Morgan's fighting spirit seemed to be ignited. The old scholar, who was born in the court of the old Ansu, once thought that he was a person who was indifferent to everything. Time had brought him stability and indifference. But in the past two years, he found that his enthusiasm for new things had never subsided. The last time he felt his enthusiasm burning was when the Palamel Observatory was just completed.
That was the first time he observed a starry sky that was several times wider than what he had ever seen before through the modern enchanted lens group and automatic calibration array. The recording equipment of the new era spat out real-time parameters from other astronomical observation points beside him, and the greetings from the Imperial Capital came from the communication terminal … When an entire era came crashing down, he was as excited as he was today.
To be honest, he was not as resistant to the conjecture itself mentioned in the awkwardly worded and childish paper as he showed. Although the conjecture was too outrageous and seriously violated the common understanding of the world, as an old scholar who had explored the mysteries of magic for most of his life, he knew that there were many "truths" in the world that were contrary to people's intuition. But then again, understanding was one thing. The theory of the "unified wave conjecture" was too outrageous, especially the "theoretical support" part, which was simply unacceptable for a rigorous and traditional scholar like Morgan.
Just based on the extended interpretation of the nature of magic waves, just based on the speculation of some phenomena, just based on an "observation result" that could not be replicated by others and did not leave any trace of record, such a bold hypothesis was made on the cornerstone of the entire world. Although the whole conjecture was internally self-consistent, Morgan did not agree with many of the premises of this conjecture.
Even if the person who proposed this conjecture was called "Mirmina," and the name of His Majesty the Emperor were not acceptable.
"Then it seems that you don't intend to duel with me," Benjamin looked at his old friend's fighting spirit and could not help but smile. He drank the last bit of cold tea in the cup and looked down at the magazine spread on the table. The corner of his mouth could not help but twitch. Obviously, for him, this thing was still not easy to accept, but he did not have the impulse to immediately prepare a rebuttal like Morgan. He just shook his head and stood up from the chair. "This thing is making me dizzy … You continue to study here, I'm going to the lens array to adjust my brain."
"I'll go with you. The content of this article is not something that can be studied in a short time," Morgan also stood up and said. "The observation conditions for the past two days have been good. We can just complete the re-measurement of the sixteen dark-III stars around the Frost Constellation. The information brought out of Saint Sunil is too old. It will not be easy to correct all the mistakes in it …"
The two masters of astrology talked as they walked toward the 'focal platform' in the center of the circular hall. But at this time, an assistant who was guarding the platform suddenly ran toward them. The young man had a nervous and confused look on his face. "Masters, come and take a look. The image is a little abnormal!"
Benjamin and Morgan subconsciously looked at each other, then quickly followed the assistant to the front of the focal point platform.
This so-called focal platform was actually the observation device at the end of the main lens array of the observatory. It was a circular platform about three meters in diameter placed on the ground. In the center of the platform was an artificial crystal that had been precisely ground and calibrated with magic. The crystal was injected with a special alchemy solution. It could resonate with the lens array and the rune array floating above the observatory, accurately projecting the starry sky observed by the main lens onto the surface of the crystal. Through some control devices around the platform, the image projected from the crystal could also be zoomed, recorded, or switched to magic vision.
In essence, this observation device had the same function and principle as the magic device used by the Saint Sunil Royal Observatory. However, the precision and efficiency of modern technology made the mechanically driven lens and the focus crystal that relied on the magic net to have far more stability and room for improvement. To Morgan, this thing was much more useful than the old antiques that he had used in the old King's City.
He came to the edge of the platform and looked at the focal crystal embedded in the center of the platform, protected by a layer of transparent shell. His assistant stood in front of the control terminal, adjusting the huge, precise, and complicated device on the upper level of the observatory. Accompanied by the sound of machinery and the buzzing sound of magic flowing through the magic conductive structure, the old mage saw dark ripples appear on the surface of the focal crystal. The ripples gradually calmed down into the night sky, and specks of light appeared in the black curtain. However, there was a faint blue light around each star, and the entire sky background seemed to be covered with fine but annoying, hair-like dark lines.
