Chapter 1156: Utopia (1)

The effect of cigarettes has been accepted by the vast majority of magicians and has become the most sought-after goods under the publicity and demonstration effect of more than half a month.

The strange dew comparable to refined mint and the bitter rose juice comparable to coffee are still lost to cigarettes for a refreshing effect.

"The effect of this medicine is comparable to that of a small blue pill." Leo smiled evilly, "These magicians, in the face of magic research, are like facing an extremely tempting stunner, but it's a pity that this small physique can't last long......"

"According to what you say, you are not afraid of being hollowed out of your body and becoming that what? The Queen's dregs? I said.

"Huh! Your associations can! Leo said.

"I don't think the Blue Pill is a good fit," I said, "and at least it needs to be paired with some fitness supplements." ”

"That's what you call a rush." Leo smirked.

Many people in the crowd walked back with large cigarettes, and a few bought tobacco, which was a bit fun.

First of all, our cigarettes are not paper, but tobacco leaves, so they look golden yellow, and we don't have carton packaging, but glass boxes, magicians will not buy a pack at a time like earthlings, but think about convenience, buy hundreds at a time, directly hold a glass box that can hold hundreds of cigarettes and come out, and do not include space props, I don't know if it is great or deliberately showing off.

Secondly, we don't send pipes for tobacco shreds, and I thought there would be very few people who bought them, but I didn't expect them to be quite a lot.

"People who like cigarettes and shredded tobacco feel that they use them better," Taling explains, "so show them outside the store and determine which side they're on." ”

"And like that?" I say.

"The charm of cigarettes is too great." Taling said.

"By the way, I didn't see the three sages trying." I say.

"They said they didn't need it." Taling said.

As he was talking, someone in the store shouted, "I'm sorry everyone, today's supply is sold out!" ”

The magicians who hadn't bought it yet immediately began to talk in disappointment.

Some people even grabbed the magician they had bought before and discussed borrowing a few.

No, they're not borrowing, they're taking credit.

"Thirty! Lend me thirty sticks, and I'll pay you back forty when I buy them tomorrow!" ”

"Thirty or forty-five!"

I was a little surprised by this amount: "Thirty? Is it possible to smoke so much in a day? ”

"If it's meditation or skill training, you do need so much, if not, maybe a little less," Taling said. ”

"Good fellow......" Leo was also a little surprised, "this is an old smoking gun!" ”

The gunman of tobacco is a little unexpected, although tobacco is a huge industry on the earth, but because of the damage to health, it is still subject to a certain amount of resistance, but here the magicians, any respiratory tract damage, pneumonia or even lung cancer is not a problem, and a high-level healing or recovery technique can be solved.

Compared with the popularity of tobacco, convenience foods were not so popular, and food similar to instant noodles and ham sausage compressed biscuits was left in the corner and no one cared for, and it was only after the cigarettes and tobacco were bought that the magicians dispersed, and only a few preparatory magicians went up to buy them.

I didn't take a closer look, chatted with Talin, and walked to the library.

The general layout of the library has not changed much, except that there is an additional notice board that says that pets, summons, and golems have been identified by wisdom and can enter certain areas.

As for the inside, there is a new study room and thousands of books.

The magicians who came here to read the book said more and more, and they all came for the new books here. Pi Phi Reading.com

The most important thing in the embassy is quietness, so no one is discussing these new books here, but there is a special sticky note for comments, and this is the sticky note book that I am aiming for.

It is not necessary to sign an opinion to put forward a letter, but of course, if the opinion is relatively large, it can also be specially signed to express one's own position.

I've seen a lot of people leave comments that "it's boring", "it's interesting, but it affects the practice", and some even said, "These books are not necessary for the Dharma Tower." ”

One of them wrote in more detail: "The collection of pastime books that have nothing to do with magic should be reduced, otherwise it will lower the quality of the Mage Tower's book collection." It is advisable to keep these books in the outer city for ordinary residents or interested adventurers to read. ”

I wasn't surprised and I wasn't disappointed by these reviews.

