"You want to prove that even if the order of human civilization is rotten to the present level, it can actually be saved?"
the Gearman asked.
"Then please give an example, an example of a civilization that was destroyed because of the collapse of order."
Jenkins said while playing with the Silmarillion.
"It's very simple, do you know the age of the sea in the material world?"
"Of course I know that there were no complete continents in the material world at that time, only sporadic broken islands. Because of this reason, in that era, the races in the ocean had the upper hand, such as mermaids, murlocs, Naga, etc. Although because It was the ancient era, and there is hardly any information left, but from the modern archaeology and the sporadic remains found on the islands in the outer sea, we can also know the glory of that era... Is the breakdown of the civilization of the Sea Clan because of the system?"
"The civilization of the sea people is not a civilization of a single race, but a civilization established by the intelligent creatures living in the sea at that time, and jointly ruled the land creatures. With your wisdom, even if you have not experienced a society where multiple races are united and governed, Presumably, you can also understand the risks involved. Therefore, at the beginning, the various races could still guarantee to live according to the original contract, but the accumulation of conflicts from generation to generation eventually triggered a full-scale war."
"So, the civilization of the Sea Clan was destroyed by an all-out war?"
Jenkins could imagine the strange species in the sea fighting each other. According to the description of the gear man, it may indeed lead to this result.
"No, they just reached the critical point of the destruction of civilization, and they were only close to destroying their own civilization."
"Someone saved them? Is it an excellent leader in the population, or a strong one who was born suddenly?"
"No, it's just that someone destroyed their civilization one step ahead, so they failed to completely self-destruct."
Hearing this, Jenkins smiled:
"So, they are not civilizations destroyed because of the system."
"But according to my calculations, if the whale doesn't show up, the probability of them destroying their own civilization is much higher than the probability of me being able to defeat you tonight. Therefore, it can be considered that they are destroyed because of their own system."
Jenkins shook his head noncommittal:
"So are there any other examples? You have witnessed so much, there must be other examples. Just take it as you want to delay time further."
"Purely because of institutional reasons, there is indeed no civilization that collapsed without involving extraordinary power. After all, the existence of extraordinary in this world must penetrate every corner of civilization. But there are still many similar examples. You know that the original moon ?"
"Meow?"
Jenkins hadn't responded yet, but the cat in his arms did.
"Yes, bright yellow moon, very beautiful... yes, very beautiful."
Chocolat immediately silenced, pretending that he was not here.
"In ancient times, people gained power in the process of worshiping the moon. It was a very ancient church of worshiping the moon. There should still be some in modern times, but most of them have turned to the modern moon god."
That is [Lightless Moon].
"Although what they worshiped was not a god but only the moon. There was no god representing the moon in that era, but there was no risk in purely worshiping and gaining power from this natural phenomenon. People of different races were born because of this worship. Gathered together, they established a worship society that is almost completely equal... I think you, as the Son of the Righteous God, should be able to understand what I describe."
"Of course, and then, the prosperity turned to decline?"
"I like the way you describe it. Yes, people's hearts are always complicated. Too much worship has brought together the power of faith to the concept of the moon, and then a living creature is naturally born."
In this wonderful world, even if a spoon is worshiped by a civilized person, life will be born sooner or later.
"But the human heart polluted it, so the moon fell and turned into a huge black halo in the sky, venting its anger to the ground. The original moon disappeared and was taken away by greedy cats that could devour everything. This is what they deserved .”
The cat in his arms yawned. Although it literally broke out of the egg after Jenkins left, it actually knew what was going on outside when it was in the egg, so that period of history is very important to it. It is no stranger to say.
Chocolate was born earlier than the era when the difference engine was manufactured, so the difference engine's description of that period of history is not very accurate, so chocolate yawns boringly.
"I have also heard many stories about the moon-swallowing civet. It was also an era destroyed by greed. It seems that the occurrence of disasters in history is all due to the greed of intelligent races."
"Of course not. It's just that greed is the easiest sin to show externally. After a deep analysis, it's not because of greed alone every time."
"So are there any sins that have absolutely nothing to do with greed?"
Jenkins asked, his tone more and more soothing.
"Of course, do you know about ouroboros?"
"Ouroboros... didn't appear out of greed?"
He summoned his own golden ring, which was obtained in the treacherous environment of "knowledge is gold", and the specific effect is to increase Jenkins' fortune. Although not commonly used, it is undoubtedly very useful for Jenkins who has just come to this world:
"You see, even gifts are known, the appearance of ouroboros is connected with the intention of greed and wealth."
"But when the Ouroboros was first born, it wasn't because of greed. It was a long time ago, so long ago that even I have never seen any written records."
In other words, ouroboros was born around the fourth or fifth era, and probably belonged to the disaster of the ancient era along with chocolate.
"Meow?"
Chocolate felt that Jenkins had it in his mind just now, but couldn't read what he was thinking.
"The appearance of ouroboros is actually quite accidental. It was born from the idea of a very creative alchemist. This idea has not been handed down, but occultists and occultists have many different guesses..."
The gear man mentioned two professions that he had never heard of, which were probably the names of superhumans in the past era.
"The guess I agree with is that in the process of observing the world and thinking about himself, the talented alchemist thought of [the reciprocation of construction and destruction], [the alternation of life and death], and thought of some quite philosophical speculations Question. According to the short story constructed by the ancient sages, the alchemist sat on the grass-covered field one night to observe the starry sky, and suddenly had a new idea about this reciprocating, self-contained world. So the alchemist I created a life with my own strength, a snake that can only hold its own tail forever. Creating life is a miracle no matter in which era, but compared with the birth of that snake, creating life is not worth mentioning at all. Because a Quite a philosophical idea, and thus Ouroboros was born."