Chapter1103:Poincar茅’sReasoning
PrinceAshewasn’tanaturalcreation,butrathertheresultofaforbiddenspellfromthedivineera.That’swhat’snormal.
Basedonhisunderstandingofhisformergoodfriend,thechancesofhimcheatingandhavingasecretchildaresmallerthanstarsfallingtotheground.
Hewassoattachedtohissisterthathecouldn’tspendadaywithouther.Evenattheageoftwenty,hestillshoweredwithhissister,andintheend,hemarriedhisownsister.Hewasirredeemablyobsessedwithhisdeceasedsister.
"Ididn’texpectthekingdomtocompleteaforbiddenexperimentthateventhelatedivineeracouldn’taccomplish.Isthisthefinalgloryofancientalchemy?"AfterlearningaboutPrinceAshe,Asmidfeltamixofenvy,jealousy,andresentment.
Healsowantedtoperformsuchforbiddenexperiments.
Healsowantedtorecreatetheglorioustimesofthedivineeraalchemicwarlocks.
Inanerawheretherewasnomagicpoweravailable,thepursuitoftruthbythealchemicwarlocksonlygrewstronger,whichiswhytheycreatedthegroundbreakinginventionofmagicarmor.
Therewasnoalchemicwarlockwhowouldnotbeinterestedinthoseforbiddenexperimentsfromthedivineera.
Theproblemis,itiscompletelyimpossibletoreproducetheexperimentsfromthatera.
Nomaterials!
Nomaterials!
Nomaterials!
Theimportantthingissaidthreetimes!
ThepowerfulwizardsoftheendofthedivineeracollectedalmostallthetreasurestheycouldfindandbroughtthemintotheUndergroundCemetery,whichwascompletelyseparatedfromtheground.
Forexample,thedivineeraresourcelibraryrecordedaboutahundredperfectqualitygemsbackthen,whichwastheaccumulationoftheentiredivineeraandessentialforvariousadvancedexperiments.
Aftertheendofthedivineera,thenewly-formedLeviathanEmpiregatheredthewholenationalstrengthbutonlyfoundabouttenperfectqualitygems,evenaftergoingfromthesouthernmostparttothenorthernmostpartofthecontinentandtradingwithotherracesatanycost.
WhydidLudwigXII,whohadagoodrelationshipwithKingofSiaKingdomandstillhadfeelingsforhisfirstlove,QueenSia,launchthiswar?
Theywereforcedtodosobecausetheyneededalargenumberofhigh-gradeandperfectqualitygemstobuildmoretitledmachinesandmagicarmors,whichwerestrategicnecessitiesoftheentireera.
ComparedtotheUndergroundCemeterythatthehumanarmycouldn’tenteratall,thegemsLudwigIsawinthedivineeratowerwereundoubtedlythebesttarget.
ThefundamentalpurposeofthewarlaunchedagainstSiaKingdomwasthesegems,andalsothedivineeragardentakencareofbythefairybutterfliesinthattower.
AfterthealchemicalwarlocksandscholarsoftheLeviathanEmpirereadLudwigI’sdescriptionsofthetowerinhisdiary,everyoneofthemwentcrazy.
Eventhecourteousandconsideredgentleman,themodernSagePoincar茅,hadeyesshiningwhenhesawthoserecords.
(TranslatedbyGravityTales馃槀)
Acompletetreasuretrovepreservedfromthedivineerauntilnow.
Alargenumberofperfect-qualitygemstones,endlesshigh-qualitygemstones.
Thenumberofgemstonessleepinginthistreasuretrovecanonlybecomparedtothetimewhenthedivineeramagesplunderedtheentirecontinent.
Ifthesegemstonesareobtained,alongwiththoserareresources,alchemicalwarlockscanbuildtriple-digittitledmachinesandfive-digitexquisitemagicarmorfortheLeviathanEmpire.
