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.

three lobes as much as combat or a time-pressure physical activity. Therefore, Martial Apprentices were no different from normal humans in this

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

not involve these portions 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

why the performances of

portions of the brain,

it is difficult to estimate which portions of the brain are responsible

and MRI scans. This was something Rui suspected the medical researchers of the Kandrian Empire might not be able to replicate, a suspicion that Julian more or

differing quality of performances." Julian informed, continuing. "We performed the equivalent of having Martial Apprentices 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 apart. This suggests that it is not the brain itself that is changing, just the portions of the brain relevant to each

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 no way Rui

all centered around Martial Art?" Rui asked,

all, no, but a large portion of it." Julian commented. "Another field I partially specialize in is esoteric technology. Particularly, I'm interested

are fascinating."

regards these projects, but

"Interesting..." Rui murmured.

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 matter that was clearly touchy,

do you mean?" Rui asked,

But it's better learnt sooner than later." Julian continued, turning to

a confused look

of the friction between the Royal Family and Kandrian Martial Union, I presume?" Julian asked, broaching

specific though."

ever wondered how the Royal Family is able to rival the Martial Union to some degree, despite

of the Kandrian Empire were part of the Martial Union. If so, how was the Royal Family not inferior to the Martial Union as far as military power

factors." Rui murmured in

technology, specifically?" He