In the living room of the house, Pandora was still curled up leaning on the wooden chair, looking a little cold.
Richard's eyes flashed and he found a blanket to cover Pandora.
As soon as it was closed, Pandora opened her eyes and looked over.
"how?"
"hot!"
“…”
Pandora threw away the blanket in disgust, twisted her body, continued to curl up on the wooden chair, and closed her eyes again.
Richard shook his head, turned around and walked into the study with a somewhat strange expression.
He walked behind the desk and sat down. His eyes fell on the half-written papyrus scroll again. He picked up the quill and dipped it in ink. Richard was about to finish writing the last few words.
"Shashasha..."
"After using star projection to explain the source of energy, there is the issue between mana and free energy elements. According to the method in "The Chapter of Monroe", after the free energy element is ingested, it needs to be smelted and converted into mana, and then the mana can be used to release spells .
So why do this
Since the free energy element is a super-heavy element with special effects, and special phenomena (magic effects) will occur when combined with each other, why should it be converted into mana
A reasonable explanation is for safety.
It is precisely because free energy elements combine with each other that special reactions can occur. Therefore, in order to prevent free energy elements from being stored in the source of magic and reacting prematurely, they must be converted into a stable component - mana. Otherwise, before a wizard releases a spell, numerous free energy elements are in the magic source, which may explode, freeze, or be corroded by acid at any time. At that time, the magic source will be like an unstable bomb.
Mana should also be a high-sequence element, and it should be the most stable element with the longest decay period in the 'Island of Stability'. Transforming free energy elements into a single stable element such as mana through smelting can prevent free energy elements from reacting in the source of mana, and ensure that mana will not disappear due to decay over a long period of time. .
This method is obviously the safest.
Moreover, it has also been standardized.
When releasing a spell, you only need to find a way to mobilize a single element, mana, to run in the body, let it run into a special state, and transform into other energy elements on its own to react, thereby showing specific spell effects and explosive power.
Because of this, a spell can be recorded and learned in a repetitive manner, which constitutes the most fundamental mechanism of the wizard's spell system. "
"Shashasha..." Richard paused with the quill in his hand, narrowed his eyes, and continued writing.
"Of course, for all of this, it is just a hypothetical inference, like a castle in the air or a castle on the beach, lacking a strong evidence support. The most critical and fundamental part must be proven before the entire hypothetical inference can become a reality. become a reality. That is to prove that the free energy elements and mana are indeed a high-sequence super-heavy element not found on the earth. They are real and not just fantasies. So the thing to be solved now is-how to prove .”
How to prove it
Richard stopped quilling and started thinking.
Proving, detecting, and judging elements is considered analytical chemistry. In this regard, there is a complete set of sciences in the modern earth, with many subdivisions, such as spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, spectrophotometry and colorimetry, chromatography and electrophoresis
, crystallography, microscopy, electrochemical analysis, etc.
If it is specifically used to study elements, spectroscopy is more suitable. It can be studied through the light, sound or particles emitted, absorbed or scattered by the elements. One of the most common methods is called the flame color experiment.
The flame color experiment is simple to do. It only requires a platinum wire, an alcohol lamp, and some dilute hydrochloric acid.
Of course, considering some special circumstances, it is best to use cobalt blue glass. However, cobalt blue glass is probably not easy to obtain. You need to obtain the raw materials to make it yourself, which may take a while.
Richard walked out of the study and saw Pandora still sitting on the chair in the living room outside. I don’t know how I picked up the blanket that I had thrown away before. Half of it was placed under me, and half of it covered my body. My legs were stretched out of the chair, swinging in the air...
Shaking his head, Richard walked into the next room and prepared to detail the production process of cobalt blue glass.
…
In a blink of an eye, morning comes.
Richard stood in the yard and took a deep breath of the cold winter air. He felt the chill filling his lungs and spreading throughout his body. His whole body was shaken. At this time, there was already a complete plan for the production of cobalt blue glass.
In the final analysis, cobalt blue glass is a special kind of glass, which is made by adding cobalt blue to the glass.
