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Chapter 4534 [The Essence of the World]

World War II was much more brutal than World War I.

On the one hand, weapons have become more advanced. In the sky, there are jet planes and hydrogen airships; on the ground, there are tanks, armored vehicles, and automatic artillery; in the sea, there are submarines and steel ships...

Soldiers used to have single-shot rifles, which required a new bullet after each shot. Now they have switched to automatic or semi-automatic rifles, which not only hold more ammunition but are also more powerful.

On the one hand, the war theories of various countries have also been innovated. During the First World War, many countries did not have enough understanding of modern warfare, which led to serious strategic misjudgments and tactical mistakes.

For example, France had no idea that the war would be so brutal, so it was not well prepared at the beginning. However, Britain, the United States and other countries were well prepared and put all their troops into the war as soon as it started.

By the time France suffered a major defeat on the front line, it was already far behind in recruiting soldiers and producing weapons and ammunition, which led to its failure.

It is for this reason that when World War II broke out, all countries put all their efforts into fighting, and no one dared to hold back, which is why the war was extremely brutal.

In the first year, 20 million soldiers were killed or injured, and more than 60 million civilians were affected. It can be said that the intensity of the war was far greater than that of World War I.

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No matter how fierce the war was, Xiang Nan and Elizabeth were not greatly affected.

They now live in Los Angeles, USA, leading a rich and peaceful life.

Although there was a war outside, their lives were not affected.

Even though there were limited supplies of many commodities due to the war outside, such as sugar, coffee, butter, cheese, pork, beef, dried fruits, jam, gasoline, leather shoes, cars, motorcycles... their family still had more than enough food.

Because the Sword of Kotels can meet all their needs, food, clothes, cars...

"Life now is much better than before. I don't understand why they still have to fight. I remember that in Port Royal, people had problems getting enough food." Elizabeth asked puzzledly.

The present era is much better than three hundred years ago. At that time, people could not even get enough food to eat, and they would die if they caught a cold. Now, people can basically eat enough, and their life expectancy has been greatly extended. So she didn't understand why they still had to fight each other.

"It's not the lack of food that's worrying, but the inequality of food." Xiang Nan explained, "When we were poor before, we were all poor together. Now one side is enjoying delicious food while the other side is eating coarse food. Although they can still get full, they still feel uncomfortable."

Elizabeth nodded, "Hey, I wonder when we can stop fighting?"

"War is not all bad. War will greatly stimulate human imagination and technological progress." Xiang Nan said with a smile.

Computers, the Internet, atomic energy, missiles, aviation... many high-tech products were invented in wars, and war is also the best way to release conflicts. Just like a couple, if they quarrel occasionally, their relationship will be better.

However, the war did bring some trouble to the Mermaid Kingdom, because there were more submarines and ships on the seabed, which caused some impact on their ecology.

For this purpose, Xiang Nan specially made a purification device for them that can filter out wastewater, waste gas and toxic waste in the ocean, so that the ecology of the Mermaid Kingdom can be sustainable.

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World War II lasted for ten years, during which more than 120 million soldiers died, more than 360 million civilians were affected, and economic losses exceeded 8 trillion US dollars. Sadly, there were almost no winners in this war.

Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Russia, Italy and other countries were all defeated and their wealth was almost wiped out. Britain, France, Germany, Italy and other countries were almost reduced to ruins.

London was bombed by more than 400 planes every night, dropping more than 1,000 tons of explosives and more than 3,000 tons of incendiary bombs at a time, reducing most of the city to ruins and causing more than 200,000 casualties.

Even the United States mainland was attacked. New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington and other cities were attacked by submarines, warships and bombers, suffering considerable losses.

During the war between the European and American powers, some countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America got rid of foreign economic colonization and restored economic independence. Although they started a little late, being able to achieve economic independence is already the first step.

Influenced by them, more and more economic colonies began to seek independence. The old economic powers almost lost their wealth in this war, and no one gained much.

The backward countries took this opportunity to slowly rise. Although they started late and their pace was slow, everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as they take the first step, the rest will be easy.

New and gratifying changes have taken place in the world situation.

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During the ten-year war, Xiang Nan's gains were also considerable. He collected nearly 100 million souls alone.

This made his spirit even more powerful. Not only could his perception cover an area of ​​5,000 miles, but his soul became more condensed after leaving his body, and his understanding of the world became clearer.

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In his view, the whole world is made up of different elements, which are not elements in the chemical sense, but "earth, water, fire and wind" in the philosophical sense.

The ancient Egyptians, ancient Greeks, ancient Indians, ancient Babylonians, and even the ancient Middle-earth people all believed that the world was made up of several basic elements.

Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient India, and Ancient Babylon believed that there were four elements in the world: "earth, air, water, and fire", while the ancient Middle-earth people believed that everything was made up of five elements: "gold, wood, water, fire, and earth"...

Although not exactly the same, the meaning is basically similar.

After Xiang Nan's soul left his body, the world he saw was made up of several basic elements, but he didn't know enough about these elements to understand their laws.

If Xiang Nan can see the truth of these laws in the future, he will be considered to have "attained enlightenment".

"To explore the origin of the world, it should be what Taoists call 'refining the spirit and returning to emptiness', what Hindus call 'enlightenment', and what Buddhists call 'knowing one's mind and seeing one's nature'." Xiang Nan then speculated.

But these rules are so complicated and intricate that it is extremely difficult to sort them out.

Xiang Nan is now like a Pentium computer, but he has to be responsible for big data computing. Even if the CPU is burned out, he can't calculate it at all. It takes an unknown amount of time just to read the data.

Xiang Nan estimated that even if he swallowed another ten billion souls, he might not be qualified to analyze the origin of the world.

"I have to say, it's really too difficult." Xiang Nan couldn't help but sigh, "With such a huge amount of calculations, even if I had a hundred brains, it wouldn't be enough.

No wonder there is a saying that when humans think, God laughs. The intelligence is really too far apart. If God is a human, humans are probably just paramecium. "