51. The power of magic
There are often such plots in TV dramas, where the protagonist says to his enemies: something important is in his pocket. Then when the other party came up to find him, he suddenly made a difficulty, and then a fierce fight followed.
The punch is flesh-to-flesh and exciting - the protagonist is first beaten by the enemy, and then the small universe suddenly erupts and begins a fierce counterattack. Immediately after that, the bad guy is knocked to the ground, and the protagonist wins the battle with a scarred face......
Another classic scene is: the wise villain will not step forward to personally rummage through the protagonist's pocket, but will be smart enough to let the other party take it out by himself! Immediately after that, the plot will be reversed, either the protagonist takes out something and threatens the villain to destroy this important object, or the protagonist takes out a pistol from his pocket to turn the tide of the battle.
However, this kind of thing is unlikely to happen in reality...... Because Chris, that's a man who has watched countless TV series and movies. He opened his mouth righteously and gave a safe answer: "You first tell me what you have in your bag!" ”
Frentzberg felt that Chris across from him was less like a generous and heroic human emperor, but more like a despicable villain with no sense of security.
He's sworn allegiance, isn't he? Could it be that in the eyes of this monarch, a magician's oath is such a worthless thing? He's a great magician! A being that resembles a god in the mortal world! How could he take a magician's words for child's play?
With shame, Frenzberg said in a deep voice: "My great master, His Majesty the Grand Duke of Ranhill! I must reiterate, as a magician! Our vows are based on our own supreme glory! Don't question our loyalty, at least after we've sworn allegiance to you, and don't doubt our ...... anymore"
"I'm sorry!" Chris was so good that he immediately apologized and said, "I don't know much about magicians!" But we have a lot of time to get to know each other, don't you think? ”
"Okay......" Frentzberg exhaled a breath of turbidity in a depressed manner, relieved the depression in his heart, and slowly spoke: "A magician's time is precious, so we use magic to create a magic ball that helps magicians accumulate experience. ”
"This kind of magic ball is what we call the magic ball of knowledge." As he spoke, Frentzberg took the rucksack from William's hand, opened the lid, and showed what it contained: "We came here this time, in addition to bringing a lot of magic reserves, we also brought a few of these magic balls. ”
From the middle of a pile of liquid bottles that shone with a pale blue light, he took out a transparent crystal ball that looked about the size of a light bulb, held it in his hand and said, "It's the knowledge ball, a blank knowledge ball that has not yet been filled with knowledge. ”
"Users can input some of their own knowledge that they want to pass on to their apprentices into this magic ball, and then it can be completely instilled into the apprentice's mind, and it will never be forgotten for the rest of his life!" Frentzberg stretched out his hand and handed the crystal ball to Chris in the distance: "The Holy Demon Empire is much more terrifying than you think!" ”
"I'm X ......" scolded in his heart, Chris has been shocked by this super learning machine similar to a human USB disk - if the earth civilization has this thing, then it will no longer be a dream for the top students to go everywhere.
Such a simple tool that can replicate a person's knowledge can definitely allow Chris to spread his knowledge a million times faster! He can quickly establish the knowledge system of this world, and he doesn't need to forcibly indoctrinate him, and he doesn't have to work hard every day to cultivate talents.
As long as he has this thing, his knowledge can be passed on, and he will eventually change the whole world! The world will not need elementary school, junior high school, high school, or even college. Every person is born a genius, a genius of science and civilization!
The strength of modern civilization lies in the fact that knowledge is reduced to systems, and once these systems are mastered, the results can be inherited and promoted. By the time the advance begins, everything that stands in its way will be crushed.
Intuitively, the knowledge ball can help Chris create artificial traversers in batches, so that many aborigines can become a "traversal army" with the accumulation of modern civilization technology. And this army is not something that the backward civilization of this era can stop.
And judging from the degree of use of the magic ball of knowledge by the magic empire, which is more than an artifact, the knowledge of the other party cannot be systematically promoted, so it is impossible to maximize the power of this magic ball.
