Chapter 263: "Lord"

The moment they heard this answer, both Han Meng and Chen Ling had blank looks in their eyes.

"Fusion... scientific inference??"

In Chen Ling's understanding, a Fuser referred to the fusion of humans and Calamities. But he never expected that someone could fuse with a "scientific inference"? That's just void theory and reasoning! Without a physical entity, how can one fuse??

"Right, right, that's the expression!" Dr. Yi laughed out loud when he saw the changes in Han Meng and Chen Ling's faces. "Shocked, magical, unbelievable, right??"

"Damn it, how can something as ethereal as a scientific inference fuse with a person?"

"But that is exactly the fact!!"

"Before the Great Catastrophe, the Aurora Lord was a top scientist in the field of magnetic fields in the country! After that exploration, he discovered that he could actually apply the magnetic field theory in his mind to reality!"

"He can create aurora with his bare hands! He can draw a circle and summon millions of volts of electricity! That's not all; the most critical thing is... he can actually communicate with wandering ghosts by manipulating magnetic fields, and even control them!!"

"Do you know what this concept is?? The relationship between magnetic fields and human souls was just the core argument of a theoretical paper the Aurora Lord published back then. Although he spent six years studying this theory, there was no substantive progress! A theory without real evidence, without any experiments! Just like that, it became a part of him!"

Dr. Yi's expression became more and more excited, and his whole body couldn't stop trembling. He raised the white wine and took a few fierce gulps, cursing with a flushed face:

"In front of this former scientist, all science becomes meaningless... We have spent three hundred years studying the Aurora Lord, and to this day, our understanding of him is still a blank slate!"

"Wait!" Chen Ling seemed to realize something. "You said there were nine scientists who went to conduct the exploration at that time..."

"That's right."

Dr. Yi spoke slowly, "In the Nine Great Domains of humanity, every 'Lord' that supports their existence was one of the scientists who conducted the exploration at that time. Each of them mastered a scientific concept in a field and possessed god-like power...

More than three hundred years after the Great Catastrophe, the hundreds of millions of people still struggling to survive on this planet, to put it bluntly, are all relying on these nine people.

And now... they are all about to die of old age."

Dr. Yi looked at Han Meng, who was lost in confusion, and the corners of his mouth rose involuntarily. Since he had vented these words, his whole body relaxed, and the drunkenness dissipated quite a bit.

"So, you are constantly conducting fusion experiments, trying to analyze the principle of how the Aurora Lord became like this?" Han Meng finally understood why the Aurora Base was conducting fusion experiments in secret.

"Human extinction is irreversible... Everything done now is futile."

Dr. Yi gave two dry laughs. He walked to Han Meng with the wine bottle. "Alright, our righteous and compassionate Deputy Captain Han Meng, you can get lost now... The third level is not a place you can enter and exit at will.

Or do you want to visit how we conduct fusion experiments?"

Han Meng felt his brain was a bit messy. He frowned and stared at Dr. Yi for a moment, then turned and walked out.

"Let's go."

He already knew the "truth of Aurora City" that Tan Xin spoke of, but he needed some time to digest this shocking result. He wanted to be alone for a while.

Chen Ling dutifully played the role of the "newcomer follower" and followed Han Meng as he turned to leave.

After pushing the door open, they returned to that familiar corridor. Just as they were heading toward the passage to the second level, Chen Ling's gaze drifted around.

The opportunity to enter the third level was rare. Chen Ling was still thinking about whether it was possible to take the opportunity to enter the fourth level. Just then, a slight commotion came from afar.

Several figures in white lab coats were pushing an empty hospital bed to the passage from the third level to the fourth. Two white-coated figures were carrying a figure who had just walked out from inside... Jian Changsheng was curled up in a ball, his hands diagonally over his head, making the shape of a mushroom, his gaze dull.

He was dragged back to the bed motionless by the two white-coated figures. While they were dragging him, the people around were still talking:

"What's going on? How did 12138 run over there?"

"Don't know... When he was found by that person, he was rolling on the ground like a mushroom, as if looking for a dark, narrow corner?"

"Maybe for him, that room was too big, making the mushroom feel insecure, so he went to find a narrow sewing kit himself?"

"Mental patients are troublesome; their brain circuits are too strange..."

"But then again, he was able to pull out the needle himself and roll so far, which shows that his physical function is indeed good... Anyway, 12139's side is temporarily over, so just push him directly into the laboratory."

“……”

While everyone was talking, they turned the hospital bed and walked straight into one of the laboratories.

Hearing the last sentence, the mushroom Jian Changsheng's body trembled imperceptibly, and a look of wanting to cry appeared in his eyes... then it turned back to dullness.

Chen Ling brushed past him, his expression a bit subtle.

So, this kid tried to sneak to the fourth level himself, but was discovered?

Chen Ling's gaze glanced at the passage to the fourth level. It didn't look like anything special, just a corridor extending to the next level. But as the most core secret floor of the entire Aurora Base, Chen Ling didn't believe this checkpoint would be so simple. Jian Changsheng's fate was good proof of that.

After a brief hesitation, Chen Ling gave up the idea of entering the fourth level now. On one hand, he had entered openly this time, with too many people watching him. On the other hand, there was too little information about the fourth checkpoint. At the very least, he had to wait until he rendezvoused with Jian Changsheng to obtain more intelligence before making a decision.

The two walked to the passage returning to the second level. Just as they were about to step into it, a figure also wearing a black Enforcer trench coat walked slowly toward them.

"Deputy Captain Han Meng," in the darkness, Qiong Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly. "Why are you here?"