pertwk Chapter 065 The Scientific Madman
Chapter 065 The Scientific Madman
Even he hadn't expected what was happening before his eyes.
Below the ravine, corpses lay strewn about.
There are at least several thousand of them.
Because of the unique environment of the wasteland, these corpses did not rot but were dried by the wind.
"These must be the steelworkers, right?" Yang Jiu said. "With so many corpses, they couldn't handle them, so they just dumped them here. What's the difference between this and a mass grave?"
"At least a mass grave can bury people, but this..." Meng Shisan finished speaking, then shook his head, "If we're talking about ruthlessness, Liu Jiaming and his gang are the real ruthless ones."
"How about I go back and get a camera later to keep it as evidence, and also to prepare for overthrowing Liu Jiaming and his group in the future?" Yang Jiu immediately said.
After thinking for a moment, Meng Shisan said, "You decide what to do. The fact that Liu Jiaming dared to leave this evidence here shows that they don't care at all."
Perhaps he also wanted to remind us in this way that the world is just that cruel.
"Alright, let's look for an iron ore mine nearby."
After saying that, Meng Shisan picked up Er'er and left.
He didn't want the little girl to be frightened by such a scene.
After he left, everyone dispersed and began searching the area around the steel mill.
Strangely, after searching for a long time, they couldn't find any trace of the iron ore.
"That's not right. Liu Jiaming and his team went through all the trouble of setting up a steel plant here. Are they really going to go through all that trouble to transport the raw materials here?" Yang Jiu said with a puzzled look when everyone gathered again.
"It's not impossible," Meng Shisan said. "Once the steel plant starts operating, this area will be practically a dead zone. Not only will the oxygen in the vicinity be depleted by the steel plant, but the surrounding area will probably be completely drained of oxygen."
From this perspective, this possibility still exists.
"Never mind, let's go look somewhere else."
Meng Shisan cared about the steel plant, but he wasn't particularly enthusiastic about it.
In any case, with their current capabilities, they can't support such a large open-pit steel mill.
Even if it were to be paid with human lives like Liu Jiaming did, they couldn't afford it.
Interestingly, even though they searched the area within a ten-mile radius of the bunker, they found nothing.
This disappointed many people.
When they returned to the bunker, Yan Zhiyu and his team also transferred the scientific researchers and medical staff there.
"This place can still accommodate a few more people. Who will be relocated next?"
Upon hearing Yan Zhiyu's question, Meng Shisan didn't think much and said directly, "First, transfer the children who are being held captive by Liu Jiaming and his group here. These children are more suitable for reclamation here."
Then we asked if anyone wanted to volunteer.
Anyway, there are a total of one thousand places. Apart from researchers, medical staff, and children, those who register first will be able to come.
"So, Yang Jiu, you should come along. Without you, the children might not listen to them."
"Alright, those kids are definitely suited for this place." Yang Jiu added, "Then I'll also take the river water I traded with Liu Jiaming and the others yesterday."
"Okay," Meng Shisan said. "Be careful, I'm going to check out the research lab."
When Meng Shisan arrived at the research lab, he saw a group of researchers eagerly testing the water in a bucket with iron rods.
The once calm water surface suddenly became turbulent the moment the iron rod entered the water. The surrounding water rushed wildly towards the iron rod, and although the waves were not large, they still left all the researchers dumbfounded.
"It's gone, it's really gone!" The bespectacled young man exclaimed excitedly after pulling the iron rod out of the water. "The power of this river is simply incredible."
"How did you feel just now?" asked the middle-aged man beside me.
The bespectacled man thought for a moment, pushed up his glasses, and looked at the broken iron rod in his hand, saying, "Actually, I didn't feel anything. I didn't feel any surging power or suction. It was just like usual."
"Teacher Li, the water has calmed down." Just then, someone exclaimed.
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man, referred to as Teacher Li, turned his gaze to the bucket, frowned, and suddenly clenched his left fist, extending his little finger as if to put it into the bucket.
"No!" Meng Shisan, who had just entered and didn't want to disturb them, hurriedly shouted upon seeing this.
