This Spiritual Energy is Lethal!-Chapter 151 - : The Scientists’ Forum

Chapter 151: Chapter 151: The Scientists’ Forum

While Chen Ke was contemplating questions about time travel, in another city hundreds of kilometers away from Opportunity City, a group of people was engaged in a heated debate over differing views on the Great Void and Spiritual Energy.

Spiritual Ability Research Institute.

Located in the capital of the United Federation, Norton City, most of its members come from the United Federation’s Scientists Alliance and NASA. It’s an organization composed of top scholars who specialize in the research of transcendent matters such as Spiritual Energy, the Great Void, and Holy Relics.

Virtually every country has departments and organizations dedicated to research on Spiritual Ability, but the United Federation’s Spiritual Ability Research Institute is undoubtedly at the forefront of such research.

They possess the world’s top talent, unlimited funding, and unrestricted time investment.

This organization was established in 1927 and developed the world’s first Holy Relic identification device just three years after its inception, which was named “God’s Eye.”

The original “God’s Eye” was extremely large, several stories tall, requiring at least six hours of warm-up self-inspection before it could begin analyzing and authenticating Holy Relics, a process that could take more than ten days.

However, with the advancement of technology, the upgrading of materials, and the deepening of research on Spiritual Energy, the current “God’s Eye” has become as small as a smartphone, and the authentication time has been reduced to within six seconds.

This device is now a standard issue for agents of the Spiritual Ability Administration.

In addition, the Spiritual Guns, Spiritual Bullets, and Black Box construction techniques used by the Administration are all outcomes of the Institute’s research.

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The Spiritual Ability Research Institute is the foundation upon which the United Federation maintains control over the powerful force of Spiritual Energy.

At this very moment, senior professors of the Spiritual Ability Research Institute had all gathered for one reason: Parker’s corpse.

After being transported out of the West Gold Building, Parker’s body had already been close to two weeks. It was conveyed from Opportunity City in a special coffin from the Administration Bureau to Norton City and quickly entered the special laboratory of the Spiritual Ability Research Institute.

Over the past ten days, Parker’s body had gradually decayed, turning from a human corpse to a pile of rotting flesh. As of yesterday, it had been reduced to a skeleton clad in decaying flesh.

What was mind-boggling was that all vital signs of this cadaver were normal. In other words, there was no difference between it and a living person.

Further adding to the mystery, state-of-the-art sensors attached to the cadaver detected brainwave activity and changes in skin temperature…

Based on the current readings, this entity known as Parker’s corpse was under extreme mental stress, and there was a discrepancy in skin temperature between the front and back of the body, as if it were beside a campfire…

The Institute had tried to stimulate the cadaver with various methods, such as electrical shocks and punctures, yet there were no responses.

This case was the first of its kind since the establishment of the Spiritual Ability Research Institute, bringing together many scientists for the highest-level meeting the Institute offers: the Spiritual Ability Research Institute Roundtable Forum. They engaged in a variety of academic discussions.

During the meeting, many scholars presented their views, often engaging in heated arguments. The meeting continued for four hours without any sign of concluding,

Among the attendees was 67-year-old Professor Mansis, with his round glasses, goatee, and hairline almost reaching the top of his head.

He noticed that there were quite a few researchers from the field of biology attending today, probably because the issue with the cadaver seemed more like a biological marvel.

“Is there a possibility that Parker has transcended his physical constraints, achieving some sort of out-of-body state, leaving behind his own flesh, and then…” a professor with a big Eastern European beard suggested.

“I appreciate your hypothesis, Professor Labdu Muhammad, but with all due respect, it has no practical significance…” a bald professor elegantly replied.

“Professor Ibrahi, the current condition of this cadaver is unfathomable. I think it can no longer be explained or deduced using scientific theory. Our best biologists here can’t even confirm whether it’s dead or alive.” Professor Muhammad seemed somewhat displeased with the rebuttal.

