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Time passed by, but there was silence in the conference room. Sweat dripped from Fleming's forehead. He had already flipped through the paper when he came over, but did not dare to read too carefully, so Fleming judged , papers with this kind of content can only be reviewed by knowledgeable high-level mages, otherwise it may lead to an academic disaster.

The students of the high-level mage were sitting upright. They saw their teacher reading the paper with extremely focused eyes. There seemed to be subtle ripples in the air, which was the beep of magic power.

Cornish read it first, because he was the creator of electrolysis, so he quickly understood many of the electrolysis contents in the paper. When he saw Reiner electrifying ordinary water, he finally collected two When planting the gas, the hands of the seven-ring mage trembled a little.

Cornwall had mixed feelings when he saw his own paper mentioned in the citations and acknowledgments section at the end of the paper.

"Guys, I think I need a lab."

He said, trying his best to suppress the restlessness in his heart.

"I think 'we' need a laboratory."

Lanchester then said that he had also finished reading the paper. Although it seemed as plain as water, the legendary mage's heart was already in turmoil.

Fleming did not dare to speak. He watched several high-level mages put down the papers in their hands with solemn expressions. He knew that the possible consequences of this paper were not just as simple as the cognitive collapse of one or two mages.

Everyone was silent and came to a laboratory on the third floor. It was much more advanced than the laboratory at Crescent College and had all kinds of advanced equipment. However, these high-level mages focused their attention. Arriving at a water tank.

"Cornwall, you are most familiar with electrolysis. You will run the experiment."

Frederick looked towards Cornwall.

"Uh, okay."

Knowing that the boss of the mercury balance was refusing, Cornish had no way to object and could only operate the experimental tools.

The method of electrolysis is very simple, and it is not difficult for these high-level mages at all.

But the phenomenon is amazing.

Bubbles emerged from both ends of the electrodes, filling the inverted test tubes filled with water, and draining the water. They verified the gases in the two test tubes, including the results of various properties and element masses, and the paper Pretty much the same as described in!

What does this mean?

This means that water can be broken down and the basic elements will no longer be "basic"!

Cornwall looked at the two test tubes with a sigh of relief.

He invented electrolysis and was the first mage to find new elements through electrolysis. However, he ignored the most common substance, water. Based on the inherent concepts of the past, he believed that water was a basic element and could not be decomposed, thus missing out. made this discovery.

He once broke the mold, but unexpectedly he missed this great discovery because of being conservative.

"Magic is the process of constantly weeding out the old and bringing forth the new. It is a historical necessity that old theories are replaced by new ones. Everyone, I believe you have thought about this experimental phenomenon when you saw it."

Lanchester said, his voice was steady, and there were a lot of thoughts in his mind, as if there was a volcano brewing underground and might erupt at any time.

"This paper also makes a bold assumption about the existing combustion theory. Combustion is not a process of transfer of fire elements, but a process of alchemical reactions between objects and objects with similar properties. In this process, the object It’s such an interesting idea to create a compound with Oakles that creates Oakles.”

Lady Maria smiled. From the burning process of Hydera and Oakles, it can be inferred that the fire element does not exist in the burning process. This basic element most likely does not exist.

"What do you mean by negative mass? Fleming, I remember this is the content of your paper."

Eagles has always disagreed with the negative mass hypothesis of Fleming and others.

The current paper experiment was a strong falsification of negative mass, so he looked at Fleming who was sitting in the corner of the laboratory.

"Excuse my ignorance, Your Excellency..."

Fleming was speechless. At least from the burning reaction between Hydra and Oakles, there was no room for the existence of the fire element. There must be something wrong with his theory, but Fleming found it difficult to accept Reiner's theory for a while. , and could only remain silent.

"Although this paragraph is not written rigorously, it does reflect the pursuit of mages."

Robert said, pointing to the discussion in the paper that refutes the theory that the element of fire has negative mass.

It says there: I believe that magic theory should be concise and elegant. The closer it is to the truth, the simpler the expression of the formula will be, just like 1 and 0, which represent everything in the world, and assumptions need to be added to explain There is no doubt that theories should be flawed or even wrong. We should peel away those meaningless assumptions like a knife cutting through a wheat field. If there is no need, we should not add assumptions.

This point has been recognized by your Excellencies. In the three hundred years of the development of modern magic, many theories have evolved from complexity to simplicity, which makes them more and more convinced that the key to the truth should also be simple and elegant.

"According to this inference, if elements with similar properties to Oakes can be found, can they be classified into the same category?"

Lanchester has been studying the laws between elements recently, but he only has a framework and has not grasped the actual laws. However, the summary of the combustion reaction in this paper gave him a flash of inspiration: Can it be passed? What role do combustion reactions play in the regular arrangement of elements?

Not only in Lanchester's mind, but also in the minds of every high-level mage and every one of their students, countless ideas are constantly emerging. They are at the forefront of academics and are not obsessed with old theories. In fact, Many of them believe that the theory of fire element combustion already has many loopholes, and are looking for a more accurate model to describe the basic phenomenon of combustion.

After Reiner's paper triggered them, they had countless conjectures that needed to be verified, and they didn't even want to stay here for even a second.

"Frederick, man, I think the next time we meet is probably at the annual meeting."

Lanchester jokingly said that in fact, his mage tower was located next to Frederick's mage tower. The two of them almost looked up and saw each other. The meaning of Lanchester's words at this time meant that he might want to He buries himself in the laboratory and doesn't leave the house until the meeting begins.

"Haha, I haven't been in this state of mind for a long time."

Frederick smiled, then turned to look at Fleming.

"So Fleming, the mage's apprentice who wrote this paper, I think we should invite him to attend the annual meeting of the Mercury Scales in a week's time, what do you think?"

"Yes, it is."

Fleming was stunned for a moment before nodding slightly.