King from scratch

A living intelligent creature?

He Xingwen looked at the dwarf who was pulled into the hands of the NPC. He looked like a typical dwarf, with short stature, short and strong, very stocky, full of beards, and looked very grumpy.

A bone blade hangs from the neck, the sharp edge is only a few millimeters away from the throat bone, his hands are clasped behind his back, there are several swellings on his head, and his face is colorful—as if he has been beaten several times.

Although he said something in a high spirited manner, giving people the illusion that he was struggling fiercely, in fact, he didn't move at all.

Of course, given the distance between the bone blade and his throat, it was a very wise choice not to move.

"Obviously, it's an Aboriginal person."

The mechanical sound of the system always sounded at the right time: "Congratulations, your kingdom has had its first contact with the aborigines of this world."

He Xingwen looked at the appearance of the dwarves at this moment, and felt that the other party's hatred for them might have reached its peak—but if he was given a chance, he had to find a chance to kill them.

"That doesn't look like much to congratulate."

"Your people suppressed a single aborigine, and the aborigines did not kill your people. Isn't that worthy of congratulations?"

"It sounds like we're really lucky." He Xingwen stared at the dwarf who fell silent, and changed the subject: "So, the language barrier?"

System: "After all, this is a real game world. Different races, different creatures, and different countries will cause language differences. We can't expect all creatures to speak the same language."

He Xingwen nodded: "But we can hope that we can understand the language of all living things."

"That depends on your will."

"Rules." He Xingwen corrected him: "It depends on the rules."

The topic ended here, He Xingwen looked at Yan and Huang: "So, how did you find him?"

Yan Qiang replied: "We found him in the south of the desert. He collapsed in the desert with nothing on his body. If we hadn't met him, he would definitely have died."

"We fed him some water, but the guy wanted to run as soon as he woke up..."

Huang affirmed: "He is hostile to us."

He Xingwen glanced at the dwarf's bruised nose and swollen eyes: "So you beat him like that?"

"It's useless at all." Yan whispered, "I still want to run."

Huang said to He Xingwen: "We don't know anything about this world, but he is different."

Yan showed a silly smile: "King, you will need him."

He Xingwen looked at the silent dwarf. The dwarf looked at him, rolled his golden eyes, and uttered a cautious and strange tone.

Anyway, except for him, no one present could understand.

The silence of the scene made the bird's call clearer and echoed over the oasis.

What's interesting is that He Xingwen captured his frequent glances in a certain direction.

He Xingwen followed his line of sight, and saw that the big golden bird hovering over the lake was still singing.

His eyes fell on the big golden bird, like some kind of call, the other party paused in its hovering movements, then fell lightly along with the wind, hooked He Xingwen's collar with its tail smoothly, and landed firmly on his shoulder superior.

The dwarf's eyes stopped on it completely uncontrollably.

He Xingwen looked at the other person's expression quietly. The language may not be the same, but the expression and body are always connected.

Shock, desire, greed, fear...

Complicated emotions flashed by, and the dwarf suddenly yelled again, saying something excitedly.

He Xingwen patted the big golden bird, let it spread its wings and return to the sky, and then made a decision: "Lock it up first, and wait until we can communicate."

Yan and Huang had no objection, Huang stretched out his hand to summon the NPC, and before saying anything, Yan already ran towards the depths of the forest very quickly.

Huang's unspoken words stopped in his mouth, he glanced at Yan's hurried back, and turned his eyes to He Xingwen——meeting He Xingwen's eyes watching him.

Huang blinked: "King?"

He Xingwen withdrew his gaze and looked at the dwarf. After realizing that his words could not be understood by anyone present, the dwarf stopped his futile actions and fell silent again.

They waited for a few minutes, Yan moved quickly, and ran back from a distance with his things.

After the equal distance was shortened, He Xingwen saw clearly what he was holding in his hand. It was a long string of bark. The side that was peeled off was white, with transparent liquid oozing down. It did not belong to any common tree type on earth.

