Chapter Two Thousand and Six

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In a sense, the development of civilization in any world will have a mainstream direction......

In this process, people who follow the trend will always be more likely to succeed than others......

To give a simple example, in the past ten years, housing prices in various parts of the country have generally shown an explosive upward trend, especially in some first-tier cities, housing prices have risen more than ten times or even dozens of times in a few years, in a sense, this kind of housing price rise, in fact, is a social trend......

The so-called social trend is actually very difficult to explain through some things, and it is also difficult to explain things......

Just like some celebrities, they obviously look average, have average figures, and the conditions in all aspects are not outstanding, but they can often become popular, and on the contrary, some stars are often superior in all aspects, and after the most professional packaging of the brokerage company, it is difficult to become popular, in the final analysis, there are not too many reasons to analyze......

In fact, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than the eye edge problem that an actor brings to the audience, as long as the eye edge is good, it will naturally make people like it, and there will naturally be fans, and on the contrary, if it makes people look unpleasant, then it is naturally difficult to become a star, and this is why some male actors are not much better than ordinary people in terms of appearance, but they can become popular......

The essence of plastic surgery is not to make celebrities more beautiful, but to make celebrities look more durable and recognizable, so that it will be easier to gain the favor of the audience......

The mainstream aesthetic is always relatively close......

The closer a person is to the mainstream, the easier it is to succeed and be recognized!

The same is true in other areas......

For example, playing basketball, in the world of basketball, height is a kind of mainstream, the taller the person, the greater the possibility of becoming a professional basketball player, in the field of basketball, the more room for development, and on the contrary, short players certainly exist in professional games, but they need to put in much more effort than tall players!

In fact, even those so-called short professional players are only short relative to the profession of basketball players, and the vast majority of professional basketball guard players also have a height of 1.8 meters or even more than 1.9 meters, and their shortness is only relative to the shortness of athletes......

It can also be seen from this that there is always a tendency in the world, whether it is big or small......

It's like the so-called wheel of history......

There is always a certain trajectory in the advancement of history, and those who follow the trajectory are always easier to succeed, and those who try to hinder the progress of the wheel of history are often completely crushed by this huge wheel in the end!

In the same way, the course of civilization is always tendentious!

Martial arts and technology are inherently contradictory, and when martial arts flourish, technology will naturally become lonely, and rude people will even use force to kill those wise scholars, and regard what they say as a lie!

On the other hand, when technology becomes more advanced, force in the simple sense of the word will be restricted......

Just like in real life, any use of force will be regarded as a violation of laws and regulations, and the use of force is, in a sense, a crime in itself!

Although in the real world, people are not forbidden to learn martial arts, but in fact, in modern society, the various social orders and judicial systems have made the path of martial artists very, very narrow, especially for ordinary martial artists, if they do not join the government department, their force is almost useless......

For a long time in the past, cold weapons were the mainstream development direction of social civilization, which is why all guns and gunpowder are still not valued by those in power, even if they have great power, and those craftsmen who can produce guns and cannons are often regarded as the lowest people......

With the development of science and technology, hot weapons have gradually replaced cold weapons and become the mainstream, and martial arts have naturally become non-mainstream with the development of science and technology!

In modern society, although people are not forbidden to learn martial arts, in fact, the general environment of society does not have a good way for people who practice martial arts to survive, and this is also the root cause of martial arts loneliness!

In modern society, the practice of martial arts can be said to be a very non-mainstream choice, the vast majority of people, will not choose to use martial arts training as their main way of life, after all, in a relatively sound judicial society, the role that force itself can play is often minimal......

Even if there are still criminal acts in society, there are still individuals who do not respect the social order and judicial system, but this situation is only a minority after all, and the opportunity to use their own force reasonably and legally is very rare for the vast majority of civilian warriors!

In fact, even if it is theoretically reasonable and legal to use force with defense as the main purpose, when it is actually in court, it is difficult to say that it can really be completely innocent, which is why few people in modern society choose to practice martial arts!

However, trends themselves are not set in stone!

In the age of cold weapons, there is no doubt about the power of warriors, and in the age of hot weapons, science and order represent the mainstream of civilization......

But who knows what the next era will be?

Weak people can only follow the trend with the changes of the times, while the really strong can often control the trend and become the leader of the trend!

Of course, it is undeniable that even in modern society, people have paid some attention to martial arts and martial arts, but in a short period of time, it is difficult for martial arts and martial arts to really become a mainstream topic in society......

And in such a background, the martial artists who can still devote themselves to practicing martial arts are actually truly commendable existences......

After all, in modern society, choosing a relatively mainstream lifestyle will always make it easier to live, and choosing a non-mainstream way will always be more likely to be resisted and criticized by others......

And it is undoubtedly a very, very, very difficult thing to create a miracle that turns the non-mainstream into the mainstream, like the man of the year in every era!

