"The myth of humanity?"

The robin apparently didn't understand what Lorenzo meant, and Joey looked at them suspiciously, for it seemed to them to be a strange storehouse of worthless things.

Mythology is even more difficult to understand, it is to tell the story of mystery and grandeur, but when can myth also be connected to mortals?

"Think differently. ”

Lorenzo looked at him with contempt, as if he was despising everyone's intelligence, and then went to the other side of the counter in sumptuous costumes, but inside was an ancient stone slab with stick figures of beasts, but more often than scratches.

"Do you know what those scholars do about human history?"

Lorenzo didn't give the audience a chance to answer, he asked himself.

"The history of mankind starts from scratch, like a great building, built from one cornerstone after another, rather than appearing out of thin air. ”

"So in an era when 'numbers' didn't exist, how could a person count the prey he hunted?"

Lorenzo stared at the slate behind the glass, as if he had stepped back in time.

He carved the appearance of his prey on the stone slab, until one day he felt that it was too much trouble and replaced the intricate pattern with a scratch. ”

The voice was soft, but it was like the white thunder.

One scratch replaces everything in the complex.

"This is the prototype of numbers, a qualitative change from zero to one...... A great moment that deserves to be recorded. ”

The expressions of the robin and Joey changed slightly, as if they were touched by Lorenzo's bland words, but they still did not seem to be able to actually feel the great moment, and their faces were slightly hesitant.

"Another example is it. ”

Lorenzo then picked up the wooden wheel on the other side.

"And that was one of the great moments, where we didn't have to carry the goods anymore, but we used the wheels?"

Robin said, trying to keep up with Lorenzo's thoughts, but Lorenzo shook his head.

"You only see the appearance, and what it really means is an increase in the efficiency of energy use. "With the same energy, passing through the wheels, we can transport more objects farther, the beginning of all means of transportation." ”

The robin was slightly shaken, and he began to clear what Lorenzo was trying to say.

"Merlin is really good, he's a maniac of knowledge. ”

Lorenzo couldn't help but praise, then picked up the scattered paper and continued.

"It is not so much a 'paper' as a 'carrier of information', with which we conquer time, and human knowledge will no longer be lost with the death of the individual, it will continue to be passed on, even time will not kill it, and they will come together again and again until the magnificent building is piled up. ”

"Look at it again!"

Lorenzo's voice couldn't help but be high-pitched, the old warehouse was like a sacred hall at this moment, obviously an extremely common thing, but at this moment it became strange and solemn.

He picked up the heavy code of law and wiped the dust from it, it was as heavy as a solid stone.

"A common copy of the Invig Codex, right?"

Lorenzo asked.

Robin and Joey nodded, his mind a little numb, maybe this was the difference between them and Lorenzo, they knew that this thing had a special meaning, but they couldn't figure it out until Lorenzo answered.

"A thick, ubiquitous code of law, which can be said to represent order, is the iron rule, and from the moment man creates the 'law', we bind ourselves with this invisible force, distinguishing man from beasts. ”

"So we are no longer beasts that fight and wail, we are human beings, human beings who can control ourselves. ”

Lorenzo picked up an inconspicuous coin.

"As I thought, does it still represent money? or wealth? No, it is worthless in its material nature, but what really has value is its meaning, which is the 'certificate of credit' between human beings. ”

These credits propel the world's economy and are traded as a medium for all things of value, like an equivalent scale.

"And it. ”

Lorenzo lifted the heavy lock, the solid iron surface glowing with cold.

"It's the encryption and protection of information...... It is important to note that it is not the self that matters, but the things it represents, the concepts it covers. ”

"Or maybe it!"

Lorenzo gently picked up the humble stone.

In fact, when this stone appears here, it is no longer as simple as a stone, it can be a stone, a stick, a war hammer, an iron sword.

"From this moment on, humanity has the power to protect itself. ”

The power to fight monsters in the dark.

The air seemed to freeze, like iron solidified lead ash, and it was difficult to be twitched by the fragile lungs.

Lorenzo's gaze swept over, sharp knives that the two had never thought of looking at at at such a level, or such a grand perspective.

It was as if Watson's words were whispering in his ears, and when humans looked at themselves from the perspective of ants, it was a picture beyond imagination.

"Of course, this is even more crucial. ”

Returning to the wooden table where he had sat down, Lorenzo looked down at the drawing.

"Do you know where you are?"

"What location?"

Robin asked cautiously.

"It's the physical location. ”

Lorenzo looked up, a light falling, and the sky was endless.

"The world is so big, do you really know where we are? In fact, this is also one of the great moments, it is positioning technology, human beings know what the world looks like for the first time. ”

Drawings and calculations, the grid envelops the land, so that the land that has not yet been reached is no longer a myth of legend, but a reality that is clearly visible on the map.

Stroking the old drawing, Lorenzo continued.

"I remember what Merlin told me about the assumption that if you can't observe it, it doesn't exist, and you should know that, right? ”

Joey nodded, he knew what Lorenzo was talking about, about the part about the anterior lobotomy.

"We perceive the whole world because of our sensory organs, and if we don't perceive it, then the world doesn't exist for us. ”

"It's a cognitive problem, so think about it differently, Joey. ”

Lorenzo continued.

"Is it because of our human observations that these 'great moments' exist?"

As if it was touching the weird taboo, the warm atmosphere was cold, and there was an indescribable feeling for a moment, as if in the unrecognizable darkness, there was a demonic existence slowly squirming.

