OBS Chapter 2194 Security Attendance! There is a duplicate! Refresh in half an hour! Thank you!
Chapter 2194 Security Attendance! There is a duplicate! Refresh in half an hour! Thank you!
Chapter 2194 Security Attendance! There is a duplicate! Refresh in half an hour! Thank you!
"We're just going to watch?" Thor couldn't quite understand Kai's sadness. After all, he was not familiar with the Celts. The ancient Celts had always stayed in the British Isles, in the mountains, and had no contact with the Asgardians. In the tribal era, the Asgardians also played pirates, but they mostly plundered coastal areas and had little "communication" with the Celts in the mountains. (It should be noted here that the ancient Celts and the later barbarian Celts are two different things, and should not be confused)
Thor watched as Ancient One and Kai talked about things that happened ten thousand years ago, and he couldn't get a word in.
After all, it was the same thing whether his father was born or not ten thousand years ago... Well, Thor didn't know how old his father was... This is normal. I believe that most people don't really remember when their father was born. There are probably many people who know their mother's birthday. After all, women care more about this kind of thing. Men, especially middle-aged men, generally don't have much interest in this kind of thing, or even if they are interested, they are too embarrassed to say it. (You may not believe it, but the author himself has never remembered his birthday and never cared about it. It's always my family who reminds me that I know, oh, my birthday is coming. In addition, the birthday on my ID card is not the same as my actual birthday, and it's not even in the same month. God knows why this is the case)
In short, with Thor's brain filled with cement, it was impossible for him to pursue such a long history. He was more concerned about the current situation.
However, Gu Yi seemed not to have heard it and continued to tell stories to Kai.
Kai really wanted to follow Thor's topic to see what Ancient One was doing, but looking at Ancient One's current state, it was obvious that he was suffering from Master Syndrome again.
The so-called master syndrome refers to a type of people who appear to be very capable, and are actually very capable, but what they say and do is always vague and confusing, making it difficult for people to understand. Talking to them is simply fatal. You may not really understand what they are trying to say even if you go over a sentence three times in your mind.
In short, it seems that if they don’t do this, their abilities won’t be revealed.
Socializing is everywhere in a person's life. In the process of interacting with others, we will meet all kinds of people. Simple communication may not be difficult, but what is really difficult is to understand people's hearts. People's hearts are unfathomable, even people you frequently contact on a daily basis may not really understand their inner world. As the saying goes, "It is better not to know how to read than not to know people." The key to interacting with people is to understand their hearts, so as to avoid being passive in communication and being easily manipulated by others.
Perhaps the masters don’t like people to guess what they are thinking.
"Although Kamar-Taj is the only mage organization on Earth today, it does not mean that Kamar-Taj is the only one that has inherited the mage tradition. In fact, the history of mankind is more than a million years old! A long, long time ago, humans began to try to understand the world, and spells, or magic, began at that time."
The ancestors of humans can be traced back to Africa about 700 million years ago. The primitive human form at that time was very different from modern humans. From the first primitive humans, such as the Chadian Sahelanthropus and the ancestors of the Ardipithecus, to the later Homo habilis and Homo erectus, humans have undergone a long evolutionary process. Among them, Homo erectus appeared about 200 million years ago. They learned to make stone tools, which was a major progress in human history. Homo sapiens, that is, modern humans, appeared in Africa about 30 to 20 years ago. The emergence of Homo sapiens marked an important turning point in the history of human evolution. They had more advanced brains, complex language abilities and more sophisticated social structures. These characteristics promoted the rapid development of culture and technology. Homo sapiens began to move out of Africa about 6 to 7 years ago and gradually spread to Eurasia, Australia and even the Americas. This process is called the "Great Migration of Humankind". It was not until about 1 years ago that human society experienced an agricultural revolution and began to shift from nomadic hunting to settled farming. This shift greatly promoted population growth and the increase of social complexity. What followed was the rise of various civilizations, such as the Sumerian civilization and ancient Egyptian civilization about 6000 years ago, and the Indus civilization and Chinese civilization later. These civilizations marked that human society had entered a new stage of development.