In the current world similar to the Middle Ages, the production of glass has been relatively perfect. Although the bulletproof glass and tempered glass on the modern earth have not been manufactured, some common glasses can be made, and some exquisite shapes and carvings can be performed.
Don’t worry about the glass problem, you just need to solve the cobalt blue problem.
Cobalt blue is a relatively special blue pigment that is often used by painters to paint. It has the advantages of temperature resistance, light resistance, weather resistance, acid and alkali resistance, and bright color. However, because it contains cobalt compounds, the cost is relatively high, and due to technical limitations, it was not used on modern earth until the 19th century.
If you want to get cobalt blue, for now, you need to make it yourself, which requires the use of metallic cobalt, alumina, phosphoric acid and other raw materials.
As for how to obtain these raw materials, how to synthesize cobalt blue, and how to make real cobalt blue glass, Richard already has a complete plan. After all, cobalt blue glass is really not a high-tech product, and the production process is not difficult, it can only be said to be a bit cumbersome.
Should I find a temporary assistant and let him help me to save some time
Richard couldn't help but think.
Turning his head to look at the living room, he subconsciously glanced at Pandora, who was still huddled in the chair, and found that the other party had wrapped the entire blanket around her body and huddled into a ball.
Let Pandora be used as a temporary assistant to help
Well, forget it, as long as the other party doesn't cause trouble, it's enough. Don't have such plans in a short period of time.
So who to look for
As Richard was thinking, suddenly, the sound of horse hooves sounded outside the courtyard door, and then there was a knock on the door.
"Bang bang bang."
Um
Richard looked towards the courtyard door and asked, "Who?"
"Sir Richard, it's me!" Gro's voice came from outside the door, with some irrepressible excitement in his tone, and he didn't know what was going on.
Richard raised his eyebrows, walked out of the courtyard, opened the door, and let Gro in. A bunch of his guards were guarding the door.
"You came here so early, do you have anything to do with me?" Richard led Gro into the courtyard and asked casually.
"Well, it's like this..." Groo subconsciously rubbed his hands and said with a little embarrassment, "After I met and separated from you, Mr. Richard, that day, I actually didn't give up trying to become a wizard, but continued to meditate. I want to prove myself.”
"so?"
"So, just last night, I suddenly discovered that I am still very talented!" Gro's voice couldn't help but rise, and his eyes shone brightly.
Richard's eyes flashed and he didn't say anything, but he couldn't help but said in his heart: Are you sure you have talent? The night that just passed, if it weren't for my own help, my conscious body wouldn't be able to leave the body at all, right
Wait a minute, could it be because...
The next moment, Richard heard Gro said with excitement: "You know, Mr. Richard, my chance of success in meditation is not very high. I usually try many times to succeed once, and each time I succeed, I only succeed. Can absorb very little energy particles.
But yesterday was different. It seemed that I suddenly understood something. After several failed attempts to escape from the body through meditation, I suddenly felt a different force acting on my consciousness, allowing me to easily escape from the body.
After leaving the body, my conscious body seems to be able to separate further from the body and absorb more energy particles. It can take up many times in just one time. Let's put it this way, the exercise I got yesterday was almost equivalent to the effect of all the previous meditations combined.
Tell me, did I suddenly break through some limit? Does it mean that I actually have super wizard talent and super high potential, but I just haven't tapped it out before? And now that after being successfully discovered, if you continue to meditate, you can make rapid progress and easily become a real wizard? "
"So, you came to see me so early?" Richard looked at Gro and asked aloud, with a calm expression but a slightly strange look in his eyes.
"Yes, that's why." Gro said, "As for the speculation just now, actually... I'm not completely sure, it's just some speculation. Considering that in the entire Emerald Kingdom, I only know a wizard apprentice like you, and you're better than I have more experience, so I have to ask you. I hope I won't disturb you. Having said that, Mr. Richard, what do you think... what is my situation? "
"Uh, what about this..." Looking at Gro's hopeful expression, Richard couldn't help but hesitate.
By the way, should I tell the other person the truth