"In my mind, magical alchemy is not a kind of magic that only magicians can use, nor is it a special service that only nobles and royal families can enjoy. It is the most common technology that can be used by all ordinary people, and it is a service that even the most ordinary people can enjoy."
“So, what is the process to achieve this?”
"In my words, this is a revolution! A technological revolution! The initiators of the revolution are undoubtedly us magicians who have mastered unique knowledge that ordinary people cannot master, but the people who benefit from this revolution are the millions of ordinary people in this country and this world!"
"Take movies as an example. I believe that one day, movies as an entertainment will enter thousands of households. Every ordinary person will be able to open the already perfected magic alchemy product at home in their spare time at work and watch a movie for entertainment. Of course, this is just a narrow imagination. When that time really comes, the entertainment method will probably have undergone earth-shaking changes. I am just mentioning it casually here."
"Or to give another example, although you and I are just ordinary people who don't know magic in that era, we can use the mature magic alchemy technology to chat with a group of like-minded friends thousands of miles away. We can see the marvelous scenery of the Arctic Peak at home, easily know what new stories are happening around the world, and watch the new movies produced by our Edward Studios, and even movies produced by other studios."
"In that era, although everyone is far apart, they seem to be connected as a whole. The technological revolution will continue to burst out at a terrifying speed. And the most important thing is that as long as you want, you can stay at home all day long, but you will have enough entertainment to enrich yourself, and you won't have to meditate excessively to kill time because of boredom!"
As Du Lin spoke, he almost sunk into his own fantasy. Of course, he knew that such an era was still a long way off, but the sense of fulfillment of this existential goal was also quite good.
Looking back, when he first traveled through time, he was just an ordinary person who hated the backwardness of this era. Even though the original owner of his body was a very talented magician, it was just a vague achievement that he could not understand at all. Compared to being able to use magic in such a medieval world, he would rather go back to his original world and chat with those stupid friends in his group to see what stupid chapters the stupid author had updated today.
But now, as he achieved his goals bit by bit, he gradually found his goal in this world. He also gradually realized that although this world is quite backward, it also has potential that is completely beyond the other world. Even he himself cannot imagine how terrifyingly fast this world will develop when the magic alchemy industry is really born.
Therefore, in order to make up for the regrets of the original owner of this body and also for his own little wishes and expectations, Du Lin will never stop moving forward.
Because only if you keep moving forward, the road will continue to extend, and as long as you don't stop, there will be a new world ahead, so don't stop... ..
"Ahem, anyway, I've finished what I want to say. Do you have any ideas?"
Chapter 118: A Cross-Era Bragging Conference
Chapter 118
"Ahem, okay, that's all my explanation. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask."
As Du Lin finished speaking, the entire conference hall suddenly became silent. It was obvious that everyone was thinking about the idea that Du Lin had just proposed.
Although Durin's words were very vague, with an attitude of "I've finished bragging, you can use your imagination", the audience, as magicians who are the world's top scholars, did quickly understand Durin's description and were instantly immersed in the future world that Durin described.
In fact, it is true that almost every student who is willing to attend the history class of the Imperial Mage Academy will know something about the history of magical alchemy, but Du Lin is the first one to point out the reasons for failure so profoundly.
Almost all magicians who have some knowledge of magical alchemy realized the meaning of Durin's words. At the same time, they also realized that if Durin's words were true, then magic, a unique ability that was once only mastered by magicians, would probably fall from the altar.
But is it really a bad thing to fall from the altar? If one day everyone in the world enjoys the convenience of magic, if one day the study of magic is no longer just the business of magicians, then how terrifyingly will the development of magic technology explode
Although what Durin presented was only a fantasy future, it was precisely because this future was indeed a possible corner of the "future", and it could even be said to be within reach, that every magician present realized the value of the magical alchemy in Durin's words and was deeply intoxicated by it. Of course, it was definitely not because of what Durin said at the end that they could stay at home without any scruples.
As for hearing the discussion among the magicians present, Du Lin thought about it but still did not take the initiative to tell them that he was going to pilot the television technology in the Mage Tower first.