Although every warrior hopes that one day the social status of the warrior can be improved, but hope is one thing, reality is another thing, and it will not be a simple thing to really swim against the current!

Not to mention that the governments of every country in the world are deliberately concealing the existence information of those transcendentals, even if every country exposes the powerful abilities of those martial arts-level martial artists, I am afraid it will be difficult for martial artists to become the mainstream of society, and it takes a lot of time and energy to practice martial arts itself, which will also involve all kinds of secret medicines and secret methods, and even differences in talent, even if there are very few individuals who can become transcendent-level powerhouses far beyond ordinary people, Martial arts still don't have much attraction to ordinary people......

Just like professional gamers in reality, before the appearance of the fantasy world, there were actually a lot of professional gamers, many of whom were star-level professional gamers, in fact, their incomes were very rich, but this did not affect the vast majority of parents for their children's cultivation ideas, although the vast majority of parents will not deny the achievements of those famous professional gamers, but let their own children embark on the road of the game, but they will definitely not agree, because they know very wellThe success of this industry itself has a lot of accidents, and not everyone is suitable for such a path......

On the other hand, a path such as reading is suitable for everyone to take, and it is nothing more than a question of how far they can go......

The reason is not that the road of reading is not difficult to walk, but that the road of reading, every obstacle itself is predictable, even if thousands of troops cross the single-plank bridge, at least you can see where the bridge is, and the road of professional video game players is like a road walking in the clouds, no one knows when to fall from the clouds to the ground, naturally no one dares to take risks!

Of course, after the appearance of the phantom world, the threshold for professional players has been greatly reduced, and a relatively reasonable professional system and system have gradually been derived......

The same is true of martial arts, even if people know that there is a powerful transcendental level martial artist in reality, but in fact, for ordinary people, it does not have much influence, after all, such people are only a few after all, even if ordinary people learn martial arts, they can only be slightly stronger than ordinary people, and they can't reach the extraordinary level, so in fact, there will be no essential difference from ordinary people......

However, even so, in the real world, martial artists who cannot be called the mainstream, if they reach the level of martial arts, they will still become masters in the true sense, such characters, they will naturally have a social status that ordinary people do not have, their strong force is the guarantee of their privileges, and compared to other upper-class people, martial artists are actually the most free type of people!

They can do what they want to do, say what they want to say, they will not be suppressed by any from the outside world, they have a much healthier body than ordinary people, they have much more energy than ordinary people, they are always in a state of almost absolute health that high-ranking officials and rich people dream of, they live themselves, every breath they take, every step they take, every scenery they see, for the vast majority of ordinary people in a sub-healthy state, it is the ultimate luxury enjoyment! Prolong life, can't afford to be sick, and even the spirit can always maintain a state of accessibility!

In a sense, once a martial artist reaches the level of martial arts, it can be said that he has become an inhuman existence, his teeth grow again, his bone marrow is re-trained, and every cell in his body, every internal organ in his body, will naturally transform!

In a sense, after a martial artist reaches this inhuman level, it is actually like a carp crossing the dragon gate and becoming a real dragon-like existence!

In the real world, if high-ranking officials and local tyrants are god-like beings, then powerful warriors are like immortals!

Since ancient times, people have always referred to powerful and perfect beings as immortals......

But in fact, whether in the Eastern world or in the Western world, gods and immortals are two completely different concepts!

The source of God's power is the rules, in the Western world, God has his own Godhead and priesthood, Godhead determines the strength of God, and Godhood determines God's duties and missions, if an individual becomes a god, then he must do things that are in line with his own priesthood, and over time, it is easy to lose himself and become a part of the rules!

God has incomparably great power, but he must do things according to his priesthood, and there can be no transgression, no selfishness!

Once God has selfishness and is unwilling to follow the rules, then it is time for God to fall!

It's like the Grim Reaper in the Death Note, although you can use the Death Note to kill people at will, but you can't save people by killing people, otherwise the Death Remembrance itself will die, in fact, this is also a kind of rule bondage, you can use the Death Note to kill people at will, but you can never use the Death Note to save people, this is a kind of rule power in itself, if the Death Reaper is absolutely ruthless, then you can kill anyone without paying a price, but if it is absolutely ruthless, then even if it is God itself, In fact, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than a rule machine, and there is nothing to envy!

In Journey to the West, the Dragon King of Jinghe is not a big god, but because he violated the instructions of the heavenly court and was angry with a god, he finally sent himself to the dragon slaying platform, and the reason for this is not because of the bad consequences of his behavior itself, but simply because he violated the rules and order of the heavenly court!

God's power comes from rules and order, and they must absolutely support this rule and order, even if they do something against their will!

The biggest difference between immortals and gods is that immortals are free in the absolute sense!

Yes, freedom!