Chapter 235: The Door Moves
Hearing Gawain's answer, Tyr blinked, and instead of speaking, she motioned for Gawain to continue.
After all, she doesn't know much about the human world - although the Kraken seems to be constantly observing the situation on the continent, and the information is not closed, Tyr himself is clearly not the kind of person who cares about foreign news.
"You should know what happened on this continent seven hundred years ago," Gawain sighed, explaining the current technological age of mankind in a rough way, "At that time, the Gondor Empire was the most advanced country on the continent, but the explosion of the Deep Blue Well led to a great decline in our technology - and due to the irreproducibility of the Deep Blue Well and the wave of the destruction of all the high-end talents in the ancient empire, our technology declined far beyond you think, and we are declining not only in technology, but even in the social structure and the level of human thought. Today, the level of production technology in all countries of mankind is still the same as you said, a few craftsmen, a few magicians in their own workshops or laboratories to make some handmade products, industrial mass production and other ideas can be said to be blank. β
After a pause, Gawain continued: "And Cecil is the only place where an attempt is being made to establish an industrial system at the moment - I don't know if you can understand the term 'industrial system' that I coined in the lingua franca of mankind, but in short, I hope to establish a new model of production and development. I hope to popularize the convenient power of 'magic', and become a tool that everyone can use rather than the privilege of a few, I hope to achieve great technological progress on this basis, and promote the transformation of production mode with technological progress, I hope to use the power of tools and wisdom to mass-produce industrial products, just like the rune substrates produced on the assembly line of these machines in front of you. β
As he spoke, he paid attention to the change in Tyr's expression - he saw that the nonchalant expression on the Siren's face had finally faded, and Tyr was listening intently, and the eyes became extremely focused, and the end of her beautiful long blue hair even shimmered slightly, perhaps a sign that she was in a good mood?
After Gawain had finished speaking for the time being, Tyr blinked and asked seriously, "What about after this?" β
"The abundance of living materials will change our society, the way people get along with each other, the social relations, and the laws and hierarchical systems that are above them, will be changed," Gawain said calmly, "There is no doubt that this is what I am after." β
"Interesting...... You're more interesting than I thought......" Tyr swung his long snake tail and arched around Gawain (to be honest, if she hadn't been so embarrassed by this salted fish spirit's walking posture, she would have at least doubled her B-block), "Your ideas surpass those of your countrymen, and even your compatriots of the so-called 'advanced' empire more than seven hundred years ago. I probably know something about the 'Gondor Empire', it is indeed a very powerful human empire, and the magic technology is very advanced, but it is only an illusion supported by a natural energy reservoir, all the civilizations on this continent - even the silver elf civilization that is still very strong - have been incredibly backward, the abundant resources and convenient magical environment on this continent have nurtured you, and also tied your minds very seriously, but...... There is such an unusual ...... as you on this continent."
Tyr pinched his chin and made a rather bad evaluation of all the kingdoms of the entire continent lightly, but Gawain knew that with the level of civilization of the other party, she was fully qualified to make such an evaluation, which was objective and factual, and what was even more pleasing was that he could roughly infer from Tyr's attitude that the Kraken was taking the same development path - it was mostly the same as himself.
They should have also embarked on the road of using technology to promote the development of productive forces and emancipating productive forces to promote social progress.
"I have experienced a glorious and developed era, I have seen with my own eyes what an advanced civilization is like, I once led a group of people to try to open up territory in the wilderness, only hoping to re-establish that glorious civilization," Gawain sighed softly, flipping through the memories from Gawain Cecil, and also looking through his own memories from the earth, and sighed from the bottom of his heart, "Then I slept for seven hundred years, and then I woke up to find that this society has not returned to its glory, but has become more backward, more decaying, and more decaying... β¦ I can't stand this backwardness and decay, and I naturally want to do something, even if it's just to make my life more comfortable, and I have to let society develop. β
"I agree, a lot of technological advancements are made to make it easier for you to sleep well," Tyr shook the tip of his tail happily and suddenly asked another question, "but aren't you worried that your rule will be threatened if magic really spreads to everyone and even ordinary people can use magic to rebel against the rulers?" β
Gawain couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "If most of the people were driven to the point where they wanted to use the fireball technique to blow up their own lord, then this lord should have died a long time ago." I have always believed in one thing: if a monarch or lord can only rule his people by violence and oppression, then his rule is not rule at all, because any jackal or tiger and leopard can do the same thing as him.
