Zhang Zhaozhong has known that he is different from ordinary people since he was a child. He couldn't understand why other children complained about the full text of the recitation. He couldn't understand why other students were thinking about such a simple math problem in the exam. He never thought it was difficult to learn. When he was about to leave middle school to attend a junior college class at the age of fifteen, he met a man who made him understand that there were other people in this world besides him.

When Guo Songshan transferred to his class, Zhang Zhaozhong was in the third year of junior high school, and he graduated from junior high school in half a year. At this time, he had received an admission notice for the junior class of a military science and technology university. That is to say, as long as he mixes in middle school for another half a year, he can go away, leave this group of classmates and teachers who are confused, do something that is really suitable for his intelligence, and make friends with some people who understand his thoughts. When Guo Songshan was led to the class by the head teacher, Zhang Zhaozhong just glanced at him habitually, feeling that he might not have any intersection with this mediocre-looking tall boy. So at first, he didn't pay more attention to Guo Songshan.

But Guo Songshan silently began to show that he was different from ordinary people, and he was very biased. He only focused on mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. Therefore, the head teacher taught him many times, which is not conducive to the university entrance examination in the future, and requires him to develop in an all-round way in his studies. But he's always been in disobedience. After learning that Zhang Zhaozhong was a well-known scholar in the whole school and even in the city, Guo Songshan began to ask him some questions from time to time. Zhang Zhaozhong was only perfunctory at first, but later found that some of the questions raised by the surnamed Guo were obviously beyond the scope of junior high school learning, and also beyond the scope of the college entrance examination, and some were even cutting-edge questions in related disciplines today. The surname Guo is obviously not studying these subjects for academic performance, but has other purposes. This aroused Zhang Zhaozhong's curiosity, so he showed patience and taught him carefully. His purpose was to see why this man of average intelligence was studying these puzzles. In this way, day by day, the time is up, and there is only a little more than a month left before graduating from junior high school.

After school that day, Zhang Zhaozhong and Guo Songshan were walking on the road, preparing to go to the bus stop together. Zhang Zhaozhong lazily walked half a step ahead of Guo Songshan, a little absent-minded. He was tired of exploring the purpose of his study, surnamed Guo. Because he slowly found that the character surnamed Guo was rigid and boring. He is only fourteen or fifteen years old, and he has grown into a big man of more than 1.8 meters, with a straight face and asking questions every day, and he is stupid. Zhang Zhao thought to himself, no matter what he was for, with his intelligence, the final result would definitely be nothing.

At this time, the surname Guo was still chattering about the toughness of a human cell wall. Zhang Zhaozhong casually perfunctory, while checking the vehicles on the road, preparing to cross the road to the opposite station. Suddenly, he saw four people in the distance running towards them, shouting and shouting. He carefully distinguished, it should be the three people in the back chasing the one in front. When he was about fifty meters away, one of the three people who ran behind pulled out a black object and held it up to the sky. There was a "bang", and the sound came, and Zhang Zhaozhong, who realized it later, realized that someone had shot him. He subconsciously wanted to find a place to hide. "Bang!" The second gunshot came, and Zhang Zhaozhong was a little stunned in a hurry and panic, as if he had entered a kind of slow-motion time. He saw a sudden burst of blood from the calf near the ankle of the person being chased about fifteen meters away, and almost at the same time a spark burst out on the ground about half a meter away in front of the person, then he subconsciously closed his eyes, and then there were two sounds of "dang" and "dang" in his ears.

Zhang Zhaozhong opened his eyes and saw Guo Songshan standing beside him, straightening up from a bent state, and his right hand was clenched in front of him. He turned his head to look ahead, and the man being pursued was lying on the ground moaning.

"What's going on?" He asked Guo Songshan.

Guo Songshan didn't answer, just shook his head at him, but hurriedly pulled him across the road. Zhang Zhaozhong looked back and saw that the three pursuers surrounded the guy who had been shot in the leg. One person was handcuffing the wounded person on the ground, another was treating a gunshot wound to the wounded person on the ground, and the last person was on the phone, presumably contacting the hospital. It seems that he and Guo Songshan have just witnessed a process of police arresting a suspect.

