Crime Prison Island
Chapter 90 - 30: A way that can be walked is not the eternal Way

Chapter 90: Chapter 30: A way that can be walked is not the eternal Way

Gao Xin lifted a 200-kilogram weight, while his own body weight was only 70 kilograms.

In other words, his strength was at least 2.9 times his body weight, maybe even 3 times, reaching the human limit.

Luo Yan’s head was a bit dizzy; he supported himself on an object and sat down, taking a moment to recover.

Adrenaline wouldn’t let him maintain such great strength today.

After a while, Luo Yan said, "Have you really become a top-tier glass person? Did you really unlock all the potential of a normal person?"

"You really didn’t get enhanced?"

Grinning, Gao Xin said, "No, it’s because of your blood."

"The state I was in yesterday, I trusted you completely, truly believing that I had taken a drug to unlock potential."

"Then, at the last moment, I accessed the strength of a top-tier glass person. I deliberately waited for Oyama Mas to come closer, then used the last hand I could move to kill him in a counterattack!"

Slapping his own face, Luo Yan said, "I made that up, you know? The placebo effect, is it really that strong?"

Gao Xin grabbed his arm, "It’s that strong, yeah!"

"But it’s not the placebo effect, stop thinking about such useless principles. You need to abandon those illusions and see through the essence of phenomena!"

Finally, out of curiosity, Luo Yan asked, "Then... then tell me, what are the answers to the three ultimate questions?"

Gao Xin immediately gesticulated and said, "You see... the universe is conscious, and the consciousness of all of us is part of it."

"Think of it as an incomparable, immense universal spirit, from which we all come. We live in the material world through our bodies, and when we die, we return to it."

"..." Luo Yan was rendered speechless.

Excitedly, Gao Xin said, "Every single one of us is that spirit, and in terms of spirit, we are all equally perfect."

"What differentiates us is the material world, but no worries. As long as the spirit is strong enough, it can control the body."

Waving his hand, Luo Yan said, "That’s not... You’re talking about mysticism, aren’t you? Isn’t that a bit too far-fetched?"

"What about the spirit, the consciousness, can you even distort reality?"

Gao Xin answered very seriously, "Distort reality? I’ve tried, but the laws of physics are just too strong."

"Maybe the great universal spirit can twist the material world, but we aren’t enough. We’re just one of its countless branches, trapped in this physical body, capable only of influencing this body."

Frowning, Luo Yan said, "What’s the direct connection between this mysticism you speak of and your extraordinary performance, the placebo effect?"

"What makes you think your use of my blood to unlock potential has anything to do with this universal spirit of yours?"

"The soul and all that seems too absurd."

With sincerity, Gao Xin said, "I simply used the term soul for your convenience in understanding; I actually had no idea how to describe it when I was a child."

Pursing his lips, Luo Yan said, "Okay, I won’t nitpick, but I still don’t understand the connection. Maybe it was just your brain that got enhanced and became particularly susceptible to the placebo effect?"

Gao Xin could only laugh helplessly, gesturing repeatedly, "That’s where your logic is wrong."

"First, there’s the universal spirit, and we’re all part of it, which is how I could use your blood to unlock potential."

Astonished, Luo Yan scratched his head, "No... eh? Ah?"

"You’re saying my logic is wrong? Isn’t it the other way around? I acknowledge that you’ve unlocked potential, but why must it be because of the existence of the universal spirit? Can’t it be something else?"

With finality, Gao Xin said, "It can’t! It’s this reason! Otherwise, it would’ve been impossible for me to succeed. Why do you refuse to believe it?"

Luo Yan’s features twisted, "I want to believe too, but it doesn’t add up; what you’re saying doesn’t have any logic."

Desperate, Gao Xin exclaimed, "It does have logic!"

"This is a clear-cut matter."

Unable to understand, Luo Yan said, "You tell me, then. Explain it to me."

Gao Xin’s expression turned solemn, and he started to rant excitedly, gesturing as he spoke.

Sometimes his voice was loud and exuberant; other times, it was a mumble.

Now pointing at the air, now picking up objects to illustrate his point, he looked like a madman.

But he seemed to be more than just rambling, his words carrying an air of profound mystery, as if he was indeed expounding the ultimate truth.

"It’s not... I understand each word you say, but when you link them together, I don’t. It seems utterly illogical!" Luo Yan gripped his hair.

He might not comprehend, but the profundity baffled him, seemingly hiding some kind of ultimate truth, driving him to the brink of insanity.

Gao Xin too was at his wit’s end, "Why can’t you understand? This logic truly exists, it’s consistent with countless phenomena, so it’s not ’illogical’."

"It’s also completely correct, so it’s not ’anti-logical’."

"It’s a kind of correct logic, you just haven’t grasped it, but I have! That’s why I call it underground logic!"

"Once you think about this underground logic, linking these phenomena becomes simple!"

With all seriousness, his earnestness nearly drove Luo Yan mad, "Why are you so certain? I don’t understand!"

Ahing, Gao Xin said, "Of course, I’m certain! If you understood that logic, you would see! You would be sure too!"

"The truth that every person comes from the great universal spirit had to come first for me to trigger that method and produce such a result."

"Didn’t you say it yourself earlier? That all people are equal in personality. Since you know this truth, why don’t you believe it?"

"And that placebo effect you mentioned, why don’t you combine it with other phenomena? All the phenomena in the world should operate according to a single truth!"

"If this truth was wrong, how could I have combined it into a technique? And achieved results just through the power of my consciousness?"

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