Chapter 90: The Soul is the Fairest and Most Authentic

The word "NPC" truly, truly frightened a portion of the audience.

Because NPCs are just background characters that appear in single-player or online games, only capable of repeating simple, repetitive actions, and accompanying the game's protagonist through specific events.

These words nearly caused the audience to feel a sense of panic, finding it hard to believe that such words would come from Jiang Zhe.

"Holy crap, what's going on?"

"I'm an NPC? How come I didn't know that?"

"I can relate, because whatever I do, I fail, while some people succeed at everything; I have self-awareness, I must be a background NPC!"

"+1, every day is a three-point line: home, work, cafeteria; it has never changed; I live just like an NPC!"

"Don't do this, guys, don't scare me, I'm getting a bit afraid!"

"..."

Jiang Zhe's words did indeed cause a wave of panic within the livestream.

But after Leng Fei, a top student at the Beijing Science Lecture Hall, sent a bullet comment explaining it, the audience finally accepted it.

"Everyone, don't be afraid. As a researcher of Quantum Mechanics, I switch between Materialism and Idealism at any time."

"Actually, when facing ghosts, I am a Materialist. I am a twenty-first-century youth raised under the red flag, how could I believe in ghosts?"

"When I face life and death, well, I'm afraid of death, so I turn to Idealism; I am afraid that nothing will be left after I die; so I firmly believe—as long as I die, this world will no longer have me as an observer, and for me—this world will vanish because of my death; by the way, I am a Quantum Mechanics worker: Leng Fei, hahaha!"

These words immediately drew agreement from students of Quantum Mechanics and unknown professors in the livestream.

"Hahaha, I am also a professional in the field. Don't blame us for turning to Idealism, because... in the Microscopic World, if you don't embrace Idealism, you really can't study it thoroughly."

"Leng Fei is right. Macro is Materialism, Micro is Idealism. As long as we switch between them at any time, it won't hinder our scientific research."

"..."

They were indeed as Leng Fei described, sometimes Materialist, sometimes Idealist.

Blindly adhering to Materialism is simply not suitable for development in the field of Quantum Mechanics!

"Holy crap... that's so damn Idealist; Materialist when meeting a ghost, Idealist when there's no ghost... but this seems to be the true essence of the Microscopic World!"

"Yes, in the Quantum Mechanics of the Microscopic World, only Idealism can explain most things; conversely, in the physics of the macroscopic world, you can't really be an Idealist."

"..."

Fortunately, with the Quantum Mechanics professionals and unknown professors coming forward to explain, the audience finally understood Jiang Zhe's [NPC] statement.

At this moment, on the big screen, Jiang Zhe's expression returned to calm. He pursed his lips and spread his hands.

"Yes, in the eyes of most people, on the surface, the world appears to be uniform, and the colors are about the same."

"However, upon deeper investigation, the world itself seems to be quite different in the eyes of each of us; there are clear differences!"

"Especially between Materialism and Idealism, which have been arguing endlessly!"

"Materialists believe matter comes first, then the world."

"Idealists believe consciousness comes first to observe, then the world follows."

"No one is completely right, and no one is completely wrong; everyone has their own logic."

Having said this, he nodded silently, then revealed a curious expression.

"So, who is real?"

"That's hard to say, and there is no definitive answer!"

"Then, is there such an absolutely fair character that can view the absolutely fair world to see what it really looks like?"

"..."

At this time, in the Kyoto University of Science lecture hall, Professor Hua Yunfeng, Old Feng, and many scholars on site took advantage of Jiang Zhe's question to quickly begin a discussion.

From the origin of life, whether it's the very first cell at the beginning of the world, to modern intelligent humans. Every biological development, every transformation of life—the world in their eyes is entirely different.

Each scholar provided the most professional explanation from their own field, arguing endlessly.

Until a female top student wearing glasses couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, "Forgive me for being presumptuous, professors; everyone is discussing back and forth, but it is completely meaningless. The fairest thing is death, that is, the world after death!"

Once these words were spoken, the eyes of all the experts present immediately lit up.

They had been blindly discussing the reality of the world, yet they ignored one thing that is fair to everyone: birth, aging, sickness, and death!

Professor Hua Yunfeng nodded repeatedly: "Yes, it is death."

Old Feng chimed in: "That's right, it is death; speaking of the world after death..., wait, didn't Jiang Zhe analyze this before? At the moment of death, the world is constructed according to the dying person's worldview; the world they live in after death is different; this answer is very beautiful, but it doesn't convince people."

Indeed! The experts had heard the ending of Jiang Zhe's previous episode.

He had proposed that the world constructed at the moment of a dying person's death is the world they live in. In the eyes of professionals, this information isn't "true" enough, but it is very comforting.

Presumably... Jiang Zhe should have a more professional interpretation!

Just then, Jiang Zhe on the big screen smiled slightly, picked up the whiteboard in front of him, picked up the marker, and wrote on it: "soul". He faced the camera and held up the whiteboard.

"Yes, I talked about something similar in the last episode."

"What does this mean?"

"The world in the eyes of all humans, all animals, and everything else is false; it is not the most objective world!"

"Even for us humans, there is no way to define so-called [reality]."

"Because!" He pointed to his own eyes.

"The eyes project the real world, then tell the consciousness in the brain, saying: [The world is what I, the eye as an organ, see.]"

He pointed to his ears again and said: "Then the ears say [The world is just as I hear it; joys, angers, sorrows, and happiness have all turned into sounds transmitted into my ears.]"

He pointed to his nose and said: "The nose also says: [The world is just as I smell it; molecules of various scents are captured by me through the flow of air, so the world is just as it smells to me.]"

"Yes; all organs carry subjective preconceptions; our familiarity with the world is all based on what the five senses tell us the world is like."

"And most people think similarly to you, and then most of you believe that the world is just like this; that this is reality."

As he changed the subject, he narrowed his eyes and asked a few rhetorical questions. "Do you all really agree with this view?"

The topic became deeper and deeper, and the audience fell silent. In fact, even if Jiang Zhe didn't talk about this, they knew that the world was not like that.

When a person becomes a vegetative patient, and even the five senses have disappeared completely—no sight, smell, taste, hearing, or touch—then for that vegetative patient, they are sealed off—the world is dark.

Because the brain is inside the skull, without a sliver of light or anything from the outside world entering the brain. Even the vegetative patient cannot perceive vibrations.

For that vegetative patient, the world is completely dark—at least in the eyes of medical students, that is the case.

Soon, the audience shook their heads one after another. "That is not real." "That's right." "So what exactly is real?"

More and more questions came one after another, and the questions became deeper and deeper, becoming almost unsolvable.

Just then, Jiang Zhe answered with a serious face: "Why do you all not think it is real now?"

"In essence: the body, because of the seven emotions and six desires, pain, pleasure, and other such feelings and emotions, makes you mistakenly perceive the world as being a certain way."

"But in reality, it is not so!"

"As I said before, only the soul, it is absolutely fair and just. In the vision of the soul, the world is the most real and the most objective!"

"Why?" "Because the soul is the purest; it is not influenced by the various hormones and pessimistic emotions of the body, which affect your judgment of the world."

"The body is weak, the soul is eternal!"

"Because all things cannot escape death; we will all eventually return to our original state!"

"Therefore, death is fair; the world perceived by the soul after death is the most real!"

"This brings us to the content you voted for me to talk about in the last episode: the soul and Quantum Mechanics!"

Once these words were spoken, everyone was dumbfounded, then everyone was faintly excited. It's here, it's finally here! Their previous votes had taken effect!

These words immediately made the massive audience and experts even more expectant.