The billowing smoke rising in the direction of the station attracted all the attention on the streets of Kiev, so no one noticed the Janissaries soldiers who suddenly appeared on the street.
The soldier looked around nervously as he walked. He was obviously a novice and had no idea that such an action would make him more conspicuous. Fortunately, the sights of the "professionals" lurking in Ukraine's most prosperous big city were also caught.
Attracted by that explosion.
If it hadn't been for the explosion, the deserted soldier might have been thrown into the Dnieper River to feed the fish.
The soldier came to the carriage parked on the roadside and knocked lightly on the carriage door. Then the small window above the door was opened from the inside.
"I got it, sir." The soldier said as he took out something like a test tube from his arms and handed it to the person in the car. "As agreed, you can give it to me..."
The small box handed out from the car blocked the soldier's mouth, followed by an old but majestic voice: "According to what you said, there is gold in it. There is no need to worry about devaluation and it will not be lost due to regime change."
Lost value."
The soldier took the box and wanted to open it with excitement, but was stopped by the voice coming from the carriage: "If you still want to go home alive, don't open it in a public place like this. The golden light is attracting attention."
At the same time, it will also cost you your life."
The soldier was stunned for a moment, then stuffed the box into his stained coat and stammered: "Thank you, thank you for reminding me."
Because the soldier was so nervous, he didn't even notice that what came from the box that was supposed to be filled with gold coins was not the pleasant metallic sound of the gold coins colliding, but the ticking sound of the clockwork.
**
After watching the soldiers whom he bribed out of sight, Dmitry Mendeleev, the leader of the Russian scientific community, knocked on the front of the carriage and sent a signal to the coachman. As the carriage slowly began to move, Mendeleev began
Look at the test tube in your hand.
"The good medicine prescribed by the British to Russia? Humph." Mendeleev shook his head, took out the gauze from the small box next to him, carefully wrapped the test tube, put it back into the box, and then locked it with a delicate little lock.
The box is locked.
Stolypin was specially recommended for admission during his university days, and the examiner for the interview was Mendeleev. This politician’s insights into the direction of scientific development surprised the veteran scientists. At that time, Mendeleev identified this problem in the Lithuanian countryside.
The aristocratic boy who grew up and spoke with a strong local accent was bound to become a great man in the future. Now Stolypin was indeed appointed as the Prime Minister of Russia by Tsar Nicholas II.
On the one hand, Mendeleev was delighted with the achievements of his students, but on the other hand, he could not help but worry that the current bad situation would cause this outstanding student's career to end dimly amid scoldings.
But worries are worries, Mendeleev actually does not care what Russia will become. Although the tsarist authorities have provided him with various honors, in Mendeleev's view, those secular honors are simply not worth mentioning.
If these honors had not provided him with more funds, a better experimental environment, and more abundant experimental materials, Mendeleev would not have even wanted to go to the annual Royal Academy of Sciences reception.
Mendeleev was only interested in the mysteries of science, and his greatest wish in life was to fill in all the remaining vacancies on the periodic table of elements.
As long as it helps fulfill his long-cherished wish, he doesn't mind using his talents to slightly interfere with the affairs of the secular world, nor does he mind using some inhumane means: for example, giving a bomb to the soldiers he bribed in order to silence them.
Scientists are not saints and gentlemen. In addition to being obsessed with exploring the unknown, scientists are also ordinary people. They also have emotions, love, hatred, selfish desires and greed. Mendeleev did not think there was any problem with this...
What's more, compared with what he did and what the silent man sitting on the other side of the carriage did, they pale into insignificance.
Ivan Stepanovich Wagner, professor of biology at Moscow First University.
The professor used drugs and inhuman training to make his two halves of the brain work in turn, thus completely getting rid of the shackles of sleep, a thing that is inseparable from all animals, and became the only sleepless person in the world. In addition,
He also did many horrific things.
Mendeleev once visited the professor's laboratory, and after that day he had to take sleeping pills to sleep for a whole month.
Although Wagner did so many terrible things, Mendeleev did not hate this professor. If those terrible things were the price that must be paid for exploring the unknown, then Mendeleev himself would not hesitate to do it.
Do.
Therefore, Mendeleev was very fortunate that the subject he studied did not have too many contradictions with human ethics and humanism.
While thinking about this, Mendeleev kept looking at Professor Wagner, which made the professor, who had been looking at the receding scenery outside the car window like a wooden man, finally turn his eyes and focus on Mendeleev.
Then Mendeleev said: "What do you think of this British panacea, Ivan Stepanovich?"
"I have also tested many kinds of stimulants on animals and humans. These drugs can indeed temporarily increase people's concentration and speed up the body's metabolism. Although I did not get the opportunity to try these drugs on Shenji, I
There is no doubt that this drug is effective for Shen Ji, but it will never be as effective as the British boasted. Compared with the test results on humans, I think stimulants can increase Shen Ji's combat effectiveness by 10% in a short period of time.
Up to 20%, but it will greatly increase Shen Ji’s fatigue, so overall the gain outweighs the loss.”
Mendeleev listened carefully to Wagner's words, and after a thoughtful silence for a while, he slowly said: "So, the British are definitely lying?"
"Not necessarily," Wagner raised his hand and touched his neatly trimmed goatee. "There are still so many unknown areas in the world. I dare not make any conclusions before I have personally tested them."
Mendeleev nodded. To ordinary people, Wagner's words may sound like leaving a way out for himself, but in the eyes of a man like Mendeleev who has spent decades of his life exploring the unknown front line.
, this is just stating commonplace facts.
Until you verify it yourself, any weird thing may happen.
"The problem is," Wagner looked at Mendeleev, "where can we find goddesses for experiments? As far as I know, the power of goddesses in the hands of His Majesty the Tsar is already stretched thin, and he will never send those noble girls to
We are used as test material."
Mendeleev laughed.
"You don't have to worry about it, brother. You just need to help me copy this potion. Someone will naturally find a way for us in terms of experimental materials."
"That's right." Wagner shrugged and didn't ask any more questions.
At this time, a loud noise came from the city behind the carriage.
Mendeleev took out his pocket watch to check the time and shook his head slightly.