When I was a child, I was obsessed with immortality. I forgot how old I was that year, I read a wuxia novel "The Legend of Nangong Yuan" (later I learned it was written by Liu CanYang as "Sunset Dragon Slaying"). Unfortunately, there was only the first volume. In that volume, it mentioned three martial arts secret manuals, and learning one of them could grant immortality. At that time, I felt that not reading the second volume made me miss the chance for immortality. At that time, I also thought: if I become immortal, what about my parents? Should I pursue immortality? Can I become immortal?

Growing up, I gradually became certain that the physical body must die. When the body dies, the consciousness born from the body, even if it could be uploaded, is actually no longer the complete you. Without appetite, without sexual desire, without hormonal regulation, worrying all day about whether the power will cut off—is that really still you? The physical body must die, the consciousness produced by the physical body must die. After all physical bodies perish, the human society generated by physical bodies will also vanish.
By 2080, most people who read this will likely have vanished like smoke. In the long river of time, no one leaves any trace. Just do whatever you want. Now, whether you are masturbating to this post,