For Jobtran, breaking the academic records left by Arthur is not only a provocation but also a test of himself.
For him, learning knowledge of different subjects is equivalent to equipping himself with different weapons.
All this miscellaneous knowledge may not be useful in the future, but it is also a way for him to numb himself.
Fill your head with a lot of knowledge and bury the desire for revenge deep in your mind.
Otherwise, he would go crazy.
If I don't keep myself busy, the scene of the Mud Plow turning into ashes in my hands will unconsciously appear repeatedly in my mind.
If I don't keep myself busy, visions of how to kill Arthur, this hateful man, in various ways will continue to appear in my mind.
Jobtran knew in his heart that it was not just his negative emotions that were causing the problem, but also the darkness deep in his soul that was eroding him.
No matter how hard he tried to calm himself down, he could no longer be as rational and indifferent as before.
At this moment, he could only take a deep breath, endure, accept, and experience all that miscellaneous knowledge.
His previous experience as a detective and his strong logical analysis skills enabled him to digest this knowledge instead of numbly stuffing it into his mind and dismissing it.
Various books and documents became his travel belongings.
The badge given by Merlin provided him with enough authority and power to let him do whatever he wanted. Even Selina, who was furious because he skipped classes to take other subjects, couldn't do anything to him.
The punishment of simply deducting credits may be a strong threat to other students and may even affect their daily living standards, but to the "rich" Jobtran, it is just a drop in the bucket and is not painful at all.
Joe Butran's series of abnormal actions made his friends around him look at him with surprise.
Columbia, who lived and ate with him, even felt for a moment that the person he was following had become an extremely stranger after experiencing that tragedy.
Columbia could understand the sadness in Jobutran's heart, but in his impression, Jobutran was an extremely strong person who could face difficulties calmly.
He looked at Jobtran, who used knowledge to numb himself, and couldn't help feeling a little weird.
“How is this different from alcoholism?”
Such doubts arose in Columbia's mind.
Of course, someone as smart as Joe Butran had already seen through Columbia's little tricks.
He just smiled indifferently, because he knew that Columbia had no idea what he was planning.
Record-breaking events have gone from being surprising to becoming a daily routine at Miskatonic University, from fresh news to old-fashioned talk.
Now every student and faculty member at Miskatonic University knows this outstanding freshman who attracts everyone's attention with his actions.
When Choate Brown had grown to the point where even professors sighed and said,
"Go to the next department. I have nothing to teach you here."
He would close his textbook, leave the classroom alone, and go to the next teaching building to listen silently.
That iconic white hair and red eyes have become every professor's nightmare.
At first, he just listened quietly, as well-behaved as a model student.
He didn't say a word during class, and from time to time he would take notes with a pen in the notebook spread out on the table.
Those notebooks were filled with words, exquisite sketches, charts and diagrams that were the result of strict planning, etc.
In the classroom, he is like a sponge that absorbs water.
A sponge absorbs water, but what it absorbs is knowledge.
What is surprising is his unconventional brain.
There is always a limit to the amount of water a sponge can absorb. If you throw a sponge into a swimming pool, it is impossible to absorb all the water in the pool.
Joet Brown is not a sponge, and no one knows how much he can learn.
Whether it is an interest class such as flower arrangement or tea ceremony, Joet Brown can connect it with the knowledge he already has, and digest the content of the course by analogy, and transform it into his own knowledge.
In fact, after combining his own knowledge and insights, he will reach a level that surpasses that of the professor.
When he asks questions, they are definitely difficult questions that are asked after three-dimensional thinking from some extremely tricky angles, rather than questions that challenge authority.
In physics class, he openly questioned the law of conservation of energy.
His question at that time made the professor of physics, a respected old scholar, so angry that he blew his beard and glared on the spot, but he could not come up with any evidence to refute it and almost fainted from anger.
"Professor, I would like to ask, according to the law of conservation of energy, the energy in the world should be completely conserved.
Let’s not discuss whether it is a closed-loop environment or whether it is a purely mechanical environment.
Given a single environment, with only one micromolecule, and without any external influence, it should be stationary, right? "
Joet Brown first raised a question that seemed to be a question for a physics novice, but the old scholar on the podium frowned.
"In theory, yes, but you can't get rid of the effects of gravity.
Under the influence of gravity, all particles experience the pulling effect."
Upon hearing this, Joe Butran nodded slightly.
"You are absolutely right. So I want to ask, in the very beginning, before the universe as we imagine it was created, where did the first energy come from
From the perspective of astronomical observation, I found that our universe is constantly expanding. Does this symbolize that the energy in the universe is not conserved, but is expanding
So if everything is expanding, then the first point, what I call the original total amount of energy, is definitely not conserved, but is constantly increasing.”
The old scholar took a deep breath after hearing this. The birth of the universe and even the birth of life are questions that humans have been thinking about since they began to study civilization.
He didn't know how to answer, because he knew that what he was saying was just a guess at best.
Seeing the old scholar's loss of words, Jobtran shook his head slightly.
"I also assume that the original energy is conserved, so the mass and volume of the original energy should be larger than the existing universe.
Imagine if the original energy was as small as an orange, then its mass would cause a strong attraction.
The surrounding space will be distorted by the gravitational field generated by the original mass, forming an endless black hole.
