In fact, as long as you think about the scene just now, Feng Kan will figure out the reason.

The instantaneous movement of the undead natural disaster seems to be the same as his own space movement, but there is a very critical difference.

The momentary movement that Feng Kan is used to is conceptually moving the distance between himself and the objects he touched through the space. What the Undead Natural Scourge just did was a real space movement - he directly replaced the entire space with the same volume of the destination.

That's why he was able to transfer the team to his destination without touching anyone else.

However, if the space is replaced together, then when it is stuck in the tree hole, this ability becomes useless. If it is to be transferred, the trees will be transferred together. In the end, the bad situation will not change much.

However, Feng Kan didn't have time to discover this, and everything in this lobby-like space is even more interesting.

The towering ceiling is like a sky-transparent structure that opens up the ten-story building floors. The top of it is a circular dome made of unknown transparent materials. The bright light shows a divine hazy state through the ceiling. The bright but not dazzling light makes the eyes very comfortable.

Judging from its internal structure, the layout is like the remains of ancient cities, with columns and steps closely stacked by stone, interlaced paths and arc-shaped suspension bridges, and vine-like plants and trees growing on it.

However—in fact, all the things that look like stone are bookshelf.

On the other hand, there are also groceries of unknown origins inside, like Escher's illusion painting, depicting irregularly shaped steps and suspension bridges - and reflecting those scenes is a huge hexagonal cylinder crystal suspended in the hall, which refracts the light that tilts from the dome and evenly spreads it in every corner of the space. (Escher: Dutch printmaker, famous for his mathematical nature in his paintings.)

It is both fantastic and beautiful—but it is a blasphemous landscape that humans absolutely cannot understand (probably).

"……These……"

“These are part of the treasure.”

Facing the people who could not recognize everything in front of them, the undead natural disaster proudly showed off.

“…Treasure?!…”

Everything in front of us was completely different from the scene where the sea of ​​gold and silver and treasures were piled up in the minds of everyone. For a moment, everyone was confused.

"Well~~ This is really an amazing treasure."

No, not everyone is in this state. Several of them seem to have known about this situation for a long time.

Seeing the scenery in front of you, Feng Kan's eyes shone like a beggar who had been hungry for more than ten days suddenly appeared in front of his eyes a bowl of fragrant braised pork.

"Hey?... Brother Kan?"

"Ralph, I was disappointed when I first saw it?"

Without looking back to see the surprised little prince, Feng Kan walked to a row of bookshelfs with an admirational look and slowly looked at the densely arranged books on it.

"I have reminded you a long time ago that the 'treasure' that guy's mouth is completely different from what you imagined... Have you forgotten what I said to you before?"

“…”

The smart little prince was surprised and thoughtful.

"……I see."

After a moment, he smiled suddenly as if he had realized it.

"What are you talking about? What 'so that'?"

The first to recover from the shock. He came back to his senses but noticed that the two outliers were muttering something. Hutana came up curiously.

"We are talking about what the 'the most precious treasure of mankind' is."

Hearing him ask such a question, Feng Kan and Ralph turned around and gave him a mysterious smile.

"oh?"

Hearing their mysterious answers, the steady leader of the Dragon Knight seemed a little puzzled, frowned and raised his eyes to observe the bookshelf in front of him.

"So... where is the so-called 'the most precious treasure of mankind'?"

After watching for a long time, I couldn't see any name. Shutana? Hardy asked solemnly withdrew his gaze.

"Well~~ All of these are in front of you."

Hearing his question, Feng Kan happily raised his hand to signal the bookshelf in front of him, which was not visible to him or her.

"Ha?"

"These are in front of us, the 'the most precious treasure of mankind'."

"These?"

Shutana Hardy pointed to the shelves of dense books, which were filled with countless books, and became even more confused.

"That's right, that's all."

Feng Kan nodded with certainty.

He already understood very clearly what the so-called "holy city" is for.