What the enemy can't do, he can do, and that's really exciting news. However, Chris still didn't go over to pick up the knowledge orb, which could be a bomb, but asked, "So easy to use?" ”
"It's not without its limitations." William, who has used this kind of thing since he was a child, seems to have more say when he talks about it: "What it can inherit is some fixed and dead knowledge, that is, to integrate this kind of thing...... It is up to the inheritors to comprehend it themselves. ”
"Uh......" Chris understood, this thing is just a memory, and it depends on the individual how much to comprehend. It can only inject some things into people's memory, but it cannot replace people's thinking.
In other words, what it can create is not a super student who knows everything, but a group of "nerds" who only memorize books. Chris suddenly felt a little lost, but then it dawned on him: a bunch of nerds are better than a bunch of natives who have to raise everything from scratch!
Nerds are nerds...... Chris complained in his heart, and then felt that it was better to ask the instruction manual more before using it. After all, this thing is like taking medicine, and no one wants to grab a handful of white pills and stuff them in their mouths without reading the instructions......
So, does it have any side effects? Can mortals use it? Chris asked, "Or rather, using it would be indoctrinated with something else, that you have to be loyal to someone or something." ”
He didn't want to cultivate a large group of diehards of the Magic Empire, didn't he make a wedding dress for someone else? Even if he asked at this time, he didn't dare to trust Frenzberg casually and use this kind of thing on a large scale.
"There are side effects, the user will vomit and cry...... In short, there will be adverse reactions, which will last for about a day......" Thinking of his appearance at that time, William's stomach became a little uncomfortable.
Frentzberg continued, "Of course mortals can use it, because our Magic Empire uses this kind of thing to 'enlighten' magical apprentices, and those apprentices have never been exposed to magic before, so their state should be no different from that of mortals. ”
"And you can't change people's thinking. Otherwise, wouldn't it be easy to control other people's thoughts? With this kind of good thing, wouldn't it be easier for us to directly use this magic ball of knowledge to control all mortals? Frenzberg began.
The question that Chris has thought about, countless mages in the Magic Empire have long thought about, since the day the Knowledge Ball was born, there have been people studying the feasibility of implanting the means of "mind control".
Because it is a shortcut that can effectively control others and consolidate domination. Unfortunately, this kind of research ultimately failed, and the magic that controls others is too advanced, and the magic consumes too much, which is basically flashy, and cannot be applied to low-level magic consumables such as knowledge orbs.
"As for the limitations of this thing, in addition to the side effects, the biggest problem is the 'capacity', it can not instill much knowledge, and each person can only use it once in a lifetime, so ......" Frenzberg turned around and took out the other two from his backpack: "It's cheap." ”
In any society, in any era, there will always be a cost that restricts the use of a thing. Whether it is easy to manufacture or not, whether it is the cost of manufacturing or the cost of use, is the main factor in whether a thing can become popular.
"It can't be used repeatedly, and after use, it's dull and cloudy, and it doesn't become so transparent. Its main production material is magic concentrate, and now you know why the ore that mortals have been mining for magicians is so important......" Frentzberg continued without saying anything.
Hearing this, Chris finally knew why the magic essence in the hands of the Arrant Empire and the Dothan Empire was so important, because it was a consumable that many magic empires had been using. How many babies are born in a year, how many teenagers become magic apprentices, how many knowledge orbs are needed, and how many magic essences are needed!
And listening to what Frentzberg said, it is not only the knowledge orb, but also the creation of magic reserves, and the creation of magic essence coins that are common to many magic empires, all need magic essence.
This demand is never-ending, which is why mages tolerate mortals surviving in forbidden lands where there is no surge of magic.
Now, in addition to the Holy Demon Empire, or those magic empires, there is another person who has set his sights on the magic essence. Chris would love to own such a vein and then produce a knowledge orb to quickly improve his national quality!
"Let Smith come here!" Chris has decided to experiment with the feasibility of disseminating industrial knowledge. Among the many subordinates, Smith had the most and the best industrial knowledge, and it was normal for him to do this experiment.
"No need to be so troublesome!" Frenzberg pulled out a copy of junior high school physics from the shelf, pressed the ball of knowledge on the book, and the magic began to happen.