A day later.

Richard left Deland and returned to the city of Jialan.

He didn't think deeply about Rommel's words at all, and just left them behind.

It is not that he is disdainful of Rommel's words, nor does he think that Rommel's words are wrong, on the contrary, in a sense, he wants to admit that what Rommel said is correct and has a systematic logical backing.

However, being right doesn't mean accepting it.

Just like some foods are sweet and some foods are salty, and every food tastes correct and reasonable, but he will not choose to eat all the foods, but will choose to eat the foods he likes.

Sometimes, the adherence to some beliefs and principles is not purely a matter of right or wrong, but a matter of choice.

He chose atheism, so in the face of theism, he recognized it but would not accept it.

For theism, those who believe in it leave their fear of death and uncertainty about the future to the powerful God. For a point of devotion to God, fear and confusion are reduced by a point, and there is no fear and a strong will. Use God to explain everything, disaster is divine power, miracle is divine grace, divine power is like hell divine grace, and the kingdom of God is regarded as the way home.

For atheism, those who believe in it leave the fear of death and the uncertainty of the future to their own hearts. When the heart is strong, fear and confusion will be reduced, and you can also be fearless and determined. Use your own consciousness to explore and figure out everything, disasters and miracles are just small probability events, they all have internal causes, and you should know everything as the way back.

In a sense, atheists also believe in God, but this god is not some ethereal being, but himself.

This is the difference between theism and atheism, two norms and interpretations of the world, and it all depends on how each person chooses.

And he, from the very beginning, chose the latter - atheism, and as always firm and unwavering.

Therefore, after passing through this extremely unreasonable thing, he did not accept it as a given, or as a test of God, but wanted to find out the cause and the truth of this world.

In order to find out the cause and the truth about the world, it is necessary to first complete the current nuclear weapons research and manufacturing program according to the plan.

"Let's get started!"

Richard, who had returned to Jialan City, silently recited a sentence in the main laboratory of the Garden of Eden and began to get busy. Read more about the first half of the transcribed Book of the Void, the second half of the Book of the Void exchanged from the branch of the Society of Truth, and the Codex from Aaron Pompo.

One day, two days, three days......

For the next week, Richard did not leave the main laboratory.

A week later.

In the main laboratory, Richard sat at the circular laboratory table, his eyes kept on the pages of the Book of Void on the table, and in his right hand he picked up a bottle of transparent liquid from the table, opened the lid and poured it into his mouth, "goo dong dong" swallowed - this was a pre-configured nutrient solution, and in the previous few days, in order to save time, he had completely relied on this thing to maintain his physiological needs.

"Knock knock!"

Richard drank the nutrient solution, then placed the bottle on the table, his eyes continued to stare at the pages of the Book of the Void, his eyes blinking, as if he were thinking.

"According to the record, it is indeed possible to open a channel and attract the energy of the void for use. However, there are many requirements for the channel, the first of which is ......"

Richard said to himself, paused for a moment, and took out his papyrus and quill pen to begin writing.

"Rustling ......"

"According to the requirements of the channel, can a model be established, can it be assumed that the number of energy passes per unit time is x, then the channel intensity is α, and the other ......"

"Rustling ......"

Richard said as he wrote.

In the blink of an eye, another day later.

Richard's eyes were fixed on a piece of papyrus on the table, repeatedly looking at a complex formula on it. The right hand subconsciously touched the side, ready to take the nutrient solution to eat, but touched a void.

"Huh?"

Richard turned his head and looked to the side, realizing that all the nutrient solution he had prepared earlier had been drunk.

"It's been a few days?" Richard was stunned, but he didn't dig deeper, temporarily suppressed the hunger in his body, glanced at the formula again, pursed his lips, and said, "If everything is calculated correctly, there should be no problem with casting the spell in this way." ”

"Then let's try it. ”

Richard spoke, took a deep breath, and his expression became solemn.

Standing up, he walked to the open space away from the circular laboratory table, his expression was straight, he raised his right hand, and his lips opened and closed to quickly recite a series of incantations.

"Branch...... Auspicious...... Special ......"

As the incantation is recited, free energy elements pour out from the source of the spell and exert its effect.

After reciting the mantra for a long time, the naked eye could clearly see that above the raised right hand, the space was slightly distorted, and it looked like the refraction of light caused by the heating of the air.

Slowly, the degree of spatial distortion became greater and greater, and with a "stab" sound, an arc of electricity pierced through the space and appeared in the air.

The arc was light blue and extremely slender, the diameter of a single hair, and it lasted in the air for less than a second before dissipating into thin air, and the distorted space returned to its original shape.

Richard slowly lowered his right hand, looking at the space that had returned to its original state, and could clearly feel a faint tingling sensation on the surface of his skin, which was the effect of the electric charge generated by the dissipation of the arc before. Although it was slight, it did indicate that there was energy just now—energy taken from the void.

The corners of Richard's mouth hooked, and he let out a long breath and said, "It worked." ”

Yes, it worked.

But that's just the beginning.

......

After a short break, Richard appeared in Research Room 1 in the machining sector.

A palm-sized silver-white alloy plate is fixed on the processing table, and the processing instrument is manipulated, and the magic pattern is carved on it.

"Thorn ......"

After a while, after the engraving was completed, Richard put away the alloy plate, put it on the shelf next to it, and picked up another metal plate to carve.

"Thorn ......"

The third, fourth, fifth......

In the years that followed, Richard continued to carve one alloy plate after another, until he had carved thirty-six pieces, then stopped, and then tried to assemble them.

......

Three days later.

With a "squeak", Richard opened the door of the No. 3 laboratory in the machining sector and walked in with a metal box.

This is the location of the ancient tree species tinwood, compared to before, the layout is not much different, the ancient species of tin wood is still fixed on the overhead transparent glass pool, easy to monitor.

The one-and-a-half-meter-tall ancient tin tree has dense branches growing at the crown, but not a single leaf, and many dazzling colored arcs dance on it.