Baltimore, an important city in the Northeastern United States. The climate and geographical conditions are not much different from New York. However, it was once called "the most dangerous city in the world" due to its terrible security situation. But things have improved a lot now.
Currently, Baltimore is an important air transportation hub in the Northeast of the Federation, and it is the second-largest logistics center in the Northeast, after New York. The city's construction and security situation have greatly improved, and now the city is bustling with a scene of stability and activity.
Baltimore's most famous university is not Johns Hopkins, but rather Morgan State University—that was the first Black university, which has made outstanding contributions in immigration integration and against discrimination.
Johns Hopkins University is also the first research university in the world and the first to integrate academic research and teaching, maintaining this model to this day, achieving many academic accomplishnts and enjoying a worldwide reputation.
The research institute of the Johns Hopkins University dical School, which is Hopkins Hospital, was ranked as the best hospital in All Arica for 20 consecutive years. It has extrely comprehensive diagnostic and treatnt thods and very high dical technology, making it a jewel in the entire Federation's dical community. Every year, countless doctors co here to exchange and learn, and Shiller is one of them.
In fact, he hasn't been here for several years because, compared to exchanges and learning, the annual seminar is more like a reunion, with basically no academic research presentations, just a chance to chat and make an appearance.
This year, he chose to participate mainly because his sanatorium was newly renovated. He needed to co over to promote it, and maybe he could hire a few excellent doctors.
Of course, the big bosses participating in the exchange are unlikely to work in such a small private sanatorium, but they have many outstanding students and young doctors under them, which are Shiller's targets.
And this ti, Shiller has an additional goal, which is to find an old classmate who had studied at Harvard and ask him to help find an expert to analyze the environntal issues in the Graylock area.
The venue of the exchange was very lively, with teachers and students introducing themselves to one another, chatting at the tables. The young dical students gathered around the snack table, quietly exchanging, and swiftly cleared all the snacks.
As soon as the ti for free discussion started, Shiller stood up from the table and signaled to two people opposite him. A man and a woman also stood up from the table and left the eting room through the back door.
"Long ti no see, Albert. And you, Andriel. How have you been lately?"
"We'll make it short," Albert said, "I've contacted the geology and environntal science experts you asked for. Just send the samples to the address I gave you. But I'm a bit puzzled, what environntal issues could building a sanatorium cause?"
"I'm not building a sanatorium." Shiller shook his head and said, "I'm building a school."
"Are you planning to change careers and beco a teacher?" Andriel smiled and said, "I guess you'll be late more often than the students."
"Oh, don't say that." Shiller shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm not interested in teaching, otherwise I wouldn't have opened a sanatorium myself. In fact, a friend of mine wants to build a school, and it's quite large. The local senator intends to use environntal issues as a reason to use their veto power at next week's eting."
"You want to produce solid evidence to prove there are no environntal issues?"
"No, I want to know if there really will be any environntal issues."
"Co on," Albert said, "if the senator says the issue is environntal, then it definitely isn't. Rather than getting tangled up with the environnt, you should investigate that guy's background."
Shiller, sowhat helpless, said, "I don't care about him. My friend doesn't either. We genuinely care about the environnt type."
"That sounds a bit strange." Andriel said, folding her arms. "Since you're not concerned about political issues, then you should be aware that building a school is unlikely to cause any pollution. So what problem could there be?"
"Well, not necessarily." Shiller said, "We're building a magical school."
"God." Albert said, "Even though the dia has reported it many tis, hearing it from soone familiar is a different feeling. How did you get involved with magic?"
"My friend is a magician, and happens to be the most powerful one. He wants to open a magical school. Although the environnt is the least important issue, I still think it's better to figure it out first."
"I see. Actually, I don't think magic would generate any pollution, but that's just my opinion. What you need to do is find evidence to prove it."
"Exactly. Not everyone is well-educated; in their view, magic is more likely related to heresy. They may think magicians are all heretics and that approaching magicians might get them cursed by devils."
Albert nodded and said, "I think I've seen similar comnts online, but most people are still friendly and full of aspirations for magic."
"That's actually not a good trend. Magic is neither good nor bad; it's just a tool. But I also know it's impossible for everyone to handle this thing with a normal attitude." Shiller shrugged and said, "We do need evidence, but more for persuading ourselves. You can consider it 'paying for peace of mind.'
"Alright," Albert nodded and said, "so the sample you want to send is a magical item?"
