The Devil's Face and the Scarlet Heart 46. ??In the name of fantasy, talk about deconstruction, forge seeds of hope, and tear down the veil of hypocrisy
46. ??In the name of fantasy, talk about deconstruction, forge seeds of hope, and tear down the veil of hypocrisy
"Postmodernity originated from doubt."
"Doubt the sacred, doubt the perfect, doubt the rationality, and doubt the truth. Doubts must be caused by falsehood, and falsehood means not materialistic."
"Why reject the whole and the grand narrative? Because the essence of pure holism and pure grand narrative is the same, they are purely useless."
"Why should we emphasize specialness, heterogeneity, and uniqueness? Because these things, these complex realities and the complexity of reality are real and actually exist."
"Under this line of thinking, postmodernity is a kind of rebellion, a vigorous war cry and silent rebellion against all man-made illusions, top-level hypocritical propaganda, and unrealistic trends of thought."
——Tyla Bluestar, a crazy netizen from the nunnery
...
A cloudy morning.
Near the castle, outside the forest.
The heavy sound of the ax pierced the air.
As mentioned before, on this morning, the devil was cutting down trees with the workers.
"Team E will take over this tree!" Li Jiasu shouted.
The big tree in front of him was about as thick as four people could surround it.
At this time, there was a deep wound at the bottom of it, about two-thirds of the length of the "waist", which made the big tree teetered.
Civilian devils pay great attention to efficiency,
But we also pay attention to the reasonableness of work intensity.
For example, like the one in front of you, there are about four people surrounding a thick tree——
Let the devil cut it off, which requires 9 axes and takes about 45 seconds.
Let two strong Sleif laborers do the cutting. They will need to cut 80 axes in total, which takes about 480 seconds.
It takes six skilled workers 20 minutes to process a fallen tree.
If known:
Each time a suitable large tree is processed, the six skilled workers need to rest for 5 minutes.
A suitable tree is completely cut down by two skilled workers, and then they need to rest for 10 minutes.
The devil is an extraordinary being and does not need to rest for the time being.
There were 68 Sleif laborers on site.
Excuse me:
If you want to [produce] as much processed wood as possible within 4 hours,
How should workers’ collaboration shifts and rotation processes be reasonably arranged?
cough,
Li Jiasu walked to the next suitable big tree.
Judging from the data on paper, his strength (str) is a little more than twice that of a mortal.
Swing the ax and the tiger will make the wind.
The devil struck with six axes, and there was a wound about two-thirds of the length of the tree in the lower part of the tree.
"Have Group G rested yet?" Li Jiasu asked.
Two Sleif workers responded: "I can go."
"Come and take over." The devil said without any nonsense, and then walked to the next suitable big tree.
In his previous life on Terra Blue Star, Li Jia Shu's first introduction to online literature was a cultivation novel.
The protagonist of that cultivation novel is also from my family. His surname is Li and his given name is Qiang. The protagonist’s master is named Fu Shan.
That novel was later hailed as the originator of the Huangxia Internet Literature Cultivation School. (The Legend of Shushan Swordsman is not Internet literature)
Later, when Li Jiasu was dusting ashes one day, he had a sudden idea:
He thought,
If an immortal could move mountains and seas with just a raise of his hand, he could split the sky and the earth——
Then his mining efficiency must be very high, right?
In short, for many years, Li Jia Shu has not been able to figure out why in the story,
The more powerful the [Supernatural One] is, the more indifferent the [Completely Free Person] is?
It seems that for the vast majority of extraordinary beings, [combat] is the [only way] for them to use and demonstrate the [actual value] of their extraordinary power?
Indeed, warriors with fighting spirit are excellent kingdom soldiers, heroic destroyers of monsters, and majestic heroes.
But Li Jia Shu always feels that in addition to [fighting], those with fighting spirit can play a greater role in production activities.
After all, Li Jia Shu gradually figured out this problem after he accidentally turned into a devil.
Extraordinary people originate from mortals, but contradict everything about mortals.
The easier it is to [kill mortals] or [control mortals], such as using money, power, or extraordinary power,
The more they regard mortals as another kind of creature, another [class].
"Dingling bell~"
Li Jiasu was stunned for a moment.
"Dingling bell~Dingling bell~"
Unbelievable, I actually heard the phone ringing?
He looked up and found that, at some point, hanging from the branch above his head, there was a red... uh, old-fashioned telephone receiver?
Li Jia Shu's face was full of questions. He reached out and pulled down the simple red telephone receiver and put it to his ear.
Then he shivered.
A voice rang from the old telephone receiver,
"Hey, Xiao Li, it's me."
"How's your work going here?"
Li Jia Shu immediately replied: "Hello, boss! Everything goes well with me!"