Chapter 342: The Lame
Victor raised his head. This was the first time he saw the legendary tyrant, the man who massacred countless people from Piltover and Zaun. He stood up and did not treat Li Ke politely as his teacher expected. Instead, he took back his crutch very rudely.
"You don't look deaf."
He was not very fond of Li Ke. He had seen Li Ke's battle scenes, and it was a massacre.
"Of course, my hearing has always been very good. I can even hear the sound of a butterfly flapping its wings and the sound of young leaves sprouting twenty meters away. The reason why I didn't follow your correct standards is because I have surpassed what is correct for ordinary people. So even if the electric current here can kill people, I can easily withstand it and absorb the power in it, making myself stronger and more...agile."
Li Ke sensed his dissatisfaction with himself, but it didn’t matter. Facts had proved that Victor would stand on his side.
They are essentially the same kind of people.
However, Victor felt disgusted by Li Ke's words. He did not have any good feelings towards people like Li Ke who showed off their abilities so openly.
Because Li Ke used this power to massacre ordinary people.
Many of those Zaun thugs were being coerced. Do they have to pay with their lives for their mistakes?
"My teacher asked me to talk to you, but I think we have nothing to discuss. Tell me your request and let's complete this transaction quickly."
He was ready to complete the deal quickly.
"That's not enough. I'm more interested in you now, Mr. Victor."
Li Ke looked at this thin young man who stood proudly like a giant and couldn't help but want to laugh.
He used to be like this, recognizing some realities but not fully understanding them, and still wanted to change the world with his own abilities.
Full of energy and drive.
But unfortunately, he finally saw the world clearly, and Victor is like that now, but the difference is that the other party is much more capable than he was before.
Just lack of a little luck.
"explain."
Victor just wanted to finish this conversation quickly, but Li Ke's first question almost made him hit Li Ke on the head with his crutch.
"Do you feel you are complete, Mr. Victor?"
whole?
Victor almost laughed. His frail body and leg showed his disability.
"If you want to humiliate me, do it quickly."
He straightened his chest. It was just humiliation. He had endured it countless times. But so what? He was still Victor.
"You misunderstood. I just want to know, after getting rid of the constraints and forms of the body, do you think your disability and suffering make your soul and personality more complete, or do they make it incomplete?"
Li Ke smiled and raised his hand slightly. A gust of wind pushed a chair over and brought it to Victor's side.
"Please take a seat, Mr. Victor. I think we have plenty of time to discuss this matter."
Victor glanced at Li Ke. He didn't want to waste time because he felt there was no doubt about the problem.
All these only made Victor stronger and more confident!
Whether it is suffering or disability, it is just fuel to make his soul stronger and more complete!
But just as he was about to answer, Li Ke spoke again.
"Because it is inevitable. Hardships and disabilities polish your outer shell, exposing your inner spirit and making it so dazzling. But, are you really not like this just for the purpose of survival? If you really think that these things make you complete and powerful, then you should not have an inferiority complex, right? Or are you 100% sure that hardships and disabilities are polishing you, not making you incomplete?"
Victor was a little flustered. He scoffed at Li Ke's first question. Survival was one of the most noble goals in the world. Any need would pale in comparison to the requirement of "survival". He would never feel guilty just because he wanted to live.
Because wanting to live is never something you need to feel guilty about.
When praising those sacrifices and dedication, one premise must be understood.
It is precisely because the requirement of living is so correct and noble that sacrifice and dedication are noble. Once the nobility of sacrifice and dedication is placed above the idea of living, then sacrifice and dedication are neither noble nor just.
There is no need to feel inferior just because you want to survive.
But the second question made him a little flustered.
Because he was indeed feeling inferior, and not as Li Ke said, he was not proud of his disability.
As for the third question, there is no way to answer it.
Because he himself is not sure whether he would be what he is now if he had not suffered and had a strong body, and whether he would have missed out on more things because of his disability.
Because he indeed missed countless things because of this.
"you……"
"No one is proud of his disability. This is actually a sophistry. Anyone who says that he is proud of his disability and defect is either an ignorant fool, or he is eager for wealth and fame, or he has really reached that level, the kind of saint who no longer cares about all the sufferings of the body."
This sounded like some kind of pioneering for himself, but Victor didn't understand what Li Ke wanted to say. He was talking so mysteriously, but was he just saying these words to himself?
"I didn't expect you to be knowledgeable in philosophy."
He scoffed.
"I don't know much about philosophy, because those who study philosophy don't understand it themselves. I said so much just to tell you one thing."
Li Ke raised a finger.
"When you join me for the sake of your own physical integrity, you don't need too much psychological pressure, because you are doing the right thing. A soul that has gone through hardships and has not been destroyed, but has polished itself to be complete, with only the last piece of the puzzle left, deserves a complete soul and body."
"Moreover, you have a strong and healthy soul. Suffering and torture have not made you disabled, but turned you into a brilliant gem. Mr. Victor, I admire you."
"I don't understand..."
Victor didn't understand. What Li Ke said sounded like nonsense. He said so much, even mocking himself, but in the end he just praised himself.
He didn't understand why Li Ke wanted to dissect his inner thoughts, let him see his own despicableness, and then tell himself that he was a perfect person worthy of his admiration.
But what he didn't understand was why he was happy. Facing this guy who slaughtered so many ordinary people, he actually felt happy because of the other party's admiration!
This made him confused about himself.
Am I such a vain person?
