Summoning Total War

Chapter 15 Poppy (Part 1)

At nightfall, the general's guardsmen brought dinner to Murphy.

Since we were in a military camp, the food was naturally not as exquisite as in the Governor's Palace in Athens. There was only a piece of long bread, a stack of dried fish, a bowl of thick broth, and some vegetables in a food box. Although it was not rich, the broth was rich in aroma. Murphy took a sip and found that it tasted really good. It had a special flavor that seemed to be in the seasoning.

"What's in this?" Murphy put down the spoon and asked, pointing to the broth.

The general's guard shook his head and said, "I don't know either. Lord Governor, let me ask the chef."

"Go ahead." Murphy nodded.

Soon, the general's guard attendant came back. At the same time, he also brought back some green-brown powder in his hand. He placed this small bag of green-brown powder in front of Murphy and said: "Your Majesty the Governor, this is something the army found at the old elf site. It seems to be They once planted it. Later, they asked someone and found out that this is the seasoning used by the high elves. It is 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." Having said this, the general's guard also took out a few seed-like things and carefully placed them on the table.

"What is this?!" Murphy picked up the powder and smelled it, and immediately felt that the aroma was very special.

Then, he picked up the few seed-like things and observed them carefully. After looking at them for a long time, he suddenly felt a very special sprouting feeling, as if this thing evoked some special memories! But no matter how hard he tried to think, he couldn't remember what this thing was. As a result, Murphy began to tentatively awaken the "Total War" auxiliary system in his brain.

"Scan the objects in front of you." Murphy gave the order tentatively.

Until now, most of the help provided by the "Total War" auxiliary system has been passive. However, after activating the "Total War - Kingdom" system, the Total War auxiliary system seems to have a lot more active capabilities. Although Murphy There is no way to be sure yet, but there is one ability that seems to be useful. That is the Auxiliary System Database Scan, a capability that has activated itself a few times.

As soon as the order is issued!

Murphy suddenly felt a splitting headache, as if a needle had penetrated his brain and was extracting his brain!

He was in a trance, as if he had entered a stream of memories. From birth to now, all his memories appeared quickly like a slide, and then fell silent again.

"Memory data is being extracted, imported into the auxiliary system database, and the memory scanning system is being activated!"

"Activation progress...10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%...activation completed! The memory scanning system is turned on, the automatic memory mode is activated, the digital memory bank is passively generated, and the "Total War" auxiliary system is assimilated into the memory template!……"

A series of auxiliary system prompts sounded, but Murphy, who was in pain now, couldn't pay attention to it or even hear it.

Because his whole brain seemed to be buzzing, and his ears couldn't hear the outside sound at all!

Finally, the pain subsided.

"Mr. Governor! What's wrong with you?"

When Murphy opened his eyes, he was sweating profusely, and his whole body was uncomfortable. He looked at the general's guard attendant who was shocked by his painful appearance, and said in a hoarse voice: "You go down first. There is no order from me. No one can come in."

"Yes." The general's guard hesitated for a moment, but finally took the order and left.

The door was closed, and Murphy was the only one left in the room.

Let out a long breath.

He gently rubbed his still aching temples with both hands, and said as if whispering: "Memory extraction? It actually made me recall those things."

The human brain is very mysterious.

In fact, everyone has a photographic memory because the human brain can hold so many things. It's just that most of those things have been buried deep in memory by time. Some can be recalled, while others are completely forgotten. But being forgotten doesn't mean they don't exist. They still exist and are imprinted somewhere in the brain.

To use a more popular metaphor, the human brain is an unimaginably huge USB flash drive, and memory is the stored data.

Because the USB flash drive is too large and stores too much data, people often forget those things that are stored in a certain corner. On the contrary, children have better memory because there are not many things in their brains. But being forgotten doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It still exists in people's brains, but it's just no longer remembered by people.

What the "Total War" auxiliary system just did was to extract all of Murphy's memories and include them in the database.

