There was a lack of knowledge in this world. Luo Kai rummaged through the sports school library, looking for knowledge about electricity. Unfortunately, he found nothing. He didn't even see the word "electricity". No, there was no such word in the new language at all.
Luo Kai felt it was inconceivable. Electricity was the key for human civilization to enter the information age. The explosion of science and technology was also caused by electricity. Without electricity, the progress of civilization would be interrupted!
When he got home in the evening, Luo Kai lay on the bed and racked his brain to recall the knowledge about science.
Ever since the emergence of human civilization, the exploration of the outside world had never stopped. After the Second World War, human scholars summarized the knowledge of the past and introduced new ideas. As a result, two new schools of thought were born. One was materialism, and the other was idealism. These two schools of thought could be simply divided into science and theology.
Science, needless to say, emphasized materialism, which meant that every substance had its own set of principles, and only needed exploration and discovery. Psychology, on the other hand, emphasized that everything in the world revolved around human beings. That was to say, human cognition of everything came from "me", or the world didn't exist. What existed was only "me". This "me" was not a narrow sense of self, but a kind of will. In ancient China, it was called the Heavenly Dao, and in the West, it was called God!
The lack of electricity couldn't be explained by science, because this world was a complex electromagnetic network. It could only be guessed that electricity was a dominant energy before the catastrophe, just like light, fire, heat, wind and other energy that could be discovered by human beings. However, after the catastrophe, this energy suddenly became a hidden energy that human beings couldn't discover, and became a kind of dark matter.
Thinking about it made his head hurt. It was like thinking about where he came from and where he was going. It was something that humans would never be able to understand with their level of life.
For some reason, a beautiful woman with long, wavy hair suddenly appeared in Luo Kai's mind. Clearly, she was a supporter of the School of Mind.
Luo Kai shook his head and began to slow down his heartbeat. Now he wanted to find a heartbeat that could relax his body and mind without falling asleep immediately.
Just as he was about to fall asleep, a soft tapping sound came from the eaves of the roof. The sound was very soft. If Luo Kai hadn't entered an indescribable state of emptiness, he definitely wouldn't have been able to detect it. The soft sound was fleeting. It was the sound of someone moving quickly above.
Luo Kai opened his eyes, casually put on a piece of clothing, and gently opened the door. Under the cold moonlight, in the distance, a figure was sprinting across the eaves. His figure was extremely flexible and his speed was extremely fast.
Curious, he also climbed onto the roof and chased after the figure. Ever since he learned the [Tortoise Breath], his control over his body had reached a new level. He could even shrink his pores to prevent his breath from leaking out.
In the darkness, Luo Kai jumped from eaves to eaves like an ape. The darkness did not affect him at all. His super senses were constantly feeding back the surrounding environment. His agile body was like a leopard cat, finding the most suitable foothold. Soon, he gradually approached the figure. What surprised him was that the person had a long tail on his butt. It turned out that he was a mutant. No wonder he was so agile!
Chasing after the figure, Luo Kai found that he had already arrived at the Southern District. There was a Xinluo Alley in the Southern District, which was specially designed for mutants. A large number of deformed people gathered there.
Since the catastrophe, the rate of newborn deformities had become extremely high. Some people called it the phenomenon of atavism, while others thought that it was the self-adjustment and evolution of human beings.
The beauty of a person's appearance directly affected their perception. Deformed people were ostracized by normal human society, but they were still a kind of human after all. They couldn't be left to their own devices. Every human city had a residence specially set up for Deformed people.
When he arrived at Xinluo Alley, the environment changed. There were dilapidated brick houses everywhere, and the cement road was full of potholes due to the lack of maintenance for a long time. The fluorescent stone lamps here no longer had the function of lighting, so the whole street was pitch black. Only the candles lit by some people gave a little warmth in the dark.
The figure went deep into the alley, turned left and right, and came to the front of a simple courtyard. He gently knocked on the door with a special frequency. The courtyard door opened, and a middle-aged man in his forties opened the door. The two of them exchanged a few simple words and then walked into the courtyard.
