Chapter 118 Chapter 118
Chapter 118
Ethan's words made the assistants around the two people present look unhappy.
But they did not speak immediately, instead they looked at their boss, whose face did not show much emotion.
The three of them had gotten used to Ethan cueing them from time to time - especially after they had delayed the doctor's work before.
But Ethan didn't do this often, except when they angered him.
Obviously, this amount of time is spent in every meeting.
but……
"Professor Ethan, this is a conference room. I hope you won't grandstand here and use your academic reputation to stir up trouble."
What no one expected was that it was the expert who parachuted down from above who was the first to attack Ethan.
The expert's name is Bill, and everyone knows that this is a pseudonym. However, there must be a reason why the superiors arranged it this way, so naturally no one would ask Professor Bill's real name.
Professor Bill is indeed good at biology. Although he is not as good as Leander in treatment, Leander is also not as good as Professor Bill in biology.
Fortunately, this professor was not a dictatorial person. He dropped in these few days and seemed to get along well with Leander. Although the two had some differences in their discussion of some issues, they did not get to the point of disharmony.
In addition, although Professor Bill is a bit older, over 200 years old, he still looks neat and tidy, which leads to some people in the group having a good impression of Professor Bill. However, this time he directly attacked Professor Ethan, which still made the people present a little confused.
So... Professor Bill was angry at Professor Ethan because of Chief Leander?
This thought couldn't help but pop up in the minds of some people present.
Professor Bill's words made the blond young man raise his head. His drooping sapphire eyes looked indifferent and even became as cold and sharp as Marshal Theodore.
"Professor Bill, are you sure you, a biology professor, want to ask me academic questions?"
Ethan spoke calmly. Professor Bill frowned and said, "I am just raising reasonable doubts. After all, the conclusion you stated is too certain and too absurd. So far, no energy source has been found that can drive high-level psychics crazy—"
Now everyone else present understood that Professor Bill was a complete believer in spiritual hierarchy, and believed that the higher the spiritual power, the more complete the human evolution.
However, Professor Bill was halfway through his words when Professor Ethan interrupted him directly.
The blond young man directly pulled open the holographic screen, which was originally only as big as the desktop, and immediately enlarged to a size that everyone in the entire conference room could see.
"The paper and references are right here, Professor Bill."
Ethan rapped the table with his knuckles and looked at the paper in front of him that was filled with densely written reference materials and models.
"Please raise your objections to me with reason and evidence after reading the paper. I think you should have attended academic conferences, right?"
*
Professor Bill stopped talking, and Ethan obviously didn't take this little episode seriously, and didn't take the opportunity to ridicule Professor Bill.
Barry also came forward at the right time to smooth things over.
"Professor Ethan, could you explain it to me? After all, this statement is indeed quite shocking."
Barry was really having a headache. He really didn't expect that Professor Bill would suddenly attack.
For some reason, the text on the temple was missing some parts after being scanned into an image. But if you watch the video, you will find that all the professors and scholars started to get a headache after watching it for a while. Currently, only Professor Ethan has survived.
Although the federal upper echelons thought that they could just go over and tear down the temple and bring it back, after seeing the two expedition members still being treated as potted plants in the isolation cabin, they silently retracted this idea.
I turned to hope that Professor Ethan could figure out what the words in the temple meant.
Fortunately, Professor Ethan is reliable, and preliminary results have been obtained in just half a month - although the results are really scary.
Barry hopes that Professor Ethan can explain it, and also to report to his superiors. Otherwise, if he returns with just such a conclusion and a paper that is completely incomprehensible, even if his superiors have a good temper, he will still be made to suffer.
However, Ethan did not put the holographic screen away. Instead, he began to explain Lun Sen's evening plan on this holographic screen.
"These characters found in the temple are temporarily named 'square characters' because most of them are square in shape."
Ethan said as he enlarged the image on the holographic screen.
"The symbol system of 'square glyphs' is highly concrete, similar to the writing systems of some ancient civilizations, whose symbols often directly correspond to specific objects or actions in real life."
"However, unlike those characters, the symbols of 'square glyphs' are not simple graphic simulations, but have undergone a series of complex abstractions and deformations to form a unique symbolic expression system."