But he was too late. With a cry of "Ah!", Teacher Li withdrew his hand, revealing that his little finger had been severed in half. Holding his left wrist with his right hand, he said urgently, "Quick, write it down."
The moment your finger touches the water, the surrounding water feels like needles piercing through it, not in sheets, but like being pierced by a thousand arrows.
In the water, the fingers were unable to move, tightly locked by the surrounding water flow.
The power of the water flow repels all foreign objects.
But being on the water's surface, there is no danger.
Someone nearby immediately began taking notes, and Meng Shisan remained silent for a long time while watching all of this.
Is this what doing scientific research is like?
"Teacher Li, let's go to the medical center to get your wound bandaged first," the bespectacled man said immediately.
"No need, just send someone to fetch a doctor. A simple bandage will do," Teacher Li said, glancing at the water, which had now calmed down again.
"I wonder if they would still have such power if there were less water."
"Should I scoop some out?" someone said, taking out a ladle to test it.
As a result, as soon as the ladle went into the water, by the time he took it out, only a handful was left.
"Scooping it out is probably not practical, so we might as well just pour it out," the bespectacled man said. "The fact that the river water can be put into a bucket means that it must be restricted."
Simply put, its power isn't one-sided; it requires collective force from all sides converging towards the center to generate immense energy. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to remain quietly inside the bucket. With its terrifying power, the bucket would have been torn to shreds long ago if unrestrained.
Just then, the doctor from the medical center arrived and began bandaging Teacher Li without saying a word.
Teacher Li didn't take it seriously. While bandaging the wound, she said, "Wu Yi is right. Nothing is ever unsolvable."
Even the river water is the same; there must be a way to control it. If there really wasn't, this thing would have been invincible long ago.
"Go ahead and pour it, but be careful. Make sure the medical center is prepared for emergency care. We don't understand this thing yet, and if we guess wrong, there could be danger."
"I'll go and inform them right away," someone immediately said.
As for Meng Shisan standing to the side, they were completely unaware at this moment.
Meng Shisan didn't disturb them; he just watched quietly from the side.
There were many wounds, and Teacher Li's wounds were bandaged up. The medical center was also ready. The bespectacled man and several other boys began to lift the bucket and pour the river water into another small bucket.
There was a little incident during this time: water splashed onto Wu Yi's legs, and Meng Shisan clearly saw despair and fear on his face, but the young man with glasses still carried the bucket without moving.
The people around him also turned to look at him.
After the bucket was put down, someone immediately squatted down and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Wu Yi's leg was alright.
"Does this mean that the destructive power of the river is related to the amount of water flow?" Wu Yi, who had secretly breathed a sigh of relief, immediately said with delight.
"Yes, that must be it." Upon hearing this, Teacher Li's eyes lit up.
Soon, Teacher Li poured the water from the small bucket into a container that was only the size of a plate.
This time, instead of reaching in rashly, he placed a container about the size of a bowl on top.
After holding it for about a minute, Teacher Li took it off and examined it carefully. She found that the container was almost undamaged.
"Isn't the river water a threat to glassware?" someone said.
Upon hearing this, Teacher Li immediately put the container into the largest bucket without saying a word.
Instantly, the water surface surged with turbulent waves again, and the container disappeared into the water in an instant.
"It's not a problem with the materials, it's a problem with the water flow," Teacher Li said with delight.
After saying that, he pressed his left palm onto the plate without hesitation, but this time nothing happened.
"Hmm, I can still feel it. The area around the water feels tingly and numb, but that's about it." Teacher Li raised her palm, examined it carefully, and then said excitedly.
Actually, none of these things were secrets to Meng Shisan.
But for them, and even for people like Yang Jiu, it was a completely new field.
"Actually, if you stay close to the side of the bucket and go down, the river isn't that dangerous." Just then, Meng Shisan led Er'er over.
This was the answer he came to after reading Er Er.
Seeing that Teacher Li looked eager to try, Meng Shisan quickly said, "Of course, this is just my opinion. You can try it, for example, by finding a ruler or something."
Although he was confident, Er'er was ultimately just an isolated case. He didn't want to really turn Teacher Li into a one-armed hero, which would be a real sin.
"Where's the ruler?" Upon hearing Meng Shisan's question, Teacher Li reached out and quickly handed him a ruler.
