Marriage [Interstellar]

Become a member of the Thornworm.

A simple sentence made Lu Yiyang's hair stand on end.

"What does this mean? How did you become a member of the Thornworm?"

Lou Qing thought about how to explain it, because he knew that it was very difficult to accept this cognition suddenly, especially for people like Lu Yiyang and Wei Leqian who were not deeply alienated.

In the eyes of these "ordinary people", echidnas are parasites, viruses, and enemies of human beings. How can human beings become "bugs"?

It is not easy to easily break the arrogance of the "spirit of all things" of human beings.

But fortunately, it is just "breaking", not "shattering".

"So, what do you think humans are?"

When asked this question suddenly, Lu Yiyang didn't know how to answer for a while: "Can you be more specific?"

Lou Qing thought about it again. "Okay, let me give you an example."

He took two empty glasses and poured half a glass of transparent sparkling water into them: "Sparkling water."

Then throw in two slices of fresh lemon: "Lemon sparkling water."

Added two spoons of blueberry jam, "blueberry lemon sparkling water."

Lou Qing pushed the cup to the center of the small table, "If you define sparkling water as human beings, then any infected person is not human; if you define lemon sparkling water as human beings, then ordinary infected people are also human; Lemon sparkling water is defined as human beings, and people in Deyuanka are all human beings.”

Lu Yiyang understood what Lou Qing meant, but he didn't agree with it: "Why is this the same? The blueberries and lemons added are at most genetic pollution, but the essence of sparkling water has not changed. After all, from the birth of human beings to the current interstellar age, There have been so many generations of passive or active genetic modification, and some genes from echinacea are nothing.

The most important thing for human beings is self-awareness. If self-awareness does not change, I will still be me, and then I will still be a human being. "

Lou Qing shook his head: "You are changing the concept secretly. Self-awareness can only prove 'I am me', not 'I am human'."

Lu Yiyang was taken aback for a moment, and then thought about it, it seemed that Lou Qing had indeed said such a thing.

Lou Qing went on to say: "'I' and 'human beings' are individuals and groups. If a human group wants to expel an individual, it is very simple, as long as the remaining group members do not agree with him. But human beings are extremely eager for social recognition. A kind of creature with a sense of emotion, and what I mean by being a member of the echinacea is to make human beings identify with their social status in the echinacea group.

Of course, even if you recognize the identity of the thorn worm, it does not mean that your human identity will be erased.The balance between the two is more important, and ultimately it is up to the individual to make a judgment. "

Lu Yiyang understood, and touched the glass of sparkling water: "It means that I am both sparkling water and blueberry jam, and have the social status of both groups at the same time?"

Lou Qing nodded: "Yes."

Lu Yiyang was instantly relieved, "Scared me, so of course I have to admit it, mechas have been alienated for so many years, and I should kill insects as usual, and I haven't seen any binding force of group society. It’s not for nothing.”

Lou Qing smiled lightly when he heard the words, but did not speak.

But Button sighed: "It's not that simple."

Lu Yiyang looked over: "Then tell me."

Barton: "First of all, it's the process of recognition - I can't describe that feeling to you, but if you are an alienated person like me, you can't lie at that time. Take the example His Highness just said, if you always put Blueberries and lemons are used as 'pollution sources' and 'implants', and if you don't recognize them as a part of yourself like your heart, hands and feet, then it is impossible for you to obtain this kind of weird power."

Lu Yiyang thought about it for a while, and nodded honestly: "That's a bit difficult."

Lou Qing smiled: "But there is a shortcut, otherwise there wouldn't be so many mech aliens."

Barton took a deep look at Lou Qing, and smiled wryly: "Yes, in order to enhance our combat power, we have our own set of training methods. But although we have conceived it, we still didn't expect the insect king to have such a great influence on us—— It's not 'for nothing' at all, it's just that it's not time to pay the price."

Lu Yiyang was stunned, "What price?"

Button glanced at Lu Yiyang and asked him, "Do you remember the call from more than a month ago?"

Of course Lu Yiyang remembered, now that he knew that Lou Qing was the king of insects, he also understood what the summoning was all about.

Lu Yiyang glanced at Lou Qing with some resentment, and then nodded to Barton: "I remember. When Lou Qing 'died' a few days ago, didn't he still summon for a whole day?"

Barton nodded: "How did you feel these two times?"

Lu Yiyang's memory is still very clear: "The time more than a month ago, I was just happy, with some anticipation, as if something good was about to happen, I was inexplicably happy; this time it was nothing, listening to the call was like someone calling Saying the prayer is the same, very solemn, but without beginning and end."

Patton: "'I will be born', this is the voice we heard this time. And it's not just this voice, we all have a strong desire to surrender to someone, to go to the north, to protect, that is Instinctive impulse. Including now."

Barton gave Lou Qing a complicated look, then turned his head and said to Lu Yiyang: "Although His Highness has not really become the insect king, if you hit him now, I might kick you out."

Lu Yiyang: "?"

I hired you?

"Not only that." Barton looked serious, "I'm not as sensitive as Lao Bai and Shi Ke. According to them, they can be sure that once the insect king's eggs hatch successfully, we will not be able to disobey any orders from the insect king. "

Lu Yiyang: "!!"

Lu Yiyang suddenly turned his head to look at Lou Qing, a line of words scrolled in his two big eyes - so you are such Lou Qing!

Lou Qing: "..."

"I haven't done anything yet, can you stop giving me a hat?"

