Chapter 1206: Retreat and Refining
The original will of the savage world is not the consciousness of human beings or other intelligent beings, at least there are no likes and dislikes, seven emotions and six desires, but similar to a so-called "lower instinct". It's like the tiniest microbes in the world, they feed and divide to multiply, and the driving force is not some "great ideal", it is just a simple instinctive activity.
Driven by instinct, the original will will make choices that are beneficial to itself, rather than acting on the basis of preferences. Therefore, there is a saying in the monastic world that "heaven and earth are not benevolent, and all things are used as dogs", but in fact, the "benevolence" or "unkindness" is seen from the perspective of people. According to this statement, it may also be said that "the tiger is not merciful and feeds on elk". The terrible big tiger actually couldn't bear to eat the cute fawn, isn't this "unkind" and what is it.
However, at least in the transcendent world with the will of the Origin, the statement that "heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs" is not necessarily accurate in some aspects.
For example, in the world of monasticism, why is there a saying that human beings are the protagonists of heaven and earth? Why is it that some powerful people who have fallen into demons will have terrifying heavenly curses after massacring countless ordinary people? Why is it easier for the body of the human race to cultivate and comprehend the so-called Great Dao than other demon races, witch races, and the like? And why is it that when a cultivator ascends to the realm, especially when he "ascends", there will be a heavenly calamity?
What do these questions mean?
Doesn't it feel that at least that part of the "mortals" in the human race is like the own son of the original will!
It may be an exaggeration to say that he is a son, but it seems that the original will of the world is indeed protecting those "mortals" intentionally or unintentionally. Although the Origin Will will not exempt mortals from birth, old age, sickness and death, and even from time to time there will be natural disasters to toss mortals, but obviously does not want those transcendent people to disturb mortals.
Since there is no such thing as a preference for the original will, there is a reason for doing so.
In the world of technology, there are fantasy works that have made such a premise, believing that the earth has a will named Gaia, and humans also have a collective consciousness called Alayya. Gaia's consciousness guards the earth, and Alaya guards humanity, and there may be contradictions between the two, but since they can coexist, it is obvious that there are common interests.
Although, fantasy works are just fantasy works, there are some things that can still say some truth in this transcendent world. Obviously, the existence of the Terrans, as well as the normal and healthy reproduction, are beneficial to the Origin Will. Perhaps, the existence of the Origin Will, and the possible evolution, lies in the development of this group of intelligent life.
Therefore, some reactions of intelligent life groups will also have some impact on the original will.
This is for the sake of those giant natives of the savage world, although not all the tribes are sacrificing, but this scale is enough to affect the will of the origin.
Perhaps Alaya really exists, or has a similar existence, so that the collective consciousness of the giant natives has a certain influence on the original will. As a result, there was this feedback from the Origin Will, which lowered merit for Ye Zan and other foreign invaders, and even intended to seal the gods with merit. This god is not so much the meaning of the original will, but rather to comply with the prayers of the giants' natives.
It's just that Ye Zan played a trick here, using the merit tablet to block the part of the "gods", and only collected that part of the merit power. Now, everyone has received the merit they deserve, but they don't have to worry about being tied to this world by the "gods".
In addition, although they did not accept the "gods", if they refined these merits, they could still get a lot of benefits from them.
As I said before, Ye Zan and the foreign invaders consume mana that cannot be replenished in this world. Just like the Dawn World, although all sects have established sects, they still need to continuously send supplies from the Cultivation World. A large part of those supplies were pure spirit stones or elixirs, which were used to replenish the mana of the cultivators.
It's as if an army has reached the territory of an enemy country, and is facing the enemy's strategy of clearing the wilderness, and people and horses have to be transported from their own country.
And Ye Zan's side, after coming to the barbarian world, has done a lot of things up to now, how can it not consume mana. Not to mention anything else, just the Lin family sisters and brothers used dreams to guide the giant natives, it was an extremely mana-consuming thing. Fortunately, Ye Zan's family background is quite thick, and there is no need to deduct and tremble in terms of spirit stones, so that the Lin family sisters and brothers can use spirit stones to restore mana.
There are also Casaro and others, although they are all from the small world, and the power consumed can be replenished in the small world. However, the small world itself does not create something out of nothing, and it also has to replenish as much energy as it consumes. And Ye Zan, as the master of the small world, naturally needs to take on the responsibility of replenishing energy for the small world, so as not to drain the small world.
All in all, after Ye Zan and the others came here, the consumption caused by their every move could not be replenished here.
But now, as long as Ye Zan and the others refine this merit, it is equivalent to being recognized by the world's original will, and they can use the power of this world to a certain extent. Although they did not accept the "gods" and did not really become people in this world, that merit was equivalent to giving them a "labor visa".
And it was this benefit that made Ye Zan decide to put aside the Outer Heaven Demon for the time being, and he and the others would concentrate on refining this merit first. Anyway, those extraterrestrial demons are now a little overwhelmed by the Zerg, and they don't have the energy to do anything else.
So, Ye Zan and the others suddenly stopped everything, and everyone retreated in the war fortress to refine merit. Of course, for the sake of safety, Ye Zan still received the war fortress into the small world before starting the retreat. In this way, even if those extraterrestrial demons were free, they would not be able to find their whereabouts at all.
I have to say that this has a small world, and becoming the master of a small world is really better than any plug-in.
Of course, the small world is easy to use, but not everyone has the opportunity to get a small world like Ye Zan. Not to mention the same Yuan Shen Realm as Ye Zan, even those powers of the Law Phase Realm and even the Tongtian Realm, few people can have such an opportunity.
Therefore, this thing of chance is really unenviable.
