Chapter 606 Russell: I Can’t Tell the Difference

As the Tower of Babel flew - or glided - it gradually began to approach the ground.

The images captured by the spherical camera became clearer and clearer, and the ground under the feet of Russell and Huazhuo also began to "become transparent."

"Want to see it more clearly?"

Hua Hu turned around and saw Russell staring at the ground intently, so he said, "You can tell it directly and ask it to zoom in closer - Deer Head Image, zoom in on the camera."

"...There's no internet here, right? Can the deer-headed statue also control the facilities here?"

Russell raised his head and asked in surprise.

He also thought that the "Tower of Babel" was controlled by Huacheng, or some automatic system. As a result, Hua Chu was sitting next to him, and he was really the same passenger as himself...

"The deer-headed statue can't speak now, so don't ask her."

The evil smile appeared on Huachu's face again: "After all, there is no device that can synthesize sounds here. As a program virus, even if she hears it, she can't talk to you directly.

"At that time, there was no artificial intelligence technology as advanced as it is now. But as early as the religious war, computers had been reinvented by church scholars for a period of time - but we called this a 'computing personal terminal' at that time. Use It is distinguished from devices such as 'divine personal terminal', 'therapy personal terminal', and 'combat personal terminal'."

"...It turns out that the Cyber ​​Church at that time was already so cyber." Russell was a little surprised.

"The Church is the biggest promoter of electronic technology - you must know that mages do not need this kind of thing. Spells are not something that can be optimized through calculation, and when this extraordinary power is only in their hands, mages can Have a transcendent status.

"In the same way, the power of the nobles lies in their taxation of the people; the power of the ministers lies in their management of business, military, agriculture and other activities. Inventions that can increase personal combat effectiveness and productivity uncontrollably are unreasonable It is helpful for the kingdom to maintain its rule.

"For example, factory assembly lines - back then, the scale, output, and type of production that all factory owners could open, as well as the number of employees they could recruit, were strictly limited. At that time, there were some transnational armed frictions on land, and firearms technology Perhaps it is even more developed than it is now. And the control of firearms is not much better than it is now.

“At that time, there were even strict controls on armor, horses, and any weapons weighing more than one kilogram.

"When I was traveling around the mainland, there was a classic joke - that the most useful weapon is a one-handed sword weighing 0.9 kilograms. And how to restrain the opponent? The answer is to hang a weighted ball on the hilt of the opponent's sword , and then you can report the other party.

"After that, law enforcement officers wearing armor, riding giant horses, and carrying rifles and heavy hammers will rush over to arrest him."

Huachu felt a little emotional: "The church was not called the Cyber ​​Church at that time, and there was no term for 'cyber ascension'. Their ideas may seem a bit naive now... They hope that by researching automated assembly line technology, the factory can only One person can easily do the work of ten people. This way, people don’t have to work endlessly.”

"...Wouldn't that mean you'd be unemployed?"

"Indeed. But the church scholars only realized this after they invented this technology. But after they discussed it, they found that this problem cannot be solved - as long as they promote technological development and iteration, it will inevitably be accompanied by The unemployment of old workers. But as long as the technology is promoted, most people can profit from it.

"Then the church had another idea... They planned to develop generational technologies that would allow society to completely iterate, making everyone's work meaningless. In other words, they did not plan to promote new technologies from generation to generation. , continue to eliminate old workers, but plan to cobble together a technology that is fifty or a hundred years in advance, so that everyone can equally relearn new technologies, and achieve fairness through this method.

"——And they can really do it. Because they are not 'inventions' from scratch in the strict sense. When we were on the ground, 'archaeology' was a taboo subject, but there were always people participating. Because the ancient technology and documents excavated from the ruins are sold to scholars, and they always sell for astonishingly high prices.

"This kind of 'adventurer' is the easiest profession for ordinary people to reach the sky in one step. And it is precisely because there are a lot of ancient technologies as a reference and there is no practice to optimize these technologies that the church's technology is so advanced. …and subtlety is less practical.”

"It's a bit outrageous to say so." Russell replied absentmindedly, lowering his head and looking at the ground.

"really."

Hua Chu agreed: "I think so too."

She noticed Russell's distraction, so she followed Russell's gaze to the ground: "Oh... you are watching them kneeling before you.

"Why, looking down at mortals who are as small as ants, does it make you think of yourself as a god?"

"I just feel..."

Russell stared at the land and murmured in a low voice: "Their eyes are filled with hope and fear at the same time. It's very strange."

"It's normal."

Hua Chu said lightly: "You were born on an empty island, so you have no idea about this.

"But for these people who have been on the land since birth, feeling the earth full of scars, and barely surviving under the authority of nature, they can only rely on the 'books' and other things that still existed in the land era, or the traditions and simplicity passed down by word of mouth. For the savages who can barely maintain the existence of civilization with their own knowledge...

"Now you are a true god. You are the angel of purity who was born in the God Realm and descended from the God Realm."

"—It's not just that."

Russell suddenly said: "In their blood... there is an unconcealable fear of aircraft of this shape.

"More than a hundred years have passed... In this difficult living environment, those who witnessed the war have long since died. But they will do their best to leave behind the knowledge and technology they mastered in the once 'glorious' civilization. And they also passed on the destruction caused by the arrival of this type of aircraft.

"That's why people kneel down and pray. That's not a prayer for the gospel or salvation, but a prayer for me not to destroy them..."

At this distance, Russell could easily sense the emotions stirring in the hearts of those on the ground.

That was a "frequency" that Russell had never been exposed to.

Compared with the Sky Islanders, their minds have become simple and dull. It's not like the Sky Island people, who can turn their minds a thousand times in just a moment... When they think, fear, pray, and kneel down, their emotions change and fluctuate so slowly.

They have adapted to this land where there are no new changes, and even their way of thinking has become symbiotic with the slow pace of nature. It's like during their "evolution" in just a hundred years, the body naturally shut down part of the brain's authority to reduce the body's energy consumption and save resources.

Even if it is such a humble and hard life - even in a place where it is extremely difficult to survive, people are praying to the "god" for the continuation of life and doing their best to pass on even a small part of "civilization".

But the so-called "gods" fight and destroy each other to the death because of their empty hatred, fear, jealousy, and greed.

"I can't tell the difference, Huazhu."

Russell murmured in a low voice: "Which side is... the person?"