Trinity Traitor: From One Person to the Other

Chapter 964 Scientific Cultivation
"You mean..."

Zhang Chulan certainly knew about electromagnetic induction. After all, he was a student who could get into Nankai University. No matter how good his physics was, he still had the basic concepts. Not to mention, they not only studied physics in middle school, but also in university.

Even if I'm not as good as He Songling, a lousy art student, I won't be worse.

However, while this was scientifically sound, it was very unrelated to Qi cultivation, which is why Zhang Chulan never considered it from the beginning. For people like Zhang Chulan and Harry Potter, who had long experiences growing up in ordinary society, completely disconnected from Qi cultivation or magic, the world of supernatural beings or magic was a completely different world.

They cannot be unified at all.

In fact, let alone them, most people think this way: that metaphysics is the opposite of science. Metaphysics represents unscience, and science represents non-metaphysics. This was true in He Songling's previous life, because there was no true metaphysics.

Since the world built by science has no metaphysics, then the world of metaphysics naturally cannot have science either; this is a simple reverse logic.

However, there is one point: the world in literary and artistic works is a coexistence of science and metaphysics, which means that both forces exist.

With an incredulous look in his eyes, Zhang Chulan saw a wisp of lightning appear in his hand. "This thing can also convert electromagnetic fields?"

"Why not? Old Meng, you've seen it all before. Beastmasters can enter the field of microbiology, and Wang Zizhong's medicine can enter the field of physiological medicine. The standard equipment set you all receive—a hand shield, a short crutch, and a coat—is also produced by the assembly line of Trinity University."

He Songling was filled with displeasure. "This is what I've done all my life, and you still have doubts about it?"
"What's Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction again? ε=-ΔΦ/Δt, right? I've heard there's also something called Maxwell's equations. I didn't study physics in college, and actually I didn't understand high school physics. All I know is that electricity generates magnetism, and magnetism generates electricity. Figure out the rest yourself."

Don't be fooled by He Songling's airs and erudition in front of those old guys born before the Qing Dynasty. He seemed so cultured, but once the scene shifted back to modern times, he was still the same academic failure who got a headache just thinking about math and physics.

"Just like Wang Zizhong and Zhang Xuan, I'm giving you the walking stick that leads to the heavens. How you realize it is your own problem. If you don't understand, you can ask your physics teacher. This stuff should be covered in university physics. It's just a bit of metaphysics, it doesn't compare to physics knowledge beyond undergraduate level."

Human civilization continues to advance, but the pinnacle of metaphysics remains at the position of the first generation of immortals. For thousands of years, people have repeatedly climbed a path that has already been climbed but has not left a clear roadmap. The difference between them is self-evident.

"I've said this to many people, but I'll say it again: when you learn from me, knowledge is important, but imagination is also very important."

A magnetic field that reversed direction appeared in He Songling's hand, and in an instant, it transformed into an electric cable. Then, a long, lightning-fast snake shot out at an incredible speed, directly splitting a large tree by the roadside into charred remains.

"I just used the same amount of life cultivation as you, but what do you think of the power of this lightning technique?"

Zhang Chulan glanced at the charred tree and honestly replied, "In terms of power and speed, it's stronger than what I can do." "Not only that, but also stability and the ability to instantly increase pressure. If you were to continuously unleash a lightning barrage, the time you could maintain that intensity would be much longer than before," He Songling added.

"I just used three things in total: electromagnetic conversion, alternating current generation, and electromagnetic catapult. Don't think that just because it's the 21st century, my knowledge of high school physics is enough to cause chaos in the supernatural community. They'd be completely bewildered, thinking, 'How can someone who plays with magnetism have lightning? And how can someone who plays with lightning have magnetism?'"

This isn't really the fault of Lao Zhong's circle of supernatural beings; that's just how Americans are. Otherwise, Magneto should have become the Thunder King. So, these people who do metaphysics have very limited imaginations, including He Songling himself.

"That's all for me. You have a long road ahead of you. Zhang Lingyu grew up on Longhu Mountain. Through Zhang Zhiwei's connections, he even got a double degree in Taoist doctrine and culture and Taoist rituals and temple management. I heard he's currently pursuing a master's degree and will get a master's degree in philosophy after graduation."

He Songling spoke with a hint of mockery: "But to be honest, he's utterly worthless. In terms of knowledge, he probably doesn't even know as much as an elementary school student. So I won't teach him this kind of thing. Let him obediently learn the Five Thunder Orthodox Method."

But you're different, Zhang Chulan. You're from Shandong, and I know how difficult the college entrance exam and admission process are there. You managed to get into Nankai University from that place, so I believe you can become an immortal using my method.”

He Songling had heard about the difficulty of the college entrance examination in Shandong. When he took the exam, Shandong had undergone college entrance examination reforms, and the difficulty of getting into university was no longer as high as in Henan.

But back in the early 2010s, He Songling had a cousin in his previous life who scored 606 points on the college entrance exam, barely qualifying him for a first-tier university. Scoring above 600 was barely enough to get into a top-tier university, and many Shandong natives, seeking a safer path, wouldn't dare apply to universities with scores below 610.

He Songling's former art exam preparation class teacher mentioned in his spare time that back then, some art students from Shandong would even travel to Henan to take the art exam in order to "reduce the competitive pressure," which was almost unimaginable for the college entrance examination in the 1920s. At that time, the university admission scores in Henan were also lower than those in Shandong.

At that time, Shandong, along with Jiangsu, which was still taking the Jiangsu exam and suffering from the lingering poison of Emperor Ge Jun, could be described as two pure hells of college entrance examination, one in the south and one in the north.

In this day and age, being able to get into Nankai University despite having a Shandong student registration is a testament to one's abilities. Put Wang Ye in Zhang Chulan's situation, and he still thinks he can get into Tsinghua University after a hundred days of hard work? He'd need his father to spend money and pull strings to get into a junior college.

Compared to the techniques I taught him, if Zhang Chulan were willing to dedicate himself to studying them for ten or twenty years, becoming an immortal would be a certainty.

However, as a protagonist who relies on clues, Zhang Chulan possesses not only the "event-attracting" physique common to all protagonists, but also weak abilities that other protagonists lack, and his strength has barely increased in ten years.

What might be a crisis that other protagonists could easily overcome with a few months of hiding, Zhang Chulan has to ponder for a long time with great effort. Whether he can still focus on research and become a "scientific immortal" is anyone's guess.

(End of this chapter)