosses believed that the problem must be human beings, that is, the technicians did not do a good job.In this context, technicians began to find ways to add interesting ideas to the boring projects designed by product managers.For example, while charging quietly for a day without sweeping the floor, chemical substances are mixed into the current, allowing you to review your life in seconds.After being pushed and shoved by humans, you will find that the person who pushed you was either a female philosopher wearing fishnet stockings, or a muscular ascetic monk with no clothes on. A dirty sexual experience.

Such a change has two direct consequences: one is that heaven has become a real paradise, and people who love to say "just be happy" in the whole universe come here in spaceships; salary.

It was the clown who made the above two products, and it was his product manager who went out to give speeches and taught people "how to subvert the human entertainment experience".

The clown didn't complain, and he didn't go to anyone to complain that he thought up those things.The clown figured out two reasons: first, these robot product managers may really understand human nature, that is, human beings don’t know what they want at all, they only know that what to do is not wrong; second, they will never be programmers again .

The clown founded his own circus with his own skills and understanding of human nature, and started his acting career.Success is expected.The performances he provided to tourists were mixed with a lot of poisonous gas, hallucinogenic sound effects, and light from the other side of the black hole. He appeared next to every tourist with a red nose and a smiling face, and then entered their childhood.He asked tourists to do everything he hadn't thought of, including shining his shoes.In addition, the most important point of success is that in his circus, all the workers are humans, and all important positions are robots.

It's not easy to see a clown unless you buy a ticket.After Chedan learned about the clown's experience, he didn't hear any sign that he was going to die.

Che Dan: "Master, is he terminally ill?"

Kong Zhou: "He thinks he should be dead, you can ask him for details."

Che Dan: "Aren't you going?"

Kong Zhou: "Why do people still work when they come to heaven?"

Che Dan: "Then why should I go?"

Kong Zhou: "One of us must be working."

Kong Zhou disappeared after saying this sentence. It turns out that the Kong Zhou who talked to Chedan has been a holographic image since some time ago. This is also a service provided by heaven, so that you can continue to appear in the workplace while playing. And at home, fulfill the obligations that should be fulfilled.

The receptionist sent Chedan to the clown's circus.The performance venue was as huge as a city, and Chedan imagined what it would be like if it was full of people, thinking that it would be very similar to a religious place.

The first thing the clown said when he saw Chedan was also: "Welcome to heaven, and you're still alive!"

The second sentence is: "You are Kong Zhou's apprentice, don't be sad, Kaxing women are also good-looking, and I think differently from them, I think dedication is the most valuable quality in the universe."

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Clowns are very dedicated.

The entertainment provided by high-tech, chemical substances and imagination is becoming less and less popular among the audience. During one performance, an audience member muttered: "Does it need to be so complicated to be happy?" Reflections on the road of acting.

Although he is already the most popular star in heaven, the clown still maintains a programmer's way of thinking, which is to solve problems when he encounters them.You must know that there are not many people in this universe who have such a way of thinking, and people who think this way often do not live so happily.It is a healthier principle to deal with problems when you encounter problems and avoid them.

The clown began to look up all the information about his profession, the history of the circus, and the performance skills of the clown.

Che Dan: "If you don't mind, don't you agree, I think your place is still very lively, your avatar is all over the heavens."

Clown: "Yes, this is the result of my reform, I started to adopt a new way of performing, and the audience came back, and even more."

Che Dan: "What performance?"

"Actually, it's not brand new. I found it in the classics." The clown opened a door on the stage, and there was a cage with a beast like a Tyrannosaurus rex inside. , but the lion wasn't exciting enough, so I used this."

That is the Tyrannosaurus rex. I don't know whether it is using a time machine or genetic technology. The clown brought the Tyrannosaurus rex to his circus and began to perform this ancient circus.The format is simple and straightforward, and after experiencing all the entertainment beyond human imagination in paradise, visitors are again moved by the clown and his T-Rex.At the end of each performance, the audience stood up and applauded, some shed tears, and some shouted the slogan that clowns should rule the universe.

Che Dan: "Are you afraid of being bitten to death by him, so you invited us here? Then don't act like this, how dangerous it is!"

Clown: "Didn't your master tell you, I think I'm dead."

Che Dan had studied quantum theory, but the clown only looked up quantum theory to explain it after thinking about life and death.

Chedan recalled what he had learned in his mind: Quantum theory holds that the observer's observation determines the state of things.

Clown: "I haven't trained this tyrannosaur at all, because the only way in the records is to train a lion."

Schrödinger's cat didn't know life or death before opening the box. Another situation is that the universe splits into two after opening, and the cat in one universe is alive, and the cat in the other universe is dead.

The clown walked towards the Tyrannosaurus rex, and the Tyrannosaurus rex stared at the clown and let out a low growl, with two short claws on the cage, drooling from its mouth.

Clown: "Although I'm not a student of biology, if I put my head in his mouth, will I still be alive?"

