If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon.

A huge oak table was placed in the middle of the rows of bookshelves. A beam of sunlight shone in from the sky window on the top, hitting Lin Nian's head as he stepped into the indoor patio. The near noon sun made his long black hair shine slightly. Then he painted the eyelashes in front of the light black pupils into a light white along the gap in the forehead hair. That's it, it's the principal's office again, he thought.

There was the sound of water flowing behind the carved wooden railings on the second floor. Lin Nian did not rush upstairs. He stood in front of the oak table and his eyes fell on the documents on the oak table that were dazzling white by the sun. There are a lot of things scattered all over the table. It can be imagined that not long ago, countless people were browsing here and discussing those huge problems, and they didn't know whether they got the real answer in the end.

Lin Nian picked up one of them, which showed the structural diagram of a huge oval building, and arrows filled the entire picture as stress signs. He was not unfamiliar with the building above. It's just that he doesn't understand the meaning of studying a ruin that has become history. The great resurrection of existence has become a reality, and all people can dig out from the ruins it created is only fear and awe.

"Professor Jean Grus pointed out that the overturning of the South Railway Station was indeed shocking and insignificant, but he emphasized that humans have always been like this when facing natural disasters since ancient times. We stood on the edge of the reef and looked at the roaring peaks on the sea and sky line, and the collapsing mountains and cracked rocks. The force came, and I stood on the vast wasteland of yellow sand and sighed at the black giant rolling in from the sky."

Lin Nian heard the old man's voice coming from a high place. The tea hit the wall of the bone china cup and rolled up multiple layers of tea waves in the white and smooth space.

"Those natural disasters and horrors may really be God plucking the strings of fate. Even if we fight against each other on the strings, we have never really fallen into the abyss. We fight against the flood peaks with thousands of meters of dykes and count them. For generations, people have been stationed in sand gardens and set up green forests to block sandstorms. We can always survive those real disasters because we know how to reflect, learn, wisdom, and human wisdom."

Lin Nian put down the document in his hand, suddenly raised his hand to the right, and grabbed the small thing dropped from the second floor.

"Human beings are such contradictory things. We hold on to the fate in our hands tightly but never believe in it or surrender to it. We just crawl forward along the vague road and survive the ups and downs of life and death along the way. Until fate leaps out and seizes God by the throat with rage and ferocity.”

Angers stood by the carved wooden railing, holding a bone china cup and looking down at Lin Nian on the ground floor. The old guy behind the white haze always wore a decent suit, but the rose on his chest was replaced by a narcissus today. The black front pocket looks particularly delicate.

"Gold-titanium alloy, Professor Jean Gruss proposed the idea, Professor Hume Rothery, Professor Alan Arnold Griffith, Professor Zhou Zhenglian and other seniors, as well as our beloved Vice-Chancellor, worked together to develop it. A new type of metal. Of course, this alloy is not the gold and titanium alloy you know as β-Ti3Au. Although that type of alloy is already one of the hardest metals that humans can currently make in this era, it is a pity. What’s more, that kind of alloy can never take into account elasticity and toughness, and the level of materials science limited to the human realm is completely insufficient to deal with an enemy that can destroy a giant train station with just one hand, isn’t it?”

Lin Nian lowered his head and opened his palm. The sunlight shone down and illuminated the irregular polyhedron lying in his palm. It was dark gold in color and had a surface finish greater than level 14. However, it abnormally did not refract the sunlight and felt slightly cool to the touch. From this angle, the dark gold is so heavy, with a dark and uncomfortable aura.

"The night watchman said that if he is short of wine money one day, he will steal a piece of your hand from the ice cellar to apply for the 'MRS Medal' award next year. The materials of modern aircraft engines are just children in front of this gadget. It's a family-level thing, but due to the cost and technical confidentiality principles, it probably won't have the opportunity to enter the universe and experience a vacuum environment in its lifetime." Angers leaned on the wooden railing and held a bone china cup as he watched Lin Nian walk up Staircase around bookshelf.

"Alchemy product." Lin Nian lightly tossed the irregular metal object in his hand as he walked, occasionally pinching it tightly with his index finger and thumb. The contact surface between his fingertips and the metal turned into a pale white color that could not be observed with the naked eye. Dragon scales, fine sparks were annihilated in the darkness by pure power before they had time to burst out.

"It should be said that it is the most outstanding alchemical product in the known history of humans and hybrids." Angers walked back to the tea table on the second floor and sat down, waiting for Lin Nian to sit on another black wicker chair that had been opened and waiting.

"The purpose of its creation?" Lin Nian sat at the tea table and took the cup of rich-colored tea that was pushed to him.

"Countless elements and molecules explode into miraculous fireworks in the hot furnace through high temperatures and indescribable secrets. In the words of Professor Griffiths, it is the swan song of human materials science and the link between elements. The magic born deliberately and accidentally is no less beautiful than Leonardo da Vinci's "Sacred Picture" painted for the mysterious king, or the golden section painted by Pythagoras with the rhythm of cast iron, but It is a pity that even though there are so many words and sentences to describe its miracle, its final destination is still a battlefield without beauty, and can even be said to be a dirty battlefield."

