Vol 2 Chapter 28 Elf

When the two returned to the convoy, they were a little surprised. After all, no one found out when they left suddenly. It seemed that they suddenly disappeared. , which is a barely acceptable reason.

At least the two of them are usually quite diligent and studious. Therefore, even during the journey, he has not stopped practicing and learning magic. During the journey, it is possible that he will be teleported out due to the mistake of casting space magic.

The legendary powerhouses in the team did feel the spatial fluctuations and believed their explanations. It is said that there is no need to tell the real situation, after all, everyone still has to hide their strength.

There will be no more dangerous situations during the next journey. Although the area of ​​the Elf Empire is in a buffer zone, there are actually many residents living here, and the prosperity is even higher than the periphery of the Blue River Alliance. The area is more prosperous.

It’s just that the laws here are relatively chaotic, and there is no set of clear rules. Many fugitives and the like will come here, and they are basically not governed by the rules of any country, and only need to abide by some basic rules of this buffer zone. , you can ignore what you have done in other countries before.

Although it is chaotic, it is more prey to the weak. A legendary powerhouse means that it is not easy to provoke, and naturally no one wants to provoke them, not to mention that there is not only a legendary powerhouse in the team, the emperor After absorbing the golden blood, Tian also broke through the legendary level. Even if he only absorbed less than one-thousandth of the blood, he is now considered to be a powerhouse in the legendary level, and the breath of beasts is more obvious and coercive. Stronger, the deterrent it brings will make their next journey smooth.

The closer you are to the elf empire, the more prosperous it will be, but 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.

The service industry often develops excessively in the process of stagnant social development. What people long for is no longer to explore the unknown, no longer to technological progress, but to a better quality of life, the service industry will be like this. Excessive prosperity.

The primary and secondary industries are the core of a country, and when they are completely suppressed by the tertiary industry, the meaning is self-evident.

Before Cheng Ying saw this with his own eyes, he found that he still underestimated the stagnation of the development of the Elf Empire.

This is not an ordinary social stagnation. In this buffer zone, you can see some chaos that is completely invisible in the elf empire. Here, the classes are clearly defined, and many people do not seem to be slaves, but they do not have human rights. .

Here, you can see many extremely luxurious buildings, scanning the periphery through mental power. It can be known that almost any enjoyment can be obtained here, you can trample the dignity of the service staff here at will, and satisfy a certain mentality of the owner, and the people here are the invisible rich inside the elf empire, and they are among the news media. It will hardly be reported, at least Chengying did not see their existence in the information on the bright side, but these people are controlling the empire behind the scenes.

The elf empire can also be regarded as ruling the country according to the law. Although the extraordinary has privileges, some particularly excessive things cannot be done inside the empire, and what they choose is to go to the buffer zone where the lawbreakers gather. The country’s legal constraints, and there is no domestic supervision system, everything that happens here will not be passed back to the country.

In this way, it becomes the most suitable place to indulge desires. It is like the high seas on the earth. The super rich have their own yachts and can do whatever they want on the high seas. People, after reaching the high seas, their fate is no longer in their own hands, but is absolutely dominated 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 died silently in the sea, it is 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 constantly happening. The order and beauty of all civilized societies are torn to shreds here. The true master of this civilization can experience the killing of life here. It feels more brutal and reckless than the kings of 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 such freedom is a disaster for other people who do not have freedom.

Chengying watched all this silently, her brows getting tighter and tighter. Such an elf empire was even worse than he imagined. It seemed that there was no hope for these guys to be the protection of human beings. An empire is probably no easier than guiding the rise of mankind.

Polo Ge was very interested in the disgust shown by Chengying: “You actually hate this logic of the strong being respected? I really don’t know what you think, if you become a saint, you don’t even need to be like them. In this way, it can directly take the life and death of the entire race.

Because our existence is beyond the power of the entire race combined, we can do what we want, and the race will get what we want. Such freedom is a matter of course, because we are possessing power. ”

Porogo seems to be very proud of this, even though he has now become a hidden existence, he is still proud of his powerful strength.

“This is the problem. Your strength is only your own strength. Even if you become a super strong, all you can do for the race is shelter, and you will not put your energy into the development of the race, even Restricted by the rules of heaven and earth, even if you want to impart your power, you cannot do it.

This is the deformed place in this world. Power can be obtained indefinitely, but wisdom will not be born in this process. There is no communication, no competition. Over time, all you get is paranoia. To think, not to learn, but to find ways to gain stronger power and become the controller of the fate of more people, the fate of the whole 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 it is, it is meaningless, because it is impossible to cross their own class.

