Liston checked several other books on the table, none of which were related to pharmacology. They were all older and more obscure monographs on the structure of the human body.
After the publication of "Human Anatomy", these older works that lacked evidence gradually withdrew from various academies and can only be seen in the collections of the older generation. And only in collections. As witnesses of the times, few Used as a reference for discussion.
The oldest book among them is probably as old as Liston's grandfather. The paper is browned and brittle, and it is almost broken when turning the pages. You need to gently lift the pages and push them evenly with the palm of your hand to turn to the next page.
Among these books, this one is the closest to the real situation. The content is rigorous and orderly. This section alone is similar to "The Structure of the Human Body", only lacking some final practical proof. What is strange is that such an excellent book Liston had never heard of this book.
You can see on the title page that it is from the collection of Dunling University, and maybe it was originally an original copy. Even if it has lost its practical value, it still has a landmark significance. Is it too careless to have such a precious collection of books spread out on the table?
You must know that after the material ages, the weight of the book itself is enough to crush the spine when it is spread out, causing it to deform and crack, which in turn causes the cover paper to shift. Repairing will destroy the original shape, and if not repaired, it will sooner or later be scattered on the ground.
Closing it with heartache, Liston planned to let the spine of the book rest for a while and flip it back to its original position when he left. Although it was purely for self-comfort, at least he did not watch an important classic being damaged without doing anything.
As the last page fell, something that looked very familiar flashed past, almost making Liston suspect that it was an hallucination produced in the dim light.
He opened the last page in surprise.
It was a smiling cervical vertebrae, drawn in the middle of the paper, unabashedly showing its presence.
"Edward?"
This logo is so distinctive that beginners who have read "The Structure of the Human Body" will never forget it. The only difference between the two is that there is no Edward's signature in the logo on this book.
It makes sense that Liston had never heard of it. This book was probably Edward's work before he wrote his masterpiece "The Structure of the Human Body". Because it was completely covered and surpassed by the latter, it naturally had no chance of spreading. , the rarity may be far beyond your imagination.
As expected of Dunling University, it dares to send this kind of books overseas. How rich is its library?
After thinking about it for a while, Liston realized that he was distracted again. The shock he received in the professor's room today made him forget his purpose again and completely forget about the business.
Stroking the cover of the book, Liston almost had the urge to take the book away, which he was unwilling to admit.
No, of course this won't work.
He shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind and returned to the original plan. He was here to find evidence and reasons for the professor's involvement in the clarification incident.
However, as of now, the professor is not tinkering with pharmaceuticals at home. Instead, he has inexplicably come up with another method of growing muscles and bones, which is completely contrary to the existing anatomical results.
Not only have the questions not been resolved, but they have increased. The combination has never been seen before, and it is obviously not owned by humans, nor can it be used for some kind of brand-new surgery. It highlights an extreme practicality, and uses a mechanical perspective to understand movement. The system is utilized efficiently.
It does seem to make some sense, but it is something that does not come from humans and is not used by humans, but it is all human parts. How did you come up with it?
Breaking away from such a train of thought cannot be achieved by a moment of inspiration. It is either an idea that has been accumulated over many years, or there is a prototype that can be used as a reference and a ready-made research basis to fill in the details.
Liston opened the book and went back to the part where the professor had read, trying to find any clues about the reference content.
As a professional who has invested in this profession for many years, it is not difficult to find out the clues after reading carefully.
In the description of the old book, what caused the gap between the content and the real situation was the author's imagination of "effectiveness". Compared with some actual structures that "don't look too smart", the author arranged the positions of muscles and bones to
A place where it is easier to exert force.
In other words, under the same general outline, according to the original idea of the author Edward, the functionality of the motion system can be stronger.
Under this guiding ideology, some parts of the drawing have morphological deviations from reality that can be directly seen by a discerning person, and are arranged directly according to the "ideal state".
The attitude of being unreasonable, deviating from reality, and only pursuing utility is exactly the same as the "new structure" created by the professor. They both use biological tissues as parts to conceive a perfect and easy-to-use "machine".
This was the best adjective he could find. Only those things that are intentionally created will tend to be extremely practical. Natural creatures, no matter how strong and intelligent they are, must have inherent flaws that cannot be changed.
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An inhuman thing built from "human parts" is too whimsical.
However, the ominous reality contained in that sketch always lingers in the mind, making people believe that it may indeed exist, or that it was drawn based on something that actually existed.
Liston continued to scroll down. At the end of the chapter, the place that should have been the conclusion and summary was occupied by an indescribable limb.
