Although a certain someone promised the high officials of the Turtledove Alliance that three days of preparation would be enough. In fact, judging from the progress of the past three days, he wouldn't be able to do it even if he was given another 30 days.
During the past three days, Lin Yi was extremely busy. Even when Malcolm Fa returned to their small group and lived in this house, he didn't have time to pay attention to it. He also had the same attitude towards the treasures he brought back. After finding a place to settle them down at home, he left them alone for the time being.
In the end, he wasn't able to prepare a complete plan in the past three days. Lin had to sort out a set of general introduction and feasible plans for the current situation, which he presented at the high officials' meeting.
Now, Lin was speaking with assurance to the world trees: "The so-called feng shui is because wind and water are both fluids. Their flow can be regarded as a kind of luck, bringing good things and taking away bad things, or vice versa. This principle can also be applied to magic. It can be regarded as a naturally formed magic array pattern, in which magic authority flows and produces supernatural power. … "
He pointed to a map of the maze behind him. The location of the world trees, as well as the geography of the maze, was noted on it.
"… rivers are water, and they have a fixed flow. Although the wind has no direction, but with the obstruction of the mountains, the direction of the wind isn't unpredictable. With these two, they were able to communicate with every World Tree. The world trees are like magic runes, a huge magic array that turns the entire maze into a continent. "
Under Lin's annotations, another magic array composed purely of dots and lines floated above the map of the maze. This magic array was no stranger to Wizards of the maze, and even Apprentice Wizards were no exception. Because this was the first magic array that all magic professions had to learn – the elementary meditation array, which was used to improve the efficiency of their meditation.
When Lin Yi discovered this fact, he was shocked. His first thought was that 'someone' deliberately arranged the world trees and the maze into a magic array.
But later, he scoffed at such an idea. Because the magic of the maze wasn't entirely 'created' by intelligent life forms. Some of it imitated things that existed in nature.
Just like the Five Forms Fist in China's martial arts, the Five Forms Fist of Dragon, Tiger, Leopard, Snake, and Crane, the Five Forms Fist of Dragon, Tiger, Leopard, Snake, and Crane, are imitating these five types of lifeforms – except for the dragon, because there are no dragons in the world. If someone said that there was the Five Forms Fist before the Creator created the five creatures, wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse?
Did the World Tree and the maze first jointly set up a Primary Meditation Array? Did the World Tree and the maze come together to set up a Primary Meditation Array? Or was there really a great being who used the method created by the Mages to set up the maze and the World Tree like this? The question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, was also a big question in the mysterious land.
Most importantly, in this world where there were gods, demons, and indescribable things, there was no such thing as a god. Lin did not dare to say with certainty that 'a certain great existence' was nonsense.
Of course, there was also the possibility that the elementary meditation array contained a kind of universal truth. Whether it was the performance of the mysterious land, the World Tree, or the research of the sorcerers, the two were just different results that led to the same destination.
However, despite such a major discovery, the World Trees appeared rather indifferent. Lin only had to think for a moment before he understood why. "That's true. You have stood on the maze for who knows how many years, how could you not have noticed this? It's just that … "
Changing the topic, Lin was somewhat resentful, but he couldn't say anything harsh. He said with a bitter smile, "Since you know about this and still don't care, should I say that this is a very normal thing? After all, everyone thinks about themselves first, not the interests of the whole. "
On all the nodes of the Primary Meditation Array, which was the position of the World Tree, Lin marked a series of numbers. The numbers ranged from one to eight, with only two of the highest eight. However, one of them was specially marked with an abridged number, with a seven next to it. "I can't estimate the detailed strength levels of Your Majesties, so I won't record it. What is recorded here is the number of your connections to other worlds. If this number was brought in as the power parameter of each node of the magic array, the result would be a mess. It can be said that the fact that this magic array didn't collapse is simply a miracle. "
Magic arrays, like spell models, required some kind of structural balance and had its own rules. It wasn't something that could be done randomly. The specific situation could be more or less understood by thinking about the molecular formula of Earth. Therefore, there were strict requirements for the power of each node, and it wasn't something that could be done casually.
However, would the World Trees be willing to cooperate with the other trees of their species? Even if they were willing to cooperate, what was the point of fighting to the death in the past? Then, the result of every World Tree doing whatever they wanted was the current situation that almost made someone collapse.
Imagine a person whose writing was as beautiful as printing, and who used a pen of the same color as the ink, then randomly filled in a Sudoku. The numbers filled in all the blanks didn't care about the rules of the Sudoku at all, but they were filled in so that it was impossible to tell which was the original question and which was the answer filled in by this person.
