Please abide by the Basic Law

Chapter 209 Precursor of Chaos

"Do you feel that there have been a lot of natural disasters in recent years?"

Cecil has just seen a piece of farmland. It is located between Tongcheng and Yuecheng. It is the main granary of the Middle Kingdom. In terms of quality, the fields in other places are not as good as this one. Basically, all new technologies come from this place. Those who started the experiment, and the renters were all Ebo people, the most loyal citizens of the Middle Kingdom.

Cecil and Langdon have been busy these days, and they have been busy, and they have nothing special to do, but the pace of the drought is getting worse day by day, and the clear sky after the rainy season has made everyone My heart is clouded, not to mention the hotter climate than in previous years.

"There are indeed more." Langdon thought for a while, "In my life, it is quite rare for such dense natural disasters to appear in turn."

"Is it very rare?" Cecil was a little surprised. The natural disasters on the earth are coming in circles, and various epidemic plagues are raging all the time. All human beings who have lived into the 21st century are survivors. yes?"

"Yes, last year's Black Death did have an epidemic before, but the scale was smaller, the city was closed down, and there are healing techniques, so it can be extinguished soon." Langdon pondered for a moment, "And the previous Black Death It’s a bit different from last year’s. The previous Black Death died very quickly. It didn’t take more than three days from the onset to the end, and it took no more than one day after contact with the patient. The onset of the disease was later than usual, which means that many people did not know that they were sick, and they were still walking around, which invisibly accelerated the epidemic. If you hadn't revealed the source of the Black Death, we would not have been spared. The population of the three cities is very dense and the magic power is weak, once it spreads, it will collapse faster than the magic country."

"Many things on the prairie feed on mice." Speaking of this, an idea came to Cecil's mind. The laws of science and the laws of magic are fighting, if you are the law of science, what kind of method will you come up with to kill the mages?"

Langdon listened to the string song and knew the meaning: "You mean, these natural disasters are caused by scientific laws?"

"I don't know." Cecil said, "But we have a game called Plague Inc., where players want to develop an infectious disease to take over the world. After many players' research, the virus that is easiest to achieve the goal must be It is easy to infect, has a long incubation period and is asymptomatic, can spread, and has a late onset period, and it can't kill people too quickly, and can't be too slow, so that it can quietly occupy the whole world and then get sick at the same time, killing everyone die."

Langdon's expression was a little subtle: "The people over there have really strong tastes."

"That's just a video game, not a real person..." Cecil argued, "In short, you said that the course of the Black Death this time is different from the past and inspired me, but the course of the Black Death on the earth is similar to last year. Oh, and thinking about what you said here, there are very few natural disasters. Maybe the laws of science are only gradually repairing the rules that belonged to them, and then the laws of magic appear. It is the giant that made me sleep. do something."

"So why are the laws of science revived?" Langdon laughed.

Cecil was taken aback for a moment, then blurted out: "Damn!"

It is very likely that the revival of scientific laws is due to the gradual rise of the industrial tide.

In any case, the drought is ruthlessly eroding the land, and the grassland has been significantly affected after entering July. The grassland that could submerge Karoua in previous years is now exposed from the neck up. In some places, the land is even exposed. The dark and lovely land was all tanned to gray, and the gray floor was knotted.

The terrible scorching sun and high temperature have rapidly reduced the water volume of the artificial canal, which can be seen from the water line and the second flow rate. The farmers looked at the canal worriedly, and began to quarrel over the amount of water used by everyone, because the high temperature and drought required more water.

The Central Kingdom has issued an order since last winter. All people who know magic will save the interpreter’s magic slot and make a piece of magic bread every day for storage. It’s fine if the magic water can’t be stored for a long time. What moved Cecil was that many Man actually made magic water and poured it into any reservoir.

"A little bit is a little bit!" people say.

This measure caused an interesting phenomenon, many people started to learn Chinese.Since everyone is from all corners of the country, once there is no interpreter magic, they can only rely on body language. Some people will learn each other's language, but more people subconsciously start to learn the king's language.

As Cecil's attendants, Guangshu and the three who spread Chinese characters at the same time became teachers who did their part. They learned a good Mandarin from Zhishushen and knew a lot of Chinese characters. Before leaving, Zhishushen left them There are quite a lot of books. At that time, Cecil thought they were some Chinese character learning textbooks, but when he came to read them, the first title that caught his eyes was "Coiling Dragon". His expression was wonderful.

The God of Paper Books kept more than 100 various online articles, and the three teenagers were fascinated by reading them. This guy has not forgotten that there is a girl, and one-third of them are pornographic romances, which is really fair.

