Chapter 2049 Asking for a Guaranteed Monthly Ticket!!!

The Time Stone is considered by the immortals as a fruit that should not exist. It is completely playing with cause and effect and is too dangerous. Because of this gem, the immortals suffered heavy losses. But after defeating the Celestials and obtaining the gem, they were not blinded by the power. They knew very well that this dangerous power should not be left behind.

But even the immortals cannot destroy it. The Infinity Stones are the essence of the universe. They are the embodiment of the universe itself. External forces cannot shake them at all, and the immortals have nothing to do. They couldn't take it away, after all, the immortals didn't know what their future would be like at that time.

They were afraid that taking this thing away would leave endless chaos, so they simply left it on the earth.

With the existence of great protection, no one can find out the information of the Time Stone. And handed it over to a mortal - Agamotto, a mage recognized by the immortals for his character and strength.

And warned him not to use this power at will, which is absolutely beyond the control of mortals.

Afterwards, Agamotto listened to the warnings of the immortals, sealed it, and warned his disciples never to use it.

Over the years...the Time Stone has actually been used. Every use can turn the situation around, but it also leaves countless troubles.

One of them, the Supreme Mage, used the Time Stone to fight against the Dimension Demon, but everyone forgot about him! His relatives, friends and disciples have all forgotten all memories of him. He was forgotten by the whole world.

Of course, there may be more serious consequences, but the Supreme Mage chose to sacrifice himself. He left few records and the Eye of Agamotto, warning future generations not to use the Time Stone easily, so that future generations will remember that they will never Place yourself above the laws of nature, and don’t play with time!

So all the subsequent Kama Taj mages knew about the existence of Agamotto, but no one coveted its terrifying power.

Because everyone knows that the cost of using it is too terrible.

This is why Modu stopped Ancient One.

Gu Yi shook his head: "I know that this is the last option. I will not use it unless it is at the last moment."

Of course Gu Yi knows this. In fact, he himself is an absolute supporter of this principle. She has always been cautious about power. This is the basic quality of a mage. A mage is a user of magic. If you are addicted to the power of magic, , that is undoubtedly putting the cart before the horse.

However, Gu Yi is also not a stickler for rules. If it really comes to that point, there is nothing wrong with paying some price in order to save the earth.

When Modu heard this, he calmed down a little.

At this time, a mage came over, it was Wang Yuan.

"Master, the government's lackeys are here."

Wang Yuan himself is an American. Although he is Chinese, his generation of immigrants has long been unknown. In addition, he himself is a firm supporter of liberalism.

To put it simply, it is Bai Zuo.

Bai Zuo naturally opposes government power and has extreme distrust of government institutions.

What’s interesting is that the two groups, white leftists and red-necks, are at odds with each other on various issues, but their attitudes towards the federal government are surprisingly consistent, that is, they naturally distrust the government. Some people may say that because the government is not elected by the people, the people do not trust the government. The implication is that as long as the government is elected by the people, the people can trust it. Is that true? The U.S. government is elected by the people. Do the American people trust the U.S. government? The answer is no. No matter how the government is elected, Americans believe that the government is unreliable. Even if the person who comes to power is someone you voted for, you cannot fully trust him. There is a saying in the officialdom that "the butt determines the head." No matter how good the meat or dish is, it will become moldy if left for a long time. Without supervision, it will go bad. There are many things where you are pretentious for votes one second, but change your attitude the next second when you are in power.

In an era when Americans were exploring the road to nation-building, Cromwell, the British bourgeois revolutionary leader, had always been a negative example in their eyes, warning them not to follow in his footsteps. Cromwell created a heroic legend from a member of Parliament to an invincible military commander during the revolution in Parliament against the king. However, after the victory of the revolution and the abolition of the king's military power, he quickly took control of the military power and implemented a dictatorship, declared himself the "Defender of the Country", dissolved Congress at every turn, and became another tyrant in the practical sense. The founding fathers of the United States knew very well that once power is highly concentrated, rulers will use the national resources in their hands to expand themselves. No matter how honest and self-disciplined people are, they may become corrupted, and the next people to suffer will be the common people.

How should we prevent the government from doing bad things? The British political thinker Hume proposed the "rogue hypothesis", that is, when designing a political system, everyone is treated as a profit-minded rogue, and they act according to the worst-case scenario, without taking any chances. In this way, even if a rogue comes to power, he must be in the system. Serve the people honestly under the constraints of the government, or at least not harm the people. This assumption seems to hurt people's self-esteem, but in fact, it is implemented in many situations, such as airport security and traffic cameras, to "prevent gentlemen but not villains." Because even if most people are good people, if there is no inspection and supervision, a few bad things will be allowed to succeed, and as long as a terrorist boards a plane with a weapon, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Therefore, when the United States is designing its political system, whether it is electing or appointing officials, it must first assume that this person is a scoundrel. Don’t take this guy’s oath of integrity and election promises seriously. Instead, he must design a system that can effectively restrict and supervise him. The system allows him to serve the people honestly. If someone really has all the power of life and death, to what extent can we expect him to become an honest, sage and wise king? If there were no obstacles or penalties for plunder, how binding would oaths and promises be?

The basic assumption of "human nature is evil" has formed the core content of American political culture - once those elected public officials grasp supreme power, their selfish desires will inevitably expand, and they will be as evil as tyrants and totalitarian dictators. Therefore, even good people elected by the people are unreliable. A good, stable system that can prevent and stop this evil has become the most important or even the only reliable guarantee.

