Act XV. Dissertation review
While Reiner and Claire were enjoying a civilian meal in a restaurant on Old Street, Reiner watched in amazement as Claire ordered a full five servings of food, and the paper he sent about the burning reaction was passed through the layers to the headquarters of the Magic Society in the capital of the kingdom and the seat of the High Council, the Rainbow Tower.
The paper was first briefly reviewed repeatedly, then classified as alchemical and new substance according to the keywords of the content, and finally a copy of it came to Green's possession after being backed up.
Green is a four-ring mage, who has good attainments in the alchemy department, and has been working on the exploration of new elements recently, and as for the review of the papers, this is a task assigned by the High Council to every mage like him.
“...... The experimental idea is worth learning, but due to the error of the premise setting, the conclusion has obvious problems, and it is recommended to try again under the condition of ensuring the experimental conditions, and the paper review is not passed. ”
“...... The purpose of the experiment was unclear, the process was messy, the conclusions were rough and had serious errors, and the paper was not approved. ”
“...... The experimental setting is reasonable, the conclusion is exploratory, but the paper is not in-depth, slightly flawed, the paper is approved, and it is recommended to reward three points. ”
In just one hour, Green had already reviewed three papers.
Generally speaking, a paper will be reviewed by at least three reviewers, whose opinions will be synthesized into the final result, and if there is a major disagreement, it will be handed over to the next higher reviewer to decide.
Due to the recent wave of elemental discoveries, Green has received an endless stream of papers on new substances and new elements, but most of them are crude and illogical, and a few are mistaken for different forms of a substance as a new substance.
According to the high-ranking mage Pluto. According to Oakland's theory, the basic elements make up different substances, and some substances can no longer be broken down unless special means are used, which are also called elements, and generally speaking, the elements discussed in the academic community refer to this, and the four basic elements will be given a "basic" title.
Since Lady Maria discovered the existence of sulfur fifteen years ago and successfully advanced to the six-ring mage, people have been eager to experiment with all matter, hoping to find new elements, but so far, people have discovered only more than 40 elements, and there is no trace of the laws of these elements.
Green himself wants to find new elements to complete the advancement, the fourth ring to the fifth ring requires a lot of preparation, he wants to use the discovery of the new element to pry his heart lake, get the world's feedback and advance.
When the bell rang, it was already noon, and Green pondered whether he should go to lunch first, when he saw another paper appear on the teleportation circle.
"Then let's go eat after reading this article."
Green thought as he picked up the copy and saw the title on it.
"Discussion on the Special Gases Produced in Limestone Heating Experiments and Several Problems in the Theory of Traditional Combustion Reactions", Author: Reiner. Ian Gray, collaborators: Charlotte, Crune.
"Ian Gray?"
Green saw the author's name at first sight, Ian Gray was a well-known business empire, but it seemed that he had never heard of a mage engaged in research in their family?
"I guess it's the same name."
Shaking his head, Green flipped through the papers.
"That's a good format."
The format of this paper from the table of contents is very good, with clear priorities and gradual progress, which makes Green, who has read a lot of messy and scribbled papers, quite appreciated.
But the more he looked, the more terrified Green became, and when he finished the last page, his hands even began to tremble slightly, which was almost impossible for a four-ring mage.
Judging from the content, this is a very basic experiment, limestone calcination to make white rock, but the author of the paper has a special intention to seal the experimental device, and found that there is a special gas produced in it, and at the same time weighed the quality of the product before and after the experiment, verifying that the gas is indeed generated in the experiment.
In the traditional theory of fire element combustion, this gas should not exist, and even if it exists, it cannot have the property of blocking combustion, because it should be the mixture of fire element precipitation!
This is a huge challenge to the current combustion theory, and if the experiment is true, then it is very likely that the combustion theory that has lasted for three hundred years will be completely overturned!
That's the cornerstone of modern alchemy!
If this is a random paper, then Green would not be so surprised, the problem is that the data in the paper is detailed, the experiments are methodical, the intentions between the steps are clear, and even the diagram of the reaction device is drawn, and he is not afraid of being verified by others.
Green felt dizzy, as a mage of the alchemy system, the rebuttal brought about by the refutation of the theory he had always believed in had a certain impact on him, but Green still had the last glimmer of hope in his heart.
The theory of alchemy should be reproducible, as long as you can repeat this experiment and come to a different conclusion, then it can be said that it is just an accidental phenomenon, and the theory of combustion will not move.
Thinking of this, Green couldn't take care of eating, and hurriedly walked out of the office with the paper and ran to the laboratory.
The Four-Ring Mage can already have his own independent laboratory, Green opened the door, and with a slight wave of his hand, the experimental equipment on the table returned to the cabinet, leaving a vacant space.
The equipment needed for the experiment described in the paper was not difficult to find, and Green quickly prepared it, and after taking a deep breath, he trembled and lit the flame.
As the heating continued, when the first bubble emerged from the catheter, Green felt a buzzing in his head, like a tower collapsing in front of him, and everything he had known for decades became unfamiliar.
It was the result of the mana's backlash, and Green slumped into his chair and watched coldly as the bubbles bubbled out one by one into the cylinder.
Fortunately, Green has been thinking about new elements during this time, and has also read a lot of unpopular papers for inspiration, so he is not so firmly convinced, and the main reason why he will be attacked is because the combustion theory is too basic.
Most of today's brilliant magical achievements are based on the theory of fire elemental combustion, just like the foundation of a tower, if destroyed, the consequences will be unimaginable.
If such basic theories are wrong, then what is everything he is doing now, what is everything the mages are doing?
Green had no time to think about it, and he looked at the paper again, his eyes fixed on the author's name.
"Reiner. Ian Gray, what the hell are you? ”