Don't call me evil god

Chapter 438 The Locked Technology Tree

"Latest news! Complete process!"

"Extra number! Extra number!"

"It doesn't cost much, but it's a lot of fun! A big change happened in the Glowing God Church, and Bishop Tran was taken back to the capital yesterday to be dealt with!"

"Archbishop Eugene of the Cardinal Council has issued an important instruction, requiring all localities to reflect on themselves and maintain the purity of the church. Any violation of church rules will not be tolerated and will be dealt with as soon as it is discovered!"

"The details of the incident are recorded, and the analysis is included. Everything is included!"

A few days later, in the early October morning, when the sky was just getting light, the hardworking newsboys were running back and forth in the streets and alleys of the city at dawn, cupping their hands into the shape of trumpets and shouting out the sentences they had learned from the newspaper.

These children, who are generally 8 or 9 years old, actually don’t know what words like “Cardinals”, “Archbishop” and “Church Purity” mean. They only know about “Church of the Luminous God”.

But it doesn't stop them from following suit and shouting these things to promote the newspapers they want to sell.

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It is no exaggeration to say that the development efficiency of the Liming urban area is changing with each passing day.

There used to be newspapers in Ceylon, but they were not large in scale and their distribution efficiency was very low. They only summarized news from local or neighboring areas and often only published one issue a month.

Ordinary citizens were reluctant to buy a monthly magazine that cost 2 or 3 silver coins.

Therefore, the main sales channels for "newspapers" in Ceylon were actually nobles, businessmen, professionals, and various taverns.

The tavern would invite people to share news and interesting stories from the newspaper on a regular basis every day, such as which noble in the neighboring county had a new baby, how many new members registered in the Adventurer's Guild last month, which mercenary group completed a difficult commission, or which caravan arrived in Ceylon City and brought unique goods.

Listening to this news information is one of the few entertainment activities for ordinary citizens, and therefore it is also a means for taverns to attract, recruit and retain customers.

The pub that tells the news and stories well will have more prosperous business at that time.

However, newspaper offices and newspapers, like many other industries, have successfully undergone "super evolution" in the Dawn City area of ​​Chim Town.

As a large number of users of divine arts intervene in the production process.

The biggest problem that once plagued newspaper production: severe shortage of paper and ink, no longer exists.

The catalysis of the harvest magic has led to a rapid explosion in agricultural productivity.

This resulted in a massive influx of raw materials into the handicraft market.

Considering the consumption capacity of the people in Ceylon, the resources are in almost unlimited supply!

Then use the corresponding craftsman's magic to quickly convert the raw materials into corresponding products in large quantities.

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Nowen had once been curious. Although the effects of divine magic were very powerful, this ability required the dual restrictions of "gods" and "mortals."

Why have no intelligent mortals tried to develop a "machine" that could be almost independent of human power?

The Kingdom of Reyak remained an almost purely agricultural society.

The essence of various industries is actually two words:

"Rub your hands."

The master of divine arts is actually rubbing his hands.
The difference is that either their manual rubbing efficiency crushes that of ordinary people, or they have certain unique characteristics that require the participation of divine arts to form.

This actually limits production efficiency.

If it can promote technology and develop the industrial revolution, even if its efficiency is not as good as divine power, it will at least be better than ordinary people rubbing by hand.

Even if only certain links in the production process are accelerated by machines, it can bring about an improvement in productivity.

In fact, such "machines" do exist on the continent of Prentis, but only the little green goblins are tinkering with them, creating the so-called "goblin engineering", and the machines have real gears, rods, bearings, bolts and other parts.

Don't mention anything else.

The goblin airships flying all over the continent are the product of goblin engineering. The large spiral at the tail of each airship is a real mechanical structure.

However, the tool of "machine" did not spread and become popular in civilization.

After some observation and research, Nowen understood.

This is not just a matter of the technology tree being misplaced!
Although the mortals of the continent of Plantis are quite dependent on divine arts, a large number of problems are solved by divine arts obtained by praying to the gods, and they have developed into a "God-given civilization", and have all given up the path of "technological civilization".

But this is actually the inevitable result of natural evolution!
Because the technology tree is "locked"!

In fact, many smart people on the continent of Plantis have tried the proposition of machines!
Even according to the historical records of the Xin Huili period, people had already discovered the power brought by the physical phenomena of combustion and steam, and designed the prototype of the "steam engine" and even the "internal combustion engine"!

But in the end they all failed without exception.

The reason is very magical, and it is very consistent with the feeling that this world gives to Nowen.

In this world, water, fire, wind and earth are considered to exist at an "elemental" level.

This is not just a cognitive view; it is backed by real evidence.

The evidence comes from another land called "Dicran", which is located further west of the continent of Prentis, across an entire sea of ​​fog.

On that continent, there are life forms composed entirely of elements such as "water element" and "fire element".

Elemental life forms are intelligent, can think, have a unique language, and have their own "social structure". It is said that there is also a dimension that belongs entirely to the elements.

The ruler of the elemental society - the "Elemental Monarch" is in charge of the authority over all elemental reactions in the world.

Like the Goddess of Magic, the God of Light and other gods, the Elemental Lord is undoubtedly a god in terms of power level.

The operation of the machine is essentially the utilization of the phenomena produced by elemental reactions.

Without the permission of the Elemental Lord, the elemental reaction will not occur at all!
This is the most magical and mysterious place for Nowen.

for example.

When boiling a pot of hot water, various elements are active in the process, and people can see that the lid of the teapot is shaking back and forth due to the power of the steam.

A veritable steam-powered phenomenon, no doubt about it.

This is something that is allowed by default.

But if you boil a pot of hot water in a "steam engine".

As long as it involves machines with power concepts such as steam engines, the situation will change drastically!
Even if you burn through or melt the machine.

The steam produced by boiling hot water will not have any impact on the physical and chemical world!

This time, not only physics no longer exists, but chemistry also no longer exists.

From an elemental perspective, this is equivalent to elements such as water, wind, and fire refusing to participate in the reaction, resulting in the machine being unable to obtain a power source.

The existence of the "Elemental Lord" has locked the upper limit of this world's "technology" at this special stage.

There are ways to avoid lockdown.

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(End of this chapter)