Chapter 700: Fictional History
North Ufeija, Buserit.
In the daytime, the sun was shining brightly in the Buserite Desert. At the edge of the Bastis Oasis, Dorothy sat in her tent, frowning and thinking seriously about what had just happened. She hadn't heard the reminder from her so-called "system" for a long time, and she was startled when the reminder sound suddenly appeared.
'This so-called system of mine... generally speaking, it will only come out and give me prompts when my actions are likely to trigger a divine reaction. This means that my action of writing the history of the Santo Dynasty just now can trigger some kind of divine reaction.
"There has always been some kind of invisible divine power entrenched in the land of Buserit. This power has a lot to do with history and law. Could it be that... the divinity of the 'Revelation' domain is related to these?"
Touching her chin, Dorothy thought in her heart that she knew before that a country's history and legal principles can be used as a force and a resource. The King's Soul and Land of the Underworld Coffin and the national worship of the church are all extraordinary systems driven by the power of national legal principles. At the beginning, Dorothy was not sure what kind of spirituality the power of legal principles was linked to, but now it seems that it can be confirmed that it is "initiated".
"The information we got from the people who summoned the ghost coffin before shows that the ghost coffin has mastered certain 'inspiration' technologies to a certain extent, and the church must have mastered some 'inspiration' heritage... Although the church has only three extraordinary branches of inheritance, the Guochong King's power seems to be an extraordinary system created by the high degree of combination of 'inspiration' and 'light'... It's interesting..."
Dorothy thought so in her heart. Now it seems that in large extraordinary organizations, the power of "Qi" is definitely not completely extinct. They should have more or less retained a part of the legacy of "Qi", but they are all the highest machine tons.
Dorothy pondered this in her mind, and soon her thoughts returned to Buserit and the mysterious power that surrounded it.
'My 'system' seems to have the ability to sense divine influence. The divine influence that has dominated the history of Buserit is most likely from the Judge of Heaven... In other words, it is the remaining power of the Judge of Heaven that is interfering with the history of Buserit...
"But what is the specific form of this interference? No official history is allowed in Buserit, and no powerful legal force can exist here... What does this mean?"
Dorothy thought to herself, stroking her chin. Then she began to ask the system what the reminder meant. But the result was the same as before. The system did not explain its reminder too much, so Dorothy could only guess and judge it herself.
'No official history is allowed in this land... In other words, any attempt to compile an official unified history book in Buserit will fail? Will the remaining divine power destroy and disperse all the written Buserit history books, thus making history forgotten?
'If we understand it literally, this is what this sentence means, but it is obviously not that simple, because the emergence of official history is accompanied by the birth and continuation of a stable regime, an unstoppable process...
'The so-called official history, in a narrow sense, is the official history compiled by a country or a regime, used as the orthodox history to guide the people. If the divine influence and curse of the Judge of Heaven are just to prevent the birth of such a history book, then it feels too simple and frivolous. Therefore, the official history mentioned here should have a broader meaning.
'Even if a country or a regime does not officially order the compilation of any history books, it will not have much impact on the basic operation of the entire country. However, not compiling a revised history does not mean that "official history" will not be formed. The existence of "official history" is only the appearance. In essence, it is a unified recognition of the past by the vast majority of people in a group, a view of the past that can represent the majority of people in the group.
'Even if a regime does not have an official history, as long as it maintains stable rule long enough, the people living in it will sooner or later establish such a unified understanding. People will always want to know what happened in the past and why the present is like this. With the long-term stability of a collective, there will always be a set of rhetoric that will win the approval of the majority and be recognized by everyone.
"Therefore, even if the government does not create the 'official history', the 'official history' will slowly be created by the people themselves. Because as long as there is a long-term unified regime, there will definitely be an official history... unless... that so-called curse can even eliminate the regime..."
Dorothy analyzed this in her mind with a serious expression. If her idea was correct, then the chaos that had continued in Buserit for thousands of years was most likely not caused by humans, but by the influence of the divinity that existed here.
The remaining divinity of the Judge of Heaven changed fate, causing the dynasties that ruled Buserit generation after generation to perish prematurely. As long as Buserit remained in chaos, the so-called "official history" would never be born.
'So, this also explains why the old master said that there can't be any large legal forces here. History is an important part of legal principles. This piece of land cannot have any large unified country due to the influence of fate, and naturally there is no strong legal principle...'
Dorothy thought to herself, it seems that the remaining power of the Judge of Heaven is affecting the history of Buserit, and this influence may be related to Heopiris, but the specific relationship still needs to be verified.
'Since the First Dynasty, there has not been a strong and unified country on this land, and the legal principles of all dynasties have been destroyed. Does this mean that the legal principles of the First Dynasty are still ruling here?
'I remember that in the dynasties of my hometown country before I traveled through time, each dynasty had the habit of compiling history for the previous dynasty, with the intention of promoting the orthodoxy of the current dynasty and "putting the final word" on the previous dynasty. It was like drawing a conclusion and putting an end to a dynasty that had actually perished. In a sense, it was ending the legal basis of the previous dynasty.
'However, the history of the various dynasties of Buserit has only a beginning, but no end. There is no official history compiled, and no one has "put a final conclusion" on them. If there is no final conclusion, in a sense, are the legal principles of these small dynasties still continuing? It's just that they existed for too short a time, and the power of their legal principles is too small.
'At the historical source point above these small legal principles, are the legal principles of the First Dynasty still continuing? Buserit is the core area of the First Dynasty. After the First Dynasty, all the dynasties born here perished in a short period of time, and there was no time to make a "final conclusion" for the First Dynasty. Wouldn't the lid of the coffin be closed forever? As long as the lid of the coffin cannot be closed, who knows what will pop up?
"So, what I need to do now is to find a way to get in touch with the legal principles of the First Dynasty, which may still be alive. If I want to get in touch with something as abstract as legal principles, I can only try to get in touch with that invisible divine power first..."
Dorothy thought seriously that the only way for her to get in touch with the power that destroyed countless dynasties before Alita was established was to continue compiling the history of the Santo Dynasty and see how this power would affect the history books she compiled. As a Chiyu extraordinary person of "Qi", she might be able to detect some clues.
According to the experience of the historians of the previous Santo Dynasty, the influence of this divine power was not intense, but a long and subtle process, so there should be no risk in her trying it.
After making this decision, Dorothy took control of the corpse puppets in the distant underground library and continued to write the official history of the Santo Dynasty. However, after writing for a long time, Dorothy did not feel anything unusual.
"Hmm... I don't seem to feel anything special... Is it because the effect is too small, so small that I can't feel it? Or is it that I can't feel anything just by relying on those corpses?"
For a moment, such a question appeared in Dorothy's mind. She thought that there was always a certain distance between herself and the corpse doll. If she wanted to truly feel that invisible power, she might have to do it herself.
Dorothy quickly put the idea into practice. She stood up from the carpet, walked out of the tent, and left the mission's lakeside camp.
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