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演化
evolution

2022.06.08

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巴黎高晓松

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Parisian Gao Xiaosong

亦陰亦陽

Both yin and yang

演化发生时,这个世界静悄悄的。

长夜尚未过去,万物都深深沉睡着。小镇只有规律的鼾声,树叶偶尔沙沙响。

他们还没有意识到一个伟大的时刻即将来临——欧米,就快诞生了。

欧米是一个近乎完美的存在。TA圆润的身躯没有一根毛发,通体散发出明亮的米黄色光泽,像个瓷器。除了有一副漂亮的躯体,欧米还轻得吓人:TA比这个世界上任何一个意识都还要轻。因为轻,TA可以去到世上的任何地方,能够不被察觉地做到许多生命做不到的事。一个轻盈的生命,这是多少女孩儿做梦都想拥有的。

说欧米是一个完美的存在,可不仅仅因为TA完美的外表,更是因为TA被创造出来的目的:在下一次演化前,尽可能久地存活下去。欧米的一切,都恰到好处地为这个目的而服务:欧米不像人类那样有复杂的大脑,产生不必要的情感将自己搅乱,在生命的秩序中混乱迷失;不像树木那样,被脚下的根系所束缚,无法实现更为广博的生长。欧米不像这个世界上的一切,欧米就是欧米,TA是一把名为“生存”的利刃,即将狠狠地刺破这个宇宙的谎言。

演化发生时,这个世界静悄悄的。

When evolution occurs, this world is silent.   The long night is not yet over, the whole world is fast asleep. In the village only the regular sound of snoring is heard, and the occasional rustling of leaves.   They’re unaware of the momentous occasion at hand: Omi is about to be born.   Omi is a nearly perfect being, with a smooth, round, entirely hairless body that gives off a bright cream-colored luster, like a piece of porcelain. Omi is not only physically beautiful but also astonishingly light: lighter than any consciousness in the world. That’s why Omi can travel anywhere unseen and accomplish things that most of the living are unable to do. A carefree life, the kind so many girls dream of possessing.   Omi is perfect not only in physical appearance, but also in the purpose for which this being was created: to survive for as long as possible until the next stage of evolution. Everything about Omi is suited to precisely this end: Omi is not like humans, whose complex brains produce unnecessary, confusing emotions that lead them astray in the order of life; Omi is not like trees, which are bound by underground roots that keep them from broader growth. Omi is not like anything in this world: Omi is simply Omi, a blade called survival that will relentlessly pierce the lies of the universe.