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Chapter 1210: Closed Civilization (The weather is so hot that I don’t want to move)

 After rescuing all the imprisoned girls, the news spread quickly. Soon, the parents whose children had been kidnapped rushed over to recognize their children. Both parties hugged each other and cried, and there was loud crying at the scene. Various recognition scenes are popping up one after another. Those who don't know it think there is a disaster here.

 “It’s so boring.”

Duanmu Huai stood aside and watched this scene, and yawned boredly. He didn't like watching this kind of scene the most. Maybe it was because he had seen it in too many TV dramas, so that when watching the scene, Duanmu Huai felt that it was like acting. were the same, so instead of bursting into tears like the other girls, he looked at those people with interest to see if he could tell anything from them.

 “Master, what are you looking at?”

Perceiving Duanmu Huai’s meaningful expression, Mu asked curiously.

 “Oh, it’s nothing, I just want to see if there is anyone here who can cause trouble...”

 “The one who caused trouble?”

“That’s right, for example, I didn’t want her to come back, I was just pretending to look for her, but then she really came back, and I had no choice but to cry on my face and curse in my heart...”

 “Ying, probably not...”

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Huan Caiyu wiped her eyes in fear. She was originally very moved by this scene, but when Duanmu Huai said it, the whole atmosphere was gone.

 “Huh, little girl, she still has little experience. This kind of thing happens all the time.”

Duanmu Huai sneered and snorted. As a judge, it was not like he had never seen similar tasks before. …

There are many similar missions, and the player's heart has been trained to be harder than steel. No matter how sweet and sweet you are now, how much you cry, you will just turn around and kill the whole family with a knife, and then the player will come out to clean up the mess.

Hmm, when is the time to retaliate? It’s no problem to kill them all.

 Same as an extermination order.

From a certain point of view, it is a rule of thumb that Duanmu Huai reflexively executes the extermination order whenever he encounters a problem.

 “Dear immortal masters.”

At this moment, Lin Tiannan also came over with Lin Yueru, clasping his hands in fists and lowering his head to everyone.

“I have already heard from my daughter that all the immortal masters are so brave that they saved the people of Suzhou from the fire and water. Lin Tiannan is very grateful!”

 “No need to be polite, everyone just gets what they need.”

Facing Lin Tiannan’s thanks, Duanmu Huai was unmoved.

“Of course, I know that. I will immediately send someone to the Immortal Sword Sect to inform them. I think they will also be very interested in the immortal masters.”

"hope so."

Duanmu Huai doesn’t have high expectations for this. After all, sects, like gangsters, have always been very closed and exclusive. The current situation is actually like foreign gangsters coming to the United States, and they want to meet the American gangsters. Then there will be an old man in a suit holding a cigar in one hand, sitting on the sofa, staring at himself, and then speaking in hoarse English.

 “Hey, I want to be friends with you, but this deal isn’t working…”

Well, Duanmuhuai now thinks he'd better come to the rescue with a Chicago typewriter.

So Duanmu Huai feels that even if he finds the Immortal Sword Sect, the final outcome is very likely to be - when you come out to hang out, you have to be trustworthy, and if you say you want to kill your whole family, you will kill your whole family.

 So he didn’t really have high expectations for this plan from the beginning.

An Hui thinks this plan is feasible because she thinks according to Manalia's way of thinking - Manalia Magic Academy is inclusive and welcomes everyone to come to learn magic, even after it is united with the Holy City. , Manalia also sent students to the Holy City Church as exchange students to learn and communicate with each other.

 So in An's mind, this kind of mutual exchange is not a difficult matter. At most, it is just a matter of mastering the aspects that the two parties want to exchange.

  But this is not the case.

As we all know, whether it is immortal or martial arts, if you go to a sect and say that I am very interested in your martial arts magic, why don't you show me yours?

 It’s a good thing if I didn’t beat you to death!

