the last king of darkness

Chapter 299 Morality
Rhodes finally accepted Horus' arrangement.

It can only be said that he is indeed the archbishop of Trorian. Although he looks a little dazed at ordinary times, his level at critical moments is really not amazing. Even Rhodes was said to be a little emotional.

Maybe it is necessary.

Rhodes thought.

I should know more about this royal city and this country.

In the following days, Rhodes visited many institutions in the royal city step by step, and finally figured out how such a huge country works, and how these 1 million people survived in such a harsh environment.

Generally speaking, fire is the first survival factor, the holy white tree is the second survival factor, the power to fight monsters in the dark is the third survival factor, and output and value are the fourth survival factor.

The selection of all human settlements in Trorian is very particular. Every large settlement has a flowing water source next to it, and there are resources that can be produced.

Or fertile land suitable for planting, or large lakes suitable for farming, or mines, or relics that can be used.

People gather around these elements to form settlements.

The size of the settlement is not only affected by the intensity of the fire, but also by these elements.

For example, in Wangcheng, there are four rivers flowing through it alone. The root system of the holy white tree in Wangcheng has penetrated the entire underground, and all water sources have been purified. The powerful holy fire can even cover more than 100 yards away. The mine, and the deep ruins (sewers) underground, have not been explored yet.

It is precisely because of such powerful elements that a giant city of this scale can be formed.

Fanxing Town also has such a unique environment, so it can share the huge pressure of survival in Trorian.

The purpose of the existence of the institutions in the royal city is to maximize the use of these elements.

Rhodes believes that the most important of these is the Sigway Food Factory.

This is a super-large-scale food factory, which processes a large amount of food into cans that can be stored for a long time. Most of the food that Rhodes currently eats is actually taken out of cans and processed. It is relatively rare to use fresh ingredients directly. Generally only available locally.

It is precisely because of the Sigvi food factory that Trorian completely got rid of the food crisis and completely digested the research results of the priest of life, Luo Porter, and the king of mushrooms, Laki Lee.

There will no longer be a situation where there is too much food to eat in good years, and there will be starvation everywhere in bad years.

In Trorian, the definition of a good year and a bad year is actually only related to astrology.

When there are more bad weather, the power of fire is suppressed, the breath of life of the Holy White Tree will be weakened, and the grain production will be reduced. Moreover, due to the frequent attacks of monsters, it will also lead to the loss of grain production areas.

This is the year of disaster.

And when good weather occurs frequently, the power of the fire is active, the breath of life of the holy white tree is enhanced, the production of various crops and cultured animals will be accelerated, and the environment is loose and safe, so it will not be attacked too much.

This is a good year.

There is a huge gap between a good year and a disaster year, and the difference in grain production may be several times or even dozens of times.

Trorian's population wouldn't have grown as fast without the Sigvi Food Factory.

It has a very high status in Trorian, and the title of its factory owner is Sigvi, in commemoration of the great scholar Sigvi who invented the large-scale canning process.

The current Sigway is a young lad who admires Rhodes so much that he can't wait to cling to him during the visit.

When Rhodes left, he gave him all kinds of canned food, and it took more than a dozen trucks to transport them, which made Rhodes very distressed.

At present, the treatment he receives in the royal city is roughly the same.

Archbishop Horus' "Operation Banner" has already begun. They are trying to shape Rhodes into a new hero who is approachable and has many minor flaws but never disappoints at critical moments.

This trick has achieved particularly good results.

The younger people worship him more enthusiastically. They are already tired of the absolutely perfect heroes in the past in Wangcheng, and they are extremely sought after for new heroes, making Rhodes even troubled by being a celebrity.

In this way, time passed rapidly as the visit continued until the tenth day of the tenth month of 1325 in the Tesrivian calendar.

This is the date that Rhodes and the great scholar Amides agreed to visit the Jinworth Society.

The Kingworth Society is the highest society in Trorian, governing all societies, large and small, in the royal city.

Their main task is to study various problems, pursue the truth of the world, find ways to make Trorian stronger, crack the secret of the black mist, and bring the world back to light is their ultimate ideal.