However, in the meantime, are humans really only curious about the world they live in during the civilized period?
Obviously impossible!
When humans began to be curious about the world and began to understand the world with their own cognition, magic was born.
Therefore, there are many schools of magic, and human understanding of magic is actually a disguised form of experience accumulation!
Human beings' understanding of nature is based on summarization, induction and appropriate logical deduction of experience. However, due to human beings' own limitations, we are not sure about the overall truth of the universe. The first source of human knowledge is perception and experience. The first source of human knowledge can be traced back to ancient times, when humans mainly relied on observation and experience to acquire knowledge. This method is called "empiricism". Human beings have accumulated a lot of experience in life, such as discovering that fire can make life more convenient, using water can quench thirst and clean the body, etc. These experiences have been passed down and become part of human knowledge.
People can accumulate knowledge by observing the objects, events, and phenomena around them. For example, astronomers can learn about the composition and workings of the universe by observing the stars in the sky. By observing the reactions or behaviors of plants and animals, people can learn about their living habits and characteristics.
People can acquire knowledge through personal experience. For example, when a person tries to make food, they can learn the impact of each step through personal experience and constantly adjust the process to get better results. A chef may find that specific ingredients produce specific flavors and textures, so that they can make better dishes based on this experience. When learning how to ride a bicycle, a person may need multiple attempts to master the skills of balance and steering. However, since human life is limited, we cannot experience everything in person. Therefore, learning from other people's experience through reading, listening to classes, asking questions, etc. becomes one of the most important ways. We are limited by time and energy, and can only choose one or two directions to experience in person, develop in depth, and build our own advantages on this basis.
People can acquire knowledge through experiments. For example, in scientific experiments, people design experiments to verify or disprove a theory or hypothesis. Through experiments, we can quickly find out where the problem lies and make adjustments, achieving rapid iteration of knowledge and greatly shortening the time to acquire useful knowledge.
The same is true for magic. The discovery of the first magic was definitely an accident, but it is not necessarily the case afterwards. When the first magic is successfully released, later generations can repeat and expand it based on the experience of their predecessors, which involves countless trial and errors!
Then develop a complete... or at least self-consistent theory.
This is the school of magic.
There are many schools of magic, and many of the theories and underlying logics are completely different or even conflicting.
The most typical ones are Merlin's magic and Kamar-Taj's magic.
The theoretical basis of magic formation of these two is completely different, so much so that they can even be said to be poles apart.
Therefore, Kamar-Taj has many records about Merlin, but very few records about Merlin’s magic... because their underlying understandings are different.
The wizards of Kamar-Taj believe that magic comes from human beings themselves and that the human soul is the greatest soul, but Merlin's magic was influenced by the Druids, who believed that magic is part of nature and that humans just happened to learn how to use it.
The underlying cognitions of the two are so different that it is impossible to integrate them.
But this does not mean that Kamar-Taj will deny Merlin's greatness.
"In fact, even to this day, there are still many schools of magic on Earth."
Ancient One continued.
Although Kai was anxious, he still agreed with Gu Yi's words.
After all, the simplest example is Catherine. Catherine’s magic is completely different from Ancient One’s. It can even be said that the two are in sharp conflict.
Catherine was born into the Church of England and was born with the so-called "talent". She can use the power of the devil. She can sign a contract with the devil and borrow the power of the devil.
The main job of Kamar-Taj is to fight against those extra-dimensional creatures, and demons are the most typical extra-dimensional creatures.
Logically speaking, mages like Catherine should be Kamar-Taj's primary targets.
However, in the Anglican Church where Catherine belongs, or among the mages of Catherine's school, there is no record of Kamar-Taj at all. There are some records that are not facts.
Kai had asked Strange out of curiosity before... The reason why he didn't ask Ancient One was mainly because Ancient One was very busy. Although Kai seemed to be very familiar with Ancient One, in fact, the two of them didn't meet very often, and every time they met, it was always in a critical moment, not to mention chatting.
