The Empire of Dusk, the "City of Waiting", the Tower of Daylight.

"The soul is the embodiment of the will, the spirit, the heart."

After writing this sentence three days ago, the necromantic programmer Diesel hesitated, and he didn't know how to put pen to paper for a long time. His sleepy, helpless look made it easy for him to win the gold medal for the most emaciated man in the world, if there was such an award. When His Majesty June Sunshine was leaving, he instructed him to compile this "Soul Overview" well, but His Majesty must not have expected that the work would be stuck from the beginning. It's not that Diesel is too narrow, on the contrary, it's because he knows too much and it's hard to outline it for a while. He is different from many pioneers, he is doing research steadily within the Necromantic Empire, and he has access to first-hand information, regardless of the time and place, he has taken advantage of it, but he didn't think that now the advantage has become an obstacle.

The soul is a mystical subject that attracts seekers of knowledge. Since ancient times, mages and scholars have never stopped studying the soul, but the results have not been great, both for the researcher's own reasons and for external objective reasons. The soul does not come out of nowhere, it only exists in living beings, so researchers had to dabble in forbidden human experiments, and even turn to necromancy for help, which provoked the iron hooves of the Knights of the Holy See's Trial, and many insights were buried at the stake. Slowly, the Black Church, as the antithesis of the Holy See, grew, and the quality of researchers changed from uneven to generally low, with necromancy and dark magic crowding out the almost empty talk of soul magic as efficient representatives, so that Diesel was always in a poor mix. He had to become a slave to the Rasputin family in order to obtain the meagre supplies he had to sustain his dispensable magical experiments.

Diesel sometimes couldn't help but wonder why he chose soul magic in the first place. Is it because the soul is mysterious? No, after all, it was because it was not an elemental mage or a priest who appeared in front of him at the beginning, but a soul mage. He was not bewitched by a fire of soul in the palm of the bad old man's hand, he was obsessed with and even obsessed with something deeper and deeper, the simple but incredible word "magic". As long as it's magic—how appealing magic is to children! It's just that this attraction was quickly extinguished by all kinds of people and things, and it has long been gone. Maybe before Diesel was used as material for human experiments by his teacher, maybe before Diesel did his tireless hard labor day and night, maybe before Diesel killed his half-mad teacher...... He still has a love for magic. The teacher once said, "If you hear the truth in the morning, you will not regret dying in the evening", which is the most shitty sentence that Diesel thinks. Giving up the desire to survive for the sake of knowledge? He couldn't. He has long been numb to magic, and he studies and uses magic only because he can live better this way. He doesn't think he's a good magician, but it doesn't matter.

For someone like me, the soul fire must be very weak.

Diesel was shocked, and his face was very ugly. He thought he had forgotten about the past. He's not the main character, and he doesn't deserve the past. Who needs to care about a dog's past? Who would be sympathetic to the feelings of a dung maggot? Probably in the Twilight Empire, the life is too comfortable, forgetting the pressure of survival, so unnecessary thoughts come to the fore.

He brushed the hair strands on the manuscript paper, and the hair loss has been getting worse and worse recently, I don't know if it's because of the death that infects the scalp, or simply because he is middle-aged. Suddenly, he sent a ghost to the gods, and wrote:

"So, the soul is invisible."

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Bigbow, a city "Luminas" hotel, the second floor of the senior conference room.

Today, this year's Architects Exchange is held here. Famous architects in the world of architecture have been moving here for a few days.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It's a pleasure to meet you all here. ”

On the podium, the person in charge of the Architects' Exchange Meeting and the Vice President of the Association of Architects held a manuscript and said: "This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Architects. This day has a special significance. Fifty years ago, architects had to design arsenals, trenches, and pillboxes, and technology could not be passed on; Fifty years later, architects can design libraries, opera houses, churches, and come together to exchange ideas and ideas. It is the founder of the association, Master Patra, who gives life to architecture, allows the architectural community to break through the limitations of the country, and allows every architect to create freely! Please applaud him, not for his legacy, not for his design talent, but for his contribution to all architects! ”

The architects applauded, and the older ones applauded very hard.

"Anyone who has read the General History of Architecture knows that Master Patra died five years ago. This is a great loss for us. But when the White Bone Tyrant ......" mentioned this name, the vice chairman was a little frightened, and the audience was immediately silent. "His Majesty the June Sunshine has resurrected Master Patra!"

"The teacher has become a necromantic creature?" "It's disgusting!" "I actually applauded him just now?" The audience was in an uproar.

