Chapter 157: Science and Metaphysics: A man standing on the waves, dressed in black and white...
Chapter 157 Science and Metaphysics
Fortunately, top-quality ingredients only require simple cooking.
Yan Jiuru mainly catches blue crabs, mud crabs, and king crabs, which are all very sweet and fresh. The crab stir-fry with scallions and ginger is simple and retains the natural flavor of the crab meat to the greatest extent.
Other dishes include steamed sea urchin, blanched prawns, and seaweed egg drop soup.
As for the two super big fish, the head cook planned to cook a bluefin tuna first.
"We don't eat raw food here. Safety comes first, it has to be cooked.
I think the fish head is big enough, so I'll split it up and prepare it. I also have a lot of pickled peppers left, so I'll make a steamed fish head with peppers. The fish body is big enough, so I'll cut it into pieces and make braised fish fillets!
Yan Jiuru was not in a position to ask how many people were in the base, as it was all a military secret. Anyway, the old cook was in charge of cooking, and he thought it was enough as long as there was enough food.
He had something serious to do, so he just said, "Fish heads are good for your brain," and then hurried back.
I believe the old squad leader knows how to serve the food.
***
When it comes to the same thing, scientists and politicians have different focuses.
A few simple scientists didn't care why he went to another space launch center or how he got there. They only cared about all the details about the launch device he saw and heard at the launch base.
Yan Jiuru and the scientists asked questions carefully, and the other side answered patiently. The only sound in the entire office was the swish swish of pens besides the whispers.
Scientists' brains are indeed extraordinary. After their questioning, Yan Jiuru recalled many details that he had overlooked, which were insignificant but very important.
As they were talking, Yan Jiuru saw foam forming at the corners of the eyes and mouths of two scientists, and suddenly realized that they had been talking for such a long time without even drinking a sip of water.
Yan Jiuru immediately called for a halt, "Ahem, seniors, let's take a short break."
He found a container containing fruits, tea and coffee in the storage talisman, and directly placed a pile of citrus fruits, apples, grapefruits, grapes, bananas, pineapples, watermelons, and even two boxes of cola and black coffee on the open space in the office.
Yan Jiuru did not bring out any local fruits with obvious Caribbean characteristics.
Anyway, everyone knows that he has special abilities, so hiding some fruit is no big deal.
"Everyone can make their own food based on what they like. I've only heard of some fruits but haven't tried them myself."
Unexpectedly, several scientists went for Coke!
Seeing them guzzling down most of the can of Coke, Yan Jiuru slapped his head and said "Oops!", and quickly took out a bunch of still hot fried chicken and hamburgers.
This was originally meant to be sneaked in for the kids, but since scientists love to drink Coke, they will also have eaten fried chicken and burgers in the future.
Sure enough, even the most sophisticated scientists would hold a hamburger in one hand and a Coke in the other.
What's wrong with junk food? It's quite satisfying to eat it once in a while.
Now everyone is exhausted and malnourished, and they just need the high calories provided by these junk foods.
"You are a nice young man, and your fried chicken is authentic." It was a rare occasion for the great scientist to chat with him.
"When I was studying abroad, I was so busy in the lab that I had no time to eat, so I relied on these fast foods. At that time, I ate them every day just to fill my stomach, but now I think these are delicious when I eat them out of the blue."
Yan Jiuru also laughed and said, "Kids especially like fried chicken and Coke."
Hearing that he was the father of three children, the great scientist also smiled and said, "Then how are you going to explain this to the children?"
Yan Jiuru also laughed: "I have learned how to fry chicken nuggets, it will definitely taste as good as this."
The great scientist nodded as he ate, "Yes, only when you know how to do it yourself can you truly be invincible."
Yan Jiuru: Even the scientists’ casual conversations are so philosophical!
***
That afternoon, scientists and researchers from the entire base received an 'afternoon tea'.
In addition to the rare fruit platter, each person also received a can of Coke, a serving of fried chicken, and a bowl of steamed sea urchin and egg custard!
The outermost soldiers also received two sweet apples and a piece of watermelon each.
The watermelons couldn't be left, so everyone had to eat them themselves. They secretly picked up the apples and prepared to take them home.
Yan Jiuru and the others were busy until evening.
"Let's eat first. I'll still be here tomorrow. There's no rush."
Yan Jiuru admired these people for their dedication and forgetting to eat and sleep. If he didn't make arrangements, these people might not even have dinner.
