[Chapter 65 Leonard]
The man with glasses listened to the words of the young man in front of him. He was incredulous at first, and then he suddenly laughed: “Haha, haha, you are kidding, right? I almost got fooled by you.”
“No.”
“This is also a joke!”
“No!”
The man with glasses continued to laugh awkwardly for a while, and found that the young man in front of him seemed to be no joke, so he stopped laughing: “Seriously, is this place really far away from Pasadena? How far is it?”
“I’m not sure how far it is exactly, because I don’t even know how far it is from the earth.” David briefly introduced himself: “I am the chief of Winter Village, David.”
“Your words sound more like a joke. If I understand correctly, you mean that I am not only far away from Pasadena, but I am not even on Earth.” The man with glasses saw David extending his hand and immediately stretched out his hand to shake David’s hand. After saying a lot, he remembered to introduce himself: “Leonard Hofstadter, you can just call me Leonard.”
“Hello, Leonard!” David nodded and affirmed the other party’s words: “You understand correctly, this is indeed not Earth.”
“How is it possible!” Leonard still didn’t believe what David said: “Did I accidentally pass through a space wormhole while walking on the street?”
“Not much.”
“Very creative!” Leonard felt that things were getting interesting: “This idea is really great, and the environment here looks great… Is this a new experience activity? But it’s hard to create such a scene in Pasadena. Are those in the distance fake scenery? It looks very realistic.” Leonard looked left
and right, trying to find some flaws.
As for the words that he had arrived in another world, as a physicist, he didn’t believe it at all, thinking that he might have accidentally walked into a new experience hall.
“The layout here is great, and the air is fresh.” Leonard said as he ran away. He was ready to touch those “background boards” with his own hands to prove that he had seen through everything: “Your place… is much bigger than I… thought…” After running
for dozens of meters, Leonard, who still couldn’t touch the background board, bent down and supported his knees to breathe heavily, and hurriedly took out his sprayer and took a deep breath.
“Okay! I give up. Tell me what kind of experience projects you have here!”
Leonard felt that the other party didn’t want him to leave. He just wanted him to stay and spend money. At most, he could play here for a while and then go home. Anyway, he didn’t have anything urgent to deal with.
“Well, Mr. Leonard Hofstadter, this is actually not an experience game, and this is not a specially built experience hall.” David walked to Leonard’s side, and after confirming that he was fine, he asked him if he wanted to drink some water or something, and explained the situation to him: “This is indeed not the earth. If you don’t believe it, you can think about returning to your own world in your heart, and then walk away.”
“Is this also an experience project?” Leonard had recovered after using the sprayer. He looked at David uncertainly, and then looked at the “distant” and the vast grassland: “Or do you agree that I can leave?” He
walked a few steps away uncertainly, then stopped and looked back at David: “Can I really leave?” Seeing that David did not come to stop him, Leonard continued to walk away, and after walking for a while, he slowly turned into a phantom.
“I wonder when he will come back?”
David did not expel Leonard directly because Leonard Hofstadter from the Big Bang Theory world is a physicist. Although he is an experimental physicist, David does not need any advanced knowledge now, and Leonard has mastered some basic physics knowledge and has certain hands-on skills.
How could he drive away such a scientist who came to his door? A scientist who knows all kinds of scientific knowledge will play a great role in promoting the development of Winter Village.
Moreover, if Leonard can stay in Winter Village, the scientists who are his best friends will also be very likely to be taken away by David, which is equivalent to picking up a scientific team for free.
Among them, Howard Wolowitz is an excellent engineer, and Sheldon Cooper can rub the reactor by hand when he is very young. As for Rajesh Kusapari, the astrophysicist… he can study how far he is from the earth.
Just when David was thinking about what role these people could play, Leonard’s figure appeared in front of him again.
David was a little surprised. He thought Leonard would come back. After all, it was a real time travel experience. As a scientist, Leonard could not ignore it. His return was inevitable.
But he didn’t expect that he would come back so soon. After traveling back to Earth, he immediately realized that what David said was all true. For unknown reasons, he had gone to another world. So he immediately tried to see if he could travel again.