In this way, the three teenagers felt that it was too tiring to teach them one by one, so they simply began to use translation magic to translate these web texts into the language of the major magic powers, and they also brought readable phonetic symbols. After all, the average language genius in the world, many people not only know The mother tongue of my own small civilization, and the languages ​​​​of the major magic kingdoms must be more or less familiar. If I don't have three or five languages ​​nearby, I am embarrassed to say hello to people.

As a result, people in the Middle Kingdom quickly completed self-study through various online texts. In half a year, Cecil could hear "Morning", "Have you eaten", "Hello, Your Majesty", "Why are you here?" Greetings such as Your Majesty's service" are mixed with various languages ​​from time to time, which is extremely lively.

Since most people are familiar with a language, the usage rate of this language has naturally been greatly improved, which in turn promotes more people to learn this language, even foreign businessmen who come to do business.

Cecil always felt that the development of things was really like fate, or in other words, some kind of irreversible natural law.

"Is it true that the Magic Expo will not be held this year?" Cecil was still a little regretful.

"I can't do it anymore," Langdon said, "Alexander said he has no energy and money, so whoever wants to do it will do it."

Cecil said "haha" twice. He admired Alexander more and more now. At the beginning, he was mistaken and thought that this guy was an unlearned and incompetent prodigal. Compared with Amber, Alexander should not be too qualified!

"Has Luoxie adopted a method of storing magic bread every day?" Cecil asked.

"The magic country can't use this trick, my dear." Langdon said, "If they start storing magic bread from last year, they won't even be able to survive the winter. All operations of the magic country rely on magic. What about other things in grain storage? For example, heating, Luoxie’s heating business is run by magic, and mages who are good at heat energy magic rely on magic devices to keep tens of thousands of houses warm. If they use magic bits on food, What about keeping the whole city warm? Not everyone knows how to use magic in this area. Moreover, if everyone only uses their magic on themselves, the entire magic country will not be able to function. It is better to escape to the wild and become wild people. Take it easy."

"Pretentious!" Cecil said disdainfully, "Can't the kang be used? Can't cotton-padded jackets be worn? Can't the heating furnace be built?"

The latitude of Luoxie is only a little lower than that of Moon City, but because there are many jungles and it is a little closer to the sea, the climate is relatively not so cold, even below zero, but it is still difficult for ordinary people to endure winter.

"These things didn't appear overnight. Even for us, it took eight years." Langdon laughed. "You've done a good job, dear."

Cecil lifted his chin a little triumphantly, and then felt a headache when he thought of the harsh reality.

At present, the farmland in the Middle Kingdom is not bad, and there are many drought-tolerant varieties, such as potatoes and wheat, which are relatively drought-tolerant food crops. The only worry is that tea varieties are not strong against drought. One of their exports, Langdon had to use magic to take special care of the tea farm.

"Why don't we move to the Luofeng Mountains? Look, didn't we also go to the Luofeng Mountains when we went to Ebo?" Cecil still wanted to develop the Luofeng Mountains. , It's too wasteful to just leave it like this, "You also went up at that time."

"Yes, but it's not comfortable." Langdon said decisively, "Do you really want to go to Luofeng Mountains so much?"

"It's a waste. There may be many things on the mountain. Not to mention anything else, if you can reach the snow line, you can get a lot of water, build a river, a waterfall, etc." Cecil didn't know if it could be done, but he tried his best anyway. Flickering, "Why don't you give it a try?"

Langdon said helplessly, "I'll think about it."

Cecil cheered, and pulled Langdon to kiss him for a long time, until his own lips were swollen. Russell just came in, first laughed at Langdon's expression, and then threw a letter on the table: "Ah Fa, Black Sea, Roja Forest, harvest food."

Cecil's excitement was gone. After staring at the letter for a while, he threw his head on the table and moaned with his forehead against the table: "Damn it, Alexander has such a big mouth."

Alexander issued a stinky and long letter of thanks for buying food, promoting countries. If it was before, Cecil might think that this product is just exaggerated. Now he immediately thinks that this product is deliberately setting the Middle Kingdom on fire. bake!

Sure enough, when the drought came, all the magic powers sent messages to buy food. Unfortunately, these magic powers were all located in the main arid areas, but the severity was different. If you really care about it, Tanbunita is the one with the worst drought. , After experiencing the plague last year, it was even worse.

It is impossible for Cecil to sell food anymore. He must first ensure his own rations. The high-end consumption of Tambunita is still going on. Foster III wrote three letters a week to urge the progress of the heart repair operation. He always felt that this product Is it impossible to maintain the rule? The impact of the plague has not been completely eliminated, and no one is in charge of those cities.

Unexpectedly, before the heart surgery, Master Owen did the hair transplant surgery. When he showed Cecil a "patient" with beautiful hair growing in the center of his eyebrows, his expression was extremely proud.