"Of course, this also made it difficult to decipher. Fortunately, you finally delivered the murals to me three days later, which can at least decipher part of the meaning."
At this time, Ethan took out the mural materials and AI model that he had sent over last night and mocked Theodore and Harrison a few times, then changed the topic to the thesis.
The two people who were stabbed: ...I’m in the wrong, I’m used to it.
"According to the murals, we found that the sentences composed of these Chinese characters have a relatively fixed structure. A sentence usually consists of three parts: subject, predicate and object. The subject and object are represented by noun Chinese characters, while the predicate is composed of verb Chinese characters..."
"So what does this mean?" Theodore frowned and felt a headache looking at the papers in front of him.
It’s like going back to Chinese class in elementary school.
Ethan looked at Theodore with no expression on his face, but Theodore felt like Ethan was looking at a fool.
Theodore: If I hadn't seen that you were only C-rank...
"…This structure shows that this writing system has developed a relatively mature grammatical system. It also shows that there is probably a complete ancient civilization system behind the temple, and it is very likely to be an original civilization, which is of great research value."
The status of primary civilization and secondary civilization in the history of interstellar archaeology is completely two levels. There are so many secondary civilizations that even the adventurers would feel unlucky if they discovered one, because unless they have the resources, they would be losing money.
But the well-preserved native civilization is a real fortune for those adventurers.
However, it was obvious that the people present did not understand this and were all confused for a moment.
How did it suddenly jump here from a grammatical point of view?
Ethan sighed and said, "Most pictographic characters were created by native civilizations, such as the Roca script and the Gums script. Their characters are very similar to some plants on their planets. However, the characters of secondary invading civilizations such as the Roman script are mostly phonetic characters."
"All words can be made up of just a few characters, which is also their common feature."
"And this temple is well preserved, which means the original civilization either had a high military power and drove away the secondary civilization, or the secondary civilization did not even reach the temple."
Professor Ethan said with certainty: "The former is better, which means there are more temples like this. The latter may not be so lucky, but this temple may contain documents recording the history of that time."
Although Professor Ethan's argument was purely academic, Barry still breathed a sigh of relief. As long as this sentence was there, the text in the temple was not important. The energy was the most important.
After doing this simple little popular science, Ethan returned to the paper, but this time his explanation was much more difficult.
Grammar, phonetics, semantics… these words look similar, and although the content is similar, the completely different meanings made everyone present look confused.
"In short, judging from the current text and the simple murals on the temple, the objects of their worship are spiritual beings who naturally awakened in ancient times."
When they said this, although the three were still sitting in their seats and seemed as steady as a rock, their brows were already furrowed.
They have discovered that the little man with lines on the mural that Ethan enlarged and was sacrificed to the so-called god was actually a psychic from ancient times.
Some murals from ancient times often use such lines to indicate the difference between psychics and other ordinary people.
This has become a small common sense and is explained in history classes.
After all, the ancient awakened psychics often covered their psychic powers on the surface of their bodies, physically isolating themselves from other ordinary people, and this was naturally reflected in the murals.
"...In short, according to these words and runes, the idols they worship, or the energy used to make the idols, have a greater influence on people with a high spiritual level, including but not limited to the spiritual and physical aspects."
"People who could naturally awaken their spiritual power in ancient times would have A-level spiritual power today. I don't need to explain this, everyone should know it."
Ethan retracted the holographic screen and sat down, finally saying: "Of course, this was just a guess, but before today, I didn't know that the two patients in the expedition team that had the accident were grade A, and the one who didn't mutate was only grade C."
Ethan finished his explanation and everyone present fell silent.
It’s not that they don’t want to believe Ethan, but what he said is really ridiculous.
An ancient temple is very likely to have an impact on high-level psychics?
What kind of joke is this?
Leander rubbed his brows and looked at Ethan, who had a cold expression on his face again. He thought that he must have been under too much pressure during this period.
Harrison on the side sneered with disdain. He and Ethan had known each other for a long time because of the previous AI model. Harrison was very childish and seized every opportunity to laugh at Ethan.
Of course Theodore didn't believe this, but he didn't laugh at it. He still sat in his seat indifferently, wondering when this farce would end.
Barry also wanted to ask Ethan why he said such a ridiculous thing, but just as he was about to say it, the communication brain on his body rang.
