Luo Kai and his group headed towards the research institute. They mainly wanted to take a look at the Taixuan Dojo's research on the ancient civilization.
If human exploration was to discover the unknown, then internal research was to discover oneself. According to the logical relationship in philosophy, the two were to discover oneself first and discover the unknown later.
The premise of technological development and the advancement of civilization was the liberation of the mind. Only with the Renaissance would there be the Industrial Revolution. Only by breaking the inherent shackles of thought could humans unleash amazing productivity and creativity.
In the highest level of knowledge inheritance system, there had always been the argument that those who were born with knowledge were born. Ancient China, India, and Greece had given birth to several extremely important masters in human history, such as Laozi, Zhuangzi, Buddha, Socrates, Plato, and so on. These people lived in an era where information was far less developed than it is now, but the works they left behind have been passed down to this day. We still have a strong feeling after reading them.
There are many things that these sages know that we don't know at all, or even can't imagine even in our dreams.
As Plato said, knowledge is innate to everyone and exists in the soul. Learning is to recall this existing knowledge. We are born with knowledge of everything, and the only thing we need is to tap into our own potential. When we can reach the level of 100% brain power (soul) development, we will naturally become omniscient and omnipotent gods.
The soul is immortal and eternal, and the starting point of the soul's reincarnation is in ancient times. That is the era when an individual was born as a god.
Therefore, the research of the ancient civilization by humans in this era has risen to a strategic level. No other industry can compare to archaeology.
Legend has it that Pluto was the hometown of "witches" in ancient times. Witches represented the spirit and soul. In other words, this was the birthplace of human civilization.
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The Archaeological Research Institute was located in the northwest corner of Senluo City. It covered an area of hundreds of acres. The surrounding buildings were all made of strong alloy materials and were equipped with antimatter controllable annihilation reactors. They could generate an energy shield with amazing defensive power. Even the most powerful antimatter missiles in the material world could resist it for a moment.
Antimatter annihilation was the most efficient energy generation method in the material world. Currently, everything that humans had was based on this energy source, including faster than light travel, antimatter space travel, and so on.
Antimatter missiles were also created because of this. This was the relationship between spears and shields. Shields could only be used for solid defense, while spears could use external forces such as mass acceleration. Therefore, in the face of technological means of the same level, spears would always be the most powerful.
Antimatter missiles could trigger an uncontrollable annihilation effect. Generally speaking, a low-level antimatter missile could easily destroy a planet. Currently, the only effective way for humans to defend against antimatter missiles was through the Great Celestial Circle Array set up by the gods. It gathered the power of the stars to distort space and time, rendering any material means ineffective.
With an energy shield of this level, the Research Institute could be said to be impregnable. Even the indiscriminate bombardment of the swarm of insects in the sky could not do anything to it. However, fortresses were often the easiest to break through from the inside. A large number of shadow spies assimilated into the Research Institute staff. Not only were their bodies assimilated, but their memories were also absorbed. There was no way to distinguish them. Therefore, the Shadow Legion was notorious in the interstellar universe. It was because they did not invent or create anything themselves, but instead absorbed the knowledge and achievements of other civilizations.
Humans naturally abhorred such evil forces. However, the master behind the Shadow Legion was an interstellar financial group that spanned across the three realms. This financial group did not have a fixed star zone, but as long as there were living creatures, they could be found. Regardless of whether it was biological genetic samples, technological weapons, precious materials, cultivation techniques, or even the legendary creations of ancient civilizations, they could be obtained from them as long as they had the money.
Of course, this money was not the usual money. It was a kind of crystal that was condensed from the chaotic energy at the beginning of the universe, called the Chaos Stone.
This kind of pure energy crystal was one of the main mediums in the construction of everything, including time and space. It was incomparably precious and could be used to create all kinds of treasures that ignored the laws of physics. For example, it could be used to open up space, shrink the body, or slow down the flow of time. It could also be used to cultivate one's body and increase one's energy density. It was one of the most effective and direct treasures in the universe that could change one's life level.
Its value and rarity were directly proportional. Legend had it that every planet that could give birth to life had a Chaos Stone. The universe seemed to be vast and boundless, but there were not many planets that could give birth to life. It required all kinds of coincidences to be able to give birth to life.
There was another way. When every interstellar creature died naturally, it would turn into a planet that gave birth to life. It would also produce a Chaos Stone. However, the interstellar creatures lived for millions of years. It was impossible to wait for an interstellar creature to die naturally. Killing an interstellar creature would not give birth to a world, let alone a Chaos Stone.
The Chaos Stone had another name, it was called the Ether Particle. Humans had very limited research on this kind of non-material and non-energy existence. They could only speculate that it was formed by a kind of spiritual will. If it could be produced by non-material means, it could not be artificially created.
The interstellar financial groups were not the only ones that were searching for this kind of treasure in the universe. Humans were also searching everywhere for this kind of treasure. Because of this, there were several large-scale wars between the two sides. The humans were led by the Nine Extreme Training Hall, while the interstellar financial groups were led by the metaplasia race.
The metaplasia race was a kind of "water" civilization. This "water" was not the seawater that we commonly understood. It was the "water" of the universe's dark matter ocean. In other words, this civilization was good at using the mysterious dark matter, and dark matter was the main body of the universe.
Light was only for a moment, while darkness was eternal. Legend had it that the metaplasia race was born at the end of the ancient civilization. They were not witches, demons, and did not belong to the five elements. They did not belong to the six paths of life. They had already experienced several dark ages of the universe. If the universe itself was an ocean, then there would definitely be ups and downs. Different levels of life would find it difficult to adapt to the changes brought about by different levels of pressure. However, the metaplasia race could adapt to any pressure and dimension. They could even be found in the higher level of the fourth dimension.
Their bodies were similar to the octopus in the ocean. They could transform into any form and imitate all things. They could even imitate metallic substances. As such, they had super high technological capabilities. Even with the Nine Extreme Training Hall's powerful immortal civilization system that could transcend dimensions, it was difficult for them to gain a big advantage.
Under Chang Fei's lead, Luo Kai and the other two easily entered the Research Institute from a side door. As the most important subordinate organization of the Taixuan Dojo, the Research Institute of Archaeology was even more humanistic. There were beautiful words and murals everywhere.
These words were not simple symbols. They represented some kind of spirit and could easily evoke the emotions of others.
Some of the words would make you feel sad, while others would make you feel happy. In other words, one did not need to understand the surface meaning of these words to know what they meant.
The rock wall in front of them had four large words carved into it: "Physical Techniques and Mental Language."
The Nine Extreme Training Hall's philosophy actually originated from this. It was also the main reason why the human civilization could control 50% of the known universe and become the overlord of the universe. These four words expressed the concept of the unity of man and nature.
The biggest difference between humans and other creatures was that they were born with a special nervous system. They could sense and process internal and external information more deeply. They also had stronger insight and awareness. In other words, humans were more susceptible to psychological changes caused by changes in the external environment.
When the flowers are touched, the birds are frightened. We change because of the world, and the world will change because of us. This was the essence of the "Physical Techniques and Mental Language."