Chapter 476: The Third Senior Brother

"This..."

"This Prefect Liu..."

"He, he, he..."

"He has already reached five hundred steps!"

"Dean, he has already reached seven hundred!"

Along the way, he kills gods if he meets gods, and kills Buddhas if he meets Buddhas!

Before this, Wang Chao and the others had never anticipated such a thing.

This is Wangbei Academy! Here, they possess the subjects that the Longyan Dynasty considers the most numerous and refined! Wangbei Academy has always been very inclusive; they are not as extreme as the Mohist School, and they are very welcoming to people from all fields, including those in ritual, music, and vocal arts.

Therefore, this has also made their subjects worthy of being called all-encompassing.

Literature, mathematics, Astronomy, Geography, music, Mechanism Art, Geomancy Art, Zither Chess Calligraphy and Painting, Agriculture, Engineering... there is nothing you cannot think of that they do not have.

But...

Just like this...

They are actually unable to stop this Prefect Liu?

"Dean, what should we do about this?"

"The Dean's record is about to be lost!"

"Shut up!"

The people around Wang Chao were filled with righteous indignation. This Prefect Liu had just bombarded them with cannons, and yet here on the steps, he was still killing everything in his path?

Disgrace!

These Wangbei people of the Academy felt the humiliation of being crushed!

On the contrary, Wang Chao laughed heartily at this moment: "Interesting, interesting, he is indeed an interesting person! No need to worry; mere records are meant to be broken by those who come after. If one is rigid, where would the necessity for the Academy's existence be?"

"Prepare yourselves!"

This Wang Chao, being able to serve as Dean of the Academy for so long, is himself a man of great talent. How could he lack even this much magnanimity? He waved his hand lightly, letting the people below begin to prepare...

"Dean..."

"How can we let him off so easily!"

"Dean..."

Wang Chao was furious: "Shut your mouths! If you have the ability, go and stop him; if you don't have the ability, then obediently line up and welcome him for me!"

A group of people looked at each other in dismay.

They were unwilling, but there was no Method.

Because at this moment, the sound of that Prefect Liu killing everything in his path was still echoing in the mountains.

"Nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, and two thousand two hundred twenty-two! Prefect Liu?"

"Eleven thousand two hundred twenty-one!"

After Liu Zheng answered this in a flash, even he himself laughed.

Good heavens, even math competition problems have come out.

At this time, he climbed another hundred steps.

"What does Prefect Liu think of the talk of ghosts and gods?"

Liu Zheng was stunned. This was the first time he had encountered this type of question today. The talk of ghosts and gods... in later generations, he absolutely did not believe in them, but now, he was a transmigrator himself... how was he to explain this?

But he also knew that these people from Wangbei Academy were eager to dig a pit for him to jump into.

No matter how he answered, it would likely be wrong.

People in ancient times certainly believed in ghosts, gods, and reincarnation; this was a means of fooling the people in a feudal dynasty.

He chuckled: "Zheng believes that one should maintain awe in one's heart toward everything unknown. Whether it is the Investigation of Things or ghosts and gods, it is mostly the same."

This answer was ambiguous, yet it was also the most standard.

If Wireless Radio from later generations were brought to this ancient time, it would certainly be more ghostly than the talk of ghosts and gods. This is the confusion that the unknown brings to people. However, in later generations, it could be explained through science...

But even in later generations, there are still many things that science cannot explain...

Could that be the talk of ghosts and gods, or is it still an unknown field?

Therefore.

He believed that the talk of ghosts and gods did not mean ghosts and gods truly existed, but rather that they could represent, in a broad sense, things unknown to people.

So, those who understand this sentence will naturally understand.

Those who do not understand...

To hell with them!

That person was silent for a while, then said softly: "Well said!"

"Bravo!"

Eight hundred steps!

At this moment, on these towering steps, the lush greenery around, the thatched huts, and the white cranes flying through the sky all became silent. The atmosphere became eerie.

How many years has it been...

How many years have these towering steps existed, and never has anyone dared to be so arrogant here.

Even Wang Chao thirty years ago still took a day and a night to walk one thousand steps!

And today...

This, this has only been a short two hours!

This speed, even in the entire history of the Academy, has never happened before.

Silence.

From Wang Chao's record of one thousand steps, there were still two hundred left to go.

No one had expected this.

For these final two hundred steps, there was unexpectedly not a single person left who could pose a more profound question.

Therefore, Liu Zheng moved through these two hundred steps without any obstruction.

"He really is, he really is..."

At this moment, Pei Yanran, who was walking behind, was so excited she nearly jumped up.

Too strong!

Truly too strong!

It was as if she were meeting Liu Zheng for the first time; she had known before that the world-renowned Prefect Liu was strong, but she had not expected him to be strong to such a monstrous degree...

Monstrous!

Yes!

Simply monstrous!

The entire Gemu Sacred Mountain gasped in unison because of this.

A monster!

Where on earth did this monster come from?

One thousand steps!

He had only used a little over two hours to break the record that Wang Chao had held for over thirty years!

And at this moment.

He was still continuing.

"Prefect Liu, you said at the foot of the mountain that wooden gears cannot support ships of too great a mass, but what if these wooden gears were large enough?"

Just at this moment.

A slightly wooden voice rang out.

"Third Senior Brother, it's Third Senior Brother!"

"Third Senior Brother has come?"

"He finally couldn't help but make a move!"

A crowd of people exclaimed in shock.

Zhang Yang even cast a cold glance at Liu Zheng: "Let's see how you answer that!"

Third Senior Brother?

Is that the expert in Mechanism Art?

Liu Zheng chuckled: "Space utilization is the theme of all kinds of machinery in the future; the size and the amount of energy that can be generated are inversely proportional, which is the most sought-after. Therefore, sir, your question is inherently a bit stubborn; what does sir think?"

That Third Senior Brother continued to ask: "Does Prefect Liu mean that you have found a substitute?"

Liu Zheng said: "The ultimate of matter is principle, and the limit of principle is to seek change!"

"The discipline of change is Chemistry!"

Third Senior Brother asked: "In ancient times, there was the Luban Mechanical Bird, which could fly in the sky for days without landing and could carry six people. What does Prefect Liu think of this?"

Liu Zheng replied: "Even such a mechanical bird requires external force to drive it; without wind it falls, and when the wind ends it falls. This is the ultimate of matter! If one wishes to fly continuously, one must seek change!"

"Is Prefect Liu's Glider based on this principle?"

"Indeed."

"What Prefect Liu said about the theory of transmission and source power has given me a slight realization; it seems I am about to break through a bottleneck of many years. Is the power of fire, combustion, the change?"

Liu Zheng's eyes lit up: "Indeed!"

"Is gunpowder the change?"

"Indeed!"

"Therefore, the unchanging is the principle of matter, and change is Chemistry?"

Liu Zheng couldn't help but slap his thigh: "Indeed!"

This successor of the Mechanism Art was truly a master! It made him want to run up there right now to see what this person looked like!

The essential difference between Physics and Chemistry is that one pursues laws and the application of laws, while the other seeks change in structure!

In this era, someone with such comprehension was already a genius!

"Prefect Liu, great talent!"

The entire venue was silent.

Following that, there was an uproar.

Third Senior Brother had actually lost as well?