Lou Qing rolled her eyes unceremoniously.

Barton looked at Lou Qing seriously: "I believe His Highness is not that kind of person."

This seemingly trustworthy warning was full of uneasy warnings, which made Lou Qing a little upset.

Lou Qing snorted softly: "But I can let you go to the playground to run naked | run three laps."

Barton: "..."

He closes the mic.

Lu Yiyang also seemed to be frightened by this "naked|running", he hummed and asked Lou Qing: "Then people like us who haven't yet recognized the status of thorn insects, shouldn't listen to you like this?"

Lou Qing nodded: "The social distribution of thorns is very simple. If you recognize your identity, you are offering your heart to the king of insects. The king of insects will give you great power. This is an exchange of equal value. And you don't recognize it, but you still They are the people of the worm king. The self-awareness of the thorn worm is very weak, only survival and continuation, even I can't deviate from this instinct rooted in the depths of consciousness. So death will not harm his people, and his people will not cannot harm their king."

Lu Yiyang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, anyway, he never thought of hurting Lou Qing, as long as he doesn't run around naked!

But soon, Lu Yiyang's breath was sucked back again, and he asked carefully: "Then, where is Your Majesty?"

Lou Qing glanced at him with raised eyebrows, and was a little proud: "Even if I don't order, he will take off my clothes."

Lu Yiyang: "..."

Lu Yiyang kicked over the bowl of dog food, and rolled his eyes, "Do I want to know if His Majesty will take off his clothes? Ah? I mean His Majesty's current state, he hasn't recognized his identity as a thorn bug yet. ?"

"Do not."

Lou Qing shook his head and sighed, "His situation is a bit complicated, because mechization is related to approval. If there is no approval, then he will gradually lose this state of armor. On the contrary, since he can maintain it for such a long time The aging of time shows that he has a deep recognition of his own identity."

Lu Yiyang didn't understand, "But His Majesty has always been like this. In the past two days when you were dying, he suddenly became fully armored, and then suddenly changed back to the original state. No, it's a little less armored than before. But Haven't seen any more changes for two days."

Lou Qing: "He can be completely armored, or he can shed the part of the original normal skin under my guidance, which shows that he has a deep sense of identity.

If you want to talk about the problem-his companion's previous unstable form, and his attitude towards him, it is his cognition of himself as an individual that has gone wrong. "

Speaking of this, Lou Qing suddenly turned his head to stare at Lu Yiyang, showing a gentle smile: "By the way, I heard that you and General Bai grew up with Yan Yu, Captain Lu, you should know him very well. "

Lu Yiyang: "..."

Lu Yiyang: "Don't laugh like that, let me tell you."

Lou Qing withdrew his gentleness, looked at Lu Yiyang teasingly, and made an expression of "all ears".

Lu Yiyang: "I don't remember things clearly when I was a child, but there is one thing that left a deep impression on me. When His Majesty was about ten years old, his parents left the palace to go to the northern island to recuperate, and his grandfather was there half a year later. His Majesty has changed since the day his grandfather died.

Before my cousin and I came, His Majesty was often bullied and isolated by other children in school when he was young.After we came, some bear children would secretly do some tricks.Your Majesty will be very sad, and I have seen him cry in hiding alone.

But since he was ten years old, he has become what he is now. Instead of feeling inferior to his abnormality, he has become stronger because of it.

It's just that I always feel like he locked himself up, and I would rather he still hides and cries like he used to. "

Lou Qing listened, his heart was tense, he took a sip of water before asking: "Is it because of his grandfather's death?"

Lu Yiyang shook his head: "I don't know. It seems that it happened a few days after his grandfather suddenly became bedridden, and then his grandfather passed away soon.

His parents didn't come back to attend his grandfather's funeral, and His Majesty was alone at the funeral..."

Lu Yiyang couldn't continue speaking, feeling uncomfortable.

Lou Qing was silent for a few seconds and asked, "What's wrong with his parents?"

Lu Yiyang pursed his lips: "His mother was stimulated by seeing him during childbirth, and suffered from very severe postpartum depression, and even tried to strangle His Majesty to death. His father didn't like him either, and even talked with his grandfather His relationship is not good. His Majesty was taught by his grandfather since he was a child.

Anyway, for so many years, I haven't seen his parents come back, and His Majesty has never visited them. "

This is almost the same as the enemy.

Lou Qing made up her mind, and probably knew where Yan Yu's crux was.

Lu Yiyang was guided by Lou Qing to say this, and he probably understood, so he looked over expectantly: "Your Highness, for so many years, you have been His Majesty's only lover, and no one in this world can understand him more easily than you .If this is the current state caused by His Majesty's heart knot, then only you can cure him!"

Lou Qing: "I know."

Lu Yiyang staring eyes: "So are you sure?"

Lou Qing: "No."

Lu Yiyang: "..."

Lou Qing: "As I said, 'self' and 'race' are two different things. He identified with the race of thornworms, but the problem lies in himself. Plus..."

Lu Yiyang was anxious: "Add what?"

Lou Qing: "There is only one chance."

Lu Yiyang didn't understand: "What opportunity?"

Lou Qing didn't go into details, "I'll talk to him tonight, after all, no one wants him more than me to be able to put away the mecha - the little purple bottle that I brought as a dowry is still useless Woolen cloth."

Lu Yiyang: "?"

Barton: "Cough."

Wei Lexi: "..."

The author has something to say: Lou Qing: Hey, miss the day.

Good night! OVO