Chapter 15: The Beginning
What is the cosmological constant?
In a popular sense, if there are multiple different universes, this is the intrinsic characteristic of one universe, and it is its DNA that determines what distinguishes it from other universes.
After Lucien traveled to this world, he found that although most of the natural laws and elements here are the same as those of the earth, there are several obvious differences, such as the "disappearing" stars that represent fate, such as magic, magic, and the existence of blood power, such as dragons, devils, The existence of vampires and many magical substances, so Lucien subconsciously believes that this universe is definitely not the universe where the earth is located, no matter how similar some of its natural laws are, no matter how many elements are the same, in the basic place, the cosmological constants must be different.
The reason why the formula of thermal radiation causes such great psychological fluctuations and emotional ups and downs of Lucian is, on the one hand, that the formulas derived by Fernando and Douglas respectively already mean that this world is also discontinuous. Quantization is completely contradictory to the general perception of the current Magic Council, just like an ordinary elevator does not climb slowly, but suddenly jumps from the first floor to the second floor, and from the second floor to the third floor, without passing through the middle place at all, which is completely unreasonable, and on the other hand, it can deduce a cosmological constant, which is called Planck's constant on Earth.
For the first point, although it will cause the entire arcane system to be subverted, when he discovered that the elements have periodic laws and confirmed that the atom has an internal structure, Lucien was mentally prepared, but he was not nervous because of this, but when he could deduce the constant, he seemed to fall into a demon. There are even all kinds of auditory hallucinations, because as long as the constant comes out, compared with Planck's constant on the earth, and the previous gravitational constant is the same, the similarities and differences between the two universes can be basically judged.
This may not seem important, but for Lucian, it is an important progress in unlocking the corner of the fog of the World Realm, a source of tension that cannot restrain the fluctuations of his mind, and a deep-seated attempt to get close to the essence of the World Realm!
But are they the same?
But they're the same!
At that moment, all kinds of auditory hallucinations caused by the complex emotions of uneasiness and panic disappeared immediately. Lucien seems to have fallen into a half-virtual, half-real hallucination. The meditation environment shook violently, the surrounding environment composed of fire, feng and shui shattered inch by inch, and the gravitational starlight that illuminated it forcibly stabilized the entire cognitive world.
Then, the surroundings are "reborn". A new space was slowly rebuilt on top of the shards. The energy that flows is no longer like the flow of water. Instead, one by one, like sparkling waves shining on the surface of the water, like tiny stars that cannot be counted.
I don't know how long it has been. The cognitive environment was completely stabilized, and Lucien slowly opened his eyes, fortunately, he subconsciously agreed that energy was a part of the conclusion, otherwise it would be the end of being shot in the head.
Lucien felt that his soul was more powerful than ever, and his spirit seemed to be able to vaguely touch the deep mysteries around him, as recorded in the Book of Stars and Elements, which had crossed an important obstacle from intermediate to high.
Knowing the preliminary essence of the worldly realm, the soul and spiritual power are strong enough to directly interfere with reality, and the mastery of arcane and magical knowledge is enough to analyze an extremely complex six-ring magic, these are the three major obstacles from intermediate to high-level.
But in the face of such progress, Lucien, who is still a four-ring magician, did not have the slightest joy, the consistency of Planck's constant, coupled with the previous gravitational constant, even if he is unwilling to admit it, he has to make a terrible inference: "It is very likely that this is still the universe where the earth is located, of course, it is not excluded that there is a similar universe with the same cosmological constant, but the appearance of magic and magic, how to explain the 'disappearing' stars?"
Brain in a vat?
The Matrix?
A testing area for some kind of powerful creature?
Or is it another anthropicism theory of the same universe? Consciousness determines the worldly realm?
Either way, it's something Lucien isn't willing to accept at the moment, and the latter two are much better in comparison.
There has never been a time when Lucien has such a strong desire to explore the true world of the world, and he has never been more eager to improve his magic level and arcane level!
"That's it for today, you go back first, and continue to come back tomorrow morning to read the letter. Fernando did not open his eyes, and commanded with a little weariness, awakening Lucien from his contemplation, and to his surprise, he found that his palms were densely covered with cold sweat.
Since he had the body control ability of the second-level knight, Lucien had not broken out in a cold sweat like this very closely.
"Yes, teacher. Lucien took a few deep breaths and slowly stood up.
Fernando only realized Lucian's abnormality at this time, thinking that he was also tortured by those two damn formulas and was about to have a nervous breakdown, so he was relieved: "Although it is difficult to admit that you are stupid, all Grand Arcanists have times when they can't solve problems, and often have to publish articles in the journals "Arcane" and "Magic" to cause discussion for inspiration. When the next issue of Arcane comes out, if we haven't solved this problem of thermal radiation, we'll sort out the two formulas and submit them in the names of me and you, Brooke, and Douglas. ”
"Teacher, I'm fine, I just need a quiet rest. Lucien was still in a bit of a trance, and he didn't understand Fernando's kindness.
It wasn't until he left the gate of the council headquarters and the fresh air was blowing in his face that Lucien had a feeling of coming back to life, this is the real world, the beautiful world!
