Siren Blade

Chapter 30 The Return
According to Jade Bird, my siren blade is the power of a great warlock?

That would also explain why Bai Ju chose to retreat in front of the Siren Blade. Even if he is a great magician, he can't turn a blind eye when facing the power of the same level.

But I'm not a great warlock myself, not even a warlock.

Although I am also a warlock criminal in the definition of the Security Bureau, but that is only a warlock in a broad sense.In a broad sense, anyone who can manipulate the spiritual power of a spirit body will be broadly classified as a warlock.In the group of real warlocks, only after learning the secret knowledge and achieving something can they be qualified to call themselves warlocks.

"Self-proving true spirit, and the power of true spirit..." I read these two terms once, and then asked, "What is a 'true spirit'?"

Jade Bird replied briefly: "The so-called true spirit is consciousness itself."

"If you take it literally, the meaning of self-certification is to prove that you are a conscious person?" I asked, "Why is this so difficult?"

"This is far more difficult than it sounds..." Lie Que, Jade Bird's teacher, took up the topic and continued after a little deliberation, "Have you ever doubted... Are humans biological machines?"

Hearing this, I have already thought about it. Could it be that the so-called "self-proving true spirit" refers to...

"Since modern times, the secular society has had a certain view that the human body is essentially a biological machine; and human thoughts and desires are nothing but electrochemical reactions that occur in the brain. All conscious activities can be carried out by electric currents. and endocrine.” He explained, “but this point of view cannot explain the ‘consciousness itself’, that is, the ‘I’ that you can perceive. Some people may think that the ‘I’ itself is just an illusion, but even if it is an illusion, it cannot be explained. There must first be an "I" that can produce illusions. The so-called "I think so I am" refers to this. Human consciousness is self-evident. Even if the entire universe and all human beings are dreams and hallucinations, at least the "I" This existence is real."

"But here comes a new problem. I know that I am conscious, so how can I prove that other billions of human beings have the same consciousness as me?" At this moment, he seems to have changed from an impartial interrogator to a I became a preacher who taught and taught, which made me deeply realize that he is indeed the teacher of Jade Bird. "Speech, demeanor, action...these responses can all be explained by biological machinery. Even the sweeping robot has the memory of remembering instructions. , the desire to automatically swallow garbage, the instinct to avoid obstacles...just because human beings outside of oneself have the same memory, desire, and instinct as oneself, it cannot prove that there is any essential difference between human beings outside of oneself and sweeping robots .”

"So warlocks start researching, realizing where the hell is in the body. And at the end of the research, of course, they find nothing," he said.

I've thought about what he said before.

In other words, many people should have thought about whether people other than themselves are just walking dead that automatically respond to external stimuli, just seem to be full of emotions, and are actually no different from NPCs in the game...

But for most people, such fantasies are nothing more than masturbation before going to bed or when going to the toilet, and no one takes this issue seriously.

The warlocks are different, they really regard this issue as a very important issue.

"But the sweeping robot doesn't have a soul." I said, "Maybe those scientists can't perceive the existence of the soul, but didn't warlocks already know the existence of the soul—that is, the existence of spirit bodies?"

"Spiritual body and spirituality are nothing more than alternative matter and energy." He said, "This shows that the spiritual body is just a disguised physical body, and spirituality is nothing more than an alternative physical quantity. Consciousness that cannot be verified in the physical body naturally cannot be found in the physical body." Spiritual verification."

In the first half of his words, I also heard the blue bird say it in my dream.At that time, I felt something unspeakably wrong from this point of view, but now I finally feel relieved.Yes, if the astral body and spirituality are just other kinds of matter and energy, it still cannot prove human consciousness.

"That is to say, the so-called self-proving true spirit is to find the true location of consciousness..." I suddenly thought of what Qingniao once said, "But I heard that for personality, the body is more like the real body , that is to say, the true spirit is still in the body?"

"That's only because the personality is completed according to the functions and experiences of the body. The acquired personality is closer to the body, and the innate spirit is closer to the spirit body. If the spirit body is destroyed, the spirit will cease to function, so Many warlocks believe that the true spirit exists somewhere in the spirit body. Regarding the physical body and the spirit body, which one is the human body is always a topic of debate among warlocks." When he said this, he paused, "One I accidentally said it too far, in a word... self-proving the true spirit refers to 'finding the place of consciousness', as long as you do this, you can use the power of consciousness itself logically, and that is the power of the true spirit."

"Is the power of the true spirit a very powerful force?" I asked.

"It is more than powerful. The power of the true spirit is the most primitive spirituality in the world. It is said that it can realize any desire. The only thing that restrains the power of the true spirit is the user's own imagination. Even because it is too omnipotent, sometimes it will backfire Its master." He said, "but it stands to reason that the power of the true spirit should be colorless and invisible, but your siren blade is an ax...Since Baiju judges that it is the power of the true spirit, It is not groundless, but there is a huge difference between your weapon and the power of the true spirit in the data records."

Can any desire be fulfilled?Is only imagination bound to this power?I can't feel this possibility from Siren Blade.

If the Siren Blade really had such unimaginable power, I might still be a demon until today, and Lie Que, who led the team to attack me, would have already been cut into small pieces by me for easy access.

"In this case... Isn't the Siren Blade not the power given to me by 'it', but the power derived from my consciousness itself?" I feel that some of my thinking premises have been overturned, but that's all At first, some of my doubts were answered.

Why can I still summon the Siren Blade after "it" dies, and why the Siren Blade is incompatible with the power that "it" supports me... This is all because the Siren Blade comes from my consciousness itself .

