Chapter 1155 Global Acceleration
The latest website: In this world, civilizations are changing and multiplying, intelligent creatures emerge in endlessly, and there will be a large number of intelligent races that are obviously different from the source of evolution living next to each other. In the Loren Continent alone, there are people such as humans, elves, dwarves, There are nearly ten intelligent species such as goblins and spirit races, and more "subspecies". Except for the subspecies of elves that may be related to a split event in ancient times, other intelligent races are obviously the product of independent evolution.
And if you look at the distant starry sky, according to the information provided by Enya, the number of civilizations bred among the stars far exceeds Gao Wen's imagination - more than a hundred signals do not mean an accurate number , that only means that in the past million years, at least more than one hundred civilizations have mastered the technology of ultra-long-distance signal broadcasting between the stars, and according to Gao Wen's thinking, there may be more that have not developed so far High civilizations live among the vast stars.
They were born, multiplied, and developed on their home planets. The vast astronomical scale obscures the lights of weak civilizations. Their eyes cannot see far away, and their voices cannot be transmitted far away. No one knows their existence. These civilizations may From its birth to its demise, it never left a single trace in the universe, just like the civilizations that have been born and died season after season on the planet under Gawain's feet.
These "lights" were obviously excluded from Enya's statistics.
There must be reasons behind such a high civilization density. Gawain didn't think about this issue seriously for a while, even though he had some doubts in his heart, he didn't think too much about it, but today he came to Kamel's In the laboratory, seeing the surge of arcane energy here and Kamel himself... A bold idea that may be close to the truth emerged from his heart:
If magic tides are everywhere in the universe, then magic power is obviously everywhere, and if magic power is everywhere... then it may be one of the "catalytic factors" for the evolution of most civilizations in this world.
Gawain suddenly fell into thought, and Kamel watched from the sidelines. The ancient arcanist couldn't help asking, "Have you thought of anything?"
"I heard you mention that a large number of civilizations are dying among the stars, and I suddenly realized a problem," Gao Wen woke up from his thoughts, and did not hide his thoughts, "Maybe it is the existence of magic power that gave birth to a large number of civilizations." So many civilizations."
Kamel didn't understand Gawain's jumping train of thought for a while: "You mean...?"
"Have you ever heard of such a theory—the development of civilization is accompanied by the absorption and utilization of energy," Gao Wen patiently explained his thinking, "The higher the efficiency of energy utilization, the higher the level of development of a civilization. Correspondingly, if the energy of a world is more active and easier to absorb and transform, then the civilization of this world will develop more rapidly.
In other words, it is easier to produce technological progress, even strides.
"Magic power is everywhere. According to the various clues we know, the rules of this world should be uniform, so there should be magic power on other planets. We all know that this is a power that is easy to extract and transform, even in When the level of civilization was still very primitive, gifted intelligent races could rely on their own direct driving magic power to achieve various effects such as making fire, transporting, shaping, etc. Of course, in some cases, this will lead to the process of technological progress being blocked It is inhibited by overly convenient production activities, but as long as the timing is right, it will allow an intelligent group to develop rapidly..."
"The degree of development of civilization is closely related to the energy utilization rate, and the difficulty of energy utilization determines the development speed of civilization..." Kamel quickly understood Gawain's meaning, and said thoughtfully, "It makes sense Theory, but... is magic power a power that is very easy to extract and transform?"
There was a trace of confusion in the tone of the arcane master. If he still had eyebrows, he must have frowned by this time. He raised his arm, controlled the free magic power in the air to resonate, and created crackling sparks in the two nearby energy conduits: "It is not difficult for me, but for most people, it is necessary to control the magic power It should still be difficult."
Gao Wen was taken aback when he heard this, and then realized: In his own eyes, the magic power of this world is really an unbelievably convenient energy source, ubiquitous and inexhaustible, but for living in this world As far as the race is concerned, they have long been accustomed to the magic power in nature, and naturally they don't particularly feel that they live in such a unique environment-at least for the development of civilization, this is a unique and favorable condition.
