my slow journey to infinity

Chapter 59 A casual mention

It is another small city with little reputation. It is only marked as [D11] on the map.

In order to facilitate overall management, all cities in Ishval are temporarily named using strategic map points.

Since moving into control, Wang Shui has begun to accelerate the construction of this area, quickly developing it into a solid frontline fortress, while Sylvia is responsible for deploying troops to deploy along the [D11] area.

Fifty thousand structures and a full ten mechanized composite brigades were spread out in a blur, and even the Ishval people did not know the specific information about their allies.

The structure does not require food or medical care. It has a convenient command and communication system, strong maneuverability, and masters a large number of artillery, rocket launchers, tanks and other heavy weapons. The war situation in this area immediately became clear.

This was because Wang Shui deliberately controlled the progress so as not to scare the androids.

Although he has a large amount of arms and there is a possibility of directly killing [the little man in the bottle], Aqua Regia did not take risks. This is meaningless. Defeating it in advance will not bring much benefit to Aqua Regia.

Controlling the entire Amestris is not Wang Shui's goal, and the alchemy masters who are most valuable to him, except for those national alchemists, have basically been transferred under his protection.

Now, Wang Shui is more interested in the original plan of [The Little Man in the Bottle].

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"Suspend the attack? In another week, we can cross the border at will."

Sylvia expressed confusion, Wang Shui shook his head and explained:
"There is no need. War is a continuation of politics, and politics is a concentrated expression of interests. We have rescued most people quickly. The stalemate situation is conducive to our control of Ishval. We will only wait for the artificial humans to come to negotiate with us. , their goal is just to cause a lot of bloodshed in the center of Ishval.”

"Maximizing profits? To be honest, you reminded me of some uncomfortable things."

"Huh, I thought you would be used to this kind of thing after being active on the battlefield for so long, Queen?"

"It's not a matter of habit... Ordinary awakened people use low-value war currency. You just think the battlefield is cruel. People like me, who have reached the fifth level of large-denomination currency, can exchange a lot of things. The system... You don’t care about money, and many transactions are more uncomfortable than the betrayal of teammates. Now, your behavior is becoming more and more like the system, no, it is actually us. When I was leading the hunting group, I also had some... Sure enough, I lived a comfortable life. Over the years, my feelings have become dull.”

Sylvia's emotion was full of helplessness, "I thought death would be a relief, but I didn't expect that you would trick me into becoming an electronic slave again."

"No," Wang Shui objected suddenly and seriously, "To be precise, you are a digital soul in a quantum state. Electronic slave is an old name in the electronic computer era. I think [digital slave] is more appropriate."

"Pinch the horse!"

A structure next to Aqua Regia's body suddenly lost control and kicked Aqua Regia away with an extremely sharp whip kick.

"Will you chat!"

Although he was kicked away, Wang Shui still easily received the blow from the structure. All his attributes now reached the extreme value of ordinary humans. This simple structure could not hurt him at all.

"Just kidding, let's get down to business. There are at least seven or eight years before the end of the plot. I don't want to waste it. Moreover, in the ending of the plot's normal development, the villain in the bottle will pull down the gods and merge with them. I also want to see such a scene. See."

Sylvia was used to the noise and teasing with Aqua Regia, so she wasn't very angry, but just said angrily:
"You planned it all by yourself. I haven't heard you explain the plot in detail in so many years."

Wang Shui thought for a moment, took out some drinks and food, put them beside him, and then started to talk:
"I thought you weren't interested in the fantasy world, but it doesn't matter. I just remembered it roughly. The main story line of "Fullmetal Alchemist" is relatively simple. Many events are basically foreshadowing. The final main line is only It’s just [The Man in the Bottle]’s plan to become a god.”

"I keep hearing you mention it, what exactly is it?" Sylvia asked.

"Then let me talk about it. Just to the east of here, in the great desert, there was an ancient country with developed alchemy more than 400 years ago called [Xerkes]. There was an alchemy master who extracted [Slaves] No. 23]'s blood was used to experiment and create an "all-knowing" artificial man, but it could only survive in a flask, so it was called the "little man in the bottle". "

"Omniscient? Monotheism?"

"Yes, in polytheistic mythology, gods all perform their own duties, and monotheistic religions are a special case.

Monotheistic religions believe that God is omniscient and omnipotent. Of course, the God of the Steel World is not an idol of a certain monotheistic religion, but a manifestation of the collective consciousness of the universe. It is a kind of purity without human nature, which is equivalent to "truth" and "wholeness". The god of reason. "

"Ah, I've heard of this. There are many gods like this in the main world. There are two main types of gods in the system, [Nature God] and [Faith God]. They are also divided according to will into [Free Will God] and [Mechanical God]. God of Will], this is the lowest classification.”

"Then the [Mechanical Will God] wouldn't be easily deceived into gaining power by the awakened ones?" Wang Shui's first thought was to use false belief to deceive divine magic.

"Yes, as long as you don't get involved with the [Church of Scientology], those true believers won't care whether your faith is deep enough."