However, after Barry finished the call and came out of the private answering mode, the look he gave Ethan became somewhat complicated.
"Just now, all the archaeologists in the Federation who received the data and were responsible for research chose to agree with Professor Ethan's conclusion after receiving the paper sent to them by Professor Ethan."
Barry said with a complicated expression: "They found some C-level psychics to watch the videos that made them faint before, and they really didn't faint again."
"Although those C-level psychics can't notice the shadows that appear in the video, if the C-level psychics find the key frame and press the pause button, other high-level psychics will still be able to take a look."
At this point, Barry sighed: "Anyway..."
"The professors proved Professor Ethan's theory despite the dizziness."
*
Theodore sat on the sofa in the laboratory with a tired look on his face. He had just returned from the isolation ward.
He was really tired during this period. In order to consume the spiritual energy of the two patients, he had to play chase with that energy every day.
If you are not careful and get entangled, you will feel like you are immersed in the sea or dragged into some twisted space. It will take you a long time to recover.
"This is much weaker than the power I had when I came here on the first day, Theodore. If I hadn't decisively given up a portion of my mental strength that day, I might not have been able to come back."
Leander said lightly.
"No matter how weak this power is, chasing each other in the spiritual realm every day, and being careful not to break the spiritual realm of those two people, this kind of thing is too exhausting. I would rather go fight the Zerg."
Theodore said bluntly.
Harrison was rarely in the group laboratory today, but judging from the model he was adjusting, he just changed his place to continue working today.
Leander was just about to ask Theodore to review today's medical records, but at this moment, the intelligent computer in his hand received a message.
"The trip to D-5889 has been delayed? Did the higher-ups believe what Ethan said?" Leander said in surprise.
Ever since the other professors proved Ethan's result that day, the game at the top became more and more intense. However, Ethan threw the bomb among them, ran back to his room leisurely, and began to study the specific meaning of those languages.
However, he was implicated in the fierce game among the upper class, and the dark circles under his eyes could hardly be concealed.
Ethan, on the other hand, looked well rested. Although his face was still cold, it was no longer harsh to talk to him.
"It's hard to say. After all, the video is the proof." Theodore closed his eyes and said while calming himself down.
The bomb dropped by Ethan even affected him, which was why he was exhausted of mental strength every day and never thought of changing people.
——If Ethan only had C-level mental power and he seemed to have learned his lesson, Theodore would never let him go.
"Perhaps the amount of information in the video was too much, causing the professors to absorb a large amount of information unconsciously, and their brain cells could not process it, which led to headaches and fainting?"
This strange voice made Theodore open his eyes suddenly, and what came into his sight was the middle-aged expert. Theodore closed his eyes again, but he was not as relaxed as before.
Professor Bill noticed that Theodore closed his eyes after just one look, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. He patted the assistant beside him to signal him to continue the experiment, and then stood in front of the laboratory table.
"Hmm... maybe it's possible." Harrison was the first one to agree. Although he didn't know much about the human body, he knew something about intelligent computers. In the old days, when a large amount of information was processed and the equipment was outdated, it would indeed cause the intelligent computer to crash or shut down.
Theodore didn't say anything, and Leander on the side just smiled and exchanged a few words with Professor Bill, then passed the matter over.
Professor Bill didn't care too much about it. He was like a good-tempered old man and told everyone about his current progress.
By the way, I also thank Theodore. With the recent decrease in energy in the spiritual realm, their treatment has gradually begun to take effect.
——At least the roots of the two aquatic potted plants are finally not so lush.
"…But was Professor Ethan always so tough-tempered? Today, Professor Ethan seems to be in a particularly bad mood. I've never been scolded by a junior like this in my old age."
Professor Bill said with a wry smile.
Of course, he was the one who acted out this wry smile.
The reason he came here this time was actually just to find experimental subjects, and to visit the temple over there to see what kind of new energy source the radiation was.
——After all, radiation that can change genes, if it can be controlled, immortality is just around the corner!
Moreover, he had never seen an experimental subject who was transformed into an aquatic potted plant after being irradiated. The research institute might not need it now, but what if it needed it in the future?
So Bill submitted a report and applied to go to this hospital for examination, where he happened to meet several of the experimental subjects he had previously favored.
