Chapter 11 The real deal
Since the beginning of written records, civilization on earth has never given up its desire for extraordinary power.
In Western civilization, most representatives of extraordinary power are magic and superpowers, such as witches in the Western Middle Ages or super humans in the Marvel world.
In Chinese civilization, the representative of extraordinary power is...
Fairy.
The image of a dashing swordsman with a pot of turbid wine at his waist, fluttering white clothes, wielding a sword and riding the wind has become one of the standard perceptions of "immortal" throughout the ages.
For example, to describe a person's handsome appearance and free and easy temperament, the word 'immortal' is often used.
What?
You said the word 'often' is inappropriate because people with this temperament are rare in reality?
What nonsense? Take a look at my comment section at Daqidian. Which reader doesn’t have the temperament to banish an immortal?
Ahem
Back to business.
All in all, these three old men on the martial arts field almost perfectly fit all the fantasies of Chinese culture about immortal cultivators.
This kind of picture can only be seen on the screen and thought about in dreams.
Now that he is really appearing in front of everyone, how can he not get excited and excited?
It is no exaggeration to say that everyone's DNA was moved when they saw the three old men wielding swords in the sky.
This is destined to be a scene that will go down in history.
Lin Li and others not only witnessed extraordinary power, this scene also represented that China, an ancient oriental nation, had encountered the possibility of a certain life level transition.
Even at present, this 'possibility' is full of unknowns, and there is still a long, long way to go before it can be officially transformed into an 'opportunity'.
But no matter how difficult the road is, it is still a journey in front of you, which is at least countless times better than the illusory fantasy.
In the mansion.
Due to his current status, Julien did not get many opportunities to observe the three old men up close.
Under the arrangement of the boy in Tsing Yi, he was assigned to a group of refugees and was responsible for carrying some smaller wooden boxes.
The refugees in the same group were all male, with rough and dark skin, messy beards and hair, and their clothes had at least four or five patches.
If the environment were changed, except for their body shape and clothing, these refugees would look almost the same as their simple and talkative migrant workers.
In addition, Julien also noticed that they worked very diligently, and almost no one was lazy or slipping.
Although they would occasionally raise their heads to take a breath and glance at the three old men in the center of the martial arts arena.
But they never showed any expressions of surprise or resentment. Instead, most of them looked grateful. A few refugees even knelt on the ground and kowtowed towards the center of the field.
The lack of surprise shows that for these refugees, extraordinary power is not a high-level secret.
In other words, the concept of transcendence is very popular at the bottom of foreign society, and is even known to almost everyone.
Not showing resentment and showing gratitude shows that the current situation of these refugees has probably nothing to do with these extraordinary beings - at least in this city, there may be a relationship of dominance between civilians and extraordinary beings, but it will never rise to the level of oppression. The extent of the mutilation.
The former is conducive to the collection of extraordinary information, but the latter
It is of great significance to the decision-making of the rabbits' base camp.
Rabbits respect and recognize the sovereignty and national identity of foreign civilizations, this is for sure.
However, if the ruling form of this civilization is like that in Greek mythology.
The upper class oppresses the people in a way that almost eliminates human rights, and treats the people at the bottom as pig food.
Then the rabbits will inevitably have to cosplay Prometheus, help the lower class people in a foreign land steal fire, and have physical conversations with the upper class.
Fortunately, based on the information collected so far, the extraordinary class of the foreign civilization looks pretty good.
Not only did it not oppress civilians, it also provided a certain degree of shelter to the refugees.
This is behavior in line with the rabbit's concept, and there is even a slight possibility that it will become a basis for future contact between the two parties.
While Julien was thinking, a refugee suddenly said something incomprehensible to him and made a gesture of moving something.
Only then did Julien remember that he still had a moving task to do. He quickly smiled at the other party, picked up the box and followed the crowd.
The boxes that Julien is responsible for are about one meter long and weigh about 20 kilograms together with the materials inside.
The materials in the box kept making clanging sounds as they walked up and down.
As an elite scout, Julien is very familiar with this kind of collision sound with a distinct metallic texture - could he not be familiar with it? More than a day ago, he passed through the light door with a bunch of these things.
There was no doubt that the box contained controlled knives.
Or to use a more appropriate word, cold weapons.
The location where these cold weapons needed to be delivered was confirmed half an hour later: a warehouse on the city wall.
This city wall is located in the west of the city, an area that Julien has not explored before.
When Julien came to the city wall, there happened to be a large group of soldiers wearing armor and passing by him with solemn expressions.
Julien kept his pace unchanged, but his mind was making quick judgments: "Are these sergeants practicing? No, if they were practicing, the atmosphere wouldn't be so solemn. Are they preparing for war?"
While Julien was thinking, he soon saw another 'acquaintance':
The goateeed butler who appointed him into the house, Wei Lianzhang.
At this time, Butler Wei was standing at the front of the city wall.
With a serious look on his face, he was gesticulating with several young men and women who were more ornately dressed.
Soon, these young men and women took out a stack of light yellow papers and tossed them gently.
I saw these 'pieces of paper' suddenly glowing brightly, dancing in the air with some extremely mysterious rhythm.
After a few breaths, these 'pieces of paper' flew around evenly as if consciously, and finally clung tightly to the ground.
Butler Wei nodded with satisfaction and led a group of young men and women towards the next target.
Julien saw all this scene, and the camera on his collar faithfully transmitted the picture back to the rear.
Twelve kilometers away, the base camp of the Xinhuo Team.
Wang Qiang spread her left hand flat, and struck hard with her right hand: "It's a real hammer, there will definitely be a war!"
Lin Li glanced at the funny man speechlessly: "Anyone with brains can see it, okay? Didn't you see any other information?"
Wang Qiang neatly spread her hands: "No."
Lin Li's veins suddenly jumped on his forehead, and he picked up a handful from the side. Huh? What about the ballpoint pen?
Seeing this, Wang Qiang smiled proudly and showed two small tiger teeth: "Lin Suo, don't look for it. I took away your ballpoint pen just now. I guarantee that there won't even be a shadow on the table. I checked very carefully." Ouch!"
Lin Li calmly stuffed a Parker pen back into his breast pocket, and at the same time decided not to have any expectations for this funny guy except for scientific research tasks.
Then he turned to Ma Ning and said, "Professor Ma, can you say a few words?"
Ma Ning had become accustomed to the master and apprentice's coquettish actions, and said with a smile: "Okay, let me talk about my humble opinion. In my opinion, in addition to what Comrade Xiao Wang said about fighting, we can also draw two conclusions: key information:
First, judging from the clothes and behavior of those young men and women, this city must have a lot of extraordinary power, and they must be gathered in the form of families.
Of course, the level of each person's power needs to be discussed separately.
Currently, only the three old men in the center of the mansion are known to have the ability to control the air.
Secondly, during Comrade Julien’s investigation, we never saw anything similar to a government agency.
The relief point was opened by the Bajin Mansion, and the arms transfer was also done by the refugees attracted by the family. Even the layout and deployment of the city defense were directly responsible for them.
So can we make such a judgment:
There is no government or other institution in this city. Its governance actually belongs to this family?
Even a little bolder.
Is this world dominated by family rule, with no concept of state power? "