Aiwass was a little surprised.
Because he is a genuine third-level priest, and the weaker bishop is also at this level. There was no way he couldn't tell the difference between the undead and the living.
In Aiwass’s vision, both the dwarf Maghammer and Old William are real living people. According to them, they all entered Yingjia Village from the swamp, and they were all "resurrectionaries" as the elders called them.
"That's the fact."
The old man nodded slowly, looking at Aiwass with his one eye, "I will tell you this secret because you are Jacob's The chosen successor. And Jacob has a kindness that can never be repaid."
"I came here to seek the inheritance of my grandfather."
Aiwass. Bluntly "So I need more knowledge and more truth, so please tell me more truth."
"It should be so"
The old man said softly.
He supported his body with his cane and stood up slowly.
He walked step by step, and with the help of Aiwass, he approached the window sill, staring at the sun in the distance that had risen to the sky at an unknown time.
"Let me ask you a question. Aiwassi is a city man and a college student. He must be smarter than us old guys."
"Excuse me. "Aiwass responded politely.
"Suppose there is such a person. After his death, no one sees his body, and no one learns about his death. His body will be swallowed up by a swamp somewhere.
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"And then, another swamp connected to this swamp spit out another person exactly like him. This person's knowledge, memory, personality, and abilities are all exactly the same as those of the deceased. His body is also a human body, and even the birthmarks and hidden wounds are the same. There is just no memory of death. After he woke up he just thought he passed out and was picked up.
"So, do you think such a person can be regarded as the undead summoned by the former's corpse?"
The old squire said slowly.
Aiwass understood everything halfway through.
This is a classic thought experiment.
It's called the "Swampman Paradox."
Suppose that when someone dies, due to a very coincidental reaction, a person is born that is exactly the same as the former person at the atomic level, and holds almost all the memories and knowledge of the former person, but does not have the memory of the moment of death. After the clone woke up, he immediately resumed his life as a deceased person, continued to read the books he had not finished, and went to work as usual the next day.
So is this person the same person as the one who died?
This reminds Aiwass of the "Eggman" in the game Eve when a certain pilot is about to die. , the space capsule system will kill it instantly, and use a powerful scan that can destroy the brain to remove all memories and knowledge.Save it, then use super-light technology to transmit the information to another place, and use the clone to "resurrect" it.
So the person resurrected through this method is still the same self, or is it a new self?
Aiwass's heart sank.
Because he immediately thought of himself.
If "Eggman" or "Swampman" is not his true self, then what about himself?
He is also partly Aiwass Moriarty, but also partly not. . He awakened the memory of his past life for some unknown reason, but was that "past life" really his own? If only the memory was transmitted, would he still be the same past self?
And if the one who came over was Soul, is he still Aiwass?
In the past, Aiwass had been avoiding this problem. But now this problem has come up on its own.
"I can't answer this question."
Aiwass was silent for a long time and could only shake his head honestly.
He really couldn't give a definite answer because this question had touched himself. Even if Aiwass gives an answer, it is definitely an answer that is not carefully thought out and tends to fool people.
But even if it is such a hypocritical answer, Aiwass does not want to give it. Because he doesn't want to treat himself so casually.
"You don't know, and neither do we."
The old squire sighed, "But that's how they got here.
"The first one passed The outsider who entered Yingjia Village through this method was Inspector William. And the person who created this special resurrection ceremony and threw him in through this ceremony
"Is your grandfather, Jacob."
At that moment, Aihua Si suddenly recalled the promotion ceremony he had just finished.
In that hotel, the young Jacob came into contact with Inspector William. But now it seems that Supervisor William's appearance has not changed much from that time
If this is what happened in reality and it was just the dream that was modified by Weizhe
That means the real William is probably dead.
Without Aiwass’ pastoral care, a dream demon that is about to hatch cannot be eliminated. Not to mention that there was an earthbound spirit guarding there. Jacob was able to escape and survive to give birth to a child, which surprised Aiwass.
That Inspector William doesn’t look very strong either. He most likely died there.
