Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"Get that little girl here for me"

——"Faust"

He took Maria all the way out of the east gate and came to the center of the workshop area, which was a newly completed compound.

"This is...?" Maria looked at the huge and empty venue.

In the distance are some independent small courtyards. You can see chimneys emitting black smoke and hear the sounds of animals. There are random plants and some machinery in the middle. Nearby is a row of simple shacks, with There is a row of houses under construction.

Young scholars and some half-grown boys and girls were busy everywhere. Everyone had a look of bitterness and hatred on their faces. Those who were not doing anything looked at the sky with blank eyes and didn't know what they were thinking...

"This is the Lamia Experimental Park, and it is also the area of ​​the Lamia Academy. Most of the students entering the advanced classes will come here," Pyrrhus introduced proudly, "unless they are not old enough."

"This is a cannibal den!"

Suddenly, an angry shout came from behind.

Who!What nonsense am I talking about at this juncture of deceiving people? !

Pyrrhus turned around angrily, and when he saw the shining Stratton, he immediately put on a smile:

"Professor Si! Long time no see. How are you? Have you eaten..."

"Stop doing this!" Stratton came over angrily and looked Maria up and down, "Young lady! I don't know what excuse this person used to trick you! In short, you should get here as soon as possible! Here! People who are not academics should..."

"Keep your voice down! I'm doing calculations!" A louder roar came!

Looking back, I saw Desiachus lying on the table not far away, writing something unknown.Pyrrhus smiled and said hello, but he was ignored at all.

Stratton shrank his neck, but lowered his voice and continued: "This is not the place where academic people should stay!"

"Oh! Stratton, all difficulties are temporary. Aren't we still in the initial stage?" Pyrrhus persuaded him kindly, "There will be colonnades and there will be fountains..."

"Don't interrupt me, you know what I'm talking about! It's not an environmental problem at all! Of course, the environmental problem is also a big one...the key is the method!"

Maria asked curiously: "What method?"

"Vulgar methods! Brutal methods! Stupid methods!" Stratton picked up a pile of information and showed it to Maria:

"Just write and draw! Just record! Statistics! Compare! Just try and make mistakes over and over again! Make mistakes and try again and again! Every day I either make tables or graphs!"

"I understand!" Maria's eyes lit up as she held the charts.

"...Huh? What do you understand?"

Maria ignored the old man and said to Pyrrhus: "I understand! This is your method!"

Um!As long as you understand!

"This is the 'data' you kept telling me on the road! Data speaks for itself!"

My "teaching" to you is not in vain!

Pyrrhus nodded with satisfaction, indicating that everything was as expected.

He discovered at the banquet that day that Maria's attitude towards alchemy has always been to emphasize rationality and practice, to oppose fantasy and empty talk, and to scorn the illusory Philosopher's Stone. The styles of people like Don and Deciacus were incompatible with each other and completely different from the popular academic methods of pursuing inspiration and debate in this era!

Of course, this does not mean that explanation, logic, and argumentation are not important. It is just that Pyrrhus now needs more talents who can do empirical research.

"These statistics and charts can help us see the patterns behind the phenomena... This is a good method!"

"What a fart! This is the work of mediocrities and slaves! This is not academic, this is hard work!" Stratton was so angry that he exploded. He was trembling and pointed at the busy scholars and students around him, with a look of sorrow on his face. expression:

"Look at these! Look at these! These students were originally the most outstanding and spiritual, but now the repetitive work they do every day is gradually eroding their passion and killing their inspiration! Now..."

Pyrrhus felt very guilty after hearing this, and sweat broke out down his back.

This is why people are originally great talents in theoretical science, but you drag them into applied science to do hard work every day.

But there is no way, your application in ancient Greece is so backward!

If the application cannot be applied, the boundaries of academics will always be narrow, and anything beyond the boundaries can only be talked about. How can human beings progress?

Pyrrhus was thinking about the boss' chicken soup in the future, when Maria took the initiative to speak again:

“But these jobs are necessary!

“The world we see only by relying on our innate senses will always be limited; the laws we can discover from the world we see alone will always be limited.

“Isn’t the essence of academia the discovery of laws?”

well said!

Stratton just chuckled:

"What about you doing all this work? Do you know how many experiments I have to do in a day? You know..."

It will be worse if this continues!

