After discussing the honeycomb magic net model and promising the "reward", Gao Wen did not let Rebecca and Jenny leave, but took out some drawings he had drawn these days, and based on his own understanding on weekdays, Some inductive summaries and calculation materials for "Rune Logic".
Rebecca's attention was attracted by Gawain's drawings, while Jenny saw the calculations calculated by Gawain at a glance, and the latter's eyes widened in surprise: "You did all of these?"
"When I'm free, I study the information you gave me, and tried to assemble the rune sequence myself." Gawain nodded with a smile, "I still have some foundation in magic theory."
"This...it's not a basic problem," Jenny looked at Gao Wen's results in disbelief, "these calculation methods and...writing habits, have you been exposed to this before?"
"Of course, there were many achievements in mathematics and science during the Gondor Empire, but rune logic has not been developed." Gao Wen said casually, but only he knew the actual situation: he had never been in touch with rune logic before, but The mathematical ideas accumulated in the previous life are still there. Even if the formulas are not universal, the logic and calculation ideas will not be invalid. So far, the runic logic formulas compiled by Jenny are still at a fairly simple stage, and It is not difficult for Gao Wen to understand the calculations extended from empirical formulas.
Seeing that Jenny continued to ask questions, Gao Wen quickly moved the topic to the next stage: "Let's take a look at these things first."
"This is the 'second-generation magic energy engine' you mentioned last time, what is it called a rotary engine or something..." Rebecca flipped through the blueprint in front of her, "I haven't seen this before... This magic circle model looks like Is it fire type?"
"It's a scorching ray magic circle, a second-level magic that can release a focused heat beam from the focus of the magic circle," Gao Wen explained, "It's just a low-level magic, it's one level lower than the big fireball... Haven't you seen it?"
"I haven't seen it before," Rebecca shook her head whistlingly, "Aunt Hetty taught me the spell model of scorching ray back then, she thought that this spell had the same origin as fireball, maybe I could learn it, and I learned this spell My brain hurts from learning, and then I have psychological shadows, and when I learned how to convert this spell model into a magic circle, I fell asleep in several classes... "
Looking at this n+1 great-granddaughter who frankly confessed her dark history, Gao Wen was stunned.
The so-called scorching ray is not a sophisticated spell. Although in Gao Wen's opinion, the magic casted by this biu heat energy ray is a cool stroke at the level of light and shadow special effects, but in fact it is only a second-level magic, which is better than a first-level spell. The small fireball is a level higher than Rebecca's, but Rebecca is a "third-level magician" who can forcefully suppress a big fireball by relying on her strong mental strength. It stands to reason that the scorching ray is not a problem for her at all, but there is no way, In the extraordinary domain of this world, the so-called talent for casting spells is destined by the heavens. For mages who rely on their personal qualities to cast spells, if they are born with flaws in casting spells, no matter how hard they try, it will be useless.
Trying too hard can even cause headaches.
But I have to say something extra here, although Rebecca can only do one "fireball", but in fact she can forcefully claim that she knows two magics. The two spells are level one and level three, and their spell models are almost exactly the same, except that the latter needs to be infused with more magic power and controlled with higher spiritual power. Rebecca was born to only be able to record one spell model, and this spell model happens to be a fireball, so she said that it is no problem for her to know two spells...
Gao Wen always felt that if this girl continued to stray on this talent tree, sooner or later she would be able to point out nuclear fusion...
"Master Zu, why did you show me this?" Rebecca had finished reading a few blueprints at this time, raised her head and asked curiously, "Could it be that you are planning to build this rotor-type magic energy engine again?"
"When manufacturing complex magic machines or advanced magic props, the most troublesome thing for us is 'interference'," Gawain said of what he has been thinking about recently, "The operation of the magic circle and the energy flow between the runes will interfere. , Two adjacent magic circles will also interfere together. Because of the complexity of the magic circle and the large number of rune nodes, the high-level magic props interfere even more. This is also the main factor for the low yield and high price of high-end magic props. None of the traditional mages can completely solve this problem, and this is also the most important reason why extraordinary items are difficult to popularize."
Jenny looked at the calculation formulas written by Gao Wen, and suddenly realized something, showing a thoughtful look.
And Gao Wen continued: "We have discussed the rotary engine last time. Its only problem is interference. There are too many repulsion arrays and the arrangement is symmetrical, so the interference cannot be avoided, so we have to give up temporarily. And this thermal energy ray Magic circle..."
