The sun is setting slantingly, and the waves on Lake Patzcuaro are shining. The majestic Qinchongcan City stands beside the lake, and the brand-new Sunway University symbolizes the broad future.
In the ancient myth of the Prepecha people, the Lake Patzcuaro area is the driving force of the world, and the city of Qincongcan is the center of the world. At this moment, in the inspired words of the king, on the shoulders of countless giants of later generations
, Mesoamerican civilization’s exploration of the laws of the world will be born in a new form. From religious beliefs, the light of science will be born!
"I hope that one day, this place will become the origin of modern science in the entire human world!"
With a smile on his face, Shulot looked at the young apprentices under the altar, his face full of expectation, and he was thinking silently in his heart. Most of these priest apprentices are fifteen or sixty-seven years old. Their minds are active and not bound by traditional ideas, and their world concepts are still intact.
Unformed, far easier to shape than an adult priest...
The king pondered for a moment and announced loudly.
"My students! Whether you understand it or not, you must listen patiently to my teachings and learn the mysteries of the gods! When you come out of here qualified, you will be my students and my disciples!"
Hearing the king's words, hundreds of apprentices collectively lost their voices, and then burst into excited cheers. The cheers echoed enthusiastically in the university, like rolling thunder before the spring rain.
Shulot's face was full of joy. He looked at the enthusiastic young face and felt the belonging and pride of being the principal. Newly born seedlings need to be cared for and grown, and the status of a disciple given to the divine enlightenment is an effective encouragement and protection.
The divine priest in charge of recording walked up to the altar and respectfully handed out the recorded instructions, asking the "divine enlightener" to review them. Shulot checked it briefly and nodded slightly. The seven recorded "spiritual mysteries" were unfolded in sequence, laying the foundation for nature.
The basis of science. These "mysteries of the gods" may seem mysterious and difficult, but in the language of later generations, they will be simple and straightforward.
Article 1: Matter is composed of particles. When particles are subdivided, they become molecules, atoms and smaller elementary particles.
Article 2: Different atoms form molecules in different ways, which determines the physical and chemical properties of matter.
Article 3: Energy is transferred between substances, causing the substances to move and change. When the structure of molecules is changed by energy, the physical and chemical properties of the substances will also change.
Article 4: Energy is released in the form of heat, following the second law of thermodynamics, and flows spontaneously from a high-temperature heat source to a low-temperature heat source.
Article 5: The definition of force. Force is the effect of changing the speed of an object or deforming it.
Article 6: Three major laws of motion: the law of inertia, the law of acceleration, and the law of action and reaction.
Article 7: The components of life are cells.
Of course, if you want to truly lay the foundation of natural science, these "mysteries of the gods" are far from enough. Shulot has an ambitious plan to gradually transform the laws of physics, chemistry and biology learned throughout the compulsory education period into energy.
A language accepted by the times. Then, like today, it was taught to apprentices in universities as an inspiration for science!
The process of scientific enlightenment will be long and last for many years. The first students may not be able to truly understand it, and will only memorize it as a sacred lesson. However, the significance of this teaching is undoubted, and the sense of accomplishment it brings is unquestionable.
Comparable!
"I am changing the world for the better!"
The king nodded with a smile and handed the recorded instructions to Bravo.
"Bravo, carve what I said today on the stone wall so that all apprentices can ponder it over and over again."
"I will obey your decree, Lord Priest of the Sect!"
Bravo bowed his head respectfully. He received the instruction and saw that "everything in the world is composed of particles of God." After thinking for a moment, fear arose in his heart.
"Sect Chief Priest..."
"Um?"
"While recording your lecture, could you please add a few additions?"
Bravo on the altar lowered his voice and warned cautiously.
"Everything in the world is composed of particles of God... Are the noble descendants of gods and humble slaves the same in origin?"
Hearing this, Shulot raised his brows and understood. He glanced at the uneasy Bravo and asked.
"How do you want to change it?"
"Can I add a sentence at the end? The divine grains that make up the divine descendants were endowed with divinity by the Lord God himself, so they have a noble status and are above everyone else..."
The king pondered for a long time. Whatever the precepts he said must be interpreted by the people of the era according to the will of the era. If these enlightening scientific teachings are to be spread within the religious system, some footnotes that are in line with the times must be added.
"Yes! Don't change what I said. Leave it alone at the back with scripture notes!"
"Obey you! Great Divine Enlightenment!"
