Black Soul Invasion

Chapter 17 Flame Culture
Professor X told Ashes about the suffering of mutants.

He believes that the root cause of all this lies in the destructive nature of mutants.Because the X gene generally begins to appear during puberty, immature minds and manic hormones will make it difficult for newborn mutants to control this force, so countless tragedies have been born.

This is true, but not inevitable, and Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters was created for this.However, some extremist and populist organizations have used this as evidence to hype up the theory of "mutants are harmful" and frantically create panic and anxiety among the people.There are also government pushers in this, because establishing a confrontation between ordinary humans and mutants helps them divert public attention and cover up other increasingly acute social contradictions.

There is no doubt that they succeeded.

Mutants have become a scourge in the hearts of ordinary people. Even their biological parents will report their children who have awakened the X gene, because mutants mean destruction and death.

"But Ms. Yongzhen is different, her ability is unique. Think about it, if the ability of mutants is no longer to destroy, but to heal wounds, then the image of mutants in the public's mind will definitely be completely reversed!"

"So, we need Ms. Yongzhen." Professor X said: "I know this request is too much, but we are really cornered. Mr. Ashes, if we can let Miss Yongzhen stay, we are willing to pay any price .”

"Use lies to defeat lies?" Ashes pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't like this plan."

Professor X asked seriously: "Can you tell me your reason?"

"It doesn't make much sense." Ashes said with a smile, "It's just because I have also experienced a lie, a lie that has lasted for millions of years. Under this lie, brilliant civilizations, majestic cities, epic heroes and All good things. But in the end, this lie was shattered. People living under the apocalypse are suffering all the time, [-] times more painful than mutants are experiencing now. You are a kind person, don’t you want you Will future generations be eaten up by lies?"

Professor X was silent for a while, and asked, "What happened to that world?"

"Destroyed." Ashes said, "Destroyed by my own hands."

Professor X was a little surprised, but he saw that Ashes hadn't lied, the person in front of him really ended the world with his own hands.

"Then what should I do? I have tried all methods, showing goodwill, selfless dedication, and no fear of sacrifice, but what we have faced is betrayal again and again!" Professor X was a little impatient.

"Make a movie." Ashes replied.

"..." Professor X was stunned: "What did you say?"

"I said, make a movie." Ashes asked, "Have you tried this method?"

"No." Professor X honestly shook his head.

"Then try it."

"I... don't quite understand."

Does making a movie have anything to do with the mutant issue?
Ashes organized the language, and said: "I have studied the history of human beings, and the existing human beings all have the same ancestor, which is Homo sapiens. But in the era when Homo sapiens lived, there were many other ancient human races, such as Neanderthals , Denisovans, Flores, Thoreau, etc. These different races are divided into different regions and have different evolutionary characteristics and living habits. If nothing else, they should be able to coexist till now , but unfortunately, an accident happened."

"About 7 years ago, Homo sapiens who had been active in East Africa suddenly and rapidly expanded to the Arabian Peninsula, and soon swept across the entire Eurasian continent. The expansion of Homo sapiens on the world map was accompanied by bloody massacres. Whenever they arrived A new location, the local native species will soon become extinct, and this brutal genocide continued until about 1 years ago, until only Homo sapiens remained in the ancient species on the earth."

Ashes stopped here and asked: "If we put aside the age, is the relationship between Homo sapiens and other ancient races very similar to the relationship between modern humans and mutants? They are both strong and weak, and they are all on the racial level. opposition."

Professor X nodded: "Your point of view is very novel, but you are right. Mutants are being persecuted and slaughtered like other ancient races back then. If this continues, mutants will be completely extinct one day. The current The problem is, I don't know how to end this war! Mister Ash, if it were you, what would you do?"

"Me? I will kill both sides, so the war will be over." Ashes spread his hands and said kindly.

Professor X: "..."

"Hehe, it's very, very funny." Professor X smiled dryly to relieve the embarrassment, and then asked, "But other than that, is there a more gentle method?"

"Yes." Ashes said with a smile.

Really? !

Professor X asked eagerly: "What is it?"

"If you can't beat it, then join."

"Uh..." That's the truth, but Professor X looked puzzled: "I've been letting mutants integrate into human society, but the inherent concepts attached to mutants are really deep-rooted, plus the mutants There are also some extremists, so the integration of the two becomes extremely difficult."

Ashes waved his hand: "That's because you didn't find the right method."

"what do you mean?"

"Your ancestors gave you the correct answer tens of thousands of years ago." Ashes said, "Why did Homo sapiens suddenly rise? Because they broke the model of small tribes and started large-scale human cooperation. Why could they Do that? Because they've had a revolution, a cognitive revolution."

Professor X's professor title is not false, and immediately said: ""A Brief History of Mankind", the famous work of Yuval Harari, a young Israeli historian, and one of the most acclaimed core theories of the revised book is cognitive revolution."

"That's right, it's this book." Ashes continued: "Maybe it's a genetic mutation, or maybe it's for some other reason, the brain of Homo sapiens has undergone changes, giving birth to a new way of thinking and communication, this is the cognitive revolution. "

"The cognitive revolution brought about a huge change in the lives of Homo sapiens. They began to have the ability to describe imaginary things. When other ancient species could only say 'the lion is coming', they could say 'the lion is Our tribal patron saint' kind of completely fictional story."

"This ability provides an opportunity for large-scale cooperation among Homo sapiens. A large number of Homo sapiens who don't know each other, as long as they believe in a fictional story together, they can let go of hostility and wariness and form new groups to work together."

"As absurd as it may sound, the truth is that the basis of any large-scale human cooperation, from ancient times to the present, is some kind of figment that exists only in the collective imagination."

"For example, the foundation of the country is the national story. Two American soldiers who don't know each other can risk their lives to save each other as long as they both believe that the American national body does exist."

"The foundation of faith is religious stories. Two believers who have never met before can participate in the Eastern Expedition together because they also believe that God was crucified on the cross."

"The foundation of trading activities is the story of money. Only when everyone believes that colorful paper has value, can business be done."

"The foundation of the judicial system is the legal story. Two lawyers are fighting each other in court because they both believe in law, justice, and human rights do exist."

"But in fact, most of the above-mentioned concepts only exist in the common imagination of human beings. In the real universe, such substances as money and countries are not born. In other words, these are not objective realities, but fictional realities. "

"It is these fictitious stories that form a bond that firmly connects human society together. The composition of modern society is larger and more complex, and the fictional stories that maintain society are becoming more detailed and complete. Human beings are almost from birth. Surrounded by fictional stories and concepts until death, the so-called culture was born.”

"Harali said that culture is like glue that binds families and groups together. As a new thing, mutants are rejected by human society because they haven't found their own glue. "

"So, let's make a movie." Ashes said with open arms, "Let's be like those who created the concept of country, money, and law, and create a brand new concept that is enough for mutants to be accepted by human society! I already have the name Think it over, call it 'flame culture'!"

Professor X opened his mouth wide, his gaze was a little dull, as if Alzheimer's was onset early.

But he had to admit, he was tempted.

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