Above The Sky
Chapter 976 - 976 92 Followers of the Future Sage 7600_2

976: Chapter 92 Followers of the Future Sage (7600)_2 976: Chapter 92 Followers of the Future Sage (7600)_2 “How do ‘all intelligent lives’ in this region exist and continue on ‘this land’.”

“Is it through agriculture or nomadism?

Hunting or fishing?

Essentially, a civilization is about how a group of people obtain resources, how they distribute them, so that the community can survive, continue, and develop.”

“Different regions have different methods of obtaining and distributing resources, thus catalyzing different customs, evolving different action styles, and consequently different cultures, which ultimately form different civilizations…”

As he said so, Green Tide saw Ian staring intently at him.

He unconsciously tensed up, then the young Lord asked: “Green Tide, how many civilizations do you think there are on the Terra Continent?”

“Uh…”

Green Tide thought about it, but really couldn’t grasp the idea, so he hesitated a bit: “A dozen or so?

It feels like every country is completely different…

However!

Each major country is surrounded by several similar minor countries!”

Realizing this point, the Swordsman felt he caught the crux, slapped his thigh, and said excitedly: “I get it!

The number of great powers is the number of civilizations!”

“Just like how major Swordsmanship schools give birth to several minor sword arts, civilizations spread!”

“All those minor countries around Yanjiang are essentially part of the Yanjiang civilization circle!

And the same goes for the countries around the Azure Sky Royal Court; they are all carbon copies!”

“There are also many Knight Duchies around The Empire, even Steep Ridge Fortress counts…

That’s how it is!”

“Oh?

Not bad, Green Tide, you’ve thought of this aspect!”

Green Tide saw a look of clear surprise appear on Ian’s face.

The other party smiled, looking very amiable and pleasant, but his concluding words were rather harsh: “Yet the answer is incorrect.”

“Scott, you tell me.

How many civilizations are there on the Terra Continent?”

“One.”

Sitting quietly and listening all along, Scott, who was sitting at the table, put down his pen very seriously and answered: “Just one.

The Sublimators-led Terra Sublimation civilization.”

“There is only this one primary civilization on the Terra Continent, which has branched out into a dozen or so secondary civilizations of Sublimators with slightly different structures.”

Since becoming a Sublimator, the deputy commander of the Iron Folk has been using the ‘Summoner of Thunder’s high-speed thinking to read and reflect on the knowledge summary.

One could say that the thunder in Scott’s hands is meaningless; the true priceless treasure of this Inheritance is the lightning-fast thought process.

And the results of his learning began to show: Scott could always keep up with Ian’s thoughts and understand the Lord’s meaning.

Sometimes, Green Tide envied those who could quickly grasp what Ian meant.

He wasn’t truly dumb, a hint from Ian and he’d understand where he had gone wrong before, but clearly, those who can know without being told are at an advantage.

“Very good.

Scott has answered very well.”

Ian was satisfied, he gestured for Green Tide to take notes, and the Swordsman promptly began to write.

His handwriting was actually very beautiful.

Although Green Tide hadn’t been learning calligraphy for long, as long as he treated it like swordsmanship, he could easily write with his own style, upright yet sharp.

Watching this scene, Ian continued: “As I have said before, the main definition of a civilization is ‘how a collective uses methods to produce and distribute resources for the group to exist and continue’…

The Empire primarily relies on agriculture, distributing its resources through the emperor, nobles, knights structure, Whale Song Cliff mainly depends on fishing, with the major fortress owners and alliance leaders forming a loose coalition for resource distribution, Azure Sky Royal Court primarily relies on herding…

These are all secondary.”

“What’s most important is that all civilizations need High Energy Level individuals to ensure the stable and prolonged continuity of their societies.”

“Without high-level Sublimators, disasters and anomalies would have destroyed everything long ago.”

“So, regardless of the specifics, there is only one Sublimator civilization on the entire Terra Continent, and we are part of it too.”

“And what are the key principles and points in the internal functioning of civilization?” Ian continued to ask.

This time Gu Ying raised his hand, the researcher had been listening attentively and immediately answered: “Obtaining resources and distributing them, and the efficiency of both.

Fundamentally, it’s about securing funding and allocating funding, but on a larger scale, with the goal shifting from producing research outcomes to ensuring everyone can survive, or even live better, maintaining overall stability.”

“Hmm.

There’s a bit of an issue with the example, but indeed so.”

Ian nodded, he looked at everyone present: “How to distribute limited resources to the most suitable areas to create the greatest outcome, that is the task for managers like us, it’s what we need to do.”

“And for the nations of Terra nowadays, to maximize the resource utilization rate, we need to invest resources in Sublimators.

The more talented the Sublimator, the better.”

“That is the core logic of Sublimator civilization.”

Green Tide could understand Ian’s words—not because it was difficult, but because this was essentially the underlying logic of the Terra Continent.

Almost everyone takes it for granted, hence why Green Tide didn’t understand why Ian would utter such words with such seriousness.

However, Ian clearly didn’t care about the confusion of Green Tide and others; he was just sharing his thoughts and goals: “Ten Thousand Talers, if spent on municipal construction, how many streets could it rebuild?

How many new buildings could it construct?

If ordinary people did the work, despite its considerable amount, Ten Thousand Talers couldn’t accomplish much.”