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.

much as combat or a time-pressure physical activity.

the human brain and mind, relevant to combat, evolved when one discovered

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

the performances of Martial Apprentices were variable and

that the discovery of the Martial Path, enhances only some portions of the

is difficult to estimate which portions of the brain are responsible for which particular mental functions,

was something Rui suspected

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

couldn't divulge the information he knew about the human brain, Julius had once jokingly

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

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

are fascinating."

are. I cannot divulge any data in regards these projects, but my focus lies on temporary augmentation."

"Interesting..." Rui murmured.

I brought it 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

do you mean?" Rui asked,

sooner than later." Julian continued, turning to look

Rui threw a

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

nothing too specific though." Rui narrows

ever wondered how the Royal Family is able to rival the Martial Union to some degree, despite having nowhere near as many Martial Artists?"

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 Martial Union as far as military power

Technology... Other mitigating factors."

specifically?" He