But fortunately, this is not a key issue, he quickly skipped this "cognitive bias": "At least in my opinion, magic power is a very convenient energy, and magic power that is ubiquitous in the world Clearly catalyzed the development of civilization."
Kamel lowered his head and meditated, and suddenly said after a while: "Perhaps it not only catalyzed the development of civilization - it may also catalyze the birth of intelligent creatures, and even speed up the birth of life."
He spread out his arms full of arcane brilliance, and light blue projections emerged between his hands. The images showed the appearance of various creatures and their anatomical structures: "The druids of the Gondor era There is a theory that they believe that the abundant magical power in nature is one of the important factors to enlighten the minds of intelligent creatures. The Grand Druid Priman in the Starfire era even conducted a large number of tissue culture and catalytic experiments based on this, proving that human beings Although the nervous systems of elves and spirits are different in structure, they will also respond to magic power. Even ordinary people who cannot perceive magic power, their nervous system will always passively accept the magic power stimulus in nature and give feedback ——In fact, this kind of feedback is the basis for the realization of many mental spells.
"On the other hand, earlier elf scholars put forward the conjecture that 'magic power is the source of life', and they believed that an active energy environment is the prerequisite for transforming natural matter into 'life elements', although this theory has not Proven, but over the years its supporters have been numerous..."
"Magic power, this active and abundant energy is a catalytic force in the universe. It allows life phenomena to be born on many planets, and greatly accelerates the evolution of intelligent species, and eventually breeds a large number of civilizations. "Gao Wen's expression was serious, and his voice was low, summing up his common guesses with Kamel," and considering that the essence of the magic wave is to 'destroy the observer', it will not cause the entire ecosystem outside the observer to reshuffle. , so it only takes a short period of time for new civilizations to re-emerge in the ecological environment after the magic tide and develop to a certain height...then the cycle goes on and on, and the generations are endless."
"The emergence of the magic tide is also related to magic power," Kamel said aside, "at least 'the explosion of the deep blue well can stop the little devil tide' and some of the information shared by the dragon clan can prove this point."
The words of the ancient Arcanist fell, but Gao Wen didn't speak for a while, his face sank like water, all the answers and clues gathered in his heart to form a vortex, and some kind of "truth" of this universe, also more clearly in his eyes:
Magic power accelerates everything, including the birth and destruction of civilizations. It is a force that "pushes away". Multiplies and develops at a very high speed, and dies round after round at a very high speed——Gao Wen once had a cold and slow impression of the universe, which originated from his hometown. Changes are often calculated in tens of thousands or even billions of years, and the lights of civilizations that were accidentally born in the icy universe also appear so slowly and move forward slowly, even until they die, there may be only a small group of them in the vast stars firelight.
But now, he realizes that the world he lives in today is quite different from that—this world is a pot of hot soup, everything is accelerated by the roasting of magic power, and here, an intelligent group of people wants to develop It sounds easy, as long as there is a breakthrough in technology, it only takes one step for mortals to go from being ignorant on the ground to driving machinery and touching the sky, but at the same time... the end of civilization is much easier.
And this is the tragedy of many intelligent races: they can't keep up with this fast-paced train, and they can't avoid the countless traps in this speed run. Or stop at the same place will be beyond redemption.
As a result, the starry sky is full of shimmering civilizations, but almost none of them can be turned into bright lights. Among the dense, rapidly changing shimmers, there are actually tombstones after the decline of civilization.
"What are you thinking?" Kamel saw that Gao Wen hadn't spoken for a long time, and finally couldn't help breaking the silence.
Gawain shook his head lightly, and said in a low voice: "I was just wondering if we were bound by magic power and rushed forward..."
"...The philosopher Gramos in the age of sparks once said that all living beings in the world are bound to be coerced by the environment in which they were born. We did not choose this world, but this world gave birth to us," Kamel said silently For a moment, suddenly speaking, he raised an arm, and bright arcane sparks danced in his rune armor, "Magic...you should know that it is everywhere, and we cannot develop without it. .”
