Almost all of the members of the mercury scales were gathered among those present, including Fleming and Garon, of course.

Garon heard Reiner's words, his whole body trembled, because he had already had a backlash when he was first reviewing the paper, so now he didn't have any magic changes because of his words, but he was still a little unwilling, the theory that had lasted for three hundred years, could it be just abandoned and could not be repaired?

He wanted to ask a question, but before Garon could raise his hand, another mage had already stood up.

It was Velas, the five-ring mage, who stood up first as the crowd pondered, and asked in a deep but clear voice.

"I have a question, in the latest issue of Alchemy, Lord Fleming proposed the idea that the fire element has a negative mass, thus explaining the problems in many combustion reactions, could it be that there are actually many types of combustion reactions, or that the presence of fire elements is the 'real' combustion reaction?"

Obviously, he is trying to maintain the original burning theory, and the past achievements are too bright, if they are directly overturned, it is not only a matter of textbooks being rewritten, many achievements, some buried papers need to be re-evaluated, and even high-level mages may have to pay the price for the mistakes they have made.

"My lord, I would like to answer your question with another matter."

Hearing Vilas's words, Reiner smiled and said in a confident tone.

"At this moment, in this hall, there is a dragon."

As soon as he said this, many people showed surprised expressions on their faces.

Dragon!??

This powerful creature has not been seen in this world for thousands of years, and people can now come into contact with the Wurm, a beast that has only a trace of its blood after countless generations.

Lanchester remained silent, and although he didn't know what Reiner meant by this, he had a vague sense of it.

"Dragons? Mr. Ian Gray, where is it? ”

Velas was confused, his question went unanswered, but Reiner brought up another quirky topic that made him feel as if he had been fooled.

"It's right here."

Reiner pointed to the void beneath the dome of the conference hall, causing everyone to look up, only to see the delicate paintings on the ceiling.

"It's just invisible, we can't perceive it with the naked eye."

He added, making Vilas feel more and more that Reiner was mocking him, and asked.

"Can I touch it, then?"

"No, of course not, you can't touch this dragon by any means."

Reiner said lightly, making the crowd even more noisy.

"Does it breathe fire, the temperature of the flame can always be measured."

Instead, Vilas seemed to sense something, and instead of being annoyed, he came up with various strategies.

"Its flame has no temperature, the same temperature as the air, and cannot be measured."

Reiner shrugged.

"With the magic detection device, the dragon must have magic power too, right?"

The two men were at loggerheads, and whenever Villas proposed a method of observation, Reiner would always use a reason to circumvent it.

"So, this dragon ......"

Villas shook his head, seemingly giving up on the argument.

"It cannot be observed by any known method of observation, or it can be circumvented by corresponding properties, it is there, but we cannot observe it, is that what you mean, Reiner? Mr. Ian Gray? ”

Hearing Vilas's final conclusion, many mages, including Garon, had questions.

If there really is such a dragon that cannot be seen or touched or observed by any means, then what is the difference between it and no dragon at all?

They looked at Reiner, not knowing what he meant by bringing it up.

But Lanchester, who had read Reiner's paper, quickly understood that what Reiner was saying was the basis for his refutation of the theory of the fire element.

After a pause and a look around the audience, Reiner spoke.

"It cannot be proven in any way, but it is full of theories, such things, not only this dragon, but also the fire element."

Vilas was silent.

In the three hundred years since the theory of fire element combustion was proposed, people have been trying to find the pure fire element, but nothing has been found, and it can be said that so far, there is no evidence to prove that the fire element actually exists.

Therefore, hypotheses such as negative mass, all of which are made to assume the existence of the fire element, are bricks and tiles built on top of illusory buildings.

"I think that if we can add an unnecessary explanation to the theory, then we can add a second, a third, or even an infinite number, like that dragon, so that the theory, however absurd, can be based on the infinite hypothesis."

Reiner's words provoked everyone's thinking, indeed, sometimes the more you explain, the more you add conditions, and the more people can't believe that it is true.

"Therefore, in our thinking process, if it is not necessary, we should not add hypotheses, and if we do not add other necessary conditions and assumptions, the theory will not be valid, then it is very likely that the theory itself is wrong!"

This deafening sentence echoed in everyone's hearts, and everyone here was very smart, which immediately triggered a lot of thought.

"Of course, this is just a summary of my experience, not the truth of the world, but I believe in one thing."

Reiner paused for a moment before continuing.

"The closer you are to the truth, the more concise and elegant the theories and formulas should be, and this is what the Masters have been trying to do for so many years, which is to describe the world we live in in a precise and concise way."

The conference hall fell silent, except for the pouring rain outside the window.

Lanchester was slightly stunned, he didn't expect a young mage apprentice to have such an idea, and while the masses were still agonizing about tomorrow's dinner, he had already set his sights on the future, on something more sublime.

"You really look like him."

Lanchester let out a faint sloqué to himself, then stood up and was the first to applaud.

Taking this as an opportunity, all the mages in the audience stood up one after another and gave the warmest applause to this mage apprentice, who deserved to be the protagonist of today's meeting.

Fleming wiped his sweat, and when he saw that Garon, the student next to him, was a little distracted, he patted him on the shoulder, and then stood up and applauded, while whispering to Garon.

"At least, we can get back on the wrong path, can't we?"

Garon was stunned and couldn't answer.

Outside the window, the thunder is fading, and a storm is coming to an end.

But more storms are brewing.