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Chapter 278 Carl Sagan's Charizard

【Dragon in the Garage】

Carl Sagan said he had a fire-breathing dragon that lived in his garage.

If a person is saying this to you in all seriousness, and that person is not a jokester in their normal conversations with you, you'll definitely want to take a look for yourself.There are stories about dragons that have been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years, but there has never been any evidence to prove its existence.

"Let me see," you're sure to say to him at this point, and he leads you into his garage, where you see a ladder, empty paint cans, and an old rotten tricycle, but Just no dragons.

"Where's the dragon?" you ask.

"It's right here," he'd reply, roughly pointing forward, "I forgot to tell you, it's an invisible dragon."

You suggest spreading some flour on the ground so that you can see the dragon's footprints.

"That's a good suggestion," he said, "but the dragon is floating in the air."

Then you suggest detecting invisible flames with an infrared sensor.

"That's a good suggestion," he said, "but the flame has no temperature at the same time."

You're going to use spray paint to make the dragon appear.

"That's a good suggestion," he'd say, "but it's an immaterial, invisible dragon, and the paint won't stay on it." And so it goes on and on, and all your suggestions for physical detection, it can use a special explanation to refute you and tell you why your suggestion doesn't work. "

The story told by Lu Mingxue didn’t seem like a fairy tale. Lin Huan was a little confused, “So… a dragon that has no way to prove its existence, and it doesn’t exist at all, so what’s the matter? What's the difference?"

Lu Mingxue nodded, "This story confirms a golden rule in the scientific world: a theory should only be affirmed if it is falsifiable—that is, the theory can be overthrown by people, and has the possibility of being overthrown. Let me make an analogy. Newton said that everything in the world has gravitation, and all apples will fall. This statement is falsifiable-you just need to find an apple that flies upwards, and this apple is held by anyone alone If you can fly upwards at any time, then you have changed the physics world and overturned the law of gravity; but so far, such an apple does not exist, so Newton’s statement is temporarily correct.”

"Well... I understand the truth, but you definitely didn't just want to share this popular science article with me, so you told me these things..."

Lu Mingxue nodded, "I'm not so bored yet. I just thought of it because of this story... If there is no system, Xia Mo can't affect reality. If you remove all these factors, you can't prove Xia Mo to us. If you exist, everyone may think that you are just a lunatic who has fallen into delusions because of the loss of an important friend, and Xia Mo is the [fire-breathing dragon] in your garage."

"Indeed... including myself, I have also questioned Xia Mo's real existence..." Lin Huan shook his head, "It can only be said that she is not a real ghost, but a real entity... But when Xi Xiao saw me talking to the air... When interacting, they didn't think I was a lunatic, but they really believed in my existence, Xia Mo."

"Yes, she is that kind of person..." Lu Mingxue fell into deep thought for a while, "Believe in miracles, and maintain a very naive idea all the time... Including, being able to be with me for the rest of my life without being separated." Things are the same."

"She said that because you are her best friend?"

best friend...

"En." Lu Mingxue responded lightly, and she never denied this statement.

At some point, a light snow gradually fell in the sky. Lin Huan finished his rest and picked up Lu Mingxue on his back again. Lu Mingxue also put on a mask.Compared with the state of carrying Lu Mingxue on his back in the ward, Lu Mingxue's body seemed a bit cold. Lin Huan was worried that her condition would deteriorate, so he asked her in a low voice if she felt cold, but Lu Mingxue denied it. Having realized this, he insisted that Lin Huan carry himself to the hall of the society;
"Here...hasn't anyone been here for a long time?"

Although he has already realized something, seeing the dilapidated state of the dilapidated main hall, Lu Mingxue sighed slightly, "When I was young, this place was still very prosperous, and many patients would bring their family members to accompany them to visit and pray for the gods. Blessing, I hope my condition will get better soon... But after changing the dean for a few times, I heard that the new dean thought that it was against the etiquette and law for Chinese people to visit the gods of Japan, so he gradually gave up on the repair of this shrine and turned the shrine All the management personnel were withdrawn, and gradually no one knew about this place.”

"In fact, patients often don't care who they are praying to, they are just praying for a chance to be cured. Gods, ghosts, they are all [fire-breathing dragons] in the garage. Although there is no way to prove it, people have been praying for thousands of years. They all believed in their existence."

"Yeah." Lin Huan nodded, "But I don't believe what you say..."