From Washington to Obama, the United States has produced 44 presidents, among whom Washington, Lincoln, and Roosevelt are all outstanding politicians who will go down in history. But even when encountering such a person who seems to have all the qualities of "benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust", Americans do not blindly follow superstition and still question and restrain themselves. In 1937, Roosevelt felt that the overly conservative Supreme Court was blocking the New Deal, so he wanted to add an additional judge on the pretext that the Supreme Court justices were old and frail and had delays in handling cases. As a result, not only the political conservatives who opposed Roosevelt immediately actively opposed the intention to reorganize the Supreme Court, but also set off a wave of spontaneous protests throughout society. What was especially unexpected was that independent liberals in the Senate also firmly supported the Supreme Court.

The reason is that they believe that the liberal cause cannot be won by playing tricks, stuffing fake ballots into the ballot boxes, or by adding people to the courts to control them. You must know that Roosevelt began to attack the judiciary as soon as he was re-elected. Who can ensure that he will not be overreaching, become complacent and domineering, or even completely oppose the "U.S. Constitution"?

Based on the early warning psychology generated by this distrust of power, when Americans design the political system, they are always on guard against the government's actions, and they are always vigilant and suspicious of the government and its officials. As a result, a kind of A social alarm mechanism with great supervisory effect. As a result, government officials have to be more effective and more honest in the face of ubiquitous social pressure. In other words, even if a person with a very bad heart has no choice but to refrain from doing bad things because he is always afraid of being discovered by others, this person who has "a thief's heart but no courage" will naturally become a "last resort" good person. , there is a difference between this kind of "last resort" good people and the truly good people who are naturally kind-hearted, but this difference does not make much difference to society. Anyway, they do good things in the end.

It can be seen that behind the pessimistic understanding of human nature in American political culture, there is also an optimistic understanding of the system. That is: between people with imperfect natures.

Therefore, both left and right in the United States are actually wary of the government to the core.

The same goes for Wang Yuan.

Especially since this guy is a fat nerd who surfs the Internet every day and has some conspiracy theories.

"Wang, you are already an outsider. Don't always use those things on the Internet to say that you are not an American, you are a Kama Taj!"

Modu disliked Wang Yuan very much... and even thought that Wang Yuan and Strange would lead Strange into trouble if they stayed together.

Strange is already difficult to deal with in some aspects. If he stays with Wang Yuan again, he will definitely go astray.

Kama Taj doesn’t pay much attention to nationality, race and color. Once you enter Kama Taj, although you don’t have to completely forget about the world, you should also calm down and try not to care about those messy things. After all, as a mage, power and money are inseparable. It has nothing to do with them.

"Well... people from the US government came here and they want to talk to us."

Wang Yuan doesn't like Modu very much either...just like absolutely no one in the school likes the dean. It's not that I have any objections to his personal character. In fact, teachers who can serve as the school's dean are generally of excellent quality. It's just that he is relatively serious and principled, so people don't get close to him.

Wang Yuan was like this, he feared Mo Du more than he respected him.

Modu didn't care about this. He was just a beggar in North Sudan who was about to starve to death. Can you imagine? In a country where you live, an armed conflict suddenly breaks out. Your home is destroyed and your relatives are killed. You have to flee the familiar place and find a safe haven. You don't have enough food and water, no medical care and education, no toys and books, no hope and no future. This was Modu's original living situation.

If it weren't for Ancient One, he would have died long ago.

So to him, Kama Taj is everything, and the teachings of the Ancient One are everything.

"Drive them away!" Although he didn't like Wang Yuan's attitude, Mo Du didn't trust the US government very much either. Because these people have too many selfish motives!

"No! Let them come over." Gu Yi stopped them.

"Master?" Modu looked at Gu Yi.

Gu Yi shook his head: "We really shouldn't have too much contact with them, but now...the crisis has arrived, they may really be able to help. At least...it can reduce our pressure. We don't have many people and can rebuild the nodes." It’s imperative.”

Now Kamal Taj is stuck in an endless loop.

To stabilize the situation, the node must be rebuilt.

But if you want to rebuild the node, you must stabilize the situation.

To stabilize the situation, additional manpower must be deployed to deal with the unrest.

Without outside help, they would have no way to break this situation.

"But... they have too many selfish motives. They will even find ways to master the great guardian, which is a huge threat to the entire earth!"

In the long history of Kama Taj, it is not that there has been no thought of using national power to stabilize the situation. But without exception, such attempts end in bad results. After all, secular countries always think of the Great Guardian as a weapon, a weapon that can help them rule the world!

This is absolutely unacceptable to mages.

The Great Guardian belongs to all humans and also to all mages.

Rather than a tool for some people to realize their ambitions.

Therefore, Kamal Taj has always adhered to the traditional master-apprentice system. Although with the help of the state, Kamal Taj is very convenient in many aspects, such as recruiting apprentices and collecting various resources, but the disadvantages are too great.

"The current situation can only give it a try. There are some situations that must be made known to them."

The prestige of the Ancient One cannot be overshadowed. Although contacting the secular government is simply treason in the eyes of Kama Taj's tradition, Kama Taj has no good solution to the current situation.

Soon, Director Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D., Ms. Carter of the Shadow Bureau, and government agents entered the mirror space.

As soon as they arrived, they saw many mages casting spells to move and move the ruins.

Three mortals were brought before the Ancient One.

"I am the Ancient One, Supreme Mage of Karma Taj."

Ancient One's attitude towards mortals has always been very kind, and he does not feel that he is superior to them just because he protects them.

"Supreme Mage...are you the leader of the mages?"

Director Hill has also collected some information about Kama Taj, but that information was all Kai's oral narration in the past, and it was unclear in many aspects. He knew nothing about Kama Taj's address and organizational structure.

Supreme Mage, this word Kai once said.

Nothing more to say after that.

Unexpectedly, they would see the Supreme Mage today.

"You can say that." This is not something that is difficult to admit, and Gu Yi did not hide it.