How did you, a prisoner on death row, become an important weapon of the country? Yecheng Gao Weiming

Devil's heart?

Feynman's back, which had just straightened up, collapsed again.

However, the young man, who was only 27 or 28 years old, seemed to have aged by dozens of years.

Devil's heart?

Hahaha!

Devil's heart!

It really lives up to its name.

The emergence of the atomic bomb was like a demon released from hell by mankind.

It opened its bloody mouth and ruthlessly devoured everything in this world!

And we are the ones who released this demon with our own hands.

Who can say who is innocent and kind?

Who can say that there is no blood on anyone’s hands?

What are we doing this for?

Feynman is gone.

He left the hospital and never came back.

He didn't dare to face the suffering Slotin, and he didn't dare to accept the fact that his condition was getting worse.

But Hu Hai did not leave.

He stayed in Slotin's ward for nine days and nine nights.

The research work is nearing completion, so there is nothing wrong in handing over the work in my hands to others.

It is not known whether Hu Hai did not leave out of guilt or out of sympathy.

Over the past nine days, I witnessed Slotin's condition gradually become more serious until it was beyond help.

The other party had actually died a long time ago, dying the moment the blue light appeared.

But the god of death didn't want him to die so easily, and tortured him with the greatest pain in the world.

Nine days!

For nine whole days, he began to rot and stink like a corpse, and his whole body gradually dissolved.

The smell emanating from his body was unbearable even for the doctors and nurses wearing five layers of masks.

Only Hu Hai stayed by Slotin's side, watching him about to lose all hope of life.

this day.

Four o'clock in the morning of July 19, 45.

The ward was silent, with only the occasional ticking of instruments.

Slotin, who had been in a coma for several days, suddenly woke up and opened his eyes.

“Is there anyone…?”

Hu Hai, who had been sitting quietly beside him, quickly placed his hand on the other person's body.

"I'm here! Slotin, I'm here!"

Slotin turned his head with great effort, and after seeing clearly through blurry vision that it was Lomanitz, he pulled the corners of his mouth together and smiled.

"Lomanitz, it's you... I didn't expect that you would be by my side in the end."

The relationship between the two is actually average, very average.

Hu Hai was Oppenheimer's student, and Slotin was a key scientist on the project.

The two sides have no other relationship except for their work.

What Slotin really wanted to have by his side in the end was either Feynman or Oppenheimer.

He knew...

These people were destined not to have time to visit him and leave the world.

They had something more important to do, which was to watch the atomic bomb explosion.

"What time is it now?"

Slotin asked with difficulty.

His throat muscles had not yet completely dissolved, and although his tongue was badly damaged, he could still make a hoarse sound.

Hu Hai looked at it and sighed in his heart.

This is probably a flash of light.

“It’s 7am on July 16th!”

"On the 16th? At 4 a.m.?"

A light burst out from Slotin's cloudy eyes, illuminating even the entire ward.

He struggled to sit up, talking non-stop.

"Help me up, help me up! Today is the day of the nuclear explosion test, I want to go to the site to visit! Even if I die, I will not hesitate..."

However, Hu Hai held him down with one hand and continued to sigh.

"Slotin, the experiment has been delayed due to heavy rain outside! No one knows when to start the detonation..."

After hearing what the other party said, Slotin's heart sank.

He no longer had the strength to struggle and collapsed on the bed like a piece of rotten meat.

Listening to the sound of rain outside, he was filled with despair.

Is it possible that I, Slotin, am destined to devote my life to science and yet never get what I want?

Before I die, I just want to see the atomic bomb explode successfully! ! ! !

A huge feeling of unwillingness spread in Slotin's heart, slowly draining his strength in the process.

The last burst of light is temporary.

When a person loses the greatest belief in his heart, he may really deserve to die.

All the instruments in the ward began to whistle.

Slotin began to breathe heavily again.

Hu Hai knew that the man in front of him... was finally going to die.

He looked at the other person seriously, ignored the pungent stench, and spoke slowly.

"Slotin!"

"Don't be sad, don't be upset..."

"The nuclear explosion experiment will surely succeed. It will create the most beautiful mushroom cloud in the desert."

"Oppenheimer, Feynman, and your name will go down in history!"

"And is this the end? No, this is just the beginning..."

"Five years later, the first hydrogen bomb of the Eagle Sauce was successfully detonated, symbolizing the emergence of the most powerful weapon in human history!"

"But this is nothing. Nuclear fusion is the beginning of mankind's journey towards advanced civilization, and it is also hope..."

"After you die, your descendants will inherit your will and continue your research at the cost of their lives, studying how to control that energy that can destroy the world!"

"Controlled nuclear fusion...will eventually appear in human civilization..."

As Hu Hai spoke, Slotin seemed to hear and see.

His eyes gradually lit up, revealing the last glimmer of light in his life.

Drop drop drop...

When all the instruments stopped blasting and turned into a constant beeping sound.

Slotin is dead.

This guy who devoted himself to science and dared to break open an atomic bomb with his bare hands is really dead.

Hu Hai stood up, stood silently, looked out the window, and silently saw Slotin off for the last time.

I do not know how long it has been.

When the doctors and nurses finally noticed the alarm and rushed in.

Hu Hai turned and left, walking alone in the corridor, muttering to himself.

Slotin.

Go with peace of mind!

I will go to the experimental site and observe the final result of our three years of hard work on your behalf.

I will help you see the weapons that will end war and the new beginning of human civilization...

I don't know whether I am cold-blooded or inhumane.

Do not know why.

Your death has no effect on me.

I stayed in the hospital to take care of you for nine days and nine nights, not because of guilt or out of friendship with my colleague.

I just want to observe your entire condition from the onset of your illness to your death.

I am probably an abnormal person.

Hu Hai walked and walked, all the way out of the hospital and into the heavy rain.

He suddenly stopped.

Because at the door of the hospital, under the dim light, there seemed to be a figure standing in the heavy rain.

The figure was holding an umbrella and watching him silently.

Hu Hai seemed to have guessed something. After taking a few glances, he turned around silently and was about to get in the car and leave.

He was going to the site of the nuclear explosion experiment and observe with his own eyes the first atomic bomb exploding over the desert.

Unexpectedly, when I got on the car, I heard a voice from the dark shadow behind me.

"Rebellious son! Do you... regret it?"

Click!

The sky was filled with lightning and thunder during the rainstorm, almost drowning out the sound.

But Hu Hai heard it clearly and did not get on the car. Instead, he turned his back to the other party.

“I have no regrets!”

"Also, I'm not called Nizi! I have a name, my name is... Hu Hai!"

"Hu Hai? Hahahahaha..."

The dark shadow in the rainstorm let out a sad laugh.

"The one who destroyed Qin is Hu!"

"Rebellious son, do you hate me so much? Are you going to curse even my name?"

Hu Hai remained calm and did not turn around.

"It's not me who hates you, it's my mom who hates you! This is the name she gave me."

"As for me……"

"I don't know what hatred is. I only know that my mother is dead and I have no relatives in this world anymore!"

After saying that, Hu Hai got into the car, started the engine, and drove straight to the experimental site.

Only that dark shadow was left standing alone in the darkest place in the early morning.

A long time, a long time!

He muttered to himself.

"Do I regret it?"