Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 433 Split
"So, that's it, I am the God of Thunder, the younger brother of the god you saw who rules the world." Shangluo summarized his identity.

"Shangluo." Apollonia reminded from the side, "You have just made an important decision. We should have mentioned before, 'It is meaningless to use secular ethics to measure the genealogy of gods.' Because Husband and wife, brothers, parents and children in mythology are just metaphors for relative positions, not ethical relationships in the true sense. The metaphor of husband and wife is the antithesis of gods, the metaphor of parents and children is the overflow of divinity, and the metaphor of coitus is the fusion and integration of divinity. Regrouped, the metaphor of the maiden is of divine purity and unbreakable. And the metaphor of the brother is.”

"Divine split?"

Apollonia nodded: "Just like the three brothers of Zeus. They rule the sky, the sea and the underworld respectively. In fact, they are all divisions of the dominant 'main god', but they rule in different areas. What you just said Words have also left a similar effect in their mythology. You say that you are 'his' brother, who determines the order of the world, and you are now here to maintain the order of the world. Your divinities overlap here. .Your split has probably begun.”

"For my purposes, that's a good sign. But I'm interested, can a system like theirs be sustained forever? It seems very stable, and everyone has their place. Order has been established, and as long as they can maintain it Go down, I think the situation here seems to be pretty good. By then, we shouldn't need to intervene too much."

"That's right. Because I also foresaw that you, the grandson of the God Walker, might become three brothers - the past, the present, and the future. In the past, you made a ruling on this world when you created the world. Now, You are protecting this world from the invasion of foreign gods. But in the future, when the snake of fire returns, I am afraid you will descend again. This time you are saying that you help the order of this world resist the invasion of foreign gods. But fire The snake is not an external god, it is the cycle of karma in this world, so I will have to find another vest when the time comes."

"Okay, okay, I will be the one to do the final trial and the first trial, right? There is no problem. It's a vest anyway. But this vest is not very clean now, let's talk about it later - but will they cause any trouble themselves? ? I think they seem to be doing pretty well now?"

"It looks really good so far. Judging from the development process of human history, they are now in a state of 'primitive abundance'. That is, the natural resources are quite abundant relative to the population, and there is no need to 'rob' at all. . In the budding period of history, human beings lived a nomadic life. No matter where they went, they ate everywhere and never starved to death. So you can see that although the Qi tribe and the Tu tribe have the upper hand, But they did not treat the water people harshly. But when the population becomes more and more, the state of fertility will slowly disappear. And they are already on this road, because they have already started the agricultural revolution."

"In other words, they are currently in a state that is far removed from ancient times?" Shangluo shook his head, "That is really simple. They are so simple that they can even maintain friendly communication with mushroom beasts and control this 'egg' development, instead of exhausting the fish. If the population increases in the future and there are more mouths to eat, it may be more difficult to maintain this kind of dignity. They are now in their "three ancient generations". It's interesting, I always find it If the school had free research assignments during the holidays, I would probably get full marks for this topic."

"I think you can do this now. Observing a society that is still in its infancy is a valuable sample for anthropology. It is said that we can learn from history, but if we want to conduct such surveys over there, we can only go to Go to the most remote primitive tribes in Africa or the Amazon. For example, the Pacific Islanders used to have an interesting mechanism called the 'Kula Circle', but they modernized so fast that I didn't even remember to observe them carefully. Modern. If we observe it here, it might become very interesting. We can even take the initiative to research it, for example, we can also put in the raw materials of the Kura ring or something."

"Cura ring? What is that?"

"It is a very interesting human social mechanism. It can even be said that the islanders in the Western Pacific maintain their own society in this way. You must also have research topics on it in your universities. Simply put, this is a kind of decentralization It is a tribute system. Its tribute flow direction is not in the shape of an inverted tree with layers upward, but in a ring-that is, everyone gives gifts downwards in the direction of the monsoon and accepts gifts in the other direction, forming a ring. The gifts circulating in this ring are called 'Kula', so this system is called the Kula ring. This is a very interesting exploration of human social organization, because you can see that the indigenous people in other parts of Southeast Asia have made very Bloody wars. Only here in the Kula Ring, they have replaced war with competition between Kula – they almost don’t fight anymore.”

"Ah, so if we can experiment here"

"That's right. If we can experiment here, our sociological theory can make very positive progress. Especially for you, because the rituals and politics related to gifts are exactly what you have been using in the tribute system. . If I remember correctly, this research is mainly done by you. If you tell the emperor, he will know immediately. And we have a unique advantage here that the outside world can never imitate. "

"What is it?" Shangluo asked.

"It's speed! Just like Hainan or the tropics are very suitable for cultivating hybrid rice. In other places, you have to wait a year after sowing to bear fruit, but Hainan can breed several generations a year. We have sped up 365 times here! Just wait for one day. It can produce results in one year. After dozens of days of observation, you can have decades of observation records. And there is no need for researchers to run around. We can let the heavenly soldiers collect data, and they can complete the entire investigation sitting in their armchairs. "Wait, wait a minute." Shangluo raised his hand, "It's very valuable. This is probably unprecedented, giving sociological research an efficient and ideal testing ground. But there is a problem, one of our research topics , but all living beings in this world. The ethical issues involved need to be paid special attention to. Don't forget, the fire snake's 'doomsday cycle' is due to the accumulation of karma in this world, and it explodes. If Karma is imposed from outside rather than generated naturally, which may affect the quality of the elixir - you don't want to explode equipment from yourself, so what's the point. Sociological research is important, but alchemy is also important. I'll look back. Let’s report it—but the passive research can start immediately, because it’s just observation and recording. Where’s the camera? Prepare it?”

A heavenly soldier released his invisibility, made an OK gesture diagonally above Shangluo's field of vision, and then continued to become invisible.

"Okay, all units, please pay attention and record it later. We are about to start work."

After making preparations, he looked at Mingshu: "Then, tell us the information in the city."

"Oh dear gods, I have one more small request."

"Well, you can say that." Shangluo nodded, "You may be the victim now, and I will help you. You can make any request that is not excessive."

"No, no, it's not for us. We just want to see your power as the god of thunder. Sorry! I'm really sorry, but I must ask. Because if you resist the false god entrenched in Kaniki City, you may Let us pay the price of destruction. So, I want to know who has stronger power, you or the false gods in the city."

"You want to see me show off my skills, right? Okay, that's a reasonable request. Then I'll think of how to show you my skills."

He inspected the equipment that came with him.

"Huh? That's okay." He waved his hand upwards, "Um, all units, please turn off the cameras first."

He opened his backpack and took out the flying sword Lu Zu gave him.There is a tube of flying swords that looks like sticks in the hands of the county magistrate, and there are small flying swords that look like sticks in it.He remembered that he could summon flying swords just by throwing them.

"That's it." He threw the flying sword into the sky, handed it to the nearest heavenly soldier, and ordered: "Go to the top of the mountain over there, find a place where no one is around and prepare, and wait until you hear my command. Throw it down.”

(End of this chapter)