Chapter 60: The World Through the Eyes of a Magician

"So, what if the stock is reduced?"

When Sylmeria heard Sinampei's question, she smiled dumbly: "No, as far as I know, the inventory of this library has been growing...... However, I heard some old men and old ladies say that when the ancient Roman Empire fell, there was a phenomenon of a decrease in the number of books. ”

"Why?" Si Nanpei was like a curious baby at the moment.

"Because the lone book outside has been annihilated, so the books in this big library will also disappear with it. Shirmel replied.

"So, you mean, the books in this big library come from copies of information from outside?"

"To put it simply, it's understandable. Shirmel Melia nodded.

"So...... Isn't this space also made with some kind of magic?" Si Nanpei said in surprise, "Isn't it, the space here is fake?"

"False? No, no, although it is easy for ordinary people to understand that, but in the eyes of our magicians, what is recognized is what exists. Also, about this space...... Maybe it was made with magic, but it's so old that I don't know. Shirmel shook her head.

"Is being known to be a being, no matter what its essence is?" Si Nanpei touched his chin and began to think.

"Although there are several schools of thought among magicians about the nature of this world, my teacher believes that this world is the sum of information that can be described, and some people also refer to this world as a collection of things that human beings recognize...... In short, the difference is not big. "There are even radicals who call this world, or this planet, a cage. ”

"Cage?" Si Nanpei seemed to vaguely grasp something.

"Well, there have been some whimsical magicians who want to explore the edge of the world who have tried to do extreme flying exploration. Shirmearia nodded, "Since we already know that the earth under our feet is a sphere, there are people who want to see what is on the outside of this sphere. Where is the outer edge, but ...... All of them failed.

"Is it because of the lack of oxygen? The body can't withstand the high-altitude environment?" Si Nanpei guessed. Although the physical qualities of these magicians may far exceed that of ordinary people, there must still be a limit to their tolerance for the environment.

"Nope. Shirmelia shook her head, "Si, these are all external factors you said, and the most fundamental reason is that. No one can recognize it, not even the human imagination...... Including us magicians. You know, it's an endless loop. Although the basis of magic is the confusion of the masses, it still requires them to believe that such magic exists. To put it simply, no one in the world believes that anyone can fly that high, and no one believes that the scope of the world is so large. For humans...... The outside world does not exist zài. ”

Si Nanpei sighed, this, it's really sad.

"So. Is there a boundary?" asked Sinampei.

"Yes, but no. Shirmel Melia shook her head, "Someone did something and flew all the way to the edge, but in the end they returned to where they came. At first, everyone thought that because there was no reference, the real yàn person went around in a big circle, but later when the real yàn was realized, many methods were added to ensure that the straight line was walked, and the real yàn result remained the same. ”

"......" Sinampei was silent.

Half a day. Only then did he speak: "Now, you say." If everyone in this world has a wealth of knowledge and rational cognition of this world, and human technology is constantly improving, of course, the price is the disappearance of magic, do you think there is a magician who will agree?"

"Most people would say yes, including me. Schillelia thought for a moment. "Actually, the magicians are tired of this limited world, and I'm a little tired of it, day after day, year after year. There has been little progress and no surprising changes...... Many people are tired of the smallness of the world. ”

"Tired of the smallness of this world?" Sinan Pei muttered, "What would the magicians think if one day the magicians learned that our world was just an insignificant speck of dust, but that the entire universe had almost endless things waiting for them to explore?"

"I'm afraid I'm going to be happy. Schillelia smiled, "But what you said is too unrealistic, this world can't be that big at all......"

"If I say that the two moons in the sky and the stars are as wide as our feet, and even more than the earth, do you believe it?" Si Nanpei asked rhetorically.

"As much as I would love to believe, as a magician who is more distant than most people see, I prefer to be down-to-earth in my understanding of problems. "But I still have a long life, and I'm not in a hurry to explore the world." ”

Sinampei remembered the excitement she had seen when she first met Sirmelia, and now that she thought she had made gold, she found that in that expression, in addition to the joy of being able to pay off her debts, there was also a surprise of discovering something new.

This group of magicians, unlike those old antiques in fantasy novels, is really more like a group of scientists and explorers. It's just that the magic they use restricts their steps, and they blindly rely on this kind of miracle produced by the spirit, but they have not thought of using material means to open up this seemingly small world.

Maybe it's a very low-level method in their eyes?

Because of this, they put all their experiences on what seems to be a very high-end chemistry......

Walking and chatting, the two soon came to the center of the library, that is, the stairs up and down.

Sinan Pei was worried: "There are so many books, how can I find the content related to the Sybil Prophecy?"

"This ladder is also a magic ladder. "As long as you have the book you want to seek, then walk up this staircase and it will naturally get you to your destination." You don't need a precise goal, you just have to think about it. ”

Is it fuzzy...... Sinampei also smiled, this magic system is much stronger than those search engines on the earth, isn't what the human brain is good at is fuzzy computing? For example, in chess, computers can use computing power to kill humans in chess and other projects, but like Go, computers can't win against humans anyway. Something imaginary, a computer simply can't calculate, but a human can.

These magic are more human than technology, I don't know if it's because it's driven by the human spirit......?