Chapter 1137: Troubled Times
After becoming an old evil god and mastering a huge amount of information, Zhao Wenrui has a lot less fear of time.
He knew that even if he made a big deal in the upper reaches of the long river of time, it would only change the course of history and turn into another branch of time.
The passage of time is often based on a specific concept.
For example, the crystal wall system he returned to.
The birth of this crystal wall system is the source of the long river of time, which can be understood as the melting of icebergs, the majestic water, the pouring power, and the surging forward.
The destruction of the crystal wall system is the end of the long river of time, injected into the sea of nothingness, like a cloud of dust in the universe, opening a new round of brewing and birth.
Therefore, looking at the river of time, it is the shape of a jujube pit with two pointed ends and a bulging middle. The bulging part represents a different process, which is called a parallel world.
When he can understand time from this perspective, he will have a more unique and thorough observation of the world.
Therefore, he knew that the world of the ship island and the world he had returned to were the lower and lower reaches of time, and the crystal wall system represented by the main material plane had entered the last journey of his life, and the end was not far away.
And now, he feels it from a high-dimensional perspective, in the middle and lower reaches.
At this time, there are still relatively rich branches in this world and even in the crystal wall system, and if he single-handedly leverages history to go beyond the scope of revision, then it is possible to turn into other branches, that is, parallel worlds.
Therefore, the key to whether or not to make trouble is not the difficulty of returning to the space-time coordinates when he came, but what kind of gains can be gained from doing things.
When the pseudo-god used Time Kill, he had a vague glimpse of something.
So, the confrontation didn't end with coming to this space-time node, on the contrary, it became more interesting.
"Well, gloom, resentment, restlessness, pain, exhilaration, this is the atmosphere of the great war, and perhaps it is the beginning of destruction and transformation......"
In fact, his location was a wilderness, it was the end of autumn, everything was withering, and it happened that there had just been a rain, and the water droplets on the withered yellow grass were still clearly visible, and the breath was full of cold tides, and the haze in the high sky had not dissipated, it was obviously daytime, but there was a gloom in the evening.
But he did perceive the atmosphere of almost the entire world at the first time, and this was because he had the compulsion of the old evil gods and had a high-dimensional perspective.
This perspective is more esoteric than the 45-degree view of the gods, and what they 'see' is not the appearance of things, but the state of concepts such as 'potential', 'atmosphere', and 'force field'.
Therefore, even if you are in the wilderness, you know that a great war that will affect the entire civilization has begun, and although the war is only breaking out in some sensitive areas at present, and both sides of the war are relatively restrained, it will only be a matter of time before the forces of all sides end up.
After all, he already felt the emotions of an active volcano that could erupt at any moment.
That is the attitude of the majority, forced into a corner, there is no possibility to solve the problem through non-war means, only a life-and-death war, whether it is victory or death, can eliminate the problem.
To be honest, this situation is a bit hypocritical in Zhao Wenrui's opinion.
What are the most common label concepts for the otherworld?
In addition to mystery, the second thing is diversity.
Human civilization is not the only civilization that is on the top, let alone dominating, and may not even be ranked among the top first-class, but the newly rising little brother with a history that is not long enough.
And then there is the world, which is not spherical, but a plane that is so vast that it is difficult to fathom.
He believes that the first need of life is survival, and survival involves resources, so the main contradiction of the civilization created by intelligent life is the distribution of resources.
Whether in the natural universe or in the supernatural crystalline system, resource inequality is a common phenomenon. However, in the context of a broader unknown area to explore, and in the context of the competition of civilizations created by other intelligent life, it seems very hypocritical to have an intra-racial war with self-elimination as the most effective result.
Of course, he knows very well that the reality is far more complicated than imagined, involving concepts such as feuds, cost performance, odds of victory and defeat, secret instigation of foreign races, and satisfaction of private desires.
How hard it is to open up the wasteland, the efforts of several generations may not bear fruit, and it is even possible to be beaten back to its original shape by a counterattack, where is it cost-effective to occupy the land that has matured? This is the simplest cost-effective problem.
The old kingdom is already a fat pig that will never recover with a slight push on the head, and at this time, even if it is a former ally, I am afraid that it will give birth to the psychology of 'God does not take it, and it will be blamed', right?
And, if you want to share and eat, why not your own family?
How can a wolf in the prime of life not win in the face of a dying old male lion?
This is a calculation of the odds of winning or losing.
At such times, there is no market for the argument that the overall situation of the race is important. Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and seeking benefits for yourself and even the small groups you care about, is what everyone loves to hear.
On the other hand, why is it that our race has laid the foundation for the tower of civilization at the cost of extinction in the long river of history? Why can't we be the descendants of my race, holding the banner of civilization and turning a blind eye to all things?
All in all, although he despised this kind of large-scale self-extermination in a situation where there is fertile soil and a strong enemy outside, he understands all the axioms, private principles, and truths, including 'man does not destroy heaven and earth for his own sake' and 'harming others is not beneficial to himself'.