Yes, since he had heard from Scar before that the Dwarf Kingdom was suspected to have some kind of magical mineral resource - magic stone that could replace human resources such as magicians, Durin had already put the proposal of manufacturing televisions on the agenda. However, considering that the main researchers of this technology were Scar who was almost dead from overwork, he naturally would not do anything to steal the limelight at this time, and simply waited until the other party discussed it with the dean alone before making it public.
As for why Du Lin himself did not participate in the research? Studying magic alchemy is not as interesting as making a film. Of course, he was too lazy to do such a trivial thing. Moreover, as the first program of the birth of television, he had been thinking about what to shoot these days. He had no time to manage inventions and research. This is why Scar was so resentful.
After all, Du Lin's reason is really far-fetched. The technology for television is not even available right now, but you are already thinking about what to release at that time. This is just like worrying about farting in public and thinking in advance about what excuse you will use after farting.
In short, although Durin did not really describe the specific knowledge about magical alchemy due to time constraints, he also used the last time to describe his ideas about magical alchemy - such as magic cameras that can record images, magic recorders that can record sounds, magic drawing boards that can directly draw pictures on magic pages, etc. Although they do not seem to be as complicated as the magic video recorder that appeared ahead of its time, they are also important basic technologies.
Moreover, in order to make his words more convincing, Du Lin directly mentioned things like mobile phones, computers, game consoles, and the Internet in words that the magicians present could understand. After all, he didn't have to be responsible for bragging, and there was no guarantee that someone would be able to make them later, or that someone would be better if they could. Du Lin had long been fed up with this boring world.
What's more, basic applications have never been the key. The key is practical applications. If these things were really made, if it weren't for someone like Du Lin who transcended the times, I'm afraid no one would realize how much of a role these things could play.
After hearing his description, the magicians present were all confused by him at the first moment. While they were discussing whether this was possible, they were also completely tempted by the world that they could not even imagine.
After all, although Durin was only talking about a fantasy era, since he had personally experienced such an era, even his words spoken verbally had a special persuasiveness and authenticity, making these rational magicians suddenly indulge in such fantasy and unable to extricate themselves.
It was not until Durin saw that the time was almost up and walked off the stage to give the stage to Scar that the group slowly realized the situation. Although they wanted to continue listening to Durin bragging from an almost detached perspective, due to the length of the course, they could only listen to Scar talk about the most basic knowledge of magic alchemy.
Of course, in fact, except for some real scholars, ordinary magicians are simply unable to expand their existing knowledge areas. So for a while, even some famous magicians could not understand the basic knowledge of magic alchemy that Scar said. Some of them even seemed to have returned to the classroom when they were young and almost fell asleep.
In contrast, the freshmen who are still in a confused state about magic are absorbing Skar's knowledge with a strange longing. Many of them are extremely diligent in taking notes. This is also an advantage of young people. Compared with middle-aged wizards whose knowledge is fixed and it is difficult for them to acquire new knowledge, they have stronger plasticity and development potential.
Under such circumstances, many magicians soon chose to leave because of the boredom of the courses. After all, they came here for Durin in the first place, and now that Durin was no longer teaching, there was naturally no reason for them to stay here.
As for this scene, Dean Hohenheim, who was sitting in the last row, looked coldly at those who left, and silently took note of those who finally stayed at the scene.
This was not a deliberate screening on his part, but just an intuition as a leader. After all, after finishing Durin's class, he had deeply realized the true meaning of magical alchemy and understood the certain "miracle" contained in it. Perhaps those who left just thought that this was the nonsense of a young man, but only the magician who truly understood the feasibility of Durin's words knew how great the possibility was in the fantasy called "future".
"Oh, no, no, I'm really old. I almost fell asleep while sitting in the classroom..."
Piccol and Dylan, who were sitting next to him, naturally heard everything Hohenheim said clearly, but even though they heard it clearly, they did not dare to complain at all. They just pretended not to hear it and carefully recorded a series of key points that Scar said on the stage.
