Camel left, and Gawain sat quietly behind his desk, falling into deep contemplation.
He was thinking about the nature of magic, guessing the source of magic, and thinking about how to shield the interference of natural magic on observation experiments. While in deep thought, Amber standing next to him spoke: " You seem to have been studying the nature of magic... Is this issue really important?"
"Aren't you curious?" Gawain looked back at Amber and saw this half-elf. His face was full of confusion, "Have you never thought about what the magic in nature is or where it comes from?"
"...Magic is magic, just like air It's a natural thing, it's part of the world." Amber scratched his hair, "It's needed to cast spells, it's needed to prepare potions, and it's even needed for the survival of some animals and plants... I think it's the same as stone. This world has existed since its birth."
"But the stone will not suddenly turn into a chaotic tide, but the magic can, and it will not necessarily exist forever, unless we can prove that it is really endless. ," Gawain shook his head slightly, "What if magic is just a short-lived miracle? Of course, this 'short-lived' is relative to the years of the entire world, but maybe magic is just a small phenomenon in the long reincarnation of this world. , just like a moment of calm in the thundering waves, we mortals are born in this moment of calm, with a shorter life span. When we are born in calm, we think that the essence of this world is a piece of calm water, but we don’t know what will happen next. There will be a violent storm in a second, or maybe magic is something with a limited reserve. It is consumed every moment, but before it is exhausted, mortals have no way to detect and measure it..."
The more Amber listened, the more surprised she became, and finally her eyes widened: "How did you come up with these sensational ideas!"
Then she looked at Gawain up and down with a strange expression: "No wonder you always seem mysterious... It turns out that your mind is full of weird things like this every day... Could it be that you saw something during the seven hundred years when your soul left the body?" < /p>
"...This has nothing to do with that," Gawain shook his head dumbfounded, "Forget it, one day you will..."
He wanted to say "One day You will understand this problem", but then after thinking about Amber's laziness and poor thinking in the field of knowledge, he finally changed his tone: "Don't think so much"
Amber thought. After a moment, he stared: "I think you are despising my intelligence..."
Gawain didn't pay attention to the half-elf's small protest. He just stood up, left the study, and came In the magic laboratory near the study.
This laboratory belongs to Hetty, but since Gawain also has some knowledge in the field of magic, there are some things here that belong to him. He came to a corner of the laboratory, took out a set of devices that had been put aside for a while from the cabinet, and took them to a nearby experimental table.It comes together.
Its structure is simple, a light shield with small holes, a baffle with narrow double slits, and a flat light screen - with the help of Nicholas Egg's finishing capabilities, this set The precision of the device was unmatched in this era.
The baffle of this device is not a magic-suppressing crystal, but an ordinary opaque metal plate. Therefore, it is not used to observe magic double-slit interference, but an ordinary, A device used to observe the double-slit interference phenomenon of light. It has been placed here for several months. The relevant observation results have been recorded, but today, Gawain wanted to see it again.
He set up the monochromatic light source in front of the device, extinguished the lights in the laboratory, and then began to carefully adjust the relative positions of the baffle and light screen.
No matter how you adjust it, what appears on the light screen will always be a chaotic, spreading halo.
The halo floated and changed with Gawain's adjustment, like the devil's malicious smile, mocking the helpless experimenter.
No interference fringes.
Gawain seemed to have returned to a few months ago, and once again felt the shock and confusion when he first observed the halo through this device.
The light in this world does not seem to be light, but the simple optical devices such as the telescope he designed are in normal use.
There are no interference fringes on the light screen. This may be because the accuracy or adjustment range of the device is still not enough, or it may be that the "light" in this world really has no volatility, but after combining today's Kamel and After his own conversation, combined with the same problems that the elves encountered when verifying the volatility of magic power, he came up with a new guess: perhaps, this device has also been interfered by magic power in nature.
Is the "light" in this world also a type of magic? Is it a visible magic that can be blocked by ordinary opaque substances? Or is it that the magic of this world can affect the fluctuation of light in the microscopic realm, so that all double-slit interference experiments will definitely fail as long as they are exposed to the magic environment?
Looking at the hazy and chaotic halo on the light screen, Gawain fell into long thought.
……
It’s autumn.
As the most eye-catching constellation in the summer night sky, the Fire Constellation has gradually moved away from the highest point of the sky and has completely become a frequent visitor in the western sky, while the "Frost Sky Constellation", which represents the subsidence of summer heat, gradually rises. Start moving towards the center of the sky.
January of each year is the cold month, February is the recovery month, March is the fire month, and April is the harvest month - the rising of Frost sign means the hottest month of the year. The season is coming to an end, and the autumn, which represents the harvest, has arrived on the earth. It will continue to rise in the following frost moon and fog moon, getting closer to the highest point of the sky every day. In order to distinguish the changes in solar terms, the Ansu people have just begun to give frost to the sky constellation. This rising season is named "April Frost".
This name once gave rise to GawainAfter a brief period of confusion, although he knew in his memory that the word "Yingshuang" in this phrase did not mean to welcome frost and snow, but to welcome "Frost Heaven", the inertia of thinking of the people on earth still made it take him a long time. Connect this "cool" name with the days that still have a little bit of summer heat.
He finally adapted to this world.
In the Government Affairs Hall, the weekly regular report meeting was in progress. Gao Wen sat at the head of the long table and listened calmly to the report of Agriculture Minister Norris.
