Since the periodic table of elements had been used for more than two years, the irrefutable regularity of the periodic table had been hinting to the sorcerers who used it and studied it that atoms were not as simple as they thought. Therefore, when Morris, Raventi, Gaston and other senior arcanists started to point out the problems and pointed out the errors of the atomic theory, most of the middle-rank and senior-rank arcanists were confused.
After Hathaway's "closed training" gave another heavy blow to her own atom theory with the discovery of the same element, there were very few middle-rank and senior-rank arcanists in the Will of Elements who refused to believe that the atom theory was wrong, and the low-rank arcanists and apprentices accepted it even more easily.
It was even easier for the sorcerers outside the Will of Elements to change their minds.
This was an age of terrifying development. Not only was the Congress of Magic exploring deeper and deeper, but the South Church, the North Church, and the druids were also developing quickly. Whoever was left behind would probably disappear in one or two hundred years. Therefore, the urgency made the Highest Council decide to publish Lucien's paper 'The Discovery of a New Particle' in the October issue of Arcana as the prelude to the exploration of the microscopic world!
As for the few arcanists who still refused to doubt atom theory, they were not in the Highest Council's consideration.
"Cruel, but also realistic." Outside of the Sorcerer Administrative Department, Lucien commented to Lazar and the other sorcerers.
Lazar was a firm elemental sorcerer. The bright and optimistic smile on his face suddenly became gloomy. "You always joked that the wheel of history was rolling forward, crushing everything that stood in its way. But not long ago, they were all outstanding arcanists with great potential. How could they become the abandoned children of fate in just one month?" Lazar's face was filled with a bitter smile, "You always said that the wheel of history was rolling forward, crushing everything that stood in its way.
Atom Institution was Lucien's territory. Naturally, he was the one who was responsible for changing the opinions of the sorcerers and apprentices in the institution.
Fortunately, as the discoverer of the periodic law of elements, Lucien was the first arcanist to question the meaning behind the law. His attitude had indirectly influenced his friends around him. Also, the cathode-ray was discovered by the Atom Institution, and many of the experiments were done by them. Most of the theories were still in the stage of application and understanding. Therefore, everything went very smoothly.
Therefore, two weeks ago, Lucien had already given them the paper to read and demonstrated the experiment again. Everyone logically accepted the fact that there were even tinier particles and atoms were not necessarily indivisible.
"This is the cruelty of fate. However, they are also using the periodic table of elements in the first place, and they have foreshadowed it before. The blast should only break their cognitive world but not collapse. Even if it is difficult for them to advance, there is still a slim chance that they can defeat themselves one day and accept the changed atom theory again. " Lucien knew that Lazar had a lot of friends in the Will of Elements, and one of the arcanists who could not accept the atom theory was Lazar's friend. Therefore, Lucien comforted Lazar.
Lazar smiled, "There's no need to comfort me, Lucien. I'm just feeling sentimental. In fact, there are many people who stop moving forward or even die on the path of magic every year. They are much better than those sorcerers who die of exhaustion or are cursed in the lab. "
Lazar coughed and imitated the words of the Judge, "The sorcerers tried to pry into the realm of God and violated the prohibition. That's why they die of exhaustion or are cursed. This is the price for blasphemy!"
"No, this is the so-called God of Truth's fear of us! The closer we are to the truth of the world, the crazier and crazier he will be and will curse us. Being cursed by him means that we are walking on the right path. One day, we will unveil his hypocritical mask! "Lucien laughed, seeing that Lazar was still joking.
The two lines were classic lines from the opera Serod, which was popular in Allyn recently. The sorcerers were crazy about them, and similar conversations could be heard everywhere. Serod was a fictional sorcerer who had excellent arcana and magic talents. He proposed many fundamental laws and improved many powerful spells, but later he was betrayed by his lover and was caught by the Church and burned to death. The lines of dialogue appeared in the Inquisition.
And the author of the opera was, of course, Oliver, the grand arcanist with a strong literary temperament.
Rock was watching them "putting on" the opera, and he said "helplessly", "If you like opera, go and play it yourself. Lucien, aren't you very talented in music? Mr. Oliver's play is great, but the musicians who adapted it into an opera are not good enough. For example, the story of Serod is very moving, but the melody can't be called a classic. Anyway, don't delay me from renewing my arcana badge. I can't wait to see how far I need to go to become a middle-rank! "
Lucien and the other apprentices also glanced at Lucien a bit guiltily, and then they followed Lucien into the office of different deacons excitedly. They were about to become formal arcanists!
