Chapter 397 “Unequivalent Exchange”

Author: Guiyin

Chapter 397 “Unequivalent Exchange”

Shikodi tilted her head, her expression seemed a little confused - she was still lingering at the door of the extraordinary road, and she didn't have a thorough understanding of her family's inheritance.

Yan Lüge continued: "And what is the alchemical system? In my opinion, its biggest core is 'non-equivalent exchange'."

Shikodi murmured and repeated: "Not equivalent...exchange?"

Yan Luge said: "'Alchemy' - this extraordinary path originated from refining stones into gold, refining grass and fur into magic potions, paying less price in exchange for something more valuable.

"The exchange process often violates the 'principle of equivalent exchange' under the natural science system. It can only be achieved with the help of spiritual power, so it itself is an 'unequal exchange'."

That's true... Shikodi nodded.

Although most of the six alchemical materials she is currently collecting need to be obtained from extraordinary creatures, due to the fact that spiritual power depends on will, they will become "dead objects" after being stripped off, that is, they will have no spiritual power.

The attached items are no different from the cutlery, forks, tables and chairs on the physical level.

However, after refining these "dead objects", we can obtain a "bronze potion" that can awaken people to "alchemy" - it must be said that this in itself is an incredible thing.

In the subsequent training process of the alchemist, similar gadgets abounded, including the "explosion method" that used a handful of soil to blow down a building, and the "resurrection method" that used three feathers to bring the dead back to life.

"Unequivalent exchange"--it is absolutely correct to use this word to describe the alchemical system.

"And the "Original Code" is the culmination of the concept of 'unequal exchange'." Yan Lüge continued, "You just said that it is like an 'automatic ledger' that can record the holder's daily routine.

The 'profit' and 'loss' of interactive behavior.

"The terms 'profit' and 'loss' are relatively subjective. Judging from your description, behavior that can make the holder profit is a 'profit', and vice versa is a 'loss'.

"After that, the profit points accumulated by the holder can be used to exchange for everything, from magic weapons to skills to magic circles, almost everything...

"Xiao Shi, from a trade perspective, think about it, is this set of rules reasonable?"

Shikodi took a gentle breath of air.

After all, she had just figured out how to use the "Original Code", and she hadn't had time to think about the rules and logic behind this exchange function.

But now, Yan Luge has opened up the blind spots in her thinking and made her realize the biggest "irrationality" in it.

——The rule of "Original Code" is "win-win".

She has already obtained what she deserves in her daily life, interactions, and transactions, and the "Original Code" has accumulated a set of profit points for her in addition to what she deserves, and the profit points

And it can be exchanged for real things.

Win-win!

Pay once, receive twice!

"Let me tell you, the "Original Code" is the closest thing to a game system. You can accumulate experience points by doing anything, and the experience points can be directly converted into strength..." Yan Luge muttered.

Involuntarily, he began to dislike the mentally retarded system in his mind again.

——The "Original Code" can give you experience and equipment out of thin air. What else can you do besides generating some tasks? There isn't even a task reward?

Tired.

When he heard Shikodi describe the function of this magical weapon, he felt like "fuck you" in his heart.

The last time he was so "fucked" was when he learned that Gu Nile had established a set of rules that transcended life and death, allowing him to skip all the training processes and achieve the ninth level of a single thought when the dead returned.

For the people of Ancient Nile, what should they do if their magic is not strong enough? What should they do if their cultivation is not diligent enough? What should they do if their cultivation is not perfect enough?

It doesn't matter, watch me reopen after death and beat you into ashes.

Does this make sense?

It doesn't sound very reasonable.

Then the question arises, since Ancient Nile's magic system is so awesome, why haven't they become the "Destined Rulers of Planet Aquamarine" yet, and are they still just "one of the five extraordinary nations"?

If you think about it with your feet, you will know the answer - because the cultivation systems of the other four extraordinary nations are as unreasonable as Gu Nile.