Li Ke walked towards Victor, and just as Victor was about to step away, Li Ke put his hand on Victor's shoulder and pressed him onto the chair.
"you……"
Victor had no idea what Li Ke was trying to do. He only saw Li Ke make a strange gesture, and then a strange force entered his body.
“See what I see!”
In an instant, Victor felt that he had traveled through countless years and came to a completely new world.
Everything in front of his eyes became extremely clear, as if the thick fog that had been there for years had suddenly been dispelled.
He could easily see the layers of clouds in the sky, their layers, their composition.
He could clearly see the patterns on a stone fifty meters away and the thorns on a hair on an ant.
He could hear countless overlapping sounds in one footstep.
The sound of the soles of his shoes folding as he moved, the sound of them moving and rubbing against the ground, he then realized how colorful a simple sound of footsteps could be, like a symphony.
He smelled ten thousand kinds of smells, and these smells did not interfere with each other in his nasal cavity, allowing him to clearly perceive where these smells came from and how they changed.
Only then did he realize that smells could vary so much.
His tongue kept stirring in his mouth, and he even tasted the pie he had eaten the day before, as well as the taste of different components in his saliva. Only then did he understand that every bite of food, every chew, and even turning over, would change the taste of the food .
He waved his arms, the wind passed through his fingertips, and he clearly felt how the chaotic air currents passed by his hands, moved beside his body, and formed a gust of wind.
He could also clearly feel that the world was constantly vibrating, emitting waves of strange nature. Through the feedback of these waves, even if he closed his eyes, he could still perceive the world through these waves.
Shape, position, temperature, speed, even color...
But just as he was obsessed with perceiving this new world , Li Ke's hand suddenly left his shoulder.
In an instant, he went from the noon after the rain to the mountains covered by fog.
"Then, what on earth is that?!"
He stood up involuntarily, his heart pounding wildly.
"My world, Mr. Victor, I think you should understand that compared to me, even if you are in perfect health, you are just a disabled person."
Victor couldn't refute it, because it was the truth. Compared with Li Ke, he was a blind and deaf man! A poor creature with no sense of taste or smell!
That’s right, after seeing that kind of world, Victor finally understood why he hated Li Ke so much, because he got too much!
Compared to a poor wretch like myself, he has so much to enjoy in this world!
"But, Mr. Victor, if we join forces, we can change this world full of disabled people."
Li Ke stretched out his hand to Victor.
This time when he recruited Victor, he did not choose to cure his leg, but only cured his disease.
Because he was not very clear, compared to letting himself heal his body and make him healthy, Victor wanted to stand up on his own.
Now he was sure.
Victor wanted to stand up on his own.
"Flesh and blood are weak, Mr. Victor, but for a complete soul, flesh and blood and limbs are just tools, aren't they? If your own are not useful, or are defective..."
"you mean……"
Victor looked at Li Ke.
"Mechanical Ascension... Well, what I mean is that the difference between humans and animals is whether or not they can use tools, and the difference between humans and gods is nothing more than the difference in tools."
Victor was silent. He understood what Li Ke meant. He stood up, leaning on a crutch, his body staggering, his face full of ferocity.
"madman!"
"A raving lunatic!"
He understood what Li Ke wanted to do and what Li Ke meant, but even he felt that Li Ke was crazy because of his idea.
However, when he took a deep breath and tried to calm his heartbeat, he was unable to suppress it at all. He could only feel a burning fire in his body. Then he finally understood that he had found the exit of the fog that trapped him.
The fundamental reason why I am so miserable and so inferior is that I have never understood what I want.
Does he care about people with disabilities?
He was, but he finally understood why he cared so much.
"But I'm in!"
He patted Li Ke's hand heavily, and Li Ke also showed a satisfied smile.
"I understand! I will help you create a god made of science, and then make all humans become gods! And before achieving this goal! My lame leg will be the driving force that spurs me on!"
Victor's face was full of determination and fanaticism.
After he felt the gap between himself and Li Ke, he only felt the difference between God and man. Li Ke's senses could no longer be called human, but God.
He felt that if he had Li Ke's body, his need for research equipment would become very low.
And what does this mean?
This represents scientific progress!
Countless things that originally required high-precision instruments can be done by greatly reducing the need for instruments through Li Ke's super high perception.
Whether it is accuracy, production speed, or experimental speed, it will be greatly improved!
What is science?
Is it the law of all things in the world?
How to understand the rules?
It depends on observation.
The ability to observe limits the speed of scientific progress.
Humans observed the sun and learned the principle of the rising and setting of the moon. If the people who observed the sun at that time had the same perception as Li Ke, who was able to see the distortion of the atmosphere and the truth about the clouds, then wouldn't the heliocentric theory and the geocentric theory have been eliminated earlier?
So, what does Li Ke need to do on his own?
What are so many people who need to rely on machinery to achieve this level of observation supposed to do?
Obviously.
He wants to become God and make everyone become God!
A God whose skeleton is science and machinery!
Li Ke: “???”
Everyone becomes God?
What do you understand?!
Looking at Victor's excited face, Li Ke had a question mark on his head again, because before he even started to fool people and use Harori's scientific knowledge to tempt him, Victor had already started to limp inexplicably.
Yes, such a long conversation was all foreplay. Li Ke intended to make Victor the Iron Man of Valoran.
As for the mechanical ascension, I just let it slip out accidentally because I was so excited.
so……
What on earth did you understand? ! !
Victor!
I haven't started fooling around yet!
Victor!!
