High Above

——Is there no upward channel and a channel to replace knowledge with salary and social status?

Hearing this, Ian was slightly startled. Although he had thought about similar issues before, he never thought about it deeply because there were too many things to think about... But now that he thinks about it, it is indeed the case.

The reason why studying in the past life was regarded as a way to change one's destiny is because studying can change one's destiny, gain the respect of others, obtain relevant job opportunities, and get a salary.

Not to mention that reading can improve oneself. If reading cannot lead to actual improvement in social status and corresponding rewards, then how can one talk about self-sublimation?

After all, people have to live.

But in Terra... this channel may not have been cut off.

But the upper limit was suppressed by the 'Ascended One'.

The nobles occupy all the technology and the knowledge of sublimators. Even if ordinary people obtain relevant technical knowledge, if they do not become sublimators, they will not be able to take a further step in the professional level...

The potions, inheritance, formulas, help of alchemists, and suitability tests for the body's bloodline required for sublimation... these things are extremely difficult for one generation to overcome.

Of course, the upward channel is not completely closed.

If he is a true genius, he can become an ascendant in one generation, and then gradually accumulate wealth and knowledge. After a few generations, he may become a noble.

As for this emerging aristocracy, the traditional aristocrats will not reject it, because if they can absorb such geniuses into their own power system, it will be a greater good thing for them - the position is not yet saturated, and the world is still very young. Big, they just don't want to be impacted, and this kind of individual sublime is a good opportunity to absorb and strengthen themselves.

And some lucky people may be able to pass on the inheritance of the first level stably. In this way, there is no problem in being a wealthy land gentry in the local area, and it is extremely stable. As long as there is no war, famine or natural disaster, their status may be More stable than some noble lords.

But it is still a bit difficult to expect to achieve class transcendence purely by relying on knowledge.

Of course, it is not ruled out that some people consider themselves to be extremely talented and can compete with sublimated ones by virtue of their pure brains and skills. Some of them might really be that smart.

But then what?

He is not even an ascendant, he cannot control the source of matter, he cannot sense psychic energy, he cannot activate the inscriptions, and he cannot conduct experiments with his own hands... This is just a genius with a brain. Is it in short supply on the continent of Terra?

It sounds like an ascendant has no brains and cannot do scientific research. Are you the only one who knows how to do research?

What's more, the countries of Terra have no shortage of technology at all - Ian thought of those armors, those cultivators, those fertilizers and herbicides, those war weapons that he had not seen yet, but whose strength he could completely guess...

Even if Ian really brought a complete set of databases and industrial machine tools from the previous earth, he felt that it would not be possible to catch up with Terra's pre-era technology without spending decades farming, let alone today's Terra. In addition to the pre-era technology, there is also a group of ridiculously powerful sublimates.

But here’s the problem, if he didn’t become an Ascended One, why would he be able to farm peacefully for decades in this dangerous world where a second-level monster could destroy a city and a third-level monster could invade a province?

Just like Ian now, he doesn't think the territory is very important.

Because if he is the first level and goes to the Knights to farm, and he farms until he dies, he may not be able to bring out the plane, and if a big monster comes randomly, he may have to start all over again.

But if it is the second level, and he gets the barony and starts planting, Ian feels that he might be able to fire the rocket, at least it will be more stable and less troublesome, and he can drive away the swamp crocodile dragon, Tenglan giant eel, just like It's Viscount Grant who can bring Harrison Port to a stable and positive place.

But if it is the third level and the inheritance of the sublimator is suitable, I am afraid that an aircraft engine can be made by rubbing it with hands.

The starting levels are completely different.

The mountain king of the Baisen Mountains, Xiou’s mother, the fourth-level true dragon, can fly in the atmosphere at twenty times the normal speed of sound. If he really wants to destroy a small country, he doesn’t need anything. To do it, you only need to lower the flying altitude a little, restrain the power that usually suppresses the impact of your flight, and then spend half an hour to circle around the country.

Its flying speed makes all missiles and artillery shells useless. Its body and structure can withstand the impact of high-speed movement. I am afraid that only a super-large-yield hydrogen bomb can hit it at close range to break through the defense... and not even necessarily.

This kind of destruction caused by sheer force allows the real dragon to negotiate with a country on an equal footing - in fact, any strong person without its own power can negotiate with a country as a whole.

Ian thought again of Master Gosei and the Dawn City he had spoken about.

The fourth-level monster that destroyed it, the body of Arilo's hundred-armed giant vine is as big as a city. Is this titan creature really afraid of hydrogen bombs? The energy in their bodies probably exceeds the equivalent of 100 million tons of TNT. It's just a few hundred million degrees and billions of degrees of high temperature and shock waves. From a biological standpoint, I'm afraid they can protect all key organs.

As for radiation... Hey, a second-level insect nest can drink radiation as water and turn it into an energy source, while a higher-level insect nest may have a biological nuclear furnace as its own energy source.

Ian estimated that first-level sublimated people would not be too afraid of high-dose radiation exposure. As long as they did not die on the spot, they would definitely be able to be saved later.

There is a great chance that these are modified creatures left on Terra by alien civilizations that can cross the stars, or even the aliens themselves... Inefficient weapons like thermonuclear weapons can only bully beasts and those who have no heaven. Locally indigenous.

Not to mention what is even more outrageous, even earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, even mantle lava pillars can be suppressed, as well as fifth-level creatures like the Flower of Karin... these battles cannot take place on the planet's 'King', It was basically a humanoid space battleship, but it was bound to Terra.

"Only the Ascended."

Sitting on the chair in his laboratory, Ian looked around at this large experimental building that he would never be able to get if he stayed in Harrison Port.

He said softly: "General knowledge is meaningless. There is no shortage of ordinary technical talents in this world. Everyone knows those things. The important thing is to have the power to ensure that it can be constructed and developed."

"Only the improvement of the essence of life, the power and security brought by the sublimator can make all knowledge meaningful."

"Not bad. Ian, you are really good."

Mikael applauded sincerely, and the second prince nodded: "So that popularization of education was actually quite a failure. The people who were popularized did not want that culture at all. They longed for something more urgent, such as how to learn more. Farm well, raise pigs scientifically, and how to fatten chickens, cattle, and sheep.”

"So, my father has actually been trying to popularize these little things over the years... Ian, you must have seen it over there, right? That kind of pamphlet that popularizes breeding techniques."

"I've seen it." Ian recalled it and nodded: "Common Poultry Breeding Manual, Postpartum Care of Sows, and Woodland High-quality Meat Deer Breeding Manual...even the indigenous people are reading it."

"This is the popularization after learning the lessons of my grandfather. Even the indigenous people have to learn, and they will become part of the empire." Mikael nodded slightly: "If you want to understand the book, understand these key knowledge , you need to learn to read, which is a hard condition."

“After that, there’s a foundation.”

"Ian... In fact, all Terrans are very smart, even ordinary people who are not nobles are also very shrewd. Because of this, it does not take two generations to subtly eliminate illiteracy. This is what the civilization of the previous era left to us. legacy.”

At this moment, Ian frowned.

"Your Highness," he looked seriously at the second prince in front of him, almost asking, "Why do you know this?"