1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 704 Using Scientists as Pawns! The Arrogance of the Sakura Clan! The Grand Path is Powerless, While the Dark Path Reigns Supreme?

Ridge-Vivi's bold declaration immediately caused a global sensation!
Who is he?

He is the world's leading scientist, with so many achievements that even the Nobel Prize doesn't know how to award them all.

His network of connections spans the entire scientific community.

The owner of Bruce Group, America's leading technology company, with assets worth billions.

It can be said that, apart from real power, he has obtained everything in this world.

His declaration has sparked countless imaginations.

But precisely because they lack power, the situation becomes very delicate.

The efficacy of penicillin has exceeded everyone's imagination.

What attitudes would be evoked from various countries if someone with extremely high prestige but no real power possessed it?
In short, after Rigway chose to disclose the penicillin, the arrest of Ma Yucheng took a completely different turn.

Sakura Clan.

Nagaoka Hantaro hurriedly found Dean Sakurai Joji.

"Professor Sakurai, I beg you to come with me to explain the stakes to the higher-ups. They must release him immediately!"

"This incident will have an irreparable negative impact on the scientific community of our Sakura Clan."

Not long ago, Hideki Ogawa and Shinichiro Tomonaga, whom he valued, returned to the Sakura clan looking disheveled.

After this happened, neither of them could stay in Borneo any longer.

Although Li Qiwei did nothing to the two of them.

But the gazes of those around them were practically suffocating them.

First, Professor Li Qiwei was assassinated, and now Dr. Ma Yucheng has been arrested.

The two were very worried that if they didn't leave soon, they might disappear without a trace.

Hideki Ogawa said bitterly:

"Professor Nagaoka, we are far behind!"

"Neutrino detection has already begun in Borneo."

"We don't even have a single cyclotron right now."

Nagaoka could understand the other person's inner turmoil.

Just when I was starting to get involved in cutting-edge physics research, this happened.

Therefore, he had to change.

At this moment, Sakurai Joji simply said:

"Professor Nagaoka, don't be in such a hurry."

"This is the military's decision, and there's nothing I can do about it."

“I just told them that Ma Yucheng’s penicillin is very valuable.”

"As you know, the situation in the northeast region of the empire is very tense right now, and it's not something that two scholars like you and me can concern ourselves with."

Nagaoka was so angry that his face turned ashen.

The other party had none of the dean's magnanimity and breadth of mind; instead, he seemed more like a cunning and calculating scoundrel.

"Humph!"

"I'll go and tell them myself!"

Sakurai Joji laughed:

"random."

Next, Nagaoka used all his connections and finally managed to speak with that lieutenant general.

"General, please be sure to release Ma Yucheng."

"He is a young scholar that Li Qiwei values."

"You can't even imagine how terrifying that man is."

"Our Sakura Clan may suffer unimaginable retaliation!"

The lieutenant general clearly held Nagaoka in higher esteem, seeing him as a true scholar.

He pulled Nagaoka down to sit and said with a smile:
"Professor, you're exaggerating."

“Richway is just a scientist, why should he retaliate against us?”

Nagaoka stamped his foot in frustration.

His intuition told him that this was no small matter.

How could anyone remain unmoved after being offended twice in a row?

As the world's leading scientist, Rigdwell would absolutely not swallow this insult.

But this clearly failed to convince the lieutenant general.

At this moment, the latter sighed:
"Professor, let me tell you the truth."

"Ma Yucheng is just a pawn."

"Penicillin is certainly important, but it is not to the extent that it can affect a country."

"Hundreds of thousands of people die from infections in our country every year."

"Our Great Sakura Empire has a population of 8000 million."

"So, it's fine even without penicillin!"

hiss!
Nagaoka was deeply shocked!

In the eyes of these true power holders, hundreds of thousands of people are just a number.

Anyway, they'll definitely get the best medical resources when they get sick.

Penicillin was not indispensable to them.

"Therefore, Ma Yucheng was just testing the waters, testing the reactions of the mainland and other countries."

"It concerns the Empire's next steps in the Northeast!"

"As for the specifics, I cannot disclose them."

"This is a decision made at the highest level!"

"Therefore, even I am not qualified to release them."

Nagaoka felt a pang of bitterness in his heart.

The major event that shook the entire scientific community was actually just a bait in the eyes of the higher-ups.