Because it's very human.
Every time he thinks of this, he thinks of Dou Wei's {advanced animal}, and he feels that the summary is in place, human beings are the polymer of these label concepts, and he is also one of them. It's just that people are rich and proud, and some things are inevitable for others, but they are a drop in the bucket for him, so they can be generous.
With a casual sprinkling of his hand, the light shone, and the nine techniques and eight martial arts reappeared in front of him, bowing down and waiting for his life.
In this way, the puppets gain more knowledge and use them to arm themselves.
Now, they all have the strength of quasi-legends, and the only reason why they haven't stepped through the threshold of legends is the lack of mystical elements.
The Psyker is known as 'everything goes' and 'everything comes true', but the path to advancement in this class starts at the legendary level, which becomes super difficult.
This is because the core rules of the war job have been set early on, the heart.
The law of the mind, on the other hand, involves the most mysterious concept of the soul, which is a concept that most gods cannot decipher.
Because it can't be parsed, it can't be copied perfectly, and because it can't be copied and needed, it's regarded as a resource that is not too much.
For this reason, there is also a theory that only the creator of the universe and the crystal wall system (higher than the creator) can grasp the true meaning of the law of the mind.
The laws of the mind are so compelling that it is difficult to ascend to the sky even with a slight understanding of the skin.
Just rushing this point can get the vast majority of psionics stuck at the legendary level.
Of course, those who abandon the law of the mind and find other laws as the core of advancement are not among them.
However, Zhao Wenrui is an old evil god after all, so there are more solutions to the same problem to him.
For example, by mastering enough mystical elements, as well as god-killing rituals, you can master the laws of the mind.
This seems like an impossible task.
But he can become an old evil god, and compared to it, the quasi-legendary god killing is much less difficult.
For him, letting these psionic puppets cross the threshold of legends is equivalent to refining the magic weapon into an innate magic weapon, deliberately doing it, it is not worth it, maybe it will not be possible for millions of years, so the key point is chance.
Quasi-legends are also enough.
Especially after the baptism and precipitation of time, except for one of them, who still failed to step into the advanced level due to poor congenital conditions, the others have awakened their spirituality and become existences with true spiritual intelligence.
Wisdom and spirituality are not inferior to the living, and the knowledge and experience he has instilled are enough to stand alone in any way.
So 'they' can now be called 'them', and he lets them out on a mission, acting as his eyes and ears, and at the same time opening up the world at this point in time.
Needless to say, as soon as the thought turns, the mind is conveyed.
The Nine Techniques and Seven Martial Arts bowed and saluted, and then turned into blue or red light and flew away.
The remaining spiritual warrior who has not yet awakened his spirituality acts as his follower, and in the face of a civilized society, he naturally puts himself in the position of a decent person, how can he do everything himself?
Half an hour later, Zhao Wenrui stood on a wooded cliff and looked at the town below.
It is a pioneering land in the mountains, covering an area of hundreds of square kilometers.
The black fertile soil should be obtained from felling, and the thick humus soil can provide enough nutrients for crops, so it is not difficult to see that this is another good year by the size and height of the wheat stalks in the farmland.
Of course, a good year does not mean abundance, after all, there is an allusion to 'over-harvesting three or five buckets'.
Since it is an era when a major war is about to break out and the whole people are angry and restless, it is naturally impossible for the people at the bottom to have a good time. There is the worry of famine, and the sorrow of abundance.
But he felt a lot of forced laughter, the kind of festival or banquet, even if he was not happy, he had to deal with it seriously.
After a little thought, he had a clue that it should be a celebration of the harvest festival, which is more grand than the New Year in the townships and towns dominated by agriculture, and he should have a party if he is not happy.
The closest to this cliff is a village. This made him feel slightly satisfied.
Villages are different from farms, farms are more orderly, more strictly controlled, often the private property of nobles, mainly agriculture, breeding, handicrafts as a supplement, basically self-sufficient functional facilities.
Compared with the small-scale peasant economic model, the manor economic model was more common in Europe, and even at the beginning of the 20th century, serfs still existed for the most basic labor of the estate.
Villages are also different from villages, villages are more united, often dominated by one or several families, replaced in the east, that is, clans, Lijiazhuang, Wangjiazhuang, and so on.
A village is a combination of a village and a settlement, and can also be considered an advancement of a settlement.
Settlements are the most basic household group, and their main characteristic is not that they are small, but that they are temporary. For example, a group of homeless people who are used to living near a bridge and cave somewhere, then this is a small settlement.
Every member is free, and there may be people who leave quietly at any time, and of course there are cases where they join.
The village is further stabilized on the basis of the settlement, and its members may have an unknown past, but after being together for several or ten years, it is also appropriate, and there is a clear tendency to settle down, this is the village.
The reason why he knew that it was a village was the location of the houses, the structure, the planning around the houses, and the objects placed in them.
