When the two returned to the convoy, it caused a certain amount of surprise. After all, no one noticed when they suddenly left. They seemed to disappear suddenly for no reason. However, they made a mistake while practicing space magic and brushed it off.
, this can be regarded as a barely acceptable reason.
At least the two of them are usually quite diligent and studious. Therefore, they never stopped practicing and learning magic even during the journey. During the journey, it is possible that they were teleported out due to mistakes in using space magic.
of.
The legendary level experts in the team did feel the space fluctuations and believed their explanation. It is said that there is no need to tell the real situation, after all, everyone still has to hide their strength.
There were no more dangerous situations during the rest of the journey. Although the area heading to the Elf Empire was in a buffer zone, there were still many residents living here, and it was even more prosperous than the outskirts of the Blue River Alliance.
The area needs to be more prosperous.
It's just that the laws here are relatively confusing, and there is no clear set of rules. Many fugitives and the like will come here. They are basically not governed by the rules of any country. They only need to abide by some basic rules of this buffer zone.
, you can ignore whatever you have committed in other countries before.
Although it is chaotic, it is more like the jungle. A legendary strongman in the formation means that he is not easy to mess with. Naturally, no one is willing to provoke them. What's more, there is not only a legendary strongman in the team, the emperor
After Tian absorbed the golden blood, he also broke through the legendary level. Even if he only absorbed less than one thousandth of the blood, he is now considered a strong man in the legendary level, and the beast's aura is more obvious and coercive.
It was stronger and the deterrence it brought made their subsequent journey smooth.
The closer you are to the Elf Empire, the more prosperous it will be. However, it can be seen from the types of industries here that the closer you are to the Elf Empire, the more developed the tertiary industry will be.
The service industry tends to over-develop when social development stagnates. What people desire is no longer exploration of the unknown or technological progress, but a more generous quality of life. The service industry will be like this.
Excessively prosperous.
The primary and secondary industries are the core of a country, and when they are completely suppressed by the tertiary industry, it is self-evident what it means.
Before Cheng Ying saw this with his own eyes, he found that he had underestimated the stagnation of the Elf Empire's development.
This is not an ordinary social stagnation. In this buffer zone, you can see some chaos that is completely invisible within the Elf Empire. Here, the classes are clearly defined. Many people do not seem to be slaves, but they have no human rights.
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Here, you can see many extremely luxurious buildings. By scanning the surroundings with mental power, you can know that almost any enjoyment can be obtained here. You can trample on the dignity of the service staff here at will and satisfy a certain mentality of the owner.
The people here are all invisible rich people within the Elf Empire. They are almost never reported in the news media. At least Chengying has not seen their existence in the public information, but these people are in control behind the scenes.
this empire.
The Elf Empire can be regarded as governing the country according to the law. Although extraordinary people have privileges, some particularly excessive things are still not allowed to be done within the empire. What they choose is to go to the gathering place of law breakers in the buffer zone, where they are not subject to any
The country has legal constraints and does not have a supervision system like that in the country. Everything that happens here will not be passed back to the country.
In this way, it becomes the most suitable place to indulge your desires. This is like the high seas on earth. The super rich have their own yachts and can do whatever they want on the high seas. Those who board this ship
After people reach the high seas, their destiny is no longer in their own hands, but is absolutely controlled by the owner of the ship.
No secular law can protect them here. No matter how they are treated, no one will know. Even if they die silently in the sea, it will be difficult for anyone to pursue them, and no one can find evidence.
In this buffer zone on the edge of the empire, the same thing is happening constantly. The order and beauty of all civilized societies are being torn to pieces here. The true master of this civilization can experience the power of killing and seizing life here.
It feels like they are more cruel and wanton than the kings in the feudal era, and they euphemistically call this freedom.
In a strict sense, this is indeed freedom. You can do whatever you want. This is freedom. And this kind of freedom is a disaster for other people who do not have freedom.
Cheng Ying observed all this silently, his brows getting tighter and tighter. Such an elven empire was even worse than he imagined. It seemed that there was no hope for these guys to be able to protect human beings, and they wanted to transform such an empire.
I am afraid that the empire is not much simpler than guiding the rise of mankind.
Boluo Ge was very amused by Cheng Ying's disgust: "You actually hate this logic that the strong are respected? I really don't know what you think. If you become a saint, you don't even need to be like them.
This kind of secretiveness can directly kill the entire race.
Because existences like ours cannot be resisted by the combined strength of the entire race, we can do whatever we want, and whatever we want, the race will get for us. This kind of freedom is natural, because we are
Possessing power.”
Polo Ge seems to be very proud of this. Even though he has now become a hidden existence, he is still proud of his powerful power.
"This is the problem. Your power is only your own. Even if you become a super strong person, all you can do for the race is to protect it. You will not invest your energy in the development of the race, or even
Restricted by the rules of heaven and earth, even if you want to impart your power, you can't.
This is the abnormality of this world. Power can be obtained infinitely, but wisdom will not be born in this process. There is no communication and no competition. Over time, all you get is paranoia. And such people have power and cannot
To think, not to learn, but to find ways to gain stronger power and become the controller of more people's destiny, the fate of the entire world will become sad.
Wisdom will gradually disappear in such a world, and everyone will lose their creativity under such an absolute hierarchy, because no matter how creative they are, it is meaningless because they cannot transcend their own class.