Angers crushed a piece of blueberry cookie, put exactly half of the cookie into his mouth and chewed it, then washed down the crumbs between his teeth along with the fragrant tea and drank it all: "I heard that the 'Royal' Cookies The Divine Sword Murasame was severed in the hands of that monarch. It must have been a very dangerous process, but it was also the closest you came to tearing off another monarch and knocking him off his throne."

"It's far from that. Murasame was not the decisive factor in that battle, but it was indeed a mistake for me to choose to use Murasame to fight the enemy." Lin Nian threw the irregular metal body on the table with a muffled sound and raised his voice. Re handed him a wet tissue to wipe his hands so that he could take the snacks on the table.

"You feel bad about breaking the relic of your best friend's father, do you regret it a little bit?"

"Everything in this world is destined to die from the moment it is born. The only difference is when it dies and why it dies. Murasame is a good weapon. As a weapon, if it breaks in a fierce fight, it is a worthy death. Otherwise, he When should it be broken? Cutting watermelon on the beach or chopping potato chips on the cutting board?" Lin Nian said expressionlessly.

This truth was spoken by Lin Nian without any sense of blame, because everyone knew that the truth Lin Nian said must also be what Chu Zihang believed. The two were very similar in some places, and then Lin Nian He and Chu Zihang had never discussed Murasame's break for more than three sentences.

Ange behind the table didn't speak. He just looked at Lin Nian with a slight smile while holding the tea cup. He didn't speak, and Lin Nian didn't continue. He took a cookie and put it to his mouth and took a bite. The broken part of the cookie The powder fell on the collar of his school uniform. He silently put the biscuit in his hand back into the tray of the teacup and raised his hand to lightly dust the collar, but his fingers stopped before it touched the collar.

"Principal, can Murasame be repaired now with the technology of the Equipment Department?" he asked.

"It will only be better. We will seek the opinion of Murasame's owner, Chu Zihang, and add an appropriate amount of gold-titanium alloy according to Norma's metal ratio guidance when re-forging Murasame's remains, so that it can be more adaptable to the future. Fight, and ensure that it won't be easily broken the next time you fight against that pure 'power'."

Angers threw the remaining half of the biscuit into his mouth and swallowed it, drank tea, then picked up the piece of metal and said: "The ultimate product of alchemical materials science, this piece of metal named gold-titanium alloy has both hardness, toughness, The shock absorber is integrated into one body, and each item exceeds the known alloys made by humans by dozens of times. In the eyes of the outside scientific community, it is a product of fantasy works. But all of this is compared with another characteristic of it. Not worth mentioning, it has a fantastic 'dissolving' quality."

“Fantasy ‘dissolving’ sex?”

"Any mass or massless substance will quickly lose activity after contacting the gold-titanium alloy and entering the interior. This metal can evaporate everything deep inside it in a way that is currently difficult to understand in our alchemy. For example, high temperature Even low temperatures and low temperatures cannot affect this piece of metal. If you throw it into a steel-making furnace or a freezer and then take it out after 24 hours, you can touch it directly with your hands within a few seconds because its temperature remains constant most of the time. At 7°C. It is non-conductive and cannot be penetrated by X-rays. Any energy entering it will sink into the sea very quickly. Speaking of which, what did you think of?"

"The 'force' of the King of Earth and Mountain cannot act on this piece of metal. It cannot use its 'force' to find the 'eyes' of this metal." Lin Nian blurted out, without Angers' further guidance, after seeing Even if he didn't know the usefulness of this piece of metal for the time being, he had already linked it in his mind to conquering the Dragon King.

"The existence form of 'force' is too pure. Even gold and titanium alloys cannot be completely 'dissolved'. This means that 'force' can still pass through metal, but it cannot be controlled arbitrarily within the metal." Angers He directly stated the conclusion, "If 'force' is alive in the hands of the king of the earth and mountains, and can be obeyed as a servant, then it means that this king can find the 'eyes' of all objects in the world, and then defeat them with force. What is truly terrifying about this Dragon King is that in front of it, the armor and swords you once relied on have all betrayed you, and you will face a real helplessness, facing that terrifying existence with your pure flesh and blood."

"Gold-titanium alloy cannot be made into armor that can withstand all attacks. Although it can indeed weaken some of the impacts, because the real master can transfer the force through the metal and then control it, the meaning of the existence of the armor itself is invalid. So we just give up. We need to do more research on defense, because we only need to create a weapon that can not be easily destroyed by 'force', cannot be found by the flowing 'force', and can help the dragon-slaying warrior cut off The 'knife' of the dragon's head." Angers said, "Remember the characteristics of this metal I mentioned? No energy can stay in it for too long, and it will swallow all foreign things like a 'living creature' , to maintain one's own normality, which is also the key to the idea that we can use it to target the King of Earth and Mountain."

