"What is it?" asked Lucien. He felt that his acting skills were getting better and better.
However, it was still beyond Lucien's expectation. He thought that it would take at least one or two months. Was it because his plan was too detailed and precise?
Rock was a bit excited, "I think we've found something new, Lucien. This is so f * cking awesome. Come on, let's go to the lab. You'll know what it is when you see it! "
He had always been a person with an unrestrained mind, so at this moment, he directly burst out with vulgarities.
For Lucien, the discovery was not a great achievement. Every paper he published was rated as a level two arcanist. He had become a level five arcanist without even one arcana credit, which made him one of the most outstanding arcanists among the younger generation. Even many sorcerers who had lived for two or three hundred years could not compare with him in this aspect.
However, for Lucien and other arcanists below middle-rank, a new discovery often meant at least ten arcana credits as a basic reward, not to mention that the new discovery would definitely arouse the enthusiasm of many people. Citation credits were also a considerable amount of data. Even if he shared the discovery with several people, it would only take him two or three months to break through the bottleneck and become a level two arcanist, or even one or two years to become a middle-rank arcanist.
How could Rock not be excited?
"Rock, calm down. Calm down." Lucien stopped his magic analysis, tightened his robe, and followed Rock to the lab next door.
"Lucien, I'm so f * cking smart. Following a genius arcanist like you is indeed full of surprises. Your intuition is so sharp. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to relate the conduction of solution to gas discharge. I'm sure that in a few months, when I go back to school with a level two arcana badge, those idiots in the school of Electromagnetics will be so shocked that their jaws will drop … "Rock kept talking, showing his true nature of being a chatterbox. However, his thoughts were too jumpy that he completely forgot to describe the new discovery. His admiration for Lucien was beyond words.
Since the sorcerers of the school of Electromagnetics could create lightning in the air without much influence, they had been subconsciously neglecting the research on gas discharge.
Lucien slightly curled his lips. Although he did not know whether Rock had discovered the cathode ray (electron current) or the plasma phenomenon (plasma), he was still too excited. Those things would scare him to death in the future.
However, the arcanists below middle-rank, such as Rock and Lazar, whose meditation environment was still very incomplete, were more likely to accept new theories than most middle-rank and senior-rank arcanists, and their cognitive world would not collapse. Therefore, they were the potential supporters of the new discovery.
Herr Planck, who first postulated the quantum of energy on earth, famously said that a new scientific truth does not triumph by persuading its opponents and making them understand it. It triumphs mainly because its opponents finally die and a new generation grows up familiar with it.
Of course, for the Congress of Magic, every senior-rank sorcerer was an important cornerstone. One less head explosion would be a great gain.
After the renovation, the laboratory was shining with a silver luster. Countless cold lines formed complicated runes. The black lines and pipes were arranged in a very artistic way. Claws made of metal or magic beasts were hanging from the ceiling, so that the apprentices could avoid dangerous operations.
Under Lucien's special request, the alchemy platform and the magic circles were all added with anti-curse and filth protection, because many sorcerers were cursed and died during experiments without knowing it. At the same time, Lucien knew very well that the few anti-curse magic circles he had chosen were all made of lead. Otherwise, it would be a big joke if he died prematurely due to radiation damage.
"Come on, repeat the experiment for Lucien." Rock led Lucien to the discharge magic circle and asked Sprint and Heidi, who were in his group, to demonstrate the experiment. Lazar was already waiting for them.
The two apprentices, who were not mature enough, were not selected by Jerome to take part in the experiment, which required patience. However, when they were following Mr. Rock to complete the experiment assigned by Mr. Evans, they accidentally found something new. Therefore, they were very excited, as if they could already see themselves wearing the arcana badge.
Sprint first activated another magic circle and drew out most of the gas from the discharge magic circle. Then, Heidi activated the discharge magic circle and made it generate a very high voltage.
The gas discharged and glowed. However, what was strange was that the glass on the other side of the cathode magic circle was also flashing with green light. When Heidi stopped the operation of the magic circle, the green light disappeared.
"Look, Lucien. There's nothing on the surface of the cathodic magic circle. Maybe it's some kind of invisible ray that has never been discovered before." Rock looked at Lucien expectantly. He was a bit nervous, waiting for Lucien's answer.
In the eyes of most of the middle-rank and low-rank arcanists, Lucien was already an authority in arcana, and he should be able to figure out something from this phenomenon.
Lazar, Heidi, and Sprint all held their breaths, feeling very nervous.
The atmosphere suddenly became a bit tense, just like when Lucien, Thompson, and Alferris were facing the Lord of Storm.
Lucien was slightly relieved. It was indeed cathode ray.
It was a kind of electron stream. Through it, the existence of electrons could be discovered, and the fact that atoms could be divided and had internal structures could be revealed. It was a revolutionary research result for the current atomic theory!
However, there was still a long way to go before they could prove that cathode ray was an electron and an internal particle of an atom.
Lucien smiled and shook his head, "It's just a hypothesis before the experiment. The only thing we can be sure of is that no one has ever found it in the discharge experiments. However, we can't rule out the possibility that the cathode ray is an electromagnetic wave or a particle stream that we are familiar with. Now, we need to design different experiments to verify it.
