Mao Kai is a talented spellcaster. After forming the meditation space, he became a true mid-level wizard within a month.
He is also an excellent researcher who has made many breakthroughs in the methodology of magic research. He has also proposed many ideas in magic theory and is determined to establish a "modern magic theory system."
But he is not a good teacher. He thinks quickly and speaks fast, but he is often immersed in his own world and does not care whether the audience can understand him. Many people here have not been able to keep up with the pace in class.
It was the same today. After entering the door, Mao Kai used a set of large magic crystal batteries to power the projector, connected it to his laptop, and started to get straight to the point.
"As you all know, I've been talking about the three steps to modernizing magic, which is to figure out three basic questions: What is magic? Why is it the way it is? And what do we need to do about it?"
"We started thinking about the answer to the first question when we first encountered magic. Not only me, but everyone else here has put forward various hypotheses. But for those who have never really come into contact with magic, this is undoubtedly like a blind man touching an elephant.
Because at that time we had no way to really observe and touch our research objects. Please note that the magic I am talking about here is not those sound, light and electricity effects. It refers to the kind of thing behind these magical effects. We can temporarily call it magic.
But after I became a magician, things changed dramatically. I could observe magic, I could manipulate it. I could feel it as a medium between me and the elements that actually produced the effects.
This contrast between before and after gave me an inspiration. Before and after I became a magician, I observed magic power in the same way. Only one variable changed, that is, my spirit. This shows that magic power has the property of reacting to the spirit.
It can also mobilize elements of nature, which means it also has the property of reacting with matter.
So I put forward a hypothesis: magic, an element unique to this world, has both spiritual and material properties, and this is why we can cast spells."
The crowd below was buzzing with discussion. Even Luo Ling's earrings were still buzzing.
Mirdad said: "This man's ideas are very different from his father's."
"What does your father think?" Luo Ling asked.
"Father believes that the source of magic power is a ball in a different space. The essence of using mental power to cast magic is to break through space and absorb the energy from the source ball. In fact, the purpose of their creation of the "Secret Index" is to find this space."
Glade said, "Since the Seven Towers era, all kinds of speculations have emerged, but no one can prove that they are right. Instead of guessing about these things blindly, it is better to practice a few more spells and smash them on the heads of those gods one by one."
Mao Kai above continued: "In order to prove this hypothesis, I designed a series of experiments. However, it was not until the dwarves joined us recently and provided a lot of materials left over from the Black Dragon Empire era that I was able to gradually improve my experiments."
"As you all know, when a magician casts magic, no one else can feel the magic except the magician himself. Therefore, the magician is not suitable as an experimental subject. Fortunately, we often use an auxiliary material: magic crystal, which can be measured clearly. Mr. Luo not only exchanged high-quality magic crystals of various properties from the dwarves, but also discovered a high-grade magic crystal mine that had not been mined on the way back. Therefore, our experiment was a piece of cake."
Mao Kai played several pictures of magic arrays. "Mr. Morey and I have developed a magic array that consumes the energy of magic crystals without stimulating their elemental properties. In layman's terms, it is a magic array that burns a magic crystal in vain without producing any magical effects."
"As you know, if my hypothesis is correct, the essence of magic crystal should be a combination of magic power and natural elements. And those natural elements can form the structure of the crystal, which I think is the effect of magic power.
As we all know, generally, magic crystals will turn into powder after their 'energy is exhausted'. So can it be explained that the magic power in the middle of the magic crystal that maintains the structure is exhausted, so the elements can no longer maintain the crystal state and collapse? Let's take a look:"
A series of photos appeared on the slide, each of which was a magic crystal and a pile of powder.
"We selected ten magic crystals with different properties but the same volume, recorded their masses, and then put them into the magic consumption array. We then weighed the remaining powder after consumption, and finally used Mr. Morey's detection array and the element analyzer in the laboratory to analyze the powder composition. Then we made several discoveries:
First of all, the spiritual crystal completely disappeared, and there was no powder left except for a very small amount of impurities. So we suspect that the spiritual magic crystal is made of pure magic power!
Secondly, the mass lost by all magic crystals after turning into powder is almost the same. In other words, there is probably only one kind of magic power, which can be combined with various elements to form different crystals.
Finally, all those powders were simple substances or compounds we knew, and we tried to make these powders undergo chemical reactions. As a result, we found that all the reactions were as classic as those in middle school textbooks. In other words, after eliminating the magic, our chemistry is back!"
With a bang, the classroom exploded.
Almost everyone present knew that the biggest difficulty encountered by these time travelers after coming here was that chemistry no longer worked. The reaction results of many substances deviated from the original records, which made it difficult for them to move forward. If Mao Kai's experiment was correct, it meant that magic power had gradually changed and affected all the substances brought from the original world, making their properties different from the original.
Several people raised their hands and began to ask Mao Kai detailed questions about the experiment. Mao Kai answered them one by one. He had taken many classes before, but he had never had such a lively atmosphere before.
Luo Ling raised her hand. After receiving a response from the other party, she asked, "I also have a question. Is there any correlation between the energy properties emitted by the magic crystals when they are intact and the powder left behind when they run out of energy? For example, does the water magic crystal leave behind water? Does the fire magic crystal leave behind high-energy materials?"
Mao Kai shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, no, we haven't been able to find enough rules. Often, some very ordinary elements, once added with magic power, will produce very magical effects. For example, there is a space magic crystal that contains silver. We can't understand how silver can be of any help to space magic, but this magic crystal can be used to cast space magic or arrange space arrays.
The preliminary conclusion we can draw now is that after magic combines with different elements, it can change their original chemical properties and allow them to be called upon by the magician's mental power, ultimately producing various magical effects."