At night, the general''s bodyguard brought dinner for Murphy.
Since it is in the military camp, the food is not as exquisite as that in the governor''s house of Athens. There is only a piece of long bread, a pile of dried fish, a bowl of thick broth and some vegetables in a food box. Although not rich, but the broth is full of aroma, Murphy tasted, the taste is really good, has a special flavor, seems to be in the seasoning.
"What''s in it?" Murphy put down the spoon and asked, pointing to the broth.
The general''s bodyguard shook his head and said, "I don''t know. Governor, I''ll ask the cook. "
"Go ahead." Murphy nodded.
Soon the general''s bodyguard came back. At the same time, he brought back some Turquoise powder in his hand. He put this small bag of turquoise powder in front of Murphy and said, "governor, this is what the army found in the old site of the elves. It seems that they planted it. Later, they asked someone to find out that it was the seasoning used by the high elves. Very expensive and rare! "
"The priests of the temple have identified that this kind of thing is not poisonous and can be used to treat some diseases." Speaking of this, the general''s bodyguard also took out a few seed like things and carefully put them on the table.
"What is this?" Murphy picked up the powder, smelled it, and immediately felt that the aroma was very special.
Then, he picked up the seed like things and observed them carefully. After watching them for a long time, he suddenly felt a very special sprouting feeling, just like this thing aroused some special memories! But no matter how hard he tried to think, he couldn''t remember what it was. So, Murphy began to try to wake up the auxiliary system of total war.
"Scan the object in front of you." Murphy made a tentative order.
For a long time, the assistance provided by the auxiliary system of total war is mostly passive. However, after the activation of the auxiliary system of Total War Kingdom, it seems that the auxiliary system of total war has a lot of active capabilities. Although Murphy has no way to determine yet, it seems that one of the capabilities can be useful. That is the auxiliary system database scanning, which has been activated several times.
As soon as the order is issued!
When murphyton felt a splitting headache, it was like a needle had damaged his brain and was extracting his brain!
He was in a trance, as if to a memory stream, from birth, until now, all his memories are like a slide show, and then silence.
"Memory data extraction, import auxiliary system database, memory scanning system activation!"
"Activation progress... 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%... Activation complete! The memory scanning system is turned on, the automatic memory mode is activated, the data memory is generated passively, and the auxiliary system of Total War assimilates into the memory template!... "
A series of auxiliary system prompt sound, but now in pain Murphy simply can''t pay attention to, or even can''t hear.
Because his whole brain seems to be buzzing, two ears simply can''t hear the sound of the outside world!
Finally, the pain subsided.
"Governor! What''s the matter with you? "
When Murphy opened his eyes, he was sweating and wet. He looked at the general''s bodyguard servant who was scared by his own pain. He said in a hoarse voice, "you go first. No one can come in without my orders. "
"Yes." The general''s bodyguard hesitated for a moment and finally took the order.
The door was closed and Murphy was alone in the room.
He took a long breath.
He gently rubbed his sore temple with his hands, as if muttering: "memory extraction? It made me remember those things as well. "
The human brain is very mysterious.
In fact, everyone is unforgettable, because the human brain can accommodate too many things. But those things are mostly buried in the memory of time, some can be recalled, some are completely forgotten. But being forgotten doesn''t mean they don''t exist. They still exist and are imprinted somewhere in the brain.
In a popular metaphor, the human brain is a huge unimaginable U disk, and memory is the stored data.
Because the U disk is too large and there are too many data stored, people often forget the things that are stored in a certain corner. On the contrary, children have better memory because they don''t have much in their brain. But being forgotten doesn''t mean that it doesn''t exist. It still exists in people''s brains, but it''s no longer remembered.
What the total war support system has just done is to extract all of Murphy''s memories into the database.
The auxiliary system is attached to him. It can''t produce knowledge without any reason. The knowledge must come from Murphy, or Athens, or even Olympus. It''s just a tool. The tool can''t create knowledge without any reason. So it must extract those knowledge to form its database.