"Let me down first."

Lin Huan put Lu Mingxue off her back, and she came to the hall of worship in front of the shrine. In front of her was a cash box. Above the cash box was a piece of thick rope. It was dusty and looked dirty; the money box was also covered with moss, and a few pieces of the wooden fence at the mouth of the box were missing.

"Any coins?"

While digging out his pocket, Lin Huan took out a coin and handed it to Lu Mingxue. Lu Mingxue took the coin, stood still in front of the worship hall, then threw the coin into the cash box, and grabbed the cash box The rope above shook slightly.

thump.

There seems to be a bell tied to the rope, but the sound it makes is very strange, with a very melodious echo, but it can still make a sound; Lu Mingxue clasped his hands together, lowered his head, and performed the standard two worships and two beats in shrine visits One week.

When she bowed down, she performed very skillfully, like a capable and pious clergyman. If she was dressed as a witch, it would perfectly complement Lu Mingxue's white jacket.

"Although it looks very skilled, I don't often do this kind of thing." Lu Mingxue and Lin Huan sat on the wooden steps beside the worship hall, "To be precise, after my grandma passed away, I probably never came here again. Here it is. When I was young, I was always puzzled by this behavior of my grandmother, because in my opinion, most problems in the world can be solved with my own actions."

"But people also have strengths and weaknesses, such as birth, old age, sickness and death."

Lu Mingxue nodded and agreed with Lin Huan's statement, "That is excluded from the majority. I know that my health is not good, but I am very open to birth, old age, illness and death... Everything grows in its own way, Weak groups are eliminated, which itself is a law of survival.”

"But humans can't..."

"I know humans can't directly use this theory to explain. I just... don't think it's such a sad thing... Originally, it should be like this."

Lu Mingxue's voice became weaker; her nose was red from the cold, and she curled up in the corner of the steps of the shrine.

"I could have endured the darkness... If I had never seen the sun, would it be like this..." Lin Huan touched his cheek, although this is a well-suited line, but when he said it, he always felt a bit second-guess, People can't accept it for a while, Lu Mingxue also smiled slightly when she heard it, "I didn't expect someone to say such a thing... You said, [My Sun], is it Xi Xiao?"

Lin Huan nodded.

"Xi Xiao is an important person to me. I may rely on her more than you and she imagined; but she is not my [sun]."

"It's not... the sun?" Lin Huan was taken aback, "Compared to Xi Xiao, is there anyone else who is more important to you?"

"[Sun] doesn't refer to how important this person is to me. It's more..." Lu Mingxue shuddered, her body shrank and trembled, Xiaoxue fell slowly, Lin Huan was worried about Lu Mingxue Putting on the hood of her padded jacket, "I... let me get closer to you, you look cold."

"You have already carried me so far away, and you have touched everything that should be touched and should not be touched. You don't need to ask for my opinion on this kind of thing..."

Lu Mingxue looked at Lin Huan with a faint smile, like a mature older sister looking at her youthful younger brother.

"You know. For me, my sun... should be you."

"Me?!" Lin Huan was startled, "Really?"

"To be precise, my [sun] should refer to you and Xia Mo." Lu Mingxue pulled off the mask again, and the white breath from her lips diffused and disappeared in the air, "Your appearance, It completely destroyed the [rational world] that I have always trusted. If I hadn't met you guys, and Xia Mo who came back from the dead, maybe I wouldn't have told Xi Xiao that I was sad, and I wouldn't have promised you , let you accompany me to bid farewell to this city; I will not be like now, telling the most annoying you that these things are considered weak by others. "

The most irritating...

Lin Huan scratched the dog's head, and patted the snowflakes on his head, "I don't feel weak...you are the real one, right?"

"But people's true side often breaks all other people's previous illusions about him. If people show their truest side to others, they will have more weaknesses; People are always close friends..."

"Ah, yes."

Lu Mingxue gradually showed her own unique tone and style of speaking. Although she was talking about things that were closely related to herself, her perspective seemed to be from the macroscopic perspective of God, icily stating a certain psychological mechanism and It's just cognitive behavior; Lin Huan's thinking speed is not as fast as hers, and it's not easy to barely keep up, but Lu Mingxue doesn't expect him to discuss with her about the mysteries of the world, the universe, and the famine. What she wants may be Such a simple listener.

