My Post-Apocalyptic Shelter Levels Up Infinitely! - Chapter 1427

[1417. Chapter 1397 Look into the future and live in pursuit of answers!]

Half leaning on the lounge chair on the bow deck, Su Mo swiped the tablet in his hand, reading the translated messages one by one.

As a company that was able to start from scratch and grow from a nearly invisible entity to one of the three giants spanning the blue planet, the core of the company’s survival is regulations that are strict to the point of being abnormal.

But this is not surprising. Any company that has grown big and strong and lasted for a hundred years, any time-honored brand, or even an inconspicuous family-run shop, all have some rules that seem strange to outsiders.

Rules are codes of conduct.

With a code of conduct, uncontrollable risks can be suppressed to an acceptable level.

And giant companies that have stood firm for hundreds of years must have rules that are daunting.

The current temptation seems to be a joke, and it is even copying the operating rules of the Mole Man’s Shelter.

However, Su Mo was extremely clear that once the enterprises realized the true form of the wasteland, then everyone would probably see the real enterprise.

A super technological force that can seize one-third of the area on a vast planet!

Of course, there is no need to worry too much, and Su Mo is not very worried about the future.

Compared to alien enemies, the threat posed by human enterprises is obviously smaller.

Moreover, although Hu Lai City is a city under the jurisdiction of the enterprise, the enterprise is far from being summed up by Hu Lai City alone.

Now as long as we restrain Adam from continuing to use “goodwill help”, we don’t have to worry about more Blue Star natives being sent to the wasteland by the game.

Given the current situation alone, Su Mo asked himself if he was confident enough to handle it.

The premise is.

“Yugi, don’t come out and mess with me again this time.”

As Su Mo was thinking, he heard footsteps beside him. He gently pressed the side button of the tablet to put the screen into off mode.

The left and right feet land on the ground at different times and with different forces.

Su Mo turned his head and it was indeed Luo You.

Two days have passed since the discovery of the Stone of Faith, and Luo You has completely walked out of the previous shadow.

He held two cups of hot tea in his hands, with steam rising from the rims of the cups and fine drops of water hanging on the edges.

“It’s windy at night, let’s have a drink.”

Su Mo nodded and took the teacup. The water in it was still a little hot.

Although this temperature is not suitable for brewing cloud tea as it will destroy the precipitation of tea alkaloids, it is quite suitable for dispelling the cold.

“Are you busy? Mind if I sit here for a while and chat?”

Luo You said with a smile, his face glowing under the light of the pale yellow fish lamp.

Perhaps it was because he had never encountered any survivors who had left the basics to survive, nor had he come into contact with the upper world of the wasteland, but in the past two days he always took the opportunity to communicate with Su Mo, eagerly absorbing some new knowledge.

“We’re done, sit down.”

Suma blew on the rim of the cup and took a sip.

Except for the fact that Luo You always liked to ask some indirect questions about “territory” and then acted in an annoying manner with a disbelieving look after getting the answers, Su Mo was happy to answer the other questions.

No, this process should not be seen as a one-way answer, but more like a profound and enlightening communication.

Just like the subtle and complex electrochemical reaction between cells, it is like the most exquisite poem in nature. Every leap of electric current contains the mystery of life and the true meaning of aesthetics.

In this strange land that spans the world and the star field, the correct answers to countless questions are not concentrated in a single “individual”.

There is a thread in the dark that connects everything.

On one side of the line is the human individual, and on the other side of the line is the answer.

Maybe he will be like scientists like Lu Kuan, Ai Jianfeng, and Ji Yang, who found their own research direction and eventually successfully developed a groundbreaking product that changed everything.

This product is the answer on the other end of the line.

It is also possible that he will be like Su Deben, Feng Long, Qiao Yuansheng, and Chen Shen, who found his own direction of struggle, struggled until death, and left behind great achievements.

This is an achievement worthy of being written into history books and is also the answer.

Of course, the answer could also be Nobita Nobi’s catwalk or Luo Ji’s loudly shouted Dark Forest Theory.

