Forty Millenniums of Cultivation Chapter 2344: Forgotten world
Li Yao and Li Jialing walked under a towering giant tree.
This large tree is have several 100 meters high and is located between dozens of high and low stalagmites and stalactites. There are countless "branches" protruding to the surrounding forks, and there are raised roots like ridge The whiskers spread radially and spread all the way to underground.
Li Yao gently tore off a few vines, wiped off a piece of moss, and vaguely recognized the interface of a row of crystal cards.
This seemingly giant tree is a very sophisticated and huge central control system. He has only seen similar systems on some ultra-large type Starship bridges in the past.
But now, all the Crystal Computer and computing chips embedded in the central control system are rusty, and the surface is covered with moss, vines, various ant-like bugs, and even tumor-like spores. Dotted between the vines and the moss, the mist is constantly sprayed outward.
Hazy, as if breathing, making it look like a monster combined with life and precision machinery.
This is the largest "playground" in the town. Many playful children climbed onto the branch of the "giant tree", which is the crystal wire transmission pipeline, to catch the bugs that grew out of Crystal Computer. Placed on the spine, teasing each other, one after another issued a silver bell-like laughter.
Li Yao noticed that these skin-clear and translucent children with slight redness in eyes were also the few people in the entire town who would laugh.
Li Yao looked at the children and thought thoughtfully: "The underground town numbered after 10000 is the limit of Empire statistics, so Resident here is the oldest exile?"
"No."
Li Jialing shook his head and said, "40,000 years ago Ancient Cultivation Era , and underground exiles when Fiend Clan rises and falls, after all, it is too far away from now, most people are decaying in the darkness of underground under the erosion of time, or "Fuse".
"Even if there are very few people who are still alive, they have long forgotten their identity. The meaning and even the most basic wisdom of Civilization has become a savage savages, even degenerate into a muddled, ignorant, ignorant, only instinctive human form. Beast.
"These savages and humanoid beasts have all been expelled deeper than the five-digit towns, not to mention the name, the dark death area Elder Sister Long without even the number is to go down the tribe of these savages and mediate the dispute between them."
Li Yao frowned slightly, and said, "When did the people here escape into underground?"
"It should have been 10,000 years ago, when Star Ocean Empire collapsed and fled to underground."
Li Jialing said, "This place was originally an underground refuge in Star Ocean Empire Era. Most of the ancestors of Resident should have escaped at that time, thinking about temporary refuge. Who would have known to hide for 10,000 years, here Struggling hard, prospering, and having no chance to return to the sunny world. "
Li Yao sighed and still puzzled: "Since it is an underground refuge built by Star Ocean Empire, it should have all kinds of facilities and education System. The people who initially fled, even if they are civilians, are good. You should have mastered the basic survival skills and Civilization tinder? Why do I see a lingering breath, no vitality, and everyone is degraded to the Medieval world? "
Li Jialing thought for a while and seemed to be recalling the words of Long Yangjun's, and finally said: "Elder Sister Long said that the way of cultivation, such as sailing against the current, if you do not advance, then retreat, and the continuation and development of Civilization is the same. Evolve at a rapid rate and surpass one peak after another in order to maintain the existence of Civilization.
"If you want to stop and take a breath, you are very likely to be overwhelmed by your own weight, and you will step into recession or even perish uncontrollably.
"However, the more advanced Civilization, the more sophisticated the society structure, the more complex the conditions to maintain the social form, and the weaker the ability to resist the environment. Elder Sister Long said that you are Artificer, you must understand the more the components Less, the lower the failure rate; and as more and more components make up an Magical Artifact, then no matter how serious the refining is, how careful it is to use, it will always fail for a long time. "
Li Yao nodded. In the circle of Magical Artifact refining, there is a saying that "adding one component will double the failure rate." Although it is somewhat exaggerated, the truth is correct.
With the increase of Magical Artifact components, the difficulty of refining, assembly and maintenance will increase geometrically. A large type Magical Artifact composed of millions of components is simply unpredictable Primal Chaos System. No one can guarantee that it will be certain. There will be no strange problems during use, even Li Yao can't guarantee it.
Perhaps, as the component and Glyph Array break through the limits, Magical Artifact also has a certain sense of life, and the living body is the most uncontrollable and unpredictable existence in the universe, right?
"Elder Sister Long said that Magical Artifact is the same, Civilization is the same. A super giant type Magical Artifact composed of tens of billions of components, no matter how it is repaired and maintained, is destined to collapse one day; and a highly advanced Civilization is also too fragile , Easily destroyed by a little bit of the smallest problem. "
Li Yao coldly snorted heard: "Magical Artifact and Civilization, how are they the same?"
Li Jialing spread its hands: "Elder Sister Long said that if it is an Ancient Cultivation World village, it is made up of the simplest logs and rocks. All the villagers make sunrise and sunset, and it depends on hunting and farming to make a living. The backward social form is easy to resist the erosion of time and environmental changes. Even if it migrates from the ground to underground, it can maintain its original form and survive for a long time.
