After countless experiments, it has been proved that in this world where magic is real, the rules and constants of physics are very different from those of the earth, or in other words, they are extremely unstable due to the strong interference of certain factors;

For example, Oster once experimented with the Leaning Tower of Pisa on the top of his hometown barn. As a result, without all external interference, two solid balls of different weights sometimes hit the ground at the same time, and sometimes they were not at the same time.

Oster was puzzled, and after a long period of observation, he found that when the ball landed first, it was often when the earth element was active, such as in the evening; And when the ball lands first, it is when the qi element is full, such as early in the morning. Moreover, this time is not fixed, and is greatly affected by the fluctuation of the magic net in the leyline, and its parameter trajectory presents an irregular curve of Brownian motion.

- No wonder most of the dwarfs and goblins who are engaged in scientific research here have gone crazy, even the basic theory is like a bear, how to apply it, and the variables alone will kill people!

In addition, because the ignition point and expansion rate are also different and not fixed, the common materials are not enough to formulate a stable deflagration substance above black powder. As for mechanical devices and machinery, although they can generally be operated, they all involve a key issue, that is, cost;

In this world, magic and its products are so convenient and cheap that there is simply no room for other technologies to survive.

For example, to make a simple transmission lever, if a pure mechanical structure is adopted, the main shaft and several deformed gears need to be assembled, and the overall cost is about 10 gold. But with magic runes, a piece of paper with a few drops of ink mixed with magic powder, draw a ghost rune, and 10 silver will solve the problem; Not only is the manufacturing time only 100% of the former, but it is also smaller and more durable, and can be dismantled and replaced at any time.

Not to mention the things that can't be done with known scientific laws, such as space folding, anti-gravity, time acceleration and deceleration, etc., which you can't make if you let Newton travel over. Not to mention the outrageous magic effect, the scrolls are still the price of cabbage.

The last thing to bulldoze the Oster Experimental Workshop was Daddy's second-hand agricultural magic puppet. It is a Gundam shape as a whole, and its power and structure are a large piece of magic crystal, plus the shell, hands and feet; I couldn't find a single screw or a bearing, and my hands and feet were even suspended on the outside of my torso out of thin air. Such a structure, with the technological level of the earth, is generally described as magic - well, people themselves call it magic, don't they?

In short, the only conclusion that Oster came to from his hard experiments in his hometown was that in the wizarding world, the primary productive force was undoubtedly magic, and everything else had to be sidelined.

But what he never expected, or what he didn't have the ability to put into practice, was; There is no need to have one or the other, the two can be combined to form a new discipline, magical engineering.

As I said before, in this world, the rules of physics are suppressed by some factor, and magic is far cheaper and more reliable and durable than machinery. But this does not mean that physics and chemical engineering are useless; It's clear that not only do they exist, but they've also been deeply developed by the skilled craftsmen here.

Oster picked up the rune gun he had seen before and took a closer look at its structure.

The material of the barrel is a specially formulated silver-iron alloy, with a double-layer structure inside and outside, which has excellent magic conductivity and can withstand expansion pressure;

The fire elemental circle used to fire bullets is actually weak in energy, but with two wind elemental circles and a series of ignition acceleration runes, as well as the special material structure of the barrel and bullets, the effect of doing more with less is achieved, so that low-level materials below level 3 can also reach up to level 6 shooting power.

There is no rifling on the inside of the barrel, but that doesn't mean it's a smoothbore gun, and the second wind elemental circle does the work for the bullet to rotate in the chamber. Compared with the rifling design, it can not only ensure the strength and accuracy of the shot, but finally achieve five levels of accuracy and seven levels of range. At the same time, it greatly improves the lightness and service life, making the rifle on earth unreachable.

The bolt and loader are similar in structure to Earth firearms, allowing for repeated and rapid reloading. The designers even took into account the wear and tear of the material after long-term use, and adopted a modular treatment for the corresponding parts and magic runes to facilitate replacement.

As for the buttstock, it is the core of the overall rune gun design. No longer a simple leaning and counterweight part, it is actually a sawn, specially shaped staff. As the key mana memory, it is carved from a single piece of cypress wood and embedded with a seven-millimeter-diameter Mithril core, which can store and conduct a large amount of mana, and is the most expensive and important part of the entire gun.

By the way, in this world, the caliber of the rune gun refers to the diameter of the Mithril inner core in the handle, which represents the range and power of this model, and has nothing to do with the barrel and projectile thickness.

Therefore, a gun is actually a magic wand, but it relies on engineering to make the magic bullet fired have the range, power and accuracy of a firearm. And more importantly, you no longer need a mage to use it. Muggles holding it could still blow the archmage in the head with a single shot.

In addition to rune guns, Oster visited various models of grenades and mortars, as well as engineering equipment and bombs for blasting. These are also contraband items that are strictly controlled by the government, and upon closer inspection, each one is equally exquisitely designed. Some of them can't be called mechanical, they are simply works of art that perfectly combine the elemental magic, mechanical principles and material science applications of this world;

These ingenious designs require the effective integration of the two systems of magic and science, as well as the flexible application of various structures and material processes. Designers and improvers clearly possess an extraordinary wealth of experience and creativity, as well as a skill and skill that is no less than that of Earth's top scientists and engineers.

After a morning of visiting, Oster was an eye-opener. He finally understood why, after coming to this world, he always ran into walls everywhere and suffered a lot. Don't talk about getting ahead, you are soaring, and you are not as comfortable as in the previous life;

It's because the people here are not only not idiots, but also very smart, hardworking, self-disciplined, humble, brave, tenacious, optimistic, noble, plus a huge population base and a long lifespan, it seems that he is such a wastewood.

Compared with other predecessors, what he lacks is obviously not luck or a powerful golden finger, but a key artifact that shocks the world-weeping ghosts and gods-the aura of reducing intelligence.

In a real different world, how can the wisdom and experience accumulated by residents with normal IQ over thousands of years be compared to the shallow ideas that a dick from another world has crossed over, taking a minute to come up with a whim?

So the question is, where to find this artifact?