Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

Dao Yan vaguely felt that the ultimate secret of dragon slaying was hidden in this story.

After all, although Dao Yan clearly recognized the existence of evil dragons in the next period, he still did not know what the evil dragons were made of.

The fundamental reason why Dao Yan was worried was that he could not fully understand the composition of the evil dragon and released the evil dragon himself.

If you understand what the evil dragon is made of, then you will naturally have an idea of ​​how to slay the dragon.

Jiang Xinghuo slowly told Daoyan the story of "Time Planning Bureau".

"In a fictional future world, the life span of human beings is set to stay at twenty-five years old. No matter how long they live, their physiological characteristics will remain at twenty-five years old. However, by the age of twenty-five, everyone can only To live another year, the only way to continue living is to obtain more time through various channels, such as working, borrowing, trading, selling, or even robbing, so time becomes the currency of this world.”

In Jiang Xinghuo's story, time is undoubtedly a metaphor.

Dao Yan felt that it might represent the Pasibawen silver coin in each person's soul that was exchanged for each person's day out in the hose projected by the evil dragon.

"The Time Planning Bureau, which is the court of the future world, manages this world. The time guardians will track and record the time used and the remaining time of each person. Once the balance in the Time Planning Bureau reaches zero, he will die. .”

"In the world of Time Planning Bureau, there are two important principles."

"The first principle is the self-nature of time, that is, everyone has the exclusive right to possess and dispose of their own time. My own time, whether it is used for eating or going to the toilet, is non-returnable. Others are in charge. Even if I know that I only have the last day left, and I am not willing to go out to earn money, but am willing to wait for death, you should not care about me. My time and self-nature are inviolable."

Dao Yan nodded, completely understanding what Jiang Xinghuo meant.

"The second principle is the identity of time. That is to say, the speed of time passing by you and me is the same. You may have one day or countless days more than me, but that is not important. What is important is, Every moment we pass passes at the same speed, so we are one.”

Everyone's "time" is the same in terms of value scale.

"Okay, let's continue the story."

"The protagonist of the story is named Zhang San. He has been pursuing 'time freedom', which means that he can have enough time, no longer face the threat of death, and live happily in this world with his mother and friends."

"But in the reality of the story "Time Planning Bureau", Zhang San is an out-and-out 'time-poor'."

Daoyan suddenly interrupted, and he was keenly aware of a vocabulary trap.

"Just now, why did you associate 'time' with 'freedom'? Without 'time', wouldn't Zhang San be 'free'?"

Jiang Xinghuo smiled teasingly: "In the story of "Time Planning Bureau", people in that future world generally recognize that they usually associate having a lot of time with freedom. I don't think so. Whether this perception is right or wrong is just the background of the story. What we are talking about is just a story."

Dao Yan frowned, if the self-time and freedom he possesses are bound together, then

Dao Yan seemed to understand what the evil dragon was made of.

"Since Zhang San is a time-scarce person, in order to extend his life, Zhang San must acquire time. Usually, he and his friends will sell their physical energy together to acquire time."

"But selling physical fitness is something that everyone can do in the story of "Time Planning Bureau". Therefore, the place that acquires physical fitness does not recruit all the time-poor people who come to sign up."

"On the contrary, there are a large number of time-poor people who lose the last bit of their time every day while waiting in line for nothing."

"Maybe you want to ask, since there are so many time-poor people selling their physical fitness, why not open more places to buy physical fitness? Just sit and watch them lose the last bit of time, why not make use of it."

Jiang Xinghuo paused: "But this is one of the skills Zhang San's employer, the time-rich Li Si, needs to acquire time."

"John Doe makes acquisition opportunities scarce, which creates an invisible threat and keeps competition among the time-poor."

Of course Dao Yan is not a kind-hearted old monk, he quickly thought.

"Then the time-rich man Li Si spent on acquiring physical fitness was probably less than a day."

Jiang Xinghuo replied affirmatively: "Of course, we can all imagine that in the world of "Time Planning Bureau", if Zhang San can get more time to save by selling physical energy, then based on the first principle, time Due to his ego, he is naturally unwilling to continue selling his physical energy in a cramped place. In fact, unless there is no other choice, no one is willing to continue doing it, except for those who are hypnotized."

"So, time is actually between Zhang San and Li Si, and the exchange has been completed between the two?"

