Chapter 145 Gaps in History
"Bring this luminous Iron Stone, this is your borrowing certificate. It will provide you with lighting and inform you of the time. A flash will be an hour later, a flash will be a notification to you for dinner, and a flash will be a three-way to ask you to leave the crystal stone hall immediately. Something will happen - for example, someone comes to you and keeps flashing... It means it is broken, you can just come to me."
Dagon took the Iron Stone. This time, it was not a common stone form, but a round stone the size of a fingernail. When inputting mana into it, the Iron Stone floated up and swayed over Dagon's forehead, providing lighting with kerosene lamps around. As long as Dagon turned his head, the Iron Stone turned his head, but the light would become a little dimmer.
"You can input mana, which saves trouble. Letting it glow only consumes very little mana, but letting it follow the movement quickly will consume a lot. But you are reading books, not jumping up and down." said the white-haired ancient man: "There are boxes that can be locked there, store weapons, armor and other things, and are not allowed to be brought in. If you don't have casual clothes, there are robes here. They are old, but they are all very clean."
There is nothing to be picky about, so Dagon will do it. After taking off his armor and weapons, Dagon felt it was particularly relaxed, but he also felt it was a little unsafe. However, he immediately laughed at himself. This was in the Stone Hall of the Jian Gu tribe, where did the danger come from under the eyes of the God of Aoli?
Following the white-haired ancients, walking in a multi-story passage built with steel ladders and platforms, entering the ocean of history. "Originally, there were crystal buildings here, but as the information increased later, I found that the levels were not enough, so I built these steel walkways. Oh, there are two areas in the entire library that are not allowed to enter."
"Don't go over the bottom two floors, mainly because it's too long here and the pressure is under great pressure. There is no information in it, and it's been moved out and repaired in the most secure way. There is no need to go over it and bear the risks in vain." The ancients pointed to the lower part and said, "Down the aisle, you will see a warning sign, just don't step over it. In addition, what is not allowed to enter is the sealed hall of the clan conference, and there are special warnings. The confidential information contained in it is of no value, but it is illegal to go and see it."
"If you look at modern history, this requirement is quite strange. Which aspect should you look at? Biography of the characters? Records of the Year of the Events? Records of Infinite Maze Battles or Travel Notes of Mountains and Geography?"
Dagon did not beat around the bush and said directly: "I want to know why the Jiangu tribe has not felt that it has not developed in recent years."
The ancients suddenly stopped, and his expression seemed to be dull. He sighed slightly, grabbed the steel railing beside him with both hands, and then stopped. Dagon waited patiently for him. After almost two minutes, the white-haired old man sighed again and said:
"The Jiangu tribe has no achievements and no strong ability to elect the king in the last six generations. They have good moral character, and everyone is harmonious inside, and there are no enemies outside. It can be said that all aspects are stable and very good. Some people suggest that the period when the six generations elect the king is called the peaceful era, but I always think it should be called the stagnant era."
"I don't know what went wrong. Even before you asked this question, I didn't think about it. The Jiangu tribe can eat and wear warm clothes, and live a comfortable life. Although the elves always look down on us, no one looks down on us, and it's not just us. Although the Jiangu tribe's people have not developed, they are... well, we can't say that this is good, we can only say that it's not bad."
Is it really not bad? Maybe it's okay now, but Dagon has already felt that the Jiangu tribe has declined as a whole, especially compared with the elves. He wants to find the answer instead of debating with the ancients, so he asked: "The problem lies in these six generations of elected kings?"
"Do they have any problems? It probably doesn't..." The ancient master shook his head and admitted that he couldn't explain clearly. "I also boasted that I prepared a book list for you. I don't know what to read - except for the biography of the Six Kings."
"Then I want to know the records of the development and inheritance of rune magic in recent years, as well as weapons and tactics."
Speaking of these very specific aspects, the ancients gave a list of books, with a total of twelve books, and six of them accounted for six. Their total thickness is only half of the height of Dagong, and it should not take long to read it.
