"Stimulants, euphoria drugs, joy potions, soul-transforming drugs, genius potions... Alchemists have long been researching ways to reconcile themselves with this garbage reality that has no user experience at all."
"But generally speaking, even if the magicians are willing to swallow their anger, reality will only make things worse. The miracle drugs they develop are either extremely difficult to use and can only be used by the magicians themselves; or they are highly toxic and even medical magicians cannot solve them, which will damage the brain."
"So, is there an alchemical potion that is non-toxic, can be mass-produced, and can benefit everyone?"
"It really is." An Nan spread his hands. "The special pheromone extracted from Houttuynia cordata is an absolutely safe ingredient for pleasure. It is non-toxic and non-addictive. No matter how large the dose is, there will be no side effects. Therefore, various medicines prepared from Houttuynia cordata have been circulated all over the country, such as the cat grass cigarette in your hand, Mr. Harvey."
"How can there be such a convenient creation?" Igula frowned and asked, "This kind of miraculous plant that seems to be a fantasy does not exist in the Blood Moon Kingdom at all—"
Purple Moth smiled and said, "Of course it's impossible, because it is a miracle plant cultivated under the guidance of the Gospel Book. It is a native species unique to the Gospel Kingdom."
The three of them were stunned. Gospel?
This is actually reasonable - as a gospel that can answer all questions, how can it not be used in the field of scientific research? Especially for experimental science, the guidance of the gospel is simply twice the result with half the effort.
Before doing each experiment, the Gospel can be used to eliminate all hidden dangers; when encountering a bottleneck, open the Gospel and ask to know what to do next; when discovering unknown ingredients, ask the Gospel what this thing is for... Compared with the magic faction, basic science is the biggest beneficiary of the Gospel. I am afraid that in the past thousand years, the basic science of the Gospel Kingdom has never stagnated for a single day!
But this also means a problem...
Igula frowned and asked, "Doesn't the Gospel prevent the production of joy drugs?"
"Because it's not as serious as you think." An Nan said calmly, "In fact, the highest level of happiness potion that ordinary people can buy is the cat grass cigarette in Harvey's hand, and cat grass cigarettes have special ingredients added to increase the disgust of smokers. Even the strongest orcs can only smoke one pack a day at most, which has not yet reached the level of raising the threshold."
"Most euphoria drugs are only sold to companies. For example, the "rosemary" that is used with central air conditioning can effectively increase the work efficiency of all employees in the company. For example, the "fourteen spices" that are specifically used in the catering industry can give diners a better experience when eating..."
"Nothing exists that only has harm and no benefits. Moreover, the Joy Potion is the 'holy blood' that alchemists pursue. How could alchemists abandon it? As long as it is used in a planned and appropriate manner, the Joy Potion will benefit society and not cause any harm. Moreover..."
"You still have the Gospel." Ash said, "As long as the Gospel helps control it, the harmfulness of the Joy Potion can be reduced to almost zero."
"The same is true for the Joy Potion and the Beauty Mist." An Nan said, "The processed Beauty Mist can become nutrients for the city, and the magicians naturally consider whether the city will die. Through the guidance of the Gospel and their own exploration, the magicians of Fanmula have found a perfect way - the family reincarnation dream system."
Purple Moth looked at the Trickster: "Mr. Borgin, as a psychic, you should know that some miracles can directly absorb the target's positive emotions, right?"
"Absorbing positive emotions and increasing negative emotions is a common assassination method used by psychics." Igula said, "If the target happens to encounter a major setback, he can even be induced to commit suicide."
"Thank you for your answer." An Nan nodded slightly: "In the magician world, positive emotions can be regarded as a resource. It can even be said that people without this resource will quickly fall into mental collapse."
"But if you have too many resources, you will drown yourself. In the current situation in Fanmu La, everyone has excess emotional resources, so the solution is obvious."
"Collect the positive emotions?" Igula was puzzled. "But - I won't mention the means you use to collect them, but to pry open the emotions you need to go deep into the soul. You can't sneak into other people's minds like I do, right? It can only be that all the citizens of the city actively pry open their souls, just like opening the door at night so that everyone can see what's going on in the house... This is more risky than being naked!"
"Of course not between strangers."
An Nan leaned against the wall and said leisurely, "But what if it's a relative?"
"Mothers bring their sons, daughters bring their grandchildren, sisters bring their nephews, brothers bring their nephews... With blood as a bond and family as a fortress, everyone happily integrates into the collective, surrenders happiness, and lowers the threshold."
"Bloodline identity is a really interesting concept. When it is strong enough, individual will will be suppressed to the extreme."
"This was originally just a whimsical idea, but after hundreds of years of in-depth development, countless magicians added bricks and tiles, and they wove layers of dreams out of the joy of countless tribesmen, eventually turning it into an indescribable blood miracle."
"When the tribe members close their eyes, they can fall into a dream at any time. In the dream, there is a fantasy world woven with countless happy emotions."
