Chapter 206: Chapter 165: Another Village in the Dark Willows and Bright Flowers 1
Translator: 549690339
Life is always full of unpredictability.
Many things don’t proceed calmly and simply along a seemingly fixed track, step by step, until the easily visible end in the distance.
A foreseeable future is often an illusion.
Life is not like a train running smoothly along the tracks.
Life is more like an Audi Double Diamond Four-wheel Drive Car, bouncing along on a pebble-strewn beach.
The pebbles constantly collide with the fragile wheels, making the car’s direction suddenly left, suddenly right, and then suddenly turning around.
No one knows if this toy car will bounce off a lethal stone at some moment and plunge headfirst into the sea.
Or turn around and leave the dangerous beach behind, entering a smooth road and heading north, unstoppable.
Each time over here, Harrison Clark’s life is short, just one year, and then constantly cycles like a dragonfly with an elongated neck.
Every time he stands in the early morning, his eyes fall on the finish line because of his long neck, pulling his body forward.
His endpoint is constant, but in the process of running towards it, his body will bump and collide, constantly turning into different paths.
He had planned to meet Nora Camp and Martha Owen, then bid farewell and leave.
It’s best to leave quickly to avoid giving Martha Owen the chance to burst out. When he arrived at the office, Martha Owen seemed a bit angry but reluctantly endured it, simply telling him that after leaving the military system, if he wanted to continue his studies, he would be assigned another teacher or even switch to full Al education.
So, if he wants to pass the makeup exam, he’ll probably have to rely on his own initiative.
“I’ve prepared a set of supplementary materials with key points I’ve reviewed, and I’ve sent them to you. Please take care of it yourself.”
Martha Owen crossed her arms and impatiently said.
Harrison Clark bowed his hands, “Thank you for your kindness, I’ve been a bother to you this month.”
“You know you’ve been a bother? I’m grateful to you. I put all my effort into teaching you, even halted my own project, and you gave me a zero passing rate. Do you know how my colleagues laughed at me? No, I can’t take it. I feel dizzy, I have heart pain, I feel bad.”
Harrison Clark’s words about “bothering” ignited Martha Owen’s anger like a fuse to a barrel of gunpowder.
Nora Camp patted her and said to the embarrassed Harrison Clark with a smile, “Don’t listen to her nonsense, she doesn’t care what others say. Just before you ’ came, she said she regretted it, claiming that you really tried hard. If you didn’t succeed, it’s not your fault.”
“Hey Nora Camp, what’s wrong with you? Why are you undermining me?”
Martha Owen resisted, going to claw Nora Camp.
But Nora Camp, being a serious soldier, subdued her in a few moves and made her unable to move.
“Let go of me! I’m telling you, this is infuriating! I’ve been teaching him for a month, and he hasn’t called me ‘teacher’ once, which is fine. But he failed the exam! Look at the evaluation in the education system, ‘This student is weak-willed and is unlikely to continue trying to become a volunteer soldier’! Is this trying to kill me? I have to beat him up! Let go of me!”
Martha Owen, who was pressed onto the desk by Nora Camp, struggled. Now she was really furious.
Nora Camp didn’t let go, but turned to Harrison Clark and asked, “Have you really decided? Not to be a soldier?”
Harrison Clark looked into her eyes, not wanting to lie to her, “Yes, maybe later. Not this time.”
“Damn it! There’s no ‘later’! There’s no next chance for humanity!”
Martha Owen struggled harder, her words becoming more harsh.
Perhaps Harrison Clark’s words really hit a nerve in her emotions.
“What are you talking nonsense about? Harrison Clark, you go out first.”
As a soldier, Nora Camp couldn’t let such a statement spread.
After Harrison Clark left, he waited for about ten minutes before Nora Camp came out.
He craned his neck to look inside, “How is it?”
“Martha Owen is reporting to her director, it’s okay now.”
Harrison Clark: “Well, as long as it’s fine.”
Nora Camp: “Don’t blame her, she’s under a bit of pressure.”
Harrison Clark smiled indifferently, “I understand.”
Speaking of pressure, who was afraid of whom?He was just too lazy to complain. When he got angry, ten bulls couldn’t hold him back.