But in short, no one person can solve all the answers by himself.

This had been tested by Su Mo through action a long time ago.

So far, with the help of psionic water and attributes, his various knowledge theories have basically reached the limit of what humans on Earth can learn.

It can be said that if he were to return to Earth now, even if he went to any university, any academic institution, or any country, he could immediately become a top expert in a certain industry.

And he is not just a show-off, but a real academic expert who can stand the test of time!

It sounds awesome, right? Su Mo once thought that he could go very far in research, or at least break through the many barriers that plagued humans on Earth.

However, he soon discovered that he was extremely wrong.

His “awesomeness” is something that any primary artificial intelligence can perfectly replicate.

In some aspects, they are even better than him. They can answer complex chain questions in just a few seconds, and can even answer different questions from one hundred, one thousand, or ten thousand people at the same time.

This is not innovation at all, but just a mechanical summary.

It’s like finding countless correct answers on the other end of the line and eventually memorizing them all.

In order to conduct innovative biological research, Su Mo found his mind in a mess.

Although he had various ideas, these ideas were ultimately not enough to support him in completing his research. Instead, they would greatly affect the development of the current territory’s technology tree.

When doing a rigorous physics experiment, Su Mo found himself feeling very anxious.

He simply could not bear to lock himself in the laboratory for a week, a month, or even half a year, repeating various simple yet tedious actions to find the final correct answer.

And so on, even though Su Mo has realized that he has now found one end of the line and has the ability to go to the other end of the line to find the final answer.

But he also knew that it would be difficult for him to reach the end, and that he would need to exert ten or a hundred times more perseverance and still might not succeed.

In fantasy novels, there is a very appropriate word to describe this state.

Go against the will of heaven.

What exactly is heaven?
Su Mo believed that if he knew the answer to this question, he would be able to answer why the system chose him as the host among trillions and quadrillions of humans.

Just as he now knows that the end point of Luo You’s line segment is the alien language master, the system also knows exactly where the end point of his line segment is!

“It’s not a big deal. I just want to discuss the issue we had during the day with you.”

After hearing this, Su Mo chuckled.

This guy really deserves a beating, running into the wasteland to ask philosophical questions to the survivors.

Even if this question were put forward on modern Earth, how many people could clearly explain the meaning of life?

What can I do if I don’t live? Am I going to die now?

So Su Mo was too lazy to answer his question at that time, and just wanted to know how many people had beaten him when he asked this question.

But at noon Luo You was still insisting that he had never been beaten. After half a day he finally couldn’t bear it anymore.

“During that time, I was a little confused. I didn’t know what the meaning of living was. I felt that everything I did was meaningful and meaningless. I even thought that even if we built a new home in the wasteland, what would happen if we returned to Earth? After experiencing the supernatural power of the route, can most people return to their previous ordinary life?”

“To be honest, these are not philosophical questions, at least I don’t think he should be counted among them.”

“This is a very realistic social issue. Even if we live only for power, we still need a goal.”

Luo You finished speaking and took a sip of tea:

“Of course, it’s fine if you don’t plan to answer my question. I don’t even know the answer to the question, but I’m just asking it. I also understand that asking you to think about this question may bring you some unnecessary troubles, but isn’t it true that people are always tormenting themselves when they are alive?”

“I like the languages of other races. The symbols they shout out are as beautiful as the formulas written by mathematicians, and as fascinating as the theorems we discover in the universe. Do you understand my feelings? When I hear those meaningless characters shouting out from their mouths, I feel that something in my genes is touched. I always can’t wait to study it, want to analyze it, and want to understand it.”

“But the more I understand, the more confused I feel.”

“I understand the significance of these things. What kind of changes will my study bring? Looking up at the starry sky of this world, I only feel my own insignificance. I am not a human Su Shen. My actions will not bring any impact to this land. I am not even sure if I will die accidentally in the next disaster.”

“If you hadn’t appeared and given me the meaning of studying these things, I would have almost collapsed. I felt like I had walked into a dead end and would soon reach the end of death.”

Luo You’s explanation became faster and faster, and his words became more and more dense.