“Occam’s razor, Professor Muhammad. Entities should not be multiplied without necessity. Your hypothesis is based on the premise that souls exist in this world, but to date, we have been unable to prove the existence of such a thing,” Professor Ibrahi replied indifferently.

“Then how do you explain individual consciousness and thought processes? How do you explain that living beings with intuition and perception each have distinct consciousness?” Professor Muhammad posed the counter-question.

“Biological consciousness arises from the radiophonic phenomena of the brain’s neurons. The molecules that make up the brain can’t possibly be completely identical, resulting in the infinite individual differences,” a female professor joined the discussion.

“I can’t agree with that assertion. The marvel of human consciousness and the potential humans display in fields such as creation and art cannot be generalized to mere radiophonic phenomena… besides, brain-dead individuals also exhibit radiophonic phenomena in the brain, so the neuronal radiophony can only indicate that the brain organ is still working, maintaining the operation of other organs in the body… but that doesn’t prove that brain-dead individuals also possess a complete consciousness,” Professor Whitehair immediately countered beside the female professor.

“Brain radiophonic phenomena lead to consciousness, yet the reason we can stand here expressing our views and debating with each other is that we possess not only the most basic consciousness but also the ability for logical thinking. Consciousness arises from radiophony, but how do we explain the ability for logical thinking?” Professor Muhammad also rebutted.

“The larger the brain capacity, the more complex the brain structure, and the more intricate the radiophonic phenomena, the creation of logical thinking ability requires a very large brain capacity,” Professor Ibrahi added.

“Then why isn’t a cat as intelligent as a parrot?” a short-statured professor suddenly exclaimed from the far end of the table.

“The premise for generating the ability for logical thinking does not merely require brain capacity, the brain organization also needs to be complex enough…” a chubby professor laughed beside him.

“So what you’re saying is that a parrot’s brain is smaller than a cat’s, but more complex? Have you ever seen the brain slices of these two species?” an unnamed professor joined the fray.

“I’m a biology professor, do you think I haven’t seen them?” the chubby professor retorted with some irritation.

“In fact, the complexity of different parrots’ brains varies, you wouldn’t happen to have looked at the dumbest one, would you?” Professor Muhammad laughed heartily.

The professors around him also burst into hearty laughter.

“I don’t know if the parrot I observed was the dumbest, but I think its brain slice looks a lot like yours,” the chubby professor counterattacked.

“You talking about your mom?” Muhammad snapped back, annoyed.

“Professor! This is the Roundtable Forum, please don’t use profanity!” the female doctor warned.

“He just sprayed me saying my brain was as small as a parrot’s!” Muhammad urgently said.

“I think he’s right…” Dr. Ibrahi laughed.

“Your mom is a bitch!”

“Who are you cursing?”

“Cursing you, what about it?”

“Fuck! Got the balls to settle it in the bathroom?”

…

Professor Mansis sighed. Humans always repeat the same mistakes when opinions diverge, and views are opposed, high-level scientists are no different from internet trolls…

He quietly watched as the group of gentlemen and ladies in white lab coats climbed onto the tables, pulling and shoving each other, while he took out a box of green arrow gum, popped a piece into his mouth.

The cool mint flavor shot through his mouth up to his nostrils, slightly easing his furrowed brows. That afternoon, he still had two matters to attend to.

Parker’s body was first to be researched by his beloved pupil, Wang Ailin, and as Special Agent Diana handling the case was an old classmate of Ailin, she had access to a great deal of firsthand information.

Mansis had decided to help Ailin establish a specialized research laboratory to tackle the complex questions posed by Parker’s remains. That afternoon, he was to meet with Ailin to discuss a potential list of laboratory members, so she could get familiar in advance.

Then, he had to face a problem.

It must be said, without that trouble, Mansis wouldn’t have his success today, but by now, he was increasingly able to do without the other’s financial support. On the contrary, the aggressive and insatiable demands of the other party had become a source of trouble.

That problem was the founder of Si’s consortium, Corrigan.