The auxiliary system exists dependent on him. It cannot give birth to knowledge for no reason. This knowledge must come from Murphy, or from Athens, or even from the gods of Olympus. It is just a tool, and tools are not It can create knowledge for no reason, so it must extract that knowledge to form its own database.

"Poppy seeds, a variant of the poppy family, have the same medicinal properties."

The knowledge that Murphy had accidentally seen in college but was not remembered by him told him the answer. On the page of the "Total War" auxiliary system, a line of small words told Murphy the answer very simply and clearly.

Poppy!

The elves actually grow poppies!

Murphy stared at the powder in front of him in disbelief, muttering something in a low voice.

This is actually the fruit of a poppy flower. The elves actually grow poppies, and they were passed down by the high elves. This answer really surprised Murphy!

Because he really didn't expect it to be such a thing.

In such an era, poppy flowers are naturally not equal to 'opium' and 'drugs', but even without any purification, the medicinal properties of poppy flowers still exist. In ancient Egypt, poppy was called the "sacred flower". In order to express their praise for the poppy, the ancient Greeks asked the goddess Sigu, who was in charge of agriculture, to hold a poppy in her hand. The story of the poppy is also spread in ancient Greek mythology. There is a demon god named Hypnos who governs death. His son Mafis holds the poppy fruit in his hand to guard his sleeping father to prevent him from being awakened.

Poppies were accidentally discovered by Neolithic people while traveling in the mountains on the east coast of the Mediterranean. The Sumerians more than 5,000 years ago devoutly called it the "happy plant" and considered it a gift from the gods. The ancient Egyptians also used it as a cure-all for babies who cried at night. Detailed descriptions of opium appeared in ancient Greek and Roman books in the third century BC.

The great poet Homer called it "forget-me-not" and Virgil called it "hypnotic medicine".

The flowers of the poppy are very beautiful. At that time, many slave owners would plant poppies on their estates, just to believe in its beauty.

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Murphy really didn't expect that poppy would be discovered so early in this world, and that it has been cultivated by the elves as a custom. This plant actually came from the high elves. Murphy really couldn't imagine how long those elves had been cultivating poppy. How long and terrible is their race’s addiction to drugs?

"No wonder the elves, although powerful, seldom invade others. Originally, this was not their nature, but because these elves have been taking drugs!"

Perhaps the nature of elves was still the same as that of other races.

But in the long history of racial drug abuse, their nature has become what it is now. What could be more inspiring for art than a mild dose of hallucination? What could be more satisfying than taking drugs?

Although it has not reached the level of drugs, in the long process of using poppies, the spirit of the entire elves has been eroded by poppies.

This erosion even triggered a change in the entire race, a positive, beautiful, and balanced change!

Because under the influence of the poppy flower, the elves were born who are now peaceful, kind, kind, indifferent to the world, maintain the balance of nature, but rarely invade others, and have enlightened the entire world with civilization several times!

The slight hallucination and the satisfaction brought by taking drugs made the powerful elves lose their ambition for external aggression, and also made them become content with the status quo, and gave birth to the current kind of elves whose mission is to maintain the balance of the world. Civilized way.

Murphy couldn't imagine whether this was a secret arrangement, but there was no doubt that without the existence of poppies, the entire world would have been ruled by the elves. Because with the talented archery skills of high elves, mixed elves, and a large number of half elves, almost no race has any hope of victory. Because they are so powerful, they are born as a silver species, and they have been stronger than other races since their birth.

Too much too much……

Murphy thought of too many things at once.

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"They have a long life anyway, and just this level of drug abuse probably won't hurt them at all." Murphy smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly.

Break the wind!

Suddenly, Murphy's face changed, and his expression became stern.

Since practicing arcana, his perception of the outside world has become stronger and stronger. Even without entering meditation, he can still feel the changes around him to a certain extent. It seems to be a talent that is activated after opening the door to arcane magic.

Then, Murphy's expression relaxed.

Because he felt that the person's aura was not unfamiliar, because she had already 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 was suddenly shocked.

Because he unexpectedly thought that their drug addiction might have penetrated deep into their souls!