same night.
Laboratory, main laboratory.
Richard sat in front of the experimental table and was working seriously.
Many candles were lit, releasing dim yellow light, which reflected on multiple mirrors, making a specific area on the table extremely bright. In this area, Richard was looking at the papyrus scroll that he had copied a few days ago. , the magic patterns of three magic pattern magic props obtained from the auction.
Every copied magic pattern is very complicated and looks so dense that it makes people's eyes dizzy. Richard's eyes were attentive, studying the direction of the magic pattern, and thinking about ways to crack the magic pattern so that he could absorb, utilize and improve it.
Generally speaking, in the current world, magic patterns are difficult to crack, not to mention that there are systematic ways to crack them.
But Richard will not limit his thinking to the present, but will contact some relevant knowledge on the modern earth.
In Richard's opinion, the magic patterns in the current world are very similar to the circuits on the modern earth, and have many similarities. Even if they cannot be completely equated, some knowledge on circuits can still be used.
On the modern earth, the development of circuits has always been accompanied by encryption and cracking, like a spear and a shield—circuit designers of some precision instruments will try their best to encrypt circuits to prevent them from being copied by competitors, while competitors are Will work hard to crack and get what you want.
In the development of circuits, circuits are continuously miniaturized, and large circuits are slowly transformed into mini circuits. The wiring between electronic components is printed on an insulating board by printing metal wires, and becomes a printed circuit board, that is, Printed Circuit Board, or PCB for short.
For PCB, there are many encryption methods, generally including sealing, spray painting, buried holes, blind holes, etc.
The cracking of PCB's heavy encryption method is called copying, and the methods are endless and diverse. In fact, in terms of technology, cracking PCB is not a question of whether it is possible, but a question of whether it is worth it.
In other words, there is no PCB that cannot be cracked, it just depends on the investment. If you invest too much and lose more than you gain, then it is better to use another valuable PCB to crack.
Looking at the current magic patterns in the wizarding world from the perspective of circuit cracking on modern earth, everything becomes simpler.
Although the lines of the magic pattern are dense and complicated, they are still unable to compare with the complex PCBs on modern earth. If the circuit difficulty of the modern earth is at the level of a smartphone, then the magic patterns in the current world are at the level of a rocker or a mobile phone.
The encryption method is very rudimentary, such as deliberately adding or hiding a certain line, or hiding the real core and functional magic pattern among many wrong and meaningless magic patterns.
This is enough to deal with ordinary plagiarism. Even if it cannot be completely eliminated, it can make the cost of most plagiarists extremely high.
For example, it was originally a simple magic pattern that created a paralyzing arc. The magic pattern master expanded it into numerous useless magic patterns. Most of these expanded useless magic patterns were impossible for the magic pattern master himself to repeat. of.
In this way, plagiarists have to go to great lengths to imitate the magic pattern successfully. In this process, if one of the core magic lines is accidentally drawn incorrectly, the entire magic pattern will fail and collapse.
However, the same encryption method is not enough for Richard.
Under the light, Richard looked at the lines on the scroll, his eyes flashing. Put your finger on it, slide it slowly, divide the area, calculate some combinations of magic patterns, and quickly conceive of the specific method of testing.
The next moment, he took out the white jade piece from the space iron ring and quickly carved it according to the lines on the papyrus scroll.
"Shashasha..."
The white jade piece was finished in a short time. Compared with the original magic pattern, it has many fewer lines.
Richard tentatively input mana, and the white jade piece vibrated and shattered with a "click".
"Hmm... It seems that the magic patterns in areas A2 and D4 can be eliminated."
After a failure, Richard was not discouraged. He took out a new piece of white jade and started carving it again. He carved a completely different magic pattern on it than before.
Holding the second piece of white jade, Richard tentatively input mana into it, and then it broke again with a "click".
"The magic patterns in areas B3 and C5 can also be eliminated."
As Richard spoke, he took out the third piece of white jade and processed, carved, and tested it again.
There was a "click" and it broke for the third time.
Then the fourth, fifth, sixth...
The white jade pieces were broken one after another. When Richard took out the eleventh white jade piece and carved complicated magic patterns on it, he raised his eyebrows and looked a little solemnly.
"breathe-"
Richard took a deep breath and said to himself: "If the previous speculation is not wrong, then this time, it should be successful."
After saying this, Richard grabbed the piece of white jade and injected magic power into it.
"Buzz buzz!"
The white jade piece vibrated slowly, and the next moment there was a "crackling" sound, and an orange arc of several centimeters long was generated on the surface, which was the true effect of the magic pattern magic item "Paralysis Ring".
Richard continued to input mana without reading, causing the arc to continuously generate. This lasted for more than half a minute, and then there was a "click" and the white jade piece shattered.
Richard knew clearly that this was caused by the white jade piece's energy endurance reaching its limit. If instead of using white jade pieces, other high-quality materials are chosen to carve the magic patterns, as long as the mana is enough, the duration of the arc will be almost permanent.
In other words, if the magic pattern is carved on a blank spell prop, it can be made into a qualified magic pattern spell prop with a paralysis effect - the magic pattern of the Paralysis Ring has been successfully cracked!
Successfully cracked!
Richard blinked and recorded the cracked magic pattern on a new papyrus scroll. Comparing it with the original version, he found that it had been streamlined by almost one-half. In other words, the magic pattern master who made the props added almost half of the useless patterns in order to encrypt the magic patterns, which was simply crazy.
"call-"
Richard exhaled, put away the new papyrus scroll, straightened the table, and stretched his body.
At this time, he was not prepared to crack all three magic props obtained at the auction in one go. It would take too much energy, so he might as well change his mind.
Thinking like this, Richard took out seven books - seven books handed down from the Black Spirit Empire that he got from the dead young man's suitcase.
He had briefly researched these seven books before and found that only two of them were the same as the book "My Autobiography - Moratos" - the last page had the logo of the Black Spirit Empire. . The numbers on the sign are 11 and 34 respectively.
From this, he deduced two things.
First, not every book handed down from the Black Spirit Empire is related to secrets, and it is very likely that only a very small part of them are.
Second, even if only a very small number of books are related to secrets, the number will not be less than 34, or even more. And if you want to collect them all, or collect most of them for study, I'm afraid it won't be easy.
Comparing these two things, what makes him find it even more challenging is that until now, he has no idea what clues are hidden in the books that are related to the secrets - the content in the books is really simple content, and there is nothing else. Anything irrelevant.
He considered that the situation of hiding text was nothing more than burning, immersing in water, or applying special reagents, etc. It was just a simple chemical reaction:
When writing with vinegar, the vinegar liquid enters the fiber. When the paper is heated, the acetic acid accelerates the carbonization of the fiber, causing the writing to turn yellow.
Use blue copper sulfate pentahydrate solution to write. After it dries, copper sulfate pentahydrate turns into colorless copper sulfate anhydrous and the writing disappears. After being immersed in water, the anhydrous copper sulfate returns to copper sulfate pentahydrate, and the writing is displayed;
Starch reacts with iodine solution to turn blue, phenolphthalein turns purple when exposed to alkali, and methyl orange turns red when exposed to strong acid.
He has tested these and they have no effect.
In fact, if you think about it seriously, the books are hundreds of years old, and even if there are any chemical reagents, they have evaporated. If someone really wants to leave some clues, he would not use this method as long as he is not stupid. If he is stupid, then... he does not understand this method at all.
In any case, the clues related to the secret should be hidden very secretly.
So where is it hidden