Journey to another world in the subway

Chapter 108 Bewitched
"As the people who developed the missiles...these guys have done more evil than all the others combined.

The machines and equipment they sent out burned down the planet and nearly all life on it.

The worm forgives those who go astray, but not those who order the destruction of the world and the killing, and those who carry out those orders.

Your father brought unbearable pain to the big insect, and he destroyed the world with his own hands.

Do you know how he should be punished? "The old man's voice became severe.

"Death?" the boy asked uncertainly, looking at the priest and his father, then bending down to the floor where the monkey cage stood.

"Death!" said the priest with certainty.

"He must die. The sooner the person who makes the big bug die, the sooner the big bug's promise will be fulfilled, and the sooner the world will be reborn and delivered to kind people."

"Then dad deserves to die," Oleg agreed.

"Good boy!" The old man patted the boy's head gently.

"Now run over and play with Uncle Vartan and the children, be careful in the dark place, don't fall down. Delon, take him away, I have to sit here with them for a while.

Come back in half an hour with the others, packs, and we'll be all set. "

The lights went out, and the rustling of the savages and the steps of the children faded away quickly in the distance.

The priest coughed and said to Su Mengfan: "If you don't object, I'll chat with you now. We usually don't take prisoners, unless they are children. They are very weak and sick from birth...

But we're seeing more and more adults who are deaf and we want to talk to them, maybe they don't mind unless they're eating too fast..."

"Then why did you tell them that eating people is bad?" Su Mengfan asked.

"It's because the worm cries, how should I put it? It's also for the good of people in the future.

You will surely miss this moment, and even I will, but now the foundations of future civilization are laid - a culture that grows with the world.

Eating people is definitely a sin, but without animal protein there is nothing.

The legend will still go on, when it's time to kill straight up, the people you like start slowly disappearing until they know to stop, and only then the worm remembers, it's unfortunate to live in this age..." The old man is not very laughed happily.

"You know, I saw a lot of things in the subway." Su Mengfan said.

"The guys at one of the stations thought that if they dug all the way down, they could dig into hell.

People at another station believed that we were almost reaching heaven, because the final battle between good and evil was over, and those who survived were the ones chosen to enter heaven.

After seeing these things, the story of the big bug you told is not so convincing to me. Do you believe what you say? "

"What does it matter what I and the other priests believe?" said the old man with a smile.

“You don’t have long to live, maybe only a few hours, so I’ll tell you something.

One should not be too honest with others to think that others can take matters to the grave.

So it doesn't matter what I believe, what matters is that everyone believes.It's hard for me to believe in a god of my own creation. "

The priest paused to think for a while, then went on:

"How to explain it to you?
When I was a student, I studied philosophy and psychology in school, and I suspect none of that means much to you.

Our cognitive psychology professor at that time was a very knowledgeable person, he explained the process of reason systematically, and it was a pleasure to listen to his class.

I asked him a question people of that age often ask: Does God really exist?

I also read a lot of books and talked with other people, and I felt that God probably did not exist.

I think this professor, as an expert in human psychology, should be able to accurately answer this question that bothers me.

I went to his office under the pretext of discussing the paper, and I asked him: 'Ewan McHarrige, do you think God really exists? '

His answer took me by surprise.

He said: 'To me, that question is not worth answering at all.I myself come from a family of believers and have long been used to his presence.

I didn't analyze the truth from a psychological perspective because I didn't want to.

It seems to me that the problem is not a matter of principled knowledge like everyday behavior.

I'm not believing in a higher power, I'm just doing the prescribed precepts, praying at night, going to church.

I'll be better and more at peace because of it, that's it. '" The old man was silent.

"And then?" Su Mengfan couldn't control himself.

"Believe it or not the worm is not that important, but the commandments of the gods have been in place for hundreds of years.

Another thing is to create a god and tell people his commandments.

Believe me, Big Worm is no worse than any other god, and has outlasted many of them. "

Su Mengfan closed his eyes.

Neither Dron, nor this unexpected leader of the tribe, nor even the strange Vartan doubted the existence of the Worm.

For them, this is an established fact. Only in this way can they explain everything that happens around them. This is their only code of conduct, the standard for judging right from wrong.

What else can a person who has only seen the subway believe?But Su Mengfan still couldn't understand the legend about the big insect.

"But why are you so instigating them against machines? What's wrong with machines? Like electricity, lights, guns, etc., as if your people don't need them."

"What's so good about a machine?" The old man's tone changed drastically. His good temper and patience when he was talking about his ideas just now were gone.

"You plan to spend the last hour of your life preaching to me the benefits of machines, take a good look, only the blind can't see, if you are a human being, you won't be so dependent on machines.

How dare you say the benefits of machines at my station, what are you! "

Su Mengfan did not expect that this question, which in his opinion was obviously not as sharp as the previous question about the belief in giant insects, would get such a reaction from the old man.

He didn't know how to respond, and remained silent.

He could hear the priest breathing heavily in the darkness, cursing under his breath as he tried to calm down.

Knowing how they had tried to trick Oleg into treating his father, Anton, he knew that if nothing else happened, he would be in a very bad situation.

Presumably before long, they will take certain punishments on themselves according to their standards.

After a few minutes, he said again: "It's been a long time since I talked to an unbeliever." Judging from his voice, the old man had returned to normal.

"Talking to you makes me lose control. Those young people are delayed by something. They are getting bags." He paused deliberately.

"What bag?" Su Mengfan asked along the way.

(End of this chapter)