Just look at what the Nishizawa Empire does.

The first is the alchemy system, which trades less for more, defeats the weak with the strong, and has excellent stability. In your career, you can use an "alchemy" step by step to get to the end. It eliminates the possibility of "awakening useless extraordinary abilities" in other systems.

Sex is kept to a minimum.

The last is the "Original Code". When you make money, you can keep making money; when you win, you can keep winning.

A win-win situation, a virtuous cycle, where the strong are always strong, and they win directly.

Another example is the official seal of the Blackstone Research Institute in his hand, which is actually a product of borrowing part of the contract rules of the Nishizawa Empire and is full of the core of "unequal treaties".

——It makes sense that ancient cultivators and modern extraordinary beings are about the same strength. In terms of imagination and creativity, no one is much worse than the other.

"I recently read some ancient books written by ancient alchemists." Shikodi said, "Most alchemists spend their entire lives studying how to exchange more things at a smaller price.

"I think what they did is actually very similar to modern scientists."

Indeed... compared with the combination of the dead and the priests in Ancient Nile next door, the alchemists of Ancient Xize are indeed a group of people with the most scholarly temperament.

It is not without reason that rune technology originated from ancient Xize.

"Yes." Yan Lüge agreed, "And because of the existence of extraordinary power, they can do more things than scientists.

"For example, using a large-scale magic technique to forcibly suppress an active volcano that is about to erupt, or tearing apart a seal and causing the hot magma to engulf a god.

"This is a powerful force that modern scientists have not yet been able to grasp."

This is the story recorded in the "Oath Narrative".

Hongliana, a lost city, some heroic people.

In that war between humans and gods, there was more than one "god slayer".

Shikodi's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again.

"Even with such great power..." she said quietly, "we still lost."

"Yes."

"They failed to stop the depletion of spiritual energy, and they failed to kill even a single god."

"Yes."

"The power we have now is far inferior to that of the cultivation era, but we have to face those things again?"

"Yes."

It sounds really disappointing.

Even with Shikoti's temperament, he could not help but feel depressed and pessimistic, feeling that the future of mankind was dark.

Opposite her, Yan Luge, who revealed everything, was as calm as ever - he had already known about the cruel future, or he had experienced that dark era long ago, so that nothing could be done now.

Make him shake.

He just said quietly: "So, if our generation of extraordinary people cannot surpass their predecessors, and if we continue to worship the past and suppress the present, then sooner or later we will usher in another destruction.

"This is why I value ancient classics but don't rely too much on them."

"So, you violated the rules of the hidden world and revealed the existence of the extraordinary world to us?"

Shikodi seemed to have misunderstood something.

But Yanluge doesn’t intend to explain this topic... at least for now.

So he just laughed.

Shikodi seemed to get the answer she wanted from his smile.

She realized that she was the one that that person placed hope on, someone who could "surpass those who came before".

The face of the young eldest daughter of the emperor changed several times - from pessimism at first, to confusion later, but in the end she slowly became determined.

"I understand." She said, "Even if this road is full of thorns, I will go on until I catch up with you."

Yan Lüge laughed: "Okay."

…

[On April 22, 4002, Shikodi Nishizawa exchanged 10,000 black stone coins for the accelerated hatching of "Carp Egg", profit, +3. 】

[On April 22, 4002, Shikodi Nishizawa exchanged 3.8 carats of diamonds for "Tears of the Carp", profit, +1. 】

[On April 22, 4002, Shikodi Caesar used rainbow mushrooms, emperor beetle wings, rat monkey tails, gray algae loach hearts, giant bumble bee queen tentacles, and carp tears to refine a bronze potion, Ying, +

8.]

[On April 22, 4002, Shikodi Xize completed the "Alchemy" awakening ceremony with bronze potion, Ying, +33. 】

At this point, a new generation of "alchemist" Cody Caesar was born.

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