"Poppy seed, a variant of Papaveraceae, has the same properties."
About what Murphy had seen in the University by accident, he was not told the answer by what he remembered. On the page of the auxiliary system of total war, a line of small words tells Murphy the answer very simply and clearly.
Poppy!
The elves grow poppies!
Murphy watched the powder in disbelief, whispering something.
It''s the fruit of poppy. The elves grow poppy, and it''s passed down by the elves. This answer really surprised Murphy!
Because he really didn''t expect it to be this kind of thing.
In such an era, poppy is not equal to "Opium" and "drug", but even without any purification, the medicinal properties of poppy still exist. In ancient Egypt, poppy was called "God flower". In order to praise the poppy, the ancient Greeks let the goddess in charge of agriculture hold a poppy flower. In ancient Greek mythology, there is also a story about opium poppy. There is a devil god named shipnus, who is in charge of death. His son, mafis, holds the fruit of opium poppy in his hand and guards his sleeping father from being awakened.
Poppy was discovered in the mountains along the east coast of the Mediterranean during the Neolithic period. More than 5000 years ago, Sumerians reverently called it a "happy plant" and thought it was given by gods. Ancient Egyptians also used it as a cure for infant crying at night. In the third century BC, detailed descriptions of opium appeared in ancient Greek and Roman books.
Homer, the great poet, called it the wormwood, while Virgil called it the hypnotic.
The flowers of poppy are very beautiful. At that time, many slave owners would plant poppy in their own manor, but only to believe its beauty.
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Murphy really didn''t expect that the poppy was discovered so early in the world, and it has been planted by the Elves as a custom. This plant actually comes from the high elves. Murphy really can''t imagine how long those elves have been planting poppies. How long and terrible is their addiction?
"No wonder the elves are powerful, but they seldom invade. Originally, this is not their nature, but because these elves have been taking drugs all the time!"
Maybe once the elves had the same nature as other races.
But in the long history of racial drug abuse, their nature has become what it is now. What can stimulate art more than slight hallucination? What is more satisfying than taking drugs?
Although not up to the level of drugs, but in the long process of using poppy, the spirit of the whole elves has been eroded by poppy.
This erosion even led to the change of the whole race, a positive, beautiful and balanced change!
Because under the influence of poppy, the elves, who are quiet, kind, kind, independent from the world, maintain the balance of nature, but rarely invade others, have enlightened the whole world several times!
The slight hallucination and the sense of satisfaction brought by drug abuse make the powerful elves have no ambition of foreign aggression, and also make them become content with the status quo, and give birth to the civilized way of maintaining the balance of the world.
Murphy can''t imagine whether it''s a secret arrangement, but there''s no doubt that without the poppy, the whole world would have been ruled by the elves. Because under the gifted archery of high elves, half blood elves and a large number of half elves, almost no race has the hope of victory. Because they are so powerful, they are born silver species, from the birth they are stronger than other races.
Too much, too much
Murphy thought of too many things at once.
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"Anyway, they have a long life, just this degree of drug abuse, I''m afraid it can''t hurt them at all." Murphy laughed a little self mockingly.
Break the wind!
All of a sudden, Murphy''s face changed, and his expression became cold.
Since practicing arcane, his perception of the outside world has become more and more intense. Even if he does not enter meditation, he can feel the changes around him to a certain extent. It seems to be a talent, activated after opening the door of arcane.
Then Murphy''s face eased.
Because he felt that the arrival of people''s breath is not strange, because she has appeared in front of him.
"The fruit of the divine flower!"
The first thing queen Evanna saw was not Murphy, but the poppy seeds in his hand. In her eyes, Murphy saw a desire that he had never seen before, as if it came from the depths of his soul.
He had a sudden shock.
Because he thought absurdly that their drug addiction might have gone deep into their souls!