508. The earth is square
Mrs. Larry is like a poet standing on the big stage of the Covent Opera, and her voice is melodious and high-pitched, especially beautiful. Her chanting also seemed to infect the wild people not far away, and made them cheer up too.
"God is above, the descendants of Will, make this oath......"
When the savage's barbarian language and Lady Larry's language were mixed together, and then passed into Aoki's ears, although they were still different languages, the meanings expressed were highly overlapping, and the barbarian language sounded more mellow and in line with the rhythm of the poem.
"I will lift up my spear, and whoever stands in your way will be broken to pieces even the mountains." I will fill the bowstring, and whoever destroys my holy place will be shot down for days. ……”
The sound grew louder and louder, and the sound spread through the empty valley to the woodland opposite. The savages over there were also affected, and the rhythm and tone changed significantly.
First of all, the same loud voice came from the direction where Situ was, which should be in harmony with the rhythm of this side, like the echo of the sound of the past here, but the language of the two sides was slightly different, like a Cantonese and a Bashu reciting the same poem in dialect.
Then, the wildlings on the other side also participated.
“…… I have turned my hand into a fight; I have turned my blood into a fountain. I will be with the holy place from generation to generation until the day of God's return......"
The people of the three tribes spoke different languages, but they kept the same rhythm and sang the same songs. Wave after wave of their voices, the three waves collided in the valley in the middle, and then merged and resonated, turning into more powerful waves that rolled in all directions.
Even Petru, who has always been disdainful, unconsciously sang along at this moment:
"God is above, the descendants of Will, make this oath......"
Aoki felt a spiritual energy that stirred in the air as the people chanted. The starry sky also became blurred in a trance, and the pitch-black Shenmu staff in his hand, which had been quiet, buzzed.
"This is the energy of the unified will!"
Situ came over at some point, sat down by the campfire, picked up the fish that was about to be burned, peeled off the charred outside, took out a small piece of salt, rubbed it twice on the fish, then tore off one and put it in his mouth to taste it, nodded with satisfaction, and handed the salt to Aoki.
Aoki also followed his example and smeared a little salt on the fish, and it tasted much better than just now.
"You're not over there, won't there be any problems?" Aoki asked.
"Do not doubt their faith, do not look at them as savage, but they are more religious than any religion on earth." Situ said with a smile.
"What did you just say, unity of will?"
"The godly are simpler-minded, and they have no other distractions in their hearts when they recite their vows. This is the power of faith, and it can be said that religion is the source of its power. ”
"You are saying that religion is through believers...... Spirit...... Gain power? ”
Situ took out the bones from the fish, put the meat in his mouth, and chewed it carefully. His movements are graceful, and even things like eating wild fish seem to make people think that he is personable.
"Can you imagine what would happen when people all over the world had the same thought in their hearts at the same moment, and there were no other distractions?"
"It depends on the idea."
"For example, the earth is round."
"The earth is inherently round."
"Okay, then change to the earth is square."
Aoki saw the slightly sly smile on the corner of Situ's mouth and didn't understand what it meant. He was originally a lazy man, and he was extremely reluctant to follow other people's ideas, but he still thought about it.
"The earth will become square!" He was startled by the idea that came to him, but then realized that it was a very likely occurrence, "Everyone has the same thought at the same time, without any other distractions and external interference, then people will fall into a dream-like hallucination, or a dream, where they will create a square earth." ”
Situ nodded and said, "Not only that, in order to make the existence of Fang's earth reasonable, they will create the cosmic environment and physical laws that adapt to Fang's earth, and then use experiments and calculations to prove that the earth is square." ”
Of course, Aoki knew that this was a ridiculous thing, but when he thought about it carefully, he found that it was logically valid, and he couldn't help but have a little headache.
"What are you hinting at? Do you want to say that our world is just an illusion made up by people? Or are we all living in a dream? ”
Situ shook his head and said: "I'm not sure, I just want to say that if everyone thinks that the earth is square, the earth can be square, just like the people of these tribes in front of you, you ask them, is this world square or round." ”
Aoki didn't bother the savage's pious singing, but he could guess without asking, "Like the ancients, they would think that this world is flat, or just Fang." ”
Situ said: "But in fact, we don't know whether the world is square or round, maybe it is very correct to say that it is flat, because a Klein bottle, it is flat." No matter how undulating the earth is, it is flat for an ant. No matter how complex the high-dimensional world is, it is relatively flat for three-dimensional creatures. ”
"You mean time?" Aoki seemed to understand something, "For us, time is flat, and from a high-dimensional point of view, time also has ups and downs. ”
Situ laughed and said, "You are influenced by Professor Mei, right?" ”
Aoki was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Situ said this, but he had to admit that these concepts of physics were indeed influenced by the professor.
He didn't want to talk anymore, mainly because he didn't like guessing riddles, and he talked like playing dumb riddles, which was very tiring. If only he could have dreamed of a cigarette, he would have been sleepy for a while, and he would have been able to smoke in his dreams, but he could not even dream, and he could not go to Mrs. Larry's dreams and say that I will borrow your place to smoke and smoke.
Aoki asked bluntly, "How will this battle be fought tomorrow?" The guy on the other side looked very strong. ”
"I'm here to discuss this with you." Situ said and handed over the scepter, "Look at my scepter, how much can you use it?" ”
Aoki didn't expect Situ to be so cheerful, Mrs. Larry had borrowed his scepter before, and he gave it without saying a word. However, since Lady Larry is not an Awakened One, it makes sense, but Aoki is now one of the tripartite leaders who also possess the scepter, and he knows best what the scepter means.
Naturally, Aoki wouldn't take advantage of him, so while taking the scepter, he also handed over his ebony staff.
He held Situ's silver scepter, which felt completely different from his ebony staff. The ebony staff is softer to the touch, like wood, while this tentacle is cold, like stone or metal. Although the surface of the silver rod is also pulped, there are many stone textures and dark spots inside, a bit like some kind of ore with a high metal content.
Aoki tried it, and found that this scepter was not as easy to use as his ebony staff, and the spiritual power that could be called on was much smaller, and the original consciousness that penetrated into the savage's mind like tentacles disappeared. He guessed if it could only be used by people from his own tribe, so he tried to use the scepter to sense the consciousness of the people of the tribe over there, but he didn't know if it was too far away or because of the method he used, and he never succeeded.
He returned the scepter to Situ: "Forget it, you are not good at this thing, you will be the general tomorrow." ”
Situ also returned the ebony staff to Aoki, and didn't say how much he could use it, but just smiled: "Then let's be a hum second." Tomorrow morning, our two tribes will be together, and the natives on the opposite side are stronger than us, and we need to deal with them carefully. ”
He said and stood up, "You rest early, don't worry about these wild people, they sing without distractions, which means that most of the body and brain are in a state of rest. ”
Situ was gone, and Aoki listened to him and slept by the fire, holding a scepter in his hand.
He thought that the next day would be a big battle, but when the starlight ended, the red sun was new, and he and Situ joined forces, the savages on the opposite side retreated.
The aftermath of a night's singing still lingers in the valley and forests.