Based on a comprehensive analysis, he has reason to believe that the village initially lacked powerful people, so the layout of the houses was scattered, and although some adjustments were made later, the general layout was determined, and the cost of rebuilding the houses was quite a lot, so it became what it is now.
The utensils next to the houses, including livestock sheds, indicate that the village is living in a half-farming and half-hunting mode.
Compared with the fertile soil in the distance, the land around this village is obviously a few years old, and the soil quality is not very good.
So by analyzing these details, plus a certain amount of speculation, the origin of this village, as well as the history of its existence, is not difficult to estimate.
In fact, there is much more.
For example, he noticed that the whole area was densely populated with high walls, and even the nearest village was surrounded by a stone wall with a wooden wall sharpened at the top.
Although there is no trench outside the stone wall, there are wooden thorns that are obliquely facing the sky, and there is even a watchtower more than ten meters high.
Although these military facilities are not very good, combined with the background of the times, they show the things that the local people fear - monsters and bandits.
The reason why the article 'the army of the enemy nation' was not included was because he did not see the beacon.
However, there was little point in speculating, he just needed to know that the village was suitable as an entry point for civilization. So he came down the hill in a hurry.
Some of the next encounters were expected by him, and some were not.
For example, he did catch the harvest festival, which was celebrated on three days, and it was the second day.
For another example, when he approached the village, he realized that magic had become a reality in this era by perceiving the free magic factors around him, and that not only there were magicians in every village, but even ordinary people could use artifacts to perform one or two hands of magic for production and life.
He had intended to get involved and learn about it, but it wasn't necessary.
The people here relied on magic, just as the modern humans of Earth relied on technological tools.
Standing in a high position, he can use magic to achieve the purpose of collecting information, just like a top hacker uses superb PC technology to peep into the content of ordinary people's personal computers.
In this case, first use a spell similar to the 'Demon Duncan's Mansion Technique', plus the Concealment Technique, to arrange a temporary place for yourself to live.
Of course, this doesn't need him to do it himself, although the Mind Samurai is not as good at casting spells as the Mind Warlock, but the casting level is not low. The nature of psionic affinity and omnipotence of all things makes it theoretically possible to simulate the magic of any kind of attribute, as well as the magic of any school.
Therefore, as long as the relevant skills are mastered, a quasi-legendary psychic warrior can also be used as a high-level magic butler.
So before tea time, he had a house with bright windows to live in. The house has no window panes, but the magic field can prevent the influx of cold air that exceeds the limit, and the temperature and humidity of the room are automatically adjusted.
When he is at home, he does not like the warm and comfortable temperature like spring, but rather a little colder, about 17 degrees Celsius, so that he can wear thicker cotton pajamas or fleece bathrobes to experience the comfort of tolerance, softness and warmth.
If you sit for a long time, you can also get warmth through the fireplace and hot drinks.
There is no doubt that he is doing it now.
In fact, even throwing him into space and subjecting him to the extreme cold of deep space and the direct radiation of the solar wind would be nothing, but he just liked this slightly bourgeois tone, and thought it was a pleasure to make the mood happy and relaxed.
In this regard, he can be said to be difficult to change in nature. Before experiencing the {Alien: Contract} world, on the abandoned earth of a broken Marvel universe, it was such a vulgar mentality, and it still is.
In his own words: not enough has been enjoyed. Coupled with the abundance of time, it is okay to soak in the red dust for a while longer, and there is no need to rush out of the dust.
What's more, after millions of years of study, there is nothing wrong with changing to a lifestyle that focuses on enjoyment.
Two days after the harvest festival, Zhao Wenrui moved again.
In the past three days, not only have I collected enough information to integrate into this society, but I have also purchased some outfits and even new identities.
He is not the kind of person who is addicted to spells, and he is not willing to leave extraordinary traces easily, so he asked his subordinates to provide services, confuse ordinary people, order clothes, get identity, identity certificates or something, and send them directly through space magic, so when he entered the largest and only town in this group of mountains and plains, he was already a well-dressed gentleman.
However, he didn't plan to stay here for long, because one of his subordinates was lucky enough to find a special piece of information.
When he relied on that information to make a qualitative prediction of a conventional nature, he found that he could not get any hints, not even a rough one, but only a fog of gloomy and mysterious atmosphere.
The psychic mancer followed a cautious and pragmatic personality and reported the matter directly to him.
And he was familiar with the atmosphere, which belonged to the Rocky style of the old dominators.
But he didn't belong to any of the Old Dominators he knew.
This echoes the feeling he had after he first entered the inner world.
An unknown Old Ruler with a treasure coveted by all Cthulhu.
He didn't think that this power had fallen or slept like the creator of the City of Light, or had left, but he believed that the old ruler had comprehended the law in the way of 'turning into a great avenue', and even the inner world was probably the embodiment of his 'transformation into a dao' operation.
So at this moment, discovering the information related to it, in the words of the reincarnation, is to directly lock the main line.
So he gave orders to his subordinates: You all get up, just beat the side drums, and hit the auxiliary positions, and I will personally follow up this clue!