Chapter 20 Grasping the Essence

At this time, Yao Yan had an inexplicable feeling.

This feeling did not exist at the previous position, but when he approached this distance, to be precise, it appeared when he flew onto the pillar.

And the source was undoubtedly the "chaotic land" shrouded in black fog in front.

Seeing his undelayed movements and seeing him come to the black fog with "skilled" operations, Lou Lan was more convinced that this polluted body in the form of a giant crow was not unfamiliar with Buzhou Mountain.

As she became more certain of her conjecture, Lou Lan became more cautious about this polluted body that seemed to be coming to Buzhou Mountain for the first time.

Lou Lan suppressed some of her tentative thoughts and immediately led the way, walking towards the black fog first:

"Sir, go this way."

When the voice sounded, her body had disappeared in the black fog.

And Yao Yan did not hesitate. In that strange feeling, he flapped his wings and flew into the black fog.

Puff——

As the black fog surged, a strange giant crow with a shadow-like shape and no specific outline appeared in the corner of a street.

This giant crow is of course Yao Yan.

However, the scene in this area is different from before.

It is a mess, a weird building made of countless strange and different styles of materials.

It is even more messy than the overall style of Buzhou Mountain.

In that weird space, gravity is directed towards the solid "ground".

On the ground, gravity is downward, and on the wall, gravity is probably directed towards the wall.

But other than that, all kinds of buildings are relatively regular.

And here.

The buildings on this street block that Yao Yan saw were pieced together in an extremely strange way.

For example, in front of him stood a three-story small building. Overall, it was similar to the style of the ancient Greek stone beam and column system, but if you look closely, you will find that some Roman structural styles are embedded in it.

Not only that, there are also some Baroque architectural styles.

It's just a bunch of things that look like something put together randomly.

If you don't know the details, you will only feel a little strange at most, or even think that the style is "unified".

For Yao Yan, who could recognize these structural styles, these "look-alike" styles were mixed and looked very strange.

And

Yao Yan turned his eyes to the right.

On his right, there was a building that was very different from the white building on the left.

It was a building with a metallic texture.

The general colors were yellow, gray, and black metallic buildings.

But.

Yao Yan quickly recognized what this building was mixed with.

The industrial texture, slightly rusty pipes were exposed, the copper-colored building with a Gothic style, and the corners had gears and transmission rods.

The heavy, wood-like and metal-like supporting structure and the embedded mortise and tenon joints.

The cold, heavy industrial texture of the rough metal building body.

In his impression, in his memory, each of these images had a corresponding background and a series of symbols.

The first, the corresponding overall image was a steam engine, a symbol related to power, a steam engine, heat, and a driving device mainly brought by solid fuel coal.

Second, the corresponding overall image is a wooden mechanism, and the power-related symbols are clockwork mechanisms, hydraulic, wind, and pure mechanical energy storage driven mechanisms.

Third, the corresponding overall image is a heavy device, and the power-related symbols are internal combustion devices, heat, and liquid fuel driven devices.

Although there is only a building in front of you, and there is no power involved, the overall background associated with the related elements is enough to make this building look unusually inconsistent.

However.

It just appeared like this, in Yao Yan's vision.

This building is more puzzling to Yao Yan than the building next to it that is a mixture of several eras and regions.

After all, buildings that do not involve technology are just a matter of style.

But buildings that involve technology are easy to cause a sense of incongruity.

Because the technologies corresponding to these buildings themselves will suppress each other.

Pure mechanical energy is the easiest to obtain, but the efficiency is the lowest, but if there is natural environment support, it is endless.

Steam heat engine, through combustion to evaporate water, through the water into water vapor expansion to convert mechanical energy to drive the device.

Internal combustion heat engine, through the combustion of fuel to make the gas high temperature expansion directly drive the mechanical device.

The first is the simplest and most primitive mechanical device.

The second and third are efficient and more efficient development devices.

If we take them out two by two, the first can be combined with the second, and the first can be combined with the third.

But the second and third are difficult to coexist.

Because the first is the most primitive and the most direct use of the mechanical device itself, it is a basic device.

Let's take a simple example to compare, that is, the plow for tilling the land, which itself is nothing special.

Whether it is human, oxen, or a tiller, a plow is needed.

It is the most necessary and the most unnecessary.

What is necessary is its meaning as a tool and a mechanical device.

What is unnecessary is its appearance.

It can be an iron plow, a copper plow, or an alloy plow.

And the third type has a crushing efficiency over the second type.

Yao Yan had seen many steam-powered devices covered with the skin of mechanical machines, internal combustion heat engine power devices covered with the same skin, and electric-driven devices covered with the same skin.

And for this world.

Even more so.

This world is neither a steam engine, nor an internal combustion engine, nor an electric motor.

Spirit.

"Yanren", in a physical sense, they are mechanical devices, but their power is not fuel machinery.

If you have to talk about fuel, it is the "matter" of "spirit".

The relationship between "mechanism" and "steam engine", "internal combustion engine" and "motor" is that they can be replaced at any time.

In this world, any element or representation is a surface that can be replaced and modified at will.

"Spirit" is the core of this world.

After waking up, his step-by-step understanding of this world allowed him to quickly change his thoughts and grasp the essence.

What appearance and what characteristics are just a layer of skin.

Without emotional interference, calm thinking allowed him to quickly get out of doubts and confusion.

It was at this moment that the architectural features that originally seemed "inharmonious" in front of him became like chicken ribs, lost their taste, lost their redundant meaning, and returned to the same essence-

It was just a building mixed with certain elements.

With wings flapping, Yao Yan's sight quickly fell on the front.

The black fog broke, and Loulan, who entered before him, broke through the black fog at this time and appeared in his field of vision.

And Loulan, after noticing this, his mood floated again.

ps: The protagonist's statement is the protagonist's statement, which is different from the actual situation.

In this world dominated by spirit, his understanding and worldview will affect his power.

He will have wrong understandings, and these understandings will affect him.

I apologize to the readers who understand the relevant philosophy. I am not good enough in writing. I can only describe the relevant knowledge and concepts in a superficial vulgar, entertaining and simplified way, and it may cause some people to misinterpret the relevant concepts.

Therefore, I would like to apologize to the readers who do not understand the relevant philosophy. If you want to understand the relevant knowledge, it is best to find some more professional books and people to understand, discuss and learn, and be careful when entering philosophy.

However, it is not recommended to use the corresponding philosophical concepts as a topic of conversation at will. After all, different philosophical schools have their own set of methodologies. The relevant concepts are formed on this set of methodologies. Unlike the concepts in the general sense, it is easy to become a joke for others if they are used without the basis.

If there is any problem, you can directly explain that it is the misleading caused by my book. After all, from the perspective of the communication process, even if I am not the direct cause of the error, I am also one of the sources of the error.