Chapter 22: The Night Before Dawn (Part 2)

When it came time to the committee, Lucien happened to meet Norman, one of Douglas's students.

"Lord Evans, you are the truth of the elements......" Norman saluted according to the rules of the council.

Lucien smiled: "Don't be so troublesome, delay a lot of time, I used to only use salutations when I met your Excellency for the first time." ”

"Lord Evans, do you have something to tell the committee?" Norman asked, "Actually, you don't have to go so far, just use the communication tools in the tower to contact the committee member on duty, or let us go to your study." ”

Lucien pointed to the conference room: "There are some things that are better explained in person. ”

After recounting the events of the Holt School of Magic, Lucien looked at Norman and said, "What's not clear?"

"Your Excellency, this is a very good idea, a teaching model that I have never seen before. I also graduated from a magic school, and if I had been able to choose my own courses and teachers at that time, I would have saved at least a year. Norman laughed and praised the new model, and the fact that he was able to be spotted by Douglas shows that his talent was amazing.

Lucien thought to himself that if someone else proposed such an autonomous teaching model, it would probably be considered to destroy the school atmosphere and the traditional teacher-student relationship, just like the dilemma he encountered when he was at Douglas School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but now, Norman gave very high praise based on his impression without careful analysis.

"Many of the apprentices are not very old, and their own choices will only indulge themselves, and different age levels require different methods, and blindly indulging is definitely not a good way. Lucien stood up and said. "The year of the college is limited to two years, you can graduate early, or you can apply for a one-year extension, and you can draw up the specific things. ”

"Okay, I'll organize a committee meeting as soon as possible to discuss the draft. "Norman has recorded Lucian's story in the magic circle.

Just as Lucien was about to leave, a mid-level arcanist from the Affairs Committee walked in: "Norman Commissioner, the confidential recording stone from Her Excellency the Ice Witch for the committee to organize into a discussion article. ”

"Recording stone?" Norman gave Lucian a strange look, what else did the Supreme Council have to order?

After finding the materials for Gaston to complete the magic gramophone. Many Arcanists have developed similar products. The Recording Stone is one of them, which is much more convenient than the previous simplification.

"It was some of the discussions that preceded the meeting. Lucien stopped his departure and prepared to observe Norman, though he was certain based on logic and prophecy spells that this discussion would not cause the mage's understanding of the world to waver. But it was still up to Norman, a high-ranking arcanist, to judge the level of acceptance by the crowd after hearing the recording. Adjust the publication of the next issue.

Norman saw Lucien sit down again. Thinking that he still had an explanation of the contents of the recording stone, he motioned for the mid-level arcanist to go out first, and he himself opened the soundproofing and secrecy circle in the conference room. And then the Recording Stone was inflamed.

"There have been no experiments to prove the volatility of electrons...... Hathaway's clear, cold voice came out.

Norman suddenly had a clear idea that he should be discussing Dieppe's paper and Evans's assessment.

As the argument continued, Norman listened attentively, and several of the lords represented his own views well, such as if microscopic particles were waves, then what is the human body composed of microscopic particles that is not waves, such as Hathaway's explanation that the special vibrations of particles exhibit waves.

When Oliver asks Lucian for his opinion, Norman glances curiously at Lucian, who is sitting in the chair in the back of the conference room, and it is difficult to understand why he asks the questions of 'what is a wave' and 'what is a particle'.

But after Lucien made his thoughts clear with the story of "The Blind Man Touching the Dragon", Norman's expression became very solemn, as if he was thinking about a profound question, and whispered to himself: "Big bats, big lizards, waves, particles...... It's an angle like never before......"

The discussion came to an abrupt end before Fernando could speak, and Norman remained in a pensive state, as if he was making sense of Lucian's ideas.

After a long while, he said with a mixture of joy and bitterness: "Your Excellency Evans, with your perspective and easy-to-understand metaphors, even if electrons are proven to be volatile in the future, I am not worried that the cognitive world will collapse. ”

Then, he repeated his understanding, seeking Lucien's affirmation: "...... It can be regarded as a thing that we have not yet fully understood, and it cannot be easily defined by some characteristics, but can only be described within a certain range, which is not that day is equal to night, but that the sky can show two states: day and night, and the difference in observation time causes the difference in its nature. ”

It's much easier than directly accepting that particles are waves, and magicians always have a strong sense of awe for the unknown, and what the result of the experiment is, then describe it for the time being.

Lucien naturally couldn't say that it should be a superposition of "day" and "night", and seeing that Norman accepted it well, he got up and said: "This is a discussion of some current issues, mainly to make the arcanists have a more cautious and open attitude towards the unknown, and they can't simply substitute the original concept, otherwise it will be a blind man touching the dragon and replacing the face with points." ”

"Arcane research is important, and the thinking of arcane research seems to be equally important!" Norman said.

