I Forged the Myth of the Old Ones

Said Hippocrates.

"Like a baby, there is a teacher to teach his behavior and correct his mistakes since he was a child. Until he grows up, the teacher still guides him carefully. No matter when and where, he will always walk on the right path. He gradually You start to lose the power to rely on your own cognition to tell what’s right and what’s wrong.”

"But you don't lose Utopia, do you?"

Feng Yu asked back.

"Indeed, in the foreseeable future, we will not lose Utopia, at least the city will continue to exist as the climate of the wasteland gradually improves."

Hippocrates smiled wryly.

"Then you don't really need to grow up, do you?"

Feng Yu said that an extraordinary city like Utopia is simply a paradise for people living in the wasteland, and there is no need for them to leave.

"If this world is always so barren and dangerous, then we really don't need to get out of Utopia's control, we just need to stay here with peace of mind, but that's not the case, and what I want to do is not worrying for no reason .”

Hippocrates tapped his fingers on the table twice, as if he was deliberating, and he quickly continued to speak without any hesitation.

"Actually, among the exploration teams we sent out, we have already discovered the other end brought to us by Utopia."

"These exploration teams are the elite of the elite. They have the powerful and extraordinary strength to survive in the wilderness, and they also have a firm will and sufficient sophisticated equipment."

"But among the teams that went out to explore, there are very few who can complete the mission and come back. Many of them will lose their goals in the wasteland and return without success. other city-states, become traitors."

Hearing what Hippocrates said, Lu Jian quickly understood part of what he meant.

"You mean that the rules of Utopia only exist in the city. Once these people who grew up under the constraints of the rules go to the wilderness without any rules, they will lose their restraints, which will lead to more serious problems. What happened?"

Lu Jian guessed.

Just like a car, it is always driving on the road and proceeding along the established road, but if the road suddenly disappears and it comes to a boundless wilderness, the driver will lose his way and don't know where to go.

"Yes."

Hippocrates nodded.

"I conducted some psychological intervention on the members of the surviving exploration team, and soon discovered this."

"They are in the city of Utopia, all behaviors are bound by rules, they know when to do what, but once they leave Utopia and come to the wasteland, without rules, they will start to get lost and be disturbed by various things , because there is no utopia to tell them what places to explore today and what places to explore tomorrow, and they will not be punished for doing anything.”

"Similarly, some survivors also told us about their experience of being attacked. It was a group of wanderers from the wasteland, some explorers who had defected from other city-states. In the eyes of the exploration team in Utopia, fighting followed the rules. , they did not expect sneak attacks, betrayals, and all kinds of insidious methods. Even if the explorers of Utopia have powerful combat capabilities, they are still hard to match in the face of the various methods of those desperadoes who are licking blood with knives. .”

"In the end, some people quickly degenerated after breaking away from the shackles. They murdered their companions, or left alone with the treasures discovered by excavation, and betrayed Utopia forever."

Hearing Hippocrates' words, Lu Jian also got a general understanding of the other side of the city.

People who have lived in heaven since childhood will not understand the intrigues in the ordinary world.

Even with the teachings of the elders, theoretical knowledge and practical experience are two different things, especially in the wilderness where life and death are only a moment, a moment of hesitation may lead to defeat.

It's like an excellent student who has worked diligently and focused on learning under the supervision of his parents since he was a child, but he indulged himself because he was out of the shackles of his parents in college, and his grades plummeted.

People who are always in heteronomy have no ability to self-discipline.

If wastelands remain wastelands forever, then utopias can indeed survive.

But now, the wasteland is facing a change that hasn't happened in a century. In the new world full of people, if the people in Utopia don't go out by themselves, they will really die.

For the inhabitants of Utopia to survive, they must comprehend the world's necessary evils.

===863. Comprador===

For Utopians, the wasteland is dangerous.

If you don't know what evil is, it will be difficult to survive in the wilderness.

The explorers who felt fair, just and open in Utopia were at a loss when they came to the unfair, unfair and unopened wasteland.

Of course, the nature of Utopia caused other people who wanted to invade the city to abide by the rules. In this way, outsiders would also become members of Utopia, so there would be no invasion.

Even a saint must be bound by this city, this is the reason why Utopia will never fall down.

As Plato mentioned before, even if the choice of the people will lead to their own destruction, as long as it is allowed by the rules of Utopia, they cannot stop it.

Because there will always be latecomers who will step in here and continue to practice the perfect justice of Utopia.

The city is immortal, though its inhabitants may all die.

Thinking of this, Lu Jian felt that Utopia was no different from the weird things in his world.

"You told us this, didn't you violate the rules of Utopia?"

Feng Yu suddenly asked, after all, what Hippocrates said just now was considered to be detrimental to the reputation of Utopia, and it is difficult to guarantee that this city really allows such remarks to exist.

"Please rest assured that freedom of speech is also a utopian rule. As long as it is not false accusations or rumors, as long as it is true and the words are true, then even saints cannot stop their voices. Therefore, this also proves that what I just said is true."

Hippocrates laughed.

"But a half-truth can also be a lie."

Feng Yu responded sharply.

"What you said may indeed be true, but there may also be other information that we don't know. The real situation is quite different from what you said."