"But what if it is a modern town?
"Think about what it takes to maintain a modern town? Even from the surface, there must be a crisscross vacuum piping system and ultra-high speed Crystal Railroad System, a tunnel and a lifting platform at the foot, and densely packed. The sewer, ventilation pipe, information and energy transmission pipelines will be connected to each other, and there must be enough space to accommodate vehicles such as Flying Shuttle Car, and all of this requires a continuous supply of energy.
"Assuming the same number of people, the energy consumption of modern towns is 100 times or even thousands of times that of Medieval towns. Except for geothermal energy, almost no more Spiritual Energy's barren underground, how can modern towns not collapse? ?
"There are also human factors. Elder Sister Long said that the civilians of Ancient Cultivation World seem to be weak ants, but the survival ability of ants is actually very strong. The ancients hard skin and strong flesh, hardworking and hardworking, as long as there are a few bowls of the worst ballast porridge, You can continue to farm and hunt, and have the concept of many children and many blessings. Even if most of the children are dead, a very small number of descendants can continue their blood.
"But although modern society has produced a strong ethnic group such as cultivator, and various Magical Artifact, which makes life more convenient than ever, but it also impairs the viability of Human Race itself. Most people's intestines are only suitable for the most delicate. Food needs air conditioning Glyph Array to provide cool comfort and environment, not to mention there is no sewer and toilet, even if there is no Spiritual Nexus, it will become walking dead.
"Modern people have long forgotten to use the most crude tools to cultivate and hunt in the harsh environment. They are working as Crystal Computer engineers, Crystal Railroad Train drivers, high-rise building builders and sing a song dance storytelling These survival skills all need a rigorous, complex and error-prone platform to support. When this platform is completely gone, 99% of modern people's viability is close to zero.
"In addition, the more developed the Civilization, the more prone to eugenics and eugenics, and even one offspring is not born, there is no ability to resist risks.
"This is the case of the Star Ocean Empire remnants who migrated deep into underground. Perhaps when they first fled, the facilities in the refuge were very advanced, and the material reserves were also sufficient. Among them were doctors, scholars, teachers and engineers. All modern talents are available, enough to continue the small Civilization.
"But this is only a false impression of self-deception. In the face of the strong pressure of the crustal movement, the seemingly indestructible refuge walls are no different from illusory soap bubbles. A" little "earthquake is enough to destroy them. Of the entire modern Civilization System, and some engineers in key positions in case of unfortunate fallen, it is difficult to cultivate a good enough successor within a few years.
"During the whole 10,000 years, dozens of earthquakes and underground magma eruptions were normal, but these Star Ocean Empire's remnants struggled to survive in such a harsh environment to this day, without losing all humanity, but also possessing language and thinking. And the basic social Organization ability is already very good!
"Right, Elder Sister Long also said that perhaps Pangu and Nüwa Civilization are so destroyed. The more advanced Civilization, the more vulnerable the inner structure, so when Pangu and Nüwa Civilization developed to pinnacle, the inner society structure should be more than today ’s Human Race Civilization To be a hundred times more fragile is a typical 'foreign strength and medium strength'. "
Don't sneer at Li Yao for this statement. He can give 100 counterexamples. Is Heaven Origin Sector's ability to respond to disasters worse than Ancient Saint Sector? Simply a joke!
However, he did not intend to die, but he looked at the black secretly said dimly above his head: "Does the Empire authorities know what is happening here, why not care?"
"Of course I know, otherwise how did the area number" 10084 "come from?"
Li Jialing said, "However, why do you want to control it, who will come to control it, and what are the benefits? Immortal Cultivator is the most selfish thing, no good thing, they ... we do n’t do it!
"If there are any rare ore veins or precious ancient Civilization ruins found deep in underground, Immortal Cultivator will naturally scramble to flock to make a move and even wipe out the entire underground town.
"But in the barren villages in the 10084 area, which rely on breeding rock insects for their livelihood, there is really no oil or water that can be squeezed. To charge a dime here, it is a waste of 100 yuan of taxation costs. It's a bargain. How can Immortal Cultivator waste his precious cultivation time to control these insignificant ants and 'garbage'?
"Additionally, Paramount Heaven Sector and Empyrean Terminus Star are theoretically a" vacuum zone "for the conflict of Four Great Emperor Selecting Marquis Families forces. This is the Imperial Capital directly under the Your Majesty The Sovereign Emperor. Which Emperor Selecting Marquis is not working hard to help the untouchables and savages in the deep Sovereign Emperor tube underground?
"So, apart from a population census more than two hundred years ago, many areas of underground have been numbered, unless there are rare mineral veins and ancient ruins found, there are very few Immortal Cultivators that will go down so deep underground, here is a world that is ignored and deliberately forgotten, has been completely abandoned by the rulers on the ground. "