Fish live in water and will die when dehydrated. Perhaps one day it will evolve to breathe with lungs, but that is obviously not something that ordinary people can consider today.
"What you said makes sense," Gawain nodded slightly, but his eyes fell on the energy conduit and elemental pool behind Kamel, "So I'm especially curious now... what is the essence of magic power?"
Kamel turned around, and the pure flame in the energy conduit rose up, the radiance was bright but cold: "Master Verania and I both think it is a kind of wave, a kind of wave that permeates the entire universe, The fluctuations that penetrate stars and span time and space, all the indirect phenomena we have observed so far also support this speculation, including our communication technology, and also the "magic field" of the magic obelisk, but so far, we I couldn't find the key evidence...
"I have been constantly testing a higher-purity arcane energy source to minimize the probability of its interaction with the clutter in the space, and the scholars of the Silver Empire are trying to find a way to create a 'dark room' effect, using anti-magic materials We can’t say that our efforts are ineffective, but we still have a long way to go to see the effect.”
"Is the magic noise in the environment still an unsolvable problem?" Gawain frowned. He knew about this problem a few years ago, and he also knew that the silver elves had already solved it nearly half a century ago. Trying to break through this difficulty, "Is there no 'natural environment' without magic noise in this world?"
"Unfortunately, we haven't found any clues about this until now," Kamel said with undisguised disappointment in his voice, "Magic power is everywhere, and so is noise. Originally, we imagined that if Leaving this planet, is there a vacuum of 'pure' magic power in space, but now we know that even if we enter the universe, the stars are full of magic power...I think it is like the 'background color' of our world 'In general, or a macroscopic reflection of some of the lowest structures in our world—as long as we still exist in this world, we cannot get around it."
The macroscopic reflection of the lowest structure in the world?
This seems to be a deep guess. Gao Wen frowned and thought for a while, but he got nothing. He shook his head: "Do you think the Dragon Clan will have an answer? The technology they once mastered is much more advanced than ours, and they have accumulated hundreds of years of experience. Thousands of years of knowledge—much of it is now 'unsealed'."
"In fact, I have already inquired. When the envoys of the Dragon Clan visited Cecil City last time, I visited one of them," Kamel said, shaking his head, "It's surprising But their progress in this area is actually similar to ours... They believe that the essence of magic power is indeed a kind of wave, and they have confirmed this guess from various indirect evidence. The evidence they have is indeed far more than ours, but The final conclusion... is always a little short."
In the eyes of ordinary people, the question of "whether magic power is a wave" is probably not that important. They may even think that since the Dragon Clan has so much indirect evidence, and many of its technical achievements almost support this guess, then this The question is "almost enough", there is no need to pursue it so harshly, or even nitpicky to verify it repeatedly, but Kamel knows that neither he nor Master Verania can do this.
Academics are rigorous—especially when it may involve the world's deepest secrets.
"Even the Dragon Clan has not found a way to complete this experiment?" Gawain was extremely astonished by Kamel's words, "This...it seems that the problem of magic noise is much more difficult than we imagined..."
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At the same time, in the sky north of Cecil City, a small group of dragons was flapping their giant wings, and the formation passed through the depths of the clouds.
At the forefront of the group of dragons are the white dragon Noretta and the blue dragon Melita.
"This is the first time I've left Tarrond since that battle," Noretta couldn't help but said as she passed through a gap between the clouds, her eyes swept down to the land far below, some The wide and straight road and the magic transmission facilities distributed along the road came into her eyes, "There has been a big change again... The changes in the human world really don't stop for a moment."
"It's the same in Tarrond today." Melita stirred up the magic power in the air, and the voice passed directly into Noretta's ears, "and in the future, we will definitely not fall into the same stagnation as before."
"This is a very good wish." Noretta bent her neck and lightly touched an egg-shaped container firmly fixed on her chest with a lock with her chin. The dragon eggs in the container were soaked in the magic field , with a slight luster on the surface, "I also believe that the future after this child is born will definitely live in a better world."