Strange did give an answer.
Although Kamar-Taj protects the earth, they do not regard themselves as humans' nannies. They only ensure that alien dimensions cannot invade the earth. As for the development of humans themselves, they will not interfere.
Even during the two world wars, Kamar-Taj remained indifferent.
It's not that they lack compassion and sense of justice, but they know deeply that if they interfere in human society, this so-called "justice" will definitely backfire on Kamar-Taj and ultimately endanger the Great Guardian!
This approach may seem inhumane, but it is actually the best way to preserve Kamar-Taj.
The Great Guardian does not have any consciousness, but its built-in core program is external. If the wizards of Kamar-Taj use it to suppress the earth... haha, there will definitely be a huge surprise. Although the immortals cannot be said to have made every possible plan, how come the immortals who can cultivate to the point of beating up the gods have lived for more than ten thousand years? Even if it is a pig, and has lived for ten thousand years, it is still a fucking immortal pig!
What’s more, what about immortals!
Their understanding of human nature cannot be compared with those young people who have lived for decades.
How could they not have considered that the 'system maintainer' they chose would use the power of the Great Guardian to conquer the world?
So once the wizard of Kamar-Taj wants to use the power of the Great Guardian to do some small activities such as ruling the world... hehe, there will definitely be a huge surprise!
Kamar-Taj has been around for ten thousand years, so how could there not be mages who want to "enter the world"?
Mages are also human beings.
As long as one is a human being, he or she will have seven emotions and six desires, and will have greed, anger, and ignorance.
But I have never heard of any wizard in Kamar-Taj who could bring disaster to the world.
This is the limit that the Great Guardian places on the mages of Kamar-Taj!
Everything works both ways!
Therefore, as for other schools of magic, as long as they do not threaten the safety of the earth, the wizards of Kamar-Taj will never care, and they may even be happy to see them happen. After all, these are also knowledge!
Catherine's school is actually very special. They do sign contracts with demons, but it is different from the contracts generally understood. They rely more on deception!
That's right, the Deceitful Demon!
This goes against common sense, but who said that the devil cannot be deceived?
You know, there is a ruthless person in the world right now. He not only cheated the devil, but also cheated a lot of people!
He is Constantine!
A magician who is active in the entertainment industry.
Although Constantine has super magic power, he is different from other magicians in that he is more interested in deception than in using magic. Over time, he has been nicknamed "Zha Kang" in the martial arts world.
This guy's most amazing achievement is that he relies on lies to prolong his life!
Constantine is dying of lung cancer, and his old enemy, the First Fallen (a demon from another dimension), is ready to come and harvest his soul. There is nothing he can do about it, because he signed a contract with someone else.
Faced with this embarrassing situation where he could neither win by fighting nor persuade, Constantine decided to tell a lie to solve the problem that was bothering him.
Constantine returned home and set up a magic circle, and began to commit suicide. The First Fallen also successfully came to the door and prepared to harvest Constantine's soul. But just when the First Fallen was about to harvest Constantine's soul...
The other two demon kings of hell also came to the door. It turned out that Constantine had signed contracts with them one after another, selling his soul to both of them at the same time. The three demon kings suddenly found that they were facing a dilemma: from a legal point of view, all three of them had the right to own Constantine's soul, and no one was willing to withdraw from the competition. Once Constantine died, the ownership of the soul could only be determined by force. The three were evenly matched, and once the war started, it would be a life-and-death fight, disrupting the entire hell, and the angel army would be able to take advantage of the opportunity to enter - they had to cure Constantine's cancer, and he had to live as long as possible to avoid this war.
So Constantine not only cured his lung cancer, but also maintained the peace of hell. He is truly a great fraudster.
"So what's the point of us saying all this?!!" Thor finally couldn't bear it anymore.
Kai said nothing, but what Thor said was exactly what he wanted to say.
"Ah... young people really have no patience. They don't even want to listen to an old man's last rant."