“When you like quietness, dreams carve out a small world for you; when you want to share and talk with someone, the tribesmen who want to listen will meet you; when you want to get answers, the wise tribesmen are waiting for you under the tree; when you want to have a passionate love affair, maybe the next person will spark love with you.”
"And all your actions will consume your positive emotions. When the emotions are consumed, you will naturally leave the dream and return to reality."
"As you consume, you will slowly develop faith in this business. You will mistakenly believe that you are happy because of your family and that you are joyful because of love. All your good memories will be marked with the imprint of "love and family". You will abandon your tiny self and entrust your spirit to the great family."
"The chronic illness brought by Beauty Mist will soon disappear because you have a more terrible cancer: family love."
"Wait!" Ash said in surprise: "Doesn't the reincarnation dream sound like--"
"It's very similar to the virtual world." An Nan smiled and said, "I haven't finished yet. In the mind faction, according to the amount of information stored, from small to large, they are 'thoughts', 'will' and 'emotions'."
"Thoughts are just a small piece of memory, while will is a group of memories with a strong direction composed of multiple thoughts. As for emotions, they are the accidental product of the collision between will and memory."
"Even though the positive emotions here are the lowest emotions catalyzed by the Beauty Mist, they still contain a lot of information. When people actively integrate into the dreams woven by these emotions, what do you think will happen?"
"The fragments of memories from the past will be absorbed and digested by people today..." Harvey shook his head: "Disgusting."
An Nan nodded: "Yes, in dreams, if you are lucky enough - or unlucky enough - you may resonate with other memory fragments and absorb the knowledge and emotions contained in them. As for digestion... hum, it's hard to say who digests whom."
"Qina is a pure-blooded political animal. She is not a distorted species that can be created by reality. I suspect that she inherited the dirtiest essence of the past dozen Sennheiser family heads. That's why she exudes the stale smell of a moldy elf from her hair to her nails."
Beauty mist, family reincarnation dream system... Ash and the others felt like they were slapped in the face, their brains were almost overwhelmed by the huge amount of information.
This is an exaggerated setting that can be used as the main stage of the new volume, right? Isn't it too much to make the sub-stage of Fanmulla so bizarre?
And beauty mist would be fine, but in order to overcome beauty mist, they actually created a family reincarnation dream... It sounds like they invented a material conversion machine that turns shit into fried beef noodles just to eat a mouthful of shit.
After all, the family reincarnation dream is much more important than the Beauty Mist. It is equivalent to creating a small virtual world dedicated to the inheritance of knowledge. When the reincarnation dream continues to expand and absorbs enough emotional nutrients, it may really become a family-exclusive virtual world—
"Actually, it's not as good as what the young lady said." Banji said: "It's not that there are such things as "knowledge reincarnation", but it doesn't happen once a year. Most people regard reincarnation dreams as a place of leisure and entertainment, and by the way, they release some extra happiness."
The young butler explained: "The most powerful aspect of the family reincarnation dream is not reincarnation, but the family. All the clan members who join the same dream, even if they have never met each other, will gradually deepen their blood ties and subconscious impressions, and finally form an almost intuitive blood identity."
"You must be wondering why everyone was staring at us when we were walking on the street just now. It's because except for us, everyone else is from the same family. They feel close to each other. Even if they don't know each other's names, they know that they are family members who can be honest with each other."
Ash and the others understood immediately - their behavior of walking on the street just now was equivalent to breaking into someone else's private family dinner to poop and pee, it would be strange if they didn't attract people's attention.
"That is to say."
Igula, who is in charge of "Smart First Leads Smart Later", concluded: "The Beauty Mist brings endless joy to the citizens of the city, so work efficiency, resident satisfaction and public security are the best."
"But in order to prevent the joy from ruining the spirits of the citizens, the magicians created a family reincarnation dream, allowing the citizens to invest their excessive joy in the dream. After hundreds of years of growth, the dream and the magician family have completely occupied the city of Fanwula."
"Almost everyone who lives here has to join this operating system, and outsiders will be accurately identified by the locals."
"The Beauty Mist catalyzed the happiness of the citizens, the Beauty Mist fostered a large family, and the Beauty Mist allowed Fanmulla to isolate the Gospel Kingdom."
"It's a very good summary." An Nan said, "There are basically no omissions."
The trickster was silent for a moment: "...So why did we come to this devil's cave to travel?"
"Wait." Ash raised his hand: "Aren't you going to discuss why the reincarnation dream is so similar to the virtual world? Could it be that the virtual world-"
"A magician has long proposed that the virtual world is a grand dream woven by all living things. This is basically a well-known guess, but no one can confirm it." Igula waved his hand in disdain: "Adults are talking, children are not allowed to speak!"
Liz reached out and covered her father's mouth with her hand, and Ash hit his daughter on the head.
"For outsiders, Fanmula is indeed dangerous." Panji said, "But the young lady is not an outsider."
Everyone looked at An Nan, and the corners of An Nan's mouth twitched, as if she had eaten a cockroach. After a moment of silence, she admitted in a very reluctant tone: "I lived in Fanmula for a period of time when I was a child."