novelbin Chapter 466 - 263: The Gap Between Geniuses (2)
Chapter 466 - 263: The Gap Between Geniuses (2)
Stone Book Ancient Immortal suddenly frowned.
"Actually, in the Ancient Immortal Dynasty, there’s a saying...
"There’s a huge gap between people.
"There are also gaps between Divine Senses.
"The Divine Sense of the vast majority of people is just ordinary.
"But there exists a small number of people whose Divine Sense is inherently extraordinary..."
...
Beside him, Professor Zhang’s mind, the Qing Lu Ancient Immortal, also looked out, gazing at these plant machines.
He watched with amazement.
"Truly exquisite little things! Such clever designs!
"It’s a pity I can’t learn it."
All this time he had long sought ways to feel the reality of this plant machine.
He’s roughly guessed the principles of this machine.
But, he can’t learn it or use it.
...
Stone Book Ancient Immortal continued explaining to his apprentice.
"...There’s been immortals who speculated that within the Immortal Grass, there are nerves. But it’s just speculation, unable to be discerned.
"These nerves are not cellular structures but some more subtle and abstract mechanism.
"Now I suspect that this West State Boss has a monstrous level of Divine Sense, allowing him to discern the nerves of the Immortal Grass!"
Beside the glass curtain wall, Mo Lanyou subconsciously murmured.
"He can discern the nerves of the Immortal Grass?"
Professor Zhang frowned... Immortal Grass also has nerves?
In his mind, Qing Lu Ancient Immortal laughed, having long known.
Tian Xinghuo listened with confusion.
Bai Mo was equally astonished.
What does it mean?
Can’t others’ Divine Sense discern plant nerves?
The moment he advanced to Sequence Seven he discerned these things.
Can’t other Sequence Sevens discern them?
He suddenly understood why the ancient immortals couldn’t study plant machines, why they left plant nerves unused... Turns out it’s because their Divine Sense was too inferior!
Mo Lanyou stood there, expression lost, feeling empty inside.
Good news, the plant machine is real!
Bad news, his Divine Sense isn’t qualified to research it!
He internally questioned his master.
"Didn’t you say advancing to Sequence Seven in three years also makes me a genius?"
He didn’t follow the technological path for Sequence Seven, he cultivated it himself.
Stone Book Ancient Immortal was momentarily stumped.
"This... this... you indeed count as a genius, don’t underestimate yourself.
"Even in the Ancient Immortal Dynasty, your cultivation speed is explosive, one in ten thousand.
"But you can’t compare to those people!
"There are huge differences between geniuses too.
"You’re like a mortal on earth looking at stars, thinking all stars are in the sky, all twinkling.
"You might even think the sun is the biggest, brightest.
"But actually the distances between stars are so vast it exceeds your understanding, what you think is the biggest brightest sun isn’t much.
"The starlight you see, you don’t know from how big a star or from how long ago it came.
"Just like seeing this plant machine, you don’t know with how much strength and effort it was made.
"Perhaps it was just casually made?"
His master’s words made Mo Lanyou feel much better.
The gap is too huge, there’s no need to be self-abased.
The Ancient Immortal Master continued.
"He might not be the strongest.
"I’ve heard in history, there was an Alchemy Dao Emperor whose Divine Sense was incredibly gentle, even able to discern others’ fragile minds!
"I’ve also heard when the Flowing Fire Emperor reached a higher Sequence, he fused his Divine Sense with Pill Fire, Divine Sense within Pill Fire, Pill Fire within Divine Sense!
"From what I see, his Divine Sense that discerns plant nerves is far less dominant than the Flowing Fire Emperor’s."
Mo Lanyou was filled with longing.
"Divine Sense fused with Pill Fire? What effect does that have?"
Stone Book Ancient Immortal laughed.
"Simply put, wherever the Divine Sense reaches, Pill Fire can ignite!
"Or, with just one glance from the Emperor, he can ignite fire within you, burning you to ashes!"
Mo Lanyou smacked his lips.
That certainly sounds perverse!
After observing for ten or so minutes, Professor Zhang turned off the lights, led them out, and closed the storeroom door.
As they walked together, they chatted about Mo Lanyou’s earlier comment.
"Expert Mo, did you just say someone can discern plant nerves?
