Chapter 64: Myth and Science
Looking at the four armored superstar corpses in front of him, Fang Xingchen couldn't help but think of the four heavenly kings who fought with the Monkey King in Journey to the West. If Fang Xingchen is not mistaken, the one wearing the white armor is the Eastern Heavenly King Demon Lihai, the cyan armor is the Southern Growth Heavenly King Demon Liqing, the red armor is the Western Wide-eyed Heavenly King Demon Lishou, and the green armor is the Northern Duowen Heavenly King Magic Red.
In myths and legends, they were originally the gods who guarded the four heavenly gates of the heavenly court, and were respected by the world as the four heavenly kings who protected the world. He is responsible for the smooth weather of the world, and is also the patron saint of Buddhism in the east, west, north and south, each carrying a special magic force, and Yongzhen the gate of the heavenly realm with the vast and boundless mana.
"This is the Nantian Gate, and the four of them appeared here at the same time, it must have suffered some terrible change that caused his death. "Judging from the image of the fall of the Four Heavenly Kings, they should have gathered at the South Heavenly Gate in order to deal with something similar to the Brain Heavenly Palace.
"From my intuition, they died without the slightest sign of pain, not even a sign of resistance or fighting. "Ruan Lingyu, as a careful woman, naturally observes more carefully than Fang Xingchen, from his point of view, these four god generals should have died before they made a move, or they haven't discovered the enemy.
"There is such a possibility, they are still holding their respective magic weapons in their hands~ What should they be facing when they look like they? But they didn't see each other at all, so they stood in place and waited for each other to arrive. "The four gods will stand as a whole, still in a state of readiness, they have not seen the enemy at all, as if they are still waiting for the enemy to come.
"I don't know if they are real gods, if they are true gods, why do they also die~" According to the records in myths and legends, the four gods in front of them should be immortal, righteous gods with boundless mana, and immortal existences. And the four skeletons in front of him that were extremely similar to the image of the god general, as well as such a real Nantianmen and Heavenly Palace buildings, made Ruan Lingyu a little incomprehensible.
"Beings like gods, according to scientific explanations, are just advanced beings. Theoretically, they would also die. "In the scientific system of the Shenzhou Earth, there has been scientific research on the existence of gods, and the scientific community generally believes that gods may be a powerful creature that has evolved from a low-level creature to a high-level creature.
"You're pseudoscience, and no matter how much a low-level creature evolves, it can't become a god. After all, the bodies of low-level beings limit the trend of evolution, and unless low-level beings can master a science of somatic evolution, they can reach the theory you mentioned. As a top international scientist, Ruan Lingyu, who was talking about the scientific theory that Fang Xingchen talked about, naturally participated in the discussion and research, but they eventually denied this pseudo-scientific theory.
"So, I want to ask Sister Lingyu, do you think that the Source Spirit Heart Sutra that you are cultivating now is a kind of science that allows the body to evolve?" Fang Xingchen had long felt that these so-called cultivation techniques or secret books might be a kind of advanced life science and technology, but they were put on the cloak of martial arts and mythology by ignorant and backward beings, making it impossible for people to truly comprehend the science and technology in them.
"This~ is somewhat possible. However, when I practiced this wonderful exercise, I didn't feel anything about science. It's as if they're really as magical as they are told in mythological stories. Without any genetic modification, the body can be benignly enhanced and evolved, and some supernatural abilities can be used. These abilities are as magical as spells in myths and legends, and they can condense and release energy forms that are visible to the naked eye without the use of any external medium. In fact, when Ruan Lingyu was cultivating the Source Spirit Heart Sutra, he also used the scientific knowledge he knew to analyze the operating principles in the Source Spirit Heart Sutra at the scientific and technological level. But in the end, without a clue, he gave up his attachment and began to believe in the existence of the mythical world.
"Just because we don't understand them doesn't mean they're not science, it only means that the scientific principles they contain are beyond our understanding. Let's mistake them for myths. For example, if the ancient people of Shenzhou Earth had seen modern airplanes and weapons, they would definitely think that these things were mythical objects, and they would not think that they were the products of science. And these unexplained mythological phenomena that we are facing now are a kind of super science that we cannot understand. Since coming to this world, Fang Xingchen has been giving scientific explanations to what is happening in front of him, but in the end, with the scientific and technological knowledge he has now, Kenben cannot explain these supernatural phenomena.
And the Heavenly Palace in front of him and the bones of the four giant gods standing under the South Heavenly Gate. Fang Xingchen had a flash of inspiration, and from the perspective of mythology, he explained the fundamental reason why science could not recognize mythology, because the science he and Ruan Lingyu mastered was still in low-end science, while he was facing high-end and even god-level science.
Figuratively speaking, the creatures who master the low-end sciences are like the children in preschool education, who can never understand the scientific knowledge of universities in high-end science, or even scientific knowledge.
Fang Xingchen's remarks were reasonable and well-founded, so that Ruan Lingyu didn't have any possibility of refutation. After all, she had indeed strengthened her body by cultivating the Source Spirit Heart Sutra, and this effect was very similar to the effect studied by the Gene Warrior Project mentioned in the biological science community. However, the Gene Warrior Project is a life-damaging experimental project, with an extremely high mortality rate, and none of the volunteers who participated in the experiment were alive, and the participation in this project was Ruan Lingyu's husband. Looking at the Source Spirit Heart Sutra she is cultivating now, not only will it not harm her life, but it will also increase her lifespan and gradually enhance her physique. If it is said that it is a scientific means, it seems that there is also a shadow of science in it, but due to cognitive misunderstandings, Ruan Lingyu cannot perceive the existence of science and technology.
"The magic weapon they are holding in their hands seems to have a faint energy fluctuation, and it should still be usable. "Looking from left to right, the magic power held by the corpses of these four gods should be the jasper pipa, the Qingyun sword, the purple gold flower fox mink, and the mixed yuan umbrella, which is the description of their four god generals in Journey to the West.
"This corpse should be the Wide-eyed Heavenly King, but when he died, even the purple golden-flowered fox marten in his hand also died, which was really miserable. "Through the observation of the magic power in the hands of the four god generals, Fang Xingchen discovered this special magic weapon, and it seems that he has died.
"This umbrella still seems to be fixed in his hand, and he can't even take it down. Ruan Lingyu took a fancy to the Hua Li Fox Whistle Mixed Yuan Umbrella in the hand of the corpse of the Duowen Heavenly King at a glance, and wanted to take it for herself.
"This is their magic weapon, of course it has to be held tightly in their hands, especially this Qingyun Sword, which is so sharp. I don't know when Fang Xingchen had already taken the Qingyun Sword in the hand of the corpse of the Growth Heavenly King, and slashed three swords towards the white jade ground, and actually directly drew three deep dents on the white jade surface.