"You refuse to admit you're stupid. If it were Wenren Sheng, he'd understand what I meant. I'm talking about methodology, worldview—the methods for viewing and analyzing the world. Only by mastering this can the people here truly defeat the mages."
"Can that really work? Without our assistance, can they defeat them through philosophy alone?"
"You underestimate the power of philosophy."
"Then I'll give it a try. Let's see, what did we learn in high school philosophy? Hmm, got it. The world is material, contradictory, in motion, and constantly changing... It really doesn't sound very useful."
"Idiot, it only becomes useful when combined with reality. Otherwise, it's mechanical materialism, metaphysics. For example, do you know what the greatest contradiction in this world is?"
"Of course it's the contradiction between mages and Ordinary People. One side oppresses, the other is oppressed. I understand that much." Zhao Han spoke excitedly.
"Wrong. The greatest contradiction in this world right now is between mages and other mages, followed by the contradiction between mages and the Flame God. Ordinary People aren't even qualified to serve as one side of the contradiction." The Seed of Narration mocked her.
"Uh, aren't all mages on the same side? They band together to exploit Ordinary People. What major contradictions could there be between them?" Zhao Han did not believe it at all.
"Of course there are. Ordinary People are no match for them, so they've shifted their opponents onto one another. You need to know that population growth in this world is limited by the increase of water within cities. Water was not originally scarce. You don't see lakes or oceans now because, when the flame monsters invaded, most of the water turned into water molecules and drifted in the extremely, extremely high sky—roughly a million kilometers away..."
The Seed