"Your Majesty, as you can see, in order to better study the hair follicles and the effects of skin cleaning and maintenance you mentioned, I deliberately chose the center of the eyebrows, and the rest of the scalp has also been tested, and the hair transplant operation can be carried out completely. "Master Owen raised his chin and said, "The only problem is that the hair follicles are too small. If you want to see clearly, you can only use microscopic magic. The Magic Food Alliance has generously transferred the right to use this magic to me for free."

"I don't have any right to use magic at all." Cecil said casually.

Master Owen was stunned for a moment, then looked at Langdon: "No?"

"No, Master." Langdon seemed to be holding back a smile, "Don't you know?"

"I don't know..." Master Owen said blankly, "No wonder they said to use it casually when I asked."

"Where did you hear this news?" Cecil asked strangely.

"My teacher told me." Master Owen was silent for a while after finishing speaking, and said, "But my teacher's teacher seems to have established a will rule, and important things must not be honest."

What the hell will rules...

Although Cecil is no longer surprised, the seniors with bad tastes are always better than blue, and all kinds of strange will laws emerge in endlessly.

"Didn't you accept the law of the will?" Cecil asked curiously.

"Before my teacher died, he made a will rule to invalidate all the teacher's will rules." Master Owen sighed, "At the beginning, I thought the teacher deliberately made it difficult for the students, but now it seems that the teacher still loves us."

To grow so well under such a teacher is worthy of "fated magic", Cecil thought to himself.

The news of the successful hair transplant surgery made Ke Ke jump three feet high. This underground spider with alopecia areata has been waiting for too long. When he came, he first praised Master Owen, and then said enviously: "Pip Li! The wig shop is too profitable, and she has already bought a house on the second ring road of Yuecheng! Large flat floor, garden view, and a terrace!"

Cecil: "..."

I always feel that I have led the natives of this world on a road of no return.

Keke can be regarded as someone who has stayed in the Middle Kingdom long enough. Like the steel ring, he has embarked on the "evil way" of eating, drinking and having fun, and can no longer return to the "simple" underground life.He himself doesn't mind it at all, he walks on the road generously, at present, he, Peppery, Steel Ring, Carroll and Bao Bao are the stars and inhumans of Moon City, and the most famous one is of course Homer!

Hair transplant surgery takes time to prepare, Keke was unambiguous, took out a box directly, and said: "This is the result of my investigation of the underground around Yuecheng in the past few years. It is all raw ore. I probably polished it. You can make it yourself Experiment, if you have any specific mineral targets, please tell me, I will definitely find them for you!"

Keke will definitely not go looking for far away places. One of the troubles in mining is transportation. If it is too far away, unless it is a particularly needed mineral deposit, it will not be worthwhile.

Cecil's face was full of smiles, and it was convenient to talk to the smart spider. He opened the box and saw a golden stone at first sight, and almost fainted happily——gold mine!

"W-Where did this come from?" Cecil stuttered, "Is it far?"

"Under the Luofeng Mountains."

Half of Cecil's enthusiasm disappeared, and he picked up white stones again. He has been looking for white porcelain ores with high silicon content, so that he can make white porcelain products that are translucent and jade-like.

"Is this the same as the white porcelain stone Piper found?"

"It's different, it's not in the same place." Keke said, "This ore is also different from that one, and the weight per gram is different."

Cecil asked happily: "Where?"

"Luofeng Mountain Range."

Cecil: "..."

After asking, ten of the ten are under the Luofeng Mountain Range, which is not far away, stretching for several kilometers to more than ten kilometers, and some are above the Luofeng Mountain Range, which is not a particularly high place.

Cecil closed the box silently and let out a long sigh.

"We still have to develop the Luofeng Mountains!" Cecil said firmly during the dinner meeting, "Only the Luofeng Mountains are the treasure house of industry."

The royal knights responded perfunctorily while eating, but Cecil saw that no one responded, so he had to sit down to eat.

"There are a group of people who don't know if you want it or not." Jory said suddenly, "They are all decent people, but there was something wrong in the past."

"Who is it?" Cecil said weakly, still thinking about developing the Luofeng Mountain Range.

Jory cleared his throat and said, "It's a paladin I know." Everyone raised their eyes to look at him, he was a little nervous, and added after a moment of hesitation, "And his friends."

No. [-] no longer pretended to be the god of knights. The Holy Knight Alliance, which had lost its faith, happened to encounter the Black Death pandemic again. Some people's beliefs were broken and they left the Paladin industry, and some people went crazy. There are also some people who have become wandering knights in the literal sense, wandering around aimlessly, and the last part of the high-level holy knights sold all the valuable real estate of the alliance, and the money disappeared into the vast crowd.

It's a classic picture of the end of human groups.

Cecil couldn't help but think of the paladins who collectively displayed the magic battle array at the magic fair, and the gay knights who whistled and twisted their butts on the sidelines.