"I was stunned by the gunshots. I don't see what's going on, do you see it? After crossing the road, Zhang Zhaozhong asked again.

Guo Songshan looked back at the three policemen, the one who handcuffed the suspect was now helping the other to deal with the suspect's gunshot wound, and the one who was on the phone had finished making the call and was looking around for something. Seeing that the policemen didn't notice the two of them, he turned back to Zhang Zhaozhong and said, "The first shot was fired as a warning shot, and it was fired into the sky." The second shot hit the suspect's right calf, then the bullet passed through the calf and then went to the ground, and after hitting the ground, it made the first "dang" sound, probably because the ground was uneven, the bullet did not bounce forward normally, it turned around and shot at your abdomen. Guo Songshan said and pointed to Zhang Zhaozhong's navel.

"How is it possible, I'm not hurt! Don't scare me, what's the second 'dang' sound? Zhang Zhaozhong expressed disbelief and asked again.

Guo Songshan let go of his right hand, and in the palm of his right hand there was a clamshell-shaped iron piece of the same size as his palm. There is a small piece of metal in the piece of iron. "That's the bullet, and I caught it," he said. The second sound was the sound of the bullet hitting my microshield. ”

"You caught the bullet? How? Zhang Zhaozhong asked, puffing up the bullet and observing. The bullet had been deformed like an open metal flower. But it was still a bullet.

"The muzzle velocity of the pistol bullet is not high, and after passing through the human muscles and reflecting off the ground, the velocity is not high. If it's shot directly, you can't pick it up, you can only block it. Guo Songshan replied.

"If it's a bullet coming straight in, you can block it?"

Guo Songshan thought for a moment before replying: "If it is just shot at me, it will be difficult if it is an unsuspecting cold gun and the bullet speed is very fast." If I can block it if I'm on guard. The power of blocking bullets is not the point, the difficulty lies in the vision and the speed of reflection. ”

"It's hard to block a close-range shot, isn't it?"

"If it's close......" Guo Songshan smiled, "I'm not stupid to stand and let him fight, I will let him not even have a chance to shoot, or even a chance to draw a gun." ”

Zhang Zhaozhong pulled Guo Songshan's right hand and carefully looked at the iron piece in his palm. It does resemble a mussel shell. The inner side is a bit rough, while the outside side is smooth. It's about half a centimeter thick and heavy. The iron piece was tied to his wrist by a leather band, and as soon as Guo Songshan let go, it automatically bounced back into his sleeve, and as soon as he shook his hand, the iron piece returned to the palm of his hand.

Guo Songshan explained to him: "This is forged with a special alloy, and I spent a lot of money to customize it. With the slow strength of the palm, it can block the long-range fire of anti-materiel weapons when proficient. ”

"What about medium-range shotshots?" Zhang Zhaozhong suddenly thought of a difficult point.

"It's a bit complicated to say. Well, I'm now affiliated with an institution that is doing research on that. We need people like you. How about it, don't go to class in the afternoon, come with me to take a look? Let the professionals there talk to you. ”

"Dragons! Chinese Dragon Group! Okay, I'll get involved. I knew I wasn't an ordinary person, and sooner or later I would be engaged in the work of saving the world. Hahaha! Zhang Zhaozhong suddenly became excited. He's always been interested in guns and stuff, and he's a long-time military fan.

"Wake up!" For the first time in his life, Guo Songshan glanced at Zhang Zhaozhong with contempt, and continued to attack him: "We are just a partnership research institute registered in the district-level industrial and commercial office, which is of a private nature!" Also the Chinese Dragon Group, can you read less of those messy novels? ”

"How so? This kind of cutting-edge project and high-end research must be carried out by a national-level secret agency, right? Zhang Zhaozhong was a little puzzled.

