Rebirth in America

The University of Chicago is a private university founded in 1891 by John D. Rockefeller. It is a coeducational, non-sectarian research university, and many of its teachers and students have won Nobel Prizes.

Part of the results of the Manhattan Project were achieved at this university. In 1942, they built the world's first controllable nuclear reactor in the squash hall of the University of Chicago, bringing it to a critical state and producing a controllable nuclear fission chain reaction.

This was an important milestone in the atomic energy age, laying the foundation for the birth of the atomic bomb two years later, and the University of Chicago was also known as the "Birthplace of Atomic Energy."

American oil tycoon Rockefeller once boasted: "My best investment is the University of Chicago!"

Alex knew that their destination was the University of Chicago, but he didn't know about the $500 compensation. He thought it was the two professors who persuaded his parents. Sitting in a vehicle sent by the University of Chicago, he looked through the car window at the streets and pedestrians outside. Along the way, I only heard a few words from the Carpenters, and no one was very interested in the conversation.

In the 1940s, the United States was in a period of great development, and many streets in Chicago were also under construction. However, the future prosperity can already be seen, with people coming and going in various shops. The old-fashioned billboards sparkle in the sunlight and are eye-catching.

The weather is very good today, the sun is shining brightly, and it makes people feel warm. After getting out of the car, under the guidance of someone sent by the school, the Carpenter family walked on a tree-lined avenue on the university campus. This cobbled road is lined with shrubs half a person's height. Next to the shrubs are neat palm trees. The sunlight penetrated the lush woods and fell on them. The specks of light were like a veil covering their bodies, and they could be touched by reaching out.

After walking a long way, they came to a building. This is a research building, with many people in white coats coming in and out. Soon, Alex saw the expert conducting the test. There were five people in total, all of whom seemed to be university professors. They heard that a child with a very high IQ was coming to be tested. Curious, they all ran over to take a look.

In this era, IQ tests are very popular. It is said that some people have calculated that Leonardo da Vinci's IQ was as high as 220, but no one has ever seen it. Einstein, the great scientist of this era, was tested and his IQ was only 160.

After a few pleasantries, the test began. They took out timers and test questions. Alex was asked to answer various questions as quickly as possible. These questions are all kinds of strange, some are simple, some are complex, and some are quite difficult.

Fortunately, Alex has super powers. With this ability, Alex can almost always find the answer. Even if there is no answer, Alex will use "simulation memory" to simulate the person he thinks is the smartest and solve the problem by simulating other people's thinking.

After the questions were completed and the test was completed, the professors immediately calculated Alex's IQ. They quickly came up with the results, but the numbers were astonishing.

"Oh my god, it actually reached 220!" A professor at the scene couldn't help but exclaimed.

Some people said in disbelief: "Did the test make an error? How could it be so high?"

"Perhaps there is an error in the IQ calculation formula. When the age of the person being tested is too young, the calculated IQ deviation will be greater."

"No, I don't think the formula is wrong. It's just that the question was chosen wrong. It's impossible to test IQ by just doing the questions. It must be combined with various methods, such as testing whether the thinking reaction is quick, language ability, and memory ability. etc!"

Everyone was noisy and expressed their opinions. In this era, some people are very superstitious about IQ tests, while others think such tests are unscientific. Especially when Alex's test score reached 220, they all had some doubts about whether this score was accurate.

Some people wanted to test again, but the Carpenters refused. Angel, in particular, was worried about the psychological stress this test would cause on Alex.

"We're leaving now! You guys are not helping at all!"

Angel was angry, and she insisted on going back immediately. Bart and Alex didn't want to stay any longer. The people here were too scary.

Alex found that after these professors calculated, they looked at him differently. He even wondered if these professors were planning to use him as a guinea pig. Why are those eyes so scary?

After doing this, Alex's reputation as a genius was finally confirmed. The Carpenters also indulged him more and more, letting him do what he wanted. Especially Angel, she has always valued this son.

"This must be a gift from God, a meaningful gift!" Angel murmured to himself.

The professors surrounded Alex, trying to find something from him, but were stopped by the Carpenters. Ask them not to target Alex like this, and make a special point not to tell anyone about the results of this test. The Carpenters don't want their son to live a life of being watched from an early age. This will not only bother the child, but also adults like them.

