Time passed minute by minute, but the conference room was silent, Fleming sweat was oozing from the corners of his forehead, he had already flipped through this paper when he came over, but he didn't dare to look too closely, so Fleming judged that this kind of content of the paper can only be reviewed by a knowledgeable high-level mage, otherwise I am afraid it will cause an academic disaster.

The students of the High Mage were sitting on their knees, and they saw that their teacher was reading the paper with extremely attentive eyes, and there seemed to be a slight ripple of water in the air, which was a buzz of magic.

Cornwall was the first to read it, because he was the creator of electrolysis, so he quickly grasped a lot of the content of electrolysis in the paper, and when he saw Reiner electrify in ordinary water and finally collect two gases, the seven-ring mage's hands trembled a little.

When he saw that his paper was mentioned in the citation and acknowledgments section at the end, Cornwall had mixed feelings.

"Guys, I think I need a lab."

He said, trying his best to contain the restlessness in his heart.

"I think it's 'we' that need a lab."

Lanchester then said that he had read the paper as well, and although it seemed as plain as water, the legendary mage's heart was already turbulent.

Fleming didn't dare to speak, he watched several high-level mages put down the papers in their hands one after another, their faces were solemn, and he knew that the possible consequences of this paper were not just as simple as the cognitive collapse of one or two mages.

Everyone was silent and came to a laboratory on the third floor, which was much more advanced than the laboratory of Crescent Academy, with all kinds of advanced equipment, but these high-level mages focused their attention on a sink.

"Cornwall, you are most familiar with electrolysis, you will operate the experiment."

Frederick looked at Cornwall.

"Uh, okay."

Knowing that the boss of the mercury balance was shirking, Cornwall had no choice but to operate the tools of the experiment.

The method of electrolysis is very simple, and it is not difficult for these high-level mages at all.

But the phenomenon is amazing.

Bubbles bubbled up at the ends of the electrodes, filling inverted tubes filled with water to drain the running water, and they verified the gases in both tubes, including properties and elemental masses, as described in the paper!

What does this mean?

This means that water can be broken down and the basic elements will no longer be "basic"!

Cornwall looked at the two test tubes and sighed a little.

He invented electrolysis and was the first mage to find a new element through electrolysis, but he ignored the most common substance, water, and he missed this discovery by believing that water was a basic element that could not be broken down, according to the preconceived notion of the past.

He once broke the old, but he didn't expect to miss this great discovery because of the old ways.

"Magic is the process of constantly pushing through the old and bringing forth the new, and it is a historical necessity for the old theory to be replaced by the new one.

Lanchester said, his voice calm, his mind full of thoughts, as if there was a volcano brewing underground, ready to erupt at any moment.

"The paper also makes a bold assumption about existing theories of combustion, that combustion is not a process of transfer of the element of fire, but rather an alchemical reaction between an object and an object of similar properties to Occleus, in which the object and Occleus form an Orcleus compound, which is an interesting idea."

Lady Maria smiled, it can be inferred from the burning process of Hydra and Ocleus that the fire element does not exist in the combustion process, and it is very likely that this basic element does not exist.

"What do you mean by negative mass, Fleming, I think that's what your paper is about."

Eagles had always disagreed with the negative mass hypothesis of Fleming and others, and the paper experiment at the moment was a powerful falsification for negative mass, so he looked at Fleming in the corner of the laboratory.

"This, with all due respect, Your Excellency......"

Fleming was speechless, at least from the combustion reaction between Hydra and Ocleus, there was no room for the existence of the fire element, and there must be something wrong with his theory, but Fleming could not accept Reiner's theory for a while, so he could only remain silent.

"Although this paragraph is not rigorously written, it does reflect the pursuit of the mages."

Robert pointed to the thesis that refutes the theory that the element of fire has a negative mass.

It reads: I believe that the theory of magic should be concise and elegant, and that the closer we get to the truth, the closer the expression of the formula becomes, just as 1 and 0 represent all things in the world, and that theories that need to be explained by adding assumptions should undoubtedly be flawed, or even wrong, and that we should cut off those meaningless assumptions like a knife cutting through a wheat field, and should not add assumptions if they are not necessary.

This was agreed upon by the Excellencies, and the fact that in the three hundred years of modern magic has led to a growing belief that the key to truth should also be simple and elegant.

"By this reasoning, if an element with a similar property to Ocleus can be found, can it be grouped together?"

Lanchester has been studying the laws between the elements lately, but only has a framework and has not grasped the actual laws, but now the summary of the combustion reaction in this paper has given him a flash of inspiration: is it possible to arrange the laws of the elements by playing a role in the combustion reaction?

Not only in Lanchester's mind, but also in the minds of every high-level mage, and in the minds of every of their students, countless ideas are constantly springing up, and they are not attached to the old theories at the forefront of academics, in fact, many of them believe that the theory of fire elemental combustion has many loopholes, and are seeking a more accurate model to describe the basic phenomenon of combustion.

After Reiner's paper, they had countless conjectures to verify, and they didn't even want to stay here for even a second.

"Frederick, man, I think the next time we'll meet will probably be the annual meeting."

Lanchester joked that in fact, his mage tower was located next to Frederick's mage tower, and the two of them barely looked up and looked down, and what Lanchester meant at this time meant that he might have to bury himself in the lab and not leave the house until the meeting began.

"Hehe, it's been a long time since I've been in such a state of mind."

Frederick smiled, then turned his head to look at Fleming.

"And Fleming, the mage's apprentice who wrote this paper, I think we should invite him to the annual meeting of the Mercury Scales in a week's time, what do you think?"

"Yes, yes."

Fleming was stunned for a moment before nodding slightly.