Chapter 219: Awakening

Freedom here does not refer to freedom of behavior, but freedom of thought.

As mentioned before, genes dominate everything.

Naturally, they also dominate thought.

Just like in the case of Liu Chuang, he himself did not sympathize with the little Japanese, but his tampered genes forced him to sympathize; if not for the external intervention of Ye Cang, there would have been only those two outcomes.

Besides this, can you be sure that liking someone is truly your own preference? And not that your genes are making you like them?

Apart from romantic love, there is also familial affection.

The bond between a mother and child is nothing more than genes ensuring their own successful reproduction.

The truth is just that cruel.

Having finished with freedom of thought, there is also freedom in physics.

To take a step back, are you truly certain you have cast off the control of your genes and have attained true freedom of thought?

Then the question follows.

Freedom in physics.

In physics, there is a theory called determinism, which means that the operation of all things has corresponding laws, and everything has long been set; all of this follows a pre-set operation.

As long as your knowledge base is sufficient and your computing power is strong enough, you can calculate the past and present of all things.

Therefore, when you see this chapter of this novel, it might also have been set long ago.

Laplace's Demon is a famous representative of determinism.

The deeper one thinks about the issue of freedom, the easier it is to sink into despair.

But Ye Cang possesses absolute rationality.

He understands that whether it is genetic dominance or determinism,

these are not important; the only important thing is that...

Just as he thought of this, Liu Chuang, who had been unconscious, let out a groan.

"Ah, damn it."

"I finally hacked that little bastard to death."

Upon hearing Liu Chuang's voice, Ye Cang immediately looked up.

He saw Liu Chuang, who had been lying on the bed, holding his head and slowly sitting up.

His face was full of exhaustion.

Looking at his surroundings, Liu Chuang did not react at first.

After a brief moment of daze.

Liu Chuang woke up.

"Ah, damn your grandfather, this... where is this? Why does this look so much like a mad scientist's laboratory!"

"Don't tell me I overslept and the commander sold me out!"

Rubbing his head, Liu Chuang jumped from the bed to the floor.

As a result, he saw Ye Cang sitting in a chair at a glance.

Instantly, Liu Chuang's expression changed, and he immediately said in an admiring tone: "Chief Engineer, is this your laboratory?"

"Don't even mention it! The Chief Engineer's laboratory is just different; it looks full of a sense of technology. Just now, I thought I had traveled through time and arrived in the future!"

"Good, it is truly good! It's a pity that I'm a rough guy and can't find any suitable adjectives!"

After hearing this, Ye Cang turned his head to look at his laboratory, which contained only a few thermostatic cabinets and was otherwise empty, then looked directly at Liu Chuang.

Don't ask why Ye Cang's laboratory only had a few thermostatic cabinets; it was because the experimental tools he needed were usually crafted by hand using Quantum Control, which was clean and hygienic.

After using them, he would decompose them directly using Quantum Control.

Ye Cang watched him like this, making Liu Chuang feel completely uncomfortable, his scalp even tingling.

"Ch-Chief Engineer!" Liu Chuang gave a silly laugh and explained.

"I was a bit confused just after waking up, so..."

Ye Cang waved his hand.

"Just words spoken without thought; I didn't take them to heart."

"Tell me, what did you dream about while you were in a coma? I am quite curious about what you dreamed of."

Seeing that Ye Cang was not pursuing the trouble, Liu Chuang let out a long sigh of relief.

"It's good that you didn't take it to heart."

"When I was in a coma..."

When he said this, Liu Chuang discovered something wrong.

"Ah? Chief Engineer, you said I was in a coma?" Liu Chuang asked with a look of surprise.

Ye Cang nodded.

"Yes, you were in a coma for about three days, during which you kept cursing and arguing."

Hearing this, Liu Chuang did not ask anything else, but began to recount.

"I don't know when I fell asleep, but I was just lying there when a thought popped into my head, feeling that it was too cruel for you to treat the little Japanese like that."

"When this thought appeared, it gave me a fright, and then I don't know what happened, but there was someone in my mind talking to me, saying that everything I did was wrong."

"Then that voice appeared in front of me, looking exactly like me, and the two of us started fighting, fighting and fighting, without ever stopping."

"But that guy couldn't be killed at all; every time I hacked him to death, he would resurrect."

"But just now, after I split him with an axe, he never resurrected again."

After listening to Liu Chuang's account, Ye Cang said nothing more.

It was about what he had imagined; there was nothing to say.

"I understand," Ye Cang said.

"Since you are fine now, you can go; go find Qing Long."

Liu Chuang obediently let out an 'oh' and turned to leave.

But just as he took a step, he stopped.

"Um, Chief Engineer," Liu Chuang looked at Ye Cang with an embarrassed expression.

"Could you tell me why I fell unconscious and had that strange dream?"

"I'm just, just quite curious."

Ye Cang had no intention of hiding it and immediately told Liu Chuang the reason.

But after hearing the reason, Liu Chuang said, "Chief Engineer, you mean my genes were tampered with."

"Since my genes were tampered with, then the genes of Xiao Lun and the others in the Super Soldier Company were likely also maliciously tampered with."

"So, Chief Engineer, I would like to ask you to please go help Xiao Lun and the others!"

"I feel that if Xiao Lun's genes were corrected, perhaps he wouldn't have shaken the morale of the army that day, and he wouldn't have had to die."

As he spoke, a look of disappointment and sadness appeared on Liu Chuang's face.

It was obvious that he was grieving.

Looking at Liu Chuang's appearance, Ye Cang recalled the state of Ge Xiaolun and ultimately reached a conclusion.

Ge Xiaolun's willpower was not as firm as Liu Chuang's.

Even if the tampered genes were corrected, he would likely still maintain his own ideas.

Simply put, for a child like that, even if you cured him, he would still be drooling.

So it was better not to cure him at all.

Besides, did he look like the kind of person who was that cheap?

Why help the Super Soldier Company?

Mosquitoes had already bitten him all over, and he still had the leisure to scratch others' itches?

Thinking of this, Ye Cang only said, "The Super Soldier Company, huh? Liu Chuang, can you guarantee that their willpower is as firm as yours?"

"If their willpower cannot be as firm as yours, even if the tampered genes are corrected, it won't make any difference from before."

"Do you understand, Liu Chuang?"