The mental devil was dazed for a long time. When it finally figured out the crux of the matter, it began to tremble just like Li Yao did.
"It — it's a coincidence, isn't it?"
It asked in a low voice.
"If the transliterations such as' romance 'and' logic 'are coincidences, how do you explain the following words?"
Li Yao said coldly. "I fought side by side with the Union Army and the Cultivators countless times. Every time we ran out of supplies, everybody liked to use two idioms to boost morale, namely 'break the cauldrons and sink the boats' and 'fight to the death'!
"When you heard the two idioms before, you did not find them strange. But now that you think about it carefully, don't you feel that they are horrifying?
"Where did the idiom 'break the cauldrons and sink the boats' come from? It was' Xiang Yu ', an ancient famous general from the Huaxia civilization on Earth, who smashed his pots and burned his warships when he was resisting the army of the Qin Dynasty. Eventually, he defeated the Qin Dynasty in one fell swoop. That's why the idiom' break the cauldrons and sink the boats' came into being!
'Fight to the death', on the other hand, was another famous general from the same era, Han Xin, who deployed his troops near the river, which was the most taboo place, when he was fighting the enemy. He was also encouraging his soldiers to fight bravely and win the battle in the end. That's how the idiom came into being!
"It means that the idioms' break the cauldrons and sink the boats' and 'fight to the death' came into being after Xiang Yu and Han Xin, two famous generals from Earth!
"You and I boast the memories of Li Yao from the Earth. It is not strange that we know the two idioms, but what about other people? Why would other people use the idioms from Earth?
"The idioms used in the forty thousand years of cultivation are far more than just 'break the cauldrons and sink the boats' and 'fight to the death'. There are also idioms like 'endure hardships', 'point at a deer and call it a horse', and 'worry for nothing' … These are all common idioms that many people often talk about, but they all come from Earth. Can this really be explained by the word 'coincidence'?"
"Also, stocks, networks, governments, armies … They exist on Earth as well as in the world of Cultivators, and the terms are exactly the same. Isn't it too unbelievable?"
Hearing Li Yao's words, the mental devil scratched its head hard too.
After scratching his head for a long time, he slapped his thigh heavily. "It's simple. Let's go online, find an online dictionary, and look up the origins of terms like 'logic' and 'cut off all means of retreat'. Look at what the dictionary says! "
Li Yao's eyes lit up. He called himself a fool. Why didn't he think of such a simple method earlier?
Hurriedly activating his crystal processor, he browsed the web and found the most authoritative online dictionary. He entered the word "logic" and lightly tapped the "confirm" rune, and the meaning of the word "logic" immediately popped up in the dictionary.
"In a narrow sense, logic refers to the law of thought, and it also refers to the discipline that studies the law of thought, namely logic. In a broad sense, logic refers to laws, including laws of thought and objective laws. "
"Logic includes formal logic and dialectical logic, formal logic includes inductive logic and deductive logic, dialectical logic includes contradictory logic and symmetrical logic. Symmetrical logic is the logic of one's overall thinking, including both abstract thinking and concrete thinking. "
"The word 'logic' originated from the ancient language of the 'Heavenly Philosophy Great World' fifty-five thousand years ago. It is said that it was somewhat related to a certain alien civilization that communicated with each other through telepathy, but it is unproven now …"
Li Yao and the mental devil looked at each other in bewilderment.
What did it mean?
According to the explanation of this dictionary, the word "logic" did not come from the ancient Greek of Earth, but from the ancient dialect of this "Tianzhe Great World" called "Tianzhe Language"?
Li Yao thought for a moment and entered the idiom 'cut off all means of retreat' and tapped the "confirm" rune.
"Cutting off all means of retreat means that one must win a battle without bothering to fight to the end. Cauldron: pot. Break the cauldron and sink the ferry. "
"As early as in the middle of the age of ancient Cultivators fifty thousand years ago, the important classic 'Change of the Mystic Soldiers' mentioned the idea of 'burning the ferry and breaking the cauldron', which indicated the determination to fight to the death. However, the story was not passed down yet.
"At the end of the age of ancient Cultivators forty thousand years ago, during the first civil war in the world of Cultivators, the Dawn Moon Sector and the Desolate Dragon Sector were engaged in a great war. The Dawn Moon Sector was on the winning side, and the Desolate Dragon Sector was on the losing side. Everybody was panicking. Many Cultivators fled to foreign lands on their divine boats.
"Xiang Feitian, the commander-in-chief of the coalition army of the seventy-two sects of the Desolate Dragon Sector, ordered that all the divine boats in the Sector be gathered and burnt to the ground. The core magical equipment and crystals on them were excavated and refined into brand-new weapons. Eventually, the enemy was crushed in one go!
"Therefore, the story of 'cutting off all means of retreat' gradually spread out!"
"Huh?"
Li Yao and the mental devil both scratched their heads. If so, the 'cutting off all means of retreat' had nothing to do with Xiang Yu but was done by a commander named 'Xiang Feitian' in the age of ancient Cultivators!
