96: Chapter 96: Someone Actually Attempted to Communicate with Earth

Saturday afternoon.

A tutoring classroom inside a library in Yang City.

Biology teacher Chen Min waved the laser pointer in his hand across the screen behind him.

"As you can see here, living organisms started from single-celled to multi-celled; from the ocean to the land—this evolutionary path has countless branches and accidents; but overall, it is the choice of natural laws."

"Humans are a branch of primates, also a product of a long period of time."

"Every feature we possess, such as opposable thumbs, stereoscopic vision, and a highly developed cerebral cortex, can find answers within the framework of evolution."

As soon as the teacher finished speaking, a high school student in the back row named Zhang Yu raised his hand with a look of delight and asked:

"Teacher, is there a possibility that evolution is just the surface, and in reality, Earth has been slowly adjusting the environment and arranging suitable conditions over billions of years, finally selecting the species of humans?"

The classroom fell silent instantly, followed by a few mocking laughs.

Teacher Chen Min frowned, somewhat stunned: "Huh? This question of yours... don't read too many extracurricular books. You have to know that Earth is a planet; it is not an organism and has no consciousness. You want Earth, which is made of rock and a core, to select human species? Isn't this a joke?"

"Teacher, what if Earth is alive?" Zhang Yu's tone quickened: "The current ecosystem is Earth's body; the atmosphere and oceans are its circulatory system... Humans are the symbionts it selected—and at the same time, its guardians."

"And what if the body and soul are separate? Does the theory of evolution really hold water?"

This statement made the eyes of this group of high school seniors, who were about to enter university, light up.

Even Chen Min on the podium was at a loss for words, having taught biology and geography for over twenty years.

This was the first time he had encountered such a question that completely jumped out of the framework.

Body, soul, separate?

"Zhang Yu, where did your ideas come from? Is it your wild imagination, or?"

"This... it's just some things said online." Zhang Yu brushed it off and then sat down.

For the second half of the class, Chen Min was a bit distracted while teaching.

Many students mentioned the technological singularity, the separation of spirit and body; Earth is a life form...

These viewpoints left Old Chen, who had not been exposed to the shock of new culture, feeling a bit numb.

There was a light in those students' eyes, but it wasn't the light of loving the content they were talking about.

It was as if there was some secret he didn't know that was known to people in their small circle.

"Class dismissed!"

After the bell rang, he returned to the teacher's lounge and threw his lesson plan on the table.

"Stumped by this group of smart and hardworking tutoring students again?" The physics teacher, Old Gao, smiled and handed him a gummy candy.

Chen Min refused the candy and recounted what had happened in class.

Upon hearing this, Old Gao immediately perked up, "I've heard this theory, I think I've heard it somewhere—is it that Earth deliberately arranged for humans to be on Earth, that humans are Earth's guardians, and then it's a two-way journey?"

"Hmm? You know about it too? Where did you hear it?"

"This, it's a hot online topic from yesterday; it's someone called [Xiaoyu's brother]..." Old Gao took out his phone, opened the interface, and showed it to the fifty-year-old Chen Min, "Look, it's a younger sister named Xiao Yu who secretly filmed her brother giving a lecture. The things he talks about are very new; it's said that Professor Guan Jingming of Huaqing University has even tried the [xia nation consciousness] experiment, and later the news was blocked online; I don't know if it's true or false."

Jiang Zhe's voice came from the phone screen.

Earth deliberately arranged for humans to appear to protect Earth... technological super singularity... separation of spirit and body...

"Hiss~~ What a bold idea!"

Chen Min listened for a while and became interested, asking with curiosity: "Which field is this scholar from? His daily speaking level is very clear and logical, and his basic presentation skills are also very high!"

"Not a scholar." Old Gao shook his head, "It's said he didn't finish high school, but his academic performance was actually quite good; but what's strange is that this knowledge isn't something someone who didn't finish high school would have. Plus, although his stuff is unorthodox, the logic is self-contained—many students in my daughter's class are watching it and sharing it!"

The English teacher nearby chimed in: "In the middle school where I am, there are also students talking about these things; and tonight he is going to talk about where the physical body comes from; listening to the implication in Xiaoyu's brother's words, the human body and soul seem to be separate, and there seems to be evidence to express it!"

"There's even evidence?"

Chen Min didn't look down on Jiang Zhe, he just felt that this topic was a bit incredible.

After all, Li Mo, a student under Professor Guan Jingming of Huaqing University, had already come forward; it was enough to show that the other party had real substance.

Then he hurriedly opened his computer and continued to search for more information.

Once he started looking, he couldn't stop.

Finally, he watched several video clips with burning eyes, "This live broadcast room is simply extraordinary. Although it's all a rhapsody, it really has a great truth to speak of. Followed. I'll watch it tonight."

In fact, situations like his were happening all over the country.

The internet wasn't too lively at night; the daytime was when it truly fermented.

Unintentionally, the live broadcast room where Jiang Zhe was located attracted scholars from all walks of life, professional and unprofessional, to come and take a look!

...

Evening, Magic City, Light of Awareness Meditation Training Room.

This was a soundproof room, very quiet, covered on all sides by curtains, with not a single ray of light coming through.

Inside the room, only deep blue light was moving slowly.

The evening was supposed to be a meditation and out-of-body course, but the thirty-something metaphysics teacher, Teacher Zhao, stood up with a mysterious look on his face.

"Fellow practitioners, tonight we will change our method; tonight we won't be doing out-of-body experiences, let's try meditating to connect with Earth!"