However, why I couldn't summon it before, but I summoned it after I almost survived?Is it because of the cliché that when people face the crisis of death, their latent power will burst out?Because my consciousness was stimulated by death, so after I woke up, there was such a change?
"It can only be like this." Lie Que affirmed my words.

Qingniao whispered: "If the Siren Blade is the power of the true spirit... then Li Duo is not a great magician?"

"What are you thinking?" Lie Que warned earnestly with the attitude of a teacher, "When we evaluate a warlock as a great warlock, what we evaluate is not only the achievements he has today, but also his efforts to achieve this achievement. Everything I have accumulated so far... Even if you learn a profound mathematical formula in college, no one will think that you are a great mathematician, right? But if you are the one who proves this profound mathematical formula , you're unquestionably a great mathematician. That's all."

"I'm just talking about it." Qingniao smiled embarrassedly, then straightened up, "Teacher, I have something I want to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Lie Que asked.

As expected, what Jade Bird said next was about recommending me to join the Security Bureau.

In order to increase the weight of the recommendation, she also specifically mentioned the matter of me saving Joe Licorice on the Wuming Mountain and killing the old bone.

"Is the old bone dead? Good thing." Lie Que nodded calmly, then turned his gaze to me, "Are you willing to join the Security Bureau?"

"I would." I said without hesitation, and then asked again, "but is it really okay?"

"Of course there is a problem. With your experience in the past five years, even I can't make you an official law enforcement warlock immediately. But if you add some prerequisites, for example...becoming a non-staff law enforcement warlock that has not been registered in the law enforcement warlock roster , this is not a big problem. If you make a contribution in the future, I can also find a way to make you a regular." Lie Que actually treated my joining the Security Bureau with a supportive attitude, "Now you have recovered your strength, change another From the point of view, you have become a potential unstable element in society. I can't just let you return to society to seek a job. Let you join the Security Bureau and keep it by your side for supervision... This is also a reasonable method. And you happen to be With the will to fight criminals and integrity, why should I not hire you?"

It's nothing more than the willingness to fight criminals, and the character of integrity... It makes my skin crawl a little bit.

Hearing this, Qingniao happily clenched his fists.

"In the future, within the Security Bureau, you will directly belong to me. If you encounter other law enforcement or internal affairs warlocks who are higher in status than you order you, you have the right to ignore it." Lie Que said, "Is there any problem?"

"No more." I said.

"Okay." He nodded and asked again, "Can I have a look at your weapon again?"

The Siren Blade reappeared in my hand, and I lifted it up.

He didn't touch it with his hands, but just leaned closer and observed it for more than ten seconds without saying a word.Then he turned around, took his seat, and signaled us to leave.

As we left the office and closed the door, his voice reached me from the back of the office.

"—Use that power well." It was a very cold voice, "One day, if you rely on its power to do evil, you will face my tribulation thunder again. Make up your mind."

The door is closed.
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I have mixed feelings about Lie Que.

He was the one who led the team to attack me when I was a demon, and "it" died in that battle... Although it was not Lie Que who killed "it" with his own hands, but someone who took advantage of Lie Que's entanglement The helmeted law enforcement warlock who sneaked to the rear when I was staying with me, I have no resentment and revenge for this result, but it is quite difficult to say that I have any affection for Lie Que.

If another person praised me for my "integrity", I would definitely feel ashamed and happy at the same time, but if it were Lie Que, I really don't know what emotion to accept.

In addition, his attitude today also puzzles me.

This confusion didn't mean that he was too friendly towards me, a perverted killer, but that he didn't ask me anything.

He must really want to know why the great sorcerer Bai Ju wanted to snatch the hand of "It". If he hopes to find out the truth, he must have more information about "It".

And right now, in the eyes of others, the person who knows the most about "it" is undoubtedly me.

He didn't ask me about it.

Is it because he also understands that I don't know more?

Or...he already knew some information?
On the way out of the Security Bureau, Qingniao walked ahead and called me back, "Li Duo."

"Ok?"

"What are you going to do next?"

"What do you mean?"

"You don't... you want to track down the whereabouts of that hand?" She looked at me seriously.

"Yes." I answered without hesitation.It never occurred to me to hide anything from her.

She didn't seem to expect me to be so frank. After a moment of astonishment, her voice rose a little, "But that's just one hand! If you snatch it back, what can you do?"

She was right, even if I went through untold hardships and got that hand back from the great magician Baiju, it was nothing more than a way of comforting myself.

Neither can "it" be resurrected, nor can it generate any value.

However, I couldn't bear it no matter what. That hand was taken by an unknown criminal and used for unknown things.

No, maybe my underlying motive is something more vulgar.

I may just have an extremely strong desire to own "it", even if it's just a hand, I don't want to give it to anyone.

"You really..." Qingniao sighed deeply, "Let's not talk about this now... Do you want to go back? I'll give you a ride."

After that, I sat in the passenger seat of her car and moved towards the temporary residence.

I didn't expect that she could still drive, and I was a little restless sitting in the passenger seat.Generally speaking, things like "driving you home" are not the tasks of men?I kind of have this lingering machismo idea in my head.But I don't own a car and can't drive, so I can't say that.

Blue Bird asked strangely: "What's wrong with you? Are you motion sick?"

"It's okay..." I looked around and said to him.

"Really." She didn't ask.Is it because I told her to track the hand, she looks preoccupied.

She even drove the car in the wrong place.He said he was going to take me back, but unconsciously drove the car into another community.

She woke up after I reminded her, "Ah... sorry, I drove to the wrong place..."

Then, she hesitated for a while, and made an unexpected suggestion.

"You're here, do you want to come into my house?" She asked.

(End of this chapter)