In order to achieve this goal, countless people forgot to sleep and eat, and worked hard.

They have spent their entire lives just to get one step closer to it.

It is also because of this that there are so many societies born in Wangcheng, and there are so many branches in the Industrial Machinery Research Institute. The road they have traveled extends in all directions, but only to achieve one goal.

The moment Rhode stepped into the Jinworth Academy, he deeply felt the atmosphere of this wisdom collision.

The breath of freedom pervades this sacred hall, and everyone is unrestrained and can speak freely, as long as your words are valuable.

All Rhodes saw was the kind of unkempt truth-seeker.

The moment he saw them, Rhodes deeply felt why the royal city is like this, the advanced and the backward are integrated, the conservative and the open resonate, and the wisdom and ignorance coexist.

This is an era of great change, and they are standing at the crossroads of destiny.

Although no one here noticed.

But Rhodes knew.

If they go one step further, they will enter the best of times and the worst of times.

But if they encounter an unimaginable disaster, they will take a step back and return to the closed and dark age.

Hope all goes well.

he thinks.

The appearance of Rhodes caused a sensation, not because of his heroic deeds, even if there were, it was only a little bit.

But because of his book "Rhode's Electricity".

It profoundly and systematically explained the use of electricity, connected the scattered knowledge points together, and made everyone suddenly enlightened, inspired, and very interested in the latter part of the system.

They surrounded them all at once, shouting one after another.

"Your Excellency Rhodes, may I ask if your electricity science is plagiarized?"

"Is it really an ancient relic of Fanxing Town?"

"You shamelessly added your name, did you consider the needs of morality and personality?"

"Your Excellency Rhodes, if you are willing to show me the following part first, I am willing to clear your name!"

"I would too!"

"I not only rectified my name, I will recognize you as my father from now on!"

"I think you want grandpa!"

"I recognize my ancestor!"

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Amidst the noise, the blond big sister Mina impatiently pushed away these shameless guys and dragged Rhodes into the main meeting room.

In the main conference room, six university scholars including Amides are sitting at a big round table, waiting for him.

This is a rare honor.

As the highest academic masters in Trorian, there are currently only fifteen living scholars, and only eight of them are active all the year round. Each of them leads a large number of students and is in charge of hundreds of research directions , very busy.

It is extremely rare for six university scholars to give up their busy work and the process of pursuing the truth and wait for the arrival of one person.

Amides stood up first, and introduced quite enthusiastically: "This is the young Yingjie who wrote "Rod's Electricity". He is quite intelligent, and his understanding of the truth is far beyond that of ordinary fighters."

This is a very high evaluation.

Usually, in the eyes of scholars, combatants are a group of rough warriors with well-developed limbs and brains filled with psionic energy, who do not understand the truth or the power of knowledge at all.

Most of them believe that as long as he succeeds in his path, he will create a weapon that will destroy the world, wipe out the source of darkness in the world with one blow, and bring the universe back to light.

On the contrary, the more knowledgeable university students are calmer and have a clear understanding of themselves and the status quo.

University Scholar Oberon raised his glasses and said kindly: "Mr. Rhodes, I have read your work, and I personally don't think it is a relic from Fanxing Town. We have not found it from the relics unearthed from Fanxing Town. Nor did any creature associated with it have a particular use or fondness for electricity in their culture."

He paused and continued.

"Moreover, I can see quite a lot of traces of teaching from your work. This is a book that was born for readers to grasp this knowledge more clearly. You, specially wrote it for us to read."

The scholars present all nodded slightly, indicating that they had the same guess.

The scholars standing around looked shocked and incredible.

Mina slapped Rhode's ass fiercely: "Okay, you, I knew that you are the material for pursuing the truth! You have mastered such profound knowledge without knowing it."

Rhodes slapped her hand away: "Don't slap."

"Take a picture of what's wrong, and it won't lose a piece of meat."

"I'll try to shoot you?"

"come."

Rhodes ignored her, he just wanted to explain the misunderstanding clearly, his morality did not allow him to gain a reputation that did not belong to him.

"Yes."

Rhodes replied.

