The sun sets at dusk, and the afterglow reflects on the Khmer River.

On the bank of the river valley, in a temporary work shed, buzzing instruments neighed loudly.

Researchers in white coats stared intently at the test tubes that were sent to various sophisticated equipment for various chemical analyzes and tests.

Inside the test tubes are samples collected from the root system of the ghost tree in the canyon.

The gray-haired old scientist was extremely excited.

"This may be our opportunity!" Scientists from the flag country and scientists from the Central Plains are all excited!

Ever since the demons appeared, the edifice of physics has been crumbling.

The palace of chemistry was directly smashed to pieces.

As for biology?

It had been trampled to pieces long ago.

Biology is in decline in many universities.

Because the facts have been extremely conclusively shown.

All biomolecules and genes are bullshit!

The reality is that in the real physical universe, there is something that is unobservable and unpredictable, but can move, be parasitic, and harm and attack humans through various myth-like means!

Ever since demons began to appear, people were horrified to discover them.

This world is full of malice.

A lifeless house, an abandoned vehicle, or even a scrapped mobile phone.

They may all be home to things that can seduce souls and take lives.

Monsters are entrenched in buildings, corpses, machines, and even the Internet.

Unscrupulously attacking weak humans and feasting on them.

It wasn't until the ancient power called martial arts revived that humans found a way to fight these monsters.

However, the power of martial arts is a heavy blow to science.

The emergence of martial arts completely shook mankind's belief in science in the past.

This kind of physical energy and blood is the source of power, which allows warriors to catch bullets with their hands, resist artillery shells with their bodies, and even take the head of the enemy's head in the midst of thousands of troops.

Not only the nemesis of demons and ghosts, but also the nemesis of science.

No one, no theory can explain how these people do it?

There is no instrument that can find the existence of those meridians, acupoints, and Dantian that the warriors have confirmed.

These things that cannot be explained and discovered completely defeated the temple of science.

From the official to the private sector, funding for science continues to decline.

Many countries have simply given up supporting science.

He turned to theology.

A typical example is that the countries in South Asia, under the leadership of Shen Du, have made great strides towards becoming gods, with the whole country being superstitious and talking about gods.

There is no scientific soil left in this area.

Even when the president of the country fell ill, it was the temple priests who asked for help.

They regard the ancient Mahayana and Mahabharata as history and firmly believe in them.

Cow dung is regarded as a panacea that can cure all diseases.

The sacred cow is regarded as a symbol of the gods and cannot be blasphemed.

And South Asia is just the first domino to fall.

In this absurd and strange era of monsters and ghosts.

South Asia is not the most outrageous.

The most outrageous thing is the poverty and chaos of the African continent.

There, performances are being performed all the time, with the priest acting as the leader and the magic stick acting as the king.

People who claimed to be emperors of the empire took turns taking the stage.

Compared with these tyrants, Mobutu was already a saint, and Bokassa was already a model king.

The entire continent is now full of Amin.

An emperor who kills people in public is not news, but cannibalism is.

Even in those few countries that still maintain the pattern of the old era, if a candidate does not tell the public several times about his murderous experience in every election, no one will vote for him.

In short, in this era of scientific despair and rational collapse.

Scientists have lost not only the preferential economic treatment they had received in the past, but also their social honor.

From the beginning of the demon era to the present, Blue Star science has almost stagnated.

In addition to the Central Plains, we are still working hard

In addition to developing science and technology.

Major countries have fallen into a cycle of relying on archeology for science and technology.

So much so that even if it is the flag country of Blue Star Overlord, if it wants to explore the moon again now.

They no longer even have the ability to build the Saturn engine from decades ago.

Because, the blueprints of this powerful engine that the flag country used to build with the whole country in the last century have long been lost in time, and countless key parts have disappeared due to various reasons.

Many of them were even ordered to be destroyed by the aviation department itself in the last century.

The reason is that people at that time believed that they would soon get more powerful, better and more advanced engines.

Saturn, an outdated and backward technology, will inevitably be eliminated.

Rakshasa, the successor of Da Mao who once competed with the flag country for hegemony, even stretched his hips.

Rakshasa now relies on archeology for almost all of its technical equipment.

The research institutes that Mao used to have were turned upside down.

But the technology that can be found is very good.

So much so that there are rumors that the current Rakshasa can no longer even repair the war machines built by Da Mao.

Every time a white swan flies, its life span is shortened.

The number of satellites in space is constantly decreasing, and soon the number of satellites required for positioning may not be enough.

The most terrible thing is that there are legends that even those fundamental strategic weapons are in maintenance trouble.

Decades of poor maintenance have resulted in these weapons that can destroy the world. Now they are old. No one knows how many warheads in the silos are still ready to explode.

As for the reliability of those sealed warheads, only God knows.

In short, in today's era.

Science and rationality have been trampled underfoot by mystery.

Whether it is national institutions or private consortiums, there are not many people willing to support scientists' scientific dreams.

A large amount of money is flowing into the fields of demons and ghosts that can prolong life, cure terminal diseases, or martial arts consortiums that can transform people into supermen.

Funding for basic science is decreasing day by day.

Don't even think about particle collider.

Even space exploration is already a dream.

Now, all hope is here.

Here is the ghost tree that was completely killed and sampled for the first time.

Both scientists from the Central Plains and those from the flag country have held their breath.

At this moment, science truly knows no borders.

Scientists from both countries are nervously waiting for the results.

Those ghost tree roots dug out of the ground.

Samples extracted from rotten, deteriorated mycelium and soil.

They may hold the secret of the ghost tree.

Those things that were previously hidden behind the curtain, unable to be observed or described.

Everyone knows it.

The results may well determine the future of Blue Star science.

Or be completely defeated by metaphysics, and the physical building collapse completely.
To be continued...