"Gentlemen! Please pay attention to the demeanor! The vice chairman coughed and said, "Our organizer invited Master Patra to give an academic report, but unfortunately the master was entangled in official business and could not come in person. He gave me permission to read it aloud to him. Please applaud and welcome. ”

This time, the applause was sparse.

The vice-chairman was not impressed, and said:

"The title is 'On the Application of Water Conservancy Engineering in Karst Zones'."

"Architecture, like many other disciplines, is a doctrine that keeps pace with the times and is constantly innovating, but what the dead have in their hands is something outdated, and I am sure that none of you here want to hear it. Fortunately, there are some unique lessons to be learned, such as how to carry out water conservancy projects in karst areas. ”

Most architects calmed down when they heard this, after all, karst areas are a major difficulty that architects need to avoid and overcome; Especially in the Gospel Continent, this kind of geography is not much, and there are few examples to offer, so architects are relatively unfamiliar.

"Karst refers to soluble rock formations, such as carbonate rock formations, limestone, dolomite, sulfuric acid rock formations and halogen rock formations, which are chemically dissolved and physically eroded by water to form caves, trenches, voids and rock masses that are cut into various forms. Any building needs a solid foundation, and the bearing capacity of karst foundation is insufficient, and it is easy to settle unevenly, slide and collapse, so we cannot choose karst foundation. The original Saramonro land is a typical karst zone, and the Salamonro people have long summed up a wealth of solutions, including digging and filling, filling and filling, pile foundation, spanning cover, drainage and other methods. ”

"First of all, the cut-and-fill method ......"

As the Vice Chairman spoke, he turned on the magic projector and presented the various methods on the big screen. I have to say that the vice chairman is a very good commentator, obviously not his experience, but he can understand it in simple terms, so that the audience can understand.

"The above four methods are just Sara Monroe's experience, what Lao Yu really wants to say is the more extreme geographical environment of the White Bone Ocean, and the drainage method is the top priority. The sea of bones has been invaded by seawater, and the original karst landscape has been exacerbated, causing more than 30% of the buildings in the 'Waiting City' to subside. The eroded foundations could hardly be carried anyway, and although emergency measures were taken, many areas were still abandoned. This situation was not resolved until the World Tree had fully grown up, and the World Tree had a larger root system than a medium-sized city, which could completely stabilize the soil and water and solve the problem of subsidence. ”

"The combination of plants and architecture is the preserve of the elves, and the old decay is very interested in it, but the World Tree is a special case and cannot be popularized. Just when the old man was thinking about a general-purpose countermeasure, he suddenly discovered that there was a method that the old man dreamed of in a distant country. In recent years, the geology of the Necronominalis Paradise on the Fuji continent has also become extreme, and the irregular flow of surface water and groundwater has had a great impact on people's lives. Magical bridges were used to stabilize the soil and water, turning the River Styx into a moat and a commercial canal, and the river water could also be used to water the enchanted plants, mitigating negative effects and bringing economic benefits. ”

"It's not uncommon for our predecessors to combine architecture with magic, but the old people are more interested in the concept of water control for the people of Fuji. Saramonroe's drainage method mainly uses drainage tunnels and drainage pipes to channel groundwater, but it does not use water resources like Fuji mainland. In Lao Yuan's view, the drainage method can actually be directly raised to the level of water conservancy projects, and when dealing with extreme landforms such as the White Bone Ocean, architects should more efficiently plan all resources, including water resources......"

Various design drawings appeared on the big screen again. These design drawings are very different from the previous ones, the lines are streamlined, the pictures are clear, and each page not only has the purple flower signature of the master, but also shines with the light of the master's wisdom. Anyone who can draw this kind of design is definitely a master of architecture, regardless of their origin or character. Prejudice...... Who still has prejudices at this time? Looking at the design drawings, the architects' chests swelled with indescribable things, some surprises, some admiration, but no prejudices. Many small notes were sent to the staff, without exception, in the hope of getting a copy of the design as a reference.

"This concludes the Master's report, but I myself have some words that I would like to take this opportunity to say."

The vice-chairman scanned the audience solemnly before speaking: "Architecture is a solidified work of art, and every building created independently by an architect is our common cultural property. Therefore, the individual architect can be national, but the architect's mind should and must be stateless. With discrimination and prejudice, no one can learn the essence; Be open-minded, and everyone is enough to be your mentor. Today, architects from all over the world are gathered together, and I hope that in 50 years' time, it will be the same. Everyone interacts with each other on an equal footing and in a friendly manner, which is the concept of the founding of the association! Thank you! ”

This time, everyone stood up, and the applause was thunderous and enduring.