Chapter 223, Life and Physics

Translator: Tamon

 

Schrödinger was Earth’s prodigious scientist.

 

If the literary tough guy Hemingway—lover of fast cars, fine wine, and beautiful women—represented the ideal state of a humanities man, then Erwin Schrödinger, that research-obsessed madman who wrote papers with one arm around a mistress, was the very incarnation of a science man’s dream.

 

The wine and women that would drain an ordinary person’s talent were, for him, elixirs that sparked brilliance. Living a life of nightly revelry, he still remained one of the world’s top ten physicists.”

 

His greatest theory, besides Schrödinger wave mechanics and wave functions, was What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell, incorporating physics into biology.

 

The book not only raised the question of ‘life is an entropy phenomenon, taking the order out of the environment to maintain the biological system and evolve it,’ but he also pointed out that physics coupled with chemistry could solve biological topics, as well as show a direction for genetic research.

 

The book swallowed up many brilliant physicists into this even greater pit that was biology.

 

Among the three Nobel Prize winners of 1962 in physics or medicine that proposed the double helix model of DNA, two had been great physicists that switched specialty after reading Schrödinger’s book.

 

Once genetics entered the DNA era, biology was no longer a discipline studying living beings but a specialization requiring mastery in physics and chemistry.

 

This shift had taken root in Divine Province as well.

 

Heavenly Spirit Range’s arrangements were made specifically for Wang Qi. He showed nothing in the fields of statistics, but when it came to group theory, geometry, and calculus, they were all exquisite. Furthermore, his interest in the elusive path was genuine. He was nothing short of a crucial asset for Gene Valley’s research field.

 

Scorching Metal Valley’s arrangement showed its goodwill as well. Wang Qi’s advanced math and theoretical physics were just as amazing, a good candidate for Ernest Edifice.

 

The treatment was many times better than even a so-called Myriad Arts Sect true disciple. By comparison with Scorching Metal Valley’s and Heavenly Spirit Range’s attitudes, it felt more like that of a neglected child.

 

His teammates all showed shock. If such a huge pie came out of nowhere and hit them, they’d have fainted by now.

 

Having learned of his banished immortal status, they felt such regret for him. Now though, Wang Qi’s luck turned, and they were thrilled.

 

Even as his head reeled to recover from the monumental windfall, Wang Qi posed a question, “Senior Sister Ai. What does she have to do with any of this?”

 

Su Junyu shook his head. “I don’t want to admit it, but Ai Dinglan is the best among my peers, with a high chance of becoming an Unfettered. Her greatest advantage is her deep understanding of the question of life. Her grasp of negative entropy is also exceptional.”

 

Wang Qi nodded. “That’s why her tips into Celestial Entropy cultivation made sense.”

 

Su Junyu smiled. “Once you’re in Gene Valley, you’ll have senior sister looking after you. Ai Dinglan is the very best among the junior disciples there. While you’re a bit far from Senior Sister Xiang, but there still are connections there with Scorching Metal Valley.”

 

“Nice conditions.” Wang Qi frowned.

 

Su Junyu said, “Right? You can answer them in a few day…”

 

“Myriad Arts Sect,” Wang Qi said firmly. “Already have one.”

 

Su Junyu had no words, frozen in place. After a while, everyone at the table flipped. “Are you mental?!”

 

Wu Shiqin gave him a skeptical look. “Are you a Wang or a Bernoulli? This retarded pigheadedness can only come from a Bernoulli.”

 

Wang Qi chuckled. The day he lost it all was all because this treatment came from being lucky enough to remember his past life. But the more he thought about it, wasn’t being unable to enter the sect for five years a kind of opportunity as well?

 

Divine Province and Earth’s math were different. Many of the problems Divine Province faced had been solved on Earth, while some unanswered problems from Earth had their solution in this foreign world. With a master pestering him day and night, he was bound to slip up. Being suspected of being a banished immortal was bad enough, but if he were to be found with dirt in his pants, no one would even bother calling it anything else but shit.

 

More importantly, this way it was the perfect chance to seize control of his research. No result came out of thin air. Even the greatest genius that ever lived had to put his back into it. This meant he could never display the theories he got in his past life, nor could he link them to the skills he got here.

 

For anyone burdened with secrets, being in a research group was the worst choice.

 

Wang Qi’s knack to connect theory and practice was on the weak side, unable to make full use of all his previous knowledge, but that day he grasped harmony in self, bolstering his confidence and believing he could only rely on himself in this matter.

 

Of course, such an explanation wouldn’t fly, now would it?

 

Wang Qi smiled. “Sect Leader Chen and I made a bet. How could I enjoy it if I don’t enter it?”

 

Su Junyu snapped, “Wang Qi, you’re throwing away your chance at immortality over a fit of anger?”

 

“Gold always shines in the end,” Wang Qi retorted. “We’ll see in twenty years.”

 

Su Junyu sighed. “Fine, you have your own views anyway. I’m only a senior brother, not your mom. Do what you will.”

 

While Su Junyu was enjoying a meal with his juniors, his junior brother Bernoulli Xiaofeng trained his little sister.

 

Bernoulli Xiaoya was beginning to wear out on the third deflected sword strike, giving Bernoulli Xiaofeng the chance to talk as he sat by her side.

 

“Baby sis, what do you think of the other few opponents in this martial examination?”

 

“Only those few are worth paying attention to to begin with. Ai Changyuan, Wang Qi, Hu Jianghao, Sun Sheng…”

 

Bernoulli Xiaofeng offered some reassurance. “Didn’t you have a high opinion of Fa Xiong as well?”

 

Bernoulli Xiaoya huffed. “His talent as a Dao seeker falls short. After Wang Qi dispatched him like that today, that amateur whose mood follows winning or losing lost all his nerve. He’s inconsequential.”

 

Bernoulli Xiaofeng guided her reasoning. “Who are you most weary of?”

 

“Ai Changyuan and Wang Qi.” Bernoulli Xiaoya’s reply was hard.

 

“Why?”

 

Bernoulli Xiaoya frowned. “Today showed the two’s moves are deadly on contact. Ai Changyuan’s Universal Pull makes your blood flow erratically in one palm strike, leading to total body collapse from outside and inside. Wang Qi has Celestial Entropy messing up a mental art’s function and leading to deviation.”

 

“How will you face them?”

 

“Wang Qi’s Celestial Entropy had no reach but dominates close quarters. Our sword arts have the same source, making Large Numbers Sword the best counter. Ai Changyuan… can just mess up my rhythm from afar with his pull. I’ve yet to think of a perfect counter for him.”

 

Bernoulli Xiaofeng rubbed her head. “Nevermind, you’re doing great just by figuring one out. Also, be careful if you plan on using sword arts to beat Wang Qi. He can channel Celestial Entropy spiritual power through weapons. Using a high-grade magic item means losing a few points, but it beats losing the match. Just use that one when you’re going up against Wang Qi.”

 

“Mm, brother.”