Seeing that there was no solution, Pyrrhus quickly pulled Stratton aside.

"Well... Stratton, do you still remember your teacher Aristotle's judgment on white light?"

"'White light is the purest light'? Why are you talking about this?" Stratton looked wary.

"Don't be anxious..."

Pyrrhus took out a round piece of cardboard from his arms, which was painted in various colors and had two thin threads on it.

Dangdang——!Light analysis set!

After a brief demonstration to Stratton, the bald man was indeed attracted.

He grabbed it and played with it twice. It was really exciting!

"You! You can always give me new tricks!"

Then he glanced at Pyrrhus with a sneer: "Is there any more?"

"Yes, yes..." Pyrrhus took out another glass prism with a pained face, but refused to give it to Stratton immediately.

"Um... Stratton, look at our Maria, she is indeed very interested in our research method, and if she is willing to stay, can it also reduce your burden? So? , you know, hehe..." Pyrrhus rubbed his hands with an embarrassed smile on his face.

"Okay, I understand! I don't know you yet..."

Stratton grabbed the prism and returned to Maria arrogantly.

The girl was looking through the various experimental records in rapt attention. There were plant cultivation, animal hybridization, mineral processing, metal smelting, and some inexplicable experiments... According to the concept of this era, these were actually It can be counted in the category of alchemy.

"Alas! Today's young people love to talk big words, and they complain all the time when it's their turn to do some down-to-earth basic work!" Stratton lamented loudly.

Maria looked up at his performance with a confused look on her face.

"Isn't it in this state that a truly outstanding person can devote himself to true passion?"

“Isn’t it in this kind of environment that a truly spiritual person can inspire real inspiration?”

“Aren’t these boring tasks our basic skills as scholars?”

"Don't these basic tasks of summarizing laws contain laws? Isn't there some kind of 'law of laws'?"

"In the face of the truth, we will always be mediocre; as scholars, we will always be the slaves of the truth!"

Nice move in!I'll applaud you as I step on my horse!

"What exactly do you want to say?" Maria was a little confused.

"Little girl, I don't care what purpose you have here, I advise you to go back!"

Stratton looked at Maria with a condescending look:

"This is 'academic hard work' that can only be completed by people with the most vulgar humility, the crudest beliefs, and the stupidest enthusiasm! This is not the place for a pampered woman like you!"

high!

It's really high!

What a silky self-justification!What a flexible moral bottom line!

Is this really something that can be done on the spot?It’s really worthy of being...

Wait, I didn't fall for Stratton's trap, did I...? !

"Hmph! You don't have to say such mysterious words, I have long been prepared to dedicate my life to alchemy!" Maria retorted without showing any weakness:

"But empty talk is always in vain. Although your empty words can't explain anything, I will not refute you with just empty words. Practice will prove whether your so-called 'pampered woman' will work!"

Great!Got fooled!

Stratton sneered and stroked his bald head, "Let's see if you can still be so tough after a while. You know, just a few months ago my hair was still..."

Hey!There is no such thing as a fierce general!

Fortunately, they ignored him, and she turned around and walked to Pyrrhus.

"Today really opened my eyes. Both Lamia Academy and the Experimental Park are unimaginable miracles! I am willing to teach in the academy and work in the Experimental Park. I am willing to stay here for a long time." Mary Ya said solemnly, not knowing why her face was a little red.

"Especially this research method. This method is indeed what I need for my alchemy research. It is a hundred times better than the so-called research that was limited to the study room and under the colonnade in the past! The chart that summarizes the data is like a map. , as long as we deeply explore the rules, it can show us the way forward!" Maria became more and more excited as she spoke.

From such a close distance, he could clearly see the rapid expansion of the capillaries on her cheeks, and her eyes seemed to be burning. Pyrrhus couldn't help but want to avoid looking at her.

"Oh...that's great! I also hope that your work here will go smoothly and happily...if you are not used to the food and accommodation..."

She asked eagerly:

"If you continue on this path, you will eventually find the true fire of the sun!"

"Uh……"

Why do you still remember this?

What should I say?

Am I going to say "The ignition plan failed! But the Tokamak may succeed!"

Is that so?

Looking at the girl's expectant face, Pyrrhus pondered for a moment and could only answer in a mysterious manner:

"You should find this answer yourself!"