My destiny is to go to work in a world that is collapsing

When a topic ended, Shen He realized that he was walking side by side with Hua Yi while eating the breakfast he bought.

There were many passers-by in a similar state, holding molasses or steamed buns in their hands, walking in different directions with clear goals.

At the pier of Liyue Port, at Huyan, or outside the city, the crowds were divided into boatmen, stall owners, farmers, etc., depending on the direction of travel. These people were all wearing short clothes, walking in a hurry, and eating while walking. Care about your own image.

People wearing long gowns walked towards Yukyodai, Wolhaitei, General Affairs Department and other places. Most of them would finish their breakfast at the food stalls before heading to work.

It’s not just that the latter is more leisurely than the former. Even Tianquan Ningguang, Yuheng Keqing and Qixing secretary Ganyu, who stand at the top of Liyue, have experienced fatigue that is far beyond ordinary people’s imagination, and their behavior is more different. It's a trade-off between time loss and personal image maintenance.

There are only a few people like Hua Yi and Shen He who are obviously more prestigious than many people but eat breakfast while walking.

Looking at the human world in the early morning, Shen He vaguely understood that this was another manifestation of the mundane.

Perhaps, it is more meaningful than the bustling bustle of the night market last night.

Now Shen He can silently observe his surroundings without being disturbed. Thanks to Hua Yi's secret control of elemental power, he and Shen He have been reduced in the eyes of others.

The word"presence" sounds mysterious. In fact, by making subtle adjustments to the refraction and reflection of light, the image printed on the human eye will change, and even the body shape can be directly hidden.

In essence, Huayi is based on his own control over elements and realizes his own needs according to scientific theories. If he puts aside the explanation of the principles, he directly records the specific methods in a book, and then chooses a name with quite an ancient charm, as There is no problem with the magic book.

It's just that the vast majority of God's Eye owners simply don't have enough control over the elements and are not qualified to learn Hua Yi's casual spells.

Hua Yi, who was distracted by his surroundings and deliberately avoided anyone coming to disturb him or people with other thoughts following him and Shen He, watched the people coming and going in Liyue Port in the early morning, and what he saw was still better than Shen He. many

"Maintaining a living is the basic requirement for people, and getting ahead is the ideal of those with ambitions. Some scholars and philosophers once proposed the concept of an utopia, where everyone enjoys sufficient material and possesses all good qualities, and there is no distinction between them.. Shen He, do you think this is the ultimate expression of the mundane, or is it otherworldly?"

Shen He fell into thinking.

What is important in cultivating immortality is not to be happy with things, not to be sad with oneself, and all things are born in the heart and all things are not attached to the heart. If, as Hua Yi said, everyone enjoys sufficient material and possesses all good qualities, then——

"I think it's otherworldly, everyone has become an immortal"

"What the Utopia requires is nothing more than material and spiritual things. Compared with 'sufficient material', 'all good qualities' are more difficult to achieve. This kind of quality is contradictory to the lack of distinction between superior and inferior. If everyone enjoys the same treatment, then everyone is an ordinary person. Isn't it a lack of ambition to be content with the status quo?"

"If there is sufficient material, why can't humans be content with the status quo?"

"Because one of the distinctive characteristics of human beings is greed. Because humans’ definition of material sufficiency has no limit."

Hua Yi stopped and signaled Shen He to take a good look at Liyue Port.

"During the Demon God War, people were like dust and mud. They were precarious. All they wanted was for the war to end and for the world to be peaceful. But now both Mondstadt and Liyue have maintained peace for a long time. There are no more Demon God-level battles to harm humans. It can be said that To live and work in peace and contentment, do you think they are content with the status quo and give up on their efforts?"

"No"

"Everyone can eat steamed buns and pickles to fill their stomach, so the next step is to have vegetables and meat, which is rich enough. When you really eat meat and vegetables, you have to add some fruits, pay attention to the nutritional combination, and eat healthily. As time goes by, people's definition of health is constantly upgrading. Being healthy when you are young is healthy, living to seventy years is healthy. In the future, you will probably live to be a hundred years old to be considered healthy. After that, it may be two years. One hundred years old, three hundred years old"

"Can mortals really live that long?"

"Maybe, maybe in another world, there are humans who have spent thousands or tens of thousands of years."

Shen He opened his mouth, as indifferent as she was, and was also shocked by Hua Yi's words.

Human beings who have spent tens of thousands of years?

The immortals who sit and watch the vicissitudes of life, their life course is not as good as that, right?

"Assume that there is a group of people who have spanned a full fifty thousand years. Even the splendid civilizations have died and been reborn in these long years. Shen He, what do you think the pursuit of those people is?"

"The utopia mentioned by the Immortal Charter should have been realized, with no desires and no desires."

"I think those people still have pursuits. Maybe they are thinking about overcoming dangers for mankind and creating peace for all generations."

"The history of Liyue, founded by Emperor Yanwang, is only a few thousand years old. Can human beings who can survive fifty thousand years really still be considered human beings? Will there really still be danger?"

"What I said are all assumptions, just mentioned casually, no need to worry about it."

Hua Yi waved his hand, indicating that he was joking and asked Shen He not to care.

"The nonsense I said earlier was just my words. What I want to tell you is that human greed is the most vulgar characteristic and the most extraordinary thing about this group. Ordinary is not necessarily a derogatory term."

Shen He has a detached mind, and immediately puts aside her confusion about human lifespan that Hua Yi said before, and remembers Hua Yi's final summary.

She can't help but think of the immortal seekers she met in Aozang Mountain.

The people who were punished by Shen He Call her a devil, meet monsters on the road, and the people who help her call her a fairy. Whether she is a devil or a fairy depends on a mortal's thoughts.

"What should I do if I encounter a greedy immortal seeker again in the future?"

"As usual"

"？"

Seeing the confusion in Shen He's eyes, Hua Yi coughed lightly.

"They have used their greed in the wrong place and do not want to make progress but fantasize about reaching the sky in one step. They should be taught a lesson. Liuyun Jiefeng Zhenjun knew your attitude towards immortal cultivators but did not try to dissuade him. He probably had this consideration in mind."

"I got it."

Shen He, who is not familiar with the world, is a piece of white paper with very little content. It only has the patterns drawn by his childhood experience and the colors left by following the immortals. Now, Hua Yi adds to the white paper his thoughts on the common people and human beings. new understanding.