Chapter 23: The Ladder of Civilization (I)

From Aegis, follow the wide National Avenue to reach the Raptors Fortress, then take a warship up the river to the upper reaches of the Luyin River, where he will meet with the orc chief Goering, return the so-called artifact to them, and then discuss the matter of peaceful coexistence between the two sides, this is Brian's plan, he has sent people to the western forest, looking for the minotaurs who live there, to contact their leader. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Brian did not choose to travel overland and through the forest because he was afraid that after a brutal war, the inner wounds of both sides would not be erased, and if the orcs knew their whereabouts and identities, there might be a conflict, and the kingdom did not want to hurt them again, even if it was one person.

"Estrid, what does it feel like you are united with that six-million-year-old body, don't you feel uncomfortable with such a long and heavy memory?" Brian sat on the bow of the boat, enjoying the oncoming river breeze, very comfortable.

"I don't feel that I am me, she is her, although she gave me her thinking, she did not dominate, and I was psychologically free of the burden of doing something wrong. The girl replied.

"That's not a wrong thing, it's just that you can't predict the future, the original idea was good, you want to better improve the world and yourself, but unfortunately, it lost control. Brian said, "I'm really puzzled, since the technology of the Luoning people is so advanced, why didn't they take precautions in advance and didn't take some measures to prevent them from getting out of control?"

"Who says they didn't do it? Hughis and Estrid took precautions when they created the super life of St. Ossedine six million years ago, and they set up a self-destruction mechanism in the body of each test subject, if this life tries to harm the test personnel and tries to get out of control, this gene will automatically produce an effect, quickly destroying the entire genetic chain, that is, the test product will decompose out of thin air. ”

"Then why, did St. Osidine escape control and end up becoming the boss of the universe?" asked Brian.

"That's because, St. Ossidine is too smart, Hughis has given him too many abilities, he is in the dormant and developmental period, in fact, he has figured out the internal structure of his body, and realized that it will be dangerous to resist the test personnel, so he quickly learned to deceive, deliberately lowering the test index in his body, so that everyone thinks he is a failure. St. Ossidine uses his powerful ability to absorb energy reserves from the air, and then when people are not paying attention, he can transform his genes, he can achieve self-transformation, it is really terrifying, when this stage is completed, St. Ossidine is invincible and flawless. Estrid explained.

"I am sad, Estrid, that you made one of these things, and now you want me to deal with him, and you can't deal with it yourself. Brian said dejectedly.

"I'm not trying to figure it out, maybe there's a silver lining. Estrides was happy, "I really can't deal with it, so forget it, it's fate anyway." ”

"You're more open than I thought. Brian shook his head.

"Estrid, I've listened to your conversations in the past two days, I've come into contact with a lot of new words, and I've also gained a little understanding of the civilization of the Luoning people, I wonder if you can tell us a comprehensive story about the process of civilization development, such as what stage we are in, what stage the Luoning people have finally reached, and how much gap there is during this period. Helois distracted from the argument and asked questions of interest.

"Yes, this question can be talked about, and it also lets us know what direction to explore next, what problems to pay attention to, don't start fighting with St. Ossidin in the end, and make another St. Osidin out, it will be even more troublesome. Brian's tone was slightly mocking.

Estrid disagreed, she still maintained an open-minded temperament and would not bother with anyone: "Okay, then I'll talk about the several stages of technological development, each stage, will make some changes in the world, let the Luoning people step to a new height, we usually call these changes, the ladder of civilization." This matter has to start with primitive people, the original Luoning people, like beasts to survive, unlike beasts, they have wisdom. ”

"Wisdom is a very magical thing, it allows the people of Luoning to start observing their surroundings and using them, and technology is born from that moment. The first stage, called the direct use stage, is easy to understand, that is, you can use what you have in front of you, and use what you see as a tool, such as a stone, which can smash nuts, can attack small animals, and a tree branch can be used as a weapon. Gradually, it progressed to the second stage of changing the shape of things. Because ready-made things are not very useful, they have to be modified to become more convenient and pleasing to the hand, such as sharpening the branches of a tree and giving birth to spears, sharpening stones and sharpening knives and axes, and sharpening bones to give birth to needles. ”

Brian and Helois nodded frequently, believing that Estrid had a point.

"The first two stages, called the physical stage, and then civilization continued to move forward, into the chemical stage, the third step, is to purify and refine, the same thing inherent in certain substances, put forward for people to use, such as iron smelting, such as spinning cotton, such as primitive medicine, all belong to such activities, the fourth step is the chemical reaction stage, such as gunpowder production, papermaking technology, the invention of soy products, dye production, although the Luoning people have not yet discovered that all things are made of tiny particles, but through practice, to summarize all kinds of changes, for their own use。 ”

"Tiny particles, what's that?" Brian wondered, "What physics, I feel dizzy." ”

"Slowly you will understand that this is the first lesson, and there are many more lessons to come. Estrid said.

"Don't interject, I think it's interesting, so go on. Helois glared at Brian, "Be a good student." ”

"On the Lukai Continent, the highest technology has reached the fifth stage, so you will become more and more unable to understand it later, just have an impression first. "The phenomenon of the fifth stage was discovered very early, but it was used on a large scale much later, and I call it the phase of energy release in the exchange of physical state. Take water as an example, it has three states of matter, it will freeze into ice when it is cold, it is usually water, it will become steam when boiled, you have all seen it, but every time it transforms into a form, it will release or absorb energy, this process took a long time before it was summarized and used by the Luoning people, and the whole world entered the steam age, collectively known as the primary stage. ”

"I'll go, it turns out that we are only at the elementary level, not even intermediate, I thought we were very advanced. Brian sighed.