Chapter 1206: Retreating and Refining
The original will of the barbaric world is not the kind of consciousness of human beings or other intelligent life, at least there are no likes and dislikes and emotions, but a so-called "low-level instinct". Just like the tiniest microorganisms in the world, they eat, divide, and reproduce continuously. The driving force is not some "great ideal", but a simple instinctive activity.
Driven by instinct, the original will will make choices that are beneficial to itself, instead of acting according to preferences. Therefore, there is a saying in the world of Taoism that "the world is not benevolent, and everything is a humble dog". In fact, "benevolence" or "not benevolence" is viewed from a human perspective. According to this statement, it may also be said that "the fierce tiger is not benevolent, and it feeds on elk". The terrible big tiger has the heart to eat the cute deer, what is it if it is not "inhumane".
However, at least in an extraordinary world with original will, the statement that "the world is not benevolent, and everything is a dog" is not necessarily accurate in some respects.
For example, in the world of Taoism, why is it said that human beings are the protagonists of heaven and earth? Why do some powerful men possessed by demons, after wantonly massacring countless civilians, there will be terrible scourges from heaven? Why is the body of the human race easier to practice and comprehend the so-called Dao than those of other monster races and witch races? And why do ascetics raise their realm, especially when they "fly up", there will be a catastrophe?
What do these questions mean?
Does it feel, at least the "mortals" in the human race, are like the sons of the original will!
It may be an exaggeration to say that he is his own son, but it seems that the original will of the world is indeed protecting those "mortals" intentionally or unintentionally. Although the original will will not exempt mortals from birth, old age, sickness and death, and even natural disasters will toss mortals from time to time, but they obviously don't want those extraordinary people to disturb mortals.
Since there is no such thing as preference in the original will, there are naturally reasons for doing so.
In the world of science and technology, some fantasy works have made such a setting, thinking that the earth has a will named Gaia, and human beings also have a collective consciousness named Alaya. Gaia consciousness protects the earth, and Alaya protects human beings. There may be conflicts between the two, but since they can coexist, they obviously share common interests.
Although fantasy works are just fantasy works, there are still some truths in this extraordinary world. Why does the original will protect the human race? It is obviously because the existence of the human race, as well as the normal and healthy reproduction, are beneficial to the original will. Perhaps, the existence of the original will, as well as the possible evolution, lies in the development of this intelligent life group.
Therefore, some reactions of intelligent life groups will also have some impact on the original will.
This is for the sake of the giant natives in the barbaric world. Although not all tribes are offering sacrifices, this scale is enough to affect the original will.
Maybe Alaya really exists, or there is a similar existence, so that the collective consciousness of the giant natives has a certain impact on the original will. Therefore, there was this feedback of the original will, which brought merit to Ye Zan and other foreign invaders, and even intended to use merit to seal the gods. This conferment of the gods is not so much the meaning of the original will, but rather to comply with the prayers of the giant natives.
It's just that Ye Zan played a trick here, using the merit tablet to block the part of "conferred gods", and only collected that part of the merit power. Now, everyone has received the merits they deserve,
But there is no need to worry about being tied to this world by the "Fengshen".
In addition, although they did not accept the "Conferred God", if everyone refines these merits, they can still get a lot of benefits from them.
As I said before, the mana consumed by foreign invaders like Ye Zan cannot be replenished in this world. Just like in the world of Dawn, although all sects have established sects, they still need to continuously transport supplies from the world of cultivation. A large part of those supplies are pure spirit stones or elixir, which are used to replenish mana for ascetics.
It's as if an army has entered the territory of an enemy country, and what it faces is the enemy's strategy of fortifying its walls and clearing its fields. People have to be transported from their own country for food and horses.
As for Ye Zan, after coming to the barbaric world, he has done a lot of things so far, how could he not consume mana. Not to mention anything else, it would be an extremely mana-consuming task just for the Lin family siblings to use dreams to guide the giant natives. Fortunately, Ye Zan's family background is quite solid, so he doesn't have to talk too much about spirit stones, and the brothers and sisters of the Lin family can open up and use spirit stones to restore mana.
There are also Casalo and others, although they all come from the small world, the power consumed can be replenished in the small world. However, the small world itself will not be created out of nothing, and it must replenish as much energy as it consumes. And Ye Zan, as the master of the small world, naturally needs to shoulder the responsibility of replenishing energy for the small world, so as not to drain the small world.
All in all, after Ye Zan and others came here, the consumption caused by every move cannot be replenished here.
But now, as long as Ye Zan and others have refined this merit, it is tantamount to being recognized by the original will of the world, and they can use the power of this world to a certain extent. Even though they did not accept the "conferred gods" and did not truly become people in this world, that merit was equivalent to giving them a "labor visa".
And it was this benefit that made Ye Zan decide to leave the extraterrestrial demons aside for the time being, and wait for others to concentrate on refining this merit first. Anyway, those extraterrestrial demons are now a bit battered by the Zerg, and they don't have the energy to do anything else.
So, Ye Zan and others suddenly stopped everything, and everyone retreated in the war fortress to refine their merits. Of course, for the sake of safety, Ye Zan still received the war fortress into the small world before starting the retreat. In this way, even if those extraterrestrial demons freed their hands, they would not be able to find their whereabouts at all.
It has to be said that owning a small world and becoming the master of a small world is really better than any cheats.
Of course, the small world is easy to use, but not everyone has the opportunity to get a small world like Ye Zan. Not to mention the same Yuanshen realm as Ye Zan, even those who are powerful in the Faxiang realm or even the Heaven-reaching realm, few people can have such a chance.
Therefore, chance is something that I really can't envy.