　　Not to mention outsiders, internal members are just as good. Even if you are within the sect, as long as you are not qualified and learn secretly, once you are discovered, your meridians will be cut off and you will become a useless person, or you will be killed directly!

In fact, players have discussed why in many fairy worlds, all the sects can fly with swords and ascend to the heavens, but the mortals on the ground have not benefited at all. They lived like a primitive society, even their clothes were made of linen, they were miserable.

 Look, you have been in seclusion for five hundred years. According to the laws of world history, you will have been working from the Middle Ages to World War II.

 But the fact is that the people in the Xianxia world were what they were five hundred years ago, and they will still be what they are five hundred years later. It is as if the entire world's civilization has completely stagnated.

Why?

Of course, it’s just a setting in the game, but the players who couldn’t stand it were all serious, and they discussed it over and over again, and a possibility was actually discussed for them.

 That is how closed the various forces in this world are.

To put it bluntly, all the forces in this world are completely closed and will not communicate their knowledge to the outside world at all. To use an analogy, every force is equivalent to re-creating the wheel from scratch!

 If you compare a gang to a car, then all the members of the gang are engineers who build the car, adding bricks and tiles to the car, trying to transform the car into a space shuttle and ascend to immortality. They use the technology of this gang. From raw material forging to design to installation, they all use the unique craftsmanship of the local gang. In their view, this is the foundation of the gang's foothold in this world. Once it is leaked, it will be destroyed!

In addition, there are differences between immortals and mortals, so there is no trickle-down effect. Even if the trickle-down trickles down from above, it will trickle down to the lower-level immortal cultivators, and it will not bring any benefit to mortals.

Then why can’t mortals develop?

 The reason is very simple, that is - all the benefits of this world have been taken up by the immortals!

Taking monsters as an example, as we all know, many monsters’ internal organs, elixirs, and other parts are of great use and can be used to make weapons, armor, and even elixirs. Assuming that there are no immortals in this world, relying on mortals to deal with monsters may result in heavy losses at first. However, human beings' desire for survival will force them to learn and master the skills to fight monsters. Maybe they will be able to develop a spirit that uses monsters and spiritual stones. The development of advanced civilization.

 But what about reality?

Those places with spiritual mines were occupied by various sects, and the monsters were also killed by various sects. When mortals encounter monsters, they immediately seek help from immortals. It can be said that all the high-end resources in the world are monopolized by immortals. What should mortals do?

  If human civilization had no coal or various minerals and could only survive by digging stones, would they be able to develop into a modern civilization?

how could it be possible.

  Even if you send a modern full-system industrial organization there, it will be useless unless you fight and win the sect that occupies those mineral resources!

Therefore, from the perspective of mortal civilization, immortals have no effect on the development of human civilization. Instead, they are more like parasites, lying on the host to **** blood. When they are full, they fly up and run away without even leaving any residue. For the host.

Fortunately, the skulls of immortals are human and are considered human beings, and humans who ascend to immortality can also be regarded as allies against the evil gods of subspace, so Duanmu Huai turns a blind eye to them. After all, In order to protect mankind and fight against evil gods, if you don't rely on those who have ascended to become immortals to deal with subspace demons, do you have to rely on mortals?

The Emperor did not say that he would not let the Astartes fight on the front lines, so he would only use the Astra Militarum. Should the tithes be collected or should they be collected as they are?

If the skulls of these immortals were not human beings, but something else, Duanmuhuai would have killed them all without saying a word. But if you don't kill, you won't kill. Duanmu Huai doesn't have much expectations for these dead people who like to play with themselves behind closed doors.

 That’s why he set the tone from the beginning.

 If you don’t understand, grab it.

Well, basically, it’s mainly about “grabbing”.

　　　I definitely can’t explain it clearly.

 After all, it is impossible for humans to understand each other.

“Then, we’re going to Blackwater Town next.”

Duanmu Huai recovered his thoughts and spoke to Lin Tiannan. Lin Tiannan was quite surprised when he heard Duanmu Huai's words.