Forget it, no matter how much you talk about it, you won’t understand. Wisdom cannot be created. In your opinion, the most precious thing is power, but this is a misunderstanding. Is something precious or not? It is defined by wisdom itself. If there are no intelligent creatures, then there is no concept of preciousness at all? ”

Porogo is completely indifferent to the previous sermons, but is somewhat interested in the last statement: “So you mean that power is not worthy of respect, nor is it something precious, it is what we define Because he is precious, he must be respected, so he is respected?”

“Otherwise? Everything in the universe is meaningless in the first place. We give them meaning, so for intelligent creatures, the most precious thing is not power, but wisdom itself. If you lose your own wisdom, So no matter how much power it possesses, it is nothing but a mass of matter that is no different from all things in the universe and follows the rules of the universe.

And the current system of the Elf Empire, including the entire Prehistoric Continent, is a restriction on the birth of wisdom. The hierarchical system with clear classes suppresses the growth of wisdom and adds an invisible lock to people’s hearts. In particular, power must be respected. True status can only be attained by ascending power, a notion that is so deeply rooted in people’s minds that it is almost impossible to change.

This is the saddest thing. It depends on the combat power of individuals to determine the status of society. This is the situation that only occurs in primitive tribes. People with strong combat power deny the value of the talents mastered by those with other talents. Development has lost the possibility of diversification, and there is only one way to pursue power.

If you develop in other directions, even if you achieve high results, you will not be recognized. In the end, it can only be turned into a part of the ants. In such a world, who is willing to dedicate their wisdom? ”

Chengying shook his head, feeling very helpless. He did not stubbornly believe that his original concept was 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 the social development caused by the environment of the earth. Essentially different societies are only becoming more fair, and the real purpose of becoming fair is to stimulate everyone’s subjective initiative. The primitive society seems to be the most harmonious. It seems to be the most fair, but in fact, it is actually the most unfair. Even if you don’t think, you can still survive, and even if you think, you can’t get a reward. Naturally, it’s unfair.

So those who are unwilling to think and work hard are defeated and become slaves.

And slaves are reluctant to burst out their own wisdom, in order to let these people show their own subjective initiative, slaves gradually disappeared and were replaced by a brand new system.

This order is not necessarily fixed, if a brand new one arrives. In an era when everyone is unwilling to think and work hard, perhaps returning to the era of slavery will allow more people to bloom with their own sparks of wisdom.

On the Great Desolate Continent, however, it does the opposite. All the changes are aimed at solidifying the class and making this kind of inequality between people more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Ultimately, wisdom will gradually be obliterated, and civilization and progress will be wiped out. Strength, the final result is probably to become a swarm.

Even if someone becomes the Dao of Heaven, all living beings are just pets raised by him, and as their actions are completely unexpected, they will eventually lose interest in these pets.

After all, for the existence that controls all the rules in the universe, if he still has his own wisdom consciousness, he will understand that power is not the most precious thing at all, but the most precious thing is the existence that can also show wisdom and communicate with himself.

The convoy officially entered the elf empire. After a series of checks, everyone was required to wear a bracelet and then allowed to enter the elf empire.

Compared with the riotous dance of demons outside the empire, there is much more order here, and even a small town on the border can see the prosperity of art.

Chengying 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 are too many people who want to absolutely control this race and establish an absolute upper and lower order, but in the Within the race, in a certain class, there are still promotions, and there is still hope for some people.

However, the power of promotion is being monopolized by some people and given up by others. The monopolized part of people constantly improves their strength, monopolizes educational resources, and monopolizes cultivation resources. In the future, their children will stand at the end of others as soon as they are born. Even if you do nothing, you can achieve a higher achievement than others in a lifetime.

And those who gave up opportunities for promotion are under good social welfare. Losing their enterprising spirit, they are not only unable to compare with those who monopolize resources in terms of resources, but also have a huge gap in talent.

Although it is an empire with the most prevalent magic, the talent of magic has also begun to be layered. The more nobles are, the more powerful women will use magic to improve the blood of their family. After thousands of years, the natural talent has been Started stratification, the bottom has no hope of promotion, so he simply gave up exploring the path of magic, and turned his talents to other fields, showing them in other fields that may 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 are like those carved by art masters.

Although art is not interoperable, and different races may not 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 a pleasant aesthetic feeling to people, you must respect the laws of mathematics. The disorderly patterns will only bring people irritability, and Cheng Ying can see these works of art. The laws of mathematics, which are the basis of science and technology, have been applied to works of art, and they are so widely used that Chengying couldn’t help laughing and crying for a while.

From the works of art in this frontier city, it can be seen that the elves have profound mathematical knowledge, but they have not developed technology, and ordinary people have not used this knowledge to deduce magic…

【To be continued】

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