He Xingwen's gaze paused for two seconds on the bone blade hanging on Yan's waist.

The system appeared at the right time: "The tip of the weapon has been smoothed. Obviously, this kind of bark is very hard."

He Xingwen didn't respond, he watched Yan stretch out his hand to take the dwarf from the NPC who was holding it hostage, and before the dwarf was about to resist, he punched the dwarf on the head with a "bang dang".

He Xingwen who witnessed this scene: I think I know how those bags on the dwarf's head got here.

The effect of this punch was immediate, the dwarf rolled his eyes and passed out, while Yan quickly tied his hands and feet, carried him towards the cabin, and several NPCs followed.

He Xingwen glanced slightly.

Huang, who was staring at Yan, withdrew his gaze and met He Xingwen's gaze.

He Xingwen gestured to a few NPCs who were still kneading mud just now: "One of them successfully kneaded a shaped vessel out of mud and water. You can arrange someone to study it to see if the difference is caused by the ratio of water and mud. , or other issues."

Huang nodded.

"While some things were unexpected, it didn't conflict with my original idea."

He Xingwen paused for a few seconds, then laughed: "It can even be said that it makes everything easier."

The material setting is different from the earth?

While this means that He Xingwen's previous preparations were completely in vain, it also means that he does not need to be subject to certain restrictions.

Earth civilization has developed for hundreds of millions of years before it became what it is now—if he tried to restore or even speed up this process by himself, he would understand one thing: knowledge is endless.

This is a shortcut, as long as you follow the path of civilization development, you will be able to copy the second earth civilization sooner or later.

But what's the point of copying out the second earth civilization?

"If possible, I hope this game can surpass my imagination." He Xingwen watched the big golden bird hovering in the sky and said, "Let my kingdom become a second world in the true sense."

rather than another Earth.

"It will be as you wish." The mechanical sound of the system is as usual, calm and powerful: "As you can see, this is a real... game."

Huang waited quietly for a few seconds before saying, "We brought back a very special thing from the desert. Would you like to see it, king?"

They went back to the storeroom door.

After Yan dealt with the dwarf's affairs, he rushed over again.

Huang's eyes fell on the minerals piled with wood and stones.

"We found this near the gathering place of intelligent creatures," Huang casually picked up one of them and handed it to He Xingwen: "Some kind of ore."

There is nothing special about the appearance of this kind of ore. It is black all over, hard in texture, and has no special smell. It looks like an inconspicuous black rock.

Yan lit a fire on the spot, and the flames illuminated a square inch of land.

Yan threw the black rock into the fire, and with a scuffing sound, the flames shot up, almost as tall as a person.

The intensity of the fire changed from weak to extremely strong, and the color of the flame changed from red to blue. In an instant, the small pile of flames just now became menacing.

He Xingwen took a step back cautiously, his gaze fell on the ground.

The ground below the flames quickly dented a small pit, which was still gradually expanding.

He Xingwen was silent for two seconds: "I'm not sure, but in the composition of the air on the earth, if the general flame turns into this color, does it mean that it exceeds 3000°C?"

"On Earth, yes."

"What about here? What's its temperature now?"

The system paused briefly for a few seconds: "Actually, I don't recommend you use temperature to calculate."

He Xingwen raised his eyebrows: "Then what should I use for calculation?"

"A name more familiar to the aborigines: ether."

He Xingwen raised his eyebrows: "Ether? What is this?"

"A substance, or basic element."

"Basic elements, you mean the basic elements such as earth, air, water, and fire?"

"Yes."

"Can ether be calculated?"

"I mean, it should be called ether."

Before the hole under the blue flame was about to be pierced, Yan took the piece of ore out of the fire—with bare hands.

After the flame lost the black rock, it went out on the spot.

He Xingwen stared at Yan's unscathed hand for a few seconds, and understood what the system meant when ether was a basic element.