I carefully lowered the ruler down the side of the bucket, and the water surface did not show the same ripples as before.
"There's hope!" Teacher Li immediately became excited.
A moment later, when the ruler was taken out of the bucket intact, Teacher Li's eyes lit up.
"If sticking close to the wall can prevent this from happening, then we can really go and see the Burial Soul River," he said, his voice filled with excitement.
He had only heard of the Burial Soul River before, but had never had the opportunity to study it himself.
"Um, Teacher Li, I advise you to take it slow and proceed step by step." Meng Shisan quickly interrupted his dangerous idea. "There are indeed ways to control the river, but it is still very dangerous most of the time."
Moreover, the dangers of the Burial River are far more complex than just the destructive power of the river itself.
Let's just say that.
As he spoke, Meng Shisan pointed to the surface of the water again, "There may be countless people's consciousnesses in this bucket of water."
You've all heard what Beidouchen and the others said before.
Our consciousness is actually just a piece of code.
The physical body is merely the vessel for this consciousness.
Moreover, it is the best vessel they can find.
The problem now is that this river can also become a carrier of this consciousness.
You should understand what this means.
"You mean, the river might come back to life?" Teacher Li immediately understood what Meng Shisan meant.
"Aren't they alive now?" Meng Shisan asked rhetorically. "We can't see or touch consciousness, but it really exists."
I hope that when you study the river, you can try to figure out why the river can carry their consciousness.
After all, river water is just an inanimate object.
It is abnormal for an inanimate object to carry consciousness.
Furthermore, why ordinary water doesn't possess the abilities of the Soul-Burial River is also worth investigating.
"How did you get the water?" Teacher Li immediately became curious.
Meng Shisan didn't hide it from them. Seeing their curiosity, he immediately reached into the bucket and scooped out the water to everyone's astonishment.
"That's how I named it," Meng Shisan said casually. "Of course, don't compare yourself to me. I'm a pioneer, and my physical abilities are beyond what ordinary people can match. Even if we're both pioneers, we can't compare."
From my perspective, there is no comparison whatsoever.
Seeing Meng Shisan so relaxed, Teacher Li's eyes lit up again, staring at Meng Shisan's arm for a long time.
"Um, could I examine your hands?"
Meng Shisan immediately took a step back.
"What are you going to do?"
Teacher Li said, "I was just curious. I just tested it, and the impact of the river water is quite strong. My finger disappeared instantly after I put it in."
But the fact that you went in with just one hand and nothing happened only shows that the hardness of your hand might make the river water impervious to it.
"That's not how it is," Meng Shisan quickly waved his hand and said, "I can't explain the specifics, but I know it's not what you think."
I guess this is a special reaction from someone who's pioneering a new frontier.
"So, you can draw some blood and subcutaneous tissue from me later for research. Actually, I'm quite curious about what's going on."
If it were at the beginning, he really wouldn't want anyone to study it, but now, he really doesn't care.
Because he had figured it out: it was all because of the steamed bun.
He only gave orders; it was Baozi who actually did the work.
"Wu Yi, hurry up, get ready to draw blood." Upon hearing Meng Shisan say this, Teacher Li was not polite at all.
Meng Shisan didn't think anything of it, and even cooperated extremely well.
Some things will be revealed sooner or later. Before, you didn't have the ability to protect yourself, but now that you have the ability, continuing to hide them will only make people think all sorts of things.
"By the way, you should also investigate whether the river water can temper our bodies." After drawing blood, Meng Shisan said, "You should have heard about what happened last night. Yaoyang mentioned before he left that the water of the Burial Soul River can temper our bodies."
I figured it was probably the right amount of river water that stimulated our physical strength.
"Indeed." Teacher Li nodded immediately. "I just tried this problem as well. Too much quantity would be a disaster for us."
But the amount was too small, so I didn't really feel anything.
The exact amount of "appropriate" needs to be determined through repeated trials.
However, this requires a lot of river water.
"Don't worry about that, leave the river water to me," Meng Shisan said. "By the way, isn't it raining now? We can actually study the rainwater too."
I wonder what the effect will be if I mix the two types of water together.
"rainwater?"