There is a saying among the Desi, especially those who live in the imperial capital, that if you want to let others know your status and identity, then tell them where you live. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This sentence is very straightforward, but it also has another meaning. If the imperial capital is the core of the entire Orlando Empire, then the imperial palace is the core of the imperial capital, the heart of the entire empire. The closer you are to the imperial capital, the closer you are to the palace, the more status and identity you have. Seven golden nobles occupy the entire street, and beyond that are the estates of the Grand Dukes, Dukes, and leaders of the aristocratic group. With each outer layer, the status and identity descended by one level, until it reached the outside of the Golden Circle.

The closer you are to the core, the more "core" you are.

Among the many departments, the Orlando Imperial National Military Administration, as it is called, is one of the closest departments to the palace, and the other is not the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Education, the Privy Council, or the like as some rural farmers who have not been to the imperial capital think, but the Imperial Academy. Whether it is this world or another world, people have discovered "technology" early, which is the greatest help to promote social progress.

As a result, the Imperial Academy of Sciences became one of the two most important departments in the entire Orlando Empire, becoming the closest state institution to the Imperial Palace.

At this time, in the Imperial Academy, a group of people are engaged in a heated discussion around an "alchemy manual". Among these people are historians, researchers of ancient ruins, scholars of writing and culture, dominators, decryption experts, alchemists, and a sage...... and many, many people from all walks of life. They quarreled with each other over their opinions, and they used almost all the knowledge they had to prove their views.

"Look at this text!", the only sage pointed his finger to a cube of text, "From the change and evolution of words, we know that the first ancient ancestors recorded some simple things through painting, such as a circle and several dots, representing the sun, half a circle plus a dot, representing the moon, as well as fire like flames and water like waves, all of which were embodied through painting. ”

The Sage had silver-white hair, and looked like he was only seventy or eighty years old, but he was actually in his early teens. The words of the Sage can change the status quo of a field and overthrow certain "truths", because the Sage himself represents the supreme truth and is the embodiment of "truth".

At this time, the silver-haired sage's spit at the corner of his mouth and the slightly embarrassed scholar's robe made him look without the slightest sage's demeanor, and in the face of the noisy environment, he slapped the wall and the symbol of the cube on the wall.

"Bastard, you should learn to respect the truth, and even if you don't respect the truth, you should respect my age!", he roared and slammed the wall hard, finally causing the noisy people to give up the argument for a moment and look at him in unison. These people don't have the eyes of scholars and scholars who are almost as worshipful and obedient when they see a god, and their realm is not the same as that of this saint, so there is no need to take him seriously.

Who knows! In short, what the sage said is not wrong, and if you don't respect his truth, then respect his age.

Finding that his words had an effect, the Sage finally exhaled, he poked hard at the block symbol attached to the wall, and said very seriously: "I have flipped through all the contents of the alchemy note, shut up and slut...... I found that all the runes, words or symbols, almost completely abandoned the concept of 'circle', and more 'angles' and 'lines'. I would venture to make a hypothesis that it is possible that in this kind of writing, the rectangle represents the 'circle' at some point or another. ”

His words gradually attracted everyone's attention, after all, all of you here are well-deserved masters in various fields, and they know how to use the experience and accumulation brought to them by the years to think more deeply than those young people who are easily impulsive and inattentive. The Sage had a very good point, if we were to use the square as a benchmark, then why couldn't the circle be a rectangle? This is a very interesting direction of study, and people became interested, and the whole room fell silent.

The Sage bowed slightly, very well, this group of bastards finally knew how to respect truth and knowledge, he asked a question, "If the circle outside this simplest text represents the ......", he took out a pen stained with paint and drew a circle next to the square text, "Then I will put this horizontal ...... in the middle", he drew a short horizontal in the circle, and then looked at everyone, "You see, what is this like?"

Many people were thoughtful, and the Sage laughed, he was a Sage in writing, and he had a supreme position in writing, and he smiled and asked, "Is this like the sun?"

The Dominator was the first to object, "I think it might be a variant of some kind of rune, of course I'm not questioning your judgment, I'm very interested in your suggestion that 'a square can be a circle', but I don't think it's the sun. In the runes, the circle represents connection, circulation, and action, while the horizontal line represents stopping and severing. These two runes are linked together, and I think it might be a control loop rune. ”

Dressed in a dark blue cloak covered with bright silver stars, the Dominator is the end of the mage. In ancient times, each ruler had the status and power equivalent to that of a god, but with some unknown change, the ruler was eventually knocked to the dust. They can't pull the stars, they can't destroy the world, but it is undeniable that they still have authority in the knowledge and understanding of mysteries and runes.

There are only two rulers left in the empire, one has already put half of his body in the coffin, and he may die at any time, and this one may last a few years.

His words were immediately echoed by the alchemists, after all, the alchemist is a profession separated from the magician, and both have the same foundation. They believe that the blocks in the "Alchemy Handbook" are runes rather than words.

The Sage immediately retorted, "How do you explain that this text always appears in the header of the last few pages?"

"Please note that this is a rune, not a text!", the Dominator emphasized to determine his position, "As for your statement, I think it is more a manifestation of the control loop rune, after all, people always like to put the control system in the most prominent place. ”

"Are you going to confuse the difference between words and runes with a nonsense explanation?!", the Sage blushed and roared.

The Dominator sneered and said, "I think you are!"

As the two top bosses argue again, the whole room is lively again, like a bustling bazaar, and you never want to understand what the third person is saying.

A small alchemical codex that has attracted the attention of the entire empire, this never-before-seen symbol with a certain pattern is full of unknown charm that makes everyone obsessed with it. They want to decipher the symbol, for whatever purpose.

In the eyes of many scholars, it is not very good, but the "young" occult researcher Niya, who has joined this research from the beginning, has a different opinion.

"I think I've seen them somewhere. She said softly, a little timidly. After all, most people here have a higher status and knowledge than her, and she can only be regarded as a student. But now, the student has to make his voice heard.

The silence, like a ripple, made the whole room quiet again, and everyone's eyes stayed on Nya's body, and they still maintained the expression of the previous moment, as if someone had pressed the pause button.

Niya swallowed a mouthful of saliva, she plucked up her courage, and said again in a voice that was not very loud, "I seem to have seen these words......", as she spoke, a wave of courage rose from her body, and she became inexplicably bolder, and once again said loudly in a resolute voice: "I have seen these words, I swear!"

The Sage immediately became agitated, he walked up to Niya and took her hand, and the stars flew wildly, "Are you sure, young maester, you must know that your words may mislead us in the wrong direction, but they may also lead us to the right path. ”

"I'm sure!", Nya nodded firmly, and the Sage smiled and glanced at the Dominator, the old thing .......

"Well, son, tell me where you've seen these words. The Sage's voice was very loud, not at all like an old man of his age, perhaps this kind of rich voice and lung capacity was the only Kui Bao left to him in his old age for the rest of his life, "Don't worry, remember carefully." ”

"I'm ......", Niya pressed her index fingers against her hairline and pressed her thumb on her temples, a little anxious, a little panicked, the pressure was too much. She walked back and forth a few steps, and her eyes suddenly lit up, "I remember, when I was studying the Father, I referred to some holy relics left over from ancient times, and there are these words in them. ”

Church?

The Sage looked around and asked suspiciously, "Didn't we invite even any cardinals to come?!", no one answered him, he suddenly stomped his foot, "Bastard, what are you waiting for, go find a cardinal, and ask for the kind of person who can call the shots!"