Different from Kalman's sketch, this hand-drawn drawing is exquisite and delicate. It combines all the previous imaginary "perfect" structures and assembles it into a long and thin limb that is free from the form of terrestrial animals and can move without restriction.
It seems that it is the author's preference to let it survive independently. The gaps between muscles and bones are filled with just the right organs and blood vessels.
In the pale shadow behind it, it twists at an extraordinary angle, exerting the maximum range of motion of the assembled joints and being extremely flexible.
This posture reminded Liston of the arms and legs of aquatic soft-bodied creatures. After being cut off, they curled and relaxed on the chopping board. But this was obviously a reorganization of the structure he was most familiar with. It was born out of common sense and fabricated "perfect".
Deformed limbs.
Or is it what skeletal muscles are supposed to look like, and the human body is a deformity that wastes function?
The unannotated manuscript contains annotations that are completely different from the author's handwriting, and the words are sharper than the pen carved into the paper.
"An illogical madman, a fantasy that is divorced from reality, and an act of blasphemy..."
The writer seems to be using words to vent his emotions in anger, in which the hostility is vaguely visible over a long period of time. He is so angry that he speaks without hesitation and uses the most violent words to attack the pictures on the page.
A slash drawn with new ink crossed out a large section of fierce words. For some reason, Liston saw the meaning of casualness and disdain in it. Just like the professor who usually browses articles submitted by students who are not good at reading, he did not know the so-called content of the film.
Delete it all.
In a critical tone, Kalman wrote briefly below:
"A mediocre person can never understand what a genius sees."
What does this mean?
As he spoke, Professor Kalman seemed to put himself on the same footing as Edward, condescendingly scorning the man who denounced this strange drawing.
What does "genius see" mean? Liston's first reaction was that he was referring to the nearly efficient and perfect anatomical structure conjecture in the entire chapter.
Soon, he rejected the idea himself. As someone who had participated in the professor's secret anatomy class, Liston knew that Kalman only recognized knowledge that he had seen with his own eyes and practiced with his own hands, which was the current version of "The Structure of the Human Body".
How can you pursue that "perfect" structure that doesn't exist?
Liston vaguely felt that he had caught something. Chaotic information clues and reasoning were tangled in his mind, and there was a thread among them that led him to a direction he had never imagined.
As if groping in the dark, along the long and winding corridor, suddenly a light flashed before my eyes.
Kalman wouldn't like unprovable theories, unless...
Unless "what you see" is literal.
【blasphemous...】
Under the unshakable ideological rule of the church, clergy claim that human beings are God's most perfect creations, and no matter how much they despise them, they have to accept this view.
After all, no one in the world today can explain why humans are the only ones in the world who possess intelligent thoughts and dexterous limbs, both of which are indispensable. It seems that they were born to use this human body to exert wisdom and control the body with wisdom.
People can only recognize a higher ultimate existence that holds the authority to create life.
And these creations have usurped this authority, playfully using God's proudest creation as building blocks to take it apart and reassemble it to make better works.
If it really exists, where does that leave God? Where does that leave all common sense?
The professor and Edward witnessed it with their own eyes and drew a structure that was unimaginable to those who had not seen it. Its mere existence would subvert all social consensus based on religion and universal cognition, and it means the understanding and understanding of the authority of creation.
To put it into practice, nothing a human being can learn in his lifetime is as accurate as this one.
Where did the professor see it? Where did Edward, who wrote his masterpiece in Dunling, face it?
I couldn't tell whether it was fear or ecstasy, but a feeling rushed into my mind. At this moment, Liston felt that he could leave everything behind without hesitation and embark on the path of pursuing this thing, just for this goal that transcended the known things in this world.
Then, the thoughts came together, the clues were connected, and the questions were answered.
It is the answer, the reason that allows Professor Kalman to ignore morality, emotion, and ethics and do terrible things.
How lucky that the person who gave up his spiritual life for his career, the person who devoted his whole life to this, is finding the ultimate answer to his pursuit.
No longer caring about staying hidden, Liston opened the window and let the sunlight shine into the room. He needed to read all the clues as soon as possible to supplement the complete picture of the incident.
However, in the dazzling bright light, things that were previously hidden in the darkness were revealed.
There were circular symbols painted on the walls and floors with dark paint one after another, with criss-crossing cracked decorations all over the place.
The iconic horizontal crack that bisects it looms right through the center of each symbol.
I am very busy, extremely busy, and not satisfied with what I have written, but I have no time to improve my literary quality. (`~)