Chapter 3 Causes, Processes, and Effects
Speaking of the era of steam power, what is the impression of most people?
I don't know what other people think, but Mu Xiu himself can't help but think of the 19th century, Victorian London, or the entire Western world parallel to that era.
At that time, modern science had just entered the field of vision of mankind, but many common sense problems had not been solved. Compared with today, the people at that time were somewhat ignorant, and there were some backward and old elements of the medieval era.
The icy steel machinery of the steam age fits perfectly with classicism, the Industrial Revolution, Gothic literature, steam and fog, werewolves and vampires, Tesla and Edison......
However, it is beautiful, it is good, it is a time full of nostalgia and positivity, so until the modern time and space of the future, this long-lost era is still talked about by many people.
It's just that, no matter how you look at it, the inexplicable keyword "steam power" should not appear in the background of Japan's Warring States period in any case!
Because for the latter, Mu Xiu's impression is actually a preconceived impression left in the worldview of a work like "Inuyasha"-
Peaceful and tranquil villages, deep and quiet forest paths, magnificent mountains and rivers, tranquil huge lakes, gentle and cold Warring States moonlight...... And so on and so forth, this is a truly beautiful picture of the Warring States Period.
There can be no demons, demons, ghosts, and ghosts, as long as there are daimyo princes and beacon fires. But there should never be an element of the roar of the steam age, because that would be too much!
"I heard that there was once a reincarnation on the scientific and technological side who used a large number of high-precision modern weapons and technological products in the world of "Three Kingdoms", but they didn't have time to recover it afterwards because of an accident."
If something so magical really happened, Mu Xiu would probably only be able to think of one possibility.
"When the second wave of reincarnators entered, what they saw was the surreal Three Kingdoms Plane where Gundam, mecha, and Apocalypse tanks were rampaging everywhere......"
With such mixed feelings, the boy walked step by step to the observation deck of the castle tower, and the maids or guards along the road ignored him, even if they passed him.
The view from the observatory is very good, and you can easily see the city.
After all, during the feudal civil war, the lords of various places had already built a small watchtower on the roof of their mansions in the Acropolis, which was the predecessor of the castle tower.
Later, the various feudal lords relied on the small high hills in the city to build acropolis. In the center of the acropolis, another high castle was built, which was originally a mansion called the castle tower. This large castle was not only a symbol of the political power and status of the daimyo or lord of the castle, but also served as a tower and a watchtower in military terms.
Therefore, with the convenience of overlooking, Mu Xiu easily saw the whole picture of the city.
It is a clean and well-groomed ancient city with wooden houses, stone buildings and roads with smooth stone paved grounds, and a complete sewer system.
And the architectural style is very strange, although it is neatly planned and majestic, but there are not many architectural styles of the Warring States period -
Not the castle with wooden fences and shallow moats that this era should have, but a quirky city that has begun to take on a steampunk twist.
The castle town is very neatly planned, and the main castle area is the main castle area, which contrasts significantly with the other outer castle areas.
In the distance, you can see a lot of smoky spire workshops lined up one after another, and even larger machines with a unique violent aesthetic emitted a noisy roar nearby, and a large amount of steam gushed out.
The streets were filled with human figures carved out of soft clay, walking slowly and clumsily, but all of them were powerful, carrying heavy supplies like ant colonies.
There was even a huge, clumsy airship hovering over the area, where a large group of people were busy climbing up and down with the help of ropes and gondolas, as if they were adjusting the various parameters of the airship, as if they were conducting some kind of experiment.
Mushow's eyes were strong enough to catch the bare and staggered metal pipes, the large number of rivets used to hold the metal in place, the steam that spewed out, the intricate gearing rods, and the propeller knobs of the instrument panel......
What caught his eye was a city full of rudeness and elegance, madness and sanity, and so on, and so on.
ββ¦β¦ That's really ...... What a big joke. β
Pulling the corners of his mouth, the young man showed a rather crying and laughing expression, and the more he looked at this city where advanced and backward coexist, and the sense of science fiction and magic was full, the more strange his expression became.
Fortunately, the scenery beyond the city is as dirty and messy as any ancient civilization, with muddy and muddy roads and slum-like wooden shacks......
And at this time there seems to be a caravan entering the city, and those cattle, mules and horses are slowly passing by with heavy carts, and they are very good at the bad condition of the road.
However, this always made Mu Xiu breathe a long sigh of relief.
This situation led him to judge that although there had been some strange shift in the direction of human civilization in this world, people had begun to stumble and run on another branch of science with their huge and clumsy machines.
Although they are still stumbling at the moment, sooner or later they will run more and more smoothly, and finally run on the road of civilization development, ruthlessly crushing old things, constantly exploring, and constantly innovating.
In the end, there is no doubt that they will use their own wisdom to compose the glory of another form of industrial civilization.
It's just that this is just the beginning after all, although I don't know what inexplicable reason has put this world on such a crooked path, but Mu Xiu can at least be sure that this kind of change has not yet been fully opened.
After all, even Sunpu Castle, the residence of Miss Imagawa Yoshimoto, the first bow in the Tokaido, is the capital of Suruga Province, which is as important as Little Kyoto, and the heart of the Imagawa clan's sphere of influence, has not completely become a steampunk-style city.
It's still under renovation, and the outer city area is still as rotten as ever.
