Chapter 2354

Li Yao and Li Jialing walked under a "towering giant tree".

This big tree is hundreds of meters high. It is located between dozens of stalagmites and stalagmites. It forks out numerous "branches" to the surrounding areas. It also has roots protruding like a ridge. It radiates around and spreads all the way to the bottom of the earth.

Li Yao gently tore off several vines and wiped off a piece of moss. He could vaguely identify the interface of a row of crystal cards.

What looks like a giant tree is a very precise and huge central control system. He has only seen similar systems on the bridges of some super large starships before.

But now, all the crystal brains and computing chips embedded in the central control system are rusty, and the surface is covered with moss, vines and all kinds of ant like insects, and even tumor like spores, interspersed between the vines and mosses, constantly spraying a blurred fog.

Hazy, as if breathing, it is like life and precision machinery combined into a monster.

This is the biggest "playground" in the town. Many playful children climb to the branches of the "giant tree", that is, the crystal line transmission pipeline, catch the insects that grow out of the crystal brain, put them on the heads and backbones of their companions, tease each other, and laugh like silver bells one after another.

Li Yao noticed that these children with crystal clear skin and reddish eyes are also one of the few people in the whole town who can laugh.

Looking at the children, Li Yao said thoughtfully, "the underground town numbered after 10000 is the limit of imperial statistics, so the residents here are the oldest exiles?"

"No

Li Jialing shook his head and said, "after all, the underground exiles who lived in the Guxiu era 40000 years ago, and when the demon clan rose and declined, were too far away from now. Most of them decayed in the darkness of the earth or" merged "with the later ones under the erosion of time.

"Even if a few people are still alive occasionally, they have long forgotten their identity, the significance of civilization and even the most basic wisdom. They have degenerated into savages and even degenerated into human beasts with only instinct.

"These savages and humanoid beasts were all expelled to the dark death area deeper than the five digit Town, let alone the name, even no number - sister long is going down to these savage tribes to mediate their disputes."

Li Yaowei frowned and said, "when did the people here escape to the ground?"

"It should have escaped to the bottom of the earth when the Xinghai empire collapsed 10000 years ago."

Li Jialing said, "this was originally an underground refuge in the era of the Xinghai empire. Most of the ancestors of the residents should have escaped at that time and wanted to take refuge for a while. However, they had been hiding for 10000 years. They struggled and multiplied here and never had a chance to return to the world with sunshine."

Li Yao sighed, still puzzled and said: "since it is the underground refuge built by the Xinghai Empire, it should have all kinds of facilities and education system. Even if the people who escaped at first were civilians, they should have mastered the basic survival skills and civilization fire, right? Why do I think it's a place where people are living and dying, and all of them have degenerated into the Middle Ages? "

Li Jialing thought for a while, and seemed to recall long Yangjun's words. Finally, she said: "sister long said that the way of cultivation is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. So is the continuation and development of civilization. Only by constantly sprinting, evolving at a faster and faster speed, and surpassing one peak after another, can we maintain the existence of civilization.

"If you want to stop and take a breath, you are likely to be crushed by your own weight and set foot on recession or even extinction.

"However, the more advanced the civilization is, the more sophisticated the social structure will be. The more complex the conditions for maintaining the same social form will be, and the weaker the ability to resist the pressure of the environment will be." sister long said, "as an instrument refiner, you must understand that" the fewer components there are, the lower the failure rate will be. "; And with more and more components forming a magic weapon, no matter how serious the refining is, how careful the use is, over time, there will always be failures. "

Li Yao nodded. In the circle of magic weapon refining, there is a saying that "if you add one component, the failure rate will double". Although some exaggerations are made, the truth is correct.

With the increase of magic weapon components, the difficulty of refining, assembly and maintenance will increase geometrically. A large magic weapon composed of millions of components is a completely unpredictable chaotic system. No one can guarantee that it will not have strange problems in the process of use. Even Li Yao can't guarantee it.

Perhaps, as the components and runes break through the limit, magic weapon also has a sense of life, and life is the most uncontrollable and unpredictable existence in the universe, right?

"Sister long said that the magic weapon is the same as civilization. A super giant magic weapon composed of tens of billions of components is doomed to collapse one day no matter how it is repaired and maintained; And a highly advanced and developed civilization is also too fragile to be destroyed by the slightest problems. "

Li Yao hummed coldly: "magic weapon and civilization, how are they the same?"

Li Jialing stood up and said: "sister long said that if it is a village in the ancient world, which is made up of the simplest logs and rocks, all the villagers work at sunrise and rest at sunset, and depend on hunting and farming for a living. This seemingly backward social form is easy to resist the erosion of time and the change of environment, even if they migrate from the ground to the ground, It can also maintain its original form and survive for a long time.