The concept of parallel universes roughly means that every choice a person makes may lead to a new parallel universe. People can go left or right, but they just walk into two different universes.

Clown: "He will definitely eat me, but he didn't, so I can only understand that I am dead in another universe."

Che Dan: "So you want to save the bitten-to-death self in the parallel universe?"

Clown: "Probably more than one."

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The clown's thinking is stuck, if he is killed by a dinosaur, then the dragon should die too.Not to brag, if I die, there will definitely be fans who commit suicide in grief.What about your staff?What about the mother of the employee lying in the hospital bed waiting for money?

There will be more than one parallel universe, and many people will die.

When the empty boat came, the clown was talking about that he had given money to a beggar 15 years ago. In another parallel universe, the beggar might starve to death without getting the money.

The rainbow has a lot of stamina after drinking wine, and Kong Zhou rushed to the circus with colorful lights on his face. The clown was immersed in thinking about various possibilities, and his expression was painful. He ignored Kong Zhou, and Che Dan listened carefully.

Kong Zhou: "Che Dan, look at him, that's why you don't care about things you don't understand."

Che Dan: "If you don't care about it, how do you know if you don't understand?"

Kong Zhou: "Don't worry, you can't understand this question."

Kong Zhou looked at the Tyrannosaurus rex and patted the clown, only then did the clown discover Kong Zhou and woke up from his thoughts.

Clown: "Zen Master Kongzhou, you have to help me this time. I want to save myself and other dead lives. They all died because of my choice."

Kong Zhou: "What choice do you have?"

Clown: "In order to attract the audience, stick your head in the mouth of the dinosaur."

Kong Zhou turned to Che Dan, and took another sip of wine: "Che Dan, look at him, this is why dedication is the quality that should be discarded most in the universe."

Clown: "Zen Master, I know you know a lot of people. I heard that someone on a certain planet has researched a way to go to a parallel universe. Take me there."

Kong Zhou: "Don't go, they're all dead."

Both Che Dan and the clown looked at Kong Zhou, waiting for him to continue.

Kong Zhou: "Isn't this normal? What happens if you go to a parallel universe? You will be killed if you get on that car, and you will marry a wife and have a child if you don't get on that car. Get beaten to death. If you're the one correcting someone who cuts the line, you're going to be a different kind of person who feels invincible at 40. No friends you don't know, no girls you can't date, no you no If you understand the truth, there is no justice that you cannot uphold. If you go to the left, you will become an entrepreneur, and then you will become a Buddhist in your later years. You don’t know who to donate your money to. If you go to the right, you will become a poor poet. After death, no one can boast. Right on point. You take the blue pill and find out that everything in front of you is fake; you take the red pill and find that the real is not as good as the fake.”

Kong Zhou finished speaking in one breath, raised his glass, and realized that he had run out of wine.

"In short, if you have been to the parallel universe, you will understand that no matter how you live, it is wrong." Kongzhou continued, "Buddha said that the three worlds are suffering, but that is not enough. Every world is suffering. It is not accurate that all living beings are suffering. It's the same even if you die."

The clown wanted to defend himself, but he didn't say it.

"You don't want to save yourself who died because of your choice. You want to see if it's right to live like that. Maybe you want to save yourself in this universe." The receptionist sent A bottle of wine and a cloud, the empty boat sits on the cloud, rises slowly, and looks at the Tyrannosaurus rex, "clown, we are all friends, let me ask you, why did you stick your head into it without training?" mouth?"

The clown cried "Wow", and Kong Zhou threw the wine over the cloud: "Drink some, in heaven, thinking is illegal."

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The clown figured out three truths that day: one is that robots are right, dedication is wrong, and the universe doesn’t care about right or wrong; the other is that it’s an old rumor that clowns are prone to depression. Everyone is prone to depression; the third is that people can only do what they can do, not what they should do.

Kong Zhou: "The cremation is beyond the limit. I can't go to other universes to burn people for you. Let me provide you with a private and exclusive service. This is also in line with the rules of heaven."

Kongzhou took out a box, and Chedan saw that it was the box used to hold wine bottles just now.

"This is the latest technological product in Heaven, called 'Schrödinger's Coffin', and now it contains all your fate in other parallel universes," Kong Zhou solemnly put the box on the ground, "as long as you don't open it."

Kong Zhou suddenly became serious, and sat cross-legged beside the box, and Che Dan quickly sat down too.

Kong Zhou: "Joker, today I will help you to save you. Give me this dinosaur, and don't stick your head into any creature's mouth in the future. Live well, heaven needs you."

Kongzhou and Chedan began to chant sutras, the clown calmed down, the smiling face painted on his face became like a real smiling face, the box was as silent as a box on the ground, and the box didn't know that it contained possibilities beyond a universe.

During the chanting, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the real workers in the circus, and the important robots all felt calm, feeling that there might be another self dying peacefully in another universe, only Chedan was very anxious.

Master, where should this dinosaur be taken back?

(End of this chapter)