The minister, who was increasingly showing his age and was born as a poor farmer, held information in his hands. Although he tried to stand up straight, his upper body was still a little rickety: "...Hosemann, Kant, and Cartesian. The crops in the newly reclaimed land in Luol, Glen, and Tanzania are growing well and the harvest can be expected. The new lands in Pebo, Constantin, Western Wilderness, and northwest regions have been reclaimed late, and land consolidation and replacement have not yet been completed. In addition, Due to the problem of resident relocation, I am afraid that the grain production plan cannot be completed...
"The promotion of new agricultural machinery in the Hosman and Kant areas has achieved good results, and some early-maturing crops have been harvested ahead of schedule...
"The test of the 'Harvest-II' Druid agent in the North Shore experimental field has achieved initial success. According to the plan, the next step will be to evaluate the subsequent impact of the new agent on the land...cough cough, cough cough..."
< p>Gawain looked at the Minister of Agriculture: "Norris, are you okay with your health?""Ahem, it's the same old problem. I keep coughing in autumn," Norris waved his hand. "That's it for my report. I've given the detailed information to Ms. Hetty."
Pittman, who was sitting next to him, winked at Norris: "Hey, do you want to try it? My medicine? Let me tell you, your problem is not a problem here..."
"Pay attention to order during work," Gawain glared at Pitman, and then glanced at the scene Everyone exhaled slightly, "Then let's end today's meeting here."
Soon, everyone in the conference hall left their seats and dispersed, leaving only one person in the huge room. Gawain and Hetty - and an invisible cat beside Gawain, ate amber from melon seeds for an hour.
“Ancestor, the messenger from the Royal Capital has arrived at Rock Fortress,” Hetty said. “The leader is the deputy head of the Royal Knights, Cohen Roland. In addition, according to what the messenger said, the A batch of materials used to build the barrier has been loaded at the port on the upper reaches of the Dorgon River. If nothing happens, it will arrive at the southern border within 20 days."
The elves sent a letter as an advance messenger, officially. The special envoy from the royal capital arrived immediately, and at the same time, supplies from the northern region were loaded onto cargo ships on the upper reaches of the Dorgon River. Such a chain of actions showed one thing: the opinions of the nobles of the royal capital. It was finally integrated.
Victoria Wilder...that Northern Grand Duchess' ability is still very reliable.
"Their efficiency has finally increased," Gawain nodded, "What is the recent progress of the Pathfinder engineering team? "
"'Pathfinder' has set up an advance base at the northern border of the Black Forest and began to advance into the depths of the forest. The escort team had several brief battles with the monsters in the forest. Only one Soldiers were slightly injured and there were no other casualties. "
"After crossing the Dark Mountains, you have crossed the safe zone of the civilization boundary. You must be extra careful to guard against the enemies in the Black Forest," Gawain said slowly, "You and I will go to the South Gate Fortress together. Let's take a look at the construction situation over there. "
Hetty lowered her head: "Yes. "
Gao Wen hummed and took away the melon seeds on the table next to him: "Don't eat them, come with me." ”
“Hey! ! "
......
At the southern foot of the Dark Mountains, the South Gate Fortress.
Strictly speaking, this place cannot be regarded as the "South Gate Fortress", but only It is regarded as a huge semi-finished fortification and a busy construction site.
Construction machinery, construction materials and engineering personnel from Cecil City are stationed in the former "Shadow Experimental Site". Based on the cave, a large-scale and strong reinforced concrete fortress has been built.
Under the command of construction supervisor Gordon, the engineering team has reinforced the southern mountain wall of the cave with permanent cement fortifications. Steel mechanical gates and several firepower and observation points were built on the top of the cave. Inside the cave, a powerful large magic crystal lamp made the entire cave as bright as day. The original relics of Gondor in the cave have been sorted and recycled or cleaned up. , several pools of water and potholes and cracked areas were filled up, and new magic network base and ground were laid. The originally exposed stone walls were also reinforced by supporting structures, and the construction of walls and pipe laying began.
The engineering team is currently setting up support pillars in the south and west of the cave in preparation for building the second floor of the fortress, while Gordon himself is in the center of the cave, supervising the workers to protectively isolate and repair the "Shadow Gate" .
The portal that can enter the Shadow Realm has been damaged, but Miss Amber can still use her unique power to enter the depths of the Shadow Realm through the gate. The lord believes that this portal has special scientific research significance. In view of the teleportation The door itself is a fixed facility on the ground and cannot be moved, so Gordon plans to protect it and turn it into a special facility in the fortress.
A man wearing a yellow overalls is equipped with a magic terminal. The Bachelor of Mechanics came to Gordon and saluted Zhang from the Ministry of Construction: "Mr. Gordon, the supplies from Cecil City have arrived - they are sent to the forward base. Do you want to personally accept them? ”
Gordon raised his head and saw several trucks parked under the lights, with the Cecil Construction Department logo hanging on the trucks.
He nodded and stepped towards That truck: “I’ll go check it out. ”
The materials sent to the advance base are important items, and there is no room for sloppiness.
Thanks to the new magic vehicle technology, this powerful machine can transport a large amount of goods at one time.Based on the cargo of a small carriage fleet, and thanks to the superb construction technology of the Gondor Empire at that time, the main corridor of the Disobedience Fortress can allow such large vehicles to pass freely inside. Gordon came to the back of the truck, climbed up on the ladder, and began to inspect the cargo.
Food, clothing, new water purification device...
Gordon nodded and ticked the "Living Provisions" column in the record sheet in his hand.
Then he came to another truck, and the materials in this truck came into his sight-
Boxes of Rebecca crystals, individually packaged detonation runes, Druid blight potion, Type II high-explosive bombs and matching fuses...
Gordon nodded again and began to check the "Construction Supplies" column on the record sheet.
While checking the box, the construction minister couldn't help but mutter: "How on earth did these things get included in the construction supplies..."
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