He had only seen them in videos and surveillance before, but after actually meeting these men, Bill was quite satisfied with his own judgment.
'The most perfect mother he created was to be matched with the most perfect genes.'
Bill, who can be considered as Jiang Qi's father to some extent, thought.
But what Bill didn't expect was that just a few days after arriving here, everything was going according to plan and he was just waiting to go to the temple, when suddenly someone showed up.
——The defective mother body that he had abandoned before.
Ethan Sellars.
This defective product with only C-level mental power actually criticized him harshly in the meeting. He even didn't even look at his attempts to get goodwill when he left, and just left with a haughty look on his face.
Bill had never suffered such humiliation before, so it was normal for him to trip Ethan up.
However, when it came to this, the three men present suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
Leander coughed, Harrison scoffed, and Theodore pinched the bridge of his nose.
Professor Bill was a little confused.
At this time, the assistant behind Bill pulled Professor Bill and placed the holographic screen with privacy mode turned on in front of Professor Bill.
Professor Bill's eyes widened immediately.
"Professor, relax. Professor Ethan has that kind of temper. Before you came here, Professor Ethan had already scolded those three people. Before that, he even brought people to attack Mr. Harrison because he deliberately delayed his AI model."
Professor Bill: ...He is just a C-class psychic. Who gave him the confidence to make such a fuss?
Professor Bill was still confused, but he wisely passed over the matter without saying anything.
"...But it's Professor Ethan who has that talent. By the way, I seemed to have seen you, Chief Leander, chatting with Professor Ethan in the garden before?"
Professor Bill said with a smile.
The assistant behind him slapped himself in the face, trying to hide his embarrassment.
When he saw Marshal Theodore and Mr. Harris through his fingers, with their eyes fixed on Chief Leander, he wanted to faint.
Especially the expressions on their faces didn't look very good.
Looking at Professor Bill in front of him who still had no idea what was going on, the assistant wanted to tell Professor Bill to shut up immediately.
"Professor, you are fanning the flames!"
*
"So you have been in contact with Ethan during this period?" Theodore asked first, with a cold expression on his face, and he didn't seem to care much.
But Leander, who had been in frequent contact with Theodore during this period, had already noticed that all the muscles in Theodore's body were tense.
"Not often, just chatting in the garden once in a while." Leander said helplessly.
"Humph, only you would fall for that vain guy."
Harrison snorted.
He seemed to be still repairing the AI model, but even Leander, a layman, could see that Harrison's AI model had repeated the same step many times.
"He's just a colleague I chat with occasionally. I don't fancy him, and his personality is not his fault. In fact, if we just follow the normal procedures and treat him well, he won't speak with such thorns as before."
Leander said he didn't like it, but the familiarity in his words made the other two frown.
They really didn't like Ethan. Their pride and standards for choosing a mate were not enough to make them like Ethan.
...But this doesn't mean that they saw Ethan being cold to them, not even saying a nice word, but turning around and speaking nicely to Leander without any reaction.
It was like a stray cat that they had raised before. It was originally very sticky and treated all of them equally. However, after three of them kicked the stray cat, it only bared its teeth at two of them.
Although the remaining stray cats are not as friendly as before, they still expose their bellies.
While the three of them were secretly making jokes, Professor Bill had been standing aside with his assistant for a long time.
The longer the three of them talked about Ethan, the weirder Professor Bill's face looked.
In the end, there was even a hint of anger.
Professor Bill greeted the three people who were still "chatting" and then turned and left.
He underestimated Ethan. This defective mother was actually quite good at this.
but……
He would never allow anyone to ruin his plan! These three experimental questions were the best he could find right now! A perfect mother body must be matched with a perfect experimental subject!
There was a stern look in Professor Bill's eyes.
"Fortunately, the time has been delayed..." Professor Bill murmured and returned to the office, then took out a special device.
After complicated operating procedures and verification, a voice that only Professor Bill could hear was heard.
"Welcome to log in to the highest authority of the main brain."
When Professor Bill continued to operate, he did not notice that there was a camera on his shoulder that was so invisible that even the main brain could not detect it.
Gu Youxing, who was on the other side of the camera, was also sighing.
"Fortunately, the ruins were not completed, so it took some time."
Otherwise I wouldn’t have discovered this good thing.
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