It should have been a meditation and out-of-body course, but the thirty-something metaphysics teacher, Teacher Zhao, clapped his hands with a mysterious look.

After he finished speaking, the students were in an uproar.

"Connect with Earth?" A girl wearing glasses was somewhat stunned: "Teacher, connect with Earth? We aren't Wi-Fi; can we connect to Earth?"

Another chubby boy said: "I can't even get my astral body out, and I end up sleeping like a pig every time; how can I connect..."

"..."

Listening to the cacophony of voices in the room.

Teacher Zhao coughed dryly, his tone very firm: "According to our brother, uh, some of you might not know him, it's Xiaoyu's brother."

"He said that Earth is a living conscious entity, and since we are a part of it, there should be a connection channel."

"We will now try to communicate with the channel to connect with it!"

"Those who know how to astral project can first let their astral body leave their physical body, then stand in outer space and overlook Earth."

"Don't be afraid of the emptiness around you; in your astral body, you can even pass through the Moon and the Sun without being harmed."

"Next, you will first see Earth breathing, feel very shocked, and then try to talk to Earth. Follow these steps, begin!"

Astral projection—half of the thirty-plus students here knew how to do it, but many gave up halfway; after all, it was too terrifying!

They were skeptical, but one after another, they sat cross-legged and closed their eyes.

The room gradually became quiet.

Time passed slowly.

Twenty-five minutes later, some people started to doze off.

Thirty-five minutes later, snoring came from the corner.

Forty minutes...

Teacher Zhao scanned the room, and to the accompaniment of light music, he asked softly:

"Time is up; did anyone feel anything?"

"Any virtual images of connecting with Earth can be shared."

Before long, a boy with a flushed face raised his hand: "Teacher, I, I connected to it."

"Oh? Tell me about it!" Teacher Zhao's eyes lit up, and he became interested.

The boy said with his eyes closed: "Earth"

The boy, with his eyes closed, spoke very fast: "Teacher, Earth is a girl, 1.7 meters tall, long legs, black hair; breasts are big, she said she likes me, doesn't want a dowry, and will come home with me tonight."

The expectant look on Teacher Zhao's face froze instantly.

"That's not communication!" A short-haired girl next to him twitched her mouth and retorted, "That's an unrealistic sexual fantasy; kid, you are shameless!"

A burst of light laughter came from the room..

Teacher Zhao looked emotional and rubbed his face: "Is there anything else?"

A noble woman in her forties wearing yoga clothes said hesitantly: "Teacher, I also felt it."

"Speak."

"I communicated with it, Earth is a 1.85-meter muscular man, naked, long legs, looks just like Xiaoyu's brother, pinned me under him and made me put on a black mask—said he would love me for a lifetime."

This time, without waiting for others to retort, Teacher Zhao covered his face himself: "That's not communication either! You are just lusting after our brother's body! You're already over forty, you are also shameless!"

The room burst into roars of laughter!

The originally mysterious feeling disappeared instantly.

Watching the uproarious crowd below, Teacher Zhao shook his head helplessly.

He raised his hand to signal for quiet, his expression gradually becoming serious:

"Jokes aside; perhaps we thought of this too simply!"

"It's very difficult for us to see the light of self during out-of-body experiences; 90% of every out-of-body experience is a hallucination in the brain, and only 10% is clear and indistinguishable from reality."

"Perhaps those of us who practice meditation are just deceiving ourselves."

"We seem to be unable to reach the level of near-death patients who pass through tunnels; leaving the planet and overlooking the real Earth!"

"And living meditation is ultimately just a realistic illusion!"

Teacher Zhao couldn't help but sigh—

It turns out his group of people couldn't compare to Taoist masters and disciples at all.

Indeed, not everyone can travel beyond the heavens with their soul; most of the ordinary people's soul travels might just be a half-dreaming, half-waking imagination!

...

Saturday evening, 6:30.

Xiao Yu pushed open the door and returned home excitedly.

"Brother, I'm back from hanging out!"

On the dining table, there was already vegetable and meatball soup, stir-fried lotus root slices, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and rice.

Steam rose curlingly, looking delicious and even nine-tenths beautiful!

During the meal, Xiao Yu talked about going out to play with her best friend today, and at the same time, she talked about things at school.

"Old Fu took the whole school's teachers and students to the north for a field trip, and they won't be back until tomorrow night."

"Why didn't you go?" Jiang Zhe picked up a slice of lotus root, "Why didn't you tell me yesterday? If you had, we could have gone together today, right? It can't be that you didn't have money, right?"

"I, Steel Rain, am not going." Xiao Yu shoveled a mouthful of food, "What's fun about going north? Climbing mountains, visiting the sea—none of that is as fun as Brother's lecture. Isn't Brother going to talk about where the human body comes from tonight? I've been waiting all day!"

As soon as the live stream started, over a million people instantly flooded into the live broadcast room.

After Xiao Yu finished speaking, it moved the viewers.

"Tears in my eyes, for our sake, she didn't even go on the field trip."

"Our little sister really understands our good intentions. Don't say anything more, Mommy will give you a tip!"

"Talk slowly this time, there's still plenty of time, I've prepared a midnight snack!"

"..."

Jiang Zhe nodded gently. It seems he will have to slow down Xiao Yu's tutoring in the future; he can't do it every day, otherwise, it will delay Xiao Yu's youth.

The meal was finished quickly, and the two sat opposite each other on the big sofa in the living room.

Xiao Yu drank a cup of yogurt and then brought the topic back to the right track: "Brother, last night you said that consciousness and the body are separate. Is that what you meant, right?"