"Atomic theory, there is an implicit assumption that 'matter can be redivided, but the smallest particles of matter cannot be redivided'. We can't say that this hypothesis is right or wrong, because it is a hypothesis, not truth, and it cannot be verified. We can only choose, believe, or not believe. ”

The magicians nodded slightly, everyone understood this.

"Then, if we consider it from a purely logical point of view, I think that the assumptions of atomism are contradictory."

"If matter can be redivided, then the smallest particles of matter can still be redivided. If the smallest substance is no longer divided, it is no longer matter! ”

The magicians present were stunned for a moment, vaguely aware of something.

"If matter is redivisible, how can it be said that the smallest particles of matter are not redivisible? Why can't it be divided again? Is it because the forces of separation are not strong enough? This means that, as long as the force is strong enough, we can still break down everything. ”

So, I broke through this assumption, and under this assumption, I built a new hypothesis. That is, matter can be continuously redivided, and once it is divided into the smallest substance particles, it cannot be called 'smallest substance', but 'smallest existence'. ”

"Why is it called 'minimal existence'?"

"First, because I can't be sure what the 'minimum being' is, but we can be sure that this thing, it's there. Even if we can't perceive it, or even understand it, it exists. Otherwise, our world would cease to exist. ”

"Second, not only can we not determine what the 'smallest being' is, but we cannot even determine whether it is material, immaterial, or some peculiar state of matter. To sum up, it can only be tentatively named as the smallest existence, which you understand, right? ”

Everyone nodded, then shook their heads.

"We're going to talk about energy, energy, it's actually a quantification of what we measure or a certain state of, it's a perception, it's not a being. For example, every high-level mage can find that the fire, thunder and lightning in our eyes are actually made up of matter, it is not energy, energy is just an abstract feeling. What we call hot and cold has nothing to do with energy in essence, but only matter or the interaction between substances. ”

"I'll give you the simplest example, I'm a person, it's real, Master Larens, it's also real, we're together, some people will say that one plus one equals two, it's two people. But in reality, does this world exist 1? Is there a 2? does not exist. 1 is just a symbol, this symbol represents an abstract existence, it is valuable, it is useful, and the mathematics it consists of is great. But, numbers, like energy, are the ones we use to measure matter or the action of matter, and do not exist in themselves. ”

"In addition to matter, there is some kind of interaction between matter, which we can call force, or field, or even another substance, or something else. All this, in fact, is as divisible as matter, because we cannot be sure what it is, we can only call it the minimal. ”

"If the formulation of the principle I hypothesized is correct, then a vague ultimate principle of magic emerges, and that is the relationship between the minimum being and the minimum action. Once we determine what is the minimum being, once we determine what is the minimum effect, then, everything about magic will be solved! ”

"However, we have to keep in mind that we can't be sure what form the smallest presence and the smallest action are, is it a particle? Is it a string? Is it force? Is it a field? Is it an uncertain state of matter? I can't be sure. Even, the minimum existence and the minimum action are likely to be one and the same, the same thing. Or, the whole world, in fact, is constructed from the same minimal being. ”

The chamber was silent.

"Is Master Zeno here?"

"Yes." A master with a full forehead stood up.

"This is the famous big liar Zeno." Su Ye smiled.

The audience burst into laughter, and Zeno smiled kindly.

"Master Zeno, please be seated. Master Zeno once proposed a famous Achilles paradox of chasing turtles. Achilles was a well-known runner in all of Greece, but Zeno didn't think he could even catch up with a turtle. He said that Achilles and the turtle were 100 meters apart, and Achilles and the turtle ran forward at the same time, and by the time Achilles chased 100 meters, the turtle had already run forward by 1 meter. Next, Achilles could only chase another 1 meter. But by this time, the turtle had run forward a little more. As a result, Achilles could only catch up with the distance before the two, and could never catch up with the tortoise. ”

"But we all know that even if the turtles all run together, Achilles can catch up. But why do we always find it difficult to refute Zeno, the old liar? Even he didn't know how to refute himself. ”

The magicians laughed again.

"I also thought about this question for a long time, and finally found that the fundamental reason is that we are looking at Achilles chasing turtles from a continuous and macro perspective, while Master Zeno is looking at Achilles chasing turtles from a discontinuous and micro perspective."

"First of all, we can be sure that when we calculate from a macroscopic point of view, any mathematician can calculate, Achilles can catch up with the turtle. But if we look at it from the micro perspective of discontinuity, what does the world look like? This brings us to atomism. ”

"We not only have to disassemble the space between Achilles and the tortoise into infinitesimal beings, but even disassemble Achilles and the tortoise into infinitesimal ones, and in the end, the problem becomes that one group of smallest beings chases another group of smallest beings."