"But what if it's a modern town?

"Think about it. What does it take to maintain a modern town? Even from the most superficial point of view, there should be crisscross vacuum pipeline system and ultra-high speed crystal rail system at the top of the head, tunnels and lifting platforms extending in all directions at the foot, dense sewers, ventilation pipes, information and energy transmission pipes connecting each other, and enough space to accommodate vehicles such as shuttle cars, We need a constant supply of energy.

"Assuming the same number of people, the energy consumption of modern cities and towns is 100 times or even 1000 times higher than that of middle ancient cities and towns. How can modern cities and towns not collapse in the barren land where there is almost no more power except geothermal energy?

"There are also human factors. Elder sister long said that the common people in the ancient world look like small and weak mole ants, but the survival ability of mole ants is actually very strong. The ancients were thick skinned and hardworking. They could continue to cultivate and hunt as long as they had a few bowls of the worst rice gruel every day. They also had the concept of many children and many blessings. Even if most of their offspring died young, very few of them were descendants, Can also make their own blood continue.

"However, although modern society has produced a powerful group of practitioners and various magic weapons, which make life more convenient than ever, it also virtually weakens the survival ability of human beings. Most people's intestines and stomachs are only suitable for the most delicate food. They need air conditioning to provide cool and comfortable environment, let alone no sewer and toilet, Even if there is no spiritual net, it will become a walking corpse.

"Modern people have long forgotten to cultivate and hunt in harsh environments with the worst tools and even bare hands. Their jobs are crystal brain engineers, crystal rail train drivers, high-rise building builders, singing, dancing and storytelling. All these survival skills need a rigorous, complex and error prone platform to support them, When this platform is gone, 99% of modern people's survival ability is close to zero.

"In addition, the more civilized the ethnic groups are, the more they tend to be eugenics, and even have no offspring, so they have no ability to resist risks at all.

"This is the case with the adherents of the Xinghai Empire who migrated to the depths of the earth. Perhaps when they first fled, the facilities in the refuge were very advanced, and the material reserves were also very sufficient. Among them, doctors, scholars, teachers, engineers and other modern talents were all available, which was enough to continue the small civilization.

"But it's just an illusion of self deception. In the face of the strong pressure of the crustal movement, the seemingly indestructible outer wall of the refuge is no different from the illusory soap bubble. Just one" small "earthquake will be enough to destroy their entire modern civilization system, and in case some engineers in key positions fall down, It is also difficult to cultivate enough excellent successors in a few years.

"In the whole 10000 years, dozens of earthquakes and underground magmatic eruptions have happened. It's normal that these adherents of the Xinghai Empire struggle to survive in such a bad environment. They have not lost all their humanity, but also have the ability of language, thinking and basic social organization!

"By the way, sister long also said that perhaps the civilization of Pangu and Nuwa was destroyed in this way. The more advanced the civilization is, the more fragile the internal structure will be. Therefore, when the civilization of Pangu and Nuwa reaches its peak, the internal social structure should be 100 times more fragile than today's human civilization, which is a typical" strong outside but strong in the middle. "

Li Yao scoffs at this view. He can give 100 counter examples. Is the ability of Tianyuan kingdom to deal with disasters inferior to that of ancient sages? What a joke!

However, he did not intend to pick words, but looked at the hazy darkness above his head and said, "does the imperial authorities know the situation here? How can they ignore it?"

"Of course, I know. Otherwise, how did '10084' come from?"

Li Jialing said, "but why should we manage it? Who will manage it? What's the advantage of managing it? Those who cultivate immortals are the most selfish. We won't do anything that doesn't benefit us!

"If any rare mineral vein or precious ancient civilization remains are found in the depths of the earth, the immortals will naturally rush to fight and even wipe out the whole underground town.

"But in 10084, a barren village that relies on the cultivation of rock insects for a living, there is really no oil and water to be squeezed. If you want to collect a dime of tax here, you have to waste 100 yuan of tax collection cost. It's not cost-effective at all. How can the Immortals waste their precious cultivation time to manage these insignificant ants and 'garbage'?

"Besides, in theory, the polar horizon and the Celestial Star are the" vacuum zone "of the conflicts among the four imperial families. This is the imperial capital directly under the emperor's majesty. Which one of them has to help the emperor manage the untouchables and savages in the depths of the earth?

"Therefore, in addition to a large population census more than 200 years ago, which determined the numbers of many underground areas, unless rare mineral veins and ancient relics are found, few immortal practitioners will go down to such a deep underground place. This is a world that has been ignored and deliberately forgotten by people, and has been completely abandoned by the rulers on the ground."