"Where does the law of mass-energy conversion come from?"
The girl repeated her question again, and Lin Youde finally realized that Einstein's special theory of relativity was only published in 1905. He was so confused that he revealed the results seven years later in advance.
"Well, it's just... when mass is converted into energy... energy will be released." Lin Youde just wanted to slap himself, what the hell, but what can he do? You can't afford to hurt a liberal arts student.
"Purely out of academic curiosity, was what you just said a joke?"
Lin Youde was extremely embarrassed. He suspected that the little guy in front of him was slapping him in the face academically.
He racked his brains and recalled the popular science articles he had read in the last time and space, trying to win back the victory, but the little girl in front of him had already lost interest in this question.
"Mr. Lin," the girl tapped her open right hand with her cane, "please come with me. I have something to show you."
Lin Youde curled his lips.
Now that we have reached this point, there is no reason not to go. But before that, there is something that must be determined.
"You...are you really Nikola Tesla? But we have met before..."
"Academically speaking, what is the probability of a girl being named Nikola?" The girl snorted disdainfully and continued, "I am Sophie Tesla, Nikola Tesla."
La Gu is my father."
Lin Youde said "Oh". In fact, he was in Sparta in his heart. Isn't this Tesla a man who is insulated from love and devoted his life to the magnetic field? What is going on with this daughter? After half a second, Lin Youde realized that the girl
There is another mystery in her words: Nikola Tesla is "temporarily" her father.
Before Lin Youde could continue to ponder the mystery, the little girl had already taken steps towards the exit of the station. At this time, the whistle sounded in the distance, and the train that was supposed to carry Lin Youde away spewed smoke and appeared in Colorado.
On the desolate horizon.
**
"I think," the little girl said with her legs crossed in the carriage, "it is abnormal for the same world to have two completely different academic systems that can each explain some phenomena in the world. One
It is impossible for two independent sets of rules to exist in the world at the same time. There must be a point between science and technology, alchemy, and force-guiding technology that can unify these two seemingly unrelated sets of rules. That's it.
Just like chemistry and physics, academic circles have gradually discovered the connections between two disciplines that were originally considered to be unrelated to each other.
"So I have been trying to study force-guiding technology and alchemy in a scientific way, and trying to incorporate them into the scientific framework. But I soon discovered that what hinders the academic community from achieving results in this area is not academic
The world's own classification method. In fact, the academic community has been trying to integrate science and magic. The real shackles come from secular society and a certain tradition that humans have formed over a long time."
The little girl paused and stared at Lin Youde with her red cat eyes until his hair stood on end.
Seemingly satisfied with the effect of this pause, the little girl looked away and continued: "When it comes to the ultimate manifestation of very common phenomena in this world, it must involve a group of special women. That is Shen Ji. They
He is the 'human being closest to God', so if we want to uncover the secrets of God and master the grand unified theory that can explain everything in the world, the best shortcut - and possibly the only way - is to start with the research of Shenji."
Lin Youde felt a flash of inspiration in his head, but when he tried to catch the inspiration, his head became empty again. He always felt as if he had missed some important information.
The little girl was still talking loudly: "In order to conduct research on Shen Ji, I asked my father to bribe the mafia and obtain the remains of the dead Shen Ji from them for dissection and testing. But the final results were different from the real ones.
Human beings are no different.”
At this time, the car arrived at its destination and Bara opened the door of the carriage.
"This way."
The little girl jumped out of the car immediately and led Lin Youde around to the back of the hill where the laboratory was located. As she walked, she continued the topic: "So I came up with a conjecture that there is something important that happened when the goddesses were still alive.
, only exists in their bodies. This sounds incredible, but someone once did a test and found that humans will be about one ounce heavier after death than before death. I think the secret of Shenji’s power may lie in this mere ounce.
among.".
With that said, the little girl stopped in front of a secret door set in the bushes and looked back at Lin Youde.
"So, I need a living goddess to conduct my research." After saying that, she didn't know what mechanism was activated, and the secret door in front of her slid into the ground amidst the sound of machinery, revealing the dark space behind it.
A strong putrid smell gushed out from the secret door. Lin Youde took a deep breath. He remembered this smell. It was the smell of formalin.
The little girl activated some mechanism again, and the dark underground space was suddenly illuminated by the light of incandescent lamps, and several large water tanks came into Lin Youde's field of vision.
In the formalin, a dark-skinned figure floated—to be precise, a dark-skinned corpse.
Lin Youde remembered that on the train here, he seemed to have read a report about the continuous disappearance of black goddesses with thin blood. Now, Lin Youde found out the whereabouts of those goddesses by accident.
Lin Youde felt Ba from behind him grabbing the hem of his clothes with his hands. Ba, who was also a goddess, probably found it difficult to accept that his compatriots were treated like this, especially those dissected goddesses who were so disembowelled.
Floating in the formalin, even Lin Youde felt nauseated.
