After Kamel left, Gwen sat quietly behind his desk, deep in thought.
He pondered about the nature of magic, the source of magic, and how to block the interference of natural magic on his observation and experiment. While he was deep in thought, Amber, who was standing beside him, said, "You seem to have been studying the nature of magic … Is this question really that important?"
"Aren't you curious?" Gwen looked back at Amber. He saw that the half-elf's face was full of confusion. "Have you ever thought about what the magic in nature is? Have you ever thought about where it comes from?"
"… Magic is magic. It's as natural as air. It's part of the world." Amber scratched her head. "Casting spells requires it, making potions requires it, and even some plants and animals need it to survive … I think it's like a stone, existing since the birth of this world."
"But a stone won't suddenly turn into a chaotic tide of magic, but magic can. And it doesn't necessarily exist forever unless we can prove that it's really endless." Gwen shook his head gently. "What if magic is just a temporary miracle? Of course, this' temporary 'is relative to the time of the whole world. But perhaps magic is just a small phenomenon in the long cycle of the world. Like the moment of calm in the thunderstorm, we mortals are born in this moment of peace. We are like insects with a shorter lifespan. We are born in this moment of peace and think that the essence of this world is a calm water surface. But we don't know that the next second will usher in a storm. Or maybe magic is something with limited reserves. It is depleted every moment, but before it runs out, mortals can't detect and measure it … "
Amber was more and more surprised as she listened. Finally, her eyes widened. "Where did these sensational ideas come from?"
Then, she looked at Gawain from head to toe with a strange expression. "No wonder you're always so mysterious … It turns out that your mind is filled with these weird things every day … Did you see something during the seven hundred years when your soul left your body?"
"… This has nothing to do with that," Gwen shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "Forget it, one day you will …"
He originally wanted to say, "You will understand this problem one day," but then he thought about Hu Po's laziness and lack of thought in the field of knowledge. In the end, he changed his tone and said, "Don't think so much."
Amber thought for a moment and glared at him. "I think you're underestimating my intelligence …"
Gwen didn't care about the half-elf's little protest. He just stood up and left the study, going to the magic lab near the study.
This laboratory belonged to Heti, but because Gwen also had some knowledge in the field of magic, there were some things that belonged to him here. He went to the corner of the laboratory and took out a set of equipment that had been shelved for a while. He took it to a nearby experiment table and assembled it together.
Its structure was very simple, a light shield with a small hole, a baffle with a narrow double slit, and a flat light screen. With the help of the precision processing ability of the egg of Nicholas, the precision of this set of equipment was unparalleled in this era.
The baffle of this device wasn't made of anti-magic crystal, but an ordinary non-translucent metal plate. Therefore, it wasn't used to observe the double-slit interference phenomenon of magic. It was just an ordinary device used to observe the double-slit interference phenomenon of light. It had been placed here for several months, and the relevant observation results had long been recorded. But today, Gawain wanted to see it again.
He set up the monochromatic light source in front of the device, turned off the lights in the laboratory, and then began to carefully adjust the relative position of the baffle and the light screen.
No matter how he adjusted, what appeared on the light screen was always a chaotic, spreading halo.
The halo floated and changed with Gwen's adjustment, like the malicious smile of the devil, mocking the helpless experimenter.
There were no interference stripes.
Gwen seemed to have returned to a few months ago, and once again felt the shock and confusion when he first observed the halo through this set of equipment.
The light in this world did not seem to be light, but the simple optical devices such as telescopes he designed were all working normally.
There were no interference stripes on the light screen, which might be that the precision of the equipment or the adjustment range was still not enough, or it might be that the "light" in this world really did not have any fluctuations. But after combining the conversation between Kamel and himself today, and the similar problems encountered by the elves when they tested the fluctuations of magic power, he had a new guess: perhaps, this set of equipment was also affected by the interference of magic power in nature.
Was the "light" in this world also a kind of magic power? Was it a kind of magic power that could be blocked by ordinary opaque materials and visible to the naked eye? Or, the magic power in this world could affect the fluctuations of light in the microscopic domain, so that all the double-slit interference experiments would fail as long as they were exposed to the magic environment?
Looking at the hazy and chaotic halo on the light screen, Gwen fell into a long period of deep thought.
…
It was autumn.
As the most eye-catching constellation in the summer night sky, Inferno gradually moved away from the highest point of the sky and became a frequent visitor in the western sky. Frost Sky, which represented the decline of the summer heat, gradually rose and began to move toward the center of the sky.
Every year, January was the Month of Cold, February was the Month of Recovery, March was the Month of Fire, and April was the Month of Harvest. The rise of Frost Sky meant that the hottest season of the year was coming to an end, and autumn, which represented the harvest, had come to the earth. It would continue to rise in the following months of frost and fog, getting closer to the highest point of the sky every day. In order to distinguish the changes of the solar terms, the Ansu people gave the season when Frost Sky just began to rise a name: "April Greets the Frost."
This name had confused Gawain for a while. Although he knew from his memory that the word "welcome the frost" in this phrase did not mean to welcome frost and snow, but to welcome the "Frost Constellation". However, the inertia of an Earthling's mind made it take him a long time to connect this "cool" name with the days that were still a little bit hot.
He had finally adapted to this world.
In the government office, the weekly report meeting was in progress. Gwen sat at the head of the long table, quietly listening to the report of the Minister of Agriculture, Norris.
