Chapter 7026 We've fallen, just like that!

Chapter 7026 We've fallen, just like that!

Although we don't know what kind of fun the big shots of humanity came up with in ancient times, it's pretty much confirmed that humanity as a whole is hated by the world's consciousness.

Even many remaining records prove that in ancient times, the so-called severing of the connection between heaven and earth, the conflict between humans and gods, etc., were all underpinned by a means called world consciousness, or more directly, something temporarily called the Way of Heaven.

Of course, based on the information Chen Xi has gathered from various sources, the so-called Heavenly Dao is not entirely aimed at humanity. If we were to say something, it would probably be the process of evolution, and for a long time, humanity was favored by the world.

For example, in the ancient mythological era, this driving force of the times overthrew mythical beings, allowing weak humans to take center stage and even become the protagonists.

Unfortunately, the inherent ambition and greed of human beings make it absolutely impossible for them, after ascending to the position of protagonist, to allow this overwhelming force to push them off the stage like the previous losers, and to make way for the next protagonist.

On this matter, all of humanity is incredibly steadfast and resolute, and this steadfastness and resoluteness is what propels humanity to become the protagonist of the era. Gradually, the obstacles that humanity has overcome to become the protagonist lead to a series of subsequent changes.

It can be said that the high-ranking officials of the human empire are well aware that they are the rebels of heaven. Under such circumstances, it is only natural that anything that opposes humanity will receive the support of the world's consciousness. Similarly, the world will go along with anything that can cause trouble for humanity.

Just as Ji Zhong is saying now, what if the high-energy matter generated in these small worlds by the battles of top veterans is not a sign of the descent of the God of War, but a reward returned by the God of War after the sacrifice?
Then you can simply face this matter with the calmest mindset!

It is an inevitable trend for the world to take advantage of the situation and steal human accumulation; such behavior requires no thought whatsoever.

However, even with this result, Chen Xi remained calm. It was just that the talents and skills he had accumulated in the past would be released by the world consciousness to other living beings, or even non-living things, in an open-source manner.

But so what? After all, Perennis and Huangfu Song have already made their move once. The former's title of "Demon Master" is no joke, and the thing the latter created in Odin's Tomb is, in reality, no less troublesome than Perennis's.

To put it bluntly, there are still hundreds of thousands of Inhumans in Northern Europe, the Arctic Circle, and the ocean. These are the Inhumans who did not follow Odin, but ran away from Odin's Tomb under the original captain's leadership. Now, these Inhumans have even gone to places like Canada in later generations.

Even without something as outrageous as the Corpse Offering, the trouble that a few hundred thousand Norse Outcasts could cause is still quite significant. Putting aside everything else, just unlocking talents in animals is enough to give anyone a headache. But look at the three great empires now, which one of them cares about this?

Wild beasts may have talent and become stronger, but they lack the ability to systematically connect these talents from top to bottom. The strength of one or two individuals is insignificant.

Furthermore, when discussing human strength, talent is only one aspect; equipment also plays a significant role, especially when dealing with wild beasts, where the importance of weapons may even surpass that of talent.

To put it simply, a hundred or so regular shield guards who are not from the Jingling Guard would definitely not be able to kill a powerful expert who has left his internal energy body, but a hundred or so regular shield guards would definitely be able to kill a ferocious beast that has left its internal energy body.

After all, no matter how refined the fur of a ferocious beast is, it can never catch up with steel that has been forged a thousand times. The bones of a beast that breaks through the boundaries can certainly not surpass nickel-steel alloy that has been strongly nurtured. And now, iron-nickel alloy is no longer the top alloy of the Han Dynasty. The technology accumulated by human wisdom is constantly advancing. The extreme changes in the physical body are just the way of wild beasts.

Do you even understand what it means to train hard in the coldest and hottest winters? From childhood to adulthood, you've used medicinal baths and secret techniques, yet after more than thirty years of rigorous training, you were finally brought down by a single shot.

This is the current development path of the Han Dynasty. The human body has its limits. Chen Xi doesn't understand what the Golden Core is, but the concept of the Golden Nature has proven that it can not only be attached to the body and will of a Golden Core expert, but also to weapons.

So, do you think a weapon imbued with the element of metal is sharper, or a body imbued with the element of metal is stronger?
Without a doubt, it is the former; the superiority of intelligent life lies in its ability to use and create weapons.

So when Chen Xi heard Ji Zhong's claim that the talents and skills accumulated by humans would be stolen by wild beasts, he just wanted to laugh!

Moreover, setting aside the issue of the gold-attribute weapons that may only be realized in the future, let's talk about the things that already exist now. These are the so-called ferocious beasts that have absorbed the wisdom of demon masters, devoured otherworlders, and been forged. This thing caused great chaos for a period of time, but what happened later? Now, the Central Plains have completely returned to normal.

Yes, it's a big deal, but all crises that can bring turmoil to the world are the best opportunities to break the existing order.

Leaving aside the Han Dynasty, let's take the Kushan Empire as an example. Recently, the main thing the secret arts chambers of the Kushan Empire have been doing is capturing ferocious beasts that have devoured extraordinary people, then using special secret arts to sacrifice the beasts to strip away their talents, and then trying to find ways to let people absorb these talents.

