Alexandra's POV—
I asked, "What's your professor have to do with this?"
Shimran drank some water and took a deep breath. With a sigh, she replied, "My professor… is… er, was a science fanatic. He called himself a 'scientist.' He kind of gave himself that tag."
"So, that means one thing. Your professor... was a lunatic. Hahaha... I mean, if we go by your professor's logic, then I am an astronaut. My mind can fly to the moon." joked Shuren.
Shimran shook her head and replied, "No, he wasn't a lunatic. Okay, maybe… he was a little, but his inventions really worked. The last project he worked before his 'disappearance' was… 'Auto-derived Energy.'"
"What energy?" I asked her.
"Auto-derived energy."
"Yeah, we heard that. But what does that mean?" asked Jessie.
"A primal form of energy which can incorporate different forms of energy all at once. It's something which could run electrical devices without the use of electricity. A direct form of energy which travels in form of waves from the upper level to lower level, creating a difference between them. A form of energy which automatically derives the other forms of energies at the same time."
My eyes widened in shock. I yelled, "How is this possible?!"
Shimran said, "He created a device which uses this energy to derive the other forms of energy."
"It means this energy has no sense of itself. This energy can only be used to derive other forms of energy," I said in an understanding tone.
Shimran nodded, "All the energies are in form of waves, superimposed upon one another. The device captures the wave's frequency, and isolates the 'target' wave. After that, it works on it. Getting the desired energy, the device transmits it just by touching. Although, he had already started to develop his device to its next level."
"Like conduction?" I asked her.
"Yes. Think it as Bluetooth for energy."
This professor of hers… is an important character, worth investigating. I need to know about him more. To create something like this, I can't even comprehend what his thought process is.
"But how was this device even created? And why is it specifically designed to generate electricity?"
Shimran replied, "Auto-derived energy is the primal form of energy. It's not like we have never used it. We use it on daily basis. But our usage of this energy is very limited. Suppose let's take a stone for example. When I throw the stone in air, it only has kinetic energy. But at the highest point, just when the stone is about to fall down, the kinetic energy becomes zero and the potential energy comes into action. Why? Because the stone is momentarily stationary at the highest point. When it falls down, the kinetic energy comes back into the play."
Shuren and the others were looking completely confused by her words. Their faces said, 'We don't understand a single fucking thing!'
"You mean it to say your professor's device can change this."
Shimran shook her head, "Honestly, I couldn't understand his words. These were his last words before he disappeared. Except this, he also talked about apocalypse and people gaining abilities."
Fuck! This guy certainly knows something. But Shimran said that he disappeared, didn't he? But how did he disappear? Did he disappear knowingly? Or, someone made him disappear. I believe the latter one to be more correct. According to the system's data, everything happened spontaneously. But is it correct? Did no one find anything wrong with this world?
Shimran's professor did find something wrong. So, maybe he was made to disappear by the other 'knowing' forces, who knew if they left him in the open… he might tell everyone about his speculation. Although, I am pretty sure no one would believe him.
No, I am leaving a crucial point. His device. What if they needed his device? I am pretty sure that a device like this is really will be handy in apocalypse.
I looked into Shimran's eyes and said, "I know what your professor meant to say. The wants to access the potential and kinetic energy at the same time. If I go deeper into his concept, he wants to keep the both sides at the same time with multiple opportunities. 'N' number of energies to be converted, and 'M' number of energies which can be converted back. Suppose, N=M or, N+1=M+1 or, N+1+1=M+1+1… ultimately, N'=M'. You know what this means, right?"
Shimran shook her head in denial. In a skeptical tone, she asked, "You understand my professor's words?"
"Well, I was… er, am an engineer." Before all this, even before I got bound by the system… I was an engineer. Although, my company kicked me out due to my excessive demands.