Lucien smiled and nodded, this is the methodology, which is the external embodiment of his own view of the world, which is reflected in what kind of method and what kind of attitude to observe and deal with problems.

Norman saw that Lucian was leaving, so he sent him to the door, and sighed a little melancholy: "Is it possible to solve the problem of new alchemy only by treating electrons as waves?" This makes people feel that the new alchemy has reached the most difficult moment, there is almost no hope, and the light that can be found is still unacceptable to itself. ”

The existence of matter is real, and even Norman, an arcane who is inclined to wave theory, is a little unacceptable when he introduces the concept of waves into the material base, and has a sense of powerlessness and frustration with the predicament of new alchemy.

"You forget again that it's just a mysterious substance that exhibits volatility. Lucien waved goodbye. A reversal of opinion is not something that can be accomplished in a moment.

After seeing Lucien leave, Norman pinched his cheek: "...... It's hard to believe that it's so real to the touch......"

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As the president of the "Elemental Will", after the discussion article was sorted out, Morris quickly got his hands on it, flipped through it, and a self-deprecating smile appeared in his silver-gray eyes: "On the one hand, there is new alchemy, and on the other hand, electrons are fluctuating, it is really difficult to choose." ”

"Teacher, this is the third time you've made a similar exclamation today. At least for a brief hour before I discuss the issue with you. There have already been three times. Florence said with a slight complaint, "What do you do to worry about this kind of problem now? Volatility can be explained, but it doesn't mean that it can't be done from the perspective of particles, and it's better to spend more energy on research." But. Your tone doesn't sound as lingering as it did the previous two times. ”

She is a member of the Panel Committee on Competence over Research.

Morris laughed, "Very sharp. Lucien illustrates the problem of electrons from a new perspective, and if it exhibits volatility, it is not unacceptable. ”

"Really?" Florence held out her hand to the paper. Tsai read it carefully, and said with a smile in the back: "The previous discussion is really intense, but Lucian's way of thinking is unique enough, which should be the internal factor for him to repeatedly make subversive results...... It's hard to see a metaphor that simplifies the problem so much. ”

"Maybe that's the essence of wave-particle duality. Morris sighed softly, "Judging from the meaning of Lucian's words, he tends to use volatility to solve the problem of new alchemy. ”

"It's ironic that the cornerstone of the elemental realm, the fundamental code that describes particles, should be solved by wave. Florence chuckled, her expression slightly gloomy.

Morris got up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the gray weather outside, the heavy snow blocking the view, bringing a sinister and oppressive feeling: "The current new alchemy is in such weather, surrounded by white snowflakes, unable to see the direction of solving the problem, caught in a difficult predicament, can only grope forward step by step, even if it is unacceptable and difficult to reconcile in the past, as long as it can show the way, it must be firmly grasped." ”

"This is Lucien's predicament, and it is also the predicament of all our elemental and alchemy realm magicians, we are like a besieged beast, we must struggle hard, use all resources, and seize every opportunity in order to escape from the siege and see a new dawn. ”

Florence followed to the window and sighed slightly: "I hope that this confused and confused situation, such a depressing cold and directionless wandering situation will end as soon as possible, so that we can pass through the vast night and reach the dawn where all the rays of light stain everything." ”

"The night before dawn is the deepest and deepest. Morris half-jokingly said that this was also the most hindering obstacle to his understanding of the world before it was half-solidified.

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High-level arcanists such as Lavendi, Gaston, Loclinne, and Marcus also had similar feelings when they saw the discussion articles, on the one hand, Lucian's exposition made them more open to microscopic particles and began to have a change in their way of thinking, and on the other hand, they lamented a lot about the bottlenecks of new alchemy.

After trying to get through the particle's direction, did you finally ask for help from the waves?

If even fluctuations don't solve all the problems, is the new alchemy model wrong from start to finish?

In the dark and unknown world, the new alchemy seems to have reached a fork in the road that determines its own fate!

"Maybe we are close to success, but in the darkness of the front and back, there is only one way to live, if you take the right step, you can ascend to the throne of the arcane and master the mysteries of matter, and if you take the wrong step, you will fall into the bottomless abyss, and you will be crushed. Lavendi looked at the depressing scene of the heavy snow outside the window, and inexplicably had a premonition:

The new alchemy has reached the most critical moment, will it rise like the sun and illuminate everything, or will the silver moon fall like the west, allowing darkness to envelop the world again?

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In the evening, after replying to many letters, Lucien re-entered the study, sat down in a chair, and then took out the numerous experimental data.

Lucien shook his head, picked up his quill and wrote:

On Quantum Mechanics.

Outside the window, snowflakes are flying, cold and dark. (To be continued......)

PS: It's still not four thousand.,Make up for it in the next chapter.,Half past eleven.,Anyway, I'll make it up in these two days.