But the little girl - no, the abnormal thing named Sophie Tesla, with an excited smile, introduced her "masterpiece" to Lin Youde: "Thanks to these precious materials, I finally confirmed Shen Ji's
In fact, their abilities have nothing to do with their basic functions as human beings, and this ability has nothing to do with even the existence of their consciousness. Based on these studies, I made the last material into a wonderful instrument."
Sophie used the tone and style of an auctioneer to introduce works of art, directing Lin Youde's eyes to the objects on the iron shelf at the end of the room.
That scene reminded Lin Youde subconsciously of Alexander Belyakov's famous novel "Professor Dowell's Head". The black girl on the stage was like Professor Dowell in that story, only the head was left, but obviously she
Those who are not so lucky are like Professor Towell who still maintains his will as a human being - or is this a kind of luck?
The back half of the black man's head was carefully cut open, revealing the white brain tissue inside, and multiple electrodes were inserted into her cerebral cortex.
While Lin Youde looked at the girl with his mouth wide open, Sophie Tesla turned on the switch next to the workbench.
The electrical energy provided by the Bunsen battery was transmitted through the electrodes to the black girl with only her head left. The eyelids began to twitch nervously. At the same time, the force amplifier placed next to her head sensed her spirit and began to operate. Lin Youde couldn't help but
Knowing what method Tesla used to convert this unconventional energy into electrical energy, in short, a large Tesla coil set up in the room continuously emitted dazzling arcs while the girl's eyelids twitched.
"I see it." Sophie released the switch, and the smile on her face made Lin Youde shudder. "Humanity has finally taken a step forward in interpreting the power of Shen Ji. Through fine-tuning this new instrument, I gradually mastered it.
There are some tricks that can make the power she outputs show different characteristics. If I can get more and better materials, I will definitely make breakthrough progress in this area over time."
Lin Youde didn't speak. He didn't know how to react. As a member of a nation that had been used for in vivo experiments on bacterial warfare, he instinctively opposed such inhumane scientific experimental methods - in fact, the 731 Unit had no
It's not an experiment anymore. Those murderers are just satisfying their sadistic desires. Putting those beasts and science together is simply an insult to science.
But as a self-proclaimed pragmatist, he clearly felt that the words of the little girl in front of him did contain correct elements. In the process of the development of anatomy, inhumane vivisection played an important role.
Lin Youde felt that he had difficulty breathing.
Sophie Tesla seemed to be admiring the expression on Lin Youde's face. After a long time, she broke the damn silence in the basement: "So, Mr. Lin, let's make a deal. I'll help you research murderers."
Weapons, these weapons will help your nation gain independence and freedom. Accordingly, when your troops capture those powerful enemy goddesses, you will hand them over to me as material for research. All you need to do is
Just put them on the list of those killed in battle. In large-scale wars, it is not particularly uncommon for high-level goddesses to die in battle. Don’t you think that instead of letting these captured goddesses deliberately plot against you after returning home, it would be better to kill them?
Would it be a more cost-effective option to leave it to me?”.
This is truly a devil's deal. Sophie Tesla's scarlet eyes, like those of ferocious carnivorous beasts, only deepened this impression.
However, if you can master the secret of Shen Ji, what a great effect it will have on the improvement of your own power and China's independence. This condition is too tempting.
Lin Youde raised his head and looked at the horrific corpses floating in the glass tank filled with formalin, feeling that his bottom line had been seriously challenged.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered a noble girl and the figure of Josephine running on the beach of Subic Bay wearing a bikini he designed.
The girl's blond hair was like a wisp of golden autumn breeze, instantly clearing away the gloom in Lin Youde's heart.
"I'm sorry, I can't accept your conditions, Miss Tesla. I once ordered the war, and my orders have ruined far more lives than the people you killed in this laboratory. If you take human life lightly,
I am more serious than you. So I am not going to use any high-sounding reasons to flatter myself. I reject you because I know a girl who is beautiful, noble and upright, and there is no doubt about her.
She is one of the strongest goddesses I have ever seen. However, she is my enemy. One day we will meet on the battlefield. If she is captured by my army, I do not want her to end up like you.
The thing on hand will suffer the same fate."
"Is this why you rejected me?" The evil smile on the little girl's face was replaced by shock, "This..."
"I am not a noble person. Because of this, in this situation where as long as I make a simple choice, I can get a little closer to nobleness, please allow me to choose the noble side. You can call this
It's hypocritical, but it doesn't change my decision."
After Lin Youde finished speaking, the entire basement fell into dead silence.
Suddenly, there was applause behind Lin Youde.
Nikola Tesla didn't know when he appeared behind Lin Youde. He said in a deep voice to the little girl who was "tentatively" his daughter: "Sophie, it's lunch time. Go back to your room. The food is here."
On your desk."
After watching Sophie leave from the side door of the basement gloomily, he turned to Lin Youde.
"Mr. Lin, please come to my study. I think now is the time to talk to someone about what happened to me in the village of Wallachia twelve years ago."