When Huangfu Song was still in Northern Europe, the Kushan army's secret technology development technicians had proposed this idea, but Oswin felt that the superhumans were also human beings, and that eating humans was going too far, so it was not promoted. However, if the beasts ate the superhumans, then it would be completely acceptable for humans to eat the beasts.

It sounds like it's very difficult and hard to achieve, but in reality, if you think about it carefully, given the Kushan Empire's incredible efficiency in developing secret techniques, this could be accomplished in at most two years. To put it more bluntly, the real problem preventing the Kushan Empire from realizing this secret technique might not be that the technique is very difficult to develop, but rather that there aren't enough samples for the Kushan Empire to experiment with.

If there were enough extraordinary individuals for the Kushan Empire to practice on, Chen Xi estimated that the Kushan Empire might be able to produce some usable technologies before his three million-strong army set out. After all, this country could indeed produce some incredible feats after abandoning morality and bottom lines. Chen Xi had enough confidence in their ability to develop secret techniques.

As for why Chen Xi said there needed to be a sufficient number of superhumans, it's because if the number wasn't enough, the Kushan Empire would have to abandon some inefficient conversion methods and instead pursue conversion rates. But if the number was sufficient, the Kushan Empire would definitely put conversion rates aside.

If ten dual-talented individuals with the same talent structure could have one talent extracted and given to their own elites after being fed to dogs, Chen Xi believed that the Kushan Empire could definitely do it if they had enough individuals.

Chen Xi had complete trust in this aspect.

Incidentally, this secret technique, as far as Chen Xi's spy in Kushan is concerned, has actually been completed. However, the energy conversion rate is too low. Currently, in the Kushan situation, it would take about the same amount of resources as a five- or six-fold refined elite veteran to strip a superhuman of their talent and then transfer it to a suitable elite veteran.

This energy consumption was an unbearable pain even for the Kushan Empire. After all, with Oswin watching over it, the imperial will did not allow the Kushan Empire to use its own people to refine poisons and repeatedly exploit the supermodel cloud energy.

To be honest, Chen Xi was really envious of the Supermodel Cloud. This thing is a high-level open energy source, and its versatility is really excellent. Whether it is used as an energy source, or to provide shelter and suppress opponents, it is extremely good.

Even now, the Han Dynasty has actually obtained the architectural secrets and plans of the supermodel cloud, but Chen Xi sealed them away completely after reading them.

No matter how the cloud formations are adjusted, their essence is the outflow of the vital energy of intelligent life, forming a large-scale protective barrier. The essence of the supermodel cloud formations is actually to increase the amount of this outflow.

The low human rights of the Southern Nobles allowed Vasudeva I to manipulate this situation ruthlessly, but each large-scale mobilization meant that some physically weak people were further on the verge of death, or more directly, they died on the spot!
Although the Han Dynasty is currently well-fed and has plenty of food, even if there is a slight increase in the outflow of energy and spirit, there will be no overall loss. In fact, if the propaganda is done well, many people will even regard this behavior as a good thing, or even as serving the country.

Chen Xi was well aware that once this behavior started, what would inevitably happen next was not a matter of supervision and restraint, but rather a matter of human rights and public power. As long as a loophole was opened, it would be trampled on endlessly, eventually forming a path of dependence, and people might even believe that this was the cure.

It should be noted that when Chen Xi obtained this item, someone suggested that it be included as part of the tax revenue in order to more accurately manage the people.

Chen Xi smiled without saying a word, then added the other person to his notebook, intending to deal with them later. After all, anyone who could meet Chen Xi and say such things in front of him couldn't be brainless, and anyone who could say such things while being smart must be bad.

Treat this as a tax!

joke!

The powerful families had the ability to prevent the state from collecting this tax, and they also had the ability to transfer the taxes collected by the state to their own treasuries. Moreover, unlike the previous taxes, the earlier taxes did not affect the fundamentals; if the people were pushed too far, they would simply rebel.

But if this thing becomes a tax, then the people won't even have the right to protest!

It can only be said that the fact that these powerful families were willing to send out someone to ask Chen Xi this question in front of him is enough to prove that these people are indeed wicked.

Therefore, in the next three five-year plan, Chen Xi must clearly proclaim it at the Grand Court Assembly, and one of the deadlines he has drawn is to prohibit non-substantive taxes. No matter what kind of thing it is, if such a tax is levied, it must be eliminated, and then the legitimacy of that tax can be inherited.

"Lord Chen, perhaps we should stop?" Ji Zhong advised in a deep voice.

"Let's see what other tricks they can pull," Chen Xi said, shaking his head. "Since it's already been absorbed, there's no point in stopping now. Let's just keep watching."

"Gonghe, use your special magic mirror to simulate what would happen if a non-living object inherited these things," Chen Xi said to Xu Yue telepathically after calming Ji Zhong down.

“Non-living objects?” Xu Yue frowned. “If Chen Hou is referring to things like the earth and soil, then the possibility of these non-living objects inheriting these things is extremely slim, almost one in a trillion. On the contrary, it is more realistic for the overall strengthening speed to increase.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Xi glanced at Xu Yue and said, "One trillionth, when placed in the context of infinity, what's the difference between that and one hundred percent?"

