Chapter 195: New Knowledge (1)
"You're going to the library?" Una was a little surprised, but other than that, there was no other expression on her face.
Donner nodded, it seemed that after a night of practice, there were no major errors in his Vantesian pronunciation.
"Don't you have to rest for a few more days?"
Donner shook his head solemnly, he didn't have time to rest.
Una reaffirmed her assumption that this was a well-bred Helian, who had just survived the beast tide, and the first thing that came to mind was to go to the library.
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In the lower courtyard of the Fire Sacred Temple, there was more than one library, and the one closest to the Dean's Mansion happened to be the largest of them.
In fact, the Dean's Mansion is located directly south of the entire Lower House Ring, and this area is the area with the longest sunshine hours and the most noble area in the Lower House.
Contrary to Donner's prior understanding, the so-called Commons is not a pure college, but an entire living area with the college as the core. There are about 100,000 people living or studying here. Of course, most of them live in the Northern Loop, where there is very little sunlight.
Una didn't take her elf with her, but led the way for Donner alone.
Not only her, but most of the students I saw along the way did not have magic pets.
Donner was a little surprised at first, but it didn't dawn on him until he remembered his destination - since it was a library, pets must not be allowed inside.
In the huge hall of the library, there are two passages, and dozens of people are lined up in one of them, as if they are checking in.
As Donner walked forward, he wondered whether the empty one was an exit or a special passage.
If it was a special passage, and she ran to honestly line up behind those people, it might arouse Una's suspicions.
Thinking of this, he glanced at the crowd to make sure there were no black-haired Helians among them, and swaggered towards the empty passageway.
He guessed correctly, a middle-aged Maitim standing at the entrance of the passage neither stopped him nor asked him to register anything, but respectfully bent down and saluted him.
Since there is no need to register information, why arrange for a person to stand here...... Is it just for bowing?
Donner sneered as he continued walking forward until Una's voice came from behind him.
"I'm the young master's retinue......"
When he turned around, Una and the middle-aged man both looked at him, the former looking anxious, the latter respectful with a hint of inquiry.
Donner hesitated for a moment, but finally waved at Una, motioning for her to go back first.
He didn't want to have a little tail behind him at all times. What's more, he's going to start with the most basic bibliography here.
Although amnesia can be used as an excuse, an adult who reads a primary school textbook with relish will inevitably arouse suspicion.
With this in mind, he shook off Una and immediately walked into the hall with the words "Basic Bibliography" written on it.
Because the beast tide swept the entire lower courtyard, the library of the University seemed deserted, and the hall where the basic books were displayed was even less crowded.
This was a godsend for Downer.
He paced slowly along the bookshelves, his eyes sweeping the rows of books in turn.
Thankfully, the base bibliography that filled the entire hall was mostly repetitive.
Usually on a shelf, there is a whole row of the same book, presumably prepared to cope with the situation where many people read at the same time.
By the time he reached the end of the hall, Donner had already figured out his reading plan.
On this entire floor, most of the books were mathematics, materials science, and pharmacy books that had nothing to do with magic, and there were only a few books of value to him.
It wasn't long before he was already sitting down in an inconspicuous corner, with a book of "Introduction to Magic" spread out on the table.
The title of the first part of the book startled him - a brief description of the similarities and differences between Shenhai space and the real world.
Damn, as soon as I came up, I talked about the four-dimensional space, there is no mistake!
He muttered to himself, and continued to read patiently, until he hastily read this part of the content, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
The book does talk about four-dimensional space, but the depth is only equivalent to a popular science book for primary and secondary school students.
Come to think of it, the reason why such a chapter is arranged in the first part of Introduction to Magic is because in the entire Magic Continent, all the children who have received "church baptism" have a four-dimensional divine sea.
Even Donner himself, with sufficient mathematical literacy, was still at a loss when he first came into contact with the Four-Dimensional Divine Sea, and those children who were new to magic must be even more confused.
So, before you start learning magic, it's really necessary to address this question.
But this part of the content is too simple, even too naïve, for Donner.
So, he continued to scroll down.
The second part is an introduction to the elements.
Interestingly, in this section, in addition to giving five exact elemental primitives, it also mentions the mathematical significance of these five primitives in passing - five functional curves with the same amplitude and different frequencies.
In the same way, probably because of the relationship between beginners, the principle of functional curves is only a passing mention here.
However, at the end of this part, there is a small unit beyond Donner's expectations: the mysterious connection between the element and the Shenyuan.
In this unit, some speculations are discussed about why drawing primitives can condense the divine element.
The most of them, of course, are the words of communication with the gods.
But the most peculiar one in the middle aroused Donner's idea.
The general meaning of this guess is that by drawing curves of different frequencies with specific materials, a certain type of magical element in the environment can be activated, and this process happens to resonate with the spiritual world of the painter - the divine element is accumulated through this resonance.
Although this statement is a bit general and vague, it is a bit close to Downer's speculation.
It's just that at this time, Donner doesn't have the time to think about it, he is in a race against time.
In the third part of the book, he finally got to what he was most interested in - a brief introduction to magic models.
At the beginning of this section, an experiment that Downer is most familiar with is described.
The conclusion is the same as the one that Donner once came to : the power of three-dimensional magic and four-element magic are exactly the same.
The book only says "I can't know" about the cause of this phenomenon, and then spends a lot of space explaining how to use this phenomenon to enhance the power of magic.
The book lists a lot of data to illustrate that two three-element magic spells are more powerful than one six-element magic, and ten three-element spells are much more powerful than thirty-element magic.
So it was concluded that it was most economical to use the triangular structure as a model for the structure of magic (Donner was first exposed to this magical vocabulary).
However, the book also says that although using triangles as molds can maximize the power of magic, the more molds you use when performing magic, the more magic power is dispersed. So, when the cast target is a single object, you can't use a triangular mold, but a pentagonal or even a regular heptagon as a mold.
Then in this place, the book also briefly describes the method of drawing the ruler of the last two odd polygons.
Seeing this, Donner couldn't help frowning slightly, in order to increase the power of magic so much, is it really necessary to disassemble the magic so loosely?
However, as if he had guessed his doubt, the compiler of the book solved his question in the simplest sentence - a single regular polygon basic attack magic is only suitable for the low-level mage stage, once promoted to the blue bird mage and above, a simple magic will have to mobilize thousands of divine elements to build, if you do not use the structure of the mold, then it will become extremely difficult to cast magic.
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