Because they had fought side by side or had each other's permission, Jacob decided to use his corpse to conduct experiments to see if he could be resurrected.
But after the resurrection, William has lost the memory of meeting Jacob. Therefore, in his words, the first time he met Jacob was after he entered Eagle Point Village.
“After entering the village for the first time, Jacob brought us new people. ThisSome outsiders who entered the village through his resurrection ceremony gave the village some vitality. After all, it was not completely frozen in the cold wind. "
The old man recalled the past and said slowly, "And after he returned to the village for the second time, he seemed to be busy with something.
“I don’t know what ceremony he was preparing, and I don’t know what tricks he did. But that’s when children began to be born in the village. That was probably more than 20 years ago. ""
In this time-stuck and isolated village, a pregnant aborigine appeared for the first time.
It was as if the completely frozen time began to move again. Although the operation was still stagnant, the frozen waterwheel finally started to rotate slowly.
"Is that why there are no young people in their early thirties in the village?"
Aihuas suddenly understood.
Not because all the young people of that age have died or left the village.
But since then, no one has been pregnant.
Immediately afterwards, Aiwass also realized another thing, "Didn't that mean that not many people had died?"
There were no outsiders, no newborns, and the population If it falls but does not rise, it will soon become a completely dead village.
But this village has obviously been around for a long time. Moreover, many middle-aged people can be seen on the street
"Or, it was not long ago that the villagers were unable to have children."
Aiwass asked tentatively.
It would be understandable if the village was sealed from forty years ago. Time stood still for forty years and then started to flow again. Young people under twenty years old have now become uncles in their forties. This is quite appropriate.
The old man just shook his head and didn't say much. "It's not that short."
"We all sold our souls to Amber and sought shelter from Amber." People; we are all the afterimages that have been forgotten by the sand clock. Being able to continue living is already the limit. How can I participate in the ceremony of rebirth?
“Fertility is an extremely sacred ceremony. It heralds the birth of a new soul and is the result of the joint action of the nine paths. That is not worthy of people like us who have even lost their names. "
Aiwass frowned.
Outlander.
Newborn.
What do they have in common?
What is the purpose of the experiment that grandfather did here?
He thought for a long time, but in the end Lily opened her eyes slightly. My eyes widened and I realized something.
She gently pulled Aiwass and said something in his ear.
Aiwass’ expression paused and he took a breath.
He realized the most outrageous possibility, but what was even more outrageous was that that possibility was even the most likely.
"Old sir," Aiwass suddenly asked, "Do those outsiders who resurrected from the swamp have souls?"
The Swamp Man Paradox actually has a solution.
Because there is no "soul" on earth. Precisely because there is no soul, matter or thought can become the pros and cons of the philosophical question "What am I?"
But this world is different.
Not only does this world really have a soul, but in a sense there is also "reincarnation" and an afterlife.
Although it is not directly reincarnated into the next person one-on-one after death. Instead, it returns to the world like a recycling machine, and then a newborn baby is born from the world. But it does have a unique "soul". It is so unique that it can make the other person undead to prevent the other person from reincarnating or reaching the afterlife.
On the other hand, if that person becomes an apostle after death, then the other person cannot be turned into an undead. Because the only soul has been taken away.
Unless
Aiwass suddenly remembered why, as a priest, he could not recognize that the other party was an undead.
What are the criteria for a priest to judge someone as an undead
He has never thought about this issue.
But now, this almost blurted answer made his hair stand on end.
If time stands still here, there is no way in or out.
Then where did the "extra" souls of strangers and newborns come from?
The old squire was silent.
He slowly turned around and stared at Aiwass with his dim yellow eye.
"Yes."
The old man replied, "They all have complete souls, souls that are exactly the same as when they were alive.
"But in the swamp There is another soul stored in the abyss. That was their soul during their lifetime. ”
Aiwass finally determined what research his grandfather Jacob was doing while hiding in Eagle Point Village, and why Noble Red wanted his research manuscript so much
He Trying to copy the human soul
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