Tokyo underground city

Chapter 219 Morality

"It's very similar to your homeland? Why?"

Lin Huaien was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Tanya to say that.

He has always regarded the blind knight's insights as a very personal matter. He never expected that Tanya would actually connect it with "her motherland".

But Tanya just said lightly: "Faith, we have also lost faith."

"But we failed to come out like the blind knight."

Her eyes were lowered and she looked at the floor: "My grandfather has been telling me that if the Federation still exists, then Kadchan will never be allowed to persevere like a piece of origin on the beautiful tundra of Siberia. The ground has been festering for so long.”

"We once believed that disintegrating the federation and allowing each federation to be autonomous would make us all better off, but in the end, this did not happen."

Tanya hugged her knees and lowered her head: "With the disintegration of the Federation, the situation in the country has become worse and worse. From my birth to now, the pollution scope of Kadchan Underground City has expanded more than ten times. This is The Federal period was unthinkable.”

"The expansion of the Kadchan Underground City has even alarmed your country. Every year you send an observation team and help our army build a blockade wall."

"And all this is because we failed to stick to our beliefs like that knight, chose to let the country disintegrate, and suffered all the consequences."

Speaking of this, Tanya seemed to feel very cold and hugged her body tightly. She was obviously half a head taller than Hara Yumu, but at this moment, she acted as weak as the original Shion.

She closed her eyes hard. Although she didn't cry, she looked extremely sad and overwhelmed.

"I know that even if I return to Siberia now, it will be useless. My village has already begun to burn. My relatives may have fallen under the butcher's knife long ago. I can't even remember their names and appearances."

"But I can only go back for revenge, because otherwise, I can't find the meaning of my existence."

"I'm not as brave as Mr. Knight. If I don't return to Siberia, I won't find a place for myself."

"Even if I knew that going back would mean death."

"Even though I knew that going back would mean being swallowed up by the heavy snow in Siberia, I had to go back."

"This is the fate of us Siberian hunters."

"Death or fight...that's what I was taught."

Tanya never cried. Even if she closed her eyes tightly like a blind knight, Lin Huaien could feel that under her snow-white eyelashes, there was an empty and blank look in her eyes.

Because, apart from power, she knows nothing about this world.

Sighed.

Lin Huaien scratched the back of his neck.

He originally didn't want to talk about these things, but now that Tanya had talked about it, he could only say this.

"Your family should all be dead."

Lin Huai'en was very straightforward. As soon as he came up, he pointed out the facts that neither of them originally intended to point out.

Tanya's shoulders shook, but she didn't speak.

Lin Huai'en didn't care about her reaction and just continued: "To be honest, I'm not surprised at all that you can't reach the level of the blind knight."

"After all, before accepting his life calmly, the blind knight once led the still 'alive' believers through hundreds of years of suffering. Even after everyone lost their minds, he blinded himself eyes."

"But even so, as he stared at the empty darkness for a long time, he should have felt something from that meaningless void."

"And you and I..."

Lin Huaien looked at Tanya: "They are just 'ordinary people' whose life span is only a few decades."

"We have already exhausted all our efforts just to 'live', and we have no time to pay attention to things like 'why we live', which are empty and boring and have no practical significance at all."

Having said this, Lin Huai'en couldn't help but smile bitterly: "After all, knowing why we are alive does not allow us to have enough to eat."

Then, he paused and was suddenly silent for a long time.

Finally said those words——

"But knowing why you are alive keeps our country alive."

"In my opinion, there have been many great men in the history of the Federation, but perhaps due to your national character, you place too much emphasis on violence - this in itself is not a problem."

"[If you lose your humanity, you will lose a lot; if you lose your animality, you will lose everything.]"

"But you have gone to extremes in violence. You have become too much of a 'fighting nation' and have lost the more important essence of a nation and a country."

"Originally, your country also has many important thinkers. Even in the beginning, we learned ideas from your great men."

"But due to various reasons, your most important thinker died early due to assassination. However, his follower, [Steel], is known for his shrewdness and hard work. He eliminated all dissidents, but also He ruined his country’s ideas and beliefs.”

"That [Steel] is undoubtedly a true national hero. He even let his son die on the battlefield."

"But it is a pity that he failed to determine your true faith and soul after all."

Having said this, Lin Huaien shook his head. He stood up, walked over, and patted Tanya on the head——

"It's not your fault, nor his fault -"

"I can only say that it would be great if Vladimir Ulyanov could live longer."

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Lin Huai'en didn't know if Tanya understood.

But in modern civilization where power has been deconstructed, whether they are the people of the Federation, the explorers of Shangcheng, or the butchers and mercenaries of Yemo City, they are all truly free individuals.

This kind of freedom is the liberation of human nature and soul, and it is also a complete overthrow of the "loyalty and subordination" relationship based on traditional feudal ethics.

In other words, in modern society, no one is born to be a slave. For modern countries, their citizens and government agencies are all equal.

In the past, such a state form was unimaginable.

What was the essence of the two world wars?

Xu Qin believes that the true nature of the two world wars is very close to the struggle between "democratic" and "authoritarian" countries.

