Wang Qi and Chen Youjia walked side by side on the streets of Shenjing. It was already dark, and there were not as many pedestrians on the street as usual. There are no street lights, and street businesses hang lanterns, but they are not bright. In the dim light, Wang Qi looked around with some curiosity.

He doesn't go out much, and most of the people he walks are thinking about problems. When he came out with Chen Youjia this time, he barely restrained his brain. Thanks to this, he really saw what the night of Shenjing looked like.

"There are lighting charms on weekdays, so I don't think it's anything, but when I see it today, I feel incongruous. Wang Qi sighed: "It's so dark. ”

Although the enhanced light sensitivity of the strengthened optic nerve allows the practitioner to see at night, the perception of light and darkness is still there.

Chen Youjia glanced at him: "Where do you think this is, is it the kind of immortal city like Xin Yue and Lei Yang?"

The economy of the immortal road and mortal dust is broken. Most of the items produced in the world are not used by the cultivators, and the high-precision products produced by the Xiandao Taisha [Great Industry] are basically not used by mortals.

"The legal concepts embodied in the Xianmeng Law are close to the modern laws of the earth, and the technology is also approaching the information age, and the silent writing place is even surpassed, but as a human dynasty, Da Lian is only a feudal society...... Oh, because the Immortal League took over part of the government affairs, so it has a bit of a constitutional monarchy. Wang Qi thought to himself.

Chen Youjia looked sideways: "What are you thinking?"

"Something interesting. ”

Chen Youjia blinked: "What?"

"I'm sorry, I forgot about it when you interrupted. ”

"I always feel like you're turning some inexplicable idea again. Chen Youjia said dissatisfiedly: "Last time you studied the law of large numbers with me, you didn't do your best at all, right?"

"Ahem. Wang Qi looked away: "It's really not." ”

"It only took you and Senior Sister Bo a long time to finish. ”

Wang Qi was a little embarrassed: "Haaah...... In other words, according to her age, Senior Sister Bo seems to be a little older than you. ”

"It's time to get started. ”

The two of them were the same as usual. Casual chatting about things that are not there. While walking towards the west of the city.

Xiyao Gate is a gathering place for shops in Shenjing. Lots of food. After the two of them walked to the place, Wang Qi asked, "What do you want to eat today?"

Chen Youjia closed his eyes and sniffed gently. Then, her brow furrowed, as if she was making a life-or-death decision. When Wang Qi was hooked by the food in the air Xiaowei, Chen Youjiacai pointed in the direction: "This one." ”

Chen Youjia chose a noodle stall this time, mainly engaged in mutton roasted wheat. The roasted wheat husk is thin and filling, and the filling is fat and sweet, but it is not fishy. The owner is real. And he's a diligent expert. The filling is not finely chopped, and there are even some juicy pieces of meat in between.

After serving a bowl of haggis soup in his stomach, Wang Qi admitted from the bottom of his heart that Chen Youjia had chosen this place well.

Through the dim light of the oil lamp, Chen Youjia's delicate porcelain-like skin appeared even more hazy. It's a pity that the girl didn't think it was very beautiful, but when she was halfway through eating, she felt that the oil lamp was too dark and smoky, which affected her appetite, so she waved her hand to extinguish the oil lamp with palm wind, and then released a lighting spell.

Wang Qi secretly said that he was sorry, but at the same time, he remembered a certain thought that had just flashed. His spiritual sense swept all around. Among the people around. There are also many people like Chen Youjia who put out the oil lamp. Use the lighting sigil instead. Shenjing immortals live together, and there are many monks. There are only a handful of mortals here, and they have not even done the act of "borrowing light", but have shrunk back, not very embarrassed.

Wang Qi picked up a piece of siu mai with his chopsticks and rolled it in balsamic vinegar, but quietly divided a thread in his mind to think about something he had just noticed.

"When I was a child, I always thought that this shabby place was ancient, so I didn't think there was anything inconvenient about using oil lamps. After leaving the village, I went to Xinyue Immortal City, and all I saw was the style of the immortal family, and I came to Shenjing in the last two years, and I have been busy with research, and I really haven't paid attention to this kind of thing. Wang Qi's thinking was a thread and said to himself in the storage room: "What is the understanding of technology in this world?"

"Search, keywords, technology. ”

The entire storage room began to be rearranged, and then several books were automatically delivered to him.

Wang Qi nodded while flipping through the book: "I see, even if it is the same scientific civilization, the gap between the two world civilizations can be like this." ”

The key is "technology".

The physical rules of this world are too supportive of the existence of technological black boxes, so many technologies can be easily invented. However, the vast majority of these technologies have not been translated into productivity.

In the past, medicinal herbs were collected in the wild, and a monk only needed to save enough materials to refine a furnace of pills and refine enough for his own use, without much consideration of cost. After the breakthrough in cultivation, it is natural to find a new pill to collect or snatch our new medicinal materials and then refine a new pill. If there is no suitable pill, develop a new drug that suits you yourself.

As for shortening the necessary labor time - I'm sorry, instead of wasting time and materials thinking about how to simplify the refining of an elixir, it is better to redevelop an even more remarkable elixir.

That is, in the era of the end of the law, the aura was thin, and it was impossible to cultivate without relying on pills, so there were monks who invented the practice of mass-producing Peiyuan Dan and Bigu Dan.

And more technology is reflected in supernatural spells, that is, combat effectiveness.

In addition, the duality of the Xianfan economy is also a feature. Aura makes energy fluctuate, complex machinery is easy to break, and the organs of the Thousand Machine Pavilion are all driven by spiritual power, which is difficult for mortals to control. Even if the Immortal Alliance lowered the prices of various immortal civilization products to a lower level, it would be difficult for mortals to benefit from it.

"Although most of the people on the earth are famous in history, it is 'technology' that drives the development of science. ”

"Businessmen seek profit, this is the nature of the so-called capitalist. It is precisely because of the realization that science and technology are the primary productive forces and can generate huge profits, so huge resources are invested in the field of research and development. ”

"Although 'science' is the foundation of 'technology', it can also be said that 'technology' has made 'science' what it is today. ”

"From the perspective of the history of science, the development of science is the search for truth by several wise men. However, from the perspective of the evolution of civilization, the 'history of science' of mankind is also the 'history of technological development' in pursuit of 'technology'. ”

Wang Qi gently brushed through a popular science book called "The Nature of Technology" in the library, and remembered the inventor and businessman who had 2,000 invention patents in his previous life, Thomas Edison.

In theory, this shrewd businessman has achieved little. When it comes to promoting the development of science, he is probably stronger than most scientists.

Wang Qi finally realized that he had caught a blind spot.

"Here, in this world, immortality is the greatest good, the ultimate goal. In order to live forever, we need 'cultivation techniques', and in order to protect ourselves, we need 'fighting techniques'. ”

"The meaning of mortals is only to produce more practitioners. Their productivity means nothing to the Immortal Dao. Even Xianmeng has only promoted improved varieties of chemical fertilizers, agricultural technology, and medical technology. ”

"But ......"

Wang Qi's heartbeat was faintly quickening. The development process of the human race immortal path is very tortuous, first fighting with demon beasts, and then attacking each other, for tens of thousands of years, the status of the method of fighting has always been higher than planting and forging. However, from a humanitarian point of view...... Humanitarian......

"Isn't this really a road?" Wang Qi said suddenly.

Chen Youjia asked, "What?"

Wang Qi looked at the dark slum and whispered, "It's nothing, but I suddenly felt that there should be a guy named Edison in this world." ”

There should be Edison in the world. (To be continued......)