Volume 2: The crown and the hat are all over the capital, and the spirit is full of energy and enter the foggy city Chapter 139 Grey Knights
Subtitle of this chapter: Codename 666!
"The sun peeked out from behind the mountain, casting a golden glow into the still sleeping village; on the grass in the valley, which was still in the shadows, dewdrops were sparkling, and one or two timid birds could be heard.
The children walked along the path towards the village, and the group of small figures soon disappeared in the light blue morning mist in the valley.
They will live to reap the small but real hope that exists in this ancient, barren land. "
“A-choo!”
It was not the sun of Seris but the sun of America that cast a ray of golden light into the still deserted rosewood lobby, shining right on Mr. Einstein's face.
The strong light made him sneeze. Well, there is a term for this stress response, called the phototropic sneeze reflex.
He blinked hard, and then he realized that he had actually been reading in the hotel lobby all night...
The Grand Mage picked up the cover and took a look. The title on it was, "Grey Knight's Science Fiction Collection 1".
And beneath this odd title comes an odd motto:
I am the Emperor's last gift to humanity.
I am the last weapon against the Void Evil God.
I am the last line of defense for human civilization.
I am the Grey Knight from Titan, codename 666.
Well, he actually used 666, which represents the Antichrist, as his code name. This "Grey Knight"... well, this should be the mysterious Oriental man he had been waiting for all night. It's really shocking.
However, in Einstein's view, Mr. Yuan's talent and imagination... well, his imagination is really a bit shocking.
This collection of stories contains three and a half novels, and each of them makes the great magician unable to stop reading, unable to sleep, reading eagerly, and even getting goose bumps all over his body.
"Flowers for Algernon" deeply explores the relationship between human nature and wisdom.
This novel proves that the author has thought about it, and not just general thinking, but profound thinking that organically combines philosophy and science about the existence of human beings themselves.
The BS (super science) ideas about human hibernation, space travel, artificial intelligence, and alien colonization described in half of "The Golden Fleece" opened his mind and he suddenly discovered a new world.
Just like Nikola Tesla, if the Grey Knight appeared in front of the Grand Mage at this time, the mage would definitely say to the warrior, "You kid, finish writing this book quickly, otherwise I will let you taste the fireball!"
The vacuum tube punk background and black humor style of "Fallout" are both a bit ahead of their time. Most readers of this era probably won't get the excitement and laughs from it.
But who is Einstein? He is considered by later generations to be the most likely suspected time traveler.
After he proposed the theory of relativity, mankind's understanding of the world was suddenly elevated so much that mankind had to face a universe so bizarre that it could not be described by common sense and language and could only be described by mathematical tools. Human technology also advanced by leaps and bounds like a science fiction novel.
The great discoveries, breakthroughs and leaps in science and technology over the next 100 years have surpassed all the achievements of human civilization over the previous tens of thousands of years. And it can be said that all of this started with Einstein.
So he only needed to read the beginning to understand what "Fallout" was about: in the middle of the 21st century, a world war broke out again on Earth, and some kind of super-technological weapon with enormous power blew mankind back to a wasteland world where civilization and ignorance coexisted.
He also quickly understood what the author wanted to express: he was worried about the leapfrog development of human technology, and that humans might not be able to master new technologies, but instead let new technologies destroy humans themselves.
It's just that this author disagrees with the general anti-science people. He has a very deep and forward-looking understanding of science, coupled with a somewhat eccentric sense of humor.
Therefore, the novel "Radiation" juxtaposes pain and laughter, cruelty and tenderness, science and unscience, absurd facts and disproportionately calm reactions. It is not a heavy tragedy but a very pleasant comedy.
According to the original timeline, "black humor novels" did not appear in the United States until the 1960s. Representative works include Heller's "Catch-22", Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow", and Vonnegut's "Breakfast of Class".
Thus, our Master Yuan also became the world's first person to write "black humor novels" with "Fallout". Of course, he also created the niche genre of "vacuum tube punk".
You should know that Einstein also had a great sense of humor. In fact, a sense of humor is a reflection of high intelligence. You could even say that people with a sense of humor don't necessarily have a high IQ, but people with high IQs definitely have a sense of humor, unless they're a psychopath like Colonel Chu Xuan, the "mortal wisdom." Humor itself is a high-level human response.
So he immediately fell in love with the "Radiation" that he had heard of very well... But the Great Mage's favorite was "The Country Teacher". He liked it so much that he read it three times in a row.
Einstein had not yet been to China, and would not pass through Shanghai until November 1922, when he was on his way to Japan to give lectures. The great wizard was warmly welcomed by the Seres. It is said that when Einstein entered Nanjing Road in Shanghai, young Shanghai students were so excited that they lifted him up with their hands.
Therefore, after completing his lectures in Japan, he gave a lecture on relativity at 3 p.m. on January 1, 1923 in the auditorium of the Municipal Council of the International Settlement.
There was also an awkward thing at that time. Xu Zhimo's brother-in-law... former brother-in-law Zhang Junmai also attended the lecture.
He was a devout spiritualist, and after Einstein's lecture he asked a question about spiritualism, to which Einstein replied, "That's a trivial matter."
Later, someone wrote an article in the newspaper saying that this question reflected the sadness of Chinese philosophical thought at that time. Yin Chuisi heard that the person who wrote this article was Xu Zhimo, Zhang Junmai's former brother-in-law.
However, Einstein had a somewhat negative impression of China and the Chinese. He wrote in his travel diary: "On the surface, the Chinese are notable for their hard work and their low demands for lifestyle and child welfare. They are more optimistic and more naive than Indians. But most of them are heavily burdened men and women, hammering stones every day for a daily wage of five cents. They seem too dull to understand the horror of their fate."
He had a good impression of the Japanese . "It's amazing that there are such beautiful, kind and friendly people in Japan."
The Japanese are probably the nation with the biggest contrast between their appearance and inner self in the world.
Of course, now that the Grand Mage has met the Grey Knights, his impression of "psychics" and Seris must be very different.
Moreover, he had no prejudice against Seris at this time. After reading "The Country Teacher", he felt a sense of empathy.
Because Central European countries were also engaging in "supportive teaching" programs at the time. In those days, even rural primary schools in remote areas of Europe lacked teachers. So, a group of young intellectuals went there to become teachers. Among them was the aforementioned Ludwig Wittgenstein.
At this moment, Einstein heard a commotion outside the hotel door...