"There should be no interference with the heat ray array, right?" Rebecca said uncertainly, "Although I don't know how to do it, I know that this type of array has long been a mature technology. The traps set up in the tower are quite powerful, and unlike fireballs that will blow up the surrounding things, they can accurately deal with those intruders... "
Gao Wen waved his hand: "That's right, the thermal energy ray circle has been used, but that's because the traditional mages 'solved' the interference problem by engraving it on an expensive guide base, but I plan to draw it on a very cheap On the red copper substrate, the rune material is cheaper quartz sand and red blood gum, so there is another problem of interference.”
Jenny vaguely guessed what Gao Wen meant: "You want to reduce its cost, but drawing the magic circle on poor-quality guiding materials means that the energy level of each rune will be suppressed by the material, and the effective power will be reduced. In order to ensure that the magic circle can work, the effective power has to be increased by increasing the number of runes, and in the concept of many traditional mages, the more runes there are, the higher the chance of interference."
"That's right," Gao Wen said unhurriedly, "drawing or engraving magic circles on low-level base materials, or using inferior materials to make runes will reduce the 'effective output' of runes, so It is necessary to increase the number of runes to ensure that the magic circle can exert its original effect, and the more runes there are, the higher the probability that the magic circle will collapse due to interference. The traditional way for mages to solve this problem is to use magic The formation is engraved on expensive high-level materials, so that the most streamlined structure of the formation can achieve its purpose. They are used to avoiding interference in this way, because they are not short of money."
Rebecca: "But Mr. Ancestor, you have been trying hard to make extraordinary items... how do you say that word?"
Gao Wen glanced at her approvingly: "Cheap mass production."
Then he went on to say: "All problems are due to the unique 'interference' nature of magic. The interference of the magic circle is actually a hindrance to low-cost mass production. A lot of our machines weren't working, but now...we have a way to deal with the disruption."
"The idea is to calculate through the logic of runes!" Jenny has been fascinated by it. She has studied the laws of runes for many years, but she only uses it to design magic circles and complete the tasks assigned by her instructor. This is her first time. Realizing the true value of these mathematical tools at a higher level, "Traditional mages believe that the increase in magic circles leads to the interference and collapse of magic circles, but in fact we can calculate them from the formula, runes More runes will not cause interference, on the contrary, more runes will give the magic circle a higher anti-interference ability. What really causes interference is the "interference knot" produced by the runes in a specific arrangement, just because the interference knot produces Interference increases exponentially, far exceeding the anti-interference ability brought by the addition of rune knots, so people have always believed that as long as there are more magic circles, it will be unstable... "
Gao Wen laughed very happily: "That's right, with rune logic, we don't have to study in the dark like those traditional mages, and we don't have to rely on luck and unreliable experience to design magic circles like them, such as For the rotor-type magic energy engine I designed before, we can reduce the interference knot by fine-tuning the rune arrangement of each repulsive magic circle, or even redesigning the repulsive magic circle. The magic circle that can only be made with conductive materials is drawn or engraved on a cheap red copper plate, making it so cheap that everyone can use it!"
"Everyone can use..." Jenny was obviously taken aback by the statement, "Is it possible?"
Gao Wen asked rhetorically, "Why is it impossible? Now even the brick-burning workers and miners in the territory are using magic engines, so isn't the magic engine essentially a magic tool?"
Jenny was speechless for a moment.
"So you want us to calculate these things next?" Rebecca looked at the blueprints that Gawain brought out, and suddenly showed an expression of eagerness on her face, "Ah, I see that you are still dedicated to calculating these things every day. The price range of the base material and the rune material is marked next to the magic circle... Do you want to make the magic circle work on such a cheap basis? It looks very challenging!"
"Are you confident?" Gao Wen asked with a smile.
Rebecca puffed up her chest: "Extremely so!"
Jenny smiled a little shyly and cautiously: "I will work hard, and I will not let you down."
The two girls left with a lot of new drawings and materials, while Gao Wen relaxed, leaning his upper body on the back of the chair, letting his thoughts float.
He thought that he had finally found the correct path that allowed ordinary people to enter the mysterious realm.
He also grasped the way to make the "magic" of this world exert its maximum propulsion efficiency.
The "whatever you think is what you want" nature of magic is the biggest help to quickly transform his whimsical ideas into reality!
In a world without magic, it may take years or even decades and generations of hard work to turn an idea into reality. The difficult process of tool production and improvement takes up most of the time, but in a world with magic , this process has been greatly shortened, and almost all the time and cost are actually completed between the brain and the pen and paper. As long as the mage calculates fast enough and accurately enough, then as long as he completes the spell model, his spell It will become a "thing" that can exert effects in reality. Even if their magic is only their own for the time being, the "realistic meaning" that magic can produce has already been realized.
And what Gawain has to do is to convert these spells one by one into magic engines, heat ray guns, crystal bombs, honeycomb magic nets... 8)