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.

or a time-pressure physical activity. Therefore, Martial Apprentices were no different

Rui strongly suspected that only portions of the human brain and mind, relevant to combat, evolved

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

explain why the performances of Martial Apprentices were variable and

Path, enhances only some portions of

difficult to estimate which portions of the brain are responsible for which

confirmed after countless CT and MRI scans. This was something Rui suspected the medical researchers of the Kandrian Empire might not be able to replicate,

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,

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

research you're working on, is it all centered around Martial Art?" Rui

all, no, but a large portion of it." Julian commented. "Another field

fascinating."

data in regards these

"Interesting..." Rui murmured.

nerdy discussion drove away the bored

do you mean?"

is something you'll learn eventually, I'm sure. But it's better learnt sooner than later." Julian continued, turning to look Rui straight in the eyes. "Rui, potions are not

a confused look at

Kandrian Martial Union, I presume?" Julian asked, broaching a dangerous topic

though." Rui

able to rival the Martial Union to some degree, despite having

of the Kandrian Empire were part of the Martial Union. If so, how was the

Other mitigating factors." Rui murmured

specifically?" He