“Oh~ Holy shit!” After confirming that he could really travel through time, Leonard’s reaction was normal: “This is actually true!” He
looked around and pinched himself hard. After confirming that he was not hallucinating, Leonard turned around and tried to return to Earth… Disappearing, appearing, disappearing and appearing again, Leonard was sure that he really had the ability to “travel through time” and that he did not accidentally walk into a space wormhole.
“You said this is Winter Village?” After repeated attempts, Leonard, who was extremely excited, finally remembered David: “Are you the village chief here?”
“Yes.”
“This is really not Earth?”
“Yes, this is indeed not Earth.”
“Why do you speak English?” Leonard’s IQ was as high as 173. After confirming that what David said before was true, he immediately thought of many questions: “Have you seen other people from Earth, so you know English and are not surprised by my previous reaction?”
“You are right, and there is more than one person from Earth in the village.”
“Is there anyone from somewhere other than Earth?” Leonard thought of more questions. He was now full of curiosity about this magical place and wanted to know all the answers immediately.
“Yes.” Seeing Leonard’s various reactions, David felt that the goal of keeping this scientist in the village should not be difficult to achieve. When he was about to invite him to visit Winter Village and meet several other Earth fellows, a shadow appeared not far away: “Wait a minute, someone is coming.”
“Someone?” Leonard was looking around with curiosity. He thought these were all scenery just now, so he just took a few glances. Now that he was sure that they were real scenery, he was immediately attracted by the natural scenery around him. When he heard David’s words, he reacted half a beat slowly. He turned around on the spot before he noticed what David meant by ‘someone is coming’: “This shadow… this is how I appeared just now?”
“Yes, and the scene when I left was similar to the reverse of this scene.”
“Oh~ It’s really amazing!”
Soon the shadow turned into a real person. Leonard was surprised after seeing the other person clearly. This person’s appearance… He turned his head to glance at David next to him, and swallowed back what he wanted to say.
David noticed Leonard’s reaction, but he didn’t rush to “explain anything”. Instead, he greeted the visitor: “Why are you here so early today?”
“Today’s class ended early, and I don’t need to go to the cram school next.” The visitor was Steve, with a relaxed smile on his face. It can be seen that he has a headache about the “cram school” he has to go to every day: “Is this the newcomer?”
“Yes, I just came to the village.” David pointed to Leonard next to him: “This is Leonard Hofstadter, this is Steve Rogers.”
“Just call me Leonard.” Reaching out and shaking hands with the other party, Leonard, who was a little reserved at first, noticed the other party’s name and smiled and wanted to make a joke: “Steven Grant Rogers (Captain America’s full name, also known as his legal name)?”
“You know me?” Steve didn’t realize that the other party was joking with him. He simply thought that the other party had known his information: “But you don’t need to call me that.”
“…” Steve’s response made Leonard not know how to respond. This reaction was different from what he expected? And what did the other party mean by this answer? Is this person really called this? Are his parents crazy Marvel fans?
Or is the other party joking with him? In that case, shouldn’t this
person call himself Johnny Stone? Leonard’s mind went around in circles, but he couldn’t figure out what was going on in front of him?
In fact, he thought of several possibilities, but he felt that none of them could be the correct answer.
The final reaction was an awkward smile. Fortunately, David came to the rescue in time, so that Leonard didn’t have to stand there and struggle about what to say to ease the embarrassment.
“I want to take Leonard around the village. Are you going to find Peggy?”
“No, I’m just here to take a look and see if there’s anything the village needs help with?” In addition to coming to the village to practice with Peggy and Sharon, Steve also often helps the village with various tasks. Basically, he would lend a hand wherever he saw busy. In Steve’s words, it was these seemingly ordinary and boring daily labors that made him feel “alive”.
“Recently, the village has been focusing on the farmland to see if they can complete the harvest before the weather turns completely cold. There is not much else to do.” David and Steve briefly described the situation in the village: “However, it may be very busy in a while. Tirion’s progress is very smooth, and many people may move in in a while.”
(End of this chapter)