Su Mo listened silently. In fact, he had understood as early as noon that Luo You needed a meaning for his struggle.

Why do we live? What is the future of mankind on Earth?
The answers to these two questions may be the secret weapon to attract geniuses.

After all, ordinary people may not be able to reach the answer corresponding to their own line segment in their entire life. Some people cannot even find their own line segment and cannot start in the direction they are good at.

Naturally, they would not seek answers to these questions.

Only those geniuses who have opened their own segments and are looking for answers need meaning.

“Why live?”

Su Mo smiled and answered without hesitation: “Live for the answers you seek.”

“What do you mean?” Luo You frowned and held the teacup tightly in his hand.

Based on the close understanding he had gained over the past two days, he knew that Su Mo was not the kind of disgusting riddle teller who constantly answered old questions with a new one, always leaving things in suspense.

One is one, two is two.

Writing a mystery novel may require the use of the Riddler technique, but the answers to the questions need to be as simple and understandable as possible.

Whenever he gave an answer, he would explain it in such a way that even a fool could understand it.

Well, that’s a bit exaggerated, but generally speaking it shouldn’t be too different.

“Why does Lao Zhang live?”

“Him?” Luo You thought for a moment: “Live for all kinds of desires that cannot be fulfilled in modern times.”

Lao Zhang is a vulgar person.

During the past two days of contact, he often spoke frankly about his desire to have several beautiful wives, a large estate, and to live a life of luxury.

He wanted to eat a bowl of rice and pour a bowl of rice in the wasteland without having to worry about various practical problems.

He also wanted to be a kind-hearted man who was generous and charitable, so that the refugees several kilometers away would be grateful to him and remember his kindness.

For this reason, Lao Zhang chose to board the Su Mo ship without hesitation.

In his opinion, the destination of this ship may not be his goal, but it can always bring him a little closer.

He never worried about why he lived. Even when Luo You mentioned it, Lao Zhang replied cheerfully, “I live just to live, and to live better.”

It’s meaningless, unprofessional, and irrational.

“Then don’t you have any desires that cannot be fulfilled in modern times?”

“Yes.” Luo You admitted without hesitation: “I do want our family to live a good life, but I will not admit that the meaning of my life is only for these. It is not enough.”

“continue.”

“Continue what?”

“Desire, is this the only one you have?”

“Of course there is.” Luo You answered without hesitation.

“That’s not bad. Although I don’t want to marry multiple wives, I want to find my love. She lost contact when the wasteland just arrived a year ago. So far, I don’t know whether she is alive or dead.”

“I want to see my two children get married and have their own families. It would be best if I could have grandchildren. The whole family can sit together happily and celebrate the New Year in the wasteland.”

“I want a big villa, a big laboratory, and a dozen assistants. After all, my work and research projects are quite troublesome, and it’s always inconvenient to do it alone. It would be best if I could have a chef who could cook whatever I want to eat right away.”

“I want to acquire abilities like the aliens. When I was studying their language, I thought how cool it would be if I could use those strange magics like the aliens one day.”

“.”

As he was talking, Luo You suddenly stopped.

He has many desires, so many that he can talk about them from now to tomorrow morning without repeating them. For example, if I go back to a certain class in elementary school and tell him, who is still a child, in advance that he must pee during the break, otherwise he will wet his pants and be embarrassed so much that the whole school will know.

“But I still say that I don’t think these are the meaning of my life. They are just regrets. How can life be without regrets? There were regrets in the past, there are regrets in the present, and there will be regrets in the future.”

“Look, isn’t this the answer?”

“What?”

“You said it yourself. How can life be without some regrets? In my opinion, isn’t the purpose of your living to have no regrets?”

“Um?”

Luo You was stunned, and couldn’t get around this corner at first.

But soon, he reacted suddenly, and there was an imperceptible strange look in his eyes.

He raised his head and looked at Su Mo, only to see that the latter had stood up from the recliner, still mumbling,
“Everyone’s answer is different, and we all live to pursue the answer!”

(End of this chapter)