High Above

"We are an empire. The black tyrant and the late emperor you call are the grandfather and father of me and my father...Are we crazy, slandering our ancestors and fathers? Especially when he brought us such a powerful empire? "

Shaking his head slightly, after the second prince finished laughing, he patted the experimental table in front of him: "What I mean is very simple. Ian, your strength is not worthy of doing this kind of 'simplification and popularization' that even the fifth level cannot achieve. .Now is the limit, because everyone can benefit, and if you continue to go deeper, the first person to oppose you is the monopoly group formed by the Platinum Iridium Workshop and all other large alchemy workshops."

"When the time comes, how can you become stronger without the support of financial resources? If you don't become stronger, you will always be suppressed by others and will not be able to do what you want to do!"

"Abandon this path. When you reach the fourth level and become the number one team member of the Platinum Iridium Workshop with Isengard, then there may be a chance to make some reforms."

"But even so, don't continue to study 'reuse' - remember my advice, Ian. You have done a good job. Your new theory can increase the production of alchemical potions, and the market price will inevitably change. Lower, this is already progress, more people will have access to cheap medicines, but don’t make more changes now...that will only cause chaos.”

At this moment, Mikael's eyes were shining: "Due to the huge increase in productivity, there will be a shortage of raw materials, and there will not be enough consumers to buy the extra goods..."

"Do you think the empire's economic crisis was due to not enough goods? No, it was too much!"

"Do you think it's because the skills are insufficient? No, it's too sufficient!"

His voice became louder: "Under the call of my grandfather, major alchemy workshops are actively producing. They have even developed 'Inscription Intelligence'. A single alchemist can produce the past one hundred or one thousand on the production line." Potions that can only be created by alchemists - they happen to be in the same direction as your research, Ian. Those potions are of mediocre quality, even inferior, but they are quite cheap, and theoretically 'ordinary people' can afford them."

"But too many things are produced but no one buys or uses them - the nobles are not willing to use these inferior products, and ordinary people do not need to use them. Do you know how many alchemy workshops closed down at that time? You Do you know that the platinum and iridium workshop you are working in now, this behemoth was just a small workshop that could be seen everywhere at that time, and it was even difficult to make a profit?!"

"Wha...what?"

Ian couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this - he originally thought he would hear about some alchemy workshops refusing to cooperate, but he never thought that what he heard was actually 'the alchemy workshops actively cooperated in development and then closed down' This is almost nonsense.

But what Mikael said was beyond his expectation...even beyond his worst imagination and guessing.

——Inscription Intelligence...and production line?

——Great productivity surplus? !

No wonder, no wonder the universal education of that era failed, no wonder the educated people at that time could not find jobs...

Not because the technology is too low, but because the technology is too high! ?

"I see……"

Ian groaned in his heart: "It's actually because of this collapse..."

No wonder Master Gosei's attitude towards the late emperor was so complicated, no wonder Mikael asked himself not to research any popular potions - the 'reuse' technique he studied to reduce the cost of potions and the matching rate of artificial intelligence were too high, and the mechanical It may not be the best in terms of source quality, but in terms of operational accuracy in saving materials, it is probably much better than humans.

By studying this, could it be that the major workshops want to recreate the era of bankruptcy when too many pharmaceuticals were produced and no one bought them?

No wonder, no wonder...No wonder that at that time, Inaga II didn't have many relevant helpers and seemed to be isolated and helpless.

Because, he has indeed screwed up the people who supported him.

When he thought of this, the young man couldn't help but forget to breathe.

The second prince's words continued.

"It is the random development of technology without restrictions that will cause turmoil! The empire still has the technology of inscription intelligence, but it does not dare to use it at will, because once it is used, what will happen to those who have no jobs? Those who save What should a group with production capacity do? Is everything really replaced by intelligence? Isn’t an empire in turmoil a target surrounded by countries and a target for other forces?”

"Can you understand now? Mere technology cannot solve the problems that the empire will face at all - it can even be said that the better the technology, the greater the problems, and the disasters we will face... will be more terrifying!"

Taking a deep breath, Ian remained silent, hearing that these did not sound like problems that an 'empire' or, in other words, a 'normal civilization' would encounter.

Mikael seemed to think that Ian knew the secrets of these alchemical circles, but in fact he did not.

Ian was lost in thought, but a very clear concept emerged in his mind.

——The Terran civilization is a remnant of the civilization of the previous era... It was not a normal civilization in the first place.

It is a post-apocalyptic civilization that has a legacy, is nourished by the legacy, and is also bound by the legacy...

The remains of an interstellar civilization.

Looking at the pensive young man, Mikael stood up slowly. He knew that Ian completely understood what he said: "I have to say, it is indeed a pleasure to chat with you. You can always understand what I mean. No wonder Everyone thinks very well of you."

"I understand." At this moment, Ian suddenly said: "You think that the late emperor failed because the ordinary people he tried to help couldn't help him at all."

Ian suddenly understood Mikael's thinking.

——Yes... In Terra, ordinary people who are not ascendants cannot kill a second-level person with bare hands, even if they are one million, ten million, one hundred billion, ten billion. It's very simple. The second energy level can fly, at the subsonic level, and the body is incredibly strong.

Unless alchemical artillery and more high-tech weapons are used, the cost-effectiveness is extremely low and countless resources are accumulated... But in fact, they can't operate it, and if the second energy level also has armor or ether Armed, everything is reversed again.

Even if it can be manipulated, the third energy level is truly extraordinary, and the existence of the Heart Light Body is unsolvable... not to mention the fourth energy level that is enough to destroy the country.

Coupled with the intelligence of the inscription... Sublimators no longer even need ordinary people to 'produce' them.

Whether it is farmland, alchemy potions, or even more industrial production, at most a small number of technicians are needed to troubleshoot some mechanical problems. For other things, intelligence can probably handle everything.

Just like I did before - as an engineer, I don't really need to work at ordinary times. Most self-repair engineering machines are enough to handle most low-end problems, and all I need to do is deal with some more complex problems. It is more difficult and less likely to cause accidents, or it can solve problems on the maintenance robot.

Then here comes the problem.

What is the meaning of ordinary people's existence?

The noble and sublimated classes include all 'knowledge holders'. Their brains are smarter than ordinary people, their thinking is more agile, and they can even observe the frequency of light waves with the naked eye and use source matter to directly control nanostructured creations.

They themselves are a complete set of production equipment, and they are a technology tree itself.

Ian was confident that when he was at the third energy level, he could use his bare hands to create the power engine of the previous life, or the power furnace of the previous era civilization in the Sequoia Base. Of course, this is assisted by a silver chip, but if a strong person at the fourth level has the blueprint, he can probably do it.

As long as there are blueprints, a strong person at the fifth energy level can probably build a spaceship by hand.

One of them can replace an industrial system with tens of millions of people, or even more, which is even more terrifying.

If you add a full set of artificial intelligence systems...

alright.

Go back to the question again.

When the Ascended One can even do such outrageous things...

What should ordinary people do?