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.

not the three lobes as much as combat or a time-pressure physical activity. Therefore, Martial Apprentices were no different from

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

up being ordinary, activities relevant to these portions of the human brain ended up being

would succinctly explain why the performances of Martial Apprentices were

Path, enhances only some portions of the

of surprise. "Unfortunately, it is difficult

and MRI scans. This was something Rui suspected the medical researchers of the Kandrian Empire might

have drastically 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

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 would be

on, is it all centered around Martial Art?"

portion of it." Julian commented. "Another field I partially specialize in is esoteric technology. Particularly, I'm interested in

fascinating." Rui

are. I cannot divulge any data in regards these projects, but my

"Interesting..." Rui murmured.

to warn you." Julian's expression became more solemn. By this time, they had a bit of privacy as their nerdy discussion drove away

do you mean?" Rui asked,

you'll learn eventually, I'm sure. But it's better learnt sooner than later." Julian continued, turning to

Rui threw a confused look

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

though." Rui

the Martial Union to some degree, despite having nowhere near as

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

Other mitigating factors." Rui

technology, specifically?"