Jiang Xinghuo nodded: "In fact, it may be a little incomprehensible to say it. Li Si's choice is not his own free choice."

Dao Yan had some understanding: "What does this mean here is that Li Si is also being driven away by time? If he doesn't do this and doesn't try to make his time as much as possible, as time goes by, he will also be driven away by time. They will be classified by the Time Planning Bureau from those who are time-rich to those who are time-poor."

"Yes, if you don't do this, Li Si will be eliminated."

Jiang Xinghuo's eyes seemed a little distant.

"And time, in the relationship between Zhang San and Li Si, has changed from a measure of value to an attachment of influence."

"Time is no longer just time, but the influence on freedom."

"This kind of influence is no longer absolute between people, but from the overall perspective of the "Time Planning Bureau" world, it is absolute."

Dao Yan nodded, no matter what, there was still some progress.

"If Zhang San is angry, of course he doesn't have to go to Li Si. He can point at Li Si and scold him coolly, but this won't change Zhang San. He still has to queue up to find Wang Wu to seek opportunities. He can't jump out of the story. of this world.”

Jiang Xinghuo continued: "So Zhang San had to go to Li Si day after day to seek opportunities, until one day, Zhang San's mother lost her last moments for some reasons."

"At that time, Zhang San was only one step away from his mother and giving her new time."

Having said this, Jiang Xinghuo was quite touched. He had to admit that this movie is indeed rich in metaphors.

"At this moment, Zhang San's heart became dark."

Dao Yan can understand Zhang San's mental journey very well.

This is probably what the folks call "forced to death" in the folk tales about the thirty-six heroes of Song and Jiang.

If you can be a good person, no one would want to go to Liangshan.

"Then next, Zhang San will massacre. Will he resist the Time Planning Bureau?"

"It's hard."

Jiang Xinghuo answered honestly: "In the story of "Time Planning Bureau", the time manager team has absolute force, the time bank has absolute wealth, and both the institutions that formulate the rules and implement them are actually 'eternal life'. They have countless time, and just by selling their time to the time bank and recovering the interest difference, it is enough for them to live forever."

In Daoyan's mind, he couldn't help but recall the "Prison of Destiny" and "Prison of Freedom" just now.

The same seems to be true in the "Prison of Destiny" stage. Even if he considers himself the Lord of the Universe, it is very, very difficult to slay the dragon or break the walls of the Hell of Destiny with only the tables, chairs and bricks in his hands. .

But the Hell of Death seems to have a tendency to self-destruct.

Jiang Xinghuo changed the topic: "However, just as the time-poor Zhang San wants to become a time-rich person like Li Si, the time-rich Li Si also wants to go further, accumulate more time, and become an 'eternal person' '."

"So, Li Si helped Zhang San and launched a resistance against the Time Planning Bureau."

"How did Li Si help Zhang San?"

Daoyan's heart was beating fast, and he realized that he had found the knife that was enough to slay the dragon.

The dragon-slaying knife is indeed hidden in the body of the evil dragon, or in other words, it is the spine of the evil dragon.

Unexpectedly, the evil dragon controls everyone through everyone's spine. Its own biggest weakness is also the spine.

As long as this spine, which is destined to expand to the point of exploding with a "bang!", is removed, the evil dragon that loses its support will inevitably fall.

All he has to do is speed up the process.

“In the world of Time Planning Bureau, different industries receive different time spreads.”

"In order to become an 'immortal man', John Doe will work hard to invest his time in the industry with the highest time interest rate."

“Unfortunately, other time-abundant people think the same way.”

“So, even if they have a clear mind and clear logic, if everyone invests their time in the same industry at a slightly different time at the same time, the spread will shrink or even become negative. , but they will still invest in it for the high time spread returns in front of them.”

"Of course, this narrowing of interest rate spreads does not happen all at once."

"It's that Li Si got a high spread, Wang Wu entered after exiting and got a medium spread, and then Zhao Liu entered and got a low spread."

"Or perhaps, both Li Si and Wang Wu obtained high interest rate spreads, but when it was Zhao Liu's turn, the interest rate spreads suddenly collapsed."

"During the wonderful period of Li Si and Wang Wu, time-abundant people only need to invest a little to get a lot of time. Everything seems so beautiful, but it is just a false dream."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at Dao Yan and said.

"In the world of Time Planning Bureau, this is called a repetitive time crisis."