Kamel left, while Gao Wen sat quietly behind his desk, lost in deep thought.
He was thinking about the nature of the magic power, guessing the source of the magic power, thinking about how to shield the interference of the magic power in nature on the observation experiment, and in the midst of meditation, Amber standing beside him said: "You seem to have been studying some magic power The essence of the problem... Is this problem really important?"
"Aren't you curious?" Gawain looked back at Amber, and he saw the confusion on the half-elf's face, "You have never thought about what magic power in nature is, and where it comes from. Is it?"
"... Magic power is magic power, something as natural as air, it is part of the world," Amber scratched her hair, "It is needed to cast spells, to configure potions, and even to survive some animals and plants. …I think it is like a stone, it has existed since the birth of this world.”
"But stones won't suddenly turn into a chaotic wave of magic, but magic power can, and it doesn't necessarily exist forever unless we can prove that it is really endless." Gawain shook his head lightly, "If magic power is just a What about short-lived miracles? Of course, this "short-lived" is relative to the years of the whole world, but maybe magic power is just a small phenomenon in the long cycle of this world, just like a moment of calm in the thunder waves, we mortals are here Insects born in a moment of calm and with a shorter lifespan, we are born in peace, and we think that the essence of this world is a piece of calm water, but we don't know that there will be a storm in the next second, or that the magic power is something A thing with limited reserves, it is consumed every moment, but before it is exhausted, mortals have no way of detecting and measuring it... "
The more Amber listened, the more surprised she became, and finally her eyes widened: "How did you come up with such lurid ideas!"
Immediately afterwards, she looked Gawain up and down with a strange expression: "No wonder you often seem mysterious... It turns out that your mind is full of such weird things every day... By the way, you couldn't be at the time when your soul left the body." Did you see something in seven hundred years?"
"... This has nothing to do with that," Gao Wen shook his head dumbfounded, "Forget it, one day you will..."
He wanted to say "one day you will understand this question", but then he thought about Amber's laziness and poor thinking characteristics in the field of knowledge, and finally changed his tone: "Don't think so much."
Amber thought for a moment, then narrowed her eyes: "I think you are underestimating my intelligence..."
Gawain didn't pay attention to the half-elf's small protest, he just stood up, left the study, and came to the magic laboratory near the study.
This laboratory belongs to Hetty, but since Gawain also has some knowledge in the field of magic, there are some things that belong to him here. He came to a corner of the laboratory, took out a set of devices that had been put aside for a while from the cabinet, took them to a nearby laboratory bench and assembled them together.
Its construction is simple, a visor with small holes, a baffle with narrow double slits, and a flat light screen. With the finishing capabilities of Nicholas eggs, the precision of this set is unmatched in this era.
The baffle of this device is not an anti-demon crystal, but an ordinary opaque metal plate, so it is not used to observe the interference of magic double slits, but an ordinary double slit used to observe light The interference phenomenon device has been placed here for several months, and the relevant observation results have already been recorded, but today, Gao Wen wants to look at it again.
He set up the monochromatic light source in front of the device, turned off the lights in the laboratory, and then carefully adjusted the relative positions of the baffle and the light screen.
No matter how you adjust it, what appears on the light screen will always be a chaotic, spreading halo.
The halo fluctuated and changed with Gao Wen's adjustment, like a devil's malicious smile, mocking the helpless experimenter.
No interference fringes.
Gawain seemed to have returned to a few months ago again, and once again felt the shock and confusion that occurred when he first observed the halo through this device.
The light in this world does not seem to be light, but simple optical devices such as telescopes he designed are in normal use.
There are no interference fringes on the light screen. It may be that the precision or adjustment range of the device is still not enough, or it may be that the "light" in this world really has no volatility. After verifying the same problem encountered in the fluctuation of magic power, he had a new guess: perhaps, this device was also interfered by magic power in nature.
Is the "light" of this world also a kind of magic power? Is it a magic power visible to the naked eye that can be blocked by ordinary opaque substances? Or, the magic power of this world can affect the fluctuation of light in the microscopic field, so that all double-slit interference experiments will definitely fail as long as they are exposed to the magic power environment
Looking at the hazy and chaotic halo on the light screen, Gawain fell into a long thought.
…
It's autumn.
As the most eye-catching constellation in the summer night sky, Sagittarius has gradually moved away from the highest point of the sky, and has completely become a frequent visitor in the western sky, while the "Frost Sky", which represents the reduction of summer heat, gradually rises and begins to move towards the center of the sky.
Every year, January is the cold month, February is the recovery month, March is the fire moon, and April is the harvest month. The rising of the frost sign means that the hottest season of the year is coming to an end, which means that the harvest autumn is over. When it descends to the earth, it will continue to rise in the following frost moon and fog moon, getting closer to the highest point of the sky every day. In order to distinguish the changes of solar terms, the Ansu people named this season when the constellation of Frost Sky just started to rise, It is called "Frost in April".
This name made Gao Wen briefly confused. Although he knew in his memory that the word "Yingshuang" in this phrase did not mean to welcome frost and snow, but to welcome "Frost Sky Constellation", the thinking inertia of the people on Earth still made him feel uncomfortable. It took him a long time to associate this "cool" name with the days that still had a little heat left.
He finally got used to the world.
In the government affairs hall, the weekly routine report meeting was in progress. Gao Wen sat at the head of the long table, listening to the report of Minister of Agriculture Norris with a calm expression.