The essence of an authoritarian country is that it is a late-developing country that has stepped forward into industrial civilization with both feet, but its head is still stuck in feudal society.

Although they have industrial capabilities, both the people and the government still retain a strong feudal mentality of subordination, and have a strong collective spirit of "individuals obey the collective, and the collective obeys the leader."

And there is "probably" nothing wrong with this route.

But in the end, through two world wars, history made a choice for the future development direction of the entire human civilization.

"Authority" succumbed to "democracy" and the feudal consciousness of "obeying superiors" was ultimately defeated by the subjective initiative of "spontaneous self-consciousness".

Such things continued to happen in various countries at that time, from internal to external, from aggressive wars to civil wars. History chose the future for the people.

However, Tanya's country has a mismatch between the country's institutional foundation and the people's awakening of consciousness.

In other words, due to various reasons, although the Federation is a modern country with an awakened people's consciousness, its administrative methods still remain in the "authoritarian era" of the last half century.

Therefore, the so-called disintegration of the Federation was nothing more than an "innovation" delayed for almost half a century.

Although this "innovation" became extremely tragic due to the lack of key ideological guidance.

But such changes are actually inevitable.

"We will be free."

Lin Huai'en muttered in his heart: "Even if this kind of freedom, some people don't want it."

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Lin Huaien has no objection to Tanya returning to Siberia.

But he at least hoped that this idea came from the girl's well-thought-out "personal will."

Rather than being bound to that icy tundra by companions, revenge, land, and country.

"If you can convince yourself and find a reason to go back, I will take you back."

Lin Huaien stood on the corridor outside the apartment with Tanya, looking at the snowy scene outside. He didn't want to come out in such a cold day.

But she couldn't get Tanya to come out and see Luoxue.

Perhaps it was because seeing the falling snow reminded her of Siberia, her destroyed village and her companions.

However, compared to Lin Huaien who shrank from the cold, Tanya just silently breathed the white air——

"Why? Didn't you say that you don't plan to accompany me to death?"

"Of course I won't go to die." Lin Huai'en shook his head and said: "But if you want to save people, or stop Alaska's mercenaries from continuing to kill, I will accompany you, and Ximu will let her study honestly. , it’s enough for me to go to Siberia with you alone.”

"I mean, this matter has nothing to do with you. If we go back, we will probably die..."

Tanya looked hesitant.

Lin Huai'en nodded and admitted frankly: "So it depends on you. Half of my life is in your hands. If you think that we will die if we go back, and there is no other important purpose, I advise you to just give up." The thought of going back.”

"..." Tanya was silent for a while, not knowing how to answer Lin Huaien, but she finally said: "Thank you."

The two of them stood on the corridor in silence for a while. When Lin Huaien finally couldn't stand the cold anymore, he wanted to persuade Tanya to go back——

The girl suddenly spoke: "But I still don't understand why you want to help me."

Lin Huai'en was silent for a while and suddenly shook his head: "No, just because you suddenly mentioned the Federation, I thought of you helping us when we founded the country."

"So, to me, it's consistent with my beliefs and my principles."

Tanya suddenly looked up quickly and glanced at Lin Huaien.

Then he lowered his head: "You know, in my opinion, you have the spirit of chivalry."

However, Lin Huai'en was just shivering from the cold——

"However, in our view, this can only be called moral."

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It snowed for three days before it stopped.

And Tanya also thought about it for three days.

She finally gave Lin Huaien an answer.

"I still want to go back and save people."

Sitting in front of Lin Huaien, Tanya lowered her head seriously.

Years of living in the ice fields have left her with very few facial expressions, but her emotions can still be felt in the subtleties.

Lin Huai'en was not surprised at all by this answer. He just sighed and asked calmly——

"Why?"

"I don't know." Tanya shook her head, a little confused, but without any hesitation: "Maybe I just don't want to see more people die."

At this point, Tanya paused: "According to your words, it is 'for morality'."

"What about the risk of death?" Lin Huai'en nodded and continued to ask.

"It's very low." Tanya said without hesitation: "The explorers of Alaska are very capable in combat, but they are not as familiar with the snowfield as I am, and in a one-on-one situation, they should not be able to defeat you - —Except for a very few elites.”

"In other words, this kind of team that can defeat me alone... there are at least several of them on the tundra..."

Hearing this, Lin Huai'en couldn't help but twitch his lips: "It's so 'exciting'..."

“But we can win—at least come back alive.”

Tanya looked at Lin Huaien with very serious eyes: "Let's live first, then save people - or kill people. I will protect you."

"I hope I won't hold you back when the time comes."

Lin Huai'en sniffed. He always felt that the result of previous experiments was that he was too resistant to freezing.

I really don’t know whether he died in the cold winter of Siberia or was destroyed by the dark mercenaries of Alaska.

But he still clicked the mouse and sent the application form that he had been writing for a long time to the Dungeon Association——

Because two people want to pass through the customs on the 20th floor when both are under level 60, he must obtain written permission from the Shangcheng District Association.

So, three days later, he and Tanya accepted a three-way interview from the Shangdu City Prefectural Association Control Department and the Corrections Department.