"Alas! You don't know about the relevant black history. Guo Songshan sighed and said: "After the reform and opening up, martial arts novels gradually began to enter people's field of vision. The novel's miraculous skills of flying away from the heavens and the earth, as well as the magical descriptions of monks and Taoists, have made those feudal superstitious gods, masters, and liars who are dormant among the people have sprung up one after another. In the past few years, they created the qigong craze. Even the leaders of many countries have been fooled by them. At that time, the state set up more than one research institute to conduct research.

But the good times didn't last long, and a few old scientists and some brave journalists came forward to reveal the secrets, and all the shady scenes of this god-headed guy were revealed. This embarrassed those who had trusted the officials. Therefore, the few institutions that study divine power and special functions are gone. Now if you want to mention this kind of thing again, people in the government department are afraid to avoid it. When we first started, we also dreamed of cooperating with the state and cheating the government of research funds or something, but people ignored you. I also drove you out as a liar. Alas! It's no wonder they've been on too much. ”

"So how are you doing your research now, and what are the main aspects of your research?" Zhang Zhaozhong was very interested.

"Well...... of course, it is self-funded, and the main research direction is to study the effect of quantum mechanics on the human body, the effect of gravitational waves on the human body, the human mechanics of dark matter, and so on. Let's stop taking the bus, let's take a taxi! You can hurry up by taxi. Guo Songshan said and opened the topic.

"Can you be a little more illiterate?" Zhang Zhao scolded with a heavy smile, "You might as well say that you are studying the ascension of immortal cultivation, so the credibility is still high." Quantum mechanics, gravitational waves, dark matter, if I were the official involved, I would also think you are liars. ”

The surnamed Guo showed his signature smirk, did not refute, but went to the side of the road to beckon for a taxi.

After a while, the two got into a taxi and headed for their destination. When Zhang Zhaozhong arrived at the local area, he learned that the office of the district-level registered "Federation of Exchanges and Mutual Aid for People in Martial Arts, Martial Arts, Self-cultivation, Self-cultivation, and Other Related Fields" mentioned by the surnamed Guo was only in a simple house at the junction of urban and rural areas. When they entered, they saw a middle-aged man installing a light bulb in the room.

Later, Zhang Zhaozhong learned that in fact, there were only three members of this federation, and two of them were children.

The middle-aged man who was changing the light bulb in that simple room was called Sima Zhengyi. It is a well-known anti-superstition and anti-scam folk fighter in recent years. This made Zhang Zhaozhong a little confused, isn't this person anti-godly ability? How could he get mixed up with Guo Songshan, who was still a junior high school student, to set up such an organization?

Guo Songshan introduced the two to each other. At first, Zhang Zhaozhong wanted to call Sima Zhengyi uncle, but Sima Zhengyi disagreed, saying that the unit should have the appearance of a unit, and let him call himself the president. President Sima also has a small attendant named Li Er, who is his secretary. He wasn't there at this time, and he went out to buy something. That's all the members of their association.

"Why did your parents give you that name?" After the three of them sat down, Sima Zhengyi asked with a smile.

"Alas......" Zhang Zhaozhong sighed, he was actually the most annoyed by others saying this, but he still explained in a joking tone: "The family is unfortunate!" When I was born, Mr. Jin Yong's novels had not yet entered the mainland, and when my father racked his brains to come up with my name, he didn't know that Zhang Zhaozhong was the name of a big villain in "Book of Swords and Enmity". By the time he found out, it would be sooner or later. This made me known as the Fireman Judge since elementary school. The other two laughed.

Zhang Zhaozhong paused for a moment and then said, "Okay, shouldn't President Sima introduce the situation in your meeting first?" ”

"There's nothing to talk about, everything is just beginning. It's difficult at the beginning, the most important thing for us now is to raise funds, we can't do anything without money, how is the situation at Xiao Zhang's family? ”

Zhang Zhaozhong didn't expect Sima Zhengyi to have the intention of directly raising money from himself, but he felt a sulk in his heart and couldn't get out. Even a unit like yours is worthy of saying that you are engaged in scientific research? I didn't say a word and turned into a teenage child, how short of money are you?

But he decided to find out more, after all, what had just happened was amazing.

