The Dragon That Devours the World

1578, midsummer, Florence.

This is a relatively stable period, and there are not too many wars, but undercurrents are surging. Since Martin Luther's "reformation" 60 years ago, there have been fierce disputes between Protestantism and Catholicism, and Rudolf II, the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany, who was enthroned two years ago, is extremely disgusted with Protestantism. , Pushing this situation of incompatibility between water and fire to a higher level.

The 26-year-old young emperor from Habsburg stubbornly pursued his religious policy and vigorously suppressed Protestantism. On the contrary, Britain and France supported Protestantism. Religious differences gradually evolved into political issues. Divergence. Since then, there has been an irreconcilable dividing line between the Protestant world and the Catholic world, but at present this tit-for-tat contradiction is still brewing. No one can imagine what the outcome of this contradiction will eventually be...

However, for the little Galileo of Florence, these things are still too far apart.

"..."

In the main hall, his father was talking to the guests, while the fourteen-year-old Galileo lowered his head. His face was full of boredom and boredom. His father seemed to be arguing with the guests loudly. His face was serious. With the coldness that Galileo had never seen before.

"Copernicus? Huh, the businessman's son, his heliocentric theory is nothing more than a madman's babble, which violates the teachings of the Bible..."

Stiff, stubborn, with some pride and conceit that are characteristic of old-fashioned aristocrats, this is all Galileo's impression of his father. But at this moment, the somewhat stubborn old-fashioned nobleman did not hesitate to compete with the guests to blush. It was indeed a "decent" thing, which made Galileo feel a little curious about the man named "Copernicus".

"That's not the case. Sir Leonardo, who died sixty years ago, had similar arguments. I think, Sir Leonardo's words would never be considered babble..."

In front of Galileo's father, the scholar with a two-handed beard shook his head and said in a hurry that when he heard the name of Da Vinci, even the father who was as stubborn as Galileo was a moment of silence.

Leonardo’s reputation in Italy is far beyond the imagination of people in other regions. The Italian region is deeply influenced by Greek doctrine. The development of printing has led to the emergence of many scholars, even if he is as old-fashioned as he is. Half a scholar, Leonardo da Vinci, known as the "all-rounder," holds a position close to a **** in the hearts of scholars.

"……Humph."

He opened his mouth and tried to refute something, but in the end he snorted angrily, so he set aside the topic and continued to argue about the man named "Copernicus".

On the side, Galileo, who listened carefully to what they were saying, vaguely heard words such as "Heliocentrism" and "Death".

"Said Hexin?"

Some confused and whispered, this is a word that Galileo had never heard before, but he had a vague sense of vagueness, and he was very interested in what the word represented.

...

Sleeping at night, there was no sound, but Galileo, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes.

Lifting the quilt, stepping on the ground gently, Galileo lowered his body like a civet cat, cautiously touched the door of the room, and then gently opened...

"squeak……"

The extremely small voice did not attract the attention of the servants, but it was also expected by little Galileo. At this moment, the servant who was tired from the busy day would not have the energy to pay attention to himself, quietly leave from the open door, and then close the door. ...

Without any hesitation, little Galileo walked on tiptoe, and for fear of disturbing others, he even walked towards his father's study in the dark.

And as little Galileo expected, there was no one in his father's study, it was pitch black, but with his own memory, little Galileo still fumbled for the candlestick. After igniting it, the bright light illuminates the study room, revealing the many books on the shelves, and little Galileo carefully searched for it. Finally, somewhere in the corner of the bookshelf, he found what he wanted to find s things.

"really."

Looking at the heavy "On the Movement of Celestial Bodies", Galileo showed a smile on his face.

Despite his stubborn and aristocratic stubbornness, his father was also a learned scholar after all. Even if he did not agree with Copernicus's theory, he was able to leave a place in the study for Copernicus.

Of course, if Galileo went directly to beg his father, it would only make the stubborn old gentleman angry and then scold Galileo. This is something Galileo can fully anticipate, so he can only avoid it by going quietly. This contradiction.

Turning over the title page, the first thing that caught Galileo's eyes was a line like this.

"First of all, we should point out that the universe is spherical. This is either because the sphere is the most perfect of all shapes, it does not require interfaces, and it is a whole that can neither increase nor decrease; or because it is everything. The shape with the largest volume is the most suitable to encompass everything; even because individual parts of the universe (I mean the sun, moon, planets, and stars) look like this shape; and even everything tends to have this shape. Surrounded by the boundary, just like a single drop of water and other liquids..."

In the flickering candlelight, Galileo looked at the book, the lines of text reflected in his bright pupils, accompanied by the rustling of pages from time to time, accompanied by the detailed and powerful inferences. In a trance, Galileo seemed to see it. A whole new world, it was a vast world he had never thought of, a world far more vast than the Bible recorded countless times...

Before he knew it, a rooster cried in his ears, and Galileo suddenly woke up.

"Crap! To be discovered."

According to the habit, the servants should get up and toil when they waited. Galileo hurriedly tried to put the book back on the shelf, but accidentally kicked something like iron with his foot, causing a pain in his foot.

"hiss……"

Holding his feet, Galileo endured the pain, and then glanced at what he was kicking...It was a heroic female statue placed in a hidden part of the bookshelf, dressed in armor, and his eyes were firm and fearless.

Galileo had seen this thing before. Just when they moved to Florence three years ago, they met a strange man who entrusted the statue to Galileo's father. After that, Galileo's father never mentioned this matter again, and Galileo never saw this thing again, but he didn't want to hide it in a hidden place between the bookshelves.

Looking at the bright eyes, Galileo had an inexplicable illusion, as if the statue was alive, and those eyes were looking at him coldly...

But when I tried to look closely, I didn't have this feeling. It was just an extremely exquisite sculpture.

Although a little strange in his mind, Galileo has no time to think about such things at this moment~www.readwn.com~ After putting the book back on the shelf, putting out the candle, opening the study door and closing it quietly, while the servant is not awake. When I was lying in bed again.

"Fortunately, there is no error..."

Thinking like this in my heart, the exhaustion of staying up all night hit like a tide, and the relaxed spirit can no longer support this sleepiness. I stepped into a dreamland, just in a trance, and there seemed to be a pair of cold eyes in front of my eyes. ...

In the dream, I seemed to be lying on the earth. The boundless earth made people unable to distinguish the direction. I looked at blankly, only the sun above my head was the same as before.

Then the earth trembled suddenly, as if it were a living thing, the "earth" carried itself over the clouds, over the aurora, over the sky, and reached into an infinitely vast dark void...

In that dark void, it is like the moon "not far away", Mars and Venus a little further away, and even Mercury, and... the star that is so large that it is beyond imagination, and it is even scary, and exhales countless hot flame .

Numerous stars in the eye are revolving around that star, thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, hundreds of millions of years, silent and eternal, eternally unchanging...