Chapter 208 Unknown Continent

Jack chose the Imun Tower for the unknown continent of Sothoryos.

Some people say that Sothoryos is a huge island, while others suspect that Sothoryos is an unknown continent that is even larger than Essos.

However, due to the limitations of navigation technology and the fact that Sothoryos is covered by vast tropical rainforests, people from known continents are deterred from exploring Sothoryos.

The Imun Tower was once an outpost of the Ghis Empire, so Jack could take it directly. The Imun Tower ruins also made Jack very curious.

Among the many creatures found in Sothoryos, there is only the spotted ghoul, or the spotted man, a humanoid creature.

In the eyes of many scholars, although the spotted man has the word "person" in his name, he is not considered a human in the strict sense.

Because the spotted women can only give birth to spotted men, and the fetuses born to Westeros men or Essos men are all stillborn.

Jack believes that the spotted people may be in a primitive civilization in the hunting-gathering period.

Because the spotted people can make tools, although they are all stone tools, this alone can distinguish them from apes.

And Sothoryos not only has the spotted people as aboriginal residents, but also many powerful and ferocious beasts.

For example, there is a kind of gorilla in the "Green Hell" of Sothoryos, which is said to be able to kill an elephant with one punch, and giants are dwarfs in front of them.

According to this estimate, this gorilla is at least 15 meters tall when standing upright.

In addition, there are giant crocodiles that can overturn ships, vampire bats that suck human blood in a few minutes, snakes twice the size of lions, and pterosaurs that cannot breathe fire but are more ferocious than dragons.

But neither the spotted people nor various creatures can build a magnificent city like Yilin.

Yilin has been abandoned for thousands of years, but it still stands.

And Yilin City is made up of huge black bricks, which are so huge that at least 12 adult elephants are needed to pull them.

This kind of brick is not easy to make, let alone use it to build walls.

This technology, or even some kind of magic, has far surpassed the technological level of Westeros and Essos.

If it is some kind of science and technology, it is definitely bad news for Jack. Even Atlantis today cannot achieve this level of technology.

And Jack doesn't know where the natives of the Yilin ruins went. Did they encounter some unsolvable natural disasters or plagues? Or did they escape from a more powerful civilization?

No matter which one it is, it is not good news.

If it is a magic civilization, it is not good news either. After all, the development of magic civilization in the known continent is very slow.

Especially under the influence of the magic tide, the development of magic civilization has finally started to improve, but it has directly regressed at the speed of light.

Whenever Jack thinks of this, he is very curious.

If possible, he would like to know how Westeros and Essos have achieved "no technology, no magic" in these ten thousand years.

This kind of thing may only be known by the King of Light, but unfortunately, the King of Light and a group of false gods were absorbed as nutrients by the system when Jack just crossed over.

If the development of magic can still be explained by magic tides, then there is no reasonable excuse for technology.

After all, Jack's technological civilization in his previous life ushered in a "technological explosion" in just a few hundred years.

Of course, in fact, both magic civilization and technological civilization may stagnate for various reasons.

For example, if the Celestial Empire where Jack lived in his previous life had not been opened by artillery in modern times, it is unknown how long it would have stayed in the feudal period.

This is also one of the reasons why Jack spared no effort to promote the development of science and technology. That painful historical experience told Jack every moment that if he fell behind, he would be beaten.

Of course, Jack would not take the technological civilization and magic civilization of Westeros and Essos to heart.

Whether it is the nobles of Westeros or the free trade city-states of Essos, in Jack's eyes, they are just chickens and dogs on the road of progress.

But who can guarantee that there will be no civilizations with very advanced technology or magic in the unknown continents of Sothoros and Ultes?

If one day, an unknown civilization on two unknown continents suddenly experienced a technological explosion or magical progress, will Atlantis use medieval technology to fight against the magician army or the steel torrent in the future?

The gunpowder that the research department is currently developing has not been persuaded by Newgate, and even Asidolf has persuaded him not to do this thing.

Asidolf even wanted Jack to suppress the development of education and weapons in Atlantis, because only in this way can the advantage of dragons be guaranteed.

After all, in Jack's book "My World", it is clearly stated that an armed helicopter can easily tear a 100-meter dragon into pieces.

What's more terrifying is that this is a weapon that anyone can learn to use.

Asidolf didn't even dare to imagine how terrible it would be if this weapon fell into the hands of the enemy.

In his opinion, Jack's behavior is the same as the Valyrians' research on the ballista that can shoot dragons.

Even the weapons developed are much more terrifying than the ballista that shoots dragons.

So Asidolf tried his best to persuade Jack not to bring the invincibility of God's kingdom to the mortal world, as such weapons would only bring endless wars.