"The difference lies in the time dimension. One trillionth is more advantageous to us," Xu Yue said simply. "Moreover, the world consciousness as a whole is in a state of ignorance, so it doesn't actually have an advantage for us. Therefore, it's more likely that the earth, water, and atmosphere will be strengthened."

"The land has become more solid? The water flow has become more pressurized? The atmosphere has become heavier?" Chen Xi said casually, "If these are the changes, then it is indeed a bit troublesome."

“Actually, things like water and air, which have form but no form, and formless and without form, change less. After all, everything human beings need a carrier.” Xu Yue thought for a moment and gave his judgment. “Water, fire, and wind are not as easy to serve as carriers as matter.”

Chen Xi nodded slightly upon hearing this, as it was similar to what he had thought. However, what Xu Yue said was only the conventional stuff, while Chen Xi thought a little deeper. If the world's consciousness were completely insane and only remembered to mess with humanity, then some extremely extreme situation might occur.

These things have been attached to certain concepts.

In this way, Chen Xi couldn't help but recall some records from various legendary myths.

[If conceptual things are all imbued with so-called human knowledge and accumulation, then many things actually become explainable.] Chen Xi lowered his head, deep in thought, because this answer could explain many things that were previously incomprehensible.

For example, why is it necessary to achieve a state where a person is outside the boundary? Because only when one is outside the boundary can one be unaffected by anything inside. Even if the various concepts in the world become sentient, even if the foundations of mathematics become sentient, as long as a person can remain outside the boundary, they can ignore such influences.

For example, why can the highest-ranking evil gods assimilate with humans? If these evil gods are manifestations of the world's laws controlled by the world consciousness being downgraded due to human wisdom and accumulation, then it would be normal to consider it a kind of corruption of the Dao.

As for why it transformed into an evil god, it's probably because the world's consciousness went mad. The world's laws, which manifested in a degraded form, lacked self-awareness, possessing only knowledge, accumulation, and the world's consciousness's malice in cursing humanity. Such manifested laws are undoubtedly evil gods to humanity.

"I think I understand a lot of things now." Chen Xi stood on the outside of the small world, watching the battle inside. Although there were still some aspects that were not clear, what he deduced was enough to build a framework.

"Zichuan, what have you figured out?" Liu Bei asked curiously.

"I have a general idea of ​​what the earliest and most ancient gods were all about," Chen Xi explained casually. "Well, it's mostly speculation, but it makes some sense."

"Then remember to tell me about it later. I'm quite interested in this kind of thing," Liu Bei said with some curiosity. Chen Xi nodded in response.

"Lord Xuande, who do you think will win next?" Chen Xi said with a smile, pointing to Slavnis, who was being attacked by the muscle-bound dolls below.

“Slavnis is already one of the strongest in this martial arts competition, with his divine weapons, but…” Liu Bei looked at Xu Chu’s men, led by Tao Tong, who were all burly and heavy, with an average weight of over 350 jin. Add to that the old shield guard member Bai Tao whom they encountered by chance, and there were six muscle-bound brutes. To be honest, Slavnis was going to be in trouble!

It's not that Slavnis isn't strong enough, but rather that these six brutes have too high a margin for error. They're tough and resilient, and it's a six-on-one situation. Even if Slavnis had god-tier gear, and hadn't run away at the beginning, now that he realizes the situation is bad, he can't escape even if he wants to.

After all, whether or not the team members can be assembled really affects the fighting strength.

Slavnis's face darkened. He never expected to encounter six brutes at once. Now surrounded by them, Slavnis was unable to quickly kill any of them, which led to him quickly finding himself in a difficult situation after the fight broke out.

As I said before, mechanics can easily lead to a kill on the first encounter, while basic skills are often evenly matched with anyone. But this thing has a high margin for error. Tao Tong, Xu Yuan, Li He, Er Xiong, Dali, and Bai Tao are all strong, muscular, and intelligent men.
When they encountered Slavnis, a tough opponent, their fighting style became brutal. At first, when they couldn't surround him, they were almost killed by Slavnis's kiting tactics. There was no other way; with the Wings of Light that allowed Slavnis to run fast, he could gradually wear down the group by kiting them alone.

But Slavnis was so reckless that he ended up being surrounded by six brutes. Especially when he realized he was in trouble, he unleashed a full-force attack, which was blocked by Li He's 740 armor, heavy armor defense, and bare skin.

Then it became a case of two fists being no match for ten hands!
Well, unlike the normal way of using the naked armor, Li He directly added the defense that the naked armor increased by equal to his current state to his existing defense, providing super-ton level defense on the spot. Not to mention Slavnis, even if Bao Chu came over with the Han Guang Sword, he could withstand a few hits before dying!
After all, this is 740 armor plus heavy armor defense, muscle defense, plus a fictional defense equivalent to the sum of all these defenses. It can be said that Li He is famously tough when it comes to layered armor!
It's almost the end of the month, let's cast some votes! We're almost at 3000 alliances, 2999 right...