"After humans gradually entered the interstellar stage, the Sanctuary has gained more information channels. We have also thought about referring to the portal development routes of other civilizations to see if we can learn from each other's strengths and strengthen Kama Taj's large-scale portal technology.
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Schiller blinked and said thoughtfully: "I think portal technology should be very important to all civilizations. Will they easily trade this technology with us?"
"Of course not, but there are other ways." Strange glanced around and saw that there was no one on either side of them. Although there were many guests, they were not too dense even if they were spread out on the third floor.
Strange still lowered his voice and said: "Just like on Earth, many contraband items are said to be unavailable, but as long as you have money and connections, you can still get your hands on them."
"You mean...the black market?" Schiller immediately understood.
Strange nodded and said: "Of course there is a black market in interstellar society. A society of order will definitely need an outlet for chaos, and within the jurisdiction of the three empires, this outlet is in Centauri."
Strange stretched out a hand and drew a pattern on the back of the chair in front of him, and said: "You see, this is the ring area, which is the area where the three empires meet, and is the political and cultural center of the three empires.
This is Centaur...Have you discovered it? They appear diagonally, facing each other from a distance. This is definitely the result of the deliberate guidance of the three empires."
"They understand that blockage is worse than sparseness. No matter how highly centralized a military state is, it is impossible to be completely free of crime. Even if the supreme wisdom controls almost all the members of the Cree's main ethnic group, the scope and population of their rule determine that crime will inevitably occur. .”
"In this case, it's better to lead these people who bring chaos away. As long as it doesn't affect the core area, it doesn't matter at all."
Schiller nodded. Of course he understood what Strange meant. In fact, this is also the case on Earth. Is it true that these big countries are incapable of managing many so-called three-no-no zones? I'm afraid that's not the case.
Firstly, it is not cost-effective to use manpower and material resources to clear the money. Secondly, after some extremely dangerous elements commit crimes, they know that they have a place to run away, so they will run away after committing the crime. But what if there is no such place for them?
If we run away and let them resist desperately in the country, how much trouble will it cause?
Therefore, in most orderly societies, the measures taken to deal with such people are that as long as you do not mess around within the society and voluntarily give up your social identity and run out, most officials will not go to war over a piece of rat shit.
It seems that Centauri is such a place, Schiller thought, the Golden Triangle of the universe belongs to it.
"So where did you get the technology?" Schiller asked curiously.
But Strange smiled mysteriously, shook his head and said, "I haven't found any useful technology, but I have made some other discoveries."
"What is that?" Schiller leaned over and tried to listen attentively, but Strange smiled and shook his head and said, "You will know when the time comes."
At this time Strange changed the topic and continued:
"In addition to the Holy of Holies, the Karma Taj mages have also actively strengthened exchanges with other pantheons."
"Not only are the gods that have gone out from the earth, there are also many powerful gods that still exist in the universe. They are different from eternity or death, which are completely incarnations of the rules of the universe, but they are not demon gods composed entirely of energy. It can be said that they are
A combination of the two.”
Hearing Strange's words, Schiller thought of what Thanos mentioned before. After blowing up his own home, the leader of the Eternals gave up his body, combined with some rules of the universe, and became the incarnation of time.
Schiller was not deeply impressed by this character, but vaguely remembered that he seemed unable to defeat Thanos. As long as he was of some use, Thanos would not be able to destroy Titan. Listening to Strange's words, in the universe, such a character
There are still quite a few.
"These so-called gods are not as fragile as demons. They live almost as long as the universe and can live for a long time. They are all high-quality customers in the future, so the mages are particularly interested in them." Strange swung his glass and drank.
He said after taking a sip of wine.
"In addition, we have also collected a lot of information about the gods in the universe, mainly provided to us by some of our customers."
"Although the teleportation technology was not purchased, we did find some information related to it... You should know about the big teleportation gate of the Shi'ar Empire, right?"
Schiller nodded and said, "It's so famous that it's hard not to know."
"The Shi'a Empire is very special." Strange stretched out a finger. He put the wine glass on the table next to him, changed his posture, and said very seriously: "As mentioned before, Kerry
The teleportation technology of the Empire and the Skrull Empire was developed on the technological side, but the Shi'ar Empire is a bit like humans, and their large portal is not entirely a product of the technological side."
"It can be seen from the form of their main body, the Feather Tribe of the Empire, that most of the Kree and Skrulls have undergone some mechanized transformation. Even if their bodies are not moved, they usually wear mechanical armor and hold firearms and equipment."
"But the Mengyu tribe, especially the royal family and nobles in the Mengyu tribe, almost never wear bulky armor. Even when they go to the battlefield, they only wear a thin layer of decorative armor at most. This is because they are also magicians.
Race, has magic shield, so there is no need for heavy armor protection."
Schiller nodded. This was the first time he had heard of it. Then he remembered that the spacecraft of the Feather Clan that he had seen landing at the Asgard star port was indeed different from the spaceships of other technologically advanced civilizations.
The specific manifestations are that the shape is strange, there are more useless decorations, and the shape does not conform to the laws of dynamics. Without magic, it is a bit difficult to make such a spaceship fly smoothly.
"Where does their magic come from? Are they born with the ability to harness the energy of the universe like Asgard?" Schiller asked.
"Of course not. What if they are like the Asa Protoss?" Strange shook his head and said: "They are much weaker than the Asgard Protoss. The reason is that they cannot use the origin of the universe on their own.
Energy, but their 'god' can give them energy."
"Oh, just like the believers in the Egyptian pantheon, right?" Schiller immediately gave a very appropriate example.
