The Original Seeker

At night, he took out the sample stone that he had not thrown away by accident, and put it into his trouser pocket and took it away.

Bai Mo, who usually likes to do small experiments, also hides a complete set of small equipment in his dormitory. Although it is not as comprehensive as the laboratory, it is still capable of handling some small experiments.

In order to test the nature of the unknown gas it emits at high temperatures, Bai Mo took out the crucible from the equipment and heated the stone. After the thermometer showed more than 200 degrees Celsius, a small amount of extremely light-colored gas began to appear, and the stone changed again. Became light green.

After collecting a small bottle of gas, he used the cap to put out the flame of the alcohol lamp. Thinking that he had smelled it several times this morning without causing any problems and that it had stimulated his appetite, he desperately removed the glass piece of the gas collecting bottle. , and fanned his nose with his hand.

After inhaling a little, he suddenly felt refreshed, as if he had taken a breath of pure oxygen, and the rest of the gas was involuntarily inhaled.

In less than ten minutes, he felt hungry again. Fortunately, the canteen crowd incident this morning made him remember a lot, and he prepared a bunch of food in advance before doing the previous experiment.

"My eyesight seems to be a little better?"

The next day, when he got up and opened his eyes, the scenery in front of him seemed a little clearer. Of course, he also wondered whether it was an illusion, but as an old bookworm who was addicted to novels and had moderate myopia, he was still very sensitive to his eyesight.

So, guided by the benefits that he could probably see and should see clearly, Bai Mo, a fan of online novels, began a life of "qi training" in the morning, afternoon and evening.

Before each Qi practice, he prepared a sufficient amount of food, and then inhaled the gas produced by the heated stones until his body felt like he could no longer inhale. In order to avoid being watched by people sitting around in the dining hall again, he directly bought all three meals and took them back to his dormitory to eat.

After a week of careful work like this, he really felt that his eyesight had improved significantly. From the original moderate myopia where he could not see clearly the faces of people a few meters away, to now he can easily recognize faces from more than 10 to 20 meters away. The look of the person coming from the other side.

Of course, Bai Mo, who was deeply influenced by the idea of ​​holding a jade as a crime in the novel, has never told anyone about the changes in the past half month. He has always been indifferent and has no idea of ​​surrendering to the country. He just insists on doing this silently every day. life.

The parents who were most likely to care about his physical problems unfortunately both died in a car accident when Bai Mo was 12 years old. Bai Mo was left with a house, enough insurance money for Bai Mo's house for most of his life, and a sum of money mortgaged in the form of a trust. The monthly payment was given to Bai Mo's inheritance.

During this time, he did not stop researching the "spiritual stone".

Using his professional knowledge of materials and using the laboratory equipment for private use when no one was around, Bai Mo discovered that as the "spiritual stone" was used many times, it did not turn into ashes or turn into ashes as described in many fantasy novels. Or even disappear directly.

At first, Bai Mo thought that his "cultivation" was too weak and he couldn't even eat a "spiritual stone". However, after precise measurement with laboratory instruments, he found that the stone had almost no changes in volume or appearance, and was only heating. The green that appears becomes lighter and lighter.

So he began to guess that the existence that appears green at high temperatures is the essence of "Aura". However, when he wanted to further explore the essence of "Aura", he found that as a graduate student, he obviously thought too much about exploring the essence of "Aura". .

His fruitless exploration of the essence of "spiritual energy" made him focus on his own changes.

Bai Mo discovered that as "qi training" continued, his vision became better and better. Not only was his original myopia improved, but the effective distance of observation was also getting larger and larger, and the resolution was also greatly improved.

After half a month of "qi training", he can now clearly see faces one hundred and fifty meters away, and can even distinguish the expressions on faces. This is obviously beyond the limit of normal human vision.

Not only that, in the past half month, he found that his physical fitness had also improved slightly. From the original sub-healthy experimental home state, the physical fitness of a weak chicken who had to breathe for a long time after running a thousand meters has become that of a weak chicken after running a mile. Normal human energy can be restored by resting for ten or eight minutes after running 1,000 meters.

But soon, new problems emerged.

He found that although the quality and appearance of the "spiritual stone" had not changed, gradually, less and less "spiritual energy" came out with each heating, and he needed to start looking for a replacement. He immediately came up with Professor Zhao's idea. After all, he was also the original source of the stone.

At first, Bai Mo also thought about sneaking into Zhao Jiasen's house and stealing the ore using some crooked methods, but then he thought about it. With his normal physique, he probably wouldn't even be able to win the battle with the community security guards, let alone He said that he lacked the experience and skills to be a thief, and no matter how good his eyesight was, it was useless.