"It is the knowledge that I have worked hard for decades to comprehend. My personal philosophy is that the value of knowledge lies in being mastered by more people. Easy-to-understand is its standard. The more obscure the knowledge written, the more difficult it is for others to see. Know the knowledge, in fact, the author himself does not understand."

After a few seconds of silence, Rhodes' wonderful speech won warm applause, and the scholars applauded Rhodes one after another.

Amides praised: "You are the most pure seeker of truth I have ever seen, and we should all learn from you."

Rhodes accepted his honor without blushing and heartbeat, and expressed on the spot that he was willing to write all the knowledge he had learned in his life in the most easy-to-understand way for everyone to learn.

He hopes that everyone can go further, carry forward the original foundation, and find a way to truly save mankind, save the world, and make the universe bright again.

There was applause and thunder in the big conference room, and many scholars burst into tears. While being impressed by Rhodes' greatness, they were also ashamed of their own insignificance and selfish desires. Many people were unwilling to share their knowledge for free.

The university scholar Amides put forward a slogan because of this, suggesting that it be used as the motto of the Kingworth Society and passed down from generation to generation.

This proposal was unanimously approved by everyone. University scholar Ward wrote a piece of paper in black and white on the spot, and hung it on the wall after it was framed.

"Learn from Mr. Rhodes."

Rhodes pretended to be embarrassed, but actually laughed in his heart.

In the future, in the Jinworth Society, there will be brother's name everywhere!

After Rhodes' promise, the main purpose of their meeting has been achieved, and there is no need to discuss the things that originally needed to be discussed. They only need to wait for Rhodes' new book to be released.

The university scholars took the initiative to introduce the current cutting-edge research results to him, and it was reciprocal.

University scholar Ward is best at making golems and constructs. This kind of cold war machine is very powerful, and it is not afraid of pain and pollution. His latest creation, the giant golem, is said to have surpassed ordinary "inhumans" in combat power. super fighter.

The only downside is that it's expensive.

Even the weakest of them will require piles of dark iron, true silver, and psionic crystals.

He is very grateful to Rhodes. If it weren't for the veins mined in Fanxing Town, his current materials would not be so abundant.

His contribution is indispensable for the Construct Factory to be able to work at full capacity.

Rhodes thought for a while, took out his wooden puppets and flesh puppets, and gave them to the great scholar Ward for reference.

The great scholar Ward's eyes lit up when he saw the two puppets, and he looked at their bodies over and over again and was amazed.

In Ward's eyes, although these two puppets are not powerful, they have unique shapes and are quite cost-effective.

His student was a little puzzled, and asked: "Teacher, this should be a creation of special characteristics. They use special characteristics to produce these puppets. They cannot be copied by conventional means, and they have no reference value."

But Ward shook his head: "No, it's not just, this is not a black box creation that can't understand the principle at all. It seems to be imitated. It is a product of a stronger, higher, and more mature technology. I want to study it carefully."

University scholar Ward held the puppet and ran away on the spot.

Everyone is not surprised, for them, inspiration is the most important.

Afterwards, they also introduced their respective research results, which was called a competition for splendor and variety. Rhodes couldn't help admiring their amazing imagination.

However, Rhodes also discovered that no matter what the project is, it seems to have something to do with ancient times.

History plays a larger role here than one might imagine.

University scholar Amides explained: "The achievements of ancient times are far more brilliant than we imagined. The relics we have unearthed from the relics of the past are not only powerful and mysterious, but also far more advanced than ours. There are not a few of them."

"Yes." University scholar O'Brien said: "The crystal of the soul working medium of the Engineering Institute, the panel of spiritual working medium, the instrument for testing the characteristics of the soul and fire, the crystal ball that displays the name of the soul characteristic according to the fluctuation of the soul, and the level of the test soul characteristic The crystal firework panels are all products obtained from ancient ruins, how they work is still unknown.”

"The relics we have obtained from the ruins and ruins are much more than you can imagine. It is not just a powerful weapon, but also many common items in life."

Rhodes was very curious and couldn't help asking: "What was our past like? Why did it become like this?"

Hearing this question, all the scholars showed solemn expressions.

(End of this chapter)