He suddenly felt a sense of shared sorrow, like the fox mourning the death of its kin.

If one day the empire needs to sacrifice him, he probably won't hesitate.

The claims of him being the "father of physics" or a professor are all lies.

These scientists, in the end, are nothing more than craftsmen, tools.

When it comes to truly important matters, they have no say.

Finally, Nagaoka left, dejected and heartbroken.

He was no longer able to stop things from escalating.
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Harbin, Kwantung Army Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department.

Shiro Ishii did not prohibit Ma Yucheng from reading newspapers.

Instead, he even sent the other party news from Borneo, saying:

"Yu Cheng-jun, you've kept this from me for so long!"

"They've already cracked the penicillin preparation problem, yet they're still pretending to be doing research and development."

Are you trying to stall for time?

The effects of penicillin truly startled Shiro Ishii.

As a medical student, he understood all too well what this drug meant.

No wonder those people in the military kept telling him that he must capture Ma Yucheng and make him serve the Great Sakura Empire.

Such talent is indeed extremely rare.

Ma Yucheng chuckled.

Do you think I'm a fool?

"If you intercepted the cultivated high-yield Penicillium strain, would I still be sitting here arguing with you?"

Shiro Ishii chuckled softly.

He did try it himself, but failed.

He had obtained the strain of bacteria that Ma Yucheng used, but he just couldn't cultivate mature bacteria.

As a bacteriologist, he knew very well that the problem lay with the culture conditions.

The growth conditions for microorganisms are actually very demanding; sometimes, even a one-degree increase in temperature can result in drastically different culture products.

This was also why Ma Yucheng stayed in Shengjing; he was unsure whether the local environment would affect the cultivation.

Now, all of these have become his bargaining chips for survival.

Then, Shiro Ishii remarked with emotion:
"Ma Sang, I really envy you!"

"Professor Li Qiwei was willing to go against the whole world for you."

"Do you feel an urge right now to die for someone who understands you?"

Shiro Ishii spoke fluent Chinese and was clearly quite knowledgeable about Chinese culture. Ma Yucheng ignored the other man's sarcasm; his attention was entirely drawn to the news in the newspaper.

Professor Li went to such lengths to call on the world to put pressure on the Sakura Clan, all for his sake.

His heart was filled with emotion.

Even though he died nine times, he still has no regrets!
Anyway, penicillin had been successfully developed, and Tongcun had inherited most of its secrets.

The first to benefit will inevitably be one's own country.

Ma Yucheng has no regrets.

He said with a sneer:

"What, are you scared?"

"Then let me out right now."

Shiro Ishii smiled slightly, but instead of responding, he asked in return:
"But isn't Professor Li Qiwei a physicist? Why would he care so much about a biologist like you?"

"Is it because you invented penicillin?"

"Not that much."

"I acknowledge that penicillin will become a miracle in medical history."

"However, in the entire history of science, its position is not prominent."

"Because the scientific knowledge contained in penicillin is not very profound, it is more like a technological product."

"Just like gunpowder."

Ma Yucheng chuckled and said:

"Ishii, you are indeed a genius."

"I have to admit that in the field of bacteriology, your expertise far surpasses mine."

"As far as I know, students graduating from the Faculty of Medicine at Tokyo Imperial University are practically the future elite of the Sakura Clan. Whether they pursue medicine or politics, they will have a smooth career."

"So, you are such a proud person."

"You actually look down on me, thinking I was just lucky to have discovered penicillin by chance."

"After all, what's so difficult about culturing some bacteria?"

"If it were you, you could have discovered it even earlier."

"You have studied hundreds of bacteria, are familiar with their various properties, and are even at the world-leading level in some professional academic fields."

"But because it cannot be made public, the world is unaware of your achievements."

So, you're jealous of me.

"You think your research is the real science, while my research is just the application of science."

"You are superior to me, yet I have received more honors than you."

Wow!
Shiro Ishii, who had been smiling the whole time, suddenly turned grim.

Ma Yucheng touched a raw nerve deep within him.

From childhood to adulthood, he has always been a prominent figure in the eyes of others.

After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University, he was noticed by higher-ups and even had a laboratory built specifically for him.

Later, considering the risks of bacterial experiments, his laboratory was moved to Northeast China and transformed into what is now the Ministry of Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply.