Dinner is a reception.
Relevant leaders of the base, senior military officials and scientists together hosted Yan Jiuru and Director Wu.
In fact, Yan Jiuru knew that this was also an opportunity for the leader to let everyone relax. After all, he saw with his own eyes how hard the people here worked.
There was only this small group of people in the entire base, including Yan Jiuru and Director Wu, so the dinner was naturally not expanded. There was only one table in total, but the dishes on the table today were very luxurious.
"Chopped pepper tuna head, blanched prawns, stir-fried crab with scallions and ginger, braised large fish pieces..."
In the words of the old cook, if they weren't afraid that everyone would eat too much at once and not be able to handle it, they could have filled half the table with sea cucumbers, oysters, and conchs.
***
Yan Jiuru worked with the scientists for three days before successfully sorting out the situation at the launch center.
On the fourth day, he received instructions from the relevant leader:
Now that he is here, please let the scientists take a look at his body and treat any serious problems immediately.
After all, with the current level of medical care, regular physical examinations cannot solve all potential occupational risk problems.
Even if scientists wear protective clothing, they don't care about radiation if they need to do something themselves.
If the condition accumulates over a long period of time, even with specialized medical care, the health condition is not optimistic.
Yan Jiuru admired the selfless dedication of these scientists and was naturally generous.
During the day, he used his spiritual sense to comb the scientists' bodies, especially their nerves and veins, and at night he had to consume minerals to repair his own spiritual sense.
Although he felt a little sad that he had to use less ore, he did not regret doing so.
***
A few days later, the bodies of the scientists and key radiation-exposed personnel were checked. It cannot be said that all the damage was cured, but at least the damage caused by the radiation was mostly recovered.
In particular, Yan Jiuru also saw a female researcher who worked with her husband at the launch center and was almost three months pregnant.
Yan Jiuru swept his spiritual sense over the fetus and shook his head silently at the couple.
"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" the female researcher asked anxiously.
The male researcher also looked at him expectantly.
Yan Jiuru had to tell the truth: "The fetus is deformed. To be precise, in addition to the physical deformity, the brain has not developed.
If I force the baby to be born, it might have some extra physical features, but its brain... I can say it has no IQ...
To put it bluntly, the child born will be deformed and mentally retarded.
Not to mention the suffering of adults, the children will also be like animals, with no future at all.
The couple hugged each other and cried bitterly.
They didn't doubt Yan Jiuru's words, but over the years, someone in the base had given birth to a similar child.
Everyone knows that it is due to radiation, and the country has given special subsidies to the best of its ability, but the children are so stupid that they are not even as smart as some animals with the IQ of a few years old.
For parents, this kind of pain cannot be compensated by money.
***
In fact, a high-radiation working environment like theirs is not suitable for pregnancy, no matter how good the protection is.
But scientists and researchers are also human beings and have to make a living. Some of them stay in such places for more than ten or twenty years, and it is simply unrealistic for them not to get married or have children.
The base also has medical care, and regular checkups are conducted on pregnant women and fetuses, but the medical staff themselves are exposed to radiation for a long time, and with limited equipment and conditions, not every case can be detected.
Yan Jiuru found three pregnant women with deformed fetuses in the entire base.
He wasn't sure if this was a high-probability deformity problem.
However, the deformities caused by this radiation are basically impossible to cure, and even the children born will still have certain radioactive substances in their bodies.
One of the three couples decided to have an abortion after feeling sad.
The other two couples were in a painful dilemma.
Yan Jiuru is also the father of three children and understands them very well.
He thought for a moment and said, "Instead of letting them live in confusion and waste time, it would be better to let them reincarnate elsewhere sooner.
Maybe I can find a good family soon, no, a good environment.
By this time next year, I might be running around calling out to my parents."
His words struck the hearts of the two pairs of parents.
Yes, instead of giving birth to a child and having him looked down upon and living in a daze, it is better to seize the time and be born into a good place.
"Can I really be reborn in a good place? You're not lying to us, are you?"
Yan Jiuru: "I swear to the Chairman, I can do it."
***
It wasn't Yan Jiuru's guarantee that was effective, but the organization did some ideological work. After a day or two of preparation, the three pregnant women had induced abortions.
They even saw a fully formed fetus with six fingers on each hand and no skull. . . . .
That night, Yan Jiuru found a place at the base and performed a small-scale ritual to pray for the aborted child to be reborn sooner.
That night, the night was as dark as ink.