Luo Kai vaguely felt that the middle-aged man seemed to have seen him somewhere. No, he had not seen his appearance, but his eyes were very familiar. He thought for a long time and did not think of it. There was some hesitation in his heart. He was purely attracted by the sensitive figure of the mutants, but he had no interest in what they were doing.
Just as he was about to leave, another figure appeared on the empty street. The man was wrapped in a black robe and had a tall and sturdy build. He also carried a crossbow on his back. He walked to the front of the house and knocked on the door. Soon, the middle-aged man welcomed him in.
Immediately after, another person wrapped in a black robe appeared. For a while, three black-robed people entered the house in succession.
These mysterious black-robed people aroused the interest of Luo Kai. Among the people he came into contact with, only the Blackguard of the Jiu Yuan farmhouse liked to wear black. Are these people the Blackguard?
Luo Kai was a little excited. He jumped down from the roof and slowly approached the house. He leaned against the wall and listened. It was quiet inside. There was not even a sound. After thinking for a while, he quietly climbed up to the roof. This kind of old-fashioned brick house had a glass skylight on the roof, so it could be lit up during the day.
Just as he was about to look down through the skylight, his heart suddenly raised a sense of danger. He shrank his head back. A sharp crossbow arrow penetrated the skylight and passed by his eyes. Luo Kai was shocked and hurriedly retreated. When he turned and wanted to run, three black-robed people jumped on the eaves. They stood in a triangular position and each held a crossbow and aimed at him.
"Who are you?"
The power of the crossbow cannot be compared with the bullet. Luo Kai remained calm and began to increase his heartbeat.
The middle-aged man also came out of the house at the moment. When he saw Luo Kai, his face became a little strange. Suddenly he said: "You don't have to be nervous. This little friend is also a guest I invited. Please come down and talk about it."
The three black-robed people looked at each other, put away the crossbow and jumped off the eaves.
Luo Kai breathed a sigh of relief. He had some doubts in his heart. When the middle-aged man spoke, he felt more familiar, but he did not remember this person. Did he know the original himself?
Hesitating, he also jumped off the eaves and walked into the house with the middle-aged man. With the increase of strength, Luo Kai became more and more confident. Even if these people wanted to harm him, he was not afraid.
Although the appearance of the small courtyard looks broken, the interior is extremely elegant. The floor is covered with thick carpets, the tables and chairs are carved with antique patterns, and the fluorescent stone light is soft and bright.
"Please sit down." The middle-aged man made a gesture of invitation.
A total of six people sat around the square table in the living room. They did not speak, but just quietly sipped their tea.
The three black-robed people took off their black robes, revealing their weather-beaten faces. The strange man with the tail was a young man who looked about the same age as Luo Kai. He had a pointy mouth and monkey-like cheeks. His appearance was very ugly. He did not sit like a normal person, but squatted on the chair like a monkey. His hands were holding a teacup, and he was drinking while looking left and right. Obviously, he was very impatient.
The middle-aged man stared at Luo Kai for a while, and then a smile appeared on his face: "This time I have called you all here for a big business. Have you heard of the elemental coral?"
Except for Luo Kai, the other four people were shocked. The monkey-like strange man could not help but ask: "Is it the strange creature that grows in the sea?
Didn't you say that it was destroyed by the vicious beasts in the sea? "
The middle-aged man nodded: "That's right, this elemental coral is a kind of strange life form that grows in the deep sea. It is a kind of life form between life and non-life. To be precise, it is a kind of semi-silicon-based life form. This kind of life form is very difficult to destroy, but it is divided and dismembered. Although most of it has been devoured by vicious beasts, there are still some floating in the sea. I have received news that a small section of the elemental coral is currently in the Longyang County!"
Luo Kai was also taken aback. It must be known that the known life forms belong to the carbon-based life form, which is the organic basis of the carbon element. And silicon-based life form is a kind of concept that only exists in science fiction movies. Silicon is a kind of metallic element, which is classified as inorganic matter. Silicon-based life form can be called metallic life form. In simple terms, if a robot has self-intelligence, then it belongs to the silicon-based life form.
The middle-aged man took a sip of tea, looked at Luo Kai, and then continued: "The research value of the elemental coral is far above that of the vicious beasts. Its specific effect is that it can make life form undergo a kind of special evolution, and master a kind of elemental power!"