"So, in my opinion...Momo is a very powerful fire-breathing dragon. She can not only breathe fire, but also communicate with me—her existence has destroyed the ideological world I have constructed over the past ten years. " Lu Mingxue raised her head and took a deep breath, "So, I've been thinking all this time—why do I have to face such a situation..."

"Facing such a situation means... going to—"

Lu Mingxue nodded vigorously, her head gradually buried in the collar of my padded jacket,
"I don't want to leave school."

"Ah."

"I want to get better soon."

"Ah."

"I still have a lot of things to deal with right now."

"Ah."

"The game of the Ghost Observation Agency is not finished yet."

"Ah."

"We didn't have Momo's sense of presence."

"Ah."

"It's hard for Xi Xiao to survive on her own."

"Ah."

Lu Mingxue chatted endlessly about the things she still wanted to do, and gradually, her voice became more and more choked and blurred,

"In the final analysis... If Momo can be reborn under someone's prayer, why can't I... Occasionally be irrational and let the gods answer my prayer?!"

"sure."

Now Lin Huan and Lu Mingxue are very close; he has promised Xi Xiao, Xia Mo, Miss Xiaoqian, and many people. He is not alone with Lu Mingxue.He himself didn't want Lu Mingxue to leave with regrets like this.

"Hey... Xiaoxue—"

"Don't think that someone can call me that way after listening to my heart—"

"Ah...well, classmate Lu Mingxue."

"Of course, now is a special situation. Even if you call me that, I honestly don't have any objection..."

You have so many things to do!It almost ruined the atmosphere completely!
Lin Huan was too lazy to complain to Lu Mingxue; even if she was fighting each other, her voice just now was crying; now the most important thing is to talk about business.

"If you feel uncomfortable, you can shout out all the unpleasant things. Only the louder you shout, the gods will hear..."

Lin Huan lowered his head and talked about his own thoughts, but when he looked up, he found that Lu Mingxue was staring at him—her eyes were flushed, but her face was still puffed up, showing a rare girlish expression, "Such a stupid thing , have you done this before?"

"To be honest... I did it once." Lin Huan scratched his head, "During the time when Xia Mo couldn't wake up, I went to the park to climb a mountain, and I yelled for a long time on the top of the mountain. Although venting out can't change anything, but that is……"

"You've never told Xia Mo about this kind of thing, have you?"

Lin Huan nodded, "It's impossible to tell her such a shameful thing."

"In that case, we'll be even...we both have secrets." Lu Mingxue smiled, wiped away her tears, stood up from Lin Huan's side, and stood on the threshold of the worship hall, Facing the direction far away, he suddenly pulled down his cotton jacket and shouted at the top of his voice.

Her voice was very high-pitched and thin, although she was yelling, but because of qi deficiency, that was the case. After yelling for a while, she soon coughed violently, her cheeks flushed from coughing; Lin Huan hurriedly supported her Go back to the steps to hide from the snow, and tie the padded jacket for her.

"In this way, the invisible fire-breathing dragon in my garage should also appear beside me..."

Lu Mingxue's face was flushed, she always seemed to have an inexplicable sense of excitement.

"Well, it will definitely appear—"

When Lin Huan was comforting Lu Mingxue, she suddenly leaned in front of Lin Huan and gently pinched Lin Huan's cheek.

"Don't say such absolute words, it doesn't conform to common sense at all..."

"what?!"

"But let's forget about today..." Lu Mingxue smiled at Lin Huan. She had never smiled so brightly in front of Lin Huan.

"Someone... I still have a wayward request."

"Why, it suddenly became a request?!"

"Well," Lu Mingxue nodded, "You said that you want to help me realize my wish, so you have to listen to me today——you have to stay here until my mother and the others find us tomorrow and take me back. I. Do you have the courage? Be forewarned, it's scary for a mother to be angry."

"You have already said such things, even if you are a kobold, you won't be cowardly like this..." Lin Huan smiled helplessly, "But if your condition worsens, you must obediently go back with me .”

"Then, I will try my best not to show it," Lu Mingxue said with a slight smile, "This is my strong point."

What is Lu Mingxue's strength?Could it be that you are not showing weakness...

After informing Xia Mo and others of the situation, Lin Huan let Lu Mingxue hold his arm, and the two leaned on each other's shoulders, spending an unforgettable time together in the main hall of the shrine, which was relatively warm and not too windy. night.

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