"What is [Church of Science]? Never heard of it?" Wang Shui has been in the main world of the system for more than half a year, but has never heard of this organization.

"You haven't heard too much about this group of people. They are pure lunatics. They are a group of powerful lunatics who use scientific methods to extract the power of gods. They even dare to steal the power of [power gods], but I suggest you not to fight with them. If there is any intersection, otherwise it is no joke to be wanted by more than 90% of the religions, they are even crazier." "Uh, okay, I digress again, where did I just talk about?" Wang Shui patted his head, not really Learn more.

"Omniscient android."

"Oh yes, [The Little Man in the Bottle], it seems to be part of the "truth", and then it has human nature, knows everything, and can use alchemy. It tricked the king of [Xerkes] into making the Philosopher's Stone. In pursuit of eternal life, it refined all the people in the ancient country, including the king. Millions of Philosopher's Stones helped it construct its body. In return, it gave half of the Philosopher's Stone to its father. That is the [Slave No. 23]. "

"Shouldn't its father be the alchemist who made it?"

"Uh, biological father, that's not important. What's important is that it got a body that can move freely, and then it went all the way west and established a country here, which is the modern [Amestolis]. It wants to Once again, a large number of Philosopher's Stones were refined, and with the help of the power of 5000 million souls, the "god" was pulled down and merged with it. "

"Can it be done? Just 5000 million people?"

"It seems that it can be done, but it was later interfered by the protagonists and got out of control, and it backfired."

"What does the [Little Man in the Bottle] have to do with the two children of the protagonist... Ah, Hohenheim! You said he is immortal and has many philosopher's stones in his body."

"Yes, von Hohenheim was the former [Slave No. 23]. The little man in the bottle taught him writing and alchemy knowledge, gave him a name, and freed him from his status as a slave. But in the final analysis, Hohenheim is just an ordinary person. He was tortured by the wailing of more than 50 souls in his body, and it was not until he finally stopped the plan of the villain in the bottle that he became more prominent. Overall, the logic of this fantasy work is quite self-consistent. The adventures of the protagonist and The growth plot is very full, and the background and spiritual world of the main characters are also very rich, which are quite attractive."

"But the fighting intensity doesn't seem to be very high?"

"Well, it's true that the little man in the bottle separated the seven deadly sins of human nature in order to become a god. The artificial humans made from these "sins" are quite strong. "

"I seem to have heard of this monotheistic thing, but aren't they all fabricated?" Sylvia complained.

"Yes, mythology is stitched together. The mythological system becomes more and more full through continuous stitching. It's normal."

The conversation between the two was quite interesting and out-of-the-box. Wang Shui felt like he was surfing the Internet.

"I still think it's a little too simplistic."

Sylvia transformed into a gangster, "omnipotent and omniscient, possessing a large number of Philosopher's Stones. It took more than 400 years to control such a small country. The level of warfare is still such simple guns and alchemy. The development of alchemy is not that complicated. The villain has been fighting for hundreds of years." What are you doing? Sleeping?"

"Who knows, I would also like to ask why one person's soul is 21 grams, and the Philosopher's Stone is made from the souls of more than 50 people. Hohenheim's weight is still standard for ordinary people."

"Have you not been studying this problem for a long time?"

"Yeah, there are some... little complications here. The so-called weight or mass is the size of the gravity of the planet divided by the gravity coefficient (m=G/g). The mass should not be a changing value.

According to my experiments, when a large number of Philosopher's Stones gather and fuse together, G changes, and the gravity of the planet changes. There is related content on extraordinary physics, but I haven't read it... I don't understand it though Why is Hohenheim a normal weight, but I know this normality is reasonable. "

“Does it affect your ability to submit assignments?”

"Well, quality and quantity of matter, these issues are too complicated. In short, they don't affect it."

Once the topic becomes professional, it seems a bit boring, at least for Sylvia.

"So what are you going to do now? Stop the war and wait for the plot of the original work to develop. Will our intervention to this extent not affect the plot?"

Wang Shui shook his head:

"Probably not. The goal of [The Little Man in the Bottle] is very simple - a large number of people, a land forging formation, blood seals and sacrifices that open the door of truth. As long as these conditions are still there, everything that happens in the middle will be It's just a small fight. Of course, Hohenheim is also very important, we need him to defeat the villain in the bottle. Il and the others are also relatively important, and their research on the formation of the land formation is very valuable."

"Looks like you have the situation under control?"

"Absolutely 7%, I will run away if the worst happens, but there should be still seven or eight years left now, and I still have other serious things to do. In order to enter this world, I promised someone else to take my place in some alchemy conference, and I also need to master some Magic, but I’ve only recently had time to study this knowledge.”

Wang Shui's studies were too complicated. In the seven or eight years in the fantasy world, he only made significant progress in alchemy and combat techniques.

"I can't help with magic."

"I need your help with something else." Wang Shui's tone was casual.

"Oh, just don't be too boring."

　It will be released on time under test, and one chapter is scheduled for the evening.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)