Chapter 1268: Contradiction
“Contradiction?” Hong Xiaoxiao ruminated on the word before smiling bashfully. “I...don’t think I understand.”
The others were confused to differing degrees, too. They waited for Gregor to continue.
“Everyone!” Gregor spread his arms to point at the black and white walls respectively; it looked a little silly, like he was doing PT.
“The two walls, one black and one white, are always on opposite sides. The conflict is unresolvable. That’s a contradiction, isn’t it?”
“On one side, humans exist, and on the other side, humans do not exist. That’s another contradiction, yes?”
They considered his words.
“That’s right! Of course!” Wang Zikai was the one breaking the silence. He hadn’t given it any thought. He simply wanted to find the opening and get out of this damn place as soon as possible.
“It’s common knowledge!” Gregor pontificated with increasing enthusiasm, “Everything in the world exists in contradictory pairs. When there is life, there is death. When there is truth, there is falsehood. When there is love, there is hate. When there is good, there is evil. When there is shadow, there is light. When there is the Heavenly Way, there is the Gluttonous Snake. Can any of you think of anything without its contradicting counterpart?”
They fell into deeper thought, silent.
Gregor turned to Dr. Jia and said, “Old Jia, you think this room is the first battlefield for the war between the Heavenly Way and the Gluttonous Snake. Of course, we cannot see its true nature due to human limits, but that’s not the point. The point is that the battlefield represents the conflict between two opposing sides that are infinitely tall, long, and large. This represents the culmination of contradictions.”
“So!” Gregor concluded, “The only question that can embody the room is contradiction!”