Struggle in the Steam Age

"This stele should be the treasure of the Extraordinary faction where the commander of the base ship was." Lawrence said, pointing to the stele on the coffee table. Through inquiries in the study for the past few days, Lawrence discovered that the troops of the Peacock Empire that went to the New World were actually a group of miscellaneous troops who wanted to take advantage of it.

In other words, this group of people are guys organized by multiple extraordinary factions who want to come and grab them. Therefore, when their main force is dispatched, they will naturally carry those objects that are related to the survival of the school, so as to avoid being robbed of their treasures by the hostiles while the main force is not at home.

It's just that what they didn't expect was that both the extraordinary and the army here are much stronger than imagined. So that in the end almost all the invaders were buried on the west coast of the New World. And the stele that Lawrence and the others found is the core knowledge of one of the extraordinary factions about the use of extraordinary power

"The guys from the Peacock Empire actually chose to carry such an important thing with them." Zhu Yan was surprised at first after hearing Lawrence's analysis, and then showed a relieved expression. "It's no wonder that after the war ended, all the forces participating in the war swelled a lot as if they had exploded, and then I heard that several extraordinary forces from the Peacock Empire were destroyed. If you say this, everything can be explained It worked."

Zhu Yan's family can be regarded as a rising star in the Xinzhou Republic. When the war broke out, their family was still in the mainland. So I really don't understand the secrets in it.

"Yes, this kind of carrier that contains all the crystallization of wisdom of an extraordinary school is very precious to any intelligent creature." Lawrence patted it on the coffee table after Zhu Yan finished expressing his emotions back then. The stone tablet, then turned to look at him and said:

"As a modern person, I should really be envious of those combatants after knowing what kind of wealth they gained, but after I checked this stele, I found that even if this stele was placed in the past, Among those things, they are also top-notch treasures: the extraordinary knowledge recorded on the stele is related to the caster."

"It has something to do with the spellcaster!" Zhu Yan's eyes widened fiercely. To ordinary people, it might feel that extraordinary power is extraordinary power, and there is no difference between them. But for extraordinary people, there is a huge gap between spellcasters and non-spellcasters, and this gap is also reflected in all aspects. For example, knowledge related to spellcasters in the market is often two to three times the price of non-spellcaster knowledge of the same level, and it is often priced but not marketed.

"That's right." Seeing Zhu Yan's surprised expression, Lawrence nodded with a smile on his face. "What is recorded on this stele is the core knowledge of this spellcasting school—"

Speaking of which, Lawrence slowly deciphered the content on the stele. According to the description on the stele, the founder of this genre was originally an ascetic monk. During a meditation, his consciousness entered the spirit world In the depths of the world, I encountered five very strange consciousness aggregates by accident.

In addition to the material world, this world also has some hidden worlds under the material world. For example, some rogues choose to hide themselves or use the shadow world for short-distance space jumps, and some druids and some extraordinary people who can perceive and use the power of nature often use the emerald dream.

The spiritual world is also this kind of world, which is completely different from the real material world, a world composed of consciousness and information. Basically every transcendent will deal with the spirit world, for example, Lawrence will feel the power of the spirit world when he meditates every day.

Of course, this kind of world is just a simple background for a low-level transcendent like Lawrence. If you want to take the initiative to get in touch, you need to reach at least the level of the so-called silver-level transcendent in the classical era. After all, low-level transcendents are not strong enough in consciousness. If they are not assisted by certain extraordinary items and led by high-level transcendents, they will be easily influenced or even assimilated by the spirit world.

Naturally, there will be many very powerful beings in the spirit world. But to meet these beings and communicate with them not only requires excellent luck, but also needs to be strong enough to penetrate deep enough into the spiritual world and insist on not getting lost in this most direct will contact.

That is, if the record on the stele isn't bragging. Then the founder of this extraordinary school was at least a legendary spellcaster, and one can imagine how precious the core knowledge passed down by extraordinary people of this level is.

If it wasn't for that war, it is very likely that most people in that genre in the past would not have been qualified to see this stele in their lifetime, let alone let an outsider like Lawrence watch it.

So after Lawrence translated the first paragraph on the stele after dinner last night, he immediately fell into a state of extreme excitement, and then he simply gave up the rest and sleep time to translate the rest of the content in one go. It was not until more than half an hour ago that he accurately translated all the contents on the stone tablet.

According to the description on the stele, these five consciousness aggregates are earth, wind, ether, water and fire. When they came into contact with the ascetic, the ascetic perceived many things, and most of the entire stele recorded the ascetic's feelings from these consciousness aggregates.

For example, he felt the tolerant attitude of the earth from the earth, and understood from it that no matter what the outside world is, he should stick to himself and tolerate those differences. And from the wind, he learned not to be conservative and stubborn, and needs to renew himself from time to time. At the same time, we should have a deep understanding of things like the wind penetrates into every corner instead of floating on the surface.

Ether is the purest, just like the sky. Every creature living in the mortal world is inevitably polluted by the outside world, but their core nature remains transparent and clear forever. same. Pursuing this authentic path is also an inner manifestation of a person's continuous improvement process.

The body of consciousness representing water made him understand that people should keep making progress like the flow of water, and cannot stand still. And like water to moisten and cleanse all around.

Perhaps because flames are frightening, the ascetic was the last to come into contact with the conscious body that represented the flames. But after contacting him, he discovered that the so-called burning of all things by the flame is only one aspect, and the other aspect of the flame is to burn and purify all weaknesses, sins and uncleanness. And dispel the coldness and darkness in people's hearts. Brings warmth, light and heat.

An extraordinary person, even an ordinary person, should be like a flame to clear away the panic and worries caused by ignorance in himself and others, and bring warmth and light to the soul.

At the same time, there is also an in-depth analysis of the five elements by the founder on this stone tablet. For example, the ascetic monk believed that the fire element represented fiery and powerful, the water element represented flow and coolness, and the earth element represented stability. The wind element represents lightness and agility. The ether element is considered to be the mother of elements, which means space, containment and intuition. exists in all things.

In addition to the analysis of the elements themselves, the founder also connected these elements with people. And with these philosophical thoughts as the core, a set of special meditation methods emerged from these elemental philosophies and the external element power application methods corresponding to the meditation methods were recorded on the slate.

And such a stone tablet engraved with a complete set of extraordinary power records is naturally a priceless treasure, and it is no wonder that the change of hands of this kind of thing can even determine the rise and fall of an extraordinary organization.

However, judging from the traces on the stele, the most frequently seen is the means of applying elemental power, and the second most is the method of meditation. It seems that no one has ever seen the philosophical thought at the beginning of the stele.

"The person who created an extraordinary inheritance should be a sage, but it's a pity that his successors forgot the teachings of the sages. He was so depraved that he gave up the correct route and came here to invade and rob." After listening to Lawrence's speech After the translation of the entire stele, everyone was silent for a few seconds, and then Zhu Yan made a small summary.

"Compared with extraordinary knowledge, those moral and ideological guidance are actually more important to everyone. It's a pity that most people don't realize this."