That … That was too unbelievable!
Li Yao typed a few more words in a row. Some of them were transliterations such as' sofa 'and some were idioms from the early years of the Huaxia civilization on Earth.
In the end, the online dictionary's explanation of "sofa" was that it was a soft couch that was formed by the condensation of sand and other fine substances through a secret technique that used sand to form a tower. Now, it referred to all soft foam or air seats.
Naturally, the one who 'cut off all means of retreat' was not Gou Jian but another emperor in the age of ancient Cultivators.
All in all, the unique vocabulary from Earth in Li Yao's memory could almost be found in the dictionary, but the source of the vocabulary was entirely different. It was a completely different way of saying things!
Not giving up, Li Yao switched to a few other online dictionaries. But except for some discrepancies in details, the results were basically the same.
It meant that both the transliterations such as' logic ',' romance ', and' sofa ', and the idioms such as' cutting off all means of retreat ',' fighting with all means of retreat ', and' cutting off all means of retreat 'were all local languages of the world of Cultivators. They had their own heritage and were not plagiarized from the civilization on Earth.
Li Yao was deeply confused by the result.
Pondering for a long time, he triggered a blank light beam and wrote two words on the left and the right sides.
On the left side was' Earth ', and on the right side was' Cultivators'.
Below the two civilizations, however, were almost identical terms:
"Pangu, Nuwa, dinosaurs, logic, cutting off all means of retreat, stocks, government, stars …"
After he finished writing, Li Yao turned on the faucet and cooled his burning brain with the cold water in the middle of winter. After taking more than ten deep breaths, he said calmly, "Let's analyze it.
"Assuming that the 'Earth civilization' that Li Yao belonged to in his previous life and the 'Cultivation civilization' that Li Yao belongs to in this life are two entirely different civilizations that have nothing to do with each other, it doesn't make sense at all.
"Look. The words that I've written, from Pangu to logic, from cutting off all means of retreat to Federation government, are all common to the two worlds.
"Even the language that we speak, which is called 'Chinese' in the civilization on Earth and 'human tongue' in the civilization of Cultivators, is almost identical.
"One or two words can be a coincidence, but how can it be a coincidence when the entire language system is identical?"
"So," the mental devil said, "the civilization on Earth and the civilization of Cultivators are in fact closely related to each other. It is even possible that the civilization on Earth is part of the civilization of Cultivators, right?"
Li Yao frowned. "Is it?"
"Of course!"
The mental devil nodded. "Think about it. The civilization on Earth is said to have a history of hundreds of thousands of years, but it was actually only the recent thousands of years that really lit the fire and made the rapid progress. The 'Huaxia civilization' that we lived in before was said to have a history of 'five thousand years', but it was only five thousand years!
"The Star Ocean Imperium collapsed ten thousand years ago. Is it possible that 'Earth' was one of the Sectors of the Star Ocean Imperium in the first place and lost contact with other Sectors in the war? The original civilization of Cultivators was lost too, and human beings slowly developed a brand-new civilization after thousands of years of exploration in the darkness?"
"If so, it will not be strange that both sides know the concepts such as' Pangu 'and' Nuwa '. They are one family after all!"
Li Yao pondered for a moment and shook his head slowly. "Not likely. There are three suspicious points.
"Firstly, if Earth is really one of the Sectors in the Star Ocean Imperium in the past, why is there not the slightest spiritual energy?
"It's true that we've seen a lot of worlds where spiritual energy has run dry, but it can't be so dry that there is not the slightest spiritual energy, can it?
"There are more than six billion people on Earth. Even if there is only one Cultivator in a hundred million people, there should be dozens of Cultivators!
"But the reality is that there has never been anything called 'spiritual energy' in the history of Earth, and there have never been any Cultivators, either."
"Says who?"
The mental devil argued. "Of course there were spiritual energy in the history of Earth. There were Cultivators, too. In the history of the West, there were 'Jesus' and his saints who could perform all kinds of 'miracles'. In the Middle Ages, there were werewolves and vampires. In the history of the East, there were all kinds of deities, such as Zhang Jiao and Zuo Ci, who were said to be able to summon the wind and summon the rain. Later, there were zombies, Maoshan Arts, and so on. Were they not Cultivators?
"Stop glaring at me. Even if they are all fabrications, there can't be smoke without fire. If the concept of 'Cultivators' hadn't been invented in advance, how could such marvelous people have been fabricated?
"Besides, even if they are all false, the hideous woman you saw in your uncanny dream must be real, right? Wouldn't she be a 'Cultivator from Earth'? "
Li Yao was lost for words for a moment. After a long daze, he said, "The second suspicious point is that, even if the civilization of Earth is indeed part of the civilization of Cultivators, the terms such as' logic 'and' patience 'were independently developed in the recent two thousand years. At that time, there shouldn't be any connection between Earth and the world of Cultivators. Why was it so coincidental that all the stories of the world of Cultivators could be repeated in the history of Earth?
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