"Mr. Hardy, you are confused because you haven't realized the true value of these 'treasures'."

At this time, Dimandak came from behind them and joined the conversation.

"That's it. To understand the value of these 'treasures', you must first understand what true 'wealth' is."

Feng Kan continued while showing an approval gaze to the old man.

“What is true ‘wealth’?”

The Dragon Knight led the team to a vague nod from the other party's words, but it was still in a fog.

“That’s exactly that.”

Facing the thoughtful Dragon Knight, Feng Kan smiled slightly.

"'Wealth', what exactly is 'wealth'? Money is just money, just a simple and ordinary item, and the same is true for gold, silver and treasure. It cannot be eaten or worn. If it cannot be exchanged for other items needed for survival, it is no different from scattered iron. Do you think it is appropriate to call such a thing "wealth"?"

Feng Kan once told the little prince these words, but now he plans to explain this concept in a more detailed way.

Hearing this, the little prince who had already accepted his theory earlier shook his head subconsciously. Dimandak smiled and touched the beard under his jaw. For the first time, Shutana Hardy, who heard of his argument, seemed to be trapped in a battle between heaven and man.

This is normal. Even modern earth civilizations, there are very few people who can think deeply about what real "wealth" is. Most people are confused. Under the modern free economic rules, people have become accustomed to fighting for economic interests in a stable economic order framework. Except for some professionals who study economic laws, few people go back and think deeply about what the fundamental basis of supporting these economic rules behind it.

"People should have food, clothes, and houses to live in. These are the basic conditions for survival. In order to meet these basic conditions, human beings learn to pick the fruits of trees and catch various wild animals. In order to carry out these activities to obtain survival resources more efficiently, human beings have developed farming and grazing techniques and tools required to carry out these production.

With the development of human society, the population is increasing, and the original production methods and tools can no longer meet the needs of production. Therefore, humans will improve production methods and tools based on the original technology. This process is repeated every time, and step by step to see what our current world is like.

Are you right?"

“…”

No one answered his question, Ralph was waiting attentively to listen to his words, Shutana Hardy was still a little confused, while Dimandak smiled and said nothing.

"In fact, these are the 'wealth' of human beings. Those more convenient labor methods, those more convenient tools, technologies that continuously improve human living standards and improve human living conditions, can create these wisdom be considered valuable 'wealth' - what is produced is only 'products', and what is created is 'wealth'. Real wealth actually only exists here..."

As he said that, Feng Kan pointed to his head.

"At this point, I think everyone should understand that the greatest 'wealth' of human beings is precisely human beings themselves.

This is also the basis for supporting my various actions. Each person is an independent individual, with different thoughts, different personalities, different experiences, and different opportunities. It is these differences that can create infinite possibilities. You will never know what opportunities a person will have in the future, what achievements he will achieve, what changes he will have, and whether it will have an impact on the world - as long as he believes in his own possibilities and works hard for it."

That's it.

There is a saying in the United States: "Because we don't know which child will become the president of the United States in the future, we need to do our best to ensure that any child can grow up healthily."

It is precisely because human beings themselves are the most precious "wealth" in the world that "war" is the biggest tragedy in human society.

Because what it erases is the possibility of the future of the world.

At this time, others also noticed the situation here. Everyone surrounded the four people one after another, quietly listening to Feng Kan's introduction to what "wealth" is.

"And these..."

Feng Kan, who continued to express his views, did not care about the actions of others. He turned his body and opened his arms as if he wanted to hug those books.

"...It is the humans who had accumulated millions of years of experience and wisdom before the Battle of Chaos, recorded the crystallization of the wisdom of countless sages, and contained rich and incomprehensible "wealth". Just as the skeleton stick himself said, the well-deserved "the most precious treasure of mankind"!"

The holy city of Gardtevaz - in fact, it is the most perfect "library" in the age of the gods, or it is more correct to call it a "database"?
Chapter completed!