"Before the advent of the ether, alchemy was just a joke," McCourt ignored my eyes that fully expressed my inner thoughts, and continued to expose the black history of his own research: "The absurd fantasy without any theoretical support, far behind the research ideas of the modern system, although it is undeniable that it is the starting point and cornerstone of the development of modern physical and chemical science, it should have been replaced by more scientific truths in the tide of the changing times, just like other outdated and outdated ideas and knowledge." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

As he spoke, the old man smiled bitterly: "But suddenly, I don't know if it was the ethereal alchemy god who suddenly appeared to the alchemist who believed in himself, the ether, a substance that theoretically does not exist and should not appear at all, was discovered by Nikolai Freman at the critical moment of the decline of alchemy and the rise of modern science, the alternation of the old and new eras!"

"Uh, is that a bad thing?" Now not only me, but even Sheldon and the still conscious black dog looked at McCourt with the same eyes.

"Of course it's a bad thing!" the old man said loudly: "Because of the appearance of the ether, the alchemy that was about to withdraw from the stage of history was immediately resurrected, and all its absurdities and mistakes were instantly covered by the magical and powerful light of the ether, and those who have gradually cooled down from the frenzy of the alchemy movement, began to accept more rational new scientific researchers, and turned back into the most fanatical alchemists!"

"After several verifications of the magical effect of the aether, they preached the omnipotence of alchemy, sneered at the nascent and shallow modern science, and even suppressed it, but fortunately, the alchemy communication circle has always closed itself, and the newly established Alchemist Association also blocked the news of the discovery of the aether to the outside world out of the consideration of avoiding attracting people to covet the treasure, otherwise at that time, once this alchemy mania swept the world, it was unimaginable to take the scientific development of mankind to what path. ”

I was hesitant, what came to my mind was that Chen Sanshan's old fat man was wearing a white coat, holding alchemy powder, jumping up and down around a large boiler, trying to refine mercury into gold or immortal medicine......

"In fact, if you look at the current European research institute, you can see what the consequences will be when the scientific path of human beings is deviated, three hundred years ago, the so-called physical and chemical science could not explain why the apple fell to the ground, but alchemy has been able to refine brass into gold, three hundred years later, alchemy can transform any matter into gold, but physical and chemical science has been able to simulate the generation of the universe!"

At this point, I finally came up with something to say, "You mean, you haven't made any breakthroughs?"

"Not only is there no breakthrough, but it is simply going around in circles. McCawn nodded: "Just like I said about the dotted line diagram, modern science, regardless of whether the path is right or wrong, the overall trend is constantly upward, but alchemy is in a limited framework, and it cannot get out of the shackles no matter what...... And what restricts our outward development is the foundation and source of all alchemy, the ether!"

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"I don't know if you understand," the old man emphasized, "I have always said that the aether was 'discovered,' not invented, not manufactured, and that its appearance had nothing to do with alchemy. ”

"What do you mean?"

"To put it simply, one day a thud fell from the sky and fell in front of his discoverer, Nicholas Freman," McCourt smiled wryly. Even the discoverers don't know how it came about, let alone copy it, parse it, and even after hundreds of years of hard work by the Alchemist Guild, it is impossible to even discover more aether, and it is only then that we feel a fear, an irreversible resource that cannot be analyzed, and the extremely limited reserves, have become the foundation of all our research, but we know nothing about this substance, and once we lose it, there will be nothing left of our hundreds of years of efforts, which can't help but make us suspect that we are completely on the wrong path on the path of scientific research……”

We can assume that the ether is a magical substance from a parallel universe in a higher dimension, and has the ability to influence and transform most of the matter in our dimension, just as a pencil can exert a huge impact on a two-dimensional plane, but this does not alleviate the dilemma we are in, because we in the lower dimensions can neither prove it nor break through to the higher dimensions where we can study the ether. ”

"Well, I have a general understanding of the predicament of your institute, which is probably the feeling of climbing a mountain and getting stuck in a crack in the rocks," I said, "but what does this have to do with what happened to Gordon?"

"Mr. Gordon...... In fact, it is a victim of the competition of interests of all parties," McCourt said sadly: "Your analogy just now is very apt, we are indeed stuck in the crack of the stone and cannot move forward, at this time, it is wise to turn back immediately, go down the mountain and choose the right path again, but ...... Most of the people in the team, including you, were reluctant to give up the achievements and fame they had accumulated along the way, and they were even more afraid that the European Institute would be ridiculed by other institutes if they admitted their mistakes, so according to the old Chinese proverb, the right way does not work, so we decided to try the crooked way, which is to refine the human body into ......."

"In fact, at that time, the Stathams had completed the transformation of Gordon and were facing severe punishment for the revelation of the taboo, but the president of the Alchemist Guild finally reached an agreement with the Stathams, and the association helped the Stathams cover up the truth and acquiesced in their continued human refining, on the condition that they share all research records and results with the association. ”

"The idea of that president was probably to give it a try, to see if alchemy could make a breakthrough in the forbidden field and help everyone get out of the predicament, anyway, even if it failed, the Statham family would take the blame, and there was no need to worry about shame for himself or even the entire Alchemist Association. McCourt's tone was both self-deprecating and sad: "But he never expected that the more than a dozen presidents and more than a dozen directors of the institute after him would have the same idea as him, including me, everyone knew that human refining had come to a standstill like our other research, and also knew that Mr. Gordon was in pain and worse than death, but we all held the hope of luck in case of success, and turned a blind eye to all this under the banner of not interfering in the secrets of the ancient family's research......

"More than three hundred years, more than three hundred years!" the old man became nervous, "We don't have the courage to correct our mistakes! Do you know how relieved I felt when I saw the aether leaking out of the furnace? Finally, this time, no matter how many people oppose and how many people obstruct it, we can start from the beginning, because everything we used to have is gone!"

"Aba, Aba, Baba!" McCourt's eyes widened as he finished speaking, and Sheldon, who had been carried by me, immediately shouted at the old man, but no one understood what he was calling with his tongue now.

"You don't have to blame yourself too much," I turned back coldly, and said to McCourt, who was already a little hysterical because of guilt, as I walked: "The one who released the ether and asked to end his life was Gordon himself, if the old man really just wants to live or resent you, then he directly chooses to cooperate with Chen Xiaoshan, he is willing to bear the pain of the human body in silence, in the final analysis, he also wants to see if the alchemy he loves has a future, don't forget, he is also a scientist like you!"

"Really?" McCourt's eyes widened, pointing at Sheldon, "Can you understand him?"

"It's strange if you can understand!" I said angrily: "This is the experience that Lao Tzu has summed up in fighting with you Frankenstein for several years! Also, who knows what he called! Lao Tzu has nothing to do with him!" )