"This raises another problem, the smallest existence that makes up the system that affects Achilles chasing the turtle is a huge number, a number far more than the infinite plane stars, and the number of infinite plane beings."

"What's even more terrifying is that, at the most microscopic point of view, each of the smallest beings is independent and discontinuous. As a result, each of us can only observe one minimum being at any one time at a time, and cannot observe the other smallest beings. Once we start observing the next smallest being, we can't even determine the state of the previous minimal being. ”

"That is, in the microcosm of the state of nature, everything is uncertain until the outside world exerts influence."

"We can imagine the smallest beings that make up Achilles as countless little people, so what are those little people doing? I believe that everyone should be able to imagine that picture, in the picture, there are infinite villains running around! ”

"You may run to the front, you may run to the rear, you may run to the left and right, or even to the sky. No one can be sure which villain will catch up with the turtle. ”

"Why, then, did we all think that Achilles would be able to catch up with the turtle in the macrocosm?"

"I can't say for sure, all I can say is, first, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts."

"Second, we should never judge a problem from just one angle and one set of rules."

"Third, in the microcosm, everything is chaotic, and it is getting more and more chaotic, but in the macrocosm, our wisdom can clarify everything, and then, build a progressive order."

"In the end, the microcosm tells us that anything is possible, and the macrocosm tells us that we can decide which one is the best possible."

"This is the original theory and the microcosm that I gave birth to by combining first principles, logic, atomic theory, and axiomatization to break down the old logical foundations and assumptions."

"Like Democritus, Zeno, and other masters, I may not be able to build a path to the end of magic for you, but we have lit a beacon of magic in the far distance. These magic lighthouses may all be extinguished, but one day, someone will walk up to the ruins of the lighthouse and drop a small white flower. ”

"There are principles in philosophy, there are principles in magic, and there are principles in everyone's life."

"May each of us find the ultimate principle of magic and life."

After Su Ye finished speaking, he left the conference hall.

Xinguang Continent.

The earth shook slightly, rabbits and rats jumped out of their nests, magpies hulala flew away from the branches, and herds of bison and wild horses fled in a hurry.

Everyone from all over the country hurried out of the house and stood in the open space and looked around.

The white clouds in the sky rolled, torn into strips by an invisible force, like a white cloth belt.

Slowly, the white sky clouds changed rapidly, like rivers of clouds surging in all directions in a radial shape.

Directly above the Xinguang Continent, the confluence point of all the cloud rivers, a huge white whirlpool slowly rotated.

In the white whirlpool, thunder flickered, and the sky burned with fire, as if connecting to another powerful world.

All those who looked at the cloud vortex had stinging eyes, their shoulders aching, and they were slowly pressed down on their heads by an invisible force, making it difficult to look directly.

Boom...... Boom......

The sound of drums sounded and spread over the world.

Woo...... Woo......

The horn sounded for a long time, shocking the Quartet.

Everyone saw that a long strip of white clouds appeared below the cloud vortex.

Subsequently, one more emerged, one after another, constantly laying from top to bottom.

A spectacular Sky Cloud Staircase descends from top to bottom, landing in the center of the Xinguang Continent, in the Valley of Stonehenge.

Shine, shine, shine, holy, majestic.

One after another, the pale white aura visible to the naked eye spread, ring after ring, like a cloud wind, sweeping across the entire Shengyuan Continent.

Everywhere they passed, all beings trembled, and all souls fell to the ground.

Birds do not fly, beasts do not jump, insects do not sing, fish do not swim.

Flowers are reeled, thousands of trees are weeping, and weeds are creeping.

"Ascend the Divine Ladder ......," muttered some old men.

Suddenly, thousands of black mist struck from all directions.

At the tip of the striped black mist, the angry human head cursed loudly, the hideous beast head roared wildly, the weird demon cursed in a low voice, and the peaceful god head smirked......

The endless demonic mist was like a grassland fire, burning all over the sky in an instant, isolating the clouds and breaking the ladder.

Pitch-black demonic fog enveloped the entire New Light Continent.

"It's over......"

The cloud god trembled.

The old mountain god and the giant tree god glanced at each other, and they were extremely frightened, even if it was the evil black witch god god, there were only tens of thousands of demon mist.

But now the demonic fog is covering the sky and the earth, not to mention billions.

"Wang!" Little Corgi looked up to the sky and roared.

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