Eveninthebattlefieldsofthedivineera,thisisenoughtooverturntheentireworldsituationwithitspower!
Titledmachines,aswartools,canunleashterrifyingpowerfarbeyondthatofordinaryGodWeapons,dependingontheuser.
Franklyspeaking,noneofthetitledmachinedriversintheempirecantrulyunleashthepowerofthetitledmachine.
Unlesstheyencountertheultimateforbiddencurse,likeanuclearexplosion,titledmachinescanbeinvincibleinthiseraofweakenedmagictides.
Asaresultofthewisdomofmodernscholarsandalchemistwarlocks,thisisaproductthatspansacrosstime.
Theonlythingthatlimitsthispoweristheresourcesneededtobuildthecore-gemstones.
Toobtainthegemstonesneededtobuildmoremagicarmor,theLeviathanEmpirecanevengotowarwiththelegendarydragonclan!
"Sinceitisonlyanartificialprimalbloodline,thereisnoneedtoworry."
"Artificialthings,afterall,haveflaws."LudwigXII’smouthshowedahappycurve,thiswasthebestnewshehadheardtoday.
"Unfortunately,YourMajesty,it’sprobablynotwhatyouthink."Poincar茅completelyignoredLudwigXII’sbewilderingconfidenceandpouredcoldwateronhim:
"Eventheperfectdivineeraprimalbloodline,evenifitisartificial,canreproducedescendants."
"Thereisnoevidencetoprovethatartificialthingswillalwaysbeweakerthannaturalones."
"Itisevenpossiblethatthedivineeraprimalbloodlineappearingthistimeisthestrongesteverinhistory."
Scienceisrealandcold-hearted,itwillnotchangebasedonanyone’simagination.
LudwigXIIwasanexcellentandwiseruler,whostronglysupportedscience,buthedidn’ttrulyunderstandtheessenceofscience.
"Wait,soartificialhumanscanalsohavechildren?"LudwigXIIwascompletelyconfused.
"Yes,thereisnoevidencetosuggestthatartificialhumanscannothavechildren,orthattheyareweakerthanhumans."
"SinceevenPrincessRolandrecognizesthatPrinceAshehasperfectbloodline,itmustbeawell-establishedfact."
"Fakebloodlinescannotdeceivepeople,eveniftheyareartificiallycreateddivineeraoriginalbloodlines.Iftheycanachieveorevensurpassthetrueintergenerationalgeneticeffects,thenitprovesthatthesebloodlinesareperfect."
Poincar茅’sformulawasveryclear,understandable,anditpointeddirectlytotheessence,whichwastheonlythingthatLudwigXIIdidn’tlikeaboutit.
Healwaysfeltthathisintelligencewasnotonthesamelevelasthiswiseperson,whichwasquiteablowforatalentedandambitiousruler.
Fortunately,hewasnotalone.Asmidmentionedthathealsodidn’tunderstandwhathisgoodfriendwassaying.
"Hmm..."Poincar茅lookedatthetwomonkeysbesidehimandbegantoconsiderusingamoresuitableexampletohelpthemunderstandwhatwasgoingon.
There’snoway,mortal’swisdomhaslimits,evenAsmidhaslonggivenuponthepathofpursuingtheessenceoftruth.He’sbetteratusingahammerandmachinerytosolveproblems.
Forthisreason,hehasalwaysfeltitnecessarytocompilepopularsciencebookslike"MathematicalFormulasthatEvenMonkeysCanUnderstand",sothattheycanunderstandtherelationshipbetweenoneplusoneandtheebbandflowofthemagicaltide.
"PrinceAshecanbeseenastheperfectidealofourmagicarmor."
"Originally,ourmagicarmorplanwasderivedfromtheresearchonartificialhumansbyalchemistsduringthedivineera."
"Certainly,inordertocreatethisPrinceAshe,theSiaKingdommusthaveaccumulatedresourcesforthousandsofyears,justtocompletethatforbiddenexperiment."