"It's encapsulated magic energy, stored in a certain dium. We are sure it won't harm ordinary people, but to be safe, it's better to treat it as if it were a radioactive material."
"Then you can't just find a geology expert. I'll ask my old classmates if they know any experts in nuclear power and nuclear physics, as well as energy and energistics. But I can't guarantee efficiency, as many experts in this field are either at the Star Port or on rcury, and they may not be able to return for a while."
"It's great that you're willing to help." Shiller nodded and said, "I didn't expect to solve this problem quickly, because evidently, environntal issues are the least significant obstacle they face."
"Unimaginable." Albert shook his head while heading towards the conference room, "I an, you've already beco an unimaginably important person for us."
"You're wrong about that." Shiller followed behind him and said, "Have you ever seen a big shot who genuinely cares about the environnt?"
The three of them laughed. By the ti Shiller returned to the conference room, the snack table had been replaced with a new batch of snacks. Throughout the entire eting that followed, he was busy snatching small pastries from the mouths of the young academic Taoties, without generating any real academic value.
Shiller stayed in Baltimore for one night, chatted with other classmates about Wanda's internship, and then returned to New York. By the ti the plane landed, it was already morning. Shiller rested for a while, and then at noon, he went to the Holy Sanctuary.
Strange was running around busy, having to make magical items for ordinary people to study, discuss the market deploynt of magical plants with a certain Eastern Great Nation, prepare for a congressional inquiry three days later, and write recent dical reports. Seeing Shiller was like seeing a savior.
"Quick, help write this." Strange waved his hand, and the cloak rolled up a pile of files and tossed them in front of Shiller.
"Knew you couldn't handle it all." Shiller didn't refuse either, and sat on the other side of the table, started helping Strange with the dical reports.
"But speaking of which," Shiller said while writing, "With all this busyness, can't you take a few days off from Elders Council Hospital? Aren't you going to perform surgery an hour before the congressional inquiry?"
"Of course, I will." Strange said, "I would love to just go to the inquiry in my surgical gown; this way the journalists will definitely be on my side, and ordinary people will sympathize with ."
"Seems like you understand politics pretty well."
"Nick's suggestion." Strange said without looking up, "I've already planned to perform one more surgery on that day and then go half an hour late. When they question why I'm late, I'll explain to them what 'saving lives, doctors' benevolence' ans."
Shiller gave him a thumbs up with his non-writing hand.
"Ah." Strange paused his hand and then said, "I've heard sothing big happened in the universe next door?"
"There are many universes next door, which one do you an?"
"The one you often spend ti in." Strange picked up the water cup and took a sip.
"Oh, yeah, sothing happened, but it's not a big deal." Shiller shook his head and said, "Artificial intelligence united Earth, organized it into a warti planned economy, repelled alien invaders, and plans to maintain this mode of developnt."
"Cough cough cough!" Strange almost choked. He said, "This ti has passed so soon? Even if the ti flow rate there is different from ours, isn't it a bit exaggerated?"
"Their place is more chaotic, with a faster entropy increase rate. And you know, certain key nodes appear in an instant, by the ti you react, everything is completed."
"Difficult to comprehend." Strange said, "I see several public channels on Battleworld discussing this. What's your take?"
"? I'm just sitting next door watching." Shiller poured himself a glass of water and then said, "Do you think uniting Earth is a good thing?"
Strange seed intent on taking a break. He leaned back on the chair and sighed, "I don't know either. But I think an Earth unified by artificial intelligence might not be too good."
"Human race supremacy?"
"Not entirely." Strange gently shook his head and said, "Have you been paying attention to recent happenings in the cosmos?"
"Three Great Empires? Have they finished their war?"
"Far from it. Isn't the Kree Empire a civilization ruled by super artificial intelligence? Do you think they're doing well?"
"Probably not too bad, at least they're much stronger than humans in warfare. Even if the technological gap is leveled, their mobilization speed and organizational capabilities are better than Earth."
"Indeed, but they were forced into this. The millennia war with the Skrull Empire has evolved them into a race almost entirely serving warfare, hence they're more skilled at fighting."
"From what you're saying, you don't think it's very good?"
"In this war, the Three Great Empires could be described as making one blunder after another. Odin and Thor from Asgard participated in a war simulation a few days ago and concluded that the Supre Wisdom seems to have lost its senses, the Skrull Emperor is not very clear-headed, and the best perforr was Lilandra of the Shi'ar Empire. The cosmos remains bleak."
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