"How can I get Professor Zhao to give me all the 'spiritual stones' in his hand without arousing his suspicion? After all, he is also an old professor of materials science, and his sensitivity to the properties of materials is not generally high. As long as He revealed a little bit, and it was easy for him to think of the special nature of this material. The special property of 'spiritual energy' was easily discovered by him. After all, heating is not an unpopular method. It has not been discovered before. Because Professor Zhao took the most conservative approach when he got the new material.”

"Professor Zhao is not short of money. It is definitely impossible to buy it with money, and it will also arouse his suspicion - buying a stone for no reason. This stone is not beautiful, and it is not a gem. It is simply impossible to buy it with money. It’s just not self-inflicted.”

"I can only ask him for some samples because I still have some doubts about the last experiment. The next step is to think of a more reliable reason."

...

After thinking about it for a while, Bai Mo finally came up with a plan that seemed to have no logical loopholes. For someone like him, who had an above-average IQ and an average-to-low EQ, he would have to plan a big plan in order to come up with a complete plan. Half a day, but now it only takes half an hour to prepare the general ideas and various plans.

Of course, he was a little excited and a little nervous at this time. It seemed that because his fluctuating emotions concealed his true perception of his situation, he did not find that his planning ability had improved a lot.

"Hello, tutor, regarding the sample you asked me to test last time, I feel that because the sample size is too small, some destructive tests have not been completed. Maybe it is because of this that no special properties were found in it, so I think Apply for another experiment." Bai Mo picked up his phone and sent a WeChat message to Zhao Jiasen.

Zhao Jiasen quickly replied to WeChat.

"Xiao Mo, I will ask my assistant Yuehai to send you another sample in the next two days. You can test that sample first. I have been busy during this period. If it is not enough, just contact Yue directly. Just Hai, he will try his best to help. Of course, if he finds anything special, he will notify me immediately so that I can arrange further experiments. "

He always felt that this material should have some special properties, otherwise he would not have collected some inconspicuous black stones next to the volcano. It is just that the special properties of this material may only appear under certain conditions.

Zhao Jiasen had a hunch that if he could find out this property and publish it in an authoritative journal, his academic status in the field would be raised to the top international level, and it would also make the country's research in materials famous.

After all, a scientist of his age lacks everything. Unless it is the elixir of immortality, it will be difficult for Lee to impress him. Without immortality, the only thing left to pursue is fame. Of course, if he knows the special properties of the "spiritual stone" If it is what it is, I guess he will never publish it. Unfortunately, there is no if in this world.

"Unfortunately, I am currently cooperating with people from the National Institute of Materials to study GX-5, a material used to build the core of a new engine. I really don't have much free time to study the properties of that new material. After all, it is difficult to study the properties of new materials. It’s not something that can only be done in a day or two. We can only rely on casting a wide net to exhaust our efforts. Since one of my graduate students is interested in working as a research coolie, let him explore the path first. Anyway, the first author of the results is also my name. ”

"I feel that all the detailed plans I made were in vain. It turns out that Professor Zhao didn't put down this material. He still felt that there was something in it. He threw the pot to me when he didn't have time to do it. No wonder he agreed to it as soon as I mentioned it. Bring the ore over to me to continue testing, but I still thought of a lot of excuses to deceive him, but it’s okay, the less words there are, the less problems will arise. "

The next day, assistant Yue Hai took the materials to Bai Moping's laboratory.

"Brother Yuehai, good morning."

"Junior Brother Bai Mo, good morning, these are the experimental materials that Professor Zhao asked me to bring you. Come on." Yue Hai put his arm on Bai Mo's shoulder and said.

"Senior brother, you're welcome. We are all striving for the development of materials science. I would like to trouble you to bring the materials here this time."

"It's okay, no trouble. The teacher also said, if you have any questions in the future, just contact me across the sea."

...

After some boring politeness, Bai Mo sent Yue Hai away from the laboratory.

After returning to the laboratory, classmates in the same laboratory gathered around Bai Mo and asked with a smile: "When did Lao Mo hook up with Senior Brother Yue Hai? He is Professor Zhao's most trusted assistant."

"Instead of continuing to be a migrant worker in scientific research, Senior Brother Yue just brought experimental materials for the boss and continued the last performance test of new materials."

After hearing the performance test of the new material, everyone around them suddenly lost interest and all returned to their seats to work. They all know that experiments such as testing the performance of new materials are the most boring. They just keep repeating and trying different reaction conditions. It is just a mechanical operation.

He didn't say anything else. After all, everyone knew that he also knew that he would not have been interested in such boring drudgery before.

Fortunately, he is someone who has read various series of online novels, so he has no barrier to the concept of cultivation. It can even be said that he accepted it instantly. In Bai Mo's eyes, this drudgery has turned into a beauty that cannot be compared with anything else. Worse.

After getting the new spiritual stone, he directly threw the first spiritual stone that was almost exhausted into the laboratory to replace the newly obtained material.