The existence of the Council of Elders made Feng Yu and Lu Jian understand that the rules of Utopia are not impeccable. As long as there are enough explanations and motivations, it is possible to bypass some of the rules.

Of course, such behavior must be beneficial to Utopia, and trying to opportunistically damage the city, it is estimated that thunder will fall every minute.

What Hippocrates said just now is also beneficial to "Utopia", so it will not be considered as endangering the city.

"Even so, if you want people from the academy to become the next saints, cooperating with me is the best choice, isn't it?"

The corners of Hippocrates' lips curled up, he said.

In Utopia, conspiracies and tricks will have nowhere to hide under the fierce sunlight, and only open conspiracy is the best choice.

As Hippocrates said, it is very difficult for the academy to win the next election according to the normal way. Only by breaking away from the rules of Utopia can there be a glimmer of life.

"what should we do?"

Lu Jian, who had been silent before, asked.

"As far as I know, in the past few years, many traveling merchants who went to Utopia stayed here, and they supported the Yellow Sand Brotherhood behind their backs. Although this complies with Utopia's regulations, many Members of the Yellow Sand Brotherhood have turned to the outside businessmen."

Hippocrates didn't answer Lu Jian's question directly, but gestured to a group of well-dressed young people with his eyes. The woman at the head of them also seemed to be thirty years old, and she was obviously a saint.

"For these people, Utopia is a very high-quality market. It is best to stop exploring the outside world and only rely on the resources brought by the traveling merchants to survive and be squeezed out of wealth."

"I know this, comprador."

Lu Jian is very aware of this kind of behavior. In modern times, using commodity dumping to grab wealth is a more common method than plundering by force. Since the other party will be bound by the rules here if they enter Utopia, then simply treat it as a place. The colony, a place to sell goods, sustainably drain the water.

"comprador?"

Hippocrates didn't quite know what Lu trip meant, but he signaled to another group of people anyway.

Those were a few people farther away from here. They looked to be in their early 20s, their skin was tanned, showing their muscular muscles, and they looked brave and good at fighting.

One of them was exactly what Lu Jian had seen during the debate in the square during the day, presumably this was a member of the Wild Wolf Guard.

"Although the Wild Wolf Guard has no signs of communicating with the outside world for the time being, their proposition is to maintain the status quo of Utopia and stand still. Only in this way can their importance be highlighted. However, if they are stuck here, one day there will be It changed hands and was occupied by a more powerful city-state."

Hippocrates whispered.

Compared with the Quicksand Brotherhood, the Wild Wolf Guard is a relatively short-sighted type. They may not have any malice towards Utopia, but their closed behavior will eventually lead to bad results.

"As for the Yellow Sand Council, their attitude is too tough. Utopia is not suitable for war with other city-states. Our extraordinary people will suffer heavy casualties in the war, and even the city will be looted."

Hippocrates pointed to a group of children who looked to be only eleven or twelve years old on the opposite side. Although they were young, they already had a surly temperament in their eyes, which made people afraid, but it was easy to remind people of ignorant people. Fearless, for a child whose mind is not yet fully mature, it is normal to think of using violence to control violence.

"According to what you said, it is indeed not suitable for you to have direct conflicts with other city-states, at least not for now."

Lu Jian agreed.

"So, I think we should go out, explore this world, find what we need from the remains of the civilization of the old age, and revive this world. Only in this way, can the people of this city truly usher in the end of childhood. "

Hippocrates sighed.

The lifespan of people in the wasteland is too short, there is not much knowledge that can be passed on, and more people pass away before they have experienced it. For the entire civilization, this situation has led to the stagnation of development. To solve these problems, either external forces are needed To speed up the development of civilization, one must find a solution to the crystal nucleus disease.

For Hippocrates, the answer to both approaches was hidden in the promised land, in the ruins.

"Very convincing."

Feng Yu commented.

"What you need to do is to find the loopholes in these three camps and make them lose their justice. Once the claims of these forces are considered harmful to Utopia, they will naturally lose their qualifications for election."

Hippocrates said finally.

"You mean, use Utopia's rules to exclude them?"

Lu Jian thought for a while, and this coincided with what he was going to do. If the academy was the camp he needed to support, then other camps would inevitably have the intervention of other God-Chosen, which would inevitably endanger Utopia.

"That's right, but at present, it seems that the easiest to be defeated should be the Huangsha Brotherhood in collusion with the outside world."

Hippocrates' eyes became sharper.

Ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly ticket!

===864. What a coincidence===

night.

Due to the absence of light pollution from city lights, the starry sky in the desert appears brighter, and the constellations that are completely different from those on the earth constitute a colorful starry sky.

Lu Jian saw that there were some vacant positions in the starry sky.

According to the perspective of the earth, these stars are definitely not on the same plane, they are the light from stars at different distances, so, looking up at the starry sky from the earth, you can see that the sky is full of stars, there are almost no gaps, but you can see them The dense star sea of ​​the Milky Way.

But in the starry sky of the wasteland, there are some obvious open areas. In that area, no stars are lit up, which is extremely abrupt.

In this case, it is easy to think of some inappropriate situations.

For example, the stars in that area, no matter how far or near, were obliterated by some kind of destructive force.

For example, there is an existence in that area that is too huge for human beings to imagine, and its body blocks the starlight from this direction.

For another example, this starry sky is originally false, and this vacancy is just a bug in the system.