I added a longer comment: "These books don't seem to have anything to do with magic, but I think it's important for all people to read them, as magicians we explore magic itself, but that doesn't mean we should ignore knowledge outside of magic, even if it's just a pointless conversation." The vocation of a magician is not to practice powerful magic, to explore the mysteries of magic, at least not all, magic is a tool to explore the truth of the world and the truth of the universe, our vision is far greater than magic, we must also become not only proficient in magic, but also know countless knowledge, even if some so-called erudite knowledge is wrong, we should also correct the wrong knowledge as our own responsibility, this is the spirit of the truth should be upheld, and moreover, when we encounter difficulties on the road of pure exploration of magic, Some inconspicuous partial knowledge may open our minds and bring us precious inspiration. ”

Then, I walked out of the library.

"This kind of rhetoric is actually not very effective." Taling said.

"You have duly revealed that it was left by a sage." I say.

"Haha......" Leo said, "know who the poster is, see who they dare to spray!" ”

Actually, I am also the fourth of the three sages, saying that it was left by a sage, and the people who watched it later would definitely not think of me, and as long as the three of them acquiesced, no one would dare to refute it.

Even if there is, it will be like some "outspoken" upright ministers in Chinese history who met a faint monarch, pretending to show their own character. It's a pity that the three sages are not faint kings, even if they are not Ming monarchs, they are also the kings of peace......

Speaking of which, the owner of the Mage Tower is the absolute authority of the owner, and sometimes even more centralized than the monarch of Huaxia.

As for the royal family and aristocracy of our world's secular regime, in fact, it is very similar to the western countries of the earth, the royal power is restricted by the nobility and religion, and the power and strength of these religions are much more powerful than those on the earth, not to mention that there are really gods in the sky, even if there are no gods, the ether on the clergy alone is enough for the secular regime to drink a pot, plus a group of magicians who are not subject to control and are between nobles and religious people, it is even more difficult to mix......

It's a bit far-reaching, but at least from the point of view of library construction, the construction of civilization and the establishment of the system are completely based on the power of the master of the mage tower, and equality in the real sense does not exist, what we have to do is just try our best to be equal.

"What are we doing?" Leo asked suddenly, and then, without waiting for me to answer, he said to himself, "It seems that we are building a utopia." ”

Utopia is an ideal political body proposed by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, which often symbolizes beauty but cannot be realized, to be precise, it seems beautiful, but there are fatal flaws, and there will always be a moment when it will collapse, such as the future world in some science fiction movies and television.

"Really?" I said, "Utopia is the translation of the Chinese language, the original pronunciation is close to 'Utopia', which means non-existent, ideal place, Wu in the Chinese language Wu is the meaning of nothing, Tuo is the sustenance, the sustenance of good wishes, the state is the country, it is the country, that is, the country that does not exist, the country of good wishes, the translation can be described as Xindaya, but are you sure that we want to build Santas into a utopia?" ”

"Hey, you actually started dragging texts?" Leo said, "It seems that you have also considered this aspect of the matter, and tell me your high opinion. ”

"I won't talk about those in the book, I'll just talk about one of the points that I am most concerned about," I said, "The survival of utopia has a set of perfect and meticulous mechanisms, and there is a near-perfect manager and philosopher-king, in fact, no matter how perfect and meticulous the mechanism is, as long as it is in operation, it will lead to reduced efficiency or even blockage due to the weakness of human nature, and the philosopher-king, let alone the philosopher-king...... So, the ideal solution is not to run this mechanism by humans, but to use artificial intelligence, and this philosopher's king can be neither a human nor an emotionless Taling, so we need a combination of the two, that is, a Taling with human characteristics, and since utopia is unrealizable, then we can only get as close as possible, infinitely close. ”

"Okay, I'm glad you thought of this." Leo said.

"And what do you think?" I say.

"My thoughts, contrary to you," Leo said, "you start from the top, I think it's better to start from the bottom, since human nature has flaws, then, try to make these flaws in human nature disappear completely, and even evolve into a higher level of life, whether it is to become a Buddha or an immortal, a god or a perfect man." ”

"Or your plan is more long-term." I say.

"A Journey of a Thousand Miles...... Oh no, a journey of light years begins with a single step! Leo said.

"Lightyear? Then don't go, just fly. I joked.

"It's okay, you can run while walking, and you can fly if you run." Leo said.

In the midst of this "discussion", we came to the city of Santas.

Here, the public library is about to open its doors.

The magician builds a house, just like a child playing with building blocks, but it takes a little magic, but after building a large frame, it also needs a craftsman to decorate it, otherwise it will look rough, so the public library takes more than ten days in total, including one day to build a house and more than ten days to decorate......

When I arrived, everything was ready.