Chapter 119: The Combat Power of the Moon Chef
Chapter 119
When Scar began his first class after a long absence, Durin did not stay in the Alchemy Tower for too long. However, when he wanted to return to Northrick through the teleportation array, Dean Hohenheim, who was still listening to the class, suddenly used the ability of mental resonance to tell him:
"Someone wants to see you."
"Someone wants to see me? Who?"
Obviously, even Du Lin did not expect that someone would want to see him at this time, and he was stunned for a moment.
In response, Dean Hohenheim directly said, "The great sage of the spiritual discipline is waiting for you in the second-floor hall of the Mage Tower."
"Spiritual and soul subjects?"
After hesitating for a moment, not understanding why such a great sage who had nothing to do with his own research would look for him, Du Lin thought about it and turned to the teleportation array leading to the Mage's Tower. He soon arrived at the designated location and met the great sage who also looked very mysterious in the Mage's Tower.
She was a woman who looked to be in her early twenties. Of course, Du Lin was not confused about her age. After all, as a great sage, it would be completely easy for her to change her appearance.
Although great wizards like Hohenheim have never deliberately changed their appearance, it does not mean that it is impossible. If a woman like the other party cares about her appearance, she will naturally use magic to change it appropriately.
"Uh, sorry for the wait. I'm Durin Edward. Are you the great sage of the spiritual and soul discipline?"
In response, the woman standing there just bent down slightly, and then replied: "Well, I am Rosa from the Department of Spirituality, Mage Durin. I called you here not for anything else, but for the "Fate Zero" you screened at the Imperial Mage Academy some time ago."
"Fate Zero? Are you here to urge for an update?"
Before the woman who called herself Rosa could react to Du Lin's instinctive reaction, Du Lin immediately said to himself, "Haha, I'm kidding. How could a great sage come to me just to urge me to update my content?"
In this regard, hearing Du Lin's self-deprecation, Rosa just said silently: "Well, if my words can advance the release of the second chapter of "Fate Zero", it does meet my purpose..."
"ah?"
Suddenly, although the opening was a bit awkward due to the subtle awkwardness, the two of them, one being a great magician and the other a great sage, as top spellcasters, naturally found common topics easily, so much so that they talked for nearly ten minutes just with the opening remarks.
This wasn't pretentious or anything, it was just a basic test. After all, Durin and Rosa had no previous friendship, and this was their first meeting. They were not even magicians from the same faction. In this case, as magicians, if they wanted to communicate with each other, they had to understand the other person's level of understanding on the topic they wanted to discuss next.
If we really want to use an analogy to describe this situation, we can think of it as two experts in the cutting-edge technology field talking to each other, but for the sake of easier understanding, let's just use the analogy of two anime geeks meeting for the first time.
For example, if you meet someone in college who seems to be interested in anime (regardless of gender), in order to confirm whether the other person is in your circle and expand your circle of like-minded people, you will not directly ask "Do you like watching anime?" because of face. After all, most people can't do such a direct behavior. Even if you do, if the other person is indeed in your circle, it's not bad, and it often turns into silly laughter afterwards. But if the other person is not, then both you and the person being talked to will surely be quite embarrassed.
Therefore, in order to ascertain the other party's situation without losing your own face, there is naturally only one option you would choose, which is to casually throw out some memes and famous lines while communicating with the other party on the surface, or simply casually say the names of some anime or anime characters.
For example, in communication, you can use "I'm so high" or "But I refuse" to test whether the other person is a JO fan, or deliberately fiddle with the Saber picture on the phone wallpaper to judge whether the other person understands Type-Moon from his or her performance. The same is true in other areas...
If the other party responds to your words, it means that he is indeed someone in the circle and is qualified to receive the real sand sculpture baptism. If the other party does not understand, it means that he is not a otaku, or is just a mild otaku. Then the subsequent communication will often end with a gentleman's conversation, without losing courtesy or embarrassment.
Similarly, the situation of the first communication between two equally powerful magicians but in different fields is roughly the same as the above. Isn’t it easy to understand
In short, since Rosa is a great sage of a higher level and was the one who took the initiative to invite Durin, she is naturally the attacker in this test. As for the final result of the test... ...