Originally, Asidol explained the dangers to Jack, and even hinted that Jack would bring unpredictable shakes to the rule of the Poseidon family.

But Jack's reaction exceeded Asidoff's expectations. Instead of agreeing with Asidoff's views, Jack believed that the development of science and technology should be vigorously promoted.

We should take advantage of the initial stage of technological development to quickly gain absolute advantage and become the leader.

You must always think about how to run faster, instead of always thinking about stumbling on others.

And Jack knew very well that in order for Atlantis to gain a firm foothold in the early days, he had already fired the first shot on the track of the development of technological civilization.

It was impossible to stop at this time.

Besides, Jack is not the kind of person who suppresses the development of civilization for the sake of his family's long-term rule.

Although he likes young women and is small-minded, the situation is not that small, especially when there are still two unknown continents that have not been explored.

Jack didn't want to be like the Manchus, who imprisoned the thoughts of the world for the sake of rule, and then one day he was beaten and beaten.

In his previous life, he often heard a saying that the butt determines the head. This sentence makes sense.

If the strength is not enough, then it is true that the butt determines the head.

Just like Joffrey, if he suddenly wants to engage in centralized power or civilian sovereignty, he will definitely be sent to the gallows.

But if the strength is sufficient, they will choose to suppress the development of civilization because they are worried that the development of civilization will shake their family's rule in the future.

Jack can't do this kind of thing. He comes from the 21st century, and he is not trapped by the limitations of this era.

He is very clear about what the development of science and technology will bring. To him, the development of science and technology is not unknown at least until the information age.

If the butt really determines the head and suppresses technological development, then Jack has seen the end of Atlantis.

And he has left too many advantages for the Poseidon family.

Industrial foundation, scientific and technological development ideas, appropriate systems, the giant killer dragon in the next few decades or even centuries, and the atomic dinosaur powerful enough to penetrate the earth's crust.

If Poseidon can still be overthrown under such circumstances, it can only mean that the fate of the Poseidon family has indeed come to an end.

If any force does not think about reform and opening up, the final result will be that it will run out of energy, and even reforms may not be able to last long.

Jack sometimes wonders if one day the rule of the Poseidon family is really ended.

Will the Poseidon bloodline be ended by other separatist forces?

Or will it be ended by capitalists or some class that sparks a prairie fire?

But these are not things that Jack cares about.

He just wants to see Atlantis become stronger step by step in his hundreds of years of life.

He hopes to see the technological civilization and magical civilization of Atlantis advance hand in hand, and even be able to set foot in the stars while Jack is alive.

Of course, this is just an expectation. It may not be possible to set foot in the starry sky.

Unless Jack can gain immortality, and the dragon slayer will never turn into a dragon, he can continue to vigorously support the development of science and technology without any internal friction.

Only in this way can we hope to set foot in the mysterious and vast universe in a short time.

But if you are immortal, then time is meaningless, so there is no need to worry, just develop technology slowly.

But no one knows whether eternal life is a curse.

Eternal life can make the body eternal, but the soul may not be able to withstand the erosion of time.

If he really became immortal, Jack couldn't guarantee that he would become the evil dragon in the eyes of the world.

It is precisely because of these thoughts that Jack is very curious about the civilizations on the two unknown continents, Sothoros and Ultus.

And Yilin is Jack's first step in exploring Sothothros.

Perhaps one day in the future, technology will be advanced enough, and the real age of navigation will come.

It's possible that Atlantis will discover a human civilization that is good at magic from Sothoros or the continent of Ultes.

I just don’t know if two civilizations meet at that time, will they start a war or have friendly exchanges?

Do you think eternal life is a curse or a blessing?

Yilin is a huge city ruins in the Yi River Basin in the north of Sothoros continent. It is built of huge oily black stones. To the north is the Yimen Tower located on a huge delta. It is said that there are ferocious apes living in the jungle to the south of Yilin.

The origin of Yilin is one of the most puzzling questions among scholars and other scholars in the world. Similar to the Toad Stone on Toad Island, Yilin is also built from huge oily black stones. The bricks are so huge that it would take at least 12 elephants to pull them. Yilin has been abandoned for thousands of years, surrounded by jungle but has never grown into Yilin.

Any attempt by people to rebuild or settle here ended in tragedy. [3] When Nymeria led the Rhoynar people to migrate (i.e., The Voyage of Ten Thousand Ships), she once sent some people to establish a residence here. During the year they lived in Sothoryos, the residents of Yilin were often attacked by "brindled ghouls" in the forest. One day, for some reason, a ship sailed from Yimen Tower to Yilin, but found that all the people here disappeared overnight, so Nymeria decided to abandon Sothothros.