Harrison Clark asked with some gossip in his tone, “By the way, she said her project was suspended. What happened?”
‘Her main job was a project team leader in the research institute, but the progress of the project had stalled recently and there was no sign of a breakthrough. If she doesn’t deliver any groundbreaking results in the next two months, her project will be canceled.”
Harrison Clark: “So then she would lose her position as team leader and become an assistant to others?”
Nora Camp nodded, “Yes. But her stress doesn’t come from personal status changes. She doesn’t care about that. She just doesn’t want to see her years of effort go to waste. She believes her work can greatly help humanity.”
Harrison Clark casually asked, “What exactly is she researching? Is it confidential?”
“Not exactly confidential. There haven’t been any results, so it’s fine to tell you She believes that by using some kind of technology, maybe energy infusion, or perhaps some catalytic medium like an enzyme, matter can be converted into antimatter on a mole scale. Over the years, she has been trying to prove this, but unfortunately, she can only stay at the stage of speculation.”
Harrison Clark’s eyes lit up.
He had to admit that Martha Owen always surprised him.
Harrison Clark didn’t understand the principles at play with particles, but there was no doubt that Martha’s speculation accidentally hit the right direction!
He asked, “Antimatter? Creating antimatter bombs?”
Nora Camp nodded, “Yes. And she also believes that if we can accurately control the conversion rate and smoothly output energy, we can use antimatter energy like we use nuclear energy.”
“It is indeed a great idea, but it’s quite difficult. Ahem.”
While the two were chatting, Martha Owen came out of the door.
She seemed to have heard their conversation and said discontentedly, “Nora, why are you telling him all this? It’s a waste of breath.”
Harrison Clark shook his head, and retorted, “You’re wrong. Talking to me about this is not a waste of breath.”
Martha raised her eyebrows, “What do you mean?”
Harrison Clark: “Nothing special, I just strongly agree with your speculation.” “Well, I don’t need approval from an illiterate. That would just make me think I’m a pseudoscientist.”
Harrison Clark: “Is it appropriate to call your own student illiterate?”
“Isn’t it? A loser who can’t even graduate from elementary school and has no respect for his teacher.”
Martha turned her face away, looking like she didn’t want to acknowledge him.
Nora Camp found it interesting to see the two bickering like this.
This time, she called Harrison Clark over, intending to give him some encouragement and tell him not to give up.
She even wanted to take the initiative to say that even if he failed the test, they could still have dinner together, and she would wait for him.
However, after seeing him in person and being distracted by Martha’s various topics, she forgot to mention the main point, and now she couldn’t bring it up.
Actually, Nora Camp felt somewhat awkward.
Regardless, Harrison Clark’s face was identical to that of the master from a thousand years ago, and seeing him being reprimanded by Martha felt strange.
Just as Nora Camp was thinking this, Harrison Clark pointed to his face and said, “Even if you don’t respect me as a person, shouldn’t you respect my face? Calling the master Chen Feng illiterate and a loser when looking at his face, is that respectful? There is a statue of me in the capital, would you point at it and call me a loser?”
Nora Camp and Martha Owen were both dumbfounded.
They had never seen such a shameless person!
He just looked like him, but who gave him the courage?
This time, he was really “given some face”!
Taking advantage of the two being caught off guard, Harrison Clark’s expression suddenly became serious, “Whether you believe it or not, I have a very mature idea about your speculation. Very mature! You may as well give it a listen.”
Martha Owen shook her head, “I don’t want to listen to you.”
Nora Camp pulled her, “Just let Harrison say it.”
Martha pouted, “He’s going to be a deserter, I don’t even want to pay him any attention, OK?”
Harrison Clark said, “In that case, if what I say is completely useless, I’ll apologize to both of you and obediently call you my teacher. Next month, I will take the volunteer exam to start working as a logistics soldier, making your pass rate 100% again.”
Only then did Martha regain her interest, “Fine, it’s settled, you can say it.” “Hold on, I haven’t finished talking.” Harrison Clark gave a mysterious smile, If my idea inspires you, and you recognize my achievements, then you have to call me your teacher in the future. Yes, Teacher Chen.”
He wanted to turn the tables once again..