"There must be something wrong with the test! The test method must be modified, and the calculation formula must also be adjusted."

"It's best to let the child test it again with new questions to see how big the error is!"

While they were arguing, the Carpenters quietly left the University of Chicago. Before returning, Bart received compensation for the test from a professor. What made them even more happy was that there was nothing wrong with Alex, it was just that his IQ was too high.

Professors are arguing over this issue of IQ. Some say there is something wrong with the testing method, some say there is something wrong with the calculation formula, and some simply deny the correctness of the IQ test. In any case, they believe that Alex's IQ is indeed higher than that of ordinary children. As for how much higher, no one is sure.

Even the experts couldn't determine something, and Alex was even more confused. He knows that he has a super memory, and the way he can imitate other people's thinking, etc. However, what he didn't expect was that he actually got an IQ of 220. He himself didn't think he was very smart. He was still the same person, and he didn't think he could write a theory more powerful than the theory of relativity anytime soon.

The Carpenters are ordinary people, their ideas are simpler, they are thinking about how to educate their children.

"Angel, what do you think Alex should learn?"

After returning home, Bart couldn't wait to ask his wife. He kept thinking about this problem on the way.

Angel felt a little surprised after hearing this. After all, Bart had never cared about Alex's education before this. She said: "As long as Alex is interested, he can learn anything."

"Are you interested?" Bart murmured, and then walked away thoughtfully.

What Alex didn't know was that his parents had secretly discussed it many times in order to better train him. At this time, he was still immersed in his own abilities. He found that as his body grew, he became more and more proficient in using his abilities.

One day, he suddenly thought about whether he could freely change the contents of his memory. For example, he wrote a poem today, and when he recalls it tomorrow, he will revise the content of the poem in his memory. If he can modify it, then he can create it in his head and then take it out after everything is done.

At first, he found the idea a bit too outrageous. Still, he tried. He discovered that his memory could indeed be modified, and he could still recall it after modification.

At first, he just modified the text, and gradually he involved memorizing the colors, lights, objects, etc. in the scene. However, a few days later, he found that his modified memory would return to its original state.

"What's going on?" Alex was puzzled. He had obviously changed his memory of the past, and he remembered that he had changed it, but his memory actually changed back.

"Is this like memory metal, which will recover after a while?"

His past memories have a modification effect, and when he no longer concentrates on the modified memories, he will soon revert to the original memory.

Finally, he was no longer satisfied with recalling past memories, he wanted to create memory scenes himself. Only in this way can he create a memory scene that will not return to its original state after modification.

So he closed his eyes and imagined an object, which could be any object. Putting this object into a blank scene, he can control the size, shape, color, etc. of the object through thinking. He can even feel the material, weight, temperature of the object...

Alex found that he could do such a thing, but it took too much energy. It usually takes five-sense memory to be able to freely control the objects in the memory scenes he creates. UU reading www.uukanshu． In this way, he can only continue for a short period of time every day, slowly enriching the things in that scene.

Such continuous creation and modification soon gave him a memory scene that never existed in reality.

"Holy crap! Isn't this the so-called virtual space? Or a semi-independent plane?"

When Alex was in the memory scene he created, he was stunned. This is very similar to the personal space described in novels. Except that real objects cannot be placed in it, it is no different from a real space.

In order to save energy, Alex created this scene as a room. In this room, there are entrance and exit doors, windows, tables, TVs, beds, quilts, wardrobes, toilets, etc. The sun shines into the house through the windows. Looking out from the inside, it is the brightest moment before sunset.

The things outside the house were just realistic sets that Alex had pulled from his memory, not as real as what he had created. However, this was already impressive, and Alex felt as if he had an extra space to go to. Everything he does in this space will be preserved, rather than restored to its original state like past memory scenes.

Alex didn't know what the use of this personal space was. The biggest advantage was that he could hide his spirit here to rest. Slowly, he felt that it was no longer interesting. It is said to be a rest, but in fact it is more tiring. After all, when opening the space, the state of the five senses is required.

Unable to think of any use for it, he threw the space aside and would take it out when needed later.