Soon, the electricity stored in the 'Mary' cone ran out, and the six cone on the verge of collapse finally stopped, and were burned crimson and sneered.

Many of the internal springs fell apart the moment they stopped, and they burned out completely. And the ethereal and beautiful girl's chant gradually intermittently until at last, hoarsely, disappeared without a trace.

It's like the elves who live in it have died.

And the ape ghost has no bones left.

Newton got up from the ground, picked through the ashes in his pocket, and smiled when he found one that he hadn't finished smoking, and Charles the dog-legged shrewdly came up and lit the fire.

He narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, looked up and asked, "Is there anything else you want to say when the demo is over?"

There was silence.

No one spoke.

What happened here tonight has shocked their three views, faintly shaken the education and common sense they have received since childhood, and made each other doubt their own eyes.

"What's that?"

Someone asked in a daze: "It's not alchemy equipment, it's not a musician...... Mere machinery resonates with the aether?"

"That's right, it's like a weird phenomenon in the black zone. ”

Newton said lightly: "In an environment with a high concentration of aether, pure sound changes can cause changes in the aether—the loud sound of thunder, the sound of the tide of the ocean, the dark roar of the earth...... Humans record those sounds with musical notes, because all sounds resonate with the ether.

Unless there is absolute 'silence', all sounds will inevitably exert an impact on the aether - this is the 'aether effect'.

Unfortunately, due to the Order's barrier interference, the aetheric reaction in the White Zone has been weakened to the limit, and can only be observed with the naked eye in the Black Zone. ”

"You mean...... You release the notes mechanically?"

Someone reacted and frowned: "How did you achieve guidance control?"

"Oh. I solved this problem two days ago while chatting with my assistant. ”

Newton picked his nostrils: "That guy was bragging that he had a junior brother who couldn't sense the ether, so in order to release the notes, he memorized the key data and combination process of each syllable...... Sounds stupid, right?

So. I thought, "If you can control the aether without relying on induction, why can't the machine?" Just let the aether think that someone is directing......"

He paused, and then laughed, "Perhaps, the aether didn't need guidance in the first place, we just chose the kind we wanted among the countless results caused by the aether." ”

"Why do we use electricity?" someone asked, "and we started using this magnetic field to cut the energy we generated five years ago. ”

"Only in this way is the easiest and easiest to make and maintain, even for fools who have been trained to use it. What I need is the lowest cost and the widest applicability. ”

Newton said lightly: "I want to make sure that it becomes a benchmark." Again above the benchmark...... Can I move forward with the next research?"

"Follow-up research!"

Everyone was stunned: what further research is needed, the effect enhancement, or is there anything he plans to make for other movements besides this simplest movement?

To this, Newton just smiled, said nothing, and did not bother to answer. In the crowd, the expressions of some people have changed, from shock to heaviness. Until the end, he thought solemnly.

"So be it. I don't care if the demo is done. Mass production has begun, and in five days it will be produced, and the Royal Orchestra hastened to pay for the things to be pulled away. ”

He yawned and prepared to turn and leave.

But behind him, Andre, who was pensive with his eyes down, slowly raised his head, and his voice was cold.

"I'm sorry. ”

He said. "This batch of results is unacceptable to the Royal Orchestra. ”

Newton's footsteps faltered, and he slowly turned back, his eyes becoming gloomy: "Mr. Andre, after placing an order, I regretted it." It doesn't make sense.

If you can't give me a reason that's acceptable, then the Royal Orchestra should never want to get any equipment from me. ”

In the face of Newton's faint anger, André simply said: "It does not match our requirements." ”

"Mary's performance has exceeded all your requirements. ”

Newton snorted coldly: "The portability and concealment are impeccable, as for the ease of use, just kidding, I can use such an aether waste, don't tell me that musicians can't handle it!"

"What we need is alchemy gear, not a music box. ”

"Hah!" Newton smirked, "it costs less than alchemy equipment, and it will be lower in mass production, and its stability is impeccable—with the same effect, why not be cheaper and better?"

Music boxes are stronger than you want! Tell me, are you stupid!"

"Mr. Newton, you must know very well that I do not want this 'inferior product'. ”

On the 'inferior product', Andrei accentuated his voice, word by word.

Newton was stunned for a moment, his expression changed, and after a long time he sighed, walked up with a smile, patted him on the shoulder, and said in an uncharacteristically soft voice:

"Don't make a fuss. The royal family made a request, the royal family gave an order, and now you say don't want it, what do you mean?

Mr. Andrey, you are already quite old, don't play with the temper of a child. ”

Syllable!

André's shoulder, a string of sparks bounced off without warning and struck Newton's palm, causing Newton's fingers to twitch. He got up slowly, looked down at the bad old man, and said in a cold voice:

"Mr. Newton, I have tolerated your hubris for a long time, and perhaps this is a mistake. Since when will the musician's field make you ...... People, pointing fingers?"

Newton looked up at him and burst out laughing:

"You, in fact, want to talk about 'waste', right?"