"Fellow immortal masters, there is no need to rush for a while. I have already ordered you to go down and hold a big banquet to entertain all the immortal masters today. How about resting in a humble house for one night and heading out early the next day?"

  “It’s not necessary.”

 Duanmu Huai shook his head.

“The duty of the Tribunal is to protect mankind and eliminate all threats to mankind at all costs. Since Blackwater Town has been invaded by evil spirits, time is urgent, so we’d better act as soon as possible.”

Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, An covered her mouth and chuckled. Of course she knew what Duanmuhuai meant. Most people may only focus on "protecting humanity", but in fact "no matter the cost" is the key, but the problem is that few people really think that way.

 In fact, Duanmuhuai would say this sentence every time he met with others to make an introduction.

Well, the subtext is - I have already said hello to you. If you are an idiot, don't blame me for not reminding you.

 So usually when Duanmuhuai really does something big and the other party comes to ask, Duanmuhuai will repeat this sentence again, and then the other person's face will turn white and green... An has seen this scene many times.

Sure enough, Lin Tiannan seemed to have never encountered an immortal who was so anxious about other people's concerns, and he was getting more and more excited now.

“You immortal masters are really kind-hearted. I would like to thank you on behalf of the people of Heishui Town...!”

With that said, Lin Tiannan bowed his hands and bowed to everyone again, while Duanmuhuai just nodded, and then waved his hand to signal everyone to follow him and leave.

 “Hey? Where are we going?”

 Tomoe Mami and Huan Caiyu, who were still watching the human affairs column of "Society and Law", were somewhat in a daze when they saw Duanmuhuai's greeting.

Haven’t they just come back from Hidden Dragon Cave? Why are you going out again?

“It’s not completely settled yet, don’t forget, there’s a corpse epidemic in Blackwater Town, and we need to solve it.”

 “What is corpse disease?”

"Um………"

Facing Mami’s question, Duanmuhuai remained silent for a moment.

 “Do you know about zombies?”

 “Hey? Hey, hey, hey!? Zombie!?”

Hearing this, Asami Tomoe, Iroha Tamaki and Kisara all screamed. After all, they have lived in modern society for so long. They have never seen or heard of zombies.

“But, but this is...ancient times, right? Aren’t zombies something that only appears in science fiction movies?”

Tamaki Iroha asked tremblingly. In her impression, zombie movies usually say that the viruses that infect zombies come from some evil biochemical pharmaceutical company.

 But in this era... there aren't even electric lights, so how could there be any biochemical company?

"Although they are zombies, the zombies you see are different. In short, you will know when you go there... By the way, where is Blackwater Town?"

 “Master Immortal Master! Master Immortal Master!”

Just when Duanmuhuai was considering whether to turn around and find Lin Yueru again to lead the way for him and others, he saw a girl running over. She was none other than the first girl Duanmu Huai and others met when they entered the snake demon's lair. Remember her name was Xiaohui?

“I heard you are going to Blackwater Town?”

 “That’s right.”

“I want to go with you too. I am from Blackwater Town and I am very familiar with it!”

At this moment, Xiaohui's face was also pale. She finally escaped from the Hidden Dragon Cave, but she never saw her parents. At that time, the girl felt a little uneasy. As a result, she found the people in Suzhou City and asked - okay, Hei There is a cadaver epidemic in Watertown!

Xiao Huike was frightened now. Just when she was confused and trying to find the immortal master for help, she happened to hear the conversation between Duanmu Huai and Lin Tiannan.

So Xiaohui also ran over in a hurry.

“Are you sure you want to go? There is a corpse epidemic there, and your family members may have died in it.”

Looking at Xiaohui, Duanmuhuai asked without any emotion, while Xiaohui nodded vigorously.

"I must go back. No matter what, I must see my parents. If something happens to them...as a daughter, I will also collect their bodies for them!"

"Oh well."

The other party had already talked about this, so Duanmuhuai didn't intend to pester him anymore and just waved his hand.

 “Let’s hit the road.”