The Martial Unity

The relationship between the brain and the mind was extraordinarily complicated, and largely not understood. Back on Earth, it was clear the mind was housed within the brain, and to some degree, the structure of the mind could be mapped over the structure of the brain. However, it was much more difficult to make more progress than that. Centuries of research in the fields of neurology, psychology and philosophy of mind had yet to uncover the depths of the human mind.

Furthermore, Rui possessed only a shallow understanding of neurology. He was not equipped to fully understand the phenomena associated with the discovery of the Martial Path.

However, even the shallow knowledge he came to possess allowed him to make some conjectures.

The brain could be divided into three sections; The cerebrum, the cerebellum and the medulla oblongata. The cerebrum could further be divided into the Frontal Lobe, Temporal Lobe, Occipital Lobe and Parietal Lobe.

Each of the sections and sub-sections of the brain were associated with and caused different neurological phenomena.

The Frontal Lobe was responsible analysis and judgement, morality, personality, social regulation, emotional regulation and motor functions.

The Temporal Lobe was responsible for cognition, language, hearing, speech and memory.

The Parietal Lobe was responsible for recognizing sensation, body position and objects, sense of time and space, and association between functions of other Lobes.

The Occipital Lobe was responsible for Vision and the processing of visual information.

The Cerebellum handled balance and muscular coordination.

The Medulla Oblongata was responsible for the regulation of heartbeat, respiration, body temperature.

Out of all these functionalities, the Cerebellum, the occipital lobe and parietal lobe were sections of the brain that had the highest relevance to combat! The remaining sections were not involved with the general neurological phenomena associated with combat.

Thus, Rui strongly suspected that the permanent superhuman boosts provided by discovering the Martial Path must have altered these three portions of the brain.

time-pressure math test does not the three lobes as much as combat or a time-pressure physical activity. Therefore, Martial

conclusion, Rui strongly suspected that only portions of the human brain and mind, relevant to combat, evolved when one discovered one's

of the human brain ended up being ordinary, activities relevant to these portions of the human brain ended up being extraordinary performances, depending on how relevant to the three combat-related portions

why the performances of Martial Apprentices were variable and

that the discovery of the Martial Path, enhances only some portions of the brain, those portions that are relevant to combat." Rui conveyed his thoughts to

surprise. "Unfortunately, it is difficult

was confirmed after countless CT and MRI scans. This was something

perform scenario A and scenario C simultaneously. And we found out that even when they're performed the tasks simultaneously, the performances of the two tasks where heaven and earth

corroborated his theory. It's a shame he couldn't divulge the information he knew about the human brain, Julius had once jokingly come very close to discovering Rui's secret. He was incredibly intelligent. There was

working on, is it all centered around Martial Art?" Rui

field I partially specialize in is esoteric technology. Particularly, I'm

fascinating." Rui

any data in regards these projects, but my focus lies on temporary augmentation."

"Interesting..." Rui murmured.

up, is because I wanted to warn you." Julian's expression became more solemn. By this time, they had a bit of privacy as their nerdy discussion drove away the bored children and the adults returned to their duties. Julian saw fit to bring up a

mean?" Rui asked,

later." Julian continued,

a confused

aware of the friction between the Royal Family and Kandrian Martial Union, I

too specific though." Rui

the Royal Family is able to rival the Martial Union to some degree,

It was a well-known fact that an overwhelming majority of Martial Artists of the Kandrian Empire were part of the Martial Union. If so, how was the Royal Family not inferior to the

mitigating factors."

technology, specifically?"