"It suddenly changed like this," the other assistant said nervously. "At that time, Berkner and I were adjusting the projection arm of the magic filter, trying to superimpose the filter on the main lens array. We have done this many times, and there has never been a problem. This time, there was no problem. The system is normal, all the mechanical arms are in the predetermined position and angle, and the rune array is correct, but the image suddenly changed like this. No matter how we adjusted it, it was useless …"
"You didn't touch the main lens? There were no mechanical collisions or minor scratches? "Benjamin frowned and asked seriously.
"No, we can be sure," the assistant said hurriedly. "In fact, after the system was adjusted in place, the image was normal for a few seconds. Then, no one touched it, and it suddenly changed like this …"
"That's strange …" Benjamin frowned and turned to look at Morgan. "I have never seen such a failure before. If the lens array is damaged, the image should not be spread evenly across the entire crystal. If it is a failure of the non-physical filter, the rune array should have sounded an alarm … Do you want to go to the dome to check?"
Morgan frowned and did not say a word. It was not until Benjamin's voice trailed off that the old mage looked up thoughtfully at the open roof above the observatory. Then, he gently stomped his feet, and his whole body rose into the air and flew in the direction of the huge lens device.
In just a moment, the old mage had flown out of the roof. He floated in the cold night sky, and his sharp eyes scanned the lens, crystal, rune substrate supported by the mechanical arms, and the layer of translucent barrier covering the entire equipment. Soon, Benjamin flew out of the observatory and floated in the air beside Morgan.
"How is it? Did you see the problem?" Benjamin asked casually as he looked at the device below.
"The lens array is fine," Morgan said in a low voice, and then slowly looked up at the sky. In the clear and deep night sky, the stars were twinkling. "There's a problem with the sky."
"The sky!?" Benjamin was shocked, but when he looked up at the sky, he could only see the twinkling stars as usual. "What's wrong with the sky?"
"Mana Vision," Morgan reminded in a low voice. At the same time, a layer of light blue shimmer had appeared in his eyes. The old mage raised his head and slowly scanned the clear and cloudless night sky. In his special pair of eyes that were enchanted with magic, a layer of hazy, dense 'cloud net' that seemed to be formed by countless crisscrossing fog was covering the sky above the land. The hazy and illusory light appeared to be very, very light blue. It was completely invisible to the eyes of ordinary people. Even the mages had to have extremely keen observation skills to vaguely see a trace of it.
Benjamin also switched to Magic Vision under Morgan's reminder. After carefully looking for a long time, he finally noticed the things floating in the sky, and it shocked him. "What is that?! Some kind of huge structure among the stars? "
"No, it's in our atmosphere … Look carefully, it has passed through the top of the mountain on the west side," Morgan said seriously. "These things seem to have risen from the depths of the earth and are floating in the air. They are interfering with our astronomical equipment …"
Benjamin blinked hard, trying to see more clearly as he muttered, "These things look really evil. I've never seen such a thing in my life … Should we report this to the Imperial City?"
"Of course I have to report it, and I have to do it immediately …" Morgan said. But before he could finish his sentence, the hazy web of clouds in the sky suddenly disappeared. It was as if it had been shattered from a dream, not leaving a single trace behind.
The old mage subconsciously rubbed his eyes, and his eyes that were full of magic glanced at the night sky again and again, but except for the clear night sky and the sky full of stars, he could no longer find the 'strange things' he saw just now.
A broadcast device near the roof of the observatory rang, and the voice of one of the assistants came out. "Masters, the image is back to normal! Did you fix the lens array? "
Benjamin and Morgan looked at each other — they had not done anything yet.
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"I didn't do anything! I'm just here to fish for something every day! " The siren with lavender hair floated in the sea made of pure water elements. While waving the lightwave blade in her hand, she anxiously said to the officer who came to inspect the situation, "How could I have known that this thing would suddenly change its direction and hurt a passing Elemental Lord!"
"I can testify," the blue-haired sentinel Vera said, raising the tip of her tail. "Caroline is our number one 'Cube Fisherman' here. She has fished out six cubes so far!"