"The Magic Expo has been stopped, the Holy Knights Alliance has been disbanded, Foster III is too busy to take care of himself, the Tambunita has been in chaos, Gretel has fallen into the hands of a layman, and slavery has perished." Cecil muttered to himself. , "The world has changed."

The royal knights suddenly fell silent.

"The Magic Association is also in chaos now. Ever since you fell asleep, the mages have been clamoring for the truth." Langdon said, "In fact, where did the truth come from? Those who ate the God of Magic didn't understand what happened. What happened, they have escaped a lot now, some disappeared, some were imprisoned, and some were killed."

Russell said softly: "It's okay if you don't say it usually, but looking at it now, it feels like magic is declining."

Indeed, if you think about it carefully, these negative changes are more or less related to magic. On the contrary, it is the technology side. Yes, one second late is an irreversible situation.

"How many people are there?" Cecil broke the dull atmosphere.

"Not many, no more than 20 people." Jory said, "The leader is a paladin I have always...knowledge, and his character is not bad. These people did not agree with the so-called 'restoration of faith' action of the Holy Knight Alliance during the plague. , so he was fired early."

"That's good." Jory obviously inquired beforehand, and Cecil felt that these royal knights were extremely careful, and he used the trick of "figuring out the holy will" by heart, "Come on, we will always be short of people anyway. .”

"They don't have any skills anymore, the law of wills is gone, the magic of holy light is gone, and they don't know much about ordinary magic." Jory said, "It seems that they only have their strength left."

"It's okay, what we need is people like this." Cecil smiled.

Snickers sounded, and Cecil looked at Oakes inexplicably.

"Did you notice that Jory was blushing?" Oakes said meanly, "That paladin is probably the object of his pursuit?"

Uncle Wang Qi's cheeks immediately turned red, and his voice raised inexplicably: "Don't talk nonsense, I... uh, I'm just friends with him!"

Only then did Cecil understand, and gossiped: "Then will he be transferred to the Gay Knights?"

"No." Jory's smile disappeared, and he said helplessly, "He's a straight man, and he wouldn't come to me if he was desperate."

If you love straight, that can only be a tragedy.

Cecil casually said a few words of comfort, and the matter was settled.

A few days later, the white porcelain contributed by Keke made a sample of a small wine glass. The real one is as thin as a cicada's wing and the surface is like cream. , extremely amazing.

"Damn, it's finally made!" Cecil held the wine glass and couldn't put it down. This is the white porcelain he wanted. "Get ready to mine as soon as possible!"

Businessmen are always very keen on new business opportunities. As soon as the suet white porcelain products from the research center were sent back from Cecil, inquiries in this regard were placed on his desk. Looking at the list of merchants who wanted to underwrite the products, For the first time, he realized the meaning of "one person attains the Tao, chicken and dog ascend to heaven".

"Probably spread from Guangshu and the others." Langdon said calmly after reading the list, "They are also quite authoritative in the city, and many people will specifically ask their opinions before seeing you. If you are in a bad mood or what you ask is not to your liking, they will point it out.”

Cecil's face was stinky, and he really wanted to call those three bastards back to scold him, but after thinking about it for a while, he forgot, after all, this kind of thing is inevitable, and it is impossible for him not to let people around, there are too many things to do alone. Can't finish.

"They won't be able to talk about everything, what should be said and what should not be said are very clear, I will watch you." Langdon gave Cecil a forehead kiss, "Don't worry, the people around you are reliable of."

When the Middle Kingdom was frantically digging new porcelain mines under the Windfall Mountains, Foster III was facing the biggest crisis in his life.

"Father, please don't struggle." Foster's son stood in front of the throne, looking down at his father coldly, "Your body is no longer good, why are you so attached to power? You can go to rest, I can afford it From this messed up country, Tambunita is weakening, can't you see that?!"

"I can see it...Of course I can see it." Foster III was very short of breath when he spoke, and the weakness came out from his voice, "Your ambition...I can see it clearly."

The prince smiled slightly: "It's good that you understand, guard, help my father..." Before he could finish his words, a sharp sword pierced his breastbone from behind, and he turned his head in astonishment to see who was sneaking up However, Foster III, who was weak on the throne, suddenly stood up, took out a dagger from his sleeve, and stabbed his son's chest vigorously!

The prince died, the only prince, his face was full of surprise before he died, as the sole heir, he thought that the wave would be stable and the crystal would be broken, but the reality is more bizarre than the game.

Foster III fell down on the throne and panted heavily, nervous laughter sounded, and after a while, there was only dead silence on the throne.The attendants waited for a while before they realized something was wrong, and hurried over. However, the current king of Tambunita was already out of breath, leaving only a warm corpse.

With Tambunita's de jure heir gone and only the ambitious princesses left, the drought is like the silent drum of war, heralding the beginning of chaos.

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