This minister, who was gradually [ .] showing his old age and was born as a poor farmer, was holding the documents in his hand. Although he tried his best to stand up straight: his upper body was still a little bent: "...Horsman, Kant, Carroll, Grant , The crops in the newly reclaimed land in Tanzania are growing well, and the harvest can be expected. The new land in Peibo, Constantine, the Western Wilderness, and the Northwest has not yet completed land integration and replacement due to late reclamation, coupled with the problem of resident migration. Unable to complete the grain production plan...
"The promotion of new agricultural machinery in the Horsman and Kant regions has done well, and some early-maturing crops have been harvested ahead of schedule...
"Testing the 'Harvest-ii' druid potion in the North Shore experimental field has achieved phased success. According to the plan, the next step will be to evaluate the subsequent impact of the new potion on the land... Cough cough, cough cough..."
Gao Wen looked at the Minister of Agriculture: "Norris, are you in good health?"
"Ahem, it's an old problem. I keep coughing in autumn." Norris waved his hand. "This is the end of my report. I have given the detailed information to Ms. Hetty."
Pittman, who was sitting next to him, winked at Norris: "Hey, do you want to try my medicine? Let me tell you, your problem is not a problem here..."
"Pay attention to order during work." Gao Wen glared at Pittman, then glanced at everyone present, and exhaled slightly, "Then today's meeting will end here, and the meeting will be over."
Soon, the people in the meeting hall left the table one after another, and only Gawain and Hetty were left in the huge room, as well as an amber who had been eating melon seeds for an hour with a hidden cat next to Gawain.
"Ancestor, the messenger from the capital has arrived at the Rock Fortress," Hetty said, "The leader of the team is Cohen Rollen, deputy head of the Royal Knights. In addition, according to what the messenger said, the first batch of materials used to build the barrier It has been loaded at the upper port of the Dorgon River, and if there is no accident, it will arrive at the southern border within 20 days."
The elves sent a letter as an advance messenger, and the official special envoy of the king's capital arrived immediately. At the same time, materials from the northern region were also loaded on the cargo ship on the upper reaches of the Dorgon River. Such a chain of actions shows that One thing: the opinions of the nobles of the royal capital have finally been unified.
Victoria Wilde... The ability of the Northern Grand Duchess is still very reliable.
"Their efficiency has finally increased," Gawain nodded. "How's the progress of the 'Pathfinder' engineering team?"
"'Pathfinder' has set up an advance base at the northern border of the Black Forest, and has begun to advance towards the depths of the forest. The guards and the monsters in the forest had several short encounters. Only one soldier was slightly injured, and there were no other casualties. .”
"Crossing the Dark Mountains means you have crossed the safe zone of the border of civilization. You must be extra careful to guard against the enemies in the Black Forest," Gawain said slowly, "Come with me to the South Gate Fortress and have a look at the construction over there. Condition."
Hetty lowered her head: "Yes."
Gao Wen hummed, and took the melon seeds on the table next to him, "Don't eat it, come with me."
"Hey!!"
…
At the southern foot of the Dark Mountains, the South Gate Fortress.
Strictly speaking, this place cannot be regarded as the "South Gate Fortress", but can only be regarded as a huge semi-finished fortification and a busy construction site.
Construction machinery, construction materials, and engineering personnel from Cecil City were stationed in the former "Shadow Experimental Site". Based on this huge cave, a large-scale and strong reinforced concrete fortress was built.
Under the command of the construction supervisor Gordon, the engineering team has reinforced the southern mountain wall of the cave with permanent cement fortifications, built steel mechanical gates and several firepower and observation points on the mountain wall, and inside the cave, powerful The large magic spar lamp made the whole cave as bright as day. The original remnants of Gondor in the cave have been sorted and recovered or cleaned up. On the ground, the originally exposed stone walls were also re-reinforced by the supporting structure, and the construction of walls and pipelines began.
The engineering team is currently setting up support columns in the south and west of the cave, preparing to build the second floor of the fortress, while Gordon himself is in the center of the cave, supervising the workers' protective isolation and repair of the "Shadow Gate".
The portal that can enter the shadow realm has been damaged, but Miss Amber can still use her unique power to enter the depths of the shadow realm through the gate. The lord believes that this gate has special scientific significance, since the portal itself is a facility fixed on the surface It cannot be moved, so Gordon is going to protect it and turn it into a special facility in the fort.
A machinist with a magic terminal in his hand and wearing yellow overalls came to Gordon and saluted Zhang from the Ministry of Construction: "Mr. Gordon, the materials from Cecil City are sent to the forward base when they arrive. Yes, do you want to check and accept it yourself?"
Gordon looked up to see several trucks with Cecil Department of Construction logos parked under the lights.
He nodded and walked towards the truck: "I'll go and have a look."
The materials sent to the advance base are important items, and there is no room for carelessness.
Thanks to the new magic vehicle technology, this powerful machine can transport goods equivalent to a small carriage convoy at one time, and thanks to the superb construction technology of the Gondor Empire, the main corridor of the disobedient fortress can allow such large vehicles Feel free to pass through. Gordon came to the back of the truck, climbed up with a ladder, and began to inspect the cargo.
Food, clothing, a new water purification device...
Gordon nodded, and ticked off the "Life Supplies" column of the record sheet in his hand one by one.
Then he came to another truck, and the supplies of this truck came into his sight
Boxes of Rebecca crystals, individually packaged detonating runes, druid blight potions, type II high-explosive bombs and matching fuzes...
Gordon nodded again, and began to check the "Construction Consumables" column of the record sheet.
While ticking the box, the Minister of Construction couldn't help muttering: "How do these things count as construction consumables..."
(My wife has entered labor these few days, and I have to accompany her in the hospital all the time. I will try my best to keep updating recently, but in case the manuscript can't hold up and there is a break... I hope everyone can understand =.=
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