The minister, who was already showing signs of old age and was once a poor farmer, had a document in his hand. Although he tried to stand up straight, his upper body was still a little bent. "… The crops in the newly reclaimed land in Hosman, Kant, Calor, Galen, and Tanzam are growing well, and the harvest is expected. The new land in Peibo, Constantine, the Western Wilderness, and the Northwest has been reclaimed late, and the integration and replacement of the land has not been completed. Coupled with the problem of migration, I am afraid that the grain production plan will not be completed …
"The new agricultural machinery in Hosman and Kant has been promoted well, and some of the early-maturing crops have been harvested in advance …
"The 'Harvest II' Druil drug test in the experimental field on the North Shore has achieved initial success. According to the plan, the next step is to evaluate the impact of the new drug on the land … Cough, cough …"
Gwen looked at the Minister of Agriculture. "Norris, are you okay?"
"Cough, cough, it's an old problem. I always cough in autumn." Norris waved his hand. "That's all for my report. I have given the detailed information to Madam Heti."
Pitman, who was sitting next to Norris, winked at him. "Hey, do you want to try my drug? Let me tell you, your problem is not a problem for me … "
"Be careful during work." Gwen glared at Pitman, then glanced at everyone in the room and sighed slightly. "That's all for today's meeting. Dismissed."
Soon, the people in the conference hall left one after another. Only Gawain and Heidi were left in the large room, as well as Amber, who had been sitting next to Gawain and eating melon seeds for an hour in stealth mode.
"Ancestor, the messenger from the Captical has arrived at the Rock Fortress," Heti said. "The leader is Cohen Lorren, deputy head of the Royal Knight Regiment. According to the messenger, the first batch of materials for building the barrier has been loaded at the upstream port of the Dorgon River. If everything goes well, they will arrive in the south within 20 days."
The elves sent the letter as a messenger, followed by the Captical emissaries. At the same time, the materials from the north were also loaded onto the cargo ships upstream of the Dorgon River. Such a series of actions showed one thing: the opinions of the Captical nobles were finally unified.
Victoria Werde, the Grand Duchess of the north, was very reliable.
"Their efficiency has finally improved." Gwen nodded. "How's the progress of the Pathfinders?"
"The Pathfinders have set up a forward base at the northern border of the Black Forest and have begun to move into the depths of the forest. The guards have had several brief battles with the monsters in the forest. Only one soldier was slightly injured, and there were no other casualties."
"After crossing the Gloom Mountain Range, we have crossed the safe zone of the civilized border. We have to be extra careful of the enemies in the Black Forest," Gwen said slowly. "Come with me to the South Gate Fortress and check the construction there."
Heti bowed her head. "Yes."
Gwen nodded and took the sunflower seeds on the table next to him. "Stop eating. Come with me."
"Hey!"
…
The South Gate Fortress at the southern foot of the Gloom Mountain Range.
Strictly speaking, this place was not exactly the South Gate Fortress but an enormous, half-finished fortification and a busy construction site.
Construction machinery, construction materials, and engineers from Cecil City were stationed in the former Shadow Experiment Field. Using this huge cavern as the foundation, they built a huge and sturdy reinforced concrete fortress.
Under the command of Gordon, the construction supervisor, the engineering team had reinforced the mountain wall in the south of the cavern with permanent cement and built steel mechanical gates, as well as several firepower and observation points on the mountain wall. Inside the cavern, powerful large magic crystal lamps lit up the cavern as bright as day. The original Gondor relics in the cavern had been sorted, recycled, and cleaned up. Several pools and potholes had been filled in, and new magic net base and ground had been laid. The exposed stone walls had also been reinforced with support structures. The construction of walls and pipelines had begun.
The engineering team was currently setting up support pillars in the south and west of the cavern, preparing to construct the second floor of the fortress. Gordon himself was in the center of the cavern, supervising the workers as they carried out protective isolation and repairs on the Shadow Door.
The portal to the Shadow Realm had been damaged, but Miss Amber could still use her unique power to enter the depths of the Shadow Realm through the portal. The lord believed that the portal had special scientific significance. Given that the portal itself was a fixed facility on the surface and could not be moved, Gordon was going to protect it and turn it into a special facility in the fortress.
A mechanical scholar in yellow overalls, equipped with a magic terminal in his hand, came to Gordon and saluted the construction supervisor. "Mr. Gordon, the supplies from Cecil City have arrived. They are sent to the forward base. Do you want to check them yourself?"
Gordon looked up and saw a few trucks parked under the light. The trucks had the logo of Cecil City's Construction Department hanging on them.
He nodded and stepped toward the truck. "I'll take a look."
The supplies sent to the forward base were important items, and they could not be careless.
Thanks to the new arcanotech technology, this powerful machine could transport goods equivalent to a small caravan of carriages in one go. Thanks to the Gondor Empire's superb construction technology, the Defiant Stronghold's main corridor allowed such large vehicles to pass through freely. Gordon came to the back of the truck, climbed up the ladder, and began to check the goods.
Food, clothes, a new water purification device …
Gordon nodded and ticked the "living supplies" column on the record sheet in his hand.
Then he came to another truck, and the supplies in this truck came into his sight.
Boxes of Rebecca Crystals, individually packed explosive runes, Druil Withering Potions, Type II High Explosive Bombs and matching fuses …
Gordon nodded again and began to tick the "construction supplies" column on the record sheet.
While ticking, the construction supervisor could not help but mutter, "How did these things get counted in the construction supplies …"
(My wife is in labor these days, and I have to stay in the hospital to accompany her. I will try to keep up with the updates, but if I can't keep up … I hope everyone can understand.) =
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