"My family is just an ordinary worker's family. Oh, by the way, how many people have you found now who really have strange abilities like Guo Songshan? ”

"There is only one Xiao Guo. I've tested hundreds of people who claim to have special abilities, but so far, only Xiao Guo is real. ”

"So did your preliminary research come to a conclusion? Or a preliminary conjecture. ”

Sima Zhengyi thought for a moment before saying to Zhang Zhaozhong: "I heard Xiao Guo talk about you, saying that you are a genius, and I believe in him." Now I wonder if you're interested in joining us? ”

"I'm not thinking about it, I'm understanding, am I?"

Sima Zhengyi fell silent. Guo Songshan hurriedly came out to play a round: "We have just started, but in fact, we haven't studied anything. Personally, I just tried a lot of exercises from ancient traditions, but to be honest, it didn't work. ”

Sima Zhengyi disagreed: "There is only one case of you, there is no comparison, and it cannot be said that the traditional exercises are ineffective." Besides, the time is short, you have only been practicing for a few days? ”

Zhang Zhaozhong, out of a scientific point of view, instinctively rejected the set of internal force magic skills and the like in martial arts novels. But the specific research situation is not the purpose of his coming here today, his purpose is to consider whether it is worth his ingenuity.

"Why were you so afraid of the police seeing your behavior?" Zhang Zhao asked Guo Songshan again.

"Instinctively, I'm still a little scared of the government. It's not like you, always thinking about entering the government department. ”

"Now in China, if you really want to do such a big research project, only the government department has the ability. Do it like you guys...... How to put it, it's difficult, I'm afraid it's hard to succeed. Zhang Zhaozhong shook his head like an adult as he spoke.

Sima Zhengyi may have seen Zhang Zhaozhong's disdain for his organization, and said coldly: "We want the government to take the lead, but no one pays attention to you at the door of the kneeling house." People are emotionally eager to see miracles happen, but reason rejects the recognition of miracles. In particular, after all kinds of miraculous tricks in society have become popular and deceived the whole country, the government has struck hard and is cracking down swindlers in this regard. The big situation is like this, what do you say, wait? It's not my style to wait, they don't dare to do it, so I'll do it myself. ”

"I still think that this research would not have been possible without large-scale modern research facilities! Relying on the secret of magic on the street? I don't think it's feasible. ”

"We are not superstitious about magic secrets, but we are using scientific methods to conduct experiments one by one, and if they really don't work, we will immediately discard them. How? So faulty, it seems that Zhang Shentong doesn't want to do it with us? Sima Zhengyi simply opened the skylight and said something bright.

"That's what I thought." Zhang Zhao looked at the two people in front of him and said, "To be honest, I am very interested in this project, but I don't have enough knowledge and knowledge reserves now, and it may not help you to participate at this time." I decided to go to university first, relying on the country's scientific research and equipment to conduct relevant research. ”

Even if they couldn't get along, the three of them had to break up unhappily in the end.

But many years later, Zhang Zhaozhong's intestines were green for his remorse for this decision.

A month later, Zhang Zhaozhong went to the National University of Defense Technology as he wished. After going to university, he learned that a so-called genius like him was like a carp crossing the river in the country's highest university full of real talents. He wanted to juggle his studies with his own research on the supernatural. But for the first time in his life, he felt powerless. He began to fail the course and began to repeat grades. Others went to college for four years, but he went for eight full years, and he didn't graduate in the end.

At the age of twenty-one, he met the love of his life. He then went into business, married, and returned to Sima Zhengyi's federation many years later. At this time, the federation had already gained a resounding nickname in society: the Martial Arts Guild. It has developed into a huge business empire with various forces and functions.

At that time, Sima Zhengyi was no longer the chairman, but the chairman of the board of directors.

At that time, there were hundreds of people like Guo Songshan in the guild.

At that time, the assets of the association had reached tens of billions of dollars.

At that time, the guild's scientific research equipment was the world's leading.

At that time, the guild had already had preliminary results on the ability research.

The world has entered a new era in an all-round way, known in history: the era of the first law.