Dagon sat down with a table. On the left were these books, on the right were the water bags and dry food he brought in, on the top of his head were the illuminated Ain stone, and on the bottom of his neck were the napping star helmets. He began to read with peace of mind, and quickly browse the people of the six generations of elected kings. They all did those things in office.
The sixth generation of elected kings did indeed combine the four-character evaluation of the ancients: average. Their rule followed the tradition of the Jian Ancient Clan, took it smoothly, maintained it smoothly, and then passed it smoothly. Their work is very cyclical, and it can be said to be around the Gai Demon City and the infinite maze. Training soldiers, allocating resources, dispatching troops, and recuperating. Every time they won the Gai Demon City, but every victory was limited to Gai Demon City.
The sixth generation of elected kings, their biography looks like the same person, or the same person. Just as the battle is always in the cycle of Gai Demon City and the infinite maze, the elected king seems to have fallen into a certain cycle. Dagon did not find the answer to the stopping development of the Jiangu clan from the story of elected kings, at least not the decisive factor. So he focused on several other books.
The book describes the victory in the infinite maze in detail, and the book briefly describes the failure on the same land. At the end of the record, Dagon saw the record of Egg Neil's death due to excessive injuries in the battle. There was only a short sentence, and the content was just time, place, the cause of death and the witness of death. Later, another sentence of Jian Gucheng entering a state of lockdown became the last footnote of this incident, and the others were gone.
Apart from detailed victory and brief failures, these historical records no longer have more content, and it is useless to find the answers. Dagon browsed the records on construction projects and weapons, and the contents were old and useless. The whole article was filled with some records, without any turmoil.
After reading these books in three days, there was no gain, but it was not a clue. Dagon found the ancients and hoped to change the book list to see what the most glorious period in the history of the Jian Gu clan was like.
"Hey, your idea is very interesting: find the problem through comparison and find the answer." The ancients who had white hair helped Dagon collect ten more books, either recording the kings most admired by the Jian Gu tribe, or recording some of the most glorious historical moments of the Jian Gu tribe. Among them, the deeds of building the infinite maze are particularly worthy of the special book. Regarding its causes and consequences and construction technology, there are three large books to record.
The texts in the book are still those words, but they give Dagon a different feeling. The Infinite Maze is a plan proposed when the underground monsters are the strongest and the tribes on the ground retreat step by step. It is not a defensive plan, but an offensive plan. If you don’t read these history, Dagon has no idea that the elves’ plan was to give up the Gai Demon City, use the surrounding Yanghai as a moat, and build a fortress around Yanghai, that is the defensive plan.
The Infinite Maze was built during the attack. The Jiangu tribe used its future as a guarantee and convinced the tribes with their incomparable fighting enthusiasm and confidence to devote all their strength to complete it. Every inch forward, they were won by the bloody battle of warriors; every foot taller, they used the enemy's corpse and sea of blood. The Infinite Maze needed to advance to the enemy's territory and absorb the endless energy provided by the lava terrain so that it could remain strong and solid. When this project was completed, neither the tribes on the ground nor the monsters could destroy them.
The difficulty of destroying it is the same as destroying the entire lava layer, why is it so hard to...
This period of history made Dagon excited and wanted to join in and fight side by side with his ancestors. After reading the history and looking at the craftsmanship, Dagon was stunned. A blank appeared in the book, and paragraphs of text and design drawings were cut with a knife, leaving only the holes that penetrated the back of the paper, as well as the explanation of "sealing of the clan meeting" next to him.
Dagon found the ancient master, and he looked at it, then he remembered. "Oh, it's true that this is true. The infinite maze is too important. If a spy lurking in with a monster found information through the Jian Gu clan and discovered the weakness of the maze, it would be bad. So the clan meeting decided to seal the relevant information and no longer serve as public browsing content."
"If there are weaknesses, wouldn't it be enough to make up for it?"