"And as for the consequences of spreading magic...... There may be a new contradiction, but I believe that the benefits will far outweigh the risks. Technology is developing in the process of popularization, and if you want to get more talents, you must let more people have the opportunity to access these technologies, so that the learning and research of technology has no threshold or very low threshold, so that enough researchers can be produced under the huge population base, and the secrets of the truth in the world can be truly revealed, instead of being like now, only a few talented people can use magic, and their research is all wasted on maintaining the system and improving personal strength...... In this way, even if a million years pass, there will only be a few more great magicians in the world, as long as a demon tide comes, even if these great magicians survive, won't human civilization still be gone? Then these great magicians are going to live like wild men in the mountains and forests to compete with wild beasts for territory? β
Til looked at Gawain for a moment, then turned her head to look at the machines and equipment that were rattling and casting runes, the tip of her tail tapping the factory floor a little unconsciously, and after a long time, she suddenly said without a head: "If only you woke up a few years ago......
"What?" Gawain heard it, but he didn't understand what it meant, "Why did you wake up a few years ago?" β
"The Great Demon Tide is indeed approaching," Tyr suddenly turned his head and stared at Gawain's eyes very seriously, "The Demon Tide will cause devastating damage to all civilizations, and we Krakens are elemental creatures and are naturally resistant to the Demon Tide, so we have been able to survive many times, but you flesh and blood humans can't escape the 'Material Remodeling' in this process."
"We have always had a conjecture: if the magic tide is a natural phenomenon, then any natural phenomenon should have a law to follow and a principle that can be studied deeply, but due to some of our own ...... 'particularities', we Kraken have not found out what this deep principle and law is until now, but we believe in the correctness of this idea......
"The technological advances you seek, the way you search for the truth, are very much in line with our conjectures, and I think you may be on the right path, but ...... I'm afraid you're waking up too late. β
Gawain didn't know what to do on his face, and many words eventually turned into an embarrassed and stiff smile, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly: "Don't you think it's very shocking to say these words directly?" β
"We Krakens are used to speaking straightforwardly," Tyr's attitude was very calm, "and I'm used to being pessimistic first - you can look at it optimistically, after all, I also said that the cycle of the Demon Tide is not so accurate, maybe it will be delayed for 1,800 years this time, and you or your descendants will find out the technology to resist the Demon Tide, or your technology will make great progress, and it is not impossible to understand the principle of the Demon Tide in two years." β
Gao Wen tugged at the corners of his mouth: "...... You're overly optimistic when you say that, I might as well expect that there really is an omnipotent creator in this world, and the day before the outbreak of the demon tide, he suddenly changed the setting of the world so that human civilization will live forever. β
"Who knows," Tyr shrugged (and the tip of his tail), "the progress of civilization is sometimes unreasonable and illogical, some races will not be able to see a clear sky for hundreds of thousands of years, and some races will fall from their peak to the abyss overnight, but as long as they are alive, there must always be some hope, we Krakens believe in one thing, that is, as long as we are alive, there is always something to look forward to in life." β
Gawain looked at the self-proclaimed pessimistic Kraken with some surprise, and always felt that her words had a deep meaning, but when he looked closely, Tyr's face returned to that casual and lazy appearance.
She turned around and continued to observe curiously how the machines were going, while Gawain smiled and followed to prevent the seafood from interfering with the work of the workers in the Rune Foundry.
But just then, there was a sudden cacophony outside the factory gate, and Gawain frowned and saw a lightly armed Cecil soldier hurrying in.
The soldier trotted all the way to Gawain, hurriedly gave a military salute, and said quickly while panting, "My lord, the door...... There's movement in that door! β
"Door?" Gawain frowned, "Don't be so headless and tailless, pant evenly, and explain what's going on." β
The soldier quickly adjusted his state, took a deep breath, and reported: "It's the ring-shaped magic door at the bottom of the ancient facility, and the soldiers guarding the gate report that it is changing!" It seems to be activated! β
"That door activated itself?!" This time even Gawain was dumbfounded, he thought for a moment, and then ordered, "Go and inform Hetty, well, and Pittman, and let them come over immediately." β
Then he turned to look at Tyr, "You go back first......"
"No, I'd better go with you and have a look," Tyr immediately wagged his tail, "I've been curious to hear you mention that there's an ancient facility in the mountains, and that it's a technological crystallization of the Gondor Empire or somethingβbut if that place is classified, I won't go." β
Gawain looked at Tyre, a little hesitant, but finally nodded: "It's okay, if you want to come along, maybe your knowledge can come in handy." β
He thought of the fact that the ruins in the mountains had studied the flesh and blood of the gods, and if the door at the bottom of the ruins led to a place related to the gods, then a deep sea god like Tyr who dared to devour the flesh and blood of the gods might have some effect...... At least you can be an appraiser, right?