Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 63 [On the shelf testimonials that are not on the shelves]

Let me tell you about the background of the story here.

Many people must have noticed that one of the backgrounds of the story is that after the end of the wolf's return of the dragon, the wolf and the son of Bian Ruo went to the [far west] together to return the power of the dragon.

Some people will definitely wonder, according to the ending of the game, this [far west] is clearly Huaxia, or a place in the upper right corner of Huaxia that cannot be named.

In this book, how did it become a super empire similar to England?
The answer to this question is one of the core worldview frameworks of this book.

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[Timeline when the story happened]

Thousands of years after the recovery of civilization, the old gods sent enlightenment, and technology prospered. The huge gap between the rich and the poor allowed steam engines and cyber brains to appear in the world at the same time.

You must have seen in the previous chapters that steam engines and smartphones exist at the same time.

However, high-tech products such as mobile phones have not entered thousands of households.

Instead, it exists as a high-end technology that cannot be touched by ordinary people, and is monopolized by large companies.

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[About the protagonist, and the whole era]

Ordinary workers like Chen Yan pursue and yearn for a better life, higher wages, and advanced technology that can make life more convenient—these are the characteristics of the steam age.

The essence of steampunk is the continuous development of new technology, which brings infinite hope to mankind for a better future.

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【The other side of the era】

And ordinary workers like Chen Yan, because of the ubiquitous monopoly of science and technology, can't see what the world itself looks like, and don't know how far human civilization has developed——

This is the other side of the development of the world, which is beyond the reach of ordinary workers and the real state of civilization.

As Lawrence Argent said, Chen Yan is lucky, so he has access to things that ordinary people cannot.

Unlike ordinary workers, Chen Yan at least has the qualifications to explore the world.

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[The world is rapidly transitioning from the steam age to the cyber age]

The whole world is developing rapidly because of the knowledge of the gods, and the rich and the poor are sharply divided.

Big companies have almost monopolized everything, human nature is more likely to degenerate in a highly commercialized society, and it is easier for lawbreakers to arm themselves——the embryonic form of cyber society has been formed, and it is developing at a high speed due to the rapid rise of technology.

The essence of cyberpunk is that the huge monopoly makes people see no hope, resulting in degeneration, madness, neglect of the body, and extreme anti-morality.

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【The next story】

In the following journey, Chen Banyan will explore all kinds of strange supernatural powers that exist in the city.

He will go deep into the zoo, get in touch with more "animals", and know the secret of [rules].

He will touch the mysteries that existed before the times, and touch the origin of the world, and the history that does not exist in the history books.

He'd be an unqualified landlord with all sorts of bizarre tenants.

He will join a certain party, become a representative of a certain interest, and make a great struggle for it.

He will be carried forward by the times until he knows the nature of the world and his true identity.

(End of this chapter)