It's not fire, but another element unique to this game world.

"King, this ore can fuel the fire, and the fire after the combustion can have unimaginable effects on most substances, but at the same time, it is not fire."

Huang took the black rock in Yan's hand and handed it back to He Xingwen: "At least we can be sure that this blue flame will not harm us."

The temperature of the black rock is as cold and hard as before, without the hot feeling of being burned by fire.

He Xingwen's Adam's apple moved slightly, and confirmed with the system: "If the blue flame is ether, then what is this ore?"

System: "Relevant information needs to increase the level of intelligence to unlock it."

He Xingwen glanced at the black rock in his hand, then at the small pile of black rock that was placed with the wood and stones.

Judging from the quantity, this does not seem to be a scarce resource—there is still a pile in the corner of the storage room, but judging from the role of this black rock, if it is all over the street, there will be no shortage of resources outside the oasis. What the world looks like is really worth thinking about.

"So, let's clarify when you obtained the information about the ether." He Xingwen threw back the black rock in his hand: "I need to confirm whether you are still trustworthy."

"The moment I saw it, I unlocked the relevant information that can be read at the current level of intelligence." The system said with a straight look: "This is the only special case at present."

He Xingwen knew exactly what he was referring to: "That big golden bird that came back from the dead doesn't have this privilege?"

"Yes, I haven't read anything about that bird."

The system said: "I think this at least confirms that the ether has some special characteristics, so it can be the only special case to unlock relevant information."

"The word ether is a bit familiar."

"On Earth, it originated from the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, and it is a substance conceived by him, but at present, there is no observational evidence to show the existence of 'ether', so it is still a philosophical concept."

"So, does ether exist on Earth?"

"Do you want to know the answer?"

He Xingwen laughed: "I guess your answer is..."

"The current level of intelligence is not enough to unlock relevant information." X2

"Obviously, you know me well enough."

System: "But I will not stay in a low-intelligence state forever, so if I read the relevant materials, then, would you want to know the answer to this question?"

The author has something to say:

The theory of the four elements is an ancient Greek theory about the material composition of the world.

The four elements are earth, air, water, and fire.

Aristotle believes that all things are composed of four elements, earth, air, water, and fire. This element is eternal, and he also believes that these four elements have the nature of pairwise opposites that can be felt by people.It is further deduced that the origin of all things in the world is four original properties: cold, hot, dry, and wet, and elements are composed of these original properties in different proportions.

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Ether is a substance conceived by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle.It is a hypothetical material concept in the history of physics, and its connotation evolves with the development of physics.

Ether: a basic substance, specifically refers to: the stream of consciousness that makes up the space, and the first most basic element created when the spiritual world creates the material phenomenal world.Everything in the material phenomenal world exists within it.It is called the first of the five basic elements, the main voice.He is also the creator of the four basic elements.It is also often used as a synonym for "space".Between the stars, the spiritual eye can observe that the space is composed of a dark red fluid-like stream of consciousness, forming a relatively stable space fluid, which is the ether. ——by Baidu Encyclopedia.

[This is Aristotle's idea of ​​ether, not the setting of this article. 】

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In the setting of this article, ether is a very important basic setting.

As one of the basic elements, it is the source of power in this world.

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[System: "But I will not stay in a low-intelligence state forever, so if I read the relevant materials, then, would you want to know the answer to this question?"】

In case someone doesn't understand, let me explain what they mean by the last paragraph.

If the ether exists on the earth, it proves that there is a basic element unknown to the public on the earth, and this element has a fantasy setting.

That is to say, if the ether exists on the earth, then, the same reasoning proves that there is an unknown miraculous power on the earth.

In other words, there is a possibility that magic civilization can be developed (or has already been developed).

This is the reason why He Xingwen asked "Ether exists on the earth", and why the system asked He Xingwen "would you like to know the answer?"