As for the properties of black holes, I believe everyone here knows them by heart.”
The old scholar lowered his head and thought.
“You have a point, but the law of conservation of energy was summarized by the great Robert Weir based on the experience of his ancestors.
Now there are many scientists and physicists studying this aspect, and as early as 1847, Helmholtz's "On the Conservation of Force" had proved this highest and most important principle in nature.
Your hypothesis at this time does not provide sufficient evidence to refute this basic law that has been proven."
Joet Brown listened carefully to the old scholar's textbook-like answer, but shook his head.
The next second, he flew into the air and crossed his legs as if he was sitting firmly on a chair.
He sighed.
“I am not doing any work myself, but I am floating in the air.
I don't make any movement to release momentum, so what resists the gravity of the earth
It is my own internal energy, but my energy is not released through movement. At the same time, when I release the energy, my mass does not change at all.
Theoretically, if I need to float in the air, it should require explosive-level momentum for humans to do this.
In addition to inhaling large amounts of gas and using the gas to float, or utilizing the principle of hot air balloons and using heat, or large-scale explosions, the object's frame is finally annihilated and a large amount of energy is released.
I didn't expand, I didn't explode, and I didn't annihilate. How can energy be conserved?"
Someone sitting in the student seat immediately said something stupid.
"You usually eat to replenish your consumption. It is well known that you eat several times more than the average person."
Joe Butron rolled his eyes and rolled up his sleeves to show off his muscular biceps.
"Basic knowledge of biology: the calories from food will be converted into fat if the daily consumption is excessive. Do I look fat
Let me ask you the other way around, if you eat a little more, can you still fly
Instead of pulling more fertilizer?"
After that, he slowly landed and sat back in the chair steadily.
At this time, everyone burst into laughter.
After the laughter, everyone realized that the old scholar on the stage had a gloomy face.
Jobtran had hijacked the physics class, but the old scholar himself could not find any basis to effectively refute what he said.
Whether it was the hypothesis about the original energy of the universe or the act of human flight, the old scholar who was not very familiar with mysticism could only be speechless at this time.
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"This is really too much! Although he is very talented, his arguments will taint other children!
How can other children be convinced by these basic theories when they are faced with them in the future?"
The old scholar slammed the table and roared in front of Merlin's desk.
On the other side, Merlin.
He was wearing colorful pajamas, as bright as a rainbow, and a funny pointed hat on his head, looking sleepy as if he had not yet woken up.
Merlin yawned and covered his mouth with his hand, as he hadn't had time to brush his teeth yet.
He felt somewhat helpless, as this was not the first time he had received a complaint about Joe Butran.
Sometimes, even late at night, the old professor would come to visit.
Merlin glanced at his front door with some distress. The threshold was almost broken.
He shook his head slightly, calmed down, and said meaningfully to the still somewhat angry old scholar,
“Academics are free and open.
You should let children come up with their own ideas, only innovation can bring about change.
Jobtran's unconventional thinking is exactly what is missing on our campus.
What he said may not be correct, but it may give children a new idea. "
After hearing Merlin's defense of Joet Brown, the old scholar could only suppress his anger, but still gritted his teeth and said,
“Yes, you are right.
But the hypothesis he proposed goes beyond our current research theories of decades or even hundreds of years.
As academic workers, shouldn’t we look at the solutions in front of us and study and solve them
Principal Merlin, we who are engaged in academics are different from powerful people like you who have a lifespan of thousands of years.
You can wait, you have plenty of time, but we are different.
Don't you think his influence is a bit too much for the children
The road of life is long, but also short. If they choose the wrong research direction because of what Joet Brown said, their road will be narrowed! "
Merlin stood up, turned around and looked at the moonlight outside the window.
The moonlight was cold, but it still illuminated the teaching buildings of Miskatonic University.
Merlin said quietly,
"It is not your decision that children should follow their path.
For the children, Joe Butran's words were at most just a small episode in their lives, a signpost on the road.
Ultimately, it is the children's own decision as to where to go.
I know you are anxious. You don't want your children to go astray, and you also don't want them to walk into the same obscure path as you did.
But, you have to remember, we are just teachers.
We are just guides for the children.
Our job is to tell children that the world is vast and that there are countless possibilities in it.
Instead of clipping their wings and depriving them of the ability to fly freely, let them become what you want them to be.
Yes, failure is painful and falling from a high place is fatal, but you can worry about it for a moment, can you worry about it for a lifetime
The children in the classroom today will one day leave campus, graduate, and enter society.
Just do your essential work well, teach your children everything you know and what is recorded in books, and then teach them some principles of life.
We can’t control their future.”
Merlin's words made sense, and the old scholar understood what Merlin wanted to say, but he couldn't help but said,
"I understand what you're saying, but are you still too fond of this kid, Choate Brown?"
Merlin turned his head and looked at the old scholar.
Although the old scholar looked old, everything he had seen and experienced was only a small part of Merlin's long life.
Merlin's eyes flickered with wisdom.
"Pamper? No, I'm placing a bet."
The old scholar asked in confusion,
"Bet? What bet did you take part in
Arthur and Joet Brown in the big game
Merlin waved his hand.
"Little guy, your vision is still too short-sighted.
What I’m betting on is the future of the world.”