Then, this Sudoku was thrown into their hands and asked to be changed to the correct answer that conformed to the rules of the Sudoku. Most people's idea would probably be to tear up this Sudoku and find a new one to do.
However, how could they tear up this continent-scale magic array and make a new one just like that?
"So, Mr. Mage, do you mean that we should cooperate with this inexplicable magic array and destroy our foundation like Fasnath? Well, even if we're at a node and those who are too powerful cooperate, what about those who are too weak? If they want to increase their strength to meet the requirements of the magic array, it's not something that can be done in a couple of days. Every single one of you here today has to go through thousands of years of hard work to achieve what you have today. "
The tree that spoke was, of course, Mackinin, who loved to bicker the most. And it was very likely that this was what all the World Trees were thinking. If they were willing to cooperate with this continent-scale magic array, they would've done so long ago. They wouldn't be where they were today.
However, some of the World Trees were at nodes that needed them to be stronger than they were now, so their opposition wasn't so strong. Instead, they kept glancing at the other World Trees' avatars, hoping to get some benefits from them.
However, Lin didn't intend to refute Mackinin's words. Instead, he said, "Sacrifice is a virtue. However, asking others to sacrifice themselves for any reason is no different from murder. This behavior is also the most disgusting thing in the world in my opinion. I don't want anyone to treat me like this, so I won't ask others to sacrifice themselves with such a request. Besides, as His Majesty Mackinin said, it's easy to give up abilities, but it's not so easy to advance. Even if all the World Trees cooperate with the adjustment, it means that the improvement of the abilities of every World Tree in the future will be limited by the balance of this magic array. That's not fair to anyone, and it's impossible. "
The reason why many people didn't regard Feng Shui as a science was that Feng Shui could change, and the changes weren't all under control. In terms of geography, earthquakes, landslides, wildfires, and floods could change the course of rivers. After such drastic changes, would Feng Shui get better or worse?
That was to say, even if someone overcame all difficulties and adjusted the layout of the World Trees and the maze to the most perfect state, it would only be the most perfect "at the moment." After hundreds and thousands of years, could this perfection still be maintained? Would the original perfection become a kind of shackle, or even turn into a harmful situation? Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west. The meaning behind the saying was undeniable.
"Then, Mr. Tripwood, what's the method you plan to use?" Yukthrasir opened his mouth again, trying to pull back the man who had gone off topic.
"Three steps: self-cultivation, earth governance, and establishing the world." Although he wanted to learn from Confucius's "Eight Eyes," which went from investigating things to understanding the world, he really couldn't put together so many steps. So, he obediently followed his own ideas and came up with three feasible steps. If he made too many false steps, he would be despised by the plants.
However, the person who said this was in the high seat of the Turtledove Alliance, so Lin naturally didn't have a chance to observe the changes in the maze. As the three words "self-cultivation, earth governance," and "establishing the world" were uttered, the whole maze shook three times.
This was different from the disaster brought by Fasnass earlier. It was more like the joy of a certain existence that affected the whole world. However, most people did not know, so they were still in shock and ran out of their respective residences, away from unstable buildings or objects, worried.
At this moment, someone was still discussing in the space of the dimensional gap. "Self-cultivation can be said to be the worst part of all the World Trees. From the seed that Wadwo gave me, the core that Fasnass revealed, and the history of the World Trees' advancement, there are no other methods other than devouring their own kind. All of this proves one thing: Your progress is based on plundering the results of their people. The only way to truly research and come into contact with the New World is at the stage of the germination of the seed. Therefore, Your achievements at every stage are not the results of your own research. This affects the degree of perfection of Your core establishment. To put it bluntly, Your current state is like stealing a treasure from their people. Before figuring out the details, you used all kinds of methods to make this treasure work. However, you only used 10% to 20% of its effect. It can be said that there is no efficiency at all. And the one with the best efficiency is the world that Your Majesties were originally connected to. "
He first criticized them, making the World Trees speechless. This was because of Fasnass as an example. Although he had abandoned a world, he still had a sense of oppression that was not inferior to Yuktrashil. Compared to the World Trees that were also connected to seven worlds, Fasnass still seemed to be a level higher than them.
Another example was Wadwo, the only one who had advanced on his own. Although at the beginning of his advancement, he was much weaker than the other World Trees that connected the two worlds. However, in just a few years, he had become the most outstanding existence among the World Trees that connected the two worlds.
All of this proved one thing. Even if they did not connect to a new world, the World Trees still had room for improvement.
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