Ye Zan and the others began to retreat, the demons outside the sky were busy dealing with the Zerg, and the giant natives were steadily advancing on the road of civilization.
Although, due to the retreat of the Lin family's siblings, they can't guide the giant natives to learn new things for the time being. However, after all, the giant natives are an intelligent race, and after having language and writing, learning the role of fire, and having the method of cultivation, they can always develop some new things on their own.
After that sacrifice, almost all the tribes that held the sacrifice "unanimously" made this day a ritual for future sacrifices. Subsequently, they returned to their normal lives, hunting when it was time to hunt, and cultivating when it was time to cultivate. The priests of the tribe continued to teach the language and writing of the tribesmen, and began to get used to recording some of the tribe's affairs.
Yan continued to play with fire in addition to his cultivation, and when he was firing various pottery for the tribesmen, he accidentally found a metal burned from some kind of stone. To others, the accidentally burned metal is a useless-looking residue. However, in the eyes of Yan, who are accustomed to "invention and creation", they see the meaning of this metal residue.
"Chief, I want a few people to help me find such a stone. Yan took a piece of copper ore and found the leader of the tribe.
"This stone...... What's the use...... Is there any guidance from the gods?" the leader took the ore and looked at it, although he couldn't see that it was of any use, but he still paid enough attention to it. After all, in his eyes, Yan was like a messenger of the gods, bringing fire and pottery to the tribe, so this stone must have some use.
"I discovered it by accident, and although it wasn't a gift from the gods in a dream, I guess it was also guided by the gods. Yan didn't lie, he was afraid of offending the gods, but he didn't completely deny it.
Originally, the leader was still a little disappointed when he heard the first half of Yan's words, but after listening to the second half of the sentence, he immediately came to his senses again and said, "Okay, I'll let the hunting team pay attention to it, since this stone appears here, it shouldn't be a difficult thing to find." ”
As the leader said, since this copper ore appeared in the tribe and fell into the hands of Yan, who had never been out of the tribe, it was obviously not a very rare thing. So, after the hunting party returned with the prey, there was also news of the copper ore. Not far from the tribe, the hunting party found a hill full of such stones.
Yan successfully solved the problem of the source of copper ore, and then began to try to smelt copper from copper ore. Already possessing extraordinary strength and the ability to control flames, Yan's attempts at copper refining went smoothly. He successfully smelted copper from the ore, and used the casting method to cast the world's first bronze object, a rough copper spear head.
Of course, due to the pursuit of purity, this first copper spear head did not have too amazing performance, and it was even inferior to the stone tools used by the giant natives. However, Yan did not lose heart, but thought of the "copper slag" that he had discovered at the beginning, which seemed to be different from the metal he had specially refined.
After many experiments, through luck and conscious incorporation of "impurities", Yan finally found a relatively good formula and refined bronze. Bronze's hardness, as well as its castability, meant that bronze was enough to replace stone tools, allowing this primitive tribe to move from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age.
If it were a normal civilization development, of course, everything would not be so simple, but the giant natives actually took a shortcut.
After all, through cultivation, the giant natives have already gained a certain degree of extraordinary power, which can be used to simplify many things. For example, if you want to smelt copper, you must at least have a furnace that can withstand high temperatures. However, due to the ability to manipulate the flame, the flame can even concentrate the high temperature of the flame in only one range when smelting the copper ore. In other words, if it weren't for the fear of accidents, Yan could even directly fossilize a pile of copper ore into a puddle of copper water in a clearing.
"Chief, this is a knife I made, and it's much better than a stone knife. After Yan forged a bronze sword, he immediately took it and reported it to the leader. After all, only by allowing the chief to see the tangible effects and benefits can he gain more support and invest more manpower in the production of this bronze.
Due to the problem of body size, the bronze knife forged by Yan is not the long knife in the common sense of "normal people", but a short knife similar to the shape of an axe blade. This is a stable and easy-to-use knife shape that Yan has determined after doing many experiments and breaking more than a dozen bronze weapons of different lengths.
"Hey, this thing...... Looks good!"
The leader didn't need Yan Duo to make an introduction, just by looking at the sharp blade of the short knife, he knew what this thing was good at. He came to the hunt with his knife and waved it as if he had used a stone tool, but was suddenly startled by the effect.
After all, this bronze knife is sharper than a stone knife, and the leader uses the same strength to cut the prey, and the results are naturally very different. In the past, if you wanted to cut the skin of your prey with a stone knife, you often had to press it back and forth on the prey many times. But now, with this bronze knife, a slash on the prey's body not only instantly cut the skin of the prey, but also cut deeply into the prey.
"How about the leader, if we refine more of this material, so that all the people in the hunting team are equipped with such weapons, will the hunting be easier?" Yan saw the leader's surprised look, and immediately stepped forward with a smile and asked.
"Is this thing difficult to make?" the leader asked curiously.
"It's not difficult, anyway, when we use a stone knife, don't we have to work hard to polish it? This material, as long as there are enough special stones of that kind, and then burn it with fire to make something like water, can be used to make this kind of knife. Yan said very proudly.
"That's great, whatever you need, I'll arrange someone to help you. "Although the leader is not a great man, he also knows what the appearance of this metal weapon means to his own tribe.
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"Is this thing difficult to make?" the leader asked curiously.
"It's not difficult, anyway, when we use a stone knife, don't we have to work hard to polish it? This material, as long as there are enough special stones of that kind, and then burn it with fire to make something like water, can be used to make this kind of knife. Yan said very proudly.
"That's great, whatever you need, I'll arrange someone to help you. "Although the leader is not a great man, he also knows what the appearance of this metal weapon means to his own tribe.