Yan Jiuru drew a circle and asked the parents of the children and several interested scientists who came to observe to stay in the circle.
He burned incense and prayed, threw down a few formation stones, lit a talisman to attract the gods, and began to chant the spell.
He rushed out all of this overnight.
I don’t know when, the endless darkness in front of me suddenly became a little dim, and it seemed as if I had entered a different world.
This was the first time everyone had seen such a thing, and even those who believed in science couldn't help but feel nervous.
Yan Jiuru didn't feel anything at all. After he shouted "Hurry up and obey the order", he drew a line with one hand in the invisible darkness and threw the talisman that was about to burn out into the air.
Suddenly, a chill came over them, and everyone shivered involuntarily.
Just when they were wondering where the cold air came from, they were stunned by the scene that suddenly appeared before them.
I saw a door appear in the darkness ahead. I couldn't describe what it looked like, but I felt it was a 'door'.
It seemed as if a strange creaking sound was heard beside the ear, and the strange door opened a crack, and then everyone saw a dim and gloomy waterway vaguely visible behind the door!
Don't ask them how they knew it was a "waterway". Anyway, the road is already in front of them, so they seem to know it naturally.
Many phantoms drifted on the waterway, and some of them fell into the water, unable to come out, but struggling to float up and down. . . .
Everyone felt a chill all over their body and hugged their arms, not daring to make a sound.
Soon, the gate to the underworld was officially opened.
A ghost messenger, wearing a black and white robe and holding a token, appeared in front of everyone slowly but quickly, stepping on the waves.
He looked at Yan Jiuru and the others and asked curiously, "Hey, why are there so many strangers here?"
With just this one glance, everyone except Yan Jiuru felt as if their souls were about to fly away, and they were unable to move at all, as if possessed by a ghost.
Could this be the legendary ghost messenger who seduces souls? !
The ghost just took a look and ignored him.
He bowed to Yan Jiuru and said respectfully, "Did the master just summon me here? I wonder what it is that you want to ask?"
Yan Jiuru nodded.
Then, everyone saw that his lips did not move, but he was obviously communicating with the ghost.
The ghost officer nodded repeatedly, occasionally glancing at the husbands of the three couples. Finally, he said, "If it were any other soul, we would have to follow the rules. But since your Excellency has ordered us to do so, we will show some leniency. Tonight, we will allow these three remaining souls to be reincarnated peacefully. Your Excellency, rest assured."
As he spoke, he threw out the token, and suddenly three confused little shadows emerged from the dark water.
Different from the other phantoms that were trying hard to get closer to the token, these three were so stupid that if they were not being pulled by the token, they wouldn’t know where to go!
Seeing this, the ghost threw out a chain, which turned into three thin ropes when it met the phantom. One end was put on the phantom, and the other end was loosely held in the ghost's hand.
"Sir, we're leaving now!"
The ghost officer bowed to Yan Jiuru and turned around. The gate to the underworld closed and the cold air around him dissipated immediately. The heavy feeling on his body was also relieved.
Before everyone could react, the base returned to its original appearance, as if the opening of the ghost gate just now was all a dream.
Yan Jiuru suddenly activated a mind-concentrating talisman, and everyone was suddenly startled. Their whole body felt lighter, and they no longer felt like they were being possessed by a ghost.
A group of scientists looked at each other in bewilderment!
This is a charlatan who has sneaked into the science group!
It’s hard to put it into words.
***
Performing the ritual to open the gate to the underworld was still a bit difficult for Yan Jiuru now.
He rested for two days and absorbed three pieces of mineral marrow before he recovered.
Afterwards, Yan Jiuru proposed to go to the launch test site to see the problem of the heat release layer in person.
If they can even open the gates of hell, what else can’t they see?
However, scientists were still surprised to learn that the most powerful heat-resistant coating currently available was actually patented by him.
There are people who are good at both science and metaphysics...
After approval from their superiors, they happily took Yan Jiuru to the test site and shared with him the current research progress and problems encountered without reservation.
Yan Jiuru nodded as he listened.
He knew that the most important problem with some questions was that no one had ever been to space, and the only way to test the results was through calculation and scientific reasoning.
In his opinion, it was already remarkable to be able to achieve such results through mathematics and reasoning.
The reason why his patent is ahead of the times is that his approach is completely different.
Yan Jiuru simply discussed with Lao Wu and wanted to apply for a laboratory at the launch base to build the heat-resistant layer on site.
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