Forget it, no matter how much you talk, you won’t understand. Wisdom cannot create. In your opinion, the most precious thing is power, but this is a misunderstanding. Is something precious or not? It is wisdom itself that defines it.
Yes, if there are no intelligent creatures, then there is no concept of preciousness at all?"
Polo Ge couldn't listen to the previous sermons at all, but he was a little interested in the last statement: "So what you mean is that power is not worthy of respect, and it is not a precious thing. It is our definition
Because he is precious, he must be respected, so he is respected?"
"Otherwise? Everything in the universe is meaningless. It is we who give them meaning. Therefore, for intelligent creatures, the most precious thing is not power, but wisdom itself. If even its own wisdom is lost,
So no matter how much power it has, it is just a lump of matter that is no different from all things in the world and follows the rules of the universe.
The current system of the Elf Empire, including the entire prehistoric continent, restricts the birth of wisdom. The clear-cut hierarchy suppresses the growth of wisdom and puts an invisible lock on people's hearts. In particular, they must respect power.
Only by improving one's strength can one gain true status. This concept has been deeply rooted in people's hearts and is almost impossible to change.
This is the saddest thing. Relying on individual combat effectiveness to determine social status is a situation that only occurs in primitive tribes. People with strong combat effectiveness deny the value of talents mastered by people with other talents. The value of intelligent life
Development has lost the possibility of diversification, leaving only one path to pursue strength.
If you develop in other directions, no matter how high your achievements are, you will not be recognized. In the end, you can only become part of an ant. In such a world, who is willing to dedicate their wisdom?"
Cheng Ying shook his head, feeling very helpless. He did not stubbornly believe that his original ideas were correct, nor did he believe that the development of civilization must go from primitive society to slave society, and then to feudal society and capital society.
This is just social development caused by the earth's environment. Essentially different societies are only becoming more fair, and the real purpose of becoming fair is to stimulate everyone's subjective initiative. Primitive society seems to be the most harmonious.
It seems to be the fairest, but in fact, it is actually the most unfair. A system that can still survive even if you don't think about it, and you can't get rewards even if you think about it, is naturally unfair.
So those who are unwilling to think and work hard are defeated and become slaves.
Slaves were unwilling to express their wisdom. In order to allow these people to show their subjective initiative, slaves gradually disappeared and were replaced by a brand new system.
This order is not necessarily fixed. If we enter a new era where everyone is unwilling to think and work hard, perhaps returning to the slave age will allow more people to bloom their own sparks of wisdom.
On the prehistoric continent, the opposite is true. All changes are aimed at solidifying classes and making this inequality between people more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In the end, wisdom will be gradually obliterated and the progress of civilization will be wiped out.
Strength, the final result may be to become a swarm of insects.
Even if someone becomes the Dao of Heaven, all living beings are just pets raised by him. As their actions will not be unexpected at all, they will eventually lose interest in these pets.
After all, for a being who controls all the rules in the universe, if he still has his own wisdom and consciousness, he will understand that power is not the most precious thing at all. The most precious thing is an existence that can also show wisdom and communicate with himself.
The convoy officially entered the Elf Empire. After a series of inspections, everyone was asked to wear a bracelet and then allowed to enter the Elf Empire.
Compared to the chaos of demons outside the empire, there is much more order here, and even in small towns on the border, you can see the prosperity of art.
Cheng Ying observed the elves in this small town and breathed a sigh of relief. After all, it was still one of the largest empires on this continent. Although there were too many people who wanted to absolutely control this race and establish absolute order, but in the
Within the race, within a certain stratum, there is still room for promotion, and it can still give hope to some people.
However, this power of promotion is monopolized by some people and given up by others. The monopolized people continue to improve their own strength, monopolize educational resources, and monopolize practice resources. In the future, their children will stand at the end of others as soon as they are born.
Even if you don't do anything, you can achieve higher achievements than others if you work hard all your life.
And those who have given up the opportunity for promotion are under good social welfare. They have lost their enterprising spirit. Not only are they unable to compare with those who have monopolized resources in terms of resources, but they have even experienced huge decline in talent.
difference.
Although it is an empire where magic is the most popular, magic talents have also begun to stratify. The more nobles they are, the more they will use magic to empower powerful women to improve their family's bloodline. Over thousands of years, the natural talents have been reduced.
Stratification began, and the bottom class could no longer see any hope of promotion, so they simply gave up exploring the path of magic and instead used their talents in other fields, where they could be recognized by others.
The most intuitive manifestation is that the art of the Elf Empire is extremely developed. Even the reliefs on the walls of ordinary people's homes look like they were carved by masters of art.
Although art is not interoperable, and different races may not be able to understand each other's art, there is one thing in common, and that is mathematics.
Whether it is music or painting, if you want to bring people a pleasant sense of beauty, you must respect the laws of mathematics. Messy patterns without rules only bring people irritability, and Chengying can see the meaning in these works of art.
Mathematical laws, as the basis of science and technology, are used in works of art, and are used so extensively that Cheng Ying couldn't help but laugh and cry for a while.
From the art works in this border city, it can be seen that the elves have a very profound mathematical knowledge. However, they have not developed technology, and ordinary people have not used this knowledge to deduce magic...