Bravo saluted solemnly and breathed a silent sigh of relief.
As long as he can write annotations, he can find a way to deal with it in front of the traditional high priests. Otherwise, after engraving so many amazing "instructions", his position as vice principal will be over. The alliance's priests and elders have always been conservative.
, they can't take action against the king, why can't they sacrifice him as a little third-level chief priest?
Thinking of this, Bravo hesitated for a while and then gave another admonishment.
"Dear sect chief priest, it is best not to mention these instructions when you go to the capital city in the lake..."
Shulot stared at Bravo calmly for a moment, nodded and smiled.
"Bravo, I understand what you mean. Don't worry about me, and don't worry about yourself. As long as you manage the university well, one day, you will have a place in the highest group of priests and elders!"
"Ah! Obey your decree! I will follow your footsteps to the end of the world!"
Bravo suppressed the excitement in his heart and solemnly bowed to the ground. Then, he stood up and stepped back, leaving the center of the altar to the king alone.
"Boom~bang~pah!"
A red firework bloomed in the sky, making a strange sound! The cheers under the altar gradually subsided, and the apprentices looked to the stage, and silence returned.
Shulot put down the diabolo pipe in his hand, sorted out his thoughts, and preached loudly again.
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"Strange red fireworks..."
Several priest apprentices mustered up their courage and spoke softly.
Shulot had good hearing. He looked at the people who were talking, smiled and nodded.
"Yes! These red fireworks are fire and light, and they are the power of God! The divine energy of the burning gunpowder changes the state of the particles of God. The divine energy is transmitted in the added divine particles, and the divine particles absorb the divine energy and release it again.
Different divine particles will release red, yellow, blue, green...different colors of light according to their own characteristics!...As long as a fixed divine particle is burned, a fixed divine light will be released!...
"
The king organized the words and described the process in which electrons in atoms undergo thermal absorption and energy transition to an unstable state, and then release fixed-frequency photons back to the ground state. This process is to identify the flame color reactions of different elements.
In the crowd, Elaine blinked. She was a little confused and a little curious.
"Burn fixed divine particles and emit fixed divine light...could it be that priests can artificially create all kinds of strange flames without communicating with the gods?"
On the altar, Bravo lowered his head and his body trembled slightly. Hearing the king's narration, he was sweating all over. The blue flame is the standard equipment of the priests in the Lake District, used to "communicate with the kingdom of the dead."
"The spring sun is so hot! ... Let me think, let me think carefully, how to interpret the precepts..."
On the yellow altar, Shulot looked at the many apprentices and explained patiently.
"God particles make up all things in the world, and the types of all things are different, so the types of God particles are naturally different. Metals and stones, flowing water and air, earth and sky... They contain different types and different combinations of God particles... And
The most essential difference between the God Particles lies in their core! The God Particles are too small to be touched. Based on the color of the burning divine light, we can see the core of the God Particles through the numerous appearances, thereby identifying their types.
!...”
As she listened, Elaine's eyes were already full of "??" signs. She tried hard to listen for a while, and then decided to give up. The girl's sight gradually deflected, and finally stopped on the red altar.
There, the divine priests and craftsmen were already busy. A strange sphere with a diameter of several meters gradually swelled, and was then fixed by ropes and suspended on the altar.
The ball seemed to be made of bark paper, a specialty of the kingdom, with a terrifying red eye engraved on its surface, like the cold gaze of a god, staring closely at everyone in the field.
The brave Tekos girl shuddered. She lowered her head slightly, guessing at the power of the gods, and did not dare to look directly at the mysterious and terrifying ball.
On the yellow altar, Shulot stopped talking. He looked at the distracted apprentices, smiled, walked down from the yellow altar, and walked towards the red altar.
As he approached, the hot-air balloon on the altar clearly appeared before his eyes. Under the guidance of the king, the hot-air balloon that the craftsmen trial-produced was made of tough bark paper, and the joints were carefully glued with isinglass, and then coated with
Reinforce it with expensive rubber juice to prevent air leakage.
There are huge red eyeballs painted on the surface of the hot air balloon, which is named "Eye of the Lord God". It has a diameter of six meters and a volume of more than 100 cubic meters. It can be regarded as a super small hot air balloon or an oversized Kongming Lantern. It is similar to the Kongming Lantern, "
At the bottom of the "Eye of the Lord God", there is a simple wooden frame, which is then connected with ropes to fix a thin and light pottery brazier.