Du Lin answered all of Rosa's questions in a very organized manner. He did not hide anything deliberately, and he really could not hide anything. After all, in this level of communication, if he could not answer the other party's questions, even if he only used words of praise to perfunctorily get by, it meant that he had no desire to continue the communication, or he was not qualified to continue the communication.
To put it simply with the analogy just now, if A takes the initiative to say "Type-Moon has been releasing a lot of new anime recently" in order to confirm whether B is a Type-Moon fan, and if B's Doolin replies perfunctorily with "Oh, really? It does seem very impressive," then there is no doubt that the conversation will end there.
Because A will think that you are not a Type-Moon fan and have no qualifications to continue communicating, so she will naturally keep silent about anything related to Type-Moon. In order to prevent this from happening, Du Lin's answer must be "Ah, I know, I know, Kong Ming is overworked again, but I still look forward to the third HF movie version", which is pure words similar to the dialogue between high school girls.
Only such an answer will make A instantly understand that you are indeed someone in the circle, and then talk to you about everything. It would be almost the same if the previous dialogue was replaced by a discussion between two magicians on the field of magic.
In short, as a great sage who specializes in the study of souls, every question Rosa asked was full of offensiveness, such as "Can you understand the meaning of this?" In this regard, although Du Lin is only a great magician and has almost no research on souls, you have to know that he was a senior Moon fan in the past!
As a veteran Type-Moon fan who had been debating Type-Moon's settings and competing with stupid netizens on the Internet all day and night before the time travel, and whose combat power was at least at the opening level, Old Type-Moon Za, his past experiences allowed him to instinctively answer the other party's various questions at this moment, and he even pointed out the loopholes in the other party's words.
After all, compared with those stupid netizens who quote classics all day long, have a collection of settings taller than a mountain, and read anime and comics more carefully than Lekhuwen, Rosa's theories are much more advanced, but her questioning skills are really very crude.
So Du Lin just casually answered the other party's 'tricky' questions, and even used his senior experience as an old Yuechu to stump the other party, such as the Alaya consciousness and the restraining force, the fundamental meaning of the origin theory, the relationship between the inherent barrier and the origin... ...
Du Lin was so excited that he almost blurted out some Type-Moon settings, such as the difference between magic and sorcery, what is the origin, the reason for the decline of the Age of Gods, etc. If these things were to spread, Du Lin suspected that he would be annoyed to death by these magicians who like to get to the bottom of things.
In short, with one talking nonsense and the other taking the nonsense seriously, the relationship between the two of them unknowingly became better than before. Rosa was so frightened by Durin's shocking "theories" that her face turned pale and she almost knelt down on the spot to become his disciple. After all, a normal magician could not tell such subtle knowledge that only Durin, who came from another world, knew.
After only ten minutes of conversation, Rosa could no longer regard Du Lin as an ordinary genius boy. If she previously believed that Du Lin was able to make "Fate Zero" purely because of the help of a master behind the scenes, now in her eyes, even if there was really a master helping him behind the scenes, the Du Lin in front of her was definitely an experienced magician with a deep research in spiritual studies.
For Rosa at this moment, Du Lin's words just now inspired her even more than her past mentors. Therefore, her expression became more and more awed. In the end, she even stopped using "you" and directly called Du Lin "you".
The reason for this is, of course, that Durin's ability to talk nonsense is deep enough, and secondly, he has unique insights that far surpass other magicians due to the combination of his memories from two lives. He can describe the peculiar knowledge of another world in words that people in this world can understand.
After all, although they are completely different fields, the basic knowledge that Durin, who comes from a world with more developed civilization, possesses is unimaginable to the people in this world. In addition, Durin in this world is by no means a small fish in the pond, but a real great magician. Even if he says something casually, when Rosa hears it, it can make her deeply shocked within the limitations of the magic world.