"Do plants also have nerves?"
Mo Lanyou chuckled nonchalantly, appearing relaxed.
"You haven’t researched it, so you may not know.
"Within the Ancient Immortal Dynasty, there’s the hypothesis of Immortal Grass nerves, but ordinary Divine Sense finds it hard to observe..."
He learned and preached, walking and bragging, he mentioned the terrifying Flowing Fire Emperor.
"...Divine Sense and Pill Fire fusion... with one glance, they can burn a person to ashes..."
Amidst everyone’s amazement, Bai Mo maintained a blank expression.
Long lacking comparisons, the documents he had were fragmented, leading Bai Mo to not quite understand the normal level of Sequence Seven.
Previously, he fused Divine Sense and Pill Fire, thinking it was ordinary.
He only realized today that others can’t do this?
Mo Lanyou had been struck, his mindset was much more balanced, his attitude more normal; he now walked and chatted with Professor Zhang.
"In modern times, we also research plant information transmission mechanisms?
"Isn’t intercellular connectivity it?
"My doctoral advisor researched intercellular connectivity.
"Sadly, it’s not very comprehensive.
"Some biochemical reactions involved are too microscopic, difficult to fully understand.
"The current world’s plant information transmission mechanisms are relatively simple, unable to create complex plant machines."
What he said was casual, but Professor Zhang listened attentively.
After they all ate together, drank wine, happily disbanded, Bai Mo took his apprentice back to the Immortal Grass Building office, yet received a call from Professor Zhang.
"Expert Bai Mo, have you researched... cryo-electron microscopy?"
Bai Mo indeed had researched it!
He even has an Immortal Technique to simulate cryo-electron microscopy using Divine Sense and Pill Fire, using it to solve the mystery of Immortal Grass’s resurrection.
Why was Professor Zhang asking this?
Only to hear Professor Zhang continue.
"I’ll arrange a machine for you!
"Not expecting any output, just for you to learn to use it.
"The microscopic world is a place even Ancient Immortals haven’t tread upon.
"But we modern people can try!
"Can you be the pioneer, go take a look?"
Bai Mo sat behind the desk, holding his apprentice, frowning.
Arrange one for me?
Not expecting output?
Is there such a good thing?
"This... would this be too expensive?"
On the other end, Professor Zhang laughed.
"Not expensive!
"These things are allocated, even if you don’t use it, it goes to other experts.
"Then I’ll arrange it for you, look at related papers first, and wait to receive it!"
...
The wind rushed into the grand hall.
Medicine Monkey Ancient Immortal held a microscope, eyes pressed against the eyepiece, looking intently.
"Oh?
"Really, I see it, oral epithelial cells!
"Hahaha, quite something!
"Your civilization has something indeed!
"Is this the maximum magnification?"
Beside him, Wang E, smiling broadly, took the microscope, and helped his master adjust it.
"Master, see if the image can be enlarged like this?"
Medicine Monkey Ancient Immortal took it back, while looking and attempting to adjust it himself, praising.
"Nice, nice!"
Beside him, Wang E’s face was all smiles, but his heart was bitter.
Damn Ancient Immortal, how did he even know about this microscope? Who told him?
Though this small microscope doesn’t impact much, he was still bothered inside.
He heard the Ancient Immortal casually ask.
"In the human world, what’s the largest magnification device?"
Wang E, once a biochemical expert, a desperate Poison Master, even if he hadn’t used electron microscopy, knew about it. At this moment, he hesitated slightly, quickly realizing the Ancient Immortal likely knew the answer, testing his loyalty?
"Cryo-electron microscope!"
Medicine Monkey Ancient Immortal nodded.
"Oh? Is it?
"Recently, us old fellows were talking about this gadget during communication.
"Heard it’s quite impressive!
"Can you help master get one back?"
Wang E smirked.
This thing has limited global availability, not circulating in the black market, placed in top research institutes or university labs, where would he get it?
Moreover... he deeply didn’t want to give this to the Ancient Immortal!
But he soon smiled again.
"Master, rest assured, even if it’s through fire and water, I’ll bring you back a cryo-electron microscope!"
Medicine Monkey Ancient Immortal nodded.
"Good luck!
"Once you get it back, let’s also research that plant machine."