A slow snoring sound was heard, and Arthur looked at Maxwell who was sleeping on the round table with disgust. Maybe he was too tired, and he fell asleep directly in the comfortable environment. His body was still wet, and it was not known whether it was saliva or rain water, but it was all wet.
This historic round table has witnessed a lot, and has been stained with blood and knife marks. This might be the first time it has been soaked in saliva. Arthur couldn't bear it anymore and signaled someone to take him downstairs to have a good rest.
The old guy was like a dead person, being lifted up casually, and uttering meaningless mumbling in his sleep from time to time.
“He loves these.”
Nicholas looked at Maxwell who was carried away. The old man had gray hair and wrinkles on his face like a dead tree. He was almost old enough to be Nicholas' grandfather, but he faced the wind, rain and thunder together with the young guys.
Humans age very easily, which cannot be explained by being old and strong, but Maxwell loved it, so much so that at this moment he could even become young again.
"Yes, he was a person who had personally experienced the Dunling Plan. He thought he could bring about innovation, but it ended in failure. He thought that this would be the end of his life, but suddenly he found a turning point in his later years."
Arthur spoke slowly, reminiscing about the past.
"Maxwell has been retired for a long time. He lives in seclusion in the countryside outside Old Dunling. There he can see clear skies and the air is extremely fresh. Compared with Old Dunling, it is simply heaven. At that time, after discussion, we were ready to conduct a new round of power experiments on the wreckage of the Dunling Project. After several considerations, we found him.
At that time, his life was pretty good. He had a small vegetable garden and drank and had fun every day. I envied him, so I asked him in person if he was interested in coming back to join them. Actually, I wasn't sure if he would come back. After all, retirement life is so wonderful, and Maxwell is so old. He should spend his old age in peace."
“But he came back.”
Nicholas said that when he joined the Purification Agency, Maxwell had been working here and had also guided the new Nicholas as a mentor.
"Yes, actually the situation was that I told Maxwell these things, but he didn't say anything, just kept silent. I thought he refused, so I left, but when I got on the train, suddenly someone knocked on the window."
Hot water was brought in, and Arthur drank some to warm himself.
"It was Maxwell, the old guy, banging on the car window and yelling at me through the glass, 'You said research and development of electricity, right! Right! Right!'
With an excited look on his face, he rode his horse against the wind, chasing the train like a young man. It was a pity that there was no woman to be married on the train, but a group of armed soldiers. If I hadn't stopped him in time, he would have been shot dead by the guards.
It was then that I realized that he was not rejecting me, but that his rusty brain had just started to work due to his quiet life, and he realized it belatedly. He was so agile that he didn't look like an old guy at all. He jumped up, climbed onto the train, and then stumbled in.
His face was glowing, and he opened his arms as if to hug me, but then, before he could say anything, he fell down. He was old enough, and the intense exercise just now almost killed him. "