#653 - Chapter 653 Science and Metaphysics
"Where is Dongfang Chen? Tell him to come see me!" Shen Huiying shouted.
Zhang Yuan Kui was already unable to keep things under control; it was his time to step up.
As her voice fell, the large screen in the room lit up, and Dongfang Chen's head appeared on the screen.
"You're looking for me?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"Dongfang Chen, I want to see Shanshan," Shen Huiying said in a commanding tone.
"What's the reason?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"I want to see if you are lying to me," Shen Huiying replied.
"What if it's real? What if it's fake?" Dongfang Chen continued to ask.
"If it's real, I will tell you everything you want to know. If it's fake, you will all die!" Shen Huiying said through gritted teeth.
"Why didn't you reveal your identity from the start? Why did you have to pretend to be weak to come here?" Dongfang Chen asked.
What he meant was that the current situation was not fundamentally different from before.
Before, she was willing to stay here quietly, but now she wanted to kill everyone.
"You ask too many questions. Unless I see Shanshan, I will not answer any of your questions," Shen Huiying said, revealing the aura of a superior.
"Brother Zhang, go bring Shanshan here," Dongfang Chen said.
"This…" Zhang Yuan Kui was a little worried.
"Don't worry, she can't hurt Shanshan," Dongfang Chen reassured him.
"Alright!" Zhang Yuan Kui said and left.
"Is Shanshan your daughter?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"Of course," Shen Huiying replied.
This was small talk during the waiting period.
"When you married Brother Zhang, did you know you were a Mutant?"
"I am not a Mutant," Shen Huiying shook her head.
"You have a crystal core in your body, so naturally you are a Mutant," Dongfang Chen laughed.
"In our time, this wasn't called a crystal core."
"Then what was it called?"
"It was called a Neidan," Shen Huiying replied.
"Neidan? Haha, don't tell me you are a cultivator," Dongfang Chen laughed.
Modern society emphasizes science, not metaphysics.
"What? Is that so funny?" Shen Huiying's gaze turned cold.
"You are a biologist, how can you be superstitious about metaphysical things?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"Crystal core or Neidan, they are just different names. Why is one science and the other metaphysics?" Shen Huiying asked.
"Different names represent different understandings and different positions. Something based on facts is called science, and something based on imagination is called metaphysics," Dongfang Chen replied.
"Hahaha, you are too naive. Tell me, what is a fact?" Shen Huiying laughed loudly.
She herself was a scientist, so naturally she had a deep understanding of science.
In the eyes of ordinary people, what they see is a fact, and what they don't see is imagination.
But is what you see really a fact?
Is what you don't see necessarily not true?
Perhaps not?
So there is a paradox inherent in this, and Shen Huiying can naturally discover it.
Although science is based on objective facts, it is not based on complete objective facts, but on the objective facts that people see.
What people don't see, even if it happens objectively, is just imagination to people.
This question is no longer a scientific question, but a philosophical question.
Therefore, Dongfang Chen found it difficult to answer Shen Huiying's question for a moment.
"Okay, when you were with Brother Zhang, did you know you had a Neidan?" Dongfang Chen continued to ask.
"Of course!"
"Then you should have been very powerful at that time, why did you choose to marry him?"
"What? People with Neidan can't get married?"
"That's not it. It's just that books always write that cultivators and ordinary people are not on the same level, so why did you choose to marry him?"
This question sounded a bit gossipy.
It's just that Dongfang Chen's understanding of cultivation only stayed in fictional myths and stories, without any factual reference.
"There used to be those who were aloof and detached from the world, but they all died later," Shen Huiying replied, looking up, as if she was recalling something in her eyes.
"How long have you lived?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"I don't remember, a long, long time…" Shen Huiying sighed.
Dongfang Chen could feel that this Shen Huiying was indeed a master, but she didn't seem to have any airs.
Moreover, judging from her eyes, she didn't have any murderous intent or aggressiveness, which made him a little confused.
"What kind of person is this?" Dongfang Chen wondered.
Soon, Zhang Yuan Kui returned with Shanshan.
"Shanshan!" Shen Huiying wanted to go forward, but she could feel an invisible high-energy wall in front of her, so she could only stand still.
"Okay, take a look," Zhang Yuan Kui said, holding Zhang Hui Shan's hand tightly.
He didn't want to tell his daughter that the person in front of her was her mother.
Shen Huiying knew at a glance that her daughter did indeed have a crystal core in her body.
She also knew why Zhang Yuan Kui was guarding against her and didn't want to tell her daughter that she was her mother.
She was afraid of hurting the child.