Chapter 120: The Realm of Emptiness
Chapter 120
Du Lin's situation at this time was like an ordinary young man from the 21st century who traveled through time to the Middle Ages. Although he only received basic quality education in modern times and did not know much, due to the miscellaneous and super messy knowledge brought about by the information explosion, when he came to a world whose civilization level was actually only that of the Middle Ages, facing Rosa, the most knowledgeable intellectual in the world, even if he just said something casually, the other party would be amazed and benefited a lot.
What's more, in this life, Durin is not just an ordinary person, but a most talented young magician.
Therefore, facing Rosa's extremely shocked expression, Du Lin, who knew very well what she was thinking, could only speak as directly as possible: "Anyway, Sage Rosa, do you have anything else to say?"
After hearing Durin's words, although Rosa was still immersed in shock, she quickly reacted and said slowly after a moment of silence: "Master Durin, since you have done such in-depth research on the soul level, I would like to ask you, do you think there is a connection between the soul and the body? If a soul is artificially created and then placed in a container, will it still be a human being?"
Yes, this is the main point that Rosa wanted to ask Du Lin from the beginning. Although it is still not the core question, it is the question she wants the answer to the most.
"Creating... souls?"
Suddenly, Du Lin stared at the woman in front of him for a long time. After making sure that he had not heard the other party wrongly, he murmured: "I don't know what the soul itself is, but as for the concept of soul, I can only say that it is a kind of existence that really exists in this world and can preserve the inner essence of human memory, thoughts, etc. Although there is also a backup of memory in the body, there is no thought or consciousness itself. Even if the soul is not created by humans, the inherent soul can survive as long as it is sufficiently compatible when entering a new container. As for whether it is still human, it depends on the definition of human beings themselves."
The fundamental reason why Du Lin could say this is that as a time traveler, he has been most personally aware of the relationship between the soul and the body. His view can be described in modern terms as follows: the soul is like a USB flash drive, storing non-material concepts such as memories and thoughts. When the soul enters a new body, it is like a USB flash drive connected to a new computer, and these memories and thoughts will be transferred to the new computer, that is, the body.
Generally speaking, if there is a soul in the body, the consciousness in the external USB flash drive cannot control the body, but if the soul in the body is dead, or does not exist at all, then the external soul can control the body.
Yes, when Durin traveled through time, the original Durin's soul in this body had disappeared for some reason, so the current Durin could easily replace it and gain the other party's experience and memory, because these things were backed up in the body itself.
Rosa was surprised when she heard Du Lin's words. It was obviously the first time she heard such an opinion. She was very surprised and said, "This is indeed a very novel theory. I didn't expect Master Du Lin's opinion at all, so I said it directly. In fact, as a researcher in the field of spiritual science, my research topic has always been puppet making, or human body making."
"Because the soul itself is invisible and intangible and cannot be studied, the object of our school's research has always been the human body itself. Of course, our research is different from that of the necromancy school. The necromancy school divides up the corpses of living people to study the structure of the human body itself, which is a process from existence to non-existence, while our research is to artificially create a 'body' that the soul can reside in, which is a result from non-existence to existence."
"Master Du Lin, you should know that to become a great sage, one must first release sixth-order magic, and second, achieve a sage-level research result. I have successfully achieved the former and was recognized as a great sage, but because I have not completed the latter, I have not been able to obtain the magic degree certificate of the great sage. For this, I have also put a lot of effort into it and plan to complete my research as soon as possible. Therefore, I have been immersed in my research almost day and night recently."
"However, some time ago, my research reached a bottleneck. It was not a normal research bottleneck, but a reversal of the subject of our school. The source of our school requires that there must be some connection between the human body and the soul. But as I studied, I gradually discovered that there seems to be no connection between the human body and the soul. For example, those powerful liches have even abandoned their bodies long ago and only exist in this world with their souls. Doesn't this mean that our school has always taken a detour?"
"Just as we were thinking about this, the movie you shot, Master Du Lin, immediately answered my confusion. Although the artificial people in your movie are artificial products, they do have their own thoughts and can even give birth to new life. Although it is just a fictional story, I still glimpsed a possibility from it, that is, the pure flesh may be able to give birth to the existence of the soul. There is indeed some unclear connection between the flesh and the soul, but this involves the concept of the soul itself. Even though I have studied this for a long time, I can't make any feasible guesses..."