The Egyptian pantheon is a pantheon that likes to lend its power to its believers. Not to mention the group of spokespersons of Kong Su, the Black Panther must also find a representative in the human world, and sometimes there is not just one, but one
Find a tribe.
Strange nodded and continued to explain: "You may think that such behavior is not good for God, but the strange thing is that the biggest teaching of the Shi'ar Empire is 'fusion'."
"It is rumored that the two gods of Shi'ar did not love each other at all, and they did not want to combine. But after being forced to combine, they found strength in this union, so the Shi'ar Empire followed the example of the two gods of Shi'ar.
, forcibly integrated other ethnic groups, and found strength in this integration."
"Here we go again." Schiller covered his forehead and said, "You're talking about other mages. Don't you also keep talking about these mythical legends all day long?"
Strange smiled helplessly and said: "If this can be called the nagging of the gods, then if you listen to those archmages talking, you can fall asleep on the spot."
"Okay, let me explain it more clearly. In fact, there is no romantic fairy tale at all. Everything is driven by profit."
"The two gods of Xi'a said to their believers that we have gained great power after forcibly combining, so in order to gain power, you should also integrate other ethnic groups. This is actually just whitewashing your own aggression."
"The Shi'A twin gods lend their power to believers, allowing them to invade other countries, and then brainwash believers of other gods in other countries to make them submit to the Shi'A twin gods, so that the Shi'A twin gods can have more
believer."
"What's more important is that the Xi'A twin gods can follow these believers to find the gods of other ethnic groups. They can forcibly integrate the power of these gods into themselves and eat them completely. This is what they call 'in the union.
Find your way to strength."
Schiller raised his head and nodded. He understood the method of operation of the Shia God System. To put it bluntly, it was to use mortals to fish. Once the gods of other nations followed the guidance of their believers to check the situation, they would immediately jump out of the Three Hundred Swordsman.
Chop each other into pieces, then serve them directly to the table and eat them.
Suddenly, Schiller was stunned for a moment, because he thought of the relationship between this behavior of the Shi'ar God System and the big portal.
The development history of civilizations in the universe can mirror the development history of human beings.
At a certain stage of human development, there was no such thing as commerce. Most people squatted on their own one-third of an acre of land, men farmed and women weaved, and were self-sufficient.
But with the development of productivity, people are producing more and more things, which are completely beyond their own survival needs, so they begin to have the need for mutual exchange.
The extra cloth I weave can be exchanged for the extra grain you grow. Or I can simply weave the cloth and you grow the grain. We exchange regularly, and commerce emerges.
The same is true among cosmic civilizations. When most interstellar civilizations were not so developed, commerce was not so prosperous. However, as more and more civilizations enter the interstellar society, everyone also hopes to exchange what they have.
At this time, the Shi'ar Empire stood up. They claimed that they could provide a fair trading platform for other civilizations in the universe. To put it simply, if you all come to trade with me, I can not only ensure that the trade is fair and just.
, we can also charter carriage and horse fare for you.
This so-called carriage fee is actually a big portal.
The Shi'ar Empire was the first civilization in the universe to establish a large-scale portal that allowed countless interstellar civilizations to pass through, which gave them a unique advantage in commercial trade.
For example, if you have a bag of rice that you want to sell, should you walk 2 kilometers to a neighboring village to find two possible buyers, or should you go to the inn and take the free portal and go to a town 20 kilometers away to wait.
Hundreds of potential buyers bidding?
It is the nature of merchants to seek profit. Convenient travel between a place and more potential buyers means that they may sell for higher prices. Therefore, the caravans of various civilizations in the interstellar are constantly moving towards the Shi'ar Empire.
Portal sector collection.
The two Shi'ar gods who helped the Shi'ar Empire build the great portal were squatting in the sky above the Shi'ar Empire's territory, tying their napkins, holding their knives and forks, and waiting for plates after plates of food to be transported out of the portal.
Whichever dish they liked, they asked their followers to negotiate business with the other party. Once the business was concluded, the other party admired the cultural atmosphere of the Shi'ar Empire and was willing to join the multi-ethnic family of the Shi'ar Empire. Others
What can I say?
If the other two empires were conquered by force, then the Shi'ar Empire was more like a cultural invasion. This method was slower, but more reliable, and it was less likely to arouse public condemnation. It was more covert and subtle.
Now, Schiller understands why the Shi'ar Empire does not have as strong a ruling power as the Kree Empire and the Skrull Empire, but it can still stand proudly in the economy and society for many years and maintain the transcendent status of the three empires.
"It has been many years since the two gods of Shi'a gave their power to the royal family and nobles of the Feather Clan. Perhaps what you don't know is that no matter how careful they are, the energy belonging to the gods will still continue to erode and transform the bodies of mortals.
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Strange stared at the wine swaying in his hand and said: "Mortals have to pay a price for borrowing the energy of the gods. The more they borrow, the more severe the erosion. The thicker the blood, the stronger the power flowing in the blood."
many."
Strange narrowed his eyes slightly, a dark light flowing in his eyes. The Supreme Mage has never been the spokesperson of light and decent magic. They also delve into the dark magic that is kept secret, even better than those black magicians.
Be more proficient in this.
Strange's tone became lower and lower: "The great portal of the Shi'ar Empire is the product of the power of the two gods of Shi'ar, and this power flowing in the blood of the Mengyu tribe, perhaps, is the power of the great portal.
The secret is in the blood of the Mengyu clan."
"Boom, boom, boom."
The rapid drum beat sounded in Schiller's ears at the beginning of the concert, and then turned into his clear and rhythmic heartbeat.
Schiller, who was still standing on the dance floor, turned his head. Through the hazy light, he saw on the tray in the waiter's hand not far away the glass that Strange had just put down but was still full of wine.