There are several kilograms of fine charcoal placed in the brazier, which is burning! The brazier is rising with blazing flames, heating the air inside, causing the entire hot-air balloon to inflate. Under the hot-air balloon, a rope is connected to a Lightweight bamboo basket.
A fat turkey cackled, its legs were tied, and stuffed into a small and tough bamboo basket. At this moment, the turkey did not know that it was about to become the first bird to fly in a hot air balloon. The strongest turkey high in the sky. It just struggled repeatedly uncomfortably, raising pieces of chicken feathers and shaking the hot air balloon above.
The inflated hot air balloon was suspended in mid-air, bound by the ropes tied by the priests, and could only helplessly sway up and down, as if it were a huge divine beast with life, exhaling shocking breaths.
Seeing this scene, Shulot nodded with satisfaction. For the Kingdom in the Lake, the pre-techniques for making small hot air balloons are already mature. The production of hot air balloons is carried out in the name of offering sacrifices to gods. More than a dozen outstanding craftsmen are working hard. , trying his best to make every detail the best, and the manpower and material resources are sufficient. Compared with the explorers of the Old World, he also has rubber unique to the Americas for sealing and reinforcement.
The priest apprentices looked at the suspended huge "Eye of the Lord God" and exclaimed with uncontrollable awe. Under the admiration of everyone, the king walked under the hot air balloon. He raised his hand and touched the rubber coating at the bottom of the hot air balloon. On the first floor, he looked at the thin brazier that radiated heat waves, and checked the fixed frame. Then, the king raised his head and stared silently at the huge sky creation.
The production of "Eye of the Lord God" was carefully calculated by Shulot.
It is six meters in diameter and has a volume of more than 100 cubic meters. When one cubic meter of air is heated from 20 degrees to 80 degrees, the weight will be reduced by 200 grams, providing approximately 2N of lift. In other words, the volume of a 5 cubic meter hot air balloon , it is estimated that when the heating is sufficient, it can lift an object of 2 kilograms. In the entire hot air balloon, more than 100 cubic meters of heated air can carry an object of about 40 kilograms.
In a hot air balloon, the thin clay brazier weighs about 4 kilograms and the charcoal weighs about 4 kilograms, which can burn for more than an hour. The paper balls, frame, ropes, and bamboo baskets together weigh more than 10 kilograms. Added together, the weight of the hot air balloon itself is A little more than 20 pounds can provide half of the lift as a load.
The turkey in the bamboo basket is close to 10 kilograms, and the remaining 10 kilograms of load is used to load the hemp rope. Yes, Shulot is not going to fly this oversized "Kongming Lantern", but connects it to a 200-meter A long hemp rope. After the experiment, he planned to use the rope to pull down the hot air balloon and recover it.
A 6 mm thick hemp rope is about 1 pound and 10 meters. After rough calculation, if everything goes as expected, the "Eye of the Lord God" will fly to a height of about one or two hundred meters, and then it will float and stop with the rope until the charcoal The firepower weakened and then fell slowly.
Shulot stared in trance. His heart was filled with yearning and desire for the sky. The "Eye of the Gods" in front of him would be the starting point for the entire human civilization to explore the sky!
After a while, he smiled and asked the divine priest in charge of the hot air balloon.
"Chimel Knowledge, are you all ready?"
Chimel, the second-level divine priest, pursed his lips and tried to keep his face calm. However, his trembling voice revealed his inner excitement.
"Dear sect leader, everything is ready!"
"Okay! The Lord God bless us!"
Shulot nodded solemnly. He looked at the awed apprentices under the altar and declared loudly.
"Priest apprentices of the kingdom, my students! Come and let us witness this great and immortal moment! The Lord God establishes the order of the world, and all things follow the principles of nature. You must always remember that as long as you master the mystery of the gods, even if
Even a small mortal can reach the high sky!"
Under the altar, hundreds of apprentices listened solemnly, watched, and expected. The king smiled lightly and proudly ordered.
"Chimel, untie the rope and let the Eye of the Lord rise into the sky!"
"I obey you, the chief priest of the Divine Enlightenment!"
Chimel's fingers trembled and he untied the rope. Then, under the gazes of the priest apprentices and the imperial guards, and in countless looks of shock and awe, the "Eye of the Lord God" finally broke free from all the shackles and took the bamboo basket with him.
The frightened turkey rose slowly and floated towards the sky of the Kingdom of God!
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