They had been working and preparing for the advancement, and if it weren't for Lucien's reminder, they would have almost forgotten to renew their badges.
"Actually, maybe I'm already a middle-rank?" Lazar came back to himself and walked to Eric's office excitedly.
Although he had completed a lot of cathode-ray experiments in the past month, which reduced his number of papers to one, he should still be able to earn some citation points!
Lucien smiled and shook his head. He also walked into Eric's office. Today, because Lucien casually mentioned that he was here to renew his badge and buy the latest issue of Arcana, all the members of the Atom Institution came here together.
"You only need five more arcana credits to reach level three, Lazar. The discovery of the cathode ray really fills you up." Eric sighed and made fun of Lazar, using the Allyn slang for "filling up" to make fun of Lazar.
If it were before, Lazar would have smiled brightly and been very excited. However, at this moment, he clicked his tongue and shook his head, "I still need five more arcana credits. I don't know when I can get them …"
Seeing Lucien coming in, Eric stood up and shook hands with him, "I heard that many members of the Magic Research Board were not optimistic about the Atom Institution, and they didn't think that you, Evans, could make any great achievements in the next three years. However, you've already discovered a new kind of ray and won a high praise from the Board of Review."
"Maybe the Atom Institution is more promising than we expected. Unfortunately, my main research field is not Element, or I'd like to quit my post and join the institution."
"Thank you, Mr. Eric. We don't have to worry about the result in the next three years, and we can focus on our research. Can you please renew my badge for me? "Lucien handed his five-star arcana badge to Eric.
A faint smile appeared on Eric's stiff face, "The result of the Influence Factor has come out. Arcana and Magic are the highest, 3.0. Arcanists who can get their papers published in these two journals will be able to level up very quickly. Evans, you've published many papers on Arcana, and I'm sure you'll have many more in the future. Maybe you'll become a level six arcanist in two or three years, which is much faster than your magic level. "
As he was talking, Eric put Lucien's arcana badge into the small cage and rang the bell.
"Oh, it's the first day of the month, the day when the Influence Factor was officially implemented. What about the other journals?" Lucien only knew about Arcana, Magic, Element and Common Arcana.
Eric took out a newly issued document, "Except for Arcana and Magic, there are no more 3.0 journals. The journals of Electromagnetism, Force Field, Element and the other four schools are 2.5. The journals of Light-darkness, Illusion, Transfiguration and Summoning, the journals of the five branches of the Congress of Magic, and the journals of Golem, Ice and Snow are all 2.0." Lucien nodded, "The journals of Light-darkness, Illusion, Transfiguration and Summoning, the journals of the five branches of the Congress of Magic, and the journals of the six small fields are 2.0.
"North Magic Journal, Monthly Journal of the Congress of Magic on the Solar Islands, Sound Wave, and other nine journals, Common Arcana Monthly is 1.5, Blessing, Curse, and other four journals, and Arcana Discussion and other five general journals are 1.0," Lucien said.
In the past few years, due to the increase of sorcerers, the Board of Review approved the addition of one journal in a small field and three comprehensive journals.
Lucien, who was only one badge away from becoming a member of the Board of Review, knew more than Eric about the standards of the review. The purpose of the review was to encourage the study of arcana and magic, so that the sorcerers would not be addicted to the ancient theories. Even if the theories were correct, the sorcerers would still have to find out the reasons why they were correct.
All of a sudden, the small cage lit up with silver light. However, before the silver light stopped, a milky white light came out of the cage.
"What's going on?" Eric frowned in confusion. Wasn't it just a simple badge update?
The corner of Lazar's mouth twitched a bit. Every time Lucien was around, something would happen to him.
When the light disappeared, what appeared in the small cage was not only the arcana badge, but also three more items: a badge with the back of the badge facing up, two documents, and a book with a dark cover.
"Arcana?" Eric thought that the arcana journal would be sent to him tomorrow, but it was sent to him directly through the transmission circle in the tower.
Therefore, when he picked up the journal, he found that there was a line of silver words on the cover made of countless silver lines:
"The gate of the microscopic world is opening to us.
From Lucien Evans X. "
Eric turned around and looked at Lucien in surprise. The inscription on the cover of Arcana had only appeared about thirty times, and every time, it was about a world-changing theory or an extremely important discovery. Then, the grand arcanists or legendary sorcerers would write the inscription to explain the significance of the discovery. However, this time, it was written by Lucien Evans?!
"In fact, I also wanted to write, 'Arcanists, do you want to ascend to the throne of arcana? Then explore the unknown microscopic world! '"Lucien said in self-mockery.
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