"At least no researchers have come to pull out the tube, and they haven't been wiped out by the Matrix faction......" Lucien shook his head, humorously and happily laughing at himself, "We have to speed up the improvement of knowledge and strength...... The formula and constants of thermal radiation will be the next paper, but it must be gradual and slowly accepted by the Grand Arcanists, otherwise it will blow up a few heads, make the Magic Council a lot less powerful, and let the Church have an absolute advantage again, and things will become troublesome. ”
In the Soul Library, most of the books on the quantum side are still sealed, and I don't know when the Dao will be unlocked.
............
More than a week later, in the early morning of June 28.
Lucien slowly spread the butter on the bread. Breakfast is served very aristocratic manners.
"Mr. Evans, when will the Atomic Research Institute be established?" Sprint below finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked.
He spent most of the month because he quit his job as a waiter in the magic restaurant and lived in Lucian's house, in addition to learning and practicing magic every day, he just helped Lucian sort out some information - he concentrated on the analysis of the magic of the five rings, and rarely even did experiments, so the arrogant Sprint always felt that he was a waste, and he couldn't help anything, and he became more and more anxious about the affairs of the atomic research institute.
Lucien put down the glass of milk and wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin. Unhurriedly, he said, "It's almost there." It's probably around this time, because I have successfully constructed the magic of 'Fernando's Lightning Furnace' in my soul last night, and I have been promoted to the fifth ring, and I can ask my teacher for support. ”
Of course. Before that. It's time to express it in the formula of thermal radiation.
"Poof. Mr. Evans, you're all about the five rings?" Sprint squirted out the milk, and the table was filthy.
He vaguely remembered that Mr. Evans had only been promoted to the third ring more than a year ago. It's almost unheard of at such a rate of promotion! It's entirely possible for the teacher to become a high-level magician before the age of thirty!
Lucien put the napkin aside and smiled, "Help from outside forces." It's just that for my own words, it will probably take three to five years to get promoted. Okay, continue to do the test paper I assigned today, you seem to be very leisurely, so add another one?"
"No, Mr. Evans, I have a lot of work to do!" Even if he was as rebellious as Sprint, he was visibly frightened when he heard Lucian's test papers, and his dark red hair, which stood on end, fell down in a funny way.
"Sir, the latest issue of Arcane was released three days ahead of schedule. Leo interrupted Lucian's wicked taste at the boy's frightened expression, and handed Lucian a dark black book covered with countless silver-white lines.
Sure enough, it was released in advance, Lucien was not surprised, nodded slightly, opened the journal, and saw Isabella's paper "The relationship between some alchemic substances naturally secreted by the human body and emotions and their application in illusion magic" in the first article.
In the history of the Arcane journal, the number of issues in which the author of the first page paper is not a legendary magician is very small, only once in about four or five issues, and the fact that Isabella's paper is placed at the beginning is enough to show the attitude of the authoritative journal "Arcane".
Flipping through the following articles, Lucian saw that his fourteenth article belonged to the top position, and there were some papers in other directions in the middle, such as the classmate Chloe completely summarized the content of molecular motion created by himself from the perspective of statistics and probability, no longer just a separate formula and law as before, and initially established a new thermal system.
Looking at the paper carefully, Lucien nodded, it's time!
"Mr. Evans, was this issue of Arcane released early because of Lady Isabella's paper?" Sprint looked curiously at the journal in Lucian's hand.
Lucien looked at him suspiciously, "Do you also know about this matter?"
"Well, a lot of people have been talking about this during this time, and Katrina said that many arcanists are very excited and looking forward to it. Do you think Lady Isabella will be able to win the crown?" Sprint was equally excited, though he didn't understand what it meant for the arcane system.
"Probably not small. Lucien nodded, and got up to head to the Magic Council headquarters.
............
Due to the early release of Arcane, while walking through the Magic Tower, Lucien encountered a number of mages who had gathered to discuss with periodicals in hand.
"The impact of this is so far-reaching. Lucien sighed as he stepped on the elevator, and what he was about to do was probably not far-reaching and could be described, "it" would "destroy" the entire Arcane World!
Entering the study, Fernando still maintained the irritable and bad temper he had been during this time, and the low pressure around him made Averes, a little crystal dragon, disappear for several days.
"Good morning, teacher. Lucien still greeted politely.
Fernando roared, "Am I okay? Douglas and Hathaway wrote to me every day to clarify the meaning of perfecting the formula from the point of view of particles, from the point of view of molecular scattering, and Brooke, Helen, Oliver, and Vicente asked me to look at the problem from the point of view of electromagnetic radiation and energy equalization, and they were so noisy in my head that I wished I had never studied this problem before, and I knew that neither direction was right!"
"Teacher, why don't we forget this?" Lucien seized the opportunity and said bluntly.
Fernando looked at him sternly: "Forget these?"
"Yes, forget about particles and waves, forget which angle to start from, forget about arguing, stop and look at these two formulas, and see if we can mathematically piece them together to form a formula that works for both long and short wave ranges. Lucien found himself getting really serious subconsciously.
Because, this is a very serious "beginning"! It is the "beginning" of the collapse of the current glorious arcane system!
Fernando frowned slightly: "Lucien, you should have finished putting together with your character, if you haven't tried it, you will definitely not rashly suggest." Tell me about your formula. ”
He saw through Lucian's "intentions" at a glance.
Lucien took a deep breath, "Yes, teacher, I've pieced together a formula. ”
When he said this, Lucien seemed to have an illusion, and a violent thunderclap roared over the entire Magic Council and the entire Arcane World.
This is the end of an era, and this is the beginning ......of an era!