You Say You Believe in Science, But You Fly on a Sword - Chapter 96
Chapter 96: There’s Something Wrong With The Imperial Seal
Not long after, Su Qin’an’s ethereal figure landed at the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Liu Qiming had already returned from Huake Academy. Seeing Su Qin’an, he sighed, walked over, and patted his shoulder: “You kid, your sword flight is pretty cool, huh? ”
Su Qin’an looked solemn: “I am an Innate Great Emperor Sacred Body, can I not…”
“Okay, cut! ”
Liu Qiming immediately interrupted him: “Interview’s over, get back to work! No showing off in the Ministry of Science and Technology! So much work, hurry up! ”
Su Qin’an: …
Should I leave?
However, Liu Qiming said there was a lot of work, which wasn’t a problem.
Leaving aside the Imperial Seal that Liu Qiming personally led the research on, the Nantianmen Plan and the Chongxi Plan were not that simple.
The Nantianmen Plan is just a general term, and it also includes various advanced warships. The manufacturing of each warship is not easy and requires a comprehensive range of technologies.
As for the Chongxi Plan, needless to say, it’s definitely not as simple as building a spaceship.
First, orbital safety is needed to ensure that the spaceship won’t be destroyed by some unknown meteorite halfway through its flight.
Then there’s the communication issue.
The current main communication method is electromagnetic waves, but as the distance between the spaceship and Earth Headquarters increases, the timeliness of communication will also become worse.
If headquarters cannot issue orders to the spaceship in time, it must rely on the spaceship itself to avoid various sudden ambushes.
For example, the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Or, a meteorite appearing out of nowhere halfway through the flight.
If everything waits for commands from Earth headquarters, it would have been scrapped countless times.
“How’s the research on the Imperial Seal going on your side? ”
Su Qin’an, based on the principle of causing trouble for others rather than improving himself, asked: “Any clues? ”
Speaking of which, Liu Qiming felt depressed: “Don’t mention it, we’re about to slice it up, but there’s no result. ”
“That shouldn’t be the case? ”
Su Qin’an frowned: “Did I think wrong? ”
A product of the Qin Dynasty over two thousand years ago, logically speaking, even if it has value, it’s only historical and cultural value. There’s no need for the Ministry of Science and Technology to take it, and they even have to keep it a secret from other departments, for fear that the Ministry of Culture will come to claim it.
But the Imperial Seal could make the system beep “beep beep～”, saying there’s no mystery, who would believe that?
If the Imperial Seal is fine, is the system the problem?
“Maybe it really doesn’t have anything special, maybe you just felt wrong? ”
Liu Qiming smiled: “Why don’t we just hand it over to the Ministry of Culture? ”
“No. ”
Su Qin’an immediately said: “Where is the Imperial Seal now? I’ll go take a look. ”
Liu Qiming sighed helplessly: “I knew you’d react like this! Come with me! ”
Su Qin’an followed Liu Qiming to a small laboratory, and the Imperial Seal was on the table in the middle.
Su Qin’an walked to the table, grabbed the Imperial Seal, a flash of black light passed through his eyes, and stared intently at the Imperial Seal.
That look, he hadn’t been so serious when looking at Xie Yingqing, making Liu Qiming feel inexplicably confused: “Are you crazy? ”
Su Qin’an ignored him, and a ball of black fire suddenly appeared in his right hand, burning the Imperial Seal. The continuous sizzling sound made Liu Qiming’s heart pound: “No, brother, I call you brother, calm down, don’t do this…”
“I told you this Imperial Seal isn’t that simple! ”
Su Qin’an suddenly smiled slightly and said, “Touch it. ”
Liu Qiming was stunned: “What are you doing? No, stop it, this is…”
“Do as I say. ”
Su Qin’an’s tone was filled with anticipation: “Hurry up! ”
Liu Qiming reluctantly reached out his hand: “Okay, okay, I’ll listen to you, it’s… uh? ”
Liu Qiming seemed to have suddenly discovered something strange, and even his tone went up: “Why isn’t it hot? ”
Su Qin’an had just burned the Imperial Seal with fire, but now Liu Qiming touched it, and he didn’t feel the temperature of it being burned at all. He even inexplicably felt it was a little cool.
However, Liu Qiming immediately thought that it might be a problem with Su Qin’an’s fire, after all, he’s a cultivator, creating some cold fire is completely no problem… right?
So, to make sure Su Qin’an’s fire was hot, Liu Qiming specifically reached out his hand.
Then…
“Damn it! It’s burning hot! I’m going home! ”
Su Qin’an was kind enough to use a touch of spiritual energy to remove Liu Qiming’s pain.
“Feel something wrong? ”
Su Qin’an said leisurely: “If there’s really no problem, after I roasted it like this, how could the outside not be hot? ”
He had just used spiritual energy to create fire, roasting the entire Imperial Seal.
The temperature of the fire wasn’t high, but it was three or five times higher than the temperature used in ancient times to make porcelain, iron, and jade.
With such high temperature, the Imperial Seal, made of jade, showed no sign of melting, and its temperature didn’t even rise.
Who would believe there’s no problem?
Moreover, this thing is the second thing, after the Ghost Race, to make the system beep “beep beep～”. Comparing it to the Ghost Race, you know it’s definitely not a simple thing.
For the first time, an idea formed in Su Qin’an’s mind: Could the civilization level of the Qin Dynasty be stronger than that of modern China?
Liu Qiming stared thoughtfully at the Imperial Seal: “That makes sense, but…”
He spread his hands: “We’ve tried all the methods we could try, but we still can’t find anything unusual about it. ”
Su Qin’an was about to say, “Let me take it back to the Cultivation World and try,” when he realized a problem.
The Cultivation World doesn’t seem to have the means either.
Logically speaking, if technology can’t achieve it, he should take the Imperial Seal back to the Cultivation World and try it.
Maybe this Imperial Seal… is hard to crack but easy to break, it’s useless for Liu Qiming and the others to keep it on the table in the laboratory, it needs to be blessed by his Falling Star Sword?
Or, does it need infant’s urine… to exorcise evil spirits?
Or, dropping it from 90,000 meters high… to let it experience free fall and Newtonian mechanics?
But if it’s really taken back to the Cultivation World, what can be done?
Daojian Sect’s ancient books contain many records of the Cultivation World from tens of millions of years ago. The scenes depicted, let alone Su Qin’an, even Yin Wanshan yearned for them.
For example, transcending time and space, the river of time, a sword opening the heavens, spatial displacement, nine lives of reincarnation, three lives across the shore, a world-shattering punishment, eternal immortality.
And various powerhouses who could shatter space with one palm and cut time with one sword.
These are the impressions of the Cultivation World held by people, including the Cultivation World and the Mortal Realm.
But Su Qin’an has cultivated for so many years, and he has never seen anything related to laws.
Even the seemingly most superficial Spatial Dao, only Yin Wanshan and a few others have some knowledge of it.
Others, let alone whether they can master it, haven’t even understood it.
And lifespan… even the strongest like Yin Wanshan only have a lifespan of about 30,000 years.
The strongest in a world only has a lifespan of 30,000 years, is that reasonable!
There are also related arcane arts that cultivators simply cannot practice.
Every generation has countless young and passionate people who try to practice laws and spells related to time, space, and reincarnation, but none of them have succeeded. They either abandon the laws or are buried in history.
But if these arcane arts are truly impossible to practice, why does Daojian Sect have them? Why did the ancestors of Daojian Sect create them and leave countless records of related content in ancient books?