Ye Zan and others began to retreat, the extraterrestrial demons were busy dealing with the Zerg, and the giant natives were steadily advancing on the road of civilization.
Although, due to the retreat of the Lin family siblings, it is temporarily impossible to guide the giant natives to learn new things. However, the native giants are an intelligent race after all. After having language and writing, learning the function of fire, and having the method of cultivation, they can always develop something new by themselves.
After that sacrificial ceremony, almost all the tribes that "unanimously" held the sacrificial ceremony set this day as a practice for future sacrifices. Afterwards, they returned to their normal lives, hunting when it was time to hunt, and cultivating when it was time to practice. The priests in the tribe continued to teach the language and characters of the tribe, and began to get used to recording some tribal things.
Yan continued to play with fire after practicing. When he was firing various pottery for the tribal people, he accidentally discovered metal burned from a certain kind of stone. In the eyes of others, the accidentally burned metal is a seemingly useless residue. However, Yan Yan, who was used to "invention and creation", saw the meaning of this metal residue.
"Leader, I want some help to find such a stone." Yan took a piece of copper ore and found the leader of the tribe.
"What's the use of this stone...is there any guidance from the gods?" The leader took the ore and looked at it. Although he couldn't see the use of this thing, he still paid enough attention to it. After all, in his eyes, Yan is like a messenger of God, bringing fire and pottery to the tribe, so this stone must be useful.
"I discovered this by accident. Although it wasn't a gift from the gods that I got in a dream, I think it must have been guided by the gods." Yan didn't lie because he was afraid of offending the gods, but he didn't deny it completely.
Originally, the leader was a little disappointed when he heard the first half of Yan's sentence, but after hearing the second half, he regained his energy and said, "Okay, I'll let the hunting team pay attention, since this stone appeared here , shouldn’t be too hard to find.”
As the leader said, since the copper ore appeared in the tribe and fell into the hands of Yan, who had never been out of the tribe, it was obviously not a very rare thing. So, after the hunting team returned with their prey, there was news about the copper ore. Not far from the tribe, the hunting team found a hill full of such stones.
Yan successfully solved the problem of the source of copper ore, and then began to try to use copper ore to smelt copper. Since he already possessed extraordinary strength and the ability to control flames, Yan's attempt at copper smelting went very smoothly. He successfully smelted copper from the ore, and used a mold to cast the world's first copper ware, a rough copper gun head.
Of course, due to the pursuit of purity, the first copper gun head did not have amazing performance, and it was not even as good as the stone tools used by the native giants. However, Yan was not discouraged, but thought of the "copper slag" he found at first, which seemed to be different from the metal he specially smelted.
After many experiments, through trying his luck and consciously mixing "impurities", Yan finally found a relatively good formula and refined bronze. The hardness of bronze, as well as its castability, means that bronze is sufficient to replace stone tools, allowing this primitive tribe to enter the Bronze Age from the Stone Age.
If it is a normal civilization development, of course everything will not be so simple, but the giant natives actually took a shortcut.
After all, the native giants have obtained extraordinary power to a certain extent through cultivation, which can simplify many things. For example, in copper smelting, if you want to smelt copper normally, you must at least have a furnace that can withstand high temperatures. However, because the flame can be manipulated, Yan can even concentrate the high temperature of the flame in only one range when smelting copper ore. In other words, if he wasn't worried about any accidents, Yan could even turn a pile of copper ore into a puddle of copper water directly in an open space.
"Boss, this is the knife I made. It is much easier to use than a stone knife." After Yan cast a bronze knife, he immediately took it to report to the leader. After all, only by letting the leader see the tangible effects and benefits, can he gain more support and invest more manpower in the production of this bronze ware.
Due to the size problem, the bronze knife that Yan forged was not the long knife in the common sense of "normal people", but a short knife similar to the shape of an ax blade. This is a stable and easy-to-use knife shape determined by Yan after doing many experiments and breaking more than a dozen bronze weapons of different lengths.
"Hey, this thing... looks good!"
The leader didn't need Yan to give more introductions, just looking at the sharp blade of the dagger, he knew what it was good at doing. He came up to a prey with a knife in his hand, and swiped away like he used to use a stone tool, but was suddenly taken aback by the effect.
After all, this bronze knife is sharper than a stone knife, and the leader cut the prey with the same strength, and the results are naturally very different. In the past, if you wanted to cut the skin of the prey with a stone knife, you often had to cut back and forth on the prey many times. But now, using this bronze knife to slash the prey, not only cut the prey's skin instantly, but also cut deeply into the prey's body.
"What about the leader, if we refine more of this material so that everyone in the hunting team is equipped with such weapons, will hunting be easier?" Seeing the leader's surprised look, Yan immediately stepped forward and asked with a smile .
"Is this thing difficult to make?" the leader asked curiously.
"It's not too difficult. Anyway, when we use stone knives, don't we have to work hard to polish it? This kind of material, as long as there are enough special stones, and then burn them into something like water, they can be used to make this kind of material." Planted a knife." Yan said very proudly.
"That's great. If you need anything, I will arrange someone to help you." Although the leader is not a great talent, he also knows what the appearance of this metal weapon means to his tribe.
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"Is this thing difficult to make?" the leader asked curiously.
"It's not too difficult. Anyway, when we use stone knives, don't we have to work hard to polish it? This kind of material, as long as there are enough special stones, and then burn them into something like water, they can be used to make this kind of material." Planted a knife." Yan said very proudly.
"That's great. If you need anything, I will arrange someone to help you." Although the leader is not a great talent, he also knows what the appearance of this metal weapon means to his tribe.