"The truth is this, but I don't know what the specific situation is. There may be major problems?" The ancients thought for a while and shook their heads and said, "I don't think so. The people who built the infinite maze are the best craftsmen and rune masters of the Jian Gu tribe. They are very clear about the importance of the project. They would rather sacrifice more than have problems, so they will not leave major weaknesses."
"I also believe that they will not deliberately leave weaknesses, but..." Dagon slowed down and said: "If the craftsmanship has improved, even if there are weaknesses, a solution may be found as the progress is achieved. The clan meeting sealed these materials, but it cannot eliminate the weaknesses, but instead eliminated the opportunity for future generations to improve it."
"The system of rune magic has been very perfect, and I was able to achieve all the results I wanted back then, so..."
Dagon waved his hand horizontally and said, "Don't talk about perfection, can rune spells create elf cards?"
"Maybe," said the ancient master calmly, "I think the effect of the elf card does not exceed the scope of rune magic. Just find the rune combination used and combine the exquisite casting technology of the Jian Gu clan to create the elf card."
"So who is doing this?"
"I haven't heard of it. Maybe there is, but I only have history here, not the present."
Dagon frowned and was quite dissatisfied with this answer. "I heard that the Elf Card is the wizard of the Elf. The wizards gathered their wisdom together. I know that the rune masters and magicians of the Jiangu clan are not stupider than them, but without concentration, organization, and coordination of clan meetings, how can the Jiangu card be produced? When will it be available?"
"There are already elf cards. If you want Kanguka, isn't it still a thing? Is it just progress?"
"Since the Infinite Maze, has our Jiangu tribe ever concentrated on solving major problems?"
Finally, the ancients were asked. After the Infinite Maze was built, it would take a dozen underground monsters every seventy or eighty years to destroy their offensive power. Apart from that, the Jian Gu tribe had nothing to do. But if events such as building Infinite Maze or inventing Elf Cards were used as the standard, there was indeed no event of the importance of any event that could be compared, and it was not even worth comparing.
"There is only one thing in the whole history like the Infinite Maze. If you use that as a standard, you really can't find a second one, and even the Elf Card is not good."
Dagon still felt that it was wrong. "Then lower the standards, the improvement of runes, the improvement of heavy crossbows in the city, and the new spells and spells, how many should be there in so many years? I read the history book you gave me, but one of them was not found. The new changes I could see were found here, and famous new weapons, new armor were created there, and someone killed the terrible monsters. Everyone was celebrating these, as if nothing else could be celebrated."
"Actually, it's not without it." The ancients stood up and signaled Dagon to follow him. They advanced along the steel stairs and bypassed the jungle-like bookcase. Along the way, no matter what Dagon asked, the ancients said nothing. He lowered his head, bent his back, and closed his mouth gently but firmly. His silence merged with the tranquility of the entire crystal stone hall temple. It was a feeling of silence, a state of deep burial like entering a coffin.
He guided Dagon to a bookshelf, raised his hand and knocked on the third row, pointing the thirty or forty books from beginning to end. Then, he still said a word and slowly left with his hands behind his back. Dagon wanted to stop him, but he just raised his hand and waved it, leaving extremely firmly.
Dagon took out the illuminated Ion Stone Lighting and took out the first book from the bookshelf, titled "Battlefield Notes of the Stubborn Grotto 37". After reading the biography and history of the Six Generations of Peace Kings, Dagon knew that "Battle Crotto 37" was a small battle in the Infinite Maze. The Jiangu tribe was ambushed, but fought tenaciously and finally won. The book in his hand was a record of witnesses at that time and a summary record of the diaries of many warriors at that time.
What do you want me to see if this does?
Dagon concentrates his mind and browse quickly. Through the true feelings revealed between the lines, he can also feel the mood of the fighters. Missing, worry, tension, fear, sadness, joy and the feeling of sadness and joy in victory are touching because of the reality. Dagon was fascinated by the truth and felt that this was much better than the dry biography of the Sixth Generation King of Peace.
Until he saw a large section of punching holes in the book, the content was cut off, and the next one was "Clan Conference Seal" was written.
Chapter completed!