"Can this kind of metal really achieve this level?" Lin Nian looked at the small irregular metal body on the table and asked in a low voice, "Since the South Railway Station incident, we officially discovered the King of the Earth and the Mountain. Until today, in just one month, Cassel College has made a breakthrough targeted plan to create such a miracle? It seems that I have always underestimated the secret party's foundation and strength."

"To be honest, there is actually no 'causal relationship' between the invention of gold and titanium alloys and the emergence of the King of Earth and Mountain as you imagine." The old guy suddenly raised his hand and scratched his eyebrows, "I can only say that gold The 'special use' of titanium alloy against the King of Earth and Mountain was promptly discovered by us. Specifically, the decision that gold-titanium alloy can be used to make weapons against the Dragon King was proposed at the elders' meeting the day before yesterday."

"Is it the first gold-titanium alloy?" Lin Nian looked at the principal with some surprise, "Foretelling?"

"It's not a divination thing." The principal shook his head, "But to be honest, Lin Nian, don't you really have a familiar feeling about this kind of metal?"

Deja vu? Lin Nian reached out and took the metal block handed over by the principal and thought for a few seconds. Suddenly he looked up and froze as if he remembered something.

"Do you remember?" Ange nodded, "This is not the first time you have seen gold-titanium alloy. You have seen it once before, and what you saw was that gold-titanium alloy was invested in pure-blood dragons. The first batch of finished products of Wu'. The imitation Seven Deadly Sins Greed used by Cheng Shuangfan, the leader of the UII team of the execution department!"

Lin Nian leaned back slightly on the wicker chair. He stared at Ange for a while before speaking: "Principal, I remember you said before that there seemed to be many Chinese names among the professors who researched this metal. Those professors should not be A talent from Kassel College, right?”

"Very keen intuition." Angers smiled and nodded, "They are not from the academy, but are scientific research experts who are affiliated with the orthodox side and have established academic relations with the academy. The gold-titanium alloy project itself was also initiated by the orthodox side. If It’s not that we have the vice-principal’s unshakable position in alchemy, we really might not be able to get our hands into this project.”

"Can I ask one more question?" Lin Nian suddenly sighed and whispered, "Gold-titanium alloy. It shouldn't be called gold-titanium alloy in the first place, right?"

"Yes." Angers nodded, "No one knows what its original name was. After all, no one knows what exactly it was given when Norton, the King of Bronze and Fire, used the power of 'fire' to smelt and create it in the ancient times. Such a taboo name. We only know that after it was cast and formed, the Dragon King gave it its true name - the Seven Deadly Sins."

Gold-titanium alloy, the prototype of this metal is actually the seven deadly sins.

"Tell me, principal, Norton's 'prison' in front of Baidi City under the Yangtze River is still intact, and he has been staying there without moving." Lin Nian raised his head slightly and let his eyes soak in the sunlight falling from the ceiling.

"I'm afraid this will disappoint you." The principal said with a wry smile, "In order to make up for you, the hero who personally sealed the Dragon King, or to give you temporary peace of mind? How about I take you to see the 'prison' now? Of course, I can guarantee that the King of Bronze and Fire is still trapped in that terrible prison and cannot see the light of day."

"Now is not the time to go back to China and go to the Yangtze River, right? I'm afraid if I step out of the college, the school board will order the executive department to come and get someone." Lin Nian felt as if something was drilling into his temples, and he insisted. To put it bluntly, it's the kind of pain you feel when you go out and move bricks all day long to earn thousands of hard-earned money, only to find that your children have used it all to recharge games. It feels like you are too angry to use your strength.

"No, strictly speaking, you don't need to leave the school if you want to see the King of Bronze and Fire's prison." The principal suddenly stood up and walked towards the stairs leading to the office on the third floor. "You want to see that person?" 'Old friend'?"

"Principal, if you tell me in the next sentence that the King of Bronze and Fire is upstairs in your principal's office, I might really support Frost in impeaching you at the next school board meeting." Lin Nian said in a kind of way He looked at the old guy with eyes filled with sorrow and despair. This was one of the few times when he felt powerless towards the old guy.

"Actually, you don't have to wait for the next school board meeting if you want to impeach me. Having said that, yes, His Highness Norton is indeed not upstairs in my principal's office. After all, this place is so big. There may be time to raise a few red squirrels. , but a Dragon King has too much imagination." The old guy argued feebly and waved to Lin Nian, who was lying on a wicker chair in front of the tea table, gesturing for him to follow, "The Dragon King is indeed not upstairs, and I am not either. He never said that when he was in the principal's office, sometimes we would go up, but actually it was to dig deeper. Maybe at a deeper level, we could go deeper into some of the school board matters you care about without worry."

ps: Happy New Year, 2022 will be kicked away, and there will be no bad things in 2023.