Even if we concentrate our efforts, we have not yet completed the transformation of a city, so how can we have excess manpower and material resources to disperse and make the whole people run into the age of steam?
It's just that Mu Xiu is a little concerned, he is not sure whether such a change has only appeared in Junzhou, or in the scope of other vassal states, or even ...... Is this happening all over the world?
If that's the case, the spark can start a prairie fire, and it may explode in full force at some point.
At that time, the human civilization of this world will also rush directly from the Iron Age, when gunpowder was in its infancy, into a strange steam-powered age.
- But looking at this situation, it is very likely that it is the era of punk-style steampower.
Because Mu Xiu looked at it at a glance, he not only read the information of "steam technology", but even read the information of "alchemy process", which made him sure that after he left, there must be another visitor from another time and space to visit this plane.
And considering that there are some mysterious forces in this world itself, coupled with the domineering power system that has spread for his own reasons, Mu Xiu has some doubts that it will inevitably be a civilized world where magic and science coexist in the end.
Steam engine, gunpowder, witchcraft, domineering, alchemy......
Think about it, God knows what kind of deformed civilization system might be born when all these factors are mixed together?!
Alchemy nuclear bomb? Steam empty rail? Magical Floating City?
"Maybe it's too much, this city hasn't been completely transformed yet, so let's talk about when they start building a transportation network such as a railway......
Muttering to himself, Mu Xiu subconsciously looked at the sky, he wanted to fly into the sky and get a good look at the details of the historical process that was taking place on this planet.
It's justβ
"What's wrong, surprised? After watching it for such a long time...... How is Miss Ben's city? β
A very arrogant voice came from behind him, wearing a gorgeous and cumbersome twelve clothes, Imagawa Yoshimoto, whose long black hair was scattered, proudly raised his head, and his white and slender neck was like a proud white swan.
"To be honest, it was beyond my imagination, and I was really shocked......"
Mu Xiu wasn't surprised, he just turned to look at the black Changzhi country lord behind him, stretched out a finger and rubbed his forehead, revealing an expression of crying and laughing.
"To be honest, I can't imagine how the world has changed since I left."
After coming to the observatory, he didn't restrain his aura and hid his aura, so it seemed normal for the lord of the country to notice it. However, the other party immediately left those guys and hurried over, which Mu Xiu didn't expect a little.
Or is she just missing such an opportunity, so she can be honest and don't need to listen to those guys?
"Hmph, it's nothing, it's just a bunch of strange guys who stirred up the whole world at that time." The lord of the country snorted lightly, and then answered Mu Xiu's question, "But it is also thanks to their wind and rain, and even the audacity to assassinate the former general Ashikaga Yoshiteru, that Miss Ben just took the opportunity to take the position." β
"Well, is that all?" Mu Xiu blinked, feeling that what he wanted to hear was not these things.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru, if I am not mistaken, should be the thirteenth Muromachi shogun's shogun, and the Ashikaga clan is the clan that has served as the shogun of the Muromachi shogunate for generations.
If something goes wrong with this bloodline, the Kira clan will continue to inherit the position of shogun, and if even the Kira clan's bloodline is extinct, then the Imagawa clan will inherit it...... This seems to be a legacy of 500 years ago, which may not have been in effect all along.
But as long as it can be effective, then it is a righteous name.
"I know what you're trying to know, it's true that all of this technology was obtained from those guysβ"
Imagawa Yoshimoto frowned, as if he had thought of something unpleasant, and looked a little unhappy.
"Those guys were in the wind and rain at the beginning, and they all mastered a lot of strange abilities, which gave us a lot of headaches, and when they were at their strongest, they even occupied the whole of Kyoto, and the division of one side was like an enemy country, even the Imagawa clan was ...... at that time Well, I suffered some losses. β
She bit her lower lip slightly, as if she was very unwilling to take care of the events of that time.
"And then?"
Mu Xiu couldn't help frowning, he was almost sure that it was another reincarnation, maybe it was still a reincarnation in the plane conquest mode, otherwise they shouldn't have tried to build up their power.
After all, the original value of this world is really not worth it, and it is better to say that it is better to establish a force in a future sci-fi world, after all, every once in a while, you can go in to harvest technology, resources, and a large number of scientific and technological weapons.
"Then, then there is really no way, Miss Ben was already about to unify the world at that time, but such a group of inexplicable guys came out, really unwilling......"
The lord of the country seemed to be a little weak-hearted, she twisted and pinched her fingers while tilting her head to the side, not looking at Mu Xiu.
"That's why Miss Ben spread out the cultivation method of the kind of power you gave me at the beginning...... Originally, I just thought there was really no way, but I didn't expect the effect to be surprisingly good, and many people were able to get started with this power very quickly, and the progress was very fast......"
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Mu Xiu nodded thoughtfully: "I understand......"
When a world encounters a great crisis, the plane's pan-consciousness or restraining forces will take action.
It is very likely that the situation that the Lord of the Kingdom said is that the restraining force has relaxed the suppression of the supernatural power, and deliberately pushed the people of this plane to become stronger more quickly.
That is, in order to cope with the crisis, the world took the initiative to open up to the calamity......
Wait, in this case, doesn't it mean that the main cause of the demise of those reincarnators is because of themselves? After all, if you don't have a specific cultivation method that brings your own extraordinary power, you can't create a restraint out of nothing, right?
Because it can only intervene in the existing phenomena and make the most of all objective conditions......