Everyone knows that Newton of the Royal Academy is not a musician at all, he has not even passed the apprenticeship test, and he is a waste that he can't even do with ether induction.

He was able to get to where he is today thanks to his astonishing mechanical engineering prowess and a genius unmatched at the time—and for this reason the Holy City would bestow on him the name of a sage who preceded the Dark Ages.

"There's only one thing I want to tell you. Mr. Andrey. ”

He stared at Andre and slowly raised his palm: "There is only one piece." ”

The black cone Mary was slowly raised in his hand and placed it in front of Andrei's eyes, and the sharpness of the cone refracted the light, glowing like a burning glow.

"Sooner or later, this kind of 'inferior product' that you look down on. will dominate the trend of the times.

Whether there is talent or not, whether there is a teacher or not, whether there is a high level of attainment or not, whether it is a noble position or not, it will send power into the hands of everyone who holds it!"

Andrei frowned, and Newton put the long cone into his hand, clenching it firmly, and whispered in his ear:

"- Feel the power, ignorant one!"

Andrei's hands crumbled. The long cone was clenched, almost like it was about to break.

He stared at Newton in silence, and after a long time turned away—

With André's sudden departure, the delegates who had come to the demonstration took their leave, until at last, Charles returned with a brand new pack of cigarettes to find that Newton was the only one left in the entire underground proving ground.

The bad old man sat on the cracked ground, caressing the burnt cone.

"Andrei is gone. ”

Charles tossed the cigarette over: "You've offended people enough today. ”

Newton was stunned. immediately sneered: "Snort, don't give it to you." I have to make others lose their faces. Do you think he's sick in the head?"

"It's normal for people, people have bothered to mechanic things for decades, and you can get it done in a few days, why do you still like you?"

Charles pulled a long cone from the ground, looked at the melted cogs inside, and asked, "But." If this thing really has to be studied...... Sooner or later, they will replace musicians?"

"Huh?"

Newton was stunned, "Will it?"

Charles was also stunned, "Haven't you thought about it?"

"Why should I think about it? Researchers are only concerned with their own research, the life and death of musicians. What does it have to do with me?"

Newton spread his hands: "If I want to think about everything, why don't I become pope......!" How stupid would anyone think I could really figure out what to do next?"

"Uh...... Huh?"

"To be able to do this is the limit of the current industry! Although I can come up with theories, the theories that cannot be verified are conjectures.

Unless the Holy City unlocks the 'Sixth Seal' and gives nations access to new technologies, including research in materials science and blacksmithing, it will be too early, boy. ”

Newton looked down and thought for a moment, and said, "At least six hundred years earlier, this technology is at least six hundred years earlier—I'm pretty good at it!"

"But some people are already getting scared. ”

Charles scratched his head: "Some people still have a long-term vision, what if they want to kill you?"

"I'm not afraid. Newton whistled: "Anyway, there is a royal family to protect me, and there are not one or two who want to kill me over the years, what am I afraid of?"

Aren't you the one to be afraid of? You're my personal assistant. ”

“......”

Charles was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but curse: "Why am I so unlucky, I have such a neurotic situation on your stall!"

"As my assistant, there must always be sacrifices for research, it is better to dedicate your youth to your children and grandchildren, and now is the time for you to dedicate your life, don't coax Charles. ”

Newton looked at him with pity in his eyes and comforted: "Who of you didn't really come here? I think back then, when I was young, I was better than you...... Haha, no, I was so much better when I was younger than you are now!

At that time, the bad old men of the research institute treated me like a baby! Every day, I shushed the cold and asked for warmth, for fear that I would be in a bad mood and would not do anything. Even if I wanted to set the institute on fire, they would pour grease on me, lay the fuse and put the torch in my hand, and finally find a bunch of people to applaud me!"

“......”

"They are all good people, but unfortunately they are unlucky, and they all die early. ”

Speaking of this, he was stunned for a moment, looked down at the cigarette ash shaking off his hand, and his eyes became lonely: "Seriously, in this world, they are the only ones who really treat me as a treasure, right?"

This institute is their legacy, this project is the last research they didn't finish, and even the yellow book is a coming-of-age gift they gave me.

If you think about it, there are quite a few things left behind by those old people.

But what I can keep is getting less and less. ”

He sighed and stopped talking.

Charles was silent for a long time, and then said softly, "You drove out all the alchemists, forcibly delayed the construction until now, and guaranteed that they have no room for regret, and must accept your design...... That's what it's for, right?

The foresight will understand what it represents, old man. When the time comes, they will do whatever it takes to send you to the gallows.

You've been wandering for so many years, you don't really want to die, do you?"

Newton couldn't help but laugh, snuff out his cigarette, and slowly shook his head.

"Charles, I said it a long time ago, I succeeded because I stepped on the shoulders of giants. ”

Newton plucked his long cone, stared at the dark golden glow, and whispered:

"After all these years, the giants who were willing to let me step on their shoulders are dead, but someone will have to walk the unfinished road in their place. (To be continued.) )