"Every one of you will be involved in the research. You can write your own papers and publish them independently."
While talking, Lucien turned on the discharge magic circle. When the green glow appeared on the opposite side of the glass, he put an obstacle between the two. Immediately, a corresponding shadow appeared on the glass, which proved the relationship between the green glow and the discharge magic circle.
"Okay!" Rock and the rest of the arcanists were very excited. They were both looking forward to the result and grateful for Lucien's kindness. Lucien allowed the members of the institution to publish their own papers independently. Unlike other research projects, no matter whether the leader designed the experiment himself or not, he would still be the first author of the paper.
However, if the cathode ray was a ray that had never been seen before, their papers would definitely be cited. Even if it was not as good as the paper on the discovery of cathode ray itself, it would still be a considerable credit.
As for the paper on the discovery of cathode ray, they all agreed that Lucien was the first author, not only because he was the leader of the Atom Institution, but also because he was the one who arranged the whole experiment.
Seeing their eagerness, Lucien smiled and said, "I'll join you. Jerome and the rest of the arcanists are also free to do the experiment in their personal time. By the way, I'd like to announce a few more rules of the Atom Institution. First, if it's a research idea or a magic experiment designed by yourself, you will have to sign your name when you publish the paper. I won't be shameless enough to keep your name. Second, as for the other projects, no member is allowed to publish them privately. They must be signed and reviewed by me. This is the rule of the Congress. Third, a regular meeting will be held on Monday every week to discuss the progress of the experiment. "
Because it was a specific project, Lucien changed the monthly meeting into a weekly meeting.
After a few words, Lucien immediately felt that he was a 'mentor' and a 'boss'. He was amused in his heart.
Lazar, Rock and the rest of the arcanists had no objection to the rules proposed by Lucien. Instead, they thought that Lucien was really a nice guy.
… …
Due to the great sensation caused by the last issue of Arcana, many senior-rank and middle-rank arcanists had learned that Lucien Evans X, the inventor of the formula, had completed the construction of the arcana meaning of the formula through their own channels. Therefore, they all borrowed the paper and read it.
In the headquarter of the Hand of Paleness in Heidler, Kingdom of Holm.
After becoming a senior-rank, Felipe, who had been focusing on constructing magic in his soul, put his hands in the pockets of his black coat and looked at the gray sky outside the magic tower.
Felipe didn't expect that the organization was hiding such a big secret. They even found the World of Souls, an alternate dimension that even the Congress didn't know about.
Felipe soon joined the core of the Hand of Paleness and learned about the existence of the World of Souls. He knew that it was a weird world full of spectres, and it had a certain connection with the real world. Also, many spectres in the World of Souls were intelligent, and the name "World of Souls" was translated from their language.
Since connecting to the World of Souls could greatly enhance many necromancy spells, and it would be easier for them to summon senior-rank spectres, the Hand of Paleness decided to cover up the secret and carried out the regular exploration.
In the silence, a bright-colored parrot with a pile of parchment hanging around its neck flew to Felipe.
"Mr. Felipe, here's the paper you asked for." The parrot stopped at Felipe's right hand.
Felipe nodded slightly and grabbed a handful of rice grains on the windowsill with his left hand to feed the parrot. He thought to himself, "Did he really finish the explanation of the formula?"
After the parrot left, Felipe opened the paper. When he saw the level five arcanist in front of Lucien's name, Felipe's face turned even paler. Although he had earned quite a lot of arcana credits in the past two years, he was still a thousand credits away from level six. Like Lucien, he was still a level five arcana, and there was no obvious difference between him and Lucien.
Felipe frowned as he read the paper carefully. "Does Professor want to be attacked by the sorcerers of Energy Essence?"
As a necromancer, Felipe was good at elements, alchemy, and illusion. Unlike the schools of Astrology, Electromagnetism, Force Field, and Thermodynamics, Felipe's cognitive world had nothing to do with the form of energy. Therefore, he did not feel that his cognition was shaken.
Actually, it was very difficult for Felipe to read the papers on thermal radiation. They were all things that he was not good at, and he almost couldn't understand them. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to miss the news from his competitor, he wouldn't have the mood to read such papers.
…
In the Kingdom of Brianne, an elegant sorcerer with a mustache was furious when he read the paper in his hand.
"How can a paper like this pass the review? Are the other members of the Review Board afraid of him? Ridiculous! How can he make such an assumption?! "Archmage Lauren scolded angrily.
He paced back and forth with his hands behind his back and soon sat behind his desk. "No, I have to write a paper to refute him! I have to tear his assumption into pieces! "
Lauren was stunned when he picked up his quill. Lucien had emphasized that it was just an assumption, and it seemed that he did not insist on anything. If Felipe wanted to refute him, he had to find another formula to explain it, instead of writing from the perspective of energy continuity.
As for the other explanation, Lauren had been having a headache for days, and he still had no idea where to go.
"Well, I'll just let his paper be ignored." Lauren put down the quill.
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