The hellish detective was always thinking about strange things, and perhaps because of that, the robin asked with some fear.

"You've always been so ...... Thinking?"

"It's not a plus, I just can't control my ...... at times Overthinking, it can make me anxious and forget to enjoy the moment. ”

Lorenzo replied faintly.

"Of course, it's just an assumption, like a clock. ”

He looked at the clock hanging behind the two of them, the ticking of the hour hand, indicating the passing of the power called "time".

"Mankind made the calendar, so we have what we call the ...... of time"

"But what if they don't exist in the first place?"

A raging chill gripped the robin's heart, and he was tempted to stop Lorenzo from continuing, as if the madman was trying to challenge some kind of taboo.

It's like the stupidity of a madman.

"What if the clock is not a tool for recording time, but because of the emergence of the clock, the world has the concept of 'time'?"

It's obviously a very ordinary word, and it can even be easily broken down into a single word, but when it is said by Lorenzo at the moment, it is crazy and weird.

According to this terrible line of thought, the world itself has no fixed form, and it was not until the advent of positioning technology that the form of the world was established, or even ...... There were beasts in the world, until some of them began to bind themselves with rules, so they were distinguished from the beasts and became humans.

The relationship between the two is inverted, so the whole world goes crazy.

Joey looked at Lorenzo, this neurotic had become strange and absurd since he died once, and in a way he had begun to become like a demon, and a few random words could bring about an erosive effect and torture ordinary people's sanity.

Of course, these are just words, full of loopholes, and there is no need to care too much. ”

The suffocating extreme Lorenzo's words turned sharply and pretended to be relaxed.

"Your words sound like something often said by the mentally ill. Joy said.

"After all, we're fighting demons, and demons aren't bound by common sense, so we have to be crazy, aren't we?" Lorenzo smiled.

"But it's still a sane world, and even an alchemist like Merlin is throwing away the mystery and embracing science, isn't it?"

Lorenzo said.

"In my opinion, actually...... Those occults are no different from science. ”

"Nothing different?"

Robin somewhat did not understand Lorenzo's self-contradictory words, the world of sanity that he maintained, but recognized the strange mystery.

I only heard Lorenzo say slowly.

"In my opinion, the so-called occultism is just a science that cannot be explained by formulas for the time being. ”

He strode forward.

"Think of the robins, hundreds of years ago, when humans were still holding swords and shields, do you think they could understand today's artillery, let alone the Ascalon cannon, which was a hundred and thirty kilometers long. ”

No one can imagine that people will be limited by their social status and even the times they live in, and all people live in the cage of their own, as if it is a curse of truth to mortals, and they can only continue to struggle on the path of pursuit.

Like a crazy speech, it may be that the quiet life is suffocated by the great detective, who is impassioned, praising humanity and singing the praises of humanity...... In fact, he is a narcissistic guy, and rounding this bastard is also praising himself.

However, judging from the contemptuous glances in his eyes from time to time, he didn't seem to want to think that these two guys, who had been led by his mind, were the same kind ...... At least IQ is inconsistent.

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, to be honest, Joey was indeed shocked by Lorenzo's faint madness just now, this great detective is crazy, but he maintains absolute sanity, and sometimes he can't tell the line between madness and reason.

But then there was vigilance, and he began to remember what Shrike had said to him, that the person who had been in contact with Lorenzo before the purifier had been in contact with him, and that Shrike had given advice to Joey at that time.

If you can, keep your distance from Lorenzo as much as possible, not only because of the danger of the great detective, but also because he is an "actor".

This is not the usual kind of "actor", but Lorenzo's position many times, life is a stage, he is the most dazzling one on the stage, but all this has always been his one-man show, so sometimes he needs some unlucky children to set off his prominence.

Gently stroking the steel, cold as a sharp blade, Lorenzo gazed at the ancient steam engine, the smooth surface reflecting Lorenzo's face.

"Of course, aside from my nonsense, the most important thing is this thing. ”

The two of them looked at the steam engine in the center, "We know how important this thing is. ”

As Invig, the two of them felt deeply about the change brought about by the steam engine, and it was because of its appearance that Invig won the glorious war and ascended to the highest position.

Lorenzo shook his head.

"You don't know, this is the greatness of human beings, the moment when human beings create miracles, it is this miracle after miracle that builds human society, human civilization, and builds the walls of reason. ”

The voice is flat and the speed of speech is very slow, as if telling a story that has been sealed in the dust.

From stones to clubs, from swords and shields to the horrible armor of original sin.

It is a history museum that records the great moments of humanity and constructs all the "concepts" of the world today.

Merlin collected them as if they were some kind of mysterious ritual, as if they were some kind of plan for disaster.

"Epic ...... of Humanity"

Robin couldn't help but whisper.

After understanding the meaning of Lorenzo's words, every small object here has a heavy meaning.

Relying on them, the human beings lit the fire in the darkness, clenched the thunder and flames, and fought the demons from the darkness to this day.

"Yes, the epic of humanity. ”

Lorenzo sighed.

"It represents the first time that human beings have broken through the limitations of 'biology' and that we have converted chemical energy into mechanical energy. ”

Burning and rising, roaring machines build great city-states.

"If in ancient mythology, the power of a god was to master thunder and rain, now we have the power of steel and fire. ”

"Humans themselves are the gods who walk on earth. ”

So the long night ushered in the dawn.

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