Deadly Game: Almighty Boss’s Guide to Making Money

Chapter 1250. The Book at Night (38)

As you exit the Hall of Literature, a metal door suddenly cracks open in the wall at the end of the corridor, revealing a small building behind it.

The exterior walls are made of titanium alloy with a cold sheen, and the periodic table of elements is printed on the glass curtain wall.

The gear sculpture at the entrance slowly turned with the footsteps of the crowd, making a "click-clack" mechanical sound.

"This is the science and technology area? It's much cooler than I imagined!" Bai Yueming reached out and touched the gears, feeling the cool metallic touch on his fingertips.

Uncle Zhang stood by the door, frowning as he stared at the dial on the wall: "This isn't the building where our bookstore is located."

"It's alright, it was specially set up for us," Bai reassured Uncle Zhang.

Hahaha, Xiaobai, you're so direct.

Xiaobai is an honest child.

—It was specially designed for us, and that's really true.

—Does anyone know what the science and technology district is trying to do?
“That’s right, you just need to follow us,” Chang Xiaohe said.

The moment the door was opened, a smell mixed with sulfur and alcohol hit me.

"Is this the chemistry section?" Quan Quan said, looking around.

“Right? Even the chandelier is made of glass test tubes,” Bai added quietly.

"It really is!" Lin Xi looked at the chandelier made of glass test tubes hanging from the ceiling.

"There's an experimental platform?" Chu Xue said, rubbing her forehead. "You guys go see it, I don't want to go."

—Hahahaha, the first snowflake is playing me.

—I don't even want to watch it anymore.

—Who the hell knew that watching this would be necessary for a crappy game!

—Don't say vegetables want to hit people, I want to hit people too.

On the lab bench on the east side, there are three bottles of reagents.

Clear water (labeled "HO"), pale yellow hydrochloric acid (labeled "HCl"), and a white sodium hydroxide solution after the granules have dissolved (labeled "NaOH").

In the center of the room, a pool of dark blue liquid was bubbling on the floor, with a strange purple flame floating above it.

The air around the flames was distorted, scorching the metal wall next to them. Red markings on the wall were counting down from "5", with the words "Countdown over, building collapse" written in smaller print below.

—Here we go again with the countdown routine.

Thankfully, there was no broadcast this time.

—It's just the same old thing in a new guise.

Whether it's broadcast or not, it's all the same.

"What are you trying to do?" Bai Yueming asked, puzzled. "Are you asking us to do an experiment? I can't do this, but Quan Quan should be able to."

"Let's look for it first, see what we need..."

Before Ouyang Xichen could finish speaking, a book on the bookshelf fell straight to the ground.

Guo Yuelang bent down and picked it up.

Upon opening the first page, I saw a few words.

"Alchemy fire? What does that mean?" Chang Xiaohe asked, puzzled.

"It seems to refer to the 'elemental fire' simulated by medieval alchemists, but its essence should be the combustion of some kind of combustible material," Lin Xi said.

As soon as she finished speaking, the light of interpretation in Xia Jin's palm suddenly shone brightly, and pale golden words floated in mid-air: "The essence of alchemical fire is the burning of sulfur, which needs to be extinguished with a liquid that combines hydrogen and oxygen, and cannot produce toxic gases."

"Sulfur burning?" Bai said softly. "Sulfur burning produces sulfur dioxide, which is a toxic gas, so the extinguishing liquid must not only contain hydrogen and oxygen, but also not react with sulfur!" — I heard every word Bai said, but I didn't understand.

—High school chemistry knowledge suddenly attacked me!

—I only got 30 points on my chemistry test back then, please don't let me see these things, okay?
—I'm going to eat some fruit first, you guys continue watching.

Xiao Bai quickly walked to the lab bench, picked up the hydrochloric acid bottle, and shook it.

"Hydrochloric acid doesn't react with sulfur, but the chlorine gas it releases is also toxic, so that won't work; sodium hydroxide is a strong alkali, and it reacts with sulfur to produce sodium sulfide, which releases toxic hydrogen sulfide when it comes into contact with water, making it even more dangerous!"

As they were speaking, a ball of blue flame landed on the experimental table.

The pale gold text reads: Sulfur is burning.

Bai Yueming had already reached for the water bottle, but Quan Quan stopped her.

"Wait, let's check the extent of the flames first. The liquid might be an accelerant; if we pour it directly, won't the flames spread?"

Bai stared at the flames for a few seconds, then suddenly thought, "There's an eyewash station next to the lab bench, filled with distilled water. We can use the eyewash nozzle to turn the water into a mist, which will cover the flames without splashing the liquid."

Guo Yuelang moved the metal stand next to the lab bench and aimed the eyewash nozzle at the flame.

Bai gripped the water bottle tightly and carefully poured water into the eyewash station's reservoir.

Transparent water flows through the pipe into the nozzle, and the moment the switch is pressed, a fine mist of water hisses and sprays towards the flame.

With a crisp "sizzle," the flame was extinguished instantly, as if its neck had been choked, leaving only a wisp of white smoke.

The red marking on the wall stopped at "1", and then with a "click", a crack suddenly appeared in the ground, and a silver pedal engraved with "chemical elements" rose up, the "H" and "O" symbols on the pedal were flashing.

"Done!" Bai clenched his fist excitedly.

“This should be the key to the second floor.” Ouyang Xichen checked the wall and nodded to everyone after confirming that the collapse warning had completely disappeared. “The second floor should be the physics section.”

As they stepped onto the silver platform, the elevator slowly ascended, and the moment the doors opened, everyone was stunned.

The floor of the second-floor physics area is made of transparent glass, through which you can see the tangled wires and gears.

The items in the room seemed to be under a spell: some books were floating in mid-air, and some beakers were heavily pressed on the table.

“Gravity disorder!” Quan Quan said.

In the center of the room, there is an "S"-shaped metal track, with the starting point and the ending point connected at the two ends.

A small silver ball is placed at the starting point, and a red sensor is embedded at the finish line.

There are two grooves in the middle, each about 5 centimeters deep.

On the wall next to the track, three red buttons are arranged side by side, labeled “G=1” (normal gravity), “G=0” (weightlessness) and “G=-1” (anti-gravity, i.e., gravity is upward).

The blackboard below reads in white chalk: "By adjusting gravity, make the ball roll along the track to the end point and activate the elevator."

"Let's try normal gravity first!"

Bai Yueming was the first to reach out and press "G=1". The silver ball landed on the track with a "thud" and rolled down the slope, but it got stuck as soon as it reached the first groove.

The groove was too deep, and the ball's gravity wasn't enough to climb it.

"Change to 0G!" Chang Xiaohe pressed "G=0".

The ball floated up instantly, then crashed into the ceiling like a balloon with a broken string.

Lin Xi reacted quickly and caught it, feeling a light, airy touch on her fingertips.

In a weightless state, the ball is not pulled by gravity and cannot stick to the track at all.

The third time, Guo Yuelang pressed "G=-1", and the moment the anti-gravity was activated, everyone felt a lightness under their feet.

The ball in Lin Xi's hand suddenly floated upwards, hit the top of the track with a "thud," bounced several times, and then fell down.