The Sakura Clan harbors wolfish ambitions, wanting to research these insidious things on the mainland, since leaks won't affect their homeland anyway.

It was precisely because of the ample environment and resources that Shiro Ishii was able to conduct extremely in-depth research on bacteria.

However, his findings were all about bacteriological weapons, which violated international conventions and could not be published.

Seeing Ma Yucheng achieve such glory at such a young age, how could he not feel jealous?

At this moment, Ma Yucheng had no idea what the other party would do in the future.

Otherwise, he would fight to the death to take the other party down with him.

But seeing the other party humiliated, he felt a sense of satisfaction and continued:
"You asked why Professor Li values ​​me?"

"Actually, what you really want to ask is, setting aside penicillin, what makes my research capabilities worthy of Professor Li's attention?"

"You may even feel resentful inside, believing that your talent in biology is comparable to the professor's talent in physics."

"Hahaha."

"Because Professor Li is a divine dragon from the heavens!"

"Ishii, your genius is like a firefly in front of the professor."

"But he never looked down on any researcher, regardless of whether their research topic was physical chemistry or biology."

"His goal is to elevate all disciplines to their ultimate level."

Ma Yucheng wanted to continue speaking, but Shiro Ishii angrily interrupted him:
"impossible!"

"Biology is not physics."

"He has never conducted any biological experiments, so how can he know more about biology than us biologists!"

Ma Yucheng chuckled and said:

“Every discipline has its own foundational theories.”

"Physics has relativity and quantum mechanics, chemistry has the periodic table of elements, and biology has the theory of evolution."

"But evolutionary theory only explains the evolution of organisms at a macroscopic level; the microscopic mechanisms of life are still a blank."

"Professor Li once told me that it was the field of genes."

"He really wanted to use physics to theoretically understand the nature of genes."

"The book 'What is Life' is an attempt."

"You should know very well how important genes are to life."

"Once it breaks through, it will be a groundbreaking event that will rewrite the history of biology."

"And you, Shiro Ishii, are clearly a rare biological genius among the Sakura Clan, yet instead of studying the great path, you're tinkering with these dark things."

Don't you feel any regret in your heart?

Wow!
Ma Yucheng's psychological tactics are useless to most researchers.

But for someone like Shiro Ishii, it was tantamount to denying his own meaning from the depths of his soul.

The figures he looked up to were climbing the high road of biology, while he himself had walked into a foul-smelling, muddy path.

At this moment, Shiro Ishii could no longer maintain his pretense of composure, revealing his dark nature.

He stopped feigning respect and began to threaten:

"Humph!"

"Ma Yucheng, you should take better care of yourself and focus on your penicillin research!"

"So what if Li Qiwei is powerful?"

"Can he come to save you?"

"Don't be fooled by the noise those countries are making. Do you really think they care about you?"

"Even after penicillin is revealed, it will attract even more covetous people, and Ridgway and Borneo themselves will be in danger."

"How can someone who is powerless protect such an incomparably precious divine medicine?"

"My dark path can help my Great Sakura Empire win the war and kill even more of your people."

"What good is the glorious path you're pursuing?!"

"This world, in the end, is a world where strength reigns supreme!"

"And what I pursue is the mysterious and terrifying power of bacteria!"

At this moment, Shiro Ishii's expression turned ferocious, and he went completely mad!
However, Ma Yucheng unusually did not refute it.

His sharp eyes pierced the other person, and his calm expression drove the other person crazy.

Shiro Ishii roared:

Why aren't you afraid!

Why don't you kneel down and beg for mercy!

"Aren't you ZN people all a bunch of spineless cowards?!"

"what!"

Ma Yucheng slowly stood up.

He wasn't just scared by what Shiro Ishii said.

Instead, a strange tremor suddenly arose in his heart.

He finally understood and solidified a belief:
"Professor Li will definitely come to save me!"

"That domineering and unparalleled man can definitely protect the scientific sanctuary he pioneered!"

He once said: "I want to provide a safe haven for all scientists!"

"Even if I die, my blood will seep into the pure land and transform into energy."

"One day, we scientists will surely be able to take control of our own destiny!"

"May the sacred fire burn my broken body!"

What joy is there in living? What fear is there in dying?

(End of this chapter)