"I'm not asking you to testify!" Hearing that, Corolin immediately glared at her comrade. "I want you to testify that the flowing 'Deep Blue Vein Current' was not caused by me!"
"Oh, then I dare not say," Vera said, waving her hand. "I don't know anything about this."
"You …"
"That's enough, that's enough." A 'Sea Abyss Commander' who came to inspect the situation could not help but interrupt the two noisy sentinels with a headache. This mer-tailed siren, who wore a tight-fitting alloy armor and had neat short hair, was personally assigned by Queen Pettia. Her mission was to investigate a sudden injury incident that happened near an outpost in the Boundless Sea.
It was said that there was a sudden change in the Deep Blue Veins near the outpost, and the greatly changed energy flow severely injured a passing Elemental Lord. The victim believed that this incident had something to do with the siren sentinels stationed in the area who often 'fished out' things from the Deep Blue Veins. In order to prevent this incident from aggravating the tension between the sirens and the local water elementals, the queen sent her to investigate and mediate the situation.
Feeling a headache coming on, the Marine Commander turned her head and glanced at the unfortunate Water Elemental Lord not far away. She saw that the unlucky Water Elemental Lord was still floating in the sea. His huge elemental body was almost broken into two halves. The lower half of his body was still twisting and trying to fuse with the upper half of his body. But no matter how she looked at it, it was hard to keep it together. Noticing the Marine Commander's gaze, the Water Elemental Lord immediately turned his head. His blurry face showed a fierce look. But other than that, he could not do anything. He looked like he could not beat the Marine Commander.
And next to the Elemental Lord, there were many elemental guards who were angry but did not dare to say that they could not beat the Elemental Lord, and even more lower-level water elementals who were also afraid to say that they could not beat the Elemental Lord.
The Deep Sea Commander looked in another direction. It was a huge blue light stream that was emitting a faint blue light deep in the sea, like a raging river. It was the culprit of this incident, the Deep Blue Veins that should have been near the outpost. It was said that the soldiers at the outpost enjoyed fishing out the black cubes in the Deep Blue Veins every day, and now it had suddenly changed, and the water elementals living nearby suspected the sirens of this incident … It was reasonable.
But the Deep Sea Commander thought that this was not the fault of the two sentinels in front of her.
They did not have the ability to interfere with the operation of the Deep Blue Veins' "planetary power system" — the unlucky Elemental Lord not far away probably knew this himself.
"I heard you say that there were other changes when the Deep Blue Veins changed direction?" The Deep Blue Veins pondered and turned to look at the sentinel named Koroline. "It also split?"
"Yes, many small tributaries suddenly spread out from the main trunk, all the way through the sea, and I don't know where they spread to," Koroline said as she recalled. "But it only lasted for less than half an hour, and soon those tributaries disappeared. But the remaining 'main trunk' is still the same after the change in direction."
"It suddenly split into many tributaries … and then disappeared …" The Deep Sea Commander frowned and muttered. "I don't know if the Deep Sea Witches can find out anything."
Then she looked at Koroline and asked curiously, "You usually fish out the cubes from this Deep Blue Veins the most. How do you do it?"
Although she did not think that Koroline was the cause of the change in the Deep Blue Veins, she still had to ask the necessary questions. She had to show an attitude of investigation.
"Oh, that's easy." A smug smile immediately appeared on Koroline's face. She waved the Lightwave Blade in her hand and said as she demonstrated, "I use this. I wait by the side in advance, and when I see something coming, I hit it, like this —"
She waved her hand and stabbed the Lightwave Blade into the Deep Blue Veins. She even stirred it twice. "Very simple —"
A swift black shadow suddenly appeared in the surging blue light stream. Coroline was so excited to explain her unique trick that she did not notice the appearance of the thing. With a loud bang, the black object hit the blade in Coroline's hand. The sudden huge impact made her unable to take advantage of the momentum as usual and directly destroyed her balance in the water.
With a cry of surprise, the excited purple-haired siren fell into the surging Deep Blue Veins!
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