"So, today I want to talk to you, Master Du Lin. I want to meet you, a great and talented magician, and I also want to discuss this with you. It turns out that I have benefited a lot from just communicating with you."
After understanding what happened and realizing that this matter was more complicated than he had imagined, Du Lin was about to shirk responsibility, but suddenly, as an idea suddenly emerged in his mind, Du Lin's expression suddenly changed, and he continued the other party's words: "You just said that the bottleneck of your research is that you can't figure out the definition of soul, right? In fact, this is indeed impossible to figure out. After all, we don't even know the end of the universe, how can we know such a thing?"
"Ah? The universe? The end? Master Durin, what are you talking about?"
Knowing that he couldn't control his mouth when he was talking nonsense, Du Lin quickly skipped over Rosa's confusion and continued, "Ahem, in short, everything has cause and effect. If there is an effect, there must be a cause. Since the soul already exists as an 'effect', then the 'cause' of why the soul was born must also exist. I know such a person. That person is also good at making dolls. He even tried to go to the extreme on this path, trying to create a perfect prototype of human beings by making dolls and reach the 'cause'."
"She came to the conclusion that the source of all things is 'emptiness'. Because there is nothing, there are infinite possibilities. Because in order to have 'infinity', 'finite' must be defined. Without finite, infinity will not exist. The source of all things is not infinity, but such a state of 'nothingness'."
The content of Aozaki Touko's research in the Type-Moon setting collection came out of Du Lin's mouth. In fact, even he himself was confused by these words. After all, the reason why the debate among Type-Moon fans was so confusing back then was because many concepts in the original setting were ambiguous. But because Du Lin felt that this passage was very suitable to show off now, he didn't care whether he understood it or not and said it directly.
Rosa, who had listened to his words word for word, was no longer shocked. The great sage was almost bewildered and intoxicated as she listened to Du Lin's narration. She also said excitedly, "Master Du Lin, you actually know such a great master. The finite is the infinite, and the source of all things is 'emptiness'. This argument is a perfect fit for my research. I feel that this time when I go back, I should be able to make a breakthrough in my research! If possible, I really want to communicate with this great master and thank him in person."
"Ahem, well, whatever makes sense to you is fine."
Although it was something he thought of at the last minute, Du Lin did not expect it to have such a big impact. He organized his words a little and then said, "Anyway, since you are so obsessed with the study of the soul, I happen to have a script related to the soul. I think you should be very interested."
"Script? Is it a movie like "Fate Zero" that you directed, Master Du Lin?"
"Well, it can be called a movie, but since we're planning to make something new this time, this movie won't be shown in theaters."
"It's not showing in theaters?" Rosa suddenly showed her curiosity. After thinking for a moment, she asked, "Anyway, Master Du Lin, what do you want me to do by saying this to me? Your words have solved so many confusions this time. No matter what it is, as long as I can do it, I will do my best to help you."
"Well, it's not a big deal. Anyway, do you have paper and pen? Let me write the script here first. I'm afraid I'll forget it when I go back."
“… … .”
Although Rosa was a little confused about Durin's words, she still used the Mage's Hand towards the table in the center of the hall in the distance. The Mage's Hand of the great sage level had terrifying speed and accuracy. In just a moment, a set of paper and pen appeared in front of Durin.
"Thank you. Anyway, wait until I finish writing the script, and we can talk about the rest later."
"Uh, can I ask what kind of script that is?"
"Well, although I can't summarize the content for now, I can tell you its name - "Kara no Kyoukai". This is the name of the new script."
Chapter 121: Planning for "The World of Kara" (I)
Chapter 121
While Durin was writing the script for "The World of Kara" in the lobby on the second floor, the great sage Rosa was eager to record